Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet ih-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-poole-de151-pkt-ih-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Poole (DE-151), Vol. V p.351 (builder, dates, namesake, service narrative, striking-era status; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. V p.351, Poole (DE-151) entry - specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down by Consolidated Steel Co., Orange, Tex., 13 February 1943; launched 8 May 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Minor Herndon Poole, mother of namesake Gunners Mate First Class Minor Butler Poole (posthumous Navy Cross, USS Boise, Cape Esperance 11-12 October 1942); commissioned 29 September 1943, Comdr. R. D. Dean, USCG, in command. Shakedown off Bermuda; coastwise escort; transatlantic convoy to Casablanca (arrived 11 January 1944); fifteen months escorting high-speed convoys to UK and continental ports; Escort Division 22 led by Poole departed New York 4 June 1945 for the Pacific; Pearl Harbor 14 July; Saipan, then Honshu occupation duty off Wakayama; departed 29 October for San Diego; reached Charleston 10 December; Green Cove Springs; decommissioned 'January 1947' per DANFS text; Atlantic Reserve Fleet 'into 1970.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1970
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943; USCG crew 1943-1946 (DANFS complement 216)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The 'January 1947' decommissioning reading conflicts with the ship's own war-history chronology and secondary references (29 January 1946) - carried in gaps. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-poole-de151-01
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[3]USS Poole (DE-151), 'History of the USS Poole (DE-151)' - ship's official war-history narrative submitted at war's end, received by Navy Department MAR 18 1946 (scanned document hosted on NavSource) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Single-page narrative, NavSource archive image 06151wh.jpg ('MAR 18 1946' receipt stamp)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-produced primary narrative for this hull: commissioned 29 September 1943 at the City Docks, Orange, Texas, 'the Coast Guard manned destroyer escort'; flagship of Escort Division 22 (Poole, Peterson DE-152, Harveson DE-316, Joyce DE-317, Kirkpatrick DE-318, Leopold DE-319). Bermuda shakedown; Charleston Navy Yard post-shakedown availability; COTCLANT crew training at Norfolk; December 1943 submarine hunt with Harveson (rammed, engine rooms flooded, Poole stood by); Casablanca convoy December 1943-January 1944; Leopold torpedoed and sunk the night of 9 March 1944 after reporting a radar contact 7 miles south of the convoy (28 survivors, all officers lost; Joyce performed rescue under threat of the submarine); ten round trips New York-UK/continent averaging ~35 ships; 16 April 1944 tanker SS Pan Penn torpedoed, U-boat sunk by Joyce/Peterson/Gandy; 30 August 1944 tanker SS Jacksonville torpedoed within sight of Ireland, Poole picked up the only 2 survivors; 14-15 September 1944 hurricane, Poole rolled to 79 degrees; 22nd Atlantic crossing then Brooklyn Navy Yard availability with new armament; Pacific transit June-July 1945; Pearl Harbor patrol/gunnery-school/submarine-target duty; Wakayama occupation patrol; San Diego 15 November 1945; special tests with Peterson for CNO at San Pedro; Charleston 10 December 1945 via Panama Canal 6 December; Jacksonville repairs 15 January 1946; then Green Cove Springs for decommissioning; CortDiv 22 redesignated CortDiv 40 on 1 January (1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- USCG crew of USS Poole 1943-1946; CortDiv 22 ships' companies
- Limitations
- Produced aboard the ship at war's end (received MAR 18 1946) - predates formal decommissioning, so the inactivation timeline is implied rather than dated; the decommissioning date itself is not stated. Documents operations, not materials or asbestos content. Scan hosted on NavSource (volunteer site) but the underlying document is the ship's official submission.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-poole-de151-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945' Vol. I (NAVSHIPS 250-010) - DE roster entry 263 (POOLE, DE151) and DE design-group table [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1.pdf: DE design-group table book pp.234-235 (PDF p.127); roster entry 263 book pp.256-257 (PDF p.138)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips roster row for this hull: POOLE, official number DE151, group design FMR, built by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.; contract price of hull and machinery $1,988,000 (cost-plus-fixed-fee); contract signed 10 January 1942; keel laid 13 February 1943; launched 8 May 1943; contract date of completion 22 August 1943; preliminary acceptance 29 September 1943; first commission 29 September 1943. The design-group table defines FMR as 'Fairbanks Morse diesel reverse gear drive' with: 306 ft overall length, 36 ft 7 in beam, 1,200 tons standard / 1,590 tons full load, 21.2 kt trial speed, accommodations 15 officers + 201 enlisted, F.M. model 38D8-1/8 diesels, 6,000 shp, 2 propellers, and 'None' under Boilers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (publication April 1945)
