Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet kv-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-tweedy-de532-pkt-kv-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Tweedy (DE-532) (NHHC ship-history page; live URL serves 404 - Wayback capture 2022-07-05 cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (Wayback capture 2022-07-05)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 31 August 1943 by the Boston Navy Yard; launched 7 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Albert William Tweedy; commissioned 12 February 1944, Lt. Comdr. Thomas Donald Cunningham in command. Bermuda shakedown March 1944; assigned to Naval Training Center Miami April 1944-early 1945 (indoctrination cruises off the Florida Keys; periodic Charleston repairs/alterations); April 1945 rescued six downed aviators and conducted a submarine search north of San Salvador; June 1945 Charleston availability; Casco Bay exercises with Destroyer Escort Division 63 through late October; Green Cove Springs 11 November 1945; decommissioned in reserve 10 May 1946. Towed from Florida late March 1949 for conversion and repairs at Charleston and Bath, Maine, into autumn 1950; arrived Boston November 1950; recommissioned 2 April 1952; Fleet Sonar School training ship at Key West. Reserve training/midshipman cruises 1953-56; 1956 North Atlantic hunter-killer exercises; first Mediterranean cruise and Operation Deepwater late summer 1957. June 1958 Naval Reserve training ship, flagship Reserve Escort Squadron 4 (6th Naval District); out of commission in reserve 20 June 1959; weekend training cruises from Pensacola. Recommissioned 2 October 1961 (Berlin crisis); Newport homeport; Caribbean antisubmarine barrier duties; flagship Escort Squadron 12; 12 June 1962 assisted nine Cuban nationals adrift. Decommissioned 1 August 1962 to reserve training status out of Florida ports; departed St. Petersburg late May 1969; arrived Orange, Texas, 29 May 1969 for inactivation; name struck from the Navy list in June 1969; assigned to Naval Air Atlantic for destruction as a target March 1970; sunk as a target off Florida May 1970. Spec block: 1,350 t; 306 ft; 36 ft 10 in; dr. 13 ft; 24 kt; 2 5-in., 4 40mm, 10 20mm, 2 dct, 8 dcp; cl. John C. Butler.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1970
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943-44; wartime and postwar crew
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Spec block carries no complement figure and no torpedo-tube/Hedgehog armament line. Struck date given only as 'in June' 1969 - secondary sources conflict (14 vs 30 June); carried in gaps. Live NHHC URL returns 404; verbatim Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tweedy-de532-01
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[3]Greenleaf v. Atlas Copco Compressors, L.L.C., No. 3:14-cv-00051-SMY-SCW (S.D. Ill.), Memorandum and Order (Yandle, J.) denying John Crane, Inc.'s motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 375 (filed 2015-09-25); nature of suit 368 P.I.: Asbestos; filed 2014-01-15, terminated 2016-01-28 [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 375, p. 1-2 (Background, service-history recital) and p. 5-6 (causation analysis naming Roosevelt)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A merits-stage federal order in a docketed asbestos personal-injury case names this hull: plaintiff Kenneth R. Greenleaf alleged bilateral pulmonary asbestosis from asbestos exposure aboard U.S. Navy ships during enlisted service 1957-1980, and the order's service-history recital states 'In 1969, Plaintiff was stationed on the USS Tweedy and USS Ingraham' (citing his deposition, Doc. 234-1 pp. 48-50). In 1969 Tweedy was an 'out of commission, in service' Naval Reserve training ship at Pensacola until late May, then inactivated at Orange, Texas - consistent with a small active-duty cadre crew. The court denied John Crane's summary-judgment motion on maritime-law applicability and sufficiency of causation evidence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1969 (recited service aboard); 2014-2016 (litigation)
- Population
- Kenneth R. Greenleaf (USN enlisted 1957-1980; asbestosis); crew of USS Tweedy 1969
- Limitations
- Summary-judgment-stage record: the denial means the claim survived, not that exposure was adjudicated. The recital documents the plaintiff's presence aboard this hull in 1969; the order ties no asbestos work or product to USS Tweedy - the defendant-specific testimony (John Crane packing on valves/pumps) is placed aboard USS Roosevelt (1958-62), with only a general 'throughout his twenty-two year career' assertion. Hull attribution to DE-532 is certain (the only USS Tweedy ever). Outcome of the case beyond the 2015 orders not located (terminated 2016-01-28).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tweedy-de532-02
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[4]NARA, Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog - Tweedy (DE-532) entry (digitized deck logs, January 1956 - June 1969; e.g., NAID 213568149 Jan 1969, NAID 213568471 Jun 1969) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA deck-log index 'T' section, Tweedy (DE-532) panel; monthly catalog links 1956-1969
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's digitized Navy deck-log index lists Tweedy (DE-532) with catalog scans for January 1956 through June 1969 - covering the Naval Reserve training era, the Berlin-crisis recommission, and the June 1969 inactivation - but not the wartime 1944-46 logs or the 1952-55 recommission-era logs, which are not in the online set.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1956-1969 (digitized coverage)
- Population
- Crew and reservists 1956-1969 (documented population per log coverage)
- Limitations
- Deck logs are primary operational records - they can corroborate yard availabilities, inactivation work, and maintenance events relevant to a hull exposure history, but they do not document asbestos materials and were not reviewed at page level in this session. WWII-era logs for this hull remain non-digitized (Archives II textual holdings).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tweedy-de532-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table row 6 (WGT) + Atlas shipyard dataset record 'boston-naval-shipyard' (tier-3 asbestos-era yard; John Crane gasket litigation) + navypedia WGT boiler-block map (Babcock & Wilcox boilers for DE-531-554) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 design-group table row 6; shipyards.json 'boston-naval-shipyard'; navypedia us_de_tev_wgt boiler-block map
