Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, Liddle (DE-206), NHHC ship-history entry (live page serves 404; Wayback capture 2025-12-09, published 2016-04-13; verbatim transcription at ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/APD/apd60.html) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS entry 'Liddle (DE-206)', namesake paragraph + DE-76 paragraph + specifications block + service narrative (Wayback capture); ibiblio transcription
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull, including the DE-76 disambiguation paragraph: the first Liddle (DE-76) was laid down 10 May 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Hingham, Mass., named Liddle 27 May, launched 31 July, transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease 22 October 1943, and commissioned in the Royal Navy as frigate HMS Bligh (K-467) - returned 12 November 1945 and sold 13 June 1946, never USN-commissioned. For this hull: laid down by Charleston Navy Yard 8 June 1943; launched 9 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. William Porter Liddle (mother of the namesake, Pharmacist's Mate Third Class William Porter Liddle, Jr., Company L 5th Marines, killed 19 August 1942 at Guadalcanal, posthumous Silver Star); commissioned 6 December 1943, Lt. Comdr. R. M. Hinckley, Jr., in command. Three North Atlantic convoy round trips New York-Wales/Gibraltar/Tunisia 11 February-29 June 1944; converted to high-speed transport at New York, reclassified APD-60 5 July 1944; departed New York 22 September, Hollandia 4 November for 7th Fleet duty; Leyte Gulf 24 November, Palau escort, return 29 November; embarked 141 troops 6 December, landed them at Ormoc without casualty 7 December; hit on the bridge by a kamikaze and seriously damaged after splashing five attackers; quarterdeck sign 'This Ship Lost 38 Officers and Men. She is Anxious to Get Back Into Action.'; returned to San Francisco 16 January 1945 for repairs; underway 22 February; convoy escort and landing training 29 March-5 June; transported Australian troops to the Netherlands East Indies, supported Brunei Bay landing 10 June and Balikpapan 1 July; transported equipment to Korea September 1945; evacuated POWs from Dairen, Manchuria, 5 October; Port Director Ship at Taku, China, 25 October; New York New Year's Day 1946; decommissioned Green Cove Springs 18 June 1946 into the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned 27 October 1950 (Lt. Comdr. Kenneth W. Miller): Transport Division 22 Norfolk, amphibious training 1951, 6th Fleet Mediterranean June-October 1951, Panama Canal and Caribbean 1952, Boston January 1953, Operation Weldfast September 1953-January 1954, ASW schoolship and midshipman cruises; home port New Orleans 21 March 1955 as reserve training ship; Reserve Escort Squadron 4, 15 January 1958; decommissioned 2 February 1959. Recommissioned 29 November 1961 for the Berlin crisis (Lt. Comdr. Royal R. Ross): Atlantic Amphibious Force, demonstration landing for President Kennedy off Onslow Beach 14 April 1962, Cuban-crisis patrol off the Bahamas 24 October-20 November 1962, Amphibious Squadron 8 / Caribbean Ready Squadron February 1963, Haiti mercy mission after Hurricane Flora 13-19 October 1963, Atlantic and Caribbean service 1964-1966. Decommissioned 18 March 1967 at Norfolk - crew immediately manned Beverly W. Reid (printed 'ADP-119'), which recommissioned that day; struck from the Navy list 5 April; sold 25 June 1967 to North American Smelting Co. Spec block (DE configuration): 1,400 t; 306 ft; 36 ft 10 in beam; 13 ft 6 in draft; 24 kt; complement 186; armament 3x3 in, 4x1.1 in, 8x20 mm, 3x21 in tt., 8 dcp, 1 hh, 2 dct; class Buckley.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1967
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; wartime and postwar crew (DE design complement 186; APD complement ~204 plus embarked troops to ~162); New York conversion workforce June-July 1944; San Francisco repair workforce Jan-Feb 1945; North American Smelting scrapping workforce 1967
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, namesake, dates, and service history - not materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC page returns 404; canonical text verified via Wayback capture 2025-12-09. Printed DANFS text contains typographical artifacts ('DF-76' for DE-76; 'ADP-119'/'recommended' for APD-119/recommissioned) - carried as printed. Conversion venue stated only as 'New York'; repair venue only as 'San Francisco' - specific facilities not named.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-liddle-apd60-01
