Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet ig-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (with MIRROR caveat on source)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (with MIRROR caveat on source)
- Evidence ID
- uss-brough-de148-pkt-ig-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Brough (DE-148) (namesake, specs, builder, launch/commission, Atlantic convoy service, 1946 inactivation, 1951 recommissioning, Fleet Sonar School duty, Deep Freeze II; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (ends Apr 1957); also hazegray.org vol_b_09 and historycentral.com mirrors
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: Edsall class; dp. 1,200; l. 308'; b. 38'7"; dr. 12'3"; 21 kt; cpl. 188; 3x3", 3x21" TT; named for Lt. (j.g.) David A. Brough, USNR (b. Pueblo, Colo., 15 June 1914; Naval Aviator 30 July 1940; died 30 July 1942 airplane crash, Patrol Squadron 42, Aleutian Islands); launched 10 April 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex., sponsored by Mrs. Jack Bell (sister of the namesake); commissioned 18 September 1943, Lt. Comdr. K. J. Hartley in command; two years escorting Allied shipping to European ports - 24 Atlantic crossings; placed out of commission in reserve at Green Cove Springs, Fla. (22 March - year reads 1948 in transcription, 1946 per other mirrors/NavSource - see gaps); recommissioned 7 September 1951; three Caribbean cruises December 1951 - March 1952; local operations Newport and Key West; November 1952 - September 1956 alternating Fleet Sonar School (Key West) and Newport duty; Operation Springboard (November-December 1953); midshipmen cruise to northern Europe and the Caribbean (9 July - 3 September 1955); September 1956 commenced operations as a unit of Operation Deep Freeze II - aircraft picket and weather ship on the Antarctic approaches during the fly-in from New Zealand; returned to Newport 5 April 1957. The DANFS text (Volume I-B, published 1959) ends there - no post-1957 coverage.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1957
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943; wartime crew (design complement 188)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The printed entry ends at April 1957 (volume published 1959) - later events are carried from secondary sources (ev-02). Mirror transcription cited because live NHHC pages return 404 for this entry; mirror variants carry OCR-era date typos (1948 vs 1946 decommissioning; 1956 vs 1955 midshipmen cruise; 1958 vs 1953 Springboard) - reconciliations documented in gaps. Namesake enlistment year reads 1930; NavSource reads 1939 - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brough-de148-01
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[3]NavSource DE-148 index (specification block; building and operational data; commanding-officer list) + 'The History of the U.S.S. Brough (DE 148)' by John N. Adriani, ship's historian (navsource.net/archives/06/148a.htm, printed July 2006) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/06/148.htm (spec block: 4x FM 38D8-1/8 geared diesels + 4 generators, 6,000 shp, 2 screws, 21 kt; complement 8/201; building/operational data; CO list) and /148a.htm (narrative)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilation and ship-historian narrative for this hull, extending DANFS through disposal: laid 22 January 1943; post-commissioning degaussing Galveston and Bermuda shakedown; CO Hartley killed in heavy seas 12 November 1943; first convoy UGS-25 to North Africa, return GUS-24 to the Brooklyn Navy Yard; fourteen convoys in 1944; five unverified submarine attacks; 373 days at sea in first 25 months; 200 depth charges and 372 hedgehogs expended in ASW; June 1945 Pacific transit via Guantanamo/San Diego; Pearl Harbor 11 August 1945; TG 19.2 with USS Petrof Bay 22 August; Charleston 25 September - 24 October 1945; Green Cove Springs inactivation; decommissioned 22 March 1946; overhaul at Merrill Stevens Shipyard, Jacksonville and recommissioned 7 September 1951; early 1952 Key West pier collision; Goose Bay DEW-line support spring 1952; NATO Mainbrace September 1952 (Arctic Circle 18 September); Philadelphia Naval Shipyard overhaul November 1952 - February 1953; Fleet Sonar School Key West from June 1953; Portsmouth (N.H.) Naval Shipyard generator repairs after August 1953 Yosemite tender availability; CortRon Fourteen flagship; Newfoundland exercise 1954; Midshipman Cruise 'Baker' 9 July - 3 September 1955 (Edinburgh, Copenhagen, Guantanamo); 1956 convoy exercises, Battle Efficiency 'E', six-week restricted availability Portsmouth N.H.; Deep Freeze II October 1956 - March 1957 (Dunedin picket station 57; Campbell Island); Boston Naval Shipyard overhaul spring 1957; Deep Freeze III September 1957 - March 1958 (Antarctic Circle crossing 5 February 1958, reported as a first for a DE); homeport Key West from April 1958; Deep Freeze IV August 1958 - February 1959, then first DE solo circumnavigation via Suez, Key West 14 April 1959; 1959-64 sonar school service, NASA/Polaris test witness, two Cuban refugee rescues, Everglades tender availability Charleston fall 1961, Boston yard period May 1962 (new sonar/radar/mast), Cuban missile-crisis quarantine Windward Passage (intercepted Norwegian Mylla, October 1962), Caribbean survey late 1964 (Colon diversion); early 1965 auxiliary boiler failure not repaired; spring 1965 INSURV inspection Key West; Reserve Fleet Norfolk Naval Shipyard April 1965; decommissioned 30 June 1965 at South Gate Annex; struck 1 November 1965; sold for scrapping 13 October 1966 to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore; removed from Navy custody January 1967.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1967
