Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet kp-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-tabberer-de418-pkt-kp-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Tabberer (DE-418), updated NHHC entry (Robert J. Cressman, 2015-11-20) - live history.navy.mil page 404, Wayback capture cited; verbatim transcription of the prior revision at https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DE/de418.html [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS entry 'Tabberer (DE-418)', full entry incl. design block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 1944-01-12 at Houston, Tex., by Brown Shipbuilding Co.; launched 1944-02-18 (sponsor Mrs. Mary M. Tabberer, namesake's widow); commissioned 1944-05-23, Lt. Comdr. Henry Lee Plage USNR. Shakedown Bermuda; post-shakedown availability Boston Navy Yard; Pacific via Panama Canal, Pearl Harbor 1944-09-07; TG 12.7/TG 30.7 hunter-killer ops around Anzio (CVE-57). Typhoon Cobra 1944-12-17/18: lost mast and antennae, rolls to ~72 deg; rescued 55 survivors of Hull (DD-350) and Spence (DD-512) over 18-20 Dec - first 3d Fleet ship to learn of the sinkings; Navy Unit Commendation to the ship, Legion of Merit to Plage (presented by Adm. Halsey aboard 1944-12-29), Navy and Marine Corps Medals to Surdam, Korth, Purvis, Cotton. Availability at Pearl Harbor Jan 1945; Iwo Jima and Okinawa screens; repairs Apra Harbor Guam May 1945; occupation duty Okinawa-Korea-China; San Francisco 1946-01-15; out of commission in reserve San Diego 1946-04-24. Recommissioned San Diego 1951-04-07 (Lt. Comdr. Willard J. McNulty); homeport Newport RI; Atlantic Fleet ops 1951-1960 incl. one Mediterranean deployment (fall 1957). Last port call 1959-04-19, inactivation at Philadelphia; out of commission in reserve May 1960; berthed Philadelphia to 1972. Stricken from NVR 1972-07-01; sold for scrapping 1973-10-03 to Mr. David A. Hahn, Key West Fla.; departed naval custody 1973-11-26. Four battle stars + Navy Unit Commendation (WWII). Complement 222; class John C. Butler.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding construction trades (1944); wartime and postwar crew (design complement 222); Philadelphia reserve-fleet caretakers 1960-1972
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, builder, service chronology, damage events, awards, and disposition - not materials or asbestos content. Dates conflict with NavSource operational-data page for the two decommissionings (see gaps). Live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-28; Wayback capture 2025-02-02 cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tabberer-de418-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table (shipscribe.com scan) + John C. Butler class profile block map (navypedia WGT page, class-f/john-c-butler-class.class.json ev-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 design-group table row 6; class profile ev-john-c-butler-class-02/-03/-05
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: DE-418 is a BuShips design group 6 (WGT) hull - 2 'D' express boilers 435 psi/750F (Combustion Engineering for the DE-402-424 block per the class profile's navypedia-derived boiler map), 2 Westinghouse geared turbines, 12,000 shp, 24.3 kt. 1944 construction of a superheated steam plant places this hull in the peak asbestos era for boiler/fireroom insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing; the class profile's litigation record (Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec, W.D. Wash. 2:17-cv-00537, pretrial materials naming sister ship Brannon DE-446) documents the era theory that distiller/evaporator insulation aboard DEs was Navy-specified in the asbestos era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Construction trades (Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, 1944); crew 1944-1960
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - establishes no ship-specific installation, no quantities, and no exposure. The Jack materials are pretrial recitals about a different hull (DE-446) and concede non-asbestos insulation was possible. Boiler-vendor attribution per block map is a secondary compilation not verified against contract documents.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tabberer-de418-02
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[4]U.S. Naval Institute, Naval History magazine, 'The Brown Shipbuilding Company's Rise During World War II' (June 2025) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Naval History, Vol. 39 No. 3 (June 2025)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- USNI history documents the builder yard: Brown Shipbuilding Co., established 1941 by George and Herman Brown of Brown & Root on Greens Bayou off the Houston Ship Channel; second-largest Houston-area WWII employer; built Navy submarine chasers, destroyer escorts, and landing craft under government contract - the yard that built this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- Brown Shipbuilding workforce (wartime Houston)
- Limitations
- Yard-level history only - contains no materials or asbestos data and does not name this hull. Establishes the builder's wartime context, not anything installed aboard DE-418.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tabberer-de418-03
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[5]CINCPAC Pacific Fleet Confidential Memorandum 14CL-45, 'Damage in Typhoon, Lessons of' (21 February 1945; researcheratlarge.com transcription; original in Nimitz Collection, Hoover Institution - OAC finding aid ark:/13030/tf78700873 lists 'Pacific Fleet Confidential Letter 14CL-45 of 13 February 1945 Subject: Damage in Typhoon (18 December 1944)') [other_primary]
- Locator
- 14CL-45 para. 1; OAC Nimitz Collection finding aid, container III:5
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official CINCPAC fleet-level postmortem on Typhoon Cobra (18 Dec 1944): three destroyers (Hull, Monaghan, Spence) capsized; ~790 officers and men lost; serious damage to named cruisers and carriers; 'lesser damage was sustained by at least 19 other vessels, from CAs down to DEs.' DANFS separately documents this hull's mast loss and 55-man rescue in the same event; the memorandum is the fleet context for the damage event that drove her January 1945 Pearl Harbor availability.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-12-18 to 1945-02
- Population
- Third Fleet crews, Typhoon Cobra, December 1944
- Limitations
- Does not name Tabberer - she is within the unnamed 'at least 19 other vessels.' No asbestos content. Transcription host is a private site; document existence/archive custody confirmed by the Hoover/OAC finding aid.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tabberer-de418-04
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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 Navy asbestos policy of the era: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 toward selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained aboard for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. Relevant context for a 1944 hull that spent 1960-1972 in the Philadelphia reserve fleet and was scrapped 1973-74.
- 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 ship- or class-specific; fieldwork yards were elsewhere. gao.gov full text returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch - content assessed via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tabberer-de418-05
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[7]Batch-4319 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404; Wayback + ibiblio/HyperWar + hazegray transcriptions); CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP docket indexes; NavSource DE photo archive (Wayback); NARA catalog API; GAO product page [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-tabberer-de418-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Tabberer / DE-418 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener: 'USS Tabberer' zero opinion hits; 'Tabberer' 13 opinion hits and 71 RECAP dockets, all personal-surname collisions with no ship, Navy, or asbestos context; hull-number opinion query blocked by fleet pace limit (sl-04).
- 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 - the hull was built in the peak asbestos-shipbuilding era and disposed of before any hazmat-disclosure regime. Does not establish that asbestos is or was present, nor does it establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tabberer-de418-06