Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet ic-packet.md (12 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (mirror/secondary evidence; primary DANFS entry confirmed to exist but not loadable in this run).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (mirror/secondary evidence; primary DANFS entry confirmed to exist but not loadable in this run).
- Evidence ID
- uss-capodanno-de1093-pkt-ic-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Capodanno (DE-1093) entry (Martin R. Waldman, Ph.D., 2018) - namesake biography, specification block, complete service narrative through decommissioning and Turkish transfer (NHHC; live page currently serves 404 - Wayback capture 2025-02-27) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry: specification block + service narrative (construction through disposal paragraphs)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: specification block '(DE-1093: displacement 4,100; length 438'0"; beam 47'0"; draft 25'0"; speed 27 knots; complement 252; armament 1 Mk. 42 5-inch, 1 ASROC, 4 Mk. 46 torpedo tubes, 1 helicopter; class Knox)'; laid down 25 February 1972 at Westwego, La., by Avondale Shipyards; launched 21 October 1972 (sponsored by Mrs. Elsie M. Springer); commissioned 17 November 1973 at Mayport - the first U.S. naval ship commissioned at Mayport - Cmdr. George W. Horsley, Jr., in command; 42nd of 46 Knox-class escorts; 1,200-psi engineering plant. Documented availabilities: post-shakedown availability March-October 1974 (fuel-system conversion, LAMPS deck/hangar enlargement); regular overhauls at Bath Iron Works December 1977-19 December 1978 and 12 August 1983-6 April 1984 ($17M, incl. dry dock 11 October-1 December 1983 for hull and sonar-dome work); SRA General Dynamics Shipyard, Quincy, 3 June-30 July 1980; SRAs at Boston 16 February-27 April 1982 and September-5 November 1986 (yards not named); phased maintenance availability at R.E. Derecktor Shipyard, Newport, 1 November 1988-22 February 1989; overhaul at R.E. Derecktor 14 November 1990-18 April 1991 (SQS-26CX dome window, propeller, repaint). Service: Mediterranean deployments 1975, 1979-80, 1982-83 (NGFS off Lebanon - Navy Expeditionary Medal), 1988, 1989-90 (Black Sea transit); Middle East Force 1976; UNITAS XVIII 1977 and XXII 1981; Libya operations March-April 1986 (second Navy Expeditionary Medal); Caribbean/Eastern Pacific law-enforcement operations 1991-92; final deployment October 1992-April 1993 with the John F. Kennedy battle group - the last overseas deployment of a Knox-class frigate - including northern Red Sea embargo interdiction. Reclassified DE-1093 to FF-1093 at the beginning of July 1975. Decommissioned 30 July 1993; stricken 11 January 1995; permanently transferred to Turkey through the Security Assistance Program 22 February 2002; renamed Muavenet (F.250), Turkish service until 2012 when she was decommissioned and scrapped. The transfer was in partial restitution for the 2 October 1992 accidental Sea Sparrow strike on TCG Muavenet (DM.357).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1971-2012
- Population
- Avondale construction trades 1971-73; crew (DANFS cpl. 252) 1973-1993; BIW/GD-Quincy/Derecktor yard workers during documented availabilities
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history, milestones, and yard events - not materials or asbestos content; no mention of asbestos, insulation, or abatement appears anywhere in the entry. DANFS's laid-down date (25 February 1972) conflicts with the NVR keel date (12 October 1971) - conflict carried in gaps. Live NHHC page serves 404 (verified 2026-09-28); the Wayback capture of 2025-02-27 is cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capodanno-de1093-01
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[3]Naval Vessel Register ship detail, CAPODANNO (FF 1093), ex-DE 1093, UIC 20071 (NAVSEA-maintained official inventory) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail (quickfind 'CAPODANNO'), Vessel Status + Milestone Dates + Program Characteristics blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR milestone record for this hull: class 'FF 1052' (Knox); builder 'Avondale Industries'; award 08/25/1966; keel 10/12/1971; launch 10/21/1972; delivery 10/18/1973; commission 11/17/1973; decommission 07/30/1993; stricken 01/11/1995. Vessel status: 'disposed of through the security assistance program (sap), transferred, foreign assistance act (faa) section 516, southern region amendment'; date status changed 02/22/2002; custodian TURKEY; page last updated 01/23/2006.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1966-2006
- Population
- Construction and in-service populations 1971-1993
- Limitations
- Official milestone/inventory record only - documents construction and disposal pathway, not materials or asbestos content; physical-characteristics block unavailable on the NVR page. NVR keel date 10/12/1971 conflicts with DANFS/NavSource 02/25/1972 - conflict carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capodanno-de1093-02
