Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet hr-packet.md (8 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-hammerberg-de1015-pkt-hr-packet-md
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[2]DANFS (1968), Vol. 3, pp. 225-226, Hammerberg (DE-1015) entry (verbatim transcription - live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. 3 pp. 225-226: specifications block + service narrative + bracketed strike/sale note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 20 August 1954 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Moss, mother of the namesake; commissioned 2 March 1955, Lt. Comdr. Murray E. Draper in command. Newport-based Atlantic Fleet service: Fleet Sonar School Key West, ASW and convoy exercises; NATO maneuvers 1957 (Irish Sea, Plymouth, Brest); Norwegian Navy exercise off Bodo April-May 1958 after hunter-killer work with Tarawa (CVS-40); Guantanamo refresher and Chile/Peru ASW training early 1959; South American cruises 1960 and 1961 including OAS-requested Dominican Republic patrol November 1961; diverted to patrol the Florida coast 7-29 November 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis; Boston Naval Shipyard 1963 then UNITAS IV circumnavigation of South America and PHIBASWEX I-63; Springboard, Canus Silex, Steel Pike 1964; NATO Match Maker I / Pilot High / Pole Star 1965 then Boston Naval Shipyard repair; UNITAS VII August-November 1966 with Van Voorhis (DE-1028), Leahy (DLG-16), Requin (SS-481). Bracketed DANFS tail note: stricken from the Navy Register 14 December 1973, sold 17 July 1974 (Bauer & Roberts, Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy 1775-1990, p. 239). Spec block: 1,340 t, 315 ft, 37-ft beam, 18-ft draft, 25 kt, complement 206, three 3-inch guns, 1 depth-charge track, 6 depth-charge projectors; class DEALEY.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1954-1973
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1953-55; crew (design complement 206 per DANFS, 170 per 1969 BOGP)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. DANFS omits the keel-laying date; its complement figure (206) conflicts with the hull's own 1969 plan-set figure (170) and its sale date (17 July 1974) conflicts with NavSource's (18 June 1974) - both conflicts carried in gaps. The live NHHC page 404s; verbatim hazegray mirror transcription cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hammerberg-de1015-01
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[3]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Hammerberg (DE-1015) building and operational data (compiled from official records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-1015 page, 'Building and Operational Data' block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Building and operational data for this hull: keel laid 12 November 1953 at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; launched and christened 20 August 1954; commissioned 2 March 1955 at the Boston Navy Yard; assigned Atlantic Destroyer Force, Newport, R.I.; September 1964 assigned to newly formed CortRon 8 at Newport; October 1970 homeport changed to Naples, Italy; October 1973 homeport changed to Norfolk, Va.; 14 December 1973 decommissioned at Naval Station Norfolk (D&S Pier 20, with two other CortRon 8 units) after 18 years and 8 1/3 months and struck from the NVR; 18 June 1974 sold for scrapping to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp., New York, N.Y. for $65,141.00.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1953-1974
- Population
- Construction and operational crews 1953-1973; Union Minerals and Alloys scrapping workers 1974
- Limitations
- Secondary volunteer archive compiling official data - the keel-laying and decommissioning dates and the buyer/price detail come only from this source and were not re-verified against a primary record. Sale date conflicts with the DANFS/Bauer-Roberts figure (17 July 1974) and a third secondary date (14 June 1974) - carried in gaps. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hammerberg-de1015-02
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[4]Booklet of General Plans, USS Hammerberg DE-1015 (BuShips plan DE 5010-7 & 8-179778, Navy Yard Boston, dated 26 August 1969; 300-dpi reproduction on Internet Archive) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archive.org item de1015bogp1969v2: sheet 01 cover/dimensions & data (complement + corrections tables), sheets 02-04 sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Hull-specific official plan set for DE-1015 survives and is digitized: cover sheet gives length between perpendiculars 308 ft, LOA 314 ft 6 in, molded beam 36 ft 8 in, and a complement table of 170 (1 captain, 10 officers, 14 CPOs, 145 enlisted); the 'Corrected to Suit Ship [Modifications]' table records this hull's plans corrected at Bath, Maine (January 25, 1955 completion corrections), New York Naval Shipyard (November 30, 1956), and Boston Naval Shipyard (July 28, 1955; December 29, 1958; April 14, 1961; March 20, 1963; April 18, 1966; August 26, 1969) - documenting repeated Navy-yard availability/modification events on this hull. Sheets cover outboard/inboard profiles, decks, platforms, hold, inner bottom, and midship/type sections.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1955-1969 (plan corrections)
- Population
- Boston Naval Shipyard and New York Naval Shipyard yard workers 1955-1969; ship's force during availabilities
- Limitations
- The plan set does not state 'asbestos' and material callouts are not fully legible at available reproduction resolution - it documents configurations and yard-modification events, not ACM content. Yard availabilities are the events at which insulation is typically disturbed aboard steam escorts, but this is inference; no material spec is quoted. Archival lead: the full-resolution BOGP and any NARA RG 19 material specification records for DE-1015 may hold insulation detail.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hammerberg-de1015-03
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[5]DANFS spec block (Dealey class; steam plant) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Bath Iron Works record (1942 Drinker pipe-covering dust study, PMID 21016030; OSHA 1987 asbestos samples) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; shipyards.json record 'bath-iron-works' (ev-bath-iron-works-01, -02)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Dealey-class destroyer escort built 1953-55 with a two-boiler Foster-Wheeler / single De Laval geared-turbine steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos in boiler casing and steam-line insulation, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings; builder Bath Iron Works is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2), including a 1942 Harvard/Drinker industrial-hygiene study recording 'fairly serious dust risk' in pipe-covering shops and 1987 OSHA asbestos sampling results. NARA RG 19 General Information Books and the full-resolution hull BOGP are archival leads for hull-level material specifications.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1953-1973
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1953-55; engineering crew 1955-73
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific asbestos finding exists for this hull; this row adds context, not a ship-proven finding. The Drinker study (1942) and OSHA samples (1987) bracket but do not cover this hull's 1953-55 build window, and neither names DE-1015.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hammerberg-de1015-04
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[6]Batch-3951 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404 / hazegray mirror), NavSource building data and 1973 decommissioning booklet, Internet Archive hull-specific BOGP, CourtListener opinion index (exact-name and hull-number queries), Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions via public search, NARA catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-hammerberg-de1015-01 through sl-uss-hammerberg-de1015-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no ACM hull survey, abatement contract, museum/donation hazmat disclosure (hull scrapped 1974-75, not preserved), BVA decision, or docketed case naming USS Hammerberg or DE-1015 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion queries 'USS Hammerberg' returned zero results and 'DE-1015' returned only non-vessel identifier collisions (broadcast/satellite, habeas, and prison-discipline opinions); 'Hammerberg' surname hits are unrelated persons' matters.
- 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 scrapped hull leaves no present-day survey opportunity, and pre-1987 disposals are not indexed in the online Naval Vessel Register. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hammerberg-de1015-05