Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet ft-packet.md (8 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Braine (DD-630)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-braine-dd630-pkt-ft-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Braine (DD-630) (namesake, builder, launch/commissioning, spec block, WWII service narrative through 1956, nine battle stars, strike/transfer line; verbatim NHHC page via Wayback capture 2025-12-09 - live page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS entry 'Braine (DD-630)', spec block + service narrative + terminal strike/transfer line (Wayback capture 2025-12-09)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Rear Admiral Daniel Lawrence Braine (1829-1898); Fletcher class (dp. 2,050; l. 376'5"; b. 39'7"; dr. 17'9"; s. 35.2 k.; cpl. 329; a. 5 5", 10 21" tt.); launched 7 March 1943 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, sponsored by Mrs. Daniel L. Braine; commissioned 11 May 1943, Comdr. J. F. Newman, Jr., in command. WWII service: Wake Island bombardment 5-6 Oct 1943; Empress Augusta Bay landings 1-3 Nov 1943; Green Island 15 Feb 1944; Rabaul night bombardment 24-25 Feb; Emirau 20 Mar; Tinian bombardment 14 Jun 1944 (minor shell damage); Leyte fire support 20 Oct; Lingayen Gulf 4-15 Jan 1945; Manila Bay/Bataan-Corregidor 14-28 Feb 1945; Zamboanga and Pollack Harbor radar picket/support 17 Mar-23 Apr; Okinawa radar picket 16-25 May; hit by two suicide planes in quick succession 27 May 1945 (bridge damaged forward, number-two funnel blown overboard, amidships superstructure demolished); emergency repairs Kerama Retto; arrived United States 19 Jul 1945; Boston repairs, then Charleston Navy Yard inactivation - out of commission in reserve 26 Jul 1946 at Charleston. Recommissioned 6 Apr 1951; 6th Fleet Mediterranean 1952 and May-Oct 1953; yard period Oct 1953-2 Nov 1954; Pacific Fleet Dec 1954; Yokosuka/TF-77 Jan 1955, Tachen Islands evacuation Feb 1955, Formosa patrol; west coast 19 Jun 1955; WestPac 13 Feb-22 Jul 1956. Nine battle stars WWII. Struck from the Navy list 17 August 1971 and transferred to Argentina through the Security Assistance Program.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1971
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1942-43; wartime and postwar crew (DANFS spec cpl. 329)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and design specifications, not materials or asbestos content. No laid-down date is stated in the entry. The archived NHHC text ends at 1956 with 'Update for 1956 through 1971 pending' plus the strike/transfer line; post-1956 narrative is carried via the ibiblio transcription (ev-02). Wayback capture cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-braine-dd630-01
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[3]DANFS, Braine (DD-630) extended transcription (HyperWar/ibiblio, transcribed by Patrick Clancey) - post-1956 update narrative and Argentine service/disposition record [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- ibiblio HyperWar DANFS transcription, post-1956 paragraphs + Argentine service section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Extended DANFS narrative for this hull (post-1956 section): 1960 ASW ops and DesDiv 212 deployment with USS Bennington (CVS-20) hunter-killer group; Long Beach Naval Shipyard overhaul from June 1961; 1962 WestPac with DesDiv 212 and USS Ranger, Formosa patrol, Cuban-crisis Panama Canal Zone escort duty Nov 1962; DesRon 21 'E' and Gold 'A' for ASW (1963); Sasebo drydock hull repairs (1963 deployment); Seventh Fleet ops Jan-Apr 1964; 1965 WestPac deployment (7 Sep: 2000 rounds at 50 South Vietnam targets); 1966 Yankee Station operations - 4 Nov running gun battle with North Vietnamese shore batteries (400+ 5-inch rounds, slight shrapnel damage, Seventh Fleet commendation, 'Galloping Ghost of the Vietnam Coast'); Mare Island Naval Ship Yard overhaul Sep-Dec 1967 (two new 5"/38 mounts, three 3"/50 mounts); 1968 WestPac plane guard (recovered F-4 survivor LT McPherson); Naval Reserve Training Ship homeported Portland, Oregon (ordered 29 Aug 1969; 1970-71 service); 7 Apr 1971 CNO found the ship unfit for further naval service, ordered stricken and approved transfer to Argentina; sold to Argentina 10 Aug 1971; renamed Almirante Domecq García - D23; commissioned into Argentine service 17 Aug 1971 at Treasure Island (escorted by ex-USS Cowell DD-547); arrived Puerto Belgrano 21 Nov 1971; UNITAS XVII (1976) and XXI (1980), COMORAN IV/V (1977-78); Malvinas-conflict maritime-transit control and early AA alarm duty near Bahia Blanca (1982); taken out of service Oct 1982, flag lowered 30 Nov 1982 (123,000 miles under Argentine flag); sunk as a target 19 Nov 1986 by an Exocet missile at 39 deg 57' S, 57 deg 57' W.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1956-1986
