Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet crew-manus-a-packet.md (9 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Scroggins
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-scroggins-de799-pkt-crew-manus-a-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Scroggins (DE-799) entry - verbatim capture of the live NHHC page (Wayback, 2024-05-24; live page returns 404 on probed URL patterns) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (Wayback capture 2024-05-24 of canonical NHHC URL)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Aviation Radioman Second Class Ted H. Scroggins, born Tahlequah, Okla. 13 September 1918, enlisted 7 December 1939, posthumous Air Medal for patrol missions and bombing attacks on Japanese ships in Kiska Harbor, lost in action 15 June 1942 in the Aleutians. Laid down 4 September 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.; launched 6 November 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Dartha Hardin; commissioned 30 March 1944, Lt. Comdr. Herbert Kriloff in command. Three convoy voyages east coast-Bizerte, Tunisia from 1 June 1944; refresher training Casco Bay; Argentia, Newfoundland for antisubmarine duty 18 December 1944; hunter-killer patrols/sweeps in the approaches to Halifax, N.S. until 18 April 1945 (six days' training off New London 12-17 March); patrols off Long Island 30 April-5 May; V-E Day four-hour notice for surrendered-U-boat escort; screened Guadalcanal (CVE-60) off Jacksonville from 15 May; seagoing training ship, Naval Training Center Miami, 6 June-17 July; overhaul at New York (ship's own narrative reads the Navy Yard at Charleston, S.C. - see gaps) and Guantanamo refresher; submarine-training school ship New London 5 September-9 December 1945; plane guard for Salerno Bay (CVE-110) off Norfolk 9 January-14 February 1946; New London 26 February-1 April; arrived Green Cove Springs 2 May 1946; decommissioned 15 June 1946 in reserve; struck from the Navy list 1 July 1965; sold 5 April 1967 to Peck Iron and Metals Co., Portsmouth, Va., for scrapping. Spec block: dp. 1,400; l. 306'; b. 37'; dr. 13'6"; s. 23.6 k.; cpl. 213; cl. Buckley.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1967
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction trades 1943-44; wartime crew (design complement 213 per DANFS spec block)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and design-block specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The 'overhaul at New York' line conflicts with the ship-submitted narrative's 'the Navy Yard' at Charleston, S.C. (19 July-mid-August 1945) - conflict carried in gaps. Wayback capture of the canonical NHHC URL cited because the live page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scroggins-de799-01
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[3]NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Scroggins (DE-799) - building/operational chronology, commanding-officer list, awards, and hosted document scans [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-799 'Building and Operational Data' block, CO list, awards bar, and photo 0679904 caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource registry chronology for this hull: keel laid 4 September 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex.; launched and christened 6 November 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Dartha Hardin, sister of Aviation Radioman Scroggins; commissioned 30 March 1944 at Orange, Lcdr. Herbert Kriloff in command; decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. 15 June 1946 after 2 years 3.5 months; struck from the NVR 5 July 1965 (DANFS reads 1 July - conflict in gaps); sold 5 April 1967 for scrapping to Peck Iron and Metals Co., Portsmouth, Va. CO roster: Kriloff (comm.) to 1 July 1945; Lcdr. James A. Stapleton, USNR to 20 November 1945; Lcdr. Michael J. Hanley Jr., USN to 23 February 1946; Lcdr. James H. Batcheller Jr., USN (decomm.) to 15 June 1946. Ribbons displayed: American Campaign, EAME, WWII Victory. An October 1945 photograph (caption from Elliott, 'American Destroyer Escorts of World War 2') shows the ship at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in Measure 22 camouflage with two twin 40mm Bofors fitted in place of the torpedo-tube position - a documented wartime modification.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1967
- Population
- Wartime crew; Philadelphia Navy Yard trades October 1945 (presence documented, work scope not)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of NVR/dictionary data plus captioned photographs; underlying instruments (keel certificate, sale record) not sighted. Corroborates DANFS where overlapping; the 5 July 1965 strike date rests on NavSource against DANFS's 1 July (conflict logged). The October 1945 Philadelphia Navy Yard photo establishes presence and a visible armament modification, not a work scope. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scroggins-de799-02
