Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, Evans I (DD-78) (identity, specifications, builder, full service narrative, RN/RNoN/RCN service, paying off; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404; identical text mirrored at losthistory.net/hazegray DANFS mirror) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Evans' entry, ship I (DD-78) section - specifications block and full narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: Wickes class; dp. 1,090; l. 315'5"; b. 31'8"; dr. 9'; s. 32 k.; cpl. 100; a. 4 4", 12 21" tt. Launched 30 October 1918 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me.; sponsored by Mrs. D. N. Sewell, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans; commissioned 11 November 1918, Commander F. H. Sadler in command. Service: Azores shakedown; European waters June-August 1919; San Diego home port from November 1919; eastern Pacific training (Valparaiso to Astoria); reserve 6 October 1921; decommissioned 29 May 1922; recommissioned 1 April 1930; Naval Reserve training out of New York from 6 December 1930; San Diego/Battle Fleet from 26 March 1932; out of commission 31 March 1937 to 30 September 1939; Key West Neutrality Patrol from 11 December 1939; sailed for Halifax 24 September 1940; decommissioned and transferred to the Royal Navy 23 October 1940 under the destroyers-for-bases exchange. As HMS Mansfield: loaned to the exiled Royal Norwegian Navy December 1940-March 1942 (raid on a German-held fish-oil factory near Hammerfest; North Atlantic escort); then Royal Canadian Navy service with the Western Local Escort Force (Halifax, St. John's); reduced to care and maintenance at Halifax November 1943; paid off 22 June 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1917-1944
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1917-18; USN crews 1918-1940 (design complement 100); RNoN, RN, and RCN crews 1940-1944
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, specifications, and service history - it contains no materials or asbestos information. The entry is silent on the laid-down date, the USN striking date, and final disposal. Live NHHC page returns 404 (standing link-rot issue); a verbatim 2012 Wayback capture of the official NHHC page and the hazegray transcription mirror are cited instead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evans-dd78-01
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[2]Navy Department, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1919 edition (GPO, official USN publication; Google Books scan hosted at shipscribe.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1919 destroyer data table (Evans, DD-78, p.81 sequence) and machinery table (Parsons geared turbines / 4 Normand boilers / 27,000 shp / 24,660 trial)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy Department data for this hull: dates table gives Evans (DD-78) laid down 28 December 1917, launched 30 October 1918, commissioned 11 November 1918 - confirming the laid-down date that DANFS omits. Machinery table lists Evans (78): 2 screws, Parsons geared turbines, 4 Normand boilers, 27,000 shp designed (24,660 on trial); fleet assignment Pacific Fleet.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1917-1919
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1917-18; crew 1918-19
- Limitations
- Official contemporary USN tabulation; documents machinery and dates, not insulation materials or asbestos content. Ship-specific for machinery/specs only - it does not state what insulating products were installed aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evans-dd78-02
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[3]Government of Canada, Royal Canadian Navy 'Ships' histories' index (canada.ca, drawn mainly from Macpherson & Barrie, The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910-2002) [other_primary]
- Locator
- canada.ca Ships' histories index, M section (no 'Mansfield' listed)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official RCN ships'-histories index (covering 'all commissioned His/Her Majesty's Canadian Ships' since 1910) contains no Mansfield entry - corroborating that this hull was never commissioned as HMCS Mansfield. Her 1942-44 Canadian service was under RCN operational control with the Western Local Escort Force while she remained HMS Mansfield.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1940-1944
- Population
- RCN Western Local Escort Force crews 1942-1944
- Limitations
- Absence-in-index evidence only: confirms no HMCS commission, consistent with DANFS's 'transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy' wording and secondary sources describing 'operational control.' Does not date the control transfer (secondary sources give September 1942) and says nothing about materials or asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evans-dd78-03
