Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]DANFS, Duluth II (LPD-6) - construction block, full chronology, and awards table (2019-07-22 Wayback capture of the official NHHC page; live page 404s; verbatim text also mirrored at seaforces.org LPD-6 page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Duluth II page - specifications block, 'Chronology and Significant Events', awards table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: keel laid 18 December 1963 at New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn; launched 14 August 1965, sponsored by Mrs. C. Bruce (Nancy) Solomonson, daughter of Vice President Humphrey; commissioned [Special] 18 December 1965 - 'special' reflecting uncompleted work restricting operational capability; transited to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 1-2 February 1966 for fitting-out ahead of the yard's July 1966 closure; commissioned in full 2 June 1966, Capt. Mark G. Tremaine; San Diego homeport from 20 July 1966. Vietnam WestPac deployments 1967, 1968-69, 1970, 1971-72 (operations incl. Bear Claw, Beacon Guide, Ballistic Charge, Bastion Hill, Tight Jaw, Bold Mariner, Eager Pursuit I-III, Daring Rebel; 24 May 1972 Quang Tri landing under shore-battery fire). Operation Frequent Wind April 1975: off Vung Tau 21 April; 29-30 April helicopter evacuees - 900+ then 1,391 aboard; three RVN helicopters jettisoned. Later: Lebanon 1983; Exxon Valdez cleanup Prince William Sound Aug-Sep 1989; Arabian Gulf 1992 and MIO 1998; Somalia evacuation support 1994; USS Cole support Oct 2000-Jan 2001; OIF 2003; tsunami relief off Sri Lanka Jan 2005. Documented yard periods: Philadelphia NSY fitting-out 1966; Long Beach NSY availabilities/overhauls Oct 1966-Jan 1967, Aug-Nov 1969, Jan-Feb 1975; National Steel/NASSCO San Diego 1968, Dec 1972-Apr 1973, Jul 1976-Jun 1977 (full exterior sandblast); Todd Pacific San Pedro Apr 1980-Apr 1981; Northwest Marine Iron Works Portland Sep 1985-Jun 1986; Southwest Marine San Diego 1990, 1991, 1992-93, 1997; NAS San Diego 2001. Spec block: 'cl. Raleigh' with Raleigh-class values (13,900 t; 522 ft; cpl 503, trp 922) - flagged in ev-06.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1963-2005
- Population
- New York Naval Shipyard construction trades (1963-66); Philadelphia NSY fitting-out trades (1966); repair-yard trades at LBNSY, NASSCO, Todd San Pedro, Northwest Marine Iron Works, Southwest Marine; crew and embarked Marines (1966-2005)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history; contains no asbestos or material content. DANFS spec block carries Raleigh-class values and 'cl. Raleigh' label, not this hull's as-built Austin/LPD-4 figures - NVR record (ev-02) carries the register values. Entry text predates the decommissioning (lists 'Scheduled for 28 October 2005'); register dates per NVR. Live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-19; Wayback capture of the official page cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-duluth-lpd6-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register entry for DULUTH (LPD 6), archived capture (2012-02-28): official register record for a since-disposed hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR LPD-6 record fields (archived page)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official register record (archived capture): DULUTH (LPD 6) Amphibious Transport Dock; Class: LPD 4; UIC 07177; builder NAV SY/NEW YORK; Award 21 September 1961; Keel 18 December 1963; Launch 14 August 1965; Delivery 31 January 1966; Commission 18 December 1965; Decommission 28 September 2005; Stricken 28 September 2005; status 'Stricken, to be disposed of, retain as logistics support asset'; berth NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Pearl Harbor, HI; Maintenance Category L; Force MARAD; steel hull/superstructure; 569 ft OA; beam 108 ft extreme; draft 22 ft; full displacement 16,861 tons; propulsion Steam Turbines, 2 propellers; accommodations 101 officers + 1,337 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1961-2012
- Limitations
- Archived NVR capture (the live page redirects to a Navy login and the record was removed post-disposal - 404 by 2016). NVR class code 'LPD 4' is the register's grouping for the Austin-class family; DANFS spec block reads 'cl. Raleigh' - see ev-06. Decommission/stricken 2005-09-28 per NVR conflicts with a 13 October 2005 figure in secondary material and DANFS's pre-event 'scheduled 28 October 2005' - NVR carried. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-duluth-lpd6-02
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[3]Siegfried v. 3M Company et al., No. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E (C.D. Cal.; removed from L.A. Superior BC691900) - Owens-Illinois Inc.'s Joinder to Defendant Elliot Company's Notice of Removal, ECF No. 50 (filed 2018-03-02); complaint Exhibit A, ECF No. 17 (filed 2018-02-28) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 50 at pp. 2-3 (Preliminary Statement para. 1, vessel list); ECF No. 17 at PDF p. 89 ('Duluth (LPD-6;)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos personal-injury pleading naming this hull. The removal joinder recites the complaint verbatim: plaintiffs 'allege that Mr. 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 a 45-vessel list expressly including 'USS Duluth (LPD-6)' alongside Ogden (LPD-5), Cleveland (LPD-7), Dubuque (LPD-8), Denver (LPD-9), Juneau (LPD-10), and others. The complaint's Exhibit A work-history table (scanned; OCR-verified at PDF p. 89 / Page ID 2601) lists 'Duluth (LPD-6;)' in the same series.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1969-1996 (alleged work window); 2018 (litigation)
