Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet kn-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Edmonds (DE-406)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-edmonds-de406-pkt-kn-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Edmonds (DE-406) (namesake, construction, full service narrative, striking and disposal; live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-28 - verbatim text confirmed via Wayback capture 2023-11-17, http://web.archive.org/web/20231117052455/https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/edmonds.html) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Edmonds (DE-406)', specifications line + full narrative (NHHC page dated 21 October 2005)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 17 December 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex., sponsored by Mrs. F. Campbell (mother of namesake Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Bert C. Edmonds, Torpedo Squadron 8, KIA Solomons 16 Oct 1942, posthumous Silver Star); commissioned 3 April 1944, Lt. Comdr. C. S. Barker, Jr., in command. Spec line: dp. 1,350; l. 306'; b. 36'8"; dr. 9'5"; s. 24 k.; cpl. 186; 2 5" guns, 3 21" tt., 8 dcp., 1 hh., 2 dct.; class John C. Butler. Reached Pearl Harbor 27 June 1944; ComCortDiv 63 flagship 31 Aug-20 Nov 1944; screened CVEs at Morotai, Leyte, Lingayen Gulf (9 Jan 1945), Iwo Jima (directed Bismarck Sea CVE-95 rescue 21 Feb 1945, 378 survivors), Okinawa (radar picket from 19 May; Iheya Shima and Aguni Shima in June); Philippine Sea Frontier convoy escort; returned San Diego 6 Nov 1945; out of commission in reserve 31 May 1946. Recommissioned 28 Feb 1951; Pearl Harbor home port; Korea 29 Oct 1951-1 Jun 1952 (bombline off Songjin); Marianas/Carolines Trust Territory surveillance patrols Mar 1953-mid-1958; Quemoy-Matsu patrol off Pescadores to end of 1958 (cleared Yokosuka 13 Jan 1959); Portland, Ore. reserve training from Mar 1959; Far East reserve cruise Jan-Jul 1962 (Da Nang 18 Feb-10 Apr, training South Vietnamese Navy, Gulf of Siam exercises); Treasure Island home port; inactivation from Dec 1964; decommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in March 1965; struck 15 May 1972; sold for scrap to General Metals of Tacoma Inc. 28 Sep 1973. Five WWII and two Korean War battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; crews 1944-46 and 1951-65 (DANFS complement 186)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, builder, service history, and disposal - not materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC page returns 404 (standing NHHC link-rot documented in BATCH-01); verbatim text confirmed from the 2023-11-17 Wayback capture of the canonical NHHC URL. NavSource ship-data card conflicts on three dates (1946 decommissioning day, 1965 decommissioning month, scrap-sale day) - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edmonds-de406-01
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[3]War History of USS Edmonds (DE-406), the ship's own war's-end report (October 1945; HyperWar/ibiblio transcription by Robert Jones) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar transcription: port-of-call table (1944-45) + narrative sections 'Training and Passage to the Pacific' through 'Going Home' + campaign-ribbons block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-submitted war history for this hull: built by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston; commissioned there 3 April 1944; assigned to Escort Division 63 (with USS Richard S. Bull DE-402 flag, Richard M. Rowell DE-403, Eversole DE-404, Dennis DE-405, Shelton DE-407). Sea trials Galveston 6-20 Apr 1944; shakedown Bermuda to 22 May; 'repairs and alterations at the Charlestown Yard' (Boston Navy Yard) 24 May-3 Jun 1944; escorted USS Mt. McKinley (AGC-7) via Panama Canal to Pearl Harbor (arrived 27 Jun). Screened CVEs through Morotai, Leyte, Luzon (Lingayen), Iwo Jima - where as on-scene commander of the rescue group she directed the Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) rescue of 378 survivors on the night of 21 Feb 1945 - and Okinawa (Kerama Retto anchorage; Hagushi picket duty; Iheya/Aguni Shima captures 3-10 Jun). Dry-docked at San Pedro Bay, Leyte, 2 Jul 1945 - 'the first time since leaving Boston 13 months before.' Pearl Harbor availability 19 Nov-5 Dec 1944 ('repairs and recreation' under Commander Destroyers, Pacific Fleet). Campaign ribbons: Asiatic-Pacific with silver star (five campaigns), Philippine Liberation with two stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Wartime crew (design complement ~186 per DANFS); Boston Navy Yard and Pearl Harbor repair workers; Leyte drydock crews
- Limitations
- Primary ship-generated history documents yard availabilities and steaming record - it does not mention asbestos or any material content, and yard-work asbestos scope (Charlestown 1944, Pearl Harbor 1944, Leyte floating drydock 1945) is inference not established by this source. Itinerary dates are the ship's own entries and predate DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edmonds-de406-02
