Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet hd-packet.md (8 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Stickell
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-stickell-dd888-pkt-hd-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Stickell (DD-888) (builder, dates, service narrative, transfer to Greece; verbatim transcription via navysite.de - live NHHC page serves 404, hazegray.org unreachable/DNS-failed, ibiblio DANFS file never transcribed) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry text (navysite.de verbatim mirror), full service narrative + spec block via https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/DD/DD-888_Stickell.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 5 January 1945 at Orange, Tex., by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp.; launched 16 June 1945, sponsored by Miss Sue Stickell; commissioned 31 October 1945, Comdr. Francis E. Fleck in command. Atlantic Fleet amphibious training, Galveston, Dec 1945-Jan 1946; shakedown Guantanamo; post-shakedown availability Charleston arriving 11 March 1946; Norfolk; Panama Canal; San Diego DesDiv 11; three Far East cruises to 1950. Overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard completed 6 November 1950; two Korean War tours (Nov 1950-Jul 1951; Jan-Aug 1952) with TF 77/TG 95.2; drydocking and repairs Yokosuka 29 May-18 June 1952. Decommissioned at Long Beach 13 December 1952 for conversion to radar picket destroyer; recommissioned 2 September 1953 as DDR-888; circumnavigation to Norfolk 10 August 1954, DesDiv 262. 1958 overhaul with new electronics; 1962 Med cruise with Black Sea excursion; Cuban Quarantine. FRAM overhaul at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard entered May 1963, completed early 1964, rejoining as a straight DD (DesRon 12, flagship DesDiv 122, Newport). Dominican Republic patrol (TF 124) June 1965; six-week overhaul at the Bethlehem Steel Corp. shipyard at Boston; Gemini 6 recovery station. Vietnam deployment January-August 1966 (Tonkin Gulf SAR, plane guard for Ranger CVA-61, gunfire support; return via Suez circumnavigating). Overhaul Boston Naval Shipyard October 1966-February 1967. Indian Ocean/Middle East Force cruise July 1968-January 1969; Med September 1969-March 1970; hull repairs Davisville May 1970; drydocking Newport News 13 November-7 December 1970; second Middle East Force deployment January-June 1971. Decommissioned and struck 1 July 1972; transferred to Greece same day, recommissioned Kanaris (D-212). Six battle stars (Korea), one (Vietnam).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-1972
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades, Orange TX 1945; wartime/postwar crew (design complement 355); crews at documented yard periods
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, service history, and yard periods, not materials or asbestos content. Yard periods are documented as events; insulation disturbance at any of them is era inference, not a hull record. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404 and hazegray.org fails DNS; navysite.de transcribes DANFS verbatim and adds a (non-DANFS) characteristics table.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stickell-dd888-01
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[3]NavalCoverMuseum designation ledger for USS Stickell DD-888/DDR-888 + NavSource photo index DD-888 (disposition dates; both are secondary compilations) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavalCoverMuseum STICKELL DD 888 designation list; navsource.org/archives/05/888.htm (fetch-blocked)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Designation and disposition chronology from secondary compilations: redesignated radar picket destroyer DDR-888 effective 5 December 1951 (before the December 1952 decommissioning for conversion); reverted to DD-888 in 1964 (post-FRAM); decommissioned and stricken 1 July 1972; transferred to Greece same day as Kanaris (D-212); Greek stricken 1994; sold for scrap 2002.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-2002
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations only - the 5 Dec 1951 redesignation date conflicts with the class-profile/navypedia figure (9.1953) and with Wikipedia's '1953'; the DD reversion is given as 1964 here and by Wikipedia vs. 6.1962 in the class profile. None of these dates is primary-verified; conflicts carried in gaps. NavSource page itself unreachable to automated fetch - its data was corroborated via search-index excerpts and the Wikipedia/Wikimedia infobox.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stickell-dd888-02
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[4]Hellenic Navy official site, 'Destroyer Kanaris' page (English) [other_primary]
- Locator
- hellenicnavy.gr English historical page 'Destroyer Kanaris'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Hellenic Navy record for this hull after transfer: Kanaris (D-212), described as 'a Gearing FRAM I-type destroyer... built in Texas in 1945,' purchased from the U.S. Navy in 1972, handed over at Norfolk, Virginia, to her first Greek commanding officer, Commander K. Zografos, and later sailed into Salamis naval base; decommissioned at Salamis in 1993.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1972-1993
- Population
- Hellenic Navy crew of Kanaris (D-212), 1972-1993
- Limitations
- Confirms the Greek service and 1993 decommissioning of this hull; contains no asbestos, material-condition, or disposal-scrapping detail (the 2002 sale for scrap comes from secondary compilations). Establishes that the ex-Stickell hull remained in active foreign service 1972-1993 - outside U.S. documentation channels.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stickell-dd888-03
