Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
-
[1]DANFS Vol. 5 (1969), pp. 221-222, 'Manlove' (verbatim transcription via hazegray/losthistory mirror - live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. 5 pp. 221-222, Manlove entry (specification block + service narrative)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down as BDE-36 on 24 February 1943 by the Navy Yard, Mare Island, California; redesignated DE-36 on 16 June 1943; launched 28 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Arthur C. Manlove, widow of Electrician Arthur C. Manlove (killed aboard USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941); commissioned 8 November 1943, Lt. Comdr. J. P. Ingle in command. Service: Pearl Harbor convoy arrival 16 January 1944; Marshall Islands antisubmarine and hunter-killer operations 5 March-16 May 1944; in company with PC-1135 sank Japanese transport submarine I-32 off Wotje on 24 March 1944; Majuro-Kwajalein convoy escort; Marianas fleet-oiler screening; Eniwetok patrol; Hawaiian training; Eniwetok-Ulithi convoy screening October 1944-March 1945 with a February 1945 run to Manus; Okinawa invasion fleet from 26 March 1945, patrol station 2 April; damaged by an exploding Japanese airplane 11 April 1945; Guam repairs; resumed Okinawa patrols plus one Philippines convoy run; arrived Seattle 26 June 1945; inactivated at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard; decommissioned 16 November 1945; sold for scrap to A. G. Schoonmaker Co., Inc., of New York City, 4 December 1947. Five battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Mare Island Navy Yard construction trades, 1943; wartime crew (DANFS spec block complement 156)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, builder, dates, and service narrative - not materials or asbestos content. The narrative is internally inconsistent on the homebound sequence ('ordered back to the United States 5 July' but 'arrived at Seattle 26 June 1945' - the departure date is likely June, not July); the conflict is carried in gaps rather than reconciled. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 (standing NHHC link-rot issue from Batch 01).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-manlove-de36-01
-
[2]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Manlove (DE-36) building/operational data and official U.S. Navy photograph catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/06/036.htm, 'Manlove (DE 36) Building and Operational Data' block and photo table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's curated archive for this hull records: type GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3-inch guns); propulsion 4 x GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp, 2 screws, 19 knots; keel laid as BDE-36 at Mare Island Navy Yard 24 February 1943; redesignated DE-36 16 June 1943; launched/christened 28 July 1943 sponsored by Mrs. Glenola M. Manlove; commissioned 8 November 1943; I-32 sinking recorded as 25 March 1944; decommissioned at Portland, Oregon 17 November 1945; struck from the Naval Vessel Register 28 November 1945; sold 4 December 1947 to A. G. Schoonmaker Co. Inc., New York, and scrapped by the Zidell Corp., Portland, Oregon. The page catalogs official U.S. Navy construction and launching photographs (Mare Island photo series DE-36-1382-43, DE-36-4814/4815-43, DE-36-5424/5426-43; NH 77033; NARA-held 80-G-81128).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Wartime crew (compiled complement figure 15 officers + 183 enlisted conflicts with DANFS 156 - in gaps)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a curated volunteer archive compiling Navy data - not itself the underlying NVR extract or deck log. Date conflicts with DANFS (I-32 sinking 24 vs 25 March; decommissioning 16 November vs 17 November at Portland) are carried in gaps, not reconciled. Photograph catalog documents that official construction imagery exists at NARA/Mare Island - an archival lead, not an asbestos record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-manlove-de36-02
-
[3]U.S. Naval Institute, Naval History magazine, 'Part IV - A Matter of Class' (August 1995): wartime DE propulsion-type symbols - GMT = General Motors tandem-drive diesels in short (289-ft) hulls, covering DE-1/50 and commonly called the Evarts class [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Naval History, Aug. 1995 - propulsion-symbol table (GMT block DE-1/50); NavSource DE-36 specifications (4 x GM 16-278A diesel-electric)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference only: DE-36 falls in the GMT block (DE-1/50) - the Evarts-class diesel-electric design with four GM 16-278A diesels and electric drive, no boilers and no steam plant. The heavy steam-vessel asbestos categories (boiler lagging, main steam-line insulation) therefore do not apply to this hull; the era-consistent asbestos application set for a 1943 diesel-electric escort is exhaust-system insulation, machinery and piping gaskets, valve and pump packing, electrical insulation, brake linings on deck machinery, and deck coverings - the same non-steam set documented for the diesel DE classes in the Atlas class profiles.