Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, Lloyd (DE-209/APD-63), printed Vol. 4 (1969) pp. 128-129; NHHC online entry (live page serves 404; Wayback capture 2025-12-09; verbatim transcriptions at ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/APD/apd63.html and losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/escorts/de209.txt); namesake Navy Cross citation via Military Times Hall of Valor recipient-19358 and Wheaton College Gold Star profile (secondary compilations reproducing the award text) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Lloyd', namesake paragraph + specifications block + service narrative; printed Vol. 4 pp. 128-129 (archive.org identifier dictionaryofamer04wash)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull. Namesake: Ensign William Rees Lloyd, born 23 September 1916 at Monticello, Fla.; enlisted 9 October 1940; commissioned ensign 14 March 1941; served Luzon then Oahu (PR-6); killed in action 6 May 1942 when Oahu was sunk at Corregidor; posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for the 5-6 May 1942 Corregidor beach defense (award text reproduced in secondary compilations - Hall of Valor recipient-19358; Wheaton College Gold Star profile; the award is not in the printed DANFS entry). Specification line (DE-209): 1,400 t, 306 ft, 36 ft 10 in beam, 9 ft 5 in draft, 24 kt, complement 186, armament 3x3in, 4x1.1in, 8x20mm, 3x21in torpedo tubes, 8 depth-charge projectors, 2 depth-charge tracks, 1 hedgehog; class Buckley. Laid down 26 July 1943 by the Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.; launched 23 November 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Ella Lee Lloyd (mother); commissioned 11 February 1944, Lt. Comdr. Peter N. Gammelgard. Shakedown off Bermuda; departed Norfolk 12 May 1944 with 13 other DEs escorting a 100-ship convoy to North Africa; relieved at Bizerte 1 June; reclassified APD-63 5 July 1944 en route home; ordered to the Philadelphia Navy Yard 29 June for conversion. After conversion and shakedown: Bora Bora 20 October, Hollandia 4 November; permanent flagship, Transport Division 103; Leyte 23 November; Ormoc landing 7 December; Mindoro strike; Lingayen Gulf assault January 1945 (shore battery knocked out; four suicide planes splashed on the return to Leyte); San Felipe and Subic Bay February; Palawan 28 February; Zamboanga 10 March; Morotai 7 May; Brunei Bay 28 May-19 June; Balikpapan reinforcement runs early July; post-V-J Day occupation lifts Okinawa to Korea; departed Okinawa 26 November 1945; Brooklyn Navy Yard 2 January 1946, a month in drydock; decommissioned Green Cove Springs 1 July 1946. Recommissioned 3 January 1951 (Lt. Comdr. A. A. Sullivan); shakedown Chesapeake Bay; availability at the Boston Naval Shipyard; reported Little Creek 26 September for Naval Amphibious Base training; 6th Fleet Mediterranean April-October; Marines training out of Little Creek and Caribbean 1953-1957; decommissioned 18 February 1958 at Charleston; struck from the Navy list 1 June 1966; sold for scrap.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1968
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades 1943-44; Philadelphia Navy Yard conversion workforce mid-1944; wartime and postwar crew (DE design complement 186; APD complement ~204 plus embarked troops to ~162)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, namesake, dates, and service history - not materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC page returns 404; text verified via Wayback capture 2025-12-09 and two independent printed-text transcriptions (ibiblio, hazegray), checked against the archive.org OCR of printed Vol. 4 pp. 128-129. The NHHC page's own title element reads 'Lloyd (DD-209)' - a designation typo; canonical designation DE-209 (see ev-uss-lloyd-apd63-05).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-apd63-01
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[2]NavSource Naval History, Amphibious Photo Archive: USS Lloyd (APD-63) ex USS Lloyd (DE-209) - build/conversion data, APD specifications block, campaign table, awards list, commanding officers, disposition; plus Destroyer Escort Photo Index DE-209 building/operational data (navsource.org/archives/06/209.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/10/04/04063.htm (APD chronology, campaign table, spec block, awards, COs, disposition, photo NAIDs) and navsource.org/archives/06/209.htm (DE building/operational data, CO list)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull corroborating DANFS and adding detail: laid down 26 July 1943 as Lloyd (DE-209) at Charleston Navy Yard; launched and christened 23 November 1943; commissioned 11 February 1944 (LCDR Peter N. Gammelgard, USNR); reclassified APD-63 5 July 1944, converted at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; WWII unit assignments TransRon Twenty-Four (COMO E. L. Short) and TransDiv One Hundred Three (CDR W. S. Parsons); campaign credits - Leyte operation (Leyte landings 19-29 November 1944, Ormoc Bay 7-8 December), Luzon operation (Mindoro 12-18 December), Manila Bay-Bicol (Zambales-Subic Bay 29-31 January 1945), Southern Philippines (Palawan 28 February, Visayan Islands 26-27 March), Borneo (Brunei Bay 10 June, Balikpapan 26 June-4 July); Navy Occupation Service (Asia) 2-13 September, 24 September-8 October, and 1-27 November 1945; China Service 1-27 November 1945; Europe occupation service 3 May-8 October 1952; decommissioned 1 July 1946 at Green Cove Springs; recommissioned 3 January 1951 (LCDR A. A. Sullivan); decommissioned 18 February 1958 at Charleston; struck from the Naval Register 1 June 1966; sold for scrapping 5 March 1968 to Southern Scrap Material Co., New Orleans, La., for $30,000. 