Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet hq-packet.md (10 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (secondary-sourced; DANFS not directly reachable) — real identity: USS Dealey — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Dealey_(DE-1006)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (secondary-sourced; DANFS not directly reachable)
- Evidence ID
- uss-dealey-de1006-pkt-hq-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Dealey (DE-1006) (NHHC; live page returns 404 - Wayback capture 2025-02-01) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Dealey (DE-1006)', specifications block + service narrative (ends Dec 1960)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Commander Samuel David Dealey (born 13 September 1906, Dallas, Tex.; USNA 1930), Medal of Honor as commanding officer of Harder (SS-257), lost with his submarine off Luzon 24 August 1944. Dealey (DE-1006) launched 8 November 1953 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. Samuel D. Dealey, widow of Commander Dealey; commissioned 3 June 1954, Lieutenant Commander R. H. Rossell in command. Specifications block: dp. 1,280; l. 314'6"; b. 36'9"; dr. 9'3"; s. 25 k.; cpl. 170; a. Classified; cl. Dealey. Narrative: homeported at Newport; Fleet Sonar School at Key West and Caribbean convoy exercises through first 2.5 years; South American cruise 4 January-21 March 1957; NATO Irish Sea exercises September-October 1957 (Plymouth, Brest, Cherbourg); Mediterranean as flagship of Commander Escort Squadron 10 from 12 May 1958, screening Wasp (CV-18), eastern-Mediterranean patrol during Lebanon crisis, returned 7 October; 3 February 1959 Guantanamo Bay then Panama Canal and west-coast South America calls (Buenaventura, Salinas, Talara, Callao, Valparaiso, Antofagasta) with exercises alongside four navies, returned 20 April; NATO exercises (Londonderry, Greenwich, Lisbon) returning 11 October; Narragansett Bay to year-end; Caribbean cruise and amphibious exercise off Virginia-North Carolina coasts; overhaul at New York Naval Shipyard 20 June-22 July 1960; 22 August 1960 Caribbean exercises then circumnavigation of South America via Panama Canal, Straits of Magellan, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Trinidad, home 13 December 1960.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1952-1960
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1952-54; crew (design complement ~170) 1954-1972; New York Naval Shipyard overhaul workforce 1960
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The entry's narrative ends at December 1960 - post-1960 service (including any Cuban Missile Crisis employment) is not covered. Armament is 'Classified' in the data block. Live NHHC page returns 404 as of 2026-09-28; Wayback capture of the official page cited. Overhaul yard entry is a documented event; any asbestos scope within it is inference, not a finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dealey-de1006-01
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[3]NARA, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' index page - Dealey (DE-1006) entry (Commission June 1954, Decommission July 1972) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov deck-log index, 'Dealey (DE-1006)' accordion (1956-1970 monthly links)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NARA index of fully digitized Navy deck logs lists Dealey (DE-1006) with monthly log records for every month January 1956 through December 1970, each linked to an individual National Archives Catalog record (e.g., January 1956 = catalog.archives.gov/id/212885585). These logs are the hull-level primary record of operations, availabilities, and yard periods for the covered span.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1956-1970 (coverage)
- Population
- Crew 1956-1970 (log subjects); researchers
- Limitations
- The index documents that digitized deck logs exist for 1956-1970; it does not cover 1954-55 (post-commissioning) or 1971-July 1972, and the log images themselves were not reviewed in this batch. Deck logs record movements and events, not asbestos content; any use of them for materials claims would require reading the underlying images.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dealey-de1006-02
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[4]NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Index, DE-1006 USS Dealey (volunteer photographic archive: specifications block, building/operational data, Uruguayan-service photos incl. official U.S. Navy DVID images DN-ST-85-08257 and DN-ST-85-08296 taken 1 June 1984 during UNITAS XXV, and 2009 photographs of the hulk remains at Montevideo) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 06/06021006 specifications and 'Dealey (DE 1006) Building and Operational Data' block; photo captions incl. DVID DN-ST-85-08257/-08296 (1 Jun 1984) and 2009 Montevideo hulk photos
