Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet hr-packet.md (11 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-evans-de1023-pkt-hr-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Evans III (DE-1023) (NHHC, published 8 July 2015; live page returns 404 - Wayback capture 2021-01-21) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Evans III (DE-1023)', namesake paragraphs + specifications block + service narrative (ends 1960)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesakes disambiguated - DD-78 and DD-552 honored Rear Admiral Robley Dunglison Evans (1846-1912); DE-1023 was named for Commander Ernest Edwin Evans (born 13 August 1908, Pawnee, Okla.; USNA 1931; commanded Alden DD-211 and Johnston DD-557; posthumous Medal of Honor for the Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944). The third Evans (DE-1023) was launched 14 September 1955 by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co., Seattle, Wash.; sponsored by Mrs. H. Hendrickson; commissioned 14 June 1957, Lieutenant Commander H. F. Wiley in command. Specifications block: dp. 1,270; l. 314'6"; b. 36'9"; dr. 9'1"; s. 25 k.; cpl. 170; a. Classified; cl. Evans. Narrative: arrived San Diego home port 4 August 1957, shakedown on the west coast; first lengthy deployment 21 January-27 June 1958 with Commander, Naval Forces Marianas administering Pacific trust territories, visiting Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines and training with the navy of the Republic of Korea; second Far East tour 8 January-13 June 1959 with a 7 February Leyte Gulf memorial service for Commander Evans, exercises with the Republic of the Philippines navy, Taiwan Strait patrols, Hong Kong station-ship duty, and Okinawa exercises; sailed 14 April 1960 on a WestPac tour to 21 July 1960, then west-coast operations for the remainder of the year.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1955-1960
- Population
- Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging construction trades 1955-57; crew (design complement ~170) 1957-1973
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The narrative ends December 1960 - the entire post-1960 record (Vietnam-era deployments, 1968 Naval Reserve Force transfer, 1973 decommissioning) is not covered by the entry. The data block's 'cl. Evans' is a DANFS labeling quirk for this SCB 72 hull - reconciled against secondary sources in gaps. No laid-down date is given (1955-04-08 rests on secondary sources). Live NHHC page returns 404 as of 2026-09-28; Wayback capture of the official page cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evans-de1023-01
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[3]NARA, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' index page - Evans (DE-1023) entry (Commission: June 1957; Decommission: December 1973) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov deck-log index, 'Evans (DE-1023)' accordion (Jun 1957-Dec 1970 monthly links)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NARA index of fully digitized Navy deck logs lists Evans (DE-1023) with monthly log records covering June 1957 through December 1970, each linked to an individual National Archives Catalog record (e.g., June 1957 = catalog.archives.gov/id/219552068). These logs are the hull-level primary record of operations, availabilities, and yard periods for the covered span.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-1970 (coverage)
- Population
- Crew 1957-1970 (log subjects); researchers
- Limitations
- The index documents that digitized deck logs exist for June 1957-December 1970; it does not cover the Naval Reserve Force years 1971-December 1973 (nor the pre-commissioning fit-out period), and the log images themselves were not reviewed in this batch. Deck logs record movements and events, not asbestos content; any use of them for materials claims would require reading the underlying images.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evans-de1023-02
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[4]NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Index, DE-1023 USS Evans (volunteer photographic archive: specifications block, building/operational data, awards ribbon bar, photo captions incl. official U.S. Navy photographs) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 06/06021023 specifications and 'Evans (DE 1023) Building and Operational Data' block; ribbon bar
