Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]DANFS, Hubbard II (DE-211) - print-edition transcription (ibiblio HyperWar) + NHHC DANFS-II online entry via Wayback capture 2024-05-24 of https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/h/hubbard.html (live page 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- ibiblio HyperWar dafs/APD/apd53.html (full entry text); Wayback 2024-05-24 capture of history.navy.mil hubbard.html (namesake biography + construction/commissioning paragraph + spec block)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: second USS Hubbard, named for Comdr. Joseph Charles Hubbard (born 24 January 1900, Danbury, Conn.; USNA ensign commission 4 June 1920; commanded submarines O-7 and R-3 and destroyer Peary; damage control officer and first lieutenant of heavy cruiser San Francisco CA-38 from November 1939; relieved the wounded executive officer Comdr. Crouter after the 12 November 1942 plane crash and was killed at that post 13 November 1942 in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal). Spec block (DE-211): 1,400 t; 306'; beam 36'10"; draft 9'5"; 24 kt; complement 186; 3x3-inch, 4x1.1-inch, 8x20mm, 2 dct, 8 dcp, 1 hedgehog, 3x21-inch tt; class Buckley. Laid down 11 August 1943 at Charleston, S.C., by the Charleston Navy Yard; launched 11 November (Armistice Day) 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Helen L. Hubbard, the namesake's widow; commissioned 6 March 1944, Lt. Comdr. Louis C. Mabley, USNR, in command. Shakedown Bermuda; Norfolk 7 May 1944; escorted oiler Manatee (AO-58) to the Caribbean, returning 23 May for armament changes (40mm in lieu of torpedo tubes); first convoy 1 June 1944 to Bizerte, Tunisia, returning New York 19 July 1944; two more convoy crossings in 1944 with ASW training at Casco Bay between voyages. Sailed 26 December 1944 hunting weather-reporting U-boats; U-248 sunk 16 January 1945. New York 6 February; sailed from Argentia 4 April 1945 on Operation Teardrop with Bogue (CVE-9) and Core (CVE-13); after Frederick C. Davis (DE-136) was torpedoed and sunk 24 April, Hubbard made four depth-charge attacks before U-546 surfaced and sank under gunfire. Returned to Boston 10 May 1945 and began conversion to a fast transport; reclassified APD-53 on 1 June 1945; emerged from Sullivans Dry Dock, Brooklyn, 14 August 1945. Three months of training in the Caribbean and Casco Bay; arrived Green Cove Springs, Fla., 12 November 1945; decommissioned 15 March 1946 into the Reserve Fleet; struck from the Navy List 1 May 1966 and scrapped. Two battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1966
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades 1943-44; wartime crew (DANFS complement 186)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents namesake, service history, and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The NHHC DANFS-II online entry (published 8 February 2016) is fuller on the namesake but ends at commissioning - the complete service narrative exists only in the print-edition transcription; live NHHC page returns 404 and the Wayback capture is cited for it. DANFS-II omits the Atlantic escort-to-conversion narrative carried in the print text; the two versions are consistent where they overlap.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hubbard-apd53-01
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[2]NavSource Online, Destroyer Escort Photo Archive DE-211 (archives/06/211.htm) and Amphibious Photo Archive APD-53 (archives/10/04/04053.htm) - build/conversion/disposal timeline, CO list, and APD-configuration specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource archives/06/211.htm (DE index 'Building and Operational Data' + spec block + namesake caption) and archives/10/04/04053.htm (APD timeline, spec block, campaign table, CO list, reserve-fleet photo captions)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: keel laid 11 August 1943 at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, S.C.; launched and christened 11 November 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Helen L. Hubbard, widow of Commander Hubbard; commissioned 6 March 1944, Lcdr. Louis C. Mabley, USNR, in command. On 16 January 1945 Hubbard, in company with Otter (DE-210), Hayter (DE-212), and Varian (DE-798), sank U-248 NNE of the Azores; campaign listing also credits the attack and sinking of U-546, 24 April 1945. Converted to a Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport by Sullivan's Drydock and Repair Co. (Sullivan Dry Dock), Brooklyn, N.Y.; reclassified APD-53 on 1 June 1945; decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla., 15 March 1946 and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1966; sold for scrapping 1 July 1968. Two battle stars. Commanding officers: LCDR Mabley (6 Mar 1944-11 May 1945), LCDR Frederick B. Korsmeyer, USNR (11 May 1945-5 Jan 1946), LT Richard E. Gardner, USNR (5 Jan-15 Mar 1946). APD-configuration specifications: 1,400 t light / 2,130 t full; 306 ft oa; troop accommodations 12 officers/150 enlisted; 4 LCVP; 1x5"/38, 3 twin 40mm, 6x20mm, 2 dct; propulsion 2 Combustion Engineering 'D' Express boilers 435 psi/750F, 2 GE turbines (turbo-electric drive), 12,000 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1968
