Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet lv-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-brooke-deg1-pkt-lv-packet-md
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[2]Willis v. Buffalo Pumps Inc., 34 F. Supp. 3d 1117 (S.D. Cal. 2014), Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendant Foster Wheeler's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 350, filed 2014-07-21, Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz); full text via RECAP gov.uscourts.casd.379897.350.0 [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion pp. 2 (background), 5-6 (produced-evidence discussion: gaskets, refractory, invoices), and throughout; RECAP PDF PageID.26569-26601
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published opinion names this hull in qualifying asbestos litigation. Plaintiff Donald Willis, a Navy boiler tender 1959-1980, served aboard USS Brooke 24 November 1974 to 25 August 1977, working in the boiler room with defendant Foster Wheeler's boilers; diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma in 2012. The court states plaintiff produced evidence that Foster Wheeler supplied gaskets and refractory products containing asbestos to USS O'Callahan and USS Brooke; that Foster Wheeler personnel supervised removal and replacement of the original boiler refractory on the Brooke (Willis depo.; Dept. of Navy correspondence dated 12 November 1965); a Foster Wheeler invoice to the Navy for Harbison Walker Lightweight Castable Refractory (Bates USSBROOKE00000508, 510); Flexitallic Gasket Co. invoice (USSBROOKE00000325); Garlock Inc. invoice (USSBROOKE00000354); and that the original boiler gaskets, the specified replacement gaskets, and the refractory all contained asbestos. Disposition: summary judgment granted only as to the third cause of action (false representation) and denied in all other respects - the exposure theories survived to trial posture.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1965 (refractory correspondence); 1974-1977 (alleged exposure); 2012 (diagnosis); 2014 (opinion)
- Population
- Donald Willis, USN boiler tender aboard USS Brooke 1974-11-24 to 1977-08-25; construction-period personnel during the 1965 refractory work
- Limitations
- Summary-judgment-stage ruling: the court held the produced evidence sufficient to proceed, which is more than a pleading allegation but is not a trial finding of causation or a damages adjudication. The asbestos-component findings rest on plaintiff's produced documentary and deposition evidence recited by the court; they identify boiler gaskets and refractory aboard this hull, not a full material inventory. Post-order resolution not verified (docket terminated 2015-05-06).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooke-deg1-01
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[3]Willis v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc., No. 3:12-cv-00744-BTM-DHB (S.D. Cal.), RECAP docket (docket_id 6011502); nature of suit '368 P.I. : Asbestos'; filed 2012-03-26, terminated 2015-05-06 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener RECAP index for casd.379897; docket metadata fields (dateFiled, dateTerminated, suitNature)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket and RECAP index for the same case: filed 2012-03-26 in the Southern District of California with Judicial Panel-confirmed nature of suit 368 (asbestos personal injury); the indexed RECAP set includes the 33-page Doc. 350 order (ev-01). Docket terminated 2015-05-06.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2012-2015 (litigation)
- Population
- Same as ev-01
- Limitations
- Docket metadata and indexed documents only; the docket does not itself adjudicate exposure. Termination mechanism (settlement, dismissal, or judgment) not verified from the indexed entries - only the SJ order was retrieved and read.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooke-deg1-02
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[4]Southwest Marine, Inc. v. United States, 4 Cl. Ct. 275 (1984) (White, Senior Judge) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, 'case principally involves' discussion of RFP N000-24-83R-8544
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Non-asbestos litigation naming this hull: a published Court of Claims bid-protest opinion over Naval Sea Systems Command RFP N000-24-83R-8544, which covered 'repair, alteration, and maintenance work on the guided missile frigate USS BROOKE (FFG-1), with an option for work on the USS SCHOFIELD (FFG-3)'. The RFP was a small-business set-aside; USS Brooke was to commence the Selected Restricted Availability in the successful offeror's facility on 20 February 1984, work to be complete by 13 April 1984. Documents a competitive commercial-yard repair availability for this hull in early 1984.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1983-1984 (procurement); 1984 (SRA period)
- Population
- Ship-repair workers, San Diego-area commercial yard, Feb-Apr 1984 (unverified which facility)
- Limitations
- Government-contracts opinion - documents the procurement and the scheduled availability, not the work performed; asbestos scope of the SRA is not addressed. The performing yard is not established by this source (Southwest was found other-than-small-business and protested its exclusion; who executed the availability is unverified).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooke-deg1-03
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[5]USS Brooke (DEG-1) 1966-68 Command Histories (OPNAV Report 5750 annual command histories, declassified), scanned by the USS Brooke Association, ussbrooke.org/images/1966-68.pdf [museum_official]
- Locator
