Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet fl-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-charles-ausburne-dd570-pkt-fl-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Charles Ausburne II (DD-570) - specifications, construction, WWII service narrative, decommissioning and 1960 transfer (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page returns 404; hazegray.org host unreachable this session, cited via Wayback capture 2024-12-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd570txt.htm via Wayback 20241203062231)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 16 March 1942 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.; sponsored by Mrs. W. H. Cotten; commissioned 24 November 1942, LCDR L. K. Reynolds in command. Convoy escort New York-Casablanca 1 Apr-8 May 1943; joined Destroyer Squadron 23 at Boston 11 May 1943 as flagship of Destroyer Division 45; Noumea 28 Jun; Port Purvis 'Tokyo Express' interdiction from 27 Aug; sank two barges off Vella Lavella 27-28 Sep; Capt. Arleigh A. Burke broke his pennant aboard 23 Oct 1943 ('Little Beavers'). Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 1-2 Nov (sank destroyer Hatsukaze with Spence; escorted torpedoed Foote); Battle of Cape St. George 25 Nov (squadron sank Onami, Makinami, Yugiri - Charles Ausburne ran down Yugiri - no US damage); Green Islands, Kavieng bombardment 18 Feb 1944, New Ireland sweep 20-24 Feb; joined 5th Fleet/TF 58 26 Mar (Burke departed 27 Mar); Palaus/Yap/Ulithi/Woleai, Hollandia, Truk/Ponape; Marianas 6 Jun-6 Jul; west-coast overhaul, Ulithi 5 Nov; first Mindoro resupply convoy 19-24 Dec under kamikaze attack; Lingayen Gulf Jan 1945 (sank destroyer Hinoki with three others 7 Jan; landings 9-10 Jan); Panay/Negros/Mindanao Mar-Apr; Okinawa from 16 May, radar picket from 23 Jun - undamaged; off Okinawa through war's end. Departed for US; arrived Washington, D.C. 17 October to receive Presidential Unit Citation; out of commission in reserve at Charleston, S.C. 18 Apr 1946; transferred to Federal Republic of Germany 12 Apr 1960 as Z-6. Presidential Unit Citation (squadron award) and 11 battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1960
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1941-42; wartime crew (design complement 273); Atlantic Reserve Fleet period 1946-1960
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Transcription prints 'left Okinawa 10 September 1946' - internally inconsistent with the 18 April 1946 decommissioning and 17 October Washington arrival; 1945 is carried (conflict in gaps). Mirror transcription cited because live NHHC DANFS pages return 404 and hazegray.org was unreachable this session; Wayback capture 2024-12-03 used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-charles-ausburne-dd570-01
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[3]Texas Historical Commission marker 14845, 'Office of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding and Consolidated Steel Corporation' (erected 2008, Orange, TX; transcription via hmdb.org Wayback capture) [other_primary]
- Locator
- THC marker 14845, marker text paragraphs 1-2 (hmdb.org m=116218 via Wayback 20250124195532)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Texas Historical Commission marker record: 'On May 14, 1941, construction began at Consolidated Steel on the Destroyers USS Aulick and USS Charles Ausburne, the first two warships constructed on the gulf coast for the U.S. government.' Also records the July 1940 appropriations amendment authorizing twelve destroyers in Orange, the USN Office of Supervisor of Shipbuilding at Orange (CDR E. B. Perry), and wartime totals of 39 destroyers and 100 destroyer escorts built at the Consolidated Steel yard. Postwar, the naval facility became the U.S. Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility preparing ships for reserve-fleet storage.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1940-1945 construction program
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction workforce (~20,000 peak); USN Supervisor of Shipbuilding staff
- Limitations
- Establishes construction start (laid down) date and builder-yard program scale, not materials content. Marker text is transcribed on hmdb.org, a volunteer transcription site hosting photos of the official marker; the marker itself is the authoritative artifact (THC marker no. 14845).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-charles-ausburne-dd570-02
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[4]DANFS specifications block (Fletcher class; 2,050 t; 35 kt) + Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels 1945 Vol. I (shipscribe.com scan SDB1945v1.pdf): class machinery 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 GE geared turbine sets, 60,000 shp; Fletcher class-profile record (class-c worktree) consolidating 175-hull program [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; SDB1945v1.pdf DD section; class-c/fletcher-class.class.json