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[5]Destroyer History Foundation, Sumner-Gearing class page + Consolidated Steel Orange builder page + class-profile gearing-class.class.json (class-C session F) [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyerhistory.org class page and 'Consolidated' builder page; class-f/gearing-class.class.json ev-gearing-class-12 and notes
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this hull: a Gearing-class destroyer built at Consolidated Steel, Orange, Texas, in 1945 with four Babcock & Wilcox superheated boilers and 60,000-shp GE geared turbines would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler and turbine insulation, steam-pipe lagging, valve/flange gaskets, packing, and fireproofing. The Gearing class profile records a litigation-recited engineering drawing specifying amosite felts and asbestos cloths on forced-draft blower turbines (Goodrich, E.D. Va. 2018) and a litigation-recited 30.3-ton partial tally of asbestos thermal insulation/lagging in Sumner/Gearing machinery spaces - recitals, not adjudicated quantities. Consolidated Steel Orange built 27 Gearing-class destroyers (DDs 873-890 and 817-825); the Navy contracted the yard's 1940 expansion, peak employment ~20,000.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-1972
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1945; crew 1945-1972
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - not a hull-level record. The Goodrich drawing and tonnage figure are litigation recitals (the underlying exhibits were never retrieved per the class-profile gap log). No quantity, exposure event, or fiber content is established aboard DD-888 specifically.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stickell-dd888-04
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. This hull's U.S. service (1945-1972) ended before the 1979 policy shift; her documented yard periods (Mare Island 1950, Long Beach DDR conversion 1952-53, Philadelphia NSY FRAM 1963-64, Boston NSY 1966-67, Newport News drydock 1970) are the event types under which era insulation disturbance would have occurred.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull- or class-specific. Supports era context for interpreting this hull's yard periods; full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch - content via product-page description, same limitation noted in the Batch-01 report and class profile).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stickell-dd888-05
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[7]Board of Veterans' Appeals decision, Citation Nr. 1803105 (docket 06-03 603A, decided 2018-01-17) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BVA decision 1803105, 'Reasons and Bases' section I (veteran's March 2009 statement)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A BVA decision names this hull: a Navy veteran (active service June 1968-March 1970) 'identified multiple stressful incidents during his time aboard the USS Waller, USS John King, and USS Stickell' in a PTSD service-connection claim. The claim was denied on psychiatric-diagnosis grounds - it is a NON-ASBESTOS administrative adjudication. No asbestos product, exposure event, or asbestos-related disease is alleged or found in it. It is logged here because it is the only located adjudicated federal record naming this hull, and it independently confirms a crew member's service aboard during 1968-1970 (matching the ship's Indian Ocean/Middle East Force deployment era).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1968-1970 (service); 2005-2018 (adjudication)
- Population
- One named veteran's service period aboard (1968-1970)
- Limitations
- Not asbestos litigation and not evidence of asbestos aboard: the decision adjudicates PTSD/heart-disability claims only. Crew-service detail is the veteran's own statement, found credible only as to periods of service, not stressors. No part of this row supports an exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stickell-dd888-06
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[8]Batch-3852 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (404) + navysite.de/ibiblio mirrors; Naval Vessel Register (pre-1987 disposals not covered); Hellenic Navy official page; CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket sweeps (authenticated, fleet-paced); VA BVA full-text; destroyerhistory.org; NARA catalog (JS-only endpoint, not queried) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-stickell-dd888-01 through -12
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: CourtListener opinion searches 'USS Stickell' (0), 'DD-888'/'DDR-888' (0), and bare 'Stickell' (937 surname-collision hits, page-1 review all name collisions - no vessel content) returned no opinion naming this hull; no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or materials analysis naming DD-888 was found in the public sources searched. One non-asbestos BVA decision names the hull (see ev-06). 'No ship-specific record located' is recorded as a result, not papered over.
- 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 - a 1945 steam-plant destroyer is era-consistent with heavy ACM use, and the hull spent 1972-2002 under Greek ownership/scrapping outside U.S. documentation. This finding covers only the searched public sources; RECAP docket-text coverage of unindexed complaints is incomplete.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stickell-dd888-07