Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
-
[1]research packet jz-packet.md (19 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS *Martin* (second ship of the name; NHHC titles the entry "Martin II (DE-30)") — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/m/martin-ii.html (loaded NHHC DANFS, L0)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-martin-de30-pkt-jz-packet-md
-
[2]DANFS, 'Martin II (DE-30)' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (DANFS 1969, Vol. 4, pp. 253-254; live NHHC URL returns 404 - verbatim text via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20240524204559; parallel transcription at hazegray/losthistory.net) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Martin II (DE-30)' entry body text + spec block (Wayback capture 20240524204559; hazegray transcription DANFS Vol. 4 pp. 253-254)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC record for this hull: originally intended for lend-lease to Britain, laid down as BDE-30 by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, Calif., 26 Nov 1942; launched 18 May 1943; redesignated DE-30 16 Jun 1943; renamed Martin 23 Jun 1943; commissioned 4 Sep 1943, Lt. Paul E. Warfield, USNR, in command. Named for Carpenter Luther Charles Martin, USNR (enrolled 1920; appointed carpenter 4 Nov 1937; assigned Astoria CA-34; killed in action aboard her, Battle of Savo Island, 9 Aug 1942). Pacific Fleet service: escorted Idaho (BB-42) to San Diego 29 Sep-2 Oct; convoy to Pearl Harbor 11 Nov, arriving 21st, TF 16; 3 Dec with Trathen (DD-530) and SS Mormacport to Ellice-Gilbert Islands, returned 31 Dec; TG 58.4 escort for initial Marshall operations from 9 Jan 1944; Tulagi 18 Mar-1 Oct merchant-ship escort, Solomons; Oct 1944 TG 30.8 escorting fueling units during strikes on Formosa, Luzon, Okinawa (from 10 Oct); Nov-Feb 1945 western Carolines/Marianas patrol; 10 Dec 1944 screened LSTs landing on Leyte for mop-up; from Feb 1945 Eniwetok-based convoy escort to Kwajalein, Guam, Ulithi; departed Kwajalein 5 Jul 1945, arrived San Francisco 19 Jul; decommissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard 19 Nov 1945; struck from the Navy list 5 Dec; sold to Wilmington Transportation Co., Wilmington, Calif., 15 May; delivered 3 Jun for scrapping. Spec block: 1,140 t; 289'5"; 35'1"; 8'3"; 21 k; cpl. 156; 3x3", 4x1.1", 9x20mm, 2 dct, 3 dcp, 1 hedgehog; class Evarts. First Martin was a screw tug (ex-James McMartin).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Mare Island construction workforce (1942-43); wartime crew (DANFS complement 156)
- Limitations
- Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for service history, construction, and disposal chain. Contains no asbestos, materials, or insulation information; supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC page 404s (standing link rot, cf. BATCH-01); the Wayback capture is the verbatim NHHC text. The sentence 'sold ... 15 May, and delivered 3 June' carries no year - 1946 is the consistent reading (NavSource, NavalCoverMuseum); Bauer & Roberts Register of Ships reads sold 3 Jun 1947 - flagged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martin-de30-01
-
[3]War History of the U.S.S. MARTIN (DE-30) - the ship's own war-history submission, serial DE30/A12-1/(hn) Serial 322, 29 September 1945, CO to Secretary of the Navy, ref. Alpac 140 of September 1945, signed R. W. McCallister Jr., Lieut. Comdr., USNR, Commanding (scanned original document, NavSource DE-30 page) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Serial DE30/A12-1/(hn) Serial 322, 29 Sep 1945, paragraphs 1-8 (NavSource image 06030wh.jpg, 2-page scan)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous primary document authored by this ship's commanding officer: commissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard 4 Sep 1943 (Capt. F. W. Scanland officiated; Lt. Paul E. Warfield USNR assumed command); assigned Escort Division Twenty Six, Destroyers, Pacific Fleet; escorted USS Idaho (BB-42) to San Diego; departed for Pearl Harbor 7 Nov 1943 (DANFS reads 11 Nov - conflict flagged); duty with CTF 16; 3 Dec with Trathen (DD-530) and SS Mormacport to Ellice-Gilbert area; TF 58.4 escort from 19 Jan 1944 (DANFS reads 9 Jan - conflict flagged); local escort Marshalls 4-17 Feb, then fueling-unit escort for the first Truk raid; Mar-Oct 1944 ComSoPac merchant-ship escort/local screen Solomons - escorted 3rd Amphibious Echelon to Emirau, transported 190 men and gear of two MTB squadrons Green Island to Dreger Harbor, New Guinea; Lt. R. W. McCallister Jr. assumed command 24 Aug 1944 relieving Warfield; Oct 1944 TG 30.8 fueling-unit escort for Third Fleet strikes on Formosa, Luzon, Okinawa; Nov 1944-Feb 1945 surface escort/local screen western Carolines and Marianas, part of screen for LST unit landing on Leyte 10 Dec 1944; Feb-5 Jul 1945 convoy escort Eniwetok to forward areas, duty with the Ninth Fleet; 5 Jul 1945 return orders; 19 Jul 1945 sailed under the Golden Gate ending a 20-month-19-day cruise; overhaul availability assigned at Kaiser Yard No. 3, Richmond, Calif.; all work stopped 16 Aug 1945 with overhaul only partially completed; moved and moored off Tiburon, Calif., awaiting decommissioning.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Ship's crew 1943-45; Kaiser Yard No. 3 overhaul workforce Aug 1945
- Limitations
- Authoritative contemporaneous record (the ship's own submission) - the best source for the Kaiser Yard No. 3 overhaul and Ninth Fleet assignment, which DANFS does not mention. Contains no materials or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim. Its 7 Nov 1943 and 19 Jan 1944 sailing dates conflict with DANFS (11 Nov / 9 Jan) - carried as documented conflicts in gaps, not silently reconciled.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martin-de30-02
-
[4]NavSource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive - USS Martin (DE 30), file 06/030 (building/operational data, spec block, CO table, Navy photo index) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 06/030.htm - specifications block, 'Martin (DE 30) Building and Operational Data', commanding-officer table, awards ribbon display, photo index
