Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet gh-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-de-haven-dd727-pkt-gh-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, De Haven II (DD-727) (namesake, builder, launch/commissioning, service narrative, awards; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Lt. Edwin J. De Haven (Wilkes Exploring Expedition; commanded 1850 Grinnell Rescue Expedition); Allen M. Sumner class; dp. 2,200; l. 376'; b. 41'1"; dr. 15'8"; s. 34 k.; cpl. 336; a. 6 5", 10 21" tt., 6 dcp., 2 dct. Launched 9 January 1944 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Miss H. N. De Haven (sponsor of the first De Haven, DD-469); commissioned 31 March 1944, Comdr. J. B. Dimmick in command. WWII: escorted Ranger (CV-4) Norfolk-Pearl Harbor (arr. 3 Aug 1944); TF 38/58 fast-carrier screening - Leyte, Lingayen Gulf (Formosa/Luzon/Camranh Bay/Hong Kong/Hainan/Okinawa strikes Dec 1944-Jan 1945), Iwo Jima, Okinawa through 13 Jun 1945; TF 38 final strikes Jul-Aug 1945; Tokyo Bay surrender 2 Sep 1945; arrived San Francisco 15 Oct 1945. Postwar 7th Fleet off China; Korea: three tours - Jun-Nov 1950 (Inchon pre-assault bombardment 13-14 Sep, anchored 800 yards off Wolmi-do; Navy Unit Commendation; aided mined Brush DD-745 to Sasebo), Jun 1951-Feb 1952 blockade, Sep 1952-Apr 1953 (flagship Chongjin-Songjin-Chaho patrol; TF 95 Wonsan). Six WestPac voyages 1953-59; major modernization overhaul at San Francisco 1 Feb-Sep 1960. Five WWII battle stars; NUC; six Korean battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1943-44; wartime, Korean War, and Cold War crew (design complement 336)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and design specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Entry omits the laid-down date and all post-1960 history (written before transfer). Transcription carries OCR-era typos ('3 February 1946' for the 1947 WestPac return; 'born in 1819', 'died ... 1965' in the namesake paragraph) - logged in gaps. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-haven-dd727-01
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[3]NavSource Destroyer Photo Index, DD-727 USS De Haven - operational/building data block and FRAM table entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-727 page, 'Operational and Building Data' + 'Fate' lines; NavSource FRAM table row (727 | De Haven | San Francisco | 08/60)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource index data for this hull: built by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine (yard hull no. 228); contract NObs-309 awarded 7 August 1942; laid down 9 August 1943; launched 9 January 1944; commissioned 31 March 1944; FRAM upgrade completed August 1960 (FRAM helper table lists yard 'San Francisco'); decommissioned and stricken 3 December 1973; transferred to South Korea 5 December 1973, renamed Incheon (DD-918); stricken and broken up for scrap 1993. Dates cross-consistent with DANFS launch/commissioning, the class profile, and en/ko Wikipedia entries (Korean service: first designated DD-98, then DD-918; discarded 1993).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1993
- Population
- Bath Iron Works trades 1943-44; USN crew 1944-73; ROK Navy crew 1973-93; Korean breakup workforce 1993
- Limitations
- NavSource is a secondary compilation indexing official records, not a primary document; it supplies the laid-down and disposal dates DANFS omits. navsource.org was DNS-unresolvable to automated fetch at session time (SERVFAIL) - index data verified via search-engine snippet of this URL plus cross-source agreement. Does not establish materials or asbestos content; post-transfer (ROK) material history undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-haven-dd727-02
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[4]Davis v. Leslie Controls, Inc., No. B205984 (Cal. Ct. App. 2d Dist., Div. 7, filed 2010-06-03, unpublished) - affirming Davis v. American Standard et al., L.A. County Super. Ct. No. BC367464 (jury verdict 2007-10-12) [court_record]
- Locator
- B205984 caption/introduction via leagle.com opinion page (verbatim opinion header); trial cause no. BC367464 and verdict detail per contemporaneous coverage of the trial record (Oct 2007)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Merits-stage asbestos litigation naming this hull, affirmed on appeal. Trial: Los Angeles County Superior Court No. BC367464 (Dept. 68, Hon. Mark V. Mooney) - jury verdict 12 October 2007 awarded plaintiff John R. 'Jack' Davis $100,000 economic + $25 million non-economic damages and wife Anna J. Davis $10 million loss of consortium ($35.1 million total); defendants Leslie Controls, Inc. and Warren Pumps LLC each assessed 7.1% liability. Davis served as a fireman/boiler tender aboard USS De Haven for four years during the Korean War (honorable discharge 1955); during 1951-55 the only commissioned USS De Haven was DD-727 (DD-469 sunk 1 Feb 1943). Trial testimony described boiler-tender work in the aft engine room handling asbestos-containing pump, valve, and pipe components; Davis identified the products as manufactured and branded by Leslie Controls and Warren Pumps. Diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma January 2007. Appeal: Cal. Ct. App. B205984, opinion filed 3 June 2010, designated NOT TO BE PUBLISHED (Cal. R. Ct. 8.1115); judgment affirmed (final September 2010 per plaintiffs' counsel update). Effective recovery approximately $5 million - the defendants' several share of the award; remaining allocated fault rested with the Navy and settled/nonparty entities.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- c. 1951-1955 (exposure); 2007 (verdict); 2010 (appeal)
