Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet hu-packet.md (8 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-bradley-de1041-pkt-hu-packet-md
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[2]J.F. de Araujo Alfradique (CF, BNRJ drydock operations advisor), 'Docagem e desmanche do ex-CT Pernambuco (D30),' Informativo Porta-Batel da BNRJ, Ed. I, 2nd semester 2015 (transcribed by Poder Naval, 2016-02-05) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Poder Naval transcription, 'O Desmanche' section, paragraphs on debris composition and contractor removal
- Finding type
- abatement_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous Brazilian Navy Rio de Janeiro Naval Base (BNRJ) report on the drydock dismantling of this hull (ex-CT Pernambuco D-30, ex-USS Bradley FF-1041): demolition beginning 21 November 2014 removed 2,243 t of material, including 516 t of non-metallic solids (concrete, thermal insulation, etc.), 75 t of oily residue, and ~30 t of sonar-dome rubber. The report states the demolition debris was mostly contaminating material - 'amianto, asbesto, la de vidro, borras de oleo e graxas' (asbestos, glass wool, oil sludge and greases) - and describes 'grandes areas revestidas com borracha e isolamentos termicos contaminantes' (large areas covered with rubber and contaminating thermal insulations, difficult to remove). Asbestos-bearing debris was removed by TRANSUNIVERSAL Pinturas e Anticorrosao Ltda., a contractor holding environmental certification for transport and disposal of contaminating material. Documents asbestos-containing material present in this hull's structure at demolition.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2014-11 to 2015-03 (dismantling); debris removal through completion 2015-03-06
- Population
- BNRJ drydock dismantling workers and contractor personnel (SAND Servicos; TRANSUNIVERSAL), 2014-2015
- Limitations
- Establishes asbestos presence in hull debris at demolition (2014-15), not quantity, compartment inventory, or crew-era exposure. Written ~6 months after completion for the BNRJ journal; does not distinguish US-installed (1963-65) from Brazilian-era material. Does not address causation or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bradley-de1041-01
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[3]Hilt v. Foster Wheeler LLC, No. 3:11-cv-02367-CRB (N.D. Cal.), Order Denying Summary Judgment, ECF No. 52 (Breyer, J., filed 2018-04-02); RECAP doc. gov.uscourts.cand.240664.52.0 [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 52, Order Denying Summary Judgment pp. 2-3 (factual recital) and pp. 4-7 (expert/causation analysis)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Federal asbestos wrongful-death litigation naming this hull: decedent Robert Hilt worked as a laborer/machinist at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard 1965-1972 and testified he worked 'down in the boiler room' aboard USS Bradley and USS Constellation for at least several months, within two to three feet of boilermakers removing asbestos-containing firebrick and refractory materials from the boilers, creating 'lots of dust.' The record indicates the boilers installed on USS Bradley were Foster Wheeler boilers; Foster Wheeler's person-most-knowledgeable confirmed its boiler insulation and refractory materials contained asbestos. Plaintiff's expert (Ay Decl. para. 36) opined that because 'the USS Bradley (FF-1041) and USS Constellation (CVA-64) were relatively new ships when decedent worked aboard them,' exposure to respirable asbestos fibers from the original asbestos-containing refractory was more likely than not and 'virtually impossible' to avoid. Hilt was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma in 2008 and died 2010. MDL-875 (E.D. Pa.) granted Foster Wheeler summary judgment in 2014; on re-review the N.D. Cal. denied it 2018-04-02, finding a triable issue on whether exposure to Foster Wheeler boiler insulation was a substantial factor. Case terminated 2018-09-14.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1965-1972 (alleged exposure); 2011-2018 (litigation)
- Population
- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard machinist/laborer working aboard USS Bradley, 1965-1972; boilermakers removing boiler refractory
- Limitations
- Summary-judgment posture: the denial means exposure evidence sufficed for trial, not an adjudicated finding that exposure aboard occurred; the case resolved before any verdict. Plaintiff-side expert opinion is recited, not adopted as fact. Confirms Foster Wheeler boilers aboard this hull and alleged asbestos refractory work in her boiler rooms at Hunters Point; does not quantify ACM aboard or establish other exposure pathways.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bradley-de1041-02
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[4]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr 1218325, Docket No. 10-35 533 (decision 2012-05-23) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Decision text: Issues list (item 5), NPRC sea-service listing, GSA Form 6918 excerpt