- Population
- Terry Lee Siegfried (Long Beach Naval Shipyard electrician/marine electrician, approx. 1969-1996)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation at its least-final stage: the complaint's vessel list is an allegation, not a finding - listed hulls are places the plaintiff claimed to work around, and nothing in the located record adjudicates asbestos conditions aboard this hull, product identity aboard this hull, individual exposure, or causation. The same case and exhibit are logged on the Juneau (LPD-10) record (batch-12). ECF 50 text-verified via storage.courtlistener.com; ECF 17 exhibit verified by local OCR of the archive.org RECAP mirror.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-duluth-lpd6-03
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[4]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Duluth (LPD-6) (decommission/strike dates, Vietnam campaign list, disposal trail) + archived NVR record + USS Duluth Crewmembers Association disposal account (ussduluth.org) quoting the Navy News Service decommissioning release [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource LPD-6 page (status lines, photo captions 09034211, 2008 reserve photo, 2013 tow photo); ussduluth.org 'Duluth at Esco Marine' and 'Complete History' pages
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposal documented: decommissioned and stricken 28 September 2005 at Naval Station San Diego (consistent across NVR, NavSource, and the Navy release); remained San Diego about four months, then towed to the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Pearl Harbor, in 2006 (NavSource photos show the hull laid up at NISMF July 2006 and 2008); sold for scrapping - the crew association reports sale to ESCO Marine, Inc., Brownsville, Texas on 17 September 2013, while NavSource records title transferred to the Maritime Commission 27 December 2013; towed by tug Simone from Pearl Harbor beginning 23-25 October 2013 via the Panama Canal (flight-deck overhang removed for canal width restrictions; canal transit 13-15 December 2013); arrived ESCO Marine Brownsville 27 December 2013; scrapped 2014. An anchor and removed mementos are displayed in Duluth, Minnesota. NavSource compiles eight Vietnam War campaign stars plus the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for Operation Frequent Wind (or nine VSM stars if the AFEM is exchanged for the Frequent Wind campaign).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2005-2014
- Population
- NISMF Pearl Harbor inactive-custody staff (2006-2013); tow and canal-transit crews (Oct-Dec 2013); ESCO Marine scrapping workers (2014)
- Limitations
- NavSource and the crew association are secondary compilations/association records, labeled as such; the 2005 register dates are corroborated by the archived NVR (ev-02) and the quoted Navy release. The 2013 disposal-date layering (ESCO sale 17 Sep vs. MARAD title transfer/Brownsville arrival 27 Dec) is preserved rather than merged. Hazmat/asbestos scope of the ESCO Marine dismantling is not documented in located sources. Campaign-star count is NavSource's compilation of the award record; the underlying Vietnam Service Medal periods are in the DANFS awards table.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-duluth-lpd6-04
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[5]VA Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions naming USS Duluth - e.g., vetapp07/files4/0737295.txt (PTSD claim; service aboard USS Duluth in a Vietnam combat zone May-July 1967), vetapp15/Files4/1536329.txt (PTSD; shelling and casualty-handling stressors aboard), vetapp15/Files6/1549094.txt and vetapp05/files3/0514858.txt (herbicide/skin claims, Vietnam service aboard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- va.gov vetapp decision full texts (cited files)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- BVA sweep result: the Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions located that name 'USS Duluth' are this hull's Vietnam-era veterans (service windows aboard match DANFS's first-WestPac period May-November 1967 and later deployments). All located decisions are non-asbestos claim types - PTSD, herbicide exposure, skin disability. They corroborate crew service aboard this hull in the documented Vietnam windows; no asbestos-claim BVA decision naming this hull was located in the sweep.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1967-1975 (service); 2005-2015 (decisions)
- Population
- USS Duluth Vietnam-era veterans (claimants)
- Limitations
- Administrative benefits records: they establish veteran service aboard the hull, not shipboard conditions. Absence of a located asbestos-claim decision does not prove none exists - the va.gov vetapp full-text index is not exhaustive of all BVA output. Not qualifying asbestos evidence; carried so reviewers can see the BVA lane was checked and how the hits classified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-duluth-lpd6-05
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[6]Class and identity notes: DANFS Duluth II spec block reads 'cl. Raleigh' (with Raleigh-class dimensions); NVR records class code 'LPD 4'; the conventional secondary label is Austin-class. Identity caution: this is the 1965 amphibious transport dock, NOT the WWII light cruiser USS Duluth (CL-87) - and 'Duluth' asbestos litigation hits are dominated by city/railroad collisions (Reserve Mining; Duluth & Iron Range matters) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS Duluth II specifications block; archived NVR LPD-6 class field
