Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, Doyle C. Barnes (DE-353) - Naval History and Heritage Command (live page, verified 200 on fetch) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, DE-353 specification block + namesake paragraph + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull. Specification block: DE-353 - 1,350 tons; 306' length; 36'8" beam; 9'5" draft; 24 knots; complement 186; armament 2x5", 3x21" torpedo tubes, 8 depth-charge projectors, 1 hedgehog, 2 depth-charge tracks; class John C. Butler. Namesake: Ensign Doyle Clayton Barnes, born 5 April 1912 in Oeniville, Tex.; enlisted 20 October 1933; designated naval aviator 21 March 1942; Navy Cross for heroism at the Battle of Midway 4 June 1942 (intercepted a flight of Japanese aircraft, downed two torpedo planes); reported missing in action 24 August 1942 during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, his squadron based on Enterprise (CV-6). Hull history: launched 4 March 1944 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex.; sponsored by Mrs. D. C. Barnes, widow of Ensign Barnes; commissioned 13 July 1944, Lt. Cmdr. J. P. Ingle, USNR, in command; school ship for officers destined for escort-vessel service at Norfolk 25 September - 21 October 1944; sailed for New Guinea, Hollandia 28 November; escorted convoys Hollandia to San Pedro Bay, Leyte; patrolled in the Philippines; assault and occupation of Borneo 7 June - 20 July 1945; post-hostilities services at Okinawa, Manila, Tsingtao, and Shanghai; sailed from Tsingtao 15 April 1946, arrived San Pedro 11 May; towed by ATR-66 to San Diego; placed out of commission in reserve there 15 January 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1912-1942 (namesake); 1944-1947 (ship service)
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1944; wartime and postwar crew (DANFS design complement 186)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, namesake, construction, and service history - not materials or asbestos content. DANFS does not state the keel-laying date (carried from secondary compilations), and the entry predates the 1972 striking, so stricken/sold dates come from other sources. DANFS text reads 'Ensign Doyle was reported missing in action' - an apparent typographical error for 'Ensign Barnes'; carried as written with the error noted here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-c-barnes-de353-01
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[2]Ship's official war history: letter, Commanding Officer USS Doyle C. Barnes (DE-353) to Secretary of the Navy via Commander Escort Division EIGHTY-TWO, Serial 269, file DE353/(WOT)/A12-1, dated 19 October 1945, with 'IN RETROSPECT - 13 July 1944 - 1 October 1945' enclosure; endorsement stamps received San Francisco October-November 1945 (NavSource-hosted scan of the ship-submitted document) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-353 page, 'War History' image (06353wh.jpg) - 3-panel letter scan, Serial 269 dated 19 October 1945
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own war's-end history submission for this hull records: approximately 58,713 nautical miles steamed since commissioning 13 July 1944; 244 naval and merchant vessels convoyed across dangerous waters; attacks on potential enemy submarine contacts and hunter-killer group operations; service as flagship of Escort Division 82 (the CortDiv 82 commander, Capt. Jennings, USNR, then Commander, hoisted his pennant aboard 19 October 1944); almost a thousand officers and enlisted trainees embarked during the Norfolk school-ship period; a final Borneo tour July-September 1945 as SOPA 'mother ship' to a nine-vessel patrol-craft group at Brunei Bay, including a shore bombardment in the Miri-Lutong area recognized by dispatch from Commander Destroyers, Pacific Fleet; VJ-day position at anchor in Victoria Harbor, Brunei, British North Borneo; participation in the surrender of a large Japanese force in the Kuching area - transporting the Australian Relief Forces commander Brigadier Eastick, his staff, and a portion of the Australian 9th Division - and carriage of released Allied prisoners of war to Labuan Island for hospitalization; 227 enlisted advancements, 12 petty officers appointed chief petty officer, and 8 officer promotions; crew entitlement to the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one star; no serious sickness and no disciplinary cases recorded; transit of the Panama Canal and 10 equator crossings.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-07-13 to 1945-10-01
- Population
- Ship's company 1944-1945 (~200 officers and men per the letter)
- Limitations
