Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet ko-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Jack Miller · Hull: DE-410 · Designation: destroyer escort · Class: John C. Butler
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-jack-miller-de410-pkt-ko-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Jack Miller (DE-410) (namesake biography, builder, dates, Pacific service narrative, striking and sale; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page indexed at history.navy.mil but returns 404 to automated fetch) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (ibiblio HyperWar transcription); NHHC canonical https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/j/jack-miller.html (indexed, 404 to fetcher)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 10 January 1944 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex., sponsored by Mrs. Henry S. Miller (mother of Lt. Miller); commissioned 13 April 1944, Lt. Comdr. J. W. Whaley in command; shakedown along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico; sailed from Norfolk 13 June 1944, arrived Pearl Harbor 12 July via the Canal Zone and San Diego; departed 24 July screening a convoy to Eniwetok, arriving 2 August; sailed from Eniwetok 2 September, escorted a convoy to Saipan, then harbor patrol duty; antisubmarine patrols, convoy screening, and escort duty for the next nine months, sinking five mines; June-July 1945 screened fueling groups supporting the Okinawa operation; operated out of Japan postwar; returned to San Diego 5 November 1945; decommissioned there 1 June 1946 and joined the Stockton Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet; [bracketed addendum] struck from the Navy list 30 June 1968 and sold in July 1969; two battle stars for World War II service. Spec block: 1,350 t, 306 ft, 36 ft 8 in, 13 ft 4 in draft, 24 kt, complement 222; armament 2x5-in, 4x40mm, 10x20mm, 2 dct, 8 dcp, 1 hedgehog, 3x21-in tt. Namesake: 1st Lt. Jack Miller, USMC (b. Dallas 2 Apr 1920), Carlson's Raiders platoon leader killed 4 Dec 1942 on Guadalcanal, posthumous Navy Cross.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1969
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; wartime crew (design complement 222)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The ibiblio transcription renders the spec block '1 40mm' and 'cl. John A. Butler' - transcription artifacts: the NHHC-indexed text reads '4 40mm' and 'John C. Butler' (consistent with NavSource and the class record); 'John C. Butler' and 4x40mm carried. Live NHHC page is search-indexed but returns 404 to automated fetch - verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio transcription cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jack-miller-de410-01
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[3]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Jack Miller (DE-410) page (building/operational data, awards ribbons, namesake biography, commanding-officer roster per uboat.net corroboration); hosts the scanned ship-submitted official WWII war history (image 06410wh.jpg) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/06/410.htm - Specifications and Building/Operational Data blocks; commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource building/operational data for this hull: keel laid 29 November 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.; launched and christened 10 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Henry S. Miller; commissioned 13 April 1944 at the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co. dock in Houston, Lcdr. J. W. Whaley in command; decommissioned 1 June 1946 at San Diego after 2 years 1.5 months of service; inactivation completed 16 October 1946 at San Diego, assigned to Submarine Group Two, San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet; struck from the NVR 30 June 1968; sold for scrapping July 1969. Spec block (secondary): WGT type, 1,350 t light / 1,745 t full, 306 ft oa, 36 ft 10 in extreme beam, 2 'D' express boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 24 kt, complement 14/201. Awards: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 2 stars; WWII Victory Medal. CO roster (uboat.net-derived): Lcdr. James W. Whaley USN (13 Apr-3 Dec 1944); Lcdr. Theodore K. Jackson Jr. USNR (3-25 Dec 1944); Lcdr. Vermont C. Royster USNR (25 Dec 1944-Nov 1945); Lt. William H. Maxwell USNR (Nov-Dec 1945); Lt. Merland W. Grieb USNR (Dec 1945-1 Jun 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1969
- Population
- Wartime and decommissioning-era crew
