Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet zbv-packet.md (5 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-copeland-ffg25-pkt-zbv-packet-md
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[2]Naval Vessel Register ship-detail record, COPELAND (FFG 25), UIC 20978 (Wayback capture 2012-02-24 of nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG25.htm; the live NVR ship-detail page serves navigation chrome only to programmatic fetch - standing issue; NVR excludes fully-disposed hulls) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship-detail record for FFG-25, characteristic/status tables incl. milestone dates and custodian (Wayback capture)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official inventory record for this hull: Class FFG 7; Builder TODD SHYDS/LA DIV; Award 02/28/1977; Keel 10/24/1979; Launch 07/26/1980; Delivery 06/18/1982; Commission 08/07/1982; Decommission 09/18/1996; Stricken 09/18/1996; status 'Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) Section 516, Southern Region Amendment,' date status changed 09/18/1996, custodian EGYPT; record last updated 02/23/1999. Dimensions: 445 ft overall / 408 ft waterline, 47 ft extreme beam; propulsion type Gas Turbines, 1 propeller; accommodations 17 officers / 198 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1977-1996
- Population
- Todd LA Division construction trades 1979-82; commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Official construction/disposal record; contains no asbestos information and no operational narrative. Live NVR no longer serves the disposed hull's record - Wayback capture of the same nvr.navy.mil URL cited. 'Accommodations' is berthing capacity, not necessarily underway complement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-copeland-ffg25-01
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[3]NavSource Online Frigate Photo Archive, USS Copeland (FFG 25) - specifications block, Building and Operational Data block, official photo captions (NHHC photo NH 107560; DVID/USAF/NARA credit lines), awards display [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/07/0725.htm - Specifications block, 'Copeland (FFG 25) Building and Operational Data' block, photo captions, awards line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Building and operational record for this hull: building contract awarded 28 February 1977 to the Todd Shipyard Corp.; keel laid 24 October 1979 by Todd Shipyard Corp., LA Division, San Pedro, Cal.; launched and christened 26 July 1980; commissioned 07 August 1982, Cmdr. H. A. Seymour Jr., USN, in command; assigned to Naval Reserve Force at San Diego 30 September 1989; decommissioned at San Diego 18 September 1996 after 14 years and 1 month of service, struck from the NVR; transferred as Grant Aid to Egypt, renamed Mubarak (F916 - conflicts with F-911 renderings elsewhere, flagged in gaps). Class: Oliver Hazard Perry (short hull, as built), SCB No. 201. Specifications: 3,109 t std / 3,993 t full; 408 ft wl / 445 ft oa; beam 45.4 ft (conflicts with NVR 47 ft - flagged); 2 GE LM2500 gas turbines, 41,000 shp, 1 shaft CP propeller + 2 x 325-hp retractable pods; 29 kt; complement 13/206 incl. 19-man air detachment; call sign NRWC; motto 'Force For Peace'; awards National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. Official photo captions document: sea trials April-May 1982 (NH 107560; DN-SC-83-11942/44/45/46/47/48/49 by Todd Pacific Shipyards; NARA NAID 6369742); Exercise Pitch Black '84 at Darwin 22 April 1984 with Australian forces incl. Mk 13 launcher Standard-missile loading (USAF photos DF-ST-85-06914/15/16); San Diego departures February-March 1987 (DN-SC-90-02305/07/08; DN-SC-05-07451).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1977-1996
- Population
- Todd San Pedro construction trades 1979-82; commissioned crew 1982-1996 (~200 incl. air detachment); NRF-era reserve-augments 1989-1996
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained archive carrying NVR-derived data and official photo captions - lead-level corroboration, not a direct official record for spec/complement figures; its 3,993 t full-load and 45.4-ft beam and Mubarak (F916) figures conflict with NVR and other compilations (conflicts in gaps). Awards listing is a compiled ribbon board, not the award citations themselves. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-copeland-ffg25-02
