Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet gw-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-glennon-dd840-pkt-gw-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Glennon II (DD-840), NHHC (published 2015-07-13; live NHHC page 404 - verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio transcription cited; Wayback capture 2025-12-09 verified) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative + bracketed strike/sinking note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: second ship named for Rear Admiral James Henry Glennon; launched 14 July 1945 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Miss Frances Reading Glennon, granddaughter; commissioned 4 October 1945, Comdr. George W. Pressey in command. Shakedown off Cuba; sailed Boston 12 Feb 1946 for North Sea nations; upkeep at Boston and overhaul at Newport; refresher training Guantanamo Bay Apr-May 1947; eastern seaboard tactics; Feb-Mar 1948 fleet exercises Cuba-Trinidad-Panama Canal; Jun 1948 Midshipman Practice Squadron (Portugal, Italy, French Morocco); 6th Fleet Med duty Aug 1948-Jan 1949 then Boston overhaul; Operation 'Frostbite' winter 1949-50 (Davis Strait); Med cruises Jan 1950 and Jan 1951; Jan-Feb 1952 carrier-task-force cold-weather training; flagship Destroyer Squadron 8 Apr-Oct 1952; more than a decade of peacetime operations incl. Project Mercury recovery station 1961 (Grissom) and 1962 (Glenn three-orbit flight) and the search for lost submarine Thresher; 'an extensive overhaul at Boston terminated 24 July 1963'; Caribbean training, ASW school ship Key West, Boston refitting Nov 1963; ASW work 1964-65; America's Cup guests Sep 1964; 'Mule 65' West Point indoctrination May 1965; Atlantic Fleet through 1967. Bracketed note: struck from the Navy list 1 October 1976; sunk as a target off Puerto Rico 26 February 1981. Spec block: dp. 2,425; l. 390'6"; b. 41'1"; dr. 18'6"; s. 35 k.; cpl. 367; a. 6 5"; cl. Gearing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-1981
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1945; crew 1945-1976 (spec complement 367)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content; the narrative ends in 1967, before the Vietnam deployment and final decade. Live NHHC page returns 404 - ibiblio transcription cited and verified against the 2025-12-09 Wayback capture of the NHHC page (spec block reads 35 k. there; the ibiblio transcription reads 33 k. - variance carried in gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glennon-dd840-01
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[3]A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History, USS Glennon DD-840, The Tin Can Sailor, October 2001 (destroyers.org, Destroyer History Foundation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyers.org DD-840 ship page, 'A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History' text + data sidebar
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary ship history covering the post-1967 record DANFS lacks and identifying the 1962-63 Boston yard period as a FRAM I modernization: commissioned at the Boston Naval Shipyard; 'In August she began her year-long FRAM I overhaul at the Boston Naval Shipyard' (Aug 1962, completed Jul 1963); thereafter Cuba refresher training, Culebra gunfire-support training, ASW school ship at Key West (rescued four Cuban refugees); ~2 years testing PADLOC passive sonar, an air-search anti-jamming device, and a new ECM system; June 1965 escorted battleship Massachusetts (BB-59) to Fall River; first operational PADLOC employment in 1966 ASW exercises; Caribbean/East Coast operations and a South American cruise through 1967; Mar 1968 destroyer school cruise to Caribbean; Jun 1968 seven-month deployment with a 200-ship NATO force under Soviet observation; homeport shift to Charleston, S.C., 1969; 1970 Middle East deployment (Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Persian Gulf); 1972 Western Pacific deployment - arrived on the Vietnam gun line 19 May 1972, round-the-clock firing periods, returned to the states Sep 1972; Apr 1973 refueling accident with Caloosahatchee (AO-98) off the Virginia Capes injured 14 crew, return to Charleston; Jun-Dec 1973 Mediterranean and North Sea; 1974 experimental sonar and computer data systems; 1975 sonar test platform; plane guard with America (CV-66), NATO exercises, Caribbean cruise; 'On 1 October 1976, three days short of her thirty-first birthday, the GLENNON was decommissioned and struck from the navy's register. She was sunk as a target off Puerto Rico on 26 February 1981.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1962-1981
- Population
- Crew 1962-1976; Boston Naval Shipyard trades during FRAM I 1962-63
- Limitations
- Foundation-maintained secondary history - the only located source identifying the 1962-63 Boston overhaul as 'FRAM I' (NavSource corroborates 'Completed FRAM upgrade July 1963'). Asbestos scope of the FRAM I work is not stated - insulation disturbance during a year-long machinery-space modernization is era inference, not a documented abatement event. The page's summary sidebar reads 'sunk as target 2/1978,' contradicting its own history text (26 Feb 1981) and DANFS/NavSource - 26 Feb 1981 carried, discrepancy in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glennon-dd840-02