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary archive - construction, commissioning, inactivation, and disposal details carried for specificity against DANFS with provenance stated. Reserve-group assignment conflicts with DANFS ('San Diego Group' vs 'Stockton Group') - carried in gaps. Complement 14/201 (215) conflicts with DANFS/BuShips 222 - carried in gaps. CO roster is uboat.net-derived corroboration. Contains no materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jack-miller-de410-02
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[4]War History of USS Jack Miller (DE-410), ship-submitted official war history dated 8 November 1945 (NavSource scan, document footer 157289; original in NARA custody) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource scan 06410wh.jpg - full-page typescript dated November 8, 1945, footer '157289'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous ship-authored record: 'The USS JACK MILLER was commissioned at the docks of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, Houston, Texas' (typescript date reads 'April 10, 1945' - an internal error; actual commissioning 13 April 1944); shakedown in the Gulf area and along the Atlantic coast; departed Norfolk 16 June 1944 in company with USS New York, USS Trippe, and USS O'Flaherty for the Panama Canal and the Pacific; after Pearl Harbor arrival in July 'she was made flagship for the commander of an escort division'; convoy-escort to Eniwetok arriving 29 August; task-group convoy work with stops at Saipan, Tinian, and Guam, including guarding harbor entrances; 3 December 1944 Lcdr. Whaley relieved by Lcdr. Theodore K. Jackson Jr., USNR; later that month Jackson relieved by Lcdr. Vermont C. Royster, USNR; subsequent months 'anti-submarine patrols, convoy screening and escorting'; at Peleliu (Palaus) served as anti-barge vessel for the screen commander and destroyed five enemy mines; 11 March 1945 a darkened plane observed with two flashes 'believed' to be a suicide dive on a carrier; 6 June 1945 the assistant gunnery officer received a Silver Star for Peleliu liaison duty; June-July 1945 operations supporting the Okinawa campaign, caught in a typhoon 19 July with no damage, never hit by a suicide plane though 'ships around her take kamikaze hits, one of which sank a destroyer operating near her'; 'The ship is now in San Diego, California, for a general yard period.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Wartime crew including embarked escort-division staff (flagship role)
- Limitations
- Ship-authored typescript is a contemporaneous official-derived record but contains internal errors: commissioning recited as 'April 10, 1945' (impossible - the document itself is dated 8 November 1945 and narrates June 1944 events; actual date 13 April 1944), Norfolk departure 16 June vs DANFS 13 June, Eniwetok arrival 29 August vs DANFS 2 August - conflicts carried in gaps rather than reconciled. The 'general yard period' at San Diego is documented as an event, but the performing yard and scope are not named - no materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jack-miller-de410-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group-6 (WGT) row (shipscribe.com scan) + navypedia WGT boiler-block map (Combustion Engineering boilers for DE-402-424) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 design-group-6 row; navypedia us_de_tev_wgt boiler-block map
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: DE-410 is a WGT-design (design group 6) John C. Butler-class escort - 2 'D' express boilers at 435 psi/750F (Combustion Engineering for the DE-402-424 block per the navypedia block map) feeding 2 Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 12,000 shp, twin screws, 24.3 kt. A 1943-44 steam escort of this design would have carried era-standard asbestos applications concentrated in the machinery plant: boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets and packing, plus fireproofing, accommodation insulation, deck coverings, and friction linings on deck machinery.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; crew 1944-46
- Limitations
- Class/era and design inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The boiler-block map is a secondary compilation unverified against contract documents; no ship-specific material schedule was located. Establishes nothing about quantities, condition, or any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jack-miller-de410-04
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[6]Los Angeles Maritime Museum, Collection #18: Papers of the USS Jack Miller DE-410 - finding aid (compiled Derek Kendall Sept 2003; curator Marifrances Trivelli; PDF rev. 3/13/2025) [museum_official]