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- VA administrative adjudication naming this hull: the veteran's GSA Transcript of Sea Service (July 1983) lists service aboard USS Bradley (DE 1041) from 15 May 1965 to 1 April 1968 - nearly the ship's first three years in commission - and the veteran held service connection for asbestosis at a 30 percent rating effective 29 August 2008, granted by the Regional Office. The Board's 2012 decision remanded the increased-rating issue and separate herbicide claims; the asbestosis service connection itself was already awarded.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1965-1968 (service); 2008-2012 (adjudication)
- Population
- USN veteran aboard USS Bradley 1965-1968; service-connected asbestosis
- Limitations
- The decision does not apportion asbestos exposure among the veteran's six ships (Bradley, Walke, Fox, Samuel Gompers, Agerholm, Dixie) or his 1955-1975 career - it establishes that a veteran of this hull is service-connected for asbestosis, not that the exposure occurred aboard DE-1041. Administrative award, not a tort finding; no product or compartment identified aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bradley-de1041-03
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[5]Davis v. General Electric Co. et al., No. 3:08-cv-00228-JSW (N.D. Cal.), Complaint exhibit A (plaintiff James Pierce Sr. exposure questionnaire), ECF No. 1-3 (filed 2008-01-14); RECAP doc. gov.uscourts.cand.199308.1.0 [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-3 exposure questionnaire: insulation-pad ship list (~p.22 of PDF text) and job-duty/ship table entries for BRADLEY (FF-1041)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos personal-injury complaint naming this hull by hull number: the plaintiff's exposure questionnaire lists 'BRADLEY (DE-1041; FF-1041)' among ships whose asbestos insulation pads he replicated at Long Beach Naval Shipyard Insulation Shop 64/56 (1976-1994) - 'the asbestos insulation pads were from all parts of ships, including boilers, pumps, valves, pipes, and furnaces' - and separately lists six months of 1975 marine-machinist work aboard 'BRADLEY (FF-1041)': 'Plaintiff worked on the prairie master and fin stabilizers. Plaintiff dismantled the prairie master and the heads, and sent them to Shop 51 for overhaul. Plaintiff recalls removing gaskets and installing GARLOCK gaskets. Plaintiff installed ANCHOR PACKING packing.' The 1975 window coincides with the hull's documented 1975-76 overhaul period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1975-1976 (alleged exposure); 2008 (filing)
- Population
- Long Beach Naval Shipyard insulation-shop and marine-machinist worker aboard USS Bradley, 1975-1976 window
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation only - recited in a complaint exhibit, never adjudicated (classified at the least-final stage per batch discipline). Product names (GARLOCK gaskets, ANCHOR PACKING) are plaintiff recollections, not findings; whether those products aboard this hull contained asbestos is not adjudicated. Does not establish causation, quantity, or legal outcome.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bradley-de1041-04
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[6]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Bradley (DE-1041, later FF-1041), 1965-1989' (verbatim transcription via HyperWar/ibiblio; live NHHC page not located) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Library ship page, narrative paragraphs 1-4
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC record for this hull: second of ten 2,620-ton Garcia-class escort ships; built at San Francisco; commissioned May 1965. First WESTPAC July-December 1966 (four months gunfire support off South Vietnam; carrier escort, Gulf of Tonkin); prototype destroyer Sea Sparrow BPDMS installation February 1967 (trials May-September, removed September). December 1967 deployment diverted to Sea of Japan after the Pueblo capture (Operation Formation Star); gunfire support March 1968; final June 1968 gun-line tour fired 3,247 rounds in 10 days; San Diego July 1968. First regular overhaul October 1968-May 1969: SQS-26 sonar upgrade and 'extensive work on her two tempermental pressure-fired boilers.' Three further Southeast Asia deployments and second overhaul 1971-72; year-long overhaul from June 1975 incl. enlarged helicopter hangar; reclassified DE to FF July 1975; overhauls mid-1979 (one year) and mid-1983 (one year, 'primarily to remedy boiler problems'); final WESTPAC mid-1986-January 1987; Northern Pacific cruise May-June 1988; decommissioned September 1988; leased to Brazil September 1989 as Pernambuco (D 30); stricken and sold outright January 2001.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1963-2001
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel San Francisco construction trades 1963-65; crew 1965-1988 (design complement ~209, unverified); Brazilian crew 1989-2004
- Limitations
- Documents service history and shipyard periods, not materials or asbestos content; the boiler work is noted without scope detail. Day-precision for decommissioning (9 vs 30 September 1988) and the lease/transfer sequence (April vs September 1989) conflict across sources - carried in gaps. Live NHHC page not located; mirror transcription cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bradley-de1041-05
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[7]NHHC Online Library, 'USS Bradley (DE-1041, later FF-1041) - Construction Views' (official Navy photographs NH 98490, NH 98491, NH 98502-98505; transcription via HyperWar/ibiblio) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Photo captions NH 98490, NH 98491, NH 98502, NH 98503
