Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet zbv-packet.md (5 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-fahrion-ffg22-pkt-zbv-packet-md
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, Fahrion (FFG 22) ship detail page (NAVSEA; capture of 2012-02-24; page last updated 2000-06-15) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR FFG 22 detail page, status block + characteristics block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR record for this hull: builder TODD PAC/SEATTLE; award date 02/28/1977; keel 12/01/1978; launch 08/24/1979; delivery 12/29/1981; commission 01/16/1982; decommission 03/31/1998; stricken 03/31/1998; status 'Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, cash sale, ex-US fleet hull foreign military sale case number assigned' effective 03/15/1998; custodian EGYPT. Technical listing: guided missile frigate, FFG 7 class; 445 ft overall; light displacement 3,046 tons, full 3,928 tons; steel hull, aluminum superstructure; gas turbines, 1 propeller; accommodations 17 officers / 195 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1977-1998
- Population
- Todd Pacific Seattle construction workforce 1978-81; ship's company 1982-98 (~212 per accommodations listing)
- Limitations
- NVR documents identity, dimensions, propulsion type, dates, and disposition - no materials or asbestos content. Live nvr.navy.mil is offline; cited via Internet Archive capture dated 2012-02-24 (register page itself last updated 2000-06-15).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fahrion-ffg22-01
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[3]Pub.L. 105-85 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998), Sec. 1025, 111 Stat. 1629 (enacted 1997-11-18) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Pub.L. 105-85, Title X, Subtitle B, Sec. 1025(a)(3)(B), (b)-(c)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Statutory authorization naming this hull: the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer to the Government of Egypt, 'on a sales basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761),' the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class frigates FAHRION (FFG 22) and LEWIS B. PULLER (FFG 23) (Sec. 1025(a)(3)(B)). Transfer costs are charged to the recipient (subsec. b), and repair/refurbishment in U.S. shipyards before the vessel joins the recipient's navy is required 'to the maximum extent practicable' (subsec. c).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1997-1998
- Limitations
- Establishes the legal basis and terms of the transfer - a sale, not grant aid (resolving 'grant aid' wording in secondary ship registries). Contains no hazardous-material or asbestos conditions or declarations. Statutory authorization only; the FMS Letter of Offer text itself was not located in public sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fahrion-ffg22-02
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[4]U.S. Navy press release, 'Egyptian ENS Sharm El-Sheikh, USS Somerset Perform Passing Exercise' (2021-03-18) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navy.mil News Stories, article 2541281; DVIDS image 6561303 (VIRIN 210314-N-JC800-1058) and VIRIN 180215-N-OI558-1056
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official U.S. Navy news release documents this hull still in active Egyptian Navy service: 'The Egyptian guided-missile frigate ENS Sharm El-Sheikh (FFG 901) and U.S. amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) conducted a passing exercise (PASSEX), March 14' (2021) in the Red Sea. DVIDS imagery also documents the ship exercising with USS Sampson in the Red Sea on 2018-02-15.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2018-2021
- Population
- Egyptian Navy crew, 1998-present
- Limitations
- Confirms the hull remains afloat and operational in foreign military service as of March 2021 - therefore never scrapped and never subjected to a U.S. donation-condition or dismantling hazmat review. The Navy release does not discuss materials aboard or asbestos. navy.mil returns HTTP 403 to curl fetches (bot block); content verified via rendered fetch and corroborating DVIDS captions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fahrion-ffg22-03
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[5]GAO report HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (1979-10-18) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2, summary/product-page abstract and 'use of asbestos in Navy ships' section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's review of the Navy asbestos program, published while this hull was under construction: 'According to the Navy, although all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables, most ships delivered in the last several years or now under construction have little or no asbestos as thermal insulation, which was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships.' The report also documents the Navy's October 1975 policy - remove and replace asbestos insulation only when damaged or when removal was required for repairs - modified January 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas, with an estimated $2 billion cost cited against a one-time removal program.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program-wide); construction-era workforce at the builder yard by extension
- Limitations
- Program-level statement, not a hull record: it characterizes new construction of the era in aggregate and does not name this vessel or quantify residual asbestos aboard. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated full-text fetches; the quotations are verified from the GAO product-page description and abstract text (locator noted). Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk naval shipyards.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fahrion-ffg22-04
