Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet kv-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-john-m-bermingham-de530-pkt-kv-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, John M. Bermingham (DE-530) (namesake biography, specifications block, builder, dates, convoy service, decommissioning, scrapping; verbatim transcription by Yves Hubert via HazeGray, retrieved through the Wayback Machine - live NHHC page serves 404 and hazegray.org is unreachable) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry for John M. Bermingham (DE-530), namesake biography + specifications block + service narrative; Wayback capture 2022-09-10
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Lt. Comdr. John Michael Bermingham (USNA 1929), commanding officer of destroyer Peary (DD-226), killed when Peary was sunk by five bomb hits at Darwin, Australia, 19 February 1942 - posthumous Navy Cross. Ship: laid down by Boston Navy Yard 14 October 1943; launched 17 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. J. M. Bermingham, widow; commissioned 8 April 1944, Lt. M. Beerman in command. Spec block: dp. 1,140; l. 289'5"; b. 35'1"; dr. 8'3"; s. 21 k.; a. 3 3", 4 1.1", 9 20mm., 2 dct., 8 dcp., 1 dcp. (h.h.); cl. Evarts. Service: shakedown off Bermuda; Charleston 9 June 1944; convoy escort to the English Channel departing 14 June, Belfast 23 July, return Boston 2 August 1944; Casco Bay training; New York 28 August; sailed 19 September 1944 escorting a convoy of Army tugs and harbor barges (convoy NY-119 per sister ship Mason's history) - storm losses en route, survivors reached Plymouth 20 October; a week searching for stragglers; return convoy to New York 21 November; three convoy voyages to Oran, Algeria; arrived New York 29 May 1945; Miami 20 July 1945 as school ship at the Naval Training Center; Charleston 9 September 1945; decommissioned 12 October; scrapped March 1946. Transcriber's note: stricken from the Navy List 1 November 1945 (Bauer & Roberts, Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy 1775-1990, p. 221).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; wartime crew 1944-45
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, service history, and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The DE-530 spec block omits a complement figure (the Evarts-class DE-529 block reads 156) - crew figures are carried in gaps, not here. Conflicts with NavSource on commission date (8 vs. 4 April), decommission date/place (12 Oct at Charleston vs. 16 Oct at Green Cove Springs), and speed (21 k. vs. 19 kts) are carried in gaps. Wayback capture of a verbatim transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-m-bermingham-de530-01
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[3]Naval Historical Center / NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS John M. Bermingham (DE-530), 1944-1946' - Bureau of Ships Collection, U.S. National Archives (verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio mirror) [museum_official]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Library page for DE-530; photo captions 19-N-53950/53951 and 19-N-69697-69702
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC photo catalog for this hull: christening by Mrs. Grace Joyce Bermingham, widow of Lt. Comdr. Bermingham, at the Boston Navy Yard 17 November 1943 (photo 19-N-53950; Rear Admiral Robert A. Theobald present); launching photo 19-N-53951 (the hull of USS Mason (DE-529), launched earlier that day, visible in distance); five views off Boston, Massachusetts, 15 August 1944, Camouflage Measure 31 Design 1d (19-N-69697 through 19-N-69702). The page's summary text describes the ship as 'a 1140-ton Everts [sic] class escort ship' built at the Boston Navy Yard, commissioned April 1944, employed on trans-Atlantic convoy escort June 1944-May 1945, training duty out of Miami, decommissioned October 1945, scrapped 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard workers 1943; wartime crew
- Limitations
- NARA/BuShips photograph captions document construction, sponsor identity, and in-service appearance - not materials or asbestos content. The NHHC summary's 'Everts' is the historical center's own spelling variant for Evarts. Mirror cited because the live NHHC Online Library page is not directly served.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-m-bermingham-de530-02
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[4]DANFS specifications block (cl. Evarts) + NavSource class compilation (GMT type: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines, electric drive, 6,000 shp, 2 screws, 19 kts) + Atlas shipyard dataset, boston-naval-shipyard record (tier 3; documented John Crane gasket/sealing-material litigation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; navsource.org DE-530 specifications block; shipyards.json record 'boston-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: an Evarts-class (GMT, 'diesel-electric tandem, short hull') destroyer escort built 1943-44 would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel-electric ship - engine exhaust/muffler insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, winch/windlass brake linings, and deck coverings - but no boiler or steam-line lagging, the largest asbestos categories of steam ships, because the GMT plant has no propulsion boilers or steam system. Builder Boston Navy Yard is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 3; asbestos product identification in gasket/sealing-material litigation) and WWII-era Navy Yard Boston built/repaired ships under conditions documented in yard-level records.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; crew 1944-45
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No ship-specific asbestos documentation exists for this hull (see ev-04). The diesel-electric plant means boiler/steam-lagging categories do not apply; does not quantify material, locate it aboard, or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-m-bermingham-de530-03
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[5]Batch-4362 search ledger (this record): DANFS verbatim transcription; NHHC Online Library photo catalog; NavSource compilation; NARA digitized collections; Atlas shipyard dataset; CourtListener opinion/docket sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-john-m-bermingham-de530-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-530: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or museum stewardship record exists - the hull was sold and scrapped March 1946, decades before Navy asbestos-control programs and modern hazmat documentation, and passed through no museum custody. No qualifying asbestos litigation names the vessel in the CourtListener sweeps completed (see ev-06 and the search ledger).
