Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]research packet gk-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-henry-a-wiley-dd749-pkt-gk-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph NH 90025, USS Henry A. Wiley (DM-29) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC photograph catalog entry NH 90025, Description
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC identifies the vessel as USS Henry A. Wiley (DM-29), underway near New York on 16 September 1944, and states that she was laid down and launched as DD-749 but redesignated DM-29 before completion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The catalog record establishes identity, redesignation before completion, and the dated photograph. It does not provide exact construction dates, the commissioning date, ship class, machinery, asbestos-containing materials, or the later MMD-29 redesignation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-a-wiley-dd749-01
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[3]NHHC Navy Department Library, Modern Biographical Files, Carlos Dew, Jr. [other_primary]
- Locator
- Biography paragraph beginning 'Following graduation from the Naval Academy in 1946'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Navy biography states that Dew joined USS Henry A. Wiley (DM-29) after graduation in 1946 and that the minelayer was decommissioned on 29 January 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- This is a biographical record referencing the ship and decommissioning date; it does not document the ship's asbestos materials or exposure conditions, and it does not establish later disposition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-a-wiley-dd749-02
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[4]Navy Unit Awards and Campaign Participation, OP-09B33, as of 9 February 1994, p. 183 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- p. 183, row HENRY A WILEY DM 29
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Navy unit-awards table lists HENRY A WILEY DM 29 with award code PU for the period 23 March through 24 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The source records the award code and dates; this row does not expand the code or establish asbestos-containing materials, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-a-wiley-dd749-03