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull corroborates DANFS and adds detail: keel laid as BDE-30 Mare Island Navy Yard 26 Nov 1942; launched 18 May 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Joseph E. Flynn; redesignated DE 30 16 Jun 1943; renamed Martin 23 Jun 1943; commissioned 4 Sep 1943 at 10:00 by Capt. F. W. Scanland USN representing the Commandant Mare Island Navy Yard, Lt. Paul E. Warfield USNR in command; struck from NVR 5 Dec 1945; sold for scrapping to Wilmington Transportation Co., Wilmington, Cal. 15 May 1946; delivered for scrapping 3 Jun 1946. Spec block (Evarts class data on the ship page): 1,140 t light / 1,430 t full; 283'6" wl / 289'5" oa; 35' beam; 11' draft limit; 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp, 2 screws; 19 kts; 4,150 nm at 12 kt; complement 15 officers/183 enlisted; armament 3x3"/50 Mk22, 1 quad 1.1"/75 Mk2, 9x20mm Mk4, Hedgehog Mk10 (144 rds), 8 Mk6 DCP, 2 Mk9 DCT. CO table: Warfield 4 Sep 43-24 Aug 44; McCallister 24 Aug 44-19 Nov 45 (decommissioning CO). Awards displayed: American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, WWII Victory ribbons. U.S. Navy construction photos indexed (DE-29-3700-43 launch; DE-29-4824-43 fitting out 2 Jul 1943; BS 131011 BuShips photo, NARA San Bruno).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Mare Island construction workforce (1942-43); wartime crew
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; consistent with NHHC. Data defects logged in gaps: building data reads decommissioned '10 November 1945' while its own CO table ends McCallister's tenure 19 Nov 1945 and DANFS/NavalCoverMuseum read 19 Nov (10 Nov carried as a NavSource typo, not reconciled silently); its spec block repeats class-standard figures (198 complement, 19 kt, 8 Mk6 DCP) that differ from this hull's DANFS spec block (156, 21 k, 3 dcp). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martin-de30-03
-
[5]NavSource Online: 'The Evarts / Fighting DEs' class history (Robert P. Sables, LTC ret. AUS) - Evarts (GMT) class design, machinery, construction program [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 06/005a.htm - 'EVARTS CLASS SPECIFICATIONS' block + 'PROPULSION - TYPE GMT' section + construction-program narrative
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Class-level record for the Evarts (GMT) type to which this hull belongs: designed by Gibbs and Cox to British specifications for inexpensive, quickly built convoy escorts; 97 built (65 retained by USN, 32 to Royal Navy as the Captain class); built at Boston, Mare Island, Puget Sound, and Philadelphia Navy Yards; prefabricated in sections and welded on the slipways; propulsion TYPE GMT - four General Motors Model 16-278A diesel engines (two each in separate engineering compartments) producing 6,000 hp, driving twin screws through tandem electric motor drives - a diesel-electric plant with no boilers or steam turbines; wartime power-plant shortage limited the class to four diesels; class figures 1,140 t standard / 1,430 t full, 289'5", 35'1", 8'3" mean draft, complement 15/183, 21 kt trial speed; excepting two hulls leased to China, the class was sold for scrap in 1946-47.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Evarts-class construction and crew populations (class context)
- Limitations
- Class-level description of design and program, not a hull record - propulsion and dimensions are class-standard; this hull's DANFS spec block (156 complement) differs from the class figures carried here (198). Establishes the diesel-electric machinery type relevant to which era-typical asbestos applications would plausibly apply (no boilers/steam plant) but establishes nothing about this hull's actual materials. Secondary compilation, consistent with DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martin-de30-04
-
[6]Consolidated era/yard inference - DANFS spec block for this hull + Evarts (GMT) class data + Atlas shipyard dataset records for Mare Island Naval Shipyard (tier 2) and Kaiser Shipyards Richmond (tier 3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block (this hull); NavSource Evarts class data; shipyards.json records 'mare-island-naval-shipyard' and 'kaiser-shipyards' (Atlas dataset, evidence reviewed 2026-09-28)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a naval combatant built 1942-43 at the peak of WWII asbestos usage, this hull is of the era and construction program in which Navy ships commonly carried asbestos-containing materials. For this diesel-electric (GMT) class specifically - no boilers, no steam plant - era-typical applications would center on diesel-exhaust and machinery-space lagging, pipe lagging, gaskets and packing, electrical-cable insulation, deck coverings, joiner/bulkhead insulation, and fireproofing rather than boiler and steam-line insulation. Builder-yard and overhaul-yard asbestos documentation exists at yard level in the Atlas dataset: Mare Island Naval Shipyard (tier 2; documented products incl. Unibestos, Marinite, Transite, Kaylo, Careytemp, Gold Bond, Super 66, pump/valve packing, gaskets, bonnet insulation, refractories; 1998 Navy/City of Vallejo EIS documents ACM in yard buildings; Collins v. Plant Insulation, 185 Cal. App. 4th 260 (2010), yard-level mesothelioma verdict) and Kaiser Shipyards Richmond (tier 3; products incl. insulation, fireproofing, hull insulation, boiler components, pipe coverings, turbine insulation, electrical wiring, deck materials, adhesives; DTSC/EPA environmental records) - the hull's documented August 1945 partial overhaul was at Kaiser Yard No. 3, Richmond (ev-02).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Mare Island Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; ship's crew 1943-45; Kaiser Richmond Yard No. 3 overhaul workforce Aug 1945; 1946 scrapping-yard workers (Wilmington Transportation Co.)
