Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet id-packet.md (6 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: USS Carter DE-112 → VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-carter-de112-pkt-id-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Carter (DE-112) (namesake biography, specifications block, service narrative, transfer; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page at history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/carter.html serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specification block + service narrative (losthistory.net/hazegray transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Jack Carter, Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class, killed in action 10 November 1942 during the assault on French Morocco (posthumous Air Medal); launched 29 February 1944 by Dravo Corp., Wilmington, Del.; sponsored by Mrs. E. C. Patterson; commissioned 3 May 1944, Lt. Cmdr. F. J. T. Baker, USNR, in command; convoy escort New York-Bizerte (Jul-Sep 1944) and Boston-Oran (to 20 Jan 1945); antisubmarine patrol from Casco Bay; 22 April 1945 with USS Neal A. Scott (DE-769) sank U-518 by hedgehog attack at 43deg26' N, 38deg23' W; 9 May escorted U-858 to surrender area; brought a captured U-boat into Portsmouth, N.H., 17 May 1945; plane guard for carrier qualifications off Florida; Green Cove Springs 8 November 1945; out of commission in reserve 10 April 1946; transferred to Nationalist China 14 December 1948 as T'ai Chao (DE-26); one battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Dravo Corp. construction trades 1943-44; wartime and reserve-crew complement
- Limitations
- DANFS documents namesake, construction, and service history - not materials or asbestos content. Two internal defects carried in gaps: the spec block's 'cl. Buckley' label conflicts with the DET/Cannon class assignment, and the captured U-boat is printed as 'U-284' where the described circumstances match U-234 (credited to USS Sutton DE-771 in primary records, Portsmouth arrival 19 May). Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carter-de112-01
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[3]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Carter (DE-112) page (building and operational data, specifications, commanding officers, awards; Internet Archive capture 2024-11-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/06/112.htm (Wayback capture 2024-11-07), specifications block + building and operational data
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: class Cannon (DET - diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3-inch guns); keel laid 19 November 1943 by Dravo Corp., Wilmington, Del.; launched and christened 29 February 1944, sponsor Mrs. Evelyn Carter Patterson, aunt of the namesake; commissioned 3 May 1944 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; U-518 sinking credited 22 April 1945 in company with USS Neal A. Scott (DE-769); Navy Day at Pensacola 27 October 1945 with Guadalcanal (CVE-60), Floyd B. Parks (DD-884), and Gunnel (SS-253); decommissioned at Green Cove Springs 10 April 1946 after 1 year and 11-3/4 months of service; to China 14 December 1948 renamed T'ai Chao (F-26), escaped with Nationalist forces to Taiwan 1949, stricken December 1973, scrapped; struck from the Naval Vessel Register 10 February 1949. Specifications: 1,240 tons light / 1,620 full; 306 ft oa; four GM Mod. 16-278A diesels with electric drive, 6,000 shp, two screws; 21 kt; complement 15 officers / 201 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Wartime crew (NavSource complement 216); Philadelphia Navy Yard commissioning personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled archive drawing on official records - authoritative secondary, not a primary document; details corroborated against DANFS where overlapping (launch, commissioning, U-518, Green Cove Springs, transfer). Complement figure (15/201) conflicts with the DANFS spec block (186) - carried in gaps. Live navsource.org was DNS-unreachable from the research machine; the 2024-11-07 Internet Archive capture is cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carter-de112-02
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[4]Navypedia DET-type (Cannon-class) destroyer escort member table + NavSource DET design specification; Bureau of Ships Ships' Data 1945 roster grouping DE-99 through DE-113 under the DET design (class profile ev-cannon-class-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia us_de_det.htm member table row DE112; NavSource specifications; shipscribe.com SDB1945v1.pdf roster (via class profile)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: a Cannon-class (DET-design) destroyer escort built 1943-44 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-line lagging, since the DET plant (four GM 16-278A diesel-generator sets, electric drive, ~21 kt) has no steam system. The navypedia member table confirms DE-112 as a Dravo Wilmington DET hull, and the April 1945 BuShips Ships' Data roster groups DE-99 through DE-113 under the DET design heading.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Dravo Corp. construction trades 1943-44; commissioned crew 1944-46; ROCN crew 1948-73
- Limitations
- Class/era and design inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No hull-level material schedule, insulation specification, or survey was located for DE-112; the diesel-electric plant means the largest asbestos categories of steam ships do not apply; does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure. Builder Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Del. is not in the Atlas shipyard dataset (unlike Tampa Shipbuilding for sister hulls) - no yard-level asbestos record carried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carter-de112-03
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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 during the era in which this hull was built, with substitution not beginning until the early 1970s - DE-112's 1943-44 construction and her 1944-46 USN commission fall entirely 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-level)
- Limitations
- Program-level era context only. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch); content via product-page description, same limitation as prior batch records. Does not document this hull, her crew, or her materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carter-de112-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 opinion (type=o) and RECAP docket (type=r) searches, authenticated via cl-auth-search.py fleet helper, 2026-09-28 [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py queries '"USS Carter"' type=o (count 1) and type=r (count 5); '"DE-112"' type=o (count 58)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Completed litigation sweep - no qualifying litigation names this hull. Opinion index '"USS Carter"': 1 hit, Marine Hydraulics International, Inc. v. United States, 43 Fed. Cl. 664 (1999), a post-award bid protest over the repair contract for USS Carr (FFG-52) - name collision (Carr, not Carter) and other litigation (not asbestos). Opinion index '"DE-112"': 58 hits, every reviewed result a 'DE 112' PACER docket-entry number citation in unrelated litigation - identifier collisions, none referencing any vessel. RECAP docket index '"USS Carter"': 5 hits with zero literal 'Carter' strings in indexed text - BM25 token matches on 'USS'/'Navy' (incl. one unrelated asbestos-removal docket, Marcella Johnson v. Puget Sound Commerce Center, N.D. Cal. 3:16-cv-01203, a Todd Shipyards premises case).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-present (litigation corpus indexed by CourtListener)
- Limitations
- Sweep completed at the opinion and docket-index levels; RECAP full-text review of individual dockets was not performed. 'Carter' is a high-collision surname - hits not containing the literal ship reference were classified as collisions rather than expanded. No hull-level docket review beyond indexed text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carter-de112-05
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[7]Batch-4035 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS transcription; NavSource and navypedia member records; NVR detail check; CourtListener opinion + RECAP sweeps; VA Board of Veterans' Appeals full-text search; Atlas shipyard dataset check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-carter-de112-01 through sl-uss-carter-de112-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-112: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, donation-condition or disposal hazmat disclosure, museum record, or ship-specific industrial-hygiene document; no qualifying asbestos litigation or VA decision names this hull; the Naval Vessel Register carries no detail entry (pre-1987 disposal); the hull was transferred to Nationalist China in 1948 and scrapped in Taiwan circa 1973-74, foreclosing any extant-hull survey.
- 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 consistent with the DET design are a reasonable inference, not a ship-proven fact. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. NARA RG 19 BuShips records for this hull (material specifications, General Information Books) remain an unretrieved archival lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carter-de112-06