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-newell-de322-pkt-kb-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Newell (DE-322) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block and service narrative, including final decommissioning and striking paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies Newell as an Edsall-class destroyer escort, with 1,200-ton displacement, 306-foot length, 36-foot 7-inch beam, 21-knot speed, and design complement of 186. It was laid down 5 April 1943 by Consolidated Steel Co., Orange, Texas; launched 29 June 1943; commissioned 30 October 1943; decommissioned 20 November 1945; recommissioned in Coast Guard service as WDE-422 on 20 July 1951; decommissioned 31 March 1954; recommissioned as DER-322 on 20 August 1957; decommissioned 21 September 1968; and struck from the Naval Vessel Register 23 September 1968.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1968
- Population
- Construction trades and U.S. Navy/Coast Guard crews, 1943-1968
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, specifications, service, and disposition but does not identify asbestos, products, insulation, abatement, individual exposure, or remaining material aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-newell-de322-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command photograph NH 91564, USS Newell (DE-322), 2 June 1944 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NH 91564 catalog description
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC's official photograph catalog identifies this hull as USS Newell (DE-322), photographed at anchor in New York Harbor on 2 June 1944, and identifies the image as an official U.S. Navy photograph in NHHC collections.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- USS Newell and wartime crew, 1944
- Limitations
- The image catalog corroborates hull identity and wartime existence; it is not an interior survey and does not establish asbestos content, material condition, exposure, or abatement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-newell-de322-02
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[4]U.S. General Accounting Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979), full report PDF [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2, pp. 11-12 and 22 (PDF pagination; thermal insulation policy, class estimate, and other applications)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reports Navy-wide use of asbestos primarily in shipboard thermal insulation and describes removal/replacement policies for damaged insulation and repair work. The report separately gives an estimated 87,634 pounds of thermal insulation for a destroyer (DD) class and notes other applications such as gaskets and pipe-hanger liners.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy/report context
- Population
- Navy shipbuilding, repair, and shipyard personnel; program-wide
- Limitations
- Program- and class-level evidence, not a survey of Newell and not a finding for an Edsall-class destroyer escort. The DD estimate must not be converted into a Newell quantity or product finding; it does not establish what was installed, removed, or retained on DE-322.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-newell-de322-03
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[5]NHHC, Sources of Ship Plans; NARA Special Media Archives Services Division identified as a government source for general plans and drawings of ships stricken from the Naval Vessel Register [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC Sources of Ship Plans, Government Sources section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC identifies NARA's Cartographic and Architectural Branch as holding general plans and drawings for most ships stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. Newell was struck in 1968, making NARA hull plans an appropriate archival lead for future review of engineering and material specifications; the plans were not retrieved in this batch.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- This establishes an archival lead only. No Newell plan or drawing was reviewed, so the row does not establish asbestos, insulation, products, quantities, condition, or exposure aboard DE-322.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-newell-de322-04
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[6]CourtListener authenticated helper sweep attempted 2026-09-28 [court_record]
- Locator
- Required helper output: PACING: fleet-wide request budget momentarily spent; exact-name opinion, exact-name docket, and DE-322 opinion attempts blocked; DE-322 docket not sent
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The required authenticated helper was invoked for exact-name opinion search ("USS Newell"), exact-name docket search ("USS Newell"), and hull-number opinion search ("DE-322"). Each request received the helper's fleet-wide pacing-budget stand-down before a result. The hull-number docket query was not sent after repeated stand-downs. No hit or no-result classification is claimed for these blocked requests; there is no qualifying asbestos-litigation finding from the completed 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 authenticated fleet limiter blocked all attempted requests in this session; this is a documented coverage gap, not a no-litigation conclusion. No anonymous, raw, or v3 request was used. Unindexed state filings, sealed records, and non-RECAP materials remain outside the search.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-newell-de322-05
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[7]Authoritative-source review of NHHC DANFS and NHHC/NARA-linked public records for USS Newell (DE-322/DER-322) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS and NHHC official image/ship-plan source review; search ledger in this record
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No affirmative ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, asbestos product identification, disposal/hazmat disclosure, or material specification was located in the authoritative public sources reviewed for Newell. Ship-specific asbestos documentation is therefore recorded as unknown, not presumed from construction date, diesel propulsion, destroyer-escort classification, or Navy service.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-2026 public-source review
- Limitations
- A research negative cannot prove that no asbestos was ever aboard or that no record exists in non-digitized NARA, Navy, Coast Guard, shipyard, or litigation files. It also does not address individual exposure or present condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-newell-de322-06