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-pride-de323-pkt-kb-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Pride (DE-323) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS specification block and full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies this hull as USS Pride (DE-323), an Edsall-class destroyer escort laid down by Consolidated Steel Co., Orange, Texas, on 12 April 1943; launched 3 July 1943; and commissioned 13 November 1943 under Coast Guard command. After shakedown, she escorted six Mediterranean convoys, participated in the 4 May 1944 sinking of U-371, performed North Atlantic hunter-killer work in 1945, reported to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet on 29 December 1945, and decommissioned at Green Cove Springs on 26 April 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1970
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943; Coast Guard-manned wartime crew; Atlantic Reserve Fleet personnel 1945-1961+
- Limitations
- DANFS documents history and specifications, not insulation, asbestos content, individual exposure, or legal eligibility. The entry says Pride was moved to Orange, Texas, in 1961 and remained there into 1970, but does not provide a final disposal date or location.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pride-de323-01
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[3]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, USS Pride (DE-323) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Official Coast Guard history, specifications block and operational narrative
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Coast Guard history identifies Pride as an Edsall-class destroyer escort with 1,253 tons standard displacement, 306-foot length, 36-foot 7-inch beam, two-shaft Fairbanks-Morse diesel machinery rated at 6,000 bhp, range of 10,800 nautical miles at 12 knots, and a complement of 186. It records commissioning at Orange, Texas, on 13 November 1943 and Coast Guard-manned convoy service in the Mediterranean during World War II.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Coast Guard-manned crew and convoy operations 1943-1945
- Limitations
- The Coast Guard history provides ship specifications and operational history, not an asbestos survey, component list, exposure assessment, or present-condition record. Its complement of 186 differs from the 216 in the DANFS specification block; both are reported without selecting one as an asbestos-exposure population estimate.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pride-de323-02
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[4]NHHC, Mediterranean Convoys 1943-44, ship table and U-371 operational account [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Publication ship table, p. 45; U-371 account in the same publication
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's Mediterranean convoy publication lists Pride (DE-323) as laid down 12 April 1943, launched 3 July 1943, commissioned 13 November 1943, and surviving the war. It records Pride's participation with Joseph E. Campbell, French Sénégalais, and HMS Blankney in tracking and sinking U-371 on 4 May 1944 after the attack on Menges.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Wartime convoy and antisubmarine personnel
- Limitations
- This operational source corroborates identity and wartime activity only; it does not identify asbestos, shipboard materials, an exposure event, or a litigation finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pride-de323-03
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO report opening summary and Navy policy section, pp. 1-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reported, based on Navy information, that all ships contained some asbestos in components such as clutches and electric cables, while thermal insulation was the Navy's major use of asbestos; the report also describes Navy policy changes beginning in 1975. Pride's 1943 construction date places it in the era addressed by this Navy-wide context.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy review; historical Navy use context
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy vessels generally
- Limitations
- Program-level Navy context, not a survey or material schedule for DE-323. It does not establish that any particular asbestos-containing component was installed aboard Pride, quantify material, establish exposure, or identify a claimant.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pride-de323-04
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[6]Authenticated CourtListener API v4 sweep attempted through cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py attempts on 2026-09-28; helper output stopped after 'authenticated request' and timed out at 30 seconds for each query
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The required authenticated helper was invoked for exact-name and hull-number queries in the opinion and docket indexes, plus the combined opinion query "Pride" "DE-323". Each request reached the helper's authenticated-request stage but returned no CourtListener result before the helper's 30-second HTTP timeout. No hit was available to classify as qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, name collision, or no result.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- This is a blocked/ incomplete sweep, not a finding that no litigation exists. CourtListener searches cover only the indexes returned by the helper; state-court, PACER-only, settled, unindexed, or otherwise unavailable matters remain outside the result. No anonymous or direct CourtListener request was made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pride-de323-05
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[7]Batch research review of NHHC/DANFS, official Coast Guard history, NHHC Mediterranean convoy publication, GAO HRD-80-2, and authenticated CourtListener attempts [other_primary]
- Locator
- Cross-source negative finding; see search_ledger and the CourtListener blocked entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, construction material schedule, or completed qualifying litigation record for USS Pride (DE-323) was located in the authoritative sources reviewed. The available evidence supports only a class/era asbestos context and does not support a ship-specific asbestos finding.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-2026
- Limitations
- A failure to locate a record is not proof that asbestos was absent aboard Pride. The hull's final disposition and any reserve-period maintenance or scrapping records remain undocumented in this review; no individual exposure, causation, quantity, remaining material, or legal eligibility can be inferred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pride-de323-06