Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, McCoy Reynolds (DE-440) (namesake, builder, dates, WWII/Korea service narrative, transfer and striking; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Private McCoy Reynolds, USMCR, KIA Guadalcanal 25 November 1942 (posthumous Silver Star). Laid down 18 November 1943 by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.; launched 22 February 1944 (sponsor Mrs. Tilden Reynolds); commissioned at Brooklyn Navy Yard 2 May 1944. WWII Pacific service: Peleliu bombardment screen 20-24 September 1944; probable RO-47 attack 25-26 September; with Conklin (DE-439) sank Japanese submarine I-37 at Kossol Roads 19 November 1944; Okinawa campaign Logistics Support Group screen; guarded kamikaze-damaged Bunker Hill (CV-17) to Ulithi 12-14 May 1945; rode out the 5 June 1945 typhoon; decommissioned San Diego 31 May 1946. Recommissioned 28 March 1951; Korea service 1952 (shore bombardment at Songjin; destroyed a North Korean railroad train 21 May); Pearl Harbor homeport; Far East deployment 1954 (Manila, Royal Thai Navy exercises, Hong Kong station ship); mid-Pacific surveillance/SAR 1955; overhaul at Hunter's Point from August 1956; decommissioned at Treasure Island 7 February 1957; loaned to Portugal same day as NRP Corte Real (F-334); struck from the U.S. Naval Register 1 November 1968; sold to Portugal December 1968. Four WWII and one Korean battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1968
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; wartime and postwar crew (DANFS design complement 186)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404; the mirror text contains minor transcription garbles (e.g., 'ships via the Admiralties,' '22 October 5') that do not affect the carried facts. NavSource dates the I-37 sinking 14 November - conflict carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mccoy-reynolds-de440-01
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[2]NavSource Online, Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS McCoy Reynolds (DE 440) - building/operational data, specifications, and photo timeline (secondary compilation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/06/440.htm - specifications block and Building and Operational Data list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource photo-archive page for this hull: confirms keel laid 18 November 1943 at Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Port Newark; launch 22 February 1944; commissioning 2 May 1944 at Brooklyn Navy Yard (Lcdr. Edwin K. Winn); decommission 31 May 1946 San Diego; recommission 28 March 1951 San Diego (Lcdr. Peter S. Smith); decommission 7 February 1957 at Treasure Island and loan to Portugal as NRP Corte Real (F-334); struck from NVR 1 November 1968; sold to Portugal December 1968. Specs listed: 2 'D' express boilers, geared turbines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws, 24 kt; complement 14 officers/201 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1970
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not an official record - consistent with DANFS on dates except the I-37 sinking, which it dates 14 November 1944 vs. DANFS's 19 November (carried in gaps); complement figure (215) differs from DANFS (186) and navypedia (156) - carried in gaps. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mccoy-reynolds-de440-02
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table (group 6 WGT); navypedia WGT boiler-block map; Atlas shipyard dataset record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v1 pp. 234-235 design-group table row 6; navypedia us_de_tev_wgt boiler-block map; shipyards.json 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: DE-440 is a John C. Butler-class (WGT, BuShips design group 6) destroyer escort - one of only two DE classes carrying a full steam plant. Per the class boiler-block map, the Federal Newark block DE-438-452 carried 2 Babcock & Wilcox 'D' express boilers (435 psi/750 F) with Westinghouse geared turbines, 12,000 shp. A steam-plant ship of this era would have carried era-standard asbestos boiler and steam-line insulation, flange and valve gaskets, machinery packing, and fireproofing; builder Federal Shipbuilding is documented in the Atlas yard dataset (federal-shipbuilding-kearny).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1970
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; crew 1944-46, 1951-57; Portuguese crew 1957-68
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The boiler-vendor mapping is from the class profile's navypedia block map (secondary compilation), unverified against contract documents for this hull. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure. No primary insulation schedule for DE-440 was located; NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications remain an archival lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mccoy-reynolds-de440-03
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[4]Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC, W.D. Wash. No. 2:17-cv-00537 - pretrial materials and exhibit lists naming USS Brannon (DE-446) [court_record]
- Locator
- W.D. Wash. 2:17-cv-00537 docket - praecipe/pretrial exhibit materials (per class-profile search ledger sl-john-c-butler-class-04)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Class-level litigation context: pretrial materials in Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec name USS Brannon (DE-446) - a John C. Butler-class sister built in the same Federal Newark block (DE-438-452) with the same Babcock & Wilcox boiler block as DE-440 - and recite allegations that a Griscom-Russell evaporator installed per Navy specifications was insulated aboard with asbestos ('asbestos was a critical material during WWII when the Navy installed the distiller on Mr. Jack's ship'), while the defense noted the insulation 'could have included fiberglass, mineral wool or other non-asbestos insulation.' The docket's expert/witness materials cite the primary Navy insulation-spec suite (BuShips Manual ch.39 Thermal Insulation NAVSHIPS 250-000(39) 1945; Navy Dept spec 32F3a 'Felt, Insulating, Asbestos' Oct 1945) as exhibits.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (alleged exposure era); 2017-2018 (litigation)
- Population
- John C. Butler-class crew, era context
- Limitations
- Class context only - the docket names DE-446, not DE-440; it is pleading/exhibit-list stage, not an adjudicated finding for any hull, and the parties dispute whether the insulation was asbestos. No litigation naming DE-440 was located (see negative-finding row). Value here is as a pointer to the Navy insulation-spec suite cited in the same docket.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mccoy-reynolds-de440-04
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[5]Arquivo Historico da Marinha (Portuguese Navy historical archive), file PT/BCM-AH/APEPL/NGP/003/000004 'F 334 NRP "Corte Real"' (catalog entry indexed; page access-restricted to automated fetch) [other_primary]
- Locator
- arquivohistorico.marinha.pt details id=14901; catalog path PT/BCM-AH/APEPL/NGP/003/000004
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Portuguese Navy historical archive (Arquivo Historico da Marinha, Archeevo) holds a cataloged file series for F-334 NRP Corte Real under 'Navios de Guerra Portugueses: Fragatas. 1943/1975' - the hull's Portuguese-service record set (1957-1968), the period covering any late-life material condition before scrapping in 1970.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-1970
- Population
- Portuguese Navy crew 1957-1968; breakers circa 1970
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the catalog entry was located via search index, but the detail page rejected automated access (WAF); contents (and any material/hazmat information) are unreviewed. NARA deck logs for DE-440 (WWII-era deck logs, NARA II RG 24) likewise not located in digitized public form.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mccoy-reynolds-de440-05
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[6]Batch-4331 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS transcription; NavSource archive page; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries; Portuguese Navy historical-archive catalog; Atlas shipyard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-mccoy-reynolds-de440-03 through sl-uss-mccoy-reynolds-de440-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-440: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract, no hazmat or museum disclosure (hull scrapped circa 1970, no museum custody), and no qualifying asbestos litigation names the vessel. CourtListener 'McCoy Reynolds' returned zero opinion hits and two person-name collisions in the docket index (bankruptcy debtor 'Adam McCoy Reynolds'; a 'Judge McCoy Reynolds' exhibit in an unrelated civil-rights docket); 'DE-440' returned 7 opinion hits and 141 docket hits, all string/identifier collisions (docket-entry-number 'DE 440' references in unrelated bankruptcy, civil-rights, and criminal dockets) - none is the vessel.
- 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 1943-44 steam-plant hull would era-consistently have carried ACM, and the scrapped/foreign-transfer status leaves no surveyable hull. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mccoy-reynolds-de440-06