Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet zbu-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-george-philip-ffg12-pkt-zbu-packet-md
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[2]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (1979), Enclosure I - CNO letter Ser 4542/318054, 5 Jan 1979, Attachment 1 'List of U.S. Navy Ships Delivered Since 1973 or Under Construction' [gao]
- Locator
- HRD-80-2 Enclosure I, Attachment 1, 'GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE' block and Note 1 (PDF pp. ~7-8 of enclosure); Wayback capture https://web.archive.org/web/20210702001414/https://www.gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GEORGE PHILIP appears by name and hull number (FFG 12) in the Navy's attachment listing ships delivered since 1973 or under construction; the Guided Missile Frigate block (FFG 7 through FFG 22/23, incl. OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, MCINERNEY, WADSWORTH, DUNCAN, CLARK, GEORGE PHILIP, SIDES, ANTRIM, H.M.A.S. ADELAIDE, H.M.A.S. CANBERRA) is annotated 'Asbestos-free thermal insulation.' Attachment Note 1 defines thermal insulation as insulation 'for machinery, equipment and piping' and states that 'asbestos is also used in shipboard applications for which no suitable (asbestos-free) substitutes have as yet been designated, i.e., gaskets and pipe hanger liners.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1977-1980 (construction); letter dated 1979-01-05
- Population
- Todd Pacific San Pedro construction trades (1977-80); ship's company 1980-2003
- Limitations
- Ship-named listing confirming asbestos-free THERMAL insulation (machinery/equipment/piping) for this hull's class entry; it does NOT establish an asbestos-free ship - the same enclosure states asbestos remained aboard in applications without substitutes (gaskets, pipe hanger liners) and separately that 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos.' Dates in the table are planned dates (FFG-12 delivery shown 7/80 vs. actual NVR delivery 8/29/80). gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (standing access defect); full text verified via Wayback capture of the same PDF.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-philip-ffg12-01
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[3]GAO HRD-80-2 (1979), Navy response text (Enclosure I letter) and report body on Navy asbestos policy [gao]
- Locator
- HRD-80-2 report body (Navy policy sections) and Enclosure I letter text
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Era policy context for this hull's construction window: insulation specifications were changed by late 1973 to call for asbestos-free materials; the Navy's no-asbestos policy was issued as NAVSEAINST 5100.2 on 24 October 1975; because ship-sets of asbestos products had already been purchased and in some cases installed, 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978.' The Navy letter states 'Each ship has several types of asbestos containing materials installed' and 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos,' listing deck/floor tile, piping gaskets and packing, equipment brakes and clutches, electrical-resistor insulation, and galley ranges as residual applications. Approved thermal-insulation substitutes included fibrous glass and calcium silicate.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1973-1979
- Population
- Navy construction/overhaul workforce, fleet-wide, 1970s
- Limitations
- Fleet-level policy description, not a hull record - it establishes that non-thermal ACM categories remained standard aboard ships of this era, not which materials or quantities were aboard FFG-12. The May 1978 last-asbestos-delivery marker precedes this hull's Aug 1980 delivery, consistent with (but not proving) its asbestos-free-thermal-insulation listing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-philip-ffg12-02
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[4]Naval Vessel Register, GEORGE PHILIP (FFG 12) record (UIC 20965; archived capture - live NVR no longer serves this hull's page) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail page FFG12 (archived 2015-12-21 capture)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official register record for this hull: class FFG 7; builder TODD SHYDS/LA DIV; award 02/27/1976; keel 12/14/1977; launch 12/16/1978; delivery 08/29/1980; commission 10/10/1980; decommission 03/15/2003; stricken 05/24/2004; status 'Stricken, to be disposed of by dismantling'; custodian Inactive Ships Office (SEA 21I); hull material 'Steel hull, aluminum superstructure'; propulsion type 'Gas Turbines'; one propeller; remark 'CONTRACT AWARDED TO SOUTHERN RECYCLING LLC IN NEW ORLEANS, LA, FOR VESSEL DISMANTLING, DEMILITARIZATION AND RECYCLING.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1976-2015
- Population
- Crew 1980-2003; inactive-ships custodial and disposal workforce 2003-2015
- Limitations
- Register data only - no materials, asbestos, survey, or abatement information. Tow and arrival details (departed Bremerton inactive-ships facility May 2015; arrived Southern Recycling, Port Fourchon, La., under tow by tug Delta Pacer June 24, 2015) come from secondary photo-documentary sources (Navsource), not official records. Live NVR page for this stricken/disposed hull is no longer served; archived capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-philip-ffg12-03
