Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]Siegfried v. 3M Company et al., No. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E (C.D. Cal.; removed from Los Angeles County Superior Court No. BC691900), Owens-Illinois, Inc.'s Joinder to Defendant Elliot Company's Notice of Removal, ECF No. 50 (filed 2018-03-02), before Judge Fernando M. Olguin [court_record]
- Locator
- RECAP gov.uscourts.cacd.702384, ECF No. 50 (filed 03/02/18), Preliminary Statement para. 1 (numbered vessel list, 'USS Dubuque (LPD-8)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Docketed asbestos litigation naming this hull: the Owens-Illinois removal joinder recites the complaint's allegation that plaintiff Terry Lee Siegfried 'was injured as a result of his exposure to asbestos from Owens-Illinois while an electrician and marine electrician between approximately 1969 and 1996 on the Long Beach Naval Shipyard' and aboard 43 listed vessels expressly including 'USS Dubuque (LPD-8)' (vessel list in the joinder's Preliminary Statement, para. 1; count verified from the filed PDF). This hull's documented yard overhaul at Long Beach Naval Shipyard (30 January - 9 April 1969, NHHC command-operation report) falls inside the alleged 1969-1996 window. Same pleading posture as the Siegfried rows carried for USS Missouri (BB-63), USS Ogden (LPD-5), USS Juneau (LPD-10), and other hulls in this corpus.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1969 (this hull's documented LBNSY overhaul window within the alleged 1969-1996 exposure period); 2018 (litigation)
- Population
- Terry Lee Siegfried (electrician/marine electrician, LBNSY and listed vessels, c.1969-1996)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation only: an undifferentiated 43-vessel list recited verbatim inside a defense removal filing (which asserts a government-contractor defense, not exposure facts). It alleges, but does not adjudicate, exposure aboard this hull; no discovery, fact-finding, or merits ruling on the allegation was located. Establishes nothing about materials aboard, products encountered, dates aboard, or legal eligibility. Subsequent case history not located this session (CourtListener API rate-limited - see search_ledger).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-lpd8-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register ship detail page, DUBUQUE (LPD 8), Wayback capture 2012-02-04 (register record; live detail page retired after disposal) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR LPD8 detail page, Wayback capture 2012-02-04 (status, milestone dates, physical characteristics, custodian blocks); live page retired, later captures 404/redirect
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR register record for this hull: UIC 07182; class code 'LPD 4'; builder 'INGALLS SB INC MS'; award 01/25/1963; keel 01/25/1965; launch 08/06/1966; delivery 08/21/1967; commission 09/01/1967; decommission 06/30/2011; status 'Out of Commission, In Reserve' (date status changed 06/30/2011); custodian NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Bremerton, WA. Characteristics: 570 ft overall / 548 ft waterline; 100 ft extreme beam / 84 ft waterline; 23 ft max navigational draft; 9,521 tons light / 17,252 tons full displacement; steel hull and steel superstructure; propulsion type 'Steam Turbines'; 2 propellers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1963-2012 (register record as captured)
- Population
- Crew and embarked personnel 1967-2011; NISMF Bremerton caretakers 2011-2024
- Limitations
- NVR documents registry milestones, characteristics, and custodial status - not materials or asbestos content. 'LPD 4' is the register's class code for the LPD-4/Austin family. The 2012 capture predates the 2017 stricken and the 2024 sinking; the stricken date (13 November 2017) rests on secondary sources - final disposition is documented separately (ev-05).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-lpd8-02
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[3]NHHC ship command-operation-report series for USS Dubuque (LPD-8): 1967 construction/commissioning report and annual command histories 1969-2003 (ship-submitted primary records; live PDFs 404 - full text verified via Wayback captures) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC COR series .../ship-command-operation-reports/d/dubuque-lpd-8/pdfs/{1967,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979-1992,1994,1995,1996,1999,2000,2002,2003}.pdf - canonical NHHC URLs live-404 (standing link rot); text extracted from Wayback captures 2016-2019