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[4]Fleischer WE, Viles FJ Jr, et al., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28:9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 - the 1942 Harvard (Drinker) study documenting serious dust risk in naval-vessel pipe-covering work; + Atlas shipyard dataset record for Bath Iron Works (tier 2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PMID 21016030 (PubMed record); shipyards.json 'bath-iron-works' evidence rows ev-bath-iron-works-01/-02
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Wickes-class destroyer built 1917-18 with a four-boiler geared-turbine steam plant would have carried period-standard insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing. Builder Bath Iron Works is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2): a 1942 Harvard industrial-hygiene survey recorded 'fairly serious dust risk' at roughly ten times the safe threshold in pipe-covering shops during naval-vessel construction, and a 1987 OSHA health inspection returned an 80-percent asbestos bulk sample at the yard. The study and inspection postdate this hull's construction by a quarter-century and are yard-level, not hull-level, records.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1917-1918 (construction); 1942 (study); 1987 (OSHA inspection)
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades (era context); USN and Allied crews 1918-1944
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no source names this hull. The 1942 study and 1987 OSHA record postdate Evans's 1917-18 construction; WWII-era pipe-covering practice cannot be read backward onto this hull as a documented fact. Does not establish asbestos presence, quantity, products, or any individual exposure aboard DD-78.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evans-dd78-04
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[5]Batch-3751 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS (live 404; Wayback + hazegray mirror); Navy Department Ships' Data 1919/1945; NARA digitized deck-log index; canada.ca RCN ships' histories; NavSource photo index (secondary); CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-evans-dd78-01 through sl-uss-evans-dd78-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or material inventory naming DD-78 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was scrapped after paying off in 1944, so no present-day condition documentation can exist; no preservation-era hazmat disclosure exists.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove asbestos was absent aboard - era-consistent insulation practice makes period asbestos plausible but it is not ship-proven. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evans-dd78-05
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[6]CourtListener API v4 sweep: "USS Evans" asbestos opinions (0 hits); "USS Evans" opinions (2 hits, both name collisions); "aboard the Evans" opinions (0); "DD-78" opinions (4 hits, all name collisions); "HMS Mansfield" opinions (0); "USS Evans" RECAP dockets (0); "DD-78" RECAP dockets (40 hits, all name collisions) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search API results, queries logged in search_ledger sl-uss-evans-dd78-06 and sl-uss-evans-dd78-09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located in CourtListener opinion or RECAP docket indexes. "USS Evans" exact-phrase returned 2 opinion hits, both classified name collisions: King v. United States, 19 Cl. Ct. 703 (1990) - a BCNR promotion/retirement case reciting the officer's service history (any 'USS Evans' aboard which an officer served before a FY1984 retirement postdates DD-78's US service, which ended October 1940); United States v. Boehm, 17 C.M.A. 530 (C.M.A. 1968) - a Navy courts-martial (in 1968 the only commissioned 'USS Evans' was DE-1023). "DD-78" returned 4 opinion hits, all non-maritime string collisions (Ohio attorney-discipline and reapportionment cases in which 'DD-78' is a filing/document reference). "USS Evans" asbestos and "aboard the Evans" returned 0. "HMS Mansfield" returned 0 (US indexes; the ship's RN/RNoN/RCN phases are outside US court coverage). RECAP: "USS Evans" 0 hits; "DD-78" 40 hits, all docket-number string collisions ('DD' docket codes; insurance, e-commerce, bankruptcy, family matters), none maritime.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27 (sweep); exposure period 1918-1940 (USN) / 1940-1944 (RN/RNoN/RCN)
- Limitations
- Sweep covers CourtListener's opinion index (type=o) and RECAP docket index (type=r). A veteran claiming 1918-1940 exposure aboard this hull could appear in records not indexed by vessel name; absence of a located hit is not proof none exists. Two later US Navy hulls share the name (DD-552, DE-1023) plus near-name Frank E. Evans DD-754 - name-match discipline applies to any future hit.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evans-dd78-06