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[2]NavSource Naval History, Amphibious Photo Archive: USS Liddle (APD-60) ex USS Liddle (DE-206) - build/conversion data, APD specifications block, campaign table, awards list, disposition; plus Destroyer Escort Photo Index DE-206 building/operational data (navsource.org/archives/06/206.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/10/04/04060.htm (APD chronology, campaign table, spec block, awards, disposition) and navsource.org/archives/06/206.htm (DE building/operational data, CO list)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull corroborating DANFS and adding detail: laid down 8 June 1943 as Liddle (DE-206) at Charleston Navy Yard; launched 9 August 1943; commissioned 6 December 1943 (LCDR Robert M. Hinckley, Jr.); converted to a high-speed transport at New York; redesignated APD-60 5 July 1944; WWII assignment TransDiv One Hundred Three (CDR W. S. Parsons); campaign credits - Leyte operation (Leyte landings 19 and 29 November 1944, Ormoc Bay landing 7-8 December 1944), Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines (Mindanao landings 17-23 April 1945), Borneo operation (Brunei Bay 10 June, Balikpapan 26 June-4 July 1945); occupation and China service 2 September-29 October 1945; decommissioned 18 June 1946 at Green Cove Springs; recommissioned 27 October 1950; DE index reads homeport changed to New Orleans 21 March 1955 as Naval Reserve Training Unit and Reserve Escort Squadron 4 assignment 15 January 1958; decommissioned 2 February 1959; recommissioned 29 November 1961 (LCDR Royal R. Ross, Little Creek); decommissioned 18 March 1967 at Norfolk with crew cross-decking to Beverly W. Reid (APD-119); struck from the Naval Register 5 April 1967; sold for scrapping 25 June 1967 to North American Smelting Co., Wilmington, Del. 'Earned three battle stars for World War II service.' Awards list includes Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 7 December 1944) and Purple Heart (38 KIA 7 December 1944). APD spec block: 1,400 lt / 2,130 fl; 306 ft; 37 ft beam; 12 ft 7 in draft; 23.6 kt trial; 6,000 nm at 12 kt; complement 12 officers / 192 enlisted plus troop accommodations 12 officers / 150 enlisted; 4 LCVP; one 5"/38 DP, three twin 40 mm, six single 20 mm, 2 depth-charge tracks; propulsion two Combustion Engineering 'D' Express boilers 435 psi/750 F, two GE turbines (turbo-electric), 12,000 shp. A photo caption places 'USS Liddle (APD-60) moored pierside, at a US Navy Drydock, Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA., date unknown' (US Navy photo).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1967
- Population
- Post-conversion crew (~204) plus embarked troops (to ~162); TransDiv 103 staff; Atlantic Reserve Fleet caretakers 1946-1950 and 1959-1961; reserve-training complement New Orleans 1955-1959
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled secondary archive used for corroboration and spec detail, not an official record. Its APD page reads 'Assigned to Reserve Training at New Orleans, 21 March 1958' where DANFS and the NavSource DE index both read the New Orleans reserve-training assignment in March 1955 - the APD-page '1958' appears to be a typo; 1955 carried. The Hunters Point photo is undated; it documents presence in APD configuration, and the repair-yard attribution for the January-February 1945 San Francisco yard period is circumstantial - logged in gaps. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-liddle-apd60-02
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[3]NARA Special List 44 - Named Vessels (vessel logbooks inventory): entry 'Liddle (DE-206)', coverage 12/6/1943-12/31/1945; plus NARA RG 181 finding aid, Sixth Naval District (Charleston) ship commissioning files listing 'DE-206 USS LIDDLE 12/6/1943' [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov Special List 44, 'Liddle (DE-206)' row (alphabetical L entries); archives.gov/atlanta/finding-aids/rg181-charleston-2694599.html commissioning-files container list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's published vessel-logbook inventory lists deck logs for 'Liddle (DE-206)' spanning 6 December 1943 (commissioning) to 31 December 1945 - the ship's contemporaneous operational record covering the DE period, the mid-1944 APD conversion at 'New York', the Ormoc kamikaze action, and occupation/China service. A separate NARA RG 181 finding aid (Sixth Naval District, Charleston) lists ship commissioning files including 'DE-206 USS LIDDLE 12/6/1943' - correspondence, invitations, and instructions relating to the commissioning of naval vessels at the Charleston Navy Yard, 1939-1945. Both are primary-source leads for exact yard periods and locations; deck logs do not record materials.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Ship's crew 1943-1945 (log coverage window)
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - neither collection was retrieved or reviewed; they document operations and commissioning, not asbestos content. The deck-log window ends 31 December 1945; postwar-era logs (1950-1967) are covered by later inventories not checked here. The RG 181 series is commissioning paperwork, not construction specifications or bills of material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-liddle-apd60-03
