USS Barbey (DE-1088)

Evidence

10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).

1. [1]Owens-Illinois, Inc.'s Joinder to Defendant Elliot Company's Notice of Removal, Siegfried v. 3M Co. et al., No. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E (C.D. Cal.), L.A. Super. No. BC691900, ECF No. 50 (filed 2018-03-02) (RECAP) [court_record]

   Locator

   ECF No. 50, pp. 1-2 (Preliminary Statement para. 1, exposure/vessel list - 'USS Barbey (FF-1088)' at p.2 line 10)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Pleading-stage asbestos personal-injury record explicitly naming this hull: the filing recites that 'Plaintiffs allege that Mr. Terry Lee Siegfried was injured as a result of his exposure to asbestos from Owens-Illinois while an electrician and marine electrician between approximately 1969 and 1996 on the Long Beach Naval Shipyard; USS Roark (FF-1053); USS Gray (FF-1054); USS Hepburn (FF-1055); USS Meyerkord (FF-1058); USS Lockwood (FF-1064); USS Markin [sic] Shields (FF-1066); USS Francis Hammonds [sic] (FF-1067); USS Downes (FF-1070); UFF [sic] Cook (FF-1083); USS Barbey (FF-1088)' and additional cruisers/destroyers/amphibious ships - the complaint's list of sites and vessels where the alleged exposure occurred. Verified this session by independent full-text extraction of the RECAP PDF (pdftotext, p. 2 para. 1): 'USS Barbey (FF-1088)' appears on line 10 of the vessel list. Inclusion is consistent with this hull's documented repeated presence at Long Beach Naval Shipyard during the plaintiff's employment window (commissioning/fitting out 1972-73, drydock June-October 1973, drydock May 1974, drydock January 1976, 11-month overhaul January-December 1978, moored August 1981 - DANFS/NavSource).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1969-1996 (alleged exposure); 2018 (filing)

   Population

   Terry Lee Siegfried (electrician/marine electrician, Long Beach Naval Shipyard and listed vessels, ~1969-1996); yard workforces and crews of listed vessels

   Limitations

   Pleading allegation, not a finding: the exposure-site list is recited, not adjudicated, and no merits ruling on it exists - the docket records Owens-Illinois 'Terminated (June 4, 2018)'. Does not establish that Owens-Illinois Kaylo or any asbestos product was aboard this hull, individual exposure, causation, or quantity. Notably, the filing's own recital dates Kaylo manufacture to 1948-1958, which predates this hull's 1971-72 construction - the pleading does not map any specific product to this specific vessel. The same complaint already appears in this database under other listed hulls (Roark, Gray, Hepburn, Lockwood, Marvin Shields, Francis Hammond, Missouri) - one multi-vessel pleading, not independent corroboration per hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-barbey-de1088-01

2. [2]DANFS, Barbey (DE-1088) entry (NHHC live page verified HTTP 200 this session via direct fetch; automated webfetch returned 404 - Wayback capture 2007-07-14 of the same entry also retrieved) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS Barbey (DE-1088) entry, specifications block + full service narrative (author C. Kevin Hurst, dated 7 March 2006)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS record for this hull: DE-1088, Knox class, dp. 3,963 (f.), l. 438', b. 47', dr. 25', s. 25+ k., cpl. 245, a. 1 5", 1 ASROC/Standard missile ln., 1 Sea Sparrow ln., 4 15.5" ASW tt. Laid down '5 February 1972' [sic - impossible date, postdates 4 December 1971 launch; NVR/NavSource read 5 February 1971, carried in gaps] by Avondale Shipyards, Inc., Westwego, La.; launched 4 December 1971; sponsored by Mrs. Daniel E. Barbey, widow of VAdm. Daniel E. Barbey; commissioned at Long Beach Naval Shipyard 11 November 1972, Comdr. Theodore B. Shultz. Service narrative to 1980: fitting out and sea trials at LBNSY; post-shakedown availability at LBNSY commencing 12 May 1973 including drydock 5 June-9 October 1973 (LAMPS flight-deck/hangar modifications, experimental controllable pitch propeller installation); May 1974 LBNSY drydock for CPP repairs (towed by Cree ATF-84); 1975 CPP reinstall and trials; reclassified frigate FF-1088 on 30 June 1975; drydock at LBNSY from 6 January 1976 to remove the CPP for a fixed-blade propeller; 1976-77 WestPac deployment (Subic, Kangaroo II with Australia, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung); 11-month overhaul at LBNSY commencing 23 January 1978 (Harpoon missile system installed); July 1979 emergency-diesel overhaul at San Diego; 11 January-12 July 1980 WestPac/Indian Ocean deployment escorting ARG 'Alpha' (Yokosuka, Subic, Singapore, Thailand, Diego Garcia). 'Barbey was decommissioned on 20 March 1992 and struck from the Navy list on 11 January 1995. She was disposed of through the Security Assistance Program, foreign military sale on 29 September 1999.' Entry notes 'Updates pending for 1980-1992.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1971-1999

