Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet hu-packet.md (6 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-mcdonnell-de1043-pkt-hu-packet-md
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[2]Naval Vessel Register (NAVSEA/NAVSHIPSO), Ship Details - EDWARD MCDONNELL (FF 1043), ex-DE 1043, UIC 54039 (page last updated 12/12/2017) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_FF_1043, Vessel Status + Milestone Dates + Physical Characteristics blocks (Wayback 20201101165810)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR record for this hull: Class FF 1040 (Garcia); frigate, ex-DE 1043; status 'Disposed of by Dismantling (Scrapping/Recycling),' date status changed 08/21/2002; builder 'AVONDALE/N. ORLEANS'; award 01/03/1962; keel 04/01/1963; launch 02/15/1964; delivery 01/29/1965; commission 02/15/1965; decommission 09/30/1988; stricken 12/15/1992; propulsion type 'Steam Turbines'; 23.0 years commission-to-decommission.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1962-2002
- Population
- Avondale construction trades 1963-1965; commissioned crew 1965-1988; Philadelphia inactive-ship/dismantling workforce 1992-2002
- Limitations
- NVR documents milestones, builder, propulsion type, and disposal status - not materials or asbestos content. Live page returns navigation shell without detail block; content verified via Wayback capture 2020-11-01 16:58:10 UTC. Secondary sources conflict on launch month (January vs. the NVR's 15 February 1964); NVR is carried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-mcdonnell-de1043-01
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[3]NHHC, Naval Aviation Appendix 12 - 'Ships Named for Naval Aviators' (Naval Aviation News / NHHC PDF) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- app12.pdf, 'McDonnell, Edward O. (DE 1043)' table row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's official list of ships named for naval aviators records: 'McDonnell, Edward O. (DE 1043) - VADM Edward O. McDonnell, USNR - 15 Feb 1965,' identifying this hull's namesake and its commissioning date. The namesake, Edward Orrick McDonnell, was a naval aviator awarded the Medal of Honor for establishing an exposed signal station under fire at Vera Cruz, 21-22 April 1914; retired as vice admiral; killed in a commercial airliner crash 6 January 1960.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1965
- Population
- Commissioned crew 1965
- Limitations
- Confirms namesake and commission date only - no service narrative, materials, or asbestos content. NHHC holds a DANFS entry for this ship but it is not presently available online (NavSource: 'The USS Edward McDonnell (DE 1043) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site is not presently available'); live NHHC URLs return 404. Namesake biography drawn from DANFS-derived text carried verbatim on NavSource and NavalCoverMuseum. Live PDF 404; content verified via Wayback capture 2015-10-04.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-mcdonnell-de1043-02
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[4]Maritime Reporter & Engineering News, December 1980, '$9-Million Navy Contract Awarded To Bath Yard For Frigate Overhaul,' p. 38; corroborated by Maritime Reporter January 1981, '$8.6-Million Contract For Frigate Overhaul Awarded By Navy To Bath Iron Works' (names FF-1043's contract as ~$9M awarded October 1980) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Maritime Reporter Dec 1980 p. 38 and Jan 1981 p. (Brumby award noting McDonnell award 'in October')
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous trade-press record of a major yard event for this hull: the U.S. Navy awarded Bath Iron Works approximately $9 million to overhaul USS Edward McDonnell (FF-1043), the ship then homeported at Mayport, Fla.; arrival at Bath, Maine scheduled February 1981 for a 10-month overhaul requiring about 400 workers at peak. The January 1981 item confirms the contract was awarded in October 1980 and identifies Brumby (FF-1044) as the sister hull overhauled in the same pairing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1980-1981 (contract/overhaul)
- Population
- Bath Iron Works overhaul workforce (~400 peak) 1981; crew ~250
- Limitations
- Documents a hull-specific overhaul event (period shipyard work of the type that disturbed shipboard insulation) - the article says nothing about asbestos; asbestos scope of the 1981 availability is inference, not documented. Complement 'about 250' and dimensions are the newspaper's approximate figures.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-mcdonnell-de1043-03
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[5]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Edward McDonnell (DE 1043) index - compiled Building and Operational Data; corroborated by FPDS-derived contract aggregator record for Metro Machine Corp. ('Salvage Vessels,' NAVSEA Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion, place of performance PHIL NAV SHIPYD, action dates 12/07/2001-08/15/2002) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-1043 index, 'Building and Operational Data' block and photo captions 0602104322/0602104324; governmentcontractswon.com Metro Machine 2002 contract listing
