Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]DANFS, John R. Perry (DE-1034) (NHHC 'Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, July 2015' transcription; live NHHC page serves 404 - verbatim transcription via Tin Can Sailors destroyers.org; corroborating verbatim text at Navy Seabee Foundation seabee.org) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry text as transcribed at destroyers.org/ships/de-1034 ('Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, July 2015') and seabee.org memorial page; live NHHC URL 404
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 4 January 1956 by Avondale Marine Ways, Avondale, La. (date conflicts with 1 October 1957 in secondary compilations - see gaps); launched 29 July 1958, sponsored by Mrs. John R. Perry, widow of Rear Admiral Perry; commissioned 5 May 1959, Lt. Comdr. W. L. Atkinson in command. Shakedown cruise to Northern Europe and Scandinavian countries, thence Guantanamo Bay; school ship for the Fleet Sonar School based at Key West for ASW operations to Caribbean and Gulf ports, east to the Azores, and up the eastern seaboard to Norfolk; one of the Atlantic Fleet warships enforcing the quarantine of Cuba 24 October-20 November 1962; resumed sonar-schoolship duties through 1965, interrupted by overhauls at the Charleston Navy Yard, special ASW tactics with Task Force Alpha, and joint operations with the Venezuelan Navy 2-8 February 1964; transferred to the Pacific Fleet 1 May 1966, departed Key West 16 May, transited the Panama Canal 3 days later, arrived Pearl Harbor 4 June, operated in the Hawaiian area through mid-1967. Disposition: stricken 20 February 1973 and transferred to Indonesia, renamed Samadikun (D-1), reclassified DE-341 in 1982. Namesake: Rear Admiral John R. Perry (b. 24 May 1899, Waco, Tex.; d. 25 September 1955), Chief of Civil Engineers of the Navy and Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1956-1973
- Population
- Avondale Marine Ways construction trades 1956-59; crew 1959-73; Fleet Sonar School trainees; Charleston Navy Yard overhaul workforces
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history, not materials or asbestos content. Its keel-laying date (4 January 1956) conflicts with the 1 October 1957 figure in secondary compilations and predates the lead ship's own 1957 keel - conflict carried in gaps, 1957-10-01 carried. DANFS narrative ends mid-1967; post-1967 service rests on NARA deck-log reporting, the NHHC-compiled Vietnam list, and NavSource photo-dated entries. Live NHHC page 404s; verbatim transcription cited per batch convention.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-r-perry-de1034-01
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[2]NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Index, USS John R. Perry (DE-1034) - specifications block, building/operational data, awards display, NHHC/shipyard-sourced photos, CO list [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-1034 page, specifications block + building/operational data + awards + photo captions 0602103408/0602103410
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: class Claud Jones (SCB No. 131 / 1956-57, 4 in class); 1,314 t light / 1,916 full; 312' oa; beam 38'10"; draft 18' limit; 4 Fairbanks-Morse 38ND8 diesels, 8,852 shp, 1 shaft, 22 kts; range 7,000 nm @ 12 kts; complement 12 officers / 159 enlisted; 2 x 3"/50 Mk 33 (2x1), 2 Mk 11 Hedgehogs, 6 x 12.75" Mk 32 TTs (2x3); AN/SPS-10, AN/SPS-6C radars, AN/SQS-4 sonar. Awards: Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation w/ star, Navy Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal w/ 2 stars, RVN Campaign Medal. Build data corroborates DANFS (keel 4 Jan 1956 per NavSource; launched 29 Jul 1958; commissioned Charleston Naval Station 5 May 1959). Homeport changed to Pearl Harbor 1 May 1966 as unit of Escort Squadron 1; decommissioned Pearl Harbor 20 Feb 1973, struck NVR, sold to Indonesia as KRI Samadikun (D-1); decommissioned from Indonesian Navy 8 Sep 2005 'scrapping pending' per NavSource. Photo-dated entries: March 1962 in the Stone Dock (Dry Dock No. 1) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard during the Ash Wednesday storm (5-9 March), U.S. Navy photo from Norfolk Naval Shipyard archives; underway off Hawaii 9 Sep 1966 (NHHC photo NH107505); off Oahu 16 Feb 1971.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1956-2005
- Population
- Crew 1959-73; Norfolk Naval Shipyard workforce March 1962 drydock
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled archive hosting official Navy photographs and data - a secondary compilation, not a primary registry; used for machinery/spec detail, awards display, post-1967 photo-dated chronology, and the Norfolk Naval Shipyard March 1962 drydock record. Its complement (171) and the 'Escort Squadron 1' designation carry conflicts documented in gaps; Indonesian decommission date conflicts across sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-r-perry-de1034-02
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[3]National Archives (NARA) National Declassification Center blog, 'The Adventures of CORTDIV 11' (18 June 2019) - declassification project for classified Navy deck logs, Record Group 38 (Office of the CNO), Entry UD-06D 1, 11 boxes [other_primary]
- Locator
