Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet hw-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: USS Connole DE-1056 → VERIFIED (mirror-sourced)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: USS Connole DE-1056 → VERIFIED (mirror-sourced)
- Evidence ID
- uss-connole-de1056-pkt-hw-packet-md
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[2]USS Connole (FF-1056) decommissioning history booklet, 'August 30, 1969 to August 30, 1992' (compiled by Rickart A. Connole, namesake's son, with support of the commanding officer; 27-page scan on Navsource) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Navsource 06021056a supplemental page, scanned booklet pp.1-27 (ship's characteristics p.2; construction ch.3; CO chapters chs.4-18; transfer ch.18)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous 1992 ship's-history booklet for this hull: Avondale production-line construction (first Avondale-built Knox-class hull); keel 23 Mar 1967, launch 20 Jul 1968, commissioning 30 Aug 1969 at Charleston, decommissioning 30 Aug 1992; ship's characteristics (4,200 tons full load, 438 ft, 47-ft beam, two 1,200-psi boilers, one geared turbine, one shaft, 35,000 shp, 28 kt; complement 285 = 18 officers + 267 enlisted); documented yard periods - Portsmouth Naval Shipyard short overhaul c.1970-71 (re-radiograph of high-pressure welds after Avondale weld-record problems), Philadelphia Naval Shipyard six-month overhaul 1974 (VDS and BPDSMS installed), Norfolk Naval Shipyard drydock 1975 (SDRW, SQR-18 TACTAS, LAMPS III installs), Quincy MA shipyard ECM availability Jan 1981, two-month SRA Newport spring 1982, Boston Shipyard Corp eight-month ~$9M overhaul 1984-85 (contract canceled, sit-in, US Marshal seizure ordered by federal judge, completed elsewhere summer 1985), three-month overhaul late 1987, SIMA Newport IMA 1991; transfer to Greece as H/S Epirus (F456).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1967-1992
- Population
- Avondale construction trades 1967-69; crew (complement ~285); overhaul yard workers 1970-1991
- Limitations
- Privately compiled commemorative booklet (primary firsthand content, not an NHHC publication) hosted on Navsource; documents history and yard events but contains no asbestos or hazardous-material information. No asbestos scope documented for any listed yard period.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-connole-de1056-01
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[3]Naval Vessel Register, CONNOLE (FF 1056) ex-DE 1056, UIC 5405 (NAVSEA NVR detail page, Wayback capture 2012-04-26; record last updated 09/19/2001; live NVR page serves empty/redirect shell) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail page, all data fields; Wayback 2012-04-26 capture
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR hull record: class FF 1052; builder AVONDALE MARINE; award 07/22/1964; keel 03/23/1967; launch 07/20/1968; delivery 08/22/1969; commission 08/30/1969; decommission 08/30/1992; stricken 01/11/1995; status 'Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) Section 516, Southern Region Amendment' with status change dated 02/10/2000; custodian Greece; steel hull, aluminum superstructure; steam turbines, 1 propeller; light 3,278 t / full load 4,245 t; accommodations 28 officers / 297 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1964-2000 (register record)
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew 1969-1992 (accommodations 325)
- Limitations
- Authoritative for dates, status, and disposition; contains no asbestos or materials data. NVR 'accommodations' figure (28/297) is berthing capacity, not crew complement - differs from the booklet's 285; conflict carried in gaps. Live NVR detail page returns only a site shell; archived capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-connole-de1056-02
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[4]Public Law 102-322, 'An Act To authorize the transfer of certain naval vessels to Greece and Taiwan,' 106 Stat. 443 (19 July 1992), Section 1 [other_primary]
- Locator
- 106 Stat. 443, Section 1(a)-(e)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Federal statute names this hull: the Secretary of the Navy was authorized 'to lease the KNOX class frigates VREELAND (FF-1068), TRIPPE (FF-1075), and CONNOLE (FF-1056) to the Government of Greece' under chapter 6 of the Arms Export Control Act, renewable, with Greece bearing all transfer costs and any U.S. liabilities arising during the lease.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1992
- Limitations
- Statutory authority only - documents the legal basis of the lease, not the ship's material condition; no asbestos or hazmat terms appear in the statute.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-connole-de1056-03
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[5]Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Co. et al., No. 13-6555 (E.D. La.), Order and Reasons denying motion to remand, R. Doc. 61 (filed 18 Mar 2014, Africk, J.) [court_record]
- Locator
- R. Doc. 61, Order and Reasons pp.1-2 (background recital) and pp.8-9 (discussion); govinfo USCOURTS-laed-2_13-cv-06555 package, item -0
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published federal order names this hull in asbestos litigation. Plaintiff Michael J. Comardelle alleged asbestos exposure during 1963-1979 employment including at Avondale Shipyard and was deposed 4 Nov 2013 testifying he 'worked on all Navy destroyer escorts built at Avondale.' Westinghouse's 28 U.S.C. § 1442 removal notice (recited twice in the order) stated: 'Between 1967 and 1973, a number of Navy destroyer escorts were constructed at Avondale, including the U.S.S. Connole (DE 1056). Upon information and belief, at least some of these Navy vessels were outfitted with asbestos-containing or asbestos-insulated turbines which were manufactured and supplied to the Navy by Westinghouse.' The court denied remand, keeping the case in federal court. Comardelle died 3 May 2014; later orders (Daubert/SJ) do not adjudicate asbestos presence aboard this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1963-1979 (alleged exposure); 2013-2014 (litigation)
