Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 758-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-wiseman-de667-pkt-758-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Wiseman (DE-667) (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page returns 404 - hazegray mirror via Wayback capture 2024-12-01) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Wiseman' (DE-667), namesake sketch + spec block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 26 July 1943 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp.; launched 6 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. June Holton, widow of namesake Lt. (j.g.) Osborne Beeman Wiseman (VB-3 pilot killed at Midway 4 June 1942, Navy Cross posthumous); commissioned at Algiers, La., 4 April 1944, Lt. W. B. McClaran Jr., USNR, in command; Bermuda shakedown and Boston Navy Yard post-shakedown availability, then three round-trip convoy-escort missions from Boston through autumn 1944; converted to a floating power station at the Charleston (S.C.) Navy Yard and sailed for the Pacific 11 January 1945; powered Manila from 13 April 1945 for five and one-half months (5,806,000 kWh), supplied 150,000 gallons of evaporated drinking water, and handled harbor radio traffic; powered Army dredge Harris (YM-25) at Guam for two months; decommissioned at San Diego 31 May 1946, inactivated 31 January 1947; recommissioned 1950 for Korean War - supplied electricity to Masan, services to 1st Marine Division units, and training to 80 ROK midshipmen and 120 ROK enlisted; extensive Mare Island Naval Shipyard overhaul late 1951; six total WestPac deployments with upkeep at Mare Island or San Francisco Naval Shipyard; decommissioned to Group I NRT status 16 May 1959 (11th Naval District); recommissioned 2 October 1961 for the Berlin crisis after overhaul at the Bethlehem shipyards, Long Beach; WestPac patrol off Vietnam January 1962; decommissioned and placed 'in service' 1 August 1962 (ResDesDiv 272); struck from the Navy list 15 April 1973; scrapped. Spec block: 1,400 t, 306 ft, 24 kt, cpl 186, class Buckley. Six battle stars for Korean service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Dravo construction trades 1943-44; crew across commissioned (1944-46, 1950-59, 1961-62) and in-service NRT periods (1959-61, 1962-73)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 (2026-09-29) - verbatim hazegray transcription cited via Wayback. DANFS namesake sketch reads born 20 February 1916 while navsource and memorial sources read 1915 (carried in gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wiseman-de667-01
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[3]NARA photo captions reproduced by NavSource DE-667 archive: USN photo CP-DE-667-19-N-76914 (Charleston Navy Yard photo #144-45) and MINSY 27713-1-56 (Mare Island NSY) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net DE-667 photo captions (USN photos CP-DE-667-19-N-76914, MINSY 27713-1-56)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA-numbered photographs document two yard periods aboard this hull: (1) 11 January 1945, Wiseman departing the Charleston Navy Yard for the Pacific, in the yard 'since early December of '44 being converted into a floating power station,' with canvas-covered cable reels forward of the aft 40 mm gun mount (photo CP-DE-667-19-N-76914 / Charleston Navy Yard #144-45); (2) 17 January 1956, Wiseman in Mare Island NSY dry dock 2 (in dock 15 December 1955 - 18 January 1956) during an overhaul begun 28 November 1955 and completed 29 February 1956, alongside USS Ulvert M. Moore (DE-442), USS William Seiverling (DE-441), and USS Lewis (DE-535) (photo MINSY 27713-1-56).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-1956
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard trades Dec 1944-Jan 1945; Mare Island yard trades Nov 1955-Feb 1956
- Limitations
- Photo captions reproduced by a secondary compilation (NavSource); they document yard presence and dates, not materials, work scope, or asbestos. The NARA originals should be confirmed at the archives before any production citation of caption text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wiseman-de667-02
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[4]NavSource DE-667 'Building and Operational Data' block (secondary compilation of operational milestones) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net DE-667 'Building and Operational Data' block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilation adds operational timeline consistent with DANFS on shared points: keel laid 26 July 1943 by the Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh; commissioned 4 April 1944 at Algiers, La.; recommissioned 11 September 1950 at San Diego (Lcdr. Jay W. Land); decommissioned to 'in service' Group I NRT status 16 May 1959; recommissioned 2 October 1961 for the Berlin crisis; decommissioned to 'in service' ResDesDiv 272 status 1 August 1962; placed out of service and struck from the NVR 15 April 1973; sold 29 April 1974 to Levin Metals Corp., San Jose, Cal., for $65,000; removed from Navy custody 22 May 1974.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not an official record; consistent with DANFS on shared facts, but its '31 January 1947 decommissioned' conflicts with the DANFS 31 May 1946 decommissioning (DANFS lists 31 January 1947 as inactivation - carried in gaps). Sale price and custody-removal date are uncorroborated against MARAD disposal records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wiseman-de667-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table (shipscribe.com scan) + navypedia TE boiler-block map [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips SDB1945v1 pp. 234-235 DE design-group table; navypedia us_de_te.htm block map; class-f buckley-class profile ev-01/02
