Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS FOX' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS FOX' returned 85 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-fox-cg33-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS FOX' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS FOX' returned 3284 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-fox-cg33-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'CG-33' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'CG-33' returned 1368 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-fox-cg33-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'CG-33' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'CG-33' returned 50844 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-fox-cg33-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Chesher v. 3M Co., 234 F. Supp. 3d 693, No. 3:15-cv-02123-DCN (D.S.C. Feb. 13, 2017) (Norton, J.); renewed summary judgment granted to Crane Mar. 29, 2018 (Dkt. 323); Rule 60(b)(6) vacatur denied Jan. 6, 2022 (Gergel, J.); cited in Air & Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries, 139 S. Ct. 986, 993-94 (2019) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion at 234 F. Supp. 3d 693, factual recital citing Moore Aff. para. 17 and Pantaleoni Dep. pp. 24:1-26:24, 57:7-58:7, 63:3-64:22, 72:9-18 (drawings of Crane valves installed on USS Henderson, USS Fox, USS Kraus specifying asbestos bonnet gaskets/stem packing); Crane interrogatory answers recited at Pis.' Resp. Ex. 8 pp. 20-21
- Finding type
- litigation_product_id
- Finding
- Published order denying Crane Co.'s motion for summary judgment recites that plaintiff James Wilson Chesher (Navy machinist's mate and commissioned officer, service 1965-1989; mesothelioma) performed or supervised valve maintenance aboard ships including USS Fox, and that both plaintiffs' expert Capt. Arnold Moore (affidavit para. 17) and Crane's own expert Dr. Anthony Pantaleoni identified Crane valve design drawings for valves installed aboard USS Henderson, USS Fox, and USS Kraus - both experts agreeing the drawings specified asbestos-containing internal bonnet gaskets and stem packing. The order further recites Crane's interrogatory admissions that it enclosed asbestos components inside certain of its valves and supplied valves and related parts to ships where Chesher served. 'USS Fox' is identifiable as this hull: Chesher's 1965-1989 service window overlaps only DLG-33/CG-33 (in commission 1966-1994; the prior Fox, DD-234, had left service decades earlier).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1965-1989 (alleged exposure window); 2015-2022 (litigation)
- Population
- Navy machinist's mate/officer 1965-1989 performing or supervising valve maintenance aboard ships including this hull; mesothelioma
- Limitations
- Discovery/summary-judgment-stage record, not an adjudicated finding: drawing specifications for asbestos components do not establish that asbestos-containing material was actually installed aboard this hull, and the order makes no finding of exposure. Final disposition was a defense judgment - after the plaintiffs' causation expert was excluded (Mar. 31, 2017), Crane's renewed summary-judgment motion was granted (Mar. 29, 2018) and the case closed without appeal; a 2021 Rule 60(b)(6)/section 455 vacatur motion was denied Jan. 6, 2022. The opinion groups Fox with Henderson and Kraus as ships where Chesher served rather than separately adjudicating Fox exposure. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fox-cg33-01
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[6]Siegfried v. 3M Co. et al. (Owens-Illinois, Inc. joinder to Elliott Co. notice of removal), No. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E (C.D. Cal.), ECF No. 50 (filed Mar. 2, 2018); Los Angeles County Superior Court No. BC691900 [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 50 (Owens-Illinois joinder), preliminary statement para. 1, ship list at pp. 1-3 (USS Fox (CG-33) appears in the recited vessel list)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Removal-stage filing recites that the complaint (filed Jan. 26, 2018) alleges plaintiff Terry Lee Siegfried was injured by asbestos exposure from Owens-Illinois while working as an electrician and marine electrician approximately 1969-1996 at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard and aboard a list of roughly forty named vessels - the list expressly includes 'USS Fox (CG-33)' alongside USS Jouett (CG-29), USS Horne (CG-30), USS Sterett (CG-31), USS Missouri (BB-63), USS Chicago (CA-136), USS St. Paul (CA-73), USS Lofberg (DD-759) and others. Same plaintiff and pleading pattern as the Siegfried row in the Batch-01 Missouri record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1969-1996 (alleged exposure); 2018 (litigation)
- Population
- Electrician/marine electrician 1969-1996, Long Beach Naval Shipyard and named ships
