Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet lx-packet.md (11 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Dale
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-dale-dlg19-pkt-lx-packet-md
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[2]DANFS Vol. II (Naval History Division, GPO 1963), Dale V (DLG-19) entry, p. 234 (verbatim transcription via hazegray DANFS Online mirror at losthistory.net - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. II p. 234, Dale (DLG-19) entry + bracketed addendum; print scan archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer02wash
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull and the designation reconciliation: 'The fifth DALE (DLG-19) was laid down by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, 6 September 1960; launched 28 July 1962; sponsored by Mrs. Daniel J. Flood, wife of Congressman Flood, Pennsylvania, 11th District; and commissioned 23 November 1963 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Captain Robert R. Crutchfield USN, commanding.' Bracketed addendum: 'Reclassified as a guided missile cruiser, CG-19, on 30 June 1975, DALE was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy Register on 22 September 1994' (K. Jack Bauer and Stephen S. Roberts, Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy 1775-1990, p. 214; Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1995, p. 873). The addendum's reclassification sentence is the primary-source confirmation that DLG-19 and CG-19 are one physical hull. Class data (Leahy): 7,500 t displacement, 533 ft, 34 kt, complement 396, Terrier SAM/ASROC armament.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1958-1963 (authorization through commissioning); 1975/1994 (addendum events)
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades (1960-1963); commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Official construction/assignment record; contains no asbestos information. The addendum's 22 Sep 1994 decommission/stricken date conflicts with the NVR-derived 27 Sep 1994 consensus - the 27 Sep date is carried in this record's fields and the conflict is logged in gaps. Print entry predates the post-1963 service history.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dale-dlg19-01
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[3]Naval Historical Center, Online Library of Selected Images - USS Dale (DLG-19, later CG-19), 1963-2000 (NHHC photo-captions page via HyperWar mirror): NH 98142-98146, K-29715, NH 98149-KN [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Library photo page, NH 98143-98146 captions ('Off Bath, Maine ... Bath Iron Works shipyard is at left', 5-6 Oct 1971)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC record for this hull under both designations on one page ('USS Dale (DLG-19, later CG-19), 1963-2000'): built at Camden, NJ, commissioned November 1963; assigned to the Pacific Fleet with five Western Pacific deployments over seven years including Vietnam War operations 1965-1970 in which she rescued several American aviators in the Gulf of Tonkin; in November 1970 began modernization at Bath, Maine (Naval Tactical Data System installation); recommissioned December 1971 to the Atlantic Fleet; Mediterranean Sixth Fleet service including the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War augmentation; 'reclassified as a guided-missile cruiser (CG-19) at the beginning of July 1975'; July 1976 Bicentennial Naval Review; mid-1980 Black Sea visit to Romania; Harpoon and Phalanx fitted 1981; New Threat Upgrade later that decade; 1986 Libya confrontation; Caribbean counter-narcotics patrols; 1991 Red Sea sanctions enforcement against Iraq; 1993-94 Bosnia/Yugoslavia embargo support; decommissioned September 1994.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1963-1994
- Population
- Pacific Fleet crew (1963-1970); Bath yard-period trades (1970-1971); Atlantic Fleet crew (1971-1994)
- Limitations
- Official Navy photo captions and summary text; contains no asbestos information. The page states 'sunk as a target in January 2000' - that appears to conflate the January 2000 WET missile event with the actual sinking; NVR-derived sources give expenditure as a target on 6 April 2000 (see ev-04). Discrepancy logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dale-dlg19-02
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[4]NavSource Online Cruiser Photo Archive, USS Dale (DLG/CG-19) - Operational and Building Data block (volunteer archive; NVR-derived figures) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 04/1119/040119.htm, 'Operational and Building Data' block + fate entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource building-data block for this hull, corroborating the designation reconciliation: 'Keel laid on 06 SEP 1960 by New York Shipbuilding Corp.; Launched 28 JUL 1962; Commissioned 23 NOV 1963; Decommissioned 11/10/1970; Recommissioned 12/11/1971; Reclassified CG 19 on 30 JUN 1975; Decommissioned 27 SEP 1994; Stricken 27 SEP 1994; Fate: Sunk as target 06 APR 2000, 037 deg 35' 59.0" N, 070 deg 45' 04.0" W, 2150 fathoms.' Specifications: Leahy class, 7,400 t, 533 ft oa x 53.5 ft x 25 ft 3 in; 2 Terrier 2x2 launchers (80 missiles), 4 x 3"/50, ASROC, 6 x 12.75" TT; machinery 85,000 SHP geared turbines, 2 screws; 34 kt; crew 377; call sign November-Echo-Romeo-Whiskey.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1960-2000
