Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet hv-packet.md (12 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-burrows-de105-pkt-hv-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Burrows III (DE-105) (namesake, builder, dates, convoy-escort and Pacific service narrative, inactivation and MDAP transfer; verbatim transcription on hazegray mirror - live NHHC page serves 404 and the ibiblio HyperWar mirror lacks a DE-105 page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Burrows' III - namesake biographical note + DE-105 specification block + service narrative (hazegray mirror at losthistory.net)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: the third Burrows; launched 2 October 1943 by Dravo Corp., Wilmington, Del.; sponsored by Miss Ruth C. Tech; commissioned 19 December 1943, Lt. Comdr. R. W. Graham, USNR, in command. Spec block: dp. 1,240; l. 306'; b. 36'8"; dr. 11'8"; s. 21 k.; cpl. 186; a. 3 3", 3 21" TT.; cl. Cannon. February 1944-May 1945: convoy escort on seven round-trip convoys to England and one to Bizerte, Tunisia, with refresher training at Casco Bay, Maine, and Block Island, R.I., between voyages. 28 June 1945: transited the Panama Canal to the Pacific Fleet; yard availability at San Diego; Pearl Harbor 19 July; Eniwetok 13 August; anti-submarine sweep around Truk 16-23 August; Leyte 31 August. September 1945-January 1946: Far East operations between the Philippine Islands, Okinawa, and Japan supporting the occupation. San Francisco 23 February 1946; Norfolk in March; Green Cove Springs, Fla., inactivation commenced 13 April; placed out of commission in reserve 14 June 1946. Towed to Boston, arriving 7 February 1950, for overhaul under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program; transferred to the Netherlands 1 June 1950. Namesake: Lt. William Burrows, appointed midshipman 1799, distinguished at Tripoli, died aboard the brig Enterprise from wounds in the engagement with HMS Boxer (DANFS prints '13 September 1813' - NavSource's biography dates the action 5 September 1813; conflict carried in gaps).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1813 (namesake); 1943-1950 USN
- Population
- Dravo Corp. Wilmington construction trades 1943; wartime crew (design complement 186); RNLN crew 1950-1967
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Omits the laid-down date (20 March 1943 per NavSource; uboat.net reads 24 March - carried in gaps). The decommissioning date conflicts with NavSource/uboat.net (14 June vs 26 April 1946 - carried in gaps). Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404 under all tried URL patterns and ibiblio lacks a DE-105 page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burrows-de105-01
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[3]NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Index DE-105 (building/operational data lines + class specifications) + uboat.net Allied Warships ship/1460 + navypedia VAN AMSTEL class member table (nl_es_van_amstel.htm) + NavalCoverMuseum BURROWS DE-105 entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource /archives/06/105.htm 'Building and Operational Data' block + specifications block; uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/1460.html data table and history block; navypedia.org/ships/netherlands/nl_es_van_amstel.htm member table row F806; navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/BURROWS_DE_105 names/designations list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary-source build and disposition timeline for this hull: keel laid 20 March 1943 by Dravo Corp., Wilmington, Del. (NavSource and NavalCoverMuseum; uboat.net reads 24 March 1943 - conflict carried in gaps; DANFS omits the date); launched/christened 2 October 1943, sponsor Miss Ruth C. Tech; commissioned 19 December 1943 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Lcdr. Robert W. Graham, USNR (basis for the philadelphia-naval-shipyard related_shipyards entry); decommissioned 26 April 1946 at Green Cove Springs, Fla., after 2 years and 4 months of service (DANFS narrative reads 14 June 1946 - conflict carried in gaps); transferred to the Netherlands under MDAP 1 June 1950, renamed HNLMS Van Amstel (F.806); struck from the Naval Vessel Register 26 September 1950. Dutch service: Van Amstel was lead ship of the six-unit Van Amstel class of frigates (all former Cannon-class DET escorts, F806-F811); returned to US custody December 1967 (navypedia member table, uboat.net); sold February 1968 to Simons Scheepsslooparij N.V. of Rotterdam and broken up for scrap.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1968
- Population
- RNLN crew 1950-1967; Rotterdam scrapping workers 1968
- Limitations