- Population
- USN crew 1956-1971; Naval Reserve trainees (Portland OR, 1969-71); Argentine Navy crew 1971-1982
- Limitations
- This extended narrative is not present on the archived NHHC page (which marks the 1956-1971 update 'pending'); it is carried as the HyperWar DANFS transcription. The transcription contains two verified typos vs. the NHHC text - 'February 1946' for the Feb 1945 Bataan/Corregidor operation and 'January 1954' for Jan 1955 Yokosuka - corrected here against the NHHC capture. Sinking date conflicts with NavSource/Wikipedia (7 Oct 1983) - carried in gaps. Documents service/disposition, not materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-braine-dd630-02
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[4]National Archives (Textual Records Division) 'The Text Message' blog, 'The Kamikaze Attack on the USS Braine, May 27, 1945' (Joseph P. Keefe, 23 Jun 2020) - citing USS Braine after-action report (RG 38, NAID 140065804), Braine war diary (RG 38, NAID 101722244), Anthony war diary (NAID 140038740), Boston Navy Yard log vol. 40 (RG 181, NAID 117700183), damage photo (NAID 38329871) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Text Message blog post, narrative + footnotes/sources block (NAIDs 140065804, 101722244, 140038740, 117700183, 38329871)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA archival coverage of this hull's 27 May 1945 kamikaze damage and subsequent repair: four 'Val' dive bombers made a coordinated attack at picket station five; the first hit forward (No. 2 handling room, bomb into wardroom, CIC demolished), the second hit amidships (No. 2 stack exploded overboard, rudder locked - ship circled at 20 knots); casualty report listed 27 killed and 40 missing (missing later confirmed killed) - final accounting 8 officers and 59 enlisted killed (67 total) and 102 wounded; USS Anthony and LCS(L)-86/-123 assisted. The ship arrived at Boston Navy Yard 6 August 1945 (yard log, RG 181 vol. 40) where crews 'removed the entire superstructure to clear battle damage and provide access for maintenance and repairs'; repairs completed October 1945. Crew awards for the war: a Navy Cross, five Silver Stars, Navy and Marine Corps Medal, ten Bronze Stars, fourteen commendation ribbons, 187 Purple Hearts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Wartime crew at time of attack (~300 aboard); Boston Navy Yard repair workforce Aug-Oct 1945
- Limitations
- NARA blog grounded in named archival records (RG 38/181 NAIDs listed above) - documents the battle-damage event and the documented Boston Navy Yard repair period (superstructure removal/rebuild, Aug-Oct 1945) on this hull. It contains no asbestos information and does not address materials disturbed or installed in that work; it is repair-scope context, not an asbestos finding. The blog's 'twenty-one-ton' displacement line and 'mothballed at the Boston Navy Yard in 1946' sentence are loose - DANFS spec (2,050 tons) and Charleston inactivation carried instead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-braine-dd630-03
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[5]DANFS specifications block (Fletcher class; 2,050-ton destroyer, 35.2 kt, cpl. 329) + Fletcher-class design data (4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 2-shaft geared steam turbines; 60,000 shp - class profile per navypedia + BuShips Ships Data 1945) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Bath Iron Works record [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; shipyards.json record 'bath-iron-works' (PMID 21016030; OSHA Inspection 101450294; NIOSH HHE 89-0273-2000; Austin v. Raybestos; NARA RG19)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a WWII Fletcher-class destroyer built Oct 1942-May 1943 with a four-boiler steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings; builder Bath Iron Works is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2), including Dr. Philip Drinker's 1942 Harvard study recording 'fairly serious dust risk' in pipe-covering shops at roughly ten times the safe threshold (PMID 21016030), OSHA 1987 asbestos-standard citations with an 80-percent bulk sample (Lab B24809) and 1.71-f/cc personal sample (Lab B24801), NIOSH HHE 89-0273-2000 documenting fiber exposure in repair/overhaul trades, and worker litigation (Austin v. Raybestos-Manhattan, 471 A.2d 280 (Me. 1984)). NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are an archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1971
