Evidence
17 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-17).
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[1]DANFS, Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7) (NHHC; live page serves 404 - Wayback capture 2023-10-03 cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative + deployment summary table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 22 April 1959 by Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich.; sponsored by Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, daughter of Admiral Wilson; commissioned 17 December 1960, Comdr. L. D. Caney in command. 'One of a new class of destroyers built from the keel up to fire guided missiles... the first ship of her size to be side-launched and when launched was the largest warship ever constructed on the Great Lakes.' Shakedown Caribbean; transited from Boston Naval Shipyard via Newport, Norfolk, Guantanamo, Panama Canal, Callao, Acapulco to new homeport San Diego (Feb-May 1961); WestPac deployment Jan-Jul 1962 (first ship in that region armed with Tartar missiles); WestPac with Kitty Hawk Oct 1963-Apr 1964; third deployment Jun-Nov 1965 incl. Gulf of Tonkin picket and shore bombardment, DesRon 21 flagship, escort for Midway (CV-41); Nov 1966-May 1967 South China Sea/Gulf of Tonkin SAR and naval gunfire support. Deployment table continues through WestPac/Indian Ocean cruise ending 1 June 1989. Decommissioned 2 October 1989; sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean on 15 August 2003. Spec block: displacement 3,370; length 437 ft; beam 47 ft; draft 22 ft; speed over 30 kt; complement 340; armament Tartar missiles, ASROC, two 5-inch; class Charles F. Adams.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-2003
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding construction trades 1958-60; crew (design complement 340)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Narrative ends at May 1967; post-1967 history is a deployment-date table only. Live NHHC page returns 404; verbatim Wayback transcription cited. No construction yard period at a Navy shipyard is described beyond the Boston Naval Shipyard departure point.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register entry for Henry B. Wilson (DDG 7), UIC 04673 (NAVSHIPSO; Wayback capture 2011-05-14, page last updated 2011-02-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR DDG7 detail page (all fields)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Vessel Register record for this hull: HENRY B WILSON (DDG 7), guided missile destroyer, class 'DDG 2' (Charles F. Adams class); builder DEFOE SB CO; award 28 March 1957; keel 28 February 1958; launch 22 April 1959; delivery 14 December 1960; commission 17 December 1960; decommission 2 October 1989; stricken 26 January 1990; status changed 15 August 2003 to 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise.' Overall length 437 ft; extreme beam 47 ft; light displacement 3,190 tons, full 4,720 tons; hull material 'Steel hull, aluminum superstructure'; accommodations 38 officers, 329 enlisted; 2 propellers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-2003
- Population
- Crew; post-service custodial and disposal personnel
- Limitations
- NVR is the authoritative custody/status record; it contains no materials or asbestos data. NVR accommodations (367 total) differ from the DANFS design complement (340); both figures are official but measure different things (berthing vs. wartime complement).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-02
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[3]Davis v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., No. CV-14-02288-TUC-CKJ (LCK) (D. Ariz.), Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Kimmins, ECF No. 454 (filed 2017-11-09), recommending grant of summary judgment to Crane Co. and Warren Pumps, LLC (oral argument held 2017-09-28) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 454, pp. 2-10 (background facts, SOF 8/12/13; Doc. 433 Exs. B, C, V; recommendation at p. 10)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Motion-stage record in asbestos wrongful-death case centered on this hull. Record facts: Bobby Davis enlisted 1969, boarded USS Wilson August 1969 and served until May 1973 as Fireman/Boilerman in one or both firerooms; he died 1 December 2014 of diffuse malignant mesothelioma. UNCONTESTED record facts identify asbestos-containing components aboard this hull: Warren Pumps supplied two fire pumps (one per fireroom) and one bilge pump for fireroom No. 1 aboard USS Wilson; per expert Capt. Arnold P. Moore (Ret.), asbestos was part of packing and numerous gaskets in the Warren Pumps fire pumps, and review of Crane Co. drawings determined Crane valves were installed on USS Wilson, including gate valves using braided asbestos packing. Undisputed that no original pump packing/gaskets remained aboard by Davis's 1969 boarding (replaced in regular maintenance or overhaul). Dr. Richard L. Kradin opined Davis 'worked with and around' asbestos-containing products from 35 companies on USS Wilson and died of cumulative asbestos exposure. Disposition: R&R recommends SJ for both moving defendants on product-nexus grounds - insufficient evidence Davis was exposed to asbestos-containing components supplied BY Crane or Warren Pumps (bare-metal/replacement-parts causation failure).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1969-1973 (service); 2014-2017 (litigation)
