Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet ip-packet.md (7 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-william-t-powell-de213-pkt-ip-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, William T. Powell (DE-213) entry - verbatim transcription (live NHHC page returns 404 on all probed URL patterns) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (hazegray/losthistory.net verbatim transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Gunner's Mate 2d Class William Thomas Powell, killed in action aboard heavy cruiser San Francisco off Lunga Point 12 November 1942, posthumous Navy Cross (transcription reads 'CA-39' - San Francisco was CA-38; see gaps); laid down 26 August 1943 at Charleston, S.C., by Charleston Navy Yard; launched 27 November 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Elsie V. Powell; commissioned 28 March 1944, Lt. James L. Davenport, USNR; CortDiv 66 flagship pennant; Bermuda shakedown; post-shakedown availability Charleston 24 May-6 June 1944 (four 40mm Bofors replacing torpedo tubes); screened Convoy UGS-48 - night air attack of 1 August 1944 defeated by smoke ('inexplicably received no battle star'); GUS-48, UGS-55/GUS-55; TU 27.1.2/TG 22.9 Argentia hunter-killer; TG 120.1/Escort Group 32 western approaches flagship (Comdr. Vernon A. Isaacs), based Londonderry 5 April-23 May 1945, supported 12 convoys and accepted U-boat surrenders; entered Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, 15 June 1945 for radar-picket conversion, departed 22 October 1945; 1946 eastern-seaboard/Caribbean training incl. three-week availability alongside Yellowstone (AD-27) at Newport; assigned 4th Naval District 5 November 1948, NRT ship homeported Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; reclassified DER-213 18 March 1949; decommissioned 9 December 1949; reactivated 28 November 1950; reclassified DE-213 1 December 1954; training duty until September 1957; out of commission in reserve at Philadelphia 17 January 1958; struck from the Navy list 1 November 1965; sold 3 October 1966 to North American Smelting Co., Wilmington, Del., and scrapped.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1966
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades 1943-44; wartime and NRT-era crew (design complement 186 per DANFS)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and design-block specifications (dp. 1,400; 306 ft; 23.7 k; cpl. 186; cl. Buckley), not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404. Namesake cruiser hull number transcribed as CA-39 - San Francisco was CA-38; conflict carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-william-t-powell-de213-01
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[3]NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS William T. Powell (DE-213) building/operational chronology; corroborated by NavalCoverMuseum and uboat.net allied-warships entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-213 chronology block (via search index); navalcovermuseum.org WILLIAM_T_POWELL_DE_213; uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/1444.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Registry and postwar-event corroboration for this hull: keel laid 26 August 1943 Charleston Navy Yard; launched 27 November 1943; commissioned 28 March 1944; converted to radar picket at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, 15 June-22 October 1945; assigned NRT 4th Naval District Philadelphia 5 November 1948; reclassified DER-213 18 March 1949; decommissioned (NavSource reads '09 January 1949' - see limitations); recommissioned 28 November 1950; reclassified DE-213 1 December 1954; collided with SS Mormacspruce off Cross Ledge Light, lower Delaware Bay, 31 March 1955 - severe aft-starboard hull damage, two crewmembers injured; decommissioned at U.S. Naval Base Philadelphia 17 January 1958 to Philadelphia Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet; struck from NVR 1 November 1965; sold for scrapping 3 October 1966 to North American Smelting Co., Wilmington, Del.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1966
- Population
- NRT-era crew (Philadelphia 1948-1958); two injured in 1955 collision
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations of NVR/dictionary data (NavSource page fetch blocked; chronology via search-index excerpts, corroborated by NavalCoverMuseum wiki entry and uboat.net ship/1444 page). NavSource's '09 January 1949' first-decommissioning date is internally inconsistent (placed after the 18 March 1949 reclassification in its own list; its service-duration figure matches neither reading) - DANFS/NavalCoverMuseum/Wikipedia read 9 December 1949, carried here and in gaps. The Mormacspruce collision repair yard is not documented. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-william-t-powell-de213-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table (shipscribe.com scan) + navypedia us_de_te block map and DER-conversion armament line [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 design-group table; navypedia us_de_te technical data (machinery block map) + armament-notes line for 1945 DER conversions