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1942-43; crew 1943-71
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The yard-level records document Bath Iron Works practice/conditions, not materials installed aboard DD-630; several postdate the hull's 1942-43 construction. NARA GIB retrieval not performed. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-braine-dd630-04
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[6]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (Oct. 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page + report summary (published Oct. 18, 1979; publicly released Oct. 22, 1979)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Program-level era context: GAO documented that the Navy's major asbestos use aboard ships was thermal insulation, that substitution of alternative insulation materials did not begin until the 1970s (after this hull's entire US service era), that the October 1975 policy was remove-and-replace only when insulation was damaged or had to be removed for repairs, and that a one-time removal program was rejected on a ~$2 billion estimated cost. This hull left US custody 17 August 1971 - before either removal policy existed - and was sunk as a target in Argentine waters.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979 (report); 1943-1971 (hull US service)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and crews, program-wide (context)
- Limitations
- Program-level findings, not a survey of this hull; GAO fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (standing defect since batch-01); product-page description and published summary used. Does not establish what was aboard DD-630.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-braine-dd630-05
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[7]Anjeski v. ACANDS Inc., 902 F.2d 32 (6th Cir. 1990) (unpublished disposition, No. 89-1571, aff'g summary judgment), and district opinion Anjeski v. Keene Building & Development Co., 727 F. Supp. 331 (E.D. Mich. 1989) (CourtListener opinion 1461072) [court_record]
- Locator
- 902 F.2d 32, slip op. Part I.B para. 6 (service recital naming 'the Braine'); 727 F. Supp. 331 at 331-333 (Lapwing exposure theory; Kilpatrick deposition limits)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos wrongful-death litigation in which this hull is named - but only incidentally, and without any exposure finding. Decedent Robert Anjeski (USN 1943-1946; mesothelioma, died 24 Jan 1988) 'served on two ships: the USS Lapwing and the USS Braine... transferred to the Braine in January 1946' - the sole occurrence of this hull in the case record. The operative exposure theory was Lapwing-only: the district court states 'the alleged exposure occurred while Anjeski was a boiler room operator aboard the U.S.S. Lapwing during World War II,' and the sole product-identification witness (Kilpatrick deposition, covering Lapwing service 1941-mid-1944) could not connect defendants' products to the boiler room where Anjeski worked. District court (Feikens, J.) granted summary judgment to Owens-Illinois, Celotex, and Keene on 25 Apr 1989; Sixth Circuit affirmed 7 May 1990 - a merits-level negative for that plaintiff on product-identification grounds.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (service); 1987-1990 (litigation)
- Population
- Robert Anjeski (USN 1943-1946: USS Lapwing to Jan 1946, then USS Braine; watertender); estate action by Irene Anjeski
- Limitations
- The hull mention is a service-history recital, not an exposure allegation - no exposure aboard DD-630 was alleged at the operative level or adjudicated; the affirmed defense summary judgment is a merits-negative for that plaintiff, not evidence about this hull. The appellate disposition is unpublished (citation disfavored under 6th Cir. R. 24(c)) and is NOT in CourtListener's indexed corpus - which is why the 'USS Braine' opinion sweep returns zero. The published district opinion (727 F. Supp. 331, E.D. Mich., on CL as opinion 1461072) does not name the Braine at all. Reporter text verified at law.resource.org (Public.Resource.Org F.2d reproduction). Establishes nothing about materials or conditions aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-braine-dd630-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches via fleet helper (type=o opinions), 2026-09-27 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-braine-dd630-08 through sl-uss-braine-dd630-11 and sl-15 through sl-17; Anjeski district opinion CL 1461072