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[4]USS Gary (FFG-51) Command History, calendar year 1988 - NHHC Command Operation Reports collection (CO's signed submission to Director of Naval History); live NHHC URL returned HTTP 404 this session - verbatim text verified via search-index excerpt [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Gary 1988 command history, deployment-transit and turnover narrative (COPELAND passages)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Sister-ship official command history names this hull for the 1988 WestPac/Persian Gulf transit: 'For the transit, GARY rendezvoused with San Diego-based guided missile frigate USS COPELAND (FFG 25), and conducted a fly-on for OCEANLORD 21 and 22 from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Four Three Detachment Thirteen, homeported at North Island. After a brief stop in Pearl Harbor, HI, the ships sailed for Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines, for an eight-day maintenance availability. Upon leaving Subic Bay, the next brief stop was for refueling in Colombo, Sri Lanka... Upon arrival to Middle East Force (AOR), GARY and COPELAND conducted a day of exercises with USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) Battle Group ... and then rendezvoused with USS MCCLUSKY (FFG 41) and USS CHANDLER (DDG 996) for turnover.' Gary then detached from Copeland to independent operations; after turnover relief the narrative records Gary 'rejoined the USS COPELAND (FFG 25) for the transit home' in March 1988. Documents Copeland's Earnest Will-era Middle East Force deployment as an escort unit transiting with a sister FFG-7-class frigate.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1988
- Population
- Copeland ship's company and HSL detachment, 1988 Middle East Force deployment
- Limitations
- Official command history naming the hull - documents a deployment, not materials or asbestos. Live NHLC/NHHC site returned site-wide 404 on 2026-09-29 (standing link rot per BATCH-01); quoted passages were verified from the indexed document text, not a fresh full-text pull. Exact deployment dates inside 1988 not recovered this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-copeland-ffg25-03
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[5]DSCA congressional notification, 'Egypt - Follow on Technical Support (FOTS),' published in the Federal Register (FR Doc. 2019-27488, 20 Dec 2019; report delivered to Congress July 29, 2019; est. $554 million) [federal_register]
- Locator
- FR Doc. 2019-27488, Policy Justification section, 'Egypt - Follow on Technical Support (FOTS)'; DSCA release of 1-2 July 2010 for the four-Perry-class composition
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official U.S. Government statement corroborating this hull's post-Navy service continuity: the Government of Egypt requested Follow-On Technical Support providing 'material and labor services in support of Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigates (FFG-7 class ships), Fast Missile Craft (FMC), Mine Hunter Coastal (MHC) ships, Coastal Mine Hunter (CMH) ships, and 25 Meter and 28 Meter Fast Patrol Craft (FPC)' - estimated $554M, prime contractor VSE Corporation. Egypt operates exactly four ex-U.S. Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates (transferred 1996-98), of which this hull is one; a parallel 2010 DSCA notification described support to 'four (4) OLIVER HAZARD PERRY and two (2) KNOX CLASS Frigates' (est. $210M). Confirms the hull's class fleet remains in Egyptian service under U.S. support into 2019+.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1996-2019
- Population
- Egyptian Navy FFG-7-class crews, 1997-present; U.S./contractor FOTS personnel
- Limitations
- The notice names Egypt's four-ship FFG-7 fleet, not this hull individually - attribution rests on the documented composition of the Egyptian Perry-class fleet (Copeland/Mubarak among the four). A sale-notification document, not a condition survey; contains no materials or asbestos information and does not cover hull condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-copeland-ffg25-04
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[6]GAO HRD-80-2 (B-163375), 'Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (Oct 1979) incl. Enclosure I: CNO letter Ser 4542/318054 of 5 Jan 1979 and Attachment #1 'LIST OF U.S. NAVY SHIPS DELIVERED SINCE 1973 OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION (Ship Class, Name and Hull Number and Status of Thermal Insulation)' - full text via Wayback capture of gao.gov PDF (2025-02-11); direct fetch returns HTTP 403 (standing outage since batch-01) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 Enclosure I (CNO letter pp. 1-4: policy timeline, residual applications, 'nearly impossible to build a Navy ship free of the mineral') + Attachment #1 GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE block (FFG-7 through 22/23, 'Asbestos-free thermal insulation')
