Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet ic-packet.md (14 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-crouter-de11-pkt-ic-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Crouter (DE-11) (namesake biography, builder, dates, convoy/combat service, disposal; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: named for Cmdr. Mark Hanna Crouter (XO San Francisco CA-38, killed Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 13 Nov 1942, posthumous Navy Cross); originally intended for Great Britain as BDE-11; launched 26 January 1943 by Boston Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. M. H. Crouter; commissioned 25 May 1943, Lt. J. E. Johansen USNR; Noumea convoy escort and Solomons consolidation to 31 March 1944; west-coast overhaul (yard unnamed); Pearl Harbor-Eniwetok convoy 14 June-3 July 1944; submarine-training operations Majuro; Eniwetok-based escort to Ulithi, Kossol Roads, Saipan to 15 March 1945; Okinawa invasion screen from 1 April 1945, hunter-killer group 19-28 April, two suicide planes splashed; Guam to 18 September 1945; decommissioned San Pedro 30 November 1945; sold 25 November 1946; one battle star. Specs: dp. 1,140; 289'5"; 21 k.; cpl. 156; class Evarts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew (design complement 156)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. DANFS gives no laid-down or stricken date for this hull (NPS ship list supplies the former; striking is secondary-sourced - see gaps). Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-crouter-de11-01
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[3]NPS Boston National Historical Park, 'Ships Built By The Charlestown Navy Yard' (Stephen P. Carlson, Division of Cultural Resources, 2005; appendix to the Charlestown Navy Yard historic resource study; derived from Records of the Boston Naval Shipyard and the yard photograph collection) [nps]
- Locator
- cny-ships.pdf, Appendix B alphabetical table, 'Crouter' row (and 'No Name (BDE-11)' cross-reference)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS builder-yard record for this hull: 'Crouter - Escort Vessel - DE-11 - 1942 Dec 8 [laid down] - 1943 Jan 26 [launched] - 1943 May 25 [commissioned] - Ex-BDE-11 (1943); sold 1946.' Establishes the 8 December 1942 laying date from Records of the Boston Naval Shipyard, confirms the ex-BDE-11 British-transfer origin, and confirms Charlestown Navy Yard construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43
- Limitations
- Documents construction chronology and the BDE-11 designation only - not materials or asbestos content. The 1942-12-08 date conflicts with secondary compilations (Wikipedia/NavSource-era '8 February 1942'), a Feb/Dec transposition carried in gaps; the NPS yard-record figure is the authoritative value carried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-crouter-de11-02
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[4]NHHC photograph record NH 83389, USS Crouter (DE-11) photographed 24 May 1944 in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 21D (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photograph, courtesy Donald M. McPherson, 1975; verbatim Online Library transcription) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC photo record NH 83389 (Online Library transcription, h83389c.htm)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy photo record for this hull: NH 83389 shows Crouter underway 24 May 1944 wearing Measure 32/Design 21D dazzle camouflage - inside the DANFS 'overhaul on the west coast' window preceding the 14 June 1944 Pearl Harbor-Eniwetok convoy. Secondary camouflage references citing NARA photos BS 69847/69848 locate the photograph at Hunters Point, San Francisco.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Wartime crew, May 1944
- Limitations
- Photographic record only - the official record establishes the 24 May 1944 date; the Hunters Point location rests on secondary captions citing NARA photo numbers, not the NHHC record text. Establishes presence, not the overhaul yard of record, work scope, or materials. No asbestos information; DANFS does not name the west-coast overhaul yard - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-crouter-de11-03
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[5]'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-45' destroyer-escort roster entry for DE-11 (HyperWar transcription of U.S. Navy source data: 'Diesel-electric drive with tandem-motor drive; 6,000 h.p.') + Atlas shipyard dataset, Boston Naval Shipyard record (tier-3 asbestos-era yard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-45 DE roster, DE-11 entry; shipyards.json record 'boston-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: an Evarts-class (GMT) destroyer escort built 1942-43 would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel-electric ship - exhaust-system insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, brake linings, and deck coverings - but no boilers or steam lagging; builder Boston Naval Shipyard is documented as a tier-3 asbestos-era yard in the Atlas shipyard dataset (yard-level gasket/packing litigation record, In re John Crane Inc., Tex. App. 2003).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; crew 1943-45
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The diesel-electric plant means the largest asbestos categories of steam ships (boiler and steam-line insulation) do not apply; does not quantify material, does not establish any individual's exposure, and the yard-level record speaks to the yard, not this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-crouter-de11-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches (type=o opinions and type=r dockets), 2026-09-28 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger row sl-uss-crouter-de11-04; opinion metadata/full text for Philippe v. Shape, 103 B.R. 355
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS Crouter / DE-11 located. Exact-name sweeps returned zero: "USS Crouter" = 0 opinion hits and 0 RECAP docket hits; "aboard the Crouter" = 0 opinion hits; "DE-11" + "Crouter" docket query = 0 hits. Remaining hits are name/identifier collisions resolved by inspection: (1) "DE-11" opinion hits (2,130) = identifier collisions - the string is a common Puerto Rico administrative/docket/exhibit code (sampled top-20 hits are all Puerto Rican courts and unrelated civil matters; none mention a vessel, the Navy, or asbestos); (2) 'Crouter asbestos' opinion hits (1) = surname collision - Philippe v. Shape, Inc., 103 B.R. 355 (D. Me. 1989), a securities/bankruptcy-referral opinion in which Jerrol A. Crouter appears as plaintiff's counsel; the vessel is not named; (3) '"DE-11" asbestos' opinion hits (4) = identifier collisions - Continental Insurance v. Beemsterboer (N.D. Ind. 2015; OCR-scanned opinion contains neither 'DE-11' nor a vessel reference - index-side match), Rentas Nieves v. Betancourt Figueroa (P.R. 2018), KB Realtron v. Deleon (Tex. App. 2015), In re TMX Finance (Tex. App. 2015) - unrelated civil matters. No opinion or docket names this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Litigation coverage is limited to CourtListener-indexed federal/state opinions and federal dockets; unindexed state trial-court filings and settled MDL-875 claimant records are not covered. Every hit was resolved to a non-vessel reference, but no search can prove the absence of all possible litigation. Bare 'Crouter' surname-only opinion query was pacing-blocked at cutoff - see ledger sl-04.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-crouter-de11-05
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[7]Batch-4032 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NPS Charlestown ship list; NHHC photo record; NVR; NARA catalog; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-crouter-de11-01 through sl-uss-crouter-de11-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-11: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, regulatory record, or museum hazmat disclosure exists in the public sources searched, and no qualifying asbestos litigation names the vessel (see search_ledger). Law-firm marketing pages that list USS Crouter (DE-11) are auto-generated ship-list pages and were excluded as non-authoritative.
- 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 were almost certainly installed consistent with class/era practice, but no hull-level documentation survives in public sources. The hull was scrapped in 1947, so no present-day ACM condition can exist. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-crouter-de11-06