- US-side dates (commissioning, transfer 1950-06-01, stricken 1950-09-26) are corroborated across NavSource/uboat.net/Wikipedia/NavalCoverMuseum; laid-down and decommissioning dates conflict between sources (documented in gaps). All Dutch-service and scrapping detail rests on secondary compilations - no material, overhaul, hazmat, or scrapping documentation exists in any located source; the post-1950 material history is undocumented. nl.wikipedia's Van Amstel infobox lists build dates (21 October 1943 keel / 9 February 1944 launch) that conflict with the US record and appear erroneous - documented, not carried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burrows-de105-02
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[4]DANFS specifications block (Cannon class; 21 kt; diesel-electric DET design per class profile) + Bureau of Ships Ships' Data 1945 Vol. I DET-design roster grouping (shipscribe.com SDB1945v1.pdf) + Atlas class profile cannon-class [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; SDB1945v1.pdf DET roster grouping DE-99-113; class-c cannon-class.class.json evidence rows ev-cannon-class-01/-02
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference: DE-105 sits in the April 1945 BuShips roster's DET-design (Cannon-class) block DE-99 through DE-113, built by Dravo Corp., Wilmington. A Cannon-class destroyer escort built 1943 with a diesel-electric plant (four GM 16-278A diesel-generator sets, electric drive, 6,000 shp, ~21 kt) would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel-electric ship - exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, brake linings, and deck coverings - but no boilers or steam lagging.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1945 construction/era
- Population
- Dravo Corp. Wilmington construction trades 1943; wartime crew 1943-46; RNLN crew 1950-67
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No material schedule, insulation specification, or hull survey for DE-105 is public; the diesel-electric plant means the largest asbestos categories of steam ships (boiler and steam-line insulation) do not apply; does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure. Builder Dravo Corp. Wilmington is not in the Atlas shipyard dataset - no yard-level asbestos tier exists for it (carried in gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burrows-de105-03
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[5]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, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's extensive shipboard asbestos insulation use with substitution not beginning until the early 1970s - DE-105's entire 1943 construction and 1943-46 USN service fall inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program scope)
- Limitations
- Program-level era context only; not hull-specific. GAO full text returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches - content via product-page description (standing limitation shared with batch-01 and batch-3962 records). Does not establish that any particular material was installed aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burrows-de105-04
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[6]In re Dravo LLC - Derivative Claims Against Carmeuse Lime, Inc. (Pa. Super. 2023, 307 A.3d 146, J-A15029-23; rev'd Pa. May 22, 2026, Nos. 33-34 WAP 2024, J-79A/79B-2025) [court_record]
- Locator
- Pa. Super. opinion J-A15029-23 pp.2-3 (Undisputed Facts paras. 4-7); Pa. Sup. Ct. opinion J-79A/79B-2025 (decided May 22, 2026; argued Oct 7, 2025), conclusion section
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Builder-level asbestos-litigation context: this hull's builder, Dravo Corporation, is the subject of a stipulated record in Pennsylvania asbestos litigation - Dravo was 'involved in a number of businesses involving heavy industry,' including 'manufacturing watercraft and industrial heating equipment and providing construction and engineering services in steel mills, chemical plants, and other industrial settings,' and 'since at least the early 1990s, Dravo had been sued in a number of lawsuits that sought damages due to alleged bodily injury caused by exposure to asbestos, where the exposure typically occurred during its operations from the 1940s through the 1980s' (Stipulation of Undisputed Facts as recited by the Superior Court). Disposition: trial court (C.C.P. Allegheny, Oct 5, 2022) granted summary judgment to parent Carmeuse Lime; Superior Court reversed and remanded (Dec 19, 2023); the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the Superior Court on May 22, 2026, holding the equitable remedy of veil piercing unavailable for claims time-barred against the dissolved LLC.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1940s-1980s (alleged exposure window); 2020-2026 (litigation)
- Population
- Dravo Corp. workforce and asbestos claimants (builder-wide)
- Limitations
