Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet kt-packet.md (7 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: no phantom/mismatch signals; identity corroborated by DANFS-derived secondaries
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- 2026-10-11 repair pass: prior PHANTOM classification was a norm_verdict regex artifact (matched 'phantom' inside 'no phantom/mismatch signals'); identity verdict classification pending human adjudication.
- Evidence ID
- uss-gilligan-de508-pkt-kt-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Gilligan (DE-508) (namesake, builder, launch/commissioning, WWII service narrative, postwar reserve-training service; verbatim NHHC page text via Wayback capture 2025-02-02 - live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (NHHC page via Wayback 2025-02-02 capture)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: named for Pvt. John Joseph Gilligan, Jr., USMCR (born 17 June 1923 Newark, N.J.; mortally wounded with the First Marine Raider Battalion at Tulagi 7 Aug 1942, died next day; posthumous Silver Star); launched 22 February 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newark, N.J., sponsored by Mrs. John J. Gilligan; commissioned 12 May 1944, Lt. Comdr. Carl E. Bull, USNR commanding. Specs: 1,350 t, 306 ft, 36'10" beam, 24.3 k, complement 222, John C. Butler class. Pacific escort/patrol service 1944-45 incl. Ulithi midget-submarine counterattack (20 Nov 1944, oiler Mississinewa torpedoed), Lingayen Gulf D-Day screening (9 Jan 1945) and 12 January 1945 kamikaze strike into the No. 2 40mm gun muzzles (12 killed, 12 wounded per DANFS); repairs Leyte, overhaul Pearl Harbor; Okinawa screening Apr-Jun 1945 (5+ planes splashed, dud torpedo hit 27 May); out of commission in reserve San Diego 2 July 1946; recommissioned in reserve Seattle 15 July 1950 for NRT/13th Naval District reserve cruises; decommissioned 31 March 1959 at Point Astoria, Ore.; remained in reserve at Bremerton. One battle star for WWII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1959
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; wartime crew (design complement 222); 1950s reserve-training complement
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The entry predates striking and disposal and does not record them. The published text contains an OCR-type typo ('Gilliagn' for Gilligan in the namesake sentence) and gives 12 killed/12 wounded for the 12 Jan 1945 attack; NHHC's own H-Gram reads 12 killed/13 wounded plus 11 wounded from a second aircraft - discrepancy carried in gaps, not reconciled. Wayback capture cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilligan-de508-01
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[3]NHHC H-Gram 040-3, Lingayen Gulf aftermath section (Director's Corner) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- H-Gram 040-3, Lingayen aftermath section (Gilligan DE-508 paragraph; Wayback capture 2024-12-07)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC's H-Gram independently narrates this hull's 12 January 1945 action: at sunrise Gilligan (DE-508) and Richard W. Suesens (DE-342) were on ASW patrol at Lingayen Gulf; Gilligan detected an incoming Betty twin-engine bomber and fired, a range-finder operator knocked the main battery director off target, and the kamikaze 'flew directly into the muzzles of the No. 2 40-mm gun, killing 12 men and wounding 13, who stayed at their station firing until the very end'; fires were under control by 0715. A second kamikaze attacking Richard W. Suesens clipped Gilligan's aft 40-mm gun as it crashed close aboard, wounding 11.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-01-12
- Population
- Gilligan crew, 12 January 1945
- Limitations
- Operational history only - no asbestos, product, or exposure content. It corroborates the DANFS event while contradicting its wounded count (13 vs DANFS's 12 for the first strike, plus 11 additional from the second aircraft); the discrepancy is preserved, not reconciled. Live NHHC page returns 404; Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilligan-de508-02
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[4]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Gilligan (DE 508) - compiled building and operational data (volunteer compilation of official register/ship data) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-508 page, 'Building and Operational Data' block (Wayback capture 2025-05-13)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled register data for this hull: contract awarded 26 April 1943 to Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. under the name Donaldson; renamed Gilligan 23 June 1943 (the name Donaldson reassigned to DE-44); keel laid 18 November 1943 at Federal, Newark, N.J.; launched and christened 22 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs. John J. Gilligan; commissioned 12 May 1944 at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, by the yard commandant; decommissioned 2 July 1946 San Diego; recommissioned 15 July 1950 Seattle; assigned NRT, 13th Naval District, Portland, Ore., August 1950; decommissioned 31 March 1959 Port Astoria, Ore.; struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1 March 1972; sold for scrapping 20 November 1973.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Construction trades; wartime and reserve-era crew
