USS Glover (AGER-158)

Evidence

11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).

1. [1]DANFS, Glover (AGDE-1), NHHC ship-history page (live page; Wayback capture 2025-04-01) + appended supplement drawn from K.J. Bauer & S.S. Roberts, Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy 1775-1990, p.244 - verbatim transcription via hazegray/losthistory mirror [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   Wayback capture of history.navy.mil DANFS 'Glover' (1968 text ends 'September she entered Boston Naval Shipyard for modifications'); supplement text via https://losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/auxil/agde1.txt; live NHHC URL returned 404 at session start

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS 'Glover' entry documents this hull: laid down 29 July 1963 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; launched 17 April 1965, sponsored by Mrs. William S. Pederson Sr. and Mrs. Claude V. Signer, great-great-great-granddaughters of Gen. John Glover; commissioned at Boston 13 November 1965, Comdr. William W. Wilson in command; 'fitted out with advanced sonar and antisubmarine weapons' as an experimental research escort; joined the U.S. Atlantic Fleet in 1966 with Cruiser-Destroyer Forces, operating along the Atlantic coast and Caribbean; entered Boston Naval Shipyard for modifications in September 1966. Spec line: dp. 3,426; l. 414'6"; b. 44'1"; dr. 24'2"; s. 27.5 k.; cpl. 239; a. 1 5", 4 21" tt, 2 Tar. mis.; cl. Glover. The appended Bauer & Roberts Register supplement records the designation chain and disposal: planned as Environmental Research Ship AGER-158 under the FY1960 program, cancelled 16 December 1959 and reintroduced as AGER-163 in the FY1961 program; soon redesignated Escort Research Ship AGDE-1; Frigate Research Ship AGFF-1 on 30 June 1975; 'essentially a DE-1040 (GARCIA) class ship with a shrouded propeller and a raised stern to accommodate experimental sonar equipment'; reassigned to regular frigate duty and given cancelled Knox-class hull number FF-1098 on 1 October 1979; reclassified back to AGFF-1 and transferred to Military Sealift Command as an unarmed sonar trials ship 15 June 1990; deactivated 28 August 1992; stricken from the Navy Register 20 November 1992; sold 15 April 1994 to N. R. Acquisition Inc., New York City, for $80,743.79 and scrapped by a subcontractor at Wilmington, NC beginning 8 November 1995.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1960-1995

   Population

   Bath Iron Works construction trades 1963-65; ship's company 1965-1990

   Limitations

   Official ship history anchoring identity, chronology, specifications, designation chain, and disposal; contains no asbestos or materials information. The AGER-158/AGER-163 planning history and post-1979 events come from the appended Register supplement, not the 1968 DANFS article proper. '2 Tar. mis.' in the spec line conflicts with the as-built armament documented by NavSource (ASROC, no Tartar) - carried in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-glover-ager158-01

2. [2]NavSource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Glover (AGDE 1)/(AGFF 1)/(FF 1098)/(T-AGFF 1), page 06/06021098 - specification block, custodial chronology, CO list, awards line [other_primary]

   Locator

   Wayback capture 2024-07-15 of navsource.org/archives/06/06021098.htm - 'Specifications' block and 'Building and Operational Data' chronology; live navsource.org fetch failed this session

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Archive page 06/06021098 custodial chronology and specification block for this hull: building contract awarded to Bath Iron Works 28 June 1961; laid down 29 July 1963; launched and christened 17 April 1965; commissioned at Boston Naval Shipyard 13 November 1965 (Cmdr. William W. Wilson), assigned to Destroyer Development Group 2, Newport, RI; homeport changed to Norfolk, VA 1974; reclassified AGFF-1 30 June 1975; reclassified FF-1098 1 October 1979; decommissioned 15 June 1990, reclassified Sonar Trials Ship T-AGFF-1 and placed 'in service' with Military Sealift Command; taken 'out of service' with MSC and struck from the NVR 20 November 1992 'after 27 years of service'; sold for scrapping 15 April 1994 to N.R. Acquisitions Co., New York City, for $80,743.79; scrapped at Wilmington, NC 8 November 1995. Spec block: class Glover (modified Garcia), SCB No. 198/1961, one ship; 2,643 tons std / 3,426 full; 390' wl / 414'6" oa; 2 Foster Wheeler 1,200-psi boilers, 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 35,000 shp, 1 shaft; 27 kts; complement 21/235; 1 x 5"/38 Mk30, Mk16 ASROC launcher, Mk32 torpedo tubes, 2 Mk24 long ASW tubes; SQS-26AXR sonar; DASH-capable. Launch photo caption notes 'pump jet prop'; first ship named for Gen. Glover.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1961-1995