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Fletcher-class destroyer built 1941-42 with a four-boiler, two-shaft, 60,000-shp steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings - the Navy's documented peak-asbestos design regime (substitution not begun until the early 1970s per GAO HRD-80-2, carried at class level). Builder Consolidated Steel Corp. (Orange, TX) is NOT in the Atlas yard dataset, so no yard-level asbestos record attaches to this hull; NARA RG 19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are an unretrieved archival lead.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1968
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1941-42; crew 1942-46; German crew 1960-67
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding; nothing in the cited sources states what was installed aboard DD-570. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure. Builder yard absent from shipyards.json - logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-charles-ausburne-dd570-03
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[5]VA Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 9828426, Docket 94-15 783 (decided Sep. 23, 1998; appeal from Houston RO) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BVA decision 9828426: Findings of Fact 1-2; coworker letters Sep 1996; hearing testimony Aug 1994/Jul 1995
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Official VA adjudication bearing on asbestos conditions at this hull's builder yard during her construction window: a veteran employed at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas, as a driller in the boilermaker department (spring 1942-spring 1944, plus first half of 1946 - DD-570 was built May 1941-Nov 1942) was FOUND NOT exposed to asbestos in that employment (Finding of Fact 1: 'The veteran was not exposed to asbestos during his periods of employment with Consolidated Steel Corporation in Orange, Texas, from 1942 to 1946' - corroborated by coworker letters that drilling work was on hull exteriors with no asbestos present in that construction stage). The same decision found him exposed aboard Navy vessels (asbestos-coated pipes throughout the ships; slept within a foot of asbestos; dust released when guns fired) and granted service connection for asbestos-related lung disease.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1946 exposure; 1993-1998 adjudication
- Population
- One Consolidated Steel Orange driller 1942-46 (adjudicated); coworkers 1941-45 per letters
- Limitations
- Builder-yard and era context only - no hull is named; the negative finding is specific to one claimant's exterior-drilling role and does not speak to insulation trades, interior outfitting, or material aboard DD-570. A claimant-benefit adjudication is not an industrial survey; the shipboard-exposure finding describes other vessels (Prince William CVE-31, Teakwood AN-37, an unnamed 1918 destroyer). Administrative benefits adjudication, not tort litigation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-charles-ausburne-dd570-04
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[6]Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archives), B 145 Bild-F013260-0005 / Steiner, Egon: 'Zerstoerer der Fletcher-Klasse Z 6 (D 180) der Bundesmarine auf der Kieler Woche, 21. Juni 1962' [other_primary]
- Locator
- bundesarchiv.de image description for B 145 Bild-F013260-0005; NavSource operational/building data block for DD-570
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- German federal archive record documents this hull in Bundesmarine service: photographed as Zerstoerer 6 (D 180) at Kiel Week, 21 June 1962 - confirming the 12 April 1960 transfer (DANFS) resulted in active German service. German secondary sources report a 1959 overhaul and modernization at Charleston Navy Yard before handover (~$5M; gun 53, all 20mm mounts, and forward torpedo group removed; six 3-inch twin AA mounts and German navigation equipment fitted; pole mast replaced by tripod) - a major yard period on a 1941-42 hull, and US strike 1 Dec 1967, German decommission 15 Dec 1967, and hull sale for scrap 9 Oct 1968.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1960-1968
- Population
- Bundesmarine crew 1960-67; Kiel Marinearsenal workers during cannibalization 1967-68
- Limitations
- The Bundesarchiv photo verifies German service mid-1962; the 1959 Charleston refit scope, German decommission (15 Dec 1967 vs Oct 1968 strike in other compilations), and scrapping details rest on secondary German sources (de.wikipedia transcription of published references; fletcherfahrer.de; NavSource data block) - dates and buyer identity conflict between sources and are logged in gaps. No asbestos content documented in any of these records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-charles-ausburne-dd570-05
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[7]U.S. National Archives, Bureau of Ships still-picture collection photos 19-N-73195 and 19-N-73198 (USS Charles Ausburne off Mare Island Navy Yard, 30 September 1944, Measure 32 Design 14d camouflage) and NH 98812; cataloged via NavSource Destroyer Photo Index DD-570 captions (Wayback capture 2025-01-23) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 05/570.htm photo captions (Darryl Baker, Ed Zajkowski, Fred Weiss, Robert Hurst contributions; LIFE magazine photo c.1954); DANFS narrative sequence
