Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet gl-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-frank-e-evans-dd754-pkt-gl-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Frank E. Evans (DD-754) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block and opening construction paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's DANFS entry identifies this hull as an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer; gives 2,200-ton displacement, 376 feet 5 inches length, 41 feet 1 inch beam, 15 feet 8 inches draft, 34-knot design speed, and a design complement of 336; records laying down at Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island, on 21 April 1944, launching on 3 October 1944, and commissioning on 3 February 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel construction workforce and Navy crew
- Limitations
- Supports identity, construction, class, dimensions, speed, and complement; does not identify insulation, asbestos content, quantities, individual exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-frank-e-evans-dd754-01
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[3]U.S. Navy, Naval History Division, Ships' Histories Section, History of USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Navy history opening specifications; 1945-1969 service narrative; collision and disposition sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Navy history records the ship's 1945 shakedown and Pacific deployment, Korean War service including Wonsan and east-coast bombardment, five Korean tours/battle honors as applicable to the service narrative, Vietnam-era naval gunfire and escort duties, and the 3 June 1969 collision with HMAS Melbourne that cut the destroyer in two and killed 74 crew members. It records the Navy's 12 June 1969 direction to decommission after the Board of Inspection and Survey found the ship unfit for further naval service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1945-1969
- Population
- Ship's crew and Navy repair/maintenance personnel during 1945-1969 service
- Limitations
- The history is an operational record, not an asbestos survey or material specification. It establishes service and loss chronology only; it does not establish asbestos presence or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-frank-e-evans-dd754-02
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[4]National Archives, Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog, Frank E. Evans (DD-754) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Frank E. Evans (DD-754) entry in the vessel list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's digitized Navy deck-log index identifies Frank E. Evans (DD-754), with listed commission periods February 1945-December 1949 and September 1950-July 1969. The index provides a primary-record lead for ship operations and maintenance chronology.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1945-1969
- Population
- Navy crew and shipboard operations
- Limitations
- The index listing is not itself an asbestos record and does not establish that relevant engineering or repair entries were reviewed. Individual digitized log pages were not retrieved in this pass.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-frank-e-evans-dd754-03
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[5]NHHC DANFS propulsion/class context for Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer Frank E. Evans (DD-754) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS class and specifications block; contextual interpretation limited to class/era
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era context: NHHC identifies Frank E. Evans as an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer built in 1944-45 with a 34-knot design speed. A destroyer of this period and class operated with steam machinery and associated thermal-insulation systems; period marine steam-plant insulation, lagging, gaskets, and packing are relevant research categories. This row does not identify any such material aboard DD-754.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1969
- Population
- Allen M. Sumner-class construction trades and Navy engineering personnel
- Limitations
- Class/era context only and not a ship-specific finding. No reviewed primary source names an asbestos-containing product, insulation location, quantity, survey, or abatement event on this hull; no exposure or causation inference is permitted from class, propulsion, or construction date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-frank-e-evans-dd754-04
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[6]Batch research sweep of NHHC/NARA authoritative sources and public ship-specific records [other_primary]
- Locator
- Research search ledger rows sl-uss-frank-e-evans-dd754-01 through -08
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat inventory, or primary material specification for USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) was located in the authoritative sources reviewed. Ship-specific asbestos documentation is therefore unknown, not presumed absent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27 search
- Limitations
- A negative public-source search does not prove that asbestos was absent aboard the hull. CourtListener name and hull-number litigation searches were interrupted by the authenticated fleet pacing limiter and cannot support a complete litigation negative; NARA deck-log pages and archival engineering records were not exhaustively reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-frank-e-evans-dd754-05