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled record consistent with DANFS on every overlapping date; it is the only located source for the striking (1972-03-01), disposal sale (1973-11-20), commissioning site (New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn), and the Donaldson rename - those items rest on a secondary compilation, not a primary register page, and are carried as partial. NVR online does not cover pre-1987 disposals.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilligan-de508-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, NAVSHIPS 250-010, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945) - DE index lists 'GILLIGAN - | 133' (printed p. 247, scan p. 133; shipscribe.com mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 alphabetical DE index 'GILLIGAN - | 133' (printed p. 247, scan p. 133); design-group 6 table (printed pp. 234-235)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The 1945 BuShips Ships' Data volume lists Gilligan in its destroyer-escort vessel index (entry 133) and the volume's design-group-6 table defines this hull's plant: WGT geared-turbine drive, 2 'D' express boilers 435 psi/750F, Westinghouse geared turbines, 12,000 shp, 24.3 kt. A full steam plant built 1943-44 falls in the peak-asbestos shipbuilding era; period applications for the type included boiler and machinery insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; crew 1944-59
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The volume's per-vessel index entry confirms the hull's identity and data presence but the entry itself does not itemize installed materials; asbestos applications listed are era-typical, not ship-proven. Scan is image-only; index verified by OCR (printed p. 247 = scan p. 133). Boiler-maker attribution (Babcock & Wilcox, DE-508-510 block) rests on the navypedia secondary compilation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilligan-de508-04
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[6]Owens-Illinois, Inc., Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ (Aug. 30-Sep. 2, 1944); Owens-Illinois interrogatory exhibit #20, Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Brazoria County TX (1990) - via Atlas shipyard dataset record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' (tier 2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Atlas shipyards.json 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' evidence ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944 and products pd-federal-kearny-01/-02; toxicdocs.org scan
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder-yard record overlapping this hull's construction window: an Owens-Illinois industrial-health survey of Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, NJ, conducted 30 August-2 September 1944 (DE-508 launched Feb 1944, commissioned May 1944 at the same yard complex) documented insulators cutting and fitting asbestos-containing pipe covering (Johns-Manville Superex) and boiler insulation in confined shipboard spaces, with dust counts measured during those operations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Shipyard insulators and pipefitters, Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny NJ, 1944
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull record: the survey does not name DE-508 or any vessel, was conducted by a product manufacturer with commercial interest, and covers insulator/pipefitter operations at the yard generally. It documents asbestos product use at the builder's yard in the same period this hull was being completed - it does not establish materials installed aboard this hull or any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilligan-de508-05
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[7]Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC, W.D. Wash. No. 2:17-cv-00537 - pretrial/exhibit-list materials naming USS Brannon (DE-446, John C. Butler class) [court_record]
- Locator
- W.D. Wash. 2:17-cv-00537, ECF 738 att. 1 pp. 12, 26-27 + exhibit list items Honeywell-160 through -167
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The John C. Butler class's only located asbestos-litigation record (verified in the class profile, 2026-09-16): pretrial materials name sister hull USS Brannon (DE-446) and recite a Navy-specification insulation theory for a Griscom-Russell evaporator, while conceding on the record that non-asbestos insulation was possible aboard DE-446. The exhibit list identifies the era's controlling insulation-spec suite (BuShips Manual ch.39 NAVSHIPS 250-000(39); Navy spec 32F3a asbestos insulating felt; BuEng ch.13) - the correct next-pull targets for class-level material documentation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- Litigation 2017-2019; WWII/postwar service era
- Population
- Machinist's mate aboard USS Brannon DE-446 (class context)
- Limitations
- Class-level context only: a different hull (DE-446), at pleading/exhibit-list stage, unadjudicated, and itself conceding non-asbestos possibilities. Establishes nothing about materials aboard DE-508; carried so the class's litigation posture is visible without inflating it into a finding for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilligan-de508-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. Relevant context for a hull that spent 1959-1973 in reserve before disposal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy workers; asbestos-protection program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull- or class-specific; full text blocked to automated fetch (HTTP 403) - content via product-page description. Establishes no material aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilligan-de508-07
