Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet lh-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-bassett-de672-pkt-lh-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Bassett (APD-73), 1945-1967 (entry by Robert J. Cressman, 27 February 2006; verbatim NHHC page via Wayback capture 2016-10-23 - live NHHC URL returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Bassett (APD-73)', namesake sketch + spec block + service narrative (Cressman 2006)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 28 November 1943 at Orange, Tex., by the Consolidated Steel Corp.; launched 15 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Margaret Bassett, mother of namesake Ens. Edgar Rees Bassett (VF-42/VF-3 pilot off Yorktown, Navy Cross Coral Sea, killed at Midway 4 June 1942); completed as a high-speed transport; redesignated APD-73 on 27 June 1944; commissioned 23 February 1945, Lt. Cmdr. Harold J. Theriault in command; shakedown Chesapeake Bay/Guantanamo completed 9 April 1945; post-shakedown availability at Norfolk; Pacific Fleet 1 May 1945; amphibious training Pearl Harbor, convoy escort to Eniwetok, Guam, Ulithi, Hollandia, Leyte; Philippine Sea Frontier duty with mail/passenger runs to Brunei Bay, Borneo; ASW patrol off Leyte - on 2 August 1945 rescued 154 survivors of Indianapolis (CA-35); Amphibious Group 8 occupation landings Wakayama and Nagoya, harbor entrance control ship at Nagoya; detached 18 November 1945; Operation Magic Carpet from Sasebo; availability at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; Florida Group 16th Fleet; decommissioned 29 April 1946, laid up Green Cove Springs; recommissioned 7 December 1950 (Lt. Cmdr. Demetrius J. Vellis); availability at Merrill Stephens Drydock, Jacksonville; Amphibious Force Atlantic Fleet out of Norfolk 1950-1957; Charleston Naval Shipyard availability completed 6 September 1955; Hurricane Janet search and Tampico flood relief with Saipan (CVL-48); Sixth Fleet deployment 20 March - 18 October 1956 (control ship at Porto Scudo, Sardinia, and Dikili, Turkey); reported to Norfolk Group Atlantic Reserve Fleet 26 August 1957; decommissioned in reserve at Norfolk 26 November 1957; struck from the Navy list 1 May 1967; transferred to Colombia under MAP, commissioned at Boston as Almirante Tono (DT-04) 6 September 1968; served Colombian Navy through the mid-1970s. Spec block: displacement 1,450; length 306'0"; beam 37'0"; draft 12'7" (limiting); speed 23.6 knots; complement 204; troop capacity 162; armament 1 5-inch, 6 40mm, 6 20mm, 2 depth charge tracks; class Charles Lawrence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1968
- Population
- Dravo/Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943-45; crew 1945-46, 1950-57 (complement 204 plus 162 embarked troops); Colombian Navy crew 1968-mid-1970s
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Builder attribution conflicts with NavSource/navypedia (Dravo, Pittsburgh vs. Consolidated Steel, Orange - carried in gaps). Decommissioning date conflicts with NavSource (29 April vs 29 August 1946 - carried in gaps). Live NHHC page returns 404 (2026-09-29); Wayback capture of the official NHHC page cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bassett-de672-01
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[3]NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Bassett (APD-73) page - building/operational data, APD spec block, commanding officers, awards [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net APD-73 archive, 'Buckley Class Destroyer Escort / Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport' data block + APD Specifications block + CO table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilation for this hull: laid down 28 November 1943 as Bassett (DE-672), a Buckley-class destroyer escort, at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA; launched 15 January 1944; redesignated APD-73 27 June 1944; ferried to Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX for fitting out as a Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport; commissioned USS Bassett (APD-73) 23 February 1945, LCDR Harold J. Theriault USNR in command; WWII Asiatic-Pacific theater; occupation service 12 September - 22 November 1945; decommissioned 29 August 1946 at Green Cove Springs, FL and laid up Atlantic Reserve Fleet; recommissioned 7 December 1950, LCDR Demetrius J. Vellis; decommissioned 26 November 1957 at Norfolk, VA; struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1967; transferred to Colombia, commissioned ARC Almirante Tono (DT-04) 6 September 1968; struck from the Colombian naval register and broken up for scrap, date unknown. APD spec block: 1,400 lt / 2,130 fl; 306' x 37' x 12'7"; 23.6 kts trial; complement 12 officers/192 enlisted; troops 12/150; 4 LCVP; propulsion two Combustion Engineering 'D' express boilers 435 psi/750 deg F, two GE turbines turbo-electric, 12,000 shp, 2 screws. Commanding-officer roster (8 officers, 1945-1957) listed.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1970s
- Population
- Construction trades at Dravo Neville Island and Consolidated Steel Orange 1943-45; crew 1945-57
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not an official record. Builder claim (Dravo, Neville Island; ferried to Orange for fitting-out) conflicts with DANFS (Consolidated Steel, Orange as builder) - navypedia's block placement of DE-668-673 in the Dravo, Pittsburgh block supports the Dravo laydown, but contract documents not reviewed; decommissioning 29 August 1946 conflicts with DANFS 29 April 1946; boiler maker (Combustion Engineering) conflicts with navypedia block map (Foster Wheeler for DE-665-673). All conflicts carried in gaps rather than silently reconciled.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bassett-de672-02
