Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 769-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-haines-de792-pkt-769-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Haines (DE-792) - construction, namesake biography, service narrative, disposal bracket; verbatim transcription via historycentral.com (canonical NHHC page https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/h/haines.html serves 404; entire history.navy.mil domain returned 404 to automated fetch 2026-09-29) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- historycentral.com/navy/DE/Haines.html - full DANFS entry (namesake paragraph + service narrative + disposal bracket)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: named for Lt. Richard Alexander Haines, USNR (b. 28 Apr 1903, Haines Falls, N.Y.; commissioned Lt. USNR 23 Jul 1941; served USS Washington (BB-56) then USS New Orleans (CA-32); killed 30 Nov 1942 at the Battle of Tassafaronga remaining at his station to control damage until overcome by asphyxiating gas; posthumous Navy Cross). Launched by Consolidated Steel Shipbuilding Corp., Orange, Tex., 26 Aug 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Mary V. Haines; commissioned 27 Dec 1943, Lt. Comdr. Elmer C. Powell in command. Shakedown off Bermuda; final acceptance Feb 1944; escorted a Dutch submarine to the U.S.; troop convoy to Panama and back; training ship for new DE crews at Norfolk; early April 1944 target-towing ship at Quonset Point, R.I. Mediterranean: convoy arrived Casablanca 7 Jun 1944; sailed 30 Jun 1944 with a carrier task group via Malta to Alexandria, Egypt; departed Naples 13 Aug 1944 for the southern-France invasion, escorted troop transports to the assault area and screened the gunfire support group; escorted an LST group Corsica-France into September. Completed Mediterranean service 1 Nov 1944; via Oran; arrived New York 11 Dec 1944 and entered Brooklyn Navy Yard for conversion to a high-speed transport; completed 1 Mar 1945, redesignated APD-84; training ship at Norfolk/Chesapeake Bay. Sailed Norfolk 8 Aug 1945 for the Panama Canal; received word of war's end at Cristobal; San Diego; Pearl Harbor early Sep; transported units of the Strategic Bombing Survey, departed Guam for Japan 2 Oct 1945, two months at Japanese ports; departed Guam 6 Dec 1945 with returning Marines; San Diego 24 Dec 1945. Via Panama to Boston, arrived 12 Jan 1946; Green Cove Springs; decommissioned 29 Apr 1946; reserve; struck from the Navy List 1 Jun 1960; sold for scrap to North American Smelting Co., Wilmington, Del., 19 May 1961. One battle star for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1961
- Population
- Consolidated Steel (Orange, Tex.) construction trades 1943; wartime crew; Brooklyn Navy Yard conversion workforce Dec 1944-Mar 1945
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, service history, and disposal - not materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC page and the whole history.navy.mil domain returned 404 at research date; a verbatim transcription is cited (transcription carries period typos - 'APD~4' for APD-84, 'Haine~' for Haines - read through without correction; namesake paragraph verified verbatim against the NavalCoverMuseum DANFS quotation). DANFS gives no laid-down date or complement in this entry; both supplied by NavSource (ev-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haines-de792-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Haines (APD-84) ex DE-792: 'Building and Operational Data' chronology, APD specification block, campaign table, commanding-officer roster; and Destroyer Escort Photo Archive page navsource.org/archives/06/792.htm (DE specification block) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/10/04/04084.htm - 'Haines (DE 792/APD 84) Building and Operational Data' bullet chronology, APD Specifications block, campaign table, CO table; navsource.org/archives/06/792.htm DE Specifications block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource operational chronology and specification blocks for this hull: keel laid 17 May 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex.; launched and christened 26 Aug 1943 (sponsor Mrs. Mary V. Haines); commissioned 27 Dec 1943, Lcdr. Elmer C. Powell in command; entered Brooklyn Navy Yard 11 Dec 1944 for conversion to APD; conversion completed 1 Mar 1945, reclassified APD-84; decommissioned 29 Apr 1946 at Green Cove Springs, Fla., laid up in the Atlantic Fleet Reserve Group; struck from the Naval Register 1 Jun 1960; final disposition sold for scrapping 3 May 1961 to North American Smelting Corp., Wilmington, Del., removed 19 May 1961. Theater assignment TransDiv 108; campaign table credits Invasion of Southern France (15 Jul-25 Sep 1944); ribbon list includes Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star and Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp); occupation service in the Far East 25 Sep-2 Dec 1945. CO roster: Powell (27 Dec 1943-18 Jun 1945), Laurent (18 Jun-28 Dec 1945), Hendrickson (28 Dec 1945-29 Apr 1946). APD spec block: 1,400 t. light / 2,130 t. full; 306 ft oa; 23.6 kt trial; complement 12 officers/192 enlisted plus troop accommodations 12 officers/150 enlisted; propulsion - two Combustion Engineering 'D' Express boilers 435 psi/750F, two GE turbines turbo-electric drive, two propellers, 12,000 shp; DE spec block reads 15 officers/198 enlisted, 24 kt.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1961
