Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet kb-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced).
- Evidence ID
- uss-mosley-de321-pkt-kb-packet-md
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[2]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Mosley (DE-321) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS title/specifications paragraph and construction paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS identifies Mosley (DE-321) as an Edsall-class destroyer escort, laid down by Consolidated Steel Corp. at Orange, Texas, on 6 April 1943, launched 26 June 1943, and commissioned 30 October 1943. It records 1,200 tons displacement, 306-foot length, 36-foot 7-inch beam, 21-knot speed, and a complement of 186.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- U.S. Navy and Coast Guard-manned ship personnel
- Limitations
- Ship-history record; it does not identify asbestos-containing materials, quantities, locations, condition, crew exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mosley-de321-01
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[3]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, USS Mosley DE-321 [museum_official]
- Locator
- Specifications block; service narrative; final disposition paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Coast Guard vessel page confirms Mosley was an Edsall-class destroyer escort with two-shaft Fairbanks Morse diesels rated at 6,000 bhp, a 21-knot top speed, and a complement of 186. It summarizes her 1944-45 convoy, anti-submarine, and hunter-killer service and records decommissioning at Green Cove Springs on 15 March 1946, entry into the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, striking from the Navy Register on 2 January 1971, and sale for scrap on 22 August 1973.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Crew and shipyard/reserve-fleet personnel; no asbestos population identified
- Limitations
- Official vessel-history and disposition summary; propulsion and service history are not asbestos findings and do not establish asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mosley-de321-02
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[4]NHHC, World War II: Mediterranean Convoys 1943-44, Mosley (DE-321) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Mosley (DE-321) entry in the Mediterranean Convoys 1943-44 PDF
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC's convoy reference identifies Mosley (DE-321)'s UGS/GUS convoy assignments to North Africa between 31 January and 18 March 1944, participation in the 20 April 1944 UGS-38 attack in which she shot down one German aircraft and damaged another, later Bizerte and Oran runs, and assignment to a North Atlantic hunter-killer group with Menges, Pride, and Lowe. It records two World War II battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Mosley crew and convoy personnel, 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Operational context only; the publication does not identify asbestos-containing material, shipboard exposure, abatement, or a product aboard DE-321.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mosley-de321-03
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[5]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page for HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's Navy-wide review provides era context that the Navy's major shipboard use of asbestos was thermal insulation and examines Navy controls for worker exposure and insulation removal. This is relevant background for a World War II destroyer escort but is not a survey or inventory of Mosley (DE-321).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and crews, program-wide
- Limitations
- Program-wide evidence, not hull-specific; it does not establish that asbestos was aboard Mosley, identify any product or location, quantify material, establish condition or removal, or prove individual exposure. Automated retrieval of the full GAO report was not completed; the product page was reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mosley-de321-04
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[6]Authoritative-source review for ship-specific asbestos documentation in NHHC DANFS, Coast Guard history, NHHC convoy publication, and official indexed materials [other_primary]
- Locator
- Cross-source review documented in BATCH-4223-REPORT.md; see search ledger
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No affirmative ship-specific asbestos survey, material specification, product inventory, abatement/removal record, disposal hazmat record, or official exposure finding for USS Mosley (DE-321) was located in the authoritative sources reviewed for this batch. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- A negative finding from the sources searched is not proof that asbestos was absent. It does not cover non-digitized NARA engineering drawings, Navy work packages, private records, state-court filings, or undisclosed abatement records; no class or propulsion inference is promoted to a hull finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mosley-de321-05
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[7]CourtListener authenticated helper sweep, exact-name and hull-number queries [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py --query "USS Mosley" --type opinion --limit 20; two helper responses dated 2026-09-28
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The required authenticated CourtListener helper was invoked twice for the exact-name opinion query "USS Mosley"; both controlled attempts reported the fleet-wide pacing-budget stand-down before returning a result. Per helper guidance, no loop or bypass was used; the remaining exact-name docket and DE-321 opinion/docket queries were not sent. No conclusion about the existence or absence of litigation is drawn from this incomplete sweep.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- CourtListener coverage is incomplete because the shared authenticated pacing budget blocked the first request. This is a coverage gap, not a no-litigation result; state-court filings, unindexed records, and settlements may be outside CourtListener.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mosley-de321-06