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary building/disposal record for this hull: keel laid 15 December 1952 at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; launched and christened 8 November 1953, sponsored by Mrs. Samuel D. Dealey; commissioned 3 June 1954, Lcdr. R. H. Rossell in command, assigned to Escort Squadron 10 at Newport, R.I.; homeported at Newport throughout her career; decommissioned at Newport 28 July 1972 after 18 years and 1¾ months of service, struck from the NVR, and transferred to Uruguay the same day, renamed ROU 18 de Julio (DE-3); decommissioned by Uruguay and scrapped 1991. Specifications block (secondary): SCB No. 72/1952-53; 1,314 tons light / 1,940 full; 308' wl / 314'6" oa; beam 36'; draft 18'10" limit; 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers, 1 De Laval geared turbine, 20,000 shp, 1 shaft; 27 kts; 6,000 nm @ 12 kt; complement 12 officers/161 enlisted; 4 x 3"/50 Mk33 (2x2), 1 Squid ASW mortar, 6 x 12.75" Mk32 torpedo tubes; SPS-5/SPS-6C radars, SQS-4 sonar, Mk63 GFCS, Mk105 UBFCS. Ribbon bar lists Navy Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with one star. 2009 photo captions record the mast and antennas at the entrance to the Montevideo naval base beside the naval museum.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1952-2009
- Population
- Crew 1954-1972; Uruguayan crew 1972-1991
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer photographic archive, not an official record: the 15 December 1952 keel date, propulsion/armament figures, complement 12/161, and the 1991 decommissioning/scrapping have no primary document located here (DANFS does not give a keel date and reads cpl. 170, s. 25 k. - conflicts carried in gaps). The embedded DVID image numbers identify official U.S. Navy photographs of the ex-hull in Uruguayan service. No materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dealey-de1006-03
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[5]Destroyer History Foundation (Tin Can Sailors), 'Dealey-class ocean escorts in the cold war' (secondary synthesis citing Bauer & Roberts, Friedman, Silverstone); corroborated by navypedia.org class tables [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyerhistory.org/coldwar/dealeyclass/ (design narrative + general-information block); navypedia.org/ships/usa/us_de_dealey.htm (class table incl. yard no. 321)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class-design record: the thirteen Dealey-class ships were the Navy's first post-WWII 'ocean escorts,' designed from September 1949 as a low-cost, mass-producible ASW escort (final design SCB 72) with a flush-deck hull, aluminum superstructure, steam turbine machinery and a single screw; 20,000 shp gave a 27-knot design speed (prototype reached 27.5 knots on trials). Dealey alone of the class initially carried the British Squid ahead-throwing ASW mortar; her twelve sisters mounted Weapon Alfa (both later deleted). Under the FY1962 FRAM program ten ships (excluding Dealey, Cromwell and Courtney) received SQS-23 sonar and the DASH drone-helicopter system - this hull was not FRAM-modernized. Dealey was authorized in FY1952; the class transferred/retired 1972-74 as the Knox class entered service.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1949-1974
- Population
- Class construction trades and crews, 1952-1974
- Limitations
- Secondary synthesis, not an official record: page text misdates Dealey's commissioning to November 1954 (actual 3 June 1954 per DANFS) - that detail is not carried. Class-level design facts are shared context; the Squid fit and FRAM exclusion are stated for this hull specifically but rest on secondary sources. No materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dealey-de1006-04
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[6]Uruguayan official records: Decreto 25/997 (IMPO official legal database) listing 'EX-18 DE JULIO' among derelict vessels ordered extracted for disposal (1997); Armada Nacional del Uruguay 'Epoca Contemporanea' chronology - Resolucion No 69.104 (11 July 1990) authorizing sale of ROU '18 de Julio' and Resolucion del Poder Ejecutivo No 71.815 (1993) authorizing sale of '18 de Julio', 'Huracan' and 'San Jose' (page text via search excerpt; direct fetch returned 404); navypedia.org Uruguayan DE-3 table (ex-Dealey, Bath yard no. 321, deleted 1991) [other_primary]
- Locator
- impo.com.uy Decreto 25/997 vessel list ('EX-18 DE JULIO'); armada.mil.uy 'Epoca Contemporanea' entries for 11 Jul 1990 and 1993; navypedia.org/ships/uruguay/uru_es_18_dde_julio.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Uruguayan-service and disposal record for this hull: transferred 28 July 1972 and renamed ROU 18 de Julio (DE-3); arrived Montevideo 17 April 1973 (secondary). Official Uruguayan documents establish the disposal chain - Ministry Resolution 69.104 of 11 July 1990 authorized the ship's sale; Executive Resolution 71.815 (1993) again authorized sale of 18 de Julio with two other units; and Decree 25/997 (1997) lists 'ex-18 de Julio' among vessels declared to gravely obstruct navigation and commits her extraction to the National Ports Administration for disposal under Decree-Law 14.343. Official U.S. Navy photography documents her in Uruguayan service during UNITAS XXV, 1 June 1984.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1972-1997
- Population
- Uruguayan Navy crew 1972-1991; disposal/scrapping workforce 1990s
- Limitations
