Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet crew-fi-packet.md (12 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-capps-dd550-pkt-crew-fi-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Capps (DD-550) - NHHC ship-history page (live URL returns 404; verbatim via Wayback capture 2021-03-06) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS page for Capps (DD-550), spec block + service narrative + closing line (Wayback capture 2021-03-06)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 31 May 1942 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Ala.; sponsored by Mrs. C. G. Stokes; commissioned 23 June 1943, Lt. Cmdr. B. E. S. Trippensee in command, Atlantic Fleet. Atlantic operations Sep-Nov 1943 (Scapa Flow exercises with Home Fleet; 3 Oct raid on Bodo with Ranger (CV-4); Gibraltar dash; Murmansk convoy guard and Tirpitz/Scharnhorst hunt 29 Oct-8 Nov); Boston arrival 4 Dec; New Orleans; convoy escort to Pearl Harbor arriving 20 Jan 1944; Funafuti; patrol off Tarawa/Makin/Kwajalein; forced back to San Francisco by a boiler casualty; Majuro 23 Apr; Eniwetok 14 Jun; Marianas service-forces screen; Manus Aug; 3d Fleet logistics screen, western Carolines; Manila strikes 25 Nov; radar-picket/air-sea-rescue/convoy duty through year-end; UDT training at Ulithi from 1 Feb 1945; Iwo Jima bombardment from 16 Feb (three weeks on the firing line, 2,600+ five-inch projectiles); Okinawa escort-carrier screen, 82 days; kamikaze exploded close aboard 3 Apr 1945, unscathed; stateside overhaul, San Pedro 9 Jul 1945; decommissioned and placed in reserve at Long Beach 15 Jan 1947; loaned to Spain under the Military Assistance Program 15 May 1957; 'She continues to serve in the Spanish Navy as Lepanto.' Seven battle stars for World War II service. Spec block: dp. 2,050; l. 376'6"; b. 39'8"; dr. 17'9"; s. 35 k.; cpl. 273; a. 5 5", 10 21" tt., 6 dcp., 2 dct.; cl. Fletcher.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1957
- Population
- Gulf Shipbuilding construction trades 1941-43; wartime crew (design complement 273)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. DANFS does not state a laid-down date (carried from NavSource). The hazegray transcription of this same entry misprints the Spanish name as 'Almirante Ferrandiz'; the NHHC text reads 'Lepanto' and all Spanish-service references concur - documented in gaps rather than silently reconciled. Live NHHC URL returns 404 (standing NHHC link rot); Wayback capture of the NHHC page cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capps-dd550-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-550 USS Capps - operational/building data block, machinery line, and Spanish-service photo captions (Wayback capture 2024-12-10; live navsource.org unreachable to automated fetch) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/05/550.htm - Operational and Building Data block; photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down by Gulf Shipbuilding, Chickasaw, Ala., June 12 1941; launched May 31 1942; commissioned June 23 1943; decommissioned January 15 1947; stricken October 1 1972; to Spain May 15 1957, renamed Lepanto (hull no. 42, then reclassified D 21); stricken December 31 1985 and scrapped. Machinery: 60,000 SHP, General Electric geared turbines, 2 screws; 38 knots; crew 273. Contributor caption: 'USS Capps was transferred to Spain directly from the reserve fleet and essentially in her WW II configuration'; Spanish Navy commanding-officer list (1957 onward) reproduced from Ministerio de Defensa records.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1985
- Population
- Construction trades 1941-42; USN crew 1943-47; reserve custody 1947-57; Spanish Navy crew 1957-85
- Limitations
- NavSource is a secondary photographic-history compilation citing official data - not itself a primary source. The 12 June 1941 laid-down date conflicts with navypedia's '7/1941'; NavSource/Wikipedia concurrence carried, conflict in gaps. Spanish-service details derive from contributor captions credited to Spanish Navy (Ministerio de Defensa) sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capps-dd550-02
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[4]Navypedia, LEPANTO destroyers (Spain) class table; losbarcosdeeugenio.com D-21 Lepanto ship page (Spanish warship reference); historyofwar.org BuShips photo caption (San Francisco Naval Shipyard, 11 April 1957) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia sp_dd_lepanto.htm class table row 'Lepanto (ex-Capps)'; losbarcosdeeugenio.com/barcos/en/es/ae_D21.html; historyofwar.org pictures_USS_Capps_DD550_san_francisco_1957.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Spanish-service disposition of this hull: Lepanto (ex-Capps, DD-550), pennant D21, commissioned into the Spanish Navy 15 May 1957, stricken December 1985 (navypedia class table). Spanish-language references add: reconditioned at San Francisco, California before transfer; sailed for Spain 1 July 1957; purchased outright by the Spanish government 1 October 1972 (the same date NavSource carries for U.S. striking - consistent with loan-to-sale conversion); damaged in a grounding 16 April 1977; decommissioned 31 December 1985; scrapped 1986. BuShips photo caption locates the hull at San Francisco Naval Shipyard 11 April 1957 in essentially WWII configuration.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1957-1986
- Population
- Spanish Navy crew and dockyard workers 1957-1986
- Limitations
