Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS CHICAGO' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS CHICAGO' returned 195 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-chicago-ca136-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS CHICAGO' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS CHICAGO' returned 6971 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-chicago-ca136-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'CA-136' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'CA-136' returned 48095 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-chicago-ca136-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'CA-136' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'CA-136' returned 190423 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-chicago-ca136-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Terry Lee Siegfried and Terri Siegfried v. 3M Company, et al., C.D. Cal. No. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E (Los Angeles County Superior Court BC691900); Owens-Illinois, Inc.'s Joinder to Defendant Elliot Company's Notice of Removal, ECF No. 50 (filed 2018-03-02, RECAP) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 50, Preliminary Statement para. 1 (complaint recital and vessel list), p. 2 of 12 (Page ID #:3933); PDF text-extracted 2026-09-19
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Removal joinder recites the complaint's allegation that Terry Lee Siegfried 'was injured as a result of his exposure to asbestos from Owens-Illinois while an electrician and marine electrician between approximately 1969 and 1996 on the Long Beach Naval Shipyard' and a vessel list of approximately 40 hulls including 'USS Chicago (CA-136)' (alongside USS St. Paul CA-73, USS New Jersey BB-62, USS Missouri BB-63, and others); the joinder adds 'There are no other exposure allegations related to Owens-Illinois.' QUALIFYING asbestos litigation naming this hull - at the pleading stage.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1969-1996 (alleged exposure window); 2018 (filing)
- Population
- Long Beach Naval Shipyard electrician/marine electrician, approx. 1969-1996; alleged asbestos exposure
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation recited inside a removal joinder - classified at the less-final stage per house rule: a complaint's vessel list is an allegation, not an adjudicated finding. Does not establish that Kaylo or any asbestos product was aboard this hull, does not establish individual exposure or causation, does not quantify material, and says nothing about conditions aboard in any period. The joinder's context is shipyard (Long Beach Naval Shipyard) exposure with vessels listed as additional alleged exposure sites.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chicago-ca136-01
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[6]DANFS, Chicago III (CA-136), Vol. 2 p.103 (1963) + updated DANFS entry covering CG-11 service (navysite.de transcription); live NHHC page returns 404 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS CA-136 entry - spec block and service narrative (both transcriptions)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 28 July 1943 by Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched 20 August 1944 (sponsor Mrs. Edward J. Kelly, wife of the Mayor of Chicago); commissioned 10 January 1945, Capt. Richard R. Hartung. Shakedown Gulf of Paria/Culebra; post-shakedown repair availability at Philadelphia April 1945; sailed 7 May 1945 for the Pacific; joined 3d Fleet 8 July; supported carrier strikes and shore bombardment against the Japanese home islands (Hamamatsu night bombardment 29 July with HMS King George V; Kamaishi 9 August) until the 15 August cease-fire; occupation and demilitarization duty in Japanese waters to November 1945; one WWII battle star. Specifications: Baltimore class, 13,600 t, 674 ft 11 in, 33 kt, complement 1,142, armament 9x8 in/12x5 in.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Construction trades 1943-45 (Philadelphia Navy Yard); crew 1945-47
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The live NHHC DANFS page returns 404; verbatim transcriptions cited (HazeGray for the 1963 entry; navysite.de for the updated post-1964 entry).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chicago-ca136-02
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[7]DANFS, Chicago III (CA-136/CG-11), updated entry - reserve, reclassification, conversion, and Vietnam narrative (navysite.de transcription; live NHHC page 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- navysite.de/cg/cg11.htm 'History of USS CHICAGO' - reserve/conversion paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- After a postwar San Pedro Naval Shipyard overhaul (November 1945 - January 1946) and occupation duty (Shanghai flagship, Yangtze Patrol Force; Sasebo flagship, Naval Support Force), CHICAGO was placed out of commission in reserve at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 6 June 1947. Reclassified CG-11 on 1 November 1958 and towed to San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunters Point), where conversion began 1 July 1959: 'the entire superstructure was removed and replaced with new aluminum compartments, modernized electronic systems, and an improved NTDS equipped combat information center,' plus Talos, Tartar, and ASROC missile systems, torpedo tubes, and two 5-inch/38 guns. Recommissioned at the same yard 2 May 1964.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1945-1947 (overhaul/reserve); 1958-1964 (conversion)
- Population
- San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunters Point) yard workers 1959-64; conversion crew
- Limitations
- Documents the most extensive insulation-disturbing event in this hull's history - complete removal of the superstructure in a five-year naval-shipyard reconstruction - but DANFS does not mention asbestos; insulation removal/disturbance during the conversion is inference from the documented scope of work, not a hull-level abatement record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chicago-ca136-03
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[8]DANFS, Chicago III (CA-136/CG-11), updated entry - post-conversion operations, yard availabilities, Vietnam service (navysite.de transcription) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- navysite.de/cg/cg11.htm 'History of USS CHICAGO' - 1965-1979 narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented yard and repair periods after recommissioning: San Francisco alterations early 1965 (Tartar/electronics upgrades); Long Beach Naval Shipyard regular repair period from 1 July 1968 ('repainted and rewired'); two-week repair and alteration period June 1970 (Talos fire-control upgrades); Long Beach Naval Shipyard Complex Overhaul from 25 August 1972 (new digital fire-control systems, new missile launchers, expanded electronics); major restricted availability 9 September - 24 October 1975 repairing 'fuel tanks, boiler casings, and the main propulsion plant'; boiler repairs in port through February 1977; Long Beach Naval Shipyard regular overhaul 24 July - 25 October 1978. Vietnam service: repeated WestPac deployments beginning 1966; PIRAZ air-defense duty in the Gulf of Tonkin; Talos MiG kill at 48 nautical miles 9 May 1972 during the Haiphong mining operation; Navy Unit Commendation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1964-1979
