Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet kt-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: verdict: **VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-evarts-de5-pkt-kt-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Evarts (DE-5) (namesake, builder, dates, convoy-escort service narrative, decommission and disposal; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404; Wayback capture of history.navy.mil page dated 2025-01-26 confirms identical text) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + namesake paragraph + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 7 December 1942 by Boston Navy Yard as BDE-5, intended for transfer to Great Britain, retained for U.S. Navy use; commissioned 15 April 1943, Lt. Comdr. C. B. Henriques, USNR, in command. Antisubmarine training and radar experiments in Chesapeake Bay; convoy escort flying the flag of Commander, Escort Division 5; five Casablanca voyages; departed Norfolk 22 April 1944 on first Bizerte run and joined the antiaircraft barrage against a heavy torpedo-plane attack; on 29 May 1944 detached to aid torpedoed Block Island (CVE-21, sunk) and Barr (DE-576), screening Barr under tow to Casablanca; further Bizerte, Palermo, and three Oran runs. Escort duty ended 11 June 1945; submarine-exercise target at New London; arrived New York 11 September; decommissioned 2 October 1945; scrapped 12 July 1946. One battle star for WWII. Namesake Lt.(j.g.) Milo Burnell Evarts, killed aboard Boise (CL-47) at Cape Esperance 11-12 October 1942, posthumous Navy Cross. Specs block: 1,140 tons; 289'5"; 35'1"; 8'3"; 21 kt; complement 156; 3x3", 8 dcp, 1 dcp (hh), 2 dct; class Evarts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew (design complement 156)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history, namesake, and specifications - not materials or asbestos content. DANFS omits the laid-down and stricken dates (laid down is corroborated by NHHC's Mediterranean Convoys appendix, ev-02; stricken remains unverified, in gaps). HyperWar transcription contains an OCR typo ('29 Mary 1944'); the NHHC page text (via Wayback capture 2025-01-26) reads '29 May 1944'. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evarts-de5-01
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[3]NHHC, The Mediterranean Convoys 1943-44 (ONI Combat Narratives, WWII 75th Anniversary Commemorative Series, NHHC 2020, ISBN 978-1-943604-67-8) - ship appendix p. 36 and UGS-40 escort unit list pp. 25-28 (live URL 404; Wayback capture 2025-12-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Appendix 'Ships and Other Vessels' p. 36 (Evarts entry); 'The Attack on Convoy UGS-40' pp. 25-28 (escort unit list)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NHHC combat narrative corroborates this hull: appendix ship summary reads 'Name: Evarts (DE-5); Laid down: 17 October 1942; Launched: 7 December 1942; Commissioned: 15 April 1943; Fate: Survived the war' and notes Evarts escorted convoys to Casablanca and Bizerte, including UGS-40, and received one battle star. The UGS-40 section lists 'USS Evarts, Lt. Comdr. Francis A. Harding' among CTF 61 (Lt. James M. Robertson) escort units for the three-wave torpedo-plane attack on 11 May 1944 (~30 aircraft) in which no convoy ship or escort was lost or damaged - the attack DANFS describes as 'two days before reaching' Bizerte.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Wartime crew under Lt. Comdr. Francis A. Harding (UGS-40 action)
- Limitations
- Official secondary source confirms construction dates and UGS-40 participation; it carries no materials, machinery, or asbestos information. The live NHHC PDF URL returns 404; the Wayback capture was used for verification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evarts-de5-02
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[4]NPS / Boston National Historical Park, Stephen P. Carlson, 'Ships Built by the Charlestown Navy Yard' (2005) - gallery entry for USS Evarts (DE-5) [nps]
- Locator
- Gallery section, USS Evarts (DE-5) caption block (BOSTS-11075); appendix listing 'No Name (BDE-5), see Evarts'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NPS Boston NHP publication records: 'The need of the Navy for anti-submarine convoy escorts was so great that seven of the twelve escort vessels laid down by the Navy Yard in 1942 for the British under the Lend-Lease Act were retained by the United States. The first of these ships, USS Evarts, is seen in Boston Harbor on April 19, 1943, four days after her commissioning.' Confirms the builder yard and the Lend-Lease origin of this hull (built as BDE-5).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1943
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43
- Limitations
- Yard-history context confirms builder and Lend-Lease provenance; it carries no materials or asbestos information. The original nps.gov URL (parkhistory/online_books/bost/bosthips.pdf) now redirects to a generic page; the identical PDF is served via the GPO PURL cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evarts-de5-03
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[5]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, photo caption NH 107099 (verbatim transcription; live NHHC photo page serves 404) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NH 107099 picture data page, Online Library of Selected Images (ibiblio mirror)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official U.S. Navy photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command: USS Evarts (DE-5) underway at sea eastwards from Boston, Massachusetts (position 42 13'N, 69 10'W) on 19 August 1944, photographed from a blimp of squadron ZP-11, wearing what appears to be Camouflage Measure 31 or 32, Design 10D. Documents this hull in active Atlantic service in mid-1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Wartime crew aboard, 19 August 1944
- Limitations
- Photo caption documents identity, location, and camouflage of the hull on one date - no materials, machinery, or asbestos information. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC photo page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evarts-de5-04
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[6]DANFS specifications block and build record (Evarts class; Boston Navy Yard; launched 7 December 1942, commissioned 15 April 1943; 21 kt) + Atlas shipyard dataset, boston-naval-shipyard record (tier-3 asbestos-era yard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block + narrative; shipyards.json record 'boston-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: an Evarts-class destroyer escort completed 1942-43 in a U.S. Navy yard would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel-electric ship - exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, brake linings, and deck/bulkhead coverings - but no boilers or steam lagging, the largest asbestos categories of steam ships; builder Boston Naval Shipyard is documented as a tier-3 asbestos-era yard in the Atlas dataset (yard-level John Crane gasket/sealing litigation record).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew 1943-45
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No primary source names asbestos materials aboard this hull; the diesel-electric (GMT/'short hull') plant detail rests on standard references and is unverified against an official source (see gaps). Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evarts-de5-05
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[7]Batch-4347 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS transcription and Wayback verification; NHHC combat narrative; NPS yard history; NHHC Online Library photo caption; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries (type=o and type=r); NARA catalog API; NavSource compilation review [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-evarts-de5-01 through sl-uss-evarts-de5-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-5: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, disposal hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Evarts was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was scrapped 12 July 1946 - decades before the Navy's asbestos-control programs and before modern hazmat documentation existed - so this negative finding is expected rather than probative.
- 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 1942-43 Navy-yard build is era-consistent with asbestos use, but no primary source names materials on this hull. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evarts-de5-06
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[8]NARA holdings leads: RG 24 (WWII deck logs for commissioned USN vessels, College Park - not digitized); RG 19 Bureau of Ships General Information Books / ship plan records (per-vessel material specifications lead); Navy Department, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels 1945 Vol. 1, NAVSHIPS 250-010 (escort-vessel characteristics; scan at shipscribe.com is image-only, not OCR'd) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 24 / RG 19 series descriptions; NAVSHIPS 250-010 scan index (shipscribe.com)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level records not yet retrieved: DE-5's wartime deck logs should sit in NARA RG 24; per-hull material and machinery specifications may exist in RG 19 General Information Books or BuShips plan files; the 1945 Ships' Data (NAVSHIPS 250-010) escort-vessel section would carry the official machinery listing for this hull (the available scan is image-only and was not OCR'd).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Leads only - holdings not retrieved or confirmed for this hull; existence of the record series is documented, presence of DE-5-specific content within them is not. NARA catalog API returned an empty/key-gated response during this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-evarts-de5-07