- Locator
- Finding aid pp. 1-3 - Scope and Content, Container Description (Box 1-2, 18 vols), Notes on the Collection items 2-3
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official museum finding aid for the ship's own surviving papers: eighteen volumes including Department of the Navy deck log books for August 1945-June 1946 (odd/even 'rough' logs plus a 'smooth' log for Jan-Jun 1946), Welfare Fund accounts 1944-46, Registered Mail Log Mar-Oct 1944, and Wardroom Mess accounts Apr 1944. The finding aid records disposal: 'The ship was scrapped at National Metal and Steel on Terminal Island' and 'This collection of volumes were probably donated by National Metals of Terminal Island, where the ship was taken for scrapping.' Establishes the scrapping yard for this hull and the survival of ship-origin records covering the San Diego yard-period and inactivation window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (records); 1969+ (scrapping); 2003/2025 (finding aid)
- Population
- National Metal and Steel dismantling workers, Terminal Island, 1969+; museum archive users
- Limitations
- Finding aid documents the collection's existence and the scrapping location; the underlying volumes are not digitized and were not reviewed - contents unknown. 'Probably donated' is the museum's provenance inference. National Metal and Steel was a ship-dismantling yard; scrapping exposure is a documented endpoint pathway, but no asbestos-specific content appears in the finding aid itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jack-miller-de410-05
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[7]Batch-4311 archival leads: LA Maritime Museum Collection #18 deck logs (Aug 1945-Jun 1946); LOC Veterans History Project AFC/2001/001/77150 (MM3c Rudolph M. Florentine, USS Jack Miller DE-410, 1943-1946); NARA RG 19 contract specifications/General Information Books and RG 24 deck logs for 1944-45; Rice Digital Scholarship Archive Brown Shipbuilding photographs; INSURV/disposal records for the 1968 striking and 1969 sale - all undigitized or not pulled [other_primary]
- Locator
- lamaritimemuseum.org finding aid; loc.gov/item/afc2001001.77150/; NARA RG 19/RG 24 series; digitalcollections.rice.edu (Brown Shipbuilding)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level material documentation not yet retrieved: (1) LA Maritime Museum Collection #18 - the ship's own deck logs covering Aug 1945-Jun 1946, the window containing the documented November 1945 'general yard period' at San Diego and the inactivation (ev-05); (2) LOC Veterans History Project AFC/2001/001/77150 - oral history (collected 2010-12-20) of Machinist's Mate Third Class Rudolph M. Florentine, service unit USS Jack Miller (DE-410), 1943-1946 - an engineering-rate veteran of the machinery spaces; (3) NARA RG 19 BuShips per-vessel contract specifications/General Information Books for the Brown Shipbuilding construction, and RG 24 deck logs for the pre-August-1945 period the LAMM set does not cover; (4) Rice University Digital Scholarship Archive Brown Shipbuilding holdings (the DE-410 launch photograph source); (5) INSURV/disposal and sale records for the 30 June 1968 striking and July 1969 sale.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1969 (records); 2026 (lead status)
- Limitations
- Leads only - none of these holdings were pulled or digitized; contents unknown. They establish nothing about materials aboard. The LAMM logs and LOC oral history are identified but unreviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jack-miller-de410-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 sweep (opinion index type=o; RECAP dockets type=r) for exact name 'USS Jack Miller', bare name 'Jack Miller', and hull number 'DE-410' via cl-auth-search.py (authenticated, fleet-paced) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-jack-miller-de410-12 through -17
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep complete: '"USS Jack Miller"' opinions = 0 results; '"DE-410"' opinions = 14 hits, all identifier collisions on review (docket-entry citations and document strings: People v. Patino, Commonwealth v. Grundman, United States v. Modanlo, Yates v. Ford Motor Co. - itself an asbestos brake-dust case where 'DE 410' is a docket-entry cite, not the vessel); '"Jack Miller"' opinions = 397 hits, all person-name collisions on ranked review (Alabama circuit judge 'Paul Jack Miller, Jr.', attorneys, litigants, officials named Jack Miller - In re Jack Miller, Hatcher v. Jack Miller Milling Corp., Rajaravivarma v. Board of Trustees naming 'President Jack Miller' of CCSU) with no vessel- or asbestos-related content in the results reviewed; '"USS Jack Miller"' RECAP dockets = 0 results; '"Jack Miller"' RECAP dockets = 698 hits (2,496 documents), all individual-person dockets - mostly consumer bankruptcies - with no vessel or asbestos content in ranked results; '"DE-410"' RECAP dockets = 152 hits, all docket-entry-number collisions ('DE #410' entry references in unrelated criminal, civil, and bankruptcy dockets). No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Sweep covers the CourtListener opinion index and RECAP dockets only - not state-court records, asbestos-trust claims, VA adjudications, or non-U.S. jurisdictions. 