Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet gn-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lowry-dd770-pkt-gn-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Lowry (DD-770) (specifications block + service narrative; verbatim NHHC page text via 2020-11-23 Wayback capture - live NHHC page serves 404; corroborating transcription at destroyerhistory.org self-identified as sourced from NHHC/DANFS) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Wayback capture 20201123201758 of NHHC DANFS 'Lowry (DD-770)', specifications block + service narrative; corroborating text https://destroyerhistory.org/sumner-gearingclass/usslowry/
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 1 August 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, Calif.; launched 6 February 1944, sponsored by Miss Ann Lowry; commissioned 23 July 1944, Comdr. L. H. Martin. Leyte-Mindoro convoy escort December 1944; Luzon invasion and Lingayen Gulf January 1945; TF 58 screen for Honshu strikes supporting Iwo Jima; Okinawa support-carrier screen 21 March - 29 April, then radar picket off Okinawa incl. standing by sinking USS Drexler (DD-741) 28 May to rescue survivors; minesweeping cover South China Sea from 29 June; occupation duty off Tokyo (food to Allied POWs) to 1 October; San Diego 21 October 1945. Patrol on station for Operation Crossroads Bikini atomic tests 24 July - 10 August 1946. Decommissioned 30 June 1947 (Pacific Reserve Fleet); recommissioned 27 December 1950; Atlantic Fleet; Korea 1952 with TF 77 and TF 95; second world cruise 1954; three Sixth Fleet tours 1956-60; FRAM II overhaul at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard completed 14 January 1961; ASW Task Group Alfa 1961-65 incl. Grissom recovery (21 July 1961) and Cuban quarantine (Oct-Nov 1962); DASH installed after fourth Med deployment 1965; regular overhaul at Norfolk Naval Shipyard 8 May - 22 September 1967; first Vietnam deployment April - November 1968 (plane guard, naval gunfire support). Four WWII and two Korean battle stars. Spec block: dp. 2,220; 376'6" x 41'2"; dr. 15'8"; 34 kt; cpl. 336; 6x5", 12x40mm, 11x20mm, 6 dcp, 2 dct; cl. Allen M. Sumner.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1969 (DANFS coverage)
- Population
- Bethlehem San Pedro construction trades 1943-44; wartime and postwar crew (design complement 336)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The DANFS entry predates the 1973 decommissioning/transfer, so those dates come from secondary sources (see ev-03). Yard-name ambiguity: the DANFS text reads 'Portsmouth Naval Shipyard' for the FRAM II overhaul while navysite.de's characteristics block reads 'Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va.' - carried in gaps rather than reconciled. Live NHHC page returns 404; cited via Wayback capture of the official page plus the destroyerhistory.org verbatim transcription.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowry-dd770-01
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[3]Navy Unit Commendation citation text for USS Lowry (DD-770), reproduced by destroyerhistory.org (Destroyer History Foundation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyerhistory.org/sumner-gearingclass/usslowry_nuc/ - full citation text
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NUC citation names this hull: 'For outstanding heroism in action as a Fighter Direction Ship on a Radar Picket Station during the Okinawa Campaign, from April 30, to June 22, 1945' - defeated kamikaze/dive-bombing attacks, downed four hostile planes and shared in five more, and 'rendered invaluable aid to another ship of the picket group in rescuing survivors following the sinking of that vessel by two suicide planes' (Drexler, DD-741).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Crew aboard USS Lowry, April 30 - June 22, 1945
- Limitations
- Valor citation documents radar-picket combat service, not materials or asbestos content. Reproduction hosted by destroyerhistory.org (secondary host for official text). The citation makes no mention of the ship itself being hit; the claimed 4 May 1945 suicide-plane strike (two killed) reported in the privately published crew history conflicts with this silence - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowry-dd770-02
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[4]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-770 USS Lowry - operational and building data (via 2024-05-06 Wayback capture; live navsource.org unreachable during session); navysite.de DD-770 page - characteristics block and post-1969 history additions (secondary) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 05/770.htm 'Operational and Building Data' block (Wayback 2024-05-06 capture); navysite.de/dd/dd770.htm characteristics block + history section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilations for this hull (DANFS ends 1969; these supply post-1969 data): NavSource - decommissioned June 30 1947; recommissioned December 12 1950; 'Completed FRAM upgrade December 1960'; decommissioned October 29 1973; stricken October 31 1973; to Brazil October 31 1973 renamed Espirito Santo; stricken February 2 1996 and scrapped October 1996; call sign NKPS, tactical voice call 'RACEWAY' (circa 1968). navysite.de - characteristics block ('FRAM II Conversion Shipyard: Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va.'; '1960 - January 1961'; ~3,180 t full load; DASH drones) and post-1969 narrative additions (1969-05 forward gun-mount explosion near Puerto Rico; 1969-11-24 Naval Reserve Training Ship assignment to ResDesRon 30 / Reserve Division 301, Philadelphia Naval Base; decommissioned Philadelphia 1973-10-29; transferred as Espirito Santo D-38).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1996
- Population
- Crew 1969-1973 (Naval Reserve Training era, Philadelphia); Brazilian Navy crew 1973-1996
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations, not primary sources - NavSource's 'recommissioned December 12 1950' conflicts with DANFS's 27 December 1950, its 'Completed FRAM upgrade December 1960' conflicts with DANFS's 14 January 1961 completion, and navysite's 'Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va.' FRAM attribution conflicts with DANFS's 'Portsmouth Naval Shipyard'. All conflicts carried in gaps rather than reconciled; DANFS values are carried in the record fields. The 1969 gun-mount explosion and ResDesRon assignment are secondary-source assertions (the Wikipedia version carries a citation-needed flag).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowry-dd770-03
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[5]USS Lowry Association site, 'Espirito Santo D-38' page reproducing 1998-09-04 correspondence with Brazilian naval researcher Alexandre Galante (Poder Naval OnLine) [other_primary]
- Locator
- usslowry.org/index.php/Espirito_Santo_D-38 - quoted 1998-09-04 e-mail
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Association-published correspondence describes this hull's Brazilian career: transferred October 1973, renamed 'Espirito Santo' (D-38), operated until 1995 (ADEREX, TEMPEREX, TROPICALEX, UNITAS exercises; ECHO Trophy 1989), disabled 1995, and - as of the 4 September 1998 letter - the hull was still intact at the Rio de Janeiro naval base pending sale as scrap or use as a target.