- Population
- Wartime and postwar crew; navy yard, tender, and reserve-fleet personnel 1943-1966; Boston Metals scrapping workers 1966-67
- Limitations
- NavSource and the Adriani ship-history booklet are reputable secondary compilations, not official records - drawn 'from personal collections and memories' per the author's own note, so individual details may carry errors; the narrative is the only located source for post-1957 chronology, yard-period detail, the INSURV/decommission sequence, and the circumnavigation/Antarctic-first claims (which no official source was located to confirm). Documents service and yard/repair episodes (the maintenance-disturbance pathways of interest); contains no materials or asbestos statements.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brough-de148-02
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[4]DANFS specifications block (Edsall class; 21 kt) + NavSource DE-148 specification block (4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38D8-1/8 geared diesels, 4 diesel generators, 6,000 shp, 2 screws; complement 8/201) + shipbuildinghistory.com Consolidated Steel Orange build table (yard hull 271; contract 10-Jan-42; laid 23-Jan-43; launched 10-Apr-43; delivered 18-Sep-43; scrapped 1966) + Texas Historical Commission marker 'Office of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding and Consolidated Steel Corporation' (Orange, 2008) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; navsource.net/archives/06/148.htm specification block; shipbuildinghistory.com consolidatedorange.htm row 271; hmdb.org/m.asp?m=116218 (THC marker text)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: an Edsall-class geared-diesel destroyer escort built 1943 would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel ship - exhaust-system insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, winch/windlass brake linings, and deck coverings - but no propulsion boilers or steam-line lagging (the largest asbestos categories of steam warships do not apply to the main plant). The ship-history narrative documents an auxiliary boiler aboard (failed early 1965; Navy declined repair) - auxiliary-boiler insulation is a plausible additional era application whose presence/content on this hull is undocumented. Builder yard context: Consolidated Steel's Orange, Tex. yard produced 39 destroyers and ~100 destroyer escorts with ~20,000 peak workers (Texas Historical Commission marker; shipbuildinghistory.com yard table lists this hull as yard no. 271).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1966
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction trades 1943; wartime and postwar crew; yard-period workers at Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Portsmouth, Boston, Norfolk naval shipyards and Merrill Stevens (Jacksonville)
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No insulation schedule, materials list, or hull survey for DE-148 was located; NavSource, shipbuildinghistory, and the Adriani history are reputable secondary compilations, not primary sources. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brough-de148-03
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[5]VA adjudication guidance as applied in BVA decisions: Navy Job Titles (Ratings) and Probability of Asbestos Exposure chart (M21-1, IV.ii.1.I.3.d; Part VIII subpart iii 7.C.1.b) - engineering ratings incl. machinist's mate and fireman rated probable to highly probable asbestos exposure aboard Navy ships (BVA Citation 1715957, 2017; see also A23030302, 2023) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BVA Citation Nr 1715957, finding-of-fact paragraph 2 (ratings chart); BVA A23030302 (M21-1 cites)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Official VA adjudication materials acknowledge asbestos exposure aboard Navy ships by occupational rating: the M21-1 Navy ratings probability chart classifies machinist's mate and fireman-type ratings as probable to highly probable exposure, and BVA decisions apply it to WWII-era engine-room personnel. This is a fleet-level administrative acknowledgment consistent with era asbestos use in ship construction and operation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- wartime-1980s exposure era; decisions 2017-2023
- Population
- Navy engineering ratings (era context)
- Limitations
- Fleet/era-level administrative material; names no hull and no specific ship, and does not establish asbestos presence aboard DE-148. VA's current manual location for the chart has moved between M21-1 editions (Part VI 7.21; IV.ii.1.I.3.d; Part VIII iii 7.C.1.b) - quoted section identifiers vary by decision year.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brough-de148-04
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[6]NHHC 'Ships Named for Naval Aviators' appendix (app12.pdf) - search-index snippet reads 'Brough (DE 148) LT (jg) David A. Brough, USNR 18 Sep 1943' (live PDF 404s as of 2026-09-28, NHHC site reorganization); NARA deck logs and war diaries (RG 24 / RG 38 family) for this hull; NHHC DANFS print entry (Volume I-B) [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.navy.mil app12.pdf (Brough row, indexed; live URL 404); NARA RG 24/RG 38/RG 19 series (unretrieved); NavSource DE-148 page carries no NARA photo catalog numbers for this hull