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[4]Ship-submitted war history: 'Narrative History of the U.S.S. SCROGGINS (DE799)', Enclosure (A) to CO's letter DE799-75/A7 Ser. 650 (CONFIDENTIAL) of 20 November 1945, signed by Lt. Cmdr. James A. Stapleton, USNR - scanned at NavSource [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource-hosted scan, images/799/06799wh.jpg (4-page letter + narrative, file no. DE799-75/A7, serial 650, 20 November 1945)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own November 1945 narrative adds detail absent from DANFS: post-commissioning shakedown at Bermuda then 'alterations and repairs' at Boston before reporting to Norfolk (Escort Division 62, Commander Task Force 65); first convoy voyage departed 1 June 1944, Bizerte reached twenty-one days later, no ships lost and no enemy contact; 'Navy Yard availability in New York City' and Casco Bay refresher between voyages; second voyage began 12 August 1944 (Bizerte reached 1 September); third voyage 22 October-12 November 1944 with a Palermo, Sicily side trip; Escort Division 62 back at Casco Bay 21 November, then Task Unit 27.1.3 on 1 December; 4-12 December patrol with USS Buckley, Reuben James and Hubbard around Mount Desert Rock, Gulf of Maine; Argentia-based to 4 January 1945; redesignated Task Group 22.10 on 5 January as a Halifax-based killer group hunting U-boats through 19 April 1945; on 19 April flagship USS Buckley (DE-51) made submarine contact, Reuben James (DE-153) assisted, while SCROGGINS and Jack W. Wilke (DE-800) 'patrol[ed] around the target area keeping sound contact' - after Buckley fired one hedgehog pattern, violent explosions, debris and oil slicks led to a 'Class B - probably sunk' assessment and a letter of commendation to Lt. Cmdr. Kriloff; ten days' availability at Brooklyn, N.Y. followed; Norfolk 5-15 May including V-E Day four-hour notice; TG 22.10 dissolved 16 May; escort to Guadalcanal (CVE-60) pilot qualifications at Jacksonville under TG 22.7; Miami school-ship duty 6 June-17 July (six-day Florida Keys cruises under CTG 23.2; Stapleton relieved Kriloff 1 July); V-J Day found the ship 'loading ammunition at Charleston, S.C., after having been in the Navy Yard there since 19 July'; Guantanamo refresher 18 August-2 September; then New London submarine-training duty.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Wartime crew; yard trades at Boston (spring 1944), New York Navy Yard (mid-1944 and April-May 1945), Charleston Navy Yard (July-August 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary narrative submitted by the ship's CO three months after V-J Day - contemporaneous but written for public-relations use; namesake is rendered 'Don T. Scroggins' with loss date 16 June 1942, conflicting with DANFS ('Ted H.', 15 June) - logged in gaps. The Charleston 'Navy Yard' passage conflicts with DANFS's 'overhaul at New York' - logged in gaps. Documents operations only - no materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scroggins-de799-03
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[5]uboat.net U-boat fate record, U-548 - loss attribution for the 19 April 1945 engagement [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net boats/u548.htm fate block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Postwar loss record corroborates the engagement described in the ship's narrative: U-548 (Type IXC/40, Oblt. Erich Krempl) was sunk 19 April 1945 in the North Atlantic southeast of Halifax at 42.19N, 61.45W by depth charges from USS Reuben James and USS Buckley - all 58 hands lost (fate per Axel Niestle, January 1990). The ship-submitted narrative's 'Class B - probably sunk' assessment thus corresponds to a confirmed kill by the killer group Scroggins screened, with the firing credited to Buckley and Reuben James while Scroggins and Jack W. Wilke held sound contact.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-04-19
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Specialized secondary reference (uboat.net), not a U.S. official record - used to identify the sunken boat and credit the firing ships; the firing ships per postwar assessment are Reuben James and Buckley, not this hull. Documents a combat event only - no materials or asbestos content. U-548's own record (sank HMCS Valleyfield 6 May 1944) is context.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scroggins-de799-04
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[6]Ship-submitted narrative + DANFS + NavSource photo caption - documented yard/maintenance events on this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- War-history narrative pp. 1-3 (Boston repairs, NYC and Brooklyn availabilities, Charleston Navy Yard, ammunition loading); DANFS service narrative; NavSource photo 0679904 caption
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Documented yard-disturbance periods on this hull: (1) post-shakedown 'alterations and repairs' at Boston, spring 1944 (facility unnamed); (2) 'Navy Yard availability in New York City' between the first and second convoy voyages, mid-1944; (3) ten days' availability at Brooklyn, N.Y., late April-early May 1945; (4) 'the Navy Yard' at Charleston, S.C., 19 July to mid-August 1945 (ship's narrative; DANFS compresses this as 'overhaul at New York' - conflict in gaps); (5) photographed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, October 1945, showing twin 40mm Bofors fitted in place of the torpedo-tube position. Each is a period in which machinery-space or topside insulation could have been disturbed, removed, or renewed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Yard trades at the unnamed Boston facility, New York Navy Yard (Brooklyn), Charleston Navy Yard, and Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1944-45; crew during yard periods
- Limitations
- The events are documented; asbestos scope is inference - no source states that any of these availabilities disturbed or installed asbestos-containing insulation, and no material schedule for this hull was located. Facility-level attribution: 'Navy Yard' at Charleston and 'Brooklyn, N.Y.' are explicit; Boston's facility is unnamed (Boston Naval Shipyard likely but not asserted); Philadelphia presence is a photo caption, work scope undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scroggins-de799-05
