USS BUNKER HILL (CG-52)

Evidence

13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).

1. [1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS BUNKER HILL' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener opinion search 'USS BUNKER HILL' returned 2 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-bunker-hill-cg52-cl-name-opinion

2. [2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS BUNKER HILL' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener docket search 'USS BUNKER HILL' returned 265 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-bunker-hill-cg52-cl-name-docket

3. [3]CourtListener opinion search: 'CG-52' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener opinion search 'CG-52' returned 1101 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-bunker-hill-cg52-cl-hull-opinion

4. [4]CourtListener docket search: 'CG-52' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener docket search 'CG-52' returned 39083 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-bunker-hill-cg52-cl-hull-docket

5. [5]Naval Vessel Register (nvr.navy.mil), SHIPSDETAIL_CG_52 - official Navy ship-status register [other_primary]

   Locator

   NVR CG-52 vessel-status, milestone, physical-characteristics, and program blocks (Wayback capture 2024-06-24 05:17:31)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Naval Vessel Register detail page for CG-52 (2024-06-24 Wayback capture of the rendered page, register last updated 2023-10-02): class CG 47, guided missile cruiser; UIC 21345; status 'Stricken, Final Disposition Pending' (status changed 09/29/2023); maintenance category X; berth Bremerton, WA; custodian INACTSHIP BREMERTON, WA; builder Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.; Award 01/15/1982; Keel 01/11/1984; Launch 03/11/1985; Delivery 07/21/1986; Commission 09/20/1986; Decommission 09/29/2023; Stricken 09/29/2023; propulsion 'Gas Turbines', 2 propellers; steel hull, aluminum superstructure; accommodations 37 officers + 339 enlisted; full displacement 9,992 tons; overall length 567 ft.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   register content last updated 2023-10-02, captured 2024-06-24

   Limitations

   Official status register - milestones, status, accommodations, and hull material only; no material/insulation data. The live NVR SHIPSDETAIL page returns only the navigation frame to automated fetches (client-side render), so the 2024-06-24 Wayback capture was used; the register may have changed berth/status since. NVR decommission/stricken date (09/29/2023) post-dates the 09/22/2023 decommissioning ceremony reported by Navy.mil and press - carried as a documented conflict in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-bunker-hill-cg52-01

6. [6]DANFS, Bunker Hill II (CG-52), NHHC ship-histories entry (published 2024-01-30; 2024-12-09 Wayback capture - live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS entry, specifications block + construction paragraph + full service narrative

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS NHHC entry 'Bunker Hill II (CG-52)' (Cressman & Evans, published 2024-01-30; 'detailed history under construction'): laid down 11 January 1984 at Pascagoula by Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Litton Industries; launched 11 March 1985, sponsored by Mrs. Margaret Skallerup (wife of the General Counsel to SECNAV); commissioned 20 September 1986 at the Old Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass., Capt. Philip M. Quast in command. Specs block: displacement 9,600; length 567'; beam 55'; draft 33'; 30+ knots; complement 363; first-of-fit Mk 41 VLS armament; class Ticonderoga. Service record documented: Desert Shield/Desert Storm 1990-91 (antiair 'cruiser line' with Mobile Bay CG-53 and Worden CG-18; 24 January 1991 Mirage F-1 incursion ended by a Saudi F-15 shootdown; Mobile Bay relieved her as AAW commander 14 February); Third Taiwan Strait Crisis, detached from Independence CV-62 into the Taiwan Strait under TF-72 (7-25 March 1996); emergency sortie from Manama as guard ship after the Cole bombing (15 October-12 November 2000); joined 29 other U.S./British ships and submarines firing TLAMs the night of 21 March 2003 (OIF I); operated with Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69 and Anzio CG-68 off Somalia January 2007; Operation Unified Response off Haiti January-February 2010.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1984-2010

   Population

   Construction trades 1984-86; crew 1986-2023

   Limitations

   DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content; the entry is explicitly incomplete ('detailed history under construction') and does not record homeport shifts, yard availabilities, or the decommissioning. Complement 363 conflicts with NVR accommodations 376 - carried in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-bunker-hill-cg52-02

