Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet ii-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-levy-de162-pkt-ii-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Levy (DE-162) (builder, dates, Pacific escort service, surrender ceremonies, reserve/striking; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 19 October 1942 by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newark, N.J.; launched 28 March 1943; commissioned 13 May 1943; South/Central Pacific fleet-oiler escort 1943-44 (Hollandia; TF 58 refueling; Marianas; Philippine Sea; TG 30.8 for western Carolines and Leyte); San Diego overhaul December 1944-January 1945; Marshalls blockade/bombardment mid-1945; aboard Levy, Capt. H. D. Grow accepted the surrender of Mille (Mili) Atoll 22 August 1945, witnessed Jaluit's surrender, and Wake Island surrendered 4 September 1945 to Brig. Gen. L. J. M. Sanderson embarked in Levy; in commission, reserve at Green Cove Springs, Fla., 15 November 1945; decommissioned 4 April 1947; berthed Norfolk, Va., Atlantic Inactive Fleet, into 1969; bracketed note: struck from the Navy list 1 August 1973, sold 17 July 1974; five WWII battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1974
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew (design complement 186)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. 'Mille' is the DANFS spelling for Mili Atoll; DANFS gives 'Capt. H. D. Grow' where the NHHC photo captions read 'Capt. H. B. Grow' - carried in gaps. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-levy-de162-01
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[3]Naval Historical Center (NHHC predecessor), Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Levy (DE-162), 1943-1974' photo catalog page (verbatim transcription at HyperWar/ibiblio) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Library page 'USS Levy (DE-162), 1943-1974'; photo caption 80-G-490368
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC Online Library record for this hull: 1,240-ton Cannon-class destroyer escort built at Newark, N.J.; commissioned May 1943; southern/central Pacific service August 1943-war's end escorting fleet logistics ships; bombarded and blockaded bypassed Japanese islands in the Marshalls; hosted surrender ceremonies for Mili, Jaluit, and Wake in August-September 1945; reserve fleet at Green Cove Springs, Fla., from November 1945 with 'no further active service'; later moved to the Norfolk, Va., area and remained 'in mothballs' until sold in July 1974. Catalogs National Archives photos 80-G-490368 et seq. of the 22 August 1945 Mili surrender ceremony aboard Levy (Capt. H. B. Grow, USNR, senior U.S. officer; Japanese Navy Capt. Masanori Shiga signing).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Population
- Wartime crew 1943-45; inactive-fleet caretaker personnel 1947-73
- Limitations
- Photo-catalog record documents custody, events, and postwar inactivity - not materials or asbestos content. 'No further active service' after November 1945 bounds the Navy-era exposure window to 1943-45; does not establish or exclude asbestos aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-levy-de162-02
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[4]DANFS specifications block (Cannon class; 21 kt) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Federal Shipbuilding-Kearny record (tier 2; incl. Owens-Illinois industrial-health survey of the yard, Aug. 30 - Sep. 2, 1944) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' (ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Cannon-class (DET-design) destroyer escort built 1942-43 would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel-electric ship - engine exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, brake linings, and deck coverings - but no boilers or steam-line lagging, a materially smaller asbestos-application profile than steam-plant escorts; builder Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock (Kearny/Newark, N.J.) is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2), including a 1944 Owens-Illinois industrial-health survey documenting asbestos pipe-covering work (Johns-Manville Superex) in confined spaces at the yard.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1942-43; crew 1943-47
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The diesel-electric plant means the largest asbestos categories of steam ships (boiler and steam-line insulation) do not apply. The 1944 yard survey postdates this hull's May 1943 commissioning and documents yard practice, not materials aboard DE-162. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-levy-de162-03
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[5]Batch-4074 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS transcriptions; NHHC Online Library photo catalog; Naval Vessel Register; Atlas shipyard dataset; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-levy-de162-01 through sl-uss-levy-de162-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-162: no hull ACM survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos litigation naming the vessel was found in the public sources searched; CourtListener 'USS Levy' returns zero opinion hits and 'DE-162' hits are identifier collisions in unrelated civil dockets (see search_ledger). The hull was scrapped in 1974, leaving no museum/owner organization to publish present-day material disclosures.
- 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 were standard across the class and yard; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Eight of 28 'DE-162' opinion hits were unreviewed (fleet pacing cut off pagination) - all 20 reviewed were identifier collisions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-levy-de162-04