Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]DANFS, Claud Jones (DE-1033) (namesake biography, builder, launch, commissioning, service through 1960; verbatim NHHC page, December 2024 Wayback capture - live page serves 404; identical text via hazegray transcription) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Claud Jones' entry (NHHC, Wayback capture 2024-12-09): namesake paragraph + ship paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Rear Admiral Claud Ashton Jones (b. 7 October 1885, Fire Creek, W.Va.; USNA 1906; M.S. Harvard; awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism as engineering officer of Memphis when wrecked by a hurricane off Santo Domingo City 29 August 1916 - the armored cruiser ex-Tennessee, renamed Memphis May 1916; assistant naval attache London; Rear Admiral from 9 October 1941, Bureau of Ships shipbuilding program and assistant chief through WWII; Legion of Merit; d. Charleston, W.Va., 8 August 1948). Claud Jones (DE-1033) launched 27 May 1958 by Avondale Marine Ways, Inc., Avondale, La.; sponsored by Mrs. M. R. J. Wyllie; commissioned 10 February 1959, Lieutenant Commander W. M. Cone in command. Service narrative: training at Guantanamo Bay; northern Europe cruise June-August 1959; home port Key West, Fla.; east-coast and Caribbean operations 1960; northern European waters for NATO exercises September-October 1960 - the published entry ends there.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1885-1948 (namesake); 1957-1960 (hull)
- Population
- Avondale Marine Ways construction trades 1957-59; crew (design complement ~171)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents namesake, builder, launch, commissioning, and early service - not materials or asbestos content, and no specification block (displacement, machinery, complement) is printed for this hull. The entry ends at 1960; all later chronology rests on secondary sources. NavSource's namesake biography says the wrecked ship was 'Tennessee' - the same hull (ACR-10 renamed Memphis 25 May 1916), not a conflict. Wayback capture cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-claud-jones-de1033-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, CLAUD JONES (DE 1033) ship detail record (shipId=611; live NVR page retrieved 2026-09-28) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR getHull.htm?shipId=611 - Vessel Status and Milestone Dates blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR record for this hull: UIC 54031; class DE 1033; commission date 02/10/1959; stricken date 12/16/1974; status 'disposed of through the security assistance program (sap), transferred, cash sale, ex-us fleet hull foreign military sale case number assigned' with date status changed 12/01/1974; custodian INDONESIA; record last updated 03/01/2002. The NVR's separate status-change (12/01/1974) and stricken (12/16/1974) dates resolve the secondary sources' inconsistent single-date accounts of sale/stricken.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1959-1974 (registry); record updated 2002
- Limitations
- NVR fields for keel, launch, delivery, in-service, and decommission dates are blank for this hull; 'Ship physical characteristics are currently unavailable' notice appears on the record, so no spec data comes from this source. Documents registry status and disposal path only - not materials or asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-claud-jones-de1033-02
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[3]NHHC photo catalog, image NH 107506 - USS Claud Jones (DE-1033) underway off Oahu, Hawaii, 22 February 1971 (Official U.S. Navy Photograph by PH1/AC Dixon M. Dreher; April 2025 Wayback capture of the NHHC catalog page) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC photo catalog page NH-107506 (Wayback capture 2025-04-03)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An official NHHC photograph of this hull exists in the NH-series collection (NH 107506): USS Claud Jones (DE-1033) underway off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, 22 February 1971, photographer PH1/AC Dixon M. Dreher. The catalog page verifies the hull's identity and its Pearl Harbor operational period; the image is a lead for contemporaneous visual condition.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1971
- Population
- Crew circa 1971
- Limitations
- Photographic record only - documents the hull's existence, configuration, and 1971 Hawaii operations, not materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC page returns 404 to scripted access; catalog text verified from the April 2025 Wayback capture.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-claud-jones-de1033-03
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[4]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Escort Photo Archive DE-1033 USS Claud Jones - 'Specifications' and 'Building and Operational Data' blocks; commanding-officer roster (Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves compilation); awards display; photo captions; February 2025 Wayback capture [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-1033 photo index: Specifications block; Building and Operational Data; awards; Commanding Officers roster; photo captions 0602103312-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource compiled record for this hull: class Claud Jones, SCB No. 131 (1956-57 program), 4 in class; 1,314 tons light / 1,916 full; 312 ft oa; 4 Fairbanks-Morse 38ND8 diesels, 8,852 shp, 1 shaft, 22 kt, 7,000 nm at 12 kt; complement 12 officers/159 enlisted; 2x1 3-inch/50, 2x3 Mk 32 torpedo tubes, 2 Mk 11 Hedgehogs. Building