Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]Johnson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. et al., No. 2:24-cv-00491-LK (W.D. Wash.), Order granting defendants' motions for summary judgment, ECF No. 144 (filed 2026-01-26, Judge Lauren King); RECAP document gov.uscourts.wawd.333805.144.0 [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 144 pp. 3-4 (Todd preservation work; 1979 list recital), p. 28 (arguendo recital and no-exposure holding), pp. 36-38 (Lockheed contention; plaintiff's 'confirmed' list; exposure insufficiency), p. 40 (disposition)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Federal summary-judgment order recites record evidence naming this hull: decedent Lonnie 'Bill' Stubblefield Jr. worked on 'preservation' of the vessel the David R. Ray at Todd Shipyard (Dkt. No. 110-6 at 12); 'That vessel appears in a list as containing asbestos thermal insulation' (Dkt. No. 128 at 414-15); Navy vessels Oldendorf and the David R. Ray 'were serviced at Lockheed in the early 1980s' and '[a]s of 1979, both the David R. Ray and the Oldendorf were listed as containing asbestos thermal insulation' (Dkt. No. 128 at 414-15). Construing the facts favorably to the plaintiff, 'Stubblefield may have worked on the David R. Ray at Todd, and that vessel contained asbestos thermal insulation' - but 'the evidence does not show that Stubblefield was exposed to asbestos there,' and the court GRANTED defendants' motions for summary judgment. In the same record, Lockheed contended USS David R. Ray 'did not contain insulation and lagging material containing asbestos,' against the plaintiff's list of vessels 'confirmed to have been built with asbestos thermal insulation.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1970s-1980s (alleged yard work aboard); 1979 (vessel list vintage); 2024-2026 (litigation)
- Population
- Lonnie 'Bill' Stubblefield Jr., ship scaler/cleanup laborer (Crosby & Overton subcontractor) at Todd and Lockheed shipyards, 1970s-1980s; mesothelioma death Dec. 31, 2022
- Limitations
- Summary-judgment-stage record recital, not a trial finding. The 'list' is a litigation exhibit (Dkt. No. 128 at 414-15, inside plaintiff's ~850-page evidentiary submission) whose provenance is not retrievable from the public index - it may be a contemporaneous Navy/shipyard document or a litigation-generated exhibit. The court assumed the vessel contained asbestos thermal insulation arguendo and then ruled for defendants: the exposure claim failed on the merits for this plaintiff (a defense summary-judgment win is a merits-level negative, not affirmative proof of asbestos aboard). The asbestos-content question was affirmatively contested and never adjudicated. The order does not quantify ACM, identify what remains, or speak to legal eligibility. The opinion's 'David S. Ray' on p.4 is a typo for David R. Ray (same sentence pairs it with DD-972 Oldendorf). Case not yet terminated - appellate posture may change finality.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-david-r-ray-dd971-01
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[2]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); complaint's exposure list also at ECF No. 1-1 (complaint p. 50); suit nature 368 P.I.: Asbestos; docket terminated 2019-01-07 [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 50 p. 2 (vessel list, 'USS David R. Ray (DD-971)'); complaint vessel list, ECF No. 1-1 (complaint p. 50)
- 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 ~40-vessel list that expressly includes 'David R Ray (DD-971)'.
- 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 alleged exposure window
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation listing the vessel among ~40 others - the least-final stage; the alleged exposure aboard this hull is unadjudicated and no discovery, fact-finding, or merits ruling was reached in the located record. The alleged 1969-1996 window overlaps this hull's commissioned service only 1977-1996; no dates aboard this hull are stated. Establishes nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-david-r-ray-dd971-02
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[3]Webb v. Baldor Electric Co. et al., No. 1:22-cv-00145-KHJ-MTP (S.D. Miss.), removed state-court complaint, ECF No. 1-1 (147-page record; vessel list at complaint pp. 81-82); suit nature P.I.: Asbestos; docket terminated 2025-02-07 [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-1, complaint pp. 81-82 (Ingalls employment allegation p. 80; vessel list 'USS DAVID R. RAY - DD-971')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint alleges the plaintiff, 'an electrician, technician, foreman and supervisor at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, from approximately 1966 to 2001 during the new construction and overhaul of naval vessels,' worked 'with and around asbestos-containing products' aboard a listed set of naval ships expressly including 'USS DAVID R. RAY - DD-971' (list shows laid down 1974, commissioned 1977) - a construction-period exposure allegation at the same yard that built this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1966-2001 (alleged exposure); 2022-2025 (litigation)
- Population
- Ingalls Shipyard (Pascagoula) electrician/technician/foreman/supervisor, ~1966-2001
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation - the least-final stage; unadjudicated, with no located discovery or merits ruling on exposure aboard this hull. The list names ~35 hulls the plaintiff worked on across a 35-year yard career; no dates, spaces, or products specific to DD-971 are stated. The Ingalls employment allegation aligns with this hull's 1974-77 construction there but the complaint does not isolate DD-971 construction work. Establishes nothing proven about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-david-r-ray-dd971-03
