Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 746-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-kendall-c-campbell-de443-pkt-746-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Kendall C. Campbell (DE-443) - Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (1968) Vol. 3, p.616, verbatim transcription (losthistory.net/hazegray mirror; live NHHC page serves 404, Wayback capture 2022-07-02 confirms identical text) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. 3 p.616 (1968) transcription, de443.txt; NHHC live page wayback capture 20220702000141
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 19 March 1944 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newark, N.J., sponsored by Mrs. Carl B. Campbell; commissioned 31 July 1944, Lt. Comdr. R. W. Johnson in command. Bermuda shakedown from 20 August 1944; departed Norfolk, transited Panama Canal, arrived Pearl Harbor 30 October; hunter-killer operations out of Hawaii with escort carrier Corregidor (CVE-58) until sailing for Ulithi 24 November; ASW patrols for the Marianas and Western Carolines supply lanes; sortied 1 January 1945 with the Luzon Attack Force for the Lingayen Gulf invasion; returned to Ulithi 5 February, then carrier escort duty during the Iwo Jima occupation; sailed 21 March with escort carriers for pre-invasion strikes on Okinawa and stood by through the campaign; 26 June joined the Logistics Support Group northeast of Honshu during carrier strikes on Japan; early August searched for Japanese submarines southeast of Okinawa Gunto; first week of September ASW patrols for the Tokyo Occupation Force; escorted 54 LSTs from Tokyo to Manila; returned Yokosuka 16 October; departed Japan 4 November, arrived San Pedro 22 November; decommissioned at San Diego 31 May 1946, joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet, berthed at Stockton. Specifications block: 1,350 t; 306 ft; beam 36 ft 8 in; draft 9 ft 5 in; 24 kt; complement 186; 2x5-in, 4x40mm, 10x20mm, 3x21-in torpedo tubes, 2 depth-charge tracks, 9 depth-charge projectors; John C. Butler class. Four battle stars for WWII service. Bracketed addendum (citing K.J. Bauer & S.S. Roberts, 'Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy 1775-1990,' p.237): stricken from the Navy Register 15 January 1972, sold 15 January 1973.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock construction trades 1943-44; wartime crew (DANFS spec complement 186)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Print-edition transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404; a 2022-07-02 Wayback capture of the live page confirms identical text. The live NHHC web text reads 'Shoho 1 May' in the namesake citation where the print edition reads 'SHOHO 7 May' - the print date is historically correct; variant noted in gaps. Keel date absent from DANFS; strike/sale dates come from the bracketed addendum citing the Bauer & Roberts register, not the 1968 text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kendall-c-campbell-de443-01
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[3]U.S.S. Kendall C. Campbell (DE-443) Ship's History - ship-submitted wartime history to the Secretary of the Navy, cover letter Serial 417 dated 15 October 1945 with supplement covering 15 October 1945 - 1 January 1946 (NavSource-hosted scan; original in Navy records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-443 page, war-history scan 06443wh.jpg (cover letter serial 417 + 'Ship's History' pp.1-2 + supplement)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own war-end history submission (primary document, scanned): launched 19 March 1944 at the Port Newark, N.J. yard of Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company; placed in commission 31 July 1944, Lieut. Comdr. Robert W. Johnson USNR first commanding officer; underwent outfitting at the New York Navy Yard; Bermuda shakedown; reported to Naval Operating Base Norfolk 16 September 1944; Panama Canal transit to Pearl Harbor; hunter-killer group operations with Corregidor; Ulithi arrival 7 December 1944; Lingayen Gulf sortie 1 January 1945; and - relevant to material-condition research - between 9 and 19 February 1945 the ship underwent overhaul at Ulithi 'which included a drydocking and boiler repairs'; Okinawa and Logistics Support Group service; escort of 54 LSTs Tokyo to Manila; supplement signed by Lt. Comdr. Henry R. Elmer covering inactivation through the turn of 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Wartime crew (design complement 186 per DANFS)
- Limitations
- Primary-content document hosted on a private archive (NavSource); the original submission sits in Navy records (NHHC/NARA WWII war-diary/ships'-history holdings). Documents a maintenance event (drydocking and boiler repairs, Ulithi, 9-19 Feb 1945) aboard this hull but does not identify materials - boiler work of that era typically disturbed insulation, but this document does not say so and no asbestos conclusion is drawn from it.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kendall-c-campbell-de443-02
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[4]Destroyer Escort Commanding Officers Collection: Richard E. Warner Papers, Manuscript Collection #564-009, J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University [other_primary]
- Locator
- ECU Digital Collections finding aid 0564-009, Scope and arrangement note
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Verified archival lead: the Warner Papers (1938-1993, bulk 1938-1953) include 'a History of the USS Kendall C. Campbell (DE-443), by Cdr. Richard E. Warner' and a laminated fact sheet of signed documents (orders, letters, printed forms, certificates, commissions) for this hull. Access: no restrictions. Warner served in Campbell (NavSource's secondary CO list has him as final/decommissioning commanding officer through 31 May 1946; the ECU finding aid records his earlier service as executive officer of DE-443 September 1944 - June 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1938-1993 (collection); 1944-1946 (ship service)
- Limitations
- Finding aid consulted; collection not retrieved on site. Whether the Warner history or fact sheet contains material, overhaul, or insulation detail is unknown until pulled. Command-chain detail rests on the secondary NavSource list plus the finding aid - carried as lead only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kendall-c-campbell-de443-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group 6 (WGT) table (shipscribe.com scan) + Navypedia WGT page boiler-block map [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 design-group 6 row; navypedia.org us_de_tev_wgt boiler-block map; spec-suite identifications via Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec (W.D. Wash. 2:17-cv-00537) exhibit list ECF 738.1
