Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]Crews v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp., No. 7:12-CV-1678, 2014 WL 636362 (N.D.N.Y. Feb. 18, 2014) (Scullin, S.J.), ECF No. 165, Memorandum-Decision and Order (remand denied) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 165, Background section (recital at Dkt. No. 1 exhibit 2 / Response No. 22, Chart A); Conclusion (remand denied)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Memorandum-decision on plaintiffs' motion to remand recites that plaintiff Dwight Crews alleged he 'acquired cancer as a result of asbestos exposure while serving in the United States Navy from 1965 to 1971' and that 'he was exposed to products that Defendant [Crane Co.] manufactured and supplied while working aboard the USS Wright and USS Bainbridge.' Crane's removal under 28 U.S.C. sec. 1442(a)(1) federal-officer jurisdiction was upheld; remand denied. The opinion was subsequently cited by the Second Circuit in Cuomo v. Crane Co., 771 F.3d 113, 118 (2d Cir. 2014) for the removal proposition only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1965-1971 (alleged exposure); 2012-2014 (litigation)
- Population
- U.S. Navy sailor aboard USS Wright and USS Bainbridge, 1965-1971; cancer alleged
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation only - the weakest litigation stage. The opinion decides jurisdiction, not exposure: it makes no finding that asbestos products were aboard this hull, identifies no product specific to Bainbridge (Crane valves/gaskets are alleged across both named ships), and adjudicates nothing about exposure. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bainbridge-cgn25-01
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[2]Yaw v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp., No. C18-5405-BHS, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 140152 (W.D. Wash. Aug. 19, 2019) (Settle, J.), ECF No. 268, Order Granting Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 268, Factual Background section (ship list; 'failed to remember' recital); Conclusion (MSJs granted)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Summary-judgment order recites that Donald Yaw worked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 1964-2001, as a shipfitter early in his career, and 'recalled working on numerous ships including the USS Simon Lake, USS Kitty Hawk, USS Cusk, USS Seattle, USS Ranger, USS Sacramento, USS John Adams, USS Constellation, USS Enterprise, USS Truxton, USS Bainbridge, and USS Ulysses S. Grant.' The court notes it is 'undisputed that, at some point, some of these ships were equipped with products that either included parts with asbestos such as gaskets and seals or required additional parts with asbestos such as insulation,' but that Yaw 'failed to remember working on any particular product on any particular ship.' Defendants' summary-judgment motions were granted (maritime-law product-identification standard not met). Yaw's PSNSY window overlaps this hull's documented 1974-76 Puget Sound modernization and other yard periods.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1964-2001 (alleged exposure window); 2018-2019 (litigation)
- Population
- PSNSY shipfitter/structural planner/estimator 1964-2001; mesothelioma (estate action)
- Limitations
- Discovery-stage ship-list recital ending in a merits-level negative for this plaintiff - a defense summary-judgment win, not exposure evidence for the hull. Bainbridge appears in a list of a dozen ships; no product, date, or quantum is tied to this hull. The 'undisputed' sentence covers only 'some of these ships' generally. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Citation URL is a defense-firm-hosted reproduction of the filed order (Case 3:18-cv-05405-BHS, Document 268, filed 08/19/19) - CourtListener API throttled (HTTP 429) prevented RECAP verification; the order itself is an authentic court record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bainbridge-cgn25-02
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[3]Deem v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp., No. C17-5965-BHS (W.D. Wash. Jan. 24, 2020) (Settle, J.), ECF No. 455, Order Granting Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment and Denying Plaintiff's Motions for Partial Summary Judgment [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 455, Factual Background - Deem's Witnesses (Wingo and Foster ship lists); Conclusion (MSJs granted)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Summary-judgment order recites that Thomas Deem worked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard as apprentice and journeyman marine machinist, February 7, 1974 - February 22, 1981; coworkers David Wingo Jr. and Lawrence Foster each recalled working aboard ships 'with Mr. Deem at PSNS' including USS Bainbridge (Wingo's list: Kitty Hawk, Constellation, Truxton, Bainbridge, Enterprise; Foster's list: Kitty Hawk, Constellation, Bainbridge, Truxton, Enterprise). Deem's PSNS window overlaps this hull's documented June 1974 - September 1976 Puget Sound modernization and refueling. Defendants' summary-judgment motions granted; plaintiff's motions denied as moot.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1974-1981 (alleged exposure window); 2017-2020 (litigation)
