Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet kc-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Koiner
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-koiner-de331-pkt-kc-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Koiner (DE-331) (namesake, builder, dates, convoy and radar-picket service, USCG loan, striking and sale; verbatim transcriptions - live NHHC page serves 404). Two transcriptions consulted: hazegray (losthistory.net) and HyperWar/ibiblio (ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DE/de331.html) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative; hazegray (losthistory.net/danfs/escorts/de331.htm) and HyperWar/ibiblio mirrors; cross-checked against historycentral.com DANFS mirror
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down by Consolidated Steel Co., Orange, Tex. (hazegray transcription reads 26 July 1943; ibiblio transcription reads 25 July - see gaps); launched 5 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Mae H. Koiner (conflicts with official BuShips launch date of 5 October - see gaps); commissioned 27 December 1943, Lt. Comdr. C. S. Judson, Jr., in command. Service: Bermuda shakedown; Charleston departure 28 February 1944; six months of Atlantic convoy escort (four round trips Curacao to North Africa/Naples); five United Kingdom-bound convoys 20 September 1944 - 1 May 1945; Pearl Harbor arrival 25 June 1945, training with Corregidor ('CVS-58' - see gaps); Leyte-bound at war's end; Far East occupation escort and patrol to 1 April 1946; Charleston 30 May 1946; decommissioned and Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs, Fla., 4 October 1946; loaned to the Coast Guard 20 June 1951 - 14 May 1954 as WDE-431, ocean-station vessel out of Seattle; converted to radar picket escort and reclassified DER-331 28 September 1954; recommissioned 26 August 1955 (Lt. Comdr. V. W. Tracy); Continental Air Defense System Pacific Barrier picket stations off Washington and California coasts 1956-1965; homeport shift to Guam 1 July 1965; three Market Time patrols from 6 August through December; further Market Time deployment 1966 (Hong Kong, Bangkok, Manila, Kaoshiung port calls); gunfire mission late January 1967; struck from the Navy list 23 September 1968 and sold 3 September 1969 (bracketed closing note). Namesake: Lt. (j.g.) James Duval Koiner, killed aboard Atlanta (CL-51) 13 November 1942.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1969
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943; wartime and postwar crew (design complement 186); USCG crew 1951-54
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Transcription disagreement on laid-down date (26 vs 25 July) and a substantive conflict with the official BuShips table on launch date (5 September vs 5 October) are carried in gaps rather than silently reconciled. Mirror transcriptions cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-koiner-de331-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, "Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945" Vol. I (NAVSHIPS 250-010): List of Naval Vessels roster, DE design-group characteristics table, and individual-ships construction table (shipscribe.com reproduction of the official scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1.pdf: roster book p.13 (DE-331 under 'FMR design'); design table book pp.234-235 (FMR row incl. 'Boilers: None'); individual-ship table book pp.250-251, entry 188
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official BuShips record for this hull in three places: (1) roster (book p.13): 'DE331 KOINER' listed under the FMR design group heading; (2) DE design-group characteristics (book pp.234-235): FMR = 'Fairbanks Morse diesel reverse gear drive', length 306'0" oa, beam 36'7" extreme, standard displacement 1,200 tons, full load 1,590, trial speed 21.2 knots, accommodations 15 officers + 201 enlisted, armament three 3"/50 D.P. plus one quad or two twin 40mm AA mounts; machinery two propellers driven by 'F. M. diesel model 38D8-1/8' at 6,000 shp with the Boilers column reading 'None' - no boilers or steam plant in the design group; (3) individual-ship table (book pp.250-251, entry 188): 'KOINER DE331 FMR - Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex. - contract price hull and machinery $1,531,000 - keel laid July 26, 1943 - ship launched Oct. 5, 1943 - date of preliminary acceptance Dec. 27, 1943 - date of first commission Dec. 27, 1943.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (publication April 1945)
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943; design complement (15 officers + 201 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous official characteristics and construction data, not materials or asbestos content. Source is a textless 2-up scan; values were read directly from rendered pages (roster p.13, design table pp.234-235, individual row pp.250-251). Its launch date (5 October 1943) conflicts with DANFS/USCG/NavSource (5 September) - the contemporaneous record is carried and the conflict is documented in gaps. Contract-price and contract-signed columns use ditto chains; only explicit in-row values are asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-koiner-de331-02
