Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]research packet crew-manus-c-packet.md (27 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: MISMATCH — real identity: USS Glover
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-glover-ff1098-pkt-crew-manus-c-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Glover (AGDE-1), Vol. 3 p.110 (1968) with bracketed post-1968 update drawing on K. Jack Bauer & Stephen S. Roberts, 'Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990', p.244 (verbatim transcription - live NHHC page not located) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Glover (AGDE-1)', specification block + service narrative + bracketed update
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull, including namesake paragraph: the ship was named for John Glover (born 5 November 1732, Salem, Mass.; Marblehead merchant and shipowner), whose 'amphibious regiment' transported Washington's troops across the Delaware River in December 1776 and led the advance at Trenton; promoted Brigadier General February 1777. 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. Signor, great-great-great-granddaughters of General Glover; commissioned at Boston 13 November 1965, Comdr. William W. Wilson in command. Designed as an experimental research escort for developing and testing the latest antisubmarine weapons systems. Joined the U.S. Atlantic Fleet in 1966 as a unit of Cruiser-Destroyer Forces, operating along the Atlantic Coast and in the Caribbean; September (1966) she entered Boston Naval Shipyard for modifications. Bracketed history: originally planned as Environmental Research Ship AGER-158 under FY1960, cancelled 16 December 1959; reintroduced as AGER-163 in the FY1961 program; soon redesignated Escort Research Ship AGDE-1; again to 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 1979 and given the hull number of a cancelled KNOX-class ship, FF-1098, on 1 October; reclassified back to AGFF-1 on 15 June 1990 and transferred to the Military Sealift Command as a sonar trials ship without armament; 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; scrapped by a subcontractor in Wilmington, North Carolina beginning 8 November 1995. Spec block: displacement 3,426 tons; length 414'6"; beam 44'1"; draft 24'2"; speed 27.5 kts; complement 239.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1963-1995
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1963-65; ship's company and embarked technicians 1965-1992 (design complement 239)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history, designations, and disposal, not materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC page not located (link rot documented across batches); verbatim transcription mirror cited. The DANFS spec block's armament line (2 Tartar missile launchers) conflicts with secondary technical sources (no missile launcher carried) - conflict carried in gaps; sponsor name reads 'Signor' in DANFS, 'Signer' in NavSource/Wikipedia.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glover-ff1098-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Glover (AGDE-1/AGFF-1/FF-1098/T-AGFF-1) page 06/06021098 (Wayback capture 2024-07-15; live page unreachable during session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 06/06021098 'Specifications' + 'Building and Operational Data' + photo-caption chronology
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource building and operational data for this hull: class 'Glover (modified Garcia)'; design SCB No. 198/1961; propulsion 2 Foster Wheeler 1200-psi boilers, 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 35,000 shp, 1 shaft; speed 27 kts; complement 21/235; bow sonar AN/SQS-26AXR; DASH-capable. Timeline: building contract awarded to Bath Iron Works Corp. 28 June 1961; laid down 29 July 1963; launched/christened 17 April 1965 (sponsors Pederson and Signer); commissioned at Boston Naval Shipyard 13 November 1965, assigned to Destroyer Development Group 2 at Newport, R.I.; homeport changed to Norfolk, Va. 1974; reclassified Experimental Frigate (AGFF-1) 30 June 1975; reclassified Frigate (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; sold for scrapping to N.R. Acquisitions Co. 15 April 1994 for $80,743.79; scrapped at Wilmington, N.C. beginning 8 November 1995. Photo captions document Guantanamo Bay 1968, Narragansett Bay January 1968, Pacific 1973 with experimental dome aft, Norfolk Naval Shipyard circa 1978, Portsmouth England July 1987, and off the Virginia coast March 1988.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1961-1995
- Population
- Construction trades BIW 1963-65; crew and MSC mariners 1965-1992
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled archive, not an official record - milestone dates corroborate DANFS; spec figures (complement 256 vs DANFS 239; draft figures) conflict across sources and are carried in gaps. No materials or asbestos content. Live navsource.org page failed to fetch three times in session; July 2024 Wayback capture used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glover-ff1098-02