- Population
- Wartime and occupation-era crew (APD complement 12/192 + up to ~150 embarked troops)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a respected volunteer-run secondary compilation, not an official register; its chronology agrees with DANFS on all overlapping points (launch, commissioning, Brooklyn conversion window, decommissioning, striking, scrapping purchaser). It splits the disposal into sale 3 May 1961 / removal 19 May 1961, where DANFS reads 'sold for scrap ... 19 May 1961' - both dates carried, conflict in gaps. Boiler-manufacturer attribution ('Combustion Engineering') conflicts with the navypedia per-block map (Babcock & Wilcox for DE-789-800) - flagged in gaps. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haines-de792-02
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[4]NavSource APD/DE specification blocks for DE-792 (2 'D' Express boilers, GE turbo-electric drive, 12,000 shp) + Bureau of Ships Ships' Data 1945 design groups 2-3 (TE turbo-electric type) + navypedia per-block boiler-manufacturer map [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE/APD 'Specifications' blocks; BuShips Ships' Data 1945 TE design-group rows; navypedia Buckley-class per-block boiler map
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: the Buckley class is the turbo-electric (TE) destroyer-escort design - one of only two DE classes (with the John C. Butler WGT class) carrying a full superheated steam plant, so it is the most asbestos-relevant DE design group. BuShips Ships' Data 1945 design groups 2-3 specify two 'D' express-type boilers at 435 psi/750F superheat feeding GE steam turbine-generators and electric motors at 12,000 shp on two shafts (~23.6 kt); the navypedia per-block boiler-manufacturer map assigns Babcock & Wilcox boilers to the DE-789-800 Consolidated-built block containing this hull (NavSource's own APD block attributes Combustion Engineering - conflict flagged in gaps). A 1943 steam-plant escort of this design would have carried era-standard asbestos applications: boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, fireproofing, electrical insulation, and deck coverings. The documented Dec 1944-Mar 1945 Brooklyn Navy Yard APD conversion (addition of troop accommodations, LCVP davits, 5-inch/38 gun forward) is a yard period at a dataset-listed asbestos-era yard; its asbestos scope is inference, not documentation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1961
- Population
- Consolidated Steel (Orange, Tex.) construction trades 1943; Brooklyn Navy Yard conversion workforce Dec 1944-Mar 1945; crew 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - not a hull record. No ship-specific materials documentation located for DE-792; the product list reflects era-standard categories for a steam-driven escort, not an inventory of this hull. Does not establish presence, quantity, location, or condition of asbestos aboard; conversion asbestos scope unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haines-de792-03
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[5]Hipwell v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., No. 1:20-cv-00063-JNP-JCB (D. Utah), Memorandum Decision and Order denying Foster Wheeler's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 208 (Aug. 31, 2022); 2022 WL 3999949 - Buckley-class sister-hull record [court_record]
- Locator
- Hipwell v. Air & Liquid Systems, D. Utah 1:20-cv-00063, ECF No. 208 (2022-08-31) - Background section and SJ analysis; CourtListener docket 17208683
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation-grade corroboration that Buckley-class steam plants carried asbestos boiler insulation: a federal court order in asbestos wrongful-death litigation names sister hull USS Foss (DE-59, Bethlehem Hingham block), reciting plaintiff's evidence that decedent Keith W. Hipwell served as a boiler tender aboard Foss 1951-1953 maintaining two Foster Wheeler boilers that 'contained approximately 250 pounds of asbestos' and for which Foster Wheeler specified asbestos millboard, rope, woven tape, and gaskets; SJ denied on all grounds (genuine disputes of material fact). Establishes, at the class level, that Buckley steam-plant boiler insulation was asbestos-containing as documented in litigation evidence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1951-1953 (sister-hull exposure window); 2020-2022 (litigation)
- Population
- Boiler tenders and fireroom/engine-room crew aboard Buckley-class steam plants (class-level)
- Limitations
- Sister-hull evidence, not this hull: DE-59 was a Bethlehem-Hingham boat carrying Foster Wheeler boilers, while DE-792's block maps to Babcock & Wilcox (navypedia) or Combustion Engineering (NavSource block) - manufacturer differs across construction blocks, so the corroboration is design-level only. The recited asbestos content is plaintiff's evidence construed favorably on SJ posture, not an adjudicated fact; establishes nothing about DE-792's actual materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haines-de792-04
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[6]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 9828426 (1998-09-23), Docket 94-15 783 - asbestos service-connection claim by a Consolidated Steel (Orange, Tex.) boilermaker-department driller, 1942-44, who then served aboard Navy vessels 1944-46 [court_record]
- Locator
