USS FARRAGUT (DDG-37)

Evidence

10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).

1. [1]research packet ho-packet.md (6 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Farragut; hull: DDG-37 (ex-DLG-6); type: Farragut-class guided

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-farragut-ddg37-pkt-ho-packet-md

2. [2]DANFS, Farragut IV (DLG-6), updated entry by Mark L. Evans, 18 June 2013 (published 8 July 2015); live NHHC page returns 404 - verbatim text verified via Wayback capture 2021-03-30 [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   NHHC DANFS 'Farragut IV (DLG-6)' entry - specifications block, commissioning paragraph, service narrative, closing paragraph; Wayback 2021-03-30

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS record for this hull: fourth Farragut; projected as DL-6, reclassified DLG-6 on 14 November 1956 before keel-laying; laid down 3 June 1957 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass.; launched 19 July 1958; sponsored by Mrs. Harry D. Felt, wife of the Vice Chief of Naval Operations; commissioned at Boston Naval Shipyard 10 December 1960, Cmdr. Roger E. Spreen in command; design figures - displacement 5,368, length 512', beam 52', draft 16'7", speed 30 k., complement 377; class Coontz. Service: Mayport homeport from 1 July 1961; DesRon 8 flagship; first ship to reach the Aurora 7 (Mercury-Atlas-7, Scott Carpenter) splashdown area 24 May 1962; Black Sea transit October 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis period; Mediterranean, North Atlantic, Unitas XIII (1972) and TF 86 flagship for Unitas XIV (1973); Newport homeport April 1970; Persian Gulf picket duty November-December 1980 during the hostage-crisis period; NGFS/PIRAZ ship off Beirut 1982-83; Black Sea transit March 1983; Gulf of Sidra operations and Operation El Dorado Canyon with the America battle group 1986; Operation Kilo counter-narcotics 1987 (Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Citation); final Med deployment December 1988-June 1989 with the Theodore Roosevelt battle group. Decommissioned 31 October 1989; stricken 20 November 1992; sold for scrap 16 December 1994; International Shipbreaking, Ltd., of Brownsville, Texas, received the contract to dismantle the ship 26 September 2006.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1956-2006

   Population

   Bethlehem Quincy construction trades 1957-60; crew complement 377 (design)

   Limitations

   DANFS documents service history and milestone dates, not materials or asbestos content. The updated entry reads 'launched on 19 July 1958' while the original DANFS transcription (hazegray mirror) reads 18 July and NVR records 07/18/1958 - 18 July carried per NVR; variants logged in gaps. The entry ends at the 2006 dismantling contract and does not record completion. Live page 404 - Wayback capture relied on.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-farragut-ddg37-01

3. [3]Naval Vessel Register (NAVSEA), FARRAGUT (DDG 37) (ex - DL 6, DLG 6), UIC 52231 [other_primary]

   Locator

   NVR ship-detail page for DDG-37, Vessel Status + Milestone Dates blocks; Wayback 2020-12-06; also indexed at getHull.htm?shipId=4880

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official inventory record: builder 'BETHLEHEM STL/QCY'; propulsion type 'Steam Turbines'; award 01/27/1956; keel 06/03/1957; launch 07/18/1958; delivery 12/08/1960; commission 12/10/1960; decommission 10/31/1989; stricken 11/20/1992; status 'Disposed of by Dismantling (Scrapping/Recycling)', date status changed 12/15/2006; 29.0 years commission to decommission.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1956-2006

   Population

   Commissioned crew over 29-year service life (design complement 377)

   Limitations

   NVR documents milestones and disposition only - no materials or asbestos data. Live page returned the site shell without populated detail fields on 2026-09-28; populated record verified via Wayback capture 2020-12-06 (record last updated 12/12/2017). Physical-characteristics cells in the NVR record are blank for this hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-farragut-ddg37-02

4. [4]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 1417938, Docket No. 11-21 138 (Cleveland RO; American Legion representative; Acting VLJ A. C. Mackenzie), Decision 22 April 2014 [court_record]