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era material-status record directly bearing on this hull's construction era and class: the Navy's Attachment #1 lists every guided-missile frigate then delivered or under construction - OLIVER HAZARD PERRY (FFG-7) through FFG-22/23, including H.M.A.S. ADELAIDE (17) and H.M.A.S. CANBERRA (18), construction starts 12/74-6/78 and deliveries 11/77-8/81 - under a single bracketed status: 'Asbestos-free thermal insulation.' The enclosing CNO letter documents: insulation specifications changed as early as 1971 to call for little/no asbestos and 'by late 1973 ... to call for asbestos-free materials'; the fleet-wide no-asbestos policy promulgated as NAVSEAINST 5100.2 of 24 October 1975; ships 'well under construction and already insulated' nonetheless delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978 (first eleven DD-963s); and 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos' because non-thermal applications lacked asbestos-free substitutes - 'electrical resistors,' 'floor tiling ... on Navy ship decks,' 'cabling found in ... Navy galley ranges,' 'piping system gaskets and packing used throughout ... Navy shipboard piping systems,' 'Navy ship equipment brakes and clutches' - concluding it is 'nearly impossible to build a Navy ship free of the mineral.' FFG-25 (contracted 2/28/1977 in the same FY77 award block as listed sisters, keel 10/1979, delivered 6/1982) is not individually listed because its construction start postdates the attachment's listed block (coverage ends FFG-22/23, starts through 6/78); it was built within the same class program after the policy was in force.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1973-1979 (policy and list coverage); 1979-1982 (this hull's construction window)
- Population
- FFG-7-class construction trades and crews, 1974-1981 (class record); FFG-25 builders/crew by extension (inference)
- Limitations
- Hull-level granularity exists only for the listed sisters (FFG-7 through FFG-22/23); FFG-25's own thermal-insulation status is class-level inference from the program record, not a ship-specific finding. 'Thermal insulation' in the attachment means machinery, equipment and piping insulation (Note 1); the letter separately documents residual asbestos applications in ALL ships - so the class record bounds but does not settle this hull's installed materials. Full text verified against the batch-4623 retrieved copy of the same Wayback PDF.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-copeland-ffg25-05
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[7]Sydney Morning Herald, 'Scuttled ship would wreck bay: residents' (6 March 2010) + No Ship Action Group Inc v Minister for Sustainability [2010] AATA 702 (15 Sep 2010) + Sea Dumping Permit SD2008/1062 (NSW Crown Lands file) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- SMH 6 Mar 2010 article (asbestos removal at Garden Island prep); AATA 702 (permit conditions); NSW Crown Lands ex-HMAS Adelaide project file (SD2008/1062, post-scuttling report Apr 2011)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Sister-hull end-of-life asbestos finding: ex-HMAS Adelaide - the former U.S.-design hull FFG-17, built to the same Oliver Hazard Perry design at Todd Pacific, Seattle (construction start 5/77, delivered 8/80, listed on the GAO attachment's asbestos-free-thermal-insulation FFG block) - required removal of asbestos during 2010-11 preparation for scuttling as an artificial reef. SMH reported that removal teams 'removed lead, copper and asbestos from its interior'; the objectors' documented materials list identified 'asbestos cladding on walls, ceilings' among material remaining aboard pre-remediation; disposal proceeded under a Commonwealth sea-dumping permit with Administrative Appeals Tribunal conditions after the clean-up.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1977-1980 (Adelaide construction); 2009-2011 (remediation/scuttling)
- Population
- Remediation workers aboard ex-Adelaide, 2009-2011; dive-site users post-2011
- Limitations
- Sister-ship finding only - establishes that a same-design, same-era hull (same FY77-era program, Todd-built sister division to FFG-25's San Pedro builder) still carried asbestos in non-thermal applications at end of service, consistent with the CNO letter's residual-applications statement. It establishes nothing about FFG-25's own installed materials, quantities, or condition. 'Cladding on walls, ceilings' is from the objectors' list, not the permit's own survey; SMH's 'removed asbestos' report is the reputable-press anchor.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-copeland-ffg25-06
