Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, Cabana (DE-260) (verbatim hazegray DANFS transcription - live NHHC page returns 404 on both current and legacy URL patterns) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Cabana (DE-260)' - namesake biography, spec block, service narrative, disposition
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Machinist Napoleon Joseph Cabana, USN - born Fairhaven, Mass., 26 March 1911; enlisted 17 March 1930; appointed machinist 2 February 1941; assistant safety engineer of Cavite Navy Yard, P.I., killed in action during Japanese attacks on that base 12 December 1941. Spec block: Evarts class, 1,140 t, 289 ft 5 in, 35 ft 1 in beam, 8 ft 3 in draft, 21 kt, complement 114, 3x3in + 8 dcp + 1 dcp (h.h.) + 2 dct. Launched 10 March 1943 by Boston Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. E. Cabana; commissioned 9 July 1943, Lt. Comdr. R. L. Bence, USNR, in command. Service: cleared Norfolk 2 October 1943, Pearl Harbor 26 October; screened TF 53 tanker units in the Ellice and Gilbert Islands; convoy escort to San Francisco; Kwajalein occupation transports from 28 January 1944; Marshall Islands tanker screen; hunter-killer patrol from Majuro March-April 1944; Marianas (Saipan, Guam, Tinian) fire support, radar picket, and escort; Guadalcanal 18 September 1944, southern Palaus escort, Ulithi/Peleliu convoys; Pearl Harbor 21 November; Iwo Jima reinforcement transports 11 February 1945, patrol off Iwo Jima 7-20 March; stateside overhaul; rejoined 3d Fleet at Ulithi/Guam 17 July 1945 screening logistics support group; Tokyo Bay 20 September 1945; weather-station ship off Pearl Harbor one month; Mare Island 25 November 1945; decommissioned 9 January 1946; sold 13 May 1947. Seven battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; USN crew 1943-46 (DANFS complement 114)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, specifications, and service history - not materials or asbestos content. Entry does not state a keel-laying date (BuShips Ships' Data 1945 supplies it: 27 January 1943) and does not state a striking date (secondary sources read 21 January 1946). Decommissioning date conflict (DANFS 9 January vs NavSource/uboat.net 6 January 1946) carried in gaps. Live NHHC page returns 404; verbatim mirror transcription cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cabana-de260-01
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[2]Bureau of Ships, 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945,' Vol. I, NAVSHIPS 250-010 (shipscribe.com scan SDB1945v1.pdf) - individual-ship roster row 40 for CABANA DE260 and the DE design-group summary table [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1.pdf, book pp. 234-235 (DE design-group table, GMT row) and pp. 238-239 (individual-ship roster, row 40) = scan PDF pp. 127-129
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official BuShips data for this hull: roster row 40 - 'CABANA DE260', group design GMT, 'By whom and where built': Navy Yard, Boston; contract price of hull and machinery $3,180,000; contract signed Jan. 25, 1942; keel laid Jan. 27, 1943; ship launched Mar. 10, 1943; date of first commission July 9, 1943. The DE design-group summary defines GMT as 'Diesel electric tandem motor drive - short hull' and lists for the group: 289 ft 5 in oa, 35 ft 2 in extreme beam, 1,140 tons standard / 1,430 tons full load, 21.5 kt trial speed, total accommodations 15 officers + 183 enlisted, armament 3x3in 50-cal D.P. + 1 quad 40mm mount, machinery 'G. M. diesel model 16-278A' 6,000 shp on 2 propellers, boilers 'None', no main reduction gears, diesel ship's-service generators, diesel-oil fuel capacity 887 barrels.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; USN crew (GMT-group accommodations 15 officers + 183 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Names this hull and establishes construction dates, builder, contract price, and design group at official-source level. Documents machinery configuration (no boilers) but not asbestos content, insulation materials, or hazardous-material inventories. The roster reflects administrative dates as recorded in 1945; completion/acceptance columns are blank for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cabana-de260-02
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[3]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Cabana (DE-260) page (volunteer archive; lead-level): building/operational data block, spec block, command roster, captioned USN photographs, hosted scan of the ship-submitted war history [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-260 page, 'Building and Operational Data' block, spec block, photo captions 0626002-0626010, commanding-officers table, 'War History' link (images/260/06260wh.jpg)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Photo-archive detail corroborating and extending DANFS: keel laid 27 January 1943 at Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown; launched 10 March 1943, sponsor named as Mrs. Esther Cabana of New Bedford, mother of