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office cutter file, 'Koiner, 1951' (DE-331; WDE-431) - official USCG publication (archived PDF; live history.uscg.mil returns 403 to automated fetch) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Koiner_1951.pdf pp.1-4 (characteristics block; History section; Sources), Wayback capture 2017-04-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USCG Historian's record for this hull: Edsall-class; radio call sign NHEC; commissioned USN 27 December 1943 and USCG 20 June 1951; decommissioned USN 4 October 1946, USCG 14 May 1954, USN 1968; sold for scrap 1969. Machinery '4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38d81/8 geared diesel engines, 4 diesel-generators, 6000 shp, 2 propellers'; range 10,800 nm at 12 kt; complement 186; armament (1943) three 3"/50, one twin 40mm, eight 20mm, three 21" torpedo tubes, Hedgehog, eight K-guns, two depth-charge tracks; electronics (1952) QCS-1 sonar, SC-5 radar, three Mk 26-1 fire-control radars. Coast Guard service: one of twelve destroyer escorts acquired for the Korean War ocean-station buildup ('100' added to Navy hull numbers); accepted by the CG Reactivation Detachment commander (document prints '30 June 1954' - internally inconsistent with the 20 June 1951 commissioning; reads as 1951, see gaps); modifications incl. weather balloon hangar and motor surf boat; arrived Seattle 5 February 1952 after assisting tanker Bulkfuel (December 1951, with CGC Blackhaw); ocean-station tours - Nan (March-April 1952, February-March 1953), Victor (June 1952, May-June 1953), Queen (October-November 1952, November-December 1953), Sugar (July-August 1953); M/V Maple Cove assist with CGC Winona (December 1952); Attu medical diversion (July 1953); M/V Margo tow assist (November 1953); decommissioned 14 May 1954 and returned to the Navy. USN DER narrative matches DANFS (reclassified DER-331 28 September 1954; Mare Island-era Pacific Barrier picket duty; Market Time 1965-66; gunfire mission January 1967).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1951-1968
- Population
- USCG crew 1951-1954 (ocean-station rotations); Navy crew before/after
- Limitations
- Official USCG publication summarizing the cutter history file; documents configuration and service, not asbestos content or materials. Range figure (10,800 nm) conflicts with NavSource (9,100 nm); the '30 June 1954' acceptance date is internally inconsistent and carried in gaps. Sources cited by the file: USCG Cutter History File; DANFS; Scheina's USCG cutters volumes.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-koiner-de331-03
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[5]USS Koiner (DE 331) deck log, Sunday 11 February 1945 (legible scan reproduction on uboatarchive.net, sourced to the National Archives; provided by crew member Tom Connors, MoMM1/c) + USCG Historian's Office evaluation: Harold Moyers, 'The Sinking of the U-869' (article referenced by the archive page; live USCG URL not retrievable) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboatarchive.net/U-869A/U-869KoinerDeckLog.htm (scan U-869KoinerDeckLog.jpg, remarks columns 00-24); archive intro page note on the USCG Historian article
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Primary-source reproduction of this hull's deck log, 11 February 1945: anchored Gravesend Bay, N.Y.; underway 0713, through the submarine nets 0729; screening convoy CU 58 in Task Group 61.6 (Escort Commander in USS Davis, DD-395; Convoy Commodore in USS General William H. Gordon); 1445 station in screen; 1711 departed convoy at flank speed to assist USS Crow (DE 252) on a sonar contact 15 miles distant; general quarters 1823; depth-charge patterns dropped 1831, 1841, 1854; 1912 lowered motor whaleboat to investigate; 1926 boat hoisted, contact classified 'non-sub'; 1952 secured from general quarters; rejoined CU 58 with Crow 3,000 yards on the port beam. Post-war: a U-boat wreck discovered 1991 off New Jersey (~39deg33'N, 73deg02'W) was identified in 1997 as U-869; the USCG Historian's Office's official evaluation (Moyers article, per the archive page's note) credits the sinking to the attacks by Howard D. Crow and Koiner on 11 February 1945, displacing the earlier attribution to USS Fowler and French subchaser L'Indiscret near Gibraltar.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-02-11; wreck identification 1991-1997
- Population
- Wartime crew on antisubmarine/convoy-escort duty, February 1945
- Limitations
- Ship-specific event documentation, not asbestos evidence. The deck log is a private-archive reproduction of a NARA record (read directly from the scan); the Moyers USCG article itself could not be retrieved - its existence and conclusion are reported by the archive page. The contemporaneous log records the contact as classified 'non-sub' after the attack; the kill credit derives entirely from the 1990s wreck identification and subsequent official evaluation. Alternative interpretations exist among wreck researchers (e.g., a self-inflicted circle-running torpedo before the DE attacks) - the USCG evaluation is the official position carried here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-koiner-de331-04
