Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet ll-packet.md (9 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Holt — [M] https://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/DE/DE-706_Holt.html
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-holt-de706-pkt-ll-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'Holt (DE-706)' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (online entry published 2016-04-20; live URL serves 404 to automated fetches - verbatim NHHC text via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20251209094917; cross-verified against the DANFS 1968 print Vol. III, archive.org scan identifier dictionaryofamer03wash) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS 'Holt (DE-706)' entry body + spec block (Wayback 20251209094917); print original Vol. III 'Holt' entry (djvu text lines ~59273-59380)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC records for this hull: namesake Lt. (j.g.) William Mack Holt (born 9 September 1917, Great Falls, Mont.; enlisted 4 October 1940; Aviation Cadet 26 December 1940; fighter pilot on Enterprise then Saratoga; shot down 7 August 1942 attacking a ~27-bomber formation over Guadalcanal; posthumously awarded the Navy Cross). Spec block: '(DE-706: dp. 1450; l. 306'; b. 36'10"; dr. 9'8"; s. 24 k.; cpl. 186; a. 2 5", 3 21" tt., 2 dct., 8 dcp., 1 dcp. (h.h.); cl. Rudderow).' 'Holt (DE-706), a destroyer escort, was launched by Defoe Shipbuilding Co. of Bay City, Mich., 15 February 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Robert Holt, mother of the namesake; and commissioned at New Orleans, La., 9 June 1944, Lt. Comdr. Victor Blue commanding.' Shakedown off Bermuda; Norfolk 8 August 1944; Patuxent River shallow-water tests to 19 August; Escort Division 74; screened escort carriers Wake Island and Mission Bay Norfolk-Newport; antisubmarine ops from 5 September 1944 including the 12 September SS George Ade search broken off for the approaching hurricane; Pacific via Panama Canal 23 October; Hollandia 21 November; 7th Fleet Leyte Gulf escort-carrier duty 28 November-11 December; Mindoro convoy and landings; Lingayen Gulf resupply echelon 8 January 1945, patrol 21-27 January (suicide plane downed close aboard 23 January); Subic Bay 12 February; Legaspi fire support 1 April and 7-8 April landings; Tarakan (Borneo) supply convoy early May; floating-drydock repairs; eastern South China Sea weather patrol to 18 December 1945; San Francisco 9 January 1946 with 75 persons embarked; decommissioned San Diego 2 July 1946; San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet until December 1962; loaned to the Republic of Korea 19 June 1963 under the Military Assistance Program as Chung Nam (DE-73). Two battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1963
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; wartime crew (DANFS complement 186)
- Limitations
- Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for identity, service history, and disposal framing. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. The 1968 print predates the 1974 striking/sale and ROK disposal - those events come from later sources (ev-02). The printed and online entries are the condensed form; a longer narrative text of different provenance circulates on the veterans' association site (ev-04). Live NHHC page 404s to automated fetches (standing link rot, cf. BATCH-01); Wayback capture is verbatim NHHC text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-holt-de706-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive - USS Holt (DE 706), file 06/706 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 06/706.htm - spec block, building/operational data chronology, awards ribbon list; https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/1615.html; https://www.navypedia.org/ships/korea_south/kos_es_chungnam.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource chronology and spec for this hull: Rudderow class, TEV type (turbo-electric drive, long hull, 5-inch guns); displacement 1,450 t light / 1,810 t full; length 300' wl / 306' oa; beam 36'9"; draft 13'9" limit; propulsion '2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws'; 24 kts; range 5,050 nm @ 12 kt; complement 12/192; laid down 28 November 1943 by Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich.; launched and christened 15 February 1944 (sponsor Mrs. Robert Holt); commissioned at New Orleans 9 June 1944 (Lcdr Victor Blue, USNR); decommissioned at San Diego 2 July 1946 after 2 years 1 month of service, 86,337 miles steamed, credited with assisting in the destruction of four Japanese aircraft; inactivation completed 27 February 1947, assigned Submarine Group Two, San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet; loaned to South Korea 19 June 1963 as ROKS Chung Nam (DE-73); struck from the NVR 15 November 1974; stricken and broken up 1984. Awards ribbons listed: Combat Action (retroactive), American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific w/ 2 stars, WWII Victory, Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation w/ 1 star. uboat.net Allied Warships (ship/1615) corroborates the chronology and adds disposal ('stricken and broken up in 1984'); navypedia carries the ROK-service entry (pennant 73, renumbered 1980).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1984
- Population
- Crew 1944-46; reserve-fleet caretakers San Diego 1946-1962; ROK Navy crews 1963-1984; Korean breaking-yard workforce 1984
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - detailed and consistent with NHHC where they overlap, but non-official; adds laid-down date, inactivation completion, mileage, disposal detail absent from the condensed DANFS entry. Conflicts carried in gaps: complement (12/192 vs DANFS 186); NavSource biographical sketch labels the namesake's posthumous award a Distinguished Flying Cross while DANFS reads Navy Cross; ROK pennant numbering (DE-821 vs navypedia 827). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-holt-de706-02
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[4]NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Rudderow (DE-224) class spec block + HyperWar 'US Navy Destroyer Escorts, 1940-45' Rudderow-class data (ibiblio.net/hyperwar/USN/ships/DE/DE-706_Holt.html data block) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-224 class spec block; http://ibiblio.net/hyperwar/USN/ships/DE/DE-706_Holt.html
