Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]research packet kb-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced).
- Evidence ID
- uss-lowe-de325-pkt-kb-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Lowe (DE-325) (builder, dates, service narrative, striking and sale; live NHHC page returns 404 - verbatim transcriptions via HyperWar/ibiblio and Tin Can Sailors destroyers.org, the latter citing DANFS April 2016) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (HyperWar/ibiblio de325.html; destroyers.org/ships/de-325 transcription citing DANFS April 2016)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Gunner's Mate Third Class Harry James Lowe Jr. (born 6 January 1922, Paducah, Ky.; served USS San Francisco CA-38 from 6 December 1940; killed 12 November 1942 off the Solomon Islands; posthumous Navy Cross). Laid down by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex., 24 May 1943; launched 28 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Harry J. Lowe, mother; commissioned 22 November 1943, Comdr. Reginald H. French, USCG, in command. Bermuda shakedown; convoy duty from 2 February 1944 (UGS-32 to Casablanca); evaded two torpedoes during air attack off North Africa 20 April 1944; 12 Atlantic crossings; joined all-Coast Guard killer group TG 22.14 on 5 March 1945; on 18 March, 100 miles east of Halifax, sonar contact and two hedgehog patterns - postwar investigation verified destruction of U-866, Lowe credited with the kill, her CO and four crew members awarded; 3 May 1945 rescued the crew of the foundered Newfoundland schooner Mary Duffitt and sank the hulk. Training vessel at Norfolk from 6 July 1945; decommissioned 1 May 1946 at St. John's River, Fla., into the Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned 20 July 1951 as USCGC Lowe (WDE-325 in this edition), weather ship Atlantic/Pacific; decommissioned 1 June 1954 at Todd Shipyard, Long Beach. Recommissioned in the Navy at Long Beach Naval Shipyard after conversion to a radar picket escort (DER), Lt. Comdr. J. R. Bohlken in command; Escort Squadron 5, Seattle; 67 DEW-line picket tours for NORAD; emergency rescue link for John Glenn's three-orbit mission 20 February 1962. Radar Barrier disestablished 30 June 1965; joined 7th Fleet 5 August; Market Time station off Vietnam from 15 August 1965; Guam homeport; Taiwan Patrol Force and Hong Kong station ship between tours; decommissioned at Guam 20 September 1968; struck 23 September 1968; sold 3 September 1969.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1969
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943; USCG-manned wartime crew 1943-46; USCG cutter crew 1951-54; Navy DER crew 1955-68 (DANFS design complement 186)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Namesake enlistment date reads '28 August 1849' in the HyperWar transcription - a typographical error; the April 2016 DANFS revision (destroyers.org transcription) and NavSource read 1940. The current (April 2016) revision styles the cutter 'WDE-425' where the older print edition reads 'WDE-325' - discrepancy carried in gaps. Live NHHC page returns 404; verbatim mirror transcriptions cited instead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowe-de325-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. I (1945), Destroyer-Escort Vessels roster row for LOWE, DE-325 (shipscribe.com scan; OCR of book pp. 250-251) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 roster row 202, LOWE DE-325 (book pp. 250-251; shipscribe scan PDF p. 135 spread)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous official BuShips roster row for this hull (roster line 202): LOWE, official number DE-325, design group FMR; builder Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.; contract price of hull and machinery $1,539,000 (footnote: cost plus fixed fee); contract signed 7 August 1942; keel laid 24 May 1943; ship launched 28 July 1943; contract date of completion 5 November 1943; date of preliminary acceptance 22 November 1943; date of first commission 22 November 1943. All dates concur with DANFS.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1943
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Corp. construction trades, Orange, Tex., 1943
- Limitations
- Official contemporaneous build roster - documents identity, builder, contract, and dates; contains no insulation or materials information and says nothing about asbestos. Values read from a scanned table (OCR with image verification); the $1,539,000 figure carries the cost-plus-fixed-fee footnote marker.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowe-de325-02
