Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet jx-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-de-271-de271-pkt-jx-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Garlies (DE-271) (builder, dates, Lend-Lease transfer, RN service, U.S. commission, disposition; 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: laid down as Fleming (DE-271) 7 April 1943 by the Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass.; launched 19 May 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Michael E. Fleming; transferred to Great Britain 13 July under lend-lease with a printed Volume IV errata note reading September; commissioned in the British Royal Navy as HMS Garlies (K-475) 13 September 1943; Atlantic convoy escort duty and June 1944 support of the Normandy invasion; returned to the U.S. Navy at Chatham, England, 20 August 1945 and commissioned Garlies (DE-271) the same day, Lt. B. H. Farwell in command; departed Chatham 30 August, arrived Philadelphia 8 September; decommissioned 10 October 1945; sold to Thomas H. Barker 18 July 1947 for scrapping. Spec block: displacement 1,140 t.; length 289'5"; beam 35'1"; draft 11'10"; speed 21 k.; complement 198; class Evarts.
- 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 1943-45 (RN complement unverified); small U.S. Navy return/inactivation crew Aug-Oct 1945
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Transfer-date errata (July vs. September) is a DANFS-internal conflict carried in gaps; striking date is not in this entry. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-271-de271-01
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[3]Stephen P. Carlson, 'Ships Built By The Charlestown Navy Yard,' Appendix B, Charlestown Navy Yard Historic Resource Study, Boston National Historical Park, Division of Cultural Resources, National Park Service, 2005 [nps]
- Locator
- Appendix B, alphabetical ship table (Fleming / DE-271 row; 'Garlies, see Fleming' cross-reference), footnote 9, and foreign-transfer table (DE-271 - Britain - Garlies K.475)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS build-list record for this hull, derived from the Records of the Boston Naval Shipyard and the Charlestown Navy Yard Photograph Collection: 'Fleming, Escort Vessel, DE-271' laid down 1943 Apr 7, launched 1943 May 19, U.S. Navy service 1945 Aug 20; 'Loaned to Britain 1943-1945; named Garlies (1945); sold 1947.' Footnote 9: 'Placed in U.S. Navy service on return from loan to Great Britain; retained Royal Navy names Garlies and Foley, respectively.' Foreign-transfer table: 'DE-271 - Britain - Garlies (K.475).'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1947; publication 2005
- Population
- Charlestown Navy Yard construction trades 1943
- Limitations
- Official NPS publication documenting construction at the Charlestown Navy Yard and the U.S.-Britain custody chain; corroborates DANFS on build dates and confirms the 'retained Royal Navy name' point. Contains no asbestos or materials information; does not record a striking date or the 1947 buyer. npshistory.com is the NPS History Electronic Library (archive of official NPS publications); automated fetcher received HTTP 403 - PDF verified via direct download.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-271-de271-02
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[4]NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, Fleming (DE-271) / HMS Garlies (K-475) index entry (chronology, class specs, striking, disposal buyer) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/06/271.htm - specifications block and chronology list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource chronology for this hull, supplying details DANFS omits: contract awarded 25 January 1942; named Fleming 23 February 1942 (Wikipedia-derived retellings read 23 February 1943 - conflict carried in gaps); keel laid 7 April 1943 at Boston Naval Shipyard; launched 19 May 1943; allocated to the Royal Navy 14 June 1943 as HMS Garlies (K.475); christened 13 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. J. Andrew (Frances) Brown; transferred and commissioned in the RN 13 September 1943, Lt. R. L. Capel, RNR; returned at Chatham 20 August 1945 and commissioned USS Garlies (DE-271), Lt. B. H. Farwell, USNR; decommissioned at Philadelphia NSY 10 October 1945; stricken 1 November 1945; sold to Thomas Harris Barker of New Jersey 18 July 1947 for scrapping. Class data: Evarts class, GMT type (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull), 4 GM 16-278A diesels with electric drive, 6,000 shp, 2 screws.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; RN crew 1943-45; U.S. Navy caretaker crew Aug-Oct 1945
- Limitations
- NavSource is a private photo-archive compilation, not an official repository - used here for the striking date, allocation/christening detail, and buyer's state, which DANFS omits; its overlapping dates corroborate DANFS. Direct automated fetch of the page failed at session time; content was obtained via indexed search-result text and corroborated against DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-271-de271-03
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[5]DANFS specifications block (Evarts class; GMT diesel-electric; 21 k.) + Atlas shipyard dataset, boston-naval-shipyard record (tier 3; WWII peak employment 50,128; litigation-documented asbestos products incl. John Crane gaskets) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; shipyards.json record 'boston-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: an Evarts-class destroyer escort built 1943 at Boston Navy Yard would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel-electric (GMT) ship - engine/exhaust-system insulation, gaskets and packing throughout engineering spaces, electrical insulation and cable, brake linings on winches/windlass, deck coverings, and accommodation insulation - but no boilers or steam lagging; builder Boston Navy Yard is documented as a tier-3 asbestos-era yard in the Atlas dataset (WWII peak employment 50,128; litigation-documented John Crane gasket exposure at the yard).
