Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet lh-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-odum-de670-pkt-lh-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Odum (APD-71) - namesake bio, build, full commission narrative, disposal (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page serves 404 - identical text verified in the 2024-12-09 Wayback capture of the live NHHC entry) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Fireman First Class Joseph Roy Odum (b. Jacksonville FL 1913-02-09; enlisted 1934-06-20; KIA 1942-10-15 aboard USS Meredith DD-434 protecting shipmates in the water; posthumous Silver Star). Laid down as DE-670, 1943-10-15, 'by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.'; launched 1944-01-19, sponsored by Mrs. Katherine Odum; converted to a high-speed transport and redesignated APD-71 on 1944-06-27; commissioned 1945-01-12, Lt. Comdr. John A. Comly in command. Spec block: dp. 2130 (f.); l. 306'; b. 37'; dr. 13'; s. 24k.; cpl. 374; 1x5-inch, 6x40mm, 6x20mm; class Charles Lawrence. Service: shakedown off Bermuda; Panama Canal; San Diego; sailed 16 May (1945) for Hawaii; amphibious training off Maui; underwater demolition gear; Guam; Ulithi; escorted transport SS Kote Baroe to Leyte (arr. 29 June); escort missions Ulithi-Hollandia-Leyte; mid-August joined TF 33; 31 August escorted occupation-troop transports to Japan (arr. 8 September); 12 September departed escorting former-POW transports to the Philippines; Far East occupation support until late November. Atlantic Fleet TransRon 2 (east coast, Cuba, Puerto Rico); entered Charleston Naval Shipyard for inactivation 1946-07-26; decommissioned Green Cove Springs FL 15 November (1946); Texas Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet; sold under the Military Assistance Program to Chile (Serrano); struck from the Navy List 1 December 1966.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1966
- Population
- Dravo/Consolidated Steel construction and conversion trades 1943-45; wartime crew (APD complement 374 incl. troops); Chilean Navy crew 1966-1984
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Builder and launch-date attributions conflict with NavSource/uboat.net/Armada de Chile (Dravo hull, launched 1943-12-19) - carried unresolved in gaps; DANFS 'struck 1 December 1966' conflicts with the 1 November 1966 given by NavSource/uboat.net/NavalCoverMuseum. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-odum-de670-01
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[3]Armada de Chile (Chilean Navy) official unit history, Destructor Transporte 'Serrano' 3 - builder attribution, acquisition decree, arrival, hulk conversion, decommission, disposal [other_primary]
- Locator
- armada.cl unit history page, 'Nombres anteriores' + narrative + spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Chilean Navy record for this hull's post-transfer career: previous name 'USS APD 71 Odum'; 'Construido en astilleros Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh' (built at the Dravo Corp. yard, Pittsburgh); acquired in the U.S. under Decreto Supremo No. 15 of 1966-08-15; arrived in Chile 1967-05-23 'totalmente reacondicionado' (fully reconditioned); converted to pontoon YON-147 by Commander-in-Chief resolution 4520/7 of 1984-06-27; decommissioned by resolution 4281/B-1174 of 1991-09-27; sale authorized by D.S.(M) 28 of 1991-10-28 and adjudicated to the British company Incom Shiptrade Ltd. under purchase contract of 1992-10-02. Chilean spec block: displacement 2,130 t; 12,000 shp; max speed 23.6 kt; length 93.3 m; draft 3.8 m; armament 1x5-inch/38, 4x40mm, 6x20mm, 2 depth-charge tracks.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1966-1992
- Population
- Chilean Navy crew 1966-1984; pontoon custodians 1984-1991; disposal workers post-1992
- Limitations
- Authoritative foreign-operator record - documents Chilean custody events and independently corroborates the Dravo (Pittsburgh) hull-builder attribution against DANFS's Consolidated Steel reading. 'Arrived fully reconditioned' implies a pre-delivery refit but locates and scopes no yard period; no hazmat or materials statement; the page's 'Ano: 1942' header field approximates the build year.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-odum-de670-02
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[4]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Odum (APD-71) page - build chronology (Dravo hull ferried to Orange TX), unit assignment, occupation-duty windows, CO roster, awards line (volunteer archive reproducing official records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/10/04/04071.htm - chronology block, awards, CO roster
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource chronology for this hull: laid down 1943-10-15 as Odum (DE-670), a Buckley-class destroyer escort, at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh PA; launched 1943-12-19; redesignated APD-71 on 1944-06-27; 'ferried to Orange, TX. for fitting out as a High-speed Transport'; commissioned USS Odum (APD-71) 1945-01-12 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange TX, LCDR John A. Comly USNR in command. Asiatic-Pacific assignment: TransDiv 107, Capt. N. E. Miller USN. Navy Occupation Service Medal windows: 6-24 September, 7-27 October, 4-21 November 1945. Decommissioned 1946-11-15 Green Cove Springs FL; Atlantic Reserve Fleet Florida Group, later Texas Group Orange TX; struck from the Naval Register 1 November 1966; sold to Chile under MAP, renamed ACH Serrano (APD-26); retired from Chilean service 1984 and scrapped. CO roster: Comly (to 1945-05-28), LCDR James S. Munroe USNR (to 1945-11-01), LT William P. Porter II USNR (to 1946-04-08), LT Raymond A. Frady USN (to 1946-11-15). Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1992
- Population
- Wartime and postwar crew 1945-46
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled archive, not a federal record - it reproduces official chronology and registry data; cited here as the best-located source for the Dravo launch date and the ferry-to-Orange construction path. Its 'Sold to Chile, 1 November 1967' line is a typo (acquisition decree August 1966, November 1966 transfer per all other sources); its 1 November 1966 striking conflicts with DANFS's 1 December - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-odum-de670-03