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official archival leads for this hull: the NHHC 'Ships Named for Naval Aviators' appendix is indexed with the verbatim row 'Brough (DE 148) LT (jg) David A. Brough, USNR 18 Sep 1943', corroborating namesake and commissioning (the live PDF now 404s - same NHHC link-rot pattern as DANFS pages). The 1965 INSURV inspection that drove the decommission/scrap decision is a Navy board record not located in public sources. National Archives holdings expected to exist include WWII deck logs (RG 24) and war diaries/command records (RG 38 family) for DE-148; the wartime yard-period records for Consolidated Orange (RG 19 'General Information Books' family, as flagged in the DE-137 batch) are a hull-level material-specification lead. None of these is publicly digitized.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1966
- Population
- n/a (records existence)
- Limitations
- Archival-lead row: the NHHC appendix row is verified via search-index snippet only - the live PDF returned 404 on direct fetch 2026-09-28, so the document exists but is not currently retrievable at the indexed URL. NARA holdings are standard series whose existence is inferred from established record groups but were not individually retrieved - the NARA v1 catalog API returned an empty response (deprecated endpoint). None of these items is known to contain asbestos statements.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brough-de148-05
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[7]Batch-4058 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS transcriptions; NavSource index and ship-historian narrative; shipbuildinghistory.com yard table; THC marker; VA BVA decisions; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries; law-firm list pages (excluded); NARA catalog; GAO HRD-80-2 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-brough-de148-01 through sl-uss-brough-de148-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-148: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation (ship scrapped 1966-67), or docketed case naming the vessel was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Law-firm list pages that place this hull on generic 'destroyer escorts with asbestos' rosters were located and excluded as non-authoritative marketing content.
- 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 - era materials aboard a 1943 escort scrapped in 1966-67 were never surveyed in any public record found. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brough-de148-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches (via fleet cl-auth-search.py): "USS Brough" type=o; "Brough" type=o; "DE-148" type=o [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search API v4 results reviewed 2026-09-28; 'DE-148' all 34 hits (2 pages), 'Brough' top-20 of 3,478, '"Brough" asbestos' type=r top-20 of 207
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation sweep for this hull: "USS Brough" opinions search returned zero results - no opinion names the ship. "Brough" opinions search returned 3,478 hits, all person-name collisions on the surname (Brough v. Brough divorce/custody cases, State v. Brough criminal cases, In re Brough attorney-discipline and bankruptcy matters, Brough v. United States and United States v. Brough individual matters) - the 20 results reviewed carry zero mentions of uss/vessel/navy/asbestos/destroyer/DE-148, and none is vessel-related. "DE-148" opinions search returned 34 hits; all 34 hits across both result pages were reviewed and are docket-entry-number citations ('[DE 148]', '(DE 148)') inside unrelated civil, bankruptcy, IP, securities, products, tax, and Puerto Rico appellate dockets - none vessel-related and none asbestos. RECAP docket-text pass '"Brough" asbestos' returned 207 dockets, all person-name and asbestos-docket-text collisions: top-20 case names are plaintiffs surnamed Brough suing asbestos defendants (Brough v. Owens-Corning E.D. Pa. 1989; Brough v. Lykes Bros. S.S. E.D. La. 1987 - a maritime-employer case where 'Brough' is the plaintiff's surname, not the ship; Brough v. A C and S E.D. Pa. 2010; Brough, Hubert O. v. A C and S S.D. Ind. 1998) plus mass asbestos dockets where 'Brough' appears in indexed text (MDL-875, Federal-Mogul and Bestwall bankruptcies); the returned payload carries zero uss/vessel/navy/destroyer/DE-148/shipboard mentions. No qualifying asbestos litigation, and no litigation of any kind naming this vessel, was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28 (index coverage)
- Limitations
- DE-148 is the only hull to carry the name Brough, so any 'USS Brough' hit would be this vessel; the zero count is therefore hull-definitive for published opinions, and the DE-148 result set was reviewed in full (34/34). The surname (3,478) and RECAP (207) result sets were reviewed at top-20 level only - their deep pages were not fetched under fleet pacing, and the RECAP pass was filtered on 'Brough asbestos' so it cannot see dockets mentioning the ship without that term. The 'Brough v. Lykes Bros. S.S.' near-collision (plaintiff surname = ship name, maritime asbestos context) was classified person-name collision because no vessel DE-148 or Navy party appears. A zero opinion/docket count does not prove no filing ever named the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brough-de148-07