Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet ge-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-borie-dd704-pkt-ge-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 1812868, Docket No. 16-47 299 (decided 2018-03-01; appeal from Columbia, S.C. RO) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BVA decision text, REMAND section 1 ('Service Connection for CLL'), statement recitals and M21-1 discussion
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Official VA adjudication record naming this hull. The decision recites the veteran's sworn statements that, assigned to 'the USS Borie DD 704' during his November 1961-November 1963 active service as a gunner's mate/ordnanceman, the ship 'was in dry dock in Portsmouth, VA and beginning a Fram II overhaul'; his night-shift duties included 'clearing out the ship after the old super structure was removed, and that this included a lot of asbestos material'; he chipped paint with air guns and goggles but no other protective equipment; he stood fire watch for welders 'while workers wrapped pipes with asbestos material'; the ship 'put to sea in late June 1962'; and (VA Form 9, Sept. 2016) he 'was heavily exposed to asbestos in service while in the shipyard and sleeping next to pipes wrapped with asbestos.' The claim was CLL service connection to include as due to asbestos exposure. Disposition: REMANDED for records development - the Board noted the M21-1 MOS table rates gunner's mate as 'minimal' probability and that 'minimal exposure to asbestos may be conceded' for examination purposes.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1961-1963 (alleged exposure window); 2014-2018 (claim)
- Population
- Single veteran, USN gunner's mate/ordnanceman aboard DD-704 Nov 1961-Nov 1963; Norfolk Naval Shipyard (Portsmouth) drydock workforce during FRAM II
- Limitations
- Remand-stage administrative record: the asbestos statements are the claimant's contentions recited by the Board, not adjudicated findings - the Board ordered personnel-records development and made no finding that exposure in fact occurred (MOS table rated his specialty 'minimal'). Does not quantify ACM aboard, identify products by manufacturer, or establish causation; the claimed disease was CLL (diagnosed 2013), not mesothelioma. Statements do independently corroborate the FRAM II venue (Portsmouth drydock) and completion timing (to sea late June 1962).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd704-01
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[3]DANFS, 'Borie II (DD-704),' Naval History and Heritage Command (canonical live URL returns 404 on 2026-09-27; text verified via Wayback capture 2025-12-08) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Borie II' entry: namesake note, spec block, service narrative, closing update note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 4 July 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J. (sponsor Mrs. A. Nalle); commissioned 21 September 1944, CDR N. Adair, Jr. Pacific Fleet from 4 January 1945: Iwo Jima bombardment (24 January) and invasion (19-23 February); TF 58 Tokyo raids (16-17, 25 February), Okinawa raid (1 March), Okinawa support raids (17 March-14 May); TF 38 home-island raids (9 July-9 August). On 9 August 1945 a kamikaze crashed into the superstructure between the mast and the 5-inch gun director - 48 killed, 66 wounded, extensive damage. Temporary repairs Saipan/Pearl Harbor; dry dock at Hunter's Point, Calif. 10 September; repairs completed 20 November; joined Atlantic Fleet February 1946. One Korea cruise (6 September 1950-9 June 1951) with TF 77 incl. Hungnam Evacuation; five European/Mediterranean cruises (last 28 July-4 December 1956, Haifa/Gaza evacuations). Three WWII and four Korean battle stars. 'Borie was decommissioned on 1 July 1972 and transferred to Argentina. Update pending for 1956-1972.' Spec block: dp. 2200; l. 376'6"; b. 40'10"; dr. 19'; s. 34 k.; cpl. 345; a. 6 5", 10 21" TT; cl. Allen M. Sumner.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1972
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1944; wartime and postwar crew (DANFS spec complement 345)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Narrative ends at 1956 ('Update pending for 1956-1972') - FRAM II, Vietnam, and final-years detail are absent from the official entry. Live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-27; text carried from the 2025-12-08 Wayback capture of the canonical page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd704-02
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[4]'History of USS Borie (DD 704),' 6-page typescript, Ships Data Section, Public Information Division, Office of Public Relations, Navy Department (10 June 1948) - ECU Digital Collections, Joyner Library [other_primary]
- Locator
- ECU digital.lib.ecu.edu item 36358, typescript pp.1-2
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy Department typescript history (1948): built by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.; placed in commission 21 September 1944 at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y.; completed fitting out at the New York Navy Yard; October-November 1944 shakedown at Great Sound, Bermuda as a unit of TG 23.1; early December transit to the Pacific via Cristobal and San Diego; arrival Pearl Harbor 4 January 1945 as a unit of DesDiv 124, DesRon 62.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Construction and fitting-out workforce (Kearny + New York Navy Yard) 1944; crew 1944-1948