- The 1990 and 1993 sale authorizations and the 1997 extraction decree are Uruguayan government records; the armada.mil.uy chronology text was captured via search excerpt (direct fetch 404'd 2026-09-28). The precise stricken date and scrapping date/location rest on secondary sources ('deleted 1991' / 'scrapped 1991'); Spanish-Wikipedia notes a 1979-80 repair period at Arsenal de Marinha, Rio de Janeiro - unverified against a primary source. Whether the hulk's disposal included any asbestos abatement is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dealey-de1006-05
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[7]NHHC (Naval Historical Center) FAQ 90-3, 'U.S. Navy Ships and Units Which Received the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for Participating in the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962' (official list, Wayback capture) + Newport Dealeys association site crew memoir (A.T. Perry II, RD2 aboard 1962-65) describing the ship's emergency crisis sortie [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC FAQ 90-3 ships list (D-section; absence of Dealey); newportdealeys.org/id2.html memoir 'The USS Dealey (DE 1006) and the Cuban Crisis'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Cuban Missile Crisis status for this hull: the official NHHC list of ships awarded the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for Cuban Missile Crisis participation does NOT include Dealey (DE-1006) - the alphabetical list runs Dahlgren (DLG-12) through Duval County (LST-758) with no Dealey entry, though sister escorts Claud Jones (DE-1033) and John R. Perry (DE-1034) are listed. A first-person crew memoir (Radarman 2nd Class aboard 1962-65, newportdealeys.org) describes an emergency sortie from Newport during the crisis - squadron sortied to sea, ship proceeded toward Morehead City to join amphibious forces carrying Marines, then patrolled off Florida with an encounter in which a Soviet-bloc freighter went dead-in-the-water after Mount 31 was manned and trained on its bow. Secondary compilations (hullnumber.com, destroyers.org) list October-November 1962 'Cuban Missile Blockade' service.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1962-10 - 1962-11
- Population
- Crew, October-November 1962
- Limitations
- The AFEM list omission is a verified fact about the official record but does not by itself prove the ship took no part in crisis operations - the memoir describes support/amphibious-force employment rather than quarantine-line duty, which would explain the omission. The memoir is a veteran recollection on an association site, not an official record. The ship's October-November 1962 deck logs (NARA, digitized) would resolve the precise employment; not reviewed in this batch.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dealey-de1006-06
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[8]GAO HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (18 October 1979), incl. Navy enclosure Ser 4542/318054 (5 Jan 1979) and Ser 454D/318571 (8 Feb 1979) (product page + prior verified full-text extraction of the same document in batches 3922/3940; live gao.gov 403 to automated fetch) [gao]
- Locator
- HRD-80-2 enclosure I (5 Jan 1979 letter + cost table); enclosure II (8 Feb 1979 insulation-weight letter)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Navy program-level record bounding this hull's construction and service era: the Navy's 5 Jan 1979 enclosure states 'each ship has several types of asbestos containing materials installed' and 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos,' citing deck tiling, galley-range cabling, piping gaskets and packing, and equipment brakes and clutches, and judging it 'nearly impossible to build a Navy ship free of the mineral.' The report documents the 1973 asbestos-free specification change with contract-by-contract transition and asbestos-insulated deliveries continuing to May 1978, and the 1975 policy under which asbestos insulation was removed/replaced only when damaged or removed for repairs (modified 1979 to add selective replacement in high-maintenance areas). This hull was designed 1949-52, built 1952-54, and stricken 1972 - entirely within the pre-transition era in which asbestos applications were specification-standard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1978-1979 (review period); hull era 1952-1972
- Population
- Navy ship crews and shipyard repair workers, 1970s
- Limitations
- Program-level: names no individual hull and gives no Dealey-class insulation quantity; the 'all ships' statement is fleet-level and post-dates this hull's 1972 striking. Establishes that in-service Navy ships of this era generally carried asbestos-containing applications, not what was aboard DE-1006 specifically. Live gao.gov blocked to automated fetch - text relied on via product description and prior verified extraction of the same document in earlier batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dealey-de1006-07