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: DE-667 is a Buckley-class (TE, BuShips design groups 2-3) destroyer escort - the only DE group besides the John C. Butler (WGT) class with a full steam plant: 2 'D' express-type boilers at 435 psi/750F superheat feeding GE turbo-electric machinery, 12,000 shp (navypedia block map assigns Foster Wheeler boilers to the DE 665-673 block, which includes DE-667). A steam-powered escort built 1943-44 would have carried era-standard asbestos applications - boiler and steam-line insulation/lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, electrical insulation, and deck coverings - making the TE class the most asbestos-relevant DE design.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Dravo construction trades 1943-44; crew 1944-73; NRT reservists 1959-73
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding; no ship-specific asbestos record exists for this hull (see ev-uss-wiseman-de667-07). The boiler-manufacturer block assignment is navypedia-sourced and unverified against contract documents; does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wiseman-de667-04
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[6]Archival leads surfaced by NavSource DE-667 archive and standard NARA holdings [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net DE-667 'Wiseman History' section; NARA holdings (general)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads not yet retrieved: the ship's official WWII war history (submitted at war's end; a scan is hosted on NavSource as image 06667wh.jpg); the NARA still-picture series CP-DE-667-19-N-* documenting the Charleston floating-power-station conversion and the Manila power service; NARA deck logs for DE-667 (1944-1973); and BuShips records for the conversion work package and any hull material specifications.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Leads located in secondary indexes only; contents not retrieved or reviewed - they may or may not contain materials/asbestos information. NARA Catalog API returned only the SPA shell to automated queries on 2026-09-29; no item-level confirmation obtained.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wiseman-de667-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated): "USS Wiseman" and "DE-667" sweeps; hits: MDL-875 doc 7778 (J.P.M.L. tag-along notice) and Sarjeant v. City of Long Beach, 3:24-cv-01216 (N.D. Cal.) doc 207 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener v4 /search/ q="USS Wiseman" (type=o: 0; type=r: docket_id 1245688 doc 7778, docket_id 68294127 doc 207) and q="DE-667" (type=o: 5 collisions)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep (2026-09-29): "USS Wiseman" opinion search returned zero hits - no published opinion names the vessel. "USS Wiseman" docket search returned 2 hits, both asbestos dockets with indexed-text vessel mentions: (1) IN RE: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), MDL No. 875 (J.P.M.L.), doc 7778 - a 2011 Notice of Potential Tag-Along filed by counsel for Foster Wheeler LLC, CBS Corp. and General Electric for a Louisiana Eastern District tag-along action; (2) Sarjeant v. City of Long Beach, 3:24-cv-01216 (N.D. Cal., suitNature 'P.I.: Asbestos'), doc 207 - a 2024 discovery order by Magistrate Ryu granting the plaintiff's motion to compel Foster Wheeler to produce records of its equipment aboard specific ships repaired at Todd Shipyards where the plaintiff worked 1960-64; the plaintiff's alleged exposure sites were Todd ship-repair work and the Queen Mary rip-out project in Long Beach, so the 'USS Wiseman' text match is a vessel-list reference inside discovery papers, not the plaintiff's claimed exposure site. "DE-667" opinion search returned 5 hits and "DE-667" docket search returned 150+ hits, all identifier collisions ('DE 667' docket-entry references; ERISA, federal employment, criminal, mortgage, habeas, pharma MDL, bankruptcy) - none vessel-related, none asbestos.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2011; 2024 (litigation); 2026-09-29 (sweep)
- Population
- James and Lucretia Sarjeant (N.D. Cal. plaintiffs); unnamed plaintiff in the 2011 E.D. La. MDL-875 tag-along action
- Limitations
- Both exact-name hits are indexed-text matches inside document bodies. Sarjeant resolved from the case's own published orders (2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96395; Dkt. 203/207/212/314+ orders): the vessel is a list reference in Foster Wheeler product-ID discovery, not an exposure site - classified down as a discovery-stage list mention. The MDL-875 tag-along notice's match context was not retrievable (fleet pacing) - classified down as a pleading-stage mention. Neither adjudicates exposure aboard this hull; establishes nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wiseman-de667-06
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[8]Batch-4442 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; navsource/NARA photo captions; class-profile (BuShips 1945, navypedia); CourtListener exact-name query; third-party ship-list pages [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-wiseman-de667-01 through sl-uss-wiseman-de667-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-667: no hull ACM survey, no abatement or disposal-disclosure record, no museum hazmat documentation (hull scrapped 1974, never preserved), and no qualifying asbestos litigation naming the vessel was located. Third-party marketing/listicle pages name USS Wiseman as an asbestos ship but are non-authoritative and excluded per batch rules.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a steam-powered 1943-44 escort's era materials would typically persist until yard work or scrapping disturbed them; nothing here establishes or defeats any individual exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wiseman-de667-07