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy construction photographs document the builder and build dates of this hull: keel-laying ceremony 17 January 1963 at the Bethlehem Steel Co. San Francisco yard (NH 98490); on the building ways 31 January 1964 at the Bethlehem Steel Co. San Francisco yard (NH 98491); inclining experiment 10 April 1965 'at the yard of her builder, Bethlehem Steel Corp., San Francisco' (NH 98502-98503). Photographed by the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1963-1965
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel San Francisco yard workers, 1963-1965
- Limitations
- Confirms builder identity and build chronology; contains no materials or asbestos information. The Atlas shipyards.json entry 'bethlehem-shipbuilding' is a conglomerate Bethlehem record whose aliases include Union Iron Works - the San Francisco yard where this hull was built.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bradley-de1041-06
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[8]USS Juneau (LPD-10) 1988 Command History (OPNAVINST 5750 report to Director, Naval Historical Center; NHHC command-operation-report archive) [other_primary]
- Locator
- 1988 Command History, Enclosure (1) basic narrative (Aug-Sep paragraph) and Enclosure (2) chronology line 'Decommissioning mothership ... USS BRADLEY (FF1041) (13 Aug - 06 Sep)'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous Navy command history independently documents this hull's decommissioning window and place: 'From 13 August to 06 September, JUNEAU continued its inport upkeep period in San Diego and was the mothership to four ships being decommissioned. They included the USS BROOKE (FFG-1), USS RAMSEY (FFG-2), USS SCHOFIELD (FFG-3), and USS BRADLEY (FF-1041). JUNEAU supplied berthing, food service, ships service, and administrative support.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1988-08 to 1988-09
- Population
- Bradley crew drawing down; Juneau support crew; Naval Station San Diego personnel
- Limitations
- Confirms decommissioning process underway at San Diego through 6 September 1988 but does not give the formal decommissioning date (9 vs 30 September conflict carried in gaps). No materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bradley-de1041-07
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[9]GAO HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (18 October 1979), incl. Navy enclosures Ser 4542/318054 (5 Jan 1979) and Ser 454D/318571 (8 Feb 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- HRD-80-2 enclosure I (5 Jan 1979 letter + cost table); enclosure II (8 Feb 1979)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Navy program-level record covering the era in which this hull served: the Navy's 5 January 1979 enclosure states 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos' - this hull was then in service as FF-1041 - citing deck tiling, galley-range cabling, piping gaskets and packing, and equipment brakes and clutches, and judging it 'nearly impossible to build a Navy ship free of the mineral.' The report documents the 1973 asbestos-free specification change, post-dating this hull's 1963-65 construction, and a 1975 policy removing/replacing asbestos insulation only when damaged or removed for repairs, modified in 1979 to add selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1978-1979 (review period)
- Population
- Navy ship crews and shipyard repair workers, 1970s
- Limitations
- Program-level: names no individual hull. Establishes that in-service Navy ships of the era carried asbestos-containing applications, not what was aboard DE-1041/FF-1041 specifically. Live gao.gov returns 403 to automated fetch; product page and PDF verified via Wayback (per prior batch verification).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bradley-de1041-08
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[10]NARA research guide 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel' (RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence series through 1961; QM-yard and hull-number filing conventions) + Atlas shipyard dataset, bethlehem-shipbuilding record [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guided-topic page (RG 19 series descriptions); shipyards.json 'bethlehem-shipbuilding'; NavSource Garcia-class specification block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a single-screw steam escort built 1963-65 on the SCB-199A design with two Foster Wheeler 1,200-psi pressure-fired boilers would have carried period-standard asbestos applications - boiler and refractory insulation, steam-line lagging between fireroom and engineroom, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. Builder Bethlehem Steel's San Francisco yard is within the Atlas yard dataset's conglomerate 'bethlehem-shipbuilding' entry (aliases include Union Iron Works; tier-3 yard with documented asbestos products). NARA RG 19 correspondence files under 'DE1041'/'FF1041' and 'QM/Bethlehem Steel' are the archival lead for hull-level material specifications, though the guide's covered series end in 1961 - before this hull's FY61 contract and 1963-65 construction.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1963-1988
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel San Francisco construction trades 1963-65; engineering crew and yard workers at five documented overhauls 1968-1984