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[4]ECU Digital Collections, U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection / Arch F. Seabrook Papers, item 36347 ('Officers of the USS Liddle (APD-60)', Leyte Gulf, November 1944 photograph); plus ussliddle.org - Harold S. Deal journal transcription (private site, verbatim transcription of a crew member's handwritten journal, 12/6/1943-10/23/1945, including the 7 December 1944 casualty list) [other_primary]
- Locator
- digital.lib.ecu.edu item 36347 (Seabrook Papers, 0677-003-b1-fa); ussliddle.org/logbook.htm and /logbook2.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Two contemporaneous-material leads for this hull: (1) East Carolina University's digital collections hold a November 1944 photograph of USS Liddle (APD-60) officers in Leyte Gulf, names listed on the reverse (Arch F. Seabrook Papers, local identifier 0677-003-b1-fa) - the only ECU item indexed under subject 'Liddle (Destroyer escort)'; (2) ussliddle.org publishes a verbatim family transcription of crew member Harold S. Deal's handwritten journal covering commissioning through October 1945, including a dead/missing/wounded list for the 7 December 1944 Ormoc attack that is internally consistent with the DANFS '38 officers and men' figure. These are personnel-level primary or transcription sources for operations and casualties, not materials documentation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Ship's officers November 1944 (photo); crew 1943-1945 (journal window)
- Limitations
- Archival leads only. The ECU item is a single photograph; ussliddle.org is a private family site whose transcription was not reviewed against the original journal (the transcriber notes post-entry casualty corrections). Neither source addresses materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-liddle-apd60-04
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table pp. 234-235 (shipscribe.com scan) + navypedia 'Buckley (TE) class destroyer escorts' boiler-block map + Atlas class profile buckley-class.class.json (background); builder Charleston Navy Yard resolves to shipyards.json yard_id 'charleston-naval-shipyard' (tier 2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 design-group table; navypedia us_de_te.htm block map; navsource.net APD-60 spec block; shipyards.json (yard slug check)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: a Buckley-class (BuShips design groups 2-3, TE turbo-electric) destroyer escort built June-August 1943 carried two 'D' express-type boilers at 435 psi/750 F superheat feeding GE turbine-generators and electric motors (12,000 shp, two shafts); NavSource's APD-60 spec block and the navypedia block map both attribute Combustion Engineering boilers to this hull's block (DE-199-213) - unverified against contract documents. A 1943 steam-plant escort of this design would have carried period-standard asbestos in boiler and machinery insulation, steam-line lagging between fireroom and engineroom, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, electrical insulation, deck coverings, and winch/windlass brake linings. Two documented yard events are the kind that disturb insulation: the June-July 1944 conversion at 'New York' to APD-60 (troop berthing/messing added, four LCVP davits, armament rearranged) and the January-February 1945 San Francisco repair period after the 7 December 1944 kamikaze hit - neither has a located work package or asbestos-specific language for this hull. Builder Charleston Navy Yard is a dataset yard (charleston-naval-shipyard, tier 2); the unnamed 'New York' conversion facility and scrapper North American Smelting Co. (Wilmington, Del.) are not dataset entries.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1967
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; 'New York' conversion workforce 1944; San Francisco repair workforce Jan-Feb 1945; wartime and postwar crew; North American Smelting scrapping workforce 1967
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder/yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No bill of material, hull survey, conversion work package, or repair record was located for this hull; does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure. Boiler manufacturer is secondary-sourced (NavSource + navypedia both read Combustion Engineering; consistent, but unverified against BuShips contract data).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-liddle-apd60-05