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[6]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Koiner (DE 331) page - building/operational data, specifications, commanding officers, awards, and NARA/museum photo captions (Wayback capture 2024-12-03; live navsource.org fails automated fetch) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/06/331.htm (Wayback 2024-12-03 capture): 'Building and Operational Data' block; Specifications block; awards ribbon list; photo caption series incl. 80-G-323933 and DER 331 26352/26355/26356-8-55, NY9-26478-9-55; CO list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Reference compilation for this hull: keel laid 26 July 1943, Consolidated Steel Co., Orange, Tex.; launched and christened 5 September 1943 (conflicts with official BuShips October 5 - see gaps); commissioned 27 December 1943 at the Orange city dock, Lcdr. C. S. Judson, Jr., USNR; decommissioned Green Cove Springs 4 October 1946; loaned to USCG 20 June 1951 as WDE 431, ocean-station duty Seattle ('Koiner and Falgout were the first two DE's transferred to the Coast Guard'); returned and decommissioned 14 May 1954; reclassified/converted DER 331 '28 October 1954' (conflicts with DANFS/USCG 28 September - see gaps); recommissioned 26 August 1955, Pacific Barrier; homeport Agana, Guam, 1 July 1965; decommissioned and struck 23 September 1968; sold for scrapping 3 September 1969. Specifications: FMR geared-diesel type, 1,200/1,590 tons, 306' oa, beam 36'10", 4 Fairbanks-Morse 38d81/8 diesels + 4 diesel-generators, 6,000 shp, 2 screws, 21 kt, 9,100 nm at 12 kt, complement 8/201. Awards listed: American, Asiatic-Pacific, European-African-Middle Eastern campaign medals, WWII Victory, Navy Occupation, National Defense (1 star), Korean Service + UN Korean (USCG service), Vietnam Service (6 stars), RVN Campaign. Photo-caption documentation: overhaul at the New York Navy Yard Annex at Bayonne, N.J., 2-22 May 1945 (U.S. Navy photo 80-G-323933, NARA); commissioning ceremonies at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 26 August 1955 and post-commissioning sea trials 14 September 1955 (Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum photo series); 1965 San Francisco Navy Yard pier photo with USS Atlanta (IX-304) and USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14). Fifteen commanding officers listed (final: Lcdr. John William Sellers, to 21 September 1968).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1969
- Population
- Wartime/postwar crew; yard workers at documented availabilities (Bayonne 1945; Mare Island 1955)
- Limitations
- Private photo-archive compilation, not an official source - used for chronology corroboration, CO/award lists, and photo-caption documentation of documented yard events (Bayonne overhaul; Mare Island conversion/recommissioning). Its launch (5 Sep) and DER reclassification (28 Oct) readings conflict with the official BuShips table and DANFS/USCG respectively - both carried in gaps. Photo captions are contemporaneous NARA/museum documentation; the caption text is what is cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-koiner-de331-05
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[7]BuShips Ships' Data 1945 FMR design-group table (machinery 'F. M. diesel model 38D8-1/8', 6,000 shp, Boilers 'None') + USCG cutter-file machinery line + Atlas shipyard dataset check (Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex. - no yard_id present) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1.pdf roster p.13 + design table pp.234-235; USCG Koiner_1951.pdf machinery line; shipyards.json yard_id list (37 entries, no consolidated-steel entry)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Design/era inference only: DE-331 is officially a member of the FMR design group (roster, book p.13) - a geared Fairbanks-Morse diesel escort with no boilers or steam plant (design table, book pp.234-235: Boilers column reads 'None'). The large asbestos categories of steam ships (boiler and steam-line lagging) therefore do not apply; the era-standard diesel-escort set inferred for a 1943-built DE is exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, winch/windlass brake linings, deck coverings, and accommodation insulation. Documented disturbance events at which any installed ACM would have been worked: May 1945 Bayonne overhaul (NARA photo caption); 1951 USCG reactivation modifications (weather balloon hangar, motor surf boat); 1954-55 radar-picket conversion and Mare Island recommissioning; 1969 sale for scrapping.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1969
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943; crew 1943-46; USCG crew 1951-54; conversion/yard workers 1954-55; scrapping workers 1969
- Limitations
- Design/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific asbestos finding. No ACM survey, shipyard work-order asbestos reference, or materials list for this hull was located. Builder Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex., is not in the Atlas shipyard dataset (no yard-level asbestos record to cite); NARA RG19/RG181 yard files are the retrieval lead. Disturbance-event asbestos scope is inference, not record; does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-koiner-de331-06
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[8]Batch-4234 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcriptions, BuShips SDB 1945, USCG Historian cutter file, deck-log reproduction, NavSource capture, NVR check, VA BVA index check, Atlas yard-dataset check, CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-koiner-de331-01 through sl-uss-koiner-de331-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Negative findings retained after the full sweep: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or materials list for DE-331/DER-331/WDE-431 was located (hull sold for scrapping 3 September 1969; no museum custody, so none is expected); no VA BVA decision naming the vessel was located; no published asbestos opinion names the hull (CourtListener 'USS Koiner' exact-phrase opinion query returned zero; all 67 'Koiner' opinion hits are unrelated-surname collisions; all 240 'DE-331' docket hits are PACER docket-entry-number collisions). One pleading-stage asbestos complaint does name the hull - Jacob v. PLENCO, D. Guam (ev-uss-koiner-de331-08) - so 'no qualifying litigation' is NOT a negative finding for this hull.
