Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet hq-packet.md (13 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (secondary-sourced; DANFS not directly reachable) — real identity: USS Bayntun — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bayntun
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (secondary-sourced; DANFS not directly reachable)
- Evidence ID
- uss-bayntun-de1-pkt-hq-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Bayntun I (DE-1), by Robert J. Cressman, 28 February 2006 (verbatim NHHC page via Wayback capture 2024-05-24; live NHHC URL returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Bayntun I entry, specifications block + service narrative (Wayback capture of danfs/b/bayntun-i.html)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull. Namesake per DANFS: Henry William Bayntun (b. 1766), Royal Navy officer whose ship fought at Trafalgar under Nelson; promoted admiral 10 January 1837, knighted 2 January 1815, died 17 December 1840. Ship entry: 'Bayntun (BDE 1) the first of the lend lease destroyer escorts was laid down on 5 April 1942 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 27 June 1942; transferred to the Royal Navy under lend lease on 20 January 1943; given the pendant number (K.310).' Worked up at Bermuda; 44th Escort Group, Western Approaches; Londonderry base; Escort Groups B-4 then 10; September 1943 forward motor-room accident with extensive damage and flooding - Belfast repairs to 6 December; shared in sinkings of U-757 (January 1944, with HMCS Camrose), U-1279 (3 February 1945, with Braithwaite and Loch Eck), U-989 (14 February 1945, adding Loch Dunvegan), and U-1278 (17 February 1945, with Loch Eck); escorted eight surrendered U-boats Stavanger-Scotland 27 May 1945 and the 'Apostle' convoy from Rosyth 5 June; reduced to reserve Category 'B' 14 June 1945; returned to Navy custody at Harwich 22 August 1945 and commissioned the same day, Lt. Comdr. John E. Shinners, USNR, with the former ship's company of reverse lend-lease frigate Fury (PG-69); departed The Downs 29 August with TG 21.3; reached Philadelphia Navy Yard 8 September 1945; decommissioned at Philadelphia 19 October 1945; disposal ordered 30 October; struck from the Navy list 1 November 1945; sold to Thomas Harris Barker of New Jersey 17 June 1947 for scrapping. Specs: 1,400 t; 289'6" x 35' x 10'; 19 kt; complement 175; 3-3", 2-40mm, 6-20mm, hedgehog, 4 dcp, 2 dct; class Evarts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1941-1947
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; RN crew 1943-45 (DANFS design complement 175); USN return crew (ex-Fury PG-69) Aug-Oct 1945; Philadelphia Navy Yard decommissioning workforce Oct 1945
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and design figures, not materials or asbestos content. Mirror (Wayback) transcription cited because the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404. The RN commission is framed as 'transferred ... on 20 January 1943'; uboat.net carries 13 February 1943 for operational entry - conflict carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bayntun-de1-01
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[3]NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Index, DE-1 HMS Bayntun (K.310) - building/operational data, GMT type spec block, commanding-officer table, and captioned U.S. Navy photos credited to the Boston National Historical Park Collection (NPS Cat. Nos. 10381, 10382) and the Imperial War Museum (FL 1627, A27400) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-1 page: specifications block, Building and Operational Data list, photo captions NPS Cat. 10382/10381, Commanding Officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: class Evarts (lend-lease), type GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns); contract awarded 1 November 1941; keel laid 5 April 1942 by the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown; launched 27 June 1942; christened 20 January 1943, sponsor Mrs. Diana V.K. Evans-Lombe; transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned as HMS Bayntun (K.310) 20 January 1943, Lcdr. F. Gwynne-Jones, RNR; returned to USN at Harwich 22 August 1945, commissioned USS Bayntun (DE-1), Lcdr. John E. Shinners, USNR; decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard 19 October 1945; struck from the NVR 1 November 1945; sold for scrapping 17 June 1947 to Thomas Harris Barker of New Jersey. Specs: 1,140 t light/1,430 t full; 283'6" wl, 289'5" oa; beam 35'; 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp, 2 screws; 19 kt; range 4,150 nm at 12 kt; complement 156. Photo captions document the 20 January 1943 commissioning and christening at Pier 7, Boston Navy Yard, and Boston Harbor trials February 1943; one caption describes her as 'the first US-built destroyer escort of them all.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1941-1947
- Population
- Same populations as ev-uss-bayntun-de1-01
- Limitations
- NavSource is a curated specialist archive, not a government record - used for contract-award date, sponsor, machinery detail, and photo-catalog credits that the DANFS text omits; every major milestone date it gives agrees with DANFS. Its complement figure (156) conflicts with the DANFS spec block (175) and is carried in gaps. No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bayntun-de1-02
