Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet ia-packet.md (9 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-elmer-montgomery-de1082-pkt-ia-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Elmer Montgomery (DE 1082) - building and operational data block, class specifications block, commanding-officer roster (NVR-derived; page notes the NHHC DANFS entry 'is not available') [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, DE-1082 page: 'Building and Operational Data' and specifications blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Building and operational record for this hull: construction contract awarded to Avondale Shipyard Corp. 25 August 1966; keel laid 23 January 1970 at Westwego, La.; launched and christened 21 November 1970 (sponsor Mrs. Daniel Webster, sister of Sgt. Montgomery); commissioned 30 October 1971 at Boston Naval Shipyard, Cmdr. Leslie N. Palmer commanding, assigned to Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla Four at Norfolk, Va.; reclassified frigate FF-1082 30 June 1975; decommissioned at Naval Station Mayport, Fla. 30 June 1993 after 21 years and 8 months; struck from the NVR same date; 13 December 1993 grant aid to Turkey as parts hulk. Specifications (Knox class, SCB No. 199C): 3,020 tons std / 4,065 full; 438 ft oa; 2 Combustion Engineering 1,200-psi boilers, 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 35,000 shp, 1 shaft, 27 kt; complement 16 officers / 211 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1966-1993
- Population
- Avondale construction trades 1970-71; Boston Naval Shipyard fitting-out workforce 1971-72; ship's company 1971-1993
- Limitations
- NavSource is a secondary archival compilation mirroring NVR/DANFS-standard data, not an official host - used because no DANFS entry exists for this hull and the live NVR does not render disposed-ship detail. Documents milestones and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Complement figure conflicts with other compilations (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elmer-montgomery-de1082-01
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[3]Pub. L. 103-54 (H.R. 2561, 103rd Cong., enacted 1993-07-28, 107 Stat. 274), sec. 1(f)(2) - 'An Act to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign countries' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Enrolled bill text, sec. 1(f)(2), secs. 2-4
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Enacted statute names this hull: 'The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer to the Government of Turkey the "KNOX" class frigate ELMER MONTGOMERY (FF 1082). Such transfer shall be on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j; relating to transfers of excess defense articles).' Sec. 2 waived FAA sec. 516(c) congressional-notification provisions for this grant; sec. 3 charged transfer costs to the recipient; transfer authority expired two years after enactment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1993
- Limitations
- Statutory authorization only - it does not document the actual delivery date, the vessel's condition, or its use in Turkish service. The statute does not describe the hull as a 'parts hulk' (that characterization rests on NVR-derived/secondary records, ev-01). No materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elmer-montgomery-de1082-02
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[4]Formal Investigation into the Circumstances Surrounding the Downing of Iran Air Flight 655 on 3 July 1988 (RADM William M. Fogarty, USN, Investigating Officer; U.S. Central Command, 1988) - declassified DoD investigation, verbatim reproduction [other_primary]
- Locator
- Fogarty report, preliminary statement paras. 2-3; findings of fact (KARAMA MAERSK / IRGC small-boat sequence); exhibit index entries 43, 47, 79
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DoD investigation places this hull in the 3 July 1988 Persian Gulf surface action: preliminary interviews and information gathering were conducted 'on board USS VINCENNES (CG 49), USS ELMER MONTGOMERY (FF 1082), USS SIDES (FFG 14), and USS CORONADO (AGF 11)'; the report's exhibit index includes USS ELMER MONTGOMERY deck log and SAG A log and the ship's 021503Z JUN 88 'June 2 ops' message; findings of fact record that ELMER MONTGOMERY responded to the KARAMA MAERSK mayday, observed IRGC small boats fire rockets at the merchant ship, fired a warning shot, and subsequently engaged Iranian small craft with USS VINCENNES on 3 July 1988.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1988
- Population
- Ship's company, April-July 1988 deployment (Joint Task Force Middle East)
- Limitations
- Documents the ship's combat action, not materials or asbestos content. Cited from a Wikisource verbatim reproduction of the declassified official report; the underlying document is a U.S. government work but the host is a secondary repository. Findings concerning the airliner engagement concern USS Vincennes, not this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elmer-montgomery-de1082-03
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[5]Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) service-member profile, Sgt. Elmer F. Montgomery, USMC, unaccounted for, Iwo Jima 11 March 1945; Navy Cross citation, CINCPAC serial 36921 (19 December 1945), as reproduced in the Hall of Valor registry [other_primary]
