Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet kj-packet.md (6 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: Wyman; hull DE-38; destroyer escort, Evarts class (diesel-electric; 1,140 std tons; 19 knots) [VIA-WP] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wyman
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-wyman-de38-pkt-kj-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Wyman I (DE-38) (namesake biography, builder, dates, service narrative, striking and disposal; verbatim transcription via hazegray mirror, Wayback capture - live NHHC page not located, hazegray live unreachable) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Wyman I' (DE-38), specifications block + full service narrative + namesake biography
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down as BDE-38 on 7 September 1942 at Bremerton, Wash., by the Puget Sound Navy Yard for the Royal Navy; launched 3 June 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Joe L. Aprill; UK transfer canceled; designated DE-38 on 16 June 1943, named Wyman on the 23d; commissioned at Puget Sound Navy Yard 1 September 1943, Lt. Comdr. Robert W. Copeland, USNR, in command. Pearl Harbor submarine exercises Dec 1943-spring 1944; TG 12.2 hunter-killer group (Hoggatt Bay, CVE-75) - sank RO-48 19 July 1944 and I-55 28 July 1944 (Reynolds, DE-42, assisting); TG 57.3 escort Marshalls-Marianas; Iwo Jima support early 1945; TG 50.8 logistics escort for Okinawa, three floating mines sunk; arrived San Francisco 15 July 1945; 42-day overhaul terminated 17 August 1945; decommissioned 17 December 1945; struck from the Navy list 8 January 1946; sold 16 April 1947 to National Metal and Steel Company, Terminal Island, Calif.; scrapping completed 14 March 1948. Six battle stars. Spec line: dp. 1,140; l. 289'5"; b. 35'1"; dr. 8'3"; s. 21 k.; cpl. 156; a. 3 3", 4 1.1", 9 20mm., 8 dcp., 2 dct., 1 dcp. (hh.); cl. Evarts. Named for Ensign Eldon P. Wyman, killed aboard Oklahoma (BB-37) at Pearl Harbor.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Puget Sound Navy Yard construction workforce 1942-43; wartime crew (design complement 156 per DANFS)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Complement figure (156) differs from secondary compilations (15 officers/183 enlisted = 198) - carried in gaps. Decommissioning date (17 Dec 1945) differs from secondary compilations (21 Dec) - carried in gaps. Mirror transcription cited because no live NHHC DANFS page was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wyman-de38-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. I, NAVSHIPS 250-010 (15 April 1945), destroyer-escort per-hull register table (shipscribe.com scan, OCR) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 Vol. I, DE section, per-hull table (book pp. 264-265, alphabetical W block), entry 374
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous official BuShips register entry for this hull (table entry 374): 'WYMAN - DE38 - GMT - Navy Yard, Puget Sound - 1,649,400 [contract/machinery price] - keel laid Sept. 7, 1942 - launched June 3, 1943 - first commission Sept. 1, 1943.' Confirms builder, GMT design-group assignment, and all construction dates independently of DANFS.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (register compiled April 1945)
- Population
- Puget Sound Navy Yard construction workforce 1942-43
- Limitations
- Register data - documents identity, builder, design group, dates, and price; contains no materials or asbestos information. Scanned-document OCR verified against the page image region for the Wyman line; the companion design-group table (book pp. 234-235) defines GMT.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wyman-de38-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. I, NAVSHIPS 250-010 (15 April 1945), destroyer-escort design-group characteristics table (shipscribe.com scan, OCR) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard record [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 Vol. I, DE design-group characteristics table (book pp. 234-235), group 1 'GMT' row; shipyards.json record 'puget-sound-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this hull's design group: BuShips SDB 1945 design-group table defines group 1 'GMT = Diesel electric tandem motor drive - short hull'; machinery 'G. M. diesel model 16-278A,' 6,000 shaft horsepower, 2 propellers, and the Boilers column reads 'None.' The boiler/fireroom/steam-line lagging pathway characteristic of steam ships therefore does not apply to this hull; era-consistent asbestos applications for a 1942-43 diesel-electric escort are instead exhaust-system lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, fireproofing/insulation panels, deck coverings, and brake linings. Builder Puget Sound Navy Yard is a documented asbestos-era yard (see ev-04).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Puget Sound Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew 1943-45
- Limitations
- Design-group specification and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific materials finding. The SDB table describes machinery and accommodations, not insulation composition; the asbestos applications listed are era inference, and nothing located establishes that asbestos-containing material was or was not installed aboard DE-38. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wyman-de38-03
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[5]Beckett RR, 'Asbestos exposure control at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard,' Environmental Research (April 1976), PMID 1065583; companion Navy industrial-hygiene report Mangold/Beckett/Bessmer, DTIC AD0715808 (March 1970); EPA Superfund listing WA2170023418 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PMID 1065583 (Environ Res 1976); DTIC AD0715808 (1970 shipyard report); EPA site WA2170023418
