Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet kb-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced).
- Evidence ID
- uss-fleming-de32-pkt-kb-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), Fleming I (DE-32) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block and service-history narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS identifies this ship as Fleming (DE-32), an Evarts-class destroyer escort launched 16 June 1943 by Mare Island Navy Yard and commissioned 18 September 1943. It served on patrol and escort assignments in the Pacific, supported operations around Guam and Okinawa, and received four battle stars for World War II service. DANFS gives design complement 156, displacement 1,140 tons, length 289 feet, beam 35 feet 1 inch, and draft 8 feet 3 inches. It was decommissioned 10 November 1945 and sold 29 January 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Naval crew, 1943-1945
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, history, and stated ship particulars; it contains no asbestos survey, asbestos product identification, exposure finding, machinery specification, or documentation of the vessel's condition after its 1948 sale.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fleming-de32-01
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[3]NAVSEA, Naval Ships' Technical Manual, Chapter 050, Readiness and Care of Inactive Ships, revision 3 (1 May 2005), section 050-7.2.7 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chapter 050, section 050-7.2.7, Handling and Removal of Asbestos Materials
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NAVSEA states that past naval shipbuilding programs extensively used asbestos in shipboard installations including thermal insulation and deck tile, and gives examples of asbestos forms including pipe covering and gaskets. This is general Navy program context relevant to archival research into a World War II naval vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- General historical statement; manual dated 2005
- Population
- Navy inactive ships generally
- Limitations
- The manual is a general safety and inactive-ship reference published decades after Fleming's construction; it does not name Fleming, the Evarts class, Mare Island, or this hull's specifications. It does not establish asbestos presence, product, quantity, condition, or exposure aboard this ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fleming-de32-02
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[4]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard U.S. Naval Vessel up through 1961, research guide [other_primary]
- Locator
- Sections 'Navy Records' and 'Records of the Bureau of Ships'; S39 and S48 drawing-series discussion
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA identifies Navy ship engineering drawings and Bureau of Ships specifications as research avenues for determining whether a particular naval vessel had asbestos material aboard, including drawing series for insulation and lagging (S39) and piping (S48). This identifies records to seek for hull-level verification; no Fleming-specific file was retrieved in this batch.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- Records through 1961
- Limitations
- A research guide and archival lead, not evidence of asbestos aboard Fleming. It does not report a search result for this hull or identify specific materials used in it.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fleming-de32-03
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[5]Batch 4221 source review and search ledger for USS Fleming (DE-32) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-fleming-de32-01 through sl-uss-fleming-de32-04
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, or asbestos finding was located in the NHHC DANFS, NARA research guide, and NAVSEA material reviewed for this batch. CourtListener litigation status is unresolved: the required authenticated exact-name and hull-number searches could not complete because the fleet-wide limiter reported its request budget temporarily spent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- Sources reviewed through 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- This is a bounded search result, not proof that no asbestos material existed or that no litigation names the vessel. CourtListener did not return a search result; no conclusion of 'no result' is made. Hull-level archival specifications and litigation records remain open research tasks.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fleming-de32-04