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[8]NAVSHIPSINST 5100.26 (9 Feb 1971), 'Asbestos Exposure Hazards; control of,' with Shipbuilders Council of America transmittal memo (4 Feb 1972) - scanned primary document hosted by ToxicDocs.org (litigation exhibit SBCA 5036), doc gDOjBpQk7kLBDm0e4Zb7ON599 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPSINST 5100.26 paragraphs 1-3 (purpose, scope incl. private yards, fabrication/installation controls, TLV) + SCA cover memo (4 Feb 1972)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Navy asbestos-exposure control regime applicable to this hull's private-yard builder: NAVSHIPS Instruction 5100.26 prescribed mandatory precautions for asbestos fabrication, installation, and rip-out 'on Navy work in private yards' (per the SCA transmittal's own description) - segregation of asbestos operations, Bureau of Mines-approved respirators and protective clothing, local exhaust ventilation and filtered exhaust for cutting/sawing, wet methods, sealed plastic-bag waste handling, vacuum pickup (no dry sweeping), posted warning signs, monthly airborne-fiber inspections against a 5-fiber (>5 micron per ml) TLV, annual chest X-rays and 'Asbestos worker' health-record marking for insulation workers, and substitution with replacement materials 'when practicable' subject to NAVSEC approval. Todd LA Division (San Pedro) built this hull under Navy contract inside this private-yard regime - documentation of the control environment, not of materials installed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1971 instruction; applied across private-yard Navy work of the era incl. 1979-82
- Population
- Private-yard insulation workers on Navy contracts (era); Todd San Pedro workforce analog
- Limitations
- 1971 instruction - predates the hull's 1979-82 construction and was supplemented by the OPNAVINST 6260.1 program (Apr 1974, rev Aug 1978) and the NAVSEAINST 5100.2 elimination policy (24 Oct 1975, see ev-05); establishes the control regime's existence and its private-yard reach, not which materials entered this hull. Host is a third-party litigation-document archive; the scanned item is the Navy instruction itself, not a finding about this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-copeland-ffg25-07
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[9]NIOSH (HEW/CDC), 'Walk-through survey report, Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California,' Matanoski GM, Whitman NE, IWS 74-49 (30 Aug 1979), NIOSHTIC nn:00091823 - CDC Stacks record cdc:178924 [other_primary]
- Locator
- CDC Stacks catalog record cdc:178924 - abstract text verified verbatim; PDF cdc_178924_DS1.pdf blocked
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- NIOSH conducted a walk-through survey at this hull's builder yard on 31 January 1979 - nine months before Copeland's keel was laid: 'A walk through survey of the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation (SIC-1721) in Los Angeles, California was conducted on January 31, 1979 to determine its suitability for inclusion in a NIOSH sponsored investigation of health hazards in the painting trades. There are 72 painters currently employed in this facility. Some abrasive blasting also is done by the painters. Coating materials used at the facility are classified into five categories: epoxy, conventional, zinc, antifouling, and thinners. The shipyard's comprehensive safety program includes an extensive respirator program.' Investigators Matanoski (Johns Hopkins) and Whitman recommended the yard for an industrial-hygiene study and not for epidemiological study (high turnover). Documents an official occupational-health survey at the exact yard within this hull's construction era.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Todd San Pedro yard painters/blasters, Jan 1979
- Limitations
- Surveys painting trades, not asbestos - the abstract names no asbestos finding. Placed as archival_lead because the 25-page report (PDF blocked to automated fetch, Akamai 403 this session) may carry materials/housekeeping detail for the yard during this hull's construction era; nothing in the abstract supports an asbestos claim for the yard or the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-copeland-ffg25-08
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[10]Hassay v. United States, No. 19-594C (Fed. Cl., opinion filed 2020-10-23) - CourtListener cluster 4799940 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 type=o result set (count=1); syllabus 'denying Government's Motion for Judgment on the Administrative Record granting Plaintiff's Cross MJAR'
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener authenticated sweep (API v4): the exact-name opinion query '"USS Copeland"' returned one hit - Hassay v. United States, No. 19-594C (Fed. Cl. 2020), a 10 U.S.C. 1204 military disability-pay / Board for Correction of Naval Records action in which the ship name appears in the plaintiff's service history - OTHER LITIGATION, not qualifying asbestos litigation; no asbestos, mesothelioma, or exposure issue appears in the opinion. The hull-number opinion query '"FFG-25"' returned count=0. Zero qualifying asbestos opinions located. See search_ledger for the query set and the pacing-constrained residual queries (docket-type and hull-spelling variants).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- sweep 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Litigation-stage discipline: the one name-match opinion is classified as other litigation (military pay), not an asbestos opinion; absence from the published-opinion index is a real negative finding for citable caselaw naming this hull, not proof no suit was ever filed. The RECAP docket-type sweep and 'FFG 25'-spelling/asbestos-variant queries remained constrained by the fleet pacing budget at write time after repeated spaced retries - status recorded in search_ledger sl-06/-07.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-copeland-ffg25-09
