Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet ai-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERDICT: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-francovich-apd116-pkt-ai-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Francovich (APD-116), 1945-1964 (NHHC; live page 404 - Wayback capture 2024-12-09 cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS 'Francovich (APD-116)' entry, namesake section + spec block + service narrative (Wayback capture 2024-12-09)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake AMM1c Albert Anthony Francovich (Navy Cross, posthumous - killed 6 Sep 1942 as plane captain of PBY Catalina BuNo 2450, Patrol Squadron 11, in engagement with a Kawanishi H6K); spec block (displacement 1,390; length 306'; beam 37'; draft 12'7"; speed 24 kt; complement 204; troops 162; armament 1 5-inch, 6 40mm, 6 20mm, 2 depth charge tracks; class Crosley); laid down 19 April 1945 at Hingham, Mass., by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched 5 June 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Mary F. Edmunds, sister of the namesake; commissioned 6 September 1945 (Lt. Cmdr. Malcolm R. MacLean, USNR); marine-railway inspection at Boston Naval Shipyard 11-14 September; shakedown out of Guantanamo Bay through October 1945 (with sister Rogers Blood APD-115, CGC Pontchartrain, submarines Irex SS-482 and Odax SS-484, destroyers Ernest G. Small DD-838, John R. Craig DD-855, Cone DD-866, Power DD-839, Orleck DD-886, APD-89 Ruchamkin); Kingston, Jamaica, port visit 20-21 October; 90 passengers carried Guantanamo to Norfolk (arrived 28 October); Norfolk Naval Shipyard Dry Dock No. 3, 30 October-7 November; arrived Green Cove Springs, Fla., 18 November 1945 to assist inactivation of ships readied for reserve; placed out of commission in reserve there 29 April 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard construction trades (1945); crew of ~204 (12 officers/192 enlisted) plus up to 162 embarked troops and transient passengers
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC page returns 404 (standing link rot) - verbatim Wayback capture of the official page cited; NavSource and the legacy DANFS transcription corroborate all dates.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-francovich-apd116-01
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[3]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Francovich (APD-116) building/operational data + APD specification block [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/04/04116, data block + APD specifications table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource operational record for this hull: laid down 19 April 1945 as Francovich (DE-606), a Rudderow-class destroyer escort, at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Co., Hingham MA; launched 5 June 1945; redesignated a Crosley-class high speed transport 17 July 1945; commissioned 6 September 1945 (LCDR Malcolm R. MacLean, USNR); decommissioned 29 April 1946 at Green Cove Springs FL; laid up Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs; struck from the Naval Register 1 April 1964; sold for scrapping May 1965. APD spec block: 1,630 t light/2,130 t full; 306' ovl; 37' beam; 12'7" draft; 23.6 kt trial; 6,000 nm at 12 kt; complement 12 officers/192 enlisted; troop accommodations 12 officers/150 enlisted; four LCVP; propulsion 2 Babcock & Wilcox 'D' Express boilers 435 psi/750 F, 2 GE turbines turbo-electric drive, 12,000 shp, 2 shafts. Awards: American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945-1965
- Population
- Crew 204; troop capacity 162
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled archive (secondary transcription level); all dates concur with DANFS. Documents history/specs, not materials. Its '17 July 1945' redesignation date conflicts with the legacy DANFS transcription's '17 July 1944' - sister hull Rogers Blood (DE-605/APD-115, same yard) also reads 17 July 1945; the 1945 date carried, conflict in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-francovich-apd116-02
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[4]Consolidated era inference - NavSource APD spec block (this hull's plant) + Bureau of Ships Manual ch. 39 'Thermal Insulation' NAVSHIPS 250-000(39) (24 Aug 1945) + Navy Dept asbestos insulating-felt spec family 32F3 (document suite identified in Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec exhibit list, W.D. Wash. 2:17-cv-00537) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Spec suite per Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec exhibit-list identifications (class profile verification 2026-09-16); NAVSHIPS 250-000(39) itself not retrieved this session
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull is a TEV-type steam escort/transport completed mid-1945 - two Babcock & Wilcox 'D' express superheated boilers (435 psi, 750 F) feeding GE turbo-electric drive (12,000 shp, 2 shafts) - inside the peak naval asbestos era. The documented Navy insulation suite in force while this hull was being built and fitted out (BuShips Manual ch. 39 'Thermal Insulation' NAVSHIPS 250-000(39), dated 24 August 1945, issued during her post-launch outfitting window; the Navy Department asbestos insulating-felt specification family 32F3) covered boiler/machinery insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings for exactly this plant type.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Construction trades at Bethlehem-Hingham (1945); crew/engineering ratings (1945-46)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - the spec documents establish what the Navy's specifications called for on this plant type, not what was installed aboard this specific hull; no ship-specific materials schedule, survey, or inventory was located. Establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-francovich-apd116-03