- Locator
- DPAA profile 'Sgt. ELMER F MONTGOMERY' (Iwo Jima unaccounted-for roster); Hall of Valor recipient 8079 (citation text); NavSource namesake note
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Namesake record for this hull: Sergeant Elmer Foster Montgomery, USMCR (born Kalispell, Mont., 3 April 1913; entered service from Washington), Headquarters Company, Division Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, serving as rifleman with a platoon of Company C, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines - on 11 March 1945 at Iwo Jima he volunteered to attack a Japanese position so his platoon could withdraw, was last seen firing on the emplacement, and remains unaccounted for (DPAA); posthumously awarded the Navy Cross (CINCPAC serial 36921, 19 December 1945). USS Elmer Montgomery (DE-1082) was the first ship named for him (NavSource).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945; ship named 1971
- Limitations
- Identity/namesake documentation only - no materials or asbestos relevance. Navy Cross citation text is carried from a secondary registry (Hall of Valor) reproducing the official citation; the DPAA profile is official.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elmer-montgomery-de1082-04
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[6]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (1979) - product-page description and indexed report text (full PDF blocked to automated fetch, HTTP 403) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2; indexed excerpts: Navy letter response listing ships 'delivered since 1973 or under construction'; policy passages (Oct. 1975; Jan. 1979)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/program inference for this 1971-delivered hull: GAO HRD-80-2 records that 'although all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables, most ships delivered in the last several years [~1973-79] or now under construction have little or no asbestos as thermal insulation' - i.e., hulls delivered earlier, as this one was (October 1971), fall in the conventional asbestos-insulation era. The report records the Navy's October 1975 policy of removing/replacing asbestos insulation only when damaged or removed for repairs, and the January 1979 modification adding selective replacement in high-maintenance areas; it also documents a Navy listing of ships by class/name/hull number for asbestos content, limited to hulls delivered since 1973 or under construction - a set this 1971 delivery falls outside. Era-typical steam-escort applications consistent with this context: boiler/steam-line thermal insulation and lagging, gaskets and valve packing, machinery packing, floor tile/mastic, adhesives, fire-resistant blankets.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1970-1979 (policy window)
- Population
- Ship construction/maintenance-era crews; shipyard insulation workers (Navy program level)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. GAO does not name this hull; the 1973-cutoff ship listing is precisely what excludes it from the low-asbestos delivery cohort. Full text unreachable (gao.gov HTTP 403 to automated fetch) - content relies on GAO product-page/indexed excerpts. Establishes nothing about quantities, individual exposure, or what remained aboard at decommissioning.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elmer-montgomery-de1082-05
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[7]Atlas shipyard dataset (shipyards.json), 'avondale-shipyard' record (evidence_tier 2): Kaylo insulation, lagging cloth for steam pipes, gaskets, floor tiles, adhesives, fire-resistant blankets documented at yard level; Avondale asbestos litigation incl. Latiolais v. Huntington Ingalls (5th Cir. 2019) and Barrosse v. Huntington Ingalls (5th Cir. 2023) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json record 'avondale-shipyard' (evidence rows ev-avondale-01, -02)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Builder-yard context: this hull was constructed 1970-71 at Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, La., a yard documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2) as using asbestos products - Kaylo pipe insulation, lagging cloth for steam pipes, gaskets, floor tiles, adhesives, fire-resistant blankets - and as the site of worker asbestos exposure adjudicated in federal litigation (Latiolais 2019; Barrosse 2023). Consistent with the class/era inference that a 1970-71 steam escort built at this yard carried era-standard asbestos applications.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1970-1971 (build window); litigation 2019-2023
- Population
- Avondale Shipyard construction trades 1970-71
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation only - establishes asbestos use at the building yard, not aboard this specific hull; litigation cited concerns yard workers, not ship's crew. Does not quantify materials or establish any individual exposure aboard DE-1082/FF-1082.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elmer-montgomery-de1082-06
