Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet ey-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-beale-dd471-pkt-ey-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Beale II (DD-471) — expanded NHHC entry by Raymond A. Mann (live history.navy.mil page returns 404 on 2026-09-27; March 2016 Wayback capture carries the NHHC text) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Beale II (DD-471)', specification block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 19 December 1941 at Staten Island, N.Y., by Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched 24 August 1942, sponsored by Miss Nancy Beale (great-grandniece); commissioned 23 December 1942 at New York Navy Yard, Comdr. Joe B. Cochran. Post-shakedown repairs New York Navy Yard Feb-21 Mar 1943; Aleutians/Kiska Aug-Nov 1943; SW Pacific Dec 1943-Jul 1944 (Cape Gloucester, Saidor, Admiralties, Hollandia, Biak night action 8-9 Jun, Noemfoor, Cape Sansapor); Peleliu, Morotai, Leyte incl. Battle of Surigao Strait Oct 1944; extended repair period San Francisco completed 17 Jan 1945; Okinawa 1 Apr-Jun 1945 (TF 54 gunfire support; assisted kamikaze-hit Newcomb DD-586 6 Apr); TF 95 antishipping sweeps Jul-Aug 1945; occupation duty to mid-Nov; Charleston Navy Yard inactivation, decommissioned 11 Apr 1946. DDE-471 conversion at Boston Naval Shipyard, recommissioned 1 Nov 1951; NY overhaul Oct 1953-Jan 1954; Norfolk Naval Shipyard overhauls Jul-Nov 1956 and early 1965; Task Group Alfa ASW development 1958-1963+; Cuban patrols 1961-62; resumed DD-471 30 Jun 1962; Cuban missile quarantine 25 Oct-5 Nov 1962; Med Nov 1963-May 1964; Vietnam gunline Jul-Nov 1966 and circumnavigation home; restricted availability Baltimore Aug 1967; final Med Nov 1967-Apr 1968; INSURV at Norfolk Naval Shipyard Aug 1968; decommissioned Norfolk 30 Sep 1968; stricken Navy list 1 Oct 1968; sunk as target ~250 mi east of Chesapeake Bay mouth 24 Jun 1969. Six WWII battle stars + one Vietnam.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1969
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel Staten Island construction trades 1941-42; wartime crew (design complement 329); postwar Atlantic Fleet crew 1951-1968; yard workers at NY Navy Yard, Charleston NY, Boston NSY, Norfolk NSY, Hunters Point
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Specification block: dp 2,050; l 376'6"; b 39'8"; dr 17'9"; s 35.2 k; cpl 329; 5x5", 4x1.1", 6x20mm, 10x21" tt, 6 dcp, 2 dct; cl Fletcher. The older ibiblio DANFS transcription reads 'Commander J. B. Cockran' vs expanded entry 'Comdr. Joe B. Cochran' — spelling conflict carried in gaps. DANFS does not name the Baltimore restricted-availability facility (Aug 1967).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beale-dd471-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History, 'Destroyer Photo Index DD-471 / DDE-471 USS BEALE' — chronology, specification block, photo-documentary captions citing NHHC/NARA photo numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-471 page, Operational and Building Data block + specification block + photo caption lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down Bethlehem Steel Staten Island NY 19 Dec 1941; launched 24 Aug 1942; commissioned 23 Dec 1942; decommissioned 11 Apr 1946; reclassified DDE-471 2 Jan 1951; recommissioned (conversion Boston NSY); reverted to DD-471 30 Jun 1962; decommissioned 30 Sep 1968; stricken 1 Oct 1968; sunk as target off Virginia 24 Jun 1969. Specification block: 2,924 t full; 376'5" x 39'7" x 13'9" max; 5x5"/38, 6x40mm, 11x20mm AA, 10x21" tt; 60,000 shp General Electric geared turbines, 2 screws; 38 kt; crew 273. Photo captions: delivery to USN 22 Dec 1942; inclining experiment New York 9 Mar 1943; Hunters Point Naval Drydocks San Francisco 13 Jan 1945 (post-alteration incline views).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1969
- Population
- Crew 1942-1968
- Limitations
- NavSource is a reputable volunteer-maintained archival compilation — secondary tier. Its 'crew 273' and '38 kt' figures are class-design values that differ from DANFS's hull block (cpl 329; 35.2 k) — carried, not adjudicated. NavSource lists 'recommissioned January 2 1951' ambiguously adjacent to the DDE-471 reclassification date; DANFS controls (recommissioned 1 Nov 1951). No materials/asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beale-dd471-02
