Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet io-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-neuendorf-de200-pkt-io-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Neuendorf (DE-200) (1970 ed., Vol. 5, pp. 49-50; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry (1970) Vol. 5 pp. 49-50, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: named for Seaman First Class William Frederick Neuendorf, Jr. (b. 7 Oct 1916, Cleveland, Ohio; enlisted 5 Nov 1935), killed controlling No. 6 battery of USS Nevada (BB-36) at Pearl Harbor 7 Dec 1941 and posthumously commended 'for distinguished devotion to duty and extraordinary courage and disregard for his own safety.' Laid down at the Charleston (S.C.) Navy Yard 15 February 1943; launched 1 June 1943 (sponsor Mrs. Edna Rose Morton, sister of the namesake); commissioned 18 October 1943, Lt. Comdr. Jasper N. McDonald in command. Buckley class; 1,400 t; 306 ft; beam 36'10"; draft 12'7"; 24 kt; complement 186; armament 3x3", 4x1.1", 8x20mm, 2 DCT, 8 DCP, 1 hedgehog. Service: shakedown Bermuda; CortDiv 37; Noumea arrival 28 Jan 1944; Solomons/New Hebrides escort; 7th Fleet (Milne Bay, Hollandia, Aitape, Tanahmerah, Wakde, Saidor, Manus, Biak); ASW patrols Jun-Jul 1944; Maffin Bay bombardment; Leyte 15 Nov 1944; Lingayen/Mindoro operations Jan-Feb 1945 with USS Manning (DE-199); flagship Commander Local Naval Defense Forces Iloilo, Panay, 15 Apr-Aug 1945; Okinawa escort run; departed Philippines 1 Oct 1945; San Diego 23 Oct 1945; decommissioned 14 May 1946; Pacific Reserve Fleet; authorized for target use and struck from the Navy List 1 July 1967. Earned 3 battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1967
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction workforce 1943; wartime crew (design complement 186)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page (history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/n/neuendorf.html) returns 404. The 1970 edition ends at the 1967 striking; the 30 Nov 1967 sinking date is carried from NavSource (ev-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neuendorf-de200-01
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[3]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Neuendorf (DE-200) page (building/operational data compiled from BuShips/NVR records; live navsource.org fetch failed - Wayback capture 2024-12-10 used) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-200 archive page, 'Building and Operational Data' block, specifications block, awards block, CO roster
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Operational record for this hull compiled from official sources: decommissioned at San Diego 14 May 1946 after 2 years 7 months of service and 108,000 miles steamed; inactivation completed 27 June 1946; assigned to Submarine Group Two, San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet; struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1 July 1967; sunk as target off California 30 November 1967. NavSource spec block: TE type (turbine-electric drive, 3-in guns); 2 'D' Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12,000 shp, 2 screws; 24 kt; range 6,000 nm at 12 kt; complement 15 officers / 198 enlisted. Awards: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 stars, WWII Victory Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon. Commanding officers: Lcdr. Jasper N. McDonald Jr. (Oct 1943-Oct 1944), Lcdr. Robert Channing Barlow USNR (Oct 1944-Oct 1945), Lt. J.N. Townsend USNR (Nov 1944-Jan 1946), Lt.(jg) Floyd USNR (Jan 1946), Lt. Richard de Stackelberg USN (Jan-May 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1967
- Population
- Wartime and reserve-era crew; inactivation workforce at San Diego 1945-46
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer compilation of official data (BuShips photos 80-G-479875/479676, NVR dates, CO roster) - secondary compilation, not itself an official record. Sinking-site coordinates and the nature of the target event (aircraft, ship, or weapons test) are not stated. Complement figure (213) differs from the DANFS figure (186) - variance carried in gaps. Two CO rows overlap (Barlow Oct 1944-Oct 1945 vs Townsend Nov 1944-Jan 1946) - as compiled; not reconciled.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neuendorf-de200-02
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[4]'History of the United States Ship Neuendorf (DE-200)' - ship-authored end-of-war narrative (official war history submitted at war's end; archive document no. 157825; scanned image hosted by NavSource) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource image 06200wh.jpg (eight-column typed document, 'HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES SHIP NEUENDORF (DE-200)', doc no. 157825)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary-source narrative authored aboard this hull at war's end (document no. 157825): Neuendorf was 'the second destroyer escort built by the Charleston, South Carolina, Navy Yard'; commissioned 18 October 1943 in honor of 'the late William Frederick Neuendorf, seaman first class of Huntsburg, Ohio, a former member of the crew of the U.S.S. NEVADA and one of her heroes on the day the Japanese commenced the war with the attack on Pearl Harbor'; ship turned over by Navy Yard commandant Rear Admiral Jules James, USN; commissioning CO Lt. Comdr. Jasper N. McDonald of Douglas, Georgia. Crew drawn from 35 states and the District of Columbia, 'almost eighty per cent of whom had never before been to sea.' Narrative confirms the DANFS operational record through the 1 October 1945 departure from Subic Bay 'with 169 feet of homeward bound pennant billowing... from the mast to the fantail.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard workforce; commissioning crew (~80% first enlistment per the document)
