Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Brooklyn' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS Brooklyn' returned 43 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-brooklyn-cl40-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Brooklyn' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS Brooklyn' returned 1768 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-brooklyn-cl40-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'CL-40' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'CL-40' returned 38492 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-brooklyn-cl40-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'CL-40' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'CL-40' returned 180256 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-brooklyn-cl40-cl-hull-docket
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[5]DANFS, Brooklyn III (CL-40), Vol. I pp. (builder, dates, specifications, service narrative; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404); cross-checked against HazeGray/LostHistory transcription [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative; hazegray transcription at https://losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/cruisers/cl40.txt
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 30 November 1936 by the New York Navy Yard, sponsored by Miss Kathryn Jane Lackey (daughter of Rear Admiral F. R. Lackey); commissioned 30 September 1937 (Capt. W. D. Brereton, Jr.). Panama Canal Zone 1938; SQUALUS (SS-192) salvage base ship May-June 1939; Pacific Fleet 1940; Atlantic convoy escort and Neutrality Patrol 1941; rescued 1,173 troops from burning WAKEFIELD (AP-21) 3 September 1942; Fedhala bombardment 8 November 1942 (dud-hit, five wounded); three Casablanca convoy runs January-July 1943; Sicily 10-14 July 1943; Anzio-Nettuno 22 January - 9 February 1944; Formia-Anzio bombardment May 1944; southern France invasion gunfire 15 August 1944; departed Sicily 21 November 1944 for New York; extensive overhaul and alteration at New York Navy Yard December 1944 - May 1945; pre-inactivation overhaul at Philadelphia Navy Yard; in commission in reserve 30 January 1946; out of commission in reserve 3 January 1947; transferred under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program to Chile 9 January 1951 (served as O'Higgins); four battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1936-1951
- Population
- New York Navy Yard construction trades 1935-37; crew 1937-47; New York Navy Yard overhaul workers Dec 1944-May 1945; Philadelphia Navy Yard workers 1945-46
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. DANFS gives no laid-down date (keel 12 March 1935 verified via BuShips Ships' Data 1945 construction table, ev-02) and no stricken date or post-transfer Chilean disposition. The December 1944 - May 1945 overhaul is a documented yard period whose insulation-disturbance scope is inference. Mirror transcriptions cited because the live NHHC page returns 404; minor transcription variances between mirrors noted in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooklyn-cl40-01
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[6]U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (1945), Light Cruisers (CL) construction and machinery tables (shipscribe.com scan, OCR-extracted) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1.pdf book pp. 50-51 (construction table row 7) and pp. 46-47 (machinery table row 7); OCR /tmp/sdb1_ocr pg-035, pg-033
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official tabulations supply the data DANFS omits: the CL construction table lists BROOKLYN (CL-40) built by Navy Yard, New York - contract price $12,666,100 - keel laid 12 March 1935, launched 30 November 1936, first commission 30 September 1937; the CL machinery table lists this hull with 4 shafts, New-York-Navy-Yard Parsons-type geared turbines, 100,000 shp, 400 psi / 648 deg F steam conditions - the Brooklyn-class machinery suite (eight Babcock & Wilcox boilers per the class table).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1935-1937
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Official construction/machinery data only - contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or condition content. OCR extraction of a scanned table; the keel-date cell is partially garbled but reads consistent with the class-profile verified extraction (12 Mar 1935) and secondary references. Speed shown as 33.5 kt in the general table vs. 33.6 in DANFS - minor variance, DANFS carried in propulsion_summary.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooklyn-cl40-02
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[7]U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships Technical Manual, NAVSHIPS 250-000, Chapter 39 'Thermal Insulation' (1960, page date 15 April 1959) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips TM ch.39, sections 39-11 through 39-13
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The Navy's own insulation manual enumerates the asbestos material suite standard to steam plants of this hull's construction era: MIL-P-2781 pipe covering including 85% magnesia (~15% asbestos fiber) and amosite-fiber classes; roll asbestos felt MIL-I-15091; asbestos cloth/tape SS-C-466 (80-95% chrysotile) as lagging; asbestos millboard HH-M-351; asbestos finishing cement; molded asbestos block for high-temperature service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1960 (manual); describes specifications representative of 1935-37 practice
