Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet fl-packet.md (3 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-mckee-dd575-pkt-fl-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, McKee III (DD-575), NHHC ship-history entry (live page returns 404; verbatim text via Wayback capture 2025-12-09, concordant with hazegray.org transcription) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS 'McKee III (DD-575)' entry, specifications block + service narrative (Wayback capture 2025-12-09)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 2 March 1942 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.; launched 2 August 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Richard A. Asbury; commissioned 31 March 1943, Comdr. J. J. Greytak in command. Specs: 2,050 t; 376'5" x 39'8" x 17'9"; 35 kt; cpl. 273; 5x5", 6x40mm, 11x20mm, 10x21" tt.; cl. Fletcher. Service: shakedown Guantanamo Bay; departed Norfolk 6 July 1943 with Yorktown; Panama Canal; Hawaii 24 July; TF 53 New Hebrides 4 November; Bougainville convoy cover and Rabaul strike screen November 1943; Tarawa screen 19 November - 7 December; Kwajalein/Enubuj 31 January 1944; Kavieng shelling March; Humboldt Bay landings 23 April; Guam close support 21 July - 4 August; Morotai 15 September; Leyte Gulf 20 October; San Francisco 15 November 1944; TF 58 Tokyo/Iwo Jima/Kyushu strikes February 1945; Okinawa picket duty (four-plane attack 13 April); Minami Daito Shima bombardment 21 April; Third Fleet 28 May; 5 June typhoon; Leyte overhaul; Suruga Wan/Shimizu bombardment 30 July; Tokyo strikes through 15 August; Charleston 16 October; decommissioned there 25 February 1946; Atlantic Reserve Fleet, berthed Orange, Tex. (as of 1969). 11 battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1969
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew (design complement 273)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and design specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The entry narrative ends circa 1969 and does not record striking or disposal - those rest on the NVR row (ev-02). Live NHHC page returns 404; verbatim Wayback capture cited, cross-checked against the hazegray.org transcription (wayback 2022-09-10).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mckee-dd575-01
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[3]Naval Vessel Register, MCKEE (DD 575) vessel-status record (live NVR now requires NSLC login; Wayback capture 2024-07-26; record last updated 2002-01-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship-details record, MCKEE (DD 575): VESSEL STATUS block (Status, Date status Changed, Stricken Date); page footer 'Last Updated: 01/02/2002'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Naval Vessel Register entry for this hull: Status 'Disposed of, by Navy Sale'; date status changed 02/01/1974; Stricken Date 10/01/1972; UIC 04575. Establishes the authoritative striking (1972-10-01) and disposal-method (Navy sale) record for DD-575.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1972-1974 (striking/disposal); record updated 2002
- Limitations
- Conflicts with widespread secondary dates: NavSource and Wikipedia read stricken 1 October 1970 and sold 2 January 1974. NVR (official register) is carried as authoritative; the secondary 1970 strike date and the 2 January 1974 sale date (a probable MM/DD transposition of the NVR 02/01/1974 status-change) are documented in gaps. Most NVR milestone fields are blank for this 1970s-era disposal; the 'Class' field reads 'DD 448', an NVR grouping code for the Fletcher family - class identity rests on DANFS ('cl. Fletcher'). Does not identify the purchasing breaker yard or any materials handling.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mckee-dd575-02
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[4]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-575 USS McKee (Wayback capture 2024-05-24) - captioned NARA RG 19-LCM photographs documenting yard events [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-575 page, photo caption entries (Feb-Mar 1943 Orange fitting out; 1943-06-11 Charleston Navy Yard; 1944-12-28/30 Mare Island; NISMF Orange circa 1969-1974)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Captioned photograph record for this hull, largely NARA RG 19-LCM originals: fitting out at Consolidated Steel, Orange, Tex., February-March 1943; at Charleston Navy Yard 11 June 1943; post-overhaul trials from Mare Island Navy Yard 28 December 1944 and midships/aft views 'during Mare Island overhaul 30 December 1944'; berthed at the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Orange, Texas, circa 1969-1974 (consistent with DANFS 'berthed at Orange, Tex.' as of 1969; arrival date at the Orange berth is not documented). Documents the ship-specific yard contacts at Mare Island (1944 overhaul) and NISMF Orange (reserve-fleet berthing documented 1969-1974).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Population
- Mare Island Navy Yard overhaul workers Nov-Dec 1944; NISMF Orange reserve-fleet maintenance crews (berthing documented 1969-1974)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-edited photographic compilation - an index to primary NARA photography, not itself a primary source; the underlying photographs are the authoritative artifacts (archival lead). Captions establish the hull's presence at named yards on named dates; they do not establish work scope, materials handled, or asbestos content. NavSource's own data block carries the contested 1970 strike / 2 January 1974 sale dates - superseded by NVR (ev-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mckee-dd575-03