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[4]United States v. Forney, 67 M.J. 271 (C.A.A.F. 2009), No. 05-0647/NA [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, Background section (appellant's service aboard USS David R. Ray (DD 971))
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces opinion naming this hull as the appellant's duty station: Navy LTJG Brendan C. Forney 'served on the USS DAVID R. RAY (DD 971)' and was convicted at court-martial for conduct unbecoming (government-computer misuse aboard, Nov. 1999 - Mar. 2000, including use of the engineering log room computer); conviction affirmed. Not asbestos litigation - reviewed and classified as other litigation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1999-2000 (offense); 2005-2009 (appeals)
- Population
- Navy officer (LTJG) aboard 1999-2000
- Limitations
- Criminal/military-justice record only; the ship is a location detail, not a party or an exposure site. Establishes nothing about materials aboard; included to document that the exact-name CourtListener hit was reviewed and classified non-qualifying.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-david-r-ray-dd971-04
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[5]Naval Vessel Register, DAVID R RAY (DD 971) detail page (UIC 20591; class DD 963; builder Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.; milestone dates; physical characteristics; Wayback capture 2017-01-09 - live NVR detail page no longer serves the disposed hull) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship-detail page (Wayback 2017-01-09 capture): milestone dates, physical characteristics, accommodations tables
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official register data for this hull: award 15 January 1971; keel laid 23 September 1974; launched 23 August 1975; delivered 31 October 1977; commissioned 19 November 1977; decommissioned 28 February 2002; stricken 6 November 2002; status 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise,' status-change date 12 July 2008. Physical: 563 ft overall / 529 ft waterline, 55 ft beam, 6,671 tons light / 9,065 tons full; steel hull, aluminum superstructure; propulsion 'Gas Turbines,' 2 propellers; accommodations 25 officers, 273 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1971-2008
- Population
- Builder (Ingalls) construction trades 1974-77; commissioned crew 1977-2002 (accommodations 25 officers + 273 enlisted)
- Limitations
- NVR documents milestones, characteristics, and disposal status - not materials or asbestos content. The 12 July 2008 status-change date postdates the reported 11 July 2008 sinking (carried in gaps). Live NVR no longer serves this disposed hull; Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-david-r-ray-dd971-05
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[6]NavSource Naval History, DD-971 page (operational/building data, commanding officers, SINKEX detail); navysite.de DD-971 ship history narrative (corroborating secondary) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/05/971.htm (building/fate data block, CO list); navysite.de/dd/dd971.htm (history narrative, characteristics table)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary-archive record for this hull (no DANFS coverage - 'built too late to be covered by the DANFS project'): laid down by Litton Ingalls, Pascagoula, 23 September 1974; launched 24 August 1975 (conflicts with NVR 23 August - see gaps); commissioned 19 November 1977; decommissioned 28 February 2002; stricken 6 November 2002; sunk as a target 11 July 2008 during RIMPAC 2008, credited to a Mk 48 Mod 7 torpedo fired by HMAS Waller after combined U.S./Japanese gunfire, Harpoon missile, and air strikes. Narrative history (navysite, corroborated by Wikipedia): first homeport San Diego; first-in-fleet NATO Sea Sparrow supersonic-drone intercept 19 February 1979; WESTPAC 1979-80 (MUC); first major overhaul 1982 Seattle; 1983-84 cruise incl. 54 days surveilling Soviet carrier Novorossiysk; RAM test platform from late 1984; Enterprise battlegroup 1986 incl. 12 May 1986 interposition protecting MV President McKinley from an Iranian frigate near Fujairah; second overhaul June 1988-89 with Mk 41 VLS and homeport shift to Long Beach; Persian Gulf at the 2 August 1990 invasion of Kuwait (early Desert Shield); Middle East Force 1992 and 1994 as Maritime Interception Force flagship; overhaul completed June 1996 then homeport Everett from 29 July 1996; New Carissa wreck-disposal SAG commander March 1999; final counter-narcotics deployment May-October 2001.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1974-2008
- Population
- Commissioned crew 1977-2002
- Limitations
- NavSource/navysite are secondary archives, not official sources; milestones corroborated against NVR. The launch-date discrepancy (24 vs. 23 August) and the sinking-detail attribution (HMAS Waller torpedo vs. combined-force gunfire/missiles) are noted rather than reconciled. No asbestos content is documented by these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-david-r-ray-dd971-06
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[7]Marine Corps University, History Division, 'Who's Who in Marine Corps History': Hospital Corpsman Second Class David Robert Ray, USN (deceased) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USMCU Who's Who entry for HM2 David Robert Ray