'Jack Miller' is a high-collision personal name (397 opinion / 698 docket hits): classification rests on ranked-result review plus the clean exact-name and hull-number sweeps - any vessel-specific opinion would be expected to contain 'USS' or the hull number; results were not exhaustively paged beyond the ranked set. 'DE-410' collides with docket-entry citations - any future hit needs collision classification rather than automatic attribution.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jack-miller-de410-07
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[9]Batch-4311 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS + HyperWar/ibiblio mirrors, NVR, NavSource (archive + scanned war history), BuShips Ships' Data 1945 (shipscribe scan), LA Maritime Museum finding aid, LOC Veterans History Project, Atlas shipyard and class-profile datasets, CourtListener API v4 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-jack-miller-de410-01 through -18
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material-condition report, or litigation naming this hull was found in the public sources searched. No preservation-era documentation can exist - the hull was sold for scrapping in July 1969 and dismantled at National Metal and Steel, Terminal Island; she was never a museum, memorial, or NDRF asset. A short commissioned career (13 Apr 1944 - 1 Jun 1946) limits the crew-era exposure window to construction at Brown Shipbuilding and wartime service; the only documented availability is the November 1945 'general yard period' at San Diego (performing yard and scope undocumented).
- 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 - the hull no longer exists, so no present-day survey is possible, and whether era materials aboard contained asbestos is undocumented in either direction. The surviving deck logs (LA Maritime Museum Collection #18, Aug 1945-Jun 1946) and ship-submitted war history are paper leads only (ev-06).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jack-miller-de410-08
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[10]Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC, W.D. Wash. No. 2:17-cv-00537 - pretrial materials naming John C. Butler-class sister USS Brannon (DE-446), with exhibit list citing the Navy insulation-spec suite (BuShips Manual ch. 39 Thermal Insulation NAVSHIPS 250-000(39) 1945; Navy Dept spec 32F3a 'Felt, Insulating, Asbestos' Oct 1945; BuEng ch.13 1933/39; BUMED 1977 memo) [court_record]
- Locator
- W.D. Wash. 2:17-cv-00537 pretrial/exhibit materials per Atlas john-c-butler-class profile (ev-john-c-butler-class-03)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Class-level litigation context: pretrial materials in Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec name John C. Butler-class sister USS Brannon (DE-446) and recite that 'Griscom-Russell supplied the Navy with the evaporator on Mr. Jack's ship in conformity to detailed precise specifications... without insulation. The Navy did not consult it about the type of insulation it planned to use,' with proposed testimony that 'asbestos was a critical material during WWII when the Navy installed the distiller on Mr. Jack's ship' while 'on the USS BRANNON this could have included fiberglass, mineral wool or other non-asbestos insulation.' The docket's expert/exhibit materials cite the period Navy insulation-spec suite - the documentary channel in which a hull-level material specification for this class would most likely surface.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2017 (litigation); wartime exposure window
- Population
- John C. Butler-class crews (class context); DE-446 veteran plaintiff
- Limitations
- Class/era context only - DE-446's litigation and materials are not DE-410's, and the Jack materials are pleading/exhibit-list stage, unadjudicated. The cited Navy spec suite was identified but not retrieved - see class-profile search ledger sl-john-c-butler-class-07.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jack-miller-de410-09
