Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet gv-packet.md (7 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-goodrich-dd831-pkt-gv-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Goodrich (DD-831) (builder, dates, service narrative through 1966; verbatim transcription via Wayback capture of hazegray DANFS mirror - live NHHC page not located) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (Wayback capture of hazegray mirror, 2024-12-04)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 25 February 1945 by Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. Caspar F. Goodrich (widow of Rear Admiral Goodrich and mother of Lt. Goodrich); commissioned 24 April 1945, Comdr. Dale R. Frankes in command. After Caribbean shakedown she transited the Panama Canal 12 November 1945 for the occupation of Japan; patrolled between principal Japanese ports until October 1946; based at Tsingtao, China, for Korea coast patrol; returned to San Francisco 21 December 1946 and shifted to Newport, R.I., Atlantic Fleet, January 1947. Overhauled at New York Naval Shipyard; first Mediterranean tour 2 February-22 May 1948. Red Sea patrol along the Israeli-Egyptian border February 1956; returned to the Mediterranean November 1956 during the Suez crisis; supported the Marine landing at Beirut, Lebanon, 14 July 1958. Home port shifted Newport to Mayport, Fla., June 1959. Entered Norfolk Navy Yard January 1960 for an eight-month modernization overhaul (complete renovation, latest weapons and shipboard equipment). On Project Mercury recovery station 12 February 1962 for Lt. Col. John H. Glenn's orbital flight (date carried as printed in DANFS - see gaps). On 6th Fleet alert for the Cuba quarantine 24 October-20 November 1962. 13th 6th Fleet deployment 22 July-20 December 1966. Specifications block: 2,425 t.; 390'6" l.; 41'4" b.; 18'6" dr.; 35 k.; cpl. 367; 6 5", 4 21" tt.; cl. Gearing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1966
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1944-45; crew 1945-1969 (design complement 367)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and design specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The entry ends with the December 1966 return - decommissioning (1969), striking (1974), and disposal (1977) are not covered by this source. The Mercury recovery-station date (12 February 1962) precedes Glenn's actual flight date (20 February 1962) - carried as printed and flagged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-goodrich-dd831-01
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[3]Naval Historical Center / NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Goodrich (DD-831, later DDR-831 and DD-831), 1945-1977' (ibiblio HyperWar mirror of NHHC page) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Online Library page narrative + photo captions NH 102980, NH 102981 (Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 10 September 1960)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC record for this hull: soon converted to a radar picket destroyer; formally redesignated DDR-831 on 18 March 1949; modernized in 1960 under the Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program and one of a small number of destroyers retained in radar picket configuration (photo captions document an inclining experiment at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va., 10 September 1960, following her FRAM II modernization); assisted recovery operations for the first Project Mercury orbital mission in 1962; participated in Cuban Missile Crisis operations later that year; 14th Mediterranean deployment in 1967 included a Black Sea visit; redesignated DD-831 at the beginning of 1969; stricken from the Naval Vessel Register February 1974; sold September 1977. Named for Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich and his son Lt. Caspar F. Goodrich (killed 15 July 1907 in a gun turret explosion aboard USS Georgia).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1945-1977
- Population
- Crew 1945-1969; Norfolk Naval Shipyard trades during FRAM II (January-September 1960)
- Limitations
- NHHC establishes designation, FRAM, and disposition milestones, not materials or asbestos content. The FRAM II event is documented (yard, dates, photo series); its asbestos scope is era inference, not a documented finding for this hull. Decommissioning date (30 November 1969) is not stated on this page - it rests on consistent secondary indexes (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-goodrich-dd831-02
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[4]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-831/DDR-831 USS Goodrich (operational and building data; secondary compilation) - consistent with NavalCoverMuseum and navysite.de records [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-831 index 'Operational and Building Data' table; navysite.de/dd/dd831.htm general characteristics
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary vessel index record for this hull, consistent across NavSource, NavalCoverMuseum, and navysite.de: laid down 18 September 1944 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; reclassified DDR-831 18 March 1949; FRAM upgrade completed September 1960 (Norfolk Naval Shipyard per navysite characteristics block); reverted to DD-831 1 January 1969; decommissioned 30 November 1969; stricken 1 February 1974; sold 12 September 1977 and broken up for scrap; post-decommissioning berthing at Orange, Texas.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1977