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[4]NavSource Destroyer Photo Index, DD-840 USS Glennon, 'Operational and Building Data' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-840 page, 'Operational and Building Data' block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Building and disposition data for this hull: 'Laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath ME March 12 1945. Launched July 14 1945 and commissioned October 4 1945. Completed FRAM upgrade July 1963. Decommissioned and Stricken October 1 1976. Fate: Sunk as target off Puerto Rico February 26 1981.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-1981
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation - the sole located source for the 12 March 1945 keel-laying date (DANFS omits it; consistent with class-profile, hullnumber.com, and NavalCoverMuseum data). 'Completed FRAM upgrade July 1963' corroborates the TCS FRAM I identification and DANFS's 24 July 1963 overhaul termination. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glennon-dd840-03
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[5]Tilford v. Crane Company et al., No. 1:17-cv-00458-DKW-KJM (D. Haw.), Defendant Crane Co.'s Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1 (filed 2017-09-13), quoting Hawaii state-court Complaint (Civ. No. 17-1-1304-08) Ex. A paras. 5-6; Nature of Suit 368 P.I.: Asbestos; docket terminated 2019-10-21 [court_record]
- Locator
- Notice of Removal ECF 1 pp. 2-3 paras. 2-3 (quoting Complaint paras. 5-6); docket entries 136 (Case Resolved status report) and 139-143 (stipulated dismissals)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos personal-injury action naming this hull by hull number. The removal notice quotes the complaint's allegations that plaintiff William S. Tilford served in the Navy 'during the approximate years 1964 to 1980 aboard the USS Glennon (DD-840, USS Sam Houston, and USS Guardfish (SSN612), and at the Pearl Harbor Subase as part of SubRon 7, a squadron of submaries homeported in Hawaii, where asbestos products were being used; and worked in and on ships and submarines where the said asbestos products were being used; and was repeatedly exposed to great quantities of asbestos, asbestos dust and asbestos fibers,' which 'directly and proximately caused Plaintiff to develop malignant mesothelioma.' The complaint alleges defendants 'sold and supplied certain equipment to the United States Navy ... which contained asbestos gaskets and/or packing and which were sold by said defendants as after-market replacement parts and which required asbestos insulation.' Removed under federal-officer jurisdiction (28 U.S.C. 1442(a)(1)); a 'Case Resolved' status report filed 2018-11-02 preceded stipulated dismissals with prejudice - Air & Liquid Systems 2018-11-13, Viking Pump 2019-01-03, Crane Co. 2019-01-31, Ingersoll Rand 2019-02-04; case terminated 2019-10-21.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1964-1980 (alleged exposure); 2017-2019 (litigation)
- Population
- William S. Tilford, U.S. Navy ~1964-1980 (DD-840; USS Sam Houston; USS Guardfish SSN-612; SubRon 7, Pearl Harbor); malignant mesothelioma
- Limitations
- PLEADING-STAGE allegation resolved by confidential settlement - the exposure allegation is recited in a removal filing, never adjudicated; no trial finding, product identification against equipment aboard this hull, causation finding, or asbestos quantification. Settlement terms not public. Hull attribution is explicit (DD-840 named in the quoted complaint; the earlier USS Glennon, DD-620, sank 10 June 1944, decades before the plaintiff's stated 1964-80 service window, eliminating name collision). Classified at the least-final stage per batch litigation discipline.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glennon-dd840-04
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[6]DANFS specifications block (Gearing class; 35 kt) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Bath Iron Works record (1942 Harvard pipe-covering-shop industrial-hygiene study; 1987 OSHA asbestos-standard citations); NARA RG19 'General Information Books' archival lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; shipyards.json record 'bath-iron-works' (ev-bath-iron-works-01, -02)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Gearing-class destroyer built March-October 1945 with a four-boiler superheated-steam plant (4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 GE geared turbines, 60,000 shp) would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler and machinery insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. Builder Bath Iron Works is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2), including a 1942 Harvard industrial-hygiene study recording 'fairly serious dust risk' in pipe-covering shops and 1987 OSHA asbestos-standard citations; NARA RG19 General Information Books holding per-vessel material specifications are an archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-1976
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1945; crew 1945-1976
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific survey or invoice confirms asbestos-containing products installed aboard this hull; the ship-specific record is ev-04 (Tilford pleading). The 1942 yard study predates this hull's 1945 build and documents pipe-covering-shop conditions, not this vessel. NARA GIB retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glennon-dd840-05