   Population

   Avondale Shipyards construction trades 1971-72; Long Beach Naval Shipyard workforces during the 1973, 1974, 1976, and 1978 availabilities; wartime/peacetime crew (design complement 245)

   Limitations

   DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The 1980-1992 period is uncovered ('updates pending'). The printed '5 February 1972' laid-down date is internally inconsistent with the 4 December 1971 launch it prints - NVR keel date 02/05/1971 is carried. Repeated Long Beach Naval Shipyard periods are documented (commissioning/fitting out, 1973 availability incl. 4-month drydock, 1974 drydock, 1976 drydock, 11-month 1978 overhaul) - the same yard where the Siegfried plaintiff was employed 1969-1996 - but DANFS does not describe the work performed in asbestos terms.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-barbey-de1088-02

3. [3]Naval Vessel Register (NAVSEA), Ship Details - BARBEY (FF 1088), ex-DE 1088, UIC 20066, class FF 1052 [other_primary]

   Locator

   NVR quickfind 'BARBEY' ship detail, Vessel Status block + Milestone Dates + Program Characteristics (Custodian TAIWAN)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official NVR milestone record for this hull: Award Date 08/25/1966; Keel Date 02/05/1971; Launch Date 12/04/1971; Delivery Date 10/15/1972; Commission Date 11/11/1972; Decommission Date 03/20/1992; Stricken Date 01/11/1995; status 'disposed of through the security assistance program (sap), transferred, cash sale, ex-us fleet hull foreign military sale case number assigned', Date status changed 09/29/1999; Custodian: TAIWAN; Builder: Avondale Industries; Years from Commission to Decommission 19.4; last updated 01/23/2006. The NVR keel date (02/05/1971) confirms the DANFS '5 February 1972' laid-down text is a misprint.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1966-2006

   Limitations

   Official register of milestones and disposal status only - no materials, hazmat, or condition-survey content; physical-characteristics section suppressed ('currently unavailable as we update our public information policies'). The NVR does not record the intermediate lease step (NavSource: leased to Taiwan 21 June 1994) - the register captures the final cash-sale status change.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-barbey-de1088-03

4. [4]NavSource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Barbey (DE 1088) page - specifications block, awards/ribbons, Building and Operational Data, photo captions, CO list (page updated 2024-09-25) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource DE-1088 page, specifications block + 'Building and Operational Data' + award ribbon array + photo captions + commanding-officer table

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource data sheet for this hull: class Knox (SCB No. 199C/1964, 46 ships); 3,020 t std / 4,065 t full; 438' oa; propulsion 2 Combustion Engineering 1,200-psi boilers, 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 35,000 shp, 1 shaft; 27 kts; complement 16/211; sensors SQS-26CX bow sonar, SQS-35 IVDS. Award ribbons include Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation, Battle 'E' (4), Navy Expeditionary Medal w/1 star, NDSM w/1 star, Southwest Asia Service Medal w/1 star, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait). Milestones: contract to Avondale Shipyards 25 Aug 1966; keel 5 Feb 1971 Westwego; launched/christened 4 Dec 1971 (sponsor Mrs. Daniel E. Barbey); commissioned at LBNSY 11 Nov 1972, Cmdr. Theodore B. Shultz, DesRon 29 Long Beach; reclassified FF-1088 30 June 1975; assigned Naval Reserve Force San Diego 15 Jan 1991; decommissioned at Naval Station San Diego 20 March 1992 after 19 years 3-1/3 months; leased to Taiwan 21 June 1994, renamed ROCS Hwai Yang (FF-937); struck from NVR 11 Jan 1995; sold to Taiwan 29 Sep 1999, 'still in service'. Photo captions document: Aug 1981 moored at Long Beach Naval Shipyard; 15 March 1982 at the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility Subic Bay; 2 March 1987 operating with the Kitty Hawk battle group; 8 June 1989 on the Columbia River near Portland; June 1990 pre-deployment. CO list ends Cmdr. Thomas J. Wilson III (Jun 1990 - Mar 1992).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1966-2024 (milestones and photo documentation)

