USS FLOYD B. PARKS (DD-884)

Evidence

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

1. [1]research packet hc-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-floyd-b-parks-dd884-pkt-hc-packet-md

2. [2]DANFS, Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) (namesake biography, specifications block, construction dates, service narrative; verbatim transcription via historycentral.com - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS entry, namesake paragraph + specifications block + service narrative

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS record for this hull: namesake Major Floyd Bruce Parks, USMC (b. 16 January 1911, Salisbury, Mo.; USNA 1934; CO Marine Fighting Squadron 221; KIA 4 June 1942 Midway; posthumous Navy Cross). Specifications block: displacement 2,425; length 390'6"; beam 41'1"; draft 18'6"; speed 36 kt; complement 367; armament 6 5", 6 21" tt., 6 dcp., 2 dct.; class Gearing. Launched 31 March 1945 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.; sponsored by Mrs. Floyd B. Parks (widow); commissioned 31 July 1945, Comdr. M. Slayton. San Diego homeport from 16 November 1945; Far East tours 1945-47 and pre-Korea; Korea cruise from 19 February 1951 incl. 60 days Wonsan blockade/bombardment, return 10 October 1951; second war cruise from 31 May 1953 incl. South China Sea and Taiwan Strait, return 18 December 1953; Tachen Islands evacuation on 1955 cruise; collision with Columbus (CA-74) 11 March 1956 - 2 men lost, 40-foot bow section; Subic temporary repairs; Long Beach Naval Shipyard bow replacement using the uncompleted Lansdale (DD-766) bow (returned 14 May 1956); west coast-Far East rotation through 1962.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1944-1973

   Population

   Consolidated Steel construction trades 1944-45; crew 1945-1973 (design complement 367)

   Limitations

   DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The mirror transcription carries OCR-era year typos ('1961' for 1951, '1952' for 1953, '1966' for 1956) - corrected here against the NHC photo page and internal chronology. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404; namesake bio appended by DANFS convention.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-floyd-b-parks-dd884-01

3. [3]Perrin v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 871 F. Supp. 1092 (N.D. Iowa 1994) (Melloy, C.J.), CourtListener cluster 8728288, opinion 8711486 - full text reviewed [court_record]

   Locator

   Opinion Background section and Summary Judgment/Reasonable Inference of Exposure sections (871 F. Supp. at 1094-97)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Published federal opinion names this hull: 'The plaintiffs claim that Arthur F. Perrin was exposed to asbestos during his Naval service aboard the USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884), a Gearing class destroyer. Mr. Perrin served on the Parks as a boiler-tender/fireman from October 1958 until February 1962,' alleging exposure 'during general daily repair and maintenance while stationed on the Floyd B. Parks, and during a major overhaul at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard.' Perrin testified his daily duties involved 'cutting asbestos insulation away from steam lines in the ship's fire room' and sweeping insulation from the fireroom floor; a shipmate testified there was no way to avoid breathing the asbestos dust in the small fireroom. The opinion recites Parks overhauls at Hunter's Point (San Francisco Naval Shipyard) and Mare Island, and a regular overhaul at Long Beach Naval Shipyard 27 October 1959-26 February 1960; shipyard-worker testimony placed defendants' asbestos products in stock at those yards and in general use on Naval vessels, but 'not one of the shipyard workers testified that any of the defendants' products were used on board the Parks specifically.' Summary judgment granted to all defendants (Owens Illinois, Owens Corning, Fibreboard, and third-party defendant Flintkote) under the Lohrmann substantial-factor analysis; burden-shifting request denied.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1958-1962 (exposure alleged); 1959-1960 (LBNS overhaul); 1994 (opinion)

   Population

   Arthur F. Perrin (USN boiler-tender/fireman aboard DD-884 October 1958-February 1962; mesothelioma); Long Beach, Hunter's Point, and Mare Island shipyard workers

   Limitations

   Merits-level record: the exposure allegation and supporting testimony are recited in a published opinion, but the case terminated in defense summary judgment on product-identification grounds - no exposure, product, or causation finding for this hull was adjudicated. Perrin (mesothelioma) alleged exposure; testimony describes friable insulation work in the fireroom but does not quantify ACM aboard or identify manufacturers of the products installed on this hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-floyd-b-parks-dd884-02

4. [4]Perrin v. Acands, 68 F.3d 1122 (8th Cir. 1995) (per curiam), CourtListener cluster 7034196, opinion 6936629 - full text reviewed [court_record]