- Primary document (ship-submitted history per wartime reporting directive) hosted as a scan on NavSource, a secondary site - the document itself is authoritative for events as the ship reported them; image is faint in places and a few port names are partially legible. It makes no statement about construction materials or asbestos. Original archival copy is presumably at NARA/NHHC; the NavSource scan is the accessible copy.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-c-barnes-de353-02
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[3]NavSource DE-353 building/operational data block + U.S. Naval Historical Center photo L45-78.06.01 caption; corroborated by shipbuildinghistory.com Consolidated-Orange yard table (Colton compilation) and uboat.net [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-353 page: 'Building and Operational Data' block, photo-caption for L45-78.06.01, commanding-officer table; shipbuildinghistory.com 'Consolidated Steel, Orange' yard table row DE-353 (53 days on ways / 131 fitting out / 184 total, 'Scrapped 1973')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Construction and disposition chronology for this hull: keel laid 11 January 1944 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex. (contract date 7 August 1942 per shipbuildinghistory yard table); launched and christened 4 March 1944; commissioned 13 July 1944 at City Dock, Orange; documented Navy-yard availability at Boston Navy Yard 5-23 September 1944 - NHHC photo caption records she had been in the yard since 5 September, was due out 16 September, and the availability was extended to repair a serious leak in the stern-tube bearings of her starboard shaft (photo of her departing Boston Harbor for Norfolk, 23 September 1944, Saturday morning); decommissioned at San Diego 15 January 1947 after 2 years 6 months of service; struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1 December 1972; sold for scrapping 12 September 1973. Commanding officers: Lt. Cmdr. John Pierce Ingle Jr., USNR (13 Jul 1944 - 28 Nov 1945); Lt. Cmdr. Loren Hall Kiser, USN (28 Nov 1945 - 15 Jan 1947). Radio call sign N-J-T-J. Awards listed: China Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1947 (service); 1972-1973 (disposal)
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard trades during the 5-23 September 1944 availability; ship's company
- Limitations
- Keel, stricken, and sale dates derive from secondary compilations (NavSource, shipbuildinghistory.com, uboat.net - all concordant); DANFS omits the keel date and predates disposal, and the Naval Vessel Register site covers only vessels disposed from 1987 forward, so no NVR page exists to verify the striking. The Boston Navy Yard availability is documented by an official NHHC photo caption hosted on NavSource; the availability's material scope (insulation work, if any) is not documented. NavSource award list shows no battle stars; the ship's war history records Philippine Liberation Ribbon 'with one star' - the star count is carried from the primary document.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-c-barnes-de353-03
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table row 6 (shipscribe.com scan); navypedia WGT-class boiler-block map (per class profile john-c-butler-class) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v1 pp. 234-235 design-group table row 6; class profile john-c-butler-class exposure_relevant_variation
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: DE-353 is a BuShips design-group-6 (WGT) destroyer escort - 2 'D' express boilers (435 psi / 750 F superheated; Combustion Engineering for the DE-339-372 block per the navypedia boiler map), 2 Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 12,000 shp, 2 shafts, 24.3 kt, built 1944 at Consolidated Steel, Orange, Tex. A superheated steam plant of this era would era-typically have carried asbestos-containing thermal insulation on boilers, turbines, steam lines, and auxiliary machinery, plus asbestos gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings - the peak-era application set documented for WWII naval steam construction.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Consolidated Steel (Orange) construction trades 1944; Boston Navy Yard trades Sept 1944; ship's company 1944-1947
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific material schedule, survey, or contract document was located for DE-353. The boiler-builder block map (Combustion Engineering vs. Babcock & Wilcox by hull range) is itself a secondary compilation unverified against contract documents. Establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-c-barnes-de353-04
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[5]Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC, W.D. Wash. No. 2:17-cv-00537 - pretrial/exhibit-list materials, ECF 738 att. 1 (identifies the era controlling Navy insulation-spec suite) [court_record]