   Population

   Ship's company 1965-1990; MSC civil-service crew 1990-1992

   Limitations

   Volunteer-compiled archive transcribing NVR custodial data and official records - reliable for milestones but a compilation, not the underlying record. Contains no asbestos information. 1965-1990 operational detail between milestones is thin.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-glover-ager158-02

3. [3]Naval Vessel Register (nvr.navy.mil), 'Ships, Both Coasts, Disposed' index - Wayback capture 2000-12-02 [other_primary]

   Locator

   NVR disposed-ships list, AGFF 1 GLOVER UIC 17700 entry (alphabetical AG section). Live NVR ship-detail page SHIPSDETAIL_FF_1098.HTML returned navigation chrome only - no detail table rendered this session.

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The Naval Vessel Register's 'Ships, Both Coasts, Disposed' listing (NAVSEA-maintained official inventory) carries 'AGFF 1 - GLOVER - UIC 17700', recording this hull under its final Navy classification AGFF-1 in the disposed-ships register.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   2000 (register snapshot); disposal 1994-95

   Limitations

   Register listing only - confirms the hull's final classification and disposed status in the official inventory; carries no dates, specifications, or materials data.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-glover-ager158-03

4. [4]Maritime Reporter and Engineering News, 'Major Navy Contracts,' September 1988 issue (contract award dated 1988-06-06; NAVSEA N00024-85-H-8157) [reputable_press]

   Locator

   Maritime Reporter Sept 1988, 'Major Navy Contracts' section, June 6 entry

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Contemporaneous trade press documents a documented shipyard availability on this hull: Maritime Reporter and Engineering News, September 1988 'Major Navy Contracts' - 'June 6: General Ship Corporation, East Boston, Mass., was awarded a $7,487,452 firm-fixed-price contract for Extending Drydocking Phase Maintenance Fixed (EDPMF) availability for USS Glover (FF-1098). Work will be completed in April 1989. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-85-H-8157).' A private-yard drydocking availability of this scale is a documented disturbance window on a 1965-built steam escort.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1988-1989

   Population

   General Ship Corp. yard workers, East Boston, 1988-89; ship's company during availability

   Limitations

   Documents the yard event (contractor, price, NAVSEA contract number, completion target) - not its materials scope. Whether the availability removed or disturbed asbestos insulation is not stated in the source. Secondary claims of a 1988 'South Boston Shipyard' boiler refit (Wikipedia) plausibly refer to this same availability at General Ship Corp.'s East/South Boston facility - not independently verified.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-glover-ager158-04

5. [5]DTIC technical report ADA245676, 'Glover ASW Initiative Sea Test SW1 XBT Data' (1991), DOI 10.21236/ada245676 [other_primary]

   Locator

   DTIC bibliographic record via doi.org resolution; report abstract names USNS Glover (T-AGFF-1) as a trial platform

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   An official DoD technical report documents the hull's post-commissioning MSC career: 'Glover ASW Initiative Sea Test SW1 XBT Data' (Fries, J., 1991, Defense Technical Information Center, ADA245676) summarizes temperature/sound-speed profiles measured during the January-February 1991 sea test on the Blake Plateau and Basin east of Florida, in which the participating platforms were USNS Glover (T-AGFF-1), R/V Range Rover (AUTEC), and USS Providence (SSN-719).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1991 (trial); 1990-1992 (MSC period)

   Population

   MSC crew and NUSC/EDO technical personnel embarked 1990-1992

   Limitations

   Confirms the hull's MSC sonar-trials employment 1990-92; contains no materials, maintenance, or asbestos information. Establishes the operating window during which the ship remained a working platform with embarked personnel after Navy decommissioning.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-glover-ager158-05