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[5]USS George Philip official ship's website (george-philip.navy.mil), 'History of USS George Philip (FFG 12)' and namesake pages (Wayback captures) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wayback captures of george-philip.navy.mil shiphist.htm (2003-02-21) and namesk.htm (2003-02-14)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official service chronology: commissioned at Todd Shipyard, San Pedro (page reads 15 Nov 1980); sea trials Nov 1980-Jun 1981; first deployment Jul 1982-Feb 1983 with USS Enterprise battle group; Persian Gulf deployment Sep 1984-Mar 1985; transfer to Naval Reserve Force Jun 1985 with manning reduced to 60% active-duty plus reservists; overhaul at Southwest Marine, San Diego, Dec 1987-Jun 1989 including TACTAS installation; counter-narcotics deployments 1992 and 1994; MARCOT 1997; CARAT 99 deployment; DSRA 00 at Continental Marine, San Diego, Jan-Mar 2000. Namesake: Commander George Philip Jr., USN (1912-1945), CO of USS Twiggs (DD-591), posthumous Navy Cross, killed 16 Jun 1945 in kamikaze attack off Okinawa.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1980-2003
- Population
- Ship's company and NRF reservists 1980-2003; overhaul trades Southwest Marine 1987-89 and Continental Marine 2000
- Limitations
- Official command-published chronology, not a materials record - no asbestos content. Its 15 Nov 1980 commissioning date conflicts with NVR's 10 Oct 1980 (NVR carried; conflict in gaps). Homeported San Diego then Long Beach per secondary sources; exact homeport transitions not dated here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-philip-ffg12-04
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[6]GAO NSIAD-99-18, 'Federal Surplus Ships: Government Efforts to Address the Growing Backlog of Ships Awaiting Disposal' (1998/1999) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO NSIAD-99-18 report text (hazardous materials and regulatory sections)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Disposal-context record for this hull's 2015 scrapping pathway: GAO documents that surplus Navy ships awaiting disposal 'typically contain environmentally hazardous materials such as asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), lead, mercury, and cadmium,' that hazardous-material remediation occurs prior to and during dismantling, and that ship scrapping is subject to TSCA, RCRA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and OSHA requirements. This hull was held at the Bremerton inactive-ships facility 2003-2015 awaiting a foreign military sale that did not materialize, then sold for dismantling.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1998-1999 (report); applied context 2015
- Population
- Ship dismantling workforce, Southern Recycling LLC, 2015
- Limitations
- Program-level context only - describes the statutory hazmat-remediation regime governing Navy ship scrapping; it does not document a specific survey, hazmat offload, or asbestos removal performed on this hull before or during its 2015 dismantling.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-philip-ffg12-05
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[7]NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) General Information Books / ship weight-control reports - archival lead identified in the Navy's own GAO response [other_primary]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 Enclosure I letter (weight-control-reports passage); NARA RG 19; NHHC ship-command-operation-reports/g/george-philip-ffg-12 (no digitized reports found)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Navy's Enclosure I letter in HRD-80-2 states that per-ship asbestos quantities in thermal insulation are 'obtainable by search of weight control reports for individual ships' - establishing that a hull-level weight-control record for FFG-12 should exist in Navy/Bureau of Ships records (NARA RG 19 General Information Books and related construction records). NHHC's digitized Ship Command Operation Reports collection does not include FFG-12 (directory pattern returns 404 for all years 1980-2003); undigitized command histories, if held at NHHC/NARA, are a further lead.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- Archival research path, not yet executed
- Limitations
- Lead only - the weight-control report for this hull was not retrieved; existence is inferred from the Navy letter's statement of practice, not from an identified catalog entry. May quantify thermal insulation only; other ACM categories would not be covered.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-philip-ffg12-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 opinion/docket sweep via fleet-paced helper cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-george-philip-ffg12-06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep attempted for 'George Philip' + asbestos, 'USS George Philip', and 'FFG-12' (opinion type) and could not be completed: the fleet-paced authenticated helper returned pacing/throttle guidance on all six attempts over ~30 minutes on 2026-09-29. General web search located no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull - hits were law-firm marketing ship-lists only (excluded per batch rules). 'George Philip' is also a common personal name, so name collisions are expected when the sweep runs.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- This is a PENDING result, not a negative finding: the CourtListener sweep did not execute, so absence of located litigation is unverified rather than established. General-search absence of hits is weak evidence only. Re-run the sweep in a later session before treating the litigation record as clean.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-philip-ffg12-07