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary building/disposal record for this hull: keel laid 8 April 1955 at Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co., Seattle, Wash.; launched and christened 14 September 1955, sponsored by Mrs. Hugh Hendrickson of Tulsa, Okla., Commander Evans' sister; commissioned 14 June 1957, Lcdr. H. F. Wiley in command, assigned to San Diego as a unit of Escort Squadron 3; 1 February 1968 CortRon 3 disestablished, transferred to DesRon 31 (CruDesFlot 9); September 1968 assigned to the Naval Reserve Force as a unit of ResDesRon 27 at Seattle, Wash.; April 1971 reassigned to DesRon 37-NRF at Seattle; decommissioned 3 December 1973 after 15 years and 6 2/3 months of service; struck from the NVR 12 December 1973; sold for scrapping 16 August 1974. Specifications block (secondary): Courtney class, SCB No. 72/1954-55, 10 in class; 1,314 tons light / 1,877 full; 308' wl / 314'6" oa; beam 36'9"; draft 19'6" limit; 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers, 1 De Laval geared turbine, 20,000 shp, 1 shaft; 26 kts; 6,000 nm @ 12 kt; complement 12/161; 4 x 3"/50 Mk33 (2x2), 1 Mk108 ASW rocket launcher, 6 x 12.75" Mk32 torpedo tubes (2x3); SPS-5/SPS-6C radars, SQS-4 sonar, Mk63 GFCS, Mk105 UBFCS. Ribbon bar lists National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with 1 star, Vietnam Service Medal with 2 stars, and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1955-1974
- Population
- Crew 1957-1973; Naval Reserve Force personnel 1968-1973
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer photographic archive, not an official record: the 8 April 1955 keel date, propulsion/armament figures, complement 12/161, 26-kt speed, and the squadron/NRF assignment dates have no primary document located here (DANFS omits a keel date and reads cpl. 170, s. 25 k. - conflicts carried in gaps). The awards display confirms Vietnam-era service but individual deployment chronology rests on secondary compilations. No materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evans-de1023-03
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[5]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, USN Ships by Hull Number, DE-700 through DE-1107 listing (ibiblio HyperWar mirror of history.navy.mil page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Library DE-700-DE-1107 hull list, 'DE-1023: Evans (1957-1974)'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NHHC hull-number listing records 'DE-1023: Evans (1957-1974)' - corroborating the hull identity and its 1957-1974 Navy custody span; the listing carries no photo link and no further detail for this ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-1974
- Limitations
- Index-level corroboration only: establishes the hull's existence and service span in the official catalog but nothing else - no materials, no asbestos content, no imagery. The 1974 end year reflects disposal; decommissioning was December 1973.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evans-de1023-04
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[6]Destroyer History Foundation (Tin Can Sailors), 'Dealey-class ocean escorts in the cold war' (secondary synthesis citing Bauer & Roberts, Friedman, Silverstone); corroborated by navypedia.org class table and shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net DE table (Puget Sound Bridge yard no. 99) [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyerhistory.org/coldwar/dealeyclass/ (design narrative); navypedia.org/ships/usa/us_de_dealey.htm (class table); shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net DE table (DE-1023, yard no. 99)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class-design record: the Dealey-family ships were the Navy's first post-WWII 'ocean escorts,' designed from September 1949 as low-cost, mass-producible ASW escorts (final design SCB 72) with a flush-deck hull, aluminum superstructure, steam turbine machinery and a single screw; 20,000 shp gave a ~27-knot design speed. The DE-1021-1030 group (Courtney, Lester, Evans, Bridget, Bauer, Hooper, John Willis, Van Voorhis, Hartley, Joseph K. Taussig) is styled 'Courtney class' by NavSource and NavalCoverMuseum and folded into the Dealey class by Wikipedia and navypedia; DE-1023 Evans was built at Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging (yard hull no. 99). The class transferred/retired 1972-74 as the Knox class entered service.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1949-1974
- Population
- Class construction trades and crews, 1952-1974
- Limitations
- Secondary synthesis, not an official record: class-level design facts are shared context; the Dealey-vs-Courtney class naming is unresolved across sources (NavSource 'Courtney' / NavalCoverMuseum 'Courtney' / Wikipedia and navypedia 'Dealey' / DANFS data block 'cl. Evans') - carried as 'Courtney class (SCB 72; Dealey family)'. Whether this hull received any FRAM/ASROC-era modernization is unverified - NavSource's spec block lists the as-built SQS-4 sonar fit. No materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evans-de1023-05
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[7]GAO HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (18 October 1979), incl. Navy enclosure Ser 4542/318054 (5 Jan 1979) and Ser 454D/318571 (8 Feb 1979) (product page + prior verified full-text extraction of the same document in batches 3922/3940/3948; live gao.gov 403 to automated fetch) [gao]
- Locator