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades 1943-44; Sullivan's Dry Dock conversion trades 1945; wartime/postwar crew 1944-46; Green Cove Springs reserve-fleet caretakers 1946-1966; shipbreakers 1968
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained secondary compilation, not an official record - used here for the conversion-yard name, disposal date, CO list, and spec blocks that DANFS omits or states more briefly; its laid-down and struck dates agree with DANFS-II and DANFS respectively. Its namesake photo caption says USNA 'Lucky Bag, Class of 1921' where both DANFS versions read 1920 - carried in gaps. Documents configuration and dates, not materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hubbard-apd53-02
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table (shipscribe.com scan) + navypedia Buckley-class boiler-block map + NavSource APD-53 spec block + Atlas Buckley class profile [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 design-group table; navypedia us_de_te.htm boiler-block map; NavSource APD-53 spec block; buckley-class class profile
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: a Buckley-class (TE, BuShips design group 2/3) destroyer escort built 1943-44 with two 'D'-type express boilers (435 psi/750F superheat; Combustion Engineering for the DE-199-213 block that includes DE-211 per the navypedia block map, confirmed for this hull by NavSource's APD-53 spec block) feeding GE turbo-electric machinery at 12,000 shp would have carried period-standard asbestos applications - boiler and steam-line insulation/lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings; the May-August 1945 APD conversion at Sullivan's Dry Dock, Brooklyn, added troop accommodations and landing-craft davits, an era yard event whose material scope is undocumented. Builder Charleston Navy Yard was an asbestos-era Navy yard and resolves in the Atlas shipyard dataset.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades 1943-44; Sullivan's Dry Dock conversion trades 1945; crew 1944-46
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding; no per-hull material schedule was located. The navypedia boiler-block map is unverified against contract documents (though NavSource's hull-level spec block independently reads Combustion Engineering). Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure. Sullivan's Dry Dock is absent from the Atlas shipyard dataset; the era-inference stands on the Buckley design and the Charleston Navy Yard build, not on a yard-level row for the conversion yard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hubbard-apd53-03
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[4]Batch-2440 search ledger (this record): DANFS print transcription (ibiblio) + NHHC DANFS-II entry (Wayback); NavSource DE and APD archive pages; CourtListener exact-name and hull-designator queries [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-hubbard-apd53-04 through sl-uss-hubbard-apd53-08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-211/APD-53: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case names this vessel. CourtListener (2026-09-25, authenticated API v4): 'USS Hubbard' opinions 0 hits and dockets 0 hits; 'DE-211' opinions returned 35 hits, all identifier collisions - 'DE-###' is docket-entry numbering inside opinions (e.g., Beach Mart v. L&L Wings, E.D.N.C. 2014, citing '[DE-165]'), plus Spanish-language 'DE' collisions (Puerto Rico Supreme Court rulemaking) and unrelated ERISA/securities/family-law matters; none vessel-related, none qualifying; 'APD-53' opinions returned 1 identifier collision (Young v. Wilham, N.M. App. 2017, a defamation/media dispute - 'APD' resolves to a non-vessel identifier, most plausibly an Albuquerque Police Department reference); the supplementary surname sweep 'Hubbard asbestos' (opinions) returned 344 hits - the top-20 relevance-ranked page reviewed in full consists entirely of surname/company collisions (parties, heirs, and entities named Hubbard inside asbestos litigation, e.g., Hubbard-Hall, Inc. v. Monsanto; State ex rel. Hubbard v. Industrial Commission; Smith v. Kelly-Moore naming heir Donna Hubbard), with zero vessel references in the returned snippets; deeper pages were not reviewed, but the vessel-identifying queries (exact name in opinions and dockets, both hull designators in opinions - the forms under which a vessel is actually cited) all returned 0 hits or pure collisions.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era materials could have persisted until the 1968 scrapping, undocumented. The hull left Navy custody 1 July 1968, so no museum/abatement paper trail exists and no survey is possible. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hubbard-apd53-04