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Specification-level era documentation, not a hull record - the manual is 1959-60 vintage while this hull was built 1935-37; the same material family is documented for 1930s practice but the manual postdates construction by two decades. Does not quantify material aboard. Retrieved PDF is a scan hosted in the Garlock bankruptcy Daubert-appendix repository.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooklyn-cl40-03
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[8]In re Brooklyn Navy Yard Asbestos Litigation (Joint Eastern & Southern District Asbestos Litigation), 971 F.2d 831 (2d Cir. 1992) + Atlas shipyard dataset, 'brooklyn-navy-yard' record (tier 3; Kaylo / Owens-Illinois pipe insulation documented) [court_record]
- Locator
- 971 F.2d 831, Background section (Oakes, C.J.); shipyards.json 'brooklyn-navy-yard' evidence and products_documented rows
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Builder-yard litigation context: the Second Circuit's opinion in the consolidated Brooklyn Navy Yard asbestos cases recites that 'from the 1930's through 1966, thousands of workers at the New York Naval Shipyard, commonly known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard (BNY), breathed air laden with carcinogenic asbestos fibers,' and affirms that plaintiffs proved defendants' asbestos-containing products were used interchangeably throughout the shipyard. This hull was built at that yard March 1935 - September 1937 and underwent her documented extensive overhaul there December 1944 - May 1945 - both periods inside the documented exposure window. The Atlas shipyard dataset carries the yard at tier 3 with Kaylo (Owens-Illinois) pipe insulation documented for the 1930s-1966 period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1930s-1966 (documented exposure window); opinion decided 1992
- Population
- New York Naval Shipyard trades and workers, 1930s-1966 (litigation population); CL-40 construction crew 1935-37 and overhaul crew Dec 1944-May 1945 worked inside that documented environment
- Limitations
- Documents the YARD and its workers, not this hull - no plaintiff in the consolidated cases is tied to CL-40 specifically, and the opinion says nothing about material installed aboard any ship. Reading this as shipboard documentation would be an over-claim; it is builder-yard context only. Justia mirror cited (CourtListener ID pending - API throttled at access time); the shipyards.json dataset entry cites the same opinion.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooklyn-cl40-04
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[9]DANFS specifications block + service narrative (this record, ev-01) + BuShips Ships' Data machinery row (ev-02) + BuShips TM ch.39 era suite (ev-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- ev-01/-02/-03 synthesis; overhaul dates from DANFS service narrative
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference for this hull: a Brooklyn-class cruiser built 1935-37 with the documented eight-boiler/100,000-shp steam plant would era-typically have carried asbestos boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe and turbine lagging, gaskets and packing, deck covering, and bulkhead/cable insulation. The documented December 1944 - May 1945 'extensive overhaul and alteration' at New York Navy Yard opened machinery and hull spaces where original-era material would have been disturbed; the 1945 Philadelphia Navy Yard pre-inactivation overhaul is a second documented yard period.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1935-1947
- Population
- Construction trades 1935-37; crew 1937-47; New York Navy Yard and Philadelphia Navy Yard workers 1944-47
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The 1944-45 overhaul is a documented event but its insulation scope is inference from work extent; no work package or abatement record for CL-40 is digitized. Does not quantify material aboard or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooklyn-cl40-05
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[10]DANFS Brooklyn III (CL-40) disposition paragraph (in commission in reserve 30 January 1946, out of commission in reserve 3 January 1947, transferred to Chile under MDAP 9 January 1951) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS disposition paragraph (both transcriptions)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposal path documented to the point of foreign transfer: pre-inactivation overhaul at Philadelphia Navy Yard after September 1945; in commission in reserve 30 January 1946; out of commission in reserve 3 January 1947 at Philadelphia; transferred to Chile under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program 9 January 1951. The MDAP transfer carried the hull - with whatever original-era and overhaul-era material remained aboard - out of U.S. custody and documentation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1945-1951
- Population
- Philadelphia Navy Yard workers 1945-46; reserve-fleet caretakers 1947-51
- Limitations
- Documents custody and dates only - no abatement disclosure, condition survey, or hazmat record from inactivation through transfer was located. Material state at handoff is undocumented in U.S. sources; the MDAP transfer condition survey (NARA RG 19/RG 330 lead, ev-09) is the likeliest unmined record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooklyn-cl40-06