- HRD-80-2 enclosure I (5 Jan 1979 letter + cost table); enclosure II (8 Feb 1979 insulation-weight letter)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Navy program-level record bounding this hull's construction and service era: the Navy's 5 Jan 1979 enclosure states 'each ship has several types of asbestos containing materials installed' and 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos,' citing deck tiling, galley-range cabling, piping gaskets and packing, and equipment brakes and clutches, and judging it 'nearly impossible to build a Navy ship free of the mineral.' The report documents the 1973 asbestos-free specification change with contract-by-contract transition and asbestos-insulated deliveries continuing to May 1978, and the 1975 policy under which asbestos insulation was removed/replaced only when damaged or removed for repairs (modified 1979 to add selective replacement in high-maintenance areas). This hull was designed under SCB 72 (1954-55 program), built 1955-57, and stricken December 1973 - entirely within the pre-transition era in which asbestos applications were specification-standard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1978-1979 (review period); hull era 1955-1973
- Population
- Navy ship crews and shipyard repair workers, 1970s
- Limitations
- Program-level: names no individual hull and gives no DE-1023/Courtney-class insulation quantity; the 'all ships' statement is fleet-level and post-dates this hull's striking. Establishes that in-service Navy ships of this era generally carried asbestos-containing applications, not what was aboard DE-1023 specifically. Live gao.gov blocked to automated fetch - text relied on via product description and prior verified extraction of the same document in earlier batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evans-de1023-06
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[8]NavSource specifications block (Courtney class SCB 72; 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers, 1 De Laval geared turbine, 20,000 shp, 1 shaft) + Atlas shipyard dataset: puget-sound-bridge-dredging (tier 3; Lockwood v. AC & S, Inc., 109 Wn.2d 235, 744 P.2d 605 (1987) - Raymark asbestos products and asbestos pipe insulation documented in a 1947-48 liner conversion at this yard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-1023 specifications block; shipyards.json record 'puget-sound-bridge-dredging'; Lockwood v. AC & S, 109 Wn.2d 235 (1987)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a single-screw steam-plant destroyer escort built 1955-57 - two Foster-Wheeler boilers feeding one De Laval geared turbine - would have carried period-standard asbestos applications: thermal insulation on boilers, turbine, machinery, piping and ventilation ducting, gaskets and packing, deck coverings, and fireproofing, consistent with the Navy's own 1979 statements (ev-06) that all in-service ships contained asbestos in multiple applications and that asbestos-free specifications began only in 1973. Builder Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 3; the Lockwood litigation documents Raymark asbestos products and asbestos insulation on pipes and steam turbines in a 1947-48 liner conversion at the yard - a decade before this hull's construction, demonstrating the yard's era asbestos use).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1955-1974
- Population
- Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging construction trades 1955-57; crew 1957-1973; Naval Reserve Force personnel 1968-73
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific finding. The Navy's 'all ships' statement is fleet-level; no Courtney/Dealey-class insulation quantity exists in reviewed sources. The Lockwood record documents asbestos use at the yard in 1947-48, not on this 1955-57 hull. Whether and where ACM was aboard at the December 1973 decommissioning or through the 1974 scrapping is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evans-de1023-07
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[9]NARA, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' (military-records research guide) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guided-topic page, 'Bureau of Ships ... Correspondence' and series accordions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official research guide for documenting whether a particular U.S. naval vessel carried asbestos: directs researchers to RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships) general/confidential correspondence 1940-1961, filed under the Navy Filing Manual by hull designation (for this hull, 'DE1023') and by class correspondence, with private-yard correspondence filed under 'QM' (e.g., QM/Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging); also covers plans, specifications and related series. This hull's construction period (laid down 1955, built 1955-1957) falls inside the guide's 1940-1961 coverage window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1940-1961 (records scope)