- Population
- Bobby L. Davis (USN Fireman/Boilerman aboard USS Wilson 1969-1973; mesothelioma, d. 2014); shipmates Simmons (Boilerman 1968-72) and Akins (fireroom No. 1, 1969-72) deposition witnesses
- Limitations
- Report and Recommendation stage - a magistrate recommendation, not an adjudicated finding; whether the district judge adopted it and final case disposition were not verified (CourtListener fleet pacing blocked docket-completion check). The SJ recommendation is a product-nexus failure for two defendants, NOT a finding that asbestos was absent aboard - the same record contains uncontested product-supply facts and expert identification of asbestos-containing components aboard this hull. Causation to Davis himself was never adjudicated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-03
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[4]Greenleaf v. Atlas Copco Compressors, LLC, No. 3:14-cv-00051-SMY-SCW (S.D. Ill.), three Memorandum & Order opinions by Judge Yandle, ECF Nos. 375 (John Crane), 376 (General Electric), 377 (Ingersoll-Rand), all filed 2015-09-25 - all summary judgments DENIED [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF 375/376/377, background sections reciting Doc. 236-1/239-1 service chronology (Wilson at pp. 58-60 of deposition)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Merits-stage motion record in asbestos personal-injury case. Each opinion recites plaintiff Kenneth Greenleaf's service history: enlisted 1957-1980, including service aboard USS Henry B. Wilson from 1978 until 1980 'where he spent half of each day on watch in the engine room.' Alleged injury bilateral pulmonary asbestosis from airborne asbestos aboard Navy ships 1957-1980. The opinions deny SJ to John Crane, GE, and Ingersoll-Rand; the substantive product analysis centers on Roosevelt-era equipment (GE turbines aboard USS Roosevelt; GE employees worked on them), with engineering spaces 120-140 F and machinery that 'required asbestos insulation.' Wilson appears as one of eight-plus vessels in the recited service history.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1978-1980 (service aboard hull); 2015 (opinions)
- Population
- Kenneth Greenleaf (USN 1957-80, asbestosis); engineering watchstanders aboard USS Wilson 1978-80
- Limitations
- Wilson service is recited service history inside a denied-SJ opinion whose causation analysis addressed other vessels' equipment; no adjudicated finding of exposure or product identity aboard THIS hull. GE doc cited in a later Supreme Court brief (Air & Liquid Systems v. DeVries merits briefing) as supporting authority on bare-metal duty - procedural context only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-04
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[5]Cobb v. Albany International Corp. et al., No. 2:07-cv-00286-WKW-TFM (M.D. Ala.), Complaint, ECF No. 1 (filed 2007-04-04), p. 12 (scanned; OCR-extracted) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1, p. 12 (para. 7, Oberg work history)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Multi-plaintiff asbestos complaint filed in federal court. For plaintiff HARLAN L. OBERG (resident of Cushing, Wisconsin; alleged asbestosis), the complaint alleges he 'worked, including but not limited to, as a boiler operator for the US Navy from August 1964 - April 1969 on the USS Henry B. Wilson,' and that he was 'continually exposed to asbestos-containing products... during his employment.' This is the earliest-dated service allegation located for this hull (overlapping the ship's 1965-71 Vietnam deployments).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1964-1969 (alleged exposure window); 2007 (complaint)
- Population
- Harlan L. Oberg (alleged USN boiler operator aboard USS Wilson 1964-69; asbestosis)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation only - a complaint's work-history recital is not an adjudicated finding; no product identity, location aboard, or quantity is specified. Boiler-operator rating aligns with the fireroom/engineering exposures recited in Davis but is independent allegation, not corroboration. Complaint is image-scan PDF; text verified by OCR of ECF p.12.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-05
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[6]Hilt v. C.C. Moore & Co. Engineers et al., No. 4:10-cv-05844-CW (N.D. Cal.; removed from San Francisco Super. Ct. CGC-10-275703), Complaint for Survival, Wrongful Death - Asbestos, Exhibit A (filed into MDL-875 docket as ECF No. 6718-3, 2011-02-09) [court_record]
- Locator
- MDL-875 ECF No. 6718-3, Exhibit A pp. 21-22 of 46 (vessel table, Wilson row)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos wrongful-death complaint exhibit listing decedent Robert Hilt's alleged exposure history as Laborer / Marine Machinist (Helper) at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco. Exhibit A tabulates vessels and exposure dates: 'HENRY B. WILSON (DDG-7; DD-957)' appears with exposure dates 1965-9/1970 - a period consistent with documented WestPac turnaround availabilities. Note the exhibit itself supplies both hull designations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1965-1970 (alleged exposure aboard hull); 2010-2011 (litigation)