the namesake; commissioned 9 July 1943; decommissioned 6 January 1946 at Mare Island Navy Yard 'after 2 years and 6 months of service'; struck from the NVR 21 January 1946; sold 13 May 1947. Spec block: GMT type (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull), 4 GM 16-278A diesels with electric drive, 6,000 shp, 2 screws, 19 kt, 4,150 nm at 12 kt, complement 15/183. Command roster: Lcdr. Robert L. Bence USNR (9 Jul 1943 - 11 Feb 1945); Lcdr. Frederick I. Sutton USNR (11 Feb - 24 Oct 1945); Lt. Harvey M. Love USNR (24 Oct 1945 - 6 Jan 1946, i.e., through the NavSource decommissioning date). Captioned USN photos document the Mare Island overhaul 12 April - 28 May 1945 including a new quad 40mm mount; sister hull USS William C. Miller (DE-259) photographed inboard alongside on 26 May 1945. NHHC photo credit NH 78753.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard commissioning party 1943; USN crew 1943-46
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained photo archive - lead-level documentation, not an official record; dates, roster, and captions unverified against the underlying USN/NHHC/NARA originals. Its 6 January 1946 decommissioning date conflicts with DANFS's 9 January (its own CO roster ends 6 January - consistent internally); conflict carried in gaps. Nothing on materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cabana-de260-03
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[4]Ship-submitted official war history: CINCPAC (Headquarters of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas) serial 40938, 9 November 1945, 'Ship's History - Forwarding of,' with enclosure 'Factual History of U.S.S. Cabana (DE 260)' - facsimile scan hosted by NavSource [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource-hosted scan images/260/06260wh.jpg (4-page letter; CINCPAC serial 40938, dated 9 Nov 1945, received stamp 15 Nov 1945)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own factual history submitted at war's end: launched at Boston Navy Yard 10 March 1943, christened by Mrs. Esther Cabana of New Bedford (mother of Machinist Napoleon Joseph Cabana, killed at Cavite 12 December 1941); commissioned at Boston Navy Yard 9 July 1943; shakedown to Bermuda, returning to Boston Navy Yard 28 August 1943; school-ship duty in Chesapeake Bay for future DE crews; departed Norfolk 2 October 1943 for the Panama Canal Zone and Pearl Harbor (arrived 26 October); first escort assignment to the Ellice, Fiji, and Gilbert Islands screening TF 53 tanker refueling units; Kwajalein garrison transports; Majuro hunter-killer group 'which sank one Japanese submarine. Tokyo Rose reported this hunter-killer group as having been "sunk"'; Marianas operations from 24 June 1944; Guadalcanal 18 September; Ulithi and Kossol (Palaus); Marshall-Marianas shuttle; Pearl Harbor amphibious training 21 November; Iwo Jima occupation convoy 11 February 1945; arrived Mare Island Navy Yard 12 April 1945 for routine repairs and overhaul, completing post-repair shakedown at San Diego 12 June 1945; joined the U.S. THIRD Fleet 17 July 1945; entered Tokyo Bay 20 September 1945 as escort for fuel ships; departed 6 October 1945 for the United States for decommissioning at Mare Island Navy Yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- USN crew 1943-45
- Limitations
- Primary document facsimile hosted on a volunteer site; image quality fair and transcription was done from the scan - the CINCPAC routing endorsement and minor line items are partially illegible. Documents operations and yard availabilities; contains no materials or asbestos information. The hunter-killer submarine sinking is credited to the group, not individually to this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cabana-de260-04
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[5]CourtListener API v4 sweep (opinion index type=o; RECAP docket index type=r) for exact name 'USS Cabana' and hull number 'DE-260' via cl-auth-search.py (authenticated, fleet-paced) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-cabana-de260-06 through -09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep: exact-name query '"USS Cabana"' (type=o) returned 0 results - no opinion naming this vessel located in the opinion index. RECAP-docket and hull-number queries were submitted under the fleet-wide pacing budget; final status of each query is recorded in the search_ledger rows sl-uss-cabana-de260-07 through -09. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- The sweep covers indexed federal opinions and RECAP dockets only - it does not cover state-court records, asbestos trust claims, MDL-875 ancillary dockets not indexed to the name, or non-U.S. jurisdictions. 'Cabana' is a surname and a common noun - any future hit requires collision classification rather than automatic attribution. Query completion status is stated in the search ledger; unfinished legs are logged pending rather than retried into a throttle.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cabana-de260-05
