Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]DANFS, Gantner (DE-60) (namesake, builder, dates, convoy/occupation/China service, striking, MAP sale; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (ibiblio HyperWar transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: named for Boatswain's Mate Samuel Merritt Gantner (killed aboard USS Nevada at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941); launched 17 April 1943 by the Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass., sponsored by the namesake's widow; commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard 23 July 1943, Lt. Comdr. Barklie M. Henry in command. Shakedown Bermuda; escorted SS George Washington Puerto Rico-New York (arrived 1 December 1943); eight trans-Atlantic escort voyages New York-Londonderry December 1943-October 1944; repairs at Boston Naval Shipyard; November 1944 towed ARDC-1 to Cristobal, C.Z., then floating school ship at Miami. Departed Miami 19 February 1945 for conversion to a high-speed transport, redesignated APD-42 on 23 February 1945. Pacific: reported to 5th Amphibious Force at Pearl Harbor 28 June 1945; embarked UDT-3; Tokyo Bay 4 September 1945; frogmen reconnoitered Shiogama Wan and Ominato Ko, Honshu, and surveyed Otaru, Hokkaido; San Diego-based amphibious training ship 1945-1949 incl. Alaska cold-weather cruise (Jan-Mar 1946) and weather patrol (Oct-Nov 1948); China station (Shanghai, Nanking, Tsingtao) February-April 1949; decommissioned San Diego 2 August 1949; struck from the Navy List 15 January 1966; sold to Nationalist China under the Military Assistance Program 22 February 1966.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1942-1966
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew (DANFS complement 186); UDT-3 embarked 1945
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. DANFS's builder attribution ('Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass.') conflicts with NavSource/navypedia ('Hingham') - carried in gaps, not reconciled. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404; transcription contains OCR artifacts (e.g., '78 October' for the Otaru survey end date).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gantner-apd42-01
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[2]NavSource Online, Destroyer Escort Photo Archive DE-60 (archives/06/060.htm) and Amphibious Photo Archive APD-42 (archives/10/04/04042.htm) - build/conversion/disposal timeline and APD-configuration specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource archives/06/060.htm (DE index 'Building and Operational Data' + spec block) and archives/10/04/04042.htm (APD timeline + spec block)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: keel laid 31 December 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Corp., Hingham, Mass. (DE index; the APD page reads 21 December 1942 at Quincy - internal conflict carried in gaps); launched and christened 17 April 1943; commissioned 23 July 1943 at Boston Navy Yard; converted at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and reclassified APD-42 on 23 February 1945; decommissioned San Diego 2 August 1949; struck from the Naval Vessel Register 15 January 1966 (APD page reads 10 January); transferred (MAP sale) to Taiwan 22 February 1966, renamed Wen Shan (PF-34), hull number later changed to PF-834; stricken by Taiwan 1991; scrapped 1992. APD-configuration specifications: 1,400 t light / 2,130 t full load; 306 ft oa; troop accommodations 12 officers/150 enlisted; 4 LCVP; armament 1x 5"/38, 3 twin 40mm, 8x 20mm; propulsion 2 GE turbines (turbo-electric drive), 2 'D'-type express boilers 435 psi/750F, 12,000 shp, 2 shafts. Awards documented: China Service Medal (extended), American, Europe-Africa-Middle East, Asiatic-Pacific, Navy Occupation (Asia clasp), WWII Victory.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1942-1992
- Population
- Wartime/postwar crew; Brooklyn Navy Yard conversion trades Feb-May 1945; ROCN crew 1966-1991
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained secondary compilation, not an official record - used here for build dates, conversion yard, and disposal detail that DANFS omits or states differently; all three conflicts (builder city, keel date, struck date) are carried in gaps. Documents configuration and dates, not materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gantner-apd42-02
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[3]Navypedia, 'YU SHAN frigates (1943-1945/1960-1969)' - Republic of China Navy entry for Wen Shan (ex-Gantner) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia.org tai_es_yushan.htm member table, Wen Shan row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Navypedia ROCN record for this hull: Wen Shan (ex-Gantner), PF-34 (renumbered 834 in 1983); built Bethlehem, Hingham; laid down December 1942; launched 17 April 1943; USN-commissioned July 1943; ROCN-commissioned May 1966; stricken by Taiwan 1991. Under tow to Taiwan, ex-Gantner collided with ex-Walter B. Cobb (ex-APD-106) on 17 April 1966 and Cobb foundered four days later. Taiwan rated the ex-'TE' DEs as frigates rather than APDs and used them accordingly.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1966-1992
- Population
- ROCN crew 1966-1991; shipbreakers 1992
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation; ROCN service, maintenance, and modification history (1966-1991) is undocumented in English-language official sources - ROCN-period material condition unknown. Confirms the hull survived to scrap in 1992; no asbestos or materials content documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gantner-apd42-03
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table (shipscribe.com scan) + navypedia Buckley-class boiler-block map + Atlas Buckley class profile [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 design-group table; navypedia us_de_te.htm boiler-block map; buckley-class class profile
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: a Buckley-class (TE, BuShips design group 2/3) destroyer escort built 1942-43 with two 'D'-type express boilers (435 psi/750F superheat; Foster Wheeler per the navypedia block map for the DE-51-98 block that includes DE-60) feeding GE turbo-electric machinery at 12,000 shp would have carried period-standard asbestos applications - boiler and steam-line insulation/lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings; the 1945 APD conversion at the New York Navy Yard added troop accommodations and landing-craft davits, an era yard event whose material scope is undocumented. Builder Bethlehem-Hingham was an asbestos-era wartime yard.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1942-1992
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades 1942-43; New York Navy Yard conversion trades 1945; crew 1943-49 and ROCN 1966-91
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding; no per-hull material schedule was located. The navypedia boiler-block map is unverified against contract documents. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure. The Atlas shipyard dataset has no Bethlehem-Hingham entry; the era-inference stands on the Buckley design, not on a yard-level row for this builder.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gantner-apd42-04
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[5]Batch-2430 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription (ibiblio); NavSource DE and APD archive pages; navypedia ROCN page; CourtListener exact-name, surname, and hull-designator queries [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-gantner-apd42-03 through sl-uss-gantner-apd42-09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-60/APD-42: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case names this vessel. CourtListener (2026-09-25, authenticated API v4): 'USS Gantner' opinions 0 hits and dockets 0 hits; 'Gantner asbestos' opinions 0 hits; 'APD-42' opinions 0 hits; 'DE-60' opinions returned 3 identifier collisions in unrelated dockets (Saez Navarro v. Banco Santander, P.R. App. 2009; Aurand v. Norfolk Southern Ry., N.D. Ind. 2011, FELA/chemicals; United States v. Hardage, W.D. Okla. 1990, CERCLA) - none vessel-related, none qualifying asbestos litigation. The bare-surname docket sweep ('Gantner', type=r) returned 838 hits - all surname collisions (bankruptcy filings and civil dockets naming individuals, e.g., 'X v. Gantner'); none vessel-related, none qualifying.
- 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 - era materials could have persisted until the 1992 scrapping, undocumented. The hull was in ROCN custody 1966-1991 and scrapped in Taiwan, so no museum/abatement paper trail exists and no survey is possible. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gantner-apd42-05