Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet jw-packet.md (11 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: NOT a real name)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-de-269-de269-pkt-jw-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Eisner (DE-269) entry (verbatim transcription via hazegray mirror - live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Eisner' entry (DE-269 paragraph)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull (the 'Eisner' entry): Jacques Rodney Eisner, born 25 July 1918 in Red Bank, N.J., enlisted in the Naval Reserve 7 October 1940, appointed midshipman 6 March 1941; Lieutenant (junior grade) Eisner was killed in action during the Battle of Guadalcanal 13 November 1942 while serving in San Francisco (CA-38). 'The name Eisner was assigned to DE-269 on 23 February 1943, canceled and reassigned to DE-28 on 14 June 1943, and again canceled and reassigned to DE-192 on 14 July 1943. DE-269 was transferred to the United Kingdom on 3 September 1943 and served in the Royal Navy as HMS Domett. She was returned to United States custody after World War II and sold on 3 June 1947. DE-28 was renamed Emery.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; Royal Navy crew 1943-46
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, name assignment, transfer, and disposal - not materials or asbestos content, and not the RN operational record (no U-441/U-988 detail, no return port or scrapping location). Live NHHC page 404s (2026-09-28); verbatim hazegray transcription cited. The commissioned USS Eisner (DE-192) is a different hull - a name-collision risk in litigation and archive searches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-269-01
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[3]NPS Boston National Historical Park, 'Ships Built by the Charlestown Navy Yard' dataset (from Preservation Specialist Stephen P. Carlson's historic resource study), warships table row 'Eisner / Escort Vessel / DE-269' and foreign-names table row 'DE-269 -> Britain -> Domett (K.473)' [nps]
- Locator
- nps.gov article datasets: nri-CNYShipsBuiltWeb.csv row 'Eisner, Escort Vessel, DE-269, 1943 Apr 7, 1943 May 19, Never, Transferred to Britain 1943'; nri-CNYForeignNamesWeb.csv row 'DE-269, Britain, Domett (K.473)'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NPS dataset lists this hull as Eisner (Escort Vessel, DE-269): keel laid 1943 Apr 7; launched 1943 May 19; commissioned 'Never'; fate 'Transferred to Britain 1943.' The foreign-names table maps DE-269 to Britain as Domett (K.473). The dataset lists escorts allocated to Britain under 'the American names assigned even though launched under their British designations' - consistent with Eisner being the launch-time name (canceled 14 June 1943, after the 19 May launch). Independent federal corroboration of the DANFS timeline.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- Charlestown Navy Yard construction workforce 1943
- Limitations
- Dataset corroborates build/launch/transfer dates and the 'Never' commissioned status only; no materials or asbestos information, no return or scrapping detail.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-269-02
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[4]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, Eisner (DE 269) - HMS Domett (K.473) page (timeline, specifications, transfer-ceremony photo captions) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-269 page: specifications block, 'Building and Operational Data' chronology, photo captions 0626901-0626905
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource corroborates and extends the DANFS timeline: keel laid by Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass. 7 April 1943; launched 19 May 1943; transferred to Great Britain as Lend-Lease and commissioned as HMS Domett (K.473) 3 September 1943; returned to U.S. Navy custody and struck from the NVR 5 March 1946; sold for scrapping 3 June 1947. GMT-type specifications: 4 x GM Model 16-278A diesels with electric drive, 6,000 shp, 2 screws, 19 kt; displacement 1,140 lt / 1,430 full; complement 15/183; armament 3 x 3"/50 Mk22, 4 x 20mm, Mk6/Mk9 depth-charge gear. Photo captions document the 3 September 1943 christening/commissioning ceremony at the Boston Navy Yard - sponsor Carol E. Pyne (age 9), daughter of Lcdr. Charles C. Pyne, aide to Radm. Robert Theobald, Commandant of the First Naval District; the RN captain reading the Articles of War. The page states flatly 'No U.S. Navy service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; RN crew 1943-46
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-run secondary archive, not a primary record - used to corroborate DANFS/NPS dates, for specifications, and for photo provenance (Pyne family photographs). Its 'struck from the NVR' phrasing reflects the Naval Vessel Register/Navy list; NVR does not cover vessels disposed before 1987 (see gaps). A caption spells the RN CO 'Shirley Gordon' - Stirling Gordon per uboat.net command list. No materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-269-03