   Locator

   Decision text - REMAND section paragraphs 1-3 (DD-214, 90% boiler/engine-room assertion, buddy statement, 'asbestos lining on the pipes' physician record)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   BVA decision naming this hull in an asbestos claim: a veteran who served on active duty May 1971 to April 1973 - DD-214 shows service aboard 'the USS Farragut (DLG 6)' - sought service connection for asbestosis, asserting asbestos exposure in the boiler and engine rooms. His MOS was Machinist Repairman; he contended he worked in the engine or boiler room 90 percent of his time aboard, corroborated by a buddy statement. A private physician's October 2000 evaluation records his account of 'asbestos lining on the pipes' aboard the ship and diagnosed early pulmonary asbestosis (first diagnosed early-to-mid 1990s). The Board found exposure development incomplete and REMANDED for service-department/NPRC record development and a VA pulmonary examination, noting a competing 29-year civilian exposure history at Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel's galvanizing line.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1971-1973 (alleged exposure); 1990s-2014 (diagnosis and claim)

   Population

   One veteran: Machinist Repairman, USS Farragut (DLG-6), May 1971-April 1973; diagnosed asbestosis early-mid 1990s

   Limitations

   Classified at the less-final stage: a BVA remand is a development-stage allegation - the Board made no finding that asbestos exposure occurred aboard this hull, and the claim's post-remand disposition was not located. Hull attribution is explicit (DLG 6 on the DD-214; DLG-6/DDG-37 was the only commissioned Farragut in 1971-73). The physician's diagnosis is occupational-history-based and does not isolate shipboard exposure; the veteran had documented civilian asbestos exposure at Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel. The record establishes that the claim was made and remanded, nothing about actual materials aboard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-farragut-ddg37-03

5. [5]DANFS Farragut IV service narrative - itemized yard availabilities (same source as ev-01) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS Farragut IV narrative, yard-availability passages 1961-1988

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS-documented industrial availabilities for this hull: post-shakedown availability, Boston Naval Shipyard (mid-1961); interim shipyard availability, Norfolk Naval Shipyard (May 1963); overhaul, Charleston Naval Shipyard (13 July-18 December 1964); turbine repairs at Naples by crew plus temporarily assigned Norfolk Naval Shipyard workers (1966); restricted availability alongside Everglades (AD-24) and Yellowstone (AD-27) (to 6 February 1967); restricted availability for forced-draft-blower repairs, Mayport (January-April 1968); antiair-warfare modernization, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (12 April 1968-22 November 1969; decommissioned to the yard 1 May 1968, drydocked 17 August 1968-15 February 1969; NTDS, Mk 76 GMFC/AN/SPG-55B, AN/SPS-48, extensive engineering repairs); tow to Boston Naval Shipyard for repairs (9 June-13 July 1970); restricted availability, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (31 July-3 August 1970); post-shakedown availability, Boston Naval Shipyard (3 October 1970-13 March 1971); overhaul including 1,200-pound steam plant improvement program, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (13 September 1973-1975, 'complications and delays'); overhaul, Portsmouth and Norfolk Naval Shipyards (18 October 1977-3 October 1978); restricted availability, Norfolk Naval Shipyard (30 January-17 March 1980); repairs (18 March-14 April 1981 and 14 September 1981-10 February 1982); maintenance alongside Yellowstone (22 February-5 March 1982); boiler work by NORSHIPCO, Inc., Berkley, Va. (1 September-2 November 1983) during which a welder's torch set off a 16 September 1983 fire destroying several main-deck spaces; overhaul, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (7 November 1983-early 1985, drydock 14 November 1983-3 April 1984; SM-2, AN/SPS-49, AN/SLQ-32, Halon) with remaining work at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (30 November-4 December 1984); selected restricted availability, North American Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Norfolk (27 April-6 August 1987); intermediate maintenance availability alongside Yellowstone (1 January-4 March 1988).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1961-1988

   Population

   Shipyard workers and ship's force at each listed availability; temporarily assigned Norfolk Naval Shipyard workers at Naples 1966

   Limitations

   These yard events are ship-specific facts, but no asbestos scope, work-package, or material-handling documentation for any of them is public - asbestos relevance is era inference (pre-1980 Navy steam-plant and overhaul work routinely disturbed ACM), not documentation for this hull. Steam-plant boiler/turbine work (1966 Naples, 1973-75 '1,200-pound steam plant improvement program,' 1983 NORSHIPCO boiler work) would at class level be the likeliest insulation-disturbance events.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-farragut-ddg37-04