- Population
- Researchers; NARA reference staff
- Limitations
- A research guide, not a record: it documents where hull-level material specifications would be found but contains no DE-1023 content. No RG 19 file for this hull was examined in this batch. RG 24 deck logs for this hull (Jun 1957-Dec 1970 digitized) are an additional unretrieved lead (ev-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evans-de1023-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 search sweep for this hull: "USS Evans" opinion search returned 2 results, both non-qualifying name collisions; "USS Evans" docket (RECAP) search returned 0 results; "DE-1023" opinion search returned 3 results and "DE-1023" docket search returned 53 results, all identifier collisions in unrelated dockets [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search: type=o q="USS Evans" (count=2, clusters 6930282, 8596824); type=r q="USS Evans" (count=0); type=o q="DE-1023" (count=3, clusters 2312882, 690320, 411671); type=r q="DE-1023" (count=53, identifier collisions)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos-litigation result naming this hull was returned by the completed CourtListener queries. "USS Evans" opinions (count=2): King v. United States, 19 Cl. Ct. 703 (1990) - a Navy personnel/BCNR promotion-retirement dispute with the vessel reference incidental to service history; United States v. Boehm, 17 C.M.A. 530 (1968) - a court-martial with any vessel reference incidental; neither is asbestos litigation (same classifications reached in batch-3523 for the DD-552 record). "USS Evans" dockets (type=r): count=0. "DE-1023" opinions (count=3): CBS Broadcasting v. Echostar (S.D. Fla. 2006, media contract dispute), United States v. Clemmons (7th Cir. 1995, criminal), Kadair v. Sony (5th Cir. 1983, dealer contract suit) - all bare-identifier collisions, no vessel or asbestos content. "DE-1023" dockets (count=53): the sampled first page is entirely identifier collisions - the token appears as an exhibit/document/docket-number fragment in unrelated matters (Apple v. Corellium flsd; United States v. Esformes flsd; United States v. Constantinescu nysd; Cook Inlet Energy akb; Specialty Hospital dcb; and similar criminal, bankruptcy, and contract dockets); one asbestos-context docket (Adams v. Cooper Industries, E.D. Ky. 2003) carries the token as a probable exhibit identifier rather than a hull reference.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026 (search)
- Population
- n/a (search sweep)
- Limitations
- Substantially complete sweep: the '"Evans" asbestos' opinion query remained blocked by the fleet-wide request pacing limiter across spaced attempts and is logged pending, not as a negative result. The DE-1023 docket index (count=53) was classified from the sampled first page; deeper pages were not enumerated but the collision mechanism (bare identifier matching document numbers) is established. 'Evans' is a high-collision name - a common surname plus three other commissioned USN hulls bearing the name (DD-78 1918-1940, DD-552 1943-1945, Frank E. Evans DD-754 1945-1969); bare-name hits in postwar exposure windows (1957-1973) could be referable to this hull or DD-754 and require per-case hull attribution. A zero result does not prove no litigation naming the vessel exists outside CourtListener's coverage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evans-de1023-09
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[11]Batch-3955 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live/Wayback), NHHC Online Library hull listing, NARA deck-log index and asbestos research guide, NavSource building data, Atlas shipyard dataset, GAO HRD-80-2, open-web sweep, CourtListener via cl-auth-search.py [other_primary]
- Locator
- this record, search_ledger
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-1023: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, sampling study, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming the hull exists in the sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was decommissioned December 1973 and sold for scrapping August 1974 - after the Navy's 1973 asbestos-free specification change but before modern asbestos regulation; the breaker's yard is unidentified and no disposal/abatement record was located. The ship-specific records found (DANFS, NHHC hull listing, NARA deck-log index, NavSource building data) document construction, service, and disposal - not materials or asbestos content.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1955-57 steam escort of this design would be expected to carry era-standard insulated fit (ev-06, ev-07), but that expectation is inference, not documentation. Unindexed dockets, unreported settlements, and state-court matters are not excluded by a negative sweep. The 1974 scrapping contractor and yard would hold the likeliest remaining exposure-event documentation - not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evans-de1023-10