   Locator

   Per curiam opinion (68 F.3d at 1124)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Published appellate opinion (per curiam) names this hull in affirming the district court: 'Perrin's evidence showed Arthur's only exposure to asbestos was during his Naval service as a boiler tender and fireman aboard the U.S.S. Floyd B. Parks, a destroyer. The appellees supplied asbestos-containing products stocked at the various shipyards where the destroyer was overhauled, and the appellees' products were commonly used on Naval vessels in those shipyards. There was no direct evidence that the appellees' products, or any particular products, were used on the destroyer, however.' Applying Iowa law de novo, the court held 'the evidence shows possible use,' insufficient under Jackson v. Anchor Packing Co., 994 F.2d 1295 (8th Cir. 1993), absent market-share or alternative-liability theories; the district court's summary judgment was affirmed.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1958-1962 (exposure alleged); 1995 (opinion)

   Population

   Arthur F. Perrin estate (Karen J. Perrin, executor)

   Limitations

   Affirmance of defense summary judgment: the exposure allegation is recited, not adjudicated; the appellate record establishes only possible use of the appellees' products aboard. CourtListener also indexes a probable misindexed duplicate of this opinion under 'Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit' (cluster 706874, same case name and date) - noted as an indexing artifact, not a separate proceeding.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-floyd-b-parks-dd884-03

5. [5]Bowles v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 2013 IL App (4th) 121072, 996 N.E.2d 1267 (Ill. App. Ct. 4th Dist. 2013), CourtListener cluster 3144666 - full text reviewed [court_record]

   Locator

   Opinion paras. 4-11 (background, shipmate depositions, expert testimony) and paras. 27-33 (analysis) (2013 IL App (4th) 121072)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Published state appellate opinion names this hull: decedent Jerald Bowles, a Navy radioman (service September 1955-June 1976), 'worked as a radioman on several vessels, including the USS Floyd B. Parks (Parks), where he served from December 4, 1958, to May 27, 1960. The Parks was a Gearing-class destroyer commissioned in 1945 with a personnel capacity of approximately 340... two fire rooms and two engine rooms.' Shipmate depositions recited: Billy Wright (aboard 1957-late 1959) - piping throughout the ship had insulation, dust dispersed when guns fired; Bill Revell (aboard 1955-58) - pipes ran through sleeping area, insulation held by straps, remembered calling it 'KO' ('could have been Kaylo or KO'); John Rogers (aboard 1957-60) - replaced insulation during repairs, saw boxes marked Owens-Illinois in the boiler room, worked John Crane gaskets and packings on the Parks 'pretty frequently' on steam valves, replaced steam line gaskets 'quite often'; Salvador Lopez (aboard 1956-60) - insulation ran through sleeping compartments and would come off when guns fired. Defense expert Thomas McCaffery testified Owens-Illinois Kaylo was among the Navy's top three insulation products, that 'the Parks underwent an overhaul from November 1959 to February 1960 and 107 man days went toward replacing insulation,' and that he 'did not see how decedent could have avoided exposure during this overhaul'; defense expert Captain William Lowell opined the original insulation was most likely UNARCO's Unibestos. Lung cancer diagnosed February 2009; death 7 August 2009. The trial court granted summary judgment to Owens-Illinois and John Crane under the Thacker frequency-regularity-proximity test (radioman in radio central; no evidence he worked with or near defendants' products); affirmed on appeal.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1955-1960 (service alleged); 1959-1960 (LBNS overhaul); 2013 (opinion)

   Population

   Jerald Bowles (USN radioman aboard DD-884 December 1958-May 1960; lung cancer, died 2009); Parks crew 1955-1960 (deposed shipmates)

   Limitations

   Merits-level record: detailed shipmate and expert testimony recited in a published opinion, but the case terminated in affirmed defense summary judgment - the asbestos-content testimony is allegation/deposition material, not an adjudicated finding; the appellate opinion itself characterizes the product-attribution claims as 'pure speculation.' Establishes litigation documentation of exposure allegations aboard this hull, not adjudicated asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-floyd-b-parks-dd884-04

6. [6]CourtListener API v4 sweeps: "USS Floyd B. Parks" (type=o, 2 hits); "Floyd B. Parks" asbestos (type=o, 4 hits); "DD-884" (type=o, 1 hit); "Floyd B. Parks" (type=r dockets - pending under fleet pacing) [court_record]

   Locator

   CourtListener search API v4, queries logged in search_ledger sl-uss-floyd-b-parks-dd884-03 through -06