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Builder-yard asbestos documentation: peer-reviewed and internal Navy industrial-hygiene studies document amosite and chrysotile asbestos exposure at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard during ship overhaul, rip-out, and insulation work, including preformed magnesia block insulation (~15% asbestos), asbestos cements, and asbestos cloth, with peak concentrations approximately 10x the pre-1972 TLV during cutting and handling; the yard is an EPA Superfund site. This is the yard that built DE-38 in 1942-43.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1962-1972 (study window); yard open 1891-present
- Population
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard trades (pipe coverers, insulators, boilermakers, shipfitters, machinists, welders) - 1960s-70s study window
- Limitations
- Yard-level context only - the hygiene studies document conditions in the 1962-1972 overhaul era, not Wyman's 1942-43 construction window; they establish asbestos operations at the builder yard, not materials installed aboard this hull. Wartime construction-era conditions are era-consistent but not established by these sources. Does not establish exposure of any worker or sailor.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wyman-de38-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 sweep: opinion and RECAP docket queries for 'USS Wyman' / 'U.S.S. Wyman' / 'DE-38' / 'aboard the Wyman' [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-wyman-de38-04 through sl-uss-wyman-de38-05b
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located naming this hull. Opinion-index query 'USS Wyman' returned zero results; hull-number query '"DE-38" asbestos OR "DE-38" navy' returned six hits that are all identifier collisions - 'DE-38' matches docket-entry numbering (e.g., 'Motion for Summary Judgment [DE-25]' in Guion v. England, E.D.N.C. 2008; 'DE #37, 47' in Kelly v. United States, E.D.N.C. 2012) or unrelated strings (Nassau & Suffolk County Taxi Owners v. State; Manion v. Spectrum Healthcare Resources; United States v. Miergrimado) - none vessel-related, none qualifying. RECAP docket-text queries were blocked by fleet pacing for most of the session. A June 2011 press/blog reference to alleged asbestos exposure aboard 'USNS Wyman' (1966-late 1970s service window, Orleans Parish filing) concerns the second Wyman - USNS Wyman (T-AGS-34), a Silas Bent-class survey ship in service 1971-1999 - and is a name collision, not a DE-38 record (see ev-06). Law-firm 'ships with asbestos' listicles that list DE-38 are unverified marketing content citing no ship-specific record and were excluded as sources.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of located litigation does not prove absence of exposure or claims; the hull was scrapped by March 1948, and most asbestos litigation postdates the 1970s. RECAP full-text expansion constrained by fleet pacing budget; search strings could miss cases that name the vessel only inside unindexed complaint exhibits. Does not establish or defeat any legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wyman-de38-05
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[7]MARAD Vessel History, ex-USNS Wyman (T-AGS-34) - vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov ShipHistory/Detail/5399 (service history and NDRF disposal record) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- MARAD vessel history for T-AGS-34 (service timeline, disposal); mesotheliomalawyers-blog.com June 2011 post (collision source, lead only)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Name-collision record: the second Wyman is USNS Wyman (T-AGS-34), a Silas Bent-class oceanographic survey ship built by Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City, Mich. (laid down 18 July 1968, launched 30 October 1969), accepted by the Military Sealift Command 19 November 1971, in MSC Atlantic/Pacific service through 1999, struck 3 May 1999, MARAD title 28 July 2001, scrapped by ESCO Marine 2014; it honors Rear Admiral Robert H. Wyman, a different namesake. Asbestos-litigation references to 'USNS Wyman' (e.g., a 2011 Orleans Parish mesothelioma filing alleging exposure 1966-late 1970s) concern T-AGS-34, not DE-38, which was scrapped by 14 March 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1971-2014 (T-AGS-34 lifecycle)
- Population
- MSC civilian crews and NAVOCEANO survey detachments aboard T-AGS-34 (not this hull)
- Limitations
- Documents a different vessel - included only to disambiguate litigation and reference hits; establishes nothing about DE-38. The 2011 filing is described from secondary press/blog accounts, not a located docket - the specific docket was not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wyman-de38-06
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[8]NARA holdings leads: RG 24 deck logs (1941-1959 series) for DE-38; RG 38 action reports/war diaries for the 19 and 28 July 1944 attacks; RG 181 Puget Sound Navy Yard records (a Seattle NARA RG-181 print documents the 7 September 1942 joint keel-laying with Greiner DE-37, per NavSource photo caption) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA deck-log guidance page; NavSource DE-38 photo caption citing Seattle NARA RG-181
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Unretrieved archival leads for hull-level documentation: NARA RG 24 WWII-era deck logs for DE-38 (1943-1945) would record repair periods, yard availabilities, and any insulation-removal events; RG 38 action reports cover the RO-48 and I-55 engagements; RG 181 Puget Sound Navy Yard construction records include the 7 September 1942 keel-laying documentation shared with Greiner (DE-37). BuShips General Information Books (NARA RG 19) may hold per-vessel material specifications.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (record coverage)
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - retrieval not performed (no spend authorized); digitization status of DE-38's deck logs unverified (NARA's 1941-1959 digitization project is ongoing); no claim about contents is made. None of these has been reviewed and none establishes asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wyman-de38-07