Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]Hurriyet Daily News (English ed. of Hurriyet), 'Family compensated after Turkish admiral dies of asbestos on US ship,' reporting Haberturk story by Gungor Karakus, 2012-07-24; corroborating Turkish editions: Haberturk 'Turk subayin zaferi' haberturk.com/gundem/haber/761325; NTV ntv.com.tr; Milliyet milliyet.com.tr/gundem/turk-amiralin-zaferi-1571102 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Hurriyet Daily News article body incl. numbered 25-ship list, item 6 'Gayret D 352'; Haberturk original 'ISTE O 25 GEMI' list, item 6
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Turkish national press reported (July 2012) that the family of a Turkish admiral who had served aboard TCG Adatepe (D-353), a former U.S. warship acquired in 1971, won court-ordered compensation from the U.S. company that built the ship after the admiral died of cancer; the ruling was reported as a precedent for sailors of 25 U.S.-built Turkish warships described as constructed using asbestos. The published list of the 25 ships includes 'Gayret D 352' - unambiguously this hull (ex-USS Eversole DD-789).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- Report 2012-07-24; exposure-era service 1973-1995
- Population
- Turkish Navy personnel who served aboard TCG Gayret (D-352), 1973-1995
- Limitations
- Press-level record: the adjudicated/paid claim involved a different hull (Adatepe D-353), and this hull appears only on the reported 25-ship list of vessels 'built using asbestos' - a list-level naming, not an adjudicated finding for DD-789. The reports name neither the defendant company nor the deciding court and do not establish quantities, locations, or any individual exposure aboard this hull. Asbestos content assertion traces to the claimants' framing and press reporting, not a primary material record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eversole-dd789-01
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[2]DANFS, Eversole II (DD-789) (builder, launch/commission, service narrative, battle stars; verbatim July 2015 DANFS text reproduced by Tin Can Sailors - live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Eversole II' - specifications block + service narrative (destroyers.org reproduction of Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, July 2015)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 8 January 1946 by Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Seattle, Wash.; sponsored by Mrs. S. R. Eversole, mother of Lt. (j.g.) Eversole; commissioned 10 May 1946, Cdr. B. P. Ross in command. Home port San Diego from 6 October 1946; two pre-Korea Far East tours; sailed 1 May 1950 and screened fast carrier task forces against North Korean targets until 8 February 1951; second Korean tour 27 August 1951 - 10 April 1952 (Hungnam, Wonsan bombardments; Blockading and Escort Force with UK, Canadian, Netherlands, Australian, New Zealand, and ROK ships); third tour 17 November 1952 - 29 June 1953; annual Far East deployments 1954-1962 (Taiwan Patrol; Japan, Okinawa, Philippines; outward passage via Australia in 1957 and 1958); seven Korean War battle stars. Specifications block: Gearing class; 2,425 t; 390 ft 6 in; complement 336.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1945-1973
- Population
- Todd-Pacific construction trades 1945-46; U.S. Navy crew 1946-1973 (design complement 336)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The DANFS narrative ends with the 1962 deployment cycle and does not cover the FRAM conversion, Vietnam service, decommissioning, or Turkish transfer. Verbatim transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eversole-dd789-02
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[3]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-789 USS Eversole (building data: laid down 28 Feb 1945 Todd Shipyards Seattle; FRAM upgrade completed February 1963; decommissioned 11 Jul 1973; stricken 21 Sep 1973; to Turkey 11 Jul 1973 renamed Gayret; preserved as museum at Izmit) + NavSource FRAM special-feature table (row: '789 Eversole Puget Sound 02/63') [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-789 index 'Operational and Building Data' block; navsource.org/archives/05/fram.htm FRAM yard-completion table row 789
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-specific lifecycle record for this hull: laid down 28 February 1945 at Todd Shipyards (Seattle); FRAM conversion completed February 1963, FRAM table assigns the yard as Puget Sound (Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA - consistent with Wikipedia's 'Bremerton Naval Shipyard' narrative); decommissioned 11 July 1973; stricken 21 September 1973; transferred to Turkey 11 July 1973 as Gayret; preserved as museum at Izmit. The FRAM I modernization was a multi-month yard period of the type that disturbed machinery-space insulation under era practice; the Atlas yard dataset carries asbestos products documented for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at yard level.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1945-1973
- Population
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard workers on this hull, 1962-1963 FRAM period; crew 1946-1973
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled secondary archive - dates are consistent with Wikipedia and Turkish official museum records but are not primary; the asbestos relevance of the 1962-63 FRAM yard period is inference (insulation disturbance is class/era-documented, not hull-documented for DD-789), and the yard's asbestos documentation is yard-level, not ship-specific. Decommissioning/stricken dates are secondary; pre-1987 disposals are absent from the live Naval Vessel Register. NavSource blocks automated fetch; content verified via search index and corroborating sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eversole-dd789-03
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[4]Turkish Museums (T.C. Ministry of Culture and Tourism official museum portal), 'Kocaeli Muze Gemiler' / Izmit Museum Ships Directorate entry for TCG Gayret (D-352) [museum_official]