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Systematic CourtListener sweep by exact ship name and hull number: opinion query "USS Floyd B. Parks" returned Perrin (N.D. Iowa 1994) and Bowles (Ill. App. 2013) - both qualifying asbestos opinions naming DD-884 (ev-02, ev-04). Query "Floyd B. Parks" asbestos returned the same two opinions plus Perrin v. Acands (8th Cir. 1995 affirmance, ev-03) and a probable misindexed duplicate of the affirmance under the Third Circuit label. Hull-number query "DD-884" returned Perrin only. No other asbestos litigation naming this hull located in opinion full text; the name carries low collision risk (no other USS Floyd B. Parks exists). Docket-level (type=r) sweep for "Floyd B. Parks" was attempted repeatedly and remained blocked by the shared fleet request budget at close of session - logged pending, not a no-result.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   negative_finding

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   2026-09-28

   Population

   n/a

   Limitations

   Sweep covers indexed opinion full text on CourtListener; unindexed dockets, state-court filings absent from RECAP, and non-asbestos litigation were not exhausted. Docket-level sweep pending under fleet pacing - additional complaint-level records naming the hull may exist in MDL-875 or state dockets not yet searched. Absence of further located litigation does not prove absence.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-floyd-b-parks-dd884-05

7. [7]U.S. Naval Historical Center, Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884), 1945-1974' photo-history page (official NHC narrative, ibiblio mirror) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NHC Online Library DD-884 page, lead narrative + photo captions NH 79347, NH 96843, USN 1147454, 80-G-433423/433793

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official NHC photo-history narrative for this hull: 'a 2425-ton Gearing class destroyer built at Orange, Texas, was commissioned in July 1945. Assigned to the Pacific Fleet, in early 1946 she steamed to the Far East on the first of twenty Western Pacific deployments she would make over the next twenty-seven years.' Korean War: two combat-support tours including 'an intense shore bombardment effort during 1951 in which she fired over twelve-thousand five-inch shells.' January 1955 Tachen Islands evacuation; March 1956 collision damage, returned to service by mid-summer; 'supported nuclear tests in the Central Pacific' later 1950s; 'In 1962-63 the middle-aged destroyer was given an extensive "FRAM-I" modernization.' Vietnam: 'actively carried out shore bombardment missions during deployments in 1968, 1969, 1971 and 1972.' Decommissioned July 1973; 'sold for scrapping in April 1974.' Photo captions add: collision with USS Columbus (CA-74) 11 March 1956, bow damage photographed at Subic Bay (NH 79347); Wonsan bombardment photo 25 September 1951 (80-G-433423).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1945-1974

   Population

   Crew across 27 years and ~20 WESTPAC deployments

   Limitations

   Official Navy historical narrative - documents service chronology and major events, not materials or asbestos content. The FRAM-I modernization (1962-63) is documented as an event; its asbestos scope is not stated. 'April 1974' scrapping-month confirmed; day (29th) from NVR-derived secondary data.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-floyd-b-parks-dd884-06

8. [8]navysite.de, USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) ship page (secondary compilation: general characteristics, FRAM I conversion yard, post-FRAM fit and crew, history narrative including 1971 command-history detail) [other_primary]

   Locator

   navysite.de/dd/dd884.htm - General Characteristics table + History narrative + Accidents section

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Secondary ship-profile compilation for this hull: 'FRAM I Conversion Shipyard: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash.; FRAM I Conversion Period: 1962 - May 1963.' Post-FRAM fit: one ASROC launcher, two twin 5"/38 mounts, Mk-32 ASW torpedo tubes (two triple mounts), two DASH drones; post-FRAM crew 14 officers and 260 enlisted. Propulsion: four boilers, General Electric geared turbines, 60,000 SHP, two propellers. Extended history reproduces DANFS verbatim plus additional narrative attributed to the ship's officially submitted 1971 command history (deployment 5 February 1971 with COMDESRON ONE embarked; Tonkin Gulf operations; NGFS sectors Chu Lai-DMZ; propeller failure west of Palau 18 July 1971 and Pearl Harbor replacement 29 July; 1,920 five-inch rounds fired in 1971; command change CDR Donovan to LCDR McCulloch at Sasebo 29 June 1971).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1962-1963 (FRAM); 1966-1972 (Vietnam-era detail)

   Population

   FRAM-yard workers PSNS 1962-63; post-FRAM crew 14 officers + 260 enlisted

   Limitations

   Secondary compilation - FRAM-yard attribution (Puget Sound) and 1971 command-history detail are not corroborated by a primary document in this record; carried with partial status pending verification against NHHC command-history holdings or NavSource FRAM table (which corroborates only the May 1963 completion). navysite also propagates the 'sold 29 April 1984' scrapping-year typo - that datum is not carried.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-floyd-b-parks-dd884-07

9. [9]Goodrich v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., Omnibus Opinion and Order, ECF No. 171, E.D. Va. No. 4:17-cv-00009 (28 September 2018) - class-level litigation recital - plus Gearing-class design/era data (navypedia class table; DANFS DD-884 specifications block) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Goodrich omnibus opinion pp. 12, 19, 31 (via internal Gearing-class profile); navypedia Gearing class technical table; DANFS DD-884 specifications block

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference for this hull: a 1944-45 Gearing-class destroyer with a four-Babcock & Wilcox-boiler superheated steam plant and GE geared turbines at 60,000 shp, built at the peak of Navy asbestos use, would have carried period-standard boiler casing and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe lagging, turbine lagging, valve/flange gaskets and packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. The class litigation record recites in Goodrich 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)' - the machinery design group shared by Gearing hulls - '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.'