- Population
- Robert Hilt (Hunters Point Naval Shipyard laborer/machinist helper; exposure window 1965-1972 across listed vessels); his widow and heirs
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage exposure schedule attached to a complaint - an allegation, not an adjudicated finding; exposure 'at' Hunters Point on named vessels implies overhaul/repair contact, and whether Hilt physically worked aboard this hull is alleged, not proven. Case posture after the MDL docket entry not traced.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-06
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[7]Siegfried v. 3M Co. et al., No. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E (C.D. Cal.), Owens-Illinois, Inc.'s Joinder to Notice of Removal, ECF No. 50 (filed 2018-03-02) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 50, pp. 3-4 of 12 (recital of complaint's vessel list)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Defendant's removal-stage filing reciting the complaint's allegations: plaintiff Terry Lee Siegfried allegedly injured by Owens-Illinois asbestos while working as an electrician/marine electrician approximately 1969-1996 at Long Beach Naval Shipyard and aboard ~30 named Navy vessels including 'USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7)' (list also includes sister DDGs Towers, Robison, Hoel, Waddell). Removal premised on federal-officer/government-contractor theories.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1969-1996 (alleged exposure window); 2018 (litigation)
- Population
- Terry Lee Siegfried (electrician/marine electrician 1969-96 at LBNSY and named vessels)
- Limitations
- Removal joinder reciting a complaint's broad vessel list - a pleading-stage allegation one step removed (defendant's characterization of the complaint). ~30 vessels on the list; no allegation is particularized to this hull, no product nexus, location aboard, or dates specified. Removal grounds are jurisdictional, not merits.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-07
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[8]Coury v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., No. 3:17-cv-01240-SI (D. Or.), Opinion and Order of Judge Michael H. Simon, ECF No. 52 (filed 2018-02-02) - second motion to remand DENIED (case remains in federal court under 28 U.S.C. 1442) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 52, pp. 4-5 (recital of ECF 1-4/1-5 Iola emails)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Removal-jurisdiction opinion reciting plaintiff counsel's settlement correspondence: Raymond Coury (shipyard worker at Swan Island shipyard, Portland, ~1960-1990s, employed by Northwest Machine & Iron Works; died March 2014 of mesothelioma) allegedly overhauled Navy ships at Swan Island, including 'USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), USS Henry B. Wilson, and USS Stein (FF/DE-1065),' work described as ripping out engine rooms including turbines. Counsel's email also described GE-manufactured equipment 'known to be present' on USS Henry B. Wilson when Coury worked on it. Court denied second remand - removal under federal-officer jurisdiction stood.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- c. 1960-1990s (alleged overhaul work); 2016-2018 (litigation)
- Population
- Raymond Coury (Swan Island shipyard worker, mesothelioma, d. 2014); Swan Island overhaul trades circa 1960s-1990s
- Limitations
- Wilson appears through counsel's post-remand settlement emails recited in a jurisdictional opinion - allegation inside removal posture, not adjudication. The complaint itself named no specific ships; Wilson emerged only in 'other paper' supporting second removal. No adjudicated finding that Coury worked on or was exposed aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-08
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[9]Pelker v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., No. 3:17-cv-01107-YY (D. Or.), Opinion and Order of Judge Michael H. Simon, ECF No. 45 (filed 2018-02-02) - motion to remand GRANTED to Multnomah County Circuit Court [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 45, pp. 4-5 (recital of ECF 27-1/29-1 Iola emails)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Removal-jurisdiction opinion reciting plaintiff's settlement correspondence: Rex D. Pelker, Jr. (shipyard worker and insulator at Swan Island, Oregon, employed by AC&S Inc., Owens Corning, Northwest Machine & Iron Works, Albina Engine & Machine Works, and Columbia Asbestos; died December 2014 of lung cancer) allegedly assisted in overhauling Navy ships at Swan Island including 'USS Meyerkord (FF-1058), USS Lang (FF/DE-1060), USS Henry B. Wilson, and USS Stein (FF/DE-1065),' work described as ripping out engine rooms including turbines and replacing materials. Court granted remand to state court after plaintiff disclaimed Navy-vessel claims against removing defendants.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- c. 1960s-1980s (alleged overhaul work); 2017-2018 (litigation)
- Population