- Population
- PSNS marine machinist 1974-1981; mesothelioma (estate action)
- Limitations
- Discovery-stage coworker recital ending in a merits-level negative for this plaintiff - a defense summary-judgment win, not exposure evidence. Coworker recollections place the plaintiff aboard this hull during a window matching her documented 1974-76 Puget Sound yard period, but no product, asbestos material, or quantum is tied to Bainbridge; the order's standard is maritime product identification, which plaintiff failed. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Citation URL is a defense-firm-hosted reproduction of the filed order (Case 3:17-cv-05965-BHS, Document 455, filed 01/24/20); CourtListener API throttled (HTTP 429) prevented RECAP verification; the order itself is an authentic court record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bainbridge-cgn25-03
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[4]Naval Historical Center, Online Library of Selected Images - USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25, later CGN-25), 1962-1997 (official NHC ship history text; verbatim mirror at ibiblio HyperWar) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHC Online Library ship page text (full service narrative)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NHC ship history for this hull: 7,800-ton nuclear-powered guided missile frigate built at Quincy, Mass.; commissioned October 1962; first Mediterranean deployment February 1963 including operations with Enterprise; May 1964 formed all-nuclear Task Force 1 with Enterprise and Long Beach and began Operation Sea Orbit (two-month unrefueled around-the-world cruise) end of July 1964; October 1965 rounded Cape of Good Hope for the first of eleven Seventh Fleet cruises (Vietnam screening, radar picket, SAR); new homeport Long Beach June 1966; Far Eastern tours 1966-67, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972-73; shipyard overhaul and first nuclear refueling 1967-68; extensive modernization and refueling June 1974 - September 1976 (post-overhaul work to April 1977), reclassified frigate to cruiser CGN-25 end of June 1975 while in the shipyard; Seventh Fleet deployment Jan-Aug 1978; WestPac tours 1979-80, 1981, 1982-83 with Indian Ocean/Arabian Sea operations; final nuclear refueling overhaul 1983-85; transited Panama Canal and rejoined Atlantic Fleet (Caribbean counter-drug patrols, northern-Europe deployments, four Mediterranean cruises 1986-87, 1988-89 incl. combat ops off Libya, 1991-92 Red Sea/Persian Gulf, 1994 flagship Standing Naval Forces Atlantic); inactivated October 1995; decommissioned September 1996; towed to Bremerton mid-1997; entered dry dock October 1997 to begin recycling.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1959-1997
- Population
- Bethlehem/Fore River construction trades 1959-62; crew 1962-96; yard workers at documented availabilities
- Limitations
- NHC text documents service history and yard-period events, not materials or asbestos content; the nuclear propulsion entries establish nothing about asbestos - secondary auxiliary systems are the only exposure-relevant plant and are not described. Yard locations for the 1967-68 overhaul (Mare Island) and 1974-76/1983-85 availabilities (Puget Sound) come from consistent secondary sources (navysite, hazegray cruisers list, ship association), not the NHC text itself. Mirror cited because this NHC Online Library page is no longer served at history.navy.mil.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bainbridge-cgn25-04
