Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet jw-packet.md (13 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Cloues — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cloues (MIRROR-DANFS)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-cloues-de265-pkt-jw-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Cloues (DE-265) (namesake, dates, service narrative, disposal; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404 and the ibiblio HyperWar mirror does not carry DE-265) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, namesake paragraph + specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: named for Ens. Edward Blanchard Cloues (born 26 December 1917, Warner, N.H.; USNA class of 1940; killed in action aboard USS Arizona (BB-39) at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941). Launched 6 April 1943 by Boston Navy Yard; sponsored on her commissioning day by Mrs. H. B. Cloues, mother of Ensign Cloues; commissioned 10 August 1943, Cdr. W. S. Howard in command. Departed Boston 4 October 1943 via New York, Panama Canal, and San Francisco for Pearl Harbor (arrived 17 November); escort duty Hawaii-San Francisco; February-March 1944 Johnston Island/Gilberts, covering landings at Bikini, Enyu, Rongelap; Kwajalein-based screening in the Marshalls; 2-27 May 1944 special reconnaissance of Jaluit, Wotje, Mille, and Loj landing an officer, interpreter, and three native scouts; escort from Eniwetok supporting Guam; Eniwetok-Saipan convoy 25 November-23 December 1944; Eniwetok-Ulithi-Kossol Roads escort to 10 March 1945; Okinawa operation from 22 March 1945 (screening, plane guard, mine destruction, logistics transfer); San Pedro Bay screening; Balikpapan landings rendezvous June-July 1945; arrived San Francisco 29 July 1945; decommissioned 26 November 1945; sold 22 May 1947. Three battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; wartime crew (DANFS design complement 156)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Entry omits the laid-down date and the striking date (secondary compilations supply 23 February 1943 and 5 December 1945). Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404 and the ibiblio DANFS mirror does not include DE-265.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cloues-de265-01
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[3]DANFS specifications block (class Evarts; 21 kt) + Atlas shipyard dataset, boston-naval-shipyard record (tier-3 asbestos-era yard; documented John Crane gasket litigation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block (DE-265, class Evarts); shipyards.json record 'boston-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class/yard inference: an Evarts-class (GMT-type) destroyer escort built February-August 1943 had a diesel-electric plant - four GM 16-278A diesels with tandem electric drive, no boilers or steam system - so era-standard asbestos applications for this type are exhaust insulation, machinery gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, winch/windlass brake linings, and deck coverings, not boiler or steam-line lagging. Builder Boston Naval Shipyard is documented as a tier-3 asbestos-era yard in the Atlas dataset.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; crew 1943-1945
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. Class propulsion figures are design-level data (NavSource/Friedman-derived compilations); the diesel-electric configuration means the largest asbestos categories of steam ships (boiler and steam-line insulation) do not apply. Does not quantify material aboard this hull or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cloues-de265-02
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[4]Batch-4187 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NHHC/ibiblio mirrors; NARA catalog probe; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweep; secondary compilations (NavSource, Wikipedia, uboat.net, NavalCoverMuseum) for field corroboration only [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-cloues-de265-01 through sl-uss-cloues-de265-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-265: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract, no disposal hazmat or scrapping-condition disclosure, and no qualifying asbestos case naming the vessel in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener sweep (opinions + RECAP dockets, 2026-09-28): 'USS Cloues' returned zero opinions; 'Cloues' opinion hits are attorney/surname collisions (chiefly Edward B. Cloues II, Philadelphia); 'DE-265' hits are pure token collisions (docket-entry and case-number strings); 'Cloues' + asbestos returned zero opinions.
- 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 - a 1943-built combatant scrapped in 1947 carried era materials and left no regulated disposal record. 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-cloues-de265-03
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[5]CourtListener RECAP docket text matches: F. Jay Crawford v. Delta Scientific Corp., 2:10-cv-02960 (C.D. Cal., personal-injury product liability, 2010-2012); OldCo, LLC successor to Coltec Industries ch. 11, 17-30140 (Bankr. W.D.N.C. 2017) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener docket indexes for cacd 2:10-cv-02960 and ncwb 17-30140
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The string 'Cloues' appears in indexed RECAP docket text of two asbestos-context dockets: Crawford v. Delta Scientific (C.D. Cal.), a personal-injury product-liability action whose listed parties include embassy-security contractors, and the OldCo/Coltec Industries asbestos bankruptcy (W.D.N.C.). In neither record is the string's referent retrievable from the public index - surname references (a person named Cloues, e.g., a creditor-matrix or service-list entry) are the probable explanation; no text confirms USS Cloues (DE-265) as an exposure vessel in either docket.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2010-2018 (litigation)
- Limitations
- Docket-text string matches only; the vessel's role in the allegations is not retrievable from the public index and is probably nil (surname collisions). Unadjudicated even if read as the hull: a docket-text reference is not a finding of exposure aboard this ship, and establishes nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cloues-de265-04