Evidence
16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).
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[1]research packet zbv-packet.md (5 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-gallery-ffg26-pkt-zbv-packet-md
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, GALLERY (FFG 26) detail page (UIC 20979; page last updated 1999-02-23) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail page FFG-26, all fields
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR record for this hull: builder Bath Iron Works Corp; contract award 02/28/1977; keel laid 05/17/1980; launched 12/20/1980; delivered 11/20/1981; commissioned 12/05/1981; decommissioned 06/14/1996; stricken 06/14/1996; disposal status 'Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, cash sale, ex-US fleet hull foreign military sale case number assigned' with status change 09/25/1996; custodian Egypt; accommodations 17 officers + 198 enlisted; steel hull/aluminum superstructure; 445 ft overall; gas turbine propulsion, 1 propeller.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1977-1996
- Population
- Builder trades (1980-81); crew accommodations 17 officers + 198 enlisted
- Limitations
- Official inventory record; documents dates, characteristics, and disposal mechanism only - no materials or asbestos content. Live nvr.navy.mil no longer serves the detail page for this disposed hull; cited via 2012-02-24 Wayback capture.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallery-ffg26-01
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[3]Public Law 104-164, sec. 201(a), 110 Stat. 1421 (July 21, 1996) [other_primary]
- Locator
- P.L. 104-164, Title II, sec. 201(a)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Statutory authority for disposal: 'The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer to the Government of Egypt the "OLIVER HAZARD PERRY CLASS" frigate GALLERY. Such transfer shall be on a sales basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761; relating to the foreign military sales program).' Establishes that the transfer was an FMS cash sale to Egypt - not a lease - consistent with the NVR disposal status.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1996
- Limitations
- Authorizes the transfer mechanism only; says nothing about vessel condition, hazardous materials, or asbestos aboard. Earlier introduced bill (H.R. 2348, 104th Cong.) had proposed Gallery for the UAE - superseded by this enacted text; carried in report notes.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallery-ffg26-02
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[4]U.S. Navy photo, VIRIN 170425-N-NB178-283 (DVIDS image 3341008), Red Sea, 25 April 2017 [other_primary]
- Locator
- DVIDS photo caption, VIRIN 170425-N-NB178-283
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official U.S. Navy imagery documents the ex-Gallery in active Egyptian Navy service as ENS Taba (F 916): 'Egyptian guided-missile frigate ENS Taba (F 916) approaches the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) for a replenishment-at-sea drill during Exercise Eagle Salute 17' in the Red Sea, 25 April 2017.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2017
- Limitations
- Confirms operational status in Egyptian service as of April 2017 only; no information on material condition or asbestos. Egyptian commissioning date (13 Jul 1997 in secondary sources) not covered by this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallery-ffg26-03
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[5]BRAC 2005 Commissioner's Base Briefing Book, Naval Station Pascagoula section (UNT Digital Library, BRAC collection) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BRAC-2005 briefing book, NAVSTA Pascagoula entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BRAC documentation records that Naval Station Pascagoula 'became an operational homeport of Perry Class guided-missile frigates in 1992 with the arrival of the first ship, USS Gallery (FFG 26)' - documenting the hull's homeport shift from Mayport, FL to Pascagoula, MS under the strategic homeporting program.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1992-1996
- Population
- Crew (homeported Pascagoula 1992-1996)
- Limitations
- Documents homeport assignment only; no ship-condition or materials information. Commissioning-era assignment to Destroyer Squadron 8, Mayport, is per NavSource (secondary).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallery-ffg26-04
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[6]NavSource Online, Frigate Photo Index FFG-26 USS Gallery [reputable_press]
- Locator
- NavSource FFG-26 page - building data, CO table, awards block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Volunteer-maintained photographic/service record for this hull: launch co-sponsored by Mrs. Philip D. Gallery and Mrs. Daniel V. Gallery; commissioned at Bath 5 Dec 1981, Cmdr. Norman S. Scott in command, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 8 at Mayport; commanding-officer roster 1981-1996 (eight COs, last Cmdr. Bruce A. Rasmussen to 14 Jun 1996); awards including Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation, three Battle 'E' ribbons, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/1 star, Southwest Asia Service Medal w/1 star, Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait); U.S. Navy photos of the hull at Mayport (1992) and of Taba at sea (2017).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1977-2017
- Population
- Crew 1981-1996
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations contain errors: this page's keel-laying (17 May 1979) contradicts NVR (17 May 1980), and its decommission (8 May 1996)/stricken (18 Sep 1996) and 'leased 26 Sep 1997' lines contradict NVR (decomm/struck 14 Jun 1996; status change 25 Sep 1996) and the statute's sales basis. Awards and CO roster not independently verified against official records. No materials/asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallery-ffg26-05
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[7]NHHC, 'Appendix 12: Ships Named for Naval Aviators' (naval aviation history publication) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Appendix 12 table, 'Gallery (FFG 26)' row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC appendix entry: 'Gallery (FFG 26) RADM Daniel V. Gallery, USN / RADM Philip Daly Gallery, USN / RADM William G. Gallery, USN - 5 Dec 1981' - documents that this hull was named for the three Gallery brothers, all rear admirals and naval aviators, and corroborates the 5 Dec 1981 commissioning date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1981
