Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet hb-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-forrest-royal-dd872-pkt-hb-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Forrest Royal (DD-872), NHHC entry published 2016-04-28 - live page returned 404 to automated fetch 2026-09-28; verbatim capture via Wayback 2019-01-28; same text via hazegray DANFS transcription (losthistory.net mirror) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Forrest Royal (DD-872)', specifications block + namesake biography + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: named for Rear Admiral Forrest Beton Royal (1893-1945), commander of Amphibious Group Six in the Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, and Borneo assaults; launched 17 January 1946 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, N.Y. (sponsor Miss Katharine K. Royal); commissioned 29 June 1946, Commander J. M. Clute in command. Specifications block: displacement 2,425; length 390'6"; beam 41'1"; draft 18'8"; complement 267; speed 35 kt; armament 6 5-inch, 5 21-inch torpedo tubes, 6 depth charge projectors, 2 depth charge tracks; class Gearing. BuShips tests in the Caribbean, carrier plane-guard/escort, ASW development, shore bombardment exercises, based at Pensacola (1946-50); Korean War October 1950-June 1951 (flagship for Chinnampo minesweeping; bombardment, blockade, escort, carrier task force operations); NATO/Mediterranean August 1952-January 1953 operating from Newport, R.I.; world cruise August 1954-March 1955 (7th Fleet, Indian Ocean, Suez, 6th Fleet); Mediterranean September 1956-April 1957 including Suez Crisis patrol and Persian Gulf/Red Sea service via the Cape of Good Hope; midshipman cruise and International Naval Review 1957; Beirut marine landing August 1958, then 7th Fleet Taiwan Straits reinforcement (Quemoy-Matsu), returning via Capetown November 1958; Operation 'Inland Sea' Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway opening June 1959 (Eisenhower-Elizabeth II review 26 June); Mediterranean/Middle East Force March-October 1960. Four battle stars for Korean War service. Entry ends in 1960 - predates FRAM, decommissioning, and Turkish transfer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-1960 (DANFS narrative)
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel Staten Island construction trades 1945-46; ship's company 1946-1971 (DANFS design complement 267 per NHHC web entry)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content; the narrative ends in 1960 and does not cover FRAM (1962), decommissioning (1971), striking (1973), or Turkish service. Live NHHC page returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-28; content verified via Wayback Machine capture 2019-01-28 (entry published 2016-04-28). Complement discrepancy: NHHC spec block reads 267; hazegray transcription reads 367 - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-forrest-royal-dd872-01
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[3]DANFS specifications block (Gearing class; complement 267 per NHHC web entry) + class technical data (geared steam turbines, 60,000 shp, 2 shafts) + documented FRAM yard event (Boston Naval Shipyard, completed April 1962 - ev-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block and FRAM yard event; Gearing-class technical data
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: a Gearing-class destroyer built 1945-46 at Bethlehem Steel's Staten Island yard with a high-pressure superheated steam plant (four boilers and geared steam turbines, 60,000 shp, 2 shafts, per class technical data) would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. The documented insulation-disturbance event - FRAM modernization completed April 1962 at Boston Naval Shipyard - is the kind of yard availability associated with asbestos disturbance, but no hull-specific asbestos scope is documented for it.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-1971
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel Staten Island trades 1945-46; Boston Naval Shipyard workers during FRAM 1961-62; crew 1946-1971
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder inference only - not a ship-specific finding of asbestos aboard DD-872. No BuShips material schedule, hull survey, or yard work package for this hull was located. The machinery fit (boiler builder, turbine builder) rests on class-level technical data, not hull documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-forrest-royal-dd872-02
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[4]Goodrich v. John Crane, Inc. (orig. captioned Goodrich v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp.), No. 4:17cv9 (E.D. Va.), Omnibus Opinion and Order, ECF No. 171 (Sept. 28, 2018), 2018 WL 4677773 [court_record]
- Locator
- Omnibus Opinion and Order, ECF No. 171 (2018 WL 4677773); recitals per Gearing-class profile research
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class-level litigation record bearing on this hull's design era: the omnibus opinion in the Goodrich asbestos action recites '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), within which the USS Harlan Dickson fell, specifies the use of amosite felts and asbestos cloths' and quotes a 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' (per internal Gearing-class profile research). DD-872 is a Gearing-class hull within the scope of that class-level recital; the opinion does not name Forrest Royal.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1940s design era; opinion filed 2018-09-28
- Population
- Destroyer fire/engine-room crews (Sumner/Gearing class); litigation expert materials
- Limitations
- Class-level exhibit/expert recitals inside an evidentiary opinion - not adjudicated findings and not ship-specific to DD-872; the opinion treats some related exposure conclusions as speculative. Reported via the internal Gearing-class profile (locator 'OCR pages 12, 19, 31'); full text not independently retrieved at this record level - treat as unverified at hull level. Establishes no quantities or exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-forrest-royal-dd872-03
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[5]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
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when 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. Bears on this hull's documented FRAM yard period (Boston Naval Shipyard, completed April 1962) and on its active service through 1971.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1975-1979 (policy); report October 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not class- or hull-specific; does not establish that asbestos was or was not present aboard DD-872 in any period. Full text blocked to automated fetch (HTTP 403); content via product-page description per Gearing-class profile.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-forrest-royal-dd872-04
