Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, USS Burke (DE-215/APD-65) (verbatim transcription - live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, DE-215/APD-65 specification block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 3 April 1943 by Philadelphia Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. John E. Burke; commissioned 20 August 1943, LCDR E. K. Winn, USNR; nine round-trip Atlantic convoy-escort voyages 11 November 1943 - 25 January 1945; reported to Sullivan's Dry Dock and Repair Corp., Brooklyn, N.Y., 25 January 1945 for conversion to high-speed transport; reclassified APD-65 24 January 1945; reported to the Pacific Fleet 1 May 1945; UDT exercises Hawaii; Okinawa 27 June, picket duty off Ie Shima 27-30 June; Legaspi amphibious training; escort for occupation forces; departed Tokyo Bay 26 October; Norfolk 30 December 1945; Transport Division 121 out of Norfolk January 1946 - April 1949; arrived Charleston 16 April 1949 for inactivation; out of commission in reserve 22 June 1949; one battle star WWII. Namesake LCDR John Edward Burke (USNA 1928), killed in action in the Pacific 15 November 1942.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1949
- Population
- Philadelphia Navy Yard construction trades 1943; wartime crew (design complement 186); embarked UDT/amphibious personnel 1945
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. DANFS does not give a laid-down date (1 January 1943 is from secondary compilation). Entry ends at 1949 inactivation - striking and Colombia transfer are not covered. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burke-apd65-01
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[2]U.S. Naval Historical Center, Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Burke (DE-215, later APD-65), 1943-1968' (ibiblio mirror; incl. photo NH 71599 caption and NARA 80-G photo list) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Online Library page narrative + NH 71599 caption + 80-G photo list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Naval Historical Center record for this hull: 'a 1400-ton Buckley class escort ship built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard,' commissioned August 1943; Atlantic convoy duty to January 1945; APD conversion; Pacific May 1945; UDT support, radar picket, escort, and transport duty; decommissioned June 1949; 'in mothballs until July 1968, when she was transferred to Colombia' as Almirante Brion, serving until 1974. Photo NH 71599 caption documents UDT-21 landing from Burke (APD-65) at Futtsu-misaki, Tokyo Bay, 28 August 1945 - 'the first sword surrendered to an American force in the Japanese Home islands.' NARA-held photos 80-G-235210/-11/-12 (New York Harbor, 9 June 1944) and 80-G-316762/-63/-64 (underway 24 April 1945, post-conversion) are cataloged.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Population
- UDT-21 personnel embarked aboard this hull, August 1945
- Limitations
- Official NHC photo-archive page documenting service and disposition; contains no asbestos or materials information. The July-1968 transfer phrasing conflicts with NavSource's 12 August and 8 December 1968 dates - variance carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burke-apd65-02
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[3]NavSource Online, USS Burke (APD-65) Amphibious Photo Archive page + DE-215 Destroyer Escort Photo Index page (archives/06/215.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource APD-65 and DE-215 ship pages, chronology blocks
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Secondary compilation for this hull: laid down 1 January 1943 as DE-215 at Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched 3 April 1943 (sponsor Mrs. Miriam Katherine Burke); commissioned 20 August 1943; conversion at Sullivan Dry Dock and Repair Corp., Brooklyn, completed 8 April 1945; decommissioned 22 June 1949 (DE page: Green Cove Springs, Fla.; APD page: Charleston, S.C.); laid up Atlantic Reserve Fleet; struck from the Naval Register 1 June 1968; transferred to Colombia (DE page: 12 August 1968 MAP sale; APD page: 8 December 1968) as ARC Almirante Brion (DT-07); struck by the Colombian Navy 1974; broken up for scrap. Navy Occupation Service Medal periods 2-19 September and 9 October-1 November 1945; commanding officer list through inactivation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained secondary compilation, not an official record; its own two pages give conflicting decommissioning locations and Colombia transfer dates (log-level variance carried in gaps). Direct fetch of navsource.org failed from this environment - content corroborated via search-index excerpt of the same pages.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burke-apd65-03
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table (shipscribe.com scan) + Navypedia Buckley (TE) class page boiler-block map + NavSource Charles Lawrence-class conversion data + DANFS USS Charles Lawrence (DE-53/APD-37) entry (ibiblio) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 design-group table; navypedia us_de_te member table; NavSource APD-37 class data block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this hull: BuShips design groups 2-3 (TE turbo-electric) specify 2 'D' express-type boilers at 435 psi/750F feeding GE turbo-electric machinery, 12,000 shp, 2 shafts, 23.6 kt - the Buckley class is one of only two DE groups (with John C. Butler WGT) carrying a full steam plant. The navypedia block map assigns Babcock & Wilcox boilers to DE-214-223, the group containing this hull. A full superheated steam plant of 1943 construction implies era-standard asbestos applications: boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, valve/flange gaskets, machinery packing, and deck coverings. The Charles Lawrence-class APD conversion (superstructure enlarged for ~162 troops, 5"/38 mount, four stacked LCVP davits) was major 1945 yard work consistent with insulation disturbance and renewal; DANFS records lead ship USS Charles Lawrence converted at the same yard (Sullivan Drydock and Repair Corp., Brooklyn) October 1944 - January 1945.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (construction/conversion); service through 1974
- Population
- Construction trades (Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1943); conversion yard workers (Sullivan's Dry Dock, Brooklyn, Jan-Apr 1945); crews 1943-1949; Colombian Navy crews 1968-1974
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation, not a hull record - establishes what the design carried, not what was found aboard this hull. Boiler-manufacturer block assignment is navypedia-sourced and unverified against contract documents. No quantities; no exposure for any individual; conversion-scope asbestos content is inference, not a documented work package.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burke-apd65-04
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[5]CourtListener API v4 sweep, exact phrase "USS Burke" (type=o opinions; type=r RECAP dockets) - 0 results in each index, 2026-09-26 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-burke-apd65-05 through -07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation sweep: CourtListener exact-name queries for "USS Burke" returned zero opinions and zero RECAP dockets. No qualifying asbestos litigation, removal docket, or MDL-875 record naming this hull was located. Hull-number sweeps ("APD-65", "DE-215") were attempted but rate-limited by the fleet-wide pacing budget at research date - logged as blocked in the search ledger, not as a negative result.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Absence of a docketed case in the searched indexes does not prove no exposure and does not defeat any claimant's eligibility; RECAP coverage is incomplete and hull-number queries remain pending. 'Burke' is a high-collision surname, but all surname hits are plaintiff names, not vessel references - the exact-name query is the controlling sweep.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burke-apd65-05
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[6]Batch-2450 search ledger (this record): DANFS/ibiblio; NHHC Online Library mirror; NavSource; shipyards.json yard check; CourtListener name sweep; asbestos marketing-list web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-burke-apd65-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull survey, abatement contract, donation-condition hazmat disclosure, or museum documentation exists for this hull because none is possible - the ship was scrapped after Colombian service ending 1974 and was never a museum or federally retained asset. The hull appears on non-authoritative asbestos marketing lists (e.g., freeasbestostesting.com 'amphibious ships' roster) - logged as an exclusion, not evidence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era construction is consistent with installed era materials. Does not establish that asbestos was or was not present, and establishes or defeats no claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burke-apd65-06
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked to automated fetch, HTTP 403; content via product-page description)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. For this hull the documented program era never applied - Burke left U.S. custody in 1968 and was scrapped abroad in 1974, so no Navy abatement action, survey, or disposal-condition record for this ship exists within the program's scope.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1979 (program); hull predates scope
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not ship-specific. Establishes only that this hull predates the documented program period; says nothing about materials aboard during service or at transfer.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burke-apd65-07