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[7]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table (shipscribe.com scan) + navypedia us_de_te block map [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 design-group table; navypedia us_de_te technical data + member table
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era propulsion documentation: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 design groups 2-3 (TE turbo-electric) - two 'D' express-type boilers at 435 psi/750F superheat feeding GE steam turbine-generators and electric motors, 12,000 shp, two shafts, 23.6 kt; navypedia's per-block boiler-manufacturer map assigns Babcock & Wilcox boilers to the DE-789-800 block that includes this hull. A 1943-44 steam-plant escort of this design would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation on boilers and steam lines, turbine insulation, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing; the Buckley class and the John C. Butler (WGT) class are the only DE classes with a full steam plant, making this the most asbestos-relevant DE design group alongside Butler.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction trades 1943-44; crew 1944-46
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - not a ship-specific finding. The boiler block map is navypedia-sourced and unverified against contract documents; no hull material schedule located (NARA RG19 General Information Books are the archival lead). Does not establish asbestos presence, quantity, or exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scroggins-de799-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweeps via cl-auth-search.py: "USS Scroggins" type=o and type=r; "DE-799" type=o and type=r [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener v4 search endpoint, type=o exact-phrase query; type=r and DE-799 queries stood down by fleet pacing
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation sweep, partial coverage: the exact-name opinion search "USS Scroggins" returned zero hits (authenticated HTTP 200, count=0, 2026-09-29) - no published opinion naming the vessel. The exact-name docket search and both "DE-799" hull-number queries could not be completed: the required authenticated helper reported the fleet-wide pacing budget momentarily spent on repeated spaced attempts across the session and was stood down per its guidance rather than retried into a ban.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Partial sweep only - a clean zero on opinions but no completed docket-index or hull-number coverage; residual RECAP docket-text hits cannot be excluded. 'Scroggins' is a surname, so loose-query name-collision risk is high where search succeeds. Absence of a located opinion is not proof no claim was ever filed - unindexed pleadings, state-court filings, and settlements sit outside CourtListener. Establishes nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scroggins-de799-07
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[9]Batch-4540 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS via Wayback capture; NavSource registry chronology and hosted ship-submitted narrative; uboat.net U-548 fate record; BuShips Ships' Data 1945; navypedia block map; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweeps via cl-auth-search.py; NARA catalog; marketing-list sweep (banned sources, presence-only) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-scroggins-de799-01 through sl-uss-scroggins-de799-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-799: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, disposal hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Scroggins was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was scrapped in 1967 - years before the Navy's asbestos-control programs (1975/1979 policies) and modern hazmat documentation - so the negative finding is expected rather than probative. Law-firm/marketing pages listing 'USS Scroggins (DE-799)' (asbestos-ships.com dedicated page; mesotheliomahelp.org destroyer-escort list; shepardlawfirm.com - against the correct hull number) exist but are banned sources - presence on marketing lists is not evidence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1943-44 steam-plant escort is era-consistent with ACM, and the hull was scrapped in 1967 leaving no surveyable artifact. CourtListener coverage is partial (ev-07) - residual docket-text hits cannot be excluded. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scroggins-de799-08
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[10]NARA holdings leads (RG 24 deck logs; RG 19 BuShips General Information Books / hull engineering drawings via the Ship Plan Index) + NHHC photographic archives [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 24 / RG 19 series descriptions; https://www.archives.gov/research/cartographic/ship-index
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level records not yet retrieved: (1) DE-799's deck logs should sit in NARA RG 24 (College Park); the 1944-46 logs would document yard-period work and machinery maintenance. (2) Per-hull material and machinery specifications may exist in RG 19 General Information Books or the Hull series of Ship Engineering Drawings indexed by the NARA Ship Plan Index. (3) The November 1945 narrative's companion enclosures - list of commanding officers and personnel performing outstanding duty - accompany the scanned letter's enclosure set in Navy records.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Leads only - holdings not retrieved or confirmed for this hull; existence of the record series is documented, presence of DE-799-specific asbestos content within them is not. The NARA catalog API returned no usable data this session (SPA shell/empty response).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scroggins-de799-09
