Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]Siegfried v. 3M Company, No. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E (C.D. Cal.), Owens-Illinois joinder to notice of removal, ECF No. 50 (filed 2018-03-02); suit nature 368 P.I.: Asbestos; docket terminated 2019-01-07 [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 50, page 2 (numbered vessel list, 'USS Cleveland (LPD-7)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos personal-injury removal record (federal-officer-removal joinder by Owens-Illinois) recites the complaint's allegation that plaintiff Terry Lee Siegfried, an electrician/marine electrician, was exposed to Owens-Illinois asbestos products between approximately 1969 and 1996 at Long Beach Naval Shipyard and aboard a numbered list of 43 Navy vessels that expressly includes 'USS Cleveland (LPD-7)'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1969-1996 (alleged exposure); 2018-2019 (litigation)
- Population
- Long Beach Naval Shipyard electrician/marine electrician, ~1969-1996 exposure window alleged
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation listing the vessel among 42 others; the court record exists and is verified, but the alleged exposure aboard this hull is unadjudicated - no discovery, fact-finding, or merits ruling was reached in the located record. Cleveland's documented 1977 regular overhaul at Long Beach Naval Shipyard falls inside the alleged 1969-1996 yard window, a chronological overlap only - it does not establish that the plaintiff worked on this hull. Establishes nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cleveland-lpd7-01
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[2]USS Cleveland (LPD-7) Command History CY-1977, OPNAV Report 5750-1 (submitted 26 Sep 1978), NHHC command-operation-report archive [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Enclosure (1), Command History Narrative, CY-1977 (ROH narrative, Jan-Sep 1977)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Primary-record documentation of an 8.5-month regular overhaul of this hull at Long Beach Naval Shipyard: entered ROH 14 January 1977, drydocked in Dry Dock #1 from 2 March to 12 May, and remained at LBNSY until 20 September 1977. The report records that 'most of CLEVELAND's main propulsion machinery, piping and valves' were 'disassembled and removed to the various shops for re-working' (mid-January through early March), all ballast tanks opened and cleaned for preservation and painting, the entire mess-deck area and galley/bake shop/scullery resurfaced, a Ship's Material Inspection of both Main Machinery Spaces and shaft alleys, and boiler light-off and 'safe to steam' certification before return to San Diego.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1977
- Population
- Long Beach Naval Shipyard shop workers and Ship's Force, Jan-Sep 1977
- Limitations
- Documents a full propulsion-plant and habitability-space teardown at a GAO-documented asbestos yard, but the report never mentions asbestos, insulation, or lagging - asbestos scope of the work is inference, not record. Does not establish that asbestos products were aboard or disturbed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cleveland-lpd7-02
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[3]USS Cleveland (LPD-7) NHHC command-operation-report collection (CY-1969 and CY-2000 reports verified) + NavSource compiled record (spec block, Vietnam campaign list, commanding officers) + U.S. Pacific Fleet decommissioning release (2 Oct 2011) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC COR PDFs 1969 (chronology) and 2000 (narrative); navsource.net/archives/10/09/0907.htm; cpf.navy.mil release 2 Oct 2011
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-specific service record: commissioned 21 April 1967 at Norfolk; post-shakedown availability at San Diego 1-12 January 1969 followed by an inport/local-operations period through April, then extended WESTPAC deployment May-Dec 1969 as a unit of Amphibious Ready Group Alfa (operations Bold Pursuit, Mighty Play, Defiant Stand) and flagship for Commander Amphibious Force Seventh Fleet (Sea Float/Breezy Cove, Keystone Cardinal); nine Vietnam campaign stars per NavSource including Tet Counteroffensive; Task Force 78 mine-clearing of Haiphong Harbor, Operation End Sweep (1973); Third Fleet flagship Jan-Nov 1988; Exxon Valdez oil-spill cleanup support at Prince William Sound (relieved by USS Juneau 31 May 1989 per JUNEAU's NHHC command history); Desert Shield/Desert Storm deployments 1990-91; counter-drug operations 1992-93 including Operation Emerald/Sea Chariot seizure; on-scene afloat coordinator for Alaska Airlines Flight 261 recovery (Feb 2000, CY-2000 report); final deployment Pacific Partnership 2011; decommissioned 30 September 2011 at Naval Base San Diego, then inactive reserve at Pearl Harbor.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1967-2011
- Population
- Crew ~24 officers/~400 enlisted plus ~840 embarked troops; shipyard workers during availabilities
- Limitations
- Documents service history and availabilities, not materials or asbestos content. No DANFS entry exists for this hull (NavSource explicitly notes none available; live NHHC DANFS page 404) - history compiled from NHHC command reports, NavSource, and Navy news releases rather than a single authoritative DANFS narrative. Stricken date (13 Nov 2017) is carried from the NVR-cited secondary record; the live NVR detail page no longer exists post-disposal.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cleveland-lpd7-03
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[4]U.S. Indo-Pacific Command / Pacific Fleet release, 'Valiant Shield 2024 Participants Conduct Sinking Exercise' (Jun 2024); EPA, 'Disposal of Vessels at Sea' and 'Transport of Target Vessels for Ocean Disposal' (MPRSA general permit, 40 C.F.R. 229.2/229.3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PACOM/CPF release text; epa.gov/marine-protection-permitting/disposal-vessels-sea; 2014 SINKEX Determination and Agreement (epa.gov PDF)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The decommissioned hulk ex-Cleveland was held at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Pearl Harbor from November 2017 and sunk as the Valiant Shield 2024 SINKEX target in the North Pacific Ocean more than 40 nautical miles from land (engaged 16 June by Army Precision Strike Missiles fired from Palau per Army/TWZ/Naval News reporting; Navy announced sinking 17 June 2024). The Navy release describes the target as an 'environmentally clean decommissioned hulk' prepared under EPA standards: removal of all liquid PCBs, petroleum drained/cleaned from tanks, pipes and reservoirs, and removal of trash, floatables, mercury- and fluorocarbon-containing materials, and readily detachable solid PCB items. EPA's vessel-disposal program page names asbestos among the pollutants that 'would need to be removed under the general permit' - so the hull passed through a documented hazmat-remediation regime before sinking.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2017-2024
