Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 758-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lee-fox-de65-pkt-758-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, USS Lee Fox (DE-65/APD-45) (builder, dates, service narrative, striking; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry APD-45: namesake paragraph, specifications block, full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 1 March 1943 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Mass.; launched 29 May 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Lee Fox (mother of Ensign Fox); commissioned 30 August 1943, Lt. Comdr. W. C. Jennings in command. Namesake: Ensign Lee Fox (1920-1941), Patrol Squadron 12, killed defending NAS Kaneohe Bay 7 December 1941. Spec block: 1,400 t, 306 ft, beam 36'10", draft 13'6", 24 kt, complement 186, class Buckley. Service: hurricane off Bermuda shakedown return 17 October 1943 caused fire in aft engineroom; projectile explosion on forecastle off Cape Cod 11 December 1943 caused further fire damage and yard repairs; 18 Atlantic crossings 6 November 1943 - 7 January 1945 operating from Londonderry on Overlord convoys; two ships of her return convoy torpedoed 20 December 1944 (only confirmed enemy contact); conversion to high-speed transport beginning 21 February 1945, reclassified APD-45 two days later (23 February 1945); sortied Norfolk 7 May 1945 with TU 29.6.1, Pearl Harbor 31 May, embarked 120 passengers for Guam 18 June, San Pedro Bay Philippines 6 July; first escort assignment ended at Tokyo Bay 9 September 1945; TU 53.7.1 to Yokohama 23 October for surrender-compliance inspection of northern islands; released 15 November; 123 veterans disembarked San Diego 15 December; Boston home port 17 January 1946; drydock period, then Green Cove Springs 14 February 1946; decommissioned 13 May 1946 into Atlantic Reserve Fleet; struck from Navy list 1 September 1964; sold 31 January 1966 for scrapping to Southern Scrap Material Co., New Orleans.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1966
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades 1943; wartime crew (design complement 186); APD-conversion yard workforce Feb 1945 (Brooklyn Navy Yard per ev-02); Atlantic Reserve Fleet caretakers 1946-1964; scrappers 1966
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Repair yards for the 1943 storm/explosion damage and the January-February 1946 Boston drydock are not named. Verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio transcription cited because the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 (2026-09-29).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lee-fox-de65-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Destroyer Escort Photo Archive DE-65/APD-45 USS Lee Fox (operational data block; CO roster; NHHC photo NH 107426; CVE-107 war-diary excerpt) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/06/065.htm - 'Lee Fox (DE 65) Building and Operational Data' block, specifications block; navsource.org/archives/10/04/04045.htm - 'Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport' heading; navsource.org/archives/03/107.htm - photo NS100404501 caption quoting the CVE-107 war diary (25 July 1945)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource operational data for this hull: keel laid 1 March 1943 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc.; launched and christened 29 May 1943; commissioned at Hingham 30 August 1943; commenced conversion to APD at the Brooklyn Navy Yard 15 February 1945; reclassified APD-45 23 February 1945 (the Amphibious Photo Archive page identifies the conversion type as Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport); decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla., 13 May 1946 after 2 years 8.5 months; struck from the NVR 1 September 1964; sold for scrapping to Southern Scrap Material Co., New Orleans, 31 January 1966. Specifications listed: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3-inch guns), 2 'D' Express boilers, GE turbines with electric drive, 12,000 shp, 2 screws, 24 kt, complement 15 officers/198 enlisted. The page also quotes the USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107) war diary for 25 July 1945: Lee Fox rescued crashed F4U pilot Capt. Thomas Liggett, USMC, then surged into Gilbert Islands' starboard quarter while coming alongside to transfer him; damage to the carrier was superficial and above the waterline (starboard boat boom carried away, holes in sponson).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1966
- Population
- Brooklyn Navy Yard conversion workforce (commenced 15 Feb 1945; completion date unverified); wartime crew
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation quoting primary records - the conversion-commencement date (15 February at Brooklyn Navy Yard) differs from DANFS's conversion-begin date (21 February); conflict carried in gaps, not reconciled. War-diary text is quoted secondhand via NavSource; the underlying diary is a NARA RG 38 record. Damage to Lee Fox herself, if any, is not stated in the quoted passage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lee-fox-de65-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table, groups 2-3 (shipscribe.com scan); navypedia 'Buckley (TE) class' boiler-block map [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 DE design-group table; navypedia.org/ships/usa/us_de_te.htm block map
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference for this hull: DE-65 is a Buckley-class TE (turbo-electric) destroyer escort - the only DE group besides the WGT Butler class with a full steam plant. BuShips Ships' Data 1945 groups 2-3 specify 2 'D' express-type boilers at 435 psi/750 F superheat feeding GE turbo-electric machinery rated 12,000 shp, 2 shafts, 23.6 kt; navypedia's per-block boiler-manufacturer map assigns Foster Wheeler boilers to the DE-51-98 building block (includes DE-65). A steam plant of this class and era would have carried period-standard asbestos applications: boiler and steam-drum insulation, steam-line lagging, turbine and generator lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. The February 1945 APD conversion added troop accommodations - conversion-period insulation work is an additional era-consistent application window.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (Hingham, 1943); engine-room and repair crew 1943-1946; Brooklyn Navy Yard conversion workforce (Feb 1945 onward; completion unverified)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific material schedule, specification, or survey was located for DE-65/APD-45, and this row is not a ship-specific finding. Boiler-manufacturer block map is navypedia-sourced, unverified against contract documents. Does not establish quantity, fiber content, or that any material was disturbed aboard this specific hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lee-fox-de65-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 search sweep (authenticated), type=o and type=r, exact-name queries [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lee-fox-de65-04 through sl-uss-lee-fox-de65-07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep for this hull (2026-09-29): exact-name query "USS Lee Fox" returned zero opinion results (type=o, count 0) and zero docket results (type=r, count 0). No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located. Hull-number and asbestos-qualified variants ("Lee Fox" "DE-65", "Lee Fox" "APD-45", "Lee Fox" asbestos) could not be executed within the session's fleet-wide request budget and are logged as deferred in the search ledger - the sweep is complete for the exact name and incomplete for the variants.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- No located litigation does not establish absence of exposure - asbestos cases often proceed without the vessel name appearing in indexed opinion or docket text, and PACER/RECAP coverage is not exhaustive. Name-collision risk for 'Lee Fox' (a common personal name) was not fully exercised because the variant queries were deferred under fleet pacing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lee-fox-de65-04
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[6]NARA holdings lead for this hull: WWII war diary (RG 38) and deck logs (RG 24) for DE-65/APD-45; NHHC photo NH 107426 (22 July 1944, off New York City) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov (automated queries returned no usable result 2026-09-29); NavSource photo index NS0606503 (NH 107426)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level records: commissioned WWII vessels submitted war diaries (NARA RG 38) and deck logs (RG 24), and the quoted Gilbert Islands (CVE-107) war-diary passage for 25 July 1945 confirms war-diary coverage of Lee Fox's theater and period; NHHC photo NH 107426 (Lee Fox off New York City, 22 July 1944) confirms official photographic holdings for this hull. Whether the Lee Fox war diary or deck logs are digitized in the public NARA catalog was not verified in-session - the catalog's query interface returned no usable result to automated fetches.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Lead only - no NARA document was retrieved or reviewed for this hull; holdings are inferred from standard Navy records practice plus the sibling-vessel diary quote, not from a located Lee Fox accession. Digitization status unverified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lee-fox-de65-05