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Construction and industrial-availability record on this hull from its own submitted command histories: keel laid 25 January 1965 on way no. 6, Pascagoula River East, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation (Ingalls hull 1107; 'one of two LPD type ships the Navy contracted to build with Ingalls'); launched/christened 6 August 1966 (sponsor Mrs. Harold E. Hughes); sailed from Pascagoula 17 August 1967 and delivered to/accepted by the Navy at Portsmouth, VA 21 August 1967; commissioned In Commission (Special) 1 September 1967 at Berth 1-A, with the final fitting-out period at Norfolk Naval Shipyard through 17 October 1967 installing 'military equipment which the civilian shipbuilder did not have access to.' Documented yard/maintenance periods: Long Beach Naval Shipyard overhaul 30 January - 9 April 1969 (1969 report); U.S. Naval Shipyard Hunters Point overhaul 30 June - 2 October 1970 incl. drydock 10 July - 21 August (1970 report); Yokosuka drydock for port-propeller repair 30 July - 15 August 1971 (1971 report); regular overhaul at Willamette Iron & Steel Company (WISCO), Swan Island Dry Dock #3, Portland, OR, 13 September 1977 - 7 June 1978, homeport shifted to Portland for the period (1977/1978 reports); regular overhaul at Naval Station San Diego commencing 30 August 1982 with Arcwel(l) Corp. as prime contractor - including a class B fire in No. 2 Main Machinery Room 23 October 1982 injuring two civilian contract workers - ArcWell relieved mid-overhaul 11 April 1983 and Southwest Marine Corporation awarded the completion contract 15 April 1983 (1982/1983 reports); 40-day DSRA at Sasebo Heavy Industrial Company (SSK) Dry Dock No. 2, 4 August - 5 October 1986, ventilation secured throughout the ship (1986 report); DSRA '94 at SSK Dry Dock 2, 22 August - 18 November 1994, ~200 contractor work-package plus ~500 ship's-force rehabilitation jobs incl. full-hull sandblast and repaint (1994 report); SRA '96 at India Basin, Sasebo, 2 February - 10 May 1996, both Main Machinery Rooms overhauled (1996 report); $22 million five-month Depot-Level Planned Maintenance Availability at NAVSTA San Diego completed February 2000 (2000 report).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1965-2000
- Population
- Ingalls construction trades (1965-67); NNSY fitting-out workforce (1967); LBNSY (1969), Hunters Point NSY (1970), Yokosuka (1971), WISCO Portland (1977-78), NAVSTA San Diego/Arcwel/Southwest Marine (1982-83), SSK Sasebo (1986, 1994), SRF Sasebo (1996), San Diego contractors (1999-2000) yard workers; ship's company
- Limitations
- Command reports are primary service records; none of the 18 reports text-searched this session (1967, 1969-1973, 1977-1978, 1982-1986, 1988, 1994-1996, 2000, 2003) mentions asbestos, insulation material, or abatement. The yard periods are documented events relevant to exposure-window context - not asbestos findings; they establish that industrial work happened aboard this hull at these yards on these dates, not what materials were disturbed. The Portsmouth fitting-out yard is the Norfolk Naval Shipyard (located in Portsmouth, VA) - the report uses 'Portsmouth Naval Shipyard' and 'Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, Virginia' interchangeably.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-lpd8-03
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[4]NHHC command-operation reports 1971-1990 + U.S. Indo-Pacific Command RIMPAC 2024 release (career record); NavSource Online campaign table (secondary cross-check) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC COR series 1971, 1973, 1985, 1988, 1990 PDFs (Wayback captures); NavSource LPD-8 campaign table (https://www.navsource.net/archives/10/09/0908.htm); NHHC 'End of the Saga' (2018) PDF; PACOM release 2024
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Career record on this hull: five Western Pacific deployments with extensive Vietnam duty 1968-1975, including the October 1968 return of 14 repatriated POWs to North Vietnam; ten Operation Keystone Cardinal troop lifts to Okinawa 1969-1971 (the 1971 report records Dubuque carrying the last operational Marine Corps helicopter out of Da Nang, 16 June 1971); helicopter mine-clearance platform for Operation End Sweep in Haiphong Harbor February-June 1973 (1973 report: Commander Mine Warfare Force congratulations for 'the first airborne/surface mine' clearance operations); Saigon evacuation and refugee operations April 1975 (Operation Frequent Wind; NHHC 'End of the Saga' monograph photographs Dubuque sailors passing supplies to SS American Challenger off Phu Quoc). Homeport shifted San Diego to Sasebo, Japan August-September 1985 under the Overseas Family Residency Program (1985 report: departed San Diego 15 August, moored India Basin Berth 6, Sasebo, 4 September 1985); Arabian Gulf mine-countermeasures control ship May 1988 (Earnest Will; Meritorious Unit Citation); 9 June 1988 encounter with a Vietnamese refugee boat carrying ~50-70 persons - the ship's own 1988 command report records the commanding officer's decision not to take refugees aboard and the rendering of water, food, and limited navigational material; Philippines coup-contingency standby 1989; Desert Shield ARG Bravo/RLT-4 lift to Al Jubayl 1990; homeport returned to San Diego 1999; decommissioned 30 June 2011 at Naval Station San Diego.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1968-2011
