Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]research packet iy-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-borie-dd215-pkt-iy-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Borie I (DD-215), NHHC (verbatim transcription via hazegray DANFS mirror; live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Borie I (DD-215)', specifications block and opening paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: first ship named Borie, honoring Secretary of the Navy Adolph E. Borie; Clemson class; specifications dp. 1,215; l. 314'4"; b. 31'9"; dr. 9'10"; s. 35 k.; cpl. 122; armament 4 x 4-inch, 1 x 3-inch, 12 x 21-inch torpedo tubes. Launched 4 October 1919 by William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; sponsored by Miss Patty Borie, great-grandniece of Secretary Borie; commissioned 24 March 1920, Lieutenant Commander E. F. Clement in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1920
- Population
- William Cramp & Sons construction trades 1919-20; commissioning crew (design complement 122)
- Limitations
- Documents identity, builder, class, and design specifications - not materials or asbestos content. DANFS does not state a laid-down date (30 April 1919 is carried from NavSource); the live NHHC DANFS page 404s, so the hazegray verbatim transcription is the working citation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd215-01
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[3]DANFS, Borie I (DD-215), service narrative (interwar period through Caribbean escort duty) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative, paragraphs 2-4
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS service narrative for this hull: joined the U.S. Naval Detachment in Turkish Waters for Black Sea service April 1920; reported to Destroyer Division 38, Asiatic Fleet, in 1921 and alternated four years between the Philippine Islands (winter) and Chefoo/Shanghai, China (summer); Caribbean patrol until a European cruise spring 1927; Atlantic Fleet until 1929; three-year Asiatic Fleet tour; converted to a Squadron Leader at San Diego 1932-33, then Destroyer Squadron 2, Battle Force; Pacific destroyer duty until late 1939; transited the Panama Canal to join the Neutrality Patrol; Inshore Patrol, 15th Naval District, Panama Bay, then Caribbean patrol and escort; departed the Caribbean 26 June 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1920-1943
- Population
- Interwar and wartime crew, 1920-1943 (design complement 122; wartime complement higher - see complement field conflicts)
- Limitations
- Documents service history and the 1932-33 San Diego conversion period; DANFS does not describe materials removed or installed in any yard period and does not establish asbestos work or exposure. The New Orleans overhaul (late 1942-early 1943) and the DesDiv 67 flagship assignment appear in the Destroyer History Foundation narrative, not this DANFS text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd215-02
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[4]DANFS, Borie I (DD-215), final narrative (Card hunter-killer group, U-405 action, loss, awards) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative, final paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS final narrative for this hull: put to sea 30 July 1943 as a member of the hunter-killer group built around Card (CVE-11); made four patrols with the Card group; on 1 November 1943, during the last patrol, rammed and sank the surfaced German submarine U-405 in 49 deg 00' N., 31 deg 14' W.; with 27 men lost and too badly damaged by the collision to be towed to port, Borie was sunk by Barry (DD-248) 2 November 1943. Received three battle stars for World War II service and the Presidential Unit Citation for her operations in the Card group.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- Final crew (~156 aboard at loss: 129 rescued + 27 lost per action-report-based accounting)
- Limitations
- Documents the loss and awards; not materials or asbestos content. Scuttle-agent detail differs from the action-report-based Destroyer History Foundation account (torpedoes from Barry and Goff missed; bombs from Card aircraft sank her) - the discrepancy is carried in gaps. Battle-star count (three) conflicts with the DHF narrative's 'four service stars.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd215-03
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[5]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index, 'DD-215 USS BORIE' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-215 index page, specs/operational-data block and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource photo/data index for this hull: Clemson class ('basic repeat Wickes Class, with 35% more fuel capacity'); displacement 1,215 tons; dimensions 314'5" oa x 31'8" x 9'10" max; armament 4 x 4"/50, 1 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" torpedo tubes; machinery 26,500 SHP, Parsons turbines, 2 screws; speed 35 knots; crew 114; laid down by Cramp, Philadelphia, 30 April 1919; launched 4 October 1919; commissioned 24 March 1920; 'sank from damage received after ramming U-405 in the North Atlantic November 2 1943. 27 of her crew were lost and remain on duty.' Photo captions identify NARA photo 80-G-85281 (survivors transferred Borie to Card via Goff, 5 November 1943) and NHHC photo NH 56518.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1943
