Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]research packet zbx-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-doyle-ffg39-pkt-zbx-packet-md
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[2]NHHC digitized Ship Command Operation Reports, USS Doyle (FFG-39) 1999 Command History (commanding officer's annual submission to Director of Naval History) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS Doyle 1999 Command History, narrative section (SRA at Atlantic Dry Dock, Feb-Apr 1999); NHHC ship-command-operation-reports collection, d/doyle-ffg-39/pdfs/1999.pdf
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own 1999 command history records that during the February-April 1999 Selected Restricted Availability at Atlantic Dry Dock (ADD), Jacksonville, Florida, the crew moved into a berthing barge while repairs were performed; highlights included 'the SNAP II installation, completion of PLOT 2 and 3, and the ship's all-star lagging team whose expert craftsmanship saved the ship thousands of dollars in contractor manpower costs by installing over 5,000 square feet of insulation throughout the ship.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1999
- Population
- USS Doyle crew 'lagging team' (ship's force); Atlantic Dry Dock shipyard workers, Feb-Apr 1999
- Limitations
- Documents crew-performed installation of 5,000+ sq ft of insulation throughout this hull in 1999 - the strongest ship-specific materials-work record located. Fiber content is NOT stated; under the Navy's post-1975 asbestos-free insulation specifications (see ev-06/-07) replacement lagging was asbestos-free by spec, but the record does not identify the product or state whether material it replaced contained asbestos. Does not establish asbestos presence or absence aboard; does not address any other ACM category.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-ffg39-01
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[3]NHHC digitized Ship Command Operation Reports, USS Doyle (FFG-39) 1986 Command History [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS Doyle 1986 Command History, narrative (first SRA Feb-May 1986; JSI drydock 19 May-2 Jun 1986)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's 1986 command history records its first major Selected Restricted Availability (13 Feb-8 May 1986): 'Major work completed during the SRA included the overhaul of two of the ship's four diesel generators, installation of Ship Alteration FFG7-82K, which reinforced the superstructure amidships, extensive retiling throughout the ship and the overhaul/rework of numerous pieces of equipment.' On 19 May-2 June 1986 Doyle drydocked at Jacksonville Shipyard, Inc. (JSI), primarily to have the hull cleaned and repainted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1986
- Population
- USS Doyle crew; Mayport-area availability and Jacksonville Shipyard workers, 1986
- Limitations
- 'Extensive retiling throughout the ship' documents ship-wide deck/floor tile replacement aboard this hull in 1986. Navy deck/floor tile is among the residual asbestos-application categories identified in the 1979 CNO letter (ev-07), but the tile's fiber content is not stated - the record does not establish whether the removed or installed tile contained asbestos. Diesel-generator and superstructure work are machinery events without stated ACM relevance.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-ffg39-02
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[4]Naval Vessel Register, DOYLE (FFG 39) record (UIC 21106; archived capture - live NVR no longer serves this hull's page; page last updated 10/08/2015) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail page FFG39 (Wayback capture 2016-01-02)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official register record for this hull: class FFG 7; builder BATH IRON WKS CORP; award 04/27/1979; keel 10/23/1981; launch 05/22/1982; delivery 04/29/1983; commission 05/21/1983; decommission 07/29/2011; stricken 07/29/2011; status 'Stricken, to be disposed of'; custodian NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Philadelphia, PA; hull material 'Steel hull, aluminum superstructure'; propulsion 'Gas Turbines', one propeller; accommodations 19 officers / 198 enlisted; 453 ft overall length, 47 ft beam, 4,050-ton full displacement; remark 'SOUTHERN RECYCLING, LLC IN NEW ORLEANS, LA.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979-2015
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1981-83; commissioning and career crew 1983-2011 (accommodations 19 officers / 198 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Register data only - no materials, asbestos, survey, or abatement information. Page last updated 10/08/2015 and still lists status 'to be disposed of'; final dismantling outcome is documented by the EMR/MarineLink reporting in ev-09, not here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-ffg39-03
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[5]NHHC digitized Ship Command Operation Reports, USS Doyle (FFG-39) annual command histories, 1983-2001 (19 reports digitized; example cited: 1994) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC ship-command-operation-reports collection, d/doyle-ffg-39/pdfs/ (1983.pdf-2001.pdf); passages quoted from 1983, 1986, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1998-2000 reports
