Evidence
3 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-3).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), Kirkpatrick (DE-318), NHHC online entry [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Specifications block and service narrative, including 1946, 1951-52, and 1960 entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies this hull as an Edsall-class destroyer escort, launched 1943-06-05 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas, and commissioned 1943-10-23. It records transatlantic escort service, a Pacific escort cruise in 1945, decommissioning 1946-05-01, reclassification as radar picket ship DER-318 on 1951-10-01, recommissioning 1952-02-23, Atlantic Barrier radar-picket service, final decommissioning 1960-06-24, and entry into the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. DANFS lists design complement 186 and four Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines, two propeller shafts, and 6,000 bhp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1960
- Population
- Crew and shipyard personnel; no health outcome identified
- Limitations
- Historical and machinery information only. DANFS does not identify asbestos-containing materials, crew exposure, or present ACM condition. It states the ship was then berthed at Philadelphia, but later official disposition records report sale for scrap in 1975.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kirkpatrick-de318-01
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[2]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, USS Kirkpatrick, DE-318 (2021-02-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- History narrative and particulars block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Coast Guard Historian's Office confirms this was a Coast Guard-manned Edsall-class destroyer escort built by Consolidated Steel Corp. at Orange, Texas; gives launch 1943-06-05, commissioning 1943-10-23, radar-picket reclassification 1951-10-01, recommissioning 1952-02-23, and final decommissioning 1960-06-24. It gives the machinery as two-shaft Fairbanks Morse diesels rated 6,000 bhp and complement 186. It states that the ship was struck from the Navy Register 1974-08-01 and sold for scrap 1975-03-12.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1975
- Population
- Crew and shipyard personnel; no health outcome identified
- Limitations
- This official history corroborates the key dates and machinery particulars but does not document asbestos, maintenance materials, individual exposure, or ACM condition. Coast Guard and DANFS give different full-load displacement figures; displacement is not carried in this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kirkpatrick-de318-02
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[3]Batch 4219 public-source search ledger for USS Kirkpatrick (DE-318 / DER-318); see search_ledger rows 01-04 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-kirkpatrick-de318-01 through -04
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos record located in the official and public sources searched for this hull: no publicly located hull ACM survey, asbestos abatement record, asbestos disclosure, or verified litigation document specifically identifying exposure aboard Kirkpatrick. This is a result about the search, not a finding that asbestos was absent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- An unlocated public record does not prove the absence of asbestos aboard or defeat a possible exposure claim. The CourtListener sweep was not completed: exact-name requests were declined by the helper pacing limiter, and the hull-number query was not run. No CourtListener negative result is claimed here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kirkpatrick-de318-03