Evidence
3 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-3).
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[1]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), ‘Lansdowne (DD-486)’ [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS ‘Lansdowne (DD-486)’ opening specifications and service narrative; paragraphs on decommissioning and transfer
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies USS Lansdowne (DD-486) as a Gleaves-class destroyer built by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. at Kearny, New Jersey; laid down 1941-07-31, launched 1942-02-20, and commissioned 1942-04-29. DANFS gives a design complement of 276 and states that the ship decommissioned into the Atlantic Reserve Fleet on 1946-05-02, transferred to the Turkish Navy on 1949-06-10, and served there as Gaziantep (D-344).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1949
- Limitations
- DANFS supplies historical identity and service facts, not an asbestos inventory, material survey, or crew exposure record. The later fate/location is not established in this entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansdowne-dd486-01
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[2]National Archives, ‘Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog’ [other_primary]
- Locator
- ‘Lansdowne (DD-486)’ entry under Navy deck logs, listing 1943 November/December and 1947 January/February
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives Navy deck-log guide lists USS Lansdowne (DD-486) records for November and December 1943 and January and February 1947, within the catalog coverage described on the page. These are potential primary operational records for further research.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943, 1947
- Limitations
- The guide is an availability index, not the deck logs themselves; logs were not opened or reviewed and the index does not document asbestos or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansdowne-dd486-02
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[3]Official-source asbestos documentation review and incomplete CourtListener search attempt; see search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- See search_ledger entries sl-uss-lansdowne-dd486-03 through -06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the official sources reviewed for this batch. This is a bounded search result, not proof that no such records exist. Initial exact-name and hull-number opinion helper invocations returned no captured result bodies; a captured exact-name opinion retry and exact-name docket invocation exited with the shared pacing limiter's stand-down message before search results could be reviewed. The exact-hull docket sweep remains incomplete.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- This negative finding is limited to sources and searches listed in the ledger. No inference is made about asbestos aboard the ship, and no CourtListener hit is classified as absent or non-qualifying because the required search did not complete.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lansdowne-dd486-03