Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Buckley' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS Buckley' returned 23 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-buckley-de51-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Buckley' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS Buckley' returned 466 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-buckley-de51-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'DE-51' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'DE-51' returned 223024 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-buckley-de51-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'DE-51' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'DE-51' returned 525638 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-buckley-de51-cl-hull-docket
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[5]DANFS, Buckley (DE-51) entry - verbatim transcription (live NHHC page returns 404 on probed URL patterns) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (hazegray/losthistory.net verbatim transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Aviation Ordnanceman John Daniel Buckley, killed in action at NAS Kaneohe Bay 7 December 1941; launched 9 January 1943 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Mass., sponsored by Mrs. James Buckley; commissioned 30 April 1943, Lt. Cmdr. A. W. Slayden in command; July 1943-22 April 1944 eastern-seaboard training ship; joined hunter-killer TG 21.11 on 22 April 1944; rammed and sank U-66 on 6 May 1944 (rammed 0328, U-66 sank 0341 at 17-17N 32-24W), took a hole in the starboard side, picked up 36 German survivors, repaired at New York until 14 June 1944; two North Africa convoys 14 July-7 November 1944; with Reuben James (DE-153) sank a U-boat (transcription reads U-879; uboat.net loss record identifies U-548 - see gaps) on 19 April 1945 at 42-19N 61-45W; Algeria convoy June-July 1945; commenced picket-ship conversion on return; Navy Day at Jacksonville October 1945; reported to 16th Fleet St. Johns River 31 October 1945; out of commission in reserve 3 July 1946; reclassified DER-51 26 April 1949; reclassified DE-51 29 September 1954; Navy Unit Commendation and three battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1942-1954
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew (design complement 186 per DANFS)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and design-block specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Transcription reads 'U-879' for the 19 April 1945 kill while uboat.net's U-boat loss record identifies U-548 at the identical position/date - conflict carried in gaps. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-buckley-de51-01
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[6]USS Buckley (DE-51) CO action report, 'Action report of Engagement with German Submarine, 6 May 1944,' DE51/A16-3 Serial No. 008, dated 8 May 1944 (transcribed archival document) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Action report narrative, paragraphs 1-5 (approach, ramming, sinking)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Primary-source action report by this hull's commanding officer: radar contact on SL radar at 14,000 yards at 0245; General Quarters 0246; engagement narrative of the 6 May 1944 sinking of the submarine 'believed to be U-66 from papers found on survivors' between 0320 and 0336 in Lat. 17-17N, Long. 32-29W, including the ramming and close-quarters exchange.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1944-05-06
- Population
- Wartime crew aboard during U-66 action
- Limitations
- Transcribed mirror of an archival primary document (uboatarchive.net); text transcription unverified against the NARA original. Documents combat action only - no materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-buckley-de51-02
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[7]NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Buckley (DE-51) - chronology compiled from NVR/dictionary data; corroborated by usnfleet.us and NavalCoverMuseum [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-51 chronology block; usnfleet.us USS Buckley (DE-51) page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposition and registry dates for this hull: laid down 29 June 1942; launched 9 January 1943; commissioned 30 April 1943; decommissioned 3 July 1946 (at Green Cove Springs, Fla., per usnfleet.us); reclassified DER-51 26 April 1949; reclassified DE-51 29 September 1954; struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1 June 1968; sold for scrapping 10 June 1969.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1942-1969
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations of NVR/dictionary data (NavSource fetch blocked; dates verified via search-index excerpts and corroborating compilations usnfleet.us, NavalCoverMuseum, uboat.net). Wikipedia reads 'sold for scrap July 1969' - 10 June 1969 vs July 1969 conflict carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-buckley-de51-03
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[8]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table (shipscribe.com scan) + navypedia us_de_te block map [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 design-group table; navypedia us_de_te technical data + member table
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era propulsion documentation: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 design groups 2-3 (TE turbo-electric) - two 'D' express-type boilers at 435 psi/750F superheat feeding GE steam turbine-generators and electric motors, 12,000 shp, two shafts, 23.6 kt; navypedia's per-block boiler-manufacturer map assigns Foster Wheeler boilers to the DE-51-98 block that includes this hull. A 1942-43 steam-plant escort of this design would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation on boilers and steam lines, turbine insulation, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing; the Buckley class and the John C. Butler (WGT) class are the only DE classes with a full steam plant, making this the most asbestos-relevant DE design group alongside Butler.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades 1942-43; crew 1943-46
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - not a ship-specific finding. The boiler block map is navypedia-sourced and unverified against contract documents; no hull material schedule located (NARA RG19 General Information Books are the archival lead). Does not establish asbestos presence, quantity, or exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-buckley-de51-04
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[9]In re: Asbestos Litigation - Haynes v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. et al., No. 16-607 (D. Del.), Report and Recommendation (2017) [court_record]
- Locator
- R&R factual recital (D.I. 108 at 1; 12/6/16 Tr.) - 'USS Dennis J. Buckley (USS Buckley)... six months in 1963'
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Name-collision resolution: the only 'USS Buckley' appearing in located asbestos litigation is USS Dennis J. Buckley (DD-808), a Gearing-class destroyer - not DE-51. The court document states plaintiff Harold Haynes 'was stationed on the USS Halsey Powell (USS Powell) from 1960 to 1963 and on the USS Dennis J. Buckley (USS Buckley) for six months in 1963' as a boiler tender; DE-51 was in reserve from 3 July 1946 and was never recommissioned, so no 1963 service aboard DE-51 is possible. Independently verified against the court's published PDF; consistent with the class-profile litigation sweep of 2026-09-16 (buckley-class.class.json sl-buckley-class-05).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1959-1963 (alleged exposure); 2016-2017 (litigation)
- Population
- Harold Haynes (USN boiler tender 1959-1963; vessels Halsey Powell and Dennis J. Buckley)
- Limitations
- Correction row, not exposure evidence: establishes that this litigation does not concern DE-51. The R&R resolved defense summary-judgment motions - a merits-stage defense win for those defendants - and in any case involves a different hull. Does not establish that asbestos was or was not aboard DE-51.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-buckley-de51-05
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[10]Batch-297 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live + transcription mirrors; CO action report (uboatarchive.net); NavSource/usnfleet/NavalCoverMuseum registry compilations; uboat.net allied-warships + loss records; BuShips Ships' Data 1945; navypedia block map; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweeps (blocked - see sl-06); court-document verification via ded.uscourts.gov; class-profile litigation sweep 2026-09-16 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-buckley-de51-01 through sl-uss-buckley-de51-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, disposal hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed asbestos case naming DE-51 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener direct access was blocked this session (API HTTP 429 '125/day'; web UI HTTP 403); coverage is web-index-mediated plus the class-profile sweep of 2026-09-16, whose only 'USS Buckley' asbestos hit resolved to DD-808 (ev-05). Law-firm/marketing pages listing 'USS Buckley DE-51' (shepardlawfirm, asbestos.com, freeasbestostesting, helbocklaw) exist but are banned sources - presence on marketing lists is not evidence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1942-43 steam-plant escort is era-consistent with ACM, and the hull was scrapped in 1969 leaving no surveyable artifact. A throttled CourtListener sweep may be incomplete; residual docket-text hits cannot be excluded. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-buckley-de51-06