- NDC blog post, DE-1034 deck-log excerpts (15 and 17 April 1969 watch entries)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA official blog documents this hull's classified deck logs: by the late 1960s the entire Claud Jones class was concentrated at Pearl Harbor as Escort Division Eleven (CORTDIV 11), a subunit of Escort Squadron Seven - USS Claud Jones (DE-1033), USS John R. Perry (DE-1034), USS Charles Berry (DE-1035), USS McMorris (DE-1036) - conducting Cold War 'special operations' including surveillance of Soviet vessels and missile-range instrumentation ships. The DE-1034 log for the 1200-1600 watch on 15 April 1969 records '1305 Made rendezvous with the Soviet missile instrumentation ship Sibir'; the 17 April watch records '1514 Stationed the surveillance detail. Set material condition ZEBRA main deck and below. 1526 Sighted Soviet reentry vehicle passing overhead. 1528 Commenced maneuvering on various courses at various speeds to recover debris from Soviet reentry vehicle' - the port motor whaleboat was away 1638-1725.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1966-1973 (ops); 2019 (declassification)
- Population
- Crew ~1966-73 (Pearl Harbor-based CORTDIV 11 operations)
- Limitations
- Official NARA publication quoting this hull's own classified deck logs - documents Cold War surveillance operations, not materials or asbestos content. Establishes the hull's operating pattern (Pearl Harbor-Midway-Johnston Island transits, liberty at Midway/Johnston/Kwajalein/Adak) and that the classified logs exist and were declassified (2019) as an archival lead. CORTDIV 11's parent designation 'Escort Squadron Seven' conflicts with NavSource's 'Escort Squadron 1' - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-r-perry-de1034-03
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[4]Secretary of the Navy (Ray Mabus) letter transmitting the NHHC-compiled list of 713+ U.S. Navy ships that earned the Vietnam Service Medal or Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for operations in qualifying Vietnam waters, 1962 onward (NHHC compilation; mirrored PDF) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Mabus letter PDF, alphabetical ship list (JOHN R. PERRY DE-1034 entry)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NHHC-compiled list of ships that earned Vietnam Service Medal or Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal eligibility in defined Vietnam waters includes 'JOHN R. PERRY DE-1034' - official confirmation that this hull operated in qualifying Vietnam waters during the 1962+ award period. Consistent with the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 2 stars and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal on NavSource's ribbon display for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1962-1973 (award period)
- Population
- Crew during Vietnam-era deployments
- Limitations
- Documents award-qualifying presence in Vietnam waters, not dates, duration, or specific operations; says nothing about materials or asbestos aboard. The list is a compiled award-eligibility record, not a unit history. Mirrored PDF host (perch-base.org, a Navy veterans' site) - the underlying document is an NHHC compilation transmitted by the Secretary of the Navy.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-r-perry-de1034-04
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[5]NavSource machinery specifications (4 Fairbanks-Morse 38ND8 diesels, 1 shaft - diesel plant, no boilers) + navypedia Claud Jones class technical data (SCB-131 austerity design, yard no. 841, Avondale) + Atlas shipyard dataset record 'avondale-shipyard' (tier 2; named asbestos products and litigation-documented asbestos disease at the builder yard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-1034 specifications block; navypedia Claud Jones class page (yard 841, class data); shipyards.json record 'avondale-shipyard' (yard_id verified resolving in dataset)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design/yard inference: this hull is a 1956-59-construction diesel-powered destroyer escort (SCB-131 austerity design, single shaft, no boilers or steam plant) built at Avondale Marine Ways, Louisiana - a yard whose Atlas dataset record (tier 2) documents named asbestos products in its material stream (Kaylo insulation; lagging cloth for steam pipes; gaskets; floor tiles; adhesives; fire-resistant blankets) and litigation-documented asbestos disease in its workforce (Latiolais v. Huntington Ingalls, 5th Cir. 2019; Barrosse v. Huntington Ingalls, 5th Cir. 2023; Hotard v. Avondale Industries, E.D. La. 2020). Mid-1950s Navy escort construction is era-consistent with asbestos-containing diesel exhaust and engine-room insulation, accommodation thermal/acoustic insulation, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead fireproofing, and cable insulation - the diesel-era application set; boiler casing and steam-line lagging are expressly excluded because the design has no steam plant. Documented disturbance events: construction at Avondale 1956-59; commissioning at Charleston Naval Station May 1959; Norfolk Naval Shipyard Dry Dock No. 1 (March 1962); Charleston Navy Yard overhauls (DANFS, through 1965); Pearl Harbor homeport 1966-73; transfer to Indonesia 1973 and eventual foreign breaking.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1956-2006
- Population
- Avondale Marine Ways construction trades 1956-59; Charleston NS and Norfolk/Charleston/Pearl Harbor naval-shipyard workforces; crew 1959-73; Indonesian Navy crew 1973-2000s; breaking-yard workers
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No material schedule, specification, survey, or abatement record naming DE-1034 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation aboard this hull. The yard record documents asbestos products and disease at Avondale generally, not their installation in this specific hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-r-perry-de1034-05
