Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet ih-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-neunzer-de150-pkt-ih-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Neunzer (DE-150) (namesake, builder, dates, convoy and hunter-killer service narrative, U-546 action, reserve and disposal; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404; identical text mirrored at losthistory.net/hazegray DANFS transcription) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry (Vol. 5, p. 50), specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Machinist Weimar Edmund Neunzer (b. Lynn, Mass. 1912; enlisted 1934; KIA 2 July 1942 with Patrol Squadron 43, Aleutians; Air Medal posthumous). Laid down by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex., 29 January 1943; launched 1 June 1943; sponsored by the namesake's widow; commissioned 27 September 1943, Lt. John E. Greenbacker in command. Fitting out Galveston/New Orleans; shakedown Bermuda; four weeks developing ASW equipment with an Atlantic Fleet research group; joined TF 62 at Norfolk 1 January 1944 and escorted Mediterranean convoys; shepherded five Italian submarines to Bermuda, refueling two at sea; detached to the Guadalcanal (CVE-60) hunter-killer group; barrier patrol vs. snorkel U-boats April 1945; participated in the 24 April 1945 sinking of U-546 after it destroyed Frederick C. Davis (DE-136) - creeping attack with Varian (DE-798) and Joseph C. Hubbard (DE-211) under Chatelain (DE-149) direction; escorted last Atlantic convoy of the war 25 May 1945; escorted captured U-505 on a War Bond exhibition along the east coast and Gulf through end 1945; decommissioned January 1947 into the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, berthed at Philadelphia into 1970; one battle star; bracketed addendum: stricken from the Navy list 1 July 1972, sold 1 November 1973.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943; wartime crew (design complement 186); Philadelphia reserve-fleet caretakers 1947-1973
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404; the ibiblio transcription contains a transcription typo ('U-646') in the paragraph describing Frederick C. Davis's contact - the printed DANFS and the hazegray mirror read U-546, consistent with the later paragraph. The DANFS 'January 1947' decommissioning conflicts with NavSource's 14 June 1946 - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neunzer-de150-01
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[3]DANFS specifications block (Edsall class; 21 kt) + NavSource DE-150 specification compilation (FMR geared-diesel plant) + Texas Historical Commission marker, 'Office of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding and Consolidated Steel Corporation' (Orange, Tex.; transcription at hmdb.org m=116218) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; navsource.net/archives/06/150.htm specifications block; Texas Historical Commission marker text (hmdb.org transcription)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: an Edsall-class destroyer escort built 1943 would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel-powered escort - exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, brake linings, and deck coverings - but no boilers or steam-line lagging, the largest asbestos categories aboard steam combatants (the class's FMR plant: four Fairbanks-Morse 38D8-1/8 geared diesel engines, four diesel-generators, 6,000 shp, two screws, per NavSource's compilation). Builder context: a Texas Historical Commission marker records that the Navy's Office of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding stood up the Consolidated Steel Orange yard in 1940-41 and that 39 destroyers and 100 destroyer escorts were built there during WWII; the yard is not in the Atlas shipyards dataset, so no yard-level asbestos finding attaches.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943; crew 1943-1947
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding; no asbestos application aboard this hull is documented. The diesel plant materially narrows the expected product set versus steam ships; does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure. NavSource is a volunteer archival compilation used here for the plant designation only; the THC marker is an official state record cited via a third-party transcription.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neunzer-de150-02
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[4]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation No. 9828426, Docket No. 94-15 783 (decided 1998-09-23), va.gov [court_record]
- Locator
- BVA Citation 9828426 - findings of fact 1-3; factual background (Consolidated Steel employment; named vessels); analysis
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Merits-level VA adjudication touching this hull's builder yard: the Board found the veteran - a Navy serviceman May 1944-February 1946 who had worked in Consolidated Steel's Orange, Tex., boilermaker department 1942-44 as a driller boring holes in new hulls - was NOT exposed to asbestos during that yard employment (finding of fact 1), WAS exposed to asbestos while serving aboard Navy vessels in service (finding of fact 2), and suffers asbestos-related lung disease from in-service exposure; service connection granted for asbestos-related lung disease, denied for asbestosis. The vessels he identified were USS Prince William (CVE-31), AN-37 Teakwood, and an unrecalled destroyer - not DE-150. Fellow-employee letters corroborated that the drilling stage involved no asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1946 (exposure periods); 1993-1998 (claim and decision)
- Population
- One Navy veteran (active duty 1944-1946; Consolidated Steel driller 1942-1944)
- Limitations
- Plaintiff-specific adjudication: the no-exposure finding covers one driller's outside-hull work and says nothing about asbestos elsewhere in the yard; the in-service exposure finding rests on other named vessels and does not touch this hull. BVA decisions are non-precedential single-claim adjudications. Included as context on the builder yard's wartime activity and on how VA frames WWII Navy asbestos exposure - not evidence about DE-150.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neunzer-de150-03
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[5]NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Index DE-150 (NARA still photo 80-G-228165; ship-submitted WWII War History scan; May 1973 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard mothball-fleet photo caption) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/06/150.htm - specifications block, building/operational data, photo captions 0615006/0615007, war-history link
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific archival leads (unretrieved): NavSource's DE-150 index links the ship's own 'War History' submitted at war's end (hosted scan of the official document) and captions a 25 April 1944 underway photo to U.S. National Archives photo 80-G-228165; a 25 May 1973 photograph identifies the Philadelphia mothball nests including Neunzer as the 'Inactive Ship Facility of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard' - confirming the reserve berth was Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. WWII deck logs and RG19 General Information Book material specifications at NARA are further unretrieved leads.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - the war-history text and NARA photo were not retrieved or reviewed, and none of these materials is known to address asbestos. The NavSource compilation is a volunteer archive; its photo captions are the basis for the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard attribution. The same index's '14 June 1946' decommissioning entry and 'Witte Scrap Yard' buyer identification are compilation data, not verified primary records - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neunzer-de150-04
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[6]Batch-4061 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS transcription; NavSource index; Atlas shipyard dataset; VA BVA decisions; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-neunzer-de150-01 through sl-uss-neunzer-de150-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-150: no hull ACM survey, no abatement or hazmat disclosure (the ship was scrapped 1973-74, so no preservation-body records exist), and no qualifying asbestos litigation naming the vessel was located in CourtListener searches - zero published opinions contain 'Neunzer', and the 119 'DE-150' opinion hits are docket-entry identifier collisions, none vessel-related. The RECAP/docket-text sweep could not be completed - the fleet pacing budget was saturated across ~55 minutes of spaced attempts (logged sl-09). Asbestos-marketing listicles name DE-150 on generic destroyer-escort exposure lists; they are excluded non-authoritative sources and are logged in the batch report, not cited.
- 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 demolished before any survey regime applied to it; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Docket-text sweep incomplete (pacing-blocked): a case naming the ship only in unindexed docket text would not have been caught by the completed opinion-level sweeps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neunzer-de150-05