Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet ju-packet.md (10 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (class correction vs keeper flag)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-seid-de256-pkt-ju-packet-md
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[2]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'Seid (DE-256)' (published 15 April 2016; text of DANFS Vol. 6 pp.430-431) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, parenthetical specifications block + full service narrative ('Seid was laid down on 10 January 1943...' through '...two battle stars for World War II service.')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: specifications (Evarts class; 1,430 t full load; 289'5" length; 35'2" beam; 11' draft; 21.5 k; complement 199; armament 3x3-inch, 4x40mm). Laid down 10 January 1943 by the Boston Navy Yard; launched 22 February 1943, sponsored by Mrs. George Seid; commissioned 11 June 1943, Comdr. Charles A. Thorwall, USNR. Shakedown off Bermuda; Norfolk training duty for other DE crews; convoy escort to the Canal Zone August 1943; transit to Noumea via the Galapagos and Society Islands, reporting to the 3d Fleet 29 September; escort/antisubmarine duty in the Solomons-New Hebrides; 5 December 1943 hedgehog attack south of Tulagi disabled her own sound gear; January 1944 typhoon damage to frames, longitudinals, and equipment; Mare Island Navy Yard arrival 25 April 1944; Pacific Fleet Service Force and hunter-killer ASW for the 3d Fleet from August; Ulithi and Kossol Passage operations; Task Unit 94.5.9 for the Fais Island invasion (December 1944-January 1945); 47-ship convoy Eniwetok-Ulithi February-March 1945; Okinawa antisubmarine screen and southern demonstration landing 1 April 1945 (TU 51.2.8); crew credited with downing an aircraft 6 April and four Japanese planes 12 April while evading five aerial torpedoes; after Apra, Guam repairs, Task Group 17.10 submarine escort/training duty for the remainder of the war; arrived San Pedro 5 October 1945; decommissioned 14 December 1945; struck from the Navy list 8 January 1946; sold to the Pacific Bridge Co., San Francisco, in January 1947; scrapped 17 April 1947; two battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; wartime crew (design complement 199); Mare Island Navy Yard repair workforce April-June 1944
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, service history, and specifications, not materials or asbestos content - the narrative contains no asbestos-related content whatsoever. The live NHHC page returns HTTP 404 to a default user-agent (UA-filtered link rot, standing BATCH-01/3097 finding); full text was retrieved and verified via a browser-user-agent fetch of the same canonical URL on 2026-09-28 and cross-checked against the hazegray verbatim transcription. Decommissioning date conflicts with secondary compilations (7 December 1945) - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-seid-de256-01
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[3]Navypedia, 'GMT' destroyer escorts (EVARTS) member table and design specifications + DANFS specifications block for DE-256 [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia us_de_gmt.htm member table row DE256 + machinery spec block; DANFS DE-256 spec block ('cl. Evarts')
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: DE-256 is documented in the GMT (Evarts) member table - Boston Navy Yard, laid down 1/1943, launched 22.2.1943, commissioned 6/1943, stricken 1.1946 - matching DANFS. The GMT design's machinery is 4 General Motors diesel-generator sets with 2 electric motors, 6,000 hp - a diesel-electric plant with no boilers or steam system. A Navy-yard-built diesel-electric escort completed mid-1943 would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to that plant: exhaust-system insulation, gaskets and packing throughout engineering spaces, electrical insulation, brake linings on winch/windlass equipment, and deck coverings - not boiler or steam-line lagging.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; crew 1943-1945
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. Navypedia is a secondary reference; the DANFS spec block confirms class (Evarts) but does not state engine type. The diesel-electric plant means the largest asbestos categories of steam ships (boiler and steam-line insulation) do not apply. Does not quantify material, does not establish that any specific product was or was not installed aboard this hull, and does not establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-seid-de256-02
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[4]Atlas shipyard dataset (shipyards.json): boston-naval-shipyard record (tier 3 - 'John Crane gaskets and sealing materials' documented); mare-island-naval-shipyard record (tier 2 - Unibestos, Marinite boards, Transite pipes, Kaylo, Careytemp, Gold Bond, Super 66, pump/valve packing, gaskets, bonnet insulation, refractory materials) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json records 'boston-naval-shipyard' and 'mare-island-naval-shipyard'; DANFS narrative (Mare Island arrival 25 April 1944, San Francisco departure 2 June 1944)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Builder/repair-yard context: the hull was built at Boston Navy Yard (Atlas yard record 'boston-naval-shipyard', tier 3, with documented asbestos product identification) and received a repair availability at Mare Island Navy Yard April-June 1944 (Atlas yard record 'mare-island-naval-shipyard', tier 2, with an extensive documented asbestos product list). Yard-level documentation establishes asbestos use at these facilities during the era, not aboard this specific hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943; Mare Island Navy Yard repair workforce April-June 1944
- Limitations
- Yard-level records only - neither yard record names this hull or any hull-specific work order. Yard asbestos documentation does not establish that a particular product was installed on or disturbed aboard DE-256.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-seid-de256-03
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[5]NARA catalog, 'USS SEID - War Diary, 8/1-31/45' (National Archives id 77525936; micro serial 145405; Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, WWII War Diaries series) - indexed via DPLA [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog id 77525936 (via DPLA item ebfb728804782b8502a4102472f2c77d)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A digitized NARA record confirms this hull's WWII war diaries are held in the WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories series (Office of Naval Records and Library): the catalog entry for USS SEID war diary August 1-31, 1945 (id 77525936) is digitized. The ship-submitted war history referenced by NavSource and the NARA war diaries are primary operational records for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-08
- Population
- Wartime crew August 1945
- Limitations
- Operational/diary records only - war diaries document movements and operations, not materials, insulation, or asbestos content. Located via DPLA index of the NARA record; the NARA catalog page itself requires JavaScript and could not be text-verified in this pass.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-seid-de256-04
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[6]Batch-4177 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS transcription; Navypedia GMT member table; NARA/DPLA war-diary record; Atlas shipyard dataset; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries; general web search (law-firm boilerplate excluded) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-seid-de256-01 through sl-uss-seid-de256-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-256: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract, no hazmat disclosure, and no qualifying asbestos litigation naming the vessel - CourtListener swept 2026-09-28 by exact name and hull number ('USS Seid' zero hits in both opinion and RECAP docket indexes; 'DE-256' produced 18 opinion-cluster and 313 docket hits, all identifier collisions where 'DE 256' is a docket-entry number in unrelated civil/criminal cases - zero vessel, Navy, or asbestos content). Museum/drydock categories cannot apply because the ship was scrapped in 1947 and is not preserved. Law-firm/mesothelioma-marketing pages publish templated 'asbestos exposure' content for this hull name/number; reviewed and excluded as non-authoritative advertising content per the hard sourcing rule.
- 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 during the 1943-1945 commission - era materials aboard a Navy-yard-built escort are plausible but ship-unproven. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-seid-de256-05