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[4]NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Lowe (DE-325) page (specs, building/operational data, awards, CO list, flag hoist NKER; Wayback capture 2024-12-31 - live page fetch failed) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/06/325.htm building-and-operational-data block, awards block, CO list (Wayback 2024-12-31 capture)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource compiled record for this hull: keel laid 24 May 1943 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.; launched and christened 28 July 1943, sponsor Mrs. Harry J. Lowe; commissioned 22 November 1943, Cmdr. Reginald H. French, USCG (commissioning CO; CO list styles the wartime ship 'U.S. Navy as DE-325 (Coast Guard Manned)'). 18 March 1945: Lowe, in company with Menges (DE-320), Mosley (DE-321), and Pride (DE-323), sank U-866 south of Nova Scotia. Decommissioned 1 May 1946 at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years 5 months service. Loaned to USCG and recommissioned 20 July 1951 as WDE-425 (NavSource styling); decommissioned 1 June 1954 after 2 years 10.5 months, returned to USN at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. Reclassified and converted DER-325 on 28 October 1954; recommissioned 15 January 1955 at Long Beach, Lcdr. J. R. Bohlken, assigned Escort Squadron 5, Seattle. Homeport reassigned to Guam September 1965. Decommissioned at Guam 20 September 1968 after 8 years 8 months service; struck from the NVR 23 September 1968 with 13 years 11.5 months total active service; sold for scrapping 3 September 1969. Awards: Combat Action Ribbon; American Campaign Medal; European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal; WWII Victory Medal; National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star; Korean Service Medal and United Nations Korean Service Medal (USCG service); Vietnam Service Medal w/ 4 stars; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. Complement 8/201; propulsion 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38D8-1/8 geared diesels + 4 diesel generators, 6,000 shp, 2 screws, 21 kt, 9,100 nm at 12 kt. NHHC photo NH 79831 credited (9 April 1945 underway, camouflage MS 32/3d).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1969
- Population
- Wartime crew (NavSource complement 8 officers/201 enlisted); USCG cutter crew 1951-54; DER crew 1955-68
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary archive, not a contemporaneous record - dates concur with DANFS/SDB where they overlap. NavSource styles the cutter WDE-425 where DANFS print edition and the current USCG Historian index read WDE-325 - discrepancy carried in gaps. Contributed CO-list and photo-caption detail is unattributed. No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowe-de325-03
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[5]Jacob v. Plastics Engineering Company (PLENCO) et al., No. 1:19-cv-00108 (D. Guam), Complaint for Personal Injury with Exhibit A, ECF No. 1 (filed 2019-06-20); stipulated dismissal with prejudice, ECF Nos. 13, 16 (case terminated 2020-02-26) [court_record]
- Locator
- D. Guam 1:19-cv-00108, ECF No. 1 complaint para. 6 (exposure/work recital) and Exhibit A pp. 10-13 (item 24, 'USS Lowe DER-325'); ECF Nos. 13 and 16 (dismissals); CourtListener docket 15808518
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- QUALIFYING asbestos litigation naming this hull, at pleading stage: the Jacob complaint alleges plaintiff Eusebio V. Jacob, a journeyman electrician at the Navy Ship Repair Facility, Guam (~1962-1985), 'worked in and on ships where the said asbestos products were being used' and was exposed to asbestos from defendants' products - PLENCO thermoset molding materials and Rockwell/Allen-Bradley/Rostone controllers, circuit breakers, switches with asbestos parts, plus OEM asbestos gaskets and packing sold to Guam SRF and 'installed in their respective equipment on the following ships listed on Exhibit A.' Exhibit A (ECF No. 1, pp. 10-13) is a ~40-vessel numbered list of ships with Guam Naval Station/SRF presence windows; entry 24 reads 'USS Lowe DER-325' with three periods: 4 June-29 August 1966 at Guam Naval Station; 24 April-27 June 1967 at Guam Naval Station ('drydocked 4/15 - 5/9'); and 3 April-8 July 1968 ('in Taiwan area Jan - early April') - windows consistent with Lowe's documented September 1965-September 1968 Guam homeport. Plaintiff's malignant mesothelioma was confirmed by Hawaii Pathologists' Laboratory report dated 2 August 2018.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1962-1985 (alleged exposure window; Lowe-specific windows 1966-1968); 2019-2020 (litigation)
- Population
- Eusebio V. Jacob (Guam Navy SRF journeyman electrician ~1962-1985, mesothelioma dx Aug 2018); Guam SRF ship-repair workforce; Lowe crew during Guam upkeep periods 1966-68
- Limitations