6. [6]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DL-6/DLG-6/DDG-37 USS Farragut (contributor photographs + operational/building data; page updated 28 Feb 2019) [other_primary]

   Locator

   navsource.org/archives/05/0206.htm - 'Operational and Building Data' block; scrapping photo caption (late 1995, Wilmington NC); decommissioning pamphlet note

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Curated photographic record for this hull: 'Four views of the USS Farragut (DDG-37) and the USS Luce (DDG-38) being scrapped at NR Aquisitions/Sigma recycling Corp., Wilmington NC in late 1995' (contributor Ron Reeves) - photographs document this hull present and partially dismantled at the Sigma Recycling yard in late 1995, after the 16 December 1994 sale and before the Navy's 1996 repossession of Sigma-assigned vessels. NavSource operational data also records: decommissioned 1 May 1968/recommissioned 13 September 1969 (consistent with DANFS Philadelphia NSY AAW modernization); decommissioning pamphlet dated 30 October 1989; fate 'Broken up by International Shipbreakers, Brownsville, TX, completed December 15 2006'; overhaul photo at Norfolk Naval Shipyard October 1983; overhaul at Norfolk Dry Dock Co. June 1987 (with USS L. Y. Spear).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1957-2006

   Population

   Sigma Recycling dismantling workforce, Wilmington NC, 1995

   Limitations

   Secondary curated source (volunteer-maintained photographic index), not a primary custody record - the photographs establish presence and active scrapping of this hull at Wilmington in late 1995, but the record does not document Farragut's inclusion in the 1996 Navy repossession or her custody 1996-2006. NavSource 'Launched July 15 1958' conflicts with NVR/DANFS 18 July (19 July in the updated DANFS) - NVR carried, variants in gaps. 'Decommissioned October 30 1989' reflects the ceremony pamphlet; NVR records 31 October.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-farragut-ddg37-05

7. [7]Congressional Record, Senate, 12 May 1998, p. S4713 - Sen. Mikulski statement introducing ship-disposal reform legislation (co-sponsored by Sarbanes and Glenn), quoting the Baltimore Sun shipbreaking investigation (Cohn & Englund) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Congressional Record 144 (12 May 1998), p. S4713 - 'change the way we dispose of Navy ships' statement

   Finding type

   environmental_record

   Finding

   Official federal record describing the program and site where this hull was partially dismantled: Sen. Mikulski's statement notes 180 Navy/MARAD ships awaiting scrapping, that 'these ships are difficult and dangerous to dismantle' and 'usually contain asbestos, PCBs, and lead paint,' and quotes the Baltimore Sun investigation - 'A scrapyard along the Northeast Cape Fear River in Wilmington, NC, was contaminated by asbestos, oil and lead.' The Wilmington scrapyard is the Sigma Recycling/N.R. Acquisitions site where NavSource photographs show this hull being scrapped in late 1995.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1994-1998

   Population

   Shipbreaking workers at the Wilmington NC yard 1994-96 (site-level); Navy/MARAD disposal program

   Limitations

   Context only: the statement describes the Navy ship-scrapping program and the Wilmington yard generally - it does not name Farragut or attribute specific asbestos quantities or worker exposures to this hull. The asbestos characterization covers the dismantling operation, not a hull inventory.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-farragut-ddg37-06

8. [8]Wilmington Star-News, 'Million-dollar job / After five years, Sigma Recycling cleanup nears OK by state' (30 August 2001) [reputable_press]

   Locator

   starnewsonline.com, 30 Aug 2001 article - site description, asbestos fine, 10-vessel return, $1M cleanup passages