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[4]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Capodanno (DE 1093) - building/operational data, specification block, awards display, dated official photo captions, commanding-officer list [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 06021093 page: 'Building and Operational Data', specifications block, awards display, commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled secondary record for this hull: building contract awarded 25 August 1966 to Avondale Shipyard, Inc.; keel laid 25 February 1972 Westwego, La.; launched 21 October 1972; commissioned 17 November 1973 at Mayport, Cmdr. George W. Horsley Jr., Atlantic Cruiser-Destroyer Force; '30 June 1975: Reclassified Frigate FF 1093'; '21 December 1978: Homeport changed to Newport, R.I. as a unit of Surface Squadron 4'; '30 July 1993: Decommissioned after 19 years and 8.5 months of service; leased to Turkey, renamed TCG Mauvenet [sic] (F-250)'; '11 January 1995: Struck from the NVR'; '22 February 2002: Transferred to Turkey through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)'. Spec block: class Knox (SCB No. 199C/1964, 46 ships); 3,020 t std / 4,065 t full; 438' oa; propulsion '2 Combustion Engineering 1200psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp; 1 shaft'; 27 kts; complement 16 officers / 211 enlisted. Awards display: Joint Meritorious Unit Award; Navy Unit Commendation; Navy Battle 'E' ribbon (4); Navy Expeditionary Medal w/ 1 star; National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star; Southwest Asia Service Medal; Armed Forces Service Ribbon; Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. Photo captions and CO roster (10 commanding officers, ending Cmdr. Thomas Paul Gallagher III, 26 March 1992-30 July 1993) corroborate the DANFS narrative.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1966-2002
- Population
- Crew 1973-1993
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary archive - corroborates DANFS/NVR milestones and supplies the propulsion spec block, but is not a primary source for materials; boiler manufacturer attribution (Combustion Engineering) is secondary-only. NavSource's keel date (25 February 1972) follows DANFS and conflicts with NVR (12 October 1971); its homeport-change date (21 December 1978) differs by one day from the DANFS arrival narrative (20 December). No asbestos content documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capodanno-de1093-03
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[5]DANFS/NavSource specification blocks (Knox class; 1,200-psi steam plant) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Avondale Shipyard record (yard-level asbestos-product findings) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specification block; NavSource specifications block; shipyards.json record 'avondale-shipyard' (tier 2)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: a Knox-class (SCB-199C) ocean escort built 1971-73 at Avondale, Westwego, with a high-pressure steam plant - two 1,200-psi boilers and a 35,000-shp geared turbine (NavSource spec block) - would have carried period-standard asbestos applications: boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, deck coverings, and accommodation insulation. Builder Avondale Shipyard is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (evidence tier 2) with asbestos products including Kaylo insulation, lagging cloth for steam pipes, gaskets, floor tiles, adhesives, and fire-resistant blankets spanning this hull's construction window.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1971-1993
- Population
- Avondale construction trades 1971-73; crew 1973-1993
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific finding for this hull is asserted. Yard-level Avondale findings do not establish what was installed aboard DE-1093; no hull ACM survey, material specification, or product identification was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capodanno-de1093-04
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[6]GAO/HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (published 1979-10-18; publicly released 1979-10-22) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page, Highlights section (Wayback web.archive.org/web/20250210204441)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Program-level documentation of the Navy asbestos-management regime in effect for this hull's entire in-service era and every documented availability: GAO reviewed Navy efforts at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; per the Navy's stated policy, ships contained asbestos chiefly in insulation products, and the 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed to accomplish necessary repairs, modified in 1979 to include selectively replacing asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas where repairs would be expected during a ship's next operating cycle.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy window; in-service era of this hull 1973-1993
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and crews, era-wide
- Limitations
- Program-level context only - the report's fieldwork yards (Long Beach, Norfolk) are not this hull's documented yards, and no hull is named. Establishes the in-service-era policy environment for the documented BIW/Derecktor/Quincy/Boston availabilities, not work done on this hull. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches; the product-page Highlights text was read via Wayback capture 2025-02-10.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capodanno-de1093-05
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[7]GAO/NSIAD-94-27, Security Assistance: Need for Improved Reporting on Excess Defense Article Transfers (published and publicly released 1994-01-18); NVR Vessel Status block for this hull [gao]
- Locator
- GAO NSIAD-94-27 product page, Highlights section (Wayback web.archive.org/web/20241224000458); NVR ship detail Vessel Status block