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, material schedule, or purchase/work order naming DE-30 was located; yard-level records document the yards, not the contents of this hull; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. The wartime 1943 build and the incomplete 16-day August 1945 overhaul are the hull's documented disturbance windows - their asbestos scope is inference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martin-de30-05
-
[7]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and emergency construction program under which this Mare Island-built Evarts-class escort was mass-produced - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in shipbuilding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or class and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martin-de30-06
-
[8]Fleischer, W.E., Viles, F.J. Jr., Gade, R.L., and Drinker, P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed record PMID 21016030; article pp. 9-16 (pipe covering material section)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The U.S. Maritime Commission-commissioned industrial-hygiene survey of WWII pipe-covering operations at two Navy yards and two Navy contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite' - i.e., asbestos insulation was standard material in wartime naval-vessel construction of exactly this hull's era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- survey ~1944-45; published 1946
- Population
- WWII pipe coverers and insulators at Navy and contract yards (era context)
- Limitations
- Era-level documentation of asbestos use in naval construction generally; does not name this vessel, class, or builder yard and establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure. (The study's exculpatory 'not a dangerous occupation' conclusion has since been heavily criticized - see the 2026 critique at DOI 10.1177/10482911261446696.)
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martin-de30-07
-
[9]Batch-4208 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback + hazegray mirror; ship's war-history scan (NavSource); NavSource 06/030 ship page and Evarts-class article; NavalCoverMuseum corroboration; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated); indexed-web checks; VA BVA index; NARA record-group guides [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-martin-de30-01 through sl-uss-martin-de30-12
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, specification, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Martin / DE-30 / BDE-30 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener API v4 results (2026-09-28, authenticated): '"USS Martin" asbestos' opinion search count 0; '"USS Martin" "DE-30"' opinion search count 0; '"USS Martin" asbestos' RECAP/docket search count 0; '"DE-30"' opinion search returned 4,713 hits all consisting of docket-entry notation '[DE 30]' and Spanish 'de 30' date strings - over-broad, no qualifying vessel reference. The hull was scrapped in 1946: no museum, landmark, or post-service abatement record exists to check. Law-firm marketing ship lists that name destroyer escorts generically (e.g., mesotheliomahope.com DE list) are an excluded source class and were not used.
- 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 Mare Island-built escort is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. Litigation sweep coverage is partial: three clean name/keyword queries returned zero qualifying hits, but broader RECAP queries ('"USS Martin"' unqualified, '"DE-30" asbestos' type=r) were fleet-pacing blocked (exit 2) on 2026-09-28 - residual docket surface unqueried via API; the 'Martin' name's high collision rate (surname; also USS Martin H. Ray DE-338, a different Buckley-class hull) means a qualifying allegation could exist under a non-exact phrasing the sweeps did not reach.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martin-de30-08
-
[10]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs), RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships); NARA San Bruno U.S. Navy construction photographs indexed on NavSource; Mare Island and Kaiser Richmond yard work-order records [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; NavSource 06/030.htm photo credits (NARA San Bruno)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Martin (DE-30) 1943-1945 (RG 24, NARA College Park); BuShips Evarts-class (BDE/DE) design records, General Information Books, and Booklet of General Plans for the GMT type (RG 19); Mare Island Navy Yard construction records and Kaiser Yard No. 3 Richmond work orders for the August 1945 partial overhaul; U.S. Navy construction photographs of this hull (DE-29-3700-43, DE-29-3701-43, DE-29-4824-43, BS 131011) indexed on the NavSource page as held by NARA San Bruno.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1946 records
- Limitations
- Record-group and photo-index mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; the NARA online catalog could not be queried programmatically this session (API-gated/JS interface). Existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martin-de30-09
