USS EUGENE A. GREENE (DD-711)

Evidence

12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).

1. [1]research packet gf-packet.md (10 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Eugene A. Greene; hull DD-711 (later DDR-711, back to DD-711);

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-eugene-a-greene-dd711-pkt-gf-packet-md

2. [2]DANFS, Eugene A. Greene (DD-711) (verbatim transcription, hazegray.org via Wayback 2025-03-15 capture; identical text reprinted at globalsecurity.org; live NHHC page not locatable - all tested URLs 404) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS DD-711 entry, spec block + service narrative (Wayback capture of hazegray dd711txt.htm)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS record for this hull: built by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs. Anita M. Greene (widow of Ensign Greene); first CO Cmdr. W. V. Pratt III; east-coast/Caribbean shakedown, plane-guard and new-crew training from Norfolk; Guantanamo early 1947; 13 February 1947 task-group cruise to Montevideo for the Uruguayan presidential inauguration with Rio de Janeiro goodwill visit, returning 31 March; first of nine Mediterranean cruises over 13 years began 10 November 1947; northern Europe and Arctic voyages; out of commission for radar-picket conversion (printed entry dates it '1 April 1962 to 1 December 1952' - a source error for 1952). Spec block: dp 2,426; l. 390'6"; b. 41'1"; dr. 18'6"; s. 35 k.; cpl. 336; a. 6x5", 10x21" tt., 6 dcp., 2 dct.; class Gearing. NOTE: the printed DANFS entry reads 'launched 18 March 1946' and 'commissioned 8 June 1946' - a published-source error; contemporaneous and NVR-lineage records give 1945 (see ev-02, ev-04, gaps).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1944-1960

   Population

   Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1944-45; wartime/postwar crew (design complement 336)

   Limitations

   DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Entry is the short 1963-era DANFS volume text and ends circa 1960. It contains printed year errors (1946 for 1945 launch/commission; '1962' for 1952 conversion start) - corrected dates are carried from NavSource/lineage/postmark records and the conflict is logged in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-eugene-a-greene-dd711-01

3. [3]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-711/DDR-711 - USS Eugene A. Greene, Operational and Building Data (Wayback capture 2025-05-20; live navsource.org DNS SERVFAIL at access time) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource DD-711 page, 'Operational and Building Data' block + namesake note + photo captions

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Operational/building data for this hull: laid down 17 August 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding, Newark NJ; launched 18 March 1945; commissioned 8 June 1945; reclassified DDR-711 18 July 1952; reverted to DD-711 15 March 1963; completed FRAM upgrade October 1963; decommissioned 31 August 1972 and loaned to Spain as Churruca (D-61); stricken 2 June 1975; sold to Spain 17 May 1978; stricken by Spain 15 September 1989; used for target practice and sunk by the Spanish 12 December 1991. Namesake block: 'Eugene A. Greene, born 21 November 1921 in Smithtown, L.I., N.Y., enlisted in the Naval Reserve 13 January 1941, and after aviation training, was commissioned ensign 30 August 1941. Serving in Bombing Squadron 6 in Enterprise (CV-6), he was killed in action 4 June 1942 in the Battle of Midway... and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.' Name assigned to DE-549 on 28 October 1943, cancelled 10 June 1944, reassigned to DD-711 on 10 July 1944. NavSource photos document the FRAM-I configuration (enclosed bridge, Mk.32 torpedo tubes, Mk.25 radar) and the ship at Barcelona mid-1972 alongside USS Barney (DDG-6).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1944-1991

   Population

   n/a

   Limitations

   NavSource is a reputable volunteer secondary compilation of NVR-derived data, not a primary document. Dates corroborate the NavalCoverMuseum postmark record (DD-711 covers postmarked as early as 2 September 1945) and the generalstaff.org destroyer lineage table. 'Newark NJ' vs DANFS 'Kearny, N.J.' is the same Port Newark/Kearny Federal yard site.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-eugene-a-greene-dd711-02

4. [4]R. J. Clark, 'USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711)' ship history (compiled from OPNAV reports for the ship's 50th reunion; author served aboard 1966-1968 as ECM/Communications officer), hosted at losthistory.net; corroborated by Tin Can Sailors (National Association of Destroyer Veterans) DD-711 page, destroyers.org/ships/dd-711/ [other_primary]