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[4]DANFS bracketed update (Bauer & Roberts, Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy 1775-1990, p.244) + NavSource designation timeline [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry bracketed paragraph; NavSource operational-data timeline; GlobalSecurity FF-1098 page (variant phrasing)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DESIGNATION CONSOLIDATION: VERIFY index entries 'AGER-158' and 'AGER-163' are this single hull's early program designators, not two additional ships - DANFS documents that the vessel was 'originally planned as Environmental Research Ship AGER-158 under fiscal year 1960, ... cancelled on 16 December 1959 and reintroduced as AGER-163 in the fiscal year 1961 program,' then 'soon redesignated Escort Research Ship AGDE-1.' GlobalSecurity's 'miscellaneous auxiliary (AG-163) during construction' is a variant rendering of the same FY1961 designator. The chain is one hull: AGER-158 (planned, cancelled) -> AGER-163 (FY1961 program) -> AGDE-1 (commissioned 1965) -> AGFF-1 (30 Jun 1975) -> FF-1098 (1 Oct 1979, hull number of a cancelled Knox-class ship) -> T-AGFF-1/USNS Glover (15 Jun 1990 - 20 Nov 1992). The invalid index token 'FF-1' is corrected to canonical FF-1098.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1959-1992 (designation history)
- Limitations
- Designation chain is DANFS-documented for the commissioned-service hull; AGER-158/163 were pre-construction program designators (the ship was never commissioned under them). Whether the cancelled FF-1098 hull number had been assigned to a specific never-built Knox hull (and which) is not resolved here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glover-ff1098-03
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[5]navysite.de, USS Glover (FF 1098) ship page - extended service history compiled from NHHC photo captions and command-history-style records (secondary compilation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite.de FF-1098 page, 'History' narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Extended secondary history filling out the operational and yard chronology: 1966 Boston Naval Shipyard modifications (additional electronic testing and data-recording equipment); a 1968 Boston Naval Shipyard period fitting a variable-depth sonar system; a claimed September 1974 Boston Naval Shipyard modification entry (conflicts with the yard's 1 July 1974 closure - carried in gaps); first transatlantic crossing and Mediterranean cruise 1970; Pacific operations 1973 with experimental dome aft; homeport shift Newport to Norfolk 1974; Middle East Force deployment 1978 with USS Barney (DDG-6), relieved at Port Sudan 9 August 1978 by USS Vreeland (FF-1068) and USS Mullinnix (DD-944), flagship USS La Salle (AGF-3); post-reclassification return to the Middle East with USS Semmes (DDG-18), relieved at Port Suez early February 1980 by USS Koelsch (FF-1049) and USS Tattnall (DDG-19); Ocean Venture '84 amphibious phase at Vieques 30 April 1984 with USS Harlan County (LST-1196), USS Thorn (DD-988), USS Talbot (FFG-4); June-September 1986 Great Lakes cruise via the St. Lawrence Seaway (18 ports, ~136,000 visitors); 1987 Northern European cruise; 1988 extended drydocking phased-maintenance availability at General Ship Corporation, East Boston, Mass. (~$7.49M contract supplement 6 June 1988, completion scheduled April 1989); machinery problems forced return to Norfolk during a 24 May 1989 transit attempt with USS Scott (DDG-995) and USS Monongahela (AO-178).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1966-1989
- Population
- Crew 1965-1990; yard workers at Boston Naval Shipyard and General Ship Corp.
- Limitations
- SECONDARY COMPILATION - not an official source; individual details (esp. the claimed September 1974 Boston Naval Shipyard entry, which conflicts with the yard's July 1974 closure, and the General Ship Corp. 1988-89 availability figures) are not independently verified against official records. Used for chronology context only; all asbestos-relevant yard events are separately limited to era inference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glover-ff1098-04
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[6]Joyce Fries, 'Glover ASW Initiative Sea Test SW1 XBT Data' (technical report, 15 March 1991) - indexed abstract; usmm.org 'Ships of the Special Mission Force, MSTS/MSC 1958-2000' roster [other_primary]
- Locator
- exa.ai library record for the report (author, date, abstract); usmm.org specialships roster, 'Sonar Trail Ship' entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MSC-era documentation for this hull: the 1991 technical report's abstract documents that 'the most recent Glover sea trial, January/February 1991, took place at various locations on the Blake Plateau and Basin, east of Florida on the Continental Shelf and rise,' with 'the USNS Glover (T-AGFF-1), the R/V Range Rover (AUTEC), and the USS Providence (SSN-719)' as participating platforms - confirming the hull's post-decommissioning sonar-trials service. The MSC Special Mission Force roster lists 'USNS Glover (T-AGFF 1) 1991-92' as its 'Sonar Trail Ship.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1991
- Population
- USNS Glover civilian mariners and embarked technical staff 1990-1992
- Limitations
- Confirms MSC-era operational employment only - no materials or asbestos content. Report cited at metadata/abstract level (indexed by exa.ai; authoring organization not verified from the abstract, consistent with NUSC/NUWC Newport series). DTIC full-text record not located in this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glover-ff1098-05
