Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet ix-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-satterlee-dd190-pkt-ix-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Satterlee I (DD-190) - verbatim Wayback capture of official Naval Historical Center page (2014-04-07); live NHHC page not located (404s on current site) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Satterlee I', specification block + namesake biography + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 10 July 1918 by Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va.; launched 21 December 1918, sponsored by Miss Rebecca E. Satterlee (niece of namesake Capt. Charles Satterlee, USCG, lost with cutter Tampa 26 September 1918); commissioned 23 December 1919, Comdr. Reed M. Fawell in command. Flotilla at Manzanillo, Cuba, 27 January 1920; Caribbean training; America's Cup races off New York 9-26 July 1920; Atlantic Fleet maneuvers at Guantanamo January-April 1921; decommissioned 11 July 1922, reserve at Philadelphia. Recommissioned Philadelphia 18 December 1939 (Lt. Comdr. H. R. Demarest), Neutrality Patrol; Caribbean February-April 1940; overhaul at Norfolk 19 April-5 July 1940; decommissioned and transferred to the United Kingdom 8 October 1940, one of fifty destroyers exchanged for bases. As HMS Belmont: RN-commissioned 8 October 1940, arrived Belfast 24 October, 3d Escort Group Western Approaches, collision repairs March-July 1941; torpedoed and sunk with loss of all hands by a U-boat 31 January 1942 in the North Atlantic (42 deg 02'N, 57 deg 18'W) while escorting a Canadian troop convoy to the United Kingdom.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1918-1942
- Population
- Newport News Shipbuilding construction trades 1918-19; USN crew 1919-22 and 1939-40 (design complement 122)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, builder, milestones, service, and loss - not materials or asbestos content. Spec block: dp. 1,215; l. 314'5"; b. 30'11"; dr. 9'4"; s. 35 k.; cpl. 122; a. 4 4", 1 3" AA, 12 21" tt.; class Clemson. DANFS does not name the U-boat, give a casualty count, or give a striking date. Wayback capture cited because no live NHHC page for this hull was located (404s on current history.navy.mil).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-satterlee-dd190-01
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[3]The National Archives (UK), ADM 358/3059 - 'HMS Belmont: 31 January 1942; sunk by enemy action' [other_primary]
- Locator
- TNA Discovery catalog entry C13444091 (ADM 358/3059)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official UK Admiralty record for the loss of this hull (as HMS Belmont): 'HMS Belmont: 31 January 1942; sunk by enemy action; explosion (thought to have been torpedoed) whilst in the western Atlantic (escorting a troop convoy)' - ADM 358/3059, open record, held by The National Archives, Kew.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1942
- Population
- RN ship's company, HMS Belmont, January 1942
- Limitations
- Catalog-level description only; the underlying casualty/enquiry file contents were not retrieved. Confirms date, manner (explosion thought to be torpedo), and theatre of loss; does not name U-82, give position, or enumerate casualties. RN-period material fittings for this hull, if documented anywhere, sit in the ADM series at Kew - not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-satterlee-dd190-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships entry, HMS Belmont (H 46), Town class; corroborated by naval-history.net 'HMS BELMONT (H 46) - ex-US Destroyer' (Lt Cdr Geoffrey B Mason RN (Rtd)) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 4318 (specification table + history); naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-11US-Belmont.htm (war-service chronology)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Specialist war-record references corroborate the DANFS loss narrative and add detail DANFS omits: HMS Belmont (pennant H 46), Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Bransby O'Brien Harding RN in command, 3rd Escort Group, torpedoed south of Newfoundland at 42 deg 02'N, 57 deg 18'W and sunk 31 January 1942 by U-82 (Kptlt. Rollmann); no survivors - uboat.net records all 138 crewmembers perished. naval-history.net adds the RN-service chronology: commissioned at Halifax 8 October 1940, Devonport Stage 1 modifications from 28 October 1940 (mainmast removed, funnels shortened, armament and depth-charge changes), Irish Sea collision 22 March 1941, Liverpool repairs April-July 1941 (Type 286M radar fitted), 3rd Escort Group from 20 August 1941, Newfoundland Escort Force from 30 November 1941, sunk while escorting troop convoy NA2; RN casualty list published 1 August 1942.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1940-1942
- Population
- RN ship's company incl. 5 RCN personnel per Canadian casualty sources
- Limitations
- Non-official specialist references (uboat.net; naval-history.net) - used for corroboration and for detail DANFS lacks (U-boat identity, casualty count, CO name). Casualty figures conflict across sources (138 here; NavSource reads 114) and are carried in gaps, not asserted. uboat.net's RN-commissioning date (9 October 1940) conflicts with DANFS/naval-history.net (8 October) - carried in gaps. No asbestos content documented by either source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-satterlee-dd190-03