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era propulsion documentation: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 design groups 2-3 (TE turbo-electric) - two 'D' express-type boilers at 435 psi/750F superheat feeding GE steam turbine-generators and electric motors, 12,000 shp, two shafts, ~23.6 kt (DANFS spec block reads 23.7 k); navypedia's per-block boiler-manufacturer map assigns Combustion Engineering boilers to the DE-155/199-213/633-644/675-683/693-705 block that includes this hull, and lists William T. Powell among the five 1945 DER conversions fitted with SPS-6 radar (Buckley, Fogg, Reuben James, William T. Powell, Spangenberg). A 1943-44 steam-plant escort of this design would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation on boilers and steam lines, turbine insulation, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing; the Buckley class and the John C. Butler (WGT) class are the only DE classes with a full steam plant, making this the most asbestos-relevant DE design group alongside Butler.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1958
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades 1943-44; crew 1944-58
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - not a ship-specific finding. The boiler block map is navypedia-sourced and unverified against contract documents; no hull material schedule located (NARA RG19 General Information Books are the archival lead). Does not establish asbestos presence, quantity, or exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-william-t-powell-de213-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweeps 2026-09-28: "USS William T. Powell" type=o (0); "William T. Powell" asbestos type=o (0); "DER-213" type=o (0); "William T. Powell" type=o (35 - all person-name collisions); "DE-213" type=o (28 - all docket-entry/reporter collisions); "William T. Powell" type=r (1304 loose party-name matches - sampled hits all person-name); "DE-213" type=r (449 - docket-entry shorthand collisions) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener v4 /search type=o and type=r; Deem v. The William Powell Co. opinion (ca9.uscourts.gov 20-35165); Walton v. The William Powell Co. (Cal. App., exa.ai index)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation sweep result: zero qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull. 'USS William T. Powell' returned no opinions; 'William T. Powell' + asbestos returned none; 'DER-213' returned none. The bare-name hits all resolve to collisions: a Houston attorney named William T. Powell recurring as counsel of record (e.g., Willis v. Donnelly, 199 S.W.3d 262 (Tex. 2006)), a Missouri criminal defendant (State v. Powell, 433 S.W.2d 33 (Mo. 1968)), bankruptcy debtors, and probate/civil parties - none naval, none asbestos. 'DE-213' hits resolve to docket-entry shorthand ('[DE 213]', e.g., Town of Oyster Bay v. Northrop Grumman, E.D.N.Y. 2:05-cv-01945) and Puerto Rico reporter pagination ('213 DPR'). A second collision channel is structural: 'The William Powell Company' / 'Wm. Powell Co.' (Cincinnati valve manufacturer) is a recurring asbestos defendant (e.g., Deem v. The William Powell Co., 9th Cir. No. 20-35165 (2022); Walton v. The William Powell Co., Cal. App. 2010) - the corporate name, not this vessel. The 'USS Powell' short form in Navy asbestos records resolves to USS Halsey Powell (DD-686), a Fletcher-class destroyer in commission to 1976 (cf. Haynes v. Air & Liquid Systems, D. Del. No. 16-607 - documented in uss-buckley-de51, batch-297).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Sweep establishes no qualifying litigation in the CourtListener opinion/docket index as of 2026-09-28; RECAP full-text coverage beyond the index is not guaranteed, and fleet-paced query budget limited repeat sweeps. A case could exist that names the vessel only in unindexed complaint text. Does not establish that asbestos was or was not aboard; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-william-t-powell-de213-04
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[6]Batch-4131 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live + hazegray/ibiblio transcription mirrors; NavSource/NavalCoverMuseum/uboat.net registry compilations; BuShips Ships' Data 1945 (shipscribe scan); navypedia us_de_te block map; CourtListener API v4 exact-name and hull-number sweeps; NARA catalog probe; law-firm/marketing sweep (banned sources) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-william-t-powell-de213-01 through sl-uss-william-t-powell-de213-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, disposal hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed asbestos case naming DE-213/DER-213 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Law-firm/marketing list pages naming 'USS William T. Powell' (shepardlawfirm.com - misspelled 'Powel' | DE 213; mesotheliomahelp.org; elslaw.com) exist but are banned sources - presence on marketing lists is not evidence.
- 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 1943-44 steam-plant escort is era-consistent with ACM, and the hull was scrapped in 1966 leaving no surveyable artifact. The 1945 Brown Shipbuilding DER conversion and the undocumented 1955 collision repair are real disturbance periods whose asbestos scope is unknown. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-william-t-powell-de213-05