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[11]Secondary-reference cluster on Chilean service and loss: NavSource Cruiser Photo Archive CL-40 page (via search snippet - direct fetch unreachable, HTTP 000); GlobalSecurity CL-40 unit page; Wikipedia USS Brooklyn (CL-40); historyofwar.org CL-40 article - mutually consistent [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource CL-40 archive page (search-snippet content); globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/cl-40-unit.htm; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Brooklyn_(CL-40); historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_USS_Brooklyn_CL40.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Chilean service and loss (secondary references, mutually consistent): stricken from the U.S. Naval Vessel Register 22 January 1951; accepted by Chile and renamed O'HIGGINS (CL-02), in Chilean service from mid-1951; damaged by grounding 12 August 1975, used as barracks ship, refitted 1977-78 and recommissioned; decommissioned 14 January 1992; sold for scrap 1992; sank under tow to breakers in India 3 November 1992 (Wikipedia adds 'off Pitcairn Island' - unverified). Correction vs. class profile: the profile's member row 'scrapped after 1992 grounding (hulked)' conflates the 1975 grounding (she was refitted and returned to service) with the 1992 sinking - corrected here.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1951-1992
- Population
- Chilean Navy crew 1951-1992; Chilean refit/yard workers 1977-78; scrapping-tow crew 1992
- Limitations
- Rests on secondary references only - no Chilean official record located and NavSource is unreachable from this machine (content via search snippet). Stricken date conflicts across sources (22 January 1951 vs. NavalCoverMuseum's 9 January) - carried as 22 January, conflict logged in gaps. Forty years of foreign-service material condition, yard work, and any abatement are entirely outside U.S. documentation. The hull lies on the Pacific seabed with all remaining material aboard - no survey feasible.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooklyn-cl40-07
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[12]CourtListener REST API v4 - class-level per-ship exact-phrase sweep 2026-09-16 (brooklyn-class profile sl-brooklyn-class-05) + per-ship query attempts 2026-09-19 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-brooklyn-cl40-04; brooklyn-class profile search_ledger sl-brooklyn-class-05
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming CL-40 located: the class-level exact-phrase opinion sweep ('USS Brooklyn' + asbestos) run 2026-09-16 returned zero qualifying results for this name. Fresh per-ship queries attempted 2026-09-19 ('USS Brooklyn' + asbestos/mesothelioma, hull-number queries) were blocked - the CourtListener API returned HTTP 429 throughout the session (daily 125-request limit exhausted by other processes on this machine; Atom/HTML endpoints CloudFront-blocked), so opinion-level re-verification and docket-level (type=r) coverage remain unexecuted. A supplementary web search surfaced only law-firm marketing pages and a generated content page - none citable, none evidencing a filed case.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-16; 2026-09-19
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- The 2026-09-16 sweep covered type=o opinions at class level and predates this record by three days; per-ship re-verification is a logged gap. 'Brooklyn' is the highest-collision name in the fleet - the borough, armored cruiser CA-3, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard asbestos litigation (which names the yard, not this hull) all pollute name searches; any future sweep must filter on the hull number. The 1951-1992 Chilean service window is entirely outside U.S. litigation coverage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooklyn-cl40-08
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[13]This record's search ledger: NHHC DANFS probe; two independent DANFS transcriptions; BuShips Ships' Data 1945 OCR; NVR coverage check; NavSource probe; CourtListener attempts; supplementary web check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-brooklyn-cl40-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation of any kind was located for CL-40: no insulation or material specification, no hull survey, no abatement contract or hazmat disclosure (including for the documented December 1944 - May 1945 New York Navy Yard overhaul or the 1951 transfer), no qualifying litigation. All asbestos-relevant content in this record rests on class/era specification (BuShips TM ch.39), the documented uniform plant (Ships' Data), builder-yard litigation context (971 F.2d 831), and documented yard events.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record does not prove absence - the 1944-45 New York Navy Yard overhaul work package and the 1951 MDAP transfer condition survey (NARA RG 19/RG 330) are the likeliest unmined primary records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooklyn-cl40-09
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[14]NARA Record Group 19 (Bureau of Ships series) and RG 330 (security-assistance/MDAP records) - known holding classes, not yet searched [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 19 / RG 330 (not yet searched)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: NARA RG 19 BuShips construction correspondence for New York Navy Yard hull CL-40 plus the December 1944 - May 1945 overhaul work package (the likeliest records of insulation disturbance on this hull), and the 1951 MDAP transfer condition survey (RG 19 or RG 330) - the likeliest record of material state at handoff to Chile. Not digitized; not consulted for this pass.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- n/a
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Holding location inferred from standard records disposition; MDAP transfer surveys may sit in RG 59/RG 330 security-assistance files rather than RG 19.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooklyn-cl40-10