- Builder-level context only - does not name DE-105 or any vessel, does not tie the alleged exposures to the Wilmington, Del., yard specifically (Dravo also ran the Pittsburgh/Neville Island yard and non-shipbuilding operations), and adjudicates successor liability and claim timeliness, not any shipboard exposure question. A merits-level procedural bar, not evidence about materials aboard this hull. Citations verified in batch-3962.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burrows-de105-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 searches (type=o, type=r): exact-name query '"USS Burrows"' - 0 opinions, 0 RECAP dockets; '"Burrows" "DE-105"' - 0 opinions; '"DE-105"' - 59 opinions, all string collisions; '"Burrows" asbestos' - 68 opinions and 911 dockets, all surname collisions [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search results per search_ledger rows sl-uss-burrows-de105-02 through -06 and sl-uss-burrows-de105-15
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep complete: no qualifying litigation naming this hull. '"USS Burrows"' exact-phrase returned 0 opinions and 0 RECAP dockets; '"Burrows" "DE-105"' returned 0 opinions - no opinion joins the vessel name and hull number; '"DE-105"' returned 59 opinions, all federal/state docket-entry-number ('DE 105'/'DE#105') string collisions in unrelated civil and criminal matters (oil-and-gas royalty, banking, insurance, patent, habeas, bankruptcy) - the same collision pattern documented for 'DE-103' in the Bostwick record. '"Burrows" + asbestos returned 68 opinions and 911 RECAP dockets, all surname collisions: 'Burrows' appears as attorney/firm names (e.g., Melinda Burrows for Stonewall Insurance v. Asbestos Claims Management Corp., 2d Cir. 1995), judges, witnesses, and - predominantly - asbestos PLAINTIFFS' surnames in MDL-875-era dockets (E.D. Pa.: Burrows v. General Motors, Burrows v. Flintkote, Burrows v. Celotex, Burrows v. A.W. Chesterton, Burrows v. Owens-Corning; Burrows v. A Best Product Co., N.D. Ohio; Burrows v. Owens-Corning, E.D. Va./D.S.C. transfers). None name or reference the vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28 (search); hits span 1990-2023
- Population
- N/A - litigation sweep
- Limitations
- A zero result does not prove no litigation ever named the vessel - RECAP coverage of pre-2000 state-court complaints is thin, and the surname set was classified by case-name/attorney/judge fields, not by full-text review of all 979 hits. 'Burrows' is a high-collision surname; a complaint naming 'USS Burrows' or 'DE-105' could exist in dockets not captured. Collision classification per the Bostwick DE-103 precedent.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burrows-de105-06
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[8]Batch-3979 search ledger (this record): losthistory/hazegray DANFS transcription; NVR; NavSource; navypedia Netherlands page; uboat.net warship page; NavalCoverMuseum; nl.wikipedia; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries; Atlas shipyards dataset; PA courts official opinions (via batch-3962 verification); NARA catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-burrows-de105-01 through sl-uss-burrows-de105-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-105: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, museum hazmat disclosure, or donation-condition document exists (the hull was scrapped at Rotterdam in 1968; no museum pathway). No qualifying asbestos litigation naming the vessel was located: CourtListener exact-phrase 'USS Burrows' returned zero opinions and zero RECAP dockets; 'Burrows' + 'DE-105' returned zero opinions; 'DE-105' returned 59 opinions, all docket-entry-number ('DE 105') string collisions in unrelated matters; 'Burrows' + asbestos returned 68 opinions and 911 dockets, all surname collisions (asbestos plaintiffs, attorneys, and judges named Burrows - e.g., the MDL-875-era E.D. Pa. Burrows plaintiff dockets), never the vessel. Law-firm asbestos-ship listicles enumerate the hull but are excluded per batch source 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 - era materials could have been installed and later removed under Dutch custody or at the 1968 Rotterdam breaking with no surviving public documentation; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burrows-de105-07
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[9]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs) and RG 19 (Bureau of Ships design/construction records); parallel Dutch lead: Nationaal Archief RNLN records for F.806 [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order): Navy deck logs for USS Burrows DE-105 covering 1943-1946 (RG 24 Entry 118, 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978,' NAID 594258 series); BuShips records for the DET design and any hull-level material specifications (RG 19); Dravo Corp. contract/hull records for the DE-99-113 Wilmington group; 1950 Boston MDAP-overhaul work packages (facility unnamed in DANFS); Dutch-side RNLN material records for F.806 (Nationaal Archief, Den Haag).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1968 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no retrieval performed. NARA's public catalog is a JS-driven SPA returning no conclusive deck-log hits for this hull via automated fetch this pass; holdings require research-room verification. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burrows-de105-08