Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet io-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-james-e-craig-de201-pkt-io-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, James E. Craig (DE-201) (namesake biography, builder, dates, service narrative, battle stars; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, namesake biography + specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: named for Lt. Comdr. James Edwin Craig, USN (USNA 1922; naval aviator; commanded Torpedo Squadron 5 in 1938 and USS Conyngham from March 1939; Damage Control Officer/First Lieutenant aboard USS Pennsylvania, killed in action at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941). Specifications block: Buckley class; dp. 1,400; l. 306'; b. 36'10"; dr. 9'5"; s. 24 k.; cpl. 186; a. 3 3", 4 1.1", 8 20mm, 3 21" tt., 8 dcp., 1 dcp. (h.h.), 2 dct. Launched 22 July 1943 by Charleston Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. J. E. Craig; commissioned 1 November 1943, Lt. Comdr. Hampton M. Ericson in command. Shakedown off Bermuda; transited Panama Canal 8 January 1944; Noumea/Espiritu Santo (two typhoons), Guadalcanal, Hollandia convoy (April-May 1944), Wakde-Sarmi bombardments incl. ~3,300 rounds at Sawar 11-12 July, Biak/Noemfoor, Peleliu ASW; Leyte convoy - evaded coordinated six-plane torpedo attack 23 November 1944 (three torpedoes close aboard to port, one within 5 yards astern, one attacker splashed); assisted Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) rescue 4 January 1945; Mangarin Bay, Lingayen Gulf/San Fernando, Manila, Okinawa convoy with nine-day typhoon SAR (1-9 September 1945); Subic Bay to 1 October 1945; San Diego 5 November; decommissioned San Diego 2 July 1946; Pacific Reserve Fleet at San Diego. Four battle stars for WWII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (service); record horizon to ~1968 text
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; USN crew (design complement 186), 1943-46
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The laid-down date (15 April 1943) appears only as a bracketed addition in the hazegray transcription and in secondary sources (NavSource) - not in the DANFS text itself; carried in gaps. The transcription's 'DD-200/DD-202' designators for Escort Division 37 sisters are escort hulls DE-200/DE-202. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-james-e-craig-de201-01
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[3]hazegray DANFS transcription transcriber's note for DE-201 ('stricken from the Navy List 30 June 1968 and sunk as a target in February 1969') + NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, DE-201 operational data (inactivation completed 27 June 1946, Submarine Group Two San Diego Group Pacific Reserve Fleet; struck from NVR 30 June 1968; sunk as target off San Clemente Island, California, February 1969; ~108,000 miles steamed) [other_primary]
- Locator
- hazegray.org/danfs/escorts/de201.htm transcriber's note; navsource.org/archives/06/201.htm dates-of-service table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposal record for this hull as documented by secondary compilations: stricken from the Navy List/Naval Vessel Register 30 June 1968; sunk as a target off California - NavSource specifies off San Clemente Island - in February 1969. The hull therefore no longer exists: there is no surviving structure that could carry a museum ACM survey, abatement disclosure, or donation hazmat condition.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1946-1969
- Population
- Reserve-fleet maintenance personnel, San Diego, 1946-1968; target-tow/sinking support personnel, 1969
- Limitations
- Stricken and sunk data rest on secondary compilations (hazegray transcriber's note; NavSource operational data), not on a located official NVR entry or disposal/target-sinking document; the precise sink location ('off San Clemente Island') is NavSource-only. Any pre-sinking stripping or hazmat preparation is undocumented in public sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-james-e-craig-de201-02
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[4]NARA RG 181 (Naval Districts and Shore Establishments), 'Ship Commissioning Files, 1942-1945,' Sixth Naval District at Charleston, SC - National Archives Identifier 2694599, Box 3: 'Destroyer Escort / DE-201 / USS JAMES E. CRAIG / 7/22/1943' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Atlanta finding aid NAID 2694599, Box 3 row 'DE-201 USS JAMES E. CRAIG 7/22/1943'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives at Atlanta finding aid for RG 181 Ship Commissioning Files (Sixth Naval District, Charleston Navy Yard) lists a dedicated file for this hull - DE-201 USS James E. Craig, dated 7/22/1943 (the launch date; sister DE-202 USS Eichenberger shares the date, the two having launched together). The series consists of correspondence, invitations, and instructions relating to commissioning of vessels built at Charleston Navy Yard. A hull-specific federal file exists and is retrievable in person; its contents are undigitized.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard commissioning personnel, 1943
- Limitations
- Finding-aid-level record only: confirms a commissioning file exists for this hull, not its contents. Commissioning files typically hold ceremony correspondence rather than material specifications, but the file is unexamined. BuShips contract specifications and material schedules for DE-201 remain unretrieved archival leads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-james-e-craig-de201-03
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[5]Navypedia TE-type (Buckley-class) member table and per-block boiler-manufacturer map (DE-199-213 block: Combustion Engineering boilers) + BuShips Ships' Data 1945 design groups 2-3 (2 'D' express boilers 435 psi/750F, GE turbo-electric machinery 12,000 shp, 2 shafts, ~23.6 kt) + Atlas shipyard dataset Charleston Naval Shipyard record (yard_id 'charleston-naval-shipyard', evidence_tier 2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia us_de_te.htm specs + member table DE-201 row; class-f/buckley-class.class.json propulsion_summary; shipyards.json 'charleston-naval-shipyard' asbestos_products_documented