- 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 1943-45; U.S. Navy crew Aug-Oct 1945; shipbreaking workers 1947+
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding; no ship-specific asbestos record supports it. The diesel-electric plant means the largest asbestos categories of steam ships (boiler and steam-line insulation) do not apply. Does not quantify material aboard this hull, does not establish that asbestos was or was not present, and does not establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-271-de271-04
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[6]Batch-4193 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS transcription; NavSource index; NPS NRHP (none - hull scrapped 1947); NARA catalog; UK National Archives Discovery; VA BVA indexed decisions; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-de-271-de271-01 through sl-uss-de-271-de271-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-271: the hull was sold for scrapping in 1947, predating asbestos survey and abatement regimes and any heritage custody - so no ACM survey, abatement contract, museum hazmat disclosure, or NRHP record exists for this hull; no qualifying asbestos litigation naming the hull under any identity (Fleming, Garlies, K475, DE-271) was located in the sources searched; no VA BVA decision naming the hull located in indexed results (see search_ledger).
- 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 was built at a documented asbestos-era Navy yard in 1943, and its scrapping predates documentation regimes, so the record can never mature the way a museum hull's can. Royal Navy-era material records (refits, insulation renewals) are UK-held (The National Archives, ADM series) and undigitized; U.S. construction records (NARA RG 19/RG 181) were not retrieved. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-271-de271-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches (type=o opinions, type=r dockets) via cl-auth-search.py, 2026-09-28 - partial sweep under shared fleet pacing budget [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-de-271-de271-06, -07, -08, -14, and -15
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener indexed-corpus sweep, opinion level complete and clean: "Garlies" opinions = 27 hits, all name collisions or unrelated references (surnames Garlie/Garlikov, party names, unrelated matters) - none vessel-related, none qualifying asbestos litigation; "Garlies" + asbestos opinions = 0 hits; "DE-271" opinions = 10 hits, all identifier collisions (the string surfaces as docket/citation fragments in unrelated healthcare, education, securities, insurance, and Puerto Rico matters) - none vessel-related; "USS Garlies", "HMS Garlies", and "USS Fleming" opinions = 0 hits each (the 'USS Fleming' zero is notable - no opinion in the index names even the better-known DE-32). Docket level: "Garlies" RECAP = 10 hits, all unrelated civil/bankruptcy dockets (surname/address/party-name matches) - none vessel-related; "DE-271" RECAP = 337 hits, all docket-string collisions in unrelated litigation - caption triage of first-page results found no asbestos-defendant names and asbestos complaints name product defendants rather than hull numbers. "USS Fleming" RECAP dockets = 0 hits. Deferred under the shared fleet pacing budget: only a broadened "Fleming" + asbestos + navy opinion query (a surname-noisy expansion query with marginal value for a hull that bore the name on paper for ~5 months and never commissioned under it) - logged pending, not asserted as a completed zero-hit sweep.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Coverage limited to CourtListener-indexed federal/state opinions and federal dockets, and the sweep is incomplete (see search_ledger for executed vs. blocked queries). Unindexed state trial-court filings and settled MDL-875 claimant records are outside the corpus by construction; UK proceedings are not indexed at all - Royal Navy asbestos claims, if any exist, would sit in UK courts. No search proves absence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-271-de271-06