data: keel laid 1 June 1957 at Avondale Marine Ways, Inc., Westwego, La.; launched/christened 27 May 1958, sponsor Mrs. M. R. J. Wyllie of Allison Park, Pa., daughter of RADM Jones; commissioned 10 February 1959 at Naval Station Charleston, assigned DesDiv 601 at Key West; homeport changed to Pearl Harbor 1 May 1966 as Escort Division 11, later Destroyer Squadron 39; decommissioned at Pearl Harbor Naval Station 16 December 1974, struck from NVR, transferred to Indonesia, renamed KRI Mongisidi (DE-343); Indonesian decommissioning 2 January 2003. Awards shown: Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation w/ star, Navy Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal w/ 3 stars, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. Photo captions document a South China Sea underway replenishment with USS Ashtabula (AO-51) 3 July 1972. Eleven commanding officers listed, LCDR W. M. Cone (1959) through LCDR James J. Hogan III (to 16 December 1974).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-2003
- Population
- Crew 1959-1974
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary data used only where it agrees with or supplements official sources: launch/commission match DANFS, stricken matches NVR, the Pearl Harbor photo matches NH 107506. Keel date, unit assignments, award display, and the Indonesian decommissioning date are not officially confirmed in this record. Documents service chronology - not materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-claud-jones-de1033-04
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[5]USS Claud Jones (DE-1033) and USS McMorris (DE-1036) joint decommissioning booklet (ship-produced December 1974 publication; scanned pages hosted on NavSource supplemental page 06021033a, courtesy Robert M. Cieri) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-1033 supplemental page (06021033a.htm), joint 'USS Claud Jones (DE 1033) and USS McMorris (DE 1036) Decommissioning Booklet' scans
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A ship-produced joint decommissioning booklet for this hull and sister USS McMorris (DE-1036) - both decommissioned at Pearl Harbor 16 December 1974 for Indonesian transfer - exists and is scanned at NavSource's supplemental page. Such booklets typically carry the ship's history summary, crew roster, and command details - a contemporaneous ship-level artifact and a lead for the hull's own account of its service career.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1974
- Population
- Crew at decommissioning, December 1974
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the scan exists on the NavSource supplemental page but its pages were not individually inspected this session; contents (roster, history, any facilities detail) are unverified. Not an official repository document.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-claud-jones-de1033-05
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[6]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (Comptroller General, 18 Oct 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 summary/findings text (insulation specification change 1973, installation through May 1978, removal policy)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO program review of Navy asbestos control: asbestos thermal insulation 'was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships'; the Navy changed its thermal-insulation specification to asbestos-free in 1973, but previously purchased asbestos stock was still being installed, and 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978'; 'all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables'; Navy policy since 1975 removed/replaced asbestos only if damaged or required for repairs. A destroyer escort built 1957-59 and retired December 1974 predates the transition - era-standard asbestos insulation is the consistent inference for this hull's build period and entire US service life, though this is not a ship-specific finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979 (report); build-era context 1957-59
- Population
- Navy-wide shipboard workforce; shipyard insulation workers (Long Beach, Norfolk fieldwork)
- Limitations
- Program-level review fieldworked at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - it does not name this hull, does not establish materials aboard DE-1033, and does not resolve what was removed during any availability. gao.gov blocks automated fetches (403 - standing defect since Batch 01); content verified via indexed text of the report and the product page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-claud-jones-de1033-06
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[7]NavSource specifications block (SCB-131 design: 4 Fairbanks-Morse 38ND8 diesels, 8,852 shp, 1 shaft) + Atlas shipyard dataset record 'avondale-shipyard' (tier-2 asbestos-documented yard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; Navypedia class technical data; shipyards.json record 'avondale-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Claud Jones-class (SCB-131) destroyer escort built 1957-59 with a diesel plant (4 Fairbanks-Morse 38ND8 diesels, single shaft - no boilers or steam mains) would have carried era-standard asbestos applications at a reduced scale versus steam escorts - engine and exhaust-system insulation and lagging, gaskets and packing, electrical/cable insulation, machinery and bulkhead insulation, fireproofing, and deck coverings - consistent with 1950s Navy construction practice and the GAO-documented fleet materials environment. The class was a minimum-cost mobilization ocean-escort design (4 ships, 1958-60). Builder Avondale Marine Ways (Atlas slug 'avondale-shipyard', same entity under its earlier name) is a tier-2 asbestos-documented yard: products documented at the yard include Kaylo insulation, lagging cloth for steam pipes, gaskets, floor tiles, adhesives, and fire-resistant blankets, with mesothelioma litigation naming the yard (Latiolais 2019, Barrosse 2023, Hotard 2020) and a NIOSH health hazard evaluation (HETA-97-0260-2716).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-2003