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[6]U.S. Navy training manual, Gas Turbine Systems Technician (NAVEDTRA 14115), FFG-7 class waste-heat recovery system section (reproduction at navyaviation.tpub.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVEDTRA 14115, ch. 4, 'FFG-7 Class Ships' waste-heat system subsection (manual page 4-23)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy rate-training manual describes this class's machinery plant: 'The FFG-7 class ship's waste heat recovery system does not use a WHB [waste heat boiler] ... it uses the waste heat produced by the ship's service diesel generators (SSDGs) jacket water system,' via four heat exchangers, four hot-water circulating pumps, and two 300-kW supplementary electric heaters. Combined with the LM2500 gas-turbine main plant, the class carried no propulsion boilers and no waste-heat boiler - bounding the thermal-insulation inventory relative to steam-powered combatants.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- class era (1977-1989 builds)
- Population
- FFG-7 class engineering crews
- Limitations
- Class-level design documentation; describes machinery systems, not insulation materials - it supports the structural conclusion that boiler/steam asbestos inference does not apply to this class, without establishing what non-steam asbestos applications (gaskets, packing, cable, lagging) were fitted aboard this hull. tpub.com is a reproduction host for official NAVEDTRA manuals, not the issuing authority.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fahrion-ffg22-05
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[7]Herring v. Texaco, Inc., 161 Wn.2d 189, 165 P.3d 4 (2007) [court_record]
- Locator
- 161 Wn.2d 189 at paras. 1-2, 4, 13 (majority opinion, filed 2007-08-09)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Builder-yard asbestos documentation: the Washington Supreme Court recites that Roger Herring, a member of Asbestos Workers Union Local 7 (Seattle), 'worked for subcontractors of Todd Shipyards at Todd's work sites' during the 1960s and early 1970s and that '[h]erring's asbestos exposure ultimately caused fatal mesothelioma' - exposure treated as undisputed background; the court resolved the case on bankruptcy-discharge grounds (claim discharged under Todd's 1987 Chapter 11 bar date). Documents asbestos exposure at the builder's Seattle-area operations in the decade preceding this hull's construction (keel 1978).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1960s-2007
- Population
- Todd Shipyards subcontract insulators, Seattle-area sites, 1960s-early 1970s
- Limitations
- Yard-level, not hull-level: establishes asbestos exposure conditions at Todd work sites during the construction-era window, not materials aboard FFG-22. Merits disposition: dismissal reinstated on bankruptcy-discharge grounds - the exposure facts are recited, not contested. Does not identify products, quantities, or later-abatement status at the yard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fahrion-ffg22-06
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[8]DSCA Arms Sales Notification, Transmittal No. 19-40, Egypt Follow-On Technical Support (FOTS), 84 FR 70171 (2019-12-20) [federal_register]
- Locator
- 84 FR 70171-70173, Transmittal 19-40, item (iii) description + policy justification
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Federal Register publication of DSCA Transmittal 19-40 documents that FMS case EG-P-GKB (implemented September 2018) provides 'material and labor services in support of Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigates (FFG-7), Fast Missile Craft (FMC), Mine Hunter Coastal (MHC) ships, Coastal Mine Hunter (CMH) ships, and 25 Meter and 28 Meter Fast Patrol Craft (FPC)' for the Government of Egypt, with VSE Corporation as prime contractor - i.e., an active U.S. support case for Egypt's Perry-class fleet, of which this hull (ENS Sharm El-Sheikh FFG 901) is a unit, as of 2018-2019.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2018-2019
- Population
- Egyptian Navy FFG-7 fleet crews and maintenance workforce
- Limitations
- Names the Egyptian FFG-7 fleet, not this hull specifically - hull-level inclusion follows from documented continued service (ev-03). Establishes continued USG-supported maintenance of the class in Egyptian service; contains no hazmat or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fahrion-ffg22-07
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[9]United States v. Olinger, 47 M.J. 545 (N.M.C.C.A. 1997); aff'd, United States v. Olinger, 50 M.J. 365 (C.A.A.F. 1999) [court_record]
- Locator
- 47 M.J. 545 at paras. 4, 27; 50 M.J. 365 (facts recital)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion-index sweep result: the only published opinion naming this vessel is a non-asbestos court-martial appeal. The NMCCA opinion recites that on 1995-06-27 the appellant 'failed to return from authorized leave and report to his ship, the USS FAHRION, located at Mayport, Florida,' remaining absent until on or about 1995-12-05; the ship was then on the UNITAS 36-95 deployment. CAAF affirmed (50 M.J. 365, 1999), addressing the unrecognized common-law defense of necessity. Classified: other litigation - not an asbestos case.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1995 (offense); 1997-1999 (opinions)
- Population
- USS Fahrion ship's company, 1995 (quartermaster manning noted in opinion)
- Limitations
- Court-martial opinion; the ship is the appellant's duty station in the factual recital, not the subject of any exposure, product, or condition finding. Its utility to this record is independent confirmation of the UNITAS 36-95 deployment window and Mayport homeport in 1995.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fahrion-ffg22-08
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[10]USS Fahrion (FFG 22) 1983 Naval Cruise Book (ship-produced publication; 'Mayport Mirror' first-year retrospective) and 1997 cruise book (CDR Robert L. Cullinan foreword); digitized scans hosted at e-yearbook.com [other_primary]
