Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet lk-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS **Griswold** (DE-7)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-griswold-de7-pkt-lk-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Griswold II (DE-7) (namesake, builder, service narrative, decommission/striking/disposal; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404; no Wayback capture exists) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + namesake paragraph + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched (per DANFS) 28 April 1943 at the Boston Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. Don T. Griswold and commissioned the same day, Lt. Comdr. Charles M. Lyons in command - but NPS and NavSource give launched 9 January 1943 / commissioned 28 April 1943 (see gaps and ev-02). Shakedown Bermuda; reached Bora Bora via Norfolk and the Panama Canal 23 July 1943; South Pacific convoy escort. 12 September: four-hour attack on a Japanese submarine off Guadalcanal, not credited. Night of 23-24 December 1943 off Lunga Point: five-hour sonar hunt, eight attacks, final twelve-depth-charge pattern; credited with sinking I-39. Overhaul at Mare Island, then returned to the Pacific theater 3 June 1944 for convoys and training out of Pearl Harbor. 12 March-6 May 1945: Eniwetok as flagship for Commander, Task Group 96.3 (Comdr. T. F. Fowler). Okinawa from 27 May 1945, ASW screen; two kamikaze kills 31 May and 5 June - the second exploded close aboard, showering fragments. Departed Okinawa 29 June escorting a convoy to Leyte Gulf, then Ulithi screening. Tokyo Bay 10 September; departed 16 September; arrived San Pedro 8 October. Decommissioned 19 November 1945; struck from the Navy List 5 December 1945; sold to Dulien Steel Products, Seattle, for scrapping 27 November 1946. Three battle stars for WWII. Specs block: 1,140 tons; 289'5"; 35'; 11'10"; 21 kt; complement 156; 3x3", 4 1.1", 9 20mm, 2 dct, 8 dcp, 1 hh; class Evarts. Namesake Ens. Don T. Griswold Jr., VS-8 off Hornet (CV-8), hit a Japanese cruiser at Midway 6 June 1942 and was lost; posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew (design complement 156)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history, namesake, and specifications - not materials or asbestos content. DANFS omits the laid-down date and conflates launch with commissioning ('launched 28 April 1943 ... commissioned the same day'); NPS Charlestown yard table (ev-02) and NavSource give launched 9 January 1943 - 9 January is carried. Transcription reads namesake's birthplace 'Brya, Tex.' (OCR/typo for Bryan). Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404 and no Wayback capture exists.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-griswold-de7-01
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[3]NPS / Boston National Historical Park, Stephen P. Carlson, 'Ships Built by the Charlestown Navy Yard' (2005) - ships-built table entry for USS Griswold (DE-7) [nps]
- Locator
- Ships Built In The 20th Century table, p. 15 row 'Griswold ... DE-7'; appendix listing 'No Name (BDE-7), see Griswold' (Part III, transferred-vessel names)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NPS Boston NHP publication, ships-built table: 'Griswold / Escort Vessel / DE-7 / Keel Laid 1942 Nov 27 / Launched 1943 Jan 9 / Commissioned 1943 Apr 28 / Ex-BDE 7 (1943); sold 1946.' Establishes the official laid-down and launch dates (correcting DANFS's conflated 'launched 28 April 1943, commissioned the same day'), confirms the builder yard, and records that this hull was laid down as BDE-7 for Britain under Lend-Lease and retained - provenance DANFS omits. Appendix cross-reference: 'No Name (BDE-7), see Griswold.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1943
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43
- Limitations
- Yard-history table confirms builder, dates, and Lend-Lease (BDE-7) provenance; it carries no materials or asbestos information. 'Sold 1946' is consistent with DANFS (27 November 1946, Dulien Steel Products). The original nps.gov URL redirects to a generic page; the identical PDF is served via the GPO PURL cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-griswold-de7-02
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[4]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, photo caption NH 83877 (verbatim transcription; live NHHC photo page serves 404) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NH 83877 picture data page, Online Library of Selected Images (ibiblio mirror)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official U.S. Navy photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command: 'USS Griswold (DE-7). Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, on 23 May 1944. The ship is painted in Camouflage Measure 31 or 32, Design 22D.' Documents this hull's 1944 Mare Island yard period (the overhaul DANFS describes before her 3 June 1944 return to the Pacific).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Mare Island Navy Yard overhaul workforce; wartime crew aboard, May 1944
- Limitations
- Photo caption documents identity, location, and camouflage of the hull on one date - no materials, machinery, or asbestos information; the Mare Island overhaul's work scope is not described. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC photo page returns 404. A second same-date NHHC photo (NH 83880) exists on Wikimedia Commons but its NHHC caption page is not in the mirror set.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-griswold-de7-03
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[5]DANFS specifications block and build record (Evarts class; Boston Navy Yard; 21 kt) + Atlas shipyard dataset, boston-naval-shipyard record (tier-3 asbestos-era yard) and mare-island-naval-shipyard record (1944 overhaul yard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block + narrative; shipyards.json records 'boston-naval-shipyard' and 'mare-island-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: an Evarts-class destroyer escort completed 1943 in a U.S. Navy yard would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel-electric ship - exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, brake linings, and deck/bulkhead coverings - but no boilers or steam-line lagging, the largest asbestos categories of steam ships; builder Boston Naval Shipyard is documented as a tier-3 asbestos-era yard in the Atlas dataset (yard-level John Crane gasket/sealing litigation record), and the 1944 Mare Island overhaul adds a second documented yard touchpoint.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; Mare Island overhaul workforce 1944; wartime crew 1943-45
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No primary source names asbestos materials aboard this hull; the diesel-electric (GMT/'short hull') plant detail rests on standard secondary references and is unverified against an official source (see gaps). Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-griswold-de7-04
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[6]Batch-4478 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS transcription; NPS Charlestown yard history; NHHC Online Library photo caption; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries (type=o and type=r); NARA catalog API; NavSource compilation review [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-griswold-de7-01 through sl-uss-griswold-de7-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-7: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, disposal hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Griswold (DE-7) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sold for scrapping 27 November 1946 - decades before the Navy's asbestos-control programs and before modern hazmat documentation existed - so this negative finding is expected rather than probative.
- 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 - a 1943 Navy-yard build is era-consistent with asbestos use, but no primary source names materials on this hull. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-griswold-de7-05
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[7]NARA holdings leads: RG 24 (WWII deck logs for commissioned USN vessels, College Park - not digitized); RG 19 Bureau of Ships General Information Books / ship plan records (per-vessel material specifications lead); Navy Department, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels 1945 Vol. 1, NAVSHIPS 250-010 (escort-vessel characteristics; scan at shipscribe.com is image-only, not OCR'd); NARA still-picture series (Bureau of Ships 'BS' photo identifiers - DE-7 Mare Island views documented via secondary index) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 24 / RG 19 series descriptions; NAVSHIPS 250-010 scan index (shipscribe.com); NARA BS still-picture identifiers via secondary photo indexes
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level records not yet retrieved: DE-7's wartime deck logs should sit in NARA RG 24; per-hull material and machinery specifications may exist in RG 19 General Information Books or BuShips plan files; the 1945 Ships' Data (NAVSHIPS 250-010) escort-vessel section would carry the official machinery listing for this hull (the available scan is image-only and was not OCR'd); NARA Bureau of Ships still pictures (BS series) hold further 1944 Mare Island views of this hull.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Leads only - holdings not retrieved or confirmed for this hull; existence of the record series is documented, presence of DE-7-specific content within them is not. NARA catalog API returned the HTML catalog shell (key-gated) during this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-griswold-de7-06