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Compiled record of this hull's disposal chain: building contract awarded to Avondale Shipyards, Inc. 03 January 1962; keel laid 01 April 1963 at Avondale Shipyard Corp., Westwego, La.; launched and christened 15 February 1964; commissioned 15 February 1965 (Cmdr. Daniel Lewis Banks Jr.); reclassified frigate (FF 1043) 30 June 1975; decommissioned 30 September 1988; struck from the NVR 15 December 1992; contract for $2.3 million awarded 07 December 2001 to Metro Machine Corp., Philadelphia, Pa., for towing/scrapping at the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; scrapping completed July 2002. The FPDS-derived record corroborates a Metro Machine salvage-vessels contract running 12/7/2001-8/15/2002 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; the NVR (ev-01) records disposal by dismantling effective 08/21/2002. Photographic captions document the hull moored at the Philadelphia NISMF (November 199-, with ex-Voge FF-1047, ex-Bigelow DD-942, ex-Dupont DD-941) and stripping begun at a stub pier at PNSY circa January 2001.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1992-2002
- Population
- NISMF Philadelphia caretaker workforce 1992-2001; Metro Machine dismantling workforce 2001-2002
- Limitations
- NavSource is a secondary compilation, not an official source - contract details (dollar figure, $842/ton scrap value, exact completion day 10 July 2002 vs. NVR status date 08/21/2002) rest on contributor material; the underlying award is corroborated by FPDS-derived data and the disposal endpoint by NVR. Earlier 'sold for scrapping 25 July 1995' (secondary) conflicts with the December 2001 contract award - probably conflates the transfer-to-foundation transaction with the dismantling contract; carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-mcdonnell-de1043-04
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[6]U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Vol. 119/9/1,087 (September 1993), 'Ship's Status Changes 1 January 1992 - 31 December 1992,' compiled by Fred W. Cassady, Jr. [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Proceedings Sep 1993 'Changes in Ship Status' table (OCR text; PDF of issue recommended for pinpoint date)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- USNI's compilation of official ship-status changes lists Edward McDonnell (FF-1043) among stricken/transferred hulls, with the associated comment: 'Trans, this date to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Foundation Inc. and American Merchant Marine Museum Foundation for scrapping. The funds from the scrap sale reverted to the aforementioned institutions.' Consistent with NVR stricken date 12/15/1992.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1992
- Population
- Inactive-fleet transfer chain, 1992-1995
- Limitations
- OCR'd table alignment is imperfect - the exact transfer date string does not read cleanly to the McDonnell row; the transaction type and institutions are legible. Documents the disposal pathway (foundation-held hulk pending dismantling), consistent with the gap between stricken (1992) and the Metro Machine dismantling contract (2001). Not asbestos-related content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-mcdonnell-de1043-05
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[7]GAO HRD-80-2 (B-163375), 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' Comptroller General report to Reps. Glenn A. Anderson and Jerry M. Patterson, 18 October 1979 - incl. Navy Enclosure letters (CNO Ser 4542/318054 of 5 Jan 1979; CNO Ser 454D/318571 of 8 Feb 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2, Enclosure I: reinsulation cost table (FRIGATE: FF-1037/FF-1040/FF-1052 rows) and narrative responses; report pp. 'use of asbestos in Navy ships'
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 report carries the Navy's own class-level asbestos accounting that names this hull's class: the Navy's reinsulation cost table lists FRIGATE classes 'FF-1037' (2 ships), 'FF-1040' (10 ships - the Garcia class, of which this hull was the third), and 'FF-1052' (45 ships) at $2.75M/$2.75M/$4.32M estimated cost per ship for removal of asbestos thermal insulation from piping, equipment and ventilation ducting and reinsulation with non-asbestos material. The same enclosure states 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos'; thermal insulation for machinery, equipment and piping systems was 'the major application of asbestos'; insulation specifications were changed to asbestos-free materials by late 1973 but purchased asbestos stock continued to be installed and 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978'; and the October 1975 NAVSEAINST 5100.2 policy (replace damaged insulation; modified January 1979 to add selective replacement in high-maintenance areas) expected 30-50% of asbestos insulation to remain untouched over a ship's life. This hull was delivered 29 January 1965 - before the 1973 specification change - with a 1,200-psi Foster Wheeler boiler / Westinghouse geared-turbine steam plant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979 (report); hull era 1963-2002
- Population
- Crew 1965-1988; construction trades Avondale 1963-1965; overhaul workforces Boston NSY 1968-69, South Boston 1977, Bath Iron Works 1981
