Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet km-packet.md (2 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-sanders-de40-pkt-km-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Sanders (DE-40), Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (1976) Vol. 6, pp.309-310 (verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. 6 pp.309-310, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Ens. Eugene Thomas Sanders (born 15 March 1889, Hubbard, Oregon; killed aboard USS Arizona BB-39 at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941); originally designated for transfer to Britain as BDE-40; laid down 7 September 1942 by Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash.; named Sanders 14 June 1943; reclassified DE-40 16 June 1943; launched 18 June 1943; commissioned 1 October 1943, Lt. Comdr. Arthur N. Daniels in command; patrol and escort duties in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands January-July 1944 including bombardment of Kusaie Island 1 June; escorted support shipping to the Marianas August-October; further Gilbert/Marshall duties November-March 1945; guarded a logistics support group supplying fast carrier task forces in the western Pacific April-June; arrived San Francisco 15 July 1945 for overhaul; decommissioned 19 December 1945; struck from the Navy list 8 January 1946; delivered 8 May 1947 to National Metal and Steel Corp., Terminal Island, Calif., and scrapped in 1948. Four battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Puget Sound Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew (DANFS complement 156)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Decommissioning date conflicts with NavSource (31 October 1945) and secondary compilations (12 December 1945) - carried in gaps. Complement of 156 conflicts with class/secondary figure of 15 officers + 183 enlisted - carried in gaps. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sanders-de40-01
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[3]Evarts-class propulsion data - HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-45' DE-40 page ('Diesel-electric drive with tandem-motor drive; 6,000 h.p.') and NavSource class article (GMT: 4x GM 16-278A diesels, electric drive) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard record (tier-1 asbestos-documented yard: DTIC AD0715808 industrial-hygiene study; EPA Superfund WA2170023418) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-45' DE-40 page; shipyards.json record 'puget-sound-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: an Evarts-class destroyer escort built 1942-43 would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel-electric ship - exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, brake linings, and deck coverings - but no boilers or steam lagging; builder Puget Sound Navy Yard is documented in the Atlas dataset as a tier-1 asbestos yard (peer-reviewed 1962-72 industrial-hygiene reporting of amosite and chrysotile exposure during ship work; EPA Superfund listing noting asbestos among site contaminants).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Puget Sound Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; crew 1943-45
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The diesel-electric plant means the largest asbestos categories of steam ships (boiler and steam-line insulation) do not apply. The documented PSNY studies post-date this hull's construction by roughly two decades and evidence the yard's environment, not this hull's outfit. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sanders-de40-02
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[4]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 - this hull (built 1942-43, struck 1946, scrapped 1948) falls inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers
- Limitations
- Program-level era context only. Full text not retrieved (HTTP 403); content via product-page description. Does not name this hull or establish materials aboard it.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sanders-de40-03
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[5]NARA holdings relevant to this hull: RG 24 deck logs (USS Sanders DE-40, 1943-45); RG 38 WWII war diaries; RG 181 Wartime Histories of Units - Pictorial History of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (Seattle branch; source of the christening/launch photograph credited in NavSource); BuShips 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels' 1945 Vol. I DE design section (shipscribe.com scan SDB1945v1.pdf - textless scan, OCR required) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 24 / RG 38 / RG 181 (Seattle); SDB1945v1.pdf (shipscribe.com)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Undigitized primary holdings for this hull exist at the National Archives: deck logs (RG 24), war diaries (RG 38), and the builder yard's wartime pictorial history (RG 181 Seattle). The official 1945 BuShips Ships' Data volume carries the DE design sections including the GMT (Evarts) characteristics; the scan is textless and was not OCR'd for this record.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - none of these holdings was retrieved or reviewed for this record; none is known to contain asbestos information, and none should be cited as ship-specific evidence until examined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sanders-de40-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 sweeps (authenticated, fleet-paced): "USS Sanders" type=o = 0; "USS Sanders" type=r = 0; "aboard the Sanders" type=o = 0; "DE-40" asbestos type=o = 2 (both collisions); "Sanders" asbestos navy type=o = 75 (sampled - collisions); "DE-40" type=o = 459 (sampled - collisions) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 /search/ queries per search_ledger sl-03, sl-04, sl-05
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located. Exact-name sweeps for "USS Sanders" returned zero opinions and zero RECAP dockets; the service-recital phrase "aboard the Sanders" returned zero opinions. Hull-number string "DE-40" produced 459 identifier collisions (docket/rule/exhibit numbering, Puerto Rico dockets); narrowing to asbestos opinions yielded 2 hits, both non-vessel (Escobar v. Crosby, S.D. Fla. employment; In re Monarch Capital Corp., D. Mass. insurance bankruptcy). The broad "Sanders"+asbestos+navy opinion sweep returned 75 hits; sampling shows surname parties, judges, and legal-citation collisions (e.g., Krik v. Exxon Mobil, 7th Cir. 2017, matches on its citation of United States v. Sanders, 962 F.2d 660 - verified by full-text pull), not the vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Sweep coverage: published opinions (type=o) and RECAP dockets (type=r). Undigitized state-court pleadings and settled/removed asbestos cases may name the hull without appearing in either index; the Sanders surname and DE-273/HMS Grindall naming make collision screening essential, and no qualifier was found that maps a 'Sanders' mention to this hull. Zero hits is a negative finding for the searched indexes, not proof no pleading ever named the ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sanders-de40-05
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[7]Batch-4299 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NavSource DE-40 archive page; Atlas shipyard dataset; GAO HRD-80-2; NARA archival leads; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-sanders-de40-01 through sl-uss-sanders-de40-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-40: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping-yard hazmat record, museum disclosure (none possible - scrapped 1948), or docketed asbestos case naming the vessel 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 - era-consistent materials would be expected on a 1942-43 escort, and the hull's 1948 scrapping leaves no present-day material to survey. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sanders-de40-06