Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 769-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-borum-de790-pkt-769-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Borum (DE-790), 1943-1965 (Paul J. Marcello, history; Robert J. Cressman, biography; published 2015-07-01) - live NHHC page returns 404; Wayback capture cited [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS entry 'Borum (DE-790)' - namesake biography, spec block, service narrative, disposition (Wayback capture 2024-05-24)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC record for this hull: laid down 28 April 1943 at Orange, Tex., by Consolidated Steel Corp.; launched 14 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. William H. (Mary Frances) Ferguson Jr.; commissioned 30 November 1943, Lt. Cmdr. James K. Davis, D-V(S), USNR. Spec block: displacement 1,400; length 306'; beam 36'10"; draft 13'6"; speed 24 knots; complement 186; armament 3x3-in, 2x40mm, 8x20mm, 3x21-in torpedo tubes, 1 hedgehog, 8 depth-charge projectors, 2 depth-charge tracks. Service (all Atlantic): Bermuda shakedown Dec 1943-Jan 1944; Boston Navy Yard post-shakedown availability 22 Jan-4 Feb 1944; Coco Solo, Canal Zone; CortDiv 47 with sisters Tatum (DE-789) and Maloy (DE-791); screened Kasaan Bay (CVE-69); escorted NY section of convoy UGS-35; COTCLant Chesapeake training; departed New York 8 Mar 1944 for the British Isles; dry-dock at Londonderry; Plymouth Apr-May 1944 screening amphibious shipping and receiving radio-guided-missile jamming gear; D-Day 6 Jun anti-E-boat/anti-submarine screen in the western assault area; 17-21 Jun rescues (2 men from capsized RN tug, 11 from LCT-730); Channel Islands patrols and raids on Jersey/Guernsey with British destroyers and PT boats through May 1945 incl. Ju 88 torpedo-bomber attack 29 Jul 1944, Jersey shore-battery engagement 12 Aug 1944 (towed damaged PT-506 to Cherbourg), B-26 crew rescue off Guernsey 25 Aug 1944 (100+ shrapnel holes, two crew slightly wounded), Cape de la Hague surface action 28 Feb 1945; assisted British occupation of the Channel Islands 11-12 May 1945; departed Le Havre 6 Jun 1945 for New York; Chesapeake training ship Jul 1945; Philadelphia Naval Shipyard repairs/alterations from 17 Jul 1945; Guantanamo refresher Aug 1945; ComSubLant target ship at New London; Navy Day New York 27 Oct 1945; plane guard for Croatan (CVE-25) 1-15 Nov and Solomons (CVE-67) off Mayport 15-18 Nov (with Jenks DE-665, Durik DE-666); rescued a crashed SB2C pilot 20 Nov 1945; searched for the lost Flight 19 Avengers Dec 1945; CortDiv 4 Jan 1946; Charleston Naval Shipyard repairs 9 Jan-1 Feb 1946 and pre-decommissioning inspection/repairs 28 Mar-26 Apr 1946; Green Cove Springs 29 Apr 1946; out of commission in reserve 15 Jun 1946; stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 1 Aug 1965; sold for scrap 7 Mar 1967 to Peck Iron & Metal Co., Portsmouth, Va., for $24,506. One battle star for the Normandy invasion. Namesake: Lt. (j.g.) John Randolph Borum, USNR, Armed Guard officer aboard tanker SS Brilliant (torpedoed by U-43 in convoy SC-109, 18 Nov 1942); Brilliant broke in half and sank in a gale under tow on 20 January 1943, killing Borum and nine others; posthumous letter of commendation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1967
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943; USN crew 1943-46 (spec-block complement 186); reserve-fleet caretakers 1946-65
- Limitations
- NHHC documents construction, specifications, service history, striking, and disposal - not materials or asbestos content. The spec block's 'class John C. Butler' tag conflicts with the entry's own armament line (three 3-in guns, not Butler's 5-in/38s) and with NavSource/navypedia/other compilations classifying DE-790 as Buckley (TE); Buckley carried here, conflict logged in gaps. The older short DANFS text (hazegray transcription) reads the namesake's death as '20 July 1943'; the NHHC entry's detailed narrative fixes the sinking at 20 January 1943 - January carried, conflict logged. Live NHHC page returns 404 (standing NHHC rot); Wayback capture of 2024-05-24 cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borum-de790-01
