Evidence
16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).
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[1]research packet ho-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Coontz; hull: DDG-40 (ex-DLG-9, ex-DL-9); type: Farragut-class
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-coontz-ddg40-pkt-ho-packet-md
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[2]Naval Vessel Register ship detail, COONTZ (DDG 40), guided missile destroyer (Wayback capture 2000-01-15; live detail page no longer renders record) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship-detail fields (builder, keel/launch/commission/decommission/stricken dates, status, berth)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official registry record for this hull: UIC 52234; class DDG-37; fleet Atlantic; builder NAV SY/PUGET SOUND; award date 1955-11-18; keel date 1957-03-01; launch date 1958-12-06; commission date 1960-07-15; decommission date 1989-10-04; stricken date 1990-01-26; status 'Disposed of, resold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping,' status changed 1999-02-10; berth Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Philadelphia, PA; delivery date 1972-04-27 (post-modernization redelivery).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1955-1999
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew 1960-1989; NISMF custody personnel 1989-2002
- Limitations
- Authoritative for registry milestones (dates, status, custody); documents no materials content and no asbestos information. Captured via Wayback because the live NVR detail page no longer renders this disposed hull's record. Decommission (10/04) and stricken (01/26) dates conflict with secondary sources - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coontz-ddg40-01
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[3]DANFS, Coontz (DLG-9) (namesake biography + specifications block + short ship entry; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page returns 404; text verified via Wayback capture 2021-04-21 of hazegray mirror) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Coontz (DLG-9) entry: namesake paragraph, specifications block, ship paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: DLG-9 - displacement 5,368; length 512 ft; beam 52 ft; draft 16 ft 7 in; speed 35 k; complement 377; class Farragut. Launched 1958-12-06 by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard; sponsored by Mrs. Robert J. Coontz; commissioned 1960-07-15, Commander H. H. Ries in command; for the remainder of 1960 engaged in tests and training off the southern California coast. Namesake Admiral Robert Edward Coontz, second Chief of Naval Operations (1919-1923).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-1960
- Population
- Construction trades at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 1957-58; commissioning crew 1960 (design complement 377)
- Limitations
- The DANFS ship entry for Coontz is a short entry - it ends at the 1960 shakedown line and carries no post-1960 service narrative, no laid-down date, and no disposal data; it documents characteristics and identity, not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 (standing NHHC link-rot issue, cf. BATCH-01).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coontz-ddg40-02
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[4]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Coontz (DLG-9, later DDG-40), 1960-2002' (verbatim mirror on HyperWar/ibiblio of the Naval History and Heritage Command ship page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Library ship page, narrative paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC service narrative for this hull: 4,150-ton Farragut-class guided missile frigate built at Puget Sound Navy Yard; commissioned July 1960, joined the Pacific Fleet; first of seven Seventh Fleet tours beginning just over a year later, including active participation in the Vietnam conflict 1965-70; decommissioned February 1971 for extensive anti-air warfare modernization; returned to active service March 1972 with the Atlantic Fleet; redesignated guided missile destroyer July 1975 with new hull number DDG-40; operated with Standing Naval Forces Atlantic 1976 and 1978-79; cruised the Black Sea and participated in the Grenada operation in the early-mid 1980s; served in the Persian Gulf in 1987 during the Iraq-Iran war; taken out of service October 1989; sold for scrapping April 1994, repossessed October 1996; sold again February 1999, repossessed; broken up under a contract awarded February 2002 to a Philadelphia firm.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1960-2002
- Population
- Pacific Fleet crew 1960-1971; Atlantic Fleet crew 1972-1989; disposal-era custody/scrapping personnel 1989-2003
- Limitations