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[4]NARA 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' index - Edmonds (DE-406) entry; example item 'Edmonds (DE-406) - December 1956' (catalog.archives.gov id 213565379, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov deck-log index, 'Edmonds (DE-406)' listing; catalog id 213565379 (Dec 1956)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds digitized deck logs for this hull: the index lists monthly logs for 1956-1963 (April 1961 absent) plus January-May 1965, in the 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' series (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel). The index confirms commission April 1944 - decommission May 1946 and commission February 1951 - decommission March 1965 (matching DANFS's 'March 1965'). Deck logs are the primary venue for recorded materials events (yard availabilities, repairs, casualties) relevant to any exposure reconstruction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1956-1965
- Population
- Crews 1956-1965 (logged period)
- Limitations
- Index-level verification only - individual log images were not reviewed; deck logs record events, not asbestos content. World War II logs (1944-46), the 1951-55 period, and 1964 are not in the digitized index for this hull; those would require textual reference at Archives II.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edmonds-de406-03
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[5]Era inference from class documentation: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 design group 6 (WGT) specs per the John C. Butler class profile (ships-worktrees class-f, researched 2026-09-16); navypedia WGT block map (DE-402-424 -> Combustion Engineering boilers, Westinghouse geared turbines) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class profile ev-john-c-butler-class-01/-05 (BuShips SDB group 6; navypedia block map)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference: Edmonds is a John C. Butler-class (WGT, BuShips design group 6) destroyer escort built 1943-44 with two 'D' express boilers (435 psi/750 F) and Westinghouse geared turbines, 12,000 shp. A superheated steam plant of this era carried asbestos in fireroom/machinery insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings as standard; the DE-era litigation record (Jack v. Borg-Warner, class sister DE-446) shows the controlling Navy insulation-spec suite - BuShips Manual ch.39 NAVSHIPS 250-000(39) (1945) and Navy spec 32F3a asbestos insulating felt - as the documents governing what was installed.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; crews 1944-1972 (reserve periods)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-specific finding is made for this hull. The spec suite is identified from an exhibit list in another hull's litigation; the underlying documents were not retrieved. Establishes no quantities, no locations, and no exposure for any individual aboard DE-406.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edmonds-de406-04
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[6]Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC, W.D. Wash. No. 2:17-cv-00537 - praecipe/pretrial materials, ECF 738 att. 1 (as documented in the John C. Butler class profile, researched 2026-09-16) [court_record]
- Locator
- W.D. Wash. 2:17-cv-00537, ECF 738 att.1 pp.12, 26-27 and exhibit list items Honeywell-160 through -167 (per class profile)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Class-member litigation context (not this hull): pretrial materials in Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec name class sister USS Brannon (DE-446) and recite the theory that a Griscom-Russell evaporator installed per Navy specifications was associated with asbestos insulation - while conceding insulation aboard could have been 'fiberglass, mineral wool or other non-asbestos insulation.' The docket's exhibit list identifies the era's controlling insulation documents: BuShips Manual ch.39 'Thermal Insulation' NAVSHIPS 250-000(39) (24 Aug 1945); Navy Dept. spec 32F3a 'Felt, Insulating, Asbestos' (15 Oct 1945); BuEng 'General Specifications for Machinery' S39-1 (3 Feb 1939); BuEng Manual ch.13 'Instructions Relative to Heat Insulation' (1933 rev., repr. 1939); BUMED Code-55 memo on occupational-health issues (9 Jun 1977).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- Litigation 2017-2019; specifications 1933-1977
- Population
- n/a to this hull (DE-446 plaintiff)
- Limitations
- Class-level context and archival lead only - the litigation names DE-446, not DE-406, and is pleading/exhibit-list level (no adjudicated exposure finding even for Brannon). Cited from the class profile's verified docket review; the documents identify the correct spec suite for any future hull-level materials research. Establishes nothing about DE-406.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edmonds-de406-05
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[7]Gustavson v. Crane Co., Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-01472-MN-SRF (D. Del., removed as asbestos litigation 2017-10-18, terminated 2020-04-21), Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 147 (dated May 2019, Magistrate Judge; plain text reviewed in full via CourtListener RECAP) [court_record]