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[4]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Beale (DD-471, later DDE-471 and DD-471), 1942-1969' — Naval Historical Center photo-history narrative + captioned NH photos (ibiblio mirror of the official page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- usnsh-b/dd471.htm narrative + photo captions NH 103757, NH 103758, NH 103710, NH 103712
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC photo-history record for this hull: 2,050-ton Fletcher-class destroyer built at Staten Island, commissioned December 1942; Aleutians Aug-Nov 1943 incl. Kiska; Cape Gloucester, Saidor, Los Negros, Hollandia, Wakde-Sarmi, Biak (8-9 Jun night pursuit), Cape Sansapor; Morotai and Leyte incl. Battle of Surigao Strait; overhaul at San Francisco before Okinawa; anti-shipping sweeps off China Jul 1945; occupation support Sep-mid-Nov 1945; decommissioned Apr 1946 Reserve Fleet; DDE-471 1951 conversion to antisubmarine destroyer exchanging gun/torpedo battery; Atlantic Fleet 17 years; Task Force Alfa late 1950s; Cuba blockade fall 1962; 1957 around Africa to Indian Ocean/Persian Gulf; 1966 world cruise incl. Vietnam combat; decommissioned end Sep 1968; expended as target Jun 1969. Caption record: NH 103757/103758 plan views at Hunters Point Naval Drydocks, San Francisco, 13 Jan 1945 (white outlines mark recent alterations); NH 103710 underway 21 Jul 1964; NH 103712 Subic Bay NGFS Jul 1966.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1969
- Population
- Crew 1942-1968; Hunters Point drydock workers Jan 1945
- Limitations
- NHHC official narrative (hosted at ibiblio.org hyperwar mirror). Confirms the Hunters Point Naval Drydocks yard period (Jan 1945) by photo caption — asbestos scope of that availability not stated. 'Expended as a target' = sunk; no condition/survey information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beale-dd471-03
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[5]National Security Archive (GWU), 'Deck Log Book [Excerpts] for U.S.S. Beale, DD 471, October 1962' — NARA RG 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Deck Logs 1962, box 74 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NSA document 28922-13 + NSAEBB399 ('The Underwater Cuban Missile Crisis'), doc 12; NARA RG 24 Deck Logs 1962 box 74
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific primary record publicly retrievable: the October 1962 deck log of USS Beale (DD-471), excerpted and published by the National Security Archive, documents TG 83.2 tracking/signaling operations with practice depth charges and the surfacing of Soviet submarine C-19 (B-59) on the evening of 27 October 1962 during the Cuban missile quarantine. Independently confirms (a) this hull's presence on the quarantine line and (b) that Beale's deck logs survive in NARA RG 24 — the same series covering all 1942-1968 operations and yard periods.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1962-10
- Population
- Crew aboard during quarantine ops, Oct 1962
- Limitations
- Deck logs record positions, drills, casualties, and availabilities — not materials content; no asbestos information expected. Value is archival: it establishes retrievability and precise cataloging (RG 24, Deck Logs 1962, box 74) for the hull's full log set.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beale-dd471-04
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[6]Class/era machinery summary (DANFS spec block; NavSource specifications; Atlas fletcher-class profile) + Atlas shipyard dataset records for the hull's documented Navy-yard availabilities (brooklyn-navy-yard, charleston-naval-shipyard, boston-naval-shipyard, norfolk-naval-shipyard, hunters-point-naval-shipyard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NavSource specs; class-c fletcher-class.class.json; shipyards.json yard records
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference only: a Fletcher-class destroyer built 1941-42 with four Babcock & Wilcox boilers and twin 60,000-shp geared steam turbines would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler and steam-line lagging, turbine insulation, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. All five Navy yards where this hull is documented to have been repaired, converted, overhauled, inspected, or decommissioned (New York Navy Yard 1943 & 1953-54; Hunters Point Naval Drydocks Dec 1944-Jan 1945; Charleston Navy Yard 1946 inactivation; Boston Naval Shipyard 1951-52 DDE conversion + availability; Norfolk Naval Shipyard 1956 & 1965 overhauls, 1967/1968 INSURV, 1968 decommissioning) are represented in the Atlas shipyard dataset with documented era asbestos use. The builder — Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island — is NOT in the yard dataset; the Aug 1967 Baltimore restricted-availability facility is unidentified.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1969
