Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet ij-packet.md (5 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: USS Carroll DE-171 → VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-carroll-de171-pkt-ij-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Carroll (DE-171) (namesake, launch/commissioning, Atlantic convoy and Pacific service narrative, decommissioning; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: named for Lt. Herbert Fuller Carroll, Jr., USN (born Baltimore 16 Sept 1911; USNA 1934; killed in action 9 Aug 1942 aboard USS Astoria (CA-34) at the Battle of Savo Island). Launched 21 June 1943 - DANFS reads 'by Norfolk Navy Yard' (compressed; the hull was launched at Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock, Port Newark, and towed to Norfolk for completion - see ev-02); sponsored by Mrs. H. F. Carroll, Sr.; commissioned 24 October 1943, Lt. Comdr. F. W. Kuhn in command; reported to the Atlantic Fleet. Eight convoy-escort voyages Norfolk-Gibraltar/Casablanca/Bizerte/Algeria 1 Jan 1944 - 9 May 1945, with upkeep at east coast shipyards and exercises in Casco Bay between convoys. Reassigned to the Pacific Fleet: Cristobal, C.Z., 9 June 1945; San Diego and Pearl Harbor exercises to 15 July; Eniwetok, Saipan, Ulithi arriving 17 August. Palau-group patrol to 3 Nov 1945; surrender of Sonsorol, Fanna, Merir, and Tobi Islands signed on her decks 6 Oct 1945. Arrived Jacksonville, Fla., 14 Dec 1945; decommissioned and placed in reserve 19 June 1946. Specs: 1,240 tons; 306 ft; 21 kt; complement 188; class Cannon.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding and Norfolk Navy Yard construction/completion trades 1943; wartime crew (design complement 188)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Its 'launched ... by Norfolk Navy Yard' phrasing conflicts with the builder record (Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark) - corrected in ev-02. DANFS does not state a laid-down date or striking/disposal dates for this hull. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carroll-de171-01
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[3]Barksdale, 'History of the Norfolk Navy Yard in World War II' (Portsmouth, VA, 1945), Ch. X 'New Construction - The DE Program' (USGenWeb transcription) + NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Index, DE-171 USS Carroll - building/operational data block + Shipbuilding History, Federal Shipbuilding Kearny/Newark yard production list (hull no. 287) [other_primary]
- Locator
- nnyww2-3.html, Ch. X 'The DE Program' ('completed as follows' list); NavSource DE-171 'Building and Operational Data' block; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/federal.htm row 287 (N = Port Newark yard, DE 171 Carroll, delivered 10/24/43, scrapped 1966)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder/completion correction and full date line for this hull: keel laid 30 January 1943 at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Port Newark, N.J. (yard hull no. 287); launched and christened there 21 June 1943 (sponsor Mrs. H. F. Carroll, Sr.) and towed to Norfolk, Va.; commissioned at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard 24 October 1943. The official yard history records five destroyer escorts begun at Federal and Dravo and completed at the Norfolk Navy Yard - 'the vessels were completed as follows: ... CARROLL, DE 171, November 8, 1943' - correcting DANFS's 'launched ... by Norfolk Navy Yard' compression. Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla., 19 June 1946 after 2 years 8 months of service; stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 1 August 1965; sold for scrapping 29 December 1966.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943; 1946; 1965-1966
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding Port Newark construction trades Jan-Jun 1943; Norfolk Navy Yard completion trades Jun-Nov 1943
- Limitations
- The Norfolk Navy Yard history is an official 1945 USN yard history accessed via USGenWeb transcription (Wayback capture); NavSource is a secondary archival index (accessed via Wayback capture 2024-09-15; live page blocks automated fetch); Shipbuilding History is the standard secondary yard-production reference. Laid-down, striking, and disposal dates rest on NavSource and consistent secondary compilations (uboat.net, navalmarinearchive mirror) - DANFS does not state them. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carroll-de171-02