6. [6]DANFS Glover entry, appended supplement citing K.J. Bauer & S.S. Roberts, Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy 1775-1990, p.244 (via hazegray transcription); NVR disposed register lists the hull under AGFF-1 [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   Bracketed supplement at end of DANFS Glover entry ('Originally planned as Environmental Research Ship AGER-158 ... cancelled on 16 December 1959 and reintroduced as AGER-163 ... '); NVR S_B_10 disposed list line 'AGFF 1 GLOVER 17700'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Correction of manifest designations for this hull. The manifest slug 'ager158' and a companion 'FF-1' entry are both malformed for the commissioned ship: per the DANFS/Bauer supplement, AGER-158 was a pre-construction planning designation (FY1960 Environmental Research Ship) cancelled 16 December 1959 before any contract or keel; the hull was reintroduced as AGER-163 in the FY1961 program and completed as AGDE-1. 'FF-1' is not a designation this ship ever carried - it truncates AGFF-1. The single hull's true chain is AGER-158 (cancelled plan) -> AGER-163 (FY61 program) -> AGDE-1 (1965) -> AGFF-1 (1975) -> FF-1098 (1979) -> AGFF-1/T-AGFF-1 (1990-92). One record covers the one hull; no second hull exists.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   correction

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1959-1992

   Limitations

   The correction itself is documented; two residual conflicts carried in gaps: secondary sources render the FY1961 designation 'AG-163' (GlobalSecurity, destroyerhistory.org) where DANFS/Bauer reads 'AGER-163'; and 'reintroduced as AGER-163 ... soon redesignated AGDE-1' leaves the exact paper trail between AGER-163 and AGDE-1 undocumented in public sources.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-glover-ager158-06

7. [7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]

   Locator

   GAO product page and full-text PDF (gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf), report highlights and summary text

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   GAO HRD-80-2 documents the Navy's shipboard asbestos program during this hull's mid-life: asbestos thermal insulation was 'the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships,' and the Navy stated that ships delivered in the years before the report 'contain some asbestos' while most ships 'delivered in the last several years or now under construction have little or no asbestos as thermal insulation' - placing a 1965-delivered escort in the pre-phaseout population; the Navy's October 1975 policy removed and replaced only damaged insulation or insulation that had to come out for repairs, modified in 1979 to add selective replacement in high-maintenance areas, with an estimated 30-50 percent of thermal insulation normally remaining untouched for the life of a ship; fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1979 (report); policies 1975-1979

   Population

   Navy shipyard workers and crews (program scope)

   Limitations

   Program-level documentation, not hull-specific - the report does not name this ship and does not establish what insulation was installed, removed, or retained aboard Glover. Norfolk NSY was a GAO fieldwork yard and was also this hull's 1974-1990 homeport area, which is context, not hull evidence. Does not establish individual exposure, quantities, or present-day presence (hull scrapped 1995).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-glover-ager158-07

8. [8]NAVSHIPS instruction dated 9 February 1971 on asbestos exposure hazards, transmitted with Shipbuilding Contractors Association memo (document image via ToxicDocs/UCSF Industry Documents-style archive, toxicdocs.org) [other_primary]

   Locator

   toxicdocs.org document gDOjBpQk7kLBDm0e4Zb7ON599 - SCA cover memo and enclosed NAVSHIPS instruction text (items 1-3, 12, 17)

   Finding type

   regulatory

   Finding

   The Navy's first asbestos-exposure control instruction for shipbuilding and repair (NAVSHIPS instruction of 9 February 1971, circulated to private yards) identifies 'the fabrication, installation, repair or removal of pipe and boiler insulation materials' as the most critical asbestos use in the Navy from a safety viewpoint and prescribes rip-out controls, industrial-hygiene inspection, and a 5-fiber/ml TLV. The instruction postdates this hull's 1963-65 construction by six-plus years - the hull was built before the Navy's formal asbestos-control regime existed, and its later availabilities (1966, reported 1968/1974 Boston periods, 1988-89 East Boston EDPMF) fall on both sides of the instruction's effective date.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1971

   Population

   Shipyard insulation workers and supervisors (instruction scope)

