Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]Naval History and Heritage Command, USN 1175244, Fletcher (DD-992) Fife (DD-991), official Navy photograph record [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC photograph title, description, and catalog record
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC identifies Fife (DD-991) as one of the final two original Spruance-class destroyers, records the two ships fitting out at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 20 July 1979, and identifies the photograph as an official U.S. Navy image.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Ingalls Shipbuilding construction personnel, 1979
- Limitations
- The photograph record establishes identity, class, builder, and fitting-out context; it does not document asbestos content, crew exposure, or a complete ship history.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fife-dd991-01
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[2]NHHC Archives Branch, Collection 94 finding aid, accession 2006-37 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Collection 94 PDF, accession 2006-37, Box 354, item 2
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NHHC finding aid lists a dedicated folder for USS Fife (DD 991), 'Decommissioning and Changes, 1979-2003,' in CNO N09B22 records accession 2006-37.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979-2003
- Population
- U.S. Navy administrative and decommissioning records
- Limitations
- This is an archival finding aid, not the underlying folder contents. The accession had not received declassification review according to the finding aid; it does not establish asbestos materials, exposure, or abatement aboard Fife.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fife-dd991-02
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[3]NHHC, U.S. Navy in Desert Shield/Desert Storm, 'Thunder and Lightning - The war with Iraq' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC online reading room, paragraph beginning 'The top shooter was the destroyer USS Fife'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC identifies USS Fife (DD 991) as the top shooter in the cited Iraqi air campaign, firing 58 Tomahawk land-attack missiles.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1991
- Population
- Fife crew and naval personnel, 1991 operation
- Limitations
- The operational history does not document asbestos, shipboard materials, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fife-dd991-03
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[4]DANFS, Ranger VII (CVA-61), NHHC official ship history [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Ranger VII DANFS narrative, paragraph on the 18 November collision
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC DANFS narrative records that USS Fife (DD-991) moved to head off the Soviet frigate Razyaschy in the northern Arabian Sea in November and sustained two scraped 15-foot areas of paint when the ships grazed hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1983-1984
- Population
- Fife crew, 1980s deployment
- Limitations
- This is a collateral official history in another ship's DANFS entry; it documents an operational incident but provides no asbestos or exposure evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fife-dd991-04
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[5]DANFS, Crommelin (FFG-37), NHHC official ship history [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Crommelin DANFS narrative, paragraph beginning 'Crommelin later took part in the massive training exercise Northern Edge '05'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC records that Crommelin joined a late-August 2005 Hulkex that sank the ex-Fife (DD-991) and ex-Oldendorf (DD-972), confirming Fife's final disposition as a target hulk in a U.S. Navy exercise.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2005
- Population
- Navy exercise personnel, 2005
- Limitations
- The collateral DANFS entry confirms the sinking but does not document the target date's exact coordinates, asbestos materials, abatement, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fife-dd991-05
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[6]Negative finding from the batch's authoritative-source sweep: NHHC/DANFS and NHHC archive materials located for Fife, plus official Navy operational records, contained no hull-level asbestos survey, abatement record, product inventory, or named asbestos material aboard DD-991. [other_primary]
- Locator
- See search_ledger entries sl-uss-fife-dd991-01 through -05
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the authoritative public-source sweep for USS Fife (DD-991). Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown; this negative result is not evidence that asbestos was absent.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979-2005
- Population
- Fife construction, overhaul, and operating personnel
- Limitations
- The finding is bounded by the public sources and searches listed in search_ledger. Classified, non-digitized, or unindexed Navy/shipyard records may exist. No inference is made from the Spruance class, gas-turbine propulsion, construction year, or shipyard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fife-dd991-06