Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet io-packet.md (7 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-eichenberger-de202-pkt-io-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Eichenberger (DE-202) - NHHC live page (published 2016-04-13) via Wayback capture 2024-05-24; live URL returns 404 as of 2026-09-28 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS page 'Eichenberger (DE-202)' (Wayback capture 2024-05-24): spec block + namesake paragraph + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull (verbatim): spec block '(DE-202: dp. 1,400; l. 306'; b. 36'10"; dr. 9'5"; s. 24 k.; cpl. 186; a. 3 3", 3 21" tt., 8 dcp., 1 dcp.(hh.), 2 dct.; cl. Buckley)'; launched 22 July 1943 by Charleston Navy Yard, sponsored by Ensign Eichenberger's widow, commissioned 17 November 1943 with Lt. Comdr. N. Harrell in command. Service narrative: departed Norfolk 26 Jan 1944 escorting a convoy to Espiritu Santo; Milne Bay 7 Apr; escort/patrol/recon for New Guinea invasions (Biak, Humboldt Bay, initial Wakde landings May-Jun, convoys from Manus); Palaus patrol 20 Oct-9 Nov 1944; Hollandia 22 Nov with first of two convoys to San Pedro Bay, Leyte; on 4 Jan 1945, bound for Mindoro when Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) was bombed - rescued two survivors, left a whaleboat and rescue party, and on returning found three of her men killed by explosions aboard the burning carrier while several of Ommaney Bay's men were picked up by the whaleboat; patrolled Mangarin Bay during the Mindoro landings and escorted two supply convoys Subic Bay-Mindoro; Philippines local escort/patrol out of Subic Bay for the remainder of the war; sailed for Okinawa 27 Aug (convoy through a typhoon, arrived 8 Sep), rescued six men from a downed aircraft on a second voyage; arrived San Diego 23 Oct 1945; placed out of commission in reserve there 14 May 1946; four battle stars for World War II.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; wartime crew (complement 186 per DANFS)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, construction milestones, and service history - it contains no materials or asbestos information and does not print laid-down or stricken/sold dates on the NHHC page. The stricken/sold supplement appears only in the print edition's bracketed addendum (see ev-04). Casualty figure ('three of her men') conflicts with Wikipedia's 'two' - DANFS carried, conflict in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eichenberger-de202-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Destroyer Escort Photo Archive - USS Eichenberger (DE 202) building and operational data (Wayback capture 2024-12-10; live fetch failed) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-202 page: 'Building and Operational Data' block + specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource building/operational record for this hull: keel laid 15 April 1943 by Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.; launched and christened 22 July 1943, sponsor Mrs. Phyllis Louise (Parman) Eichenberger of Homestead, Fla. (the namesake's widow); commissioned at Charleston Navy Yard 17 November 1943 (Lcdr. N. Harrell); decommissioned at San Diego 14 May 1946 after 2 years 6 months of service and 120,357 miles steamed; inactivation completed at San Diego 19 July 1946 and hull assigned to Submarine Group Two, San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet; struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1 December 1972; sold for scrapping 1 November 1973 to National Metal and Steel Corp., Terminal Island, Los Angeles. Specs (compiled): displacement 1,400 t light / 1,740 t full; 300' wl / 306' oa; beam 36'9" extreme; draft 10'6" limit; 2 'D' Express boilers, GE turbines with electric drive, 12,000 shp, 2 screws; 24 kt; range 6,000 nm at 12 kt; complement 15 officers / 198 enlisted; awards include Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive), Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 4 stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; wartime crew; San Diego inactivation workforce 1946; National Metal & Steel scrapping trades 1973
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (volunteer archive), not an official record - its laid-down date (15 Apr 1943) is the only source located for that milestone and is flagged as such in gaps. Its scrapping-sale date (1 Nov 1973) conflicts with the DANFS bracket's 27 Nov 1973 - conflict flagged in gaps, possible sale-vs-delivery distinction. Specs differ slightly from DANFS (draft, displacement, complement). No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eichenberger-de202-02
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[4]NHHC, United States Naval Aviation 1910-1995, Appendix 12 'Ships Named for Naval Aviators' (p. 603): 'Eichenberger (DE 202) - ENS Charles E. Eichenberger, USNR - 17 Nov 1943' (live PDF URL 404s; Wayback capture 2015-01-23, text extracted via pdftotext) [other_primary]
- Locator
- United States Naval Aviation 1910-1995, Appendix 12, p. 603
