Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]Scott v. 84 Lumber Co., No. 3:22-cv-00613 (S.D. Ill.) [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Scott v. 84 Lumber Co., No. 3:22-cv-00613 (S.D. Ill.) — complaint allegation (quoted in defendant's Notice of Removal): plaintiff alleges asbestos exposure aboard USS Gearing (DD-710) and USS Laffey (DD-724) as an electrician, 1963–1967. PLEADING ALLEGATION ONLY — never adjudicated; case remanded to Illinois state court 2022-05-20.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- Scott v. 84 Lumber Co., No. 3:22-cv-00613 (S.D. Ill.) — complaint allegation (quoted in defendant's Notice of Removal): plaintiff alleges asbestos exposure aboard USS Gearing (DD-710) and USS Laffey (DD-724) as an electrician, 1963–1967. PLEADING ALLEGATION ONLY — never adjudicated; case remanded to
- Evidence ID
- uss-gearing-dd710-lit-1
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[2]DANFS, Gearing (DD-710) - full entry: construction at Federal Shipbuilding Kearny, three-generation namesake, Atlantic/Mediterranean service, 1962 Cuba quarantine, FRAM I at Boston 1961-62 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: lead ship of the Gearing class; named for three generations of naval men (Henry Chalfant Gearing; Capt. Henry C. Gearing Jr.; Lt. Henry C. Gearing III, lost with USS Juneau CL-52 in the Solomon Islands 13 November 1942). Launched 18 February 1945 by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J. (sponsor Mrs. Thomas M. Foley, daughter of Comdr. Gearing); commissioned 3 May 1945, Comdr. T. H. Copeman. Shakedown off Cuba; precommissioning-crew training; Mediterranean cruises and Atlantic Fleet exercises; Operation Frostbite; participated in the Cuba quarantine October 1962; FRAM I conversion at Boston 1961-62 (with Newport period 1963); Atlantic Fleet operations into 1967. Spec block: dp. 2,425; l. 390'6"; b. 40'10"; dr. 18'6"; s. 34.6 k.; cpl. 345; a. 6 5", 12 40mm., 2 21" tt., 6 dcp, 2 dct; cl. Gearing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades (1944-45); Boston Naval Shipyard FRAM trades (1961-62); crew (1945-1973)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. The documented 1961-62 FRAM I conversion at Boston Naval Shipyard is a yard-disturbance window - relevant as era context, not as a materials record. DANFS entry predates disposal and does not cover decommissioning or scrapping.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gearing-dd710-01
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[3]Scott v. 84 Lumber Company, No. 3:22-cv-00613-SMY (S.D. Ill.), state-court complaint Exhibit 1-1 (filed 2022-03-24); and Memorandum and Order granting remand, ECF No. 89 (filed 2022-05-20; Yandle, J.) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-1 at para. 1 (exposure allegation); ECF No. 89 (remand order, unopposed)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Pleading-stage asbestos allegation naming this hull. The state-court complaint (attached to the federal notice of removal as ECF 1-1) alleges at para. 1: 'Walter R. Scott was first exposed to asbestos while serving in the U.S. Navy from 1963-1967 as an electrician including aboard the USS Gearing(DD-710) and USS Laffey(DD-724), where he regularly worked in and around the engineering spaces including the engine room, boiler room and other areas where he and others around him performed maintenance and repairs to boilers, pumps, valves, steam pipes and other related steam equipment and structures.' Carrier Corporation removed under 28 U.S.C. 1442(a)(1) federal-officer grounds; the court granted the plaintiff's unopposed motion to remand to the Twentieth Judicial Circuit, St. Clair County, Illinois, on 20 May 2022. No merits adjudication on exposure was reached.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1963-1967 (alleged exposure); 2022 (litigation)
- Population
- Walter R. Scott (Navy electrician, alleged 1963-1967 aboard this hull and USS Laffey)
- Limitations
- PLEADING ALLEGATION ONLY - never adjudicated; the case left federal court on unopposed remand and no merits record on exposure aboard this hull exists in the located record. The allegation identifies equipment categories (boilers, pumps, valves, steam pipes) and spaces, not materials verified aboard this hull. Per litigation-stage discipline, classified at pleading stage, never upward.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gearing-dd710-02
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[4]Goodrich v. John Crane, Inc., No. 4:17-cv-9 (E.D. Va.), Omnibus Opinion and Order Concerning Plaintiffs' and Defendant's Motions in Limine, ECF No. 171 (filed 2018) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 171 at 11-12 (class drawing and Navy-spec recitals)
- Finding type
- litigation_product_id
- Finding
- Class-level specification evidence recited in a merits-stage (in limine) opinion: the court 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, among other materials' and notes 'that the USS Corry was in the DD 710, USS Gearing class of destroyers, a sub-class of the DD 692 class.' It further recites that 'naval and military specifications dating from 1945 to 1959 specify the use of amosite asbestos felts in conjunction with "insulating refrigerant, cold water piping, valves, and fittings" and for use "in machinery and equipment such as boilers, turbines, boiling feed pumps, etc."' and that BuShips General Specifications for Vessels addressed '[m]achinery and equipment such as boilers, turbines, boiler feeds pumps and feed booster pumps' as hot surfaces. The Goodrich plaintiff himself served aboard USS Corry (DDR-817), USS Harlan Dickson (DD-708), and USS Yosemite - NOT this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1945-1959 (spec documents); 1959-1963 (service); 2017-2018 (litigation)
- Population
- Harry L. Goodrich (machinist's mate aboard USS Corry, USS Harlan Dickson, USS Yosemite, 1959-1963)
- Limitations
- CLASS/ERA EVIDENCE ONLY - the opinion situates USS Corry within 'the DD 710, USS Gearing class' and recites class-family drawings and Navy specs for asbestos materials, but no document ties any specific material to this hull (DD-710). The specifications are recited in litigation (expert-testimony context); underlying spec documents were not independently inspected. Establishes era/class material usage, not asbestos aboard USS Gearing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gearing-dd710-03