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[3]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Borum (DE-790) page (volunteer archive; lead-level): specifications block, building/operational data, commanding-officer list, captioned photographs with NARA numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-790 page - Specifications, 'Building and Operational Data', CO list, photo captions 0679005/0679007/0679003/0679006/0679004 (Wayback capture 2025-05-13)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Photo-archive data consistent with NHHC plus additions: class Buckley, type 'TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)'; propulsion '2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws'; complement '15 / 198'; 'Scheduled conversion to APD 82 cancelled'; call sign NZTC; awards American Campaign Medal / EAME w-1 star / WWII Victory Medal; CO list (Davis, Whelan, Berner, Brady). Captioned photos carry NARA/NHHC identifiers: launch 80-G-82633; fitting-out CP-DE-790 19-LCM-1; alongside USS Augusta (CA-31) at Plymouth 11 May 1944, 80-G-356311; New York Harbor 26 Oct 1945, NH 79820-A.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1967 (page coverage)
- Population
- USN crew 1943-46
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained photo archive - lead-level documentation, not an official record; specs and dates verified against NHHC where overlapping. Its complement (15/198) conflicts with the NHHC spec block (186) - logged in gaps. Nothing on materials aboard. Live navsource.org fetch failed to this agent; Wayback capture 2025-05-13 cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borum-de790-02
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[4]Navypedia 'TE destroyer escorts (BUCKLEY)' member table + machinery block map (DE-790 row: Consolidated, Orange; laid 4/1943, launched 14.8.1943, commissioned 11/1943, stricken 8.1965; block DE789-800 -> 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers) + BuShips 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels 1945' DE design-group data via Atlas class profile buckley-class.class.json + GAO HRD-80-2 era context [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia us_de_te.htm member table DE-790 row + machinery boiler-block map; class-f/buckley-class.class.json ev-buckley-class-01/02/04; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for a turbo-electric escort built at Consolidated Steel, Orange, in 1943: the TE machinery plant - two 'D' express-type boilers at 435 psi/750F superheat (Babcock & Wilcox in the DE-789-800 block per navypedia's block map) feeding two GE steam turbine-generators and electric motors, 12,000 shp, 2 shafts - is a full steam plant, so the steam-ship asbestos categories apply at design level: boiler insulation and lagging, steam-line lagging, turbine lagging, gaskets and packing, plus the era-standard diesel-exhaust-inapplicable set of electrical insulation, brake linings on deck machinery, and deck coverings. All 1943 construction falls inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era (GAO HRD-80-2 context: substitution did not begin until the early 1970s). The navypedia TE page also records that APD-82 was the conversion designation reserved for DE-790 and that conversion work on seven ships (incl. DE-790) was never started.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943 construction; 1943-46 service
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943; USN engineering crew 1943-46
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a ship-specific finding. The design-level product list is what a TE plant would carry, not documentation of what was installed aboard this hull; does not establish asbestos presence, quantity, location, or any individual's exposure. Boiler-manufacturer attribution is navypedia-sourced and unverified against contract documents. Builder yard is absent from the Atlas shipyards.json dataset - no yard-level tier applies.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borum-de790-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 sweep (opinion index type=o; RECAP docket index type=r) for exact name 'USS Borum', hull number 'DE-790', and 'Borum' + asbestos via cl-auth-search.py (authenticated, fleet-paced) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-borum-de790-06 through -10