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Program-level documentation for the disposal pathway this hull went through: GAO reviewed DoD implementation of the excess defense articles (EDA) program (scope and size, types of EDA transferred, congressional reporting, pricing and valuing, program management). The NVR record for this hull documents disposition 'through the security assistance program (sap), transferred, foreign assistance act (faa) section 516, southern region amendment' effective 22 February 2002, custodian TURKEY, following the 1993 lease at decommissioning.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1993-2002 (transfer program); 1994 (report)
- Population
- Receiving-navy crew and shipbreaking workers, Turkey 1993-2012
- Limitations
- Program-level context only - the GAO report does not name this hull and documents transfer-program reporting, not hull condition; the NVR record carries no hazmat annotation, and whether any pre-transfer material survey or condition report was generated is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capodanno-de1093-06
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[8]Hurriyet (Turkish national daily), 'Son yolculugunu yapti' [She made her last voyage] (September 2012) - TCG Muavenet (F-250), the ex-USS Capodanno, towed to the MKE Aliaga shipbreaking facility for dismantling [reputable_press]
- Locator
- hurriyet.com.tr Aegean-region news item (dateline Aliaga, Izmir), September 2012
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous press record of this hull's endpoint: TCG Muavenet (F-250), described as the frigate transferred from the U.S. Navy to the Turkish Navy and the third Turkish ship of the name, was towed through the Dardanelles to Nemrut Bay and beached at the state-owned Makine ve Kimya Endustrisi (MKE) Aliaga shipbreaking facility for scrapping, September 2012; approximately 5,000 tons. The article recounts the 1-2 October 1992 loss of the prior TCG Muavenet (DM-357) to the accidental Saratoga missile strike (five dead including the commanding officer, 22 wounded) during NATO exercise Display Determination-92.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2012
- Population
- Shipbreaking workers, MKE Aliaga, 2012
- Limitations
- Press documentation of the scrapping event only - no hazmat, asbestos-content, or waste-accounting detail for this hull; the MKE Aliaga dismantlement's material records are not public. Turkish-language source; details consistent with DANFS/NVR disposal record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capodanno-de1093-07
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[9]United States v. Gauvin, 12 M.J. 610 (N-M.C.M.R. 1981) (CourtListener cluster 8663486) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener opinion 8663486 (type=o exact-phrase hit for 'USS Capodanno'); opinion opening recitals
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The only opinion-corpus hit naming this ship: a U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Military Review opinion (special court-martial of Mess Management Specialist Third Class William R. Gauvin, tried 23 and 27 August 1979, for violations of UCMJ Articles 86, 92, and 134 - unauthorized absence, disobedience, and disorders). The opinion text references USS Capodanno as the appellant's duty station context; the case is military-justice litigation, not asbestos or exposure litigation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979-1981 (litigation)
- Population
- Crewmember aboard USS Capodanno, 1979
- Limitations
- Non-asbestos military-justice proceeding - the ship name appears as duty-station context only; establishes nothing about materials aboard, exposure, or products. Logged so the only ship-naming opinion hit is classified rather than left ambiguous.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capodanno-de1093-08
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[10]Mitchell v. 3M Co. et al., No. 2:22-cv-02883-RMG (D.S.C.; MDL-2873 AFFF Products Liability Litigation), Complaint, ECF No. 1 (filed 2022-08-30; terminated 2024-07-17) (RECAP) [court_record]
- Locator
- RECAP docket 64939422 (D.S.C. 2:22-cv-02883-RMG); ECF No. 1 complaint, gov.uscourts.scd.274237.1.0_1.pdf, paras. 110-112
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Pleading-stage record explicitly naming this hull, in NON-asbestos litigation: the complaint in the AFFF/PFAS products-liability MDL (MDL No. 2873, D.S.C.) alleges at paragraphs 110-111 that 'AFFF containing PFAS has been used in firefighter training and response exercises at military bases and vessels across the country, including the USS John R. Craig, the USS Yosemite, the USS Capodanno, Naval Base Guam, the USS Hoel, the USS Holland, and Naval Submarine Base New London,' and that the AFFF 'was expected to, and did, reach' those vessels and that its labels/data sheets 'did not reasonably nor adequately describe the hazards.' Defendants are AFFF manufacturers and fluorochemical suppliers (3M, DuPont, Chemours, Tyco, Kidde-Fenwal, National Foam, Chemguard, et al.) - this is a PFAS exposure claim, not an asbestos claim.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- exposure era unspecified in pleading; litigation 2022-2024
- Population
- Michael Mitchell (firefighter/plaintiff); crew during AFFF training/response exercises
- Limitations
- Pleading allegation only - unadjudicated, and the suit concerns aqueous film-forming foam (PFAS), not asbestos. Establishes an allegation that AFFF was used aboard this hull in firefighting training/response; establishes nothing about asbestos content, asbestos exposure, or asbestos products. Hull attribution to DE-1093/FF-1093 (the only USS Capodanno) is sound. Case terminated 2024-07-17; subsequent merits history not located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capodanno-de1093-09