- Population
- Crew 1920-1943
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained compilation of official data, not a primary record - corroborated by DANFS on dates and class; the laid-down date and Parsons-turbine machinery detail rest on NavSource alone; 'crew 114' conflicts with DANFS 122 and HyperWar's wartime 149. No asbestos or materials information. No stricken date is given.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd215-04
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[6]USS Borie (DD-215), 'Addendum to Report of Action by U.S.S. Borie with Submarine, 1 November 1943' - transcription hosted by the Destroyer History Foundation (original action report, NARA WWII action-report records); narrative synthesis sourced to the action report, Maher & Wise, and DANFS/Roscoe [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyerhistory.org/flushdeck/ussborie/ - 'Last Battle' and 'Action Report' pages (index.asp?pid=21503/21504, r=21500)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-specific primary documentation of the last action and loss: radar contact on U-405 at 0153 ship time 1 November; depth-charge attack forced it to surface; surface action of about an hour and a quarter; Borie rammed at ~25 knots, a wave lifted her bow onto the U-boat's foredeck, and the ships locked together about 25-30 degrees off parallel for ~10 minutes while the crew fired small arms at point-blank range (a sheath knife and an empty 4-inch shell case were thrown); the pounding crushed and holed Borie's port side below the waterline along both engine rooms. U-405's crew abandoned into rafts and the sub sank (uboat.net records 49 dead, all hands); a white star and a torpedo from a second U-boat forced Borie to maneuver through the rafts area, running over them. Forward engine room flooded completely; saltwater feed reduced speed to ~10 knots; the emergency radio generator was restarted with lighter fluid and torpedo alcohol; abandon ship at 1630 on 1 November - Goff (DD-247) took 7 officers and 99 men, Barry (DD-248) 1 officer and 22 men, 27 lost; the still-afloat hulk was sunk 2 November after Barry and Goff torpedoes missed and 4-inch fire proved ineffective - bombs from Card aircraft finished her. Earlier: December 1941 flagship of DesDiv 67; 15 June 1942 rescue of USAT Merrimac survivors; November 1942 Philadelphia, then New Orleans overhaul; Escort Unit 23.2.4 Trinidad-Recife February-May 1943; TU 21.14 from July 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-11-01/02
- Population
- Borie crew at loss (~156 aboard); U-405 crew (49 lost per uboat.net)
- Limitations
- Transcription hosted by a private foundation (Destroyer History Foundation), not the archive itself - text verified against its stated sourcing; original report is the NARA record group holding. Documents damage to machinery spaces but says nothing about insulation materials or asbestos. Crew accounting (129 rescued, 27 lost) is the contemporaneous figure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd215-05
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[7]Secretary of the Navy Presidential Unit Citation to Task Unit 21.14 (U.S.S. CARD, U.S.S. BARRY, U.S.S. BORIE, U.S.S. GOFF, and VC Squadrons One and Nine), signed Frank Knox; verbatim transcription hosted by the Destroyer History Foundation (also photographed on the NavSource DD-215 page) [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyerhistory.org/flushdeck/usscardtg_puc/ citation text; NavSource DD-215 page citation image
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official award citation naming this hull: 'For extraordinary performance during anti-submarine operations in mid-Atlantic from July 27 to October 25, 1943... the CARD, her embarked aircraft and her escorts pressed home a vigorous offensive which was largely responsible for the complete withdrawal of hostile U-boats from this vital supply area. Later, when submarines returned with deadlier weapons and augmented anti-aircraft defenses, this heroic Task Unit, by striking damaging blows at the onset of renewed campaigns, wrested the initiative from the enemy...' Task Unit 21.14 consisted of Card, Barry, Borie, Goff, and VC Squadrons 1 and 9.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- TU 21.14 ships' companies July-October 1943
- Limitations
- Documents the award and unit composition - no materials or asbestos content. Transcription is foundation-hosted; the NavSource page carries a scan of the citation document itself as corroboration.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd215-06
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[8]National Archives, Ship Plan Index, BORIE entries (RG 19) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Plan Index, BORIE rows (NAIDs 53483810, 153714688, 175668468, 175668467)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Ship Plan Index lists BORIE DD-215 in Record Group 19 under Alphabetical Ship Drawings (NAID 53483810) - a lead for hull-specific plans that may carry insulation and piping callouts. The index separately lists BORIE DD-704 (the second Borie, Allen M. Sumner class, commissioned 1944) under Hull series Ship Engineering Drawings (NAID 153714688) and Microfilm (NAID 175668468), and a 'BORIE DD-214' Microfilm entry (NAID 175668467) that does not reconcile with hull assignments - DD-214 was USS Tracy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- holdings; not yet retrieved