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[9]National Archives, Special List 44 - Named Vessels (Vessel and Station Log Books at the National Archives) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 row: 'Gilligan | (DE-508) | 5/12/1944 | 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's named-vessel deck-log list identifies Gilligan (DE-508) with a log coverage period 12 May 1944 through 30 June 1945 - the commissioning-to-war's-end operational record of this specific hull, and the correct archival pull for shipboard activity, maintenance events, and repair records.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-05-12 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Gilligan crew and deck-log events
- Limitations
- Catalog/listing evidence only; the individual deck logs were not retrieved, and the listing does not address asbestos, materials, exposure, or causation. Coverage ending 30 June 1945 means the Okinawa-postwar period and the 1950s reserve-training era are outside this listed run.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilligan-de508-08
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[10]USS Gilligan (DE-508) official War History (ship-submitted, war's end) and official After Action Report for the 12 January 1945 kamikaze attack (Lt. Comdr. C.E. Bull, USNR) - document scans hosted on the NavSource photo archive [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-508 archive - images/508/06508wh.jpg (war history), images/508/06508ar1.pdf (after action report); Wayback capture 2024-05-27
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own submitted records survive as scans: the official War History of USS Gilligan as submitted by the ship at war's end, and the declassified After Action Report covering the 12 January 1945 kamikaze strike (Action Report, USS Gilligan DE-508, January 12, 1945, C.E. Bull, Lt. Comdr. USNR). These are the hull's contemporaneous primary documents and the correct first pulls for casualty-detail resolution and deeper ship-specific material verification.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (documents)
- Population
- Wartime crew, Jan 1945 attack (12 killed)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the scans are image PDFs/JPGs on a volunteer archive - content not text-extracted this session, and the underlying originals (NHHC/NARA) were not pulled. Not an asbestos source on its face; cited for hull-specific primary-document existence, not for any material claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilligan-de508-09
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[11]CourtListener API v4 search sweep for this vessel (authenticated, fleet-paced): 'USS Gilligan' type=o and type=r; 'DE-508' type=o and type=r [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-gilligan-de508-02 through -05 and -11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation sweep result (completed this session): 'USS Gilligan' returned zero hits in both the opinion index (type=o) and the RECAP docket index (type=r). 'DE-508' returned 13 opinion hits, all identifier collisions - 'DE 508'-style docket-entry citations, Martin-reporter and date-token matches in unrelated litigation (patent, family, tax, bankruptcy matters); 'DE-508' docket hits are '[De 508]' PACER docket-entry references inside unrelated bankruptcy/civil dockets. No qualifying asbestos litigation, and no litigation of any kind naming this vessel, was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Index-level sweep: RECAP free-text coverage is incomplete vs. PACER, and a party could name the ship without 'USS'. Name-variant queries ('Gilligan' asbestos; 'aboard the Gilligan') were attempted but deferred when the fleet-wide request pacer refused further calls this session - logged as blocked in the ledger. Absence of located litigation is not proof that no claim was ever filed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilligan-de508-10
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[12]This record's search ledger: NHHC/DANFS + H-Gram, NavSource archive, NVR, NARA (Special List 44 + catalog), BuShips SDB1945v1, GAO, Atlas shipyard dataset, CourtListener indexes [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-gilligan-de508-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-508: no hull ACM survey, no abatement or hazmat disclosure (the hull was scrapped 1973-74, so no museum-era records exist), no government survey naming the vessel, and no docketed case located. Ship-specific asbestos documentation is therefore recorded as unknown rather than presumed.
- 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 - 1943-44 steam-plant construction is the era's peak-asbestos design type, and the builder-yard survey confirms asbestos products in use at the yard in the same window. This row records that nothing located names this hull; it neither establishes nor defeats any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilligan-de508-11