Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet ix-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-goldsborough-dd188-pkt-ix-packet-md
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[2]DANFS Vol. III, 'Goldsborough II' (DD-188) - verbatim official-print scan (Internet Archive full text); corroborating transcriptions at hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd188txt.htm and globalsecurity.org; live NHHC page returns 404 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. III, 'Goldsborough II' entry (DD-188) - specifications block + service narrative; archive.org stream text lines ~25203-25352
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: Clemson-class destroyer (dp. 1,215; l. 314'5"; b. 31'9"; dr. 9'4"; s. 35 k.; cpl. 101; a. 4 4", 1 3", 12 21" tt.); launched 20 November 1918 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Miss Lucetta Pennington Goldsborough (daughter of the namesake); commissioned at Norfolk 26 January 1920, Comdr. Francis M. Robinson in command; Atlantic Fleet service with Division 25, Squadron 3 (1920-21, incl. Panama Canal transit to Callao, Peru); entered Philadelphia Navy Yard 28 April 1921 for inactivation; decommissioned 14 July 1922; redesignated AVP-18 15 November 1939; converted at New York Navy Yard, recommissioned 1 July 1940; redesignated AVD-5 2 August 1940; neutrality-patrol seaplane tending Puerto Rico to Trinidad (1940), Patrol Wing Support Force at Argentia, Reykjavik and Greenland (1941), Galapagos/Patrol Squadron 3 tender duties through 1942; Charleston Navy Yard repairs October 1942; escort for Pocomoke (AV-9) and Albemarle (AV-5); Fleet Air Wing cargo/men/aircraft runs to Guantanamo, Trinidad, Bermuda, San Juan and Recife, Brazil, to 5 September 1943; ASW patrols with Core (CVE-13) task group 5 October-15 November 1943 and 4 December 1943-18 January 1944 (near-ram of a surfaced U-boat off the Azores near midnight 2 January 1944, two depth-charge attacks); reverted to DD-188 1 December 1943; entered Charleston Navy Yard 21 February 1944 for conversion to high-speed transport, redesignated APD-32 7 March 1944; Pacific: Saipan assault 15-16 June 1944 (landed 2d Company, 1st Battalion, 2d Marines south of Charan Kanoa; gunfire support 29 June and 7 July), UDT-4 training, Beach Demolition Task Group for Leyte (hit by a 75mm shell on No. 1 stack 18 October 1944 - 2 killed, 16 wounded; bombarded through the night of the 19th), Tolasa/Leyte landing 18 November 1944, Lingayen Gulf patrol January 1945 (medical team to damaged Gilligan 12 January), Iwo Jima landings 3-6 March 1945, Okinawa patrol off Hagushi April and 15-31 May 1945; San Pedro, Calif. 1 July 1945; redesignated DD-188 10 July 1945; decommissioned 11 October 1945; name struck from the Navy List 24 October 1945; sold for scrapping 21 November 1946 to Hugo Neu Corporation, New York, N.Y.; five battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- Newport News Shipbuilding construction trades 1918; interwar and wartime crew (design complement 101; ~149 + ~147 troops as APD-32)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents builder, dates, designations, and service narrative - not materials or asbestos content. The official-print scan (archive.org, DANFS Vol. III, pp. ~116-117) is the citation of record because the live NHHC page returns 404; the hazegray/globalsecurity transcriptions carry OCR artifacts ('Division 26' for Division 25, 'AVP-1S' for AVP-18, 'Bucetta' for Lucetta, 'Hugo Nuef' for Hugo Neu) - values carried here follow the official scan. DANFS gives no laid-down date for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-goldsborough-dd188-01
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[3]NavSource Destroyer Photo Index, DD-188/AVP-18/AVD-5/APD-32 (operational and building data; NHHC photograph NH 63213) + NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive APD-32 page (https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/04/04032.htm) + HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' APD-32 entry (https://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/APD/APD-32_Goldsborough.html); NHHC photo NH 91796 shows the hull off Charleston Navy Yard 6 April 1944 following APD conversion [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-188 index page, 'Operational and Building Data' block + photo captions; NavSource APD-32 amphibious archive page; HyperWar APD-32 specifications entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compilation data for this hull: laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding 8 June 1918 (DANFS narrative gives no laid-down date); designated DD-188 17 July 1920 (Navy-wide alphanumeric hull-number adoption); converted to aircraft tender (small) at New York Navy Yard and recommissioned 1 July 1940, Lt. Comdr. Roland Philip Kauffman in command; machinery listed as 26,500 shp, geared turbines, 2 screws, crew 114; as APD-32: displacement 1,190 t (lt)/1,780 t (fl), complement 149, troop capacity ~144-147, four LCP(L) landing craft; sold 21 November 1946 to Hugo Neu Corp., New York - broken up for scrap.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- Crew 1920-22, 1940-45 (design complement 101; crew 114 per NavSource; 149 as APD-32); embarked troops ~147 as APD-32