   Population

   Avondale construction trades 1971-72; U.S. Navy crew 1972-1992; ROCN crew 1994/95-present

   Limitations

   Secondary compiled archive (volunteer photo/data archive mirroring official ship data sheets and NVR/MARAD disposition records) - cited for the milestone chronology, awards, specifications, and yard-presence documentation. No asbestos or materials content. The boiler manufacturer attribution (Combustion Engineering) is NavSource's reading; secondary sources conflict (see gaps).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-barbey-de1088-04

5. [5]NavSource DE-1088 specifications block (plant detail) + GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos-program timeline for insulation substitution) + DANFS yard-period chronology (ev-02) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource DE-1088 specifications; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; SEMARNAT 30VE2021H0105 (cross-referenced via uss-marvin-shields-de1066 record)

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/class inference: a steam combatant built 1971-72 at Avondale Shipyards (Westwego, La.) with a two-boiler 1,200-psi pressure-fired plant and a single 35,000-shp Westinghouse geared turbine was completed at the tail end of the Navy's peak asbestos-use era - the Navy did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s (GAO HRD-80-2) and its 1975 policy was to remove insulation only when damaged or required for repairs. Era-standard applications aboard this class - boiler casing and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe lagging, turbine lagging, valve/flange gaskets and packing, bulkhead/overhead insulation, fireproofing, deck coverings - match the compartment-level ACM inventory documented aboard the structurally identical sister hull Marvin Shields (FF-1066) in Mexican federal decontamination filings (SEMARNAT MIA-P 30VE2021H0105: boiler wrap, refractory cement/brick, HP/LP/aux steam piping, turbine casing, acoustic material, galley/bath/laundry/reefer steam piping).

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1971-2025

   Population

   Avondale construction trades 1971-72; engineering crew 1972-92; ROCN crew 1995-present

   Limitations

   Class/era inference only - no ship-specific survey or material identification exists for this hull. The Marvin Shields SEMARNAT inventory demonstrates the class's ACM footprint at end of life but is that hull's document, not this one's; whether the same applications, quantities, or original 1971-72 material are aboard Barbey is unestablished. Refit-era (1973-81 LBNSY availabilities, 2009 ROCN Wujin III refit) material changes are undocumented.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-barbey-de1088-05

6. [6]GAO/HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (published 1979-10-18) [gao]

   Locator

   GAO HRD-80-2 product page, Highlights section (Navy 1975/1979 policy description)

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   Program-level documentation of the Navy asbestos-management regime in effect during this hull's documented Long Beach Naval Shipyard availabilities: GAO reviewed Navy efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards and reports that 'the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed to accomplish necessary repairs. This policy was modified in 1979 to include selectively replacing asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas where repairs would be expected during a ship's next operating cycle.' Barbey's documented LBNSY periods - the 1973 availability with 4-month drydock, the May 1974 drydock, the January 1976 drydock, the 11-month overhaul begun January 1978, and the August 1981 availability - all sit inside this policy window at the very yard where GAO did fieldwork.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1975-1979 (policy window); 1973-1981 (this hull's availabilities)

   Population

   Navy shipyard workers (program-level); this hull's LBNSY availability workforces 1973-1981