   Locator

   losthistory.net/usndd/dd711/ full page; destroyers.org/ships/dd-711/ narrative

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Association ship history documenting this hull's yard periods and service: constructed in ten months at Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark (keel 17 Aug 1944); commissioned New York Navy Yard 8 June 1945 (complement 15 officers, 266 enlisted); DesRon 68 Atlantic Fleet; radar-picket conversion at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth - decommissioned 1 April 1952, recommissioned 1 December 1952 as DDR-711; regular overhaul at Norfolk Naval Shipyard late 1956-March 1957; homeport change to Charleston S.C. September 1959 (DesRon 6 flagship, DesDiv 62); FRAM I conversion at Boston Naval Shipyard - homeport changed to Boston 1 December 1962, reserve commission with reduced complement (5 officers, ~80 enlisted), completed with ASROC, Mk 32 torpedo tubes, DASH hangar/deck, SPS-40 radar; Task Group Alfa/DesRon 32; 1965 recovery ship for unmanned Gemini shot; Dominican Republic patrols; Atlantic Fleet ASW Trophy early 1966; Vietnam service June-December 1966 (Panama Canal transit 6 June; Pearl Harbor repair for starboard screw/flooded rudder June 1966; Tonkin Gulf escort for Constellation CVA-64 and Coral Sea CVA-43; I Corps naval gunfire support; port-shaft casualty 19 Oct 1966; Tsoying Taiwan; Subic Bay drydock shaft/propeller replacement; circumnavigation, Norfolk 17 Dec 1966); Middle East Force cruise Nov 1967-May 1968 (Bandar Abbas grounding 3 Feb 1968; Karachi Shipyard & Dry-dock Co. propeller/SQS-23 sonar dome repairs); Scorpion search May-June 1968; Apollo VII recovery Oct 1968; cadre status Nov 1968-Dec 1969; Waccamaw collision June 1970; dry-docked Norfolk Naval Shipyard 15 March-15 June 1971 for sonar transducer/hull/machinery repairs; final Med deployment Dec 1971-June 1972; decommissioned Norfolk 31 August 1972; transfer-on-loan to Spain same day as SNS Churruca (D-61), 11a Escuadrilla at Ferrol with ex-Noa, ex-Furse, ex-Leary, ex-O'Hare; purchased by Spain 17 May 1978; stricken by Spain 15 September 1989; sunk as target 12 December 1991 at 12:12 in ~4,500 m ~100 mi west of the Canaries after 4 hours of weapons strikes (500-lb Mk 8 bomb).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1944-1991

   Population

   Crew across 1945-1972 (~336 design complement; cadre ~35% 1968-69); yard workers at Federal Kearny, Norfolk NSY (1952, 1956-57, 1967, 1971), Boston NSY (1962-63), Pearl Harbor, Subic Bay, Karachi

   Limitations

   Veteran-authored association history compiled from OPNAV reports - detailed but secondary; day-level dates corroborated where possible against NavSource/NavalCoverMuseum. No asbestos or materials content. Tin Can Sailors' parallel history states 'stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 31 August 1972' - that conflates decommissioning/loan with striking; the 2 June 1975 strike is carried per NavSource/lineage/Wikipedia. TCS's 'January 1965 recovery of the GEMINI space capsule following astronaut Edward White's historic space walk' is internally wrong (White's EVA was Gemini 4, June 1965); the documented January 1965 assignment was Gemini-Titan 2 (uncrewed), per the recovery-ship assignment list and a 19 Jan 1965 'Project Gemini Support' postmark.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-eugene-a-greene-dd711-03

5. [5]U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-NN - DD-711 Eugene A. Greene - 141915: 'The U.S. Navy radar picket destroyer USS Eugene A. Greene (DDR-711) off the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia (USA), on 18 December 1952. Note the AN/SPS-8A radar aft.' NARA NAID 24743143 [other_primary]

   Locator

   NARA NAID 24743143 / BuShips photo 19-NN-DD-711-141915 (caption)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Contemporaneous Bureau of Ships photograph (NARA) documents this hull as DDR-711 off Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 18 December 1952 with the newly installed AN/SPS-8A height-finding radar aft - primary confirmation that the April-December 1952 radar-picket conversion was a Norfolk Naval Shipyard availability.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1952

   Population

   Norfolk Naval Shipyard trades, 1952

   Limitations

   A photograph establishes presence and configuration at the yard, not the scope of material disturbed or any asbestos handling. No abatement or insulation content in the record.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-eugene-a-greene-dd711-04

6. [6]Stevens v. CBS Corporation et al., No. 3:11-cv-06073-RBL (W.D. Wash.), Order on Plaintiffs' Motions to Compel Discovery, ECF No. 92 (filed 2012-08-29, Judge Ronald B. Leighton) [court_record]

