Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet es-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lansdale-dd426-pkt-es-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Lansdale II (DD-426) (namesake biography, builder, dates, specifications, service narrative, loss account, battle stars; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative + loss account
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: named for Lt. Philip Van Horne Lansdale, killed 1 April 1899 at Vailele, Samoa; laid down 19 December 1938 by Boston Navy Yard; launched 30 October 1939, sponsored by Mrs. Ethel S. Lansdale; commissioned 17 September 1940 at Boston, Lt. Comdr. John Conner in command. Specifications: 1,620 t; 347 ft 11 in; 36 ft 1 in beam; 11 ft 9 in draft; 33 kt; complement 191; 5x5-inch, 4x.50-cal, 8x21-inch tt, 1 dcp; class Benson. Caribbean shakedown and neutrality patrols 1941; Newfoundland-Iceland escort runs; at sea to Iceland when the U.S. entered the war. 1942: troopship escort, plane guard for Wasp (CV-7) at Casco Bay, Atlantic/Caribbean/Gulf ASW and convoy work, transatlantic runs to Lisahally and Greenock, TF 38 escort of convoy UGF-2 to Safi for Operation Torch (arrived 18 November 1942), Safi-Casablanca patrols. New York overhaul 10-30 January 1943 (yard not named); 42nd British Escort Group; wolfpack defense south of the Azores 23-27 February 1943 (hit a submerging U-boat with 5-inch gunfire); Caribbean-UK escort runs through 6 October; Casablanca run November-December 1943; Tunis and Anzio operations February-March 1944 screening Brooklyn (CL-40) and Philadelphia (CL-41). April 1944: escorted UGS-37 through the 11-12 April Luftwaffe attack off Cape Bengut (no ships sunk); joined UGS-38 on 19 April as 'jam ship' against radio-controlled bombs. On 20 April, attacked by ~18-24 Ju-88/He-111 bombers in three waves; torpedoed starboard forward about 2106, forward fireroom wrecked; broke in half and sank - stern section first, forward section ~20 minutes later. Menges (DE-320) and Newell (DE-322) rescued 234 survivors (115 + 119, including Lt. Comdr. D.M. Swift); 47 officers and men lost. Four battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1938-1944
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1938-40; wartime crew (design complement 191; ~282 aboard at loss)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, construction, service, and loss - not materials or asbestos content. Transcription reads 'Menges (DE-32)'; the correct hull is DE-320 (Coast Guard-manned Edsall-class DE, per NavSource and the USCG photo caption) - carried as DE-320 here and logged in gaps. Launch date conflicts with secondary compilations reading 20 October (see gaps). Live NHHC page returns 404; verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio transcription cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansdale-dd426-01
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[3]The Berkshire Eagle, 'The sinking of the U.S.S. Lansdale' - first-person account by a former Lansdale officer (Torpedo and Commissary Officer, USNA graduate) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Berkshire Eagle article body (survivor narrative)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Survivor account of this hull's loss: the torpedo 'struck the starboard side at 2106 just forward of the forward stack in the forward fireroom which, caused a boiler explosion, opening up the side of the ship'; Menges and Newell 'picked up 234 survivors of a crew of 282 officers and men'; of the casualties, 7 dead were buried at the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial, Carthage, Tunisia, and 42 missing in action are memorialized there.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-04-20
- Population
- Crew of 282 aboard at loss; 234 survivors; 47-49 lost
- Limitations
- Eyewitness memoir published in regional press - confirms the forward fireroom (boiler space) destruction and the aboard/rescued counts; contains no materials or asbestos information. Casualty accounting (49 total: 7 dead + 42 MIA in the author's framing) differs slightly from DANFS's '47 officers and men carried down' - both recorded, conflict in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansdale-dd426-02
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[4]DANFS specifications block (Benson class; 33 kt) + BuShips Ships' Data 1945 class machinery table (4 B&W boilers 575 psi/700F, ~47-50,000 shp) + NavSource DD-426 machinery line (50,000 shp, Westinghouse geared turbines, 2 screws) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Boston Naval Shipyard record (tier 3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; BuShips SDB 1945 v1 'No. 421 Class' machinery data (class profile); NavSource DD-426 page; shipyards.json record 'boston-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Benson-class destroyer built at a U.S. Navy yard 1938-40 with four Babcock & Wilcox superheated boilers and geared steam turbines (~50,000 shp) would have carried period-standard asbestos-containing boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe and turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, fireproofing, deck coverings, and accommodation/compartment insulation; builder Boston Naval Shipyard is a documented tier-3 yard in the Atlas dataset.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1938-1944
