Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet crew-manus-b-packet.md (27 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Doyle (first ship of that name)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-doyle-dms34-pkt-crew-manus-b-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Doyle II (DD-494), July 2015 edition - verbatim transcription hosted by Tin Can Sailors (destroyers.org); identical text mirrored at globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/dd-494.htm; live NHHC page not located (404 on /d/doyle.html and /d/doyle-ii.html, rechecked 2026-09-29) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Tin Can Sailors destroyers.org/ships/dd-494 - 'Ship History' DANFS entry (namesake paragraph + service narrative) + spec/disposition block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull, including the designation transition this record documents: named for Richard Doyle (quarter gunner, Decatur's expedition that burned the captured frigate Philadelphia at Tripoli, 16 Feb 1804; died 27 June 1807 aboard Wasp); launched 17 March 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Wash., sponsored by Mrs. C. M. Maloney; commissioned 27 January 1943 as DD-494, LCDR C. E. Boyd in command; four North Atlantic convoy-escort voyages 13 May-29 November 1943 (Casablanca x2, Greenock, Londonderry); screened Bataan (CVL-29) to the Caribbean; Normandy - sortied 5 June 1944 with the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla, D-Day fire support, received 37 survivors of LCI-93 and LCI-487, patrol to 15 July; Operation Dragoon August-September 1944 (Oran convoy, Naples runs, Marseilles patrol); New York overhaul from 3 October 1944; three more North Africa convoys 3 January-10 June 1945; arrived Norfolk 20 June 1945 for conversion to a high-speed minesweeper and was reclassified DMS-34, 23 June 1945; sailed Norfolk 27 August for the Pacific via San Diego, Pearl Harbor, Okinawa, arriving Sasebo 24 October; occupation duty incl. flagship, Commander Mine Force Pacific at Sasebo; San Francisco 31 March 1946; west coast and western Pacific 18 August 1947-19 April 1948; Korea from 30 June 1950 (transport escort, carrier screen, 15 September LST-rescue screen near Changea Dong, Wonsan approaches clearance, 12 October Rei To Island bombardment supporting UDT from Diachenko APD-123, Hungnam-area sweeping, Suwon Dan fire support 3 November, directed Japanese Wonsan check sweep 12-17 November, Hungnam evacuation fire-support sweep 2-23 December); second Korean tour 5 October 1951-8 August 1952; western Pacific February-July 1953 incl. five weeks Hong Kong station ship; Charleston 7 September 1953; Mediterranean 6th Fleet 5 January-27 May 1954; in reserve in commission October 1954; out of commission in reserve 19 May 1955; two battle stars WWII, six Korea.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1941-1955
- Population
- Seattle-Tacoma construction trades 1941-43; wartime and postwar crew (design complement 208); Norfolk conversion-yard workers June-August 1945
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history, dates, and the 23 June 1945 reclassification to DMS-34 - not materials or asbestos content. The entry does not state the keel-laying date (26 May 1941, from NavSource - see ev-02), the DD-494 reversion (15 January 1955, NavSource), or the stricken date (1 December 1970, NavSource). Performing yards named only at city level (Norfolk conversion, New York overhaul, Bremerton departure, Charleston base). DANFS spec block labels the hull 'cl. Benson' - the record carries Gleaves per the Bristol-group 1941-repeat subclass attribution (see gaps). LST-rescue date reads 15 September 1950 in this edition (16 September in some transcriptions - carried in gaps). Live NHHC page returns 404; verbatim Tin Can Sailors transcription cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-dms34-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History, Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, 'Doyle (DD 494) ex-DMS-34 ex-DD-494' (archives/11/0934.htm) - the DMS-34 designation page; companion destroyer index at archives/05/494.htm [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/11/0934.htm - building data block, designation lines, spec table, CO roster
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource per-hull record carrying the full designation chain in its page title - 'Doyle (DD 494) ex-DMS-34 ex-DD-494': laid down 26 May 1941 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, WA; launched 17 March 1942; commissioned USS Doyle (DD-494) 27 January 1943; converted to and reclassified as a Highspeed Minesweeper, DMS-34, 23 June 1945; used in the filming of the 1954 movie 'The Caine Mutiny'; reclassified back to a Destroyer, DD-494, 15 January 1955; placed out of commission, in reserve, 19 May 1955 at Orange, TX; sold for scrap 6 October 1972. Spec block: 1,630 t light / 2,200 t full, 347'10" x 36'1" x 15'8", 37 kts, complement 208, four boilers, two General Electric geared turbines, two shafts. Page header labels the hull 'Benson Class Destroyer/Ellyson Class Highspeed Minesweeper' (see gaps).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1941-1972
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary archive (not an official record) - the designation-chain dates corroborate DANFS (reclassification 23 June 1945) and are the sole source carried for the keel-laying date, the 15 January 1955 DD-494 reversion, and the 1954 Caine Mutiny filming note. Buyer detail conflicts with Tin Can Sailors on city only (NavSource: 'Luria Brothers, Philadelphia' vs Tin Can Sailors: 'Luria Bros. and Co., Inc., Cleveland, OH' - carried in gaps). Documents no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-dms34-02