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-generated annual chronologies for this hull: commissioned 21 May 1983 at Bath Iron Works, CDR William J. Erickson in command, assigned Destroyer Squadron EIGHT, homeported Mayport, FL; Post-Shakedown Availability at BIW 9 Dec 1983-24 May 1984 (incl. 20 Dec 1983 drydock for fin stabilizers and paint); Mediterranean deployment MED 2-85 with the Nimitz battle group (Mar-Oct 1985); first SRA Feb-May 1986 and Jacksonville Shipyard drydock; six-month Mediterranean deployment MED 1-87 (Nimitz BG); Middle East Force deployment MEF 3-88 to the Persian Gulf into early 1989 - 'COMPLETED 17 EARNEST WILL CONVOYS ESCORTING 14 TANKERS OUT OF THE GULF' - returning to Mayport 16 Feb 1989; five-month DSRA at Jacksonville Shipyard Mar-Aug 1989 (SQR-19 tactical towed array installation, sonar-dome overhaul, Mk-15 CIWS, 4,100-ton modification raising discharge valves, diesel-generator changeouts); NATO Standing Naval Forces Atlantic deployment STANAVFORLANT 2-91; Mediterranean deployment MED 2-94 with the George Washington battle group; four-month DSRA at Detyens Shipyards, Charleston, SC (Feb-Jun 1995, ~$3M); MEF 2-96 Arabian Gulf maritime interdiction deployment (departed 3 May 1996; 39 ship boardings; returned Oct 1996); UNITAS 39-98 South America deployment; SOUTHCOM Caribbean counter-drug deployment 2000.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1983-2001
- Population
- Career crew 1983-2001; shipyard workers at BIW, Jacksonville Shipyard, Detyens, Atlantic Dry Dock
- Limitations
- Operational and maintenance chronology compiled by the ship itself - no asbestos or materials content except as carried separately in ev-01/-02. The NHHC digitized run for this hull covers 1983-2001 only; 2002-2011 service (2005 CDOPS cocaine seizure, 2009 Southern Seas, final 2011 deployment) is covered by the official ship site and secondary sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-ffg39-04
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[6]USS Doyle official ship's website (doyle.navy.mil, Wayback capture 2007-12-11) + DVIDS decommissioning imagery (VIRIN 110729-N-YR391-014) [other_primary]
- Locator
- doyle.navy.mil homepage (Wayback 2007-12-11 capture); https://www.dvidshub.net/image/437315/uss-doyle-decommisioning
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official command-published record: 'The USS Doyle (FFG-39), homeported in Mayport, FL is the 30th of the Oliver Hazard Perry Guided Missile Fast Frigate class... attached to the Destroyer Squadron Fourteen'; named for Vice Admiral James Henry Doyle; built by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine (keel 23 Oct 1981, launched 22 May 1982, commissioned 21 May 1983); four Mediterranean deployments, two Persian Gulf deployments, a UNITAS deployment, a Standing Naval Forces Atlantic cruise, and counter-drug operations in the Caribbean - during 2005 CDOPS 'confiscated over 14 tons of cocaine and processed 19 fugitives.' DVIDS (official Navy imagery) documents the decommissioning ceremony at Naval Station Mayport on 29 July 2011.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1983-2011
- Population
- Crew 1983-2011
- Limitations
- Public-affairs chronology - no materials or asbestos content. Deployment totals are command-published summaries; command histories verify the subset through 2001. Homeport Mayport is consistent across all records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-ffg39-05
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[7]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (1979), Enclosure I - CNO letter Ser 4542/318054, 5 Jan 1979, Attachment 1 'List of U.S. Navy Ships Delivered Since 1973 or Under Construction' [gao]
- Locator
- HRD-80-2 Enclosure I, Attachment 1, 'GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE' block and Note 1
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The Navy's ship-named attachment runs the GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE block from FFG 7 through FFG 22/23 (incl. OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, MCINERNEY, WADSWORTH, DUNCAN, CLARK, GEORGE PHILIP, SIDES, ANTRIM, H.M.A.S. ADELAIDE, H.M.A.S. CANBERRA and unchristened hulls), annotated 'Asbestos-free thermal insulation' (Note 1: thermal insulation = insulation 'for machinery, equipment and piping'). DOYLE (FFG-39) does not appear in the attachment: its building contract was awarded 27 Apr 1979, after the 5 Jan 1979 letter. The annotation documents that the early-class sisters were delivered with asbestos-free thermal insulation - class-level inference only for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Crews of the listed sister frigates (class context)
- Limitations
- Hull not named - the attachment predates FFG-39's award and covers only FFG 7-22/23. The 'asbestos-free thermal insulation' annotation is class-era inference for FFG-39, not a ship-specific finding; it also does not reach non-thermal ACM categories. Full PDF text was retrievable only via the Wayback capture - live gao.gov returns 403 to automated fetches (Wayback: https://web.archive.org/web/20210702001414/https://www.gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-ffg39-06
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[8]GAO HRD-80-2 (1979), Enclosure I Navy response letter and report body on Navy asbestos policy [gao]
- Locator
