Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, Gentry (DE-349), vol. 3 p. 69 (1968) - verbatim transcription; live NHHC page serves 404. Corroborating transcription: hazegray DANFS mirror (losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/escorts/de349.txt) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake 2nd Lt. Wayne Roy Gentry, USMCR, killed in action 2 November 1942 in the Solomon Islands, posthumously awarded the Air Medal. Laid down 13 December 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.; launched 15 February 1944, sponsored by Miss Jean Maxine Gentry; commissioned 14 June 1944, Lt. Comdr. D. A. Smith in command. Shakedown off Bermuda; school-ship duty at Norfolk; New York arrival 25 September 1944; two round-trip convoy-escort voyages New York to Marseilles and Oran (6 October - 23 December 1944); Pacific via Panama Canal (escorting submarines Bullhead SS-332 and Lionfish SS-298 to Key West); arrived Manus 20 February 1945; four months convoy escort New Guinea-Philippines, Philippine Archipelago, Manila Bay/Leyte Gulf to Palaus and Western Carolines; Okinawa convoy and picket duty July 1945; post-surrender escort work and air-sea rescue patrol, Leyte Gulf, until 27 November 1945; Los Angeles 18 December 1945; towed to San Diego 6 April 1946; decommissioned 2 July 1946; Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton; later transferred to Mare Island ('where she remains' - entry written before disposal).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (active); 1946-1972 (reserve fleet)
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943-44 (Orange, Tex.); wartime crew (design complement 222 per DANFS spec block)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history, specifications, and custody - not materials or asbestos content. The ibiblio transcription truncates the launch year ('launched 15 February 194;'); the hazegray mirror transcription reads 15 February 1944, consistent with the 13 December 1943 keel and 14 June 1944 commissioning. The entry predates the 1972/1973 disposal. Live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 - mirror transcriptions cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gentry-de349-01
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[2]DANFS bracketed supplement (hazegray mirror transcription), citing K. Jack Bauer and Stephen S. Roberts, 'Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990' p. 236; NavSource Online DE-349 building/operational data; corroborated by NavalCoverMuseum GENTRY DE-349 entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-349 page, building/operational data block + 1973 Vallejo photo caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposal record for this hull: decommissioned at San Diego 2 July 1946 after 2 years and 18 days of service; stricken from the Navy Register 15 January 1972 and sold 15 January 1973 (bracketed DANFS supplement citing Bauer & Roberts, 'Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990,' p. 236); per NavSource compilation the buyer was the National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, Cal., for scrapping. A 1973 Defense Department sealed-bid-offering photograph (bid dated 14 November 1973) shows ex-Gentry laid up at Vallejo, Cal., with ex-Kendall C. Campbell (DE-443), ex-Hanna (DE-449), and ex-Richard W. Suesens (DE-342), all bound for the scrap yard.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1946-1973
- Population
- Pacific Reserve Fleet custodial personnel (1946-1972); scrapping workers, National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island (1973)
- Limitations
- Strike and sale dates rest on the published Bauer & Roberts register as cited in the DANFS supplement - not verified against the underlying NVR entry or disposal contract. The buyer's identity (National Metal & Steel Corp.) and the Vallejo tow photo are NavSource-compiled (secondary compilation, consistent across hullnumber/NavalCoverMuseum/uboat.net). The 1973 photo caption independently documents the hull's presence in the disposal pipeline. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gentry-de349-02
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[3]John C. Butler-class (WGT) design record: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 1 design-group 6 table (shipscribe.com scan) + navypedia WGT boiler-block map; Atlas class profile john-c-butler-class.class.json [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia us_de_tev_wgt member table (DE-349 row) + technical data; SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 group 6 row
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: DE-349 is a BuShips design-group-6 (WGT) hull - 2 'D' express boilers at 435 psi/750F superheat, 2 Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 12,000 shp, 2 shafts, 24.3 kt. Per the navypedia boiler-block map, DE-339 through DE-372 (which includes DE-349) carried Combustion Engineering boilers. A full superheated steam plant built in 1943-44 sits squarely in the Navy's peak asbestos era; era-standard applications for this plant type were boiler and steam-line insulation/lagging, machinery insulation, valve and flange gaskets, packing, deck coverings, and accommodation insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943-44; wartime crew 1944-46