- Secondary references (navypedia, losbarcosdeeugenio, historyofwar photo caption of a BuShips image); Spanish Navy primary records not pulled. Grounding 1977 and scrapping details single-sourced to Spanish-service references. None of these sources addresses materials or asbestos; post-USN material history is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capps-dd550-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels 1945, Vol. I (Fletcher-class design section) + Navypedia Fletcher/Lepanto machinery data + Atlas Fletcher-class profile (class-c worktree) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1.pdf DD design section (shipscribe.com scan); navypedia us_dd_fletcher.htm + sp_dd_lepanto.htm machinery blocks; shipyards.json yard_id list
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: this hull is a Fletcher-class destroyer built 1941-42 with the class-standard four-boiler Babcock & Wilcox, two-shaft General Electric geared-steam-turbine plant (60,000 shp). Ships of this design and era carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing; GAO documents Navy-wide asbestos insulation use through the era with substitution not begun until the early 1970s. Builder Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Ala., is not represented in the Atlas shipyards.json dataset (37 yard_ids checked) - yard-level asbestos documentation for the builder is unavailable; NARA RG 19 General Information Books per-vessel material specifications are an archival lead.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1986
- Population
- Gulf Shipbuilding construction trades 1941-42; crew 1943-47; Spanish Navy 1957-85
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No Fletcher-class material schedule or hull-specific asbestos record is located for this or any class member (per the class profile's negative finding). Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capps-dd550-04
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - placing this hull's 1941-42 construction, 1943-47 USN service, and 1947-57 reserve custody entirely inside the documented asbestos-use era; Spanish-custody years (1957-86) postdate the report's scope.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full report text not retrieved in this session (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 - standing issue per Batch-01); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capps-dd550-05
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[7]Batch-3521 search ledger (this record): DANFS via NHHC/Wayback; NavSource photo index; navypedia Fletcher + Lepanto class tables; losbarcosdeeugenio D-21 page; NVR hull lookup; MARAD vessel-history database; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number searches; Fletcher-class profile (class-c worktree) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-capps-dd550-01 through sl-uss-capps-dd550-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material inventory, or docketed case naming USS Capps (DD-550) or Lepanto (D-21) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). This is consistent with the Fletcher-class profile's class-wide negative finding - no ship-specific asbestos record has been located for any Fletcher hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era-standard applications are documented at class/era level. The hull was scrapped in Spain in 1986, so no museum-condition, donation-condition, or residual-ACM documentation can exist. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capps-dd550-06
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[8]NARA - U.S. Navy deck logs (RG 24) covering this hull's 1943-1947 commissioned period and 1947-1957 reserve status; BuShips 'General Information Books' (RG 19) hull-level material specifications; Spanish Navy / Ministerio de Defensa archival records for Lepanto (D-21) 1957-1985 [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov deck-log research page; RG 19/24 series descriptions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads not yet pulled: (1) NARA deck logs for DD-550, 1943-1947 (post-1941 logbooks, Archives II) - the 1944 San Francisco boiler-repair and 1945 San Pedro overhaul periods may name the yards and scope; (2) NARA RG 19 General Information Books may carry hull-level material specifications including insulation; (3) Spanish Navy archives hold Lepanto's 1957-1985 record, including the 1960s electronics modernization (SPS-6/-10 radar, tripod foremast, Mk.25 director per NavSource caption) and 1985-86 disposal - the periods when any asbestos-disturbance or abatement work would have occurred.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Unpulled leads only; contents unverified. Deck-log and GIB retrieval was not performed in this batch. Spanish archival access not attempted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capps-dd550-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches (type=o opinions and type=r dockets), 2026-09-27 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-capps-dd550-04 through sl-uss-capps-dd550-08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS Capps / DD-550 / Lepanto located. Authenticated CourtListener v4 searches returned: "USS Capps" - zero hits in opinions (type=o) and zero in RECAP dockets (type=r); "DD-550" - zero opinion hits, 9 docket hits all resolving as name collisions (non-asbestos bankruptcy/ERISA/mandamus/commercial dockets where 'DD-550' matches a form/exhibit/document number inside indexed RECAP attachment text, not the vessel); "Lepanto" asbestos opinion search - zero hits. Known collision surfaces screened: Admiral W. L. Capps (AP-121), a different vessel sharing the namesake admiral; 'Capps' as a common party surname; 'Lepanto' as a Spanish place/name.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Litigation coverage is limited to CourtListener-indexed state/federal opinions and federal dockets; unindexed state trial-court filings, settled MDL-875 claimant records, and Spanish proceedings are not covered. No search can prove the absence of all possible litigation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capps-dd550-08