Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet id-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: USS Hova (France) DE-110 → VERIFIED (transfer ship; never served operationally in USN)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-hova-france-de110-pkt-id-packet-md
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[2]Bureau of Ships, 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels 1945' Vol. I (NAVSHIPS 250-010, April 13, 1945), List of Naval Vessels (shipscribe.com scan; page-image OCR) [other_primary]
- Locator
- List of Naval Vessels-Continued, DESTROYER-ESCORT VESSELS (DE), DET design group, book p.11 (PDF p.15); footnote key printed at foot of same page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips April 1945 roster entry for this hull: under DESTROYER-ESCORT VESSELS (DE), 'DET design' block, line 'DE110 Hova' carries footnote 4 = 'Transferred to, and named by, France' - confirming DE-110 was a DET-design (Cannon-class) hull, bore the name Hova in US records, and had been transferred to and named by France at the April 1945 publication date. The same block shows all six DET hulls DE-106 through DE-111 footnoted to France, listed under their French-assigned names (Senegalais, Algerien, Tunisien, Marocain, Hova, Somali), and DE-114-128 marked 'Canceled.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Dravo Corp. (Wilmington, DE) construction trades 1943-44
- Limitations
- Roster establishes identity, design group, and transfer status only - no construction dates, service history, materials, or asbestos content for this hull. Names in the US roster are the French-assigned names (per the footnote's 'named by, France' formula); the hull never served the USN operationally.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hova-france-de110-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Escort Photo Archive: 'Hova (DE 110) / FNS Hova (F-4)' page (Wayback capture 2025-04-30; live navsource.org unreachable from session host) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-110 page, class/specifications block + 'Operational and Building Data' section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource entry for this hull: Cannon class; displacement 1,240 tons; 306' oa x 36'7" x 11'8"; armament 3 x 3"/50, 2x 40mm AA, 10x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2 DC racks; machinery 6,000 BHP, 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 2 screws; 21 knots; crew 186. Building/operational data: laid down by Dravo, Wilmington, Del. 25 September 1943; launched 22 January 1944; to France 18 March 1944; stricken (USN) 14 May 1952; fate: stricken May 1964, sold for scrap. Secondary compilations consistent with the register data date full title transfer to France 21 April 1952 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1964
- Population
- Dravo Corp. construction trades 1943-44; FNFL and Marine nationale crews 1944-1964
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled archive reproducing official register/building data - not itself an official document; its dates are consistent with the BuShips 1945 roster's transfer note and uboat.net's service record. The 21 April 1952 MDAP title-transfer date is compilation-sourced (consistent with the 14 May 1952 stricken date). No asbestos or materials content on the page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hova-france-de110-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII: 'FFL Hova - Free French Destroyer escort of the Cannon class' entry and associated convoy event records [other_primary]
- Locator
- FFL Hova ship page (ship/7793.html), ship data block + 'Notable events' convoy UGF-12 narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net warship record for this hull: laid down as USS Hova (DE-110) by Dravo Corp., Wilmington, Del.; laid down 25 September 1943; launched 22 January 1944; commissioned 18 March 1944 into the Free French Navy ('transferred to the Free French upon completion'); end of service May 1964; decommissioned May 1964 and sold to be broken up for scrap. Wartime event record: in July 1944 the destroyer escort Hova joined convoy UGF-12 off Algiers (about 1100 on the 13th) and was detached with USS Chicopee toward Bizerta early on the 14th.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1964
- Population
- Free French Naval Forces crew, 1944
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a specialist warship database compiled from convoy and naval records, not an official document; entry carries no asbestos or materials content and no commanding-officer list for this ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hova-france-de110-03
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[5]netmarine.net dossier 'Bâtiments français du débarquement en Provence' (Wayback capture 2023-09-28) + 'La Flotte de guerre française en 1954' fleet list (Wayback capture 2023-11-03, source credited: Flottes de Combat 1954) [other_primary]
- Locator
- netmarine Provence dossier OOB table (5ème DDE); netmarine 'Flotte 1954' and 'Flotte 1958' escorteur tables (HOVA F704 rows)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- French Navy order of battle for Operation Anvil-Dragoon (Provence landing, 15 August 1944): Hova, capitaine de frégate Lamorte commanding, listed in the 5ème Division de destroyers d'escorte within the 'Force de contrôle (Groupe d'escorte et de contrôle des convois)' - the convoy escort and control group. The 1 January 1954 French fleet list still carries HOVA, pennant F704, in service from 1944 (91 m, 1750 t, 6000 CV, 150-man complement listed, 19 knots); the 1958 fleet list likewise lists F704 in service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- FNFL/Marine nationale crews 1944-1958
- Limitations
- netmarine.net is a French naval-history association site compiling published fleet data (Flottes de Combat) - secondary but consistent; live site currently fails TLS negotiation, so Wayback captures are cited. Order-of-battle listing establishes participation, not materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hova-france-de110-04
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[6]Codenames of WWII (CWMC), 'Operation Venerable' - operation record citing Vice-amiral Joseph Rue's naval order of battle; corroborated by a warhistory.org transcription of an official-history chapter ('French Navy - The Liberation of France II') [other_primary]
- Locator
