Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]NPS National Historic Landmark nomination, USS Edson (DD-946), NRHP ref. 90000333 [nps]
- Locator
- NPS NHL nomination 90000333, construction/career narrative and description sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS NHL nomination record for this hull: thirteenth of 18 Forrest Sherman-class destroyers; laid down 3 December 1956 at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; launched 4 January 1958; commissioned 7 November 1958; four Babcock & Wilcox boilers feeding Westinghouse steam turbines rated 70,000 shaft horsepower, 33 knots; served as training ship for the Surface Warfare Officers School at Newport 1977-1988; decommissioned as the last all-gun destroyer in the U.S. Navy; 'essentially the same vessel laid down in 1956' with high integrity of original equipment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1956-1989
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1956-58; crew 1958-88; Intrepid museum visitors 1989-2004
- Limitations
- NPS nomination documents significance, machinery, and circa-1989 condition - not asbestos content. 'Essentially the same vessel' is an integrity statement, not a hazmat survey. The nomination predates the Intrepid display period's end and the 2012 Bay City relocation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edson-dd946-01
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[2]DANFS-derived service chronology for USS Edson (DD-946) carried on navysite.de + donation/transfer dates (Navy announcements reported in reputable press) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite.de/dd/dd946.htm characteristics block and decommissioning note; corroborated by mlive.com 2012 reporting
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Service record for this hull: Vietnam-era naval gunfire support and carrier escort deployments ('Grey Ghost of the Vietnamese Coast'); last all-gun destroyer in the fleet, decommissioned 15 December 1988 after 30 years; stricken 31 January 1989; donated to the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, 30 June 1989; National Historic Landmark designated 21 June 1990; returned to U.S. Navy custody 14 June 2004 and laid up at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; Navy donation to the Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum announced April 2012; departed Philadelphia under tow 18 July 2012.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1958-2012
- Population
- Crew 1958-88; Philadelphia ISMF caretakers 2004-2012
- Limitations
- Post-decommissioning dates are drawn from secondary vessel-history pages corroborated by contemporaneous press (ev-03); the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 and no full DANFS narrative for DD-946 was retrievable - the NHL nomination is the primary record. Documents events, not materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edson-dd946-02
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[3]mlive.com / Bay City Times coverage: 'USS Edson's Bay County arrival draws visitors' (2012-08-07); 'USS Edson Navy destroyer to host National Destroyer Escort Day ceremony' (2013-06); five-year retrospective (2017-08-07) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- mlive.com 2012-08-07 arrival article; 2013-06 mooring article; 2017-08-07 retrospective
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous local-press record of this hull's current museum status: towed 2,436 miles from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, arriving the Saginaw River at Wirt Stone Dock 7 August 2012; moved by Busch Marine in May 2013 to her permanent mooring near the Independence Bridge Boat Launch, Bangor Township; operating as the floating centerpiece of the Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum with public tours since arrival.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2012-2017
- Population
- Museum visitors/staff; tow crews 2012
- Limitations
- Documents location and museum status only - no asbestos, hazmat, or abatement content anywhere in the coverage. Cannot be read for or against ACM aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edson-dd946-03
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[4]NPS NHL nomination machinery block (Forrest Sherman class; four 1,200-psi B&W boilers, Westinghouse turbines, 70,000 shp) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Bath Iron Works record (era asbestos-documented yard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NPS nomination description/integrity sections; shipyards.json 'bath-iron-works'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer built 1956-58 with a four-boiler 1,200-psi steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler/turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing; builder Bath Iron Works is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset ('bath-iron-works'). The nomination's 'essentially the same vessel laid down in 1956' integrity finding is consistent with retained original materials but is not a hazmat statement.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1956-1988
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1956-58; engineering-plant crew