- PLEADING-STAGE ALLEGATION ONLY - lowest rung of the litigation-stage discipline. Lowe is one of ~40 vessels enumerated in an exhibit list; the complaint names DER-325 but does not individually narrate work aboard her, and no deposition, trial finding, or adjudicated result exists - the case ended in notice/stipulated dismissal with prejudice (ECF Nos. 13, 16), which is consistent with settlement but the docket does not say so. The allegation does not establish that asbestos was aboard, causation, or quantity; Exhibit A presence windows are plaintiff-counsel tabulations whose underlying source (deck logs/SRF records) is not in the record. Nothing about legal eligibility is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowe-de325-04
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[6]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, cutter index, '306' Edsall Class (WDE)' listing - 'USCGC LOWE (WDE-325)'; and Historian biography of Rear Admiral Reginald H. French [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.uscg.mil cutter index '306' Edsall Class (WDE)' block; Notable-People article 'Rear Admiral Reginald H. French' (article 1874925)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official USCG Historian's Office cutter index lists 'USCGC LOWE (WDE-325)' among the 306-foot Edsall-class WDE weather cutters (alongside Newell WDE-322, Falgout WDE-324, Finch WDE-328, Koiner WDE-331, Forster WDE-334, Ramsden WDE-382, Richey WDE-385, Vance WDE-387, Durant WDE-389, Chambers WDE-391) - the Coast Guard's own index retains the DE hull number in the WDE designation. The Historian's biography of commissioning CO Reginald H. French (USCGA '27, later Rear Admiral) confirms he took command of 'the Destroyer USS Lowe (DE-325)' after Submarine Chaser Training School at Miami (Jul-Sep 1943) for convoy escort duty in the Atlantic - corroborating the Coast Guard-manned crew of this Navy hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1951-1954
- Population
- USCG cutter crew 1951-1954
- Limitations
- Index listing and personnel biography only - no ship-specific materials or asbestos content. Confirms the WDE-325 styling per current official USCG records (contra the WDE-425 styling in the older USCG webcutters list, NavSource, Navypedia, and the April 2016 DANFS revision - carried in gaps). The individual Lowe cutter article page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; index-level citation only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowe-de325-05
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[7]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. I (1945), Destroyer-Escort Vessels design-group table, group 4 / FMR (shipscribe.com scan; OCR of book pp. 234-235) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 DE design-group table, group-4 row (book pp. 234-235; shipscribe scan PDF p. 127)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official BuShips design-group table: design group 4 (symbol FMR - Fairbanks-Morse diesel reverse-gear drive) - 306 ft oa, 300 ft wl, beam 36 ft 7 in; 1,200 t standard / 1,590 t full load; 21 kt; machinery 4 Fairbanks-Morse model 38D8-1/8 geared diesel engines, 6,000 shp, 2 shafts; boilers 'None'; 2 diesel ship's-service generators (100 kW, A.C.); accommodations 15 officers + 201 enlisted; armament 3 x 3 in/50 cal. D.P. Documents that the FMR design carried a diesel plant with no boilers or steam system.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945 (publication)
- Population
- FMR-design crews (design accommodations 15 officers + 201 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation for the whole FMR group (85 hulls), not a per-hull material schedule - establishes plant type and accommodations, not insulation content or asbestos. Table OCR'd from a scanned page; individual cell values partially garbled.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowe-de325-06
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[8]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 design-group-4 machinery row (no boilers; F.M. diesel) + GAO HRD-80-2 era context + Atlas class-pattern precedent for diesel-powered escorts [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 group-4 row (machinery, 'None' in boiler columns); cf. batch-4037 uss-edsall-de129 ev-06 (same diesel-DE application set)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: an Edsall-class (FMR) destroyer escort built 1943 would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel-powered escort - exhaust-system insulation and lagging, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, brake linings on winches and windlass, fireproofing, and deck coverings. Because the FMR plant has no boilers or steam lines (SDB 1945 design-group-4 machinery row), the largest asbestos categories of steam ships (boiler and steam-line insulation) do not apply to this design. The 1954-55 DER conversion at Long Beach Naval Shipyard is a documented yard-period event whose asbestos scope (disturbance or added insulation during radar/electronics conversion) is inference only.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1969