- Population
- Commissioned crew (NavSource crew figure 377 vs DANFS 396)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained photo archive carrying NVR-derived data - lead-level corroboration, not a direct official record; the underlying NVR ship-detail page itself serves navigation chrome only to programmatic fetch (see sl-07). 27 Sep 1994 dates conflict with the DANFS addendum's 22 Sep - conflict carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dale-dlg19-03
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[5]DOT&E FY2000 and FY2001 Annual Reports, DD 21 / DD(X) Land Attack Destroyer LFT&E sections (globalsecurity.org mirrors of official DOT&E reports) + Federal Register 65 FR 79740-79742, FR Doc. 00-32209 (Dec. 20, 2000), 32 CFR 706.2 Table Five amendment [other_primary]
- Locator
- DOT&E FY2000 report DD-21 'Test & Evaluation Activity' section; FY2001 report DD(X) 'Background Information'; 65 FR 79742 Table Five removal list ('USS DALE')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposal record for this hull: the DOT&E FY2000 annual report records that 'the ex-USS DALE (CG 19) was used for an advanced weapons effects test to collect data on ballistic damage that results when a missile impacts a ship,' a test program that 'represents the most extensive data collection effort ever conducted for missile attacks against actual ship structure' (DD 21 LFT&E); the FY2001 report records the completed 2QFY00 test 'included the firing of a live, subsonic SLAM-ER missile against ex-USS Dale (CG 19) and the detonation of an onboard explosive charge.' The December 2000 Federal Register final rule removed USS DALE from the Navy's 32 CFR 706.2 Table Five navigation-light certifications 'based on ... removal of the vessel from navigation' - administrative confirmation of disposal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1999-2000
- Population
- LFT&E test personnel aboard instrumented hulk, Dec 1999-Apr 2000
- Limitations
- DOT&E documents the test series purpose and conduct, not materials aboard; pre-test environmental/hazmat remediation of the hulk (if any) is not covered by these sources. FR rule is administrative - it lists the vessel's removal, no material detail. Specific WET event dates (Dec 1999 / Jan 2000) circulate in secondary sources; DOT&E dates the completed test to 2QFY00 only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dale-dlg19-04
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[6]navysite.de USS Dale (CG 19) history page + NavSource captions (secondary compilations used only for yard-period windows DANFS does not cover) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite.de/cg/cg19.htm 'USS DALE History' section; NavSource caption '07 January 1975 off of Philadelphia'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Mid/late-service yard and operational windows from secondary compilations (consistent with NHHC): homeport Newport RI post-1971; Mayport FL from February 1974; 1974 AN/SPS-49 radar operational test platform; twelve-month Charleston Naval Shipyard overhaul after the July 1976 Bicentennial (NTDS and missile fire-control upgrades); Baseline Overhaul at Charleston March 1981 - February 1982 (3"/50 mounts replaced by Harpoon, Phalanx added); collision with HMS Ambuscade 27 April 1983 during Mediterranean-Indian Ocean deployment; New Threat Upgrade at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard January 1987 - June 1988; inactive custody at Philadelphia 1994-1999 before weapons-effects testing.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1971-1999
- Population
- Yard trades at Charleston NSY (1976-77, 1981-82) and Philadelphia NSY (1987-88); crew 1971-1994
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation level - not official records; individual date boundaries unverified against yard records. Any asbestos disturbance within these availabilities is inference (see ev-06). The April 1983 collision repair yard is described only as 'repairs in Florida' - unresolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dale-dlg19-05
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[7]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Asbestos Control in Naval Shipyards' program documentation (product page; full text blocked HTTP 403 - standing outage) + Atlas shipyard dataset record for new-york-shipbuilding + DANFS Vol. II p. 234 class data + NavSource machinery line [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2; shipyards.json record 'new-york-shipbuilding' asbestos_products_documented field; DANFS Vol. II p. 234 class data; NavSource machinery line
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1963-commissioned steam-driven Leahy-class guided-missile frigate built at New York Shipbuilding (Camden) during the Navy's peak asbestos era; era-standard applications included boiler casing and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe lagging, turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets and packing, deck tile, bulkhead fireproofing, and cable insulation. The builder yard's Atlas record documents asbestos product classes in use at that yard in the period - Pabco Caltemp-type block, 85% magnesia insulation, asbestos cement panels, gaskets, packing, wire insulation, and felt insulation. GAO documented that the Navy's standing policy left installed asbestos insulation in place unless damaged or disturbed by repairs - meaning original-era insulation typically remained aboard for decades until a yard period disturbed it; Dale's documented yard phases (Bath 1970-71, Charleston 1976-77 and 1981-82, Philadelphia NTU 1987-88) are the maintenance-disturbance pathway.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1960-1963 (construction); 1970-1988 (yard overhauls); 1979 (GAO program review)