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep: exact-name query '"USS Borum"' returned 0 opinion results and 0 RECAP-docket results - no case naming this vessel located in either index. Hull-number query '"DE-790"' (type=o) returned 8 hits, all string collisions on review - habeas, parole, criminal, probate/estate, and Puerto Rican Spanish-language opinions in which the token appears as a numeral fragment; none references a vessel, naval service, or asbestos (a filtered '"DE-790" AND (asbestos OR ship OR vessel OR navy)' rerun returned one of the same collisions, Jones v. Schellenberger, 7th Cir. 1955, an estate dispute). RECAP-docket query '"DE-790"' (type=r) returned 44 hits across three pages, all identifier collisions on review - bankruptcy, criminal, antitrust, patent, contract, statutory, prisoner-petition, and MDL dockets (incl. Camp Lejeune water litigation and USA v. Trump document strings) with no vessel or asbestos connection. Opinion query 'Borum asbestos' returned 8 hits, all party-name coincidences (e.g., Borum v. Brentwood Village premises case) or unrelated texts; Lewis v. CSX Transportation (S.D. Ohio 2:09-cv-00079) is a railroad-dendant FELA posture where 'Borum' does not name the vessel. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- All planned queries completed across both indexes after fleet-pacing pauses. The Lewis v. CSX opinion full text was not re-pulled after the final pacing pause - classified as name collision from docket posture (CSX railroad defendant, FELA-style caption); full-text check remains an open verification noted in gaps. The sweep does not cover state-court records, trust claims, or non-U.S. jurisdictions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borum-de790-04
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[6]Batch-4531 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (Wayback capture) + hazegray DANFS transcription, NVR, NavSource, Atlas class profile (buckley-class) and shipyard dataset, NARA catalog via History Hub, Library of Congress VHP, CourtListener API v4 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-borum-de790-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material-condition report, or litigation naming this hull was found in the public sources searched. No preservation-era documentation can exist - the hull was stricken 1965, sold for scrap 1967, and no longer exists; it was never a museum, memorial, or active-reserve asset after 1946.
- 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 1943 steam plant was era-typical for asbestos insulation. The hull no longer exists, so no present-day survey is possible; whether era materials aboard contained asbestos is undocumented in either direction.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borum-de790-05
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[7]NARA catalog pointers (History Hub, NARA forum): WWII War Diaries series NAID 4697018 contains USS Borum entries; digitized diary NAID 78640346 covers 1944-08-01 to 1944-08-31 + NARA RG 19/RG 24 holdings + Library of Congress Veterans History Project AFC/2001/001/34579 + yard and disposal records [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA History Hub thread 'USS Borum (DE 790)'; catalog.archives.gov NAID 4697018 (series) and 78640346 (Aug 1944 diary); loc.gov/item/afc2001001.34579
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level material documentation not yet retrieved: (1) NARA WWII War Diaries series NAID 4697018 contains USS Borum entries including a digitized diary NAID 78640346 covering August 1944 (per NARA History Hub forum answer); (2) NARA RG 24 deck logs cover the 1943-46 commission and 1946 inactivation; (3) NARA RG 19 BuShips per-vessel specifications cover the Consolidated Steel build; (4) Boston Navy Yard (Jan-Feb 1944), Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Jul 1945), and Charleston Naval Shipyard (Jan-Feb and Mar-Apr 1946) work-order records cover her documented availabilities; (5) Green Cove Springs Sixteenth Fleet reserve records and the Peck Iron & Metal scrapping file cover 1946-67 custody; (6) the Library of Congress Veterans History Project holds a Borum crew narrative (Robert A. Bourne Collection, AFC/2001/001/34579, LTJG USNR service aboard USS Borum 1943-1946).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1967 (records); 2026 (lead status)
- Limitations
- Leads only - none of these holdings were pulled; contents unknown. They establish nothing about materials aboard. The catalog.archives.gov item pages are JS-rendered and returned no parseable content to this agent; the NAID numbers are carried from the History Hub thread.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-borum-de790-06