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[7]United States v. Mazzaferro, 907 F.2d 251 (1st Cir. 1990) - sole opinion-text hit for 'USS Glover' [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion 907 F.2d 251, Part I Background (S/V TRAVELER interdiction, 11 Dec 1986)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- OTHER LITIGATION (not asbestos): published First Circuit opinion naming this hull. 'On December 11, 1986 at 3:00 a.m., the USS GLOVER, while approximately 130 miles southwest of Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, encountered a 50 foot sailing vessel with the name S/V TRAVELER painted on its stern' - the frigate conducted the interdiction and a Coast Guard boarding party seized 3,465 pounds of marihuana. The opinion resolves statutory-jurisdiction and sentencing issues in the criminal prosecution; the ship is the documented enforcement platform, not a party and not an exposure site. Independently documents this hull's December 1986 Caribbean counter-narcotics operations with an embarked Coast Guard law-enforcement detachment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1986 (event); 1989-1990 (litigation)
- Limitations
- NON-QUALIFYING for asbestos: a narcotics-sentencing appeal with no asbestos allegation, no exposure claim, and no materials content. Its value is documentary - a court-verified operational event for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glover-ff1098-06
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[8]Redman v. A.W. Chesterton Company et al., No. 3:08-cv-03013-JSW (N.D. Cal., Seeborg then White, J.): Complaint for Survival/Wrongful Death and Loss of Consortium - Asbestos, Exhibit 'A' work-history table; Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1 (recap gov.uscourts.cand.204462.1.0.pdf, 27 pp, fetched and OCR-reviewed 2026-09-29); removed 2008-06-18 from San Francisco Superior Court CGC-08-274617; terminated 2009-02-02 [court_record]
- Locator
- N.D. Cal. docket 4174328, ECF No. 1 pp.15-17 of 27 (Exhibit A jobsite table, 'USS GLOVER' row in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard block)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- QUALIFYING ship-naming allegation in federal asbestos litigation, document-verified: the complaint's Exhibit 'A' states 'Decedent RONALD REDMAN's exposure stemmed from occupational exposure to asbestos and asbestos-containing products while working as a Pipefitter and Steamfitter. Decedent was exposed to asbestos and asbestos-containing thermal insulation materials while present at Decedent's jobsites,' and its alphabetical jobsite table lists 'USS GLOVER' with employer 'Norfolk Naval Shipyard' on a page (filing p.17 of 27) whose every vessel row carries the uniform window 1/1/1974 - 12/31/1984. The table overall lists ~80 vessel jobsites across three employers - Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock (1957-1967 rows), San Diego Naval Shipyard, and Norfolk Naval Shipyard (whose earliest rows carry varied 1968-1974 begin and 1966-1984 end dates, while the alphabetical block containing USS GLOVER is uniformly 1974-1984). Decedent died 21 October 2007 'from asbestos-related disease, including mesothelioma.' Hull attribution is probable: during 1974-1984 the only commissioned USS Glover was this hull (AGFF-1 until Oct 1979, then FF-1098), homeported at Norfolk from 1974 and photographed at Norfolk Naval Shipyard circa 1978 (ev-02).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1974-1984 (alleged exposure window); 2008-2009 (litigation)
- Population
- Ronald Redman (pipefitter/steamfitter; jobsites per complaint Exhibit A span Newport News Shipbuilding 1957-1967, San Diego Naval Shipyard, and Norfolk Naval Shipyard vessel rows dated to 1984); decedent 2007
- Limitations
- PLEADING-STAGE ALLEGATION, unadjudicated - a vessel list in a complaint's work-history exhibit; it alleges but does not establish exposure aboard, causation, product identity, or duration aboard this hull versus the ~80 listed vessel jobsites. The pleading names the ship by name only (no hull number or specific availability); case terminated 2009-02-02 - subsequent disposition (settlement/remand) not traced. Establishes nothing about materials actually aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glover-ff1098-07
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[9]Department of the Navy, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, letter Ser 4542/318054 (5 January 1979) to GAO - the Navy's formal response to GAO's shipboard-asbestos inquiry, filed as 'ENCLOSURE I' in Kraus v. Alcatel-Lucent, E.D. Pa. No. 2:18-cv-02119-TJS, ECF No. 637 pp.75-80 of 186 (document-verified via full-PDF OCR review in batch-4595, 2026-09-29; this session's direct re-fetch was paced out by the fleet rate limiter) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Kraus ECF 637 PDF pp.75-80 of 186: CNO letter Ser 4542/318054 (5 Jan 1979) incl. ENCLOSURE I cost table at p.78 ('FF-1040' line)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Official Navy primary document enumerating asbestos thermal insulation on this hull's parent design class: the letter's ENCLOSURE I table 'EST. COST PER SHIP (Million) / ACTIVE SHIPS' lists FRIGATE 'FF-1040' - the ten-ship Garcia class - for 'the removal of asbestos thermal insulation from piping, components, equipment and ventilation ducting, and reinsulation with non-asbestos material,' at $2.75 million per ship. DANFS documents this hull as 'essentially a DE-1040 (GARCIA) class ship' with modifications (shrouded propeller, raised stern for experimental sonar). The letter also states Navy policy: asbestos-free material specification changes by late 1973; asbestos insulation replaced when insulated equipment was repaired, plus selective replacement in high-maintenance areas from January 1979.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979 (letter); policy applied 1965-1990 for this hull
