Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 755-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-hunter-marshall-de602-pkt-755-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Hunter Marshall (APD-112) (namesake biography, build record, service narrative, disposal; verbatim DANFS text via Wayback capture 2014-07-14 - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Hunter Marshall', specifications block + service narrative (DANFS vol. IV)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: 'Hunter Marshall (APD-112), originally classified DE-602, was launched 5 May 1945 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Mass.; sponsored by Mrs. Hunter Marshall, mother of Ensign Marshall; and commissioned 17 July 1945, Comdr. A. A. Campbell in command.' Shakedown from Boston 3 Aug 1945 in Caribbean waters (war ended before completion); Norfolk 5 Sep - 10 Oct 1945; Navy Day Presidential Review at Boston; arrived Green Cove Springs, Fla., via Norfolk 25 Nov 1945 for inactivation; decommissioned 30 May 1946 and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; stricken from the Navy list 1 June 1960; sold in July 1961 to Ecuador. Specs block: dp. 1,390; l. 306'; b. 37'; dr. 12'7"; s. 24 k.; cpl. 204; a. 1x5", 6x40mm; cl. Crosley.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-1961
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades 1945; commissioned crew (design complement 204, Jul 1945 - May 1946); reserve-fleet caretaker personnel 1946-1960
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. It gives no keel-laying date and says 'sold ... to Ecuador' while NavSource reads 'transferred ... 1 July 1961' - the disposal-mechanism wording differs by source. Mirror capture cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hunter-marshall-de602-01
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[3]NavalCoverMuseum hull chronology (keel laid 9 Mar 1945 as DE-602; redesignated APD 17 Jul 1944; launched 5 May 1945), corroborated by uboat.net warship record (laid down 9 Mar 1945) and shipbuildinghistory.com Bethlehem-Hingham yard table (hull 3202; 57 days on ways) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavalCoverMuseum 'HUNTER MARSHALL APD 112' chronology block; uboat.net ship/10029; shipbuildinghistory.com Bethlehem-Hingham table row 3202
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Build-data record for this hull: keel laid 9 March 1945 as Rudderow-class destroyer escort DE-602 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard (yard hull 3202); the designation change to high-speed transport APD-112 was dated 17 July 1944 - i.e., on the contract/name assignment before the keel was laid, so the hull was completed to the Crosley-class APD design rather than converted after service. Launched 5 May 1945 (57 days on the ways, consistent with the 9 Mar - 5 May interval) and commissioned 17 July 1945.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades, Mar-Jul 1945
- Limitations
- Volunteer/secondary compilations (NavalCoverMuseum, uboat.net, shipbuildinghistory) - the keel date and the 17 Jul 1944 redesignation date do not appear in the DANFS entry; corroborated across three independent compilations but not verified against the contract or BuShips redesignation directive. The shipbuildinghistory row's year cells render ambiguously in search excerpts; the 9 Mar 1945 keel date is carried because uboat.net and NavalCoverMuseum state it explicitly and it reconciles with the tabulated 57 days on ways.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hunter-marshall-de602-02
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[4]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Hunter Marshall (APD-112) page (chronology, spec block, CO list, State Archives of Florida reserve-fleet photo) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource APD-112 page - chronology list, APD Specifications block, image 100411109 (State Archives of Florida photo)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Archival compilation for this hull: laid down as Rudderow-class DE-602 at Bethlehem-Hingham; redesignated Crosley-class high-speed transport while under construction; transferred to Ecuador 1 July 1961 'for use as a power hulk' - 'Final Disposition, fate unknown.' APD spec block lists two Babcock & Wilcox 'D' Express-type boilers (435 psi, 750 deg F), GE turbo-electric drive, 12,000 shp, 2 shafts, 23.6 kt trial; complement 12 officers / 192 enlisted plus troop accommodations 12 officers / 150 enlisted. A State Archives of Florida photo shows the hull moored in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs alongside USS Walter S. Gorka (APD-114); four commanding officers listed Jul 1945 - May 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-1961 (disposition record); 1944-45 build
- Population
