Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet me-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Gary | Hull: FFG-51 | Designation: guided-missile frigate
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-gary-ffg51-pkt-me-packet-md
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[2]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Gary (FFG-51) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry: construction paragraph; specifications parenthesis; final disposition paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's DANFS entry identifies this hull as Gary (FFG-51), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate: laid down 18 December 1982 at Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California; launched 19 November 1983; commissioned 17 November 1984. The entry gives 4,100-ton displacement, 453-foot length, 47-foot beam, 26-foot draft, 29-plus-knot speed, and complement 219. It records decommissioning and striking on 5 August 2015 and foreign military transfer to Taiwan on 9 March 2016, where the ship was renamed Feng Jia (PFG-1115).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1982-2016
- Population
- Todd Pacific construction trades (1982-1983); crew 1984-2015
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, dates, specifications, service, and disposition; it does not document asbestos content, individual exposure, an ACM inventory, or abatement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gary-ffg51-01
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[3]NHHC archive, USS Gary (FFG-51) 1995 command history [other_primary]
- Locator
- 1995 command history, opening ship-description paragraph and historical narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official 1995 command history identifies USS Gary (FFG-51) as built by Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation, Los Angeles, California, with keel laid 18 December 1982, christening 19 November 1983, and commissioning 17 November 1984. It describes the Oliver Hazard Perry-class mission as multi-mission anti-air, anti-submarine, and anti-surface warfare and documents the ship's operational history, including Persian Gulf service and deployments.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1982-1995
- Population
- Ship's company and Navy operational personnel
- Limitations
- Command history is a service record, not a materials survey; it does not identify asbestos-containing products or establish exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gary-ffg51-02
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[4]U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs, USS Gary to Decommission After More Than 30 Years of Service, 21 July 2015 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Article paragraphs 4-7
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- U.S. Pacific Fleet reported that USS Gary (FFG 51) was scheduled for decommissioning at Naval Base San Diego after more than 30 years of service. The official Navy article identifies the ship's 17 November 1984 commissioning and its 2015 final deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/4th Fleet area, including Operation Martillo counter-transnational organized crime operations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2015
- Population
- Crew and participating maritime law-enforcement personnel
- Limitations
- The article announces the decommissioning ceremony and service context but does not provide asbestos, hazmat, or disposal-condition information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gary-ffg51-03
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[5]GAO HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (1979), Navy response and shipboard-use discussion [gao]
- Locator
- Navy response, Enclosure I, opening paragraphs and shipboard-application discussion
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The Navy response reproduced in GAO HRD-80-2 states that ships had several types of asbestos-containing materials and identifies historical shipboard applications including thermal insulation, deck tile, electrical-resistor insulation, galley-range wiring, piping gaskets and packing, and equipment brakes and clutches. The report describes Navy policy and fleet-wide practice during the period before Gary was commissioned.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1973-1979
- Population
- Navy shipbuilding, repair, and operating personnel; fleet-wide
- Limitations
- Fleet- and era-level context only. The report predates Gary's construction and does not name FFG-51, establish that any listed product was installed aboard this hull, quantify material, or document crew exposure. The report is not used as a ship-specific finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gary-ffg51-04
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[6]NAVSEA, S9086-BS-STM-010, Readiness and Care of Inactive Ships, 1 May 2005 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Section 050-7.2.7, Handling and Removal of Asbestos Materials
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- NAVSEA inactive-ship guidance recognizes that past naval shipbuilding included asbestos materials in shipboard installations such as thermal insulation and deck tile, and provides controls for handling installed insulation, gaskets, pipe covering, and asbestos debris during inactivation, stripping, and reactivation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2005 guidance; not hull-specific
- Population
- Navy inactive-ship custodial, stripping, reactivation, and contractor personnel
- Limitations
- Navy-wide inactive-ship handling guidance, not a survey or abatement record for Gary. It does not establish that FFG-51 contained any specified ACM, what was removed, what remained at decommissioning, or whether anyone was exposed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gary-ffg51-05
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[7]NAVSEA, U.S. Naval Vessel Historical Evaluation, USS Boone (FFG-28), 2011 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Vessel Snapshot, Propulsion field
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NAVSEA's historical evaluation of Oliver Hazard Perry-class USS Boone (FFG-28) describes the class propulsion arrangement as two gas turbines generating power to a single screw. This supplies class context for Gary's propulsion summary.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- Class design context
- Population
- Oliver Hazard Perry-class ships
- Limitations
- This is a class-level record for a different hull, not a ship-specific engineering record for FFG-51; it does not establish Gary's exact machinery configuration or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gary-ffg51-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 exact-name and hull-number sweep through authenticated fleet-paced cl-auth-search.py helper [court_record]
- Locator
- Authenticated helper outputs for queries: "USS Gary" (opinion and docket); "FFG-51" (opinion and docket)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The exact-name opinion search for "USS Gary" returned two opinions: Sturm v. United States Department of Defense (D.D.C., 2025) and Warrington v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. (7th Cir., 1990). Neither is an asbestos action naming USS Gary (FFG-51): the first is a name-collision/non-ship result and the second is unrelated railway litigation. The exact-name docket and exact hull-number opinion/docket requests were attempted through the required authenticated helper but returned no usable result files after fleet pacing failure; they are blocked, not negative results.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- The exact-name opinion results are not exposure evidence. This sweep does not establish absence of litigation unless all four required query results completed; any blocked or incomplete query is explicitly treated as a gap rather than a clean negative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gary-ffg51-07