- Population
- John R. Davis (USN fireman/boiler tender aboard USS De Haven c. 1951-55, pleural mesothelioma); Anna J. Davis (loss of consortium)
- Limitations
- The appellate opinion is unpublished (not citable as precedent under Cal. R. Ct. 8.1115) and its full text is paywalled - whether the opinion itself recites the ship name is unverified; hull attribution is verified through the trial record as covered by contemporaneous accounts (verdict press release, juror account, counsel case summary). The verdict adjudicated that Davis's asbestos exposure (including aboard this hull) caused his mesothelioma, but allocated only 7.1% fault to each appellant - it does not quantify this hull's share of total causation versus Navy/other sources, and post-service employment exposure was also litigated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-haven-dd727-03
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[5]Defense Nuclear Agency, 'Operation HARDTACK I - 1958' (United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review), DNA 6038F / DTIC ADA136819 (1982) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DNA 6038F, ship-level narrative section 'USS De Haven (DD-727)' (p. 163ff.) + Table 34; verbatim text verified via DTIC ADA136819 full text (archive.org mirror); official PDF hosted at dtra.mil
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Official DoD nuclear-test personnel review names this hull verbatim: 'The destroyer De Haven was at the EPG for 27 shots of the HARDTACK series. The ship's primary duties were to conduct weather observations and SAR patrols. Assignments included support of Projects 4.1, 6.5, 6.12, and 8.1.' Documents a 14 May 1958 unexpected-fallout event aboard (average background 12 mR/hr, hot spots 50-80 mR/hr, decontamination to 4 mR/hr, residual isolated spots over 10 mR/hr), notes 'The ship's crew was badged and exposure data appear in Table 34,' and logs the ship's movements 5 May - 12 August 1958 (Pearl Harbor - Enewetak - Johnston Island).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1958-05-05 to 1958-08-15
- Population
- USS De Haven crew, May-August 1958 (film-badged); approximately 240 embarked per contemporaneous press accounts
- Limitations
- Non-asbestos exposure vector: this is ionizing-radiation documentation, carried for completeness of the hull's exposure-relevant history (crew film-badge dosimetry exists in Table 34). It establishes presence at the EPG during 27 detonations, not asbestos content. Does not quantify cumulative crew dose in the text excerpted; individual-dose reconstruction is a separate VA/NTPR process.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-haven-dd727-04
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[6]DANFS specifications block (Allen M. Sumner class; 2,200-ton destroyer, 34 kt) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Bath Iron Works record (yard-level asbestos documentation incl. Kaylo pipe covering, Foster Wheeler gaskets, asbestos felt) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; shipyards.json record 'bath-iron-works' (evidence_tier 2, flagship ev-bath-iron-works-01)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Sumner-class destroyer built 1943-44 at Bath Iron Works with a four-boiler steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing; builder Bath Iron Works is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2; documented products incl. Kaylo pipe covering, Foster Wheeler gaskets, asbestos felt, loose packing, vinyl floor tile/adhesives). NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are an archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1943-44; crew 1944-73
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT an independent ship-specific finding; the ship-specific finding for this hull is ev-03 (Davis verdict). The Davis defendants' products (Leslie valves, Warren pumps) are litigation-identified components, consistent with but not dependent on this inference. NARA GIB retrieval not performed. Does not quantify material aboard or establish any other individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-haven-dd727-05
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[7]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (Oct. 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page + report summary (published Oct. 18, 1979; publicly released Oct. 22, 1979)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Program-level era context: GAO documented that the Navy's major asbestos use aboard ships was thermal insulation; that substitution began only in the 1970s ('most ships delivered in the last several years or now under construction have little or no asbestos as thermal insulation'); that the October 1975 policy was remove-and-replace only when insulation was damaged or had to be removed for repairs; and that a one-time removal program was rejected on an estimated ~$2 billion cost. De Haven left U.S. custody 5 December 1973 - before the October 1975 policy existed - so no documented U.S. Navy removal policy is known to have applied to this hull; condition at transfer and in ROK service is undocumented.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979 (report); 1943-1993 (hull life)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and crews, program-wide (context)