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943; design-group crews (accommodations 216)
- Limitations
- Official construction and design data; contains no materials or asbestos information. Design-group (FMR) characteristics are class-level data tabulated for the group, here paired with the hull's own roster row. Contract price is hull-and-machinery contract value, not final cost.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-poole-de151-03
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[5]BuShips SDB 1945 FMR design-group row (diesel plant, 'None' under Boilers) + DANFS specifications block (Edsall class, 21 kt) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1.pdf DE design-group table book pp.234-235 (PDF p.127); DANFS specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Design/era inference: an FMR-group Edsall-class destroyer escort built 1943 with a Fairbanks-Morse geared diesel plant and no boilers would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel ship - diesel-exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, brake linings, and deck coverings - but not the boiler and steam-line insulation typical of steam-powered hulls.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943; USCG crew 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Class/design and era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No asbestos survey or materials schedule for this hull was located; the inference constrains the likely application set (diesel plant, no steam lagging) rather than asserting the presence of any specific product. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-poole-de151-04
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's extensive shipboard asbestos insulation use with substitution not beginning until the early 1970s - a 1943-built escort falls inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979 (publication); construction era 1943
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers
- Limitations
- Program-level era context only; not a survey of this hull or this class. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov HTTP 403 to automated fetch); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-poole-de151-05
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[7]MARAD Vessel History Database, vessel-name search 'Poole' (single result GEORGE R. POOLE (1945), unrelated merchant hull) [other_primary]
- Locator
- vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov ShipList keyword 'Poole' - 1 result, GEORGE R. POOLE (1945)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- MARAD Vessel History Database holds no record for this hull: the only 'Poole' result is GEORGE R. POOLE (1945), an unrelated merchant vessel. Consistent with a Navy-custody disposal - stricken 1971 and sold for scrapping 1974 without passing through MARAD custody.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28 (search date)
- Limitations
- Confirms absence of MARAD/NDRF records only; disposal records for Navy-custody sales (Defense Property Disposal / Navy sales files) were not located. Does not establish or refute any asbestos fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-poole-de151-06
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[8]Batch-4062 search ledger (this record): DANFS mirror; ship's official war history; BuShips SDB 1945 roster and design tables; NavSource operational page; MARAD vessel database; NARA catalog; CourtListener ship-name and hull-number sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-poole-de151-01 through sl-uss-poole-de151-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or asbestos litigation naming USS Poole (DE-151) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- 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 - it establishes only that no ship-specific public documentation was found. The hull was scrapped in 1974, so no present-day condition can be assessed. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-poole-de151-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 search sweep, exact ship name and hull number, opinions (type=o) and RECAP dockets (type=r) [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py results: type=o 'USS Poole' count=0; type=r 'USS Poole' count=0; type=o 'DE-151' count=47 (all collisions); type=r 'DE-151' count=769 (all collisions); type=o 'Poole'+'DE-151' count=0
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep executed 2026-09-28: 'USS Poole' opinions = 0 hits; 'USS Poole' dockets = 0 hits; 'DE-151' opinions = 47 hits, all name collisions (the string matches docket-entry references and form/statute strings in unrelated opinions - none maritime or asbestos); 'DE-151' dockets = 769 hits, all collisions on 'DE-###' docket-entry references inside order descriptions; combined 'Poole' AND 'DE-151' opinions = 0 hits. No qualifying asbestos litigation and no litigation of any kind naming this hull located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28 (search date)
- Limitations
- Sweep bounded to indexed CourtListener content on 2026-09-28: a negative result does not prove no claim was ever filed - state-court filings, settled or non-digitized MDL-875 matters, and complaints not naming hulls verbatim may not appear. Establishes only that no docketed opinion or RECAP docket naming this hull was indexed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-poole-de151-08