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation only - the weakest litigation stage. The document recites the complaint's allegations; it makes no finding that asbestos products were aboard this hull, identifies no product or space, and adjudicates nothing. USS Fox appears in a roughly forty-ship list; no Fox-specific exposure quantum or outcome is stated. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fox-cg33-02
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[7]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Fox (DLG-33, later CG-33)' - Naval Historical Center photo-caption narrative + official USN photographs NH 98449-98456 (verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Library page narrative + photo captions NH 98449-98456
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC record for this hull: a Belknap-class guided missile frigate built at San Pedro, California; commissioned May 1966; first of 'well over a dozen' deployments June 1967 - Western Pacific/Vietnam operations including air-traffic control (guiding U.S. fighters in successful combat with enemy MiGs), deck-based SAR helicopter operations, and assistance to USS Forrestal during the 29 July 1967 fire; four further WestPac cruises (Oct 1968-Mar 1969, Jun-Oct 1970, Aug 1971-Jan 1972, Jan-Jul 1973), the 1970-71 tour entering the Sea of Okhotsk; reclassified CG-33 at the end of June 1975; late-1975 Indian Ocean deployment (exercises with Australian and Iranian navies); Jan-Jun 1978 deployment including Red Sea operations and another Sea of Okhotsk passage; Sep 1980-Apr 1981 deployment including Persian Gulf flagship duty during the Iran crisis; modernization between tours (Harpoon replacing 3-inch guns); further deployments 1982 (rescue of 100+ Vietnamese refugees), 1985-86, 1987 (Persian Gulf shipping protection), 1988-89, 1991-92, 1993; decommissioned mid-April 1994. Disposal: 'sold for scrapping in 1995. However, the troubled state of the U.S. shipbreaking industry in the 1990s caused her to be repossessed, and kept her intact in Navy custody into the 21st Century.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1963-2007
- Population
- Todd San Pedro construction trades 1963-66; crew 1966-94; Suisun Bay custody 1994-2006; Brownsville scrapping workforce 2006-07
- Limitations
- NHHC photo-caption narrative documents service history and the 1995 sale/repossession disposal anomaly, not materials or asbestos content. Launch/build detail corroborated by official USN photo captions (NH 98455-98456, Todd Shipyards Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, 21 Nov 1964). Mirror cited because live NHHC ship-history pages return 404; there is no DANFS entry for this hull (hazegray DANFS index marks CG 33 FOX 'NOT LISTED').
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fox-cg33-03
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[8]USS FOX (DLG-33) Command History for 1970, OPNAV Report 5750-1, CO Capt. Paul Boland (NHHC archives, command-operation-reports/vietnam collection) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Enclosure (1) chronology (Jul-Aug 1970); Enclosure (3) Special Topics, section (4) Engineering (boiler casualties/repairs); section (1) Personnel (31 Dec 1970 strength: 394)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own 1970 command history documents: a WestPac deployment (Jun-Nov 1970) under Commander Seventh Fleet including PIRAZ/SSAR picket duty in the Gulf of Tonkin and Taiwan Straits S-5 surveillance-area transits (18-19 Jul, 6-7 Aug); upkeep and Ship Repair Facility availability at Sasebo (arrived 27 Jul 1970); boiler casualty repairs - hairline cracks in the main steam stop of the 1B boiler repaired by SRF Sasebo (August), and a 2A boiler front-wall refractory failure ('a melting away of the brickwork') rebricked by ship's force in December; two tender availabilities in San Diego and three during the deployment; a fire in the 1A load center (4 Aug 1970); and personnel strength on 31 Dec 1970 of 394 (26 officers, 25 chief petty officers, 343 E-1 to E-6). Boiler nomenclature (1B, 2A) corroborates the class's four-boiler, two-engine-room steam plant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1970
- Population
- Crew of 394 (Dec 1970); engineering/boiler-room personnel during repairs; SRF Sasebo yard workers
- Limitations
- Primary-source ship document recording boiler and steam-plant repair work and maintenance availabilities aboard this hull - the maintenance-disturbance pathway relevant to era insulation - but it contains no asbestos information whatsoever and does not establish that disturbed materials contained asbestos. Declassified scan; OCR quality is poor in places.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fox-cg33-04