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[11]Batch-4624 search ledger (this record): NVR ship-detail (Wayback), NavSource 07/0725, NHHC Gary 1988 command history (indexed excerpt; live 404), Federal Register Egypt FOTS, GAO HRD-80-2 full text (Wayback 2025-02-11 via batch-4623 retrieved copy), SMH/AATA/sea-dumping file for ex-Adelaide, ToxicDocs NAVSHIPSINST 5100.26, CDC Stacks cdc:178924, rename-corroboration compendia, CourtListener API v4 (authenticated) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-copeland-ffg25-01 through sl-uss-copeland-ffg25-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material-condition report, or litigation finding naming FFG-25 was found in the public sources searched. The hull was transferred to Egypt in 1996 and remains in foreign service - no U.S. disposal-phase remediation record (reef/scrap survey, donation hazmat disclosure, MARAD custody) exists for this hull, and any Egyptian-service material condition is undocumented in public sources. Law-firm and marketing sources do name the ship on 'asbestos ship' lists (mesothelioma.com frigate table; navyshipexposure.com dedicated FFG-25 page; mesotheliomaveterans.org and mesotheliomahope.com frigate lists) - excluded per source rules and noted here only for scope.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979-2026 (hull existence); 2026-09-29 (search)
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard: the GAO class record documents residual non-thermal asbestos applications in ALL ships of the era, and a same-design Todd-built sister carried asbestos cladding to end of life. Conversely the class record documents asbestos-free thermal insulation for the program - directionally favorable but class-level. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-copeland-ffg25-10
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[12]NARA holdings for hull-level material documentation (not retrieved): NAVSEA/BuShips design records for SCB 201 (FFG-7 class) and the Todd LA construction specification; ship's General Information Book / Booklet of General Plans; RG 24 deck logs 1982-1996; NHHC Command Operation Reports for Copeland (submissions exist per OPNAVINST 5750.12 series, none digitized - probed 1982-1995); DSCA/EDA transfer-preparation file for the 1996 FAA 516 hand-off; NIOSH IWS 74-49 full report; Egyptian-service maintenance records under documented FOTS programs [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov RG 19/RG 24 series descriptions; NHHC COR DAM paths probed (404); DSCA EDA program description; CDC Stacks cdc:178924; LAT 1989/1991 yard-cleanup coverage
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level material documentation not yet retrieved: (1) the FFG-7-class (SCB 201) build specification as applied to FY77 Todd LA hulls would state as-built insulation/gasket materials and resolve whether residual asbestos applications were installed (the question ev-05 leaves open); (2) General Information Book / Booklet of General Plans; (3) RG 24 deck logs and Copeland's own command histories (NHHC holds the collection; this hull's are not digitized - probed 1982-1995); (4) the 1996 inactivation and EDA/FAA-516 transfer-preparation file - foreign transfers routinely include material-condition documentation; (5) NIOSH IWS 74-49 full 25-page report (CDC Stacks PDF blocked to automation) for any materials observations at the builder yard in Jan 1979; (6) the Todd San Pedro (Berths 100-106) Port of Los Angeles environmental file - contemporaneous LA Times reporting documents a heavy-metals/PCB cleanup dispute at the closed yard (1989-91); whether asbestos figured in the site scope is unestablished; (7) Egyptian Navy commissioning/modernization records for Mubarak/Alexandria would resolve the F-911/F-916 pennant conflict at primary level.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1977-present records
- Limitations
- Leads only - none of these holdings were pulled; contents unknown. They establish nothing about materials aboard. NARA catalog serves an SPA shell to programmatic fetch; no paid reproduction orders authorized.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-copeland-ffg25-11