- 1966-68 command history scan: Basic Narrative Secs. A-B (construction, nucleus crew, commissioning); monthly narratives March-April and October-November 1966; January-February and March-June 1968 deployment narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Declassified official command histories for this hull: built by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Co., Seattle, under BuShips Contract No. 1516; keel laid 19 December 1962; launched 19 July 1963 (co-sponsors Mrs. Bruce R. Day and Mrs. Campbell Hooten, granddaughters of the namesake); a nucleus crew of about 100 reported to the building yard from July 1964 and monitored construction, tests, and demonstrations through delivery delays; delivered and moved to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 7 March 1966; commissioned 'special' 12 March 1966, Cmdr. Robert L. Walters. Fitting Out Availability at PSNSY 14 March-26 April 1966 included re-making silver-brazed pipe joints in the engineering spaces incorrectly accomplished by the builder; drydocked at Todd Shipyard, Seattle, 27-28 April 1966; November 1966 restricted availability at San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, Hunters Point, replaced the 1B boiler supercharger with an Elliott Corporation factory representative on scene; 1967 boiler-tube work (X-ray, welding) and a tender availability with USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) whose major project was boiler-tube repair; January 1968 emergency 1B boiler repairs at Pearl Harbor; February 1968 1A boiler and missile-director repairs at Sasebo with Gompers; Yankee Station plane-guard and Sea of Japan TG 70.9 duty during the Pueblo crisis and March-June 1968.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1962-1968
- Population
- Lockheed construction trades 1962-66; nucleus crew ~100 aboard the building yard from July 1964; ship's force and yard workers at PSNSY, Todd, Hunters Point, Pearl Harbor, Sasebo 1966-68
- Limitations
- Primary Navy documents hosted by a private ship association, not an NHHC mirror; OCR was run locally on the scanned PDF - quoted details verified against the scan text but page-level pinpoint citations are approximate. The command histories document engineering-space and boiler work events; they do not mention asbestos, and the asbestos scope of any listed work is inference, not a finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooke-deg1-04
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[6]USS Brooke (DEG-1) 1970 Command History (OPNAV Report 5750, declassified), scanned by the USS Brooke Association, ussbrooke.org/images/1970.pdf [museum_official]
- Locator
- 1970 command history: January, May, June, July, August-October monthly narratives; year-end summary (216 crew in schools; overhaul completion status)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Declassified official command history for this hull's 1970 year: departed San Diego 5 January 1970 for a second WestPac deployment in company with four other CruDesPac units; May 1970 Gulf of Tonkin search-and-rescue picket duty with USS Dale (DLG-19), Task Unit 77.7.3; 17 May 1970 Subic Bay upkeep with tender availability from USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) and assistance from Ship Repair Facility, Subic; homeward transit from 15 June 1970 with leaking boiler tubes requiring daily feedwater replenishment; San Diego arrival 2 July 1970; officially entered the U.S. Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, on 19 August 1970 for Regular Overhaul. Major scheduled work: SHIPALT DEG/1-58, replacement of the outer row of convection tubes in both boilers; Sonar Overhaul; Boiler Repairs; Fin Stabilizer Repairs; SHIPALT DEG/1-7501 missile-system test equipment and TARTAR-to-STANDARD conversion; drydocking 3 September 1970; the yard requested an overhaul extension on 7 October owing to increased scope; as of 31 December 1970 the majority of overhaul work was complete and the crew was reassembling systems alongside shipyard workers; 216 Brooke officers and crew attended formal schools during the overhaul period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1970
- Population
- Ship's company (~216 in schools during overhaul) plus Long Beach Naval Shipyard trades, Aug-Dec 1970; Gompers and SRF Subic workers, May 1970
- Limitations
- Documents the overhaul events and boiler work at LBNSY but never mentions asbestos; any insulation/lagging/refractory disturbance is inference. OCR quality on the scanned document leaves some dates and figures machine-read (e.g., '197%' years) - all carried values were cross-checked against context.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooke-deg1-05
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[7]USS Brooke (FFG-1) 1988 Command History (OPNAV Report 5750, final, declassified), scanned by the USS Brooke Association, ussbrooke.org/images/1988.pdf [museum_official]
- Locator
- 1988 command history: chronology (25JUL-16SEP decommissioning RAV; 17SEP decommissioning) and final narrative paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Final declassified command history for this hull: SIMA restricted availability 9 May-7 June 1988 in San Diego; CORTRAMID lead-ship training June-July; final underway (dependents cruise) 22 July 1988; decommissioning RAV 25 July-16 September 1988; 'BROOKE was decommissioned 17 September 1988 and placed into Inactive Ship Status pending possible foreign military sale'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1988
- Population
- Ship's company through decommissioning; SIMA San Diego and inactivation workers, Jul-Sep 1988
- Limitations
- The ship's own command history gives decommissioning as 17 September 1988; NVR and the NHHC DANFS stub give 16 September. The one-day conflict is carried in gaps rather than silently reconciled. No asbestos or hazmat content in the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooke-deg1-06
