Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, Price (DE-332), Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Vol. V (N-Q), pp. 379-380 (text verified against the Internet Archive scan of the GPO print edition; live NHHC page 404; verbatim transcriptions at ibiblio/HyperWar and hazegray/losthistory concur) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. V 'Price' entry, pp. 379-380 (archive.org djvu text ~lines 64417-64488); biography + specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake biography (Edward Max Price, b. 20 June 1916 Richmond, Va.; appointed Midshipman 16 July 1935; commissioned Ensign 1 June 1939; Lt.(j.g.) 1 November 1941; served aboard Lexington (CV-2); killed in action Battle of the Coral Sea 8 May 1942); specifications (Edsall class; 1,590 t full load; 306'0" length; 36'7" beam; 12'3" draft; 21 k; complement 216; armament 3x3-inch, 8x40mm, 3x21-inch tt, 2 dct, 8 dcp, 1 hedgehog). Laid down 24 August 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.; launched 30 October 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Ray P. Reynolds; commissioned 12 January 1944, Lt. Comdr. J. W. Higgins, Jr., USNR. Bermuda shakedown; Norfolk convoy escort from 23 March 1944; night of 11 April German air attack left Holder (DE-401) torpedoed and dead in the water - Price shot down one plane and escorted Holder, towed by HMS Mindful, into Algiers, then Bizerte; a return convoy and two further Bizerte convoys; detached from TF 65 on 28 September with Escort Division 58 to TG 21.7 North Atlantic convoys - five round-trip Atlantic convoys by 29 May 1945. Pacific transfer; Pearl Harbor 27 July; plane guard/escort for Kula Gulf (CVE-108) to Eniwetok 31 August; Ulithi, Guam, Okinawa; 6 December departed Guam for Iwo Jima and Chichi Jima - established the military occupation of the Bonin and Volcano Islands; Magic Carpet run departing Chichi Jima 9 January 1946 (embarking veterans at Iwo Jima, Guam, Pearl Harbor to San Pedro); Boston 21 February; Green Cove Springs, Fla. in late March. Decommissioned 16 May 1947, Atlantic Reserve Fleet; reactivated 1955; converted to radar picket escort and redesignated DER-332 21 October 1955; recommissioned at New York 1 August 1956, CortRon 18 at Newport, R.I. from 11 September; three and a half years patrolling the Atlantic Barrier (north of Newfoundland; south from the English Channel to the Azores); training cruises off Cuba, Bermuda, Virginia Capes; December 1959 SAR duty for President Eisenhower's flight home from Paris; in commission in reserve at Orange, Tex. 1 April 1960; decommissioned there 30 June 1960; Atlantic Reserve Fleet into 1970; one battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1975
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943-44; wartime and DER-era crew (design complement 216)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, service history, and specifications, not materials or asbestos content - the narrative contains no asbestos-related content whatsoever. The bracketed post-1970 disposition line (stricken 1 August 1974; sold 12 March 1975) is attributed in the transcription to Bauer & Roberts, Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy 1775-1990, p.225, not the DANFS entry proper. Live NHHC page returns 404 (standing link rot, BATCH-01); the archive.org GPO print scan controls; ibiblio and hazegray transcriptions concur. DANFS says 'recommissioned at New York' without naming the conversion yard - the New York Naval Shipyard attribution rests on NavSource (ev-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-price-de332-01
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[2]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Price (DE 332) - specifications and building/operational data block, awards list, commanding officers, dated U.S. Navy photo captions incl. 1 Aug 1956 Brooklyn Naval Shipyard recommissioning views (Wayback capture 2024-11-11; live navsource.org refuses automated fetch) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wayback 2024-11-11 capture of navsource.org/archives/06/332.htm - 'Specifications' block, 'Price (DE 332) Building and Operational Data' block, photo captions 0633203-0633204 (Brooklyn Naval Shipyard 1 Aug 1956), commanding-officer list, awards block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource compiled record for this hull: Edsall class, type FMR (geared diesel, Fairbanks-Morse reverse-gear drive, 3-inch guns); displacement 1,200 t light / 1,590 t full; length 300 ft wl / 306 ft oa; beam 36 ft 10 in; propulsion 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38D8-1/8 geared diesel engines + 4 diesel-generators, 6,000 shp, 2 screws; 21 kt; range 9,100 nm at 12 kt; complement 8 officers / 201 enlisted; armament 3x3"/50 Mk22, 1 twin 40mm Mk1, 8x20mm Mk4, 3x21" Mk15 tt, 1 Hedgehog Mk10, 8 Mk6 dcp, 2 Mk9 dct. Operational data: keel laid 24 August 1943 Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.; launched 30 October 1943; commissioned 12 January 1944; decommissioned 16 May 1947 at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 3 years 4 months; '21 October 1955: Reclassified and converted DER 332 at the New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y.'; recommissioned 1 August 1956 at New York City, assigned CortRon 18 Newport, R.I.; decommissioned 30 June 1960 at Orange, Tex. after 3 years 11 months; struck from the NVR 1 August 1974; sold for scrapping 12 March 1975. Dated Navy photo captions document the 1 August 1956 recommissioning ceremony at Brooklyn Naval Shipyard with USS Saratoga (CVA-60) in the background. Awards: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, EAME Medal w/1 star, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal. CO list: Lcdr. John Worthen Higgins Jr. USNR (12 Jan 1944-21 Apr 1945); Lcdr. William Anderson Walker III USN (21 Apr 1945-Jul 1946); Lcdr. John Foster Collingwood USN (Jul 1946-16 May 1947); Lcdr. William Anthony Stone (1 Aug 1956-); Lcdr. Leo Joseph Marshall Jr. (Aug 1959-1960).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1975