- Verification
- disputed
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1973-1998
- Population
- Brazilian Navy crew of Espirito Santo (D-38), 1973-1995
- Limitations
- Veteran-association correspondence, not an official record. Its 'hull still intact at Rio naval base' (September 1998) directly conflicts with NavSource's 'scrapped October 1996' and with an uncited Wikipedia claim of a 1998 target sinking - the post-1995 disposition is documented as unresolved rather than reconciled (verification_status: disputed).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowry-dd770-04
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[6]DANFS specifications block (Allen M. Sumner class; 34 kt) + destroyerhistory.org 'Bethlehem Steel Corporation, San Pedro, CA' builder page (Terminal Island yard history: 26 WWII destroyers incl. eight Sumners; ex-Southwestern Shipbuilding, purchased by Bethlehem 1925); NARA RG19 General Information Books archival lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; destroyerhistory.org/destroyers/bethsp/ builder history; shipyards.json (no Bethlehem San Pedro yard_id exists)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Sumner-class destroyer built 1943-44 with a four-boiler/60,000-shp steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler and steam-line insulation, turbine lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings; builder Bethlehem Steel San Pedro (Terminal Island) is documented at yard level only in secondary sources (destroyerhistory.org builder page) and is NOT in the Atlas shipyard dataset - carried in gaps. NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are an unretrieved archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Bethlehem San Pedro construction trades 1943-44; crew 1944-1973
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No ship-specific asbestos documentation exists for this hull in the sources searched; this row adds context, not an independent ship-specific finding. NARA GIB retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowry-dd770-05
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - placing this hull's construction (1943-44), FRAM II overhaul (1960 - January 1961), and 1967 Norfolk Naval Shipyard regular overhaul all inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level era context only, not a hull-specific finding. Full report text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowry-dd770-06
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[8]Batch-3743 search ledger (this record): DANFS via Wayback capture + destroyerhistory.org transcription; NavSource (Wayback); USS Lowry Association site; NUC citation text; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; CourtListener API v4; NARA RG19 / deck logs (archival leads); NHHC command-operation-reports collection (no Lowry COR located); law-firm/aggregator ship pages (excluded per sourcing rules) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lowry-dd770-01 through sl-uss-lowry-dd770-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, materials inventory, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming this hull located in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull left U.S. custody in 1973 (Brazil transfer) and was disposed of abroad, so the museum-disclosure channel that produced the class's only ship-specific ACM record (USS Laffey DD-724, 2009 friable-asbestos remediation) does not exist here.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era-standard applications are documented at class/era level (ev-05, ev-06). FRAM II and overhaul-period disturbance of original insulation is an inference, not a documented event for this hull. Post-1973 material history under Brazilian custody is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowry-dd770-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated, fleet-paced via cl-auth-search.py): exact-name and hull-number sweep for USS Lowry (DD-770) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search results, 2026-09-27 (search_ledger rows sl-uss-lowry-dd770-08, -09)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep for this hull, every hit classified: '"USS Lowry"' opinions = 0 hits; '"USS Lowry"' dockets = 1 hit, the MDL-875 master docket (IN RE: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), JPML, 1991-01-17) where the name appears only in indexed umbrella-docket text - classified name match in an aggregate docket, not a qualifying case naming this hull; '"DD-770"' opinions = 0 hits; '"DD-770"' dockets = 9 hits, all name collisions on the numeric string in non-asbestos matters (bankruptcy, prisoner/pro-se, unrelated civil - none involves a vessel or an asbestos claim); supplemental '"Lowry" asbestos' opinions = 125 hits, top-25 reviewed, all surname/keyword collisions. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- indexed litigation corpus through 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- CourtListener indexes published opinions and RECAP dockets; a pleading that names this hull without reaching an indexed opinion or docket would not appear. The MDL-875 master-docket match does not identify any specific plaintiff case or allege exposure aboard this hull - classified at the least-final stage per litigation-stage discipline. 'Lowry' is a common surname; hits were reviewed by case name, court, and matter type for hull attribution.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lowry-dd770-08