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked Marines 1967-2011
- Limitations
- Service history only - establishes identity, deployments, and operating areas; contains no asbestos or materials information. The 8-9 campaign-star count and several operational details rest on the NavSource secondary compilation; the NHHC command reports verify the underlying deployments. The June 1988 refugee-boat passage is quoted from the ship's own report - litigation/controversy over that event is not part of this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-lpd8-04
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[5]U.S. Indo-Pacific Command news release, 'US and Partner Nations Conduct Multiple SINKEXs as Part of RIMPAC 2024' (July 2024) + DVIDS photo caption 8526567 (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charlie Clark) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PACOM release paragraphs 1-3 (sinking date, depth, distance, participant nations); DVIDS image 8526567 caption (EPA-standards cleaning language); navysite.de LPD-8 page (22 June 2024 tow)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Final disposition: live fire from ships and aircraft sank the decommissioned ex-Dubuque on 11 July 2024 during RIMPAC 2024, in waters 15,000 feet deep more than 50 nautical miles off the northern coast of Kauai; units from Australia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, and the U.S. participated (released footage/captioning includes U.S. Air Force AC-130J gunship and U.S. Army AH-64 Apache Hellfire strikes). The DVIDS caption states that 'each SINKEX vessel undergoes a rigorous cleaning process, following Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards, which includes the removal of all liquid polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from transformers, large capacitors, and small capacitors.' The hulk had been laid up at the NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Bremerton, WA, since 2011 and departed Bremerton under tow by USNS Grasp (T-ARS 51) on 22 June 2024 (secondary reporting).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2024
- Population
- SINKEX preparation and inspection crews, Bremerton/Pearl Harbor 2024
- Limitations
- Documents the disposal event and the program's EPA-compliance statement only - the caption's enumerated removals cover PCBs, not asbestos; the vessel-specific SINKEX cleanup certification is not public. The Bremerton tow detail rests on secondary reporting (navysite.de), not the release text. Establishes nothing about materials found or removed aboard this hulk.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-lpd8-05
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[6]EPA, MPRSA general permit 'Transport of Target Vessels' (40 C.F.R. 229.2) + EPA-Navy 'Determination and Agreement' (January 2014) - the regime in force for this hull's July 2024 sinking [federal_register]
- Locator
- epa.gov 'Transport of Target Vessels for Ocean Disposal' page (live 200, 2026-09-19); EPA-Navy 2014 SINKEX Determination and Agreement PDF (epa.gov/sites/default/files/2017-03/documents/2014_sinkex_agreement_508.pdf); EPA 'Disposal of Vessels at Sea' guidance (229.3 asbestos listing)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Regulatory regime governing this hull's disposal: ex-vessels used in SINKEX are prepared under the MPRSA general permit at 40 C.F.R. 229.2 as interpreted by the January 2014 EPA-Navy Determination and Agreement, which requires removal to the maximum extent practicable of materials that may degrade the marine environment; the Navy's published preparation list covers liquid PCBs from transformers and large capacitors, small capacitors to the greatest extent practical, trash, floatable materials, mercury- and fluorocarbon-containing materials, readily detachable solid PCB items, and petroleum from tanks, piping, and reservoirs, followed by signed Navy environmental certification and annual EPA reporting of each sunk vessel's name, tonnage, location, and date. The published SINKEX preparation requirements do not enumerate asbestos removal; EPA's separate vessel-reefing guidance (40 C.F.R. 229.3) does list asbestos among pollutants requiring removal for ocean-disposal-to-reef conversions.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2024