- Population
- Long Beach Naval Shipyard workers 1968/1972-73/1978; crew 1964-80
- Limitations
- Establishes repeated insulation-disturbing availabilities across 1965-78 - including boiler-casing and main-propulsion repairs - but DANFS does not mention asbestos; any asbestos disturbance is era inference from the documented work scope, not a hull-level record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chicago-ca136-04
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[9]DANFS updated entry disposal paragraph + HazeGray 'World Navies Today: US Navy Vessels Decommissioned Since 1980' (Navy-data compilation) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- navysite.de/cg/cg11.htm final history paragraph; hazegray.org/worldnav/usa/decom.htm CG-11 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A pre-decommissioning inspection classified the cruiser unfit for further economical naval service; decommissioned at San Diego 1 March 1980. Towed to the Inactive Ship Facility at Bremerton, Washington, held in reserve until 8 February 1989; stripped of equipment by 11 August; stricken 31 January 1984 (while in reserve); the hulk was sold for scrap to Southwest Recycling, Inc., Terminal Island, California on 9 December 1991.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1980-1991
- Population
- Inactive-ship facility and scrapping workers 1980-1992
- Limitations
- Documents custody and disposal only; no hazmat, ACM-survey, or scrapping-condition disclosure accompanies the record. Sequence note: striking (1984) postdates decommissioning and predates the 1991 sale, consistent with NVR practice for reserve hulks.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chicago-ca136-05
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[10]U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (1945), Heavy Cruisers (CA) tables pp. 26-33 + BuShips Technical Manual NAVSHIPS 250-000 ch.39 'Thermal Insulation' (1960) materials suite [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1.pdf book pp. 26-33 (CA machinery + builder tables); BuShips TM ch.39 sections 39-11..39-13
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: Chicago (CA-136) is a Baltimore-class hull built 1943-45 at Philadelphia Navy Yard to the class's uniform 4-boiler/4-GE-geared-turbine/120,000-shp, 565 psi/850 deg F steam plant (BuShips Ships' Data 1945 lists this hull in the Baltimore table, built by 'Navy Yard Philadelphia'). The 1960 BuShips Technical Manual insulation chapter enumerates the asbestos material suite standard to plants of this era - 85% magnesia (~15% asbestos) and amosite-fiber pipe covering MIL-P-2781, asbestos felt MIL-I-15091, chrysotile asbestos cloth/tape SS-C-466 (80-95% asbestos) as lagging, asbestos millboard HH-M-351, finishing cement, and molded block - consistent applications: boiler casing and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe lagging, turbine lagging, valve/flange gaskets and packing, deck covering, bulkhead and cable insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1943-1946 construction; spec suite applicable through service
- Population
- Construction trades 1943-45; conversion/overhaul yard workers 1959-78; crew
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - establishes what the Navy specified for plants like this hull's, not confirmed installed materials aboard CA-136. Must not be read as a ship-specific finding; the only ship-specific asbestos record here is the ev-01 pleading allegation. No quantity. BuShips TM scan retrieved from the Garlock bankruptcy Daubert-appendix repository; the document itself is the government manual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chicago-ca136-06
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[11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - product page description [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program for shipyard workers: a 1975 policy removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless disturbed by yard work. Contextually relevant because this hull underwent Long Beach Naval Shipyard availabilities in 1968, 1972-73, and 1978, overlapping the program period GAO reviewed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation only - names no vessel or class; GAO fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, so the Long Beach overlap is association, not hull documentation. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chicago-ca136-07
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[12]This record's search ledger (sl-uss-chicago-ca136-01 through -09): NHHC/HazeGray/navysite DANFS; NVR; CourtListener (API + RECAP via web index); VA BVA decisions; NavSource; competitor pages [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-chicago-ca136-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, mothballing or scrapping hazmat disclosure, museum record, or adjudicated asbestos finding was located for this hull. Litigation coverage: the 2026-09-16 Baltimore-class CourtListener sweep (all 14 member names + asbestos) returned no qualifying hit for Chicago; the qualifying Siegfried pleading (ev-01) was located via RECAP. A same-day CourtListener API re-verification on 2026-09-19 was throttled (HTTP 429, shared 125/day quota) - opinion-search re-query remains an open lead. VA Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions naming USS Chicago are herbicide/Blue Water Navy claims, not asbestos (other litigation). 'No qualifying ship-specific record located' is reported as a result, not papered over.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- searches 2026-09-16 (class sweep) and 2026-09-19 (this record)
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record does not prove absence of documentation - litigation coverage is explicitly incomplete (API throttled), state-court and unindexed matters are outside scope, and conversion-era work packages likely exist in undigitized NARA/NAVSEA files (see ev-09).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chicago-ca136-08
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[13]NARA Record Group 19 (Bureau of Ships) and NAVSEA inactive-ships files - known holdings, not yet searched [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 19 / NAVSEA inactive-ships files (not yet searched)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: the likeliest repositories of hull-level insulation and abatement records for CA-136/CG-11 are the CG-11 conversion work package (San Francisco Naval Shipyard, Hunters Point, 1959-64), the Long Beach Naval Shipyard overhaul job records (1968, 1972-73 Complex Overhaul, 1978), and the Navy/MARAD disposal file for the 1991 Southwest Recycling scrapping sale - all plausibly in NARA RG 19 / NAVSEA inactive-ships holdings, undigitized and not consulted for this pass.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- n/a
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Holding locations inferred from standard BuShips/shipyard records disposition; specific series and box numbers not identified. Would require on-site or FOIA retrieval.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chicago-ca136-09