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[5]uboat.net Allied Warships entry, HMS Domett (K 473), Captain-class frigate (commands list; U-441 sinking record of 30 Jun 1944; convoy/event log) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5471.html - 'Notable events' 30 Jun 1944 entry and commands table; uboat.net/boats/u441.htm (fate, Niestle 2006) and uboat.net/boats/u988.htm ('Previously recorded fate' note; wreck identified 2013)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Specialist U-boat/escort record for this hull's RN career: ordered 25 Jan 1942; T/A/Lt.Cdr. Stirling Gordon, RNVR in command 15 Aug 1943-mid 1945; event log covers convoy SC 145 (Oct-Nov 1943), A/S exercises and HMS Stratagem escort off Larne (Dec 1943), escort of HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Valiant and HMS Renown from Scapa Flow toward Gibraltar then carriers Illustrious and Unicorn (30 Dec 1943-Jan 1944), and convoy UC 58B with the 3rd Escort Group (Mar 1945). The 30 Jun 1944 event reads: 'German U-boat U-441 was sunk in the English Channel west of Guernsey, in position 49deg37'N, 03deg41'W, by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (224 Sqn RAF/L) and the British frigates HMS Essington, HMS Duckworth, HMS Domett and HMS Cooke' - 51 dead (all hands), per Axel Niestle (Aug 2006). The widely repeated attribution of this action to U-988 on 29 June (244 Sqn) is a superseded postwar assessment: U-988 was sunk 22 June 1944 NW of Cherbourg by a US Navy Liberator (VB-110/K) and her wreck was identified in 2013 - the U-441 attribution is the current scholarship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- RN crew, Atlantic/Channel convoy escort 1943-45
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary database, not an official record - used because it documents the corrected U-boat attribution (U-441, 30 Jun 1944) that supersedes the still-circulating U-988/29 June version. Event logs cite UK National Archives ADM series sources. No materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-269-04
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[6]naval-history.net, 'British Escort Movements WW2 - Captain-class frigates, Part 2' (Don Kindell), HMS Domett (K473) convoy table [other_primary]
- Locator
- naval-history.net/xDKEscorts15Fr-Capt2.htm, 'HMS DOMETT' table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent convoy-movement table for this hull's RN service, compiled from Admiralty records: HMS Domett joined convoys SC 145 (joined 28 Oct 1943), MKF 027A (15 Jan 1944), MKF 028A (16 Feb 1944), SC 153 (23 Feb 1944), ON 229 (25 Mar 1944), HX 284 (29 Mar 1944), ON 253 (14 Sep 1944), RA 061A (14 Nov 1944), SC 161 (2 Dec 1944), SC 162 (3 Dec 1944), SC 165 (28 Jan 1945) and KMF 039 (28 Jan 1945) as escort - an Atlantic/Channel convoy-escort employment pattern consistent with the 3rd Escort Group.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- RN crew 1943-45
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary tabulation (Kindell) of Admiralty movement records - corroborates employment pattern only; convoy tables show escort assignments, not shipboard conditions, and carry no materials or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-269-05
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[7]NavSource specifications block (Evarts class GMT type) + Atlas shipyard dataset record 'boston-naval-shipyard' (tier-3 asbestos-era yard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-269 specifications block; shipyards.json record 'boston-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: an Evarts-class (GMT type) destroyer escort built at the Boston Navy Yard in 1943 would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel-electric ship - exhaust-system insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, winch/windlass brake linings, and deck coverings - but not the boiler/turbine and steam-line lagging that dominate steam-ship asbestos profiles, because the GMT plant is diesel-electric (4 x GM 16-278A diesels, electric drive, no boilers). Builder Boston Naval Shipyard is a documented tier-3 asbestos-era yard in the Atlas dataset (WWII peak employment 50,128; John Crane gasket/packing litigation product identification).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; RN crew 1943-46
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No hull ACM record exists for this vessel; does not quantify material, does not establish any individual's exposure, and does not address Royal Navy modifications performed in UK yards, which are undocumented for materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-269-06