- Crew (12 officers/192 enlisted design) + embarked troops (~150); reserve-fleet caretaker personnel; Ecuadorian power-hulk operators post-1961
- Limitations
- NavSource is a curated secondary archive, not a primary record - its APD spec block is class-generic and the B&W boiler attribution is unverified at hull level (the navypedia TEV boiler map covers only DE-579-589). 'Fate unknown' means the Ecuador power-hulk endpoint is documented but the hull's later fate is not.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hunter-marshall-de602-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table (TEV groups; hull-type table assigns DE-579-606 to TEV) + NavSource APD-112 spec block + Atlas Buckley-class profile (TE analog) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 1 DE design-group table (shipscribe.com scan); NavSource APD-112 APD Specifications block; shipyards.json record 'bethlehem-shipbuilding'; navypedia TEV page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference: DE-602 falls in the DE-579-606 TEV (Rudderow) block of the BuShips hull-type table - a full steam plant with two superheated boilers (435 psi/750 deg F 'D' Express type) driving GE turbo-electric machinery at 12,000 shp, retained when the hull was completed to the Crosley APD design. Era inference for a 1945 steam plant adds boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and compartment fireproofing as period-standard asbestos applications; builder Bethlehem-Hingham is covered under the Atlas 'bethlehem-shipbuilding' corporate yard record (tier 3, documented asbestos-product lines incl. Unibestos, Transite, Marinite, pipe lagging, gaskets and packing).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-1961+
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades 1945; crew Jul 1945 - May 1946; reserve-fleet caretakers 1946-60; Ecuadorian power-hulk operators post-1961
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific asbestos finding for this hull exists in the record. The yard record is a corporate-level entry (Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy/Sparrows Point evidence) - the Hingham emergency yard has no dedicated Atlas yard slug. Establishes no quantities, no individual exposure, and no present-day material condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hunter-marshall-de602-04
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[6]Florida DEP site-history document (DMS file 8.249447.1), former NAS Green Cove Springs / Lee Field and Florida Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet property [other_primary]
- Locator
- FL DEP DMS 8.249447.1, 'Power Plant (Building 16) and Fuel Oil Tanks' section
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- State environmental site-history for the facility where this hull lay in reserve 1946-1960: documents that the shore station's Power Plant (Building 16, three boilers, built by Oct 1941, two added in a later expansion) 'was scheduled for asbestos abatement and building removal by 31 December 1987' and that 'all friable asbestos was scheduled to be removed from the building.' Confirms asbestos-bearing infrastructure existed at the Green Cove Springs reserve-fleet station contemporaneous with the hull's 14.5-year lay-up there.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1946-1960 (hull residence); 1987 (scheduled abatement)
- Population
- Reserve-fleet station personnel; later Reynolds Industrial Park demolition workers
- Limitations
- Shore-facility record only - Building 16 is the station power plant, NOT this vessel; the document makes no statement about asbestos aboard any berthed ship. Included strictly as environmental context for the hull's reserve-fleet period; supports no vessel-level conclusion.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hunter-marshall-de602-05
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[7]Batch-4417 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS verbatim entry (Wayback); NavSource APD-112; NavalCoverMuseum; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory; FL DEP site history; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-hunter-marshall-de602-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-602/APD-112: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract, no museum hazmat disclosure (the hull is not preserved - sold to Ecuador 1961). CourtListener opinion coverage is complete for exact-name and asbestos-qualified queries (zero qualifying hits; person-name collisions only); RECAP docket-type and hull-number queries were blocked by fleet-wide pacing and are logged as an open coverage gap rather than a completed negative.
- 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 1945 steam-plant hull is era-consistent with asbestos insulation, and continued use as an Ecuadorian power hulk would have kept engineering spaces in service; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hunter-marshall-de602-06