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[5]Smargisso v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., No. 3:23-cv-01414-RFL (N.D. Cal.), expert report of Arnold P. Moore, PE (Exhibit 2), ECF No. 132-3 (filed 2024-07-02) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 132-3 at 5-6 and 26-28 (Hollister class identification; Vulcan drawing 12458-1 gasket/packing specs)
- Finding type
- litigation_product_id
- Finding
- Class-level product identification in a litigation expert report: 'USS HOLLISTER (DD 788) was built as a USS GEARING Class Destroyer at the Todd Shipyard in Seattle, Washington.' The report recites Vulcan Soot Blower Corporation drawing 12458-1 documenting one soot blower assembly per each of the four boilers installed on HOLLISTER, 'built with one compressed asbestos sheet gasket (Navy specification 33P13, symbol 2150) and two sizes of braided asbestos packing (Navy specification 33P26, symbol 1103),' plus deposition testimony that crew worked on these blowers' gaskets and packing.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1945-1979 (document and service windows); 2024 (litigation)
- Population
- Smargisso decedent/exposure cohort aboard USS Hollister (DD-788), 1976-1979
- Limitations
- CLASS/ERA EVIDENCE ONLY - the documented asbestos components belong to sister ship USS Hollister (DD-788), a Gearing-class hull, not this hull. Expert-report assertions in litigation, unadjudicated; underlying drawings were not independently inspected. Indicates the class family carried spec'd asbestos gaskets/packing on boiler soot blowers - does not establish asbestos aboard USS Gearing (DD-710).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gearing-dd710-04
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[6]Krik v. Crane Co., No. 1:10-cv-07435 (N.D. Ill.), defendants' exhibit list, ECF No. 209-8 (filed 2014-02-21) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 209-8, exhibit list entry 'OI 801'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: an exhibit list in the Krik litigation records exhibit 'OI 801' as 'Schedules and plans for USS Gearing' - a hull-specific document reference that may contain material specifications for this hull. The underlying schedules/plans were not located or inspected.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- LEAD ONLY - the exhibit's existence is verified in the filed exhibit list, but the underlying 'Schedules and plans for USS Gearing' documents were not retrieved or reviewed; their content, date, and material coverage are unknown. Do NOT treat as evidence of asbestos aboard this hull until the documents themselves are inspected.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gearing-dd710-05
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[7]Navysite.de, USS Gearing (DD-710) unofficial ship page - post-DANFS disposition and FRAM detail (secondary compilation; not a primary record) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite DD-710 history and general-characteristics sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-DANFS disposition (secondary compilation): awarded 1942; decommissioned 2 July 1973; sold November 1974 and broken up at Chester, Pennsylvania. FRAM I conversion shipyard: Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Mass., December 1961 - October 1962. Machinery: four boilers and General Electric geared turbines.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1973-1974
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (unofficial US Navy site), not a primary record - used for post-1967 disposition and yard detail only, consistent with the NavSource-type citation practice in prior batches. Stricken date not separately stated for this hull (decommissioning and disposal sequence reported); see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gearing-dd710-06
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[8]Era inference anchored to documented construction and FRAM periods for this hull (Federal Shipbuilding, 1944-45; Boston NSY FRAM I 1961-62) [other_primary]
- Locator
- construction-era inference from DANFS dates, FRAM period, and class-family specification records
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: a 1944-45 Federal-built steam destroyer (four boilers, GE geared turbines) constructed in the peak asbestos era would era-typically have carried asbestos-containing thermal insulation, gaskets, and packing throughout engineering spaces; the documented 1961-62 FRAM I yard period is a disturbance window of the kind in which era insulation was removed and replaced.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades (1944-45); Boston NSY FRAM trades (1961-62)
- Limitations
- CLASS/ERA INFERENCE ONLY - the Goodrich opinion and Smargisso expert report document asbestos specifications for the class family (DD-692/Gearing class; sister DD-788) but no ship-specific material record was located for this hull. Does not establish asbestos aboard USS Gearing, any exposure, or any quantity. Never infer ship-specific findings from this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gearing-dd710-07
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[9]Negative finding: no qualifying non-litigation ship-specific asbestos record located across DANFS/NHHC, NVR, and ACM-survey/abatement/disposal sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- see search_ledger sl-uss-gearing-dd710-01..06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding naming USS Gearing (DD-710) was located. CourtListener sweeps produced one qualifying ship-specific asbestos-litigation record (Scott - pleading allegation), one archival lead (Krik OI 801 schedules/plans), and two class-level litigation references (Goodrich, Smargisso); no adjudicated exposure record was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record is not proof no record exists - the 1974 scrapping at Chester, PA left no retrievable disposal-documentation trail in located sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gearing-dd710-08