- 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 could have been installed and undocumented. The hull's 1969 breaking means no present-day survey is possible. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. The Jacob complaint is a pleading allegation, not a finding; its Exhibit A annotation 'not listed as SRF' for both Koiner periods undercuts the pleaded SRF-nexus for this ship specifically. Docket-document review was limited to the complaint + Exhibit A (the document matching the hull-number hit); other docket entries were not individually reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-koiner-de331-07
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[9]Jacob v. Plastics Engineering Company (PLENCO) et al., No. 1:19-cv-00108 (D. Guam, filed 20 June 2019, terminated 26 February 2020): 'Complaint for Personal Injury; Exhibit A; and Demand for Jury Trial' (docket entry 1, 13-page RECAP scan) - asbestos personal-injury suit by journeyman electrician Eusebio V. Jacob and Marta A. Jacob alleging shipboard work during 1962-85 employment at the Navy Ship Repair Facility, Guam [court_record]
- Locator
- docket entry 1 (gov.uscourts.gud.14512.1.0), complaint para. 6 (PDF p.3) + Exhibit A table tab 21 (PDF p.12); docket metadata via CourtListener dockets API; RECAP document ID 95550778 (archive.org mirror of gov.uscourts.gud.14512)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Pleading-stage allegation naming this hull: complaint para. 6 alleges plaintiff Eusebio V. Jacob 'was engaged in his employment as a journeyman electrician at the Navy Ship Repair Facility in Guam during the approximate years 1962 to 1985 where asbestos products were being used; and worked in and on ships where the said asbestos products were being used,' and 'worked onboard the following ships which had first been overhauled and/or repaired at Guam SRF and defendants sold original equipment manufacturer (OEM) asbestos gaskets and packing to Guam SRF, which were installed in their respective equipment on the following ships listed on Exhibit A hereto.' Exhibit A ('Jacob, Eusebio - Guam Naval Repair Facility Deck Log Rule 1006 Summary', a plaintiff-compiled FRCP 1006 summary of deck-log entries) lists at tab 21: 'USS Koiner | DER-331 | 10/17/1966 - 1/9/1967 | at Guam Naval Station, Apra Harbor (not listed as SRF; arrives from Supply Depot); local ops 12/20 - 12/21' and 'USS Koiner | DER-331 | 7/24/1967 - 9/12/1967' (no note). The listed periods fall within Koiner's verified 1965-68 Agana, Guam homeport era between Market Time patrols. Disposition: docket index shows the case terminated 26 February 2020 (~8 months after filing); the terminal entry/disposition form was not retrievable under session pacing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1966-1967 (listed periods); litigation 2019-2020
- Population
- Alleged: plaintiff Eusebio V. Jacob, journeyman electrician, Guam SRF workforce 1962-1985
- Limitations
- Classified at the least-final stage: an unadjudicated pleading allegation, not a discovery finding, trial finding, or judgment. The complaint's exposure mechanism (work aboard ships 'overhauled and/or repaired at Guam SRF' with defendant OEM gaskets/packing) is undercut for this hull by the plaintiff's own Exhibit A annotation that both listed Koiner periods were 'at Guam Naval Station, Apra Harbor (not listed as SRF)' - i.e., the deck-log summary does not place Koiner at the repair facility. The exhibit names the hull but establishes neither that products were installed aboard nor that the plaintiff worked aboard Koiner. No merits determination exists; the ~8-month termination is consistent with voluntary dismissal or settlement but is not documented. Listing in a pleading does not constitute asbestos documentation of the vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-koiner-de331-08