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[5]Destroyer History Foundation, 'Consolidated Shipbuilding, Orange, TX' yard history + Texas Historical Commission marker 'Office of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding and Consolidated Steel Corporation' (Orange, 2008) [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyerhistory.org Orange yard page (build totals, 20,000-worker peak); THC marker text transcribed at hmdb.org/m.asp?m=116218; DANFS specifications block (machinery class data)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Fletcher-class destroyer built March 1942 - March 1943 with the standard four-boiler, 60,000-shp geared-steam-turbine plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. Builder context: Consolidated Steel's Orange yard was a 65-acre Navy-contracted facility on the Sabine River that built 12 Fletcher-class destroyers (then ~100 destroyer escorts and 27 Gearing-class hulls) and peaked at about 20,000 workers; postwar the site became the Navy's Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Orange - the same site where this hull was later berthed in reserve.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1940-1946 (yard wartime operation); 1946-1970s (NISMF reuse)
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades, Orange TX 1942-43 (~20,000 peak yard employment)
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no hull-level material specification, insulation schedule, or yard work-order naming DD-575 was located. Consolidated Steel Orange is not an Atlas shipyards.json entry (gap). Yard size/employment figures are construction-context only and do not establish exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mckee-dd575-04
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page (title/abstract)
- 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 entire lifecycle (1942 construction, 1943-46 commissioned service, 1946-72 reserve berthing, 1974 disposal) inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979 (report); era covered: through early 1970s
- Population
- Navy crews and shipyard workers, era-level
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not a hull record: GAO HRD-80-2 establishes era practice, not what was installed aboard DD-575. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches; the product-page description was used (same limitation as Batch-01).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mckee-dd575-05
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[7]CourtListener sweeps, "USS McKee": opinions - United States v. Hensley, 52 M.J. 391 (C.A.A.F. 2000); United States v. Sparks, 20 M.J. 985 (N.M.C.M.R. 1985). Dockets - Bouchard v. CBS Corporation, 2:11-cv-00458 (W.D. Wash.); IN RE: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), MDL-875 (J.P.M.L.) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4: type=o q="USS McKee" (count=2, both reviewed); type=r q="USS McKee" (count=2: Bouchard v. CBS Corp. 2:11-cv-00458 W.D. Wash.; MDL-875 JPML)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener exact-name sweep classified. Opinion index (count=2): the only hits are Navy courts-martial - United States v. Hensley (C.A.A.F. 2000, larceny, sonar technician) and United States v. Sparks (N.M.C.M.R. 1985, drug distribution, fireman apprentice) - both decided after this hull's 1974 disposal and on their face concerning the submarine tender USS McKee (AS-41, in commission 1981-1999): name collisions, not qualifying asbestos litigation. Docket index (count=2): Bouchard v. CBS Corp. (W.D. Wash., asbestos PI removal, filed 2011-03-16, terminated 2013-01-11) is an asbestos docket in which 'USS McKee' appears in indexed text - the defendant declarant was Lockheed Shipbuilding (Seattle), builder of AS-41, so the reference likely concerns the tender, not this hull; vessel role unverified (archival lead). IN RE: Asbestos MDL-875 (J.P.M.L.) is the umbrella MDL docket where 'USS McKee' appears in aggregated docket text - archival lead only, not a case naming this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1985-2000 (opinions); 2011-2013 (Bouchard); sweep run 2026-09-27
- Population
- Courts-martial appellants (AS-41); Bouchard plaintiff (asbestos PI, vessel role unverified)
- Limitations
- No qualifying case names DD-575. The AS-41 attributions rest on context (courts-martial dates and post-1984 service windows; Lockheed Shipbuilding's role as AS-41's builder at Seattle) - full-text pulls to confirm the Bouchard reference's hull were not completed (fleet pacing). Hull-number sweeps complete: no hit contains the string 'DD-575' - the docket hits are bare identifier collisions (habeas, securities dockets). Absence of a located docketed case is not proof none exists (RECAP coverage of state-court removals is incomplete).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mckee-dd575-06
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[8]Batch-3547 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (Wayback); hazegray DANFS transcription; Naval Vessel Register (Wayback); NavSource photo index; Destroyer History Foundation + THC marker; GAO HRD-80-2; CourtListener opinion sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-mckee-dd575-01 through sl-uss-mckee-dd575-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-575: no hull asbestos survey, no abatement contract, no museum hazmat disclosure (hull scrapped 1974 - no museum phase exists), no NPS/HAER documentation, and no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull in the CourtListener sweeps (opinion index: two name-collision courts-martial, AS-41; docket index: Bouchard asbestos removal likely referencing AS-41 plus the MDL-875 umbrella, both archival leads; hull-number sweep complete: no hit containing 'DD-575' - logged in search_ledger).
- 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 - the hull's construction squarely inside the Navy's peak asbestos-use era makes era-standard materials likely at the class level (ev-04, ev-05). This row records only that no ship-specific public record was located in the sources searched; it does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mckee-dd575-07