Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]research packet kt-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: verdict: **VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-decker-de47-pkt-kt-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Decker (DE-47) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications paragraph and narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official DANFS entry identifies this vessel as Evarts-class DE-47, originally launched as BDE-47 by Philadelphia Navy Yard on 1942-07-24, assigned the name and classification Decker on 1943-03-04, and commissioned on 1943-05-03. DANFS lists displacement 1,140 tons, length 289 ft 5 in, beam 35 ft 1 in, draft 8 ft 3 in, speed 21 knots, complement 156, and three 3-inch guns. It records convoy escort service from 1943-08-26 through 1945-04-26, overhaul at Charleston followed by training operations in the Florida Keys, lease to the Republic of China on 1945-08-28, permanent transfer on 1948-02-07, renaming as Taiping, and sinking by Chinese Communist gunboats off the Tachen Islands on 1954-11-14. One battle star for World War II service is recorded.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1954
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew and shipyard workers, 1942-1945
- Limitations
- DANFS does not give a keel-laying date or a decommissioning date, and the entry does not specify propulsion machinery or asbestos-containing materials. The lease date is not treated as a decommissioning date. The casualty account is historical context and does not establish occupational exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-decker-de47-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44: Named Vessels (deck logs), Decker (DE-47) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Named vessels table, Decker (DE-47) row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's named-vessel deck-log index lists USS Decker (DE-47) logs from 1943-05-03 through 1945-08-31.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-05-03 to 1945-08-31
- Population
- Ship's commissioned crew
- Limitations
- The index establishes the date span of listed deck logs; it does not establish the ship's decommissioning date, asbestos content, or exposure. Its final log date is later than the DANFS lease date of 1945-08-28, and the reason for that difference is not resolved here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-decker-de47-02
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[4]Bounded source review for this record: NHHC DANFS entry for Decker and NARA Special List 44 entry for Decker (DE-47) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Reviewed DANFS entry and NARA Special List 44 row; neither discusses asbestos
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The reviewed DANFS entry and NARA deck-log index contain no ship-specific statement about asbestos-containing material aboard USS Decker (DE-47). Ship-specific asbestos documentation is therefore unknown in this review; absence from these sources is not evidence that asbestos was absent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- Sources reviewed through 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- This is a bounded negative finding from the two cited historical sources, not an exhaustive survey of Navy technical files, maintenance records, litigation records, or the ship's foreign-navy service. The CourtListener search was not completed because the authenticated helper declined requests under fleet-wide pacing. No class- or era-based material inference is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-decker-de47-03