- Population
- SINKEX preparation and inspection crews, 2024
- Limitations
- Program-level permit regime, not a hull-specific record: it establishes what preparation the rules required of ex-Dubuque, not what was actually found or removed aboard her. Absence of asbestos from the published SINKEX prep list is not evidence that asbestos was absent aboard or that it went down with the hull; the vessel-specific certification is not public.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-lpd8-06
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[7]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 / B-163375 (published 1979-10-18); full text via Justia GAO mirror (live gao.gov PDF assets return HTTP 403 - standing block) [gao]
- Locator
- HRD-80-2 report body (B-163375): 1973 spec-change narrative, NAVSEAINST 5100.2 policy scope and 1979 modification, 'all ships presently in service' passage, Long Beach/Norfolk fieldwork statement
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Policy and application environment for this hull's era: GAO reports that Navy thermal-insulation specifications were changed in 1973 to require asbestos-free materials, while ships already under construction with purchased asbestos continued to delivery as late as May 1978; the formal no-asbestos policy (NAVSEAINST 5100.2 of 24 October 1975) - issued eight years after this hull's 1967 commissioning - required removal/replacement only of damaged insulation or insulation removed for repairs, and a January 1979 modification added selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. The report also records the Navy's position that 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos' in non-insulation applications (electrical resistors, clutches, electric cables, and like components). GAO's fieldwork yards for the review were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - this hull's documented January-April 1969 overhaul was at Long Beach NSY, inside GAO's fieldwork yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1979 (report); 1965-1979 (policy environment)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program review); LBNSY workforce
- Limitations
- Program-level policy and yard-level fieldwork only - the report names no LPD hulls, and its 'delivered since 1973 or under construction' insulation-status list post-dates this 1967-delivery hull, so it supplies no hull-specific tabulation. It documents what the Navy required fleet-wide, not what was done aboard this ship. gao.gov full text blocked (HTTP 403); content verified via Justia GAO mirror.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-lpd8-07
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[8]NVR propulsion/characteristic fields ('Steam Turbines,' 2 propellers, steel hull/steel superstructure) + NHHC 1967 command report ('twin 5-bladed screws driven by high pressure steam turbine coupled with a turbine reduction drive') + GAO 1973 spec-change timeline (ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR LPD8 characteristics block (propulsion type); 1967 command report ship's-characteristics section; NavSource spec block (secondary, manufacturers); Siegfried ECF 50 paras. 4-5 (Navy specs recital)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Plant-type note on era inference: this hull is a steam ship - oil-fired boilers feeding high-pressure geared steam turbines, twin 5-bladed screws (NVR propulsion type 'Steam Turbines'; the ship's 1967 command report describes 'twin 5-bladed screws driven by high pressure steam turbine coupled with a turbine reduction drive'; secondary class references specify two Foster-Wheeler boilers and two DeLaval turbines, ~24,000 shp). Constructed 1965-1967, wholly before the Navy's 1973 asbestos-free insulation-spec changeover (ev-07): for mid-1960s steam amphibious construction the era-typical asbestos applications are boiler and boiler-casing insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, deck tile, bulkhead and overhead fire/thermal insulation, and brake/clutch linings on deck machinery. The Siegfried removal joinder (ev-01) separately recites that Navy Specifications 32-I-3 (later MIL-I-2819, thermal block insulation) and 32-P-8 (later MIL-I-2781, thermal pipe insulation) required asbestos content - the allegation context in which this hull is named.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1965-1967
- Limitations
- Era-typical application list is class_or_era inference only - no hull-specific survey, drawing set, or material inspection report was located, and this list does not establish that any specific asbestos product was installed aboard this hull or remained at disposal. The boiler/turbine manufacturer detail rests on secondary references, not a primary source; the Navy-specification recital is the defendant's characterization inside a removal filing, not an adjudicated fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-lpd8-08
