Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
-
[1]research packet ll-packet.md (5 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Earl V. Johnson — [M] http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/DE/DE-702_EarlVJohnson.html
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-earl-v-johnson-de702-pkt-ll-packet-md
-
[2]DANFS, Earl V. Johnson (DE-702) - NHHC online edition (published 2015-07-07; live page returns 404) plus print Volume II (1963), p. 317, archive.org GPO scan [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. II p. 317 (archive.org 'dictionaryofamer02wash' scan); NHHC page capture 2021-04-25
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Lt.(j.g.) Earl Vincent Johnson, USNR (b. 28 Dec 1913, Winthrop, Minn.; VS-5 aboard Yorktown CV-5; lost in aerial combat 8 May 1942 at Coral Sea; Navy Cross). Launched 24 Nov 1943 by Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich.; sponsored by Mrs. Selma E. Johnson; commissioned 18 Mar 1944, Lt. Cmdr. J. J. Jordy USNR. Three Atlantic convoy-escort voyages Norfolk-Casablanca/Bizerte 23 May-19 Nov 1944; Pacific transit via Panama and Bora Bora to Manus 22 Jan 1945; Philippines patrol and New Guinea-Leyte Gulf convoys to 17 Apr 1945; Okinawa support via Kossol Roads and Ulithi; 4 Aug 1945 three-hour submarine engagement off the return leg, ship damaged, underwater explosion observed; occupation duty at Jinsen and Taku from Sep 1945; departed Buckner Bay 8 Nov 1945, Boston 15 Dec; out of commission in reserve at Jacksonville, Fla., 18 Jun 1946. Specs block: dp 1,400 t; 306' x 36'10" x 9'5"; 24 kts; complement 186; 3x 3-inch, 3x 21-inch TT, hedgehog, 8 dcp, 2 dct; cl. Buckley.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Crew 1944-1946 (complement 186 per DANFS design figure)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, service history, and specifications - not materials or asbestos content. Entry ends at June 1946 decommissioning (Volume II printed 1963 while the ship lay in reserve); the 1967 striking and 1968 disposal do not appear. Live NHHC URL returns 404 as of 2026-09-29 (standing link-rot issue); text verified verbatim against the 2021-04-25 Wayback capture and the archive.org scan of the GPO print volume.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-earl-v-johnson-de702-01
-
[3]U.S.S. Earl V. Johnson (DE-702) ship-authored records: War History cover letter to Secretary of the Navy, serial 220, dated 29 Sep 1945 (received stamp, Navy Dept. Office of Public Relations, 18 Oct 1945); War Diary cover letter to Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet, serial 256, dated 17 Nov 1945, covering Sep-Oct 1945 (scan hosted by NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-702 page, 'official War History' scan (06702wh.jpg)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own war-diary submissions document the occupation period day by day: arrived Buckner Bay, Okinawa Shima, 4 Sep 1945 (where Cdr. Jules J. Jordy, 75286 USNR, was relieved by Lt. Cmdr. James H. McGlothlin as commanding officer); underway 6 Sep for Hagushi Anchorage; escorted T.U. 78.1.18 to Jinsen Ko, Korea, 11-13 Sep; sank a floating mine by small-arms fire at 35-13N 125-08E and fired on a derelict junk on 14 Sep; anchored Jinsen Ko 15-25 Sep performing pilot duties escorting incoming vessels from the outer sea buoy into the inner anchorage.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-09 to 1945-10
- Population
- Crew under C.O. McGlothlin, Sep-Oct 1945
- Limitations
- Scan covers only the two cover letters and the Sep-Oct 1945 diary extract - the enclosure (the ship's full war-history narrative, enclosure A to serial 220) is not part of the image. Operational record only; contains no materials, maintenance, or asbestos information. NavSource hosts the scan; the documents themselves are ship-authored Navy records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-earl-v-johnson-de702-02
-
[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table (shipscribe.com scan) + navypedia 'Buckley (TE) class' per-block boiler-vendor map [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 design-group table; navypedia us_de_te block map (Defoe block DE-693-DE-705)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this hull's plant type: the Buckley TE design is one of only two DE classes with a full steam plant - per the BuShips design-group table, two 'D' express-type boilers at 435 psi/750F superheat feeding GE steam turbine-generators and electric propulsion motors at 12,000 shp on two shafts. The navypedia block map assigns Combustion Engineering boilers to the Defoe-built block DE-693 through DE-705, which includes this hull. For a 1943-44 steam-plant escort, era-standard asbestos applications were boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1968
- Population