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NHHC publication confirms this hull's identity: USS Eichenberger (DE 202) listed among ships named for naval aviators - namesake ENS Charles E. Eichenberger, USNR; commissioning date column reads 17 Nov 1943, matching DANFS.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Identity/namesake confirmation only - the appendix table gives ship name, namesake, and a date; it contains no service detail and no materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eichenberger-de202-03
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[5]DANFS print edition transcription (1969, Vol. 2, p. 332) via hazegray mirror at losthistory.net (hazegray.org live unreachable), including the editors' bracketed supplement citing K. Jack Bauer and Stephen S. Roberts, Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy 1775-1990, p. 228 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- de202.txt, bracketed disposition addendum
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS print text adds the disposition supplement absent from the NHHC web page: '[Stricken from the Navy Register on 1 December 1972, EICHENBERGER was sold on 27 November 1973.]' - sourced in the transcription to Bauer & Roberts, Register of Ships, p. 228. Same narrative otherwise matches the NHHC page verbatim.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1972-1973
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Print-edition transcription via mirror (hazegray content served from losthistory.net; hazegray.org itself unreachable this session). The 27 Nov 1973 sale date conflicts with NavSource's 1 Nov 1973 - unresolved, flagged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eichenberger-de202-04
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[6]ibiblio HyperWar, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' - DE-202 USS Eichenberger spec block (DANFS-derived) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DE-202 spec block, ibiblio USN ships index
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS-derived spec block for this hull: Buckley-class destroyer escort; displacement 1,673 t; length 306'; beam 36'10"; draft 13'6"; speed 23 kt; complement 15 officers, 198 enlisted; turbo-electric drive, 12,000 h.p.; 'Built at Charleston Navy Yard and commissioned 17 November 1943.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Secondary transcription of DANFS-era specification data; its figures (displacement 1,673 t, draft 13'6", complement 213 total) differ from the DANFS print spec block (1,400 t, 9'5", 186) - likely full-load vs design figures; carried as context, conflicts flagged in gaps. No materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eichenberger-de202-05
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[7]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table (shipscribe.com scan) pp. 234-235 - design groups 2-3 (TE) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 design-group table; class-f buckley-class.class.json member row DE-202
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official BuShips design data for the class this hull belongs to: destroyer-escort design groups 2-3 (TE turbo-electric) - 306 ft oa, ~1,400/1,450 t standard, 23.6 kt, 2 shafts, GE turbo-electric machinery 12,000 shp, two 'D' express-type boilers at 435 psi / 750 deg F superheat. Per the class profile's navypedia boiler-block map, the DE-199-213 block (including DE-202) is attributed Combustion Engineering boilers - unverified against contract documents.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945 (design data); 1943 (this hull's construction)
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation - the table does not name DE-202; it establishes the plant type installed on Buckley-class TE hulls. Boiler-manufacturer block attribution is navypedia-sourced and unverified (noted in the class profile as secondary).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eichenberger-de202-06
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[8]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 group-2/3 TE plant + DANFS construction record + Atlas shipyards.json 'charleston-naval-shipyard' yard record (tier 2; products incl. pipe insulation 5-50% asbestos, boiler external coatings 15% asbestos, gaskets, packing; yard-level litigation rows incl. Whalen 2014 and Twidwell 2018 verdicts) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips SDB 1945 group 2/3 rows; shipyards.json record 'charleston-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: DE-202 is a 1943-built Buckley TE hull - one of only two destroyer-escort designs (with John C. Butler WGT) carrying a full superheated steam plant - so period-standard asbestos applications would have included boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-line and turbine/machinery lagging, flange and valve gaskets, machinery packing, and fireproofing. The builder, Charleston Naval Shipyard, is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2) with asbestos products and asbestos litigation - yard-level documentation, not hull-level.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades (Apr-Nov 1943); wartime crew