'Earned five battle stars for World War II service.' Awards list includes Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 12-15 January 1945) and Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. APD spec block: 1,400 lt / 2,130 fl; 306 ft; 37 ft beam; 12 ft 7 in limiting 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), two propellers, 12,000 shp. BuShips photo NAIDs for this hull: 7575248 (off Boston Lightship 5 July 1951) and 7575254/7575255/7575258 (off Charleston 18 December 1953).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1968
- Population
- Post-conversion crew (~204) plus embarked troops (to ~162); TransDiv 103 staff; Atlantic Reserve Fleet caretakers 1946-1951 and 1958-1966; Southern Scrap Material scrapping workforce 1968
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled secondary archive used for corroboration and spec detail, not an official record; boiler-manufacturer attribution (Combustion Engineering) is consistent with the navypedia block map but unverified against contract documents. Contains no asbestos information. Its 'five battle stars' conflicts with Wikipedia's eight - conflict carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-apd63-02
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[3]NARA Special List 44 - Named Vessels (vessel logbooks inventory): entry 'Lloyd (DE-209)', coverage 2/11/1944-6/30/1945; plus NARA RG 181 finding aid, Sixth Naval District (Charleston) ship commissioning files listing 'Destroyer Escort | DE-209 | USS LOYD | 10/23/1943' [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov Special List 44, 'Lloyd (DE-209)' row (2/11/1944-6/30/1945); archives.gov/atlanta/finding-aids/rg181-charleston-2694599.html container-list row 'DE-209 | USS LOYD | 10/23/1943'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's published vessel-logbook inventory lists deck logs for 'Lloyd (DE-209)' spanning 11 February 1944 (commissioning) to 30 June 1945 - the ship's contemporaneous operational record covering the DE period, the Philadelphia Navy Yard APD conversion, the Lingayen operation, and the Philippine/Borneo landings. A separate NARA RG 181 finding aid (Sixth Naval District, Charleston) lists ship commissioning files including 'DE-209 USS LOYD' dated 10/23/1943 - correspondence, invitations, and instructions relating to vessels at the Charleston Navy Yard, 1939-1945 (the 'LOYD' spelling and the October date - vs. DANFS's 23 November launch - are carried as finding-aid text). 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
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Ship's crew 1944-1945 (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 30 June 1945; postwar-era logs (1946, 1951-1958) are covered by later inventories not checked here. The RG 181 series is commissioning/event paperwork, not construction specifications or bills of material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-apd63-03
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[4]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); conversion yard resolves to 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard' (tier 3); postwar yard periods resolve to 'brooklyn-navy-yard' (tier 3) and 'boston-naval-shipyard' (tier 3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 design-group table; navypedia us_de_te.htm block map; navsource.net APD-63 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 July-November 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-63 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. Three documented yard events are the kind that disturb insulation: the mid-1944 conversion at the Philadelphia Navy Yard to APD-63 (troop berthing/messing added, four LCVP davits, armament rearranged), the January 1946 Brooklyn Navy Yard drydock period, and the 1951 availability at the Boston Naval Shipyard - none has a located work package or asbestos-specific language for this hull. All four touched yards are Atlas dataset yards carrying asbestos-era documentation at yard level (charleston tier 2; philadelphia, brooklyn, boston tier 3).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1968
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades 1943-44; Philadelphia Navy Yard conversion workforce 1944; Brooklyn Navy Yard drydock workforce 1946; Boston Naval Shipyard availability workforce 1951; wartime and postwar crew; Southern Scrap Material scrapping workforce 1968
- 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. Yard-level asbestos documentation describes the yards, not this vessel's materials. 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-lloyd-apd63-04