- Construction trades (Defoe, Bay City, 1943-44; Todd Johnson yard, Algiers, fitting-out 1944); crew 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Class/design inference only - neither source names this hull's insulation materials and no member-level asbestos record was located. Establishes no quantity, no crew exposure, and no present-day content. The boiler-vendor attribution (Combustion Engineering) rests on navypedia's block map, a secondary compilation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-earl-v-johnson-de702-03
-
[5]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403; content via product-page description)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection posture: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 toward selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - i.e., original-era insulation typically remained aboard for decades unless a yard period disturbed it.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation predating any applicability to this hull - DE-702 was stricken 1 May 1967 and scrapped in 1968, before the documented inspection/replacement regime could have touched her. Context for the era only; says nothing about this specific ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-earl-v-johnson-de702-04
-
[6]CourtListener API v4 sweeps: "Earl V. Johnson" and "DE-702" across the opinion index (type=o) and RECAP docket index (type=r) [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py authenticated queries, 2026-09-29; see search_ledger sl-04 through sl-06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located. Opinion index: 65 hits for "Earl V. Johnson" - all name collisions (prisoner cases captioned Earl v. Johnson / Earl v. Johnson & Johnson, N.D. Tex./5th Cir.; and Alabama appellate cases where attorney Earl V. Johnson of Andalusia appears as counsel). 3 hits for "DE-702" - all numeric collisions (bankruptcy and contract citations). RECAP docket index: 20 hits for "Earl V. Johnson" - all collisions (TDCJ prisoner suits, Johnson & Johnson talcum-powder MDL remand orders, attorney-name hits); "DE-702" docket query returned a criminal-case collision (United States v. Maldonado, E.D. Ark. 4:11-cr-00129) before output truncation; repeat attempts to capture the full page were paced out by the fleet budget.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- CourtListener indexes published opinions and RECAP dockets - state-court complaints and unindexed federal filings are not covered, so absence from CL does not prove no filing ever named the hull. A common personal name produces heavy collision noise; hull-level attribution was checked on every returned caption.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-earl-v-johnson-de702-05
-
[7]Batch-4482 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC; NVR hull detail; NavSource archive incl. ship's war-history scan; NPS/NHL (not designated - scrapped 1968); NARA catalog; Atlas shipyards.json; National Museum of the Great Lakes [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-earl-v-johnson-de702-01 through sl-uss-earl-v-johnson-de702-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming DE-702 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was scrapped in 1968 - no museum and no preserved structure exists to survey.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard during construction or service - era inference for a 1943-44 steam-plant DE is consistent with period-standard ACM. Does not establish or defeat any individual exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-earl-v-johnson-de702-06
-
[8]National Museum of the Great Lakes, 'Fighting Ships from Bay City' - Bert C. Brennan, Inland Seas, July 1945 (contemporaneous account of Defoe Shipbuilding production) [museum_official]
- Locator
- nmgl.org feature article reproducing the July 1945 Inland Seas account
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous July 1945 account of the builder yard: Defoe Shipbuilding on the Saginaw River at Bay City turned out destroyer escorts by quantity production using its 'roll-over' method (hulls built upside down and rotated upright for downhand welding); completed DEs transited the Great Lakes-Chicago-Illinois-Mississippi route to New Orleans for commissioning - consistent with NavSource's record of this hull commissioning at Todd Johnson Shipyard, Algiers, La.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding workforce (~4,000 wartime employees per the account)
- Limitations
- Yard-level and practice-level context - the article discusses Defoe's output generally and does not name DE-702. Supports the commissioning-transit background; the Algiers commissioning venue itself still rests on NavSource's secondary transcription. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-earl-v-johnson-de702-07