- Population
- NY Shipbuilding construction trades (1960-1963); Bath/Charleston/Philadelphia yard-period trades; crew (1963-1994)
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, abatement contract, or material inventory located. Names era-standard applications and documented yard-product classes, not confirmed installed materials on this hull; no quantity; does not establish past presence aboard or any individual exposure. GAO full text not retrieved (gao.gov HTTP 403 to automated fetch - standing outage since batch-01); program description via product page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dale-dlg19-06
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[8]Atlas shipyard dataset (shipyards.json): new-york-shipbuilding (tier 1; documented product classes incl. Pabco Six-Ply Super Caltemp Block 15% chrysotile, Ehret 85% magnesia insulation, Johns-Manville Transite panels, gaskets, packing, asbestos-coated welding rods, wire insulation 75-85% chrysotile, felt insulation), bath-iron-works, charleston-naval-shipyard, philadelphia-naval-shipyard [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json records: new-york-shipbuilding, bath-iron-works, charleston-naval-shipyard, philadelphia-naval-shipyard
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Yard-level asbestos documentation context: the builder yard (New York Shipbuilding, Camden - Atlas tier 1 with named product classes and percentages in period use) and the yards where this hull underwent documented availabilities - Bath Iron Works (1970-71 NTDS modernization), Charleston Naval Shipyard (1976-77 and 1981-82 overhauls), and Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (commissioning berth 1963; NTU 1987-88; inactive custody 1994-99) - are documented asbestos-use yards in the Atlas dataset.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1960-1999
- Population
- Shipyard workers at the named yards during 1960-63 construction and 1970-88 availabilities
- Limitations
- Yard-level findings only. They establish that these yards used asbestos products during the periods of this hull's presence; they do not establish that work aboard DLG-19/CG-19 disturbed asbestos, nor do they quantify it. Hull attribution would require the yard work packages in ev-11.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dale-dlg19-07
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[9]Siegfried v. 3M Co., C.D. Cal. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E, Complaint Exhibit A 'Location of Exposure' vessel list (filed 2018-02-26) - RECAP PDF retrieved and pdftotext-extracted firsthand this session [court_record]
- Locator
- gov.uscourts.cacd.702384.1.1.pdf, Exhibit A 'Location of Exposure' table (PDF pp. 51-52); full-text grep 'dale' = zero hits
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Hand-verified exclusion: the Siegfried Exhibit A 'Location of Exposure' list - the 43-hull Long Beach Naval Shipyard pleading (approx. exposure 1969-1996, marine electrician) that swept up four Belknap-class guided-missile cruisers (Jouett CG-29, Horne CG-30, Sterett CG-31, Fox CG-33) - does NOT list USS Dale. 'dale' is absent from the extracted full text; no Leahy-class ship appears on the list. Pleading-stage allegation list only; Dale is outside its scope.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- alleged exposure approx. 1969-1996 (pleading); checked 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Negative finding against one specific pleading list, not a general litigation clearance. The exhibit is an unadjudicated complaint allegation for another plaintiff; absence from it establishes only that this plaintiff did not allege exposure aboard Dale. It does not prove no other case names the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dale-dlg19-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 sweep (opinion index type=o and RECAP dockets type=r) for exact name 'USS Dale' and hull numbers 'DLG-19' / 'CG-19' via cl-auth-search.py (authenticated, fleet-paced) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-dale-dlg19-09 through sl-uss-dale-dlg19-13
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep executed under the authenticated fleet-paced helper (cl-auth-search.py), 2026-09-29: '"USS Dale" asbestos' (type=o) = 0 hits; '"DLG-19"' (type=o) = 0 hits; '"CG-19"' (type=o) = 0 hits; '"USS Dale" asbestos' (type=r, RECAP dockets) = 1 hit, the JPML umbrella master docket 'IN RE: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI)', MDL No. 875 (docket_id 1245688) - name-level collision inside the asbestos MDL's massive index, NOT a case naming this hull; '"aboard" "USS Dale"' (type=o) = 1 hit, Robinson-Munoz v. United States, 819 F. Supp. 1136 (D.P.R. 1993) - OTHER litigation, non-asbestos: a 28 U.S.C. 2255 habeas opinion naming this hull as the Navy intercept platform in the 13 October 1990 Caribbean seizure of M/V DELFIN (see ev-uss-dale-dlg19-12). ZERO qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull under either designation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Sweep coverage is the CourtListener index only - it does not cover state-court records, trust claims, or non-U.S. jurisdictions. 'Dale' is a high-collision surface (common surname; two earlier destroyers USS Dale DD-290 and DD-353 share the name); every hit was collision-classified before attribution - the MDL-875 docket hit is the umbrella master docket, and the Robinson-Munoz opinion is a drug-interdiction habeas, not exposure evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dale-dlg19-09