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer photographic/archival compilation, not an official record; its dates are consistent with DANFS except the AVD-5 redesignation, which NavSource lists as 24 August 1940 (its amphibious archive page reads 5 August 1940) against DANFS's 2 August 1940 - DANFS is carried; conflict logged in gaps. Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-goldsborough-dd188-02
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[4]Navypedia Clemson-class machinery table (DD-186-199 block: 2 Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 White-Forster boilers, ~27,000 hp, 35 kt) + DANFS specification block + Atlas shipyard dataset records for Newport News Shipbuilding (tier 1), New York Naval Shipyard/Brooklyn (tier 3, Kaylo documented), and Charleston Naval Shipyard (tier 2, documented pipe insulation/boiler coating products) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Navypedia 'Clemson destroyers (1918-1922)' machinery block; DANFS specifications block; shipyards.json records 'newport-news-shipbuilding', 'brooklyn-navy-yard', 'charleston-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Clemson-class flush-deck destroyer built 1918-20 with a four-boiler (White-Forster for the DD-186-199 Newport News block, per Navypedia - itself labeled 'somewhat conjectural'), geared-turbine, 26,500-27,000 shp steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos-containing boiler and steam-line insulation/lagging, turbine insulation, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing. Builder Newport News Shipbuilding is documented in the Atlas yard dataset (evidence_tier 1) with era asbestos product use (Kaylo, Unibestos, Johns-Manville products, raw asbestos mud). WWII conversion/repair yards are likewise documented: New York Navy Yard (1940 AVP-18 conversion) and Charleston Navy Yard (1942 repairs, 1944 APD-32 conversion).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- Newport News Shipbuilding construction trades 1918-20; New York Navy Yard conversion workforce 1940; Charleston Navy Yard workforce 1942-44; crew 1920-45
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a ship-specific finding. No insulation schedule, materials list, survey, or abatement record for this hull was located; machinery composition for the DD-186-199 block is 'somewhat conjectural' per the source itself. Does not quantify material, does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard, and makes no claim of individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-goldsborough-dd188-03
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[5]Monlux v. 3M Company et al., No. 2:24-cv-00912-LK (W.D. Wash.), Order Requesting Supplemental Briefing (Dkt. 172) and Order Granting Motion to Remand (Dkt. 176) - asbestos personal-injury docket containing 'USS Goldsborough' reference [court_record]
- Locator
- W.D. Wash. 2:24-cv-00912, Order Requesting Supplemental Briefing at Dkt. 172 (quoting Dkt. 170-1 discovery requests defining 'USS Goldsborough DDG 20')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Verified name collision: 'USS Goldsborough' appears in this 2024 asbestos personal-injury docket, but the court's own order resolves the hull: plaintiff's September 2024 discovery requests defined 'PUGET SOUND VESSELS' to include 'USS Gridley DLG 2, USS Goldsborough DDG 20, USS Cochrane DDG 21, [and] USS Benjamin Stoddert DDG 22' - i.e., the Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer built by Puget Sound Bridge & Drydock (Seattle, launched 1961, in service 1963-1993), not DD-188, which was scrapped by 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2024 (litigation); exposure window pre-1963 vessels + 1963-1993 hulls
- Population
- Estate of Richard Monlux (mesothelioma); exposure alleged at Puget Sound-area sites and potentially aboard DDG-class vessels
- Limitations
- Documents a different hull (DDG-20); establishes nothing about DD-188. Carried as a correction row because CourtListener exact-name searches for 'USS Goldsborough' surface asbestos dockets; the commissioned-in-1963 DDG-20 is the ship most 'USS Goldsborough' litigation references actually mean (postwar service window matching mesothelioma latency). Removal/remand posture; exposure allegations unadjudicated as to either hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-goldsborough-dd188-04
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[6]Redman v. A.W. Chesterton Company et al., No. 3:08-cv-03013-JSW (N.D. Cal.) - asbestos personal-injury docket (368 P.I.: Asbestos) containing 'USS Goldsborough' in indexed docket text; published orders at 2008 WL 4447729 (Sept. 30, 2008) and 2008 WL 5048205 (Nov. 25, 2008) [court_record]
- Locator
- N.D. Cal. 3:08-cv-03013 docket; orders of Sept. 30, 2008 (doc 49; USCOURTS package USCOURTS-cand-3_08-cv-03013) and Nov. 25, 2008; 'USS Goldsborough' string is in a docket filing, not in any published order
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos docket with an unresolved hull attribution: 'USS Goldsborough' appears in indexed docket text (likely the complaint's exposure list attached to the notice of removal; the court's remand order cites the complaint at 'Ex. B at 101'). The published orders establish only that decedent Ronald Redman's alleged exposure arose from maintaining and repairing Viad Corp. (Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton) marine distilling plants 'on Navy ships' and resolve federal-officer-removal issues (direct-and-detailed-control analysis under Boyle) - no ship list or service dates appear in the published orders, so whether the referenced Goldsborough is DD-188 (in commission 1920-22, 1940-45) or DDG-20 (1963-93) cannot be verified from the public record reviewed.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2008-2009 (litigation); exposure era unspecified in public orders
