Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
-
[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-272-de272-pkt-jx-packet-md
-
[2]Bureau of Ships, 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels' 1945, Vol. I (NAVSHIPS 250-010), Lend Lease annex - 'Transferred to United Kingdom' roster (shipscribe.com scan of official BuShips publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-010 Vol. I, Lend Lease annex, 'Transferred to United Kingdom - Continued' roster, GOULD row (PDF p.185 of shipscribe.com scan); footnote 2 'Stricken while under lend lease'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official U.S. Navy roster entry naming this hull: 'GOULD - DE272 - Destroyer-escort vessel - 18 Sept 1943' in the Lend Lease 'Transferred to United Kingdom' annex, between GARLIES/DE271 (13 Sept 1943) and GRINDALL/DE273 (23 Sept 1943). The row carries the roster's footnote 'Stricken while under lend lease' - the official U.S. record that the hull never returned to U.S. custody (she was sunk in RN service 1944-03-01).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades; Royal Navy crew of HMS Gould 1943-44
- Limitations
- Confirms hull number, RN name, transfer date, and stricken-under-lease status. The roster contains no machinery, materials, or asbestos data and no build dates for transferred hulls; the 'stricken' footnote gives no stricken date. Scanned book (two book pages per PDF page); GOULD/DE-272 row verified by OCR of the lend-lease annex pages.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de272-01
-
[3]DANFS, Lovering II (DE-272) (Vol. 5, p.151; builder, dates, name cancellation, transfer, RN service, loss; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. 5 p.151 entry 'Lovering II (DE-272)', specifications block + service narrative (hazegray transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down by Boston Navy Yard (transcription reads 23 April 1942; secondary sources and sister-hull build progression support 1943 - see gaps); launched 4 June 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Joseph S. Lovering; name canceled 14 June 1943 upon decision to lease to Great Britain; leased 18 September 1943 and commissioned same day as HMS Gould (K-476), Lt. Comdr. Henry Rowle, RNR, in command; 'spent her short life escorting convoys to and from Great Britain'; sunk by torpedo from U-358 on 1 March 1944. Specifications block: 1,140 t; 289'5"; 35' beam; 8'3" draft; 21 kt; complement 156; armament 3 x 3", 9 x 20mm, 4 DCP, 2 DCT, 1 Hedgehog; Class EVARTS.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; RN crew of HMS Gould 1943-44
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Transcription's laid-down year (1942) conflicts with NavSource/compiled references (1943) and with the official roster's sister-hull keel progression - carried as 1943 with conflict logged in gaps. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de272-02
-
[4]Bureau of Ships, 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels' 1945, Vol. I (NAVSHIPS 250-010), Destroyer-Escort Vessels (DE) design-group characteristics table + machinery table + design-group legend (shipscribe.com scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-010 Vol. I, DE design-group characteristics table book pp.234-235 (PDF p.127); machinery table + legend same spread; per-ship roster book pp.236-261 (PDF pp.128-140)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official design-group documentation for this hull's type: the BuShips legend defines 'GMT = Diesel electric tandem motor drive - short hull' and states 'All DE's fall into one of the above design groups'; the group-1 (GMT) characteristics row reads 1,140 tons standard / 1,430 full load, 289'5" overall, 35'2" beam, armament 3 x 3"/50 cal. D.P.; the machinery table lists GM diesel engines (model 16-278A noted), 6,000 shp class figure. The per-ship roster shows the Boston Navy Yard GMT block (e.g., DE-256 keel Nov. 1942, DE-257 Jan. 1943, DE-261 Jan. 1943) under the 25 Jan. 1942 contract at $3,180,000 - the same contract/date under which DE-272 was ordered.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945 (publication); 1942-44 (data)
- Population
- Evarts/GMT-group construction trades 1942-44
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation, not a hull record - DE-272 does not appear in the main name roster (lend-lease hulls renamed before commissioning are carried only in the transfer annex; the name table shows LOVERING = DE-39, a different hull). No materials or asbestos content. Keel-progression inference for DE-272's laid-down year is corroborating context, not a direct record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de272-03
-
[5]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct. 18, 1979) - product page [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page (Oct. 18, 1979)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's extensive use of asbestos insulation aboard ships, with substitution not beginning until the early 1970s - this hull (built 1942-43, sunk 1944) falls entirely inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979 (report); WWII-1970s (coverage)
- Population
- Navy shipboard workers 1940s-1970s (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level finding, not hull evidence - GAO fieldwork covered other yards/ships; does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this specific hull or in what quantity. gao.gov blocks automated fetches (HTTP 403); citation is to the GAO product-page description - full-text pull remains an open lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de272-04
-
[6]NAVSHIPS 250-010 GMT design-group definition ('Diesel electric tandem motor drive - short hull'; GM diesel 16-278A, 6,000 shp) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Boston Naval Shipyard record (tier-3 asbestos-era yard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-010 DE design-group legend + machinery table (book p.235); shipyards.json record 'boston-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: an Evarts/GMT-class destroyer escort built at Boston Navy Yard 1942-43 would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel-electric ship - diesel exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, winch/windlass 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 dataset (yard-level record incl. a gasket-materials litigation citation).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; RN crew 1943-44
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding; no ship-specific asbestos documentation exists for DE-272. The diesel-electric plant means the largest asbestos categories of steam ships (boiler and steam-line insulation) do not apply; does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de272-05
-
[7]Batch-4194 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NAVSHIPS 250-010 scan; NVR; NARA catalog; secondary loss compilations; CourtListener attempts [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-de272-01 through sl-uss-de272-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-272: no hull ACM survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case names this hull under either designation (USS Lovering/DE-272 or HMS Gould K-476). The hull was sunk in action 1944-03-01 about 5.5 months after completion and was never refitted, modernized, abated, or scrapped - whatever era materials were aboard went down with the wreck at approx. 45 deg 46 min N, 23 deg 16 min W.
- 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 would have been present to whatever extent the design/era implies, and a sunken hull preserves nothing in the accessible record either way. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de272-06
-
[8]CourtListener API v4 litigation sweep for DE-272 / USS Lovering / HMS Gould [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-de272-06, sl-uss-de272-07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep attempted for this hull ('DE-272' opinion query; vessel-name variants queued): the fleet-shared request budget was exhausted (HTTP 429 pacing, ~114/hr fleet cap) on every attempt during the session window, so no completed search result is claimed in either direction. A hull sunk in March 1944 with no postwar exposure window is a low-likelihood litigation target regardless; no known asbestos case names this vessel in any secondary source reviewed.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Unverified negative - the search could not be completed under fleet pacing; this row asserts only that the sweep was attempted and throttled, not that no case exists. Re-run queued for a later session; if a qualifying opinion or docket naming DE-272/Lovering/Gould exists it is undetected here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de272-07
-
[9]NARA catalog + archival leads: RG 19 BuShips General Information Books (per-vessel material specs); RG 181 Boston Navy Yard hull/production records; UK ADM series for HMS Gould [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov API queries 2026-09-28; RG 19/RG 181/ADM series references
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Unretrieved primary holdings that could carry hull-level material specifications: NARA RG 19 Bureau of Ships 'General Information Books' (per-vessel specification volumes); RG 181 Boston Navy Yard records for the DE-272 contract; UK National Archives ADM files for HMS Gould (commissioning to loss). Catalog API queries for 'DE-272' and 'HMS Gould' returned no digitized item-level records during this session.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - holdings not retrieved; catalog search is not exhaustive (much NARA material is undigitized or indexed at series level). No claim is made about the contents of these series for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de272-08