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[4]HyperWar/ibiblio, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945: Minecraft' - DMS-34 USS Doyle (ex DD-494) entry (compiled by Patrick Clancey from DANFS-type data) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/DMS/DMS-34_Doyle.html - full entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- DANFS-type specification block for this hull under its DMS-34 designation: 'DMS-34 USS Doyle (ex DD-494) - Ellyson Class Fast Minesweeper (ex Gleaves Class Destroyer): Displacement 1630 tons; Length 348'4"; Beam 36'0"; Draft 17'5"-17'6"; Speed 37 knots; Armament 4 5"/38, 5x4 21" torpedo tubes; Complement 276; High-pressure super-heated boilers, geared turbines with twin screws, 50,000 h.p.; Built at Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle Yard and commissioned (DD-494) 1942; Converted to Fast Minesweeper, 1945.' Confirms the Gleaves-class hull carried the DMS-34 designation and that the Navy grouped Gleaves/Benson-hull high-speed minesweeper conversions under the Ellyson class label.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-1955 (DMS-34 designation window)
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- DANFS-type spec block only - documents designation, class, and machinery type, not asbestos content. 'Commissioned (DD-494) 1942' is the compiler's shorthand; the verified commissioning date is 27 January 1943 (DANFS/NavSource). Complement 276 here conflicts with the 208 in NavSource's DMS spec block - both are class/design figures, neither is a verified wartime actual for this hull (carried in gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-dms34-03
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[5]HyperWar DMS-34 spec block (Ellyson-class fast minesweeper ex-Gleaves: 'High-pressure super-heated boilers, geared turbines with twin screws, 50,000 h.p.') + Atlas class profile benson-gleaves-class (BuShips Ships' Data 1945 machinery data: 575 psi/700 F) + Atlas shipyard dataset, lockheed-shipbuilding record (Harbor Island site successor entry) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar DMS-34 spec block; class-f benson-gleaves-class.class.json (BuShips SDB 1945 machinery data); shipyards.json record 'lockheed-shipbuilding' (alias 'Harbor Island Shipyard')
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Bristol-group Gleaves-class destroyer built 1941-43 with four superheated boilers (575 psi/700 F class machinery data) and geared turbines (50,000 shp, twin screws) would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, deck coverings, and fireproofing. Two hull-specific yard events are documented: original construction at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Harbor Island, Seattle (1941-43), and the June-August 1945 Norfolk conversion to high-speed minesweeper - a machinery-space-disturbing yard period. Builder-yard asbestos documentation: no dedicated Sea-Tac yard_id exists in the Atlas dataset; the Harbor Island site is covered under successor entry lockheed-shipbuilding.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1941-1955
- Population
- Seattle-Tacoma construction trades 1941-43; Norfolk conversion-yard workers June-August 1945; crew 1943-55
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No insulation survey or materials list for DD-494/DMS-34 exists in the sources searched; yard-lineage mapping does not establish that any documented yard product was installed aboard this hull. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-dms34-04
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[6]Batch-4589 search ledger (this record) + canonical record uss-doyle-dd494 (branch batch-3476/uss-doyle-dd494, researched 2026-09-27): DANFS verbatim transcription (Tin Can Sailors + globalsecurity mirror), NavSource DD-494/DMS-34 pages, HyperWar DMS-34 entry, NVR, NPS NRHP/NHL, NARA RG19/RG24 leads, Atlas shipyards.json [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-01 through sl-13 (this record); canonical record uss-doyle-dd494.atlas.json search_ledger
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for this hull under either designation: no asbestos survey, insulation specification, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or adjudicated finding naming DD-494/DMS-34 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger), and the CourtListener sweep located no qualifying asbestos litigation naming the hull. No modern documentation surface exists - the hull was scrapped in 1972, before Navy abatement programs and any museum or MARAD custody.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1941-1972
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- A bounded search result, not proof that asbestos was absent aboard - 1941-43 steam-destroyer construction commonly used asbestos, but for this hull that remains era inference, not ship-proven. No physical survey exists and none is possible (hull scrapped 1972). Absence of located records is documented, not exposure or absence of exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-dms34-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 sweeps via authenticated fleet helper cl-auth-search.py - exact-name opinion sweeps 2026-09-27 (canonical record batch-3476); hull-number sweeps (see limitations for coverage) [court_record]
- Locator
- canonical record uss-doyle-dd494.atlas.json search ledger sl-06/sl-12 (queries, hit lists, classifications); this record sl-07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener litigation sweep for this hull under both designations, all query variants completed: exact-name opinion searches '"USS Doyle"' and '"U.S.S. Doyle"' returned zero results (2026-09-27, canonical-record session); hull-number opinion searches '"DD-494"' returned zero results and '"DMS-34"' returned one result - FTC v. H.G. Kuykendall, 371 F.3d 745 (10th Cir. 2004), an FTC deceptive-marketing enforcement action against a 'Diversified Marketing Service' (DMS) corporation, a token collision unrelated to the hull (2026-09-29, this session). RECAP docket sweeps returned 18 hits across '"USS Doyle"' (3), '"DD-494"' (3), '"DMS-34"' (12) - all classified non-qualifying name/token collisions (United States v. Caicedo-Velandia criminal; Wilhelmsen marine contract; Hornsby v. United States - USS McFaul DDG-74 collision; Andrews v. D'Souza voting case; Iverson and Bed Bath & Beyond bankruptcies; E.D. Wash. '[DMS], #34' document tags; In re Dealer Management Systems Antitrust; D-M-S Holdings) except one unresolved MDL-875 indexed-text match carried as archival lead ev-07. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-27 / 2026-09-29 (sweep dates)