7. [7]Stars and Stripes (2023-09-25), 'USS Bunker Hill, one of the Navy's last Cold War-era cruisers, is decommissioned in San Diego'; Kitsap Sun (2023-11-13), 'Three decommissioned Ticonderoga class cruisers arrive in Bremerton'; U.S. Navy photo 2003307724 (navy.mil) [reputable_press]

   Locator

   Stars and Stripes decommissioning report (Navy photo credited); Kitsap Sun NISMF-arrival article; navy.mil photo gallery igphoto/2003307724

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Decommissioning and custody transfer: decommissioning ceremony held 22 September 2023 at Naval Base San Diego (U.S. Navy photo caption; Stars and Stripes report: 'one of the Navy's last Cold War-era cruisers', 37 years of service, Desert Shield/Storm and Operation Southern Watch credited; homeport shift Yokosuka to San Diego in 1998; Haiti 2010 relief). Kitsap Sun (2023-11-13): ex-Bunker Hill arrived at the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Bremerton in mid-October 2023, towed from San Diego by USNS Grasp - third ex-Ticonderoga-class cruiser berthed at Sinclair Inlet that year after ex-Mobile Bay (CG-53) and ex-Lake Champlain (CG-57); final disposition not determined; periodic maintenance/inspection for long-term storage under NAVSEA inactive-ship offices.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   2023

   Population

   NISMF Bremerton custodial workforce 2023-present

   Limitations

   Documents ceremony, tow, and custody only; no source addresses hazardous-material condition, asbestos inventory, or abatement scope aboard the hull. Ceremony date (09/22) vs NVR official decommission/stricken date (09/29) flagged in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-bunker-hill-cg52-03

8. [8]SAM.gov presolicitation N00024-07-R-4400 (NAVSEA FY08 DMP); BAE Systems release via GlobalSecurity (2008-01); Naval Today (2015-07-22); uscarriers.net cg52history (unofficial compilation) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SAM.gov notice N00024-07-R-4400 text; globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2008/01/mil-080115-bae-systems01.htm; navaltoday.com/2015/07/22/bae-systems-wins-further-uss-bunker-hill-works/; uscarriers.net/cg52history.htm

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Documented depot/yard availabilities: (a) FY08 Depot Modernization Period - SAM.gov presolicitation N00024-07-R-4400 (NAVSEA, posted 2006-11-13) for a ~12-month dry-docking DMP at the west coast starting 2008-02-13; BAE Systems press release (via GlobalSecurity, 2008-01-15) reports the ~$31M award at San Diego, ~300 workers/day, work including 'all-electric modification to replace steam-operated equipment', stainless sanitary-space upgrades, corrosion control, tank/underwater-hull/freeboard preservation, and weapons/sensor/comms upgrades - i.e., the ship carried auxiliary steam-operated equipment until this conversion. (b) Five-month Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability at BAE Systems San Diego beginning 22 October 2012. (c) FY15 SRA - BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair undefinitized contract action, $38.3M not-to-exceed, work to May 2016 (Naval Today 2015-07-22). (d) Post-shakedown availability at Todd Shipyard, San Pedro (April-June 1987) and Yokosuka drydock availabilities December 1988 and April-July 1989 (uscarriers.net CG-52 history compilation).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1987-2016

   Population

   Yard workers at documented availabilities: Todd San Pedro 1987; Yokosuka drydocks 1988-89; BAE San Diego 2008-09, 2012-13, 2015-16

   Limitations

   Documents availability events and contract scope only - no source states any asbestos/abatement scope; the all-electric conversion establishes that auxiliary steam-operated equipment (potentially insulated piping) existed aboard until 2008-09, which is context, not a materials finding. uscarriers.net is an unofficial compiler - used only where consistent with official records.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-bunker-hill-cg52-04