   Locator

   ECF No. 92 pp. 2-4, esp. fn. 2 p. 3 (vessel list) and p. 5 (order limited to vessels worked on 1954-1984)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Discovery-stage order in a federal asbestos personal-injury case names this hull: plaintiff Roland L. Stevens, a Navy boilermaker 1954-1974 who thereafter did similar work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard until 1988 and was diagnosed with mesothelioma in November 2011, alleged asbestos exposure from defendants' equipment 'on dozens of Navy vessels'; footnote 2 of the order identifies the vessels from the plaintiffs' exhibit as 'The USS Eugene A. Greene, USS Yellowstone, USS Annapolis, USS Wright, USS Beatty, USS Kitty Hawk, USS Coral Sea, USS Belleau Wood, USS Sacramento, USS Camden, and the USS Berkeley' (Knudson Decl., Ex. 1, Dkt. #67 at 13). The order grants in part discovery limited to components supplied to vessels Stevens worked on between 1954 and 1984. During 1954-1972 the only commissioned USS Eugene A. Greene was DD-711.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1954-1984 (alleged exposure window); 2011-2013 (litigation)

   Population

   Navy boilermaker aboard multiple vessels 1954-1974 incl. DD-711; mesothelioma

   Limitations

   Discovery-scope order: the hull appears in plaintiffs' asserted work-site list, recited by the court - not an adjudicated finding of exposure aboard, product identification aboard, or causation. Under litigation-stage discipline this is classified at the discovery-record stage. The case terminated 2013-04-23; merits outcome for Stevens not located.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-eugene-a-greene-dd711-05

7. [7]Eugene A. Greene v. A.P. Green Refractories Co., J.P.M.L. No. 3:95-cv-00168 (filed 1995-04-28) - CourtListener docket index [court_record]

   Locator

   CourtListener docket 51541482 (party names, JPML court)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Name-collision record, carried so the sweep result is not misread later: 'Eugene A. Greene' in this docket is a PERSON - a plaintiff suing refractories manufacturer A.P. Green in a 1995 JPML asbestos-context action - not this vessel. No ship involvement.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   correction

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1995

   Population

   n/a

   Limitations

   Docket-index classification only; case content not retrieved (not warranted - the party name is the collision). Included to prevent a future sweep from flagging the caption as a vessel hit.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-eugene-a-greene-dd711-06

8. [8]Miguel Gonzalez, 'El destructor Churruca sera hundido a canonazos en unas maniobras', El Pais (Madrid), 25 November 1991 [reputable_press]

   Locator

   El Pais print article, 1991-11-25 (defense desk)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Contemporaneous press documents this hull's disposal: the destroyer Churruca (D-61, 2,500 t), struck from the Spanish Navy at the end of 1989, was retained as a weapons-effects target rather than scrapped; sensors were installed to measure projectile effects; the live-fire sinking exercise with the carrier Principe de Asturias, frigates and submarines was planned for 11-12 December 1991 near the island of El Hierro (Canaries); per Navy sources 'el Churruca se hundira sin combustible, por lo que la contaminacion sera cero' (sunk without fuel - zero pollution claim). Association history records the actual sinking 12 December 1991.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1989-1991

   Population

   n/a (disposal of unmanned hulk)

   Limitations

   Press report predates the sinking (planned 11-12 Dec 1991; executed 12 Dec per association history). Establishes method/location of disposal; the 'zero pollution' quote addresses fuel only and says nothing about asbestos or other materials remaining aboard at sinking - no hazmat characterization exists for the hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-eugene-a-greene-dd711-07

9. [9]Goodrich v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., Omnibus Opinion and Order, ECF No. 171, E.D. Va. No. 4:17-cv-00009 (Sept. 28, 2018) - recitals of a class engineering drawing and expert insulation tally [court_record]

   Locator

   Omnibus opinion pp. 12, 19, 31 (per class-profile record ev-gearing-class-04; underlying exhibits not in RECAP)

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Class-level litigation recital covering the design group this hull belongs to: the Goodrich omnibus opinion recites that 'an engineering drawing for the insulation and lagging of forced draft blower turbines for the class of destroyers (DD 692, USS Allen M. Sumner class), within which the USS Harlan Dickson fell, specifies the use of amosite felts and asbestos cloths' and quotes an expert report estimating 'a partial tally of the weight of the asbestos-containing thermal insulation and lagging products in the fire ... and engine rooms of a ship belonging to the USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692) and USS Gearing (DD 710) classes of destroyers is 30.3 tons.' DD-711 is a Gearing-class (long-hull Sumner) destroyer whose machinery follows the same design group.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1940s design era; opinion filed 2018-09-28

