Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet fv-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-stembel-dd644-pkt-fv-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Stembel (DD-644) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; construction paragraph; final two paragraphs of service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DANFS records USS Stembel (DD-644) as a Fletcher-class destroyer, laid down at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on 21 December 1942; launched 8 May 1943; and commissioned 16 July 1943. It gives a design complement of 329 and records World War II service, preinactivation overhaul at Puget Sound in November 1945, decommissioning to the Pacific Reserve Fleet on 31 May 1946, recommissioning on 9 November 1951, final U.S. Navy decommissioning on 27 May 1958, and loan to Argentina on 7 August 1961 as Rosales (D-22). DANFS credits nine World War II and three Korean War battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1961
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades (1942-43); U.S. Navy crew (1943-46 and 1951-58)
- Limitations
- DANFS establishes ship identity, construction, service, and transfer, not asbestos content, products, quantities, locations, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stembel-dd644-01
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[3]National Archives, Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog, Stembell (DD-644) listing [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Navy online deck-log index, alphabetical Stembell (DD-644) entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's online Navy deck-log index contains a listing rendered as 'Stembell (DD-644)' and identifies the vessel's U.S. Navy commission period as July 1943 to May 1958. The index is an archival lead for dated operational records.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1958
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew documented by deck logs
- Limitations
- The NARA index spells the name 'Stembell,' while official DANFS spells it 'Stembel'; DD-644 and the commission/decommission month range identify the same vessel. The index does not itself supply deck-log content, materials information, or asbestos findings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stembel-dd644-02
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[4]NHHC/National Archives photograph catalog, USN 1063366, Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 [other_primary]
- Locator
- USN 1063366 caption and description
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NHHC photograph catalog caption identifies ARA Rosales as ex-USS Stembel (DD-644) in a combined Latin American-United States quarantine task force patrol departing Trinidad on 12 November 1962, corroborating the post-transfer identity.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1962-11-12
- Population
- Argentine Navy crew; combined quarantine task-force personnel
- Limitations
- The catalog establishes identity and activity in 1962, not ship construction details, asbestos content, material condition, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stembel-dd644-03
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct. 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product-page highlights; full report, pp. 1-3
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 Navy-wide review states that it reviewed the use of asbestos in Navy ships and describes the Navy's 1975 policy to remove and replace damaged asbestos insulation or insulation removed for repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas. This supplies Navy-program context for the relevant era only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ship asbestos-control program
- Limitations
- Program-level report about Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; it does not name USS Stembel, establish asbestos aboard DD-644, identify products or locations, or establish individual exposure or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stembel-dd644-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 authenticated opinion search, exact query "USS Stembel" [court_record]
- Locator
- API response: count 0; next null; results []
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The completed authenticated CourtListener API v4 opinion search for the exact name "USS Stembel" returned count 0. No qualifying asbestos opinion, other litigation, or name collision was returned by that completed query.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27 search
- Limitations
- This is a negative search result, not proof that no litigation exists. Required exact-name docket and DD-644 opinion/docket searches could not be completed because the authenticated fleet-wide pacing limiter reported its request budget momentarily spent; no anonymous, v3, or unpaced request was made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stembel-dd644-05
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[7]Batch 3618 search ledger: NHHC/DANFS, NARA deck-log index, NHHC/National Archives photographic catalog, GAO HRD-80-2, and authenticated CourtListener API v4 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-stembel-dd644-01 through sl-uss-stembel-dd644-06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No public ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, material inventory, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos-litigation document was located in the completed sources. The U.S. Navy transferred DD-644 to Argentina in 1961; its later material history, disposal, and any abatement documentation were not established in the sources reached.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27 research
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. The incomplete CourtListener sweep prevents treating the litigation search as exhaustive; class/era context does not become a ship-specific material finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stembel-dd644-06