   Limitations

   Program-level context only: the GAO report describes Navy-wide policy and fieldwork at named naval shipyards (Long Beach, Norfolk); it does not name this hull, does not inventory any vessel's materials, and does not establish that asbestos was present aboard or removed from Barbey during any availability. gao.gov serves the product page/summary; full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 - standing limitation since batch-01).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-barbey-de1088-06

7. [7]GAO/NSIAD-94-27, Security Assistance: Need for Improved Reporting on Excess Defense Article Transfers (Oct 1993); NVR status line for this hull (SAP, cash sale, FMS case number assigned) [gao]

   Locator

   GAO NSIAD-94-27 report body (EDA 'as is, where is' passages); NVR ship detail Vessel Status block

   Finding type

   regulatory

   Finding

   Program-level documentation for the foreign-transfer regime under which this hull left U.S. custody: the Security Assistance Program framework under which, per GAO, defense articles are transferred to allied countries in 'as is, where is' condition. Barbey's pathway was the lease-then-sale variant common to the eight ROCN Knox-class transfers (Taiwan's 'Kuang Hua IV' program): leased 21 June 1994 (NavSource), then disposed by FMS cash sale effective 29 September 1999 (NVR), custodian TAIWAN. The NVR record for this hull carries no hazmat annotation, and no hazardous-material remediation appears as a documented precondition of transfer in the records reviewed.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1993-1999 (report + this hull's transfer window)

   Population

   Recipient-navy crew and maintenance workforce (ROCN, 1994-present); Suao/CSBC refit workforce (2009 Wujin III)

   Limitations

   Program-level context only: the GAO report addresses excess-defense-article grant transfers generally (not FMS cash sales specifically) and does not discuss asbestos or name this hull; 'as is, where is' describes program practice, not a hazmat finding for this vessel. Whether a condition survey or hazmat accounting accompanied the 1994 lease or the 1999 sale is unknown - the DSCA/Navy transfer file is the open lead (ev-10).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-barbey-de1088-07

8. [8]Central News Agency (Taiwan), 'Chi Yang-class serving nearly 30 years in Taiwan; navy's Lan Yang to decommission mid-January' (CNA, 2025-01-04); Liberty Times military desk, 'Rare look inside a Chi Yang-class boiler room - the last boiler-lighting drill' (def.ltn.com.tw, 2025-01-30); NavSource DE-1088 disposal data + mdc.idv.tw Chi Yang class page (secondary) [reputable_press]

   Locator

   CNA article 2025-01-04 (retirement sequence + class history); LTN def.ltn.com.tw breakingnews/4937323 (2025-01-30 boiler-room feature); NavSource DE-1088 'Building and Operational Data' (lease/sale dates); mdc.idv.tw FF932 class page (refit chronology - secondary)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Taiwan-service documentation for this hull: NavSource records the lease to Taiwan on 21 June 1994 and renaming as ROCS Hwai Yang (FF-937); ROCN records carried in secondary compilations date Hwai Yang's commissioning to 4 August 1995 with homeport Suao, 168th Fleet, and completion of the 'Wujin III' combat-system refit in mid-2009 (last of seven ships modified), plus the ship's role as the 2014 'Ding Hai' test platform for the ship-launched TC-2N (Hai Jian Er / Sea Sword II) air-defense missile and its companion 'Sea Bee Eye' (CS/MPQ-90 naval variant) 3D radar. CNA (Taiwan's state wire) documents that the ROCN received eight ex-US Knox-class frigates under a lease-then-purchase program, that three have been decommissioned (Chi Yang FF-932 and Hai Yang FF-936 in May 2015, Lan Yang FF-935 in January 2025), leaving five in service - which by pennant elimination includes Hwai Yang (937, this hull). A Liberty Times feature (2025-01-30, Suao) documents the Chi Yang class as the ROCN's only remaining steam-boiler-powered combatants, each still operating two 1,200-psi D-type boilers (Combustion Engineering or Babcock & Wilcox) after 50+ years - i.e., the class's original-era pressure-fired steam plants remain in front-line service.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1994-2025

   Population

   ROCN crew of Hwai Yang 1995-present; class engineering crews (steam plant operators)