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[11]Batch-4576 search ledger (this record): DANFS Vol. II + hazegray/losthistory.net mirror; NHHC photo-captions page; NavSource; NVR; DOT&E reports; Federal Register; Siegfried Exhibit A full-text check; CourtListener sweep; Atlas shipyard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-dale-dlg19-01 through sl-uss-dale-dlg19-14
- 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 this hull (under either DLG-19 or CG-19) was found in the public sources searched. The hull was expended as a target in April 2000 - no present-day survey is possible; whatever material crossed the sinking site went down with the ship in ~2,150 fathoms.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1960-2000 (service life); 2026-09-29 (search)
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era-standard materials are consistent with this hull's construction date, builder, and documented Bath/Charleston/Philadelphia yard phases. CourtListener sweep status per ev-09; the litigation picture additionally rests on the firsthand Siegfried Exhibit A check (ev-08) and the batch-188 indexed-web sweep, which returned law-firm marketing pages and name collisions only. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dale-dlg19-10
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[12]NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships contract specifications / General Information Books) and RG 24 Entry 118 deck logs (NAID 581208, College Park - post-1941 Navy deck logs; Vietnam-era logs digitized via the VA/Blue Water Navy program) for DLG-19/CG-19; New York Shipbuilding construction records; Bath Iron Works 1970-71 modernization work packages; Charleston NSY 1976-77 and 1981-82 overhaul work packages; Philadelphia NSY NTU 1987-88 work packages; Philadelphia inactive-ship custody and WET-prep records 1994-2000 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 19 / RG 24 series descriptions (archives.gov)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level material documentation not yet retrieved: (1) NARA RG 19 holds BuShips per-vessel specifications and General Information Books covering DLG-19's construction at New York Shipbuilding; (2) NARA RG 24 deck logs cover the 1963-94 commissioned period; (3) Bath 1970-71, Charleston 1976-77/1981-82, and Philadelphia NTU 1987-88 work packages would name disturbed materials; (4) inactive-custody and target-preparation records 1994-2000 (including any pre-sinking hazmat remediation for the WET hulk) are the disposal-phase leads; (5) the ship's Booklet of General Plans is the construction-document lead.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1960-2000
- Limitations
- Leads only - none of these holdings were pulled or digitized; contents unknown. They establish nothing about materials aboard. NARA catalog returns an SPA shell to programmatic fetch.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dale-dlg19-11
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[13]Robinson-Munoz v. United States, 819 F. Supp. 1136 (D.P.R. 1993), Civ. No. 92-2696 (JAF), Crim. No. 90-377 - 28 U.S.C. 2255 habeas opinion; appellate history United States v. Robinson-Munoz, 961 F.2d 300 (1st Cir. 1992), habeas denial affirmed 81 F.3d 147 (1st Cir. 1996) [court_record]
- Locator
- 819 F. Supp. 1136, facts section (intercept narrative, 'the USS DALE'); 961 F.2d 300 (1st Cir. 1992) same facts
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Published federal opinion naming this hull in a NON-asbestos context: on 13 October 1990 'a Navy vessel, the USS DALE' with an embarked Coast Guard law-enforcement team intercepted the wooden vessel M/V DELFIN about 90 miles north of Colombia; 114 bales / ~2,178 kg of marijuana were seized, producing the petitioner's conviction and this habeas opinion. Independently corroborates the hull's documented Caribbean counter-narcotics mission in 1990 (per NHHC and secondary compilations). Classified OTHER litigation naming this hull - not asbestos litigation, no exposure content.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1990 (event); 1992-1996 (litigation)
- Population
- Crew and embarked USCG law-enforcement detachment, October 1990
- Limitations
- Drug-interdiction habeas opinion - documents the hull's operational service only; contains no asbestos, materials, or exposure content. The opinion identifies the ship only as 'USS DALE'; attribution to this hull is sound because DLG-19/CG-19 was the only commissioned USS Dale in 1990 (DD-290 decommissioned 1930; DD-353 decommissioned October 1945 and scrapped).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dale-dlg19-12