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull was built to the Rudderow-class TEV plant - per NavSource class spec '2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws, 24 kts'; the HyperWar DE data block for DE-706 carries the same class figures (turbo-electric drive, 12,000 h.p., 24 knots). A steam turbo-electric plant of this type - boilers, superheated steam mains, turbine-generators, and associated gaskets, packing, lagging, and accommodation insulation - is the configuration for which WWII-era naval construction commonly used asbestos-containing materials.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; engine-room and deck-force crews 1944-46
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull record. No material specification, survey, or manifest naming DE-706 was located. Establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, exposure, or causation for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-holt-de706-03
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[5]USS Holt (DE-706) veterans'-association site history page - expanded narrative transcription labeled 'History from Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'; corroborated at timeline level by NHHC DANFS (ev-01) and NavSource (ev-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ussholt.com/history/ narrative (Boston Naval Shipyard alterations; San Francisco Naval Shipyard inactivation; floating-drydock repairs; MAP transfer preparation)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented disturbance events for this hull: (a) built 1943-44 by Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Mich. - a private WWII contract yard NOT present in the Atlas shipyard dataset (see gaps); (b) post-shakedown alterations at the Boston Naval Shipyard before arrival at Norfolk 8 August 1944 (Atlas-documented asbestos yard, shipyards.json 'boston-naval-shipyard'); (c) voyage repairs and floating-drydock periods at Morotai and San Pedro Bay 1945; (d) January 1946 inactivation preparation at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard ('prepared for inactivation in the San Francisco Naval Shipyard' - Hunters Point; Atlas-documented yard 'hunters-point-naval-shipyard'); (e) ~16 years reserve-fleet lay-up at San Diego (1946-1962) including completed inactivation 27 February 1947; (f) December 1962 - June 1963 preparations for Military Assistance Program transfer (facility not named in sources); (g) 21 years ROK Navy service 1963-1984 including the 1980 pennant renumbering, whose refit scope is undocumented; (h) 1984 breaking in Korea after striking.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1984
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding trades 1943-44; Boston Naval Shipyard trades Aug 1944; San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunters Point) trades early 1946; San Diego reserve-fleet crews 1946-1962; MAP-transfer workforce 1962-63; ROK Navy crews 1963-1984; Korean breakers 1984
- Limitations
- The events are ship-specific and documented; any asbestos scope within them is inference, not record - no work-package, abatement contract, or material disclosure for any of these events was located. The Boston Naval Shipyard and San Francisco Naval Shipyard details come from the veterans'-site transcription labeled DANFS; the condensed NHHC/print entry reads only 'a short stay in Boston' and 'for San Francisco' - the fuller text's provenance (expanded DANFS-era history vs. association compilation) is unverified, though its chronology agrees with NHHC where they overlap and its '28 October' Humboldt Bay departure is an internal typo against the verified 28 November.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-holt-de706-04
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[6]Republic of Korea government press release (korea.kr Policy Briefing), launching ceremony of frigate Chungnam (FFG-828) - official ROK identification of the first Chungnam as 'DE-821, acquired from the US Navy in 1963' [other_primary]
- Locator
- korea.kr press release newsId=156561880, paragraph on the FFG-828 name lineage
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Republic of Korea identification of this hull's second career: the ROK release for the 2023 launching of frigate Chungnam (FFG-828) states the name was first borne by 'the DE-821 escort destroyer acquired from the US Navy in 1963' (i.e., ex-Holt), which it credits with driving off a Soviet submarine that entered Korean waters in 1964. Confirms the ex-Holt's ROK pennant as DE-821 and documents continued foreign service through 1984.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1963-1984; release 2023
- Population
- ROK Navy crews 1963-1984
- Limitations
- Official for ROK service identity only; contains no asbestos, material-condition, refit, or disposal detail. Wikipedia's 'reclassified DE-821, 1980' dating for the renumbering is secondary; navypedia's '827' reading conflicts and is carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-holt-de706-05
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[7]Fleischer, W.E., Viles, F.J. Jr., Gade, R.L., and Drinker, P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed record PMID 21016030; article pp. 9-16 (pipe covering material section)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The U.S. Maritime Commission-commissioned industrial-hygiene survey of WWII pipe-covering operations at two Navy yards and two Navy contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite' - i.e., asbestos insulation was standard material in wartime naval-vessel construction of exactly this hull's era and type.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- survey ~1944-45; published 1946
- Population
- WWII pipe coverers and insulators at Navy and contract yards (era context)
- Limitations
- Era-level documentation of asbestos use in naval construction generally; does not name this vessel, class, or builder yard (whether Defoe Shipbuilding was among the surveyed contract yards is unverified) and establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure. (The study's exculpatory 'not a dangerous occupation' conclusion has since been heavily criticized - see the 2026 critique at DOI 10.1177/10482911261446696.)