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[11]CourtListener API v4 sweeps via cl-auth-search.py: opinion queries 'USS Capodanno', 'Capodanno', hull-number tokens 'DE-1093'/'FF-1093'; RECAP docket queries 'Capodanno' and 'USS Capodanno'; Siegfried v. 3M and Mitchell v. 3M RECAP filing full texts [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener type=o and type=r result sets (2026-09-28); Siegfried ECF No. 50 PDF pp. 1-2; Mitchell ECF No. 1 complaint paras. 110-112
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation sweep for this hull: 'USS Capodanno' (type=o) returned 1 hit - United States v. Gauvin, 12 M.J. 610 (N-M.C.M.R. 1981), non-asbestos court-martial (ev-08). 'USS Capodanno' (type=r exact-phrase RECAP docket) returned 1 hit - Mitchell v. 3M Co., D.S.C. 2:22-cv-02883, an AFFF/PFAS MDL-2873 pleading naming this hull among exposure sites (ev-09; non-asbestos). 'Capodanno' (type=o) returned 102 hits; reviewed top results are all person-surname collisions (bankruptcy, tax, divorce, condominium, criminal parties named Capodanno) - none names a Navy vessel. Hull-number tokens ('DE-1093','FF-1093','DE 1093','FF 1093') returned 7 hits, all unrelated token matches (Puerto Rico foreclosure, trucking, cattle-import, patent, insurance, military-pay cases). 'Capodanno' (type=r) returned 222 hits; reviewed top results are all person/company-name collisions (individual bankruptcies; IBEW v. Capodanno Electric; employment and civil-rights matters) - no nature-of-suit 368 asbestos docket. Separately, the Siegfried v. 3M Co. (C.D. Cal. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E) vessel list - recited in Owens-Illinois's joinder, ECF No. 50 pp. 1-2 - was read in full text and does NOT name FF-1093: it names Knox-class sisters FF-1053, -1054, -1055, -1058, -1064, -1066, -1067, -1070, -1083, and -1088, then proceeds to LPD/CG/DD hulls. A multi-ship pleading that names surrounding sister hulls but omits this one is recorded as a verified non-hit. Net: zero qualifying ASBESTOS litigation naming this hull located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- coverage to 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Search-result-level review: 102-hit and 222-hit surname sweeps were classified from ranked top results; a ship-name reference deep in result pages could exist undetected, though an asbestos plaintiff's naming of a Navy vessel would be a phrase hit surfaced by the exact-phrase and hull-token queries that returned clean. The Siegfried non-hit and the Mitchell AFFF naming are verified at full-text level (ECF PDFs read directly). A docket naming the hull for a non-asbestos hazard (AFFF) is context, not asbestos-exposure evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capodanno-de1093-10
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[12]Batch-4027 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (Wayback capture), Naval Vessel Register (live), NavSource, Hurriyet, GAO product pages (Wayback), CourtListener API v4 name/hull/docket sweeps, Siegfried RECAP filing, VA BVA decisions (web search), banned marketing sources reviewed-and-excluded [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-capodanno-de1093-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos-material record located for DE-1093/FF-1093: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, donation/transfer material condition report, scrapping-waste accounting, product identification, or qualifying litigation allegation naming this hull was found in the sources searched. The DANFS entry - a full modern narrative covering every documented yard period - contains no asbestos, insulation, or abatement mention. Absence of a located record is reported as a first-class result, not as evidence that no asbestos was aboard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- research conducted 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Negative result over the sources searched, not proof of absence aboard the hull. Original-construction material state is undocumented at hull level; whether asbestos remained at the 1993 lease, 2002 transfer, or 2012 scrapping is unknown. NARA and yard work-package leads (ev-12) are unretrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capodanno-de1093-11
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[13]NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships records) / RG 24 (deck logs) - per-vessel General Information Books, Booklet of General Plans, material specifications, and deck logs for DE-1093/FF-1093; NAVSEA/DSCA Security Assistance transfer case file for F-250; Bath Iron Works and R.E. Derecktor overhaul work packages [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 19/RG 24 series descriptions; NAVSEA/DSCA SAP transfer case file; yard work-package archives
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads not yet retrieved: NARA RG 19 General Information Books / ship plans may hold hull-level material specifications for DE-1093; NARA deck-log holdings cover this hull's commission period (1973-1993); the NAVSEA/DSCA lease-and-transfer case file for TCG Muavenet (F-250) may contain a pre-transfer condition or material survey; Bath Iron Works (1977-78, 1983-84) and R.E. Derecktor (1988-89, 1990-91) overhaul work packages, if extant, are the likeliest records of asbestos handling during those availabilities.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Leads only - no retrieval performed; existence of hull-level material records within these series is unverified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capodanno-de1093-12