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official USMC biographical record of the namesake: HM2 David Robert Ray, USN, killed in action 19 March 1969 at Phu Loc 6 near An Hoa, Republic of Vietnam, while serving with Battery D, 2d Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division; posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, presented to his family by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew on 20 April 1970; the destroyer USS David R. Ray (DD-971) was named in his honor.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1966-1977
- Limitations
- Identity/namesake documentation only - establishes why the hull carries the name, not materials aboard. The USMCU page carries a typographical error ('launched on 23 August 1974'); NVR dates (launched 23 August 1975) control.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-david-r-ray-dd971-07
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[8]Port of Everett, 'Port Side' newsletter, Summer 2005 ('Ex-Navy ships deconstructed' - Lake Union Drydock salvaging equipment off ex-Spruance-class destroyers at the port) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Port Side newsletter Summer 2005, 'Transforming the South Terminal' / 'Ex-Navy ships deconstructed' sidebar
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official port-district publication documents post-service deconstruction work aboard the ex-hull: three ex-Spruance-class destroyers including 'ex-David R Ray' were at Port of Everett for salvage by Lake Union Drydock - 'The ex-Fife, which left May 19, and ex-David R Ray, which left in June' - and the vertical launch system was removed from the ex-David R. Ray. Former XO Kim Buike confirms the ship's June 1988-June 1989 VLS-installation overhaul. The ex-hull returned to Sinclair Inlet (Bremerton NISMF) and was later towed to Pearl Harbor in June 2008 for the RIMPAC SINKEX.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2005
- Population
- Lake Union Drydock salvage workers, Port of Everett, ~2005
- Limitations
- Documents salvage/deconstruction work aboard the ex-hull but contains no asbestos or hazmat mention - a material-disturbance event whose asbestos scope is undocumented. 'Deconstructed' here means equipment salvage, not full dismantling (the hull survived to be sunk in 2008).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-david-r-ray-dd971-08
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[9]Johnson v. Air & Liquid, ECF No. 144 p. 2 (record recital: 'Asbestos was prohibited in new construction in 1974... vessels built before 1974 continued to have asbestos-containing insulation materials installed on board until a need arose to remove them'); Spruance-class gas-turbine design (NVR); Atlas shipyards.json Ingalls Shipbuilding record (yard-level asbestos documentation: Thermobestos, Kaylo, insulator fiber measurements 1970s) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Johnson ECF No. 144 p. 2 (era recital, Dkt. No. 128 at 665-70); NVR propulsion field; shipyards.json 'ingalls-shipbuilding'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard context: the Spruance class was the Navy's first large gas-turbine combatant class - no boilers - built at Ingalls Pascagoula, a yard with documented 1970s asbestos use (insulator fiber measurements, Thermobestos/Kaylo products, and family-contact disease studies in the Atlas yard record). The Johnson record recites trial evidence that asbestos 'was prohibited in new construction in 1974' while vessels built before 1974 continued carrying asbestos insulation until removal - this hull's keel (23 September 1974) and 1974-77 construction straddle that transition boundary, and the 1979-era list (ev-01) places asbestos thermal insulation aboard in service.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1974-2002
- Population
- Ingalls construction trades 1974-77; overhaul workers Todd/Lockheed early 1980s; crew 1977-2002
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - does not independently establish asbestos aboard this hull; the ship-specific record is ev-01. 'Prohibited in new construction in 1974' is a recital of trial evidence in the Johnson record, not a located regulatory text; the prohibition's exact scope (e.g., which product categories) is unverified here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-david-r-ray-dd971-09
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[10]Batch-288 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (absent - hull postdates coverage); NVR; CourtListener/PACER ship-name and hull-number sweeps; NavSource/navysite; Port of Everett; SINKEX/MARAD environmental-disclosure sweep; namesake verification (Marine Corps University History Division) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-david-r-ray-dd971-01 through sl-uss-david-r-ray-dd971-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No non-litigation ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, NSTM/specification itemization, NISMF hazmat disclosure, or SINKEX-prep material record naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The 2005 Port of Everett salvage work documents deconstruction aboard the ex-hull without an asbestos mention (ev-08). DANFS does not cover this hull (post-coverage construction). CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweeps returned the three qualifying asbestos records above (ev-01/02/03), one other-litigation hit (ev-04), and name collisions only.
- 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; the hull lies on the seafloor off Kauai and no final material inventory is public. The litigation 'list' (ev-01) is the closest located documentary item and its provenance is unexamined. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-david-r-ray-dd971-10