- NHHC narrative documents service history and the disposal chain, not materials or asbestos content. Its 'sold for scrapping April 1994' and 'July 1975' reclassification phrasing differ in detail from NVR (DRMS resale status change 1999-02-10) and NavSource (DLG-to-DDG 1975-06-30; 1993 sale to NR Acquisition, arrival Wilmington NC 1994-10-24) - reconciled in prose and gaps rather than silently merged.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coontz-ddg40-03
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[5]Pease v. A.W. Chesterton Co. et al., No. 2:09-cv-62581-ER (E.D. Pa., consolidated under MDL-875), Order of January 14, 2011 (Robreno, J.) denying Crane Co.'s motion for summary judgment (ECF doc. 152; hosted on paed.uscourts.gov) [court_record]
- Locator
- Order pp. 1-5 (parties, service history recital, maritime-law analysis, product-nexus holding)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published court order naming this hull: plaintiffs alleged Herbert Pease developed mesothelioma from exposure to defendants' asbestos-containing products while a U.S. Navy machinist mate (1960-63, 1965-67); Pease testified to service aboard USS William Wood (1960-62), USS Yosemite (1962-63), and USS Coontz (1965-67); the action was filed 2008-08-01 in Delaware Superior Court and transferred to E.D. Pa. as part of MDL-875 on 2009-02-03; Pease died of mesothelioma 2009-04-15. The court held maritime law applied (exposures on Navy ships on navigable waters), applied the Delaware product-nexus standard, and DENIED Crane Co.'s summary-judgment motion, finding a genuine issue of material fact as to exposure to Crane asbestos-containing products on USS Coontz. During 1965-67 the only USS Coontz in commission was DLG-9.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1965-1967 (alleged exposure); 2008-2011 (litigation)
- Population
- Herbert Pease (USN machinist mate 1960-63, 1965-67; mesothelioma decedent 2009); James Moody (aboard Coontz 1962-68); engine-room crew
- Limitations
- Summary-judgment-stage record: the exposure allegation survived a defense product-nexus motion but was never adjudicated on the merits - the order establishes that plaintiffs raised a genuine factual issue, not that exposure occurred. Does not quantify asbestos aboard, does not establish causation, and does not speak to any other claimant. Merits history beyond the 2011 order not located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coontz-ddg40-04
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[6]Pease v. A.W. Chesterton Co. et al., No. 2:09-cv-62581-ER (E.D. Pa., MDL-875), Order of January 14, 2011 - deposition testimony identifying product categories aboard this hull [court_record]
- Locator
- Order pp. 4-5 (Pease Depo. doc. 124-4 at 34-35, 66, 71-72; Moody Depo. doc. 131-15 at 16-17, 102, 145-46)
- Finding type
- litigation_product_id
- Finding
- Deposition testimony recited in the order identifies asbestos-containing product categories aboard this hull: Pease testified he worked with valves and pumps 'all of the time' and named Crane as a manufacturer of Navy valves, pumps, gaskets, and packing; corroborating witness James Moody (aboard USS Coontz 1962-68) testified he and Pease worked in the engine room together and that 'Crane' supplied 'packing materials and other products that were used in the engine room' (though Moody equivocated between 'Crane Co.' and 'John Crane' on cross-questioning). The court found plaintiffs raised a genuine issue of material fact as to whether Crane Co. asbestos-containing products were present in Coontz's engine room.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1962-1968 (testimony window); 2010-2011 (order)
- Population
- Engine-room machinist mates and crew, USS Coontz 1962-68 (testimony window)
- Limitations
- Product identification is deposition testimony evaluated for summary-judgment sufficiency, not an adjudicated finding - the court itself noted ambiguity in Moody's Crane Co./John Crane identification. Establishes that engine-room packing/valve products aboard this hull were litigated as asbestos-containing; does not inventory hull materials or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coontz-ddg40-05
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[7]Board of Veterans' Appeals decision, Citation Nr. 0715533, Docket No. 05-03 200 (decision date 2007-05-24; on appeal from VA RO St. Paul, MN) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BVA decision 0715533, 'Reasons and Bases' section discussing the veteran's September 2004 letter
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- VA administrative adjudication naming this hull: the veteran had confirmed service aboard USS Coontz during active service February 1965 - November 1968; in a September 2004 letter he asserted exposure to asbestos from his destroyer service; the Board found 'the evidence of record does show that the veteran had service aboard the USS Coontz during his period of active service' but 'there is no evidence that he was exposed to asbestos.' Service connection for a psychiatric disorder (the claim in which the asbestos assertion appeared) was denied.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1965-1968 (service); 2004-2007 (claim)