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - nothing in this row is a ship-specific finding for DE-202. No material schedule, survey, or work package naming this hull was located. Yard-level products/litigation document conditions at Charleston Naval Shipyard generally, not necessarily aboard this hull during its 1943 build/fit-out.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eichenberger-de202-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweep: '"USS Eichenberger"' type=o (0 hits) and '"Eichenberger" asbestos' type=o (2 hits) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-eichenberger-de202-08 through -11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Exact-name sweep clean on both indexes: '"USS Eichenberger"' returns zero opinions AND zero RECAP dockets; '"Eichenberger" asbestos' returns two opinions, both person-name collisions, neither naming the vessel - Cement Asbestos Products Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., 592 F.2d 1144 (10th Cir. 1979) (surety-bond dispute; 'Eichenberger' is a person/company reference) and Stewart v. Woods Cove II, L.L.C., 2017-Ohio-8314 (Ohio Ct. App.) (tax-lien/property case). No opinion or docket located naming this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Exact-name sweeps on opinion and RECAP docket indexes are complete and clean. The surname-docket sweep ('Eichenberger' type=r) and hull-number opinion sweep ('DE-202') remain pending - the fleet pacing budget re-opened only long enough for the exact-name docket query; they stand as blocked/pending in the search ledger and should be re-run when budget recovers. Name-collision hits were classified from case metadata (case name, court, subject) - full-text review not performed; a buried vessel reference inside either opinion's body cannot be excluded.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eichenberger-de202-08
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[10]Batch-4119 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404; Wayback capture used); hazegray/losthistory DANFS transcription; ibiblio HyperWar; NavSource (Wayback); NHHC Naval Aviation App. 12; NVR ship-detail check; NARA catalog attempt; CourtListener opinion sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-eichenberger-de202-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat or disposal-condition disclosure, and no docketed litigation naming DE-202 found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull appears on law-firm marketing vessel lists (Shepard O'Donnell; mesotheliomahelp.org; freeasbestostesting.com; mesotheliomahope.com) that enumerate WWII destroyer escorts wholesale - a banned source category carried as negative context only.
- 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 - era construction makes period ACM plausible but ship-unproven. The hull was scrapped in 1973, so present-day ACM is moot. Does not establish or defeat any claim of individual exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eichenberger-de202-09
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[11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - product page (full text 403 to automated fetch; standing) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO program-level documentation of the Navy's asbestos-protection posture: standing 1975 policy 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 in-service hulls for decades.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level context only; not class- or hull-specific. Chronological mismatch for this hull - DE-202 was stricken 1972 and scrapped 1973, before the 1975 policy GAO describes; the row documents era policy, not conditions aboard this ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eichenberger-de202-10
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[12]Archival leads (unretrieved): NARA RG 24 deck logs and RG 38 war diary for DE-202 (1943-46); NARA RG 19 contract files / General Information Books for hull material specifications; NHHC photo NH 81346 (U.S. Naval Historical Center credit per NavSource); Charleston Naval Shipyard construction records for the DE-202 build block [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog search attempt (JS shell); NavSource photo credit NH 81346
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Standard NARA holdings for this hull - WWII deck logs (RG 24) and a 1944-45 war diary (RG 38) - are expected to exist but were not retrieved this session: catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered (fetch returns the SPA shell), API v1 is retired, and v2 requires a key not configured here. These leads are the likeliest source of any hull-level material or availability documentation.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Leads only - none of these records has been located, retrieved, or read; their existence is inferred from standard NARA/NHHC holdings for WWII destroyer escorts, not confirmed for DE-202 specifically.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eichenberger-de202-11