- Population
- NISMF Pearl Harbor inactivation/strip-out crews; SINKEX preparation contractors
- Limitations
- The Navy release does not enumerate asbestos by name and no itemized removal manifest or survey for this hull is public. The permit standard is removal 'to the maximum extent practicable' - it does not certify the hull was asbestos-free, only that pollutant removal to that standard was performed and documented per the 2014 EPA-Navy Determination and Agreement. Does not establish historical asbestos quantity or crew-era exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cleveland-lpd7-04
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[5]NavSource LPD-7 specifications block (2 Foster-Wheeler boilers, 2 DeLaval steam turbines, 24,000 shp, 2 shafts) + Navypedia Austin-class machinery table (LPD-7 in the Foster Wheeler group; LPD-5/-12 were the Babcock & Wilcox boilers variants) + FAS/Navy fact-file class data (600 psi Foster Wheeler boilers) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; navypedia.org Austin-class machinery note; man.fas.org/dod-101/sys/ship/lpd-4.htm class data
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: Austin-class construction (2 Foster Wheeler 600-psi boilers, 2 De Laval geared steam turbines, 24,000 shp, twin screws) built 1964-67 falls squarely in the documented Navy asbestos-insulation era for steam plants; typical applications for the type and period - boiler casing and steam-drum insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, fireproofing and bulkhead insulation in troop berthing and crew spaces, and deck coverings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1964-1967 (construction); 1967-2011 (service)
- Population
- Ingalls construction trades (1964-67); engineering watchstanders and yard workers (1967-2011)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, construction materials list, or insulation plan was located for LPD-7. The ship-specific record for this hull is the Siegfried pleading (ev-01), an unadjudicated allegation. This row must not be read as an independent ship-specific finding; it does not establish that asbestos products were aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cleveland-lpd7-05
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[6]Scordino v. Hopeman Bros., Inc., 662 So. 2d 640 (Miss. 1995) + Overly v. Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc., 74 Cal. App. 4th 164 (1999) - via shipyard-exposure-map Ingalls yard evidence record [court_record]
- Locator
- Miss. Supreme Court opinion 91-CA-01053-SCT; Cal. App. 4th opinion; shipyards.json yard_id ingalls-shipbuilding
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The builder yard's asbestos environment is documented for the exact construction window: Scordino records Hopeman Brothers' supply/installation of Marinite and Micarta fireproofing paneling at Ingalls 'late 1960s and earlier,' and Overly records a Westinghouse field engineer's asbestos exposure at the Ingalls Pascagoula yard during a 1960-1964 assignment (partial-time presence, ~25% of the period); the yard's dataset entry also lists Thermobestos, Superex, Kaylo, Zonolite, Monokote, pipe covering, block insulation, gaskets, packing, cement, tape, and fireproofing among documented products. Cleveland was under construction at Ingalls 1964-1967.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1960-1969
- Population
- Ingalls Pascagoula construction trades, early-to-late 1960s
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not hull-specific - establishes asbestos-containing products in use at the builder yard during this hull's construction window, not that any specific product was installed aboard LPD-7. Yard litigation records do not name this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cleveland-lpd7-06
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program and its 1975/1979 insulation-removal policies, with fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - the yard that performed Cleveland's documented 1977 regular overhaul (ev-02).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Yard/program-level documentation, not hull-specific; supports era context for the 1977 ROH's working environment, not what was removed or retained on this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cleveland-lpd7-07
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[8]Batch-312 search ledger (this record): NHHC command-operation-report archive; CourtListener/PACER ship-name and hull-number queries; VA BVA decision index; Naval Vessel Register; EPA MPRSA/SINKEX program pages; MARAD/NDRF public vessel records [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-cleveland-lpd7-01 through sl-uss-cleveland-lpd7-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Beyond the Siegfried pleading (ev-01) and the SINKEX cleaning regime (ev-04), no qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, NISMF hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated case naming LPD-7 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Non-qualifying hits were classified, including a 2025 BVA decision (docket A25031422) naming 'USS Cleveland' in a jet-fuel/AFFF leukemia claim - a name match, not asbestos litigation. The CourtListener API sweep was cut short by the documented 125/day rate limit (HTTP 429) - the opinion-index query for '"USS Cleveland" asbestos' returned 0 before throttling and the RECAP index route located only the Siegfried document.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard a 1964-67 steam-plant hull - the documented Ingalls-era products and the un-surveyed overhaul history leave the question open. The docket sweep is incomplete due to the rate-limit block; a deeper PACER/RECAP pass remains an open lead. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cleveland-lpd7-08