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[5]Naval Vessel Register, ship detail page - BAINBRIDGE (CGN 25), ex-DLGN 25 (Wayback capture; live NVR detail pages no longer serve this stricken hull) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail table (vessel status, milestone dates, physical characteristics, custodian)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Naval Vessel Register record: guided missile cruiser (nuclear propulsion); builder Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Div.; award 09/01/1958; keel 05/15/1959; launch 04/15/1961; delivery 09/28/1962; commission 10/06/1962; decommission 09/13/1996; stricken 09/13/1996; status 'Disposed of by Recycling' effective 11/01/1999; custodian Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA; 565 ft overall (550 ft WL), 58 ft extreme beam, 29 ft max navigational draft; light displacement 8,436 tons, full 9,265 tons; steel hull, aluminum superstructure; propulsion type steam turbine (nuclear), 2 propellers; accommodations 43 officers, 513 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1958-2001
- Limitations
- NVR documents milestones, status, and characteristics only - no materials or asbestos content. Keel date 05/15/1959 conflicts with NavSource/Wikipedia 5 May 1959 - NVR carried, conflict in gaps. Disposal status date 11/01/1999 vs. NavSource 'hulk recycled 30 OCT 1999' - consistent within days. Live NVR detail page no longer serves this hull; Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bainbridge-cgn25-05
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[6]U.S. Naval Nuclear Powered Ship Inactivation, Disposal, and Recycling ('Green Book'), 2019 edition (NAVSEA/DOE, hosted at energy.gov), Appendix D 'Completed Reactor Compartment Disposal and Ship Recycling Projects' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Appendix D table rows 84-85 (Ex-Bainbridge CGN 25 Plants #2, #1 - 1999/1999); Section 4 (cruiser package description)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Official Navy/DOE recycling-program record names this hull twice: 'CGN 25 Ex-Bainbridge, Plant #2' and 'CGN 25 Ex-Bainbridge, Plant #1' - reactor compartment disposal completed 1999, ship recycle completed 1999, in the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard; cruiser reactor compartments are cut free and encased in a heavy steel (at least three-quarter-inch) containment structure for shipment to the Hanford disposal site. Consistent with NVR 'Disposed of by Recycling' status effective 11/01/1999.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1997-1999
- Population
- PSNS Ship-Submarine Recycling Program workforce 1997-99
- Limitations
- Documents the disposal event and pathway only - the Appendix D entries carry no asbestos data. The companion asbestos statements (Appendix C and the pre-mid-1970s reactor-compartment insulation note) are program-level and are carried separately (ev-07).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bainbridge-cgn25-06
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[7]U.S. Naval Nuclear Powered Ship Inactivation, Disposal, and Recycling ('Green Book'), 2019 edition (NAVSEA/DOE), program text and Appendix C - asbestos identification and controlled removal during ship recycling; reactor-compartment asbestos statement [other_primary]
- Locator
- Green Book Section 5/Appendix C (C-3 'Shipboard Dismantlement'; C-4 'Asbestos Insulation Being Removed from Piping'); reactor-compartment disposal section (pre-mid-1970s asbestos note)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Official Navy/DOE program documentation of asbestos handling in the recycling program this hull went through: 'asbestos, PCBs, and metallic lead ... are present in significant quantities' in older ships; 'one of the first actions when a ship begins the recycling process is to identify and tag equipment and structure that contain these materials,' including 'shipboard sampling to identify insulating materials (both on piping systems and on ship's structure), paint, and other products that may contain asbestos'; 'asbestos insulation is removed by personnel specially trained in asbestos work under stringent work controls' with containments, HEPA vacuums, and wetting agents, packaged and 'shipped to an approved land fill'; some electrical cable 'contains asbestos and PCBs.' On reactor compartments: 'Reactor compartments constructed before the mid-1970s also contain asbestos in insulation on pipes and other components. This asbestos is fully contained within the reactor compartments' - a class-level statement covering this hull's 1959-62 plant on its face (flagged as inference).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1997-1999 (this hull's recycling); program text 2019
- Population
- PSNS SRP workforce; asbestos-trained removal personnel
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation describing the process applied to all recycled nuclear ships - it documents that asbestos was expected, sampled, tagged, and removed under controls during the recycling this hull underwent; it does not document what asbestos was actually found aboard ex-Bainbridge specifically, and says nothing about in-service conditions. The pre-mid-1970s reactor-compartment statement covers this plant by construction date but is class-level, not a hull survey.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bainbridge-cgn25-07