- Limitations
- Namesake roster only; gives no ship history, materials, or condition data. No full DANFS entry exists for this hull - the class postdates DANFS coverage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallery-ffg26-06
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[8]USS Gallery (FFG-26) 1991 Mediterranean deployment cruise book (ship-published), via e-yearbook.com digitization [other_primary]
- Locator
- 1991 cruise book narrative pages (deployment chronology)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own 1991 cruise book documents a 30 May - 21/22 December 1991 Mediterranean deployment with USS Forrestal (CV-59) and USS Dale (CG-19): Suez Canal transits, Maritime Interdiction Force operations in the Red Sea with over 80 boardings, NATO NAVOCFORMED participation, and port calls including Palermo (where Cmdr. Cassidy relieved Cmdr. Hutchison as CO).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1991
- Population
- Crew, 1991 deployment
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous ship-published artifact accessed through a commercial digitization service; pagination/OCR quality varies. Deployment and awards consistent with NavSource ribbon list but no official operational record was located for corroboration. No materials or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallery-ffg26-07
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[9]Navysite.de, USS Gallery (FFG-26) compiled ship history [reputable_press]
- Locator
- navysite.de FFG26.HTM 'USS GALLERY History' narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled secondary service history for this hull: sea trials completed off the Maine coast 29 Oct 1981 before the 5 Dec 1981 commissioning; March 1983 surveillance operations near a Soviet Kresta II-class cruiser; departed 7 Oct 1985 with USS Conolly (DD-979), USS Tattnall (DDG-19), and USS Boone (FFG-28) for the Middle East, transiting the Suez Canal in late October and relieving USS Klakring (FFG-42) in the Persian Gulf 6-7 Nov 1985 for Middle East Force radar-picket and escort duty through early 1986.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1981-1986
- Population
- Crew, 1981-1986 operations
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled history (navysite.de), unverified against operational records; used for service narrative detail only. No materials or asbestos information. Individual events not independently corroborated except where the 1991 cruise book and NavSource awards overlap.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallery-ffg26-08
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[10]U.S. Navy Fact File, FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates (navy.mil) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Navy Fact File FFG-7 page, characteristics block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy class specification: propulsion 'Two General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines; 1 shaft, 41,000 shaft horsepower total'; speed 29+ knots; crew '17 Officers, 198 Enlisted'; length 445 ft (453 ft with LAMPS III modification); armament Mk-46 torpedoes, 76 mm MK 75 gun, Phalanx CIWS. Gas-turbine main propulsion means no propulsion boiler rooms - the spaces that concentrated thermal asbestos insulation on steam ships.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1977-1989 (class build era)
- Limitations
- Class-level specification, not hull-specific; the fact file addresses machinery and fit only, not materials. Absence of propulsion boilers removes one major asbestos-insulation source but does not establish that the hull is asbestos-free; gaskets, packing, and other applications are not addressed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallery-ffg26-09
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[11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 report body (1979 statements to GAO re insulation specs and delivery cutoff)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos phase-out at the construction-era margin relevant to this hull: thermal-insulation product specifications were changed to asbestos-free materials in 1973, but asbestos already purchased 'had already been purchased and in some cases installed in ships under construction,' and 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978'; the October 1975 policy removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or needed for repair, modified in January 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas; and 'there are a few shipboard applications for which no acceptable substitute asbestos-free materials have been identified.' Gallery (delivered Nov 1981) postdates the documented asbestos-insulation delivery window, but residual asbestos applications could remain on late-era hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1973-1979
- Population
- Navy ships and shipyard workers, fleet-wide
- Limitations
- Program-level finding, not hull-specific; no statement that FFG-7-class or this hull did or did not carry asbestos. Establishes era context for reduced - not necessarily zero - asbestos aboard a 1981-delivery ship. gao.gov blocks automated fetches (HTTP 403); content verified against search-indexed report text and product page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallery-ffg26-10
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[12]Australian Dept. of Veterans' Affairs CLIK policy library, sec. 4.4.11, 'Claims relating to asbestos exposure while serving on certain RAN vessels' [other_primary]
- Locator
- CLIK 4.4.11 ship list (Adelaide II 1980-2008; Canberra II 1981-2005; Darwin; Melbourne III; Newcastle) + 'Asbestos on RAN Ships 2011 Onwards' OHSIR list
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The Australian Repatriation Commission presumes asbestos was likely present aboard listed RAN ships for service 1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 2010; the Defence-provided list includes Adelaide-class frigates (the RAN variant of the FFG-7 design) - among them HMAS Adelaide II (FFG-01, in use 1980-2008) and HMAS Canberra II (FFG-02, in use 1981-2005), built by Todd Pacific, Seattle inside the U.S. Navy's FFG-7 build program (ordered as FFG-17 and FFG-18) - contemporaneous sister-design hulls to Gallery; also listed are Darwin (1984-), Melbourne III (1992-) and Newcastle (1994-). DVA further lists post-2010 OHSIR asbestos-exposure incident reports aboard HMAS Newcastle (2011), Darwin (2011), and Melbourne (2016), confirming asbestos remained aboard these frigates decades after construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1980-2016