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[8]UK National Archives ADM 53 series ship's logs for HMS Domett (cited in uboat.net source list: ADM 53/119575, 53/120303, 53/120374, 53/120663, 53/120675, inter alia); NPS Boston NHP archival holdings (ship-history files, ~70,000 yard photographs) - leads not retrieved [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5471.html 'Sources' list (ADM 53 series references); nps.gov/bost Collections & Research holdings list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level material and service records: HMS Domett's Royal Navy ship's logs survive in the UK National Archives ADM 53 series at Kew (the uboat.net event log cites ADM 53/119575, ADM 53/120303, ADM 53/120374, ADM 53/120663, ADM 53/120675 for this ship, plus ADM 173 and ADM 199 operational records) - the principal surviving ship-level record series. Boston National Historical Park's archival collection holds ship-history files and yard photographs for ships built at Boston Naval Shipyard; the Pyne family photographs of the 3 September 1943 transfer ceremony are published via NavSource. Because the ship was never in U.S. commission, no USN deck logs exist; BuShips general plans/specifications for DE-269 (NARA RG 19) are a further lead for hull-level material specifications.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (records); 2026 (repositories)
- Limitations
- Lead only - collections and file references described at repository level; no ADM file, hull file, drawing set, or materials specification was retrieved or examined, and none is known to contain asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-269-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 sweep: 'DE-269', 'HMS Domett', 'Domett', 'USS Eisner', 'Eisner' asbestos (opinion type=o; docket type=r) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-de-269-06 and sl-uss-de-269-07 (CourtListener API v4, type=o and type=r)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep (2026-09-28) located NO litigation naming this hull. Opinion index (type=o): 'USS Eisner' = 0 hits; 'HMS Domett' = 0 hits; '"DE-269"' = 17 hits, all tokenized collisions - 'de'/'269' matching in unrelated litigation (Puerto Rico Spanish-language opinions, insurance and employment cases, exhibit/page-number fragments); none vessel-related; 'Domett' = 23 hits, all surname/party collisions (Living v. Domett 1881 N.Y.; Ohio Supreme Court decisions citing a Domett party; 19th-century reporters) - none vessel-related, none asbestos; '"Eisner" asbestos' = 62 hits, all surname collisions (parties/attorneys named Eisner in asbestos and unrelated litigation) - none naming USS Eisner (DE-192 or DE-269). Docket index (type=r): 'Domett' = 19 hits, all collisions (Tedra Domett Lewis bankruptcy; Dometic Corp. tokenization; unrelated dockets); '"DE-269"' = 306 loose/tokenized matches (docket-number fragments), top-ranked results all unrelated - zero vessel-related dockets. '"USS Eisner"' type=r query was throttled out (fleet pacing budget) after 3 retries - logged as blocked.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28 (search date)
- Limitations
- Search-coverage finding, not a merits determination: absence of indexed litigation does not prove no claim was ever filed (state courts, unindexed dockets, and settled claims are outside coverage; UK jurisdictions are not covered at all - the hull served the Royal Navy and was disposed of in 1947). Docket-index counts reflect tokenizer matching, not literal-term results. One query ('USS Eisner' type=r) was not completed - fleet pacing throttle; the opinion-side equivalent returned 0 hits. No opinion or docket naming DE-269, HMS Domett, or USS Eisner was found.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-269-08
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[10]Batch-4190 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS via hazegray mirror; NPS Charlestown Navy Yard datasets; NavSource DE-269 archive; uboat.net; naval-history.net; CourtListener queries; Atlas shipyard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-de-269-01 through sl-uss-de-269-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-269/HMS Domett (K.473): the ship was sold for scrapping on 3 June 1947 - decades before ACM surveys or abatement recordkeeping existed - so no hull ACM survey, abatement record, donation-condition hazmat disclosure, or museum documentation exists to locate; and no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was found (see CourtListener sweep row and ledger). The record stands at class_or_era documentation level.
- 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 - 1943 naval construction at Boston Navy Yard was in the peak asbestos era; the finding reports the documentary record, not the material fact. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-269-09