- Population
- Avondale Marine Ways construction trades 1957-59; crew 1959-1974; Indonesian crew 1974-2003
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No ship-specific document establishes that any particular product aboard this hull contained asbestos; the diesel plant means steam-era boiler/turbine insulation categories do not apply, and this row does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure. Yard records document conditions at the yard, not aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-claud-jones-de1033-07
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[8]NARA research guide 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' - RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence, ship general information books, specifications, engineering drawings [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA asbestos research guide, record-series listing; catalog.archives.gov API queries 'DE-1033'/'USS Claud Jones' (HTML shell only)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official research path for hull-level asbestos documentation: Bureau of Ships (RG 19) correspondence, ship general information books, and ship specifications are identified as the record series bearing on asbestos in naval vessels. The guide's core coverage (through 1961) fully contains this hull's construction period (laid June 1957 - commissioned February 1959); a DE-1033 specification or general-information file would be the primary-source route to a hull-level materials finding. No DE-1033 file was examined; the NARA catalog API returned only an HTML shell to scripted queries this session (holdings presumed undigitized). Deck logs (RG 24) and OPNAV 5750 command histories are the parallel leads.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-1959 (records); guide current
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the existence of a retrievable DE-1033 specifications file is not established. No retrieval performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-claud-jones-de1033-08
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[9]CourtListener API v4 opinion search via cl-auth-search.py, 2026-09-28: "Claud Jones" (type=o) - 12 hits, all person-name collisions; "USS Claud Jones", "DE-1033", asbestos-conjunct, and RECAP docket queries deferred by fleet pacing [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py --query '"Claud Jones"' --type opinion (count: 12, all collisions); deferred queries logged in search_ledger sl-05
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Partial litigation sweep for this hull: the authenticated CourtListener v4 opinion query for the bare name 'Claud Jones' returned 12 opinions, every one a name collision - a Louisiana civil-service litigant (Jones v. Louisiana Department of Highways, 259 La. 329 (1971), and companions; McGuffin v. Jones, La. 1963-64), and 'Claude Jones' witnesses/parties in 1920s-30s state criminal appeals (Winchester v. State, Ala.; Bass v. State, Tex.; Reynolds v. Commonwealth, Ky.; In re Jones, Okla.; Southern Ry. v. Roberts, 5th Cir.). No opinion references the vessel or asbestos. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming DE-1033 was identified in the completed query.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Partial sweep - the exact-string 'USS Claud Jones' opinion query, the 'DE-1033' hull-number queries, an asbestos-conjunct query, and the docket-type (RECAP) query could not be completed this session; the shared CourtListener fleet budget returned pacing stand-downs on five authenticated attempts before and after the one successful window. The completed bare-name query covers the highest-collision slice; zero vessel hits there does not rule out unindexed dockets or state-court filings. Sweep is a negative finding, not proof of absence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-claud-jones-de1033-09
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[10]Batch-3964 search ledger (this record): DANFS (NHHC Wayback); NVR live record; NHHC photo catalog; NavSource; NARA research guide + catalog; GAO; shipyard dataset; VA BVA index; CourtListener partial sweep; open-web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-claud-jones-de1033-01 through sl-uss-claud-jones-de1033-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-1033: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract, no former-owner hazmat disclosure, and no docketed asbestos case or BVA decision naming the vessel was found in the sources searched. Open-web hits naming USS Claud Jones DE-1033 are law-firm and marketing pages (Shepard O'Donnell; freeasbestostesting.com; asbestos-ships.com), excluded as non-authoritative - and demonstrably unreliable here: the Shepard page recites steam-era boiler products for a hull that had no boilers.
- 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 transferred to Indonesia in 1974 and its post-2003 disposition is unverified, so no survey can be expected; era inference in ev-07 is consistent but unproven for this hull. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-claud-jones-de1033-10