- 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 would have gone to the breaker's yard undocumented in 1946. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-m-bermingham-de530-04
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[6]NARA holdings lead: RG 24 deck logs (destroyer escort deck logs 1944-45; the series cited at NAID 594258 in NARA's Boston facility records for sister ship Mason (DE-529)) and RG 19 Bureau of Ships General Information Books / plan records [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov; RG 24 deck logs and RG 19 GIB per class/era research convention
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Unretrieved archival route to hull-level material data: NARA RG 24 deck logs for DE-530 (1944-45) and RG 19 BuShips General Information Books / plan records (per-vessel material specifications) are the plausible primary sources for any hull-level material detail; neither was examined. The NARA catalog API returns the SPA shell to programmatic fetch - digitization status for hull-level DE-530 material is undetermined.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (record coverage)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - no record retrieved; presence, scope, and asbestos relevance of any hull-level document are unknown. Do not cite as evidence of materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-m-bermingham-de530-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 sweep (opinion index type=o and RECAP docket type=r) for exact names 'USS John M. Bermingham', 'John M. Bermingham', 'USS Bermingham' and hull number 'DE-530' via cl-auth-search.py (authenticated, fleet-paced) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-john-m-bermingham-de530-05 through -10
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep results: exact-name queries '"USS John M. Bermingham"', '"John M. Bermingham"', and '"USS Bermingham"' (type=o) each returned 0 results - no opinion naming this vessel located in the opinion index. Hull-number query '"DE-530"' (type=o) returned 8 hits, all string collisions on review - three Puerto Rican Spanish-language appellate cases ('de 530' numeral fragments), U.S. v. McAuliffe (6th Cir. 2007, '*530' reporter pagination), General Foods Corp. v. Carnation Co. (7th Cir. 1969, trademark), State v. Cole (Wis. 2003, criminal), U.S. v. Wallace (4th Cir. 1962, tax), and Potomac Electric Power Co. v. PUC of D.C. (D.C. Cir. 1946, utilities) - none references a vessel, naval service, or asbestos. RECAP-docket query '"USS John M. Bermingham"' (type=r) returned 0 results. RECAP-docket query '"DE-530"' (type=r) returned 97 docket results (398 documents); the 80 results on the first two pages were reviewed and all are identifier collisions - 'DE 530'/'DE#530' is PACER docket-entry notation (e.g., 'Answer to (DE 530 and 728) Second Amended Complaint'; 'Mtn. to Dismiss Counts 6 and 30 (DE 530) granted'; 'RE: DE#530 Objection') appearing inside unrelated civil, criminal, antitrust, and bankruptcy dockets (RealPage MDL, Kabisch tenant cases, U.S. v. Ochoa-Martinez, Whittier Seafood bankruptcy, SEC v. Arbitrade, In re Air Crash at Lexington). None references a vessel, naval service, or asbestos. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Opinion index swept for exact name (three variants) and hull number; RECAP-docket index swept for the exact name and hull number. The '"DE-530"' docket sweep's final results page (17 of 97) was unretrieved under the fleet-wide pacing budget; the collision mechanism (PACER 'DE <n>' docket-entry notation) is uniform across the 80 reviewed results, and no case-level signal for a vessel or asbestos appears in the reviewed metadata. The sweep does not cover state-court records not indexed by CourtListener, asbestos trust claims, or non-U.S. jurisdictions. 'Bermingham' is a surname (moderate collision surface); any future hit needs collision classification rather than automatic attribution.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-m-bermingham-de530-06