- Population
- Single veteran claimant (service Feb 1965 - Nov 1968)
- Limitations
- Negative finding for that claimant: the Board substantiated service aboard but found no evidence of asbestos exposure - neither a finding that exposure occurred nor a finding that no asbestos was aboard the hull. The asbestos assertion was ancillary to a psychiatric-disorder claim; no asbestos-related disease was at issue in this decision.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coontz-ddg40-06
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[8]Report on the Staff Investigation Into the Iraqi Attack on the USS Stark, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives, 100th Cong., 1st Sess. (U.S. GPO, 1987), 30 pp. [other_primary]
- Locator
- House Armed Services staff investigation report (GPO 1987), radar/tracking discussion (~p. 4); NavSource FFG-31 photo captions 073130
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official congressional investigation report documenting this hull's role in the 1987-05-17 USS Stark (FFG-31) incident: Coontz was operating in the Persian Gulf and tracked the Iraqi aircraft; per the report, 'Coontz never locked on to the Mirage with its fire control radar since it detected that the Mirage's radar was in a surveillance rather than a fire control mode.' Corroborating Navy photo captions (NavSource FFG-31 archive) record that the Coontz rescue-and-assistance detail was transferred to Stark by SH-3 'Desert Duck' helicopter after the attack.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1987
- Population
- Coontz crew, Persian Gulf deployment 1987; Stark survivors assisted
- Limitations
- Documents this hull's presence and role in the Stark incident - service-history evidence only, no asbestos or materials content. Report content accessed via indexed excerpts (Google Books); full text not independently retrieved - verification partial on that basis.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coontz-ddg40-07
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[9]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index, USS COONTZ (DL-9/DLG-9/DDG-40), page 05/0209 + scrappers section 05/scrappers.htm (data sheet, operational/building data, CO list, disposal timeline, dismantlement photo documentation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 05/0209 'CLASS - FARRAGUT As Built' data block, 'Operational and Building Data', 'Fate' section, CO table; 05/scrappers.htm Coontz dismantlement photo series
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled registry-style data for this hull: class Farragut as built; 5,648 tons full; 512'6" x 52'4" x 17'9"; machinery 85,000 shp geared turbines, 2 screws; 33 knots; crew 360. Building data: laid down Puget Sound Navy Yard 1957-03-01; launched 1958-12-06; commissioned 1960-07-15; reclassified DLG-9 1956-11-14; decommissioned 1971-02-23, recommissioned 1972-03-18; reclassified DDG-40 1975-06-30; decommissioned 1989-10-02; stricken 1990-01-07. Disposal timeline: moved ISMF Philadelphia to ISMF Portsmouth VA 1989-10-03/05; sold to NR Acquisition 1993-05-05 for $232,270.10, arrived Wilmington NC 1994-10-24; repossessed 1996-10-01, towed to ISMF Philadelphia 1996-10-13; sold to Metro Machine 2002-01-25 for $97,275, removed 2002-04-01; scrapping completed 2003-03-26 at the Metro Machine facility at the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (photo-documented June 2002 - March 2003, including mast, bridge, stack removal and hull sectioning).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1956-2003
- Population
- Crew 1960-1989; Metro Machine dismantlement workforce 2002-03
- Limitations
- NavSource is the standard volunteer photo/data archive, not an official source - used as corroboration and for fields official sources omit (laid-down context, machinery spec, call signs, CO list, disposal-chain detail). Its decommission (10/02) and stricken (01/07) dates conflict with NVR (10/04, 01/26); NVR carried as authoritative and the conflicts logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coontz-ddg40-08
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[10]'To the Boneyard,' U.S. Naval Institute Naval History magazine, February 1997 (describes the mothballed ex-Coontz hulk at Philadelphia awaiting breaking, name painted over on the stern) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Naval History, February 1997 issue, 'To the Boneyard' (Coontz passage)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous reputable-press description of this hull in disposal limbo: the article describes the ex-Coontz hulk awaiting the ship-breaker's torches at Philadelphia, noting she was commissioned July 1960 as name ship of a new class of guided-missile frigates, redesignated DDG-40, decommissioned 1989, joined the reserve fleet, and by October 1996 was on her way to the breakers - corroborating the NISMF/repossession disposal sequence in NVR, NHHC, and NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1989-1997