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[9]DANFS specifications block (Dealey class; steam plant per secondary class data: 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers, 1 De Laval geared turbine, 20,000 shp, 1 shaft) + Atlas shipyard dataset: bath-iron-works (tier 2; OSHA 1987 inspection, 80% bulk sample; named products Kaylo pipe covering, Foster Wheeler gaskets, asbestos felt, loose packing, vinyl floor tile, adhesives), brooklyn-navy-yard / New York Naval Shipyard (tier 3; Kaylo pipe-insulation litigation), newport-naval-station (tier 3; Pier 1 steam-pipe TSI release to sediment, EPA demolition fines) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS DE-1006 specifications block; shipyards.json records 'bath-iron-works', 'brooklyn-navy-yard', 'newport-naval-station'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a single-screw steam-plant destroyer escort built 1952-54 - two Foster-Wheeler boilers feeding one De Laval geared turbine - would have carried period-standard asbestos applications: thermal insulation on boilers, turbine, machinery, piping and ventilation ducting, gaskets and packing, deck coverings, and fireproofing, consistent with the Navy's own 1979 statements (ev-07) that all in-service ships contained asbestos in multiple applications and that asbestos-free specifications began only in 1973. Builder Bath Iron Works is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2; named products incl. Kaylo pipe covering, Foster Wheeler gaskets, asbestos felt, loose packing). The 20 June-22 July 1960 overhaul at New York Naval Shipyard (DANFS-documented event) occurred at an Atlas tier-3 yard (Kaylo pipe insulation documented via litigation). Her eighteen-year homeport Naval Station Newport is Atlas tier-3 (thermal-system insulation on steam piping under Pier 1 released asbestos to sediment; EPA asbestos violations during demolition work).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1952-1972
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1952-54; crew 1954-1972; NYNSY overhaul workforce 1960; Newport waterfront workforce
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific finding. The Navy's 'all ships' statement is fleet-level; no Dealey-class insulation quantity exists in reviewed sources. Whether and where ACM remained aboard at the 1972 transfer or through Uruguayan disposal is undocumented. Yard evidence documents the yards, not this ship's materials; the Newport pier finding post-dates or is contemporaneous-era infrastructure, not hull equipment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dealey-de1006-08
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[10]NARA, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' (military-records research guide) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guided-topic page, 'Bureau of Ships ... Correspondence' and series accordions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official research guide for documenting whether a particular U.S. naval vessel carried asbestos: directs researchers to RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships) general/confidential correspondence 1940-1961, filed under the Navy Filing Manual by hull designation (for this hull, 'DE1006') and by class correspondence, with private-yard correspondence filed under 'QM' (e.g., QM/Bath Iron Works); also covers plans, specifications and related series. This hull's construction period (FY1952 authorization, build 1952-1954, trials 1954) falls inside the guide's 1940-1961 coverage window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1940-1961 (records scope)
- Population
- Researchers; NARA reference staff
- Limitations
- A research guide, not a record: it documents where hull-level material specifications would be found but contains no DE-1006 content. No RG 19 file for this hull was examined in this batch. RG 24 deck logs for this hull (1956-1970 digitized) are an additional unretrieved lead (ev-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dealey-de1006-09
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[11]CourtListener API v4 search sweep for this hull: "USS Dealey" opinion search returned 0 results; "USS Dealey" docket (RECAP) search returned 0 results; "DE-1006" opinion search returned 1 result, Application of Erwine Laverne and Estelle Laverne, 356 F.2d 1003 (C.C.P.A. 1966) - a design-patent appeal, a name collision, not a case about this vessel [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search: type=o q="USS Dealey" (count=0); type=r q="USS Dealey" (count=0); type=o q="DE-1006" (count=1, cluster 270836)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos-litigation result naming this hull was returned by the completed CourtListener queries: exact-phrase "USS Dealey" returned zero opinions and zero dockets; the hull-number query "DE-1006" returned a single opinion hit that is a patent-design appeal (design-application serial/motion text collision), classified as other litigation / name collision - not asbestos and not about the vessel.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026 (search)
- Population
- n/a (search sweep)
- Limitations
- Partial sweep: the "DE-1006" type=r docket query and the '"Dealey" asbestos' opinion query were repeatedly blocked by the fleet-wide request pacing limiter throughout the session and are logged pending, not as negative results. 'Dealey' is a moderate-collision name (surname; Dealey Plaza family) - any future hits need per-case review. A zero docket/opinion result does not prove no litigation naming the vessel exists outside CourtListener's coverage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dealey-de1006-10