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[5]Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC, W.D. Wash. No. 2:17-cv-00537 - praecipe/pretrial order materials, ECF 738 att. 1 (verified in class-f/john-c-butler-class.class.json, 2026-09-16) [court_record]
- Locator
- W.D. Wash. 2:17-cv-00537, ECF 738 att. 1 (exhibit list)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Class-level litigation context: pretrial materials in Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec name USS Brannon (DE-446), a sister steam-plant destroyer escort, and recite the plaintiff's theory that a Griscom-Russell evaporator was supplied to Navy specification 'without insulation' and insulated by others - with an expert witness list citing the controlling insulation document suite (NAVSHIPS 250-000(39); spec 32F3a 'Felt, Insulating, Asbestos' 15 Oct 1945). Establishes the litigation posture of this escort family without asserting anything about this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2017 (litigation); 1943-45 (construction era)
- Population
- n/a (context row)
- Limitations
- Pretrial-order/exhibit-list level, naming a different hull (DE-446) of a different escort subclass (John C. Butler, WGT geared turbines - this hull is Rudderow/Crosley TEV turbo-electric); allegation-level only, no adjudicated finding aboard any hull, and nothing naming APD-116/DE-606.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-francovich-apd116-04
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[6]DANFS disposal paragraph (NHHC via Wayback 2024-12-09); NavSource operational block corroborates [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS narrative, final paragraph; NavSource data block 'Final Disposition'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposal record: deemed 'excess to the needs of the Navy' and 'of such limited military value as to no longer warrant retention,' stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 1 April 1964; acquired for scrap by Portsmouth Salvage Co., of Norfolk; transferred to the purchaser 4 June 1965 and broken up subsequently. NavSource reads 'sold for scrapping in May 1965' - consistent with a May 1965 sale contract and 4 June 1965 physical transfer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1964-1965
- Population
- Portsmouth Salvage Co. scrapping workers (1965)
- Limitations
- Scrapped in 1965 - predates EPA/Navy environmental review of ship disposal and routine abatement documentation; no pre-scrapping hazmat record is expected to exist. NVR does not cover vessels disposed of before 1987; dates rest on DANFS + NavSource concordance.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-francovich-apd116-05
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[7]Batch-2416 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (Wayback), NavSource, CourtListener API v4 (type=o: 'USS Francovich' = 0 hits; 'APD-116' = 0 hits; 'DE-606' = 7 hits, all name collisions; 'Francovich' = 63 hits, all name collisions), site:courtlistener.com index sweep, law-firm ship-list check, NARA deck-log availability check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-francovich-apd116-01 through sl-uss-francovich-apd116-10
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, materials inventory, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming Francovich, APD-116, or DE-606 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion sweep returned zero hits for 'USS Francovich' and 'APD-116'; all 7 'DE-606' opinion hits are name collisions (docket/date-fragment matches in unrelated Puerto Rico and Pennsylvania matters); the 63-hit 'Francovich' opinion result set is dominated by name collisions - every hit reviewed is a collision (Nevada attorney Samuel B. Francovich appearances; medical, criminal, and civil matters; page 1 of 3 reviewed in full, fleet-throttle prevented pagination of the remainder). The RECAP docket sweep that completed ('Francovich' + asbestos, 5 hits) returned only collisions (Madoff-feeder bankruptcy dockets, NYT v. Microsoft copyright, a prisoner petition) - none involve this vessel. Law-firm ship lists (simmonsfirm.com, freeasbestostesting.com) do carry 'USS Francovich'/'Francovich (DE-606)' as asbestos ships - with zero underlying documentation; excluded per sourcing rules and logged as a ledger row.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a mid-1945 steam-plant hull is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. The unqualified-name RECAP docket sweep (type=r) was fleet-throttled at session end after the asbestos-qualified docket sweep completed clean - residual docket coverage gap flagged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-francovich-apd116-06