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: DE-532 is a BuShips design-group-6 (WGT) destroyer escort - 2 'D' express boilers (435 psi/750 F; Babcock & Wilcox for the DE-531-554 block per navypedia), 2 Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 12,000 shp - built at a Navy yard in 1943-44, squarely in the era when naval steam plants were insulated with asbestos. Period-standard applications for the type: boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, bulkhead and deck insulation materials. Builder Boston Naval Shipyard is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 3; litigation alleging John Crane asbestos gaskets at the yard).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1969
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1943-44; crew 1944-1969
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The class profile records only one Butler-class hull (DE-446) with any ship-level litigation material, and that is allegation/exhibit-list level. This row establishes no quantities, no specific products aboard DE-532, and no individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tweedy-de532-04
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[6]DANFS conversion passage (Charleston and Bath, Maine, 1949-50) + NavSource operational data line '1951: Underwent SCB-63, ASW Upgrade' and photo-caption note that Tweedy was the only DE to receive the full SCB 63 ASW upgrade of FY1951 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative (1949-1952 paragraph); navsource.net/archives/06/532.htm data line + image caption 0653207
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Material-disturbance event documented for this hull: DANFS records that Tweedy was towed from her Green Cove Springs berth in late March 1949 and underwent 'conversion and repairs at Charleston and Bath, Maine, which continued into the autumn of 1950,' returning to Boston November 1950 and recommissioning 2 April 1952. Secondary compilations identify this as the SCB 63 anti-submarine conversion - a new forward superstructure with four Hedgehogs above a bridge raised to the 01 level - given in full to no other destroyer escort.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1949-1952
- Population
- Charleston Naval Shipyard and Bath (Bath Iron Works) workers 1949-1950
- Limitations
- The conversion EVENT is DANFS-documented; the SCB-63 designation and uniqueness claim rest on secondary compilations (NavSource photo captions; Conway's-derived). No yard work-package or material schedule was located - the asbestos scope (removal and/or installation) of the 1949-50 rebuild is inference, not record. 'Bath, Maine' identifies with Bath Iron Works as the only major yard at that location - an inference flagged here rather than asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tweedy-de532-05
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[7]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
- Program-level context for this hull's service era: GAO documented that Navy policy (from 1975) removed asbestos insulation aboard ships only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - i.e., original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. Tweedy served through 1969 and was sunk in 1970, entirely before the policy window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; crews of pre-1970 hulls (program scope)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull- or class-specific; establishes Navy-wide practice context only. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches; content via product-page description. Full-text pull remains an open lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tweedy-de532-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 search sweep (opinions type=o; dockets/RECAP type=r) for exact name and hull number [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-tweedy-de532-07 through sl-uss-tweedy-de532-10
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-28): '"USS Tweedy"' opinions = 0 results; '"USS Tweedy"' dockets = 1 result (Greenleaf v. Atlas Copco Compressors, S.D. Ill. 3:14-cv-00051 - QUALIFYING asbestos litigation naming this hull, ev-02); '"DE-532"' opinions = 10 results, all identifier collisions ('DE 532' docket-entry references in unrelated cases - Puerto Rico appellate, FLSA, criminal, ERISA); '"DE-532"' dockets = 96 results, all identifier collisions (no asbestos nature-of-suit among reviewed hits); '"Tweedy" asbestos' opinions = 8 results, all surname collisions (persons named Tweedy, not the ship). One qualifying hull reference located; no other docketed asbestos case naming this vessel found.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Search-index coverage limits: RECAP docket text does not include every complaint's full text, so a complaint listing USS Tweedy among many vessels could evade the exact-name query if the name appears only in unindexed document bodies. Docket-entry 'DE 532' collisions were classified but only the first results page was reviewed (20 of 96). No PACER or state-court coverage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tweedy-de532-07
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[9]Batch-4364 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS (Wayback capture), NavSource archive page, NARA digitized deck logs, NVR, NPS/NRHP check, CourtListener name and hull-number sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-tweedy-de532-01 through sl-uss-tweedy-de532-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos-materials record located for DE-532: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, pre-sinking hazmat review, or donation/museum disclosure exists (the hull was expended as a target in May 1970, before the October 1972 MPRSA ocean-disposal permit regime, so no EPA-era sinking file exists). The only litigation naming the hull is a service-history recital without an exposure finding for this vessel (ev-02, ev-07).
- 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 - era materials would have gone down with the hull undocumented. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tweedy-de532-08