- Locator
- R&R ECF 147: Facts section (D.I. 121 Ex. B service records; D.I. 131 Ex. A Poggenburg deposition) pp. 3-5; defendant-by-defendant product-identification analysis pp. 5-16; Conclusion chart p. 17
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Report and Recommendation in an asbestos wrongful-death action expressly documenting this hull: plaintiff Glenda Gustavson, individually and as successor-in-interest to the estate of Carl D. Gustavson, alleged he developed lung cancer from asbestos-containing products during Navy boiler-technician service. The R&R recites from service records that Mr. Gustavson enlisted 29 June 1954, served aboard USS Shangri-La and USS Edmonds, was recalled to active duty 1 October 1961 to serve on USS Edmonds, and was discharged 1 August 1962. Shipmate testimony (John Kenneth Poggenburg, chief engineer aboard Edmonds October 1961-July 1962 and the sole product-identification witness) places Mr. Gustavson aboard as a boiler tech who left as the ship's only 'oil king' - measuring fuel depth and transferring oil for stability - with additional boiler-tech duties standing boiler watch, maintaining steam lines and valves, and insulating steam lines. On the merits the record is defense-favorable at every step: Poggenburg could not identify any asbestos-containing product of any moving defendant aboard the Edmonds (Buffalo/Air & Liquid, Aurora, Blackmer, BW/IP, CBS/Westinghouse, Eaton, Flowserve, FMC, Gardner Denver, Warren, Anchor/Darling), and the court recommended granting all eleven summary-judgment motions - Eaton without prejudice, the remainder with prejudice - for failure of product identification and product nexus under maritime law.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- Service 1961-1962; litigation 2017-2020
- Population
- Carl D. Gustavson (boiler tech / oil king, aboard Oct 1961-Aug 1962); John Kenneth Poggenburg (chief engineer, aboard Oct 1961-Jul 1962)
- Limitations
- Discovery/SJ-stage record, not a trial finding: a magistrate's Report and Recommendation recommending defense summary judgment. Whether a district judge adopted the R&R is not verified in the sources reviewed (docket terminated 2020-04-21). The service recital documents that Gustavson served aboard this hull; it is not a finding that asbestos was aboard or that anyone was exposed. The recommended dispositions are merits-level negatives for this plaintiff only - failed product identification proves no specific defendant's ACM aboard, and proves neither presence nor absence of asbestos generally. Decedent died before suit and was never deposed; plaintiff did not respond to the summary-judgment motions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edmonds-de406-06
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[8]Hall v. Aqua-Chem, Inc., No. 3:14-cv-00028-SMY-DGW (S.D. Ill., removed as asbestos litigation 2014-01-10, terminated 2016-04-14), Memorandum and Order, Doc. 195 (filed 03/05/2015, District Judge Staci M. Yandle), denying Crane Co.'s Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss; plain text reviewed in full via CourtListener RECAP [court_record]
- Locator
- Doc. 195 pp. 1-3 (allegation recital p. 3; denial order); Doc. 197 p. 1 (same ship list recited in Owens-Illinois MSJ)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Pleading-stage document expressly naming this hull: the order recites that plaintiff Van L. Hall's First Amended Complaint alleges asbestosis from asbestos exposure 1959-1979 during U.S. Navy employment, and that 'he alleges the exposure may have occurred between 1959 and 1977 while Plaintiff was on the USS Denebola AF-56 from 1959-61, the USS Cadmus AR-14 in 1961, the USS Mauna Loa AE-8 from 1961-62, the USS Edmonds DE-406 in 1963, the USS Enterprise CVA(N)-65 from 1964-68, the USS Truxton CVAN-35 from 1970-73, the USS Milwaukee AOR-2 from 1973-77 or while working in various Naval shipyards.' The court denied Crane's 12(b)(6) motion, holding the pleading gave specific locations, states, and time periods sufficient under Twombly. Owens-Illinois's later summary-judgment motion (Doc. 197, filed 03/13/2015) recites the identical ship list including 'USS Edmonds, (DE-406)'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- Alleged exposure 1963 (Edmonds entry); litigation 2014-2016
- Population
- Van L. Hall (plaintiff; alleged Navy service 1959-1979 incl. Edmonds 1963)
- Limitations
- The hull appears only as an item in a complaint's vessel list recited by the court for notice-pleading review - a pleading allegation, not a finding. The MTD denial evaluates pleading sufficiency, not truth; no evidence about Edmonds was adjudicated. The Owens-Illinois MSJ's disposition is not verified (case terminated 2016-04-14); the FAC itself was not retrieved - the ship list is quoted from the court's order and the defense brief.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edmonds-de406-07