- Population
- RAN members serving aboard Adelaide-class (FFG-7 design) frigates 1980-2010+
- Limitations
- Foreign-government compensation policy for sister-design hulls, not a survey of this ship: Adelaide-class FFGs are the same base design but were RAN-operated with Australian fit-out; four were Australian-built (AMECON) and two US-built. Supports class-level likelihood of residual asbestos aboard FFG-7-design hulls; establishes nothing ship-specific about FFG-26.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallery-ffg26-11
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[13]In re All Maine Asbestos Litigation (BIW/PNS Cases), 581 F. Supp. 963 (D. Me. 1984); 651 F. Supp. 913 (D. Me. 1986); 655 F. Supp. 1169 (D. Me. 1987); aff'd in part In re All Maine Asbestos Litigation (PNS Cases), 772 F.2d 1023 (1st Cir. 1985) [court_record]
- Locator
- 581 F. Supp. 963 at 968; 651 F. Supp. 913 at 915
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published opinions document consolidated asbestos personal-injury litigation - approximately 225 actions - by present and former employees of Bath Iron Works and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for exposure 'during the course of their employment at the shipyards while performing construction or repair work on U.S. naval vessels,' with the BIW plaintiffs' employment spanning 'approximately 1940 to approximately 1980' (651 F. Supp. at 915). Documents that asbestos exposure occurred at the yard that built Gallery; the exposure window's stated end (~1980) abuts but does not clearly cover Gallery's May 1980 - November 1981 construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1940-1987 (exposure ~1940-1980; opinions 1984-1987)
- Population
- Bath Iron Works employees, ~1940-~1980
- Limitations
- Yard-level exposure evidence, not hull-specific; no opinion names FFG-26 or ties exposure to her construction. Whether asbestos work continued at BIW on the scale documented through ~1980 during Gallery's specific build window is not established by these opinions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallery-ffg26-12
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[14]Los Angeles Times/AP, 'OSHA Levies a Big Fine Against Bath Iron Works' (Nov 4, 1987) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- LA Times article, OSHA announcement details
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- OSHA announced $4.2 million in proposed fines against Bath Iron Works after a six-month investigation found more than 3,000 alleged safety violations, including 'asbestos-laden dust with readings of up to 40% of the dust content in work' areas - contemporaneous documentation that asbestos-containing materials remained in the builder's work environment in the mid-1980s, a few years after Gallery's 1981 delivery.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1987
- Population
- Bath Iron Works workforce, 1987
- Limitations
- Press report of an OSHA enforcement announcement covering the yard generally in 1987; postdates this hull's construction and does not tie any asbestos to FFG-26. Documents the builder's era asbestos environment only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallery-ffg26-13
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[15]CourtListener sweep: '"USS Gallery"' opinions + dockets and '"FFG-26"' opinions [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 type=o search results; exa.ai mirror of CAAF opinion text
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep results: 'USS Gallery' opinion query returned one result - United States v. Nicholson, 49 M.J. 296 (C.A.A.F. 1998), a special court-martial (marijuana possession, Art. 112a UCMJ) of a sailor stationed aboard USS Gallery (FFG-26), convened at Pensacola Nov 1992; conviction reversed on evidentiary sufficiency. Non-asbestos military-justice litigation naming the hull; not exposure evidence. 'FFG-26' opinion query returned two results: the same Nicholson opinion, plus Motorlease Corp. v. United States, 215 F. Supp. 356 (D. Conn. 1963) - a 1963 government-contracts case predating the hull, classified a name collision. 'USS Gallery' docket (type=r) query returned zero results. No qualifying asbestos litigation located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1992-1998
- Limitations
- Name-match hits are a court-martial and a contract-dispute collision, not asbestos cases; does not establish or negate asbestos presence. Opinion-level and name-level docket sweep complete; a broader '"Gallery" asbestos' opinion variant was blocked by fleet-wide pacing at drafting time (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallery-ffg26-14
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[16]Batch-4625 search ledger (this record): NVR; NHHC DANFS and NHHC namesake appendix; U.S. Navy Fact File; Congress.gov (P.L. 104-164); BRAC briefing book; GAO HRD-80-2; Australian DVA CLIK 4.4.11; DVIDS; NavSource; 1991 cruise book; BIW asbestos MDL opinions; OSHA/BIW press; CourtListener opinion index [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-gallery-ffg26-01 through sl-uss-gallery-ffg26-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no insulation/ACM survey, abatement contract, transfer-condition hazmat disclosure, museum or museum-quality documentation, or asbestos litigation naming FFG-26 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sold to Egypt rather than scrapped, so no U.S. dismantlement abatement record exists.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. Class-era evidence points both ways: post-1973 Navy insulation specs and a May 1978 last-documented asbestos-insulated delivery predate this hull's Nov 1981 delivery, while the sister-design RAN Adelaide-class frigates carried documented asbestos through 2010. CourtListener opinion and name-level docket sweeps completed; only a broader '"Gallery" asbestos' opinion variant remained unexecuted at drafting time.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallery-ffg26-15