Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, Hodges (DE-231) (1968 ed., Vol. 3, p.339; namesake, builder, dates, service narrative, striking; verbatim hazegray transcription - live NHHC page serves 404), incl. bracketed Bauer & Roberts 'Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990' disposal addendum [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative + bracketed disposal addendum
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Ensign Flournoy Glen Hodges, USNR (b. 22 Jan 1919, Dover, Ga.), naval aviator killed 4 Jun 1942 at Midway, posthumous Navy Cross; launched 9 December 1943 by Charleston Navy Yard, sponsored by Miss Dorothy Jane Hodges; commissioned 27 May 1944, Lt. Comdr. Victor B. Staadecker in command; Bermuda shakedown, British West Indies antisubmarine patrol, East Coast operations; departed New York 14 October 1944, reached New Guinea 20 November; Philippine patrol/escort from 20 December; San Fabian Attack Force for the Lingayen Gulf landings 9 January 1945 - a diving kamikaze knocked down her foremast and radio antennas without a casualty; repairs at Manus; Humboldt Bay-Leyte convoy escort; shore bombardment near Legaspi, Luzon, 11 April; Manila Bay submarine training April-May; Subic Bay escort to Ulithi 26 June; patrol and plane guard between Ulithi and Okinawa 1 July-18 December; arrived San Francisco 9 January 1946; decommissioned San Diego 22 June 1946 into the Reserve Fleet; one battle star. Bauer & Roberts addendum: stricken 1 December 1972, sold 12 September 1973. Specs: 1,450 t, 306 ft, 24 kt, complement 186.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades 1943-44; wartime crew (design complement 186)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. DANFS does not state the keel-lay date or the boiler/turbine manufacturer - those rest on the NavSource compilation. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404; the disposal line is the editors' bracketed addendum from Bauer & Roberts (1991), not the 1968 DANFS text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hodges-de231-01
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[2]NHHC, 'Appendix 12: Ships Named for Naval Aviators' (Naval Aviation research publication) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Appendix 12 table (ships named for naval aviators), Hodges entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC official appendix lists 'Hodges (DE 231) ENS Flourenoy G. Hodges, USNR 27 May 1944' - confirming the namesake (a naval aviator), the hull number, and the commissioning date for this ship against an NHHC-published source.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Namesake; wartime crew
- Limitations
- Confirms namesake identity and commissioning date only - no materials or asbestos information. The appendix spells the given name 'Flourenoy' where the DANFS narrative reads 'Flournoy Glen'; DANFS spelling carried, variant noted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hodges-de231-02
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[3]NARA Atlanta finding aid: RG 181 Naval Districts and Shore Establishments, Ship Commissioning Files - Sixth Naval District at Charleston, 1942-1945 (National Archives Identifier 2694599) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Finding aid table, box 5, DE-231 USS HODGES, 5/27/1944
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA finding aid enumerates a ship-specific commissioning file for this hull: box 5, 'Destroyer Escort DE-231 USS HODGES 5/27/1944', in the Sixth Naval District (Charleston) Ship Commissioning Files series - correspondence, invitations, and instructions relating to the commissioning of naval vessels at Charleston Navy Yard during WWII. Not retrieved.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Commissioning participants, Charleston Navy Yard, May 1944
- Limitations
- Finding aid establishes that a per-hull commissioning file exists at NARA Southeast (Morrow, GA); contents unexamined - commissioning files are administrative correspondence and are not expected to contain material specifications or asbestos records, but may document construction-completion details. Digitization status of the file not established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hodges-de231-03
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[4]Lowcountry Digital Library / Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, Charleston Naval Shipyard Photographs collection: 'USS Hodges' items lcdl:421 (starboard bow) and lcdl:424 (stern view), U.S. Navy photographs captioned 'US Navy Yard, SC., 31 July 1944' [museum_official]
- Locator
- LCDL catalog records lcdl:421 and lcdl:424, Charleston Naval Shipyard Photographs collection (contributing institution: Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Museum-cataloged U.S. Navy photographs of this hull taken at the Charleston Navy Yard on 31 July 1944 (starboard bow and stern views) - contemporaneous shipyard documentation placing the ship at its builder's yard during the post-shakedown availability window, consistent with the DANFS narrative ('returned to Charleston' after Bermuda shakedown).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard workers, 1944
- Limitations
- Photographic documentation only - no materials or asbestos information. Confirms the ship's presence at the builder's yard on a documented date; does not characterize the work performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hodges-de231-04
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[5]The Mariners' Museum and Park online catalog, object CL4546 - exhibition ship model marked 'U.S.S. HODGES / DE 231' [museum_official]
- Locator
- Mariners' Museum online catalog, object CL4546 (model notes / vessel information)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Museum catalog record for a display model bearing this hull's name and number; catalog notes record the vessel's builder as Charleston Navy Yard and flag the model itself as misconfigured - it depicts a Buckley-class rather than Rudderow-class escort (curatorial memo of 5-1-1990).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943 (subject); undated model
- Limitations
- Artifact catalog record only - no materials or asbestos information, and the model itself does not accurately depict the Rudderow-class configuration. Confirms the hull exists in a museum collection record; nothing else is asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hodges-de231-05
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[6]DANFS specifications block (class RUDDEROW; 24 kt) + NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Archive per-hull table (TEV type; 2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12,000 shp, 2 screws; keel laid 09 Sep 1943; inactivation completed 01 Oct 1946, Submarine Group Two, San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet; struck 01 Dec 1972; sold for scrapping 12 Sep 1973; 78,781 miles steamed) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Charleston Naval Shipyard record (tier-2 asbestos-era yard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-231 page, specifications and building/operational data blocks; DANFS specs block; shipyards.json record 'charleston-naval-shipyard' (evidence_tier 2)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: a TEV (turbo-electric, 5-inch) destroyer escort built 1943-44 carried a superheated-steam plant - two boilers feeding GE turbo-generators - making this class the same steam-plant category as the Buckley (TE) design rather than the diesel classes; period-standard asbestos applications for such a plant comprised boiler external insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, valve/flange gaskets, machinery packing, electrical insulation, fireproofing and deck coverings. Builder Charleston Naval Shipyard is documented as a tier-2 asbestos-era yard in the Atlas dataset (documented product categories include steam-system insulation, boiler coatings, gaskets, and packing).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades 1943-44; crew 1944-46; inactivation crews San Diego 1946; breaker's workers 1973-74
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. NavSource is a volunteer-compiled secondary archive whose per-hull tables reflect official Ships' Data/NVR figures; the boiler manufacturer attribution (2 CE boilers) rests on it. No survey, specification sheet, or material list for this hull was located; does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hodges-de231-06
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[7]Batch-4151 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS transcription and live-site check; NHHC naval-aviation appendix; NARA RG 181 finding aid; Patriots Point/LCDL shipyard photograph collection; Mariners' Museum catalog; NavSource compilation; Atlas shipyard dataset; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-hodges-de231-01 through sl-uss-hodges-de231-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-231: no hull ACM survey, no abatement or donation-condition hazmat disclosure, no insurance/environmental filing, and no qualifying asbestos case naming the vessel in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Web results for 'USS Hodges asbestos' surface only law-firm SEO pages with no documented per-hull record - excluded per sourcing rules.
- 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 - era-consistent material use is expected for a 1943-44 steam naval vessel. Does not establish that asbestos was or was not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener exact-name sweeps returned zero hits on both opinion (type=o) and docket (type=r) indexes; hull-number 'DE-231' queries remained fleet-throttled at research cutoff.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hodges-de231-07