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[7]Goodrich v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., Omnibus Opinion and Order, ECF No. 171, E.D. Va. No. 4:17-cv-00009 (Sept. 28, 2018) [court_record]
- Locator
- Omnibus opinion ECF 171 (recitals of Navy drawing and expert report); carried from the Gearing class profile (ev-gearing-class-04)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class-level litigation recital for the machinery group this hull shares: the omnibus opinion recites that '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' and quotes a report estimating 'a partial tally of the weight of the asbestos-containing thermal insulation and lagging products in the fire ... and engine rooms of a ship belonging to the USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692) and USS Gearing (DD 710) classes of destroyers is 30.3 tons.' DD-840 is a Gearing-class hull - a 14-foot lengthening of the Sumner design sharing the same high-pressure steam machinery plant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1940s design era; opinion filed 2018-09-28
- Population
- Destroyer fire/engine-room crews; litigation expert materials
- Limitations
- Litigation-record recital of an expert report (McCloskey) and a Navy engineering drawing - the drawing covers the Sumner-class DD-692 machinery group shared by Gearing; the 30.3-ton figure is an expert partial tally for fire/engine rooms, not a classwide inventory, not an adjudicated finding, and not hull-specific to DD-840. The opinion treated some related exposure conclusions as speculative. Underlying exhibits not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glennon-dd840-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not class- or hull-specific; Glennon's documented yards (Bath Iron Works build; Boston NSY overhauls/FRAM I) were not the GAO fieldwork yards (Long Beach, Norfolk). Supports era context for the FRAM I work package and the 1975-76 end-of-service window; full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glennon-dd840-07
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[9]Batch-3807 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404; ibiblio + Wayback capture); NavSource DD-840 index; Tin Can Sailors/Destroyer History Foundation DD-840 history; CourtListener API v4 (opinion and RECAP full-text sweeps, exact name + hull number); Atlas shipyard dataset; NARA deck-log availability guidance [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-glennon-dd840-01 through sl-uss-glennon-dd840-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No asbestos survey, abatement contract, material inventory, hull-condition report, or museum/NPS disclosure for this hull was located in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The only ship-specific asbestos record is the Tilford pleading (ev-04). The hull lies sunk as a target off Puerto Rico since 26 February 1981 - a disposal predating the modern SINKEX environmental-review regime, so no vessel-condition or hazmat clearance file surfaces in public records; no museum track exists.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1945-built steam destroyer that served 31 years and was sunk without demolition would not generate the disposal-phase hazmat documentation that produced ship-specific records for other hulls. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glennon-dd840-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 sweep for this hull, 2026-09-28 (authenticated, fleet-paced): "USS Glennon" type=o count 0; "USS Glennon" type=r count 1; "DD-840" type=o count 0; "DD-840" type=r count 22 [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py authenticated queries; Tilford Notice of Removal via Internet Archive copy gov.uscourts.hid.136142.1.0.pdf
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation sweep classification: the single "USS Glennon" RECAP hit is Tilford v. Crane Company (D. Haw. 1:17-cv-00458) - QUALIFYING asbestos litigation naming this hull (ev-04; verified by full-text pull of the Notice of Removal PDF, which quotes the complaint naming 'USS Glennon (DD-840'). Of 22 "DD-840" docket hits, 21 are name collisions (PACER document numbers, patent/case identifiers in non-asbestos suits - nature-of-suit codes: patent, debt collection, civil rights, contract, admiralty, criminal) and the remaining hit is Tilford itself. No qualifying opinion-stage material located (type=o count 0 for both name and hull number). The first Glennon (DD-620, sunk June 1944) cannot account for the Tilford allegation, whose 1964-80 service window and explicit DD-840 designation fix the hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Sweep covers CourtListener's indexed opinions and RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-28 - it does not reach unindexed PACER text, state-court filings (the Hawaii state complaint pre-removal), or settled-case discovery, and it cannot exclude litigation in courts/ports not swept. A residual 'Glennon'+asbestos variant query was not completed before the fleet CourtListener pacing budget expired; residual risk logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glennon-dd840-09