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Mare Island construction trades; wartime engine-room and deck-crew personnel (class-level)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference - no per-hull material or insulation schedule for DE-36 was located. This row establishes which asbestos categories are plausible for the type, not that any specific product was installed on this hull. The 'no boilers' deduction is design-level: it removes the largest steam-ship exposure categories but does not establish presence or absence of the residual diesel-era set aboard DE-36.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-manlove-de36-03
-
[4]Atlas shipyard dataset (shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json), Mare Island Naval Shipyard record: documented yard-level products (Unibestos, Marinite boards, Transite pipe, Kaylo, Careytemp, Gold Bond, Super 66, pump/valve packing, gaskets, bonnet insulation, refractory); Dept. of the Navy / City of Vallejo Final EIS/EIR for disposal and reuse of Mare Island (April 1998, DTIC ADA344388) documenting ACM in yard facilities; Collins v. Plant Insulation Co., 185 Cal. App. 4th 260 (2010) - mesothelioma verdict tied to Mare Island welding work 1976-1994 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json record 'mare-island-naval-shipyard' (evidence rows ev-mare-island-01, ev-mare-island-02)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Builder-yard context: USS Manlove was built at Mare Island Navy Yard (1943), a yard with documented asbestos products and ACM in its facilities at yard level. Yard-level documentation of wartime-era asbestos use is consistent with, but does not establish, shipboard installation aboard this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943 (build); 1976-1994 (yard litigation window); 1998 (EIS/EIR)
- Population
- Mare Island Navy Yard construction and repair trades
- Limitations
- Yard-level record, not a hull record: documents asbestos in the builder's industrial environment, not materials installed aboard DE-36. The yard's dated litigation record (Collins, welding trades 1976-1994) postdates this hull's 1943 construction by three decades; the 1998 EIS/EIR documents surviving facility ACM. Neither speaks to this ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-manlove-de36-04
-
[5]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweep (fleet helper cl-auth-search.py): exact-name and hull-number queries across opinion (type=o) and RECAP docket (type=r) indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-manlove-de36-04, sl-uss-manlove-de36-05, sl-uss-manlove-de36-06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located. Exact-phrase 'USS Manlove' returned 0 results in both the opinion index (type=o) and the RECAP docket index (type=r). The bare hull-designator query 'DE-36' (type=o) returned 274 hits, all name collisions - docket-entry citations of the form '[DE 36]' and unrelated identifiers; page-1 review found no ship- or asbestos-related result.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28 (search date)
- Limitations
- Sweep is exact-name and hull-designator based; the bare surname 'Manlove' opinion query and a combined 'Manlove asbestos' query could not complete before the session's CourtListener window closed (fleet pacing stand-down) - logged in the search ledger and gaps. An opinion that mentions service aboard without the 'USS' prefix or hull number could exist outside the queries that ran. Negative result does not prove no claim was ever filed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-manlove-de36-05
-
[6]Batch-4264 search ledger (this record): DANFS/hazegray and NHHC; NavSource DE-36 archive; NARA-held official photo catalog references; CourtListener opinion + RECAP docket sweeps; web-level asbestos-source sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-manlove-de36-01 through sl-uss-manlove-de36-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement or demolition-disposal record, museum hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Manlove / DE-36 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sold for scrap in December 1947 and broken up at Portland, Oregon - no surviving structure, museum file, or preservation-condition disclosure exists to draw on. Web-level asbestos mentions of 'USS Manlove' occur only on law-firm and asbestos-marketing list pages, which are excluded as non-authoritative.
- 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 - a 1943 combat escort broken up in 1948 left no modern survey trail, and any exposure-era documentation would sit in undigitized BuShips/NARA hull files. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-manlove-de36-06