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[5]NHHC online DANFS entry (Wayback capture 2025-12-09): HTML title and og:title read 'Lloyd (DD-209)' while the entry's own specification line reads '(DE-209; ... cl. buckley)'; printed DANFS Vol. 4 (archive.org scan) heads the entry 'Lloyd' with spec line 'DE-209' and indexes it 'LLOYD (APD-63)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Wayback capture 2025-12-09 of history.navy.mil lloyd.html (<title>Lloyd (DD-209)</title>, og:title identical; spec line DE-209); archive.org dictionaryofamer04wash index 'LLOYD (APD-63)' and entry at Vol. 4 pp. 128-129
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Designation correction: the NHHC online DANFS page for this hull is titled 'Lloyd (DD-209)' - a typographical error; the destroyer designation DD-209 belongs to a different ship, USS Long (DD-209, reclassified DMS-12 in 1940), a Clemson-class flush-decker whose own DANFS entry is separate and which was sunk by kamikaze attack in Lingayen Gulf 6 January 1945 - ironically the same assault this hull supported days later as APD-63. The canonical designation chain for this hull is DE-209 (Buckley-class destroyer escort) -> APD-63 (Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport), 5 July 1944. Consequence for attribution: references to 'DD-209' in the ship sense resolve to USS Long, not this hull; references to 'Lloyd (DE-209)' or 'Lloyd (APD-63)' resolve here. A further collision boundary: USS Lloyd Thomas (DD-764, a Gearing-class destroyer) is a distinct ship that surfaces in name-search results (see litigation_sweep row).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-present (designation record)
- Limitations
- Correction row - establishes identity boundaries, not exposure. The 'DD-209' title typo exists only in the NHHC online presentation; the printed volume and both verbatim transcriptions print DE-209. Attribution rule is documentary, not a survey of every usage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-apd63-05
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[6]CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket searches (authenticated via cl-auth-search.py, 2026-09-26) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener type=o result sets ('USS Lloyd' count=1, collision; 'U.S.S. Lloyd' count=0; 'aboard the Lloyd' count=1, collision; 'APD-63' count=0; 'DE-209' count=34, all collisions); type=r ('USS Lloyd' count=0; 'Lloyd asbestos' count=4,949, surname/mass-docket noise)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Opinion-index sweeps returned no vessel litigation naming this hull: '"USS Lloyd"' type=o = 1 hit - United States v. Posnick, 8 C.M.A. 201 (C.M.A. 1957), a court-martial appeal (unauthorized absence/missing movement) in which the named vessel is USS LLOYD THOMAS (DD-764, a Gearing-class destroyer) - name collision, non-qualifying. '"aboard the Lloyd"' type=o = 1 hit - Caemint Food, Inc. v. Lloyd Brasileiro, Companhia De Navegacao, 647 F.2d 347 (2d Cir. 1981), an admiralty case about the Brazilian shipping company - name collision, non-qualifying. '"APD-63"' type=o = 0 hits. '"DE-209"' type=o = 34 hits, all identifier collisions (docket-entry and form/exhibit numbers, e.g., '[DE-208]' motion references; Puerto Rico judicial administration; patent and municipal dockets) - none reference a vessel. '"USS Lloyd"' type=r (RECAP docket index) = 0 hits. '"U.S.S. Lloyd"' type=o (punctuated styling) = 0 hits. 'Lloyd asbestos' type=r = 4,949 hits of surname and mass-docket noise (e.g., 'Lloyd v. ACandS' D.R.I. 1:98-cv-00505 and 'Lloyd v. American Asbestos' JPML-adjacent docket are plaintiff surnames, not vessel references; remainder is asbestos mass-docket/bankruptcy material) - non-qualifying. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- sweep run 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Opinion-index coverage complete for the exact name (both stylings), the aboard-ship phrasing, and both hull numbers, plus the RECAP docket index for the exact name. The unqualified 'Lloyd asbestos' docket sweep returns claimant-surname noise by construction and cannot be exhaustive at 4,949 raw hits - the surname dockets sampled are plaintiff-name matches, not vessel references. A litigation absence in indexed opinions/dockets does not exclude unindexed dockets or unreported settlements.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-apd63-06
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[7]Batch-2449 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (Wayback-verified) and printed Vol. 4 scan; ibiblio/HyperWar DANFS transcription and APD spec page; NavSource DE/APD archives; NARA Special List 44; NARA RG 181 Charleston finding aid; NVR probe; CourtListener sweeps; marketing-list sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lloyd-apd63-01 through sl-uss-lloyd-apd63-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-209/APD-63: 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 Southern Scrap Material Co., New Orleans, La., 5 March 1968 - 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
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- 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 was present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-apd63-07