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - the ship-specific findings for this hull are ev-01 (2014-15 dismantling debris) and ev-02 (Hilt litigation). This row adds context, not an independent ship-specific finding. NARA RG 19 retrieval not performed; series coverage post-1961 unconfirmed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bradley-de1041-09
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[11]USNI Naval History Magazine, 'The Garcias and Brookes': One Last Look' (April 1989); USNI Proceedings, 'The 1200-Pounders: Prognosis Guarded' (April 1974) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Naval History Apr 1989 feature (class retrospective); Proceedings Apr 1974 (1200-psi plant problems)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Professional naval literature documents the class-level context for this hull's repeated boiler work: the Garcia/Brooke escorts were built around innovative 1,200-psi pressure-fired boilers that delivered ~70 percent more power from a compact plant but became notorious fleet-wide maintenance problems ('the P-fires were the one item everyone pointed to as the overarching reason that the class must go'). The NHHC narrative for this hull independently records extensive boiler work in the 1968-69 overhaul and a 1983 overhaul 'primarily to remedy boiler problems.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1965-1989
- Population
- Garcia-class engineering crews and overhaul yard workers, 1965-1988
- Limitations
- Class-level technical and institutional context only; contains no asbestos information. Boiler/refractory work is the exposure pathway documented ship-specifically in ev-01 and ev-02; this row explains why such work recurred on this hull, not that asbestos work occurred on any particular occasion.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bradley-de1041-10
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[12]CourtListener API v4 sweep (authenticated via fleet helper), 2026-09-28: 'USS Bradley' type=o and type=r; 'DE-1041'/'FF-1041'/'DE 1041' type=o [court_record]
- Locator
- Search results classified 2026-09-28; see search_ledger rows sl-uss-bradley-de1041-04 through -07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep result: opinion index 'USS Bradley' - zero hits; hull-number opinion queries ('DE-1041' OR 'FF-1041') - five hits, all name collisions (Puerto Rico tax/property, Indian gaming, patent disputes; no vessel or asbestos content). Docket index 'USS Bradley' - four dockets: Hilt v. Foster Wheeler 3:11-cv-02367 (N.D. Cal.) = QUALIFYING asbestos litigation naming this hull (see ev-02); In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation MDL-875 tag-along docket text (Pratt v. Asbestos Corp. 4:11-cv-03503, Dizon, Schoelzel, and related N.D. Cal. asbestos cases) - vessel role unverified, archival lead; Hardison v. 3M 2:22-cv-02476 and Glover v. 3M 2:22-cv-04587 (D.S.C.) = AFFF/firefighting-foam product-liability removals, name collisions. Docket index hull-number queries ('DE-1041'/'FF-1041'/'DE 1041') - 30 dockets; reviewable hits: Davis v. General Electric 3:08-cv-00228 (N.D. Cal.) = QUALIFYING pleading-stage asbestos complaint naming 'BRADLEY (DE-1041; FF-1041)' (see ev-04); Hopkins v. Plant Insulation 1:06-cv-00298 (D. Del.) = asbestos defendant bankruptcy-adjacent docket, hull-number string in indexed text, vessel role unverified - archival lead; remainder are identifier collisions (criminal, prisoner, banking, contract dockets).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2008-2018 (litigation windows located)
- Limitations
- Index coverage: CourtListener opinions and RECAP dockets are not exhaustive of state-court or settled filings; 'no result' means none located in the index, not that none exist. Hilt and Davis are documented at summary-judgment and pleading stage respectively - neither is an adjudicated finding of exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bradley-de1041-11
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[13]Navios de Guerra Brasileiros (NGB) ship record, Contratorpedeiro Pernambuco D-30 (ex-USS Bradley FF-1041); NHHC Online Library narrative (Brazilian service to 2003) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- NGB P068 record, chronology 1989/2001/2004; Poder Naval 2016 article, 'Breve Historico' section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Brazilian service chapter for this hull: on 15 April 1989 the U.S. government authorized the loan transfer of four Garcia-class frigates to Brazil; Pernambuco (D-30) was incorporated into the Marinha do Brasil at Naval Base San Diego on 25 September 1989 (CF Luiz Augusto Correia in command) and arrived Rio de Janeiro 13 December 1989 with sisters Para (D-27), Paraiba (D-28), and Parana (D-29). Brazil purchased the ship outright 24 January 2001 (NVR strike). Decommissioned 11 March 2004; hulk disposed via EMGEPRON auctions 2012-2013 and demolished at BNRJ 2014-2015 (see ev-01).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1989-2004
- Population
- Brazilian Navy crew of CT Pernambuco, 1989-2004
- Limitations
- NGB is a specialist Brazilian reference site rather than an official navy publication; dates corroborate NHHC's month-level narrative ('September 1989' lease, 'January 2001' strike/sale) and NavSource's day-level chronology. No asbestos content in the transfer documentation surfaced.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bradley-de1041-12