Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet ks-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Joseph E. Connolly
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-joseph-e-connolly-de450-pkt-ks-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Joseph E. Connolly (DE-450), verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio transcription of Naval History Division entry; live NHHC candidate URL returned 404 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block; construction paragraph; service narrative; bracketed disposition note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies this hull as a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort: laid down 6 April 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.; launched 6 August 1944; commissioned 28 February 1945 under Lt. Comdr. M. C. Walley; completed Caribbean shakedown, departed Norfolk 10 May 1945, trained at Pearl Harbor, and escorted Third Fleet logistic-support units during the final strikes on Japan. After the war it served occupation-support duties at Tokyo Bay, Jinsen, and Shanghai, reached Boston 17 February 1946, decommissioned at Green Cove Springs 20 June 1946, and entered the Reserve Fleet. The entry's specifications block gives 1,350 tons, 306 ft length, 24 knots, complement 186, and John C. Butler class; it records one World War II battle star and a bracketed note that the ship was struck 1 June 1970 and sunk as a target 24 February 1972.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1972
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades, 1944-45; wartime crew (DANFS design complement 186)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, service history, and design specifications, not asbestos content, quantities, exposure, or present-day condition. The live NHHC candidate URL returned 404; this is a verbatim transcription rather than the live official page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-e-connolly-de450-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan. 1945), destroyer-escort design-group table, group 6 (WGT), scan hosted by ShipScribe; read with the hull's DANFS and NavSource specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 1, pp. 234-235, group 6 WGT table; DANFS DE-450 specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design context: DE-450 is a John C. Butler-class WGT destroyer escort. The BuShips group-6 table describes the class-design steam installation as two express boilers and two geared steam turbines producing 12,000 shp; DANFS identifies this hull as a John C. Butler-class unit. In a 1944-45 superheated-steam naval construction context, boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, valve/flange gaskets, machinery packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings are asbestos-era applications to investigate.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades, 1944-45; crew, 1945-46
- Limitations
- Class/era design context only, not a ship-specific materials finding. No DE-450 insulation plan, material schedule, asbestos survey, product identification, quantity, or crew exposure record was located. The listed applications are research priorities, not documented installations aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-e-connolly-de450-03
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[4]Owens-Illinois, Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J. (Aug. 30-Sep. 2, 1944), introduced as Owens-Illinois interrogatory exhibit 20 in Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (Brazoria County, Tex., 1990); independently checked against the Atlas yard record federal-shipbuilding-kearny [other_primary]
- Locator
- Industrial Health Survey, Aug. 30-Sep. 2, 1944; Atlas shipyards.json record federal-shipbuilding-kearny evidence row
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Builder-yard context: a 30 August-2 September 1944 industrial-health survey of Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock documented insulator work with Johns-Manville Superex asbestos pipe covering and boiler insulation in confined shipyard spaces, including dust counts during cutting and fitting. DE-450's documented build window (6 April 1944 keel laying to 28 February 1945 commissioning) overlaps that wartime construction period at the builder yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding insulators and pipefitters, 1944
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull-specific record. The survey does not identify DE-450, does not establish that a product was installed aboard it, and does not establish worker exposure, quantity, causation, or legal eligibility. It was prepared by a manufacturer with a commercial interest and uses pre-fiber-count dust measures.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-e-connolly-de450-04
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[5]National Archives, Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog; Logbooks of the U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978, National Archives Catalog series NAID 594258 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Navy deck-log holdings page; catalog series NAID 594258
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: DE-450's 1945-46 deck logs fall within NARA's Navy deck-log holdings and may document yard availability, underway periods, and material-condition events. NARA directs researchers to its catalog for digitized logs and to Archives II textual reference for logs not listed online. BuShips per-vessel plans and material records in Record Group 19 remain separate leads for any hull-level material inquiry.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-1946 (anticipated hull log coverage)
- Limitations
- Lead only: no DE-450 deck log, BuShips plan, material schedule, or asbestos-related work package was retrieved in this research. Deck logs generally record operational events and do not themselves establish asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-e-connolly-de450-05
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[6]CourtListener API v4 authenticated helper attempt, /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py; see search_ledger rows sl-uss-joseph-e-connolly-de450-06 through -09 [court_record]
- Locator
- Local helper diagnostics: authenticated request initiated; no JSON response returned before fleet pacing wait exceeded the execution window
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener litigation sweep is incomplete, not negative. The required authenticated API v4 helper was invoked for the exact vessel name and hull number in both opinion and RECAP-docket indexes, but the helper did not acquire the fleet-wide pacing token before this headless session's command window ended. No CourtListener result, qualifying litigation classification, or no-result conclusion is asserted.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- This is an operational negative finding about the completed search, not evidence about asbestos or litigation. CourtListener was not queried anonymously, with a raw request, or through API v3. Because neither exact-name nor hull-number result sets were returned, the litigation sweep must be resumed before treating litigation coverage as complete.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-e-connolly-de450-06
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[7]Batch-4342 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS transcription, NavSource, BuShips Ships' Data, Federal Shipbuilding survey, NARA deck-log holdings, and CourtListener helper attempt [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-joseph-e-connolly-de450-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, material schedule, product-identification record, or other direct public hull record was located in the completed source review. Ship-specific asbestos documentation status is unknown.
- 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 the absence of asbestos aboard or resolve any exposure or legal claim. CourtListener results are not included in this negative finding because the required sweep remains incomplete.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-e-connolly-de450-07