   Limitations

   Documents post-U.S. disposition and continued operation of the original-era steam plant at class level - no asbestos content in any cited source (the LTN boiler feature does not mention asbestos/石綿). Hwai Yang's in-service status is established by CNA's retirement arithmetic (932/935/936 retired; 933/934/937/938/939 remain) plus secondary compilations, not by a current official ROCN roster. The 2009 boiler-drift casualty documented in Hong Kong/Taiwan press involved sister Hai Yang (FF-936, ex-USS Cook) - a Taiwan enthusiast page (mdc.idv.tw) misattributes it to Hwai Yang (FF-937); the contemporaneous press attribution is adopted and the conflict carried in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-barbey-de1088-08

9. [9]Batch-4021 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 opinion searches for exact name and hull numbers; RECAP docket sweep; VA BVA check [court_record]

   Locator

   search_ledger rows sl-uss-barbey-de1088-03 through -06 (opinion sweeps) and -07 (blocked queries); VA vetapp web search 2026-09-28

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Litigation sweep for this hull: the sole qualifying asbestos record located is the Siegfried v. 3M pleading-stage vessel list naming FF-1088 (ev-01, verified by direct RECAP document retrieval). CourtListener exact-phrase opinion search '"USS Barbey"' returned 0 hits (verified - no published opinion names the ship). Hull-number opinion search '"DE-1088"' returned 2 hits, both name collisions with no vessel or asbestos connection (United States v. Gonzalez Vazquez, 9th Cir. 2013 - methamphetamine sentencing; United States v. Berres, 10th Cir. 2015 - unregistered firearm; 'DE-1088' matches internal text tokens). VA Board of Veterans' Appeals check via web search on va.gov/vetapp returned no decision naming this hull (hits were other vessels and a 'Barbee' surname memorial - name collisions). Law-firm/marketing pages listing 'USS Barbey FF-1088' exist (navyshipexposure.com, mesothelioma-funds-administration.org, mesothelioma.com, mesothelioma.net) but are barred sources and were not relied on.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   negative_finding

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   2026-09-28 (search date)

   Limitations

   Sweep is PARTIAL: the '"FF-1088"' opinion query and the 'Barbey' RECAP docket-level sweep could not be completed - the fleet-wide CourtListener pacing budget was intermittently spent across the session (5+ attempts, logged blocked/pending in the search_ledger). Unindexed complaints, state-court filings, and settled MDL-875 claims would not appear in any case. Absence of located litigation does not prove absence of exposure; the verified Siegfried naming (ev-01) is the positive result of this sweep.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-barbey-de1088-09

10. [10]Archival leads: NARA RG 24 deck logs (USS Barbey DE/FF-1088, 1972-1992); BuShips/NAVSEA SCB 199C specifications and per-vessel General Information Books; Long Beach Naval Shipyard work packages for the documented availabilities; DSCA/Navy lease-and-sale file for the Taiwan transfer; ROCN Hwai Yang maintenance/refit records [other_primary]

    Locator

    NARA RG 24; NAVSEA SCB 199C; LBNSY overhaul records; DSCA FMS case file; ROCN 168th Fleet / CSBC Kaohsiung refit records

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Hull-level records that could contain ship-specific materials or hazmat data: NARA Record Group 24 deck logs for the 1972-1992 commission period; BuShips/NAVSEA SCB 199C design specifications and the vessel's General Information Book; the Long Beach Naval Shipyard work packages for the documented availabilities (1973 post-shakedown availability incl. June-October drydock; May 1974 drydock; January 1976 drydock; 11-month overhaul January-December 1978; August 1981 availability; post-December 1990 repair availability); the DSCA/Navy lease-and-FMS file for the 1994-1999 Taiwan transfer (any condition survey or hazmat accounting); and the ROCN-side refit records for Hwai Yang (2009 Wujin III combat-system refit at Suao/CSBC; 2014 Ding Hai TC-2N test-platform modifications) where period insulation would have been disturbed.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    1966-2025

    Limitations

    Leads only - contents not examined; whether any contain asbestos itemization, abatement scope, or hazmat surveys is unknown. No digitized Barbey command history (CHR) located in the NHHC FOIA collection; the live NHHC COR archive index 404s (standing link rot).

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-barbey-de1088-10