- Population
- Consolidated Steel trades 1943-44; USN crew 1944-47 and 1956-60; NY Naval Shipyard conversion workforce 1955-56
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation venue (volunteer photo archive) built from official U.S. Navy photographs and logbook data - used for the NY Naval Shipyard conversion attribution, machinery specification detail, awards list, and CO roster; not re-verified against underlying NARA records this pass. The New York Naval Shipyard conversion attribution is consistent with DANFS ('recommissioned at New York') and the dated recommissioning photo captions. Contains no materials or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-price-de332-02
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[3]Ship-submitted War History of USS Price (DE-332), letter DE332/A16-3 dated 4 October 1945, Commanding Officer to the Secretary of the Navy - scanned document image hosted on NavSource (Wayback capture) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource image 06332wh.jpg (linked as 'War History of USS Price' on the DE-332 page)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A primary ship-authored document survives for this hull: the commanding officer's 4 October 1945 submission to the Secretary of the Navy transmitting the ship's war history ('The History of the U.S.S. Price'), narrating construction at Orange, Tex., the 12 January 1944 commissioning, Bermuda shakedown, Mediterranean and North Atlantic convoy escort, the 11 April 1944 Holder assistance, the Pacific transfer, and occupation duty at Iwo Jima and Chichi Jima - ship-authentic operational detail corroborating the DANFS narrative.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- USN crew 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Single-page scan image reviewed at available resolution; it is an operational history, not a materials document - no asbestos or construction-materials content is present. It corroborates dates and movements rather than adding exposure information. The parent record for this document is NHHC's WWII war-histories collection (NavSource hosts the scan).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-price-de332-03
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[4]Navypedia, 'FMR' destroyer escorts (EDSALL) member table and design specifications + DANFS specifications block (cl. Edsall) + NavSource machinery spec (FMR geared-diesel plant) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia us_de_det_fmr.htm member row 'DE332, 10.1955- DER332 Price Consolidated, Orange 8.1943 30.10.1943 1.1944 stricken 8.1974' + machinery block (4 Fairbanks Morse diesels, 6000 hp, 2 shafts, 21 kt); DANFS DE-332 spec block ('cl. Edsall'); NavSource machinery spec; shipyards.json record 'brooklyn-navy-yard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: DE-332 sits in the Consolidated Steel production block (DE-316 through DE-338) of the 85-hull Edsall/FMR class. The FMR plant is 4 Fairbanks-Morse Mod. 38D8-1/8 geared diesel engines + 4 diesel-generators, 6,000 shp, 2 screws, 21 kt - a diesel design with no boilers or steam system. A Consolidated Steel-built diesel escort completed in early 1944 would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to that plant: exhaust-system insulation and lagging, gaskets and packing throughout engineering spaces, electrical insulation, brake linings on winch/windlass equipment, fireproofing, and deck coverings - not boiler or steam-line lagging. The 1955-56 radar-picket conversion at the New York Naval Shipyard (Atlas record 'brooklyn-navy-yard') is a documented yard event at a documented asbestos-era facility; its asbestos scope is inference.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1960
- Population
- Consolidated Steel trades 1943-44; NY Naval Shipyard conversion workforce 1955-56; USN crew 1944-47, 1956-60
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The diesel plant means the largest asbestos categories of steam ships (boiler and steam-line insulation) do not apply. No materials schedule for this hull was located; the builder yard is absent from the Atlas dataset (gap). Does not quantify material, does not establish that any specific product was or was not installed aboard this hull, and does not establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-price-de332-04
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[5]Keri Heath, 'World War II-era vessels in Galveston to undergo asbestos abatement', Galveston Daily News, 27 July 2020 + Galveston Naval Museum audited financial statements (asbestos mitigation listed as a completed USS Stewart restoration item) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- galvnews.com article (27 July 2020); galvestonnavalmuseum.com audited financial statements PDF (restoration line item)
- Finding type
- abatement_record
- Finding
- Documented asbestos aboard a preserved Edsall-class sister hull: after a U.S. Navy inspection recommended an asbestos survey for the Seawolf Park vessels, contractor Separation Systems Consultants was approved to proceed with abatement of asbestos found in the public areas of USS Stewart (DE-238) and USS Cavalla (SS-244), and the museum operator's audited statements later recorded the Stewart mitigation as a completed restoration item. Edsall-class design sister of DE-332 - corroborates that the class's era construction included asbestos, without documenting this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2020
