Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, Barry III (DD-933) - verbatim narrative carried on globalsecurity.org mirror (ibiblio DANFS mirrors 404; live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/dd-933.htm (verbatim DANFS text)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: third Barry; laid down 15 March 1954 at Bath, Maine, by Bath Iron Works Corp.; launched 1 October 1955; commissioned at Boston Naval Shipyard 7 September 1956. SQS-23 bow-sonar installation at Boston NSY October 1958-March 1959; Cuban missile-crisis quarantine October-November 1962 (Foxtrot submarine C-19 surveillance, Metallurg Anosov intercept); Vietnam naval gunfire support - two battle stars; overhaul and ASW conversion at Boston Naval Shipyard 4 January 1967-19 April 1968 (variable-depth sonar, ASROC, new CIC, enclosed bridge, completely overhauled propulsion and electrical systems); three-month regular yard period early 1972; first major overhaul since 1968 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard February 1976-9 February 1977; yearlong regular overhaul at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Boston, from 18 January 1980. Decommissioned 5 November 1982; towed to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; display ship at the Washington Navy Yard from 1984 (former ASROC magazine converted to a display area).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1954-1984
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1954-56; Boston NSY, Philadelphia NSY, and Bethlehem Boston yard workers across five documented availabilities; crew 1956-82; display-ship visitors 1984-2016
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and an unusually heavy yard-period record - not materials or asbestos content. The narrative ends in 1984; post-1984 disposition is covered by ev-02/ev-03. Mirror transcription cited because live NHHC and ibiblio paths return 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barry-dd933-01
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[2]Defense Logistics Agency official news release, 'DLA to scrap five warships' (2020-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- dla.mil news article 2372056 (2020-10-05)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DoD record establishing this hull's final disposition: DLA Disposition Services announced that ex-USS Barry (DD-933) is one of five retired Navy ships to be recycled under a new scrap sales contract (winning bid $240); the ships' destination is Brownsville, Texas, 'where full dismantling will commence and 98% of all removed materials are expected to be recycled.' Barry departed her Washington Navy Yard display berth 7 May 2016 and lay at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 2016-2020 before the tow to Brownsville (arrived 15 October 2020 per the recycler).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2016-2022
- Population
- International Shipbreaking workers 2020-2022
- Limitations
- Establishes the scrapping contract and destination - not the completion of dismantling (reported complete 11 February 2022 by NavSource, a secondary source carried in ev-03 and gaps). Contains no asbestos, hazmat, or materials-content information about the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barry-dd933-02
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[3]EMR/International Shipbreaking release (2020) + Recycling Today, 'International Shipbreaking Ltd. to recycle USS Barry' + NavSource photo-index chronology (scrapping completed 11 February 2022; Display Ship closing ceremony 17 October 2015 per official USN photo caption) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- emrgroup.com release; recyclingtoday.com article; navsource.org/archives/05/933.htm chronology and USN photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Recycler and trade-press record corroborating final disposition: ex-Barry departed the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and arrived at the Port of Brownsville on 15 October 2020 for recycling by International Shipbreaking Ltd. (projected ~6 months); the NavSource vessel index reports scrapping completed 11 February 2022. Display-era endpoints: opened to the public at Pier 2, Washington Navy Yard, in 1984; closing ceremony for 'Display Ship USS Barry' held 17 October 2015 (official USN photo caption); departed Washington under tow 7 May 2016.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2015-2022
- Population
- International Shipbreaking workers; Washington Navy Yard display-ship visitors/staff 1984-2016
- Limitations
- The completion date (11 February 2022) rests on NavSource, a secondary vessel-history index - consistent with the DLA contract and recycler timeline but not itself an official record. None of these sources addresses asbestos content of the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barry-dd933-03
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[4]Carolan v. General Electric Co., 3:07-cv-04352 (N.D. Cal., complaint Exhibit A doc. 1-2 filed 2007-08-23); Maynard v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., 3:24-cv-07252 (N.D. Cal., complaint doc. 1 filed 2024-10-17); McIsaac v. General Electric Co. / Air & Liquid, 1:19-cv-10282 (D. Mass., Memorandum & Order doc. 470 filed 2023-07-07); Johnie D. Pelfrey v. Foster Wheeler LLC, CV09-0902 (N.D. Cal., complaint carried inside MDL-875 doc. 5838 filed 2009-05-08); Leroy Eisler et al v. CBS Corp., 2:10-cv-01190 (C.D. Cal., complaint carried inside MDL-875 doc. 6475-20 filed 2010-12-13; recap-documents/386408023, retrieved 2026-10-01, resolved as name collision) - RECAP plain text retrieved via authenticated API v4 [court_record]
- Locator