- Limitations
- Class/era documentation, not a hull-level finding - the table names the FF-1040 class, not FF-1043 individually, and the $2.75M figure is a removal-cost estimate, not a materials inventory. The report does not quantify asbestos aboard this hull, does not describe its present (then) condition, and does not address exposure of any individual. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (standing fleet issue); full text verified via Wayback-captured PDF.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-mcdonnell-de1043-06
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[8]Atlas shipyards.json, yard record 'avondale-shipyard' (Westwego/New Orleans, LA) - yard-level asbestos products and litigation documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyard-exposure-map dataset, shipyards.json record avondale-shipyard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Builder-yard context: DE-1043 was constructed 1963-1965 at Avondale Shipyards, Westwego, Louisiana - a yard documented at yard level in the Atlas shipyard dataset with asbestos-containing products and asbestos litigation history spanning its operations. Additional documented yard periods for this hull (secondary-sourced): Boston Naval Shipyard overhaul February 1968 - June 1969 (13 months); South Boston drydock July 1977 (photographed); Bath Iron Works overhaul beginning February 1981 (ev-03); Philadelphia Naval Shipyard inactivation lay-up and dismantling (ev-01, ev-04).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- yard history; hull construction 1963-1965
- Population
- Avondale construction trades 1963-1965 (yard-level); yard workforces at documented overhauls
- Limitations
- Yard-level evidence only - no reviewed Avondale, Boston NSY, BIW, or PNSY finding is attributed to the DE-1043 hull, its specific work packages, or its crew. Era-typical applications (boiler and machinery insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, deck tile) are class/era inference consistent with ev-06, not ship-proven for this hull. The 1968-69 Boston overhaul rests on secondary compilations only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-mcdonnell-de1043-07
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[9]Maritime Reporter, July 2000, 'Heightened Scrutiny On Ship Scrapping'; OSHA National Emphasis Program on Shipbreaking, CPL 02-00-136; Metro Machine dismantling-process description (Harry Lewis, Metro Machine, re: ex-USS Preble at Philadelphia, quoted at usspreble.org) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Maritime Reporter Jul 2000 article body; OSHA CPL 02-00-136 (osha.gov directive page); usspreble.org/location.html (secondary quote)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Disposal-phase context for this hull's dismantling (Metro Machine at former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, contract 12/7/2001): contemporaneous reporting documents that Navy/MARAD obsolete-vessel disposal was regulated because 'because of their age, these ships contain a number of hazardous substances, including asbestos and solid and liquid polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)'; the Navy's September 1999 pilot awarded four contracts to scrap one decommissioned frigate apiece including Metro Machine Corp. of Norfolk; OSHA's shipbreaking NEP implemented the Navy/DLA-DRMS/MARAD/EPA interagency MOA for programmed inspections. Metro Machine's own process description for the same program at the same yard (ex-Preble) enumerated asbestos insulation among monitored waste streams.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1999-2003 regime; hull disposal 2001-2002
- Population
- Metro Machine / Philadelphia Naval Business Center dismantling workforce 2001-2002 (program level)
- Limitations
- Program-level context only - none of these sources names FF-1043 or describes asbestos found aboard this specific hulk. The Metro Machine process description addresses a different hull (ex-Preble) under the same NAVSEA 333 contract vehicle; it illustrates the regulated waste-stream regime this hull's dismantling passed through, not a ship-specific finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-mcdonnell-de1043-08
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[10]NARA, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel - Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations: 'Edward McDonnell (DE-1043) - May 1968' (National Archives at College Park; NAID 213556373, via DPLA aggregation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/213556373 (NAID); DPLA item fcddfb84e9c62b4538290febf58f9a64
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds digitized deck logs for this hull - the May 1968 log (NAID 213556373) is cataloged, falling within the ship's documented February 1968 - June 1969 Boston Naval Shipyard overhaul period per secondary compilations. Deck logs are the archival path for reconstructing yard periods, drydockings, and maintenance events aboard this hull; additional logs for the 1965-1988 service span exist in the same series.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1968 (log coverage); series 1965-1988