- codenames.info/operation/venerable/ - naval bombardment force order of battle paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Operation Venerable record (14-19 April 1945), the French/US recapture of the German-held lower Gironde estuary (Royan / Pointe de Grave pockets): the 'destroyer escort Hova' is named in Vice-amiral Joseph Rue's ten-warship bombardment force alongside battleship Lorraine, heavy cruiser Duquesne, destroyers Alcyon, Basque and Fortune, frigates Aventure, Decouverte and Surprise, and sloop Amiral Mouchez. The official-history transcription adds that on 10 April 1945 the Fortune and the Hova captured the German-manned trawler Hasard off Les Sables-d'Olonne.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-04
- Population
- FNFL crew, April 1945
- Limitations
- Secondary operation-history compilation plus a transcribed official-history chapter hosted on warhistory.org (a secondary/transcription source, used only to corroborate the Hasard detail); fr.wikipedia cites the same Venerable participation. Participation only - no materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hova-france-de110-05
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[7]ImagesDefense / ECPAD (Etablissement de communication et de production audiovisuelle de la Defense, French Ministry of Armed Forces official audiovisual archive), photo reportage series ALG 56-359 aboard the escorteur Hova F-704, Algeria, 29 Nov-14 Dec 1956 [other_primary]
- Locator
- ImagesDefense series ALG 56-359 metadata block (reference, dates 29/11/1956-14/12/1956, origin SCA/Algerie)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official French armed-forces archive records a photo reportage (series ALG 56-359, frames R3/R5/R7 et al.) made aboard 'l'escorteur Hova F-704' in Algeria between 29 November and 14 December 1956, filed under 'Guerre d'Algerie / Section Algerie (1956-1963) / Escorteur francais depuis 1945' - documenting this hull in French service during the Algerian War. Captions describe crew duties: weighing anchor, watch on the bridge, a carpenter planing the gangway ladder - routine escorteur shipboard work.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1956-11 to 1956-12
- Population
- Marine nationale crew, Algerian War service 1956
- Limitations
- Live imagesdefense.gouv.fr detail pages return 404 at access time; series metadata (reference ALG 56-359, dates, Algeria location, F-704 pennant) confirmed via indexed page text. Documents Algerian-era service only - no materials or asbestos content in the archival metadata.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hova-france-de110-06
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[8]Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-45 (HyperWar), Cannon-class specifications block (DET design: 'Diesel-electric engines with tandem-motor drive, 6,000 h.p.'; complement 15 officers/201 enlisted; 21 knots) + GAO HRD-80-2 policy context [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar ships-de.html Cannon-class spec block; cannon-class.class.json ev-01/02/05; GAO HRD-80-2 product page (full text HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for a Cannon-class (DET-design) destroyer escort built 1943-44: the diesel-electric tandem plant means the heaviest steam-ship asbestos categories (boiler and steam-line lagging) do not apply - plausible era applications concentrate in diesel exhaust-system insulation, gaskets and packing throughout engineering spaces, electrical insulation and cable, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and brake/friction linings on deck machinery. GAO HRD-80-2 documents that Navy-wide asbestos substitution did not begin until the early 1970s - all DET hulls (built 1942-45, incl. this one) fall inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1964
- Population
- Dravo Corp. construction trades 1943-44; FNFL/Marine nationale crews 1944-1964
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No class-level insulation specification, material schedule, or hull ACM survey was located for the Cannon/DET class or this hull (see class profile cannon-class.class.json negative finding); does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hova-france-de110-07
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[9]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - product page [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO program-level report documenting the Navy's extensive use of asbestos insulation aboard ships and that systematic substitution did not begin until the early 1970s - all DET-design destroyer escorts built 1942-45, including this hull, fall inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard and shipboard workforce, program-wide
- Limitations
- Program-level context only - does not document this hull specifically. gao.gov full text returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; product-page description used, consistent with the standing note in BATCH-01-REPORT.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hova-france-de110-08
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[10]Batch-4033 search ledger (this record): BuShips Ships' Data 1945 roster OCR; NavSource archive page; uboat.net; netmarine fleet lists + Provence dossier (Wayback); codenames.info; ECPAD/ImagesDefense; NHHC/DANFS; French SHD catalog; Atlas shipyards.json; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweeps [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-hova-france-de110-01 through -12
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-110/Hova: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract, no hazmat disclosure, and no qualifying litigation names the vessel. CourtListener opinion sweep: '"USS Hova"' returned zero hits; '"Hova"' returned 27 hits, all name collisions (surnames and unrelated parties - e.g., Hovater v. Robinson, Orehhova v. Gonzales); '"DE-110"' returned 80 hits, all 'DE 110' ECF docket-entry-number collisions - none vessel- or asbestos-related. RECAP docket sweep '"Hova"' returned 330 dockets, all name collisions (surnames, corporate parties, 'de la Hoya' text matches) - none vessel-related. No DANFS entry exists for this hull (she never served the USN operationally). French SHD catalog holds only a record for the earlier WWI torpilleur Hova (a different ship).
- 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 1943-44 diesel-powered escort is consistent with era materials, but twenty years of French custody and undocumented overseas scrapping leave the material question genuinely open. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Two RECAP docket sweeps ('"USS Hova"', '"DE-110"') were blocked at write time by the fleet-wide hourly pacing budget - all completed sweeps disclosed in search_ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hova-france-de110-09