- Limitations
- The index establishes holdings, not the contents of individual drawings; no Borie drawing or material schedule was retrieved or reviewed, and the index is not evidence of asbestos aboard. The DD-214 microfilm row is either a mislabeled entry or shared film - unverified. DD-215 and DD-704 must not be conflated in retrieval.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd215-07
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[9]U.S. Navy, 'USA - DD Wickes & Clemson Class Booklet of General Plans' (Navy Yard, Newport News, Virginia; booklet dated 1 October 1919; NARA File Unit 'Plans for Flush Deckers, 1789-1967'; digitized via ship-design-drawings collection on Internet Archive) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archive.org item ddflushdeckersbogp1919 (PDF, 18 pp., 400 ppi)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Booklet of General Plans covering the Wickes and Clemson destroyer classes, dated 1 October 1919 - three days before this hull's launch. An 18-page drawing set (outboard/inboard profiles, deck and platform plans) produced at Newport News Navy Yard; class-level general-arrangement documentation for the flush-deck design this hull was built to.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919
- Population
- Navy Yard Newport News drafting trades, 1919 (document production)
- Limitations
- Class-level, not hull-specific: the booklet covers the Wickes/Clemson design generally and was produced at a different yard than Borie's builder (Cramp). Drawing sheets are image-scans not OCR'd for material callouts; any insulation notes require sheet-level review not performed. No asbestos content was extracted or confirmed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd215-08
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[10]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research; General Information Books; Cartographic Branch (S39/S48); Other Records and their usefulness
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NARA's research guide describes the asbestos-relevant Navy record series for the period: RG 19 Destroyer, Destroyer Escort, and Frigate General Information Books (Entry P 9, 1907-1961) and S39 insulation/lagging and S48 piping drawings among Ship Engineering Drawings; it states that deck logs and muster rolls provide no direct evidence of asbestos aboard ships.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- records coverage 1907-1961
- Limitations
- This is a research guide, not a Borie material record. It establishes where to search and why service records are insufficient; it does not show that a Borie GIB exists or that this ship contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd215-09
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[11]U.S. GAO, HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Product-page description (full text returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The 1979 GAO review documents asbestos insulation policy and exposure concerns across Navy shipbuilding and repair, with fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. Program-level context for the Navy asbestos era generally.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- report 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workforce (program-level)
- Limitations
- GAO studied policy decades after this hull was lost in 1943 and did not examine this ship. It cannot establish this hull's materials, exposures, or repair work. gao.gov blocked automated full-text fetches in prior batch work; the product-page description is the working citation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd215-10
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[12]NavSource machinery specifications for Borie (26,500 SHP Parsons turbines, 2 screws) + DANFS Clemson-class identification; builder William Cramp and Sons is absent from the Atlas shipyard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-215 specs block; DANFS spec line; destroyerhistory.org narrative (yard-period dates)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: a 1919-20 Cramp-built Clemson-class steam-plant destroyer with four boilers and geared turbines, refit as a squadron leader (San Diego 1932-33) and overhauled at New Orleans (late 1942-early 1943) with repairs in New York (early July 1943), was built and maintained in the period when asbestos thermal insulation on boilers, steam piping, and turbines and asbestos gaskets, packing, and fireproofing were standard Navy practice. No yard-level asbestos record can be attached: builder William Cramp and Sons is not in the Atlas shipyard dataset, and the specific yards for the 1942-43 New Orleans overhaul and July 1943 New York repairs are not identified in reviewed sources.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1943
- Population
- Cramp construction trades 1919-20; navy-yard/yard conversion and overhaul trades 1932-33, 1942-43; crew 1920-1943