   Finding type

   environmental_record

   Finding

   Local press documentation of the dismantling site's asbestos record: Sigma Recycling 'left behind giant stains of petroleum, lead and asbestos at the 26-acre site off U.S. 421 where the company dismantled old Navy ships and sold the parts from 1994 to 1996. Workers flushed hydraulic fluids out of pipes, stripped fire-retardant asbestos from walls and sandblasted lead paint from metal scraps.' The operation shut down after more than a dozen environmental and worker-safety violations; 'Sigma Recycling was fined $232,400 after the federal government said it violated asbestos standards' (plus a reduced fine for an explosion that injured two workers); about 10 vessels were returned to Baltimore; a roughly $1 million state cleanup plan was pending approval.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1994-2001

   Population

   Sigma Recycling dismantling workforce, Wilmington NC, 1994-1996

   Limitations

   Context only: describes the yard's 1994-96 operations and contamination generally; Farragut is not named in the article - her presence at the site is established by the NavSource photographs (ev-05), not by this source. 'Stripped fire-retardant asbestos from walls' is a site-level account of Navy-ship dismantling, not a finding about this hull. Article body was verified via indexed text excerpts; the full page is paywalled (HTTP 402) - verbatim quotes taken from the publisher's indexed text.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-farragut-ddg37-07

9. [9]DANFS specifications block (Coontz/Farragut class; 30 kt) + class design references (Conway's/Friedman) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Bethlehem Quincy/Fore River records [other_primary]

   Locator

   DANFS spec block (DLG-6, class Coontz); Farragut-class design data (4 x 1,200-psi boilers, geared turbines, 85,000 shp); shipyards.json records 'bethlehem-shipbuilding'/'fore-river-shipyard'

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/yard inference: a Farragut-class guided-missile frigate built 1957-60 with four 1,200-psi Babcock & Wilcox boilers and two geared steam turbines would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler and machinery insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing; builder Bethlehem Steel Quincy (Fore River) is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (bethlehem-shipbuilding, fore-river-shipyard), and the documented yard availabilities (ev-04) are the class-typical settings where ACM was installed, disturbed, and removed. NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are an archival lead for hull-level specs.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1957-1989

   Population

   Bethlehem Quincy construction trades 1957-60; crew 1960-89

   Limitations

   Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific ACM inventory, spec sheet, or survey was located for this hull; the ship-specific asbestos evidence for this record is ev-03 (remand-stage BVA claim) and the dismantling-site documentation ev-05/06/07. This row adds context, not an independent ship-specific finding. NARA GIB retrieval not performed.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-farragut-ddg37-08

10. [10]CourtListener API v4 sweep (authenticated helper, fleet-paced): queries 'USS Farragut' / 'Farragut' + asbestos / 'DLG-6' / 'DDG-37' [court_record]

    Locator

    cl-auth-search.py 2026-09-28: 'USS Farragut' (o) HTTP 200 - 3 results; 'DDG-37' (o) HTTP 200 - 0 results; 'DLG-6'/'Farragut'+asbestos/'USS Farragut' (r) paced out (exit 2)

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    SWEEP PARTIAL as of 2026-09-28 (fleet pacing truncated the run): 'USS Farragut' (type=o) returned 3 hits, all NAME COLLISIONS / OTHER LITIGATION - Ostrowski v. Pethick, 590 A.2d 1290 (Pa. Super. 1991) (family-law matter); United States v. Hasan, 747 F. Supp. 2d 642 (E.D. Va. 2010) and United States v. Dire, 680 F.3d 446 (4th Cir. 2012) (Somali-piracy prosecution; the Farragut in that case is the 2006 Arleigh Burke-class USS Farragut DDG-99 of CTF-151, not this hull). '"DDG-37"' (type=o) returned ZERO hits. No qualifying asbestos opinion naming this hull was located in the completed queries. Pending under fleet pacing: 'DLG-6' (type=o), 'Farragut' + asbestos (type=o), 'USS Farragut' (type=r docket sweep) - logged in sl-07.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    n/a

    Population

    n/a

    Limitations

    Partial sweep, not a completed negative finding: the two most discriminating queries ran clean (all collisions, zero hull-number hits), but the DLG-6, keyword, and docket-level queries could not be completed before fleet-pacing cutoff. 'Farragut' is a high-collision name (TB-11, DD-300, DD-348, DDG-99 namesakes; Admiral Farragut; Farragut, TN) - the DDG-99 piracy cases demonstrate the collision risk concretely.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-farragut-ddg37-09