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[4]HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-45: Destroyer Escorts' - Evarts-class spec block (diesel-electric tandem-motor drive, 6,000 hp, 289'5", 21 kt, 3-3"/50, hedgehog) + Naval Historical Foundation review of Collingwood, 'The Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War' (2022) - 78 US-built lend-lease escorts served as RN Captain-class frigates, 32 GMT/Evarts-type + 46 TE/Buckley-type, GMT boats all Boston-built + Atlas shipyard dataset, boston-naval-shipyard record (yard-level asbestos product identification: John Crane gaskets and sealing materials, In re John Crane, Inc., Tex. App. 2003) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar ships-de.html Evarts-class spec block; NavSource DE-1 machinery line; shipyards.json 'boston-naval-shipyard'; DANFS service narrative (Belfast repair period)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull is a Boston-built Evarts-class GMT-type escort - one of 78 US-built lend-lease Captain-class frigates (32 GMT/Evarts type, 46 TE/Buckley type; the GMT boats were essentially all Boston Navy Yard-built, with HMS Drury K.316 a documented exception in secondary compilations), and the first of the lend-lease destroyer escorts completed. The GMT plant is four GM/Winton 16-278A diesel engines with diesel-electric tandem drive - no boilers and no steam lines, so the boiler/fireroom lagging load of the steam-driven DE classes does not apply. Period-standard asbestos applications for a 1942-43 combatant of this type were nonetheless the normal suite: diesel exhaust and hot-pipe lagging, machinery and compartment insulation, flange gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, deck coverings, and fireproofing. The builder yard is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (Boston Naval Shipyard, tier 3, with a litigation-derived asbestos product identification). The hull's September-December 1943 Belfast repair period after the forward motor-room casualty is a documented machinery-disturbance event; insulation content of the disturbed/renewed material is not recorded.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; RN engineering and damage-repair crews 1943-45; Belfast yard workers Sept-Dec 1943; NJ scrapping workforce 1947
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no source names asbestos aboard this hull, and the GMT diesel-electric plant removes the steam-system insulation most associated with DE asbestos content. Does not establish presence, quantity, location, or any individual exposure; NARA RG 19 contract/material specifications and UK National Archives records are the open archival leads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bayntun-de1-03
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[5]Batch-3945 search ledger (this record): DANFS (Wayback), NavSource, HyperWar DE index, uboat.net allied-warships record, NPS Charlestown Navy Yard pages, web sweep for hull-specific asbestos records; CourtListener authenticated API v4 sweeps (sl-08, sl-11 through sl-15) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-bayntun-de1-01 through sl-uss-bayntun-de1-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material inventory, or preservation-era documentation naming DE-1, BDE-1, or K.310 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was scrapped in 1947 - predating asbestos regulation and surviving-record practices - so no post-1970s documentation channel exists.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1942-43 combatant is era-consistent with asbestos insulation and fittings. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility for any person.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bayntun-de1-04
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[6]NARA, Logbooks of the U.S. Navy (RG 24 / deck-log program) and RG 19 Bureau of Ships records; UK National Archives (ADM series) Captain-class frigate records [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov navy logbooks research page; TNA ADM series (Discovery catalog)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads not yet pulled: (1) NARA deck logs for USS Bayntun (DE-1) covering the 22 August-19 October 1945 commission - the entire U.S. naval career of the hull, including the transatlantic passage with TG 21.3 and Philadelphia Navy Yard inactivation; (2) NARA RG 19 Bureau of Ships contract and material specifications for BDE-1 (Boston Navy Yard contract of 1 November 1941); (3) UK National Archives ADM series files for K.310's Captain-class service and the September-December 1943 Belfast repair after the forward motor-room casualty - the likeliest sources to name materials disturbed or installed aboard this specific hull.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1947 records
- Limitations
- Leads only - none of these records was retrieved or reviewed; NARA's public catalog could not be queried from this session (API access restricted), so digitization status of a DE-1 deck log is unverified. Content on this hull's materials is unknown and cannot be presumed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bayntun-de1-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches (type=o opinions and type=r RECAP dockets) via fleet helper cl-auth-search.py, 2026-09-28 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-bayntun-de1-08, sl-uss-bayntun-de1-11 through sl-uss-bayntun-de1-15
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming Bayntun / USS Bayntun / DE-1 / BDE-1 / HMS Bayntun / K.310 located in CourtListener indexes. Six queries run; every hit classified a name or pattern collision: (1) 'Bayntun' opinions - 17 surname cases, 1799-1996, none maritime (Muller v. English, Charlton v. Gardner, Duke v. Asbee, Lee v. Waring, et al.); (2) 'Bayntun' dockets - 2 RECAP dockets matching inside document text, McKoy v. Trump Corp. (1:18-cv-09936 S.D.N.Y.) and NYT v. Microsoft (1:23-cv-11195 S.D.N.Y.), neither maritime nor asbestos; (3) 'USS Bayntun' opinions - 0 results; (4) 'BDE-1' opinions - 1 hit, a Puerto Rico banking appeal (string collision); (5) 'DE-1' + 'destroyer escort' opinions - 0 results; (6) 'HMS Bayntun' OR 'K.310' opinions - 32 hits, all screened page-1 results are 'K.310' criminal-docket-number collisions and unrelated vessel names.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- courtlistener index through 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Coverage is limited to CourtListener-indexed opinions and RECAP dockets - unindexed state trial-court filings, settled MDL-875 claimant records, and UK proceedings are outside the index. 'K.310' sweeps returned only page 1 of 32 low-relevance docket-number collisions; deeper pages were not pulled but the pattern is uniform. Absence of indexed litigation does not prove no claim was ever filed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bayntun-de1-06