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous official administrative history; documents construction venue, commissioning site, and shakedown-to-deployment sequence - not materials or asbestos content. Typescript ends June 1948.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd704-03
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[5]NavSource Naval History, FRAM conversion index ('704 Borie | Norfolk | 06/62'); corroborated by BVA Citation 1812868 (veteran statement: Portsmouth drydock at FRAM II start, ship to sea late June 1962) and navysite.de DD-704 entry (FRAM II Conversion Shipyard: Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 1961-June 1962) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/05/fram.htm Sumner FRAM table row '704 Borie Norfolk 06/62'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Borie underwent a FRAM II (Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization) overhaul at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va., completing June 1962 - the yard period in which the BVA-recorded veteran describes asbestos-material clearing and pipe-wrapping work aboard this hull. FRAM II conversions replaced the superstructure, added DASH drone facilities and updated ASW fittings, and postdated the class's original insulation by ~17 years.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1961-1962
- Population
- Norfolk Naval Shipyard workforce and ship's crew during the 1961-62 overhaul
- Limitations
- Yard assignment and completion month rest on secondary compilations (NavSource FRAM index; navysite.de), corroborated but not established by the BVA statement (which says 'Portsmouth, VA' drydock and 'late June 1962'). Any asbestos disturbance during the overhaul is inference consistent with the veteran's account and the pre-substitution era - no FRAM work package, materials schedule, or abatement record for this hull was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd704-04
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[6]Owens-Illinois, Inc., Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ (Aug. 30-Sep. 2, 1944); introduced as Owens-Illinois interrogatory exhibit #20 in Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Brazoria County TX (1990) - per Atlas shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' (ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944); ToxicDocs scan of the 1944 O-I survey
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Sumner-class destroyer built and fitted out at Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny, in 1944 with a four-boiler steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing. The builder yard is documented at yard level: an Owens-Illinois industrial health survey (30 August-2 September 1944 - inside this hull's fitting-out window between its 4 July launch and 21 September commissioning) recorded insulators cutting and fitting asbestos pipe covering (Johns-Manville Superex) and boiler insulation in confined spaces. NARA RG 19 Bureau of Ships 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are an unretrieved archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades, Kearny NJ, 1944
- Limitations
- Yard-level and class-era inference only: the survey documents asbestos product use at the builder yard during the construction period, not aboard this specific hull; hull-level material schedule not located. This row adds context, not an independent ship-specific finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd704-05
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's extensive shipboard asbestos insulation use with substitution not beginning until the early 1970s - this hull's 1944 construction and 1961-62 FRAM II overhaul both fall inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program level)
- Limitations
- Program-level era context only. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches); content per product-page description. Does not document this specific hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd704-06
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[8]NHHC Archives, USS Passumpsic (AO-107) Command Operations Report, WESTPAC deployment Nov 1967-Jun 1968 (chronology records underway replenishments with 'USS BORIE (DD 704)' alongside carrier units incl. Kitty Hawk and Ticonderoga, late February 1968 entries) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Passumpsic (AO-107) CY-1968 COR, WESTPAC chronology, day-25 and day-28 entries (UNREP 'USS BORIE (DD 704)')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- An official NHHC-archived command operations report independently documents USS Borie (DD-704) operating on WESTPAC in 1968, conducting underway replenishments with carrier task units including Kitty Hawk, Ticonderoga, and Bon Homme Richard - consistent with the 1968 Vietnam deployment reported in secondary sources (Gulf of Tonkin plane-guard, radar-picket, and naval-gunfire-support duties).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1968
- Population
- Crew aboard during WESTPAC deployment 1968
- Limitations
- The COR is Passumpsic's own operational record (calendar year 1968, WESTPAC Nov 1967-Jun 1968); it documents Borie's presence and replenishment activity on WESTPAC, not Borie's own tasking detail. The scanned PDF's OCR does not expose the month of the Borie entries clearly; DANFS carries no post-1956 narrative; gun-line round counts and exact deployment dates rest on secondary sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd704-07
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[9]NHHC, 'Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: Ships and Units' (FAQ 90-3, history.navy.mil) - official quarantine-force roster listing 'Borie (DD 704), 24 Oct - 1 Dec 62' [other_primary]
- Locator