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class-designation variance documented: the located primary sources split - DANFS spec block reads 'cl. Raleigh' (carrying Raleigh-class values: 13,900 t; 522 ft), while the Naval Vessel Register records class 'LPD 4' (the Austin-family register grouping) with this hull's actuals (569 ft; 16,861 t full). The Austin-class label in the task brief and secondary sources is retained as ship_class with the primary-source wording flagged. Identity confirmed as LPD-6 (special-commissioned 18 December 1965), distinct from the WWII light cruiser USS Duluth (CL-87), sold 1960 - the batch-51 record documents that web-surfaced 'USS Duluth' asbestos-claim material can be ambiguous between the two hulls (a marketed electrician's-mate settlement naming Duluth alongside USS Hamul AD-20 and USS Lea DD-118, both WWII-era, is more consistent with CL-87).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Primary-source class labels disagree (DANFS 'Raleigh' vs. NVR 'LPD 4' vs. conventional 'Austin'); all three are reported verbatim rather than harmonized. The CL-87/LPD-6 name collision is a documented ambiguity for any name-only litigation sweep - disambiguate by hull number and service window.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-duluth-lpd6-06
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[7]U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships Technical Manual, NAVSHIPS 250-000, Chapter 39 'Thermal Insulation' (1960) + documented construction era and propulsion record for this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-000 ch. 39 (scan via Garlock bankruptcy repository); DANFS chronology yard periods; NVR propulsion record
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: construction of a steam-turbine amphibious transport dock 1963-66 at New York Naval Shipyard falls squarely in the documented Navy asbestos-insulation era; the 1960 BuShips Technical Manual insulation chapter enumerates the era-standard suite - 85%-magnesia and amosite pipe covering, asbestos felt, chrysotile cloth/tape lagging, asbestos millboard, finishing cement, molded block. Documented disturbance windows for this hull are extensive: Philadelphia NSY fitting-out 1966; Long Beach NSY 1966-67, 1969, and 1975; NASSCO San Diego 1968, 1972-73, and the 1976-77 overhaul that sandblasted the entire exterior; Todd San Pedro 1980-81; Northwest Marine Iron Works Portland 1985-86; Southwest Marine San Diego 1990-97.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1963-2005
- Population
- Construction trades (Brooklyn 1963-66; Philadelphia 1966); overhaul-yard trades at five documented yards (1966-1997); crew
- Limitations
- CLASS/ERA INFERENCE ONLY - no ship-specific material schedule, insulation survey, or abatement record was located for this hull. Does not establish that asbestos products were or remained aboard USS Duluth, any exposure, or any quantity. Yard-period asbestos scope is undocumented; never infer ship-specific findings from this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-duluth-lpd6-07
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program and its 1975/1979 insulation-removal policies, with fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; Long Beach NSY performed this hull's post-shakedown availability (1966-67), overhaul (Aug-Nov 1969), and overhaul (Jan-Feb 1975) - a documented yard-hull overlap during the era when Navy asbestos-removal policy was being formed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1979 (report); 1966-1975 (hull's Long Beach windows)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Yard/program-level documentation, not hull-specific; supports era context for the Long Beach yard periods only. Does not establish that insulation work on this hull was within the GAO-documented program, what was removed or retained aboard, or any quantity. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description, same as prior batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-duluth-lpd6-08
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[9]Batch-311 search ledger (this record): archived NHHC DANFS Duluth II; archived NVR LPD-6; CourtListener ship-name and hull-number queries (blocked - rate-limited); Siegfried docket documents (ECF 50 + ECF 17) verified; BVA/vetapp sweep; ACM/abatement/disposal-hazmat sweep; class-profile check; NHHC command-history digitization check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-duluth-lpd6-01 through sl-uss-duluth-lpd6-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying non-litigation ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, inactivation or scrapping hazmat disclosure naming USS Duluth (LPD-6) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Litigation coverage: one qualifying pleading-stage record (Siegfried) verified at document level; the live CourtListener name and hull-number sweeps were blocked by the shared rate cap and are logged as blocked, not negative; web-search mitigation surfaced no other qualifying hits for this hull. Located BVA decisions naming the ship are non-asbestos claim types.
- 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 was built and repeatedly overhauled in the documented asbestos era, and the 2013-14 scrapping hazmat scope is not public. The CourtListener gap is genuine: 'no result' applies only to the web-search mitigation; the throttled API queries remain unrun and are carried in gaps for re-run on reset. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-duluth-lpd6-09