- Population
- Navy shipboard and shipyard workforce on the enumerated asbestos-insulated classes, 1979 era (policy applied to this hull's availabilities)
- Limitations
- CLASS-level official statement, not a per-hull survey: on the letter's date (Jan 1979) this hull was designated AGFF-1 and is not literally inside the enumerated 'FF-1040' ten-hull line - the row documents the Garcia design family, extended to this hull only through its documented status as a modified Garcia derivative. The Navy's own text cautions estimates 'are tentative and have not been validated,' and the estimate covers thermal insulation only, expressly excluding 'asbestos used in other applications, such as pipe hanger liners, gaskets, etc.' Content relies on batch-4595's document-verified OCR of the filed exhibit; my direct re-fetch of the 186-page PDF was blocked twice by fleet pacing (420s and 600s waits exhausted).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glover-ff1098-08
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[10]Era inference built on: NavSource/Navypedia propulsion spec (2 Foster Wheeler 1200-psi pressure-fired boilers, 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 35,000 shp, pumpjet); Atlas shipyard dataset records - 'bath-iron-works' (tier 2: Kaylo pipe covering, Foster Wheeler gaskets, asbestos felt, loose packing, vinyl floor tiles, adhesives; OSHA 1987 inspection citations; 1942 Drinker pipe-covering-shop dust study PMID 21016030) and 'boston-naval-shipyard' (tier 3: John Crane gasket/packing litigation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; navypedia.org Glover technical table; shipyards.json records 'bath-iron-works' and 'boston-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a modified Garcia-class steam escort built 1963-65 at Bath Iron Works with a two-boiler 1200-psi pressure-fired plant would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings; the builder is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset as an asbestos-era yard (products list incl. Kaylo pipe covering and Foster Wheeler gaskets - the same boiler manufacturer as this hull's documented plant). Documented Navy-yard events fall inside the peak asbestos era: commissioning at Boston Naval Shipyard (Nov 1965), modifications there in 1966 and 1968, and an extended 1988-89 drydocking availability at General Ship Corp., East Boston.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1963-1990
- Population
- BIW construction trades 1963-65; engineering crew 1965-1992; yard workers at documented availabilities
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no source examined names asbestos aboard this specific hull; yard records document the yards' asbestos eras, not this vessel. Pressure-fired boiler plant specifics for this hull rest on secondary spec compilations (NavSource/Navypedia). The September 1974 Boston Naval Shipyard entry in the secondary history conflicts with the yard's July 1974 closure and is not carried as a yard event.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glover-ff1098-09
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[11]U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 'Ship Scrapping Activities of the United States Government' (105th Cong., 2d Sess., hearings of March 18 and June 4, 1998; hearing record 105-59) - testimony of David G. Heeter, Assistant Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice; corroborated by StarNews (Wilmington) cleanup reporting, 30 Aug 2001 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hearing record 105-59, March 18, 1998 session, Heeter testimony (pp. 19-22 of the transcript)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Official congressional-hearing testimony documents the operation that dismantled this hull: the Wilmington, N.C. scrapping site (run 'on a daily basis by a Wilmington Resources, Incorporated and then a Sigma Recycling Limited Liability Corporation,' president Richard Jaross) scrapped 'some 20 Navy ships, and one Maritime Administration ship' 1994-1996; a surprise state inspection in early 1996 'documented some very serious violations of several of the State's environmental laws ... includ[ing] the State's version of NESHAP' (the asbestos air-emission standard), coastal-area, solid/hazardous-waste, and oil/air pollution laws; 'the U.S. Coast Guard and OSHA assessed substantial civil penalties for violations of environmental and worker safety laws'; permits were revoked (July 1996) and '14 unscrapped ships were towed to other ports'; 'some three acres of soil' remained 'contaminated with asbestos and petroleum products.' DANFS/NavSource document this hull's dismantling began at that operation 8 November 1995 - inside the documented violation window. Press reporting adds that workers 'stripped fire-retardant asbestos from walls' of scrapped Navy ships at the site.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1994-1998 (site operation and enforcement); this hull's dismantling began 1995-11-08
