Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet ju-packet.md (8 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-camp-de251-pkt-ju-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Camp (DE-251), Vol. 2 pp.21-22 (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: named for Ensign Jack Hill Camp, USNR (VP-44, killed Battle of Midway 7 June 1942); launched 16 April 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex., sponsored by Mrs. O. H. Camp; commissioned 16 September 1943, Lt. Comdr. P. B. Mavor, USCG, in command (Coast Guard-manned); school-ship duty then Norfolk-Casablanca convoy escort from 14 December 1943; a year and a half of New York-United Kingdom convoy escort with no losses; collision with a merchantman killed one crewman and required a repair period in which Camp received a new bow and acquired '6-inch' guns (transcription; see limitations); cleared Charleston 9 July 1945 for Pacific service - Pearl Harbor training, Eniwetok occupation duty, supervision of the Japanese garrison evacuation from Mili, Kwajalein air-sea rescue to 4 November; arrived New York 10 December; decommissioned 1 May 1946; reclassified DER-251, recommissioned 31 July 1956; Newport, R.I. radar picket operations to Argentia and the North Atlantic through 1960.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1960
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades 1943; USCG wartime crew (design complement 186)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The transcription reads '6-inch' guns for the 1945 rearm and '7 December 1965' for reclassification - both are apparent transcription/print errors; USNI Naval History (Dec. 1993) and NavSource document two 5"/38 mounts and reclassification in 1955 (21 Oct. or 7 Dec.). The 1969-vintage entry ends coverage about 1960, before the Vietnam transfer. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-camp-de251-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History (Destroyer Escort Photo Archive), USS Camp (DE-251) page - building/operational data block and captioned U.S. Navy photographs (incl. NARA 80-G-267664 and NHHC NH 91557-91560) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-251 page - 'Building and Operational Data' block; photo caption for NARA 80-G-267664 (06 April 1945, Boston Navy Yard)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Curated archive chronology for this hull: keel laid 27 January 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston; launched/christened 16 April 1943; commissioned 16 September 1943 (USCG crew); decommissioned 1 May 1946 at New York Navy Yard; reclassified DER-251 on 21 October 1955; recommissioned 31 July 1956 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Lt. Comdr. F. C. Dunham Jr.), Escort Squadron 16, Newport; homeport shift to Pearl Harbor August 1965; departed Newport 7 July 1965 with USS Kretchmer (DER-329) and USS Hissem (DER-400) for Operation Market Time; decommissioned and transferred to South Vietnam 13 February 1971 (renamed Tran Hung Dao, HQ-1); stricken from the NVR 30 December 1975; transferred to the Philippines 5 April 1976, renamed BRP Rajah Lakandula (PS-4); stricken by the Philippine Navy 1988; in use as a stationary barracks ship at Subic Bay as of 1999; photographed 20 April 1990 awaiting scrapping. Caption record documents the collision detail: at 0520 on 18 November 1944 Camp collided with American freighter SS Santa Cecilia, bow sheared off at frame 23; towed by a British minesweeper to Wales Dock, Swansea; temporary bow built at Hill's Drydock, Cardiff from 28 November; departed with Convoy UC55A 2 February 1945, dropped out in storms, escorted to Boston by USS Wingfield (DE-194), arriving 14 February 1945; permanent bow replacement and 5"/38 rearm at Boston Navy Yard (photographed there 6 and 25 April 1945) - the only FMR-class DE to receive those guns.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1999
- Population
- USCG wartime crew; postwar USN crew
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-curated photo archive, not an official publication - the building/operational data block tracks DANFS/NVR dates closely and the photographs are credited official U.S. Navy images, but caption-level detail (collision date and time, 'frame 23,' repair yard names, convoy number) is contributor-supplied and was not independently verified against primary records. Santa Cecilia identified as a C2 cargo ship; some secondary retellings call her a tanker and spell the name 'Cecelia.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-camp-de251-02
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[4]U.S. Naval Institute, Naval History magazine, 'Historic Fleets' feature on USS Camp (DE-251/DER-251), December 1993, Vol. 7 No. 4 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Naval History, December 1993 (Vol. 7 No. 4), 'Historic Fleets' column, Camp entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USNI Naval History article specific to this hull: commissioned 16 September 1943 with a Coast Guard crew under Lt. Comdr. P. B. Mavor - one of 85 Edsall-class units; collision with a merchant ship led to repairs lasting until April 1945 during which she became the only unit of her class to trade three 3-inch/50 Mk-26 mounts for two enclosed 5-inch/38-caliber guns; emerged July 1956 from conversion to radar picket (DER) with AN/SPS-28 early-warning radar on a new tripod foremast and AN/SPS-8 height-finder on the after deckhouse, two semi-automatic 3-inch Mk-34 mounts, Mk-15 trainable multiple-spigot mortar, and initially Mk-4 launchers for Mk-32 torpedoes (later triple Mk-32 mounts for Mk-44s); transferred to Vietnam in 1971 as Tran Hung Dao minus TACAN and AN/SPS-8; after her 1975 escape became the Philippine Navy's Rajah Lakandula until retirement in 1989.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1989
- Population
- USCG crew 1943-46; USN DER crew 1956-71; RVN and Philippine Navy crews 1971-88
- Limitations