- Limitations
- Ship-authored official narrative documents construction site, commissioning, crew composition, and operations - it contains no asbestos or materials information. The namesake's hometown reads Huntsburg, Ohio (DANFS records birthplace as Cleveland) - residence vs. birthplace, carried without reconciliation. Scan quality is degraded in places; legible passages transcribed verbatim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neuendorf-de200-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design groups 2-3 (shipscribe.com scan) + navypedia 'Buckley (TE) class destroyer escorts' boiler-block map (us_de_te.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 DE design-group table; navypedia us_de_te.htm machinery table (DE199-213 block row)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: the Buckley TE design (BuShips design groups 2-3) carried a full steam plant - 2 'D' express-type boilers at 435 psi/750 degF superheat feeding General Electric turbo-electric machinery, 12,000 shp, 2 shafts, 23.6-24 kt. The navypedia block map assigns DE-199 through DE-213 - including this hull - 2 Combustion Engineering boilers. A 1943 steam-plant DE would have carried period-standard asbestos applications: boiler and steam-line insulation, turbine and machinery lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, fireproofing, electrical insulation, and deck coverings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1967
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; crew 1943-46; reserve-fleet/inactivation workforce 1946-67
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No ship-specific materials record for DE-200 was located. The boiler-manufacturer assignment (Combustion Engineering, DE-199-213 block) is navypedia-compiled and unverified against contract documents. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neuendorf-de200-04
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[6]Atlas shipyard dataset (shipyards.json), 'charleston-naval-shipyard' record (tier 2; documented asbestos product categories; OSHA inspection 100361849 citing 29 CFR 1910.1001 D07 I, 1988; litigation verdicts Whalen 2014 and Twidwell 2018) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json record 'charleston-naval-shipyard' (evidence_tier 2, flagship ev-charleston-naval-shipyard-06); OSHA inspection 100361849
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Builder-yard context: Neuendorf was built at the Charleston Navy Yard Feb-Oct 1943 (the yard's second destroyer escort, per the ship's own war history). The Atlas yard record documents asbestos product categories in use at Charleston Naval Shipyard including magnesia pipe insulation, boiler external coatings with 15% asbestos, spray-on insulation for walls and ship interiors, asbestos gaskets in pumps and valves, packing materials for rotating equipment, thermal insulation for steam systems, and fireproofing materials; an OSHA health-complaint inspection (No. 100361849, opened 1988, closed 2 May 1990) lists a citation under the asbestos standard 29 CFR 1910.1001.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943; yard documentation 1972-2018
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades 1943 (hull build period)
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation describes the construction site's documented asbestos environment - it does not establish what was installed aboard this specific hull, and the OSHA record is a 1988-era measurement long after the 1943 build. Yard context only; not a ship-specific finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neuendorf-de200-05
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[7]Batch-4117 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 exact-name and hull-number queries; VA BVA decisions full-text search (bvadecisions index); marketing-list sweep excluded per source rules [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-neuendorf-de200-05 through sl-uss-neuendorf-de200-08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-200: CourtListener opinion search for exact name 'USS Neuendorf' returned zero hits; VA Board of Veterans' Appeals full-text decision index returned zero results for 'Neuendorf' (all indexed years); no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming this hull was found in the authoritative sources searched. Marketing/lead-generation ship lists that name the hull (asbestos-ships.com, mesotheliomahelp.org, freeasbestostesting.com, shepardlawfirm.com) are non-authoritative and excluded.
- 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 - the hull was expended as a target in 1967 and cannot be surveyed today. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Fleet-wide CourtListener pacing (shared ~114 req/hr budget) limited the depth of RECAP docket review this session; residual risk that a RECAP-indexed docket names the hull exists and is logged in the search ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neuendorf-de200-06
