Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet fk-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: Queue: USS ROWE DD-564 → VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-rowe-dd564-pkt-fk-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Rowe (DD-564) - verbatim transcription (live NHHC page returns 404; HazeGray DANFS-online archive text via Wayback capture 2024-05-25) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- HazeGray DANFS-online transcription of the DD-564 entry (spec block + full service narrative), Wayback capture 2024-05-25
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: spec block (DD-564: dp. 2,940 (f.); l. 376'5"; b. 39'7"; dr. 17'9"; s. 35 k.; cpl. 329; a. 5 5", 10 40mm., 7 20mm., 10 21" tt., 2 dct., 6 dcp.; cl. Fletcher). Laid down 7 December 1942 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Wash.; launched 30 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Louise Bradley Roberson; commissioned 13 March 1944, Comdr. A. L. Young, Jr., in command. Shakedown off San Diego; Pearl Harbor 24 May 1944; flagship of Destroyer Squadron 57 to Adak for North Pacific Force duty; three strikes against the Kuriles (Matsuwa To 21 November 1944; Suribati Wan 3 January 1945; Kurabu Zaki, Paramushiro 18 February 1945). Ulithi with Ticonderoga 22 May 1945; Okinawa radar picket from 2 June; escorted Mississippi to Leyte; TF 38 screening and plane guard during July strikes on Honshu, Shikoku, Hokkaido; Omura (Chichi Jima) bombardment 23 July; steaming with TG 38.4 east of Honshu at the 2 September 1945 surrender. Via Panama to Philadelphia December 1945; Charleston 20 March 1946; decommissioned 31 January 1947, Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned 5 October 1951; Norfolk operations with DesDiv 322; Halifax July 1952; Charleston yard availability late August 1952; Caribbean training and a European midshipman cruise 1953; Far East deployment April-October 1954 (Yokosuka; Korean patrol out of Sasebo/Pusan relieving Fox DD-799 and Laffey DD-724; rescued six from a crashed Air Force plane 4 June; return via Suez - round-the-world); Mediterranean 6th Fleet duty November 1955-February 1956 and October 1957-March 1958; Sweden and Germany June 1958; decommissioned November 1959 and berthed at Norfolk; stricken from the Navy Directory 1 December 1974. Three battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1974
- Population
- Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding construction trades 1942-44; wartime and postwar crew (spec complement 329)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content; no asbestos statement appears in the entry. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404 and the ibiblio dafs mirror path also 404s. The entry's narrative ends at 'where she remains into 1974' (pre-disposal writing); the 1978 target sinking is not in DANFS and is sourced separately (ev-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rowe-dd564-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History destroyer photo index, USS Rowe (DD-564) page - operational and building data block (secondary compilation; live fetch failed, Wayback capture 2024-09-19 used) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/05/564.htm operational/building data block, Wayback capture 2024-09-19; destroyerhistory.org Fletcher-class photo page for Rowe
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource data block for this hull: class Fletcher as built; displacement 2,924 tons full; dimensions 376'5" oa x 39'7" x 13'9" max; machinery 60,000 shp, General Electric geared turbines, 2 screws; speed 38 knots; range 6,500 nm at 15 knots; crew 273; laid down by Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding 7 December 1942; launched 30 September 1943; commissioned 13 March 1944; decommissioned 31 January 1947; recommissioned 5 October 1951; decommissioned 6 November 1959; stricken 1 December 1974; fate - sunk as target off Puerto Rico 23 February 1978. NARA photo 80-G-233149 (the hull in camouflage Measure 32, Design 6d, March 1944) is displayed via destroyerhistory.org.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1978
- Population
- Crew figures conflict (273 NavSource vs 329 DANFS); see gaps
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not a primary source: its crew figure (273) conflicts with the DANFS spec block (329) and its trial speed (38 kt) differs from DANFS (35 k) - both conflicts carried in gaps. The 23 February 1978 target-sinking detail is corroborated by uboat.net and NavalCoverMuseum compilations but no contemporaneous Navy document was located; which weapon or exercise sank the hull is undocumented in located sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rowe-dd564-02
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[4]DANFS service narrative (yard/berthing events on this hull) - same transcription as ev-01 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS DD-564 narrative, postwar paragraphs (1945-47 and 1951-59 service)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented yard/maintenance events on this hull: (1) Philadelphia arrival 23 December 1945 then Charleston arrival 20 March 1946 for inactivation - decommissioned into the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Charleston 31 January 1947; (2) Charleston yard availability late August 1952 (DANFS: 'returning to Charleston in late August for a yard availability'); (3) brought out of mothballs 20 September and recommissioned 5 October 1951 out of the Charleston reserve berth (a NavSource photo caption places the hull at Charleston soon after recommissioning; DANFS records only the dates); (4) final decommissioning November 1959 and berthing at Norfolk in the reserve fleet through 1974.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1945-1959
- Population
- Yard workers and crew during the 1952 availability and the 1946-47/1959 inactivation periods
- Limitations
- Documents repair/berthing events on this hull only - no source records asbestos scope, quantity, or removal/installation for any of these periods. DANFS does not name the Charleston facility; Charleston Naval Shipyard is the presumed yard (carried in gaps - commercial Charleston yards are possible). The 1959-74 Norfolk berthing facility is likewise unnamed; neither is asserted as a specific shipyard work package.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rowe-dd564-03
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[5]Fletcher-class profile (ships-worktrees class-c/fletcher-class.class.json) machinery and era data + Bureau of Ships, 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels 1945' Vol. I (shipscribe.com scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Fletcher-class profile propulsion block; SDB1945v1.pdf DD section; NavSource machinery line for DD-564