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific ACM survey, inventory, or abatement record supports a product list for this hull. Do not read the NHL integrity statement as asbestos documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edson-dd946-04
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[5]Mullinex v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. / John Crane Inc., 4:18-cv-00033 (E.D. Va. Newport News): doc. 130 (Plaintiffs' Opposition to 12(b)(1) motion, filed 2020-02-06) and doc. 520 (Joint Proposed Final Amended Pretrial Order, filed 2022-05-17); Hayden v. 3M Co., 2:15-cv-02275 (E.D. La., Order & Reasons doc. 111 filed 2015-08-10); Davis v. GE 3:08-cv-00228, Hilt v. Foster Wheeler 3:11-cv-02367, Gotautis v. Todd Shipyards 3:11-cv-03404 (N.D. Cal. complaints via MDL-875); Knowles v. A.W. Chesterton 2:12-cv-02284 (C.D. Cal. via MDL-875) - RECAP plain text retrieved via authenticated API v4 [court_record]
- Locator
- Mullinex doc. 520 stipulation paras. 8-11 and factual contentions; doc. 130 background section; Hayden doc. 111 (Order & Reasons at 2-5); Davis doc. 1; MDL-875 docs. 7225-3 (Hilt), 7601-2 (Gotautis), 8585-1 (Knowles)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull, resolved from index lead to retrieved documents on authenticated backfill. Mullinex (E.D. Va.): the Joint Proposed Final Amended Pretrial Order carries a STIPULATION OF UNDISPUTED FACTS - 'Herbert Mullinex served onboard U.S.S. Edson from April 10, 1977 to until February 1, 1981 as a Machinist Mate First Class (MM1)' and 'Herbert Mullinex was diagnosed with mesothelioma'; the parties' factual contentions assert he 'was routinely and frequently exposed to and breathed uncontrolled asbestos dust and fibers from the intended use and removal of asbestos gaskets and packing manufactured by John Crane, Garlock and Chesterton' aboard Holder, Sumner, and (until 10/28/1978) Edson. The earlier opposition brief (doc. 130) recites deposition exhibits: Edson's forward and aft engine rooms had 12-15 machinist mates whose work included 'regular and frequent fabrication, installation, and removal of asbestos gaskets as well as cutting, installing, and removing asbestos packing,' ~6 valves/week yielding up to 24 gaskets. Hayden (E.D. La.): Order & Reasons granting remand recites Hayden's 5/28/2015 deposition describing asbestos-dust exposure aboard USS EDSON from Carrier/Buffalo Pumps 'force draft blowers' - while noting plaintiffs expressly disclaimed Navy-service exposure claims. Four additional complaints: Davis (N.D. Cal.) - EDSON (DD-946), electrician's mate, Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity Newport RI 1983-85, ABT switches and gun mounts; Gotautis (N.D. Cal.) - EDSON (DD-946) boilermaker supervisor 6/1962-9/1966 incl. WestPac/Vietnam; Hilt (N.D. Cal.) - EDSON in Hunters Point NSY work list 1965-72; Knowles (C.D. Cal.) - 'USS Edson (DD-946)' in exposure history sheet.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1962-1985 (alleged exposure windows); 2008-2022 (litigation)
- Population
- Herbert Mullinex (MM1 engine rooms, DD-946 1977-81; mesothelioma); Thomas Hayden (force-draft blowers); plaintiffs Davis (electrician 1983-85), Gotautis (boilermaker supervisor 1962-66), Hilt decedent Robert Hilt (Hunters Point 1965-72), Knowles (jobsite list)
- Limitations
- Litigation-stage discipline applied: the pretrial-order stipulation establishes Mullinex's service aboard DD-946 and his mesothelioma diagnosis as undisputed facts, but the asbestos-exposure narrative is carried as the parties' CONTENTIONS and deposition recitals in briefing - not an adjudicated finding of exposure, product identity, or causation aboard this hull. Hayden's deposition recital is undercut for claim purposes by plaintiffs' express disclaimer of Navy exposure. The four complaints are unadjudicated pleading-stage allegations. No verdict, adjudicated exposure finding, or ACM inventory established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edson-dd946-05
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[6]Batch-15 search ledger (this record): NPS NHL nomination; DANFS-derived chronologies; mlive.com relocation coverage; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-edson-dd946-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No asbestos survey, abatement contract, museum hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated/trial-stage litigation record for this hull was located (see search_ledger). Ship-specific litigation now documented at ev-05 following the 2026-09-25 authenticated backfill. Non-qualifying hits classified: Joppy v. United States (military pay); State of Maine v. 3M and State of Connecticut v. EIDP (environmental/PFAS suits - 'USS Edson' appears in appendix material, context beyond docket metadata unverified, not asbestos matters); Rio Grande Comm. Health, Abella v. Simon, US v. Anderson (D. Colo.), State of Washington v. Dept. of State = identifier/name collisions.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located survey or adjudicated record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the NHL-documented high originality of the vessel is consistent with retained era materials. Litigation records are unadjudicated. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present, does not address what may remain aboard, and does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edson-dd946-06