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations, not primary documents: the decommissioning date (30 November 1969), exact sale date (12 September 1977), Orange, Texas reserve berthing, and the 18 September 1944 keel date are not in the DANFS/NHHC narrative and are carried on the consistency of multiple indexes. Scrapper identity and scrapping location are not documented in the sources reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-goodrich-dd831-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 sweep, 2026-09-28 (authenticated; opinion type=o and RECAP docket type=r indexes) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-goodrich-dd831-04 through -07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located. Queries and results: "USS Goodrich" - 0 opinions, 0 dockets; "U.S.S. Goodrich" - 0 opinions; "aboard the Goodrich"/"aboard USS Goodrich"/"aboard Goodrich" - 0 opinions; "DDR-831" - 0 opinions; "DD-831" - 2 opinions, both name collisions (Seeney v. Kavitski, E.D. Pa. 1994: match is reporter text 'DMH/DD, 831 F. Supp. 625'; Precision Specialty Corp. v. United States, Ct. Cl. 1988: match is 'DD Form 831', a DoD contract-termination claim form); "DD-831"/"DDR-831"/"DD 831" dockets - 1 hit, In re: Seroquel Products Liability Litigation (M.D. Fla.), a pharmaceutical MDL unrelated to this hull; 'Goodrich asbestos' - 388 opinion hits, top 25 reviewed, all B.F. Goodrich Co./Goodrich Corp. party-name collisions. Principal collision flagged: Goodrich v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., E.D. Va. No. 4:17-cv-00009 - plaintiff surname Goodrich, exposure vessels USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708) and USS Corry (DD-817); this hull is not named.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28 (index coverage to date)
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Absence of a located docketed case does not prove no claim was ever filed: state-court complaints, settled MDL-875 claims, and vessel lists in unindexed filings would not surface in these indexes. Sweep covers CourtListener opinion and RECAP docket indexes only, queried by exact name and hull number.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-goodrich-dd831-04
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[6]Consolidated era inference - DANFS specifications block (Gearing class, 2,425 t, 35 kt) + Atlas shipyard dataset bath-iron-works record (OSHA Inspection 101450294, 1987 asbestos-standard citations) + destroyerhistory.org Gearing-class FRAM documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; shipyards.json record 'bath-iron-works'; destroyerhistory.org/sumner-gearingclass/gearingclass/
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: a Gearing-class destroyer built 1944-45 at Bath Iron Works with a four-boiler superheated steam plant and 60,000-shp General Electric geared turbines would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings - boiler casing and fireroom insulation, steam-line lagging, turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets/packing, and accommodation insulation. Builder Bath Iron Works is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (evidence tier 2, including 1987 OSHA asbestos-standard citations). Documented yard periods for this hull - the late-1947 New York Naval Shipyard overhaul, the January-September 1960 Norfolk Naval Shipyard FRAM II modernization, and dry-dock periods shown in secondary deployment indexes - are machinery-disturbance events under era practice.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1977
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1944-45; crew 1945-1969; Norfolk Naval Shipyard trades 1960
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no hull-specific survey, contract, or work package establishes asbestos content aboard this ship. The ship-specific findings are the negative litigation sweep (ev-04) and the documented service record (ev-01, ev-02); this row adds context, not a ship-specific finding. FRAM scope for this hull is not documented beyond the NHHC modernization event.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-goodrich-dd831-05
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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 pp. 12, 19, 31 (per class-profile review of ECF 171 OCR)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A published federal omnibus opinion recites class-level material evidence covering this hull's design family: 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)' specifying 'amosite felts and asbestos cloths,' and an expert report's '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' of 30.3 tons. DD-831 is a Gearing-class member, so the recited class evidence brackets its design family. Name-collision caveat: the case is captioned for plaintiff Goodrich - this ship is not a party or a named exposure site; the exposure vessels recited are USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708) and USS Corry (DD-817).
- 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 (class context); litigation expert materials
- Limitations
- Litigation-record recital, not an adjudicated classwide finding: the drawing covers the Sumner DD-692 design group whose machinery the Gearing lengthening retained, and the 30.3-ton figure is an expert partial tally for fire/engine rooms - not a whole-ship inventory and not specific to this hull. The opinion treated some related exposure conclusions as speculative; underlying exhibits (drawing, expert report) not retrieved from RECAP. Establishes no materials aboard, and no exposure to any person aboard, this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-goodrich-dd831-06
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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 (full text blocked to automated fetch)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy from 1975 removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. Context for this hull's 1960 FRAM II modernization and pre-1969 service era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; Navy asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull- or class-specific. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch); content via product-page description. Supports era context only - establishes nothing about materials aboard this ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-goodrich-dd831-07
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[9]Batch-3798 search ledger (this record): NHHC live DANFS and Online Library; hazegray DANFS mirror via Wayback; NavSource/NavalCoverMuseum/navysite secondary indexes; CourtListener v4 opinion + RECAP sweeps; GAO product page [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-goodrich-dd831-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Goodrich (DD-831/DDR-831) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Ship-specific asbestos documentation for this hull is unknown.
- 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 - era construction and a documented FRAM yard period make era-consistent insulation likely but ship-unproven. Does not establish that asbestos is or was present; establishes or defeats no claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-goodrich-dd831-08