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[8]USS Juneau (LPD-10) 1988 Command History, NHHC Command Operation Reports archive (official scan, history.navy.mil) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Juneau 1988 COR, inport upkeep narrative (13 Aug-06 Sep) and yearly highlights summary ('Decommissioning mothership for USS BROOKE (FFG 1)...')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent Navy record naming this hull: from 13 August to 6 September 1988 USS Juneau 'was the mothership to four ships being decommissioned', including USS BROOKE (FFG-1), USS RAMSEY (FFG-2), USS SCHOFIELD (FFG-3), and USS BRADLEY (FF-1041), supplying berthing, food service, ships service, and administrative support in San Diego.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1988
- Population
- Brooke crew in decommissioning status; Juneau support crew, Aug-Sep 1988
- Limitations
- Documents the decommissioning support relationship and the inport period only; no asbestos or hazmat content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooke-deg1-07
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[9]Naval Vessel Register, BROOKE (FFG 1)(ex-DEG 1) detail record (UIC 04692); Wayback capture of official nvr.navy.mil page [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail page fields (Keel/Launch/Delivery/Commission/Decommission/Stricken dates; Status; Status-change date)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR record for this hull: builder LOCKHEED SB CONSTR; award 4 January 1962; keel 19 December 1962; launch 19 July 1963; delivery 7 March 1966; commission 12 March 1966; decommission 16 September 1988; stricken 2 January 1994; status 'Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration', status change 28 March 1994.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1962-1994
- Limitations
- Registry fields only - no material or hazmat content. Decommission date conflicts with the ship's own 1988 command history (17 Sept) - carried in gaps. The live NVR page for this disposed hull is no longer reliably served; the 2012 Wayback capture of the official record is cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooke-deg1-08
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[10]DANFS, Brooke I (FFG-1) (NHHC ship-history page; entry stub marked 'Update pending' dated 1 December 2005) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Brooke I entry body text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS record for this hull: 'Brooke (FFG-1) was commissioned on 12 March 1966 as Brooke (DEG-1). She was decommissioned on 16 September 1988 and struck from the Navy list on 2 January 1994. Brooke was transferred to the Maritime Administration on 28 March 1994.' Confirms commission/decommission/stricken/MARAD dates only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1966-1994
- Limitations
- DANFS is a stub ('Update pending. 1 December 2005') - no narrative history, no specifications block, no complement figure. Confirms dates only; nothing on materials or asbestos. Live page returns HTTP 200 to a browser user-agent; automated fetchers may see 404 (Wayback 2024-09-16 capture identical).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooke-deg1-09
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[11]NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Brooke (DEG 1) spec block and building/operational data (SCB No. 199B; Foster Wheeler 1,200-psi boilers; reclassification and disposal chronology) + USNI Naval History, 'The Garcias and Brookes: One Last Look' (Cdr. Bruce R. Linder, USN, April 1989) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DEG-1 spec block (propulsion line); USNI Naval History April 1989 pp. pictorial text ('pressure-fired boiler' engineering discussion)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference: a Brooke-class escort built 1962-66 with two Foster Wheeler 1,200-psi pressure-fired boilers and a Westinghouse geared steam turbine (35,000 shp, single screw) would have carried period-standard asbestos machinery and steam-line insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing; the pressure-fired boiler plant (USNI describes the design as a break with commonplace steam plants, ~70% more power than predecessors) concentrated heat in a compact engineering space. Boiler gaskets and refractory aboard this specific hull are separately documented in the Willis produced evidence (ev-01).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1962-1988
- Population
- Lockheed construction trades 1962-66; engineering crew 1966-88
- Limitations
- Class/era and design inference only - it prioritizes research and contextualizes ev-01 but is not an independent ship-specific finding. The Foster Wheeler boiler supply is corroborated for this hull by the Willis produced evidence; all other applications on this list remain unverified for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooke-deg1-10
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[12]Batch-4561 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS and COR archives; NVR record; NavSource; USS Brooke Association command-history scans 1966-1988; CourtListener opinion and RECAP searches; USNI Naval History [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-brooke-deg1-01 through sl-uss-brooke-deg1-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, transfer-to-Pakistan hazmat disclosure, or dismantling-waste record was located in the official and primary sources searched (see search_ledger). The declassified command histories reviewed (1966-68, 1970, 1988) document extensive boiler work but contain no mention of asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the Willis produced evidence already establishes asbestos-containing gaskets and refractory were present; this finding is that no survey/abatement/disposal documentation was found, not that none exists. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooke-deg1-11