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: the Buckley class is the turbo-electric (TE) destroyer-escort design - one of only two DE classes (with the John C. Butler WGT class) carrying a full steam plant. BuShips Ships' Data 1945 design groups 2-3 document 2 'D' express-type boilers at 435 psi/750F superheat feeding GE turbo-electric machinery at 12,000 shp; navypedia's per-block map assigns Combustion Engineering boilers to the DE-199-213 construction block containing this hull. For a steam-driven 1943 hull the era-standard asbestos applications - boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, deck coverings - apply at class level. At yard level the builder (Charleston Navy Yard) is a documented asbestos-era yard in the Atlas dataset (tier 2): documented products include magnesia pipe insulation, boiler external coatings up to 15% asbestos, spray-on insulation, asbestos gaskets and packing.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1968
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; USN crew 1943-46
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No BuShips material schedule, class asbestos survey, or contract specification for DE-201 was located; the boiler-manufacturer block map is navypedia-sourced and unverified against contract documents; yard-level documentation names the yard, not this hull. Nothing here establishes what was installed aboard, quantities, or any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-james-e-craig-de201-04
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[6]Batch-4118 search ledger (this record): DANFS/ibiblio and hazegray transcriptions; NARA Atlanta RG 181 finding aid (NAID 2694599); NavSource; National Museum of the Pacific War tribute page; Atlas yard dataset; Buckley class profile; CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP-docket sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-james-e-craig-de201-01 through sl-uss-james-e-craig-de201-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-201: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract, no museum hazmat disclosure (the hull was sunk as a target in 1969 - no museum pathway exists), and no qualifying asbestos case names the vessel. CourtListener name queries return zero qualifying hits; every 'James E. Craig' hit is a person-name or 19th-century namesake collision - see litigation_sweep row ev-06. Hull-number queries ('DE-201' asbestos) were blocked by the fleet quota stand-down and are logged as a gap, not asserted.
- 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 - era materials consistent with a 1943 steam DE could have been installed at construction; nothing establishes that asbestos is or is not present, and nothing here establishes or defeats any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. A sunk hull also forecloses modern survey or abatement documentation entirely.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-james-e-craig-de201-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 sweep 2026-09-28 (authenticated, fleet-paced): '"James E. Craig" asbestos' type=o (0); '"USS James E. Craig"' type=o (0); '"James E. Craig"' type=o (25 - all name collisions: Craig v. Secretary HHS Social Security claimant and unrelated litigation; zero naval/asbestos terms on result page); '"James E. Craig" ship' type=o (1 - Silliman v. Troy & W.T. Bridge Co., N.D.N.Y. 1873, a 19th-century vessel-name collision predating this hull); '"James E. Craig"' type=r (74 dockets/361 documents - all person-name collisions: individuals named James E. Craig incl. bankruptcy filers and Detroit police chief deposition notices; zero naval/asbestos terms); '"James E. Craig" asbestos' type=r (2 dockets/11 docs - collisions: Grasshopper House v. Renaissance Recovery C.D. Cal. 2010 trademark case where 'James E. Doroshow' is counsel, and City of Detroit Ch.9 bankruptcy with police-chief James Craig depositions); '"DE-201" asbestos' type=o (0); '"USS James E. Craig"' type=r - blocked by fleet quota stand-down, logged in sl-08 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-james-e-craig-de201-07 and sl-uss-james-e-craig-de201-08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep by exact name and hull number: no qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS James E. Craig (DE-201) located. Every 'James E. Craig' hit - in opinions (25) and RECAP dockets (74 dockets/361 documents; 2 more on the asbestos-qualified docket query) - is a person-name collision (e.g., Craig v. Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services, 4th Cir. 1989, a Social Security claimant; bankruptcy filers; Detroit police chief deposition notices; a 'James E. Doroshow' attorney match) or a 19th-century vessel-name collision (Silliman v. Troy & W.T. Bridge Co., N.D.N.Y. 1873). Asbestos-qualified queries return zero on the opinion side and only collisions on the docket side. The sweep-stage result is therefore a negative finding: no pleading, discovery record, trial finding, or judgment references this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Sweep covers CourtListener opinion text and RECAP docket indexes as queried 2026-09-28; the single residual query '"USS James E. Craig"' type=r was blocked mid-session by the fleet-wide hourly request budget and is logged as a stand-down gap in sl-08 - every narrower/superset query already ran clean, so a zero-return is expected but is not asserted as observed. State-court and PACER content not indexed by CourtListener is outside the sweep. Collision classification is from result-page metadata; a vessel reference inside uninspected pages cannot be excluded, but none surfaced in relevance-ranked top results and none carry naval/asbestos terms.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-james-e-craig-de201-06