Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet ll-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Frybarger — [M] https://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DE/de705.html
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-frybarger-de705-pkt-ll-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Frybarger (DE-705) (Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval History Division; verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio transcription - live NHHC page returns 404 on both current and legacy URL patterns) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Frybarger (DE-705)' - namesake biography, spec block, service narrative, reclassification dates
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 25 January 1944 by Defoe Shipbuilding Corp., Bay City, Mich.; sponsored by Miss Carol J. Frybarger, sister of the namesake; commissioned 18 May 1944, Lt. Cmdr. G. C. Ewing, USNR, in command; reclassified DEC-705 'on 13 September' (year unstated; contextually 1950) and DE-705 on 27 December 1957. Spec block: Buckley class; 1,400 t; 306 ft; beam 36 ft 10 in; draft 9 ft 5 in; 24 kt; complement 186; armament 3x3-in, 3x21-in tt, 8 dcp, 1 hh, 2 dct. Service: two Bizerte convoy-escort voyages 25 July - 18 November 1944; new equipment and Pacific training; Manus 23 January 1945; escort duty to and in the Philippines until 30 August (Carolines; Lingayen Gulf, Manila, Zamboanga; Hollandia; one voyage to Okinawa); Buckner Bay 3 September 1945 escorting occupation-troop transports to Korea and China; sailed for home 8 November; Boston 15 December; Green Cove Springs 20 January 1946; decommissioned in reserve 30 June 1947. Recommissioned 6 October 1950 as control escort vessel with added communication gear; Caribbean training; San Diego home port 11 March 1951; amphibious-exercise control vessel and Fleet Sonar School training; 7th Fleet Far East tour 6 March - 2 October 1952 (barrier patrol off Okinawa, amphibious exercises off Japan, submarine training); second Far East deployment 1 September 1953 - 5 June 1954 (Okinawa, Inchon, Chigasaki, Bonins amphibious exercises); decommissioned at San Diego 9 December 1954, placed in reserve. Namesake: PFC Raymond Frybarger, Jr., USMC Reserve, born 22 April 1923 in Toledo, Ohio, enlisted 22 April 1940, KIA Guadalcanal 14 September 1942, posthumous Navy Cross for maintaining rifle fire during the Henderson Field attack.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1954
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding construction trades (Bay City, 1943-44); USN crew 1944-47 and 1950-54 (design complement 186)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, specifications, and service history - not materials or asbestos content. Gives no laid-down date (NavSource supplies 8 Nov 1943) and no striking/disposal tail (entry ends in reserve 1954). The DEC-705 reclassification is dated '13 September' without a year and conflicts with NavSource's 13 December 1950 - carried in gaps. Live NHHC page returns 404; verbatim mirror transcription cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-frybarger-de705-01
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[3]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Frybarger (DE-705) page (volunteer archive; lead-level): building/operational data block, command roster, captioned photographs, awards ribbons [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-705 page, 'Building and Operational Data' block, commanding-officers table, photo captions 0670501-0670507
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Photo-archive detail corroborating and extending DANFS: keel laid 8 November 1943 at Defoe Shipbuilding Corp., Bay City, Mich.; launched and christened 25 January 1944 (sponsor Miss Carol J. Frybarger); commissioned 18 May 1944 at Naval Station New Orleans, La.; decommissioned 30 June 1947 at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 3 years and 1.5 months of service; recommissioned 6 October 1950 assigned to Destroyer Force, Pacific, at San Diego; reclassified DEC-705 (Destroyer Escort Control) 13 December 1950 - a conflict with DANFS's '13 September' carried in gaps; decommissioned 9 December 1954 at San Diego after 4 years and 2 months; reclassified DE-705 27 December 1957; stricken from the NVR 1 December 1972 with 7 years and 3.5 months total commissioned service; sold 27 November 1973, scrapped. Spec block corroborates DANFS (TE turbine-electric; 2 'D' express boilers; GE turbines; 12,000 shp; 24 kt; complement 15/198) and adds call sign NTRP, 6,000 nm range at 12 kt, and full armament fit. Command roster: Lcdr. G. C. Ewing (commissioning) 18 May 1944 onward; Lcdr. Leonard Tway Switzer Dec 1946 - 30 Jun 1947; Lcdr. Henry Ellis Hollingsworth from 6 Oct 1950. The defunct USS Frybarger reunion site is noted; caption credits include NHHC photo NH numbers.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding trades 1943-44; commissioning party, New Orleans 1944; USN crew 1944-47, 1950-54
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained photo archive - lead-level documentation, not an official record; dates, roster, and photo captions are unverified against the underlying USN/NHHC/NARA originals. The '13 December 1950' DEC-705 date conflicts with DANFS's '13 September' (carried in gaps). Nothing on materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-frybarger-de705-02
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[4]Buckley-class TE design data (DANFS spec block + NavSource spec block; Atlas class profile buckley-class.class.json drawing on BuShips 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels 1945' Vol. I DE design-group table and the navypedia TE boiler-block map) [other_primary]
- Locator