- Limitations
- Program-level findings, not a survey of this hull; GAO fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (standing defect since batch-01); product-page description and published summary used. Does not establish what was aboard DD-727 at transfer or its condition at the 1993 breakup.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-haven-dd727-06
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[8]USS DeHaven Sailors Association ship history pages (history_detail.htm; oper_hardtack1.htm reproduces the DNA 6038F De Haven narrative; unit-awards page) - post-1960 service detail [other_primary]
- Locator
- ussdehaven.org/history_detail.htm (WWII fitting-out paragraph; Vietnam narrative); /oper_hardtack1.htm (DNA 6038F excerpt); unit-awards page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Association-compiled ship history covers the post-DANFS era for this hull: fitting-out at 'the Navy Yard' followed by shakedown off Bermuda and post-shakedown alterations in Boston (mid-1944); DESOTO patrol namesake - 'DEHAVEN Special Operations off QingdaO' - with the first patrol 14-20 April 1962 in the Yellow Sea off Qingdao (shadowed by Chinese Anshan-class vessels, communications jammed, three 'serious warnings' issued); Vietnam naval gunfire support 1966-1968 across I-IV Corps and Rung Sat (>22,000 rounds of 5"/38; direct engagement with North Vietnamese shore batteries 13 Sep 1967 alongside USS Damato DD-871; four downed-pilot rescues); second Navy Unit Commendation for 15 Jun 1966 - 20 Aug 1968; Vietnam Service Medals each year 1965-1971.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1971
- Population
- USN crew 1944-1973
- Limitations
- Veterans-association compilation, not an official record - carried for post-1960 service detail the 1960s-era DANFS entry predates. The DESOTO patrol first-mission account rests on a declassified Naval Security Group history reproduced by the association ('The First DESOTO Patrol,' J. Montgomery); the underlying official document was not independently retrieved. No asbestos content. The association's 23 Nov 1943 laid-down date conflicts with NavSource (9 Aug 1943) - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-haven-dd727-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches (type=o opinions), 2026-09-27 - partial sweep [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-de-haven-dd727-06, -07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener indexed-corpus sweep, partial due to fleet pacing throttle. Completed queries returned zero qualifying hits: "USS De Haven" = 0 opinion hits; "De Haven" + "DD-727" = 0 opinion hits. Deferred by the shared fleet pacing budget (HTTP 429 guidance): "USS DeHaven" opinions; "DD-727" opinions and RECAP dockets; "De Haven"/"DeHaven" + asbestos opinions; docket sweep. The qualifying Davis litigation (ev-03) is a California state trial-court verdict with an unpublished appeal - not expected in the CourtListener opinion index - so zero CL hits do not bear on that finding. Name-collision watch for any future hits: 'De Haven' collides with the DeHaven/De Haven surname and with DD-469 (sunk 1943); DD-727 was the only commissioned De Haven after February 1943.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Coverage limited to CourtListener-indexed federal/state opinions and federal dockets, and the sweep is incomplete (see search_ledger sl-06/sl-07 for executed vs. blocked queries). Unindexed state trial-court filings - the class that produced the located Davis verdict - are outside the corpus by construction; settled MDL-875 claimant records likewise. No search proves absence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-haven-dd727-08
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[10]Batch-3699 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NavSource index data; NPS NRHP/NHL; GAO HRD-80-2; Atlas shipyards dataset; DTRA DNA 6038F NTPR report; CourtListener sweeps; VA BVA indexed decisions [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-de-haven-dd727-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific ACM management record located beyond the litigation record: no hull asbestos survey, no abatement or remediation contract (construction-era, 1960 San Francisco FRAM overhaul, or 1973 transfer prep), no materials schedule, no scrapping/disposal hazmat disclosure, and no VA BVA decision naming this hull in indexed web results. The hull's pre-transfer USN custody (1944-1973) ended before the Navy's documented asbestos-removal era (Oct 1975 policy per GAO HRD-80-2), and its 20-year ROK Navy custody plus 1993 Korean breakup are undocumented for materials handling in the public sources searched.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard or of remediation - era design practice plus the affirmed Davis verdict are consistent with asbestos having been present and worked on. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Korean-side records (ROKN custody, 1993 breakup) not searched in the original language.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-de-haven-dd727-09