- Population
- Bethlehem Staten Island construction trades 1941-42; crew 1942-1968; yard workers across five Navy yards + one unidentified Baltimore facility
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard inference only — this row does NOT establish asbestos aboard this hull. No ship-specific ACM inventory, survey, abatement, or material-schedule record is public for DD-471. NARA RG 19 General Information Books and the RG 181 yard work-package records are unexamined archival leads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beale-dd471-05
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[7]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Effectiveness of the Navy's Asbestos Use Records and Guidelines' / Navy asbestos program report (1979) — product page [gao]
- Locator
- gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2 product page (description); Fletcher-class profile ev rows; BATCH-01-REPORT.md treatment
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Program-level context per the Atlas Fletcher-class profile and Batch-01 treatment: GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos extensively aboard ships and did not begin substitution until the early 1970s — after DD-471's entire service life (1942-1968) and disposal (1969). Establishes the era regime this hull was built and maintained under; states nothing about this specific hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- through 1979
- Population
- Navy-wide program context
- Limitations
- Program-level, not hull-level. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated full-text fetches; product-page description used. Cannot support 'documented aboard this hull' wording.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beale-dd471-06
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[8]Batch-3454 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (Wayback); NHHC Online Library photo history; NavSource; National Security Archive deck-log publication; Atlas shipyard dataset; CourtListener sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-beale-dd471-01 through -NN
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No non-litigation ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-471: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract, no ship-check, no museum or donation-condition hazmat disclosure (hull expended as a target 1969 — never preserved), and no NPS/HAER or government survey names this hull. The litigation sweep is documented separately at ev-09 — one pleading-stage naming inside MDL-875 Doc 3694 (Mathias action) exists; it is an allegation, not a documented asbestos record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard — a 1941-42 steam-destroyer build is era-consistent with asbestos materials, but that is not a ship-specific finding. Litigation sweeps indexed under misspellings or OCR variants may be missed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beale-dd471-07
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[9]NARA 'Logbooks of the U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978' (NAID 594258 series; Beale October 1962 log confirmed at RG 24 Deck Logs 1962 box 74 via NSA publication) + NARA RG 19 General Information Books + RG 181 naval-shipyard records for the documented availabilities [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA logbook series (NAID 594258); RG 24 Deck Logs 1962 box 74; RG 19 GIB series; RG 181 yard records