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[9]Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. v. Asbestos Health Claimants, 17 F.3d 130 (5th Cir. 1994) - records approximately 3,100 asbestos claims by former Ingalls shipyard workers [court_record]
- Locator
- 17 F.3d 130 (5th Cir. 1994), No. 93-7077 (official ca5.uscourts.gov PDF); shipyards.json 'ingalls-shipbuilding' entry
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Builder-yard context: this hull was built 1965-1967 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, MS, a yard with adjudicated asbestos-claim history at scale - the Fifth Circuit's 1994 opinion records Ingalls compiling approximately 3,100 asbestos claims filed by former Ingalls shipyard workers (the opinion addresses LHWCA claims-transfer procedure, not exposure merits). The yard appears in the Atlas yard dataset as 'ingalls-shipbuilding.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1965-1967 (build window); 1994 (opinion)
- Population
- Ingalls Pascagoula construction trades (era context)
- Limitations
- Yard-level litigation volume, not a hull record: the opinion does not name this vessel, does not adjudicate any exposure, and does not establish that any asbestos product was installed aboard it. Construction-era asbestos presence aboard this hull is inference only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-lpd8-09
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[10]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 181 (Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments) and NAVSEA SEA21 inactive-ships/SINKEX records - archival path for overhaul work packages, inactivation records, and the vessel's SINKEX environmental certification [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Guide to Federal Records, RG 181 (archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/181.html); NAVSEA SEA21 inactive-ships program office (NISMF Bremerton custodian per NVR)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized): this hull's documented availabilities generated work packages that may specify insulation disturbance - SUPSHIP San Diego records for the 1982-83 Arcwel/Southwest Marine ROH and the 1999-2000 DPMA; SUPSHIP San Francisco records for the 1970 Hunters Point overhaul; contract files for the 1977-78 Willamette Iron & Steel ROH and the SSK Sasebo DSRAs (1986, 1994); NISMF Bremerton inactivation/lay-up records (2011-2024); and the Navy environmental certification for the July 2024 SINKEX. These sit in NARA Navy record groups (RG 181 shore-establishment/shipyard records) or NAVSEA SEA21 program files rather than the public web.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1965-2024 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-lpd8-10
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[11]Batch-313 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS index check (no LPD-8 DANFS entry exists), NVR (Wayback), NHHC command-operation-report series (18 reports text-extracted), GAO HRD-80-2 (Justia mirror), PACOM/DVIDS RIMPAC 2024, EPA MPRSA pages, Fifth Circuit official PDF, CourtListener RECAP/index [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-dubuque-lpd8-01 through sl-uss-dubuque-lpd8-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Beyond the Siegfried pleading-stage vessel list (ev-01), no qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located: no hull asbestos survey, no abatement contract or overhaul work-package disclosure, no hazmat record for the 2011-2024 inactive period or the 2024 SINKEX preparation, and no adjudicated exposure finding naming this hull. None of the 18 ship-submitted command histories text-searched mentions asbestos or insulation material. The CourtListener docket-level sweep is incomplete due to API daily-quota throttling; the index route returned the Siegfried document and no other qualifying hits (name-collision screen: 'City of Dubuque' municipal litigation and 'LPD' police-department acronyms excluded; the WWII gunboat USS Dubuque PG-17 is a different hull).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record does not prove absence of documentation: availability work packages, the SINKEX cleanup certification, and NISMF maintenance records are not public (see archival-lead row). The CourtListener coverage gap is logged, not resolved - a re-run after quota reset may surface additional hits or name collisions (see search_ledger).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-lpd8-11