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Sweep results are index-level and complete for both designations: exact-name opinion sweeps (2026-09-27) and both hull-number opinion sweeps (2026-09-29) are clean or collision-only; RECAP docket sweeps are classified. The single '"DMS-34"' opinion hit is FTC v. Kuykendall - 'Diversified Marketing Service' token collision, not asbestos litigation. Name-collision risk noted: USS Doyle C. Barnes (DE-353), USS Cecil J. Doyle (DE-368), and USS Doyle (FFG-39) are different hulls; 'Doyle' is also a common surname.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-dms34-06
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[8]IN RE: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), MDL No. 875 (J.P.M.L.), RECAP docket - matched documents are N.D. Cal. asbestos complaints filed as JPML tag-along exhibits (Founds v. General Electric Co. et al., 3:10-cv-01851; 3:11-cv-02212 companion) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener docket 1245688 (J.P.M.L. MDL No. 875); matching docs incl. entries 7100-3, 7576-1, 7586-1 (N.D. Cal. complaint exhibits)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The MDL-875 RECAP docket matched the hull-number sweep '"DMS-34"' (and the combined '"USS Doyle"/"DD-494"/"DMS-34"' query) in the canonical-record session 2026-09-27: the matching indexed documents are asbestos complaints filed as tag-along exhibits (Brayton-Purcell, N.D. Cal.). Whether the matched text is a literal vessel-schedule reference to DMS-34 / DD-494 or token-level noise is unresolved - document-level fetches were not performed (fleet helper covers search only).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2011 (tag-along filings)
- Population
- MDL-875 plaintiffs (unverified)
- Limitations
- Unresolved indexed-text match only - if literal, it would constitute a pleading-stage vessel-list allegation (the less-final classification); nothing adjudicated, and hull nexus is unverified either way. Document-level confirmation is the open follow-up.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-dms34-07
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[9]Atlas internal consolidation reference - canonical PRIMARY record uss-doyle-dd494.atlas.json (branch batch-3476/uss-doyle-dd494, researched 2026-09-27, Tier 2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- batch-3476/uss-doyle-dd494:uss-doyle-dd494.atlas.json
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Designation-reconciliation ADD record: this file records the DMS-34 operational designation of one physical hull whose canonical consolidation target is the existing PRIMARY record uss-doyle-dd494 (Tier 2). DD-494 (commissioned designation, 1943-01-27 to 1945-06-23), DMS-34 (high-speed minesweeper designation, 1945-06-23 to 1955-01-15), and the reverted DD-494 (1955-01-15 to striking and disposal) are one hull: laid down 1941-05-26, launched 1942-03-17, commissioned 1943-01-27, out of commission in reserve 1955-05-19, stricken 1970-12-01, sold for scrap 1972-10-06. All qualifying service belongs to this single ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1941-1972
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Internal dataset cross-reference, not an external primary source - it records the consolidation decision so the DMS-34 record is not mistaken for a second hull. Any future DMS-34-keyed research should attach to this record or the canonical DD-494 record, not create a second ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-dms34-08
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[10]NARA Guide to Federal Records, RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships) - 'General Information Books' series 1900-45 and Ship GIB accessions 1921-61; WWII deck logs RG 24; Archives West ark:80444/xv617157 - Vigor Industrial Collection on Todd Shipyards, c.1905-1985 (Seattle-Tacoma Seattle Division items c.1943-45) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov RG 19 guide, textual records sections; destroyerhistory.org GIB excerpt list (no DD-494 entry); archiveswest.orbiscascade.org ark:80444/xv617157 content description
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Hull-level archival leads: (1) NARA RG 19 per-vessel General Information Books carry as-built material specifications - sister-hull GIB excerpts (DD-423 Gleaves, DD-424 Niblack) are digitized at destroyerhistory.org but no DD-494 GIB was located in digitized sources; (2) NARA RG 24 deck logs cover yard-period detail incl. the June-August 1945 Norfolk DMS conversion; (3) the Vigor Industrial Collection on Todd Shipyards holds Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation 'Seattle Division' materials dated circa 1943-45 (photographs series items 2023.36.74-78) - the builder-yard archive.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1941-1955 (hull records); c.1905-1985 (Vigor/Todd collection)
- Limitations
- Unexamined leads only - nothing in this row establishes what the sources contain, no DD-494-specific material or asbestos-related record is verified to exist, and no asbestos inference should be drawn from a collection's existence. Physical/NARA retrieval required.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-dms34-09