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943; USCG-manned crew 1943-46; Long Beach Naval Shipyard conversion workforce 1954-55; crew 1955-68
- Limitations
- Class/era and design inference only - NOT a hull-specific materials finding. No insulation schedule or material list for DE-325 was located; this establishes era-consistent expectation for the type, not that any specific material went aboard this hull. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure. Builder yard (Consolidated Steel, Orange, Tex.) is not in the Atlas shipyards dataset - no yard-level asbestos documentation is attached.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowe-de325-07
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[9]Keri Heath, 'World War II-era vessels in Galveston to undergo asbestos abatement', Galveston Daily News, 27 July 2020 (citation re-verified in class-f gato-class profile, accessed 2026-09-16) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- galvnews.com article_c2c77857, 27 Jul 2020
- Finding type
- abatement_record
- Finding
- Documented asbestos aboard a preserved Edsall-class sister hull: the Galveston Daily News reported asbestos in public areas of USS Stewart (DE-238) and USS Cavalla (SS-244) at Seawolf Park, with contractor Separation Systems Consultants approved to proceed with abatement; the Galveston Park Board cited U.S. Navy inspection recommendations that an asbestos survey be conducted. USS Stewart is a Brown Shipbuilding-built Edsall-class hull (DE-238) - class-level corroboration that Edsall-class construction carried asbestos-containing material.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2020
- Population
- Museum staff/volunteers and Seawolf Park visitors; abatement crews
- Limitations
- Evidence about a sister hull (DE-238), NOT this hull: different builder (Brown Shipbuilding, Houston) and a museum-hull lifecycle DE-325 never had (DE-325 was scrapped 1969). Documents asbestos aboard one Edsall-class ship as delivered/preserved; establishes nothing about DE-325's materials, quantity, or any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowe-de325-08
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[10]U.S. Naval Institute, Naval History Magazine, 'Part IV - A Matter of Class' (August 1995), destroyer-escort design-group and DER conversion program summary [reputable_press]
- Locator
- usni.org Naval History Magazine Aug 1995, 'Part IV - A Matter of Class', FMR/DER paragraphs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- USNI program-level record for the type this hull belongs to: FMR-designated escorts (Fairbanks-Morse reversible-drive diesels, 306 ft, 3-inch guns), commonly the Edsall class, covered hull numbers DE-129/152, 238/255, 316/338, 382/401 - DE-325 sits inside the 316/338 Consolidated Steel block. Of these, 34 were converted to radar picket escorts (DER) to form the seaward extension of the Continental Air Defense System; when that duty ended they were assigned to Operation Market Time in Vietnam - matching Lowe's documented DER conversion (1954) and Market Time service (1965-68).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1995 (publication); program era 1950s-1970s
- Population
- Edsall-class DER crews; conversion-yard workforces
- Limitations
- Program-level class context, not a per-hull record - corroborates the conversion program Lowe belonged to but says nothing about materials, insulation, or asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowe-de325-09
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[11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's extensive shipboard asbestos insulation use with substitution not beginning until the early 1970s - DE-325 (built 1943, converted DER 1954-55, in service to 1968) falls inside the documented asbestos-use era for Navy ship construction and repair.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers
- Limitations
- Program-level era context only. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches); content via product-page description. Says nothing about this specific hull or any diesel-escort application specifically.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowe-de325-10
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[12]NARA, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' - Lowe (DE/DER-325) entry, digitized monthly logs 1956-1968 [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online, vessel entry 'Lowe (DE/DER-325)' - monthly links 1956-1968