- Locator
- 1983 cruise book, 'Mayport Mirror' retrospective pp. 3-4 (e-yearbook pages 3-4); 1997 cruise book p. 7 (CDR Cullinan foreword)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship's own 1983 cruise book documents first-year chronology: commissioned 1982-01-16 at Seattle; Light Off Examination and crew certification; ammunition onload and departure from Puget Sound; first FFG underway replenishment on a maiden voyage (with USS Niagara Falls AFS-3); Panama Canal transit 1982-03-12; Mayport arrival 1982-03-16; refresher training Guantanamo Bay; weapons-systems accuracy trials Fort Lauderdale and ASW work Bahamas; INSURV trials under Rear Adm. Bulkeley 1982-07-23; post-shakedown availability at Bath Iron Works, Maine, 1982-08-23 through return to Mayport 1982-12-20, including drydocking 1982-10-21 and sea trials 1982-12-02; anniversary ceremonies show 'Commanding Officer CDR T.M. Da[ly]' administering reenlistments. The 1997 cruise book identifies CDR Robert L. Cullinan as commanding officer for the final Great Lakes deployment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1982-1983; 1997
- Population
- Ship's company 1982-83; Bath Iron Works yard workforce during 1982 PSA (incl. 1982-10-21 drydock)
- Limitations
- The underlying documents are ship-produced Navy publications; the citing host is a commercial digitization service (e-yearbook.com), so the scan is cited as the document, not the host. Establishes service chronology and the 1982 Bath Iron Works yard period - including a drydocking at a yard documented elsewhere in the Atlas dataset for era asbestos - but says nothing about materials or asbestos aboard this hull. OCR text is degraded at points ('CDR T.M. Da[ly]').
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fahrion-ffg22-09
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[11]Navsource Online Frigate Photo Archive, USS Fahrion (FFG 22) building and operational data block + commanding-officer list; NavalCoverMuseum FAHRION FFG 22 page [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org 07/0722 'Building and Operational Data' + CO list; navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/FAHRION_FFG_22
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Hull-registry compilations for this vessel record: contract award to Todd-Pacific Shipyard Corp. 1977-02-28; keel laid at Todd Pacific Shipyard, Seattle 1978-12-01; launched and christened 1979-08-24, sponsor Mrs. Kathleen Dwyer Fahrion; commissioned Seattle 1982-01-16, Cmdr. Thomas Milton Daly in command (to 1983-08-02); assignment to Naval Reserve Force at Charleston, S.C., 1988-09-30; decommissioned and stricken 1998-03-31 and transferred to Egypt as Sharm El-Sheikh (F901). Operational chronology listed includes Beirut peacekeeping (1983-84), Earnest Will (1986, 1988), BALTOPS 89, Great Lakes (1990, 1997), Able Vigil (1994), and UNITAS 36-95.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1977-1998
- Population
- Ship's company 1982-1998
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled registry, not an issuing-authority source - dates corroborate the official NVR record where overlapping, and the deployment chronology derives from ship cruise books and command histories, but no item was independently verified against official records this session. Carried for service-chronology context only; says nothing about asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fahrion-ffg22-10
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[12]Able v. 3M Company, No. 2:22-cv-01287-RMG (D.S.C., filed 2022-04-21; removed from N.Y. Sup. Ct. 151850/2022) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener docket index for 2:22-cv-01287 (D.S.C.); attachment ECF No. 1-1 (Exhibit A, summons + complaint, 92 pp.)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener RECAP docket-index sweep result: 'USS Fahrion' appears in the indexed text of this docket - a multi-plaintiff tort product-liability action over aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF/PFAS) exposure, removed to federal court by 3M Company (cause 28:1442; suitNature 245 Tort Product Liability). The vessel reference is consistent with a service-history recital inside the 92-page complaint exhibit. Classified: other litigation - not an asbestos case.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2022 (litigation)
- Population
- Unverified from index
- Limitations
- Docket-text reference only; the precise context in which 'USS Fahrion' appears (which plaintiff, alleged exposure window, claimed product pathway) is unverified because the complaint exhibit was not fetched (fleet-pacing policy confines CourtListener access to the authenticated search helper). Establishes nothing about asbestos aboard; AFFF suits allege PFAS, not asbestos, exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fahrion-ffg22-11
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[13]Batch-4621 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS and command-history holdings; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweeps; NVR; GAO; Federal Register/DSCA; NAVSEA and Navsource registry compilations; OSHA establishment search [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-fahrion-ffg22-01 through sl-uss-fahrion-ffg22-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no ACM survey or abatement contract for this hull, no hazardous-material transfer disclosure in the public FMS/statutory record, no asbestos litigation naming USS Fahrion or FFG-22 in CourtListener opinion or docket indexes (see search_ledger). The vessel's only published opinion is the non-asbestos Olinger court-martial (ev-08) and its sole RECAP docket-index hit is the non-asbestos Able AFFF/PFAS case (ev-11).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - GAO-era context (ev-04) indicates residual applications in all ships of the period. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fahrion-ffg22-12