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1938-40; wartime crew
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No construction specification, material schedule, or insulation survey for DD-426 was retrieved, and none is feasible by survey (wartime wreck). Does not quantify material, does not establish any individual's exposure. NARA RG 181 (Boston Navy Yard ship correspondence 1938-46) is the identified archival lead (ev-04).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansdale-dd426-03
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[5]NARA, 'Navy and Marine Corps Records at Boston' - Record Group 181, Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments: Boston Navy Yard / Boston Naval Shipyard (textual records held at NARA Northeast Region-Boston, Waltham) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov Boston finding aid, RG 181 Boston Naval Shipyard section; RG 181 scope note (181.3.1)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead for hull-level documentation: NARA holds the Boston Navy Yard records under RG 181.3.1, including 'correspondence concerning ships, 1938-46,' general correspondence, station logs, daily journals of yard activity, and construction/fiscal series - the yard-of-record for this hull's entire construction period (keel December 1938 through commissioning September 1940). Not reviewed; no hull-level document retrieved.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1938-1946
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard workforce and ships under construction 1938-46 (series coverage)
- Limitations
- Finding-aid-level documentation of a records series - establishes that yard records covering this hull's construction period exist at NARA Boston, not that any retrieved document names DD-426 or describes its materials. Also unexplored: the ship's war diary/deck logs and the formal loss report (NARA RG 38/RG 24-era series). In-person or commissioned retrieval required.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansdale-dd426-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweeps, 2026-09-27 (helper: cl-auth-search.py, fleet-paced): "USS Lansdale" type=o and type=r; "DD-426" type=o and type=r; "Lansdale"+asbestos deferred under fleet pacing [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lansdale-dd426-03 through -07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation sweep: "USS Lansdale" returned 0 opinion hits and 0 docket hits - no indexed case names the ship. "DD-426" returned 1 opinion hit (Gibson v. Smith, Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977 - 'DD-426' is the appellate docket number, an alimony matter) and 4 docket hits (United States v. Marks 9:11-cr-80072 S.D. Fla.; Andrews v. D'Souza 1:22-cv-04259 N.D. Ga.; Bermudez v. Saginaw Police Dep't 2:13-cv-12980 E.D. Mich.; Dunsmore v. State of California 3:20-cv-00406 S.D. Cal.) - all are identifier collisions where 'DD-426' appears as a docket/receipt number fragment, none ship-related and none asbestos-related. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Coverage is CourtListener-indexed opinions and RECAP dockets only; un-digitized state dockets, settled/undocketed claims, and asbestos trust claims are outside coverage. "Lansdale"+asbestos qualified sweeps were deferred when the fleet-wide pacing budget was spent mid-session - logged as pending in the search ledger rather than retried into a throttle. The name itself is low-collision (only three USN hulls; DD-766 never commissioned, DD-101/DM-6 a WWI-era hull).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansdale-dd426-05
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[7]Batch-3411 search ledger (this record): DANFS/HyperWar; NavSource and Naval Cover Museum secondary compilations; NARA RG 181 finding aid; CourtListener authenticated sweeps; wreck/survey search [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lansdale-dd426-01 through sl-uss-lansdale-dd426-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull survey exists or is feasible (wartime wreck off Algeria), no abatement or hazmat disclosure exists (the ship was never scrapped or preserved), no museum custody applies, and no docketed case naming this hull as an exposure site was found in the repositories searched (see search_ledger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a destroyer sunk in action with her 1944 fit intact retains era materials in the wreck and was never subject to postwar abatement or scrapping. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansdale-dd426-06