- va.gov vetapp98/files3/9828426.txt - Findings of Fact 1-2 and Reasons and Bases (boilermaker department, hull-drilling duties)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Official VA adjudication touching this hull's builder yard and era: the claimant drilled, reamed, and countersunk steel hull plates at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex., 1942-44 (the yard and window that built DE-792), then served 1944-46 aboard Navy vessels he named as Prince William and AN-37 Teakwood - not Haines. The Board found he was NOT exposed to asbestos at the yard (exterior-hull drilling in an area where asbestos was not used) but WAS exposed aboard Navy vessels (asbestos-coated piping; sleeping bunks beneath pipes), and granted service connection for asbestos-related lung disease while denying asbestosis.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946 (exposure window); 1993-1998 (adjudication)
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange boilermaker-shop worker 1942-44; Navy gunner's mate 1944-46
- Limitations
- Per-claimant merits finding, not a yard-wide determination: the decision names neither DE-792 nor any asbestos finding about this hull, and does not establish that yard workers generally were or were not exposed - exposure was adjudicated duty-by-duty. Builder-yard context only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haines-de792-05
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- gao.gov product page (report summary; full text 403 to automated fetch per Batch-01 note)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- 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; fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. For this hull the policy timing is itself the finding: decommissioned 1946, stricken 1 Jun 1960, and sold for scrap May 1961, Haines's entire service life and disposal predate the Navy's documented insulation-removal program - era insulation would have remained in place unless routine maintenance or the 1944-45 APD conversion disturbed it.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1975-1979 (program); hull disposed 1961
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and crew (program-level)
- Limitations
- Program-level record; does not name this hull and its fieldwork yards (Long Beach, Norfolk) were not Haines's documented yards (Brooklyn Navy Yard conversion; builder Consolidated Steel). Establishes policy timing only - no shipboard conditions, no exposure data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haines-de792-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 opinion index, queries run 2026-09-29: exact name "USS Haines" (0 results); hull-number strings "DE-792" / "APD-84", surname "Haines", and RECAP docket queries deferred by fleet pacing [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search (type=o), 2026-09-29; queries and classifications in this record's search_ledger
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located in the CourtListener opinion index: the exact-name query "USS Haines" returned 0 results. Remaining query families - hull-number strings ("DE-792", "APD-84"), the surname "Haines" (a common surname, high name-collision risk requiring full-result classification), and RECAP docket-type searches - were deferred when the shared fleet request budget closed after the first query; logged blocked in the search ledger, not asserted as negative results.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29 (search date)
- Limitations
- Sweep coverage is the opinion index under the exact vessel name only; hull-string, surname, and docket-type coverage is absent - coverage is partial. An exact-name opinion miss is not proof no pleading or unindexed case exists; asbestos exposure-site claims typically live in state-court pleadings not indexed by opinion text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haines-de792-07
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[9]Batch-4533 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (domain-wide 404; verbatim transcription used); NavSource DE/APD archives; NVR (pre-1987 disposals not yet in register); NARA digitized deck-log catalog; GAO product page; VA vetapp98 file; Atlas shipyards dataset (37 yard_ids); Destroyer History Foundation yard record; general web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-haines-de792-01 through sl-uss-haines-de792-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-792 / APD-84: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract or report, no museum/donation hazmat disclosure (no museum hull exists - sold for scrapping May 1961), no NVR entry (pre-1987 disposal), no OSHA/NIOSH file (disposal predates both agencies), no digitized deck log in the NARA catalog, and 0 CourtListener opinions under the exact name "USS Haines". The only web hits naming the hull with 'asbestos' are banned law-firm/marketing listicles (excluded - see report).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29 (search date)
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - 1943 steam-plant construction makes period ACM likely at the class level (ev-03, ev-04), but nothing ship-specific was found. Scrapping-era ACM content and disposal-site handling (North American Smelting Co., Wilmington, Del.) are undocumented. CourtListener coverage is partial (exact-name opinion sweep negative; hull-string, surname, and RECAP docket queries deferred by fleet pacing).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haines-de792-08