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[8]NHC ship history (yard-period narrative) + Atlas shipyard dataset (Fore River/Bethlehem, Mare Island, Puget Sound, Norfolk NSY records) + documented availabilities [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHC text yard-period narrative; hazegray.org/navhist/cruisers/guided.htm (availability dates); wastrust.com ship-repair list (Mare Island periods Sep 1967 - Jul 1969); navysite.de/cg/cgn25.htm
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference, nuclear-hull framing: the twin D2G reactor plant establishes nothing about asbestos exposure. Any asbestos relevance is confined to secondary steam and auxiliary systems - auxiliary piping, valve gaskets and packing, fireproofing, deck coverings, electrical cable - aboard a hull built 1959-62 at Fore River/Bethlehem in the documented asbestos-insulation era, and disturbed at documented availabilities: Mare Island dry dock/overhaul and first refueling August 1967-1968; Puget Sound modernization and refueling June 1974 - September 1976 (the window in which the Yaw/Deem recollections place shipyard workers aboard this hull); Puget Sound NTU overhaul and final refueling October 1983 - April 1985; Norfolk Naval Shipyard defueling/strip-out from May 1995; SRP recycling at Puget Sound 1997-99.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1959-1999
- Population
- Construction trades 1959-62; Mare Island trades 1967-69; PSNS trades 1974-76, 1983-85, 1997-99; Norfolk NSY trades 1995; crew 1962-96
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-period inference only, limited to non-reactor systems - the ship-specific records are the litigation allegations (ev-01 to ev-03) and official disposal records (ev-06); this row must not be read as an independent ship-specific finding. Yard locations for 1967-68 (Mare Island) and 1983-85 (Puget Sound) rest on consistent secondary sources (navysite, hazegray cruisers list, ship association, Western Asbestos Settlement Trust ship-repair list), not official text. Does not establish that asbestos products were or remain aboard; nuclear propulsion is not evidence either of asbestos presence or absence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bainbridge-cgn25-08
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[9]U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, 'USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25),' November 1962 - contemporaneous construction/launch record [other_primary]
- Locator
- Proceedings Nov. 1962, DLGN-25 article text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous Proceedings record for this hull: Bethlehem Steel Quincy yard hull no. 1677; launched 15 April 1961, christened by sponsor Susan Bainbridge Goodale; Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Arleigh Burke delivered the launch keynote; described as the world's first nuclear-powered frigate, a nuclear-powered counterpart to the Leahy-class guided-missile frigate design.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1959-1962
- Limitations
- Documents construction and launch only - no materials or asbestos content. Complements NVR milestones (keel 05/15/1959, launch 04/15/1961, commission 10/06/1962).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bainbridge-cgn25-09
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[10]Batch-85 search ledger (this record): NHC/NHHC; NVR via Wayback; DOE Green Book; CourtListener API (blocked); web-index litigation and disclosure sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-bainbridge-cgn25-01 through sl-uss-bainbridge-cgn25-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying non-litigation ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull ACM survey, insulation schedule, abatement contract, or hazmat disclosure was found for this hull in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The ship-specific asbestos records are the three litigation allegations/recitals (ev-01 to ev-03), all unadjudicated and resolved for defendants; the official Green Book disposal record (ev-06); and program-level asbestos handling documentation (ev-07).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the Navy's ship-recycling documentation does not publish hull-level ACM detail. CourtListener API was throttled (HTTP 429) throughout the session; the litigation set located via web index may be incomplete. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bainbridge-cgn25-10