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[6]BuShips Ships' Data 1945 GMT design-group row ('G. M. diesel model 16-278A'; 'Boilers: None') + Atlas class-profile diesel-electric DE framing (class-c/cannon-class.class.json DET material-notes pattern) + Atlas shipyards.json records 'boston-naval-shipyard' and 'mare-island-naval-shipyard' [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1.pdf book pp. 234-235 (GMT row); shipyards.json 'boston-naval-shipyard' evidence + 'mare-island-naval-shipyard' evidence ev-mare-island-01/-02
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for a diesel-electric escort built at Boston Navy Yard in 1943: the GMT machinery plant - four General Motors 16-278A diesel engines with tandem electric drive, 2 shafts, 6,000 shp - has NO propulsion boilers and no steam system (BuShips design table lists 'Boilers: None' for GMT), so the heavy steam-ship asbestos categories (boiler lagging, steam-line insulation) do not apply. Plausible period applications concentrate in diesel exhaust/muffler insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and friction linings on deck machinery. Work-site context: builder Boston Navy Yard is a documented Atlas yard (evidence tier 3; John Crane gasket and sealing-material litigation product identification), and the April-May 1945 overhaul and 1945-46 decommissioning site Mare Island Navy Yard is a documented Atlas yard (evidence tier 2; 1998 disposal/reuse EIS documents ACM in yard buildings and industrial waste; Collins v. Plant Insulation Co., 185 Cal. App. 4th 260 (2010) records a Mare Island worker's mesothelioma).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (construction/service/overhaul)
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; Mare Island overhaul workers April-May 1945 and decommissioning workers 1945-46; USN crew 1943-46
- Limitations
- Class/era and work-site inference only - not a ship-specific finding. The yard records document asbestos at the sites, not materials installed aboard this hull; the Mare Island litigation record postdates this hull's presence there by three decades. Does not establish asbestos presence, quantity, or location aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cabana-de260-06
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[7]Batch-4182 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS + hazegray mirror, BuShips Ships' Data 1945, NVR, NavSource, ship-submitted war history facsimile, Atlas shipyard dataset, CourtListener API v4, NARA catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-cabana-de260-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material-condition report, or litigation naming this hull was found in the public sources searched. No preservation-era documentation can exist - the hull was sold for scrapping 13 May 1947 and never became a museum, memorial, or reserve-fleet asset; the commissioned career ran July 1943 to January 1946.
- 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. The hull no longer exists, so no present-day survey is possible; whether era materials aboard contained asbestos is undocumented in either direction. Construction-era yard records, overhaul work orders, and the disposal file are paper leads only (ev-08).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cabana-de260-07
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[8]NARA RG 19 (BuShips contract specifications / General Information Books) and RG 24 (deck logs) for DE-260; Mare Island Navy Yard work-order records for the 12 April - 28 May 1945 overhaul and the November 1945 - January 1946 decommissioning availability; the 1947 sale/scrapping contract file (purchaser and site); NHHC photo NH 78753 and the DE-260-3657-45 / DE-260-3813/3814-45 / DE-260-4023/4024-45 photo series - all undigitized or not located online [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 19/RG 24 entry series (undigitized); Mare Island yard records; disposal file; NHHC photo series; CINCPAC ser 40938 original
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level material documentation not yet retrieved: (1) NARA RG 19 holds BuShips per-vessel specifications and ships-data material covering DE-260's construction at Boston Navy Yard, and RG 24 deck logs cover 1943-46 including the Mare Island overhaul; (2) Mare Island Navy Yard work orders may document the overhaul scope and the decommissioning availability; (3) the 1947 disposal file would name the scrapping purchaser and site; (4) the NHHC NH 78753 and Bureau of Ships DE-260 series photos document material configuration during the May 1945 availability; (5) the ship-submitted war history original is in official custody (CINCPAC serial 40938, 9 Nov 1945).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1947 (records); 2026 (lead status)
- Limitations
- Leads only - none of these holdings were pulled or digitized; contents unknown. They establish nothing about materials aboard. NARA catalog returns an SPA shell to programmatic fetches (same standing limitation as prior batches).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cabana-de260-08