- class-f/buckley-class.class.json member row DE-705 + propulsion_summary/class_notes + ev-buckley-class-01/02/04; BuShips SDB 1945 v1 pp. 234-235 DE design-group table
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for a steam-plant escort built at Defoe, Bay City, in 1943-44: the TE machinery plant - two 'D' express-type boilers at 435 psi/750F superheat feeding GE turbo-electric machinery (12,000 shp, 2 shafts, ~24 kt) - is a full steam plant, so the period-standard asbestos categories apply as inference: boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, valve/flange gaskets and machinery packing, fireproofing, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and friction linings on deck machinery. The navypedia TE block map assigns Combustion Engineering boilers to the DE-693-705 block that includes this hull (unverified against contract documents).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-44 (construction); 1944-54 (commissioned service); 1954-73 (reserve/disposal)
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; USN engineering crew 1944-47, 1950-54
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - not a ship-specific finding. No member-level asbestos record exists for DE-705 or any other Buckley hull in the sources searched (class profile negative finding). The boiler-manufacturer assignment is navypedia-sourced and unverified; whether asbestos products were actually installed aboard this hull, in what products, and in what quantity is undocumented. Does not establish exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-frybarger-de705-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 sweep (opinion index type=o; RECAP docket index type=r) for exact name 'USS Frybarger' and hull numbers 'DE-705'/'DEC-705' via cl-auth-search.py (authenticated, fleet-paced) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-frybarger-de705-05 through -08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep: exact-name query '"USS Frybarger"' (type=o) returned 0 results - no opinion naming this vessel located in the opinion index. Hull-number queries ('"DE-705"', '"DEC-705"', type=o) and RECAP-docket queries ('"USS Frybarger"', '"DE-705"', type=r) returned the fleet-wide pacing 'momentarily spent' status on spaced retries - final status in search_ledger rows sl-uss-frybarger-de705-05 through -08.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Sweep incomplete at drafting - see search_ledger for per-query status. The sweep covers only CourtListener-indexed federal/state appellate opinions and RECAP dockets; it does not cover non-indexed state trial records, asbestos trust claims, or non-U.S. jurisdictions. 'Frybarger' is a rare surname - low collision surface, but any future hit still requires classification (the namesake family name appearing in an unrelated case is possible).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-frybarger-de705-04
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[6]Batch-4485 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS + HyperWar/ibiblio mirror, NVR, NavSource, Atlas class profile + shipyard dataset, CourtListener API v4, NARA catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-frybarger-de705-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material-condition report, or litigation naming this hull was found in the public sources searched. No preservation-era documentation can exist - the hull was sold and scrapped in 1973 and was never a museum, memorial, or reserve-fleet artifact after disposal. Marketing asbestos pages for 'USS Frybarger' exist on lead-gen law-firm sites (excluded per sourcing rules; they assert generic class-era applications, cite no hull record, and one misdates the launch).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. The hull no longer exists, so no present-day survey is possible; whether era materials aboard contained asbestos is undocumented in either direction. Construction-era yard records, mothballing files, and the disposal record are paper leads only (ev-06).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-frybarger-de705-05
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[7]NARA RG 19 (BuShips contract specifications / General Information Books) and RG 24 (deck logs) for DE-705; Defoe Shipbuilding build records (Bay City); Pacific Reserve Fleet mothballing files (Green Cove Springs 1946-50; San Diego 1954-72); Navy property-disposal/sale file for the 27 November 1973 scrapping sale - all undigitized or not located online [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 19/RG 24 entry series (undigitized); Pacific Reserve Fleet records; property-disposal file (undigitized)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level material documentation not yet retrieved: (1) NARA RG 19 holds BuShips per-vessel specifications and ships-data books covering DE-705's construction at Defoe/Bay City, and RG 24 deck logs cover both commissioned periods (1944-47, 1950-54); (2) Pacific Reserve Fleet inactivation/mothballing and reactivation records (Green Cove Springs 1947-50, San Diego 1954-72) document material condition and any insulation work during preservation; (3) the 1950 reactivation work package (additional communication gear, DEC conversion scope) is a repair-period lead; (4) the Navy sale file for the 27 November 1973 disposal may record material-condition or hazmat conditions of sale.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1973 (records); 2026 (lead status)
- Limitations
- Leads only - none of these holdings were pulled or digitized; contents unknown. They establish nothing about materials aboard. NARA catalog returns an SPA shell to programmatic fetches (same standing limitation as prior batches).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-frybarger-de705-06