- Population
- Ronald Redman (decedent, asbestos-related cancer) and heirs (Jeri Redman et al.); Navy ships maintenance/repair exposure alleged
- Limitations
- Docket-text reference only; unadjudicated pleading-stage allegation even as to whichever hull was meant. Hull attribution unresolved - the complaint's ship list (Notice of Removal exhibits, RECAP doc 1 attachments) was not retrievable within session pacing constraints and the published orders never name the ship. Classified down accordingly: NOT counted as litigation naming this hull. Removal/remand posture; no merits finding on exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-goldsborough-dd188-05
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[7]In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), MDL-875 master docket (J.P.M.L., docket_id 1245688) - 'USS Goldsborough' string indexed somewhere in the ~4,800-document master docket [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener docket 1245688 (JPML MDL-875); string location within the docket not resolved
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket-index match on 'USS Goldsborough' inside the MDL-875 master docket (thousands of consolidated filings). The matching document was not pinpointed and the hull referenced (DD-188 vs DDG-20) cannot be resolved from the index; MDL-875 member-case service summaries typically list multiple vessels per claimant.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1991-2022 (docket span)
- Population
- Unverified from index
- Limitations
- Unpinpointed master-docket text match - could not be traced to a specific claimant, ship list, or hull designation within session pacing constraints; establishes nothing about this hull. Retained as an archival lead only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-goldsborough-dd188-06
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[8]Batch-3192 search ledger (this record): official DANFS Vol. III scan and mirrors; NavSource operational/building data; HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy' APD-32 entry; CourtListener authenticated searches (exact-name, hull-number, keyword) as pacing permitted; Atlas shipyards dataset cross-check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-goldsborough-dd188-01 through sl-uss-goldsborough-dd188-10
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-188: no asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated litigation names this hull in the public sources searched. CourtListener results: exact-name opinions = 0 hits; 'Goldsborough asbestos' opinions = 9 hits, all unrelated (surname/other); exact-name dockets = 3 hits, classified as one verified DDG-20 name collision (Monlux), one unresolved-attribution docket-text reference (Redman), and one unpinpointed MDL-875 master-docket match; 'DD-188' dockets = 15 hits, all identifier collisions (docket/account numbers, no Navy or asbestos content). No museum exists (hull scrapped 1946-47); no NPS/HAER record located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1918-20 steam plant and three documented yard periods are consistent with era-standard insulation practice; the hull was scrapped before survey-era documentation existed. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Two CourtListener designation queries ('APD-32', 'AVD-5'/'AVP-18') could not be completed within the fleet pacing budget this session - see search_ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-goldsborough-dd188-07
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[9]NARA Guide to Federal Records, RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships / Bureau of Construction and Repair): 'general information booklets about naval vessels, 1900-17' + 'Ship General Information Books, 1921-61' + 'Plans of U.S. Navy vessels, 1908-59'; destroyerhistory.org cites BuC&R General Information Books and 'War History, Destroyer Program, World War, January 1920' for Clemson-class design data; NHHC photograph collection holds this hull (NH 63213, DD-188 at anchor circa 1919-20; NH 91796, APD-32 off Charleston Navy Yard 6 April 1944) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov RG 19 textual-records sections (19.6.x); NARA Accession 61A2191 'Ship General Information Books, 1921-61' (declassification release list); destroyerhistory.org/flushdeck general-information page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level material specifications: NARA RG 19 holds per-vessel General Information Books and ship plans series that span this hull's era (DD-188 was built 1918-20, straddling the 1900-17 and 1921-61 GIB series boundary; RG 19 plan series covers U.S. Navy vessels 1908-59 including the APD-32 conversion drawings); NHHC collections hold identified photographs of this hull. None of these holdings were retrieved this session.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1946 (record span); holdings unretrieved
- Limitations
- Lead only - no NARA retrieval performed; whether a DD-188 GIB survives and whether it itemizes insulation/asbestos content is unverified. GIBs typically tabulate machinery, weights, and habitability fittings rather than material safety content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-goldsborough-dd188-08