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS Braine / DD-630 located in the completed sweep. Results: '"USS Braine"' (type=o) = 0 hits - consistent, not an index miss: the hull's only litigation mention sits in the unpublished appellate disposition Anjeski v. ACANDS Inc., 902 F.2d 32 (6th Cir. 1990), which is outside CourtListener's indexed corpus, while the published district opinion in CL (727 F. Supp. 331, opinion 1461072) names only USS Lapwing; '"Braine" asbestos' (type=o) = 0 hits; '"Anjeski"' (type=o) = 6 hits, all classified - the district opinion plus doctrinal citing cases (Lindstrom v. A-C Product Liability Trust, 6th Cir. 2005, two opinions; Barlow v. John Crane-Houdaille, Mich. App. 1991; Lineaweaver v. Plant Insulation, Cal. App. 1995; Sheffield v. Owens-Corning, Ala. 1992), none ship-relevant. Anjeski itself is classified down per litigation-stage discipline: hull named in service recital only, exposure theory Lapwing-only, affirmed defense summary judgment = merits-level negative for that plaintiff (ev-uss-braine-dd630-06). '"DD-630"' (type=o) = 0 hits. Dockets: '"USS Braine"' (type=r) = 0 hits; '"DD-630"' (type=r) = 13 dockets / 15 documents, all identifier collisions - 'DD-630' recurs as an exhibit/document string in unrelated federal matters (medical-malpractice, voting, habeas, RICO, copyright, antitrust, patent, bankruptcy); the one ambiguous hit is an MDL-875 tag-along filing (Baker v. Hopeman Brothers, N.D. Cal. 4:11-cv-01646) where 'DD-630' sits inside a complaint exhibit - hull-vs-exhibit unresolvable without a document pull, archived as a lead not a qualifying case. PENDING: '"aboard the Braine"' type=o - deferred when the fleet pacing budget saturated (helper exit 2 across retries).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Population
- Robert Anjeski (USN 1943-1946; USS Braine Jan 1946 onward per appellate service recital)
- Limitations
- Coverage is limited to CourtListener-indexed federal/state opinions and federal dockets; unindexed state trial-court filings and settled MDL-875 claimant records are outside coverage. The '"aboard the Braine"' opinion variant did not run this session (fleet pacing saturation) - logged as pending in search_ledger sl-uss-braine-dd630-17; a name match is not automatically a qualifying case, and no search can prove the absence of all possible litigation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-braine-dd630-07
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[9]Batch-3603 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (Wayback capture + ibiblio transcription); NARA Textual Records blog; NVR; NavSource index data; NPS NRHP/NHL; GAO HRD-80-2; Atlas shipyards dataset; USS Braine Reunion Association site; CourtListener sweeps; Argentine-source disposition check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-braine-dd630-01 through sl-uss-braine-dd630-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-630: no hull asbestos survey, no abatement or remediation contract, no disposal hazmat disclosure, and no docketed case alleging or adjudicating exposure aboard this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The single litigation record naming the hull (Anjeski, ev-06) is a service recital inside a case whose exposure theory and affirmed defense summary judgment concerned USS Lapwing. The hull's lifecycle - Bath Iron Works construction 1942-43, WWII service with catastrophic 1945 battle damage and Boston Navy Yard rebuild, 1946-51 reserve, 1951-71 recommissioned service with documented overhauls (Long Beach 1961, Sasebo 1963, Mare Island 1967), Naval Reserve training duty to 1971, Argentine Navy service 1971-1982, target sinking at sea - generated no located asbestos-specific documentation at any phase.
- 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 - era design practice is consistent with asbestos insulation having been installed, but that is not a ship-specific documentation finding. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-braine-dd630-08