- FAQ 90-3 ships-and-units roster, 'Borie (DD 704), 24 Oct - 1 Dec 62'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's official roster of ships and units participating in the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis quarantine lists Borie (DD-704) on station 24 October-1 December 1962.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1962
- Population
- Crew aboard during quarantine operations, Oct-Dec 1962
- Limitations
- Official roster documents participation and dates only; operational detail (including secondary accounts of Borie forcing a surfaced Soviet diesel submarine and escorting it clear) is not covered by this source. Live NHHC FAQ page superseded; cited from the 2000-04-22 Wayback capture of the canonical history.navy.mil page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd704-08
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[10]Armada de la Republica Argentina (official Argentine Navy), 'Crucero ARA General Belgrano' history page (GT 79.3 composition); Navypedia Segui-class page (Bouchard ex-Borie D26, deleted 1984) [other_primary]
- Locator
- argentina.gob.ar/armada/crucero-ara-general-belgrano (GT 79.3 paragraph); navypedia.org/ships/argentina/arg_dd_segui.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-USN disposition: transferred to Argentina 1 July 1972 and renamed Hipolito Bouchard (D-26). The Argentine Navy's official history confirms Bouchard and Piedra Buena were the destroyer escorts of task group GT 79.3 (with cruiser General Belgrano and tanker Puerto Rosales) during the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas war; a Centro Naval-published account records Bouchard reporting an unexploded torpedo impact on 2 May 1982. Deleted 1984 and broken up.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1972-1984
- Population
- Argentine Navy crew 1972-1984; shipbreakers 1984
- Limitations
- Post-transfer material history undocumented: no abatement, survey, or scrapping-condition record located for the Argentine custody period (1972-1984). The Argentine Navy page documents operations, not materials; deletion/scrapping year carried from Navypedia's Segui-class table.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd704-09
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[11]Time, 'Science: Sam Got Down' (14 Dec 1959) - contemporaneous report naming destroyer Borie as the recovery ship for the Little Joe 2 Mercury capsule carrying rhesus monkey Sam, 4 December 1959; corroborated by NASA GRIN abstract GPN-2002-000042 ('A U.S. Navy destroyer safely recovered Sam') [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Time archive 6829376; NASA GRIN GPN-2002-000042
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous press documents this hull recovering the Project Mercury Little Joe 2 capsule (rhesus monkey Sam) in the Atlantic on 4 December 1959 - service context for the Atlantic Fleet period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1959
- Population
- Crew aboard, December 1959
- Limitations
- Service-history context only; no materials relevance. NASA's official abstract confirms a Navy destroyer recovered the capsule without naming the hull; the Borie identification rests on contemporaneous press (Time) and later secondary accounts.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd704-10
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[12]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweep (cl-auth-search.py): '"USS Borie"' type=o = 0 hits; '"DD-704"' type=o = 0 hits; '"Borie"' type=o = 131 hits (BM25-ranked; reviewed top page - all person-name collisions incl. litigants 'Borie', 'Bori', heirs of Adolph E. Borie, no ship or asbestos content); type=r docket query deferred by fleet pacing (see ledger) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-borie-dd704-05/06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos court litigation naming USS Borie (DD-704) was located in CourtListener opinion search: exact-name and hull-number queries returned zero results and the broad surname query's reviewed hits are all name collisions. The only adjudicated asbestos-related record naming this hull is the administrative BVA decision at ev-01.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Sweep limitation: the docket-type (type=r) query was repeatedly throttled by the fleet-wide CourtListener pacing budget and did not complete - absence here is absence of located indexed results, not proof none exist. RECAP dockets naming the ship in complaint text (not indexed by vessel name) are not exhaustively covered. See search_ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd704-11
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[13]Batch-3679 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (Wayback), ECU Navy Dept. typescript, BVA decisions corpus, NavSource/navysite FRAM records, Argentine Navy official history, GAO product page, NVR (pre-1987 disposal not digitized), NPS NHL (n/a - scrapped hull) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-borie-dd704-01 through sl-uss-borie-dd704-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No asbestos survey, abatement record, materials inventory, or manufacturer product identification for this hull was located in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The strongest ship-specific record is the veteran statement recited in BVA Citation 1812868 (ev-01), which is unadjudicated.
- 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 1944-built, 1961-62 FRAM II hull is era-consistent with installed ACM. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present and does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borie-dd704-12