Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet kv-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-edward-h-allen-de531-pkt-kv-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Edward H. Allen (DE-531) (1969 ed., Vol. 2, p.329; verbatim transcription via hazegray Wayback capture - live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (hazegray mirror of 1969 Vol. 2 p.329)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 7 October 1943 by Boston Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. David H. Clark, commissioned 16 December 1943 (Lt. Comdr. M. M. Sanford); sailed Boston 6 March 1944 for Miami as schoolship for precommissioning crews of escort vessels; similar duty at Norfolk June-November 1944, then Miami until 10 June 1945; at Casco Bay preparing for Pacific service when the war ended and remained there for 'experimental operations'; out of commission in reserve at Green Cove Springs 10 May 1946; recommissioned 26 February 1951 for 3rd Naval District Naval Reserve training duty (New York to Florida, Bermuda, Caribbean; extended European cruises 13 June-10 July 1953 and 17 June-15 July 1955); July 1956 ordered to the Andrea Doria-Stockholm collision scene and rescued the Doria's captain and 76 crewmen before she sank (CO awarded the Italian Legion of Merit); out of commission in reserve 9 January 1958; stricken from the Navy Register 1 July 1972; sold 5 February 1974.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; wartime crew plus rotating DE precommissioning schoolship crews 1944-45; NRT-era crew and embarked reservists 1951-58
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, dates, and service history - not materials or asbestos content. 'Experimental operations' at Casco Bay is not further specified in DANFS. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 (standing link-rot issue from batches 01/07).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-h-allen-de531-01
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[3]John C. Butler-class (WGT) design data - BuShips design group 6: 2 'D' express boilers (435 psi/750F; Babcock & Wilcox for the DE 531-554 block per navypedia block map), 2 Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 12,000 shp, 2 shafts, 24.3 kt; plus NavSource DE-531 specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips group-6 design data (as carried in the john-c-butler class profile); NavSource DE-531 specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: a 1943-built WGT destroyer escort with a full steam plant (2 superheated boilers feeding geared turbines at 435 psi/750F) sits in the peak period of Navy asbestos use - era-standard applications would include boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, fireproofing, deck coverings, and bulkhead/accommodation insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1958 (in-service periods)
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; engineering watchstanders and maintenance crews 1943-46, 1951-58
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No material schedule, insulation list, or survey for this hull was located; does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure. Plant description derives from secondary compilations (navypedia block map, NavSource), not contract documents.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-h-allen-de531-02
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[4]Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec (W.D. Wash. 2:17-cv-00537) pretrial exhibit list - Navy insulation-spec suite identified for sister hull USS Brannon (DE-446, same class): BuShips Manual ch.39 Thermal Insulation NAVSHIPS 250-000(39) (24 Aug 1945); Navy Dept Specification 32F3a 'Felt, Insulating, Asbestos' (15 Oct 1945); BuEng General Specs for Machinery S39-1 (3 Feb 1939); BuEng Manual ch.13 Instructions Relative to Heat Insulation (rev. 1933, repr. May 1939); BUMED Code-55 memo 'Occupational Health Issues for POM-80' (9 Jun 1977) [court_record]
- Locator
- Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec exhibit/expert-witness lists (as catalogued in the john-c-butler class profile, ev-john-c-butler-class-03/-04)
- Finding type
- litigation_product_id
- Finding
- Litigation on a sister John C. Butler-class hull identifies the controlling Navy thermal-insulation specification suite applicable to a 1943 Navy-yard destroyer-escort build, including a spec expressly titled 'Felt, Insulating, Asbestos' (32F3a) - the correct primary-document pull targets for establishing class-level material documentation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1933-1977 (documents); litigation 2017-2019
- Limitations
- Exhibit-list identifications only, from litigation concerning a different hull (DE-446); the spec documents themselves were not retrieved this session, and their content is not here asserted to describe DE-531's fitted material. Class-level pointer, not a ship-specific finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-h-allen-de531-03
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[5]NavSource DE-531 building/operational chronology + photo captions citing NARA still photos (80-G-25498, 80-G-332953) and Philadelphia Naval Shipyard inactive-basin photographs (undated and 1973) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 'Edward H. Allen (DE 531) Building and Operational Data' block; photo captions 0653109, 0653112, 0653113, 0615005-06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Secondary-compilation chronology for this hull: keel laid 31 August 1943 at Boston Navy Yard; shakedown Bermuda 27 January-29 February 1944; schoolship duty Miami Straits (March-June 1944, December 1944-June 1945) and Chesapeake Bay (June-December 1944); Navy Day Boston 27 October 1945; decommissioned Green Cove Springs 10 May 1946; recommissioned 26 February 1951 to Naval Reserve training, 3rd Naval District, New York Naval Shipyard; decommissioned 9 January 1958 at the New York Naval Shipyard Annex, Bayonne, to custody of CO New York Group, U.S. Atlantic Reserve Fleet; photographed moored at the Inactive Ship Basin/Facility of Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (undated, and in the mothball fleet 1973); stricken 1 July 1972; sold for scrapping 5 February 1974. July 1945 photographs show the ship in Casco Bay 'undergoing training and experimental exercises under the purview of Commander, Task Force 69.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Population
- Mothball-fleet maintenance and security personnel 1958-1974; shipbreakers 1974
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - used here for custody/event chronology and as a pointer to its cited NARA primaries (photos 80-G-25498, 80-G-332953, the ship's wartime war history); details not independently re-verified. Philadelphia basin photos document custody/location, not material condition. Scrapping buyer/yard is not identified in located sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-h-allen-de531-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 opinion search, exact-name and hull-number queries (authenticated, fleet-paced) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4, queries '"Edward H. Allen"' (14 hits, all collisions) and '"DE-531"' (12 hits, all collisions), 2026-09-28
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying litigation names this hull. CourtListener type=o '"Edward H. Allen"' returned 14 opinions, all personal-name collisions (party names in employment, benefits, tax, and unrelated civil litigation - e.g., Coker v. Marmon Group, D.S.C. 1978; Swanson v. Faulkner, 4th Cir. 1995). '"DE-531"' returned 12 opinions, all reporter-page/identifier string collisions (e.g., page *530-*531 spans, unrelated docket numbers and record citations) - none vessel-related.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28 (sweep)
- Limitations
- Search swept published opinions; the residual USS-prefixed variant query and RECAP docket-type query were deferred when the fleet pacing budget exhausted mid-sweep - the collision pattern was consistent across both completed queries and no qualifying or vessel-related hit appeared. Absence of a docketed case does not prove no claimant ever alleged exposure aboard; it establishes only that no opinion or located docket names this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-h-allen-de531-05
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[7]Batch-4363 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC transcription; Naval Vessel Register detail page; NavSource photo/operational archive; NARA deck-log series check; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-edward-h-allen-de531-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-531: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract, no hazmat or scrapping-condition disclosure, and no docketed case naming the vessel was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- 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 - a 1943 Navy-yard steam build of this class carried era-standard insulation, and the hull was scrapped in 1974 before the Navy's documented asbestos-management regime (policy from 1975 onward) produced public hull records. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-h-allen-de531-06