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the logs' contents were not reviewed for this batch, and deck logs record events/movements rather than materials. NARA's own asbestos research guide notes that logs and muster rolls do not themselves establish asbestos content; specification files and shipyard correspondence are the materials evidence path. catalog.archives.gov API endpoints returned empty bodies on 2026-09-28; the holding was verified via DPLA aggregation of the NARA record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-mcdonnell-de1043-09
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[11]Digital Commonwealth / Boston Public Library, Lou Jones Collection, 'U.S.S. Edward McDonnell in dry dock, South Boston,' photograph dated July 1977 (accession 2022.37.207); Library of Congress HAER PA-387, Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (incl. 1995 photo HAER PA,51-PHILA,709W--5 showing ex-McDonnell at West Reserve Basin) [museum_official]
- Locator
- Digital Commonwealth item commonwealth:5q47vc81s (title/date from item); LoC HAER PA-387 (loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3416/), photo PA,51-PHILA,709W--5
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Photographic documentation of this hull at two yard-period moments: in dry dock at South Boston in July 1977 (a commercial drydock period after Boston Naval Shipyard's 1974 closure), and laid up at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard's West Reserve Basin in the 1995 HAER photographic documentation of the yard (alongside ex-USS Trout SS-566).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1977; 1995
- Population
- South Boston drydock workforce July 1977; NISMF Philadelphia caretakers 1995
- Limitations
- Photographic records only - they document the hull's physical presence at these yards on these dates, not the work performed or any materials. The 1977 drydock operator (post-BNSY commercial use of the South Boston annex docks) is not identified in the catalog record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-mcdonnell-de1043-10
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[12]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweep, 2026-09-28 (via cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py query log; search_ledger entries sl-uss-edward-mcdonnell-de1043-08 through -12
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located in CourtListener. Exact-name 'USS Edward McDonnell': 2 opinions, both courts-martial naming the ship as duty station/command - United States v. Vanderwier, 25 M.J. 263 (C.M.A. 1987) (appellant was this ship's commanding officer; the ship's executive officer was a witness) and United States v. Moody, 10 M.J. 845 (N.M.C.M.R. 1981) (ship named as a witness's spouse's duty station) - classified other litigation, not asbestos. '"Edward McDonnell" asbestos': 0 opinions. 'DE-1043': 4 opinion hits, all reporter-pagination text collisions (In re Grand Jury Proceedings, 156 F.3d 1038, 10th Cir. 1998; Barry v. Donnelly, 781 F.2d 1040, 4th Cir. 1986; United States v. Terry, 900 F.2d 1039, 7th Cir. 1990; United States v. Talkington, 843 F.2d 1041, 7th Cir. 1988). 'FF-1043' opinions and 'Edward McDonnell' type=r docket sweep remained blocked by the shared fleet pacing limiter at session close - pending, not cleared negatives.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- litigation through 2026-09-28
- Population
- Potential litigants: crew 1965-1988; construction/overhaul/dismantling workforces
- Limitations
- Sweep covers CourtListener's indexed opinion and docket text only; PACER filings not in RECAP, state-court dockets, and non-digitized records are outside scope. Two queries ('FF-1043' opinions; 'Edward McDonnell' dockets) were held by the fleet pacing limiter at close - logged as pending gaps, not negative results. The courts-martial references confirm the ship name appears in indexed legal text only as a duty-station identifier. Absence of located litigation is a bounded negative finding, not proof no claim was ever filed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-mcdonnell-de1043-11
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[13]Batch-3973 search ledger (this record): NVR ship detail (Wayback); NHHC Appendix 12; Maritime Reporter 1980/1981/2000; USNI Proceedings Sep 1993; NavSource DE-1043 compilation + FPDS-derived contract record; Digital Commonwealth BPL photo; LoC HAER PA-387; NARA NAID 213556373; CourtListener authenticated sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-edward-mcdonnell-de1043-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, materials inventory, or qualifying asbestos litigation naming DE-1043/FF-1043 was found in the official and indexed sources searched (see search_ledger). The strongest documentation is the Navy's class-level accounting in GAO HRD-80-2 naming the FF-1040 (Garcia) class in asbestos reinsulation cost estimates.
- 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 - the class-level Navy documentation, the ship's pre-1973 steam-plant construction, and the documented asbestos waste stream of the Philadelphia dismantling program are all consistent with asbestos having been present aboard; none of it is ship-proven at hull level. This row does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edward-mcdonnell-de1043-12