- Locator
- Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec ECF 738 att.1, exhibit list items Honeywell-160 through -167 (identified per class profile ev-john-c-butler-class-03/-04)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Litigation materials in a case naming sister hull USS Brannon (DE-446, same class and same Combustion-Engineering boiler block) identify the controlling Navy insulation-document suite for this era and class: 'Bureau of Ships Manual, Chapter 39, Thermal Insulation, NAVSHIPS 250000(39), dated 24 August 1945'; 'Navy Department Specification, Felt, Insulating, Asbestos, 32F3a, dated 15 October 1945'; 'General Specifications for Machinery - Subsection S39-1, Navy Department, Bureau of Engineering, dated 3 Feb 1939'; 'Instructions Relative to Heat Insulation' (BuEng Manual ch.13, rev. 1933, repr. May 1939); BUMED Code-55 memo 'Occupational Health Issues for POM-80' (9 June 1977). These are the correct next-pull targets for hull-level material documentation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1933-1977 (spec documents); litigation 2017-2019
- Limitations
- Context/archival lead only: the Jack case concerns DE-446, not DE-353, and its materials are pretrial/exhibit-list level - allegation, not adjudicated fact. The spec documents themselves were not retrieved this session. The Jack record does concede non-asbestos insulation was possible aboard a DE, so even era specs do not establish asbestos aboard any specific hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-c-barnes-de353-05
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[6]This record's search ledger (sl-uss-doyle-c-barnes-de353-01 through -08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-doyle-c-barnes-de353-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-353: no hull ACM survey, no abatement or hazmat disclosure (the hull was scrapped in 1973-74, before modern survey practice), no museum record, and no CourtListener opinion or docket naming 'Doyle C. Barnes' or 'DE-353' as an exposure site. DE-353 appears on law-firm marketing ship lists (e.g., asbestos-ships.com, shepardlawfirm.com, freeasbestostesting.com); those pages are excluded as non-authoritative under batch source rules and carry no evidentiary value.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of located record does not prove absence - era inference (ev-04) still applies. The hull's short active life (1944-1947) and scrapping in 1973-74 mean no post-service survey or museum-era disclosure is expected to exist; remaining research targets are the NARA/NAVSEA spec suite and any pre-disposal stripping contract.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-c-barnes-de353-06
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[7]CourtListener API v4 search - opinion index (type=o) and RECAP dockets (type=r), authenticated via fleet helper [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 /search/ via cl-auth-search.py - q='"Doyle C. Barnes"' type=o (count 0), type=r (count 0); q='"DE-353"' type=o (count 7, all collisions), type=r (count 182, all PACER docket-entry-label collisions)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep for this hull (authenticated, fleet-paced, 2026-09-28): '"Doyle C. Barnes"' returned 0 results in both the opinion index (type=o) and RECAP dockets (type=r). '"DE-353"' returned 7 opinion hits and 182 docket hits - ALL identifier collisions, none naming the vessel or involving asbestos: opinion hits are MSPB postal-service appeals carrying Denver-field-office docket numbers of form DE-XXXX (Cronin v. USPS, 2022 MSPB 13; Stasny v. USPS, 49 F. App'x 906 (Fed. Cir. 2002)), copyright litigation (Roberts v. Gordy, S.D. Fla. 2016/2019), a contract dispute (Veolia Water v. Siemens, E.D.N.C. 2014), a Social Security appeal (Briscoe v. Barnhart, 425 F.3d 345 (7th Cir. 2005)), and securities litigation (In re John Alden Financial Corp., S.D. Fla. 2003); docket hits match PACER 'DE-353' docket-entry labels present in any long docket (e.g., Del Toro S.D. Fla. criminal docket, Regions Morgan Keegan MDL, Alaska bankruptcies). No qualifying asbestos litigation names this hull at any stage.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Sweep is complete for exact name and hull number on both indexes; results are uniformly zero/collision. A name match would still be an allegation, not a finding - but here there is not even a name match. The name-variant 'Doyle Barnes' (no middle initial) was not run - fleet pacing budget was repeatedly exhausted; flagged as a residual query in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-c-barnes-de353-07