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[8]navysite.de, 'USS Elmer Montgomery (FF 1082)' - compiled operational-history narrative (secondary compilation consistent with NHHC-style ship-history framing) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite.de FF-1082 page, 'History' section (full deployment chronology) and 'Accidents' table (1976-03-30 storeroom fire)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled service chronology for this hull (uncorroborated secondary narrative): builder's trials in the Gulf of Mexico 14 September 1971 and Navy delivery 14 October 1971; Mediterranean presence during the October 1973 Yom Kippur War alert; 1974 Indian Ocean deployment around the Cape of Good Hope with a five-day Aqaba, Jordan call beginning 14 December 1974 described as the first U.S. Navy visit to Jordan since 1967; a storeroom fire at Naval Station Norfolk 30 March 1976 extinguished with USS Mitscher (DDG-35) and base fire department assistance, no injuries and minor damage; homeport shift to Mayport by April 1979; 1979 Indian Ocean deployment via the reopened Suez Canal; 1982 Northern Europe/Northern Wedding deployment with Kiel Canal transit and Stockholm/Southampton calls; Mediterranean deployments 1984-85 and Display Determination 1986; Earnest Will deployment from 25 April 1988; Desert Shield/Desert Storm service with maritime-interception boardings including the 27 September 1990 Tadmur interception (first warning shots of the embargo operation), the force's 2,500th interception, and first ship to 100 boardings; return to Mayport 28 March 1991; 1991 escort of USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) around South America; final exercises late 1992; decommissioning at Mayport 30 June 1993 under Cmdr. Craig Eugene Vance.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1971-1993
- Population
- Ship's company 1971-1993
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not an official record - individual operational details are not corroborated here against ship logs or command histories; the 1982 Northern Europe cruise book hosted by navysite.de is a potential primary lead. Documents operations, not materials or asbestos content. Used for narrative context only; no asbestos-relevant inference drawn.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elmer-montgomery-de1082-07
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[9]U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, 'Ship's Status Changes' (May 1994) - Elmer Montgomery (FF-1082) transfer table entry [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Proceedings May 1994, 'Ship's Status Changes' - FF-1082 transfer entry and footnote
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Professional-press status record for this hull's Turkish disposition: 'Elmer Montgomery (FF-1082) - At Mayport, FL. Trans. to Turkey'; transfer table reads Turkey / Elmer Montgomery (FF-1082) / 'Not commissioned upon transfer' / Grant Aid; footnote states the ship 'Replaces the Muavenet (MMD-33) (ex-USS Gwin [DM-33]) which was damaged beyond repair on 2 October 1992 by two Sea Sparrow missiles accidentally fired from USS Saratoga (CV-60). This ship transferred as part of a compensation package.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1993-1994
- Limitations
- USNI Proceedings is reputable professional press, not an official record. Page returned HTTP 403 to direct automated fetch at access time; content verified via the publisher's indexed page text. Confirms delivery status (parts hulk, never commissioned) but not the hulk's subsequent fate.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elmer-montgomery-de1082-08
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[10]Batch-4015 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS and NVR (no entry/render); NavSource DE archive; govinfo Pub. L. 103-54; DoD Fogarty report; DPAA profile; GAO HRD-80-2 (403-blocked); CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries across opinion and RECAP docket indexes [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-elmer-montgomery-de1082-01, -02, -07, -08, -09, -10 (NHHC/NVR absence + CourtListener sweep)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-1082/FF-1082: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, overhaul work-package disclosure, or museum/hazmat disclosure exists in the public sources searched, and no qualifying asbestos litigation names this hull. CourtListener opinion hits on the hull number ('DE-1082') are string collisions in unrelated cases (real estate, bail bonds, Clean Air Act, VA benefits); the exact-name 'USS Elmer Montgomery' docket query returns no results; 'Elmer Montgomery' docket hits are personal-name collisions (bankruptcy filings) and unresolvable docket-text matches inside mega-dockets (MDL-875 asbestos, MDL-2873 AFFF) that do not establish the vessel as an exposure site.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the hull's 1970-71 construction predates the Navy's mid-1970s asbestos-transition, so era materials were likely present and could have persisted; but no ship-specific documentation confirms or quantifies it. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. RECAP full-text review of the MDL docket-text matches was limited by fleet pacing (see search_ledger).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elmer-montgomery-de1082-09