- Population
- Museum/abatement workers at Seawolf Park 2020 (DE-238, not this hull)
- Limitations
- Sister-hull finding only - DE-238 (Brown Shipbuilding-built Edsall class) is not DE-332 and the finding does not transfer to this hull. The Stewart record (uss-stewart-de238.atlas.json) is the documented hull; carried here as class corroboration, not ship-specific evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-price-de332-05
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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
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's extensive shipboard asbestos insulation use with substitution not beginning until the early 1970s - this hull's 1943-44 construction and all commissioned service periods (1944-47, 1956-60) plus the 1955-56 DER conversion fall inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979 (report); era reviewed WWII-1970s
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program level)
- Limitations
- Program-level era context only; does not name this hull or any vessel. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch); content via product-page description - same standing limitation as prior batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-price-de332-06
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[7]CourtListener API v4 searches (authenticated, fleet-paced): 'USS Price' type=o (0 hits) and type=r (2 dockets, collisions); 'DE-332' type=o (8 hits, all collisions) and type=r (178 dockets, all collisions); 'DER-332' type=o (0 hits); 'USS Price' + asbestos type=o (0 hits) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search endpoint, queries as cited; collisions verified from returned case names, courts, and snippets
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-28): 'USS Price' (type=o) returned 0 hits - no published opinion names the vessel. 'USS Price' + asbestos (type=o) returned 0. 'DER-332' (type=o) returned 0. 'DE-332' (type=o) returned 8 hits, all collision tokens: 'DE 332'/'DE-332' docket-entry/document numbers and citation strings inside unrelated matters (Yates v. Ford Motor Co., E.D.N.C. 2015 - asbestos brake-dust case matching on ECF 'DE' entry numbers, not the ship; In re Patriot Aviation Services, Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2008; Correa Marquez v. Julia Rodriguez, P.R.; CFTC v. Gibraltar Monetary Corp., 11th Cir. 2009; Nature's Products v. Natrol, S.D. Fla. 2013; Madriz-Alvarado v. Ashcroft, 5th Cir. 2004; Tesorero de Puerto Rico v. Banco Comercial, P.R. 1934) - none vessel-related or naming this hull. 'DE-332' (type=r) returned 178 dockets, the same 'DE 332' docket-entry/document-number string inside unrelated federal filings (sampled: PayCargo v. CargoSprint trade-secret matter; Motorola Mobility v. Apple patent litigation; U.S. v. Carver and U.S. v. Shaver criminal matters - none asbestos or vessel-related). 'USS Price' (type=r) returned 2 dockets: In re Seagate Technology Holdings securities litigation (N.D. Cal. 2023) and The New York Times Co. v. Microsoft (S.D.N.Y. 2023, RECAP attachment text) - both unrelated collisions. Classification: no qualifying asbestos litigation for DE-332/DER-332 located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- litigation index through 2026-09-28
- Population
- No vessel-identified plaintiffs located
- Limitations
- Sweep result, not a merits finding: type=o coverage supports 'no published opinion names this hull' and type=r found no indexed docket naming it - but state-court complaints and MDL-875 claimant vessel lists not filed into RECAP-indexed federal dockets would not surface. 'Price' is a high-collision surname; undated bare-name references could attach to any person named Price and would not surface under exact-name vessel queries.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-price-de332-07
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[8]Batch-4235 search ledger (this record): DANFS GPO print scan (Vol. V, archive.org) + ibiblio/hazegray transcriptions; NavSource (Wayback capture incl. ship-submitted War History scan); Navypedia class reference; Atlas shipyard dataset; GAO product page; NARA series identification; BVA/va.gov decision search; CourtListener exact-name, hull-number, and designation sweeps; general web search (law-firm boilerplate excluded) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-price-de332-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-332/DER-332: no hull ACM survey (none plausible - hull sold for scrapping 1975), no abatement contract, no hazmat disclosure, no material schedule, and no qualifying asbestos case names the vessel in CourtListener opinion or docket indexes or in published BVA decisions surfaced by web search. The only documentation bearing on asbestos aboard this hull is class/era inference (Edsall-class FMR diesel design; sister-hull Stewart abatement) and the documented 1955-56 conversion at an asbestos-era Navy yard (New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn).
- 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 - era materials would have been standard at build, and the DER conversion is the kind of major refit in which era insulation was both disturbed and installed; it means no source located documents them for this hull. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. NARA RG 24 deck logs (1944-1960), RG 19 BuShips construction records / any DE-332 General Information Book, and the New York Naval Shipyard DER-conversion work packages remain unsurveyed archival leads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-price-de332-08