- Population
- Disposal-era custody and scrapping personnel
- Limitations
- Journalistic context only - corroborates the failed-sale/repossession disposal limbo of the mid-1990s; documents no asbestos content or abatement scope.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coontz-ddg40-09
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[11]Farragut-class machinery data (NavSource/MaritimeQuest class sheets: 4 Babcock & Wilcox 1,200-psi boilers, 2 Allis-Chalmers geared turbines, 2 shafts, 85,000 shp for DLG-9) + Atlas shipyard dataset yard-level records: puget-sound-naval-shipyard (DTIC AD0715808 industrial-hygiene record; asbestos products documented incl. thermal insulation, gaskets, electrical systems, deck tiles, fireproofing; amosite/chrysotile rip-out measurements 40-150 f/cc; mesothelioma SMR elevated ~4x), philadelphia-naval-shipyard (tier 3; Eagle-Picher Super 60, Thermasil, Unibestos, Kaylo, Garlock sheet gaskets among documented products), long-beach-naval-shipyard (asbestos insulation, asbestos-cement pipe, sprayed fireproofing documented) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource/MaritimeQuest Farragut-class data sheets (machinery rows); shipyards.json records 'puget-sound-naval-shipyard', 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard', 'long-beach-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era and builder-yard inference: a steam-plant guided missile frigate built 1957-60 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (4 Babcock & Wilcox 1,200-psi boilers, Allis-Chalmers geared turbines, 85,000 shp) would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation on boilers, steam lines, and turbines, plus gaskets, packing, and fireproofing. Builder and yard-period sites are documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset: Puget Sound NSY construction (a peer-reviewed 1962-72 industrial-hygiene record documents amosite/chrysotile exposure during insulation rip-out and installation, magnesia block ~15% asbestos, TLV exceedances during cutting/handling), Long Beach NSY (1966-67 overhaul per the 1966 command history), and Philadelphia NSY (1971-72 AAW modernization, 1982-83 overhaul, 1989 inactivation).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-1989
- Population
- Puget Sound NSY construction trades 1957-60; Long Beach NSY overhaul workforce 1966-67; Philadelphia NSY workforce 1971-72, 1982-83, 1989; crew 1960-89
- Limitations
- Inference only - no ship-specific bill of materials, specification, or survey was located for this hull; ship-specific findings rest on the Pease litigation rows (ev-04, ev-05) and the countervailing BVA row (ev-06). Yard-level documentation describes the yards, not this hull's materials; NARA RG 19 General Information Books remain the archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coontz-ddg40-10
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[12]USS Preble (DDG-46) association page reproducing a Metro Machine Corp. project-manager statement (Harry Lewis) on the NAVSEA 333 dismantlement process at the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, ~2002 [other_primary]
- Locator
- usspreble.org/location.html, blockquoted Harry Lewis (Metro Machine Corp.) statement
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Program-level dismantlement documentation for the class: describing sister Farragut-class hull USS Preble (DDG-46) under NAVSEA 333 dismantlement contract at Metro Machine, the project manager lists regulated waste streams - 'PCB paint chips, asbestos insulation, PCB lubricants, fiberglass insulation, bilgewater, rubber gaskets, sonar hydrophones, rubber sound domes, fluorescent light bulbs' - 'all monitored by the Navy and regulatory agencies such as OSHA and EPA,' with interior sandblasting of PCB paint areas required under EPA regulations. Coontz was dismantled at the same facility under the same NAVSEA program in the overlapping period June 2002 - March 2003.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2002-2003
- Population
- Metro Machine dismantlement workforce, Philadelphia, 2002-03
- Limitations
- The quoted waste-stream description concerns sister ship Preble, not this hull - application to Coontz's 2002-03 dismantlement is class/program inference. Source is a ship-association republication of a yard project manager's statement (partial verification; the underlying NAVSEA 333 Coontz dismantlement contract file is the archival lead).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coontz-ddg40-11