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-specific asbestos finding exists for this hull, and none can postdate her November 1943 sinking. Construction-era materials inference for a 1919-20 hull is weaker than for WWII-built classes; the absence of builder-yard documentation removes the corroboration other records carry. Boiler type/count specifics beyond 'four boilers' are unverified for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd215-11
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[13]Emanuel v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. et al., No. 2:10-cv-01679-TFM (W.D. Pa.; removed from Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County, No. 11895 CD 2010; Nature of Suit 368 P.I.: Asbestos), Complaint, filed into the MDL No. 875 master docket as ECF No. 6591-3 (2011-01-13), CourtListener recap-document 386409830 [court_record]
- Locator
- MDL-875 master docket, ECF No. 6591-3 (Complaint, para. 18; caption and NOS 368 on CM/ECF cover sheet)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- NAME COLLISION - resolved by full-text review. The only 'USS Borie' hit in CourtListener's docket index is this qualifying asbestos complaint, which alleges the decedent, Wayne H. Emanuel, 'worked in the United States Navy aboard the USS Borie and USS Douglas H. Fox as a machinist from 1960 to 1963.' DD-215 was sunk 2 November 1943; the only USS Borie in service during 1960-1963 is the second Borie, DD-704 (Allen M. Sumner class, commissioned 21 September 1944, in service into the 1970s). The allegation attaches to DD-704, not this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1960-1963 (alleged exposure); 2010-2011 (filing)
- Population
- Estate of Wayne H. Emanuel (alleged USN machinist 1960-1963, USS Borie = DD-704 and USS Douglas H. Fox; later nurse, Torrance State Hospital 1974-2002)
- Limitations
- Even as to DD-704 this is a pleading-stage allegation (a tag-along complaint filed into the asbestos MDL): it alleges but does not adjudicate exposure, names no product, and establishes nothing about materials aboard either hull. For DD-215 it is a resolved name collision - not exposure evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd215-12
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[14]CourtListener authenticated API v4 sweep, 2026-09-27, via the fleet pacing helper (cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search API type=o and type=r result sets; full-text pull of recap-documents 386409830 (Emanuel complaint) and 173048077 (MDL-875 service-list doc)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener sweep complete: opinions 'USS Borie' = 0 (no published opinion names the ship); opinions 'Borie' + asbestos = 0; dockets 'USS Borie' = 1 (the MDL-875 JPML master docket, resolving to the Emanuel tag-along complaint - name collision to DD-704, see ev-uss-borie-dd215-12); opinions 'DD-215' = 11, all name collisions (DD Form 215 military discharge-correction references in records/pay/certification litigation - e.g., Beauregard v. Mabus, Williams v. United States, United States v. Swisher - and document/Bates identifiers in criminal and civil cases; 'DD-215' + asbestos returned 0 and 'DD-215' + ship returned only 2 non-maritime cases); dockets 'DD-215' = 31, all name collisions on metadata and document review (civil rights, medical malpractice, bankruptcy, military-records cases; the sole asbestos-adjacent hit is the MDL-875 master docket where the string matched OCR noise - '215 Broadway, Providence RI' in a 2009 filing's service list).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27 (search date)
- Limitations
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull is findable by exact name or hull number in CourtListener's indexed opinion or RECAP docket text. Absence of indexed litigation does not prove no claim was ever filed - only that none is retrievable by name or hull number. Docket-text matches are indexed strings requiring document-level review; all 31 'DD-215' docket matches were classified by metadata and the one ambiguous asbestos-adjacent document was pulled and read.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd215-13
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[15]Batch-3213 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (hazegray mirror transcription), Destroyer History Foundation action-report transcription and PUC text, NavSource, NARA Ship Plan Index, NARA asbestos research guide, GAO HRD-80-2, Internet Archive class BoGP, uboat.net corroboration, CourtListener API v4 sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-borie-dd215-01 through sl-uss-borie-dd215-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, material schedule, abatement contract, museum hazmat disclosure, or docketed case alleging exposure aboard DD-215 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was lost in combat 2 November 1943, foreclosing post-service surveys, preservation records, or demolition/abatement documentation.
- 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 - the 1919-20 construction era is consistent with standard asbestos thermal insulation, but that is inference, not ship-proven. Does not establish or defeat any exposure or eligibility claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd215-14