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[6]NavSource Naval History DD-872 photo index (operational/building data; FRAM and Turkish-service photo captions incl. NPS Boston NHP catalog refs) + navypedia Gearing-class member table + battleships-cruisers.co.uk ex-Gearing page [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-872 photo index - 'Operational and Building Data' block + photo captions (Boston NSY FRAM photos; 27 March 1971 flag-raising; 1994 Aliağa dismantling); navypedia us_dd_gearing member row DD872 ('to Turkey 3.1971 (Adatepe)'); battleships-cruisers.co.uk ex-Gearing page ('Acquired 27th March 1971; stricken 1993, broken up 1994')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Building-data and post-1960 record for this hull from secondary compilations: laid down 8 June 1945 (not stated in the DANFS entry); FRAM modernization completed April 1962 - Boston Naval Shipyard photographs of the ship in Boston Harbor March and May 1962 following FRAM (NPS Boston National Historical Park Collection, catalog BOSTS-11152 series); decommissioned 22 March 1971 (NavSource commanding-officer roster ends LCDR Edward F. Kellogg, 3 March-22 March 1971); transferred to Turkey 27 March 1971 - Turkish flag-raising ceremony photographed that day alongside ex-USS Harwood (DD-861/D-354 Kocatepe) and ex-USS Razorback (SS-394/S-336 Muratreis); renamed TCG Adatepe (D-353); Turkish commissioning 17 December 1971 (secondary); damaged in error by Turkish aircraft 22 July 1974 during the Cyprus operation (mistaken for a Greek vessel), repaired; stricken from the U.S. Naval Vessel Register 1 February 1973; decommissioned by Turkey 6 August 1993 (secondary); photographed at the Aliağa ship dismantling facilities, İzmir, in 1994 - 'stricken and scrapped 1993' per NavSource building data.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-1994
- Population
- Turkish Navy crew 1971-1993 (complement unverified); Aliağa dismantling workers 1993-94
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations (NavSource volunteer archive, navypedia, battleships-cruisers.co.uk), not primary documents - Turkish-service dates and the 1974 friendly-fire incident are unverified against official Turkish records. Decommission date conflict (22 vs 27 March 1971) carried in gaps; 22 March is the last commanding officer's relief date, 27 March the photographed transfer ceremony. No Turkish hazmat/abatement record for the 1993-94 dismantling located; foreign disposal falls outside U.S. abatement documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-forrest-royal-dd872-05
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[7]Batch-3837 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live and Wayback; hazegray/losthistory DANFS transcription; NVR SHIPSDETAIL; NavSource; navypedia; CourtListener API v4 (paced); shipyards.json builder-yard cross-check; web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-forrest-royal-dd872-01 through sl-uss-forrest-royal-dd872-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, ACM inventory, materials report, disposal hazmat record, or exposure study for DD-872 was located in the public sources searched. NVR does not list pre-1987 disposals. No VA/DoD exposure study naming this hull was located. The completed CourtListener opinion query returned zero qualifying hits ('Forrest Royal' = 3 hits, all verified name collisions - a Georgia criminal defendant and a Louisiana corporation).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the 1945-46 steam-plant build and the documented 1962 FRAM yard period are era-consistent with asbestos use. Does not establish that asbestos is or was present or absent, and does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-forrest-royal-dd872-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches, 2026-09-28, via fleet-paced helper cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-forrest-royal-dd872-03 (completed) and sl-uss-forrest-royal-dd872-04 (paced)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Partial sweep: exact-phrase "Forrest Royal" opinion-index query completed (3 hits, all name collisions verified via non-CourtListener sources - Royal v. State, Ga. 1996 and Daniels v. State, Ga. 1994, criminal defendant Forrest Royal Jr.; Smith v. London, Stetelman & Kirkwood, Inc., Miss. 1966, Forrest Royal Corporation, a Louisiana real-estate party). Remaining queries (hull-number '"DD-872"' opinion query; '"Forrest Royal"' and '"DD-872"' RECAP docket-index type=r queries) were paced by the fleet-wide request budget at write time (shared ~114/hr stand-down; helper exit 2, no ban incurred). 'Forrest Royal' is a low-collision term; DD-872 is the only vessel of the name.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Sweep coverage INCOMPLETE at write time: the opinion-index name query is clean (collisions only), but the hull-number opinion query and the RECAP docket-index sweeps remain pending (fleet pacing). A docketed complaint naming the hull could exist outside the opinion corpus - the Gearing class has known district-docket/MDL-875 exposure allegations that never reached the opinion index (cf. Scott v. 84 Lumber naming DD-710/DD-724 in the class file).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-forrest-royal-dd872-07
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[9]NARA archival leads (not retrieved): RG 19 General Information Books / BuShips material specifications; Boston Naval Shipyard FRAM work package (completed April 1962); deck logs 1946-1971 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 19 (BuShips); RG 181 naval shipyard records (Boston NSY)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Hull-level asbestos documentation for DD-872, if it exists in public custody, most plausibly sits in undigitized NARA holdings: RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) General Information Books and material specifications for the hull; Boston Naval Shipyard work packages for the 1961-62 FRAM conversion; and the ship's deck logs. None were retrieved in this pass - digitized public sources contained no hull-specific materials documentation.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-1971 (record coverage)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - these holdings are undigitized or unindexed at hull level; retrieval not attempted. Listing a repository as a lead establishes no fact about the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-forrest-royal-dd872-08