- Population
- Wilmington Resources/Sigma Recycling scrapping workforce 1994-1996; NE Cape Fear River site
- Limitations
- CONTEXT ONLY: documents the disposal facility and its violations - the testimony does not name this hull, does not inventory its asbestos content, and does not identify which ships' materials contaminated the site. Whether this hull's breakup completed at Wilmington before the July 1996 permit revocation, and the identity of its specific dismantling subcontractor, are unverified (carried in gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glover-ff1098-10
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[12]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's shipboard asbestos posture during this hull's in-service era: per the Navy, ships contained asbestos chiefly as thermal insulation; October 1975 policy removed/replaced asbestos insulation only when damaged or when required for repairs, modified January 1979 to add selective replacement in high-maintenance areas; the Navy declined a one-time total removal program (~$2 billion estimate). Frames the regulatory environment in which this hull's documented availabilities (Boston Naval Shipyard 1966 and 1968; General Ship Corp. East Boston 1988-89) and the crew's routine steaming occurred.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979 (report); policy applied 1965-1990 for this hull
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers generally
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; names no individual hull and does not survey this ship. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch (2026-09-29) - content via product-page description and indexed snippets, consistent with prior batches' treatment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glover-ff1098-11
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[13]CourtListener API v4 litigation sweep (cl-auth-search.py / cl-patient-search.py authenticated, fleet-paced), exact-name + all hull designators + surname-collision probe, 2026-09-29 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-glover-ff1098-05 through -10
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Sweep results: 'USS Glover' opinions (type=o) count 1 - U.S. v. Mazzaferro (1st Cir. 1990), OTHER LITIGATION (narcotics interdiction platform). 'USS Glover' dockets (type=r) count 1 - Redman v. A.W. Chesterton (N.D. Cal. 3:08-cv-03013), QUALIFYING pleading-stage asbestos allegation (ev-07, document-verified by RECAP PDF OCR). 'FF-1098' opinions count 0; 'FF-1098' dockets count 1 - In re DMCA 512(h) Subpoena to Google (N.D. Cal. 2025), NAME COLLISION ('#1098' street-address fragment). 'AGDE-1' and 'AGFF-1' opinions count 0 each. 'USNS Glover' OR 'T-AGFF' opinions count 0. 'Glover' asbestos opinions count 217 - reviewed top-ranked page all SURNAME/DOCTRINE COLLISIONS (e.g., Glover v. Johns-Manville, 662 F.2d 225 (5th Cir. 1981), a person), none references the vessel. No adjudicated asbestos finding names this hull in the corpus.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Sweep covers CourtListener's indexed opinion and RECAP docket corpora only; unindexed PACER dockets, settled/remanded state cases, and non-digitized records are outside the corpus. Fleet pacing limits throttled re-runs in-session; a direct RECAP re-fetch of the Kraus ECF 637 exhibit (batch-4595's document-verified source for ev-08) was paced out twice and relies on that batch's verification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glover-ff1098-12
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[14]Batch-4594 search ledger (this record): DANFS mirror; NavSource (Wayback); navysite extended history; CourtListener API v4 name/designator sweeps + RECAP document pull; House hearing record 105-59; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; Glover ASW Initiative report index [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-glover-ff1098-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos-material record located beyond the Redman pleading: no asbestos survey, insulation specification, abatement contract, hazmat manifest, or adjudicated asbestos finding names this hull individually in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Circulating web claims of exposure aboard USS Glover trace to mesothelioma law-firm and marketing pages (asbestos-ships.com, shepardlawfirm.com, asbx.org, mesothelioma.com) - excluded per source rules; none cites a primary record. The strongest primary documentation remains class-level (Navy CNO letter Ser 4542/318054, ev-08) plus disposal-site context (ev-10).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1963-65 steam escort fits the documented era of shipboard asbestos insulation, and the Redman allegation is unadjudicated. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glover-ff1098-13