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-holt-de706-06
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[8]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and program under which this Rudderow-class hull was built at a Navy contract yard - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in shipbuilding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or class and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-holt-de706-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 sweeps (authenticated, fleet-paced via cl-auth-search.py): '"USS Holt"' type=o - count 0; '"USS Holt"' type=r - count 0, document_count 0; '"Holt" asbestos' type=o and '"DE-706"' sweeps deferred when the fleet-paced quota window closed repeatedly (see search_ledger and gaps) [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py results, 2026-09-29 (type=o '"USS Holt"' count 0; type=r '"USS Holt"' count 0, document_count 0)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener returns no opinion and no docket naming USS Holt: exact-phrase opinion search '"USS Holt"' = 0 results (clean HTTP 200); exact-phrase docket/RECAP search '"USS Holt"' = 0 dockets, 0 documents (clean HTTP 200). Indexed-web litigation checking surfaced only name collisions - Holt Hauling & Warehousing Sys. v. M/V Ming Joy, 614 F. Supp. 890 (E.D. Pa. 1985) (stevedore/pier-damage maritime case, company name); Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co. v. Holt (Fla. 1956) (occupational-disease limitations question, claimant surname); Holt v. Merck Sharp & Dohme, 3:16-cv-02003 (S.D. Cal.) and Holt et al v. Monsanto, 4:19-cv-01063 (E.D. Mo.) (product-liability claimant surnames) - and law-firm marketing ship lists that name the hull without primary support (asbestos-ships.com, shepardlawfirm.com, freeasbestostesting.com), an excluded source class.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29 (index state)
- Limitations
- Coverage is search-index level, not a PACER-level docket inspection: a pleading could name the hull inside a document that index text does not expose. 'Holt' is a common surname - the completed sweeps used the exact phrase '"USS Holt"'; the lower-yield 'Holt asbestos' opinion sweep and bare hull-string sweeps ('DE-706', 'aboard Holt', 'Chung Nam') were deferred when the shared fleet quota window stayed closed across repeated spaced retries (see search_ledger). Absence of a located case does not prove no claim was ever filed or settled.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-holt-de706-08
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[10]Batch-4486 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback + 1968 GPO print scan; NavSource 06/706; uboat.net ship/1615; navypedia; ROK government release (korea.kr); NARA Ship Plan Index (NAID 153715106); Naval Vessel Register; MARAD ShipHistory; CourtListener API (paced sweeps); indexed-web litigation checks [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-holt-de706-01 through sl-uss-holt-de706-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum document (the hull was scrapped in Korea - no preservation phase exists), court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Holt / DE-706 / Chung Nam was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Law-firm marketing pages asserting era-typical asbestos content for this hull were excluded per the no-law-firm-sources rule and logged in the batch report.
- 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 1943-44 steam turbo-electric escort built at a WWII contract yard is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the alterations, inactivation, reserve lay-up, MAP-transfer reactivation, ROK service, and Korean breaking are undocumented disturbance phases. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-holt-de706-09
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[11]NARA Ship Plan Index entry for HOLT (DE-706): RG 19 'Hull series of Ship Engineering Drawings' file unit NAID 153715106; deck-log series 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' NAID 594258 (1941-1992); National Museum of the Pacific War oral-history interview, William Morgan (19 September 2004), indexed via aggregator [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/cartographic/ship-index (HOLT DE-706 row); https://catalog.archives.gov/id/594258 (logbook series)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): RG 19 hull-series engineering drawings for HOLT (DE-706) per the NARA Ship Plan Index - the BuShips drawing set would carry the hull's construction arrangement and any insulation schedules; Navy deck logs for the 1944-46 commission (Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, NAID 594258 - digitization status for this hull unverified); BuShips/Defoe contract and inspection records (RG 19) for the Bay City build; the Navy/MAP transfer file for the 1963 loan and 1974 sale and any ROK disposal documentation - the disposal-era hazmat lead, if any exists; National Museum of the Pacific War oral-history collection interview of former Holt quartermaster William Morgan (September 19, 2004) - crew-era occupational detail, not an asbestos record.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1984 records
- Limitations
- Record-group/NAID mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. The Morgan interview is located through aggregator indexing only - the museum's own catalog record was not retrieved. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-holt-de706-10