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[4]DANFS specifications block (Cannon class; DET diesel-electric plant, 21 kt) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock (Kearny) record incl. Owens-Illinois Industrial Health Survey (Aug 30-Sep 2, 1944) + Norfolk Naval Shipyard record (tier-2 documented asbestos-era yard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; shipyards.json records 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' (ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944) and 'norfolk-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Cannon-class (DET-design) destroyer escort built 1943 carries a diesel-electric plant - four GM 16-278A diesel-generator sets, electric drive, 6,000 shp, two shafts - with no boilers and no steam system, so the heavy steam-ship asbestos categories (boiler and steam-line lagging) do not apply; the era-consistent application set is diesel exhaust insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, brake linings, and deck coverings. Builder Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny/Port Newark is documented at yard level: an Owens-Illinois industrial health survey (Aug 30-Sep 2, 1944) recorded insulators working with asbestos pipe covering (Johns-Manville Superex) and Kaylo boiler insulation in confined shipyard spaces - dated about a year after this hull's Port Newark construction window. Completion yard Norfolk Naval Shipyard is likewise a documented asbestos-era yard (EPA Superfund listing; NAVFAC site descriptions).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1946; yard survey 1944
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding Port Newark trades 1943; Norfolk Navy Yard completion trades 1943; crew 1943-46
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No hull material schedule, insulation spec, or ACM survey located; the DET plant's reduced asbestos-category set is relative to steam DEs, not proof of any specific material aboard. The Federal IH survey postdates this hull's stay at Port Newark by ~14 months. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carroll-de171-03
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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
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Program-level era context: GAO documented the Navy's extensive shipboard asbestos insulation use during the WWII construction era, with substitution not beginning until the early 1970s - this hull's 1943 construction and 1943-46 service fall inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program level)
- Limitations
- Program-level context only; does not name this hull or any destroyer escort. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches); content via product-page description. Does not establish materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carroll-de171-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches (type=o opinions and type=r dockets), 2026-09-28 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-carroll-de171-06, sl-uss-carroll-de171-08; "DE 171" opinion hit inspection: cluster 7326435 (U.S. ex rel. Carrel v. AIDS Healthcare Foundation, 262 F. Supp. 3d 1353, S.D. Fla.)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS Carroll / DE-171 located in the portion of the sweep that executed. "USS Carroll" (exact phrase, opinions) returned 0 hits. Hull-number sweeps returned only identifier collisions, not the vessel: "DE 171" opinions returned 38 hits consisting of ECF docket-entry-number references (e.g., 'Sealed motion, DE 171' in U.S. ex rel. Carrel v. AIDS Healthcare Foundation, S.D. Fla. 2017) - 'DE 171' is a docket-entry string, not a hull reference; "DE 171" RECAP dockets returned 634 dockets / 866 documents on the same collision basis. No opinion or docket names this vessel.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Sweep incomplete under fleet pacing: "USS Carroll" RECAP dockets, "DE-171" (hyphenated) opinions and dockets, and "aboard USS Carroll" queries were attempted repeatedly over ~90 minutes and blocked by the fleet-wide request budget (helper exit 2); logged as blocked in search ledger sl-08. Coverage is in any case limited to CourtListener-indexed federal/state opinions and federal dockets; unindexed state trial-court filings and settled MDL-875 claimant records are outside coverage. 'Carroll' is a common surname - surname-collision sweeps were not run because the exact-name opinion sweep returned zero.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carroll-de171-05
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[7]Batch-4084 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; official Norfolk Navy Yard WWII history; NavSource index data (Wayback); NARA catalog; GAO HRD-80-2; Atlas shipyard dataset; CourtListener sweep (see sl-uss-carroll-de171-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-carroll-de171-01 through sl-uss-carroll-de171-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-171: no hull ACM survey, no abatement or remediation contract, no scrapping/disposal hazmat disclosure, and no qualifying docketed case naming this hull found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger; litigation sweep partially executed - ev-05).
- 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 was built inside the documented asbestos era and scrapped before the Navy's removal programs. 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-carroll-de171-06