- HRD-80-2 report body (Navy policy section) and Enclosure I letter text (NAVSEAINST 5100.2 passage; 'all ships' residual-application passage; Attachment 1 Note 1)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Era policy record for this hull's construction window (awarded Apr 1979; built 1981-83): insulation specifications 'had been changed to call for asbestos-free materials' by late 1973; the Navy's no-asbestos policy statement was issued as NAVSEAINST 5100.2 on 24 October 1975; ships already insulated or stocked with pre-purchased materials 'continued through to delivery as late as May 1978 with asbestos insulation.' The letter states 'Each ship has several types of asbestos containing materials installed' and 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos,' citing asbestos in deck/floor tile ('on Navy ship decks'), piping-system gaskets and packing, equipment brakes and clutches, electrical resistors, and Navy galley ranges; 'asbestos is also used in shipboard applications for which no suitable (asbestos-free) substitutes have as yet been designated, i.e., gaskets and pipe hanger liners.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1971-1979 (policy window preceding and covering construction)
- Population
- Navy-wide crews and shipyard workers of the era (context)
- Limitations
- Fleet-level policy description as of Jan 1979 - establishes that residual non-thermal ACM categories remained standard aboard Navy ships of the era, not which materials or quantities were aboard FFG-39 (delivered Apr 1983, well after the May 1978 last-asbestos-thermal-insulation delivery marker). Whether FFG-39 carried asbestos-free thermal insulation consistent with the class annotation is inference, not a ship-specific finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-ffg39-07
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[9]Atlas shipyards.json 'bath-iron-works' record (tier 2 yard): OSHA Inspection 101450294 (1987 health inspection with asbestos-standard citations; bulk sample 80% asbestos, personal sample 1.71 f/cc, both 20 May 1987) + Drinker 1942 Harvard pipe-covering shop dust-risk study (PMID 21016030) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json record 'bath-iron-works' (ev-bath-iron-works-01 OSHA samples; ev-bath-iron-works-02 Drinker study)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder-yard asbestos context for this hull's construction site: Bath Iron Works built Doyle Oct 1981-Apr 1983 and hosted its Post-Shakedown Availability Dec 1983-May 1984. The yard dataset documents asbestos at BIW in the surrounding era - a 1942 industrial-hygiene study of pipe-covering-shop dust risk and a 1987 OSHA health inspection recording asbestos citations and sampling results.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1987
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction and overhaul trades, era-bracketing 1942-1987
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation only - the 1942 study predates and the 1987 OSHA inspection postdates this hull's 1981-84 build/availability window; it establishes asbestos was handled at the yard across the era, not that ACM was installed aboard FFG-39. No BIW work order, material spec, or FFG-39-specific yard document located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-ffg39-08
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[10]MarineLink (Maritime Activity Reports), 'USS Doyle Sails to the Scrapyard,' 30 July 2018 - sourced to EMR announcement (Southern Recycling COO Andrew Sheppard quoted); Recycling Today, 'EMR begins scrapping ship in New Orleans,' 21 Aug 2017 (DLA contract attribution for the six-vessel award) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- MarineLink article 30 Jul 2018; EMR public announcement (also circulated July 2018)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposal record for this hull: ex-Doyle 'has concluded her final voyage from Philadelphia to New Orleans, where she will now be disassembled and recycled after 28 years of service' - dismantled by Southern Recycling (EMR) over approximately six months; 'the last of a six-vessel contract awarded to EMR' covering USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51), USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931), USS George Philip (FFG-12), USS Jarrett (FFG-33), and USS Sides (FFG-14). Consistent with the NVR remark naming Southern Recycling LLC, New Orleans.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2018
- Population
- Southern Recycling/EMR shipbreaking workers, New Orleans, 2018-19
- Limitations
- Trade-press/company announcement - documents the scrapping pathway, parties, and ~6-month timeline but no hazmat specifics (no survey, offload manifest, or abatement detail for this hull). A navysite.de secondary claim of an earlier 15 Dec 2014 sale to ESCO Marine, Brownsville, conflicts and is carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-ffg39-09
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[11]GAO NSIAD-99-18, 'Federal Surplus Ships: Government Efforts to Address the Growing Backlog of Ships Awaiting Disposal' (1998/1999) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO NSIAD-99-18 report body (hazardous materials and regulatory-framework passages)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Disposal-context record for this hull's 2018-19 scrapping pathway: GAO documents that ships awaiting scrapping 'typically contain environmentally hazardous materials such as asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), lead, mercury, and cadmium,' that 'remediation of hazardous materials takes place prior to, as well as during, the dismantling process,' and that ship scrapping is subject to TSCA, RCRA, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and OSHA requirements.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1998-1999 (report); applies to 2018-19 disposal
