Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet ko-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Brackett · Hull: DE-41 · Designation: destroyer escort · Class: Evarts (note: NOT John C. Butler — queue row only names hull, no mismatch)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-brackett-de41-pkt-ko-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Brackett (DE-41) (namesake, builder, dates, Pacific service narrative, striking/sale; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Lt. Bruce Godfrey Brackett, USNR naval aviator killed in action in the South Pacific 15 January 1943; launched 1 August 1943 by Puget Sound Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. George G. Brackett; commissioned 18 October 1943, Lt. J. H. Roskilly, Jr., USNR, in command; departed 21 December 1943 for Pearl Harbor; operated among the Marshalls, Gilberts, Carolines, Admiralties, and Marianas escorting convoys, patrolling, and with hunter-killer groups; supported occupation of Majuro Atoll 29 January-7 February 1944, capture and occupation of Saipan 28-29 July 1944, and 5th/3rd Fleet raids supporting Okinawa 26 March-June 1945; arrived San Francisco 14 July 1945 for pre-inactivation overhaul; decommissioned 23 November 1945; sold 22 May 1947; three battle stars. Specifications block: Evarts class, 1,140 tons, 289'5" x 35'1" x 11', 21 kt, complement 156, three 3" guns.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Puget Sound Navy Yard construction trades 1943; wartime crew (DANFS design complement 156)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. DANFS omits the laid-down date and the Naval Vessel Register strike date for this hull (both supplied by NavSource, ev-02). Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brackett-de41-01
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[3]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Brackett (DE 41) page - building/operational data compiled from official records (NVR strike date, BuShips photo 19-N-53904), photo captions, commanding-officer table; plus the Wikipedia 'USS Brackett' compilation (explicitly DANFS-derived plus ship's-war-history detail) for the operational narrative [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-41 page, 'Building and Operational Data' block + photo captions + CO table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource building and operational data for this hull: keel laid 12 January 1943 as BDE-41 (British destroyer escort, Lend-Lease) by Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton; redesignated DE-41 on 16 June 1943; launched and christened 1 August 1943; commissioned 18 October 1943 at Puget Sound Navy Yard; decommissioned 23 November 1945 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, after 2 years and 1 month of service; struck from the Naval Vessel Register 5 December 1945; sold for scrapping 22 May 1947 to National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, Los Angeles. Photograph captions add the circa-May-1944 floating-drydock repair in the Marshall Islands after the ship struck a coral reef with the starboard propeller. Class type listed as GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull). The compiled operational narrative (DANFS-derived, consistent with it): shakedown out of San Diego November-December 1943; Majuro occupation January-February 1944; convoy escort Marshall-Gilbert through 9 May 1944, then Pearl Harbor shaft repairs; Marianas/Saipan operations June-July 1944 including an inconclusive depth-charge attack on a sound contact 28 July en route from Eniwetok; Manus added to the patrol circuit October-November 1944; lifeguard duty December 1944 during strikes on bypassed Wotje, Jaluit, Mili, and Maloelap, with a Taroa Island gun-emplacement firing 5 January 1945; from March 1945, screening fleet tankers, reefers, and ammunition ships from Ulithi during the Okinawa campaign; via Guam to San Francisco, arriving 14 July 1945, for overhaul at the Mare Island Navy Yard; stripped of salvageable material after the Japanese surrender before decommissioning.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Puget Sound Navy Yard construction trades 1943; crew 1943-45; Mare Island yard workers 1945; National Metal & Steel shipbreakers 1947
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled naval history archive, not an official record - its dates corroborate and extend DANFS (keel date, NVR strike date, buyer identity, and the Mare Island overhaul/decommissioning site absent from DANFS). The operational narrative layer rests on a tertiary compilation (Wikipedia, DANFS- and war-history-derived); individual action details are unverified against the primary source, which survives as the ship-submitted War History scan (ev-05 archival lead). The commanding-officer table's '08 Oct. 1943' start for Lt. Roskilly conflicts with the documented 18 October 1943 commissioning - carried in gaps. No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brackett-de41-02
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[4]DANFS specifications block (Evarts class; GMT diesel-electric plant) + Atlas shipyard dataset records 'puget-sound-naval-shipyard' (tier 1; peer-reviewed airborne-asbestos studies incl. amosite/chrysotile exposure during WWII-era construction and overhaul) and 'mare-island-naval-shipyard' (tier 2; ACM documented in yard records and mesothelioma litigation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; NavSource class article (GMT designation); shipyards.json records 'puget-sound-naval-shipyard' and 'mare-island-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: an Evarts-class (GMT) destroyer escort built January-October 1943 would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel-electric ship - exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, brake linings on winches and windlass, fireproofing, and deck coverings - but, having no boilers or steam propulsion, not boiler or steam-line lagging. Builder Puget Sound Navy Yard is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 1), including peer-reviewed studies of airborne amosite/chrysotile exposure during WWII-era shipyard work; the hull's July-November 1945 pre-inactivation overhaul, material strip-out, and decommissioning at Mare Island Naval Shipyard (dataset tier 2) place the ship at a second documented asbestos-era yard during rip-out-type work.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Puget Sound Navy Yard construction trades 1943; crew 1943-45; Mare Island yard workers Jul-Nov 1945; shipbreakers 1947
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The diesel-electric plant means the largest asbestos categories of steam ships (boiler and steam-line insulation) do not apply; nothing here quantifies material aboard or establishes any individual's exposure. Yard-level documentation characterizes the workplace, not materials installed on this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brackett-de41-03
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[5]Batch-4310 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS transcription; NavSource DE-41 archive page; CourtListener exact-name queries (opinions and RECAP dockets); web sweep for asbestos/mesothelioma claims naming the ship [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-brackett-de41-01 through sl-uss-brackett-de41-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-41: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract, no museum hazmat disclosure (the hull was scrapped in 1947 and no museum custody ever existed), and no qualifying asbestos case naming the vessel was found - CourtListener 'USS Brackett' returned zero opinions and zero dockets. Web results naming 'USS Brackett DE-41' are law-firm marketing list pages (Shepard O'Donnell; mesotheliomahelp.org; freeasbestostesting.com), which are excluded under the sourcing rules.
- 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 - 1943 naval construction is era-consistent with asbestos use, and the documented asbestos-era yards (Puget Sound build; Mare Island overhaul/strip-out) are consistent with it. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brackett-de41-04
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[6]Archival leads on the NavSource DE-41 page: the ship's own 'War History' (scanned document submitted by the ship at war's end); U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships Collection photo 19-N-53904 (NHHC/NARA); NARA RG 24 deck logs for DE-41 (1943-1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-41 page, 'War History' link (images/041/06041wh.jpg) and photo credit block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Undigitized/unreviewed primary material exists for this hull: NavSource hosts a scan of the official War History the ship submitted at war's end; the BuShips Collection holds construction-period photography (19-N-53904, ship off Puget Sound Navy Yard, 1 November 1943); NARA RG 24 holds the ship's deck logs. None was retrieved for this record.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Wartime crew 1943-45
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - none of these documents was reviewed, and none is expected to address asbestos or materials content. Deck logs and war histories record operations, not hull materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brackett-de41-05