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA-cataloged BuShips photographs (19-N-73195, 19-N-73198; NH 98812) place this hull at Mare Island Navy Yard: photo captions record 'in overhaul at Mare Island from 17 Aug until 29 Sep 1944' and views off the yard 30 Sep 1944 - the 'overhaul on the west coast' of the DANFS narrative between her Marianas screen duty and the 5 Nov 1944 return to Ulithi. A separate captioned photograph shows the ship in the Philadelphia Reserve Fleet c. 1954 (with USS Aulick, DD-569), documenting her Atlantic Reserve Fleet berth. The same page reproduces the Secretary of the Navy's Presidential Unit Citation text naming the six-ship squadron - USS Charles Ausburne, USS Claxton, USS Dyson, USS Spence, USS Converse, and USS Stanly - for extraordinary heroism 1 November 1943-23 February 1944. The same page carries the namesake record: Charles Lawrence Ausburne of New Orleans, Electrician First Class, posthumous Navy Cross for standing to his duty at the emergency wireless station of the Army transport Antilles, fatally torpedoed 17 October 1917; the first ship (DD-294) used the spelling 'Charles Ausburn,' corrected to 'Ausburne' for this hull after his own signature was found.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944; 1946-1960
- Population
- Mare Island Navy Yard workers Aug-Sep 1944; Philadelphia reserve-fleet maintenance personnel 1946-60
- Limitations
- Documents yard presence, reserve berth, and namesake, not work scope or materials disturbed. Captions are volunteer-compiled on NavSource; the underlying photographs carry official NARA (19-N series) and NHHC (NH series) identifiers. NARA online catalog entries were not retrievable this session (catalog.archives.gov JS-gated).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-charles-ausburne-dd570-06
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[8]Batch-3542 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NavSource operational data; THC marker 14845; VA BVA 9828426; Bundesarchiv Bild-F013260-0005; Atlas shipyard dataset; Fletcher class profile; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-charles-ausburne-dd570-01 through sl-uss-charles-ausburne-dd570-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-570: no hull ACM survey, abatement or remediation contract, hazmat disclosure, and no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull. The hull no longer exists (scrapped West Germany 1968), foreclosing any museum-side ACM disclosure. The builder yard (Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX) is absent from the Atlas yard dataset; the sole official record bearing on asbestos at that yard is a claimant-specific VA adjudication (ev-04).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1941-42 steam destroyer is squarely within the Navy's documented peak asbestos-use era; this row records that the public record produced no hull-specific documentation. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-charles-ausburne-dd570-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 sweep (authenticated, fleet-paced), six queries 2026-09-27: "Charles Ausburne" (opinions, dockets); "Ausburne" (opinions, dockets); "DD-570" (opinions, dockets) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search API v4 results, queries as listed; sl-uss-charles-ausburne-dd570-08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation names this hull. Exact-name sweeps: 'Charles Ausburne' returns 0 opinions and 0 dockets. Variant-name sweeps: 'Ausburne' returns 1 opinion (Ausburne v. State of Florida, No. 1D2024-3143, Fla. 1st DCA 2026 - appellant Chrystal Dawn Ausburne, a surname collision) and surname-collision dockets (e.g., Ragsdale v. Astrue, E.D. Va. 3:12-cv-00404, an SSID review where 'Ausburne' appears as a person's name in record text). Hull-number sweeps: 'DD-570' returns 0 opinions; 5 docket hits are all non-asbestos matters in which 'DD-570' is a form/document identifier, not the hull - Dutchints Development LLC (Bankr. N.D. Cal. 21-51255, bankruptcy); Bjorn v. DSS (D. Mass. 3:04-cv-30088, civil rights); Carpenters Health & Welfare Fund v. Bachert Construction (E.D. Pa. 2:02-cv-04685, ERISA); Herbalist & Alchemist v. Alurent Products (S.D.N.Y. 1:16-cv-09204, trademark); S.J. Gargrave Syndicate at Lloyds v. Black Construction (D. Guam 1:03-cv-00009, contract).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Classification is at index level: the 5 'DD-570' docket collisions were classified by case metadata (nature-of-suit, parties) - none is asbestos/product-liability litigation - and RECAP full text was not pulled (fleet pacing budget contention); a hull mention inside a non-asbestos filing not indexed at search level cannot be excluded. The 'Ausburne' docket result set was reviewed in part before a paging timeout; all results seen were surname collisions. A name match is not evidence of exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-charles-ausburne-dd570-08