- Population
- Avondale Shipyard worker 1963-1979 (decedent); construction-era trades on Avondale DE line
- Limitations
- Pleading/removal-stage record, classified down accordingly: the exposure allegation is the plaintiff's shipyard-level testimony (all Avondale-built DEs, 1967-73 construction window), and the vessel-specific statement is a defendant's 'upon information and belief' assertion supporting a government-contractor removal theory - not a court finding. Establishes only that this hull was named in asbestos litigation; does not establish exposure aboard the commissioned vessel, asbestos actually installed, quantities, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-connole-de1056-04
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[6]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
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program and its insulation-removal policies of the era, with fieldwork yards including Norfolk Naval Shipyard - the yard that drydocked Connole in 1975 for the SDRW/TACTAS/LAMPS III installations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Yard/program-level documentation, not hull-specific; supports era context for overhaul rip-out potential, not asbestos presence or quantities aboard this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-connole-de1056-05
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[7]Documented propulsion plant per 1992 decommissioning booklet (two 1,200-psi boilers, one geared turbine, one shaft, 35,000 shp) + Knox-class construction era (1967-69 Avondale) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Booklet ship's characteristics (p.2); NVR propulsion fields
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: a destroyer escort built 1967-69 with a 1,200-psi two-boiler steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings - Navy insulation-substitution efforts postdate this construction (insulation removal era per GAO began mid-1970s). Documented yard periods (Philadelphia NSY 1974, Norfolk NSY 1975, Boston Shipyard Corp 1984-85, late 1987) are events during which installed asbestos would have been disturbed.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1967-1992
- Population
- Avondale construction trades 1967-69; overhaul yard workers 1970-1991; crew 1969-1992
- Limitations
- Inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, or survey was located; the Comardelle 'asbestos-insulated turbines' statement is pleading-level and does not itself verify the inference. Boiler manufacturer references conflict across sources (Combustion Engineering vs. Babcock & Wilcox for this class/hull) - carried in gaps. This row must not be read as 'documented aboard this hull.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-connole-de1056-06
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[8]CourtListener v4 sweeps, 2026-09-28: type=o "USS Connole" (0 hits); type=o "Connole" (313 hits, reviewed top results = surname collisions, e.g., Connole v. Babij, Conn. App. 2013 - no ship context); type=o "aboard Connole"/"USS Connole"/"FF-1056"/"DE-1056"/"FF 1056"/"DE 1056" OR query (2 hits = reporter-volume numeric collisions, 626 F.2d 1051 and 536 F.2d 1051, unrelated); type=r "Connole asbestos" (63 docket hits / 127 docs) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search, queries as listed; CL dockets 5195049 (Comardelle), 1245688 (MDL-875/Vedros tag-along), 4510584 (Savoie)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep results: (1) QUALIFYING - Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Co., 2:13-cv-06555 (E.D. La., suitNature 'P.I. : Asbestos', filed 2013-12-03, terminated 2015-01-07, Judge Africk; CL docket_id 5195049) - this hull named in the published Doc 61 remand order (see ev-04). (2) NON-QUALIFYING - remaining asbestos-docket hits are list references: 'Connole' appears inside 'Vessels Constructed at Avondale Since Founding of Company 1938' exhibits filed in Avondale-yard asbestos cases (e.g., Vedros v. Northrop Grumman, 2:11-cv-01198 E.D. La., carried on the MDL-875 tag-along docket; Savoie v. Pennsylvania General Insurance, 2:15-cv-01220 E.D. La.) - the hull appears in constructed-vessel lists, not as an alleged exposure site. (3) Non-asbestos hits are surname collisions (e.g., party 'Mac Connole' in Chatwin v. Draper City, D. Utah).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Population
- Asbestos plaintiffs/defendants in Avondale-construction litigation
- Limitations
- Opinion-level sweep complete and negative; docket-level sweep complete on the 'Connole asbestos' query. List-reference appearances in Avondale-vessel exhibits do not allege exposure aboard this hull; whether the exhibits' presence implies anything about Connole specifically is unresolved - the lists enumerate all Avondale construction. Cases matching only in full text not surfaced in snippets may exist.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-connole-de1056-07
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[9]NARA, 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' series (1941-1992), NAID 594258 - per-hull monthly deck-log file units (sister Knox-class hulls confirmed digitized, e.g., Sample DE-1048 NAID 173318078) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog series 594258, 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' (228,033 file units)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- This hull's deck logs (1969-1992) are expected within NARA's digitized Navy deck-log series covering 1941-1992 - the standard primary source for ship-specific operations, availabilities, and (where recorded) material events; retrieval not performed.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1969-1992
- Population
- Crew 1969-1992
- Limitations
- Series verified; hull-specific file units not individually confirmed in the catalog (JS-rendered search not machine-readable). Deck logs rarely state materials content; value is operational history and yard-period pinpoints.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-connole-de1056-08