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[13]NHHC Archives, Command Operations Reports (Vietnam series): 'USS COONTZ (DLG-9) Command History for 1966' (OPNAV Report 5750-1, submitted 1967-04-02, CO CDR C. W. Cummings) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC command-operation-reports/vietnam collection, 'COONTZ 1966.pdf' (URL 404 at access; OCR text via web index)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Primary-source command history for this hull (content recovered via search-index OCR of the NHHC PDF): chronology includes completed helicopter landing/handling conversion 1966-01-24; departed San Diego 1966-01-29 for WESTPAC under ComDesRon 17; Gulf of Tonkin SAR and SAR/AAW stations February-July 1966; vectored USS Ranger aircraft for kill of enemy aircraft 1966-06-14; attacked by three North Vietnamese PT boats 1966-07-01 (boats sunk by aircraft under Coontz control, 19 prisoners taken aboard); departed Yokosuka 1966-07-23, homeport 1966-08-01; entered Long Beach Naval Shipyard for overhaul 1966-09-29; awarded Unit Commendation Ribbon for WESTPAC performance (announced 1966-12-06).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1966-1967
- Population
- Coontz crew, 1966 WESTPAC deployment
- Limitations
- Document exists at the NHHC archive path and its full text is indexed, but direct retrieval returned HTTP 404 at access time - carried as archival lead (partial verification) rather than a fully verified primary source. Documents operations and a yard period, not materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coontz-ddg40-12
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[14]Federal Register vol. 60, no. 88 (1995-05-08), Department of the Navy final rule amending 32 CFR 706.2 (certifications and exemptions under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972), doc. 95-11197 [federal_register]
- Locator
- FR doc. 95-11197, amendatory text for 32 CFR 706.2 Table Four (removal list)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Official Federal Register record naming this hull: the Navy's 1995-05-08 rule amends 32 CFR 706.2 Table Four by removing listed ships, including USS COONTZ (DDG 40) together with all nine Farragut-class sisters (DDG-37 through DDG-46) and other stricken/disposed hulls - a regulatory housekeeping removal reflecting the ship's out-of-service and disposed status.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1995
- Limitations
- Regulatory context record only - confirms the hull and its post-service status in an official register; contains no materials, asbestos, or condition information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coontz-ddg40-14
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[15]CourtListener API v4 sweeps (authenticated, fleet-paced helper), queries "USS Coontz", "U.S.S. Coontz", "Coontz asbestos" (type=o) [court_record]
- Locator
- CL API v4 search endpoint, type=o queries (see search_ledger sl-07..sl-09, sl-12)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion-corpus sweeps returned no qualifying asbestos opinion naming this hull: "USS Coontz" count 0; "U.S.S. Coontz" count 0; "Coontz asbestos" count 1 - Dollar Tree Stores Inc. v. Toyama Partners LLC, 875 F. Supp. 2d 1058 (N.D. Cal. 2012), a commercial-lease name collision classified non-qualifying. Qualifying litigation naming this hull exists but resides outside the CL opinion corpus: the Pease MDL-875 order (ev-04, ev-05) is hosted on paed.uscourts.gov.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- sweeps executed 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence from the CL opinion corpus is not absence of litigation - MDL-875 district-court orders are inconsistently represented in CL. Bare-surname, hull-number ("DDG-40", "DLG-9"), and RECAP docket sweeps were additionally attempted but deferred by the shared fleet pace limiter; residual litigation surface is bounded by the web-indexed court-site search that located Pease and the BVA index hit (ev-06).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coontz-ddg40-15
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[16]NARA record groups (unretrieved): RG 19 Bureau of Ships General Information Books / hull-level material specifications; RG 24 deck logs (1960-1989); NAVSEA 333 dismantlement contract file for the 2002 Metro Machine award; NISMF Philadelphia custody records [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 19 / RG 24 / NAVSEA 333 / NISMF Philadelphia record series (unretrieved)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level asbestos documentation that could not be retrieved in public sources: NARA RG 19 General Information Books (per-vessel material specifications) and BuShips design records; RG 24 deck logs covering the full commissioned period; the NAVSEA 333 contract file for the 2002 Metro Machine dismantlement award (the most promising disposal-era hazmat lead, given the sister-hull waste-stream description in ev-11); NISMF Philadelphia custody/condition records 1989-2002.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Leads only - no retrieval or content verification performed; inclusion records where hull-level asbestos documentation would most plausibly exist.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coontz-ddg40-13