- Carolan doc. 1-2 Exhibit A at 4-5 (work history + job-duties narrative); Maynard doc. 1 paras. 20-22; MDL-875 doc. 5838 embedded Pelfrey complaint (boiler-room passage); McIsaac doc. 470 (Mem. & Order, Buffalo pumps passage); MDL-875 doc. 6475-20 embedded Eisler complaint (exposure table: USS Barry (DD-248), Fireman, 1940-1941)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull, resolved from index leads to retrieved documents on authenticated backfill. Carolan (N.D. Cal.): complaint Exhibit A exposure/work history alleges the decedent 'worked 16 hours per day for approximately three years on the USS BARRY' while she lay at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (BARRY DD-933 dates 3/1975-7/1979), 'responsible for maintaining two 1200 modified D BABCOCK & WILCOX boilers,' that he 'removed and replaced valves, gaskets, packing and insulation' and 'tore out insulation inside the fire boxes and the drums of the boilers.' Maynard (N.D. Cal.): complaint alleges decedent Jeffrey Stoddard 'served on USS BARRY (DD-933) as fireman's apprentice (FA) and boiler technician (BT) in the engine and boiler rooms from April 1974 through his discharge in September 1975,' standing firewatch during overhauls and repairs at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Pelfrey v. Foster Wheeler (N.D. Cal., complaint embedded in MDL-875 doc. 5838 - GE's consolidated opposition to transfer): complaint alleges the plaintiff trained in boiler-room work at San Diego, then 'stood watch in the boiler rooms maintaining and repairing boilers and other equipment' and 'slept in the boiler room for six months on the USS Barry, on which he served for approximately one year.' McIsaac (D. Mass.): Memorandum & Order (2023-07-07) recites that 'United States Navy archive records produced by plaintiff' show Buffalo pumps 'installed aboard... Forrest-Sherman-class ships (including the USS Decatur, the USS Barry and the USS Davis)' - a product-identification recital in a case whose exposure claims concerned other vessels (USS Albany/Boston). Eisler (C.D. Cal., complaint embedded in MDL-875 doc. 6475-20, retrieved 2026-10-01): the complaint's exposure-history table lists 'USS Barry (DD-248)' as a Fireman worksite 1940-1941 - a different hull (Clemson-class DD-248, commissioned 1920), NOT this Forrest Sherman-class DD-933 (commissioned 1956). Name collision; non-qualifying.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1974-1979 + undated ~1-yr Pelfrey tour (alleged exposure windows); 2007-2024 (litigation)
- Population
- Carolan decedent (boiler maintenance aboard DD-933 at Philadelphia NSY 1975-79); Maynard decedent Jeffrey Stoddard (FA/BT aboard 1974-75); Johnie D. Pelfrey (boiler-room watch/sleeping aboard ~1 year); McIsaac plaintiff (exposure claims concerned USS Albany/Boston - Barry named only as class-installation reference)
- Limitations
- Litigation-stage discipline: Carolan, Maynard, and Pelfrey are pleading-stage complaint allegations/exhibits - unadjudicated recitals of the decedents' work and exposure claims (the Pelfrey complaint survives only as embedded material inside an MDL-875 opposition brief). McIsaac is a court order, but the Barry mention is a recital of plaintiff-produced Navy archive records about class-wide pump installation - a product-identification reference, not an exposure allegation for this hull and not an adjudicated finding about asbestos aboard DD-933. Nothing establishes causation, quantity of material, or legal eligibility. The Eisler hit is a same-name/different-hull collision (DD-248 vs DD-933) and was not classified as litigation for this vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barry-dd933-04
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[5]DANFS specifications + documented five-yard availability record (Bath Iron Works; Boston NSY; Philadelphia NSY; Bethlehem Steel Boston) + Atlas shipyard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS yard-period narrative; shipyards.json 'bath-iron-works', 'boston-naval-shipyard', 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer built 1954-56 with a four-boiler 1,200-psi steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler/turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing; builder Bath Iron Works is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset ('bath-iron-works'). DANFS documents five yard availabilities - Boston NSY sonar alterations 1958-59, the 1967-68 ASW conversion with complete propulsion/electrical overhaul, a 1972 yard period, Philadelphia NSY overhaul 1976-77, and Bethlehem Steel Boston overhaul 1980-81 - the periods when era insulation would most plausibly have been disturbed and replaced.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1954-2022
- Population
- Bath Iron Works trades 1954-56; yard workers at Boston NSY, Philadelphia NSY, Bethlehem Boston 1958-81; shipbreakers 2020-22
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific ACM survey, inventory, work package, or abatement record supports a product list for this hull. The hull was dismantled 2020-2022; recycling-yard material reports, if any exist, are not public.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barry-dd933-05
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[6]Batch-15 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS mirrors; DLA release; recycler/trade press; NavSource chronology; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-barry-dd933-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No asbestos survey, abatement contract, museum hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated/trial-stage litigation record for this hull was located (see search_ledger). Ship-specific litigation now documented at ev-04 following the 2026-09-25 authenticated backfill. Non-qualifying hits classified: Marine Hydraulics International v. United States (ship-repair contract dispute); Kelly v. Hegseth (x2), Talbott v. Trump, US ex rel Sanders v. Allis-Chalmers, Hecker v. Rucker Krepp, Northwest Territorial Mint bk, Seroquel MDL = collisions/other litigation. One MDL-875 attachment (doc. 173047941) was retrieved and yielded the Pelfrey complaint (ev-04); one further MDL-875 attachment matched DD-933 (recap-doc 386408023) but could not be retrieved before the pacing budget expired - residual lead.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located survey or adjudicated record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard during the ship's service or display life - and the question is now moot for the surviving fabric: the hull was dismantled at Brownsville 2020-2022. Does not establish or defeat any claim of historical exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barry-dd933-06