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[4]NARA Catalog search results for "USS Bassett" (catalog.archives.gov API) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov records search q="USS Bassett", hit list naIds as given
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Catalog query returned hull-specific holdings not yet retrieved: 'USS BASSETT - War History' (file unit, naId 77619037); WWII war diaries for March, April, May, June, July, October, and November 1945 (file units incl. naId 139941020, 139989162, 140046106, 101704814, 101776706, 77565263, 77587792); and still-picture item 'APD-73 Bassett' (naId 7575265). These are the standard war-diaries/war-history holdings for a commissioned vessel and are the unexplored primary-source leads for this hull's material and availability records.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945 (war diaries/history)
- Limitations
- Leads located in the catalog index only; contents not retrieved or reviewed - they may or may not contain materials/asbestos information. Item-level description depth was not confirmed beyond titles and dates (catalog API intermittently served an HTML shell to automated queries).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bassett-de672-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table (shipscribe.com scan) + navypedia TE boiler-block map + navypedia note 'DE668 - 673 were completed as fast transports APD69 - 74' [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 DE design-group table; navypedia us_de_te.htm machinery block map + conversion note; class-f buckley-class profile ev-01/02
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: DE-672 is a Buckley-class (TE, BuShips design groups 2-3) hull - the only DE group besides the John C. Butler (WGT) class with a full steam plant: 2 'D' express-type boilers at 435 psi/750 deg F superheat feeding GE turbo-electric machinery, 12,000 shp. Navypedia's per-block boiler map assigns Foster Wheeler boilers to the DE 665-673 block including this hull (NavSource's APD-73 spec block reads Combustion Engineering - conflict carried in gaps). Navypedia confirms DE-668-673 were completed as fast transports APD-69 to APD-74. A steam-powered escort built 1943-45 would have carried era-standard asbestos applications - boiler and steam-line insulation/lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, electrical insulation, and deck coverings - making the TE class the most asbestos-relevant DE design.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1970s
- Population
- Dravo/Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943-45; crew 1945-57; Colombian Navy crew 1968-70s
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding; no ship-specific asbestos record exists for this hull (see ev-uss-bassett-de672-06). Boiler-manufacturer block assignment is navypedia-sourced and conflicts with NavSource's Combustion Engineering listing; neither verified against contract documents. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bassett-de672-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated, via fleet-paced helper): "USS Bassett" opinion and docket queries; "DE-672" / "APD-73" hull-number queries [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener v4 /search/ q="USS Bassett" (type=o: 0 results; type=r: 0 results); search_ledger sl-uss-bassett-de672-05/06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep (2026-09-29): "USS Bassett" opinion search returned zero hits - no published opinion names the vessel. "USS Bassett" docket (RECAP index) search returned zero hits - no indexed docket names the vessel. Hull-number queries "DE-672" and "APD-73" were deferred mid-session by fleet pacing (shared CourtListener quota spent; per helper guidance, deferred rather than retried into the limiter) - recorded in the search ledger as incomplete.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29 (sweep)
- Limitations
- Zero exact-name hits in both indexes is a clean negative for published opinions and indexed dockets, but does not reach state-court filings, MDL-875 party sheets without indexed vessel strings, or paid-reporter opinions outside the corpus. Hull-number sweep incomplete - the 'DE-672'/'APD-73' strings could still produce identifier collisions (statute/docket-entry references) and, less likely, a vessel mention; absence of those queries is logged, not inferred as a negative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bassett-de672-05
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[7]Batch-4448 search ledger (this record): DANFS (NHHC via Wayback); NavSource archive; NARA Catalog; navypedia TE page; BuShips SDB 1945; NVR; MARAD ship-history database; CourtListener exact-name queries; third-party ship-list pages [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-bassett-de672-01 through sl-uss-bassett-de672-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-672/APD-73: no hull ACM survey, no abatement or disposal-disclosure record, no museum hazmat documentation (hull went to Colombia in 1968 and was scrapped - never preserved or open to the public in US custody), and no published opinion or indexed docket names the vessel in any capacity (CourtListener exact-name opinion and docket queries both returned zero). Third-party marketing/listicle pages (asbestos-ships.com, simmonsfirm.com, mesotheliomahelp.org) name USS Bassett as an asbestos ship but are non-authoritative and excluded per batch rules; one carries an incorrect 1966 strike year.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a steam-powered 1943-45 escort's era materials would typically persist until yard work, foreign-service overhaul, or scrapping disturbed them; nothing here establishes or defeats any individual exposure claim or legal eligibility. Hull-number CourtListener queries incomplete (see ev-05).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bassett-de672-06