Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]research packet gk-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-brush-dd745-pkt-gk-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Brush (DD-745), Naval History and Heritage Command [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; first and final paragraphs of vessel history
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies USS Brush (DD-745) as an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, launched 28 December 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co. at Staten Island, New York, and commissioned 17 April 1944. It gives a complement of 345 and records wartime, Korean, and Vietnam service; decommissioning at San Francisco on 27 October 1969; transfer to the Republic of Taiwan on 9 December 1969; subsequent service as Hsiang Yang (D 986, then D 901); and scrapping in 1993.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1993
- Population
- Construction trades, U.S. Navy crew, and later Republic of China Navy crew
- Limitations
- This official ship history establishes identity and service chronology, not asbestos content, product identity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brush-dd745-01
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[3]Goodrich v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., No. 4:17-cv-00009, ECF No. 171, Omnibus Opinion and Order (E.D. Va. Sept. 28, 2018) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 171, Omnibus Opinion and Order, pp. 12, 19, 31
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A federal court order recites an engineering drawing for insulation and lagging of forced-draft blower turbines for the Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) destroyer class that specifies amosite felts and asbestos cloths. The order also recites an expert report's partial 30.3-ton tally for asbestos-containing thermal insulation and lagging in fire and engine rooms of Allen M. Sumner and Gearing-class destroyers.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1940s design era; order filed 2018-09-28
- Population
- Allen M. Sumner-class fire- and engine-room personnel; litigation expert materials
- Limitations
- This is a litigation-record recital concerning the class, not a hull-specific material record and not an adjudicated asbestos finding for USS Brush. The underlying drawing and expert report were not retrieved in this batch; the partial tally is not an inventory or quantity for this vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brush-dd745-02
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[4]Batch 3719 authoritative-source and CourtListener research ledger (this record) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-brush-dd745-03 through sl-uss-brush-dd745-05; helper output: fleet-wide request budget momentarily spent
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos litigation, asbestos survey, abatement record, material inventory, or adjudicated exposure finding for USS Brush (DD-745) was located in the completed authoritative-source review. The required authenticated CourtListener exact-name opinion query was sent through the prescribed helper, but the shared fleet pacing limiter returned a stand-down before the API supplied results; the remaining exact-name and hull-number CourtListener queries were not sent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- Research performed 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- This is a search-stage negative finding, not proof that no records exist. CourtListener results remain incomplete because the fleet-wide limiter stopped the sweep; no inference about asbestos presence, exposure, causation, products, or legal eligibility is warranted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brush-dd745-03