9. [9]Moseley v. Nowell et al., No. 2:22-cv-00743 (E.D. Cal. 2022) - verified complaint, RECAP gov.uscourts.caed.417187 document 1 [court_record]

   Locator

   Complaint caption (defendant block naming 'Commanding Officer, USS BUNKER HILL (CG 52)') and paragraphs 33-42 (assignment aboard; 2021-11-30 order; 2022-03-14 FITREP); Just the News counsel press release (2022-05) for the 2022-05-20 board outcome

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Federal court record squarely naming this hull - NOT asbestos litigation: Moseley v. Nowell (E.D. Cal., docket gov.uscourts.caed.417187), complaint filed 2022 by LT William N. Moseley Jr., systems test officer aboard USS Bunker Hill, against the Chief of Naval Personnel and 'SHEA S. THOMPSON, individually and in his official capacity Commanding Officer, USS BUNKER HILL (CG 52)', challenging the COVID-19 testing/vaccine order he received aboard in November 2021 and an adverse fitness report of March 2022; injunctive/declaratory relief and damages sought. A Navy administrative separation board found unanimously on 20 May 2022 that Moseley did not commit misconduct and should be retained.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   2021-2022

   Population

   LT William N. Moseley Jr. (plaintiff, crew member); ship's company (non-party)

   Limitations

   OTHER LITIGATION - a pleading-stage COVID-mandate challenge, not an asbestos case; carried because it is a court record squarely naming this hull. Contains zero asbestos or materials content; the docket-number suffix is taken from the RECAP docket ID and the case outcome beyond the board hearing is not traced.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-bunker-hill-cg52-05

10. [10]Batch-199 search ledger (this record) [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-bunker-hill-cg52-05 through -09

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No ship-specific asbestos record of any kind located: no hull insulation survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, donation-condition report, or verified asbestos claim naming USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Neither the documented availabilities (Todd San Pedro PSA 1987; Yokosuka drydocks 1988-89; BAE San Diego DMP 2008-09, DSRA 2012-13, SRA 2015-16) nor the 2023 inactivation and NISMF Bremerton custody produced a located ACM disclosure.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    searches 2026-09-19

    Limitations

    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - construction 1984-86 post-dates the documented thermal-insulation substitution boundary, but residual-era ACM applications (gaskets, pipe-hanger liners) persisted per the Navy's own 1979 letter (see ev-08), and NISMF custody records and disposal work packages are not public. This row establishes what the public record does not contain, not what the ship did not contain.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-bunker-hill-cg52-07

11. [11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979-10-18), incl. CNO letter Ser 454D/318054 (1979-01-05) + attachment 1 ship list and Note 1; NAVSEA FOIA Reading Room 'Asbestos Related Files' QPL index; Atlas shipyard dataset 'ingalls-shipbuilding' record [gao]

    Locator

    HRD-80-2 full text via Wayback capture 20250211154345 of gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf (digest p.2-3; Enclosure I attachment 1 + Note 1 p.12; live gao.gov returns 403 - standing defect); web.archive.org/web/20241224202810/navsea.navy.mil/Contact/FOIA/Reading-Room/Asbestos/ QPL table; shipyards.json 'ingalls-shipbuilding' evidence rows

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Class/era context, boundary-side note: keel January 1984 falls AFTER the Navy's mid-1970s insulation-material substitution documented in GAO HRD-80-2 - thermal-insulation specs went asbestos-free in 1973, the October 1975 policy (NAVSEAINST 5100.2) eliminated asbestos where substitutes existed, and ships already insulated 'continued through to delivery as late as May 1978 with asbestos insulation' - i.e., this 1984-keel hull post-dates the documented asbestos-insulation delivery boundary by six years. Countervailing era facts from the same record: the Navy's 5 January 1979 letter states 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos' because 'there remain a few shipboard applications where technically acceptable substitute asbestos-free materials have not yet been identified' - gaskets and pipe-hanger liners named expressly in the report's Note 1, plus deck tile, galley-range cabling, and brakes/clutches; and NAVSEA's FOIA asbestos reading room hosts qualified-products lists for asbestos-containing shipboard items (thermal pipe covering QPL-2781 to 06/1993, insulation block QPL-2819 to 05/1996, compressed asbestos sheet packing QPL-46 to 01/1981) whose issue windows cover her construction years. The builder yard (Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula) is a documented Atlas tier-2 asbestos yard (products incl. Thermobestos, Superex, Kaylo, Zonolite, Monokote, pipe covering, gaskets, packing, fireproofing; insulator fiber measurements and worker/family disease studies covering the era).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    1973-2023