   Population

   Destroyer fire/engine-room crews, Sumner/Gearing classes

   Limitations

   Litigation-record recitals of an expert report and a Navy drawing - the drawing addresses the shared Sumner/Gearing machinery design; the 30.3-ton figure is an expert partial tally for fire/engine rooms, not a classwide inventory and not an adjudicated finding. This row is class/era context only and is NOT a ship-specific finding for DD-711; the hull is not named in the opinion.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-eugene-a-greene-dd711-08

10. [10]Owens-Illinois, Inc., Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ (Aug. 30-Sep. 2, 1944); introduced as Owens-Illinois interrogatory exhibit #20 in Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Brazoria County TX (1990) - per Atlas shipyards.json record federal-shipbuilding-kearny [other_primary]

    Locator

    shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny', evidence ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944; Toxic Docs archive copy of the survey

    Finding type

    gov_survey

    Finding

    Yard-level industrial-hygiene record for the builder during this hull's construction window: an Owens-Illinois Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J., conducted 30 August - 2 September 1944 - while DD-711 (laid down 17 August 1944) was on the ways - documented insulator work with asbestos pipe covering (Johns-Manville Superex, amosite-based ~15%) and boiler insulation (Kaylo) in confined shipyard spaces, with dust counts measured during cutting/fitting.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-27

    Study period

    1944

    Population

    Shipyard insulators and pipefitters at Federal Shipbuilding Kearny, 1944

    Limitations

    Yard-level survey of the builder's plant, not a hull record: it documents the asbestos products Federal's insulators handled in the weeks DD-711 was being built, but does not inventory this hull. Survey was conducted by a manufacturer (Owens-Illinois) with commercial interest; dust counts in mppcf. Introduced as a litigation exhibit (Heathman, 1990). Supports era/yard context only.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-eugene-a-greene-dd711-09

11. [11]Consolidated era inference - Gearing-class technical data (4 B&W boilers, GE geared turbines, 60,000 shp; destroyerhistory.org/navypedia class pages) + GAO HRD-80-2 policy context + documented yard periods for this hull [other_primary]

    Locator

    Class technical data + association-history yard chronology + GAO HRD-80-2 product-page description

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Era/design inference for this hull: a Gearing-class destroyer built 1944-45 with a four-boiler superheated steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing and fireproofing; documented availabilities in the asbestos era - Norfolk NSY radar-picket conversion (Apr-Dec 1952), Norfolk NSY overhaul (1956-57), Boston NSY FRAM I modernization (Dec 1962-Oct 1963, removing one 5-inch mount, all 3-inch guns, and adding ASROC/DASH/SPS-40), Norfolk NSY overhaul (early 1967) and Norfolk NSY drydock/overhaul (15 Mar-15 Jun 1971), plus battle repairs at Pearl Harbor (Jun 1966), Subic Bay (Oct-Nov 1966) and Karachi (Feb 1968) - were the periods when machinery-space insulation disturbance would have occurred under era practice (per GAO HRD-80-2: Navy policy left asbestos insulation in place unless damaged or required for repair).

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-27

    Study period

    1944-1989

    Population

    Construction trades (Federal Kearny 1944-45); crew 1945-1972; yard workers Norfolk NSY, Boston NSY, Pearl Harbor, Subic Bay, Karachi; Spanish Navy crew/yard 1972-1989

    Limitations

    Class/era inference only - no ship-specific material list or asbestos scope document for any DD-711 yard period was located. FRAM work packages and BuShips correspondence (NARA RG 19, NAVSEA inactive-ship files) are the unresolved archival track. GAO HRD-80-2 is program-level; full text blocked to automated fetch (HTTP 403).

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-eugene-a-greene-dd711-10

12. [12]Research sweep negative finding - NHHC/DANFS, NVR, NARA catalog, NavSource, ship-association history, Atlas yard dataset, and CourtListener searches for this hull [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger sl-01..sl-12 (all repositories swept)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos-material record located for this hull: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, ACM inventory, material list, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding naming DD-711 exists in any consulted source. The only ship-specific asbestos-context record is the unadjudicated discovery-stage work-site allegation in Stevens v. CBS (ev-05). Ship-specific ACM status is therefore unknown; it must not be inferred from class, era, boilers, or steam propulsion.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-27

    Study period

    research conducted 2026-09-27

    Population

    n/a

    Limitations

    Absence of a located record is not evidence of absence aboard: undigitized BuShips/FRAM work packages (NARA RG 19), NAVSEA inactive-ship files, and Spanish Navy disposal records were not retrieved. The negative finding covers public/secondary and federal-docket surfaces only.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-eugene-a-greene-dd711-11