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[5]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-190 USS Satterlee (Wayback capture 2024-09-15) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-190 page, 'Operational and Building Data' block + machinery/specification line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Specialist photographic/archive index record for this hull: class Clemson ('basic repeat Wickes Class, with 35% more fuel capacity'); displacement 1,215 tons; dimensions 314'5" x 31'8" x 9'10" max; armament 4 x 4"/50, 1 x 3"/23 AA, 12 x 21" tt.; machinery 26,500 shp, geared turbines, 2 screws; speed 35 knots; crew 114; call sign NAGC. Operational/building data match DANFS (laid down 10 July 1918 Newport News; launched 21 December 1918; commissioned 23 December 1919; decommissioned 11 July 1922; recommissioned 18 December 1939; decommissioned 8 October 1940) and add 'Stricken January 8 1941' and 'Sunk by U-82 on January 31 1942.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1918-1942
- Population
- USN crew 1919-22 and 1939-40
- Limitations
- Volunteer-run specialist archive, not an official source - used to corroborate DANFS and for detail DANFS omits (striking date, machinery figure, call sign). Internal conflicts on this page (transfer 'To Britain October 9 1940' vs DANFS 8 October; narrative text 'U81' vs header 'U-82'; '114 of her crew were lost' vs 138 elsewhere) are carried in gaps. No asbestos content documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-satterlee-dd190-04
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[6]DANFS specification block (Clemson class; steam plant era) + Atlas shipyard dataset, newport-news-shipbuilding record (yard-level cohort and litigation findings); NARA RG 19/RG 24 archival leads [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NavSource machinery line; shipyards.json record 'newport-news-shipbuilding'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference only: a Clemson-class flush-deck destroyer built 1918-19 with oil-fired water-tube boilers and geared steam turbines (NavSource machinery line: 26,500 shp, geared turbines, 2 screws) would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation on boilers and steam lines, gasket and packing materials, and fireproofing - standard marine-asbestos applications of the WWI-era steam Navy. Builder Newport News Shipbuilding carries yard-level asbestos records in the Atlas shipyard dataset (Tidewater cohort findings and documented yard litigation), and the hull's 1940 overhaul at Norfolk and 1939-40 reactivation at Philadelphia place maintenance work at documented asbestos-era naval yards. NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships records incl. General Information Books) and RG 24 (deck logs) are archival leads for hull-level material specifications; RN-period refit records sit in the ADM series at TNA.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1918-1942
- Population
- Newport News Shipbuilding construction trades 1918-19; Philadelphia Naval Shipyard reactivation workers 1939-40; Norfolk naval-yard overhaul workers 1940; USN crew 1919-22, 1939-40; RN crew 1940-42
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific asbestos finding for this hull exists or is claimed. WWI-era construction predates all ACM survey programs; hull lost in action 1942, so no post-war survey or abatement record could exist. NARA GIB/deck-log retrieval not performed; TNA ADM 358/3059 file contents not retrieved. Yard-level records describe the workforce, not this hull's materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-satterlee-dd190-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 search, 2026-09-26 (authenticated) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 type=o results (count=0 for '"USS Satterlee"'; 16 collision hits for 'Satterlee asbestos')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep for this hull: query '"USS Satterlee"' (type=o) returned zero opinions; query 'Satterlee asbestos' (type=o) returned 16 opinions, all name collisions - the New York law firm Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP appearing in attorney fields of bankruptcy, securities, and medical-malpractice opinions (e.g., In re Perry H. Koplik & Sons, 476 B.R. 746 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2012); Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corp. v. LaBranche, 229 F.R.D. 395 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)). No qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS Satterlee - of either hull (DD-190 or DD-626) - was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- index coverage as of 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Negative sweep result: absence of indexed opinions is not proof no suit was ever filed; unindexed state-court and settled/dismissed matters are outside coverage. RECAP docket-level search was attempted but the fleet-wide pacing budget was exhausted (see ledger sl-05) - docket-index coverage is therefore incomplete. Name-collision risk: the second USS Satterlee (DD-626, Gleaves class, in commission 1943-1946) is the plausible referent for any future name-only litigation hit; DD-190's loss with all hands in 1942 makes shipboard-exposure claims against this hull unlikely.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-satterlee-dd190-06
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[8]Search-ledger synthesis (sl-01 through sl-07): DANFS/NHHC, TNA, specialist references, CourtListener, NARA, NVR [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-satterlee-dd190-01 to -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Structural reason the record is empty: the hull was sunk in action 31 January 1942 with all hands - predating Navy asbestos surveys, abatement programs, and the asbestos-litigation era - and there was no post-war custodial period (no reserve-fleet layup, no museum conversion, no scrapping) during which ACM documentation could have been generated.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26 (search date)
- Limitations
- Absence of documentation is a negative finding, not proof of absence of asbestos aboard: WWI-era steam-plant construction made asbestos use near-universal (class/era inference carried at ev-05), but no hull-level material record was located in the sources searched.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-satterlee-dd190-07