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Unexamined ship-specific primary holdings: (a) full deck-log set for DD-471/DDE-471, 1942-1968, in the NARA logbook series — the October 1962 log is already public via the National Security Archive (RG 24, Deck Logs 1962, box 74); (b) NARA RG 19 'General Information Books' / BuShips design files for the Fletcher class — the strongest lead for any hull-level material schedule; (c) RG 181 work-package/availability records for New York NY (1943, 1953-54), Hunters Point (1944-45), Charleston NY (1945-46), Boston NSY (1951-52 DDE conversion — the likeliest asbestos-disturbing documented event, exchanging gun/torpedo battery), Norfolk NSY (1956, 1965, 1967-68), and the unidentified Baltimore facility (Aug 1967).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1969
- Limitations
- Identified as holdings/leads only — none retrieved or reviewed. Deck-log digitization status unverified (NARA notes the VA Blue Water Navy scanning program is still processing). A General Information Book for DD-471 has not been confirmed to exist in the catalog.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beale-dd471-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweep (cl-auth-search.py), 2026-09-27 — "USS Beale" (type=o) = 0 hits; "USS Beale" (type=r) = 1 hit: IN RE: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), MDL No. 875, JPML docket 1245688, matching RECAP document 3694; "DD-471" (type=o) = 2 hits, both collisions; "DD-471" (type=r) = 6 hits, all non-asbestos identifier collisions; "USS Beale DDE" (type=r) = 0; "Beale asbestos" (type=o) = 0; "Mathias asbestos" (type=o) = 0, (type=r) = 0; "Mathias 3:01-cv-00380" (type=r) = 0 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener docket 1245688 (JPML, MDL No. 875), RECAP document 3694 — caption 'DIANE M...', W.D. Tex. 3:01-cv-380, entry 'MOTION TO STAY VACATION OF CTO-214 ... in Mathias, etc., TXW 3:01-380 — DENIED' (entered 2002-09-10); search_ledger sl-uss-beale-dd471-06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Qualifying litigation naming this hull at pleading/procedural stage only. 'USS Beale' appears in the indexed text of RECAP document 3694 on the JPML master docket IN RE: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), MDL No. 875 (docket 1245688): a 55-page 'MOTION BY DEFT. VIACOM, INC., TO STAY 8/28/02 VACATION OF CTO-214 IN MATHIAS ACTION' (entered 2002-09-10, DENIED) in the case captioned Diane M[athias], W.D. Tex. El Paso Division 3:01-cv-380. The Mathias action is an asbestos personal-injury/wrongful-death suit: per the plaintiff firm's published client profile (corroborating identification, non-authoritative), decedent George Mathias served as a USN fireman aboard USS Beale and USS Conyngham 1961-1965, was diagnosed with mesothelioma October 2000, and died 2001-01-31; widow Diane Mathias pursued the suit — caught in the MDL-875 conditional-transfer machinery in 2002 (CTO-214 vacation), continuing as El Paso County Court at Law No. 3 cause 2004-3173, resolved per counsel with no adjudicated finding. Non-qualifying results: opinion 'DD-471' hits are Conner v. Coggins (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977) and State v. Franklin (Neb. 1975) — identifier collisions, non-asbestos; the six 'DD-471' docket hits (Arch Coal; Andrews v. D'Souza; Palmer v. Taylor; SIPC v. Madoff; Nortel Networks; NYT v. Microsoft) are exhibit/docket-identifier collisions, non-asbestos. A separate USS Beale (DD-40, scrapped 1934) exists — Mathias's alleged 1961-65 service is consistent only with DD-471.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2001-2004 (litigation); alleged exposure window 1961-1965
- Population
- 1 documented plaintiff action naming this hull (Mathias)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage classification only: the hull name inside a filed motion/exhibit is an allegation, not a finding — Doc 3694 is a procedural transfer-order motion on the master docket, not a merits opinion, and the precise in-document context (complaint ship list vs. exhibit vs. motion text) was not separately reviewed because RECAP document fetch rides the same fleet pacing budget. The plaintiff's shipboard-service detail rests on non-authoritative corroboration (counsel client profile; USS Conyngham Association memorial lists Mathias, George, BT2, DDG-17 plank owner, d. 2001) and is NOT cited as evidence of asbestos aboard. The case resolved with no adjudicated finding of exposure aboard this hull — a 'successfully resolved' settlement posture is not a merits determination. No asbestos opinion or docket names this hull beyond the single MDL filing. Zero-hit indexes do not exclude unindexed state-court filings or settled claims.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beale-dd471-09