    Population

    Ingalls construction trades 1984-86; crews and yard workers 1986-2023; NISMF custody workforce 2023-present

    Limitations

    Era-policy and builder-yard context only - NOT a ship-specific finding. The post-substitution keel and all-gas-turbine propulsion weaken (but do not eliminate) era inference: the Navy itself conceded residual ACM applications (gaskets, pipe-hanger liners) remained in ships built in this window, and asbestos-product QPLs stayed live through her construction years; whether any such material was installed aboard is genuinely unknown. Yard-level documentation cannot be attributed to this hull.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-bunker-hill-cg52-08

12. [12]SAM.gov Sources Sought N00024-26-R-4203, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA HQ), notice text [other_primary]

    Locator

    Notice scope paragraph (hazardous-material remediation; SECRET facility clearance; Marine Chemist gas-free engineering); sam.gov notice N00024-26-R-4203 (aggregator mirrors: highergov, fbodaily, tenderimpulse)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Custody-program context: NAVSEA Sources Sought notice N00024-26-R-4203 (published ~2026-08-12/13) for 'Operation and Maintenance of Philadelphia, Bremerton, and Pearl Harbor Inactive Vessels' - the SEA21I inactive-ship maintenance offices that include this hull's custodian (INACTSHIP Bremerton) - scopes contractor duties to include 'hazardous material remediation (asbestos, PCBs, mercury, and legacy PFAS/AFFF systems)' on decommissioned, conventionally powered vessels in custody, plus preparing stricken assets for final disposition (foreign military sales, SINKEX, reefing, or dismantling).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    notice published 2026-08; responses due 2026-08-26

    Population

    Inactive-ship custody/remediation workforce at Bremerton, Philadelphia, Pearl Harbor

    Limitations

    Program-level solicitation language, not a hull-specific finding - it establishes that the inactive-ship custody program scopes asbestos remediation across the stricken fleet at the facility where this hull is berthed, without saying anything about this hull's material condition. Mirror text used because sam.gov renders client-side; the notice number and NAVSEA attribution are consistent across three independent aggregators.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-bunker-hill-cg52-09

13. [13]Batch-199 search ledger (this record) [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-bunker-hill-cg52-03 through -04

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Litigation sweeps returned no qualifying asbestos opinion naming this hull: site-restricted sweeps (courtlistener.com, storage.courtlistener.com, general legal repositories via web index) surfaced only the Moseley complaint (other litigation, carried as ev-05); all asbestos-marketing hits for 'USS Bunker Hill' resolve to the WWII Essex-class carrier CV-17 (excluded marketing pages: shepardlawfirm, mesotheliomahelp, duboselawfirm, navyshipexposure) or to 'Bunker Hill Company' mining/EPA litigation (Kennecott v. EPA, Lead Industries v. EPA, State of Idaho v. Bunker Hill Co., Bower v. Bunker Hill Co.) - name collisions, none about this ship. Namesake-hull discipline: CV-17 is a different hull (1943-1973) documented in a separate Atlas record; only CG-52 records were admitted.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    searches 2026-09-19

    Limitations

    A null litigation result is not proof that no exposure claims exist - unindexed state-court filings, settled matters, MDL-875 docket entries, and VA claims are largely invisible to opinion databases; the direct CourtListener API sweep was rate-limit blocked (HTTP 429, 125/day quota exhausted before this session) and the Atom feed returned 403, so the negative finding rests on web-index coverage and remains an open task.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-bunker-hill-cg52-06