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a WWII Fletcher-class destroyer with a four-boiler steam plant (class standard: 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, geared steam turbines, 60,000 shp, 2 shafts; NavSource attributes this hull's turbines to General Electric) would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler and steam-line insulation, turbine lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. The builder yard, Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle), is not an Atlas shipyards.json entry; its successor entity Todd Pacific Shipyards is documented at yard level for asbestos exposure claims in 1974-83 (ev-05).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1959
- Population
- Seattle-Tacoma construction trades 1942-44; crew 1944-59
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No BuShips material schedule or hull-level insulation specification was located for DD-564 (NARA RG 19 retrieval not performed). Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rowe-dd564-04
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[6]Lewis v. Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., Benefits Review Board No. 93-0661 (U.S. Dept. of Labor, LHWCA published decision) [court_record]
- Locator
- DOL BRB published decision 93-0661 (Lewis), dol.gov PDF - statement of facts and procedural history
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Yard-level documentation for the builder's successor entity: a Benefits Review Board decision recording that claimant Lewis worked intermittently for Todd at its Seattle shipyard between 1974 and 1983 'where he was exposed to asbestos'; the ALJ (decision 14 September 1992) found Todd liable as the responsible employer for an asbestosis/occupational-lung-disease claim under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., which built this hull in 1942-44, was renamed Todd Pacific Shipyards - the same yard site and corporate successor.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1974-1992
- Population
- Todd Seattle shipyard workers 1974-83
- Limitations
- Successor-entity yard-level record from 1974-83 - three decades after this hull's 1942-44 construction and under the renamed entity; documents the Seattle yard's asbestos environment under LHWCA adjudication but establishes nothing about materials aboard DD-564 or conditions in 1942-44. The BRB decision addresses timeliness/responsible-employer issues; the exposure finding is at the ALJ level as recited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rowe-dd564-05
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[7]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 that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - placing this hull's construction (1942-44) and entire commissioned service (1944-1959) inside the documented asbestos era, and its 1959-74 reserve-fleet lay period inside the era when mothballed asbestos materials remained aboard in place.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full report text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description. No hull-level survey for DD-564 exists in this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rowe-dd564-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 sweep (authenticated, via cl-auth-search.py): "USS Rowe" type=o and type=r; "DD-564" type=o and type=r; DD-564 asbestos unquoted type=o [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search results, 2026-09-27 (queries and counts in search_ledger sl-04 through sl-06)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener sweep for this hull: "USS Rowe" returned 0 hits in the opinion index and 0 hits in the RECAP docket index; "DD-564" returned 0 hits in the opinion index. The hull-number docket query (DD-564, type=r) returned 21,298 hits on docket-number fragment matching - displayed case names are all unrelated litigation (patent, insurance, antitrust matters) with empty snippets; none is a vessel reference. No published opinion or indexed docket names this vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The completed queries cover exact-name opinions, exact-name dockets, hull-number opinions, and hull-number dockets - the highest-yield indexes; only the long-tail 'aboard the Rowe' opinion phrasing remained pacing-blocked at commit (ledger sl-05). A zero-hit opinion index and noise-only docket results do not preclude unindexed pleadings, state-court filings, or settled claims naming the hull; name-collision risk in any future 'Rowe' free-text run is high (common surname).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rowe-dd564-07
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[9]Batch-3535 search ledger (this record): DANFS verbatim transcription; NavSource; CourtListener API v4; NVR; DOL BRB decisions; destroyerhistory.org (NARA photo index); law-firm/aggregator pages checked and excluded [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-rowe-dd564-01 through sl-uss-rowe-dd564-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-564: no hull ACM survey, no abatement record, no materials inventory, and no asbestos case naming this hull in the completed CourtListener indexes. The hull was stricken 1974 and sunk as a target off Puerto Rico in 1978 - before modern asbestos documentation practice - so neither the museum-disclosure channel that produced records for preserved hulls nor a domestic scrapping record exists.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era-standard applications are documented at class/era level (ev-04, ev-06) and the hull lies sunk with whatever material it carried. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rowe-dd564-08
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[10]NARA still-picture holdings for this hull via destroyerhistory.org photo page (NARA photo 80-G-233149); standard Navy record series (RG 24 deck logs 1944-59; RG 19 BuShips material files; RG 181 yard records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyerhistory.org/fletcherclass/ussrowe/ (NARA 80-G-233149); NARA deck-log series NAID 594258
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads: NARA holds ship-specific imagery for this hull (80-G-233149, March 1944, indexed via the Destroyer History Foundation's Fletcher-class photo pages), and the standard retrievable paths apply - RG 24 deck logs (1944-59 service and both reserve periods), WWII war diaries, and BuShips RG 19 per-vessel material/specification files (General Information Books) which could carry insulation schedules if extant.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1959
- Limitations
- Lead only - records indexed or presumed by series, not retrieved or examined; content unknown. Existence of photographs and deck logs does not indicate materials or asbestos content; no NARA pull performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rowe-dd564-09