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[9]Parker v. General Electric Co., No. 4:11-cv-00270-PJH (N.D. Cal.), Complaint for Survival, Wrongful Death - Asbestos, filed into In re: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), MDL-875 (JPML) as attachment to Notice of Potential Tag-Along, Doc. 6690-1 (filed 02/02/2011); plain text reviewed in full via CourtListener RECAP [court_record]
- Locator
- MDL-875 Doc. 6690-1, complaint pp. 6 and 20 (exposure table; Job Duties narrative)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Hull-specific pleading allegation in a federal asbestos wrongful-death complaint: the exposure table lists 'USS EDMONDS (DE-406)' as an exposure location where decedent Earl Parker served as Fireman 1/19/1956-3/22/1958, between Naval Training Center Great Lakes (trainee, 1955) and Naval Receiving Station Treasure Island (1958). The complaint's Job Duties narrative states: 'decedent was stationed on the EDMONDS where he fueled the boilers. Decedent worked in proximity to boilermakers who were repairing the boilers and under pipes that released insulation dust with the movement of the ship. Plaintiff does not currently recall any supervisors or cowo[rkers...]'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- Alleged exposure 1956-1958; complaint filed 2011
- Population
- Earl Parker (decedent; Fireman aboard Edmonds 1956-1958 per complaint)
- Limitations
- Pleading allegation at the lowest litigation stage - the complaint was filed into MDL-875 as a potential tag-along; no answer-stage, discovery, or merits document was reviewed, and the action's disposition is not verified in the sources searched. The allegation describes exposure conditions aboard; it is the plaintiff's own recollection-based pleading ('does not currently recall' coworkers), not evidence adjudicated or corroborated. Establishes no product identification, no quantities, and no finding that asbestos was aboard DE-406.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edmonds-de406-08
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[10]CourtListener authenticated API v4 sweep via cl-auth-search.py, 2026-09-28: '"USS Edmonds"' type=o -> 0 opinions; type=r -> 3 dockets (Gustavson, Hall, MDL-875 tag-along Parker - all resolved to this hull at document level). '"DE-406"' type=o -> 10 returns, all string collisions (Spanish 'de 406' text fragments, report/address numerals); type=r -> 126 returns, first-page review = collisions plus the Hall docket. '"aboard the Edmonds" OR "aboard Edmonds"' type=o -> 0. [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-edmonds-de406-05 through -10; artifacts cl-de406-*.json in this worktree
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Ship-specific sweep result: qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located and resolved - three dockets, of which two documents were pulled and read in full (Gustavson R&R, Hall order + MSJ brief) plus the Parker complaint text via its MDL-875 tag-along attachment. No published opinion naming USS Edmonds or DE-406 exists in the opinion index. A surname collision (Arnold Edmonds, who served aboard USS Saratoga CV-60) was screened out.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Sweep covers CourtListener's opinion and RECAP docket indexes only - not state-court files, asbestos bankruptcy-trust claims, or PACER items outside RECAP. The 'DE-406' RECAP query returned 126 hits dominated by docket-number string collisions; only the first result page (20) was individually reviewed, so additional hull references in deep pages cannot be excluded. Searches ran under the shared fleet pacing budget; several earlier attempts returned 'momentarily spent' and were retried rather than bypassed - no query was abandoned unlogged (see search_ledger).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edmonds-de406-09
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[11]Batch-4306 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC; ship war history (HyperWar); NARA deck-log index and catalog; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweeps and document pulls; VA Navy-ship Agent Orange list; NVR; MARAD VHD; Atlas shipyard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-edmonds-de406-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No affirmative ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-406: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract, no hazmat disclosure, no museum record (the hull was scrapped 1973), and no adjudicated finding that asbestos was aboard or that any person was exposed aboard. All three litigation records naming the hull are allegation- or SJ-stage documents; the single merits-stage record (Gustavson R&R) resolved adversely to the plaintiff on product-identification failure. Ship-specific asbestos presence is therefore undocumented - consistent with, but not established by, the strong era/design inference for a 1943-44 steam destroyer escort.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard; conversely the litigation allegations do not prove presence - both directions are unresolved. This row establishes only the state of the searched public record, not exposure, causation, or legal eligibility for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edmonds-de406-10