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. This hull left U.S. service in February 1973, before the documented policy period, and was transferred abroad; no U.S. abatement regime or disposal-condition hazmat survey ever applied to it.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1975-1979 (policy period)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; GAO fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, not this hull's builder. Supports era context for why insulation persisted aboard Navy ships, not any fact specific to this hull; the hull's 1973 foreign transfer predates the policy. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - description via product page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-r-perry-de1034-06
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[7]CourtListener API v4 opinion searches (type=o): exact-phrase '"USS John R. Perry"' - 0 results; '"DE-1034"' - 7 hits, all false matches; '"John R. Perry"' - 110 results, first-page review all name collisions; RECAP docket-type queries limited by fleet pacing throttle [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search results for '"USS John R. Perry"' (0), '"DE-1034"' (7 collisions), '"John R. Perry"' (110; page 1 reviewed), all type=o
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion sweeps are clean: exact-phrase '"USS John R. Perry"' returned 0 results; hull-number '"DE-1034"' returned 7 hits, all false matches (pagination/OCR artifacts and unrelated statute/docket strings - e.g., 'de *1034 fendants' tokenization in Desio v. Cerebral Palsy Transport, N.Y. App. Div. 2014; tax, munitions, employment, gaming, and Puerto Rico mandamus opinions - none vessel-related, none asbestos); '"John R. Perry"' returned 110 results dominated by name collisions ('Law Offices of John R. Perry, Encino, CA' counsel entries in Ninth Circuit immigration matters such as Molina v. Holder, 313 F. App'x 941; Wyoming Supreme Court and Florida DCA litigant references such as Proffit v. State, 2008 WY 103). No opinion names this vessel or alleges asbestos exposure aboard it.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28 (search)
- Population
- N/A - litigation sweep
- Limitations
- Opinion-level sweep complete for the discriminating queries (exact phrase 0; hull number all false matches; bare name all collisions on review). RECAP docket-type (type=r) searches were repeatedly throttled by the fleet-wide CourtListener pacing budget this session - residual docket surface is not exhausted; a complaint naming this hull could exist in dockets not covered by the completed opinion queries.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-r-perry-de1034-07
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[8]Batch-3965 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via verbatim transcription mirrors; NavSource DE-1034 archive page; NARA NDC CORTDIV-11 deck-log reporting; NHHC-compiled Vietnam-eligible ships list; NVR ship detail; CourtListener exact-name opinion sweep; indexed-web checks incl. excluded law-firm pages; Atlas shipyard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-john-r-perry-de1034-01 through sl-uss-john-r-perry-de1034-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-1034: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract, no hazmat disclosure, and no qualifying asbestos case naming the vessel was found in the sources searched. The only web materials asserting asbestos aboard this hull are law-firm/SEO marketing pages (asbestos-ships.com dedicated hull page and similar) - an excluded source class under the batch rules, logged in the batch report and not carried as evidence.
- 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 1956-59 escort built at an asbestos-documented yard is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the hull was transferred abroad in 1973 and discarded overseas so no present-day survey is possible. CourtListener coverage is partial (fleet pacing deferred the RECAP docket-type queries) - the negative litigation finding rests on the completed opinion sweeps (exact phrase 0 results; hull number all false matches; bare name all collisions) and indexed-web checking. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-r-perry-de1034-08
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[9]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Navy deck logs) and RG 19 (Bureau of Ships design/construction records); RG 38 Entry UD-06D 1 classified CORTDIV-11 deck logs (declassified per NARA NDC, 2019) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; NARA NDC post for RG 38 UD-06D 1
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order): declassified classified deck logs for DE-1034 and the other CORTDIV 11 ships (RG 38, Entry UD-06D 1, 11 boxes - declassification announced June 2019 by the NARA National Declassification Center); Navy deck logs for DE-1034 covering 1959-1973 (RG 24, NARA College Park - Vietnam-era logs partially digitized under the Blue Water Navy project); BuShips SCB No. 131 design documentation and any hull-level material specifications (RG 19); Avondale Marine Ways contract/hull records for yard hull 841.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1956-1973 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no retrieval performed. The RG 38 UD-06D 1 classified logs are confirmed to exist (per the NARA NDC post) but were not read; their contents for this hull beyond the published excerpts are unexamined. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-r-perry-de1034-09