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[9]USS FOX (CG-33) Command History for 1982, OPNAV Report 5750-1 (NHHC FOIA release, redacted) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Cover letter + chronology entries January-February 1982 (READIEX/weapons); chronology Nov-Dec 1982 ('S' availability with SIMA, completed 17 Dec 1982)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's 1982 command history documents continued Pacific Fleet operations homeported at Naval Station San Diego: weapons onload at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach; READIEX 2-82 with Battle Group 'E' (embarked USS Ranger CV-61); Terrier/SM-1(ER) missile expenditure at Barking Sands and SOCAL ranges; and a November-December 1982 'S' availability with SIMA San Diego (completed 17 December 1982). Confirms the ship as CG-33 in post-reclassification service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1982
- Population
- Crew 1982; SIMA San Diego maintenance workers Nov-Dec 1982
- Limitations
- Primary-source ship document confirming operations and a maintenance availability; contains no asbestos information and does not describe insulation, materials, or abatement. Redacted FOIA scan.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fox-cg33-05
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[10]DANFS Belknap-class sister entries (Sterett DLG-31, William H. Standley DLG-32, Josephus Daniels DLG-27; verbatim transcriptions) + Wikipedia Belknap-class machinery data + Atlas shipyard dataset (todd-shipyards, long-beach-naval-shipyard, puget-sound-naval-shipyard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications blocks, dlg31/dlg32/dlg27 (class: BELKNAP; complement 418/440); Wikipedia class infobox (machinery); shipyards.json records 'todd-shipyards', 'long-beach-naval-shipyard', 'puget-sound-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: construction 1963-66 at Todd Shipyards Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, of a Belknap-class steam cruiser (class data: four 1,200-psi boilers, two geared steam turbines, ~85,000 shp, two shafts) falls within the documented naval asbestos-insulation era; typical applications for the type were boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, valve gaskets and packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. Documented disturbance periods aboard this hull: SRF Sasebo availability and boiler repairs 1970, San Diego tender availabilities (1970 command history); SIMA 'S' availability Nov-Dec 1982 (1982 command history); secondary-sourced Puget Sound regular overhaul Jun-Nov 1969, NTU modernization Oct 1989-Oct 1990, and Continental Marine San Diego overhaul Jul-Oct 1992. Builder yard slug 'todd-shipyards' is a documented asbestos-litigation entity in the Atlas yard dataset (corporate level, incl. Herring v. Texaco and Hansen v. Johns-Manville).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1963-1994
- Population
- Todd San Pedro construction trades 1963-66; crew 1966-94; yard workers at documented availabilities
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-period inference only - the ship-specific records for this hull are ev-01 (Chesher drawing-spec recital) and ev-02 (Siegfried pleading). This row must not be read as an independent ship-specific finding and does not establish that asbestos products were or remain aboard; the post-1969 yard periods are secondary-sourced. 'todd-shipyards' is a corporate entity slug, not the discrete San Pedro yard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fox-cg33-06
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[11]Batch-196 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS index; NHHC FOIA/archives; NHHC Online Library (HyperWar mirror); CourtListener API v4 + RECAP storage + citation index; Naval Vessel Register; NavSource/secondary chronologies; BVA/VA-claim sweep; disposal/hazmat sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-fox-cg33-01 through sl-uss-fox-cg33-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying non-litigation ship-specific asbestos record located: no DANFS entry exists for this hull (hazegray DANFS index marks CG 33 FOX 'NOT LISTED'; NHHC page 404); no hull ACM survey, insulation schedule, abatement contract, museum hazmat disclosure, or scrapping hazmat disclosure (2006-07 Brownsville) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The Chesher and Siegfried litigation rows (ev-01, ev-02) are the only ship-specific asbestos-related records. CourtListener API v4 was throttled for the entire session (125/day limit), so the ship-name opinion/docket sweep ran via the CourtListener citation index, RECAP storage, and web search - additional unindexed pleading references may exist.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the Navy does not publish hull-level ACM detail for scrapped vessels of this era, and the CourtListener throttle means the litigation sweep is necessarily incomplete. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fox-cg33-07