- Locator
- turkishmuseums.com museum detail page, 'MUZE GEMI GAYRET' section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Turkish museum record for this hull: 'TCG Gayret (USS Eversole DD-789)' - launched in the U.S. in 1946, served the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet until 1973 including the Korean and Vietnam wars; acquired by Turkey in 1973 and served the Turkish Naval Forces for 22 years; active Turkish service ended in 1995, and the ship opened 20 August 1997 at Izmit as Turkey's first museum ship ('Ilk Muze Gemi'), under the Izmit Museum Ships Directorate established the same date. The hull is extant as a public museum vessel, meaning surviving-material documentation is a possible separate evidentiary track.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1997-present
- Population
- Museum visitors and staff, 1997-present
- Limitations
- Museum/custody record only - establishes identity mapping (Gayret D-352 = ex-USS Eversole DD-789), custody, and public-display status; contains no asbestos, material, or abatement information. The 1997 'Muze-Gemi Projesi' conversion work scope (including any asbestos handling) is not disclosed on this portal.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eversole-dd789-04
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[5]Goodrich v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., Omnibus Opinion and Order, ECF No. 171, E.D. Va. No. 4:17-cv-00009 (Sept. 28, 2018) - class-level recitals for the DD-692 Sumner / DD-710 Gearing destroyer design group [court_record]
- Locator
- Omnibus opinion pp. 12, 19, 31 (as documented in the Gearing class profile, ev-gearing-class-04); DANFS specifications block for design/era
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference for this hull: a 1945-46 Gearing-class destroyer with four Babcock & Wilcox superheated boilers and 60,000-shp GE geared steam turbines built at peak Navy asbestos use would have carried period-standard boiler casing and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe lagging, turbine lagging, valve/flange gaskets and packing, and accommodation insulation. Litigation-record context for the class: the Goodrich omnibus opinion recites an engineering drawing for forced-draft-blower-turbine insulation/lagging of the DD-692 (Sumner) design group - shared machinery practice with Gearing - specifying amosite felts and asbestos cloths, and quotes an expert report estimating a partial 30.3-ton tally of asbestos thermal insulation/lagging in fire and engine rooms of Sumner/Gearing destroyers.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1945-1995
- Population
- Todd-Pacific construction trades 1945-46; crew 1946-1973; Turkish crew 1973-1995
- Limitations
- Class/era and litigation-recital inference only - not a hull-level record for DD-789; the Goodrich materials are recitals of an expert report and a design-group drawing, not adjudicated classwide quantities, and the underlying exhibits were not retrieved. Establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eversole-dd789-05
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[6]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Program-level context applicable to this hull's later U.S. service: GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull-specific. Supports era context for Eversole's 1962-63 FRAM yard period and late-service maintenance; full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eversole-dd789-06
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[7]DenizHaber (Turkish maritime press), 'Tcg Gayret Muze Gemisi'nin Bakimi Yapildi' (TCG Gayret museum ship maintenance completed), 2008-10-21 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- DenizHaber article body (2008-10-21)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented maintenance event for this hull as museum: per DenizHaber (citing Anadolu Agency), TCG Gayret was taken 2 September 2008 to the Golcuk Naval Shipyard's Poyraz pier for paint, maintenance, and repair completed over about 15 days, displayed one month at Istanbul Kurucesme, and returned to Izmit Marina, reopening to visitors 22 October 2008. The coverage describes the work scope as paint/maintenance/repair and does not mention asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2008
- Population
- Golcuk Naval Shipyard workers on this hull, Sep-Oct 2008
- Limitations
- Press-level maintenance record; the report does not mention asbestos - no abatement, survey, or ACM handling is documented for the 2008 period or the 1997 museum conversion. Absence of mention is not evidence of absence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eversole-dd789-07
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[8]This record's search ledger: NHHC DANFS (live 404; verbatim Tin Can Sailors reproduction used); NavSource index/FRAM table via search index (direct fetch blocked); Turkish Museums official portal; Haberturk/Hurriyet/NTV/Milliyet/DenizHaber; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; CourtListener (blocked at pacing budget) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-eversole-dd789-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No primary ship-specific asbestos record located for this hull: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, museum hazmat disclosure, or U.S. court finding naming USS Eversole/DD-789 was found in the public sources searched. The ship-specific asbestos-relevant record that exists is the press-reported Turkish compensation-precedent naming (ev-01) - list-level and unadjudicated as to this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the hull's preservation as a museum means original-era material may survive undocumented. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. The CourtListener litigation sweep could not be completed in-session (fleet pacing budget exhausted); a 'blocked' ledger row records it and a re-run is warranted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eversole-dd789-08