   Limitations

   Program-level regulation, not a hull record - it establishes when Navy asbestos controls began and what they covered, not what was aboard this ship. Mirror-hosted primary document; the instruction's own text is legible in the scan. Does not establish asbestos presence aboard Glover, exposure of any individual, or abatement performed.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-glover-ager158-08

9. [9]NavSource spec block for this hull (2 Foster Wheeler 1200-psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp) read with GAO HRD-80-2 era findings and NAVSHIPS 1971 instruction scope [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 06/06021098 'Propulsion' line; corroborating era records at ev-07 (GAO HRD-80-2) and ev-08 (NAVSHIPS 1971)

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference for this hull: the documented propulsion plant (2 Foster Wheeler 1,200-psi pressure-fired boilers, 1 Westinghouse geared steam turbine, single shaft) is a steam plant of the type whose era insulation suite - boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, flange gaskets, valve packing - was manufactured with asbestos fiber under Navy specifications before the 1970s phase-out documented in ev-07/ev-08. The hull additionally carried habitability-era applications typical of a 1960s escort (bulkhead and accommodation insulation, deck coverings, cable insulation). Asbestos presence aboard this specific hull is era inference, not ship-proven.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1963-1995

   Population

   Bath Iron Works construction trades 1963-65; engine-room crew 1965-1990; availability yard workers (Boston 1966; East Boston 1988-89); MSC period 1990-92; scrapping workers Wilmington NC 1995

   Limitations

   Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, survey, or abatement record was located. Does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, its quantities, locations, or condition, and does not establish or defeat any individual exposure claim. The ship was scrapped 1995; present-day presence is moot.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-glover-ager158-09

10. [10]Glover v. Johns-Manville Corp., 525 F. Supp. 894 (E.D. Va. 1979); 662 F.2d 225 (4th Cir. 1981) [court_record]

    Locator

    525 F. Supp. 894 (E.D. Va. 1979) text via syfert.com mirror; 662 F.2d 225 (4th Cir. 1981) via vLex/flexlaw mirrors; CourtListener IDs not retrievable - API rate-limited (HTTP 429) all session

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    Name-collision documentation for the litigation sweep: the prominent asbestos cases named 'Glover' are NOT this ship. Glover v. Johns-Manville Corp., 525 F. Supp. 894 (E.D. Va. 1979), aff'd in part and vacated in part, 662 F.2d 225 (4th Cir. 1981), was brought by William B. Glover, a civilian pipe coverer/insulator at Norfolk Naval Shipyard 1940-1975 disabled by asbestosis; the published decisions resolve the manufacturers' contractual and noncontractual indemnity claims against the United States. The plaintiff's surname is the only 'Glover' in the case; no vessel is an exposure site in the opinions. Norfolk Naval Shipyard is, separately, the yard cluster where this hull was homeported 1974-1990 - the case is era/yard context at most.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1940-1975 (exposure); 1979-1981 (litigation)

    Population

    Norfolk Naval Shipyard pipe coverer/insulator (1940-1975); asbestosis

    Limitations

    Classified as name collision / other litigation, not qualifying vessel litigation - the case names a person, not this hull. It does establish asbestosis injury of a Norfolk NSY insulation worker in the era when this ship was Norfolk-homeported, which is shipyard-level context only. Merits of any exposure aboard this ship are not implicated.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-glover-ager158-10

11. [11]Batch-720 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS; NavSource; NVR disposed register; CourtListener API v4 and web index; DTIC; Maritime Reporter 1988; MARAD/NARA public records [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-glover-ager158-01 through sl-uss-glover-ager158-08

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming this hull in any designation (AGER-158, AGER-163, AGDE-1, AGFF-1, FF-1098, T-AGFF-1) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Web-index litigation searches surfaced only law-firm marketing pages claiming exposure aboard 'USS Glover FF-1098' (excluded per source policy) and the unrelated Glover-surname shipyard cases classified in ev-10.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    2026-09-20

    Limitations

    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1965 steam-escort build is era-consistent with installed asbestos insulation. Coverage caveat: CourtListener was hard rate-limited (HTTP 429/403) for the entire session (shared-IP cap; consistent with the batch-650 note for the same date), so the docket-level sweep is INCOMPLETE - a RECAP docket full-text pass remains open. Does not establish or defeat any exposure or eligibility claim.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-glover-ager158-11