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1944-1974

   Population

   Consolidated Steel construction trades 1944-45; crew 1945-1973; overhaul-yard workers

   Limitations

   Class/era inference and litigation-record recital only - the engineering drawing covers the shared Sumner/Gearing machinery design group; the 30.3-ton figure is an expert partial tally for fire/engine rooms, not a hull inventory and not an adjudicated quantity. The ship-specific findings for this hull are ev-02 through ev-04; this row adds context, not an independent ship-specific finding. Underlying exhibits not retrieved.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-floyd-b-parks-dd884-08

10. [10]Documented yard events for this hull disturbing machinery-space material (asbestos scope inferred except where litigation-recited): DANFS (LBNS bow reconstruction 1956); Perrin/Bowles recitals (SFNS, Mare Island, LBNS overhauls; 107 man-days insulation replacement LBNS 1959-60); navysite (PSNS FRAM I 1962-63) [other_primary]

    Locator

    DANFS service narrative; Perrin opinion Background; Bowles opinion para. 11; navysite general characteristics table

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Documented yard periods for this hull: (1) Long Beach Naval Shipyard bow reconstruction May 1956 - the damaged bow replaced with that of the uncompleted Lansdale (DD-766) plus 'installation of new equipment' (DANFS); (2) overhauls at Hunter's Point/San Francisco Naval Shipyard and Mare Island before October 1958 (Perrin opinion recital); (3) regular overhaul at Long Beach Naval Shipyard 27 October 1959-26 February 1960 (Perrin recital), during which a defense expert recited '107 man days went toward replacing insulation' (Bowles recital); (4) FRAM I modernization at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 1962-May 1963 (navysite secondary). Each is the kind of yard event that disturbed machinery-space insulation under era practice; insulation replacement during the 1959-60 LBNS overhaul is litigation-recited for this hull specifically.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    1956-1963

    Population

    LBNS, SFNS, Mare Island, and PSNS shipyard trades 1956-1963; ship's force during yard periods

    Limitations

    Yard events are ship-specific documented (DANFS, two published opinions, secondary compilation); the asbestos scope of each event is inference except the 1959-60 LBNS insulation-replacement figure, which is a litigation-recited defense-expert account, not a shipyard record. No BuShips work package, overhaul spec, or yard document for this hull was located.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-floyd-b-parks-dd884-09

11. [11]This record's search ledger (NHHC/DANFS live 404; NHC photo page; CourtListener opinion and docket sweeps; NVR shell page; NavSource unreachable; navysite/navypedia compilations; no museum or abatement repository exists for a scrapped hull) [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-floyd-b-parks-dd884-01 through -11

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No hull-specific asbestos survey, ACM inventory, abatement contract, industrial-hygiene study, or scrapping-yard hazmat disclosure for DD-884 was located in the sources searched. The hull was scrapped in 1974, so no museum-phase documentation track (the source of the strongest ship-specific records for surviving hulls) exists. Ship-specific asbestos documentation for DD-884 consists entirely of the two litigation records (Perrin, Bowles) - testimony-recited allegations that terminated in defense summary judgments.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    2026-09-28

    Population

    n/a

    Limitations

    Absence of a located record does not prove absence - BuShips contract correspondence, overhaul work packages, and any yard industrial-hygiene files for this hull likely sit in undigitized NARA RG 19 and NAVSEA inactive-ship series. The litigation record establishes that asbestos insulation was alleged and testified to aboard this hull; it does not substitute for physical-plant documentation.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-floyd-b-parks-dd884-10

12. [12]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]

    Locator

    GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked to automated fetch; content via product-page description)

    Finding type

    gov_survey

    Finding

    GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing 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. Context for this hull's documented yard periods (LBNS 1956 and 1959-60, FRAM I 1962-63, earlier SFNS/Mare Island overhauls) occurring before the policy existed.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    1979

    Population

    Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review

    Limitations

    Program-level documentation, not hull-specific; all of this hull's major yard periods predate the 1975 policy. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-floyd-b-parks-dd884-11