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[6]DANFS DE-76 paragraph within the Liddle (DE-206) entry; corroborated by NavSource DE-76 index (navsource.org/archives/06/076.htm) and hazegray printed-DANFS transcription (losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/escorts/de76.htm) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Liddle (DE-206) entry, second paragraph (DE-76 block, printed 'DF-76'); NavSource 06/076.htm; hazegray de76.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Name-collision correction for 'USS Liddle' references: TWO Buckley-class hulls carried the name for the same namesake. DE-76 (Bethlehem Steel, Hingham; laid down 10 May 1943; named Liddle 27 May 1943; launched 31 July 1943) was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease 22 October 1943 and commissioned in the Royal Navy as frigate HMS Bligh (K-467) - it was never commissioned in the U.S. Navy and never bore the prefix USS in service; it operated in the eastern Atlantic and supported the Normandy invasion, was returned 12 November 1945, and sold 13 June 1946. The name passed to DE-206, the only U.S.-commissioned Liddle. Consequence for attribution: any reference to a U.S. Navy sailor serving aboard 'Liddle' on or after 6 December 1943 resolves to DE-206/APD-60; pre-transfer construction references for 'Liddle' at Hingham (May-October 1943) resolve to DE-76 and are not this hull. The hazegray printed-DANFS transcription misreads 'HMS Thigh' for HMS Bligh - OCR-level artifact, not a third vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Bethlehem Hingham construction workforce May-October 1943 (DE-76); Royal Navy crew of HMS Bligh 1943-1945
- Limitations
- Correction row - establishes identity boundaries, not exposure. DE-76's Royal Navy service and disposal are outside this record's scope; attribution rule is documentary (DANFS commissioning/transfer dates), not a survey of every historical usage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-liddle-apd60-06
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[7]CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket searches (authenticated via cl-auth-search.py, 2026-09-25) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener type=o result sets ('USS Liddle' count=0; 'U.S.S. Liddle' count=0; 'aboard the Liddle' count=0; 'APD-60' count=0; 'DE-206' count=1, collision); type=r 'Liddle asbestos' (W.R. Grace bankruptcy docket noise)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Opinion-index sweeps returned no vessel litigation: '"USS Liddle"' = 0 hits; '"U.S.S. Liddle"' = 0 hits; '"aboard the Liddle"' = 0 hits; '"APD-60"' = 0 hits; '"DE-206"' = 1 hit - Southern Waste Systems, LLC v. City of Coral Springs (S.D. Fla. 2010, 687 F. Supp. 2d 1342), a municipal waste-hauling dispute in which the match is a docket/exhibit-number artifact with no vessel or asbestos context (name collision, non-qualifying). Docket-level 'Liddle asbestos' search returned W.R. Grace & Co. bankruptcy mass-docket material (D. Del. 01-01139) in which 'Liddle' occurs as a claimant-surname/service-list string, not the vessel - non-qualifying.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- sweep run 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Opinion-index coverage complete for exact name (both stylings), aboard-the-ship phrasing, and both hull numbers; the type=r '"USS Liddle"' docket sweep was fleet-paced at drafting time - logged pending in search_ledger, not assumed negative. A litigation absence in indexed opinions does not exclude unindexed dockets or unreported settlements. DE-76-era construction references would key to the name 'Liddle' at Hingham and are not distinguishable by the exact-name query - no such hits were located either.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-liddle-apd60-07
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[8]Batch-2446 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (Wayback-verified), ibiblio/HyperWar DANFS transcription and APD spec page, NavSource DE/APD archives, NARA Special List 44, NARA RG 181 Charleston finding aid, ECU digital collections, ussliddle.org, NVR probe, CourtListener sweeps, marketing-list sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-liddle-apd60-01 through sl-uss-liddle-apd60-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-206/APD-60: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, disposal hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or docketed asbestos case naming the vessel was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sold for scrapping to North American Smelting Co., Wilmington, Del., 25 June 1967 - before the Navy's documented asbestos-control program era (GAO HRD-80-2: standing removal policy dates from 1975) and before disposal hazmat documentation practices - so no abatement or disposal-phase material record is expected to exist.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1943 steam-plant hull is consistent with retained era materials through its U.S. service life. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-liddle-apd60-08