- Population
- U.S. shipbreaking industry workers (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level context only - describes the statutory hazmat-remediation regime governing U.S. Navy ship scrapping; it does not document any survey, hazmat offload, or asbestos removal actually performed on FFG-39 at Philadelphia or New Orleans. Retrieved via Wayback capture; live gao.gov returns 403.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-ffg39-10
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[12]NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) General Information Books / ship weight-control reports - archival lead identified in the Navy's own GAO response [other_primary]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 Enclosure I letter (weight-control-reports passage); NARA RG 19; NHHC COR collection coverage ends 2001
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Navy's Enclosure I letter in HRD-80-2 states that per-ship asbestos quantities in thermal insulation are 'obtainable by search of weight control reports for individual ships' - implying a hull-level weight-control record for FFG-39 should exist in Navy/Bureau of Ships records (NARA RG 19 General Information Books and related construction files). Additionally, NHHC's digitized command-history run for this hull ends at 2001; undigitized 2002-2011 command histories and pre-disposal hazmat/offload records (NAVSEA ISMO Philadelphia file, DLA disposal contract documents, Southern Recycling NESHAP/asbestos notifications to Louisiana DEQ) are further un-mined leads.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Lead only - no weight-control report, hazmat closeout, or NESHAP notification for this hull was retrieved; existence is inferred from the Navy letter's statement of practice and standard disposal-process documentation. Weight-control reports would cover thermal insulation only, not other ACM categories.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-ffg39-11
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[13]CourtListener API v4 opinion/docket sweep via fleet-paced helper cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-doyle-ffg39-07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep completed 2026-09-29 (authenticated helper, opinion and RECAP-docket indexes): 'USS Doyle' opinions = 0; 'FFG-39' opinions = 0; 'USS Doyle' dockets = 3, all non-asbestos - United States v. Caicedo-Velandia 8:08-cr-00152 (M.D. Fla., criminal narcotics prosecution tied to the ship's 2005 counter-drug seizure record), Wilhelmsen Premier Marine Fuels AS v. UBS Provedores 1:07-cv-05798 (S.D.N.Y., marine fuel contract), Hornsby v. United States 2:22-cv-00427 (E.D. Va., Longshore/wrongful-death action - decedent killed aboard USS McFaul at NASSCO Norfolk; the FFG-39 string appears only incidentally in docket text); 'FFG-39' dockets = 2 - the same Hornsby matter plus Carmichael v. Harris 1:22-cv-01127 (W.D. Tenn., ERISA, name collision). No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located. 'USS Doyle' also collides with the WWII destroyer/minesweeper USS Doyle (DD-494/DMS-34) - none of the hits concern that hull either.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Negative within the indexed coverage of the CourtListener opinion and RECAP docket databases only - does not reach state-court filings, unindexed PACER districts, or settled/unreported matters. None of the located dockets is an asbestos matter; the sweep establishes no exposure finding, no product identification, and no adjudication touching this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-ffg39-12
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[14]Batch-4637 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS index; NHHC Ship Command Operation Reports (19 digitized histories 1983-2001); NVR (Wayback); official ship site (Wayback); GAO HRD-80-2 and NSIAD-99-18; DVIDS; EMR/MarineLink; shipyards.json yard dataset; CourtListener opinion + RECAP-docket sweep (completed, no qualifying asbestos litigation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-doyle-ffg39-01 through sl-uss-doyle-ffg39-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos-content record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat-offload or NESHAP disclosure, museum disclosure (hull scrapped), or adjudicated exposure finding naming FFG-39 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The ship-specific primary record set is unusually deep on vessel history (19 digitized command histories covering nearly the entire active career) yet documents only materials-work events without fiber content - the 1986 'extensive retiling' and the 1999 crew installation of 'over 5,000 square feet of insulation.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - residual non-thermal ACM categories are era-documented fleet-wide, and the hull no longer exists to survey (scrapped 2018-19). Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present in any quantity; does not establish or defeat any exposure or eligibility claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-doyle-ffg39-13