- Secondary feature article from a professional naval institution - confirms configuration and transfer chain but does not address asbestos materials, abatement, or crew exposure. Retirement year given as 1989 vs. 1988 stricken in NavSource - carried in gaps. Direct fetch returned HTTP 403; text obtained via search index and Wayback captures.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-camp-de251-03
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[5]DANFS specifications block (Edsall class; FMR geared diesel plant) + Atlas shipyard dataset (boston-naval-shipyard and philadelphia-naval-shipyard records) + NARA RG19 General Information Books archival lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; shipyards.json records 'boston-naval-shipyard', 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: an Edsall-class destroyer escort built in a 1943 emergency-program private yard would have carried period-standard asbestos applications - diesel exhaust uptake lagging, machinery-space pipe lagging, flange and valve gaskets, machinery packing, deck covering over steel, bulkhead and fire insulation, electrical cable insulation, and brake linings on winches/windlass. Distinct from steam-propelled classes: the Fairbanks-Morse geared-diesel plant (4 x Mod. 38D8-1/8, 6,000 shp) carried no boiler-room lagging; insulated diesel exhaust and muffler piping are the era-typical components aboard. Documented work periods at yards with Atlas-documented asbestos records: Boston Naval Shipyard (bow replacement and rearm, Feb-Apr 1945 - Atlas tier 3) and Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (DER conversion and 31 July 1956 recommissioning - Atlas tier 3). NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are the archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1956
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding trades 1943; Boston NSY and Philadelphia NSY trades (repair/conversion periods); crew 1943-71
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific document located establishes asbestos aboard this hull. 'Asbestos documented at the yard' is a yard finding, not a hull finding; it does not establish that ACM was installed aboard or disturbed on DE-251 during the 1945 repair or 1955-56 conversion. NARA GIB retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-camp-de251-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 sweep, 2026-09-28: opinion queries "USS Camp", "U.S.S. Camp", "DE-251", "DER-251", "DE 251"; RECAP docket query "USS Camp" [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search endpoint results, queries as listed; collision review of all 40+ hits
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located in CourtListener. "USS Camp"/"U.S.S. Camp" opinions: 0 results. "DE-251" opinions: 20 results, all name collisions - federal docket-entry citations ('[DE 251]', '[DE 241]') and Puerto Rico Spanish-language text; reviewed individually, none vessel- or asbestos-related. "DE 251" opinions: 20 results, same collision pattern. "DER-251" opinions: 0 results. "USS Camp" RECAP dockets: 1 result - Black Rock City LLC v. Bernhardt, 1:19-cv-03729 (D.D.C.; Burning Man / BLM administrative-record litigation); the string occurs inside attached agency documents unrelated to the vessel - name collision, not qualifying.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a CourtListener hit does not prove no claim was ever filed - RECAP coverage of older state-court asbestos filings is incomplete, and many asbestos complaints name hulls only in body text not indexed at case level. "DER 251" and "Tran Hung Dao" opinion queries were blocked by the fleet-wide pacing budget at research time and are pending (see search_ledger). This is a litigation-stage negative finding; it establishes nothing about materials aboard the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-camp-de251-05
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[7]Batch-4172 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC, NavSource, USNI Naval History, CourtListener API v4 (opinions + RECAP), VA Board of Veterans' Appeals full-text decisions, NHHC command-operation-reports collection, NARA catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-camp-de251-01 through sl-uss-camp-de251-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull survey, abatement contract, donation/transfer hazmat condition report, docketed asbestos case, or VA adjudication naming USS Camp (DE-251/DER-251), Tran Hung Dao, or Rajah Lakandula was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Ship-specific asbestos documentation is unknown.
- 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 - it is consistent with the record state for most WWII-era destroyer escorts. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present, does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-camp-de251-06
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[8]NHHC Command Operation Reports collection + NARA deck logs/war diary (RG 24/RG 38) + ship-submitted WWII war history (referenced on the NavSource page) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC command-operation-reports collection (Camp folder not located online); NARA RG 24/RG 38; NavSource 'War History' link
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary-record leads not yet retrieved: (1) the ship's own WWII war history submitted at war's end (linked from the NavSource page); (2) NARA deck logs and the WWII war diary for DE-251; (3) OPNAV 5750-1 command histories for DER-251 covering the 1965-71 Pearl Harbor/Market Time period - not located in NHHC's digitized command-operation-reports collection; (4) Philadelphia Naval Shipyard DER-conversion work package (1955-56) and Boston Naval Shipyard 1945 repair records, which would document material scope for the two documented yard periods; (5) MARAD/foreign-transfer paperwork for the 1971 South Vietnam and 1976 Philippines transfers, which sometimes carry condition/hazmat statements.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1976
- Limitations
- Leads only - none of these records was retrieved, and none is known to contain asbestos data; they are the productive next step if ship-specific documentation is required.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-camp-de251-07