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: DE-443 is a John C. Butler-class (BuShips design group 6, WGT) geared-turbine destroyer escort built December 1943 - July 1944 - peak-era asbestos construction. The WGT plant (2 'D' express boilers, 435 psi/750 deg F; 2 Westinghouse geared turbines, 12,000 shp, 2 shafts; ~24 kt) implies era-standard asbestos applications in fireroom and machinery-space insulation: boiler insulation, steam-line lagging, turbine lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. The era's controlling Navy insulation specifications identified in DE-class litigation exhibit lists (BuShips Manual ch.39 Thermal Insulation NAVSHIPS 250-000(39) 1945; Navy Dept spec 32F3a 'Felt, Insulating, Asbestos' 1945) are the class-level documentation suite for these applications.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; crew 1944-46; reserve-fleet caretakers 1946-72
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding; no material schedule, survey, or work order for DE-443 was located. Boiler manufacturer attribution (Babcock & Wilcox for the DE-438-452 block) rests on Navypedia's secondary block map, unverified against contract documents. Establishes no quantities and no individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kendall-c-campbell-de443-04
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[6]Owens-Illinois, Inc., Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ (Aug. 30 - Sep. 2, 1944); introduced as Owens-Illinois interrogatory exhibit #20 in Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Brazoria County TX (1990) - per Atlas shipyard dataset record federal-shipbuilding-kearny (tier 2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- toxicdocs.org document 4ayjMMY2q6pqomB4eDk5Nq9op; shipyards.json 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' evidence ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Builder-yard evidence contemporaneous with this hull's construction: an Owens-Illinois industrial health survey of Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock, Kearny, N.J. (30 August - 2 September 1944) documented insulators working asbestos pipe covering (Johns-Manville Superex, amosite-based) and boiler insulation in confined shipyard spaces, with dust counts measured during cutting and fitting operations. DE-443 was launched at this yard 19 March 1944 and commissioned 31 July 1944 - the survey window is weeks after her commissioning, in the same wartime production period in which she was built and outfitted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock insulators and pipefitters, Kearny NJ, wartime production period
- Limitations
- Yard-level evidence only: the survey documents conditions and products at the builder yard, not materials installed aboard this specific hull. Survey conducted by Owens-Illinois, a manufacturer with commercial interest; dust counts in mppcf (pre-fiber-count era). Survey date postdates DE-443's commissioning by ~4 weeks, so it documents the yard during the same build program, not necessarily work on this ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kendall-c-campbell-de443-05
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[7]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
- regulatory
- Finding
- Program-level context for reserve-era material persistence: GAO documented that Navy 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. Relevant background for a hull that sat in the Pacific Reserve Fleet 1946-1972 with no recommissioning or documented overhaul.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not ship- or class-specific; no finding is made about material aboard DE-443. gao.gov serves HTTP 403 to automated fetch; content taken from the product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kendall-c-campbell-de443-06
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[8]Batch-4334 CourtListener sweep (this record's search ledger): exact-name and hull-number queries, opinion and docket indices [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-kendall-c-campbell-de443-05 through -09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying litigation names this hull: CourtListener opinion and RECAP-docket searches for the exact name 'Kendall C. Campbell' returned zero hits; 'DE-443' opinion hits (13) and docket-index hits (108) are all identifier collisions in unrelated litigation (attorney discipline, tax, criminal, bankruptcy, contract - zero 'USS'/'vessel'/'asbestos'/'Navy'/'destroyer' context across the result sets; 'ship'/'uss' string hits are fragments of law-firm and association names). No hull ACM survey, abatement or hazmat disclosure, or museum record exists for DE-443 - the hull was sold for scrapping 15 January 1973.
- 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 or of unfiled/settled claims; CourtListener coverage is limited to indexed opinions and RECAP dockets. The 121 collision hits were classified from metadata without pulling every underlying full text. 'USS Campbell' string variants are dominated by namesakes (USCGC Campbell WPG-32, USS Joseph E. Campbell DE-70) and were not exhaustively classified; exact-name and hull-number coverage is complete. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kendall-c-campbell-de443-07
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[9]Batch-4334 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription + Wayback-verified NHHC page; ship-submitted war history scan; ECU finding aid; Atlas yard dataset; CourtListener sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-kendall-c-campbell-de443-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos record of any kind was located for DE-443: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract, no hazmat disclosure, no qualifying litigation, no museum stewardship record (hull scrapped 1973). The record rests on DANFS service history and class/era inference.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record does not prove absence of material or exposure; era asbestos-containing material may have been present and removed undocumented, including during the 1946 inactivation overhaul or at 1973 scrapping. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kendall-c-campbell-de443-08