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's digitized Navy deck-log catalog includes Lowe (DE/DER-325) (listed commission November 1943 / decommission September 1968) with month-by-month digitized logs for 1956 through 1968 - covering the DER era, the Guam homeport period, Market Time tours, and the September 1968 decommissioning at Guam. These logs would document the Guam Naval Station presence windows (including any drydock entries) asserted in the Jacob complaint's Exhibit A. WWII-era logs (1943-46) are not in the digitized set - they are paper-only at Archives II, College Park.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1956-1968 (digitized coverage)
- Population
- Crew and shipyard workers 1956-1968
- Limitations
- Digitized inventory hit only - the log images were not pulled or read for this pass. Deck logs document movements, moorings, and yard periods, not materials; whether any entry records insulation or hazmat work is unknown until read.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowe-de325-11
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[13]CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket sweeps for 'USS Lowe' / 'DE-325' / 'DER-325' / 'USCGC Lowe' (via fleet-paced authenticated helper cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search results 2026-09-28: 'USS Lowe' o=0/r=1 (Jacob); 'DER-325' o=0/r=3 (1 qualifying + 2 false positives); 'DE-325' o=19 all false positives; 'USCGC Lowe' o=0
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep results for this hull: opinion search '"USS Lowe"' (type=o): 0 hits - no published opinion names the ship. Docket search '"USS Lowe"' (type=r): 1 hit = Jacob v. Plastics Engineering (D. Guam 1:19-cv-00108), qualifying pleading-stage asbestos litigation naming 'USS Lowe DER-325' in Exhibit A (see ev-04). Opinion search '"DER-325"' (type=o): 0 hits. Docket search '"DER-325"' (type=r): 3 hits - the Jacob docket plus United States v. Johnson (W.D. Ky. 3:21-cr-00031, prisoner medical-records exhibit) and Johnson v. Sanders (10th Cir. 23-7031, prisoner record on appeal), both false-positive document/record-number collisions, non-qualifying. Opinion search '"DE-325"' (type=o): 19 hits, all false positives - ECF document-entry-number citations ('[DE 325]' style) and Spanish-language property/measurement text; zero vessel or asbestos references. Opinion search '"USCGC Lowe"' (type=o): 0 hits.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Sweep coverage is the CourtListener opinion + RECAP docket indexes only; state-court dockets not mirrored, PACER-only filings, and settled/undocketed claims are outside it. 'No result' does not prove no claim was ever filed - it proves no other indexed opinion or docket names the hull. The common surname 'Lowe' was controlled by requiring USS/USCGC prefixes or hull numbers in queries; 'Lowe' asbestos unquoted was not swept (overwhelming surname and Lowe's-hardware collision).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowe-de325-12
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[14]Batch-4227 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcriptions (HyperWar + destroyers.org April-2016); NavSource archive page (Wayback); BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 1 (OCR); USCG Historian index + French biography; USNI DER program article; GAO product page; NARA digitized deck-log inventory; VA/BVA web search; general web sweep; CourtListener sweeps (see sl-06 through sl-10) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lowe-de325-01 through sl-uss-lowe-de325-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-325 beyond the Jacob pleading: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or museum documentation exists for this hull - it was sold for scrapping in September 1969, pre-dating the museum-donation and hazmat-disclosure era that produced records for sister hull Stewart (DE-238). The only 'asbestos' hits naming USS Lowe (DE-325) in general web search are law-firm marketing listicles that enumerate every WWII hull (shepardlawfirm.com, freeasbestostesting.com, duboselawfirm.com) - non-authoritative and excluded by batch rules.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record is not proof of absence aboard - 1943 escort construction falls inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era, sister-hull DE-238 carried documented asbestos, and a pleading-stage complaint names the hull. Deck logs (RG 24, digitized 1956-68; WWII era paper-only at Archives II), BuShips construction records (RG 19, incl. any General Information Book), and USCG cutter logs at NARA are unsurveyed leads. Does not establish that asbestos was or was not present aboard; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowe-de325-13