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[5]'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' APD-71 entry (official U.S. Navy compilation, HyperWar reproduction) + HyperWar APD index table ('Converted from Destroyer Escort while building') [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/APD/APD-71_Odum.html + /USN/ships/ships-apd.html index row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy compilation data for this hull: Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport; displacement 1,450 t (full load); length 306'; beam 37'; draft 12'; speed 22.5 kt max / 12 kt econ; armament 1x5"/38 DP, 3x2 40mm, 6x20mm, 2 depth-charge tracks; complement 374; 'Turbo-electric drive, twin screws, 12,000 shaft hp'; 'Built at Consolidated Steel, Orange, Tex., and commissioned 12 January 1945'; APD index entry 'APD-71 Odum 1944 - Converted from Destroyer Escort while building'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Confirms the during-construction DE-to-APD conversion and the turbo-electric plant; credits Consolidated Steel as builder (the completion/conversion yard - see gaps for the Dravo-hull conflict). Spec block documents design, not materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-odum-de670-04
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table (shipscribe.com scan) + navypedia Buckley (TE) class contract-block boiler map (us_de_te) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 DE design-group table; navypedia us_de_te boiler block map (DE-665-673 = Foster Wheeler)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference for this hull: Charles Lawrence-class APDs were Buckley-class (TE) destroyer-escort hulls reclassified during construction while retaining the Buckley machinery plant - BuShips Ships' Data 1945 design groups 2-3: two 'D' express-type boilers at 435 psi/750 deg F superheat feeding GE turbo-electric machinery, 12,000 shp, two shafts, ~23.6-24 kt. Navypedia's per-block boiler-manufacturer map assigns Foster Wheeler boilers to the DE-665-673 contract block that includes this hull (DE-670). A 435-psi superheated-steam plant of 1943-45 construction carried period-standard asbestos insulation - boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, valve/flange gaskets, machinery packing, fireproofing, deck coverings - as routine material; this hull was built, converted, and commissioned October 1943 - January 1945, squarely inside the asbestos era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1984
- Population
- Dravo and Consolidated Steel construction/conversion trades 1943-45; crew 1945-46; Chilean Navy crew 1966-84
- Limitations
- Design-level inference only - no ship-specific material list, survey, or contract schedule was located for this hull. The Foster Wheeler attribution is a navypedia block-map entry, unverified against contract documents; the APD conversion altered topside arrangements but the retained steam plant is class-documented. Establishes no quantities and no individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-odum-de670-05
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[7]Batch-4446 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live + Wayback + ibiblio mirror; NavSource APD-71; Armada de Chile Serrano unit history; HyperWar Ships-APD compilation; NARA catalog; VA BVA decision index; commercial asbestos listicles reviewed and excluded [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-odum-de670-01 through sl-uss-odum-de670-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, VA decision, or docketed court case naming Odum (DE-670/APD-71) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). No custody survives from which a survey could be expected - the hull was hulked as Chilean pontoon YON-147 in 1984 and sold for disposal in 1992 (Incom Shiptrade Ltd.); Chilean disposition records contain no hazmat statement. Two commercial law-firm listicles (simmonsfirm.com Navy-ships page; mesotheliomahelp.org destroyer-escorts page) name 'USS Odum' on marketing lists - excluded source class, logged in the batch report.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1945 steam combatant is consistent with retained era materials through her Chilean career and scrapping. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-odum-de670-06
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[8]NARA Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978 (RG 24, NAID 594258) + NHHC photo NH 77399 (Odum off San Francisco, late 1945; McPherson collection 1973) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov (no item records returned for 'Odum'); navsource.net image credit 'NH 77399'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Unretrieved primary records exist for this hull: RG 24 deck logs for the January 1945 - November 1946 commission (the NARA catalog serves no digitized item records for this hull by name or hull number); the BuShips General Information Book / booklet of general plans (material-specification primary record); NHHC photo NH 77399 is the located official imagery. The 1966 MAP transfer/pre-delivery reconditioning file and Consolidated Steel conversion records are the likeliest primaries for material scope and are undigitized.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - none of these records was retrieved or read; their contents cannot be asserted. Deck logs document movements and events, not insulation material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-odum-de670-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 search sweep via authenticated helper cl-auth-search.py: executed queries "USS Odum" (type=o); queued "Odum" asbestos (type=o), "APD-71" (type=o), "DE-670" (type=o), "Odum"/"USS Odum" (type=r docket index) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-odum-de670-07 (executed, count=0); sl-08 (blocked)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep for this hull, partially executed on 2026-09-29: the executed opinion query "USS Odum" (type=o) returned zero results - no published opinion names the ship. Queued queries "Odum" asbestos (type=o), "APD-71" (type=o), "DE-670" (type=o), and the type=r docket-index searches could not be executed: the fleet-wide pacing budget was momentarily spent on repeated spaced attempts over ~50 minutes (helper exit 2), and retries were stopped per the limiter's guidance rather than pushed into a throttle.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Partial sweep only: the completed query is the highest-yield one for this hull's exact name, but 'Odum' is a common surname with high collision volume, and the asbestos-pairing, hull-number, and docket-index queries never ran - an unopinionated asbestos docket naming this hull cannot be excluded. Litigation status is unverified-in-part, not confirmed negative. Re-run the blocked queries when the pacing budget frees.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-odum-de670-08