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The boiler-block map derives from a secondary compilation (navypedia) cross-referenced against the BuShips Ships' Data 1945 design-group table; per-hull material specifications for DE-349 are not retrieved (NARA RG 19 General Information Books is the lead). Establishes no quantities and no individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gentry-de349-03
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[4]Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC, W.D. Wash. No. 2:17-cv-00537 - pretrial/exhibit-list materials naming USS Brannon (DE-446), a John C. Butler-class sister hull [court_record]
- Locator
- Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec, ECF 738 att. 1 pp. 12, 26-27 + exhibit list items Honeywell-160 through -167 (per Atlas class profile)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Class-level litigation context: pretrial materials in Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec name USS Brannon (DE-446, John C. Butler class per the docket's own Jane's Fighting Ships exhibit) and recite a defense-position statement that the ship's Griscom-Russell evaporator was supplied 'in conformity to detailed precise specifications ... without insulation,' with proposed testimony that 'asbestos was a critical material during WWII when the Navy installed the distiller on Mr. Jack's ship' - while conceding insulation aboard DE-446 'could have included fiberglass, mineral wool or other non-asbestos insulation.' The exhibit list identifies the era's controlling Navy insulation documents (BuShips Manual ch. 39 Thermal Insulation NAVSHIPS 250-000(39), 24 Aug 1945; Navy Dept. spec 32F3a 'Felt, Insulating, Asbestos,' 15 Oct 1945; BuEng Manual ch. 13; BUMED Code-55 memo 1977).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- WWII/postwar service era; litigation 2017-2019
- Population
- Machinist's mate aboard USS Brannon DE-446 (the litigated hull); class context for DE-349
- Limitations
- Class-level litigation context for a SISTER hull, not DE-349: no exposure finding was adjudicated even for DE-446, and the materials are pretrial/exhibit-list recitals that expressly concede non-asbestos insulation was possible. Used here only to document the class's insulation-spec context and the litigation theory directed at WGT-class machinery; establishes nothing about materials or exposure aboard DE-349.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gentry-de349-04
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[5]CourtListener API v4 sweep (type=o opinions, type=r RECAP dockets): exact-name queries "USS Gentry"/"U.S.S. Gentry"; hull-number query "DE-349" [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search results; query set in search_ledger rows sl-uss-gentry-de349-03, -04, and -05
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep result for this hull: exact-name queries "USS Gentry"/"U.S.S. Gentry" returned zero opinions (type=o, count=0) and zero RECAP dockets (type=r, count=0); the hull-number query "DE-349" returned 17 opinions, every one a string collision in unrelated litigation - bankruptcy (In re Janata; In re Southeast Banking Corp.; In re Cisneros), immigration (Frank Costello v. INS), insurance (Colonial Life & Accident v. Dorman), criminal (United States v. Coffman; United States v. Flores; Sosa-Valdespino v. United States; Christopher v. Florida), Puerto Rico municipal/environmental (Municipio de San Juan v. Junta de Calidad Ambiental; Ex parte Carrillo Vazquez), and commercial cases (Equipment Finance Group; J.P. Morgan Chase v. Drywall Service; Pycsa Panama v. Tensar; Kuehn v. Stanley) - 'DE-349' appearing as a docket sub-number, exhibit, or statute identifier. None vessel-related; none asbestos-related. No qualifying asbestos litigation names this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Search-index negative: absence of a located docket does not prove no pleading ever named the vessel (unindexed or pre-digital state-court filings would not appear), and 'Gentry' as a party surname was deliberately excluded from the query set to avoid name collisions. Establishes only that no qualifying case is locatable in CourtListener's indexed corpus as of 2026-09-28.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gentry-de349-05
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[6]Batch-4252 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS transcriptions; NavSource/NavalCoverMuseum/HyperWar compilations; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries; class profile john-c-butler-class.class.json [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-gentry-de349-01 through sl-uss-gentry-de349-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-349: no hull ACM survey, no abatement or hazmat disclosure (the hull was scrapped in 1973, before regulated asbestos documentation), no museum custody (hull not preserved), and no qualifying asbestos litigation names the vessel (see ev-uss-gentry-de349-05).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944 steam-plant escort's era materials would have been present as built, but no ship-specific documentation confirms content, quantity, or any individual's exposure. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gentry-de349-06