- Rex D. Pelker Jr. (Swan Island shipyard insulator, lung cancer, d. 2014); Swan Island overhaul trades
- Limitations
- Same posture as Coury - counsel's allegation recited inside a jurisdictional ruling; the Swan Island allegations name hulls the yard worked on, without specific dates or conditions aboard this vessel. No adjudicated exposure finding; the court's remand analysis turned on plaintiff's claim waiver, not the ship evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-09
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[10]Southwest Marine, Inc. v. United States (Cl. Ct. 1984), CourtListener opinion cluster 6928596 (bid-protest; non-asbestos) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion text, discussion of RFP N00024-83-R-8547 (SRA schedule table)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Non-asbestos procurement opinion documenting this hull's 1985 yard period: Navy RFP N00024-83-R-8547 requested proposals for overhaul on an SRA (Selected Restricted Availability) basis of four guided missile destroyers - USS Lynde McCormick (DDG-8), USS Berkeley (DDG-15), USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7), and USS Robison (DDG-12) - with USS HENRY B. WILSON scheduled January 7, 1985 - March 1, 1985.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1983-1985
- Population
- Southwest Marine shipyard workers (West Coast SRA bidder)
- Limitations
- Bid-protest litigation about SBA size status - no asbestos content. The SRA was a scheduled window (award protested); the opinion does not itself document where the work was performed or what it entailed. Classification in litigation sweep: other litigation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-10
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[11]Redman v. A.W. Chesterton Co. et al., No. 3:08-cv-03013-JSW (N.D. Cal.), ECF No. 11 and attachments (filed 2008-07-03; scanned exhibits, OCR-verified) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 11, PDF p. 69 (Adams-class roster exhibit) and p. 284 (heir list); OCR-verified 2026-09-28
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Non-qualifying reference resolved by full-document OCR: 'USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7)' appears in this 323-page declaration/exhibit bundle only as a line item within a reproduced 'Ships of the Charles F. Adams class' roster on a ship-profile reference sheet (ECF p. 69 of PDF), and 'Wilson' also appears as the middle name of heir Paul Wilson Redman (interrogatory list, p. 284). No allegation ties decedent Ronald D. Redman's exposure to this hull; his claims centered on Norfolk Naval Shipyard equipment inspections and other vessels.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2008 (litigation)
- Population
- None for this hull (class-roster reference only)
- Limitations
- Index hit did not survive full-text review - vessel appears as a class-roster entry in exhibit material, not as an alleged exposure site. Recorded as a name-list/classification resolution, not an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-11
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[12]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation No. 1038338, Docket No. 06-29 571 (decided 2010-10-13); VA Compensation & Pension Service ship list 'Navy and Coast Guard Ships Associated with Service in Vietnam and Exposure to Herbicide Agents' [other_primary]
- Locator
- BVA decision body (service-record recital); VA ships list categories for inland-waterway, docking, and close-coastal service
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official VA records name this hull: (1) BVA Citation 1038338 records a veteran serving aboard USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7) with personnel-record confirmation of service in the contiguous waters of Vietnam and special hostile-fire pay December 1966 - April 1967; the ship performed naval gunfire support. (2) VA's official herbicide-exposure ship list names DDG-7 in three entries: operated on the Mekong River Delta during May 1968; docked at the Da Nang pier April 2, 1967 and September 29, 1971; anchored in Da Nang Harbor July 21, 1965 with crew sent ashore for liberty after a change-of-command ceremony.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1965-1971
- Population
- Crew aboard USS Wilson in Vietnam contiguous waters 1965-1971
- Limitations
- These are herbicide (Agent Orange) eligibility records - ship-specific documentation of Vietnam service, NOT asbestos evidence. Included to fix the operational timeline (Da Nang pier dockings, Mekong Delta ops) and because they are authoritative ship-specific government records; they say nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-12
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[13]HazeGray.org photo feature 'Ships of Mare Island' (photographs by Kirk Rattenne; Wayback capture) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- hazegray.org 'Ships of Mare Island' feature, Destroyers and Frigates section (photo captions dated 12-19 May 1999)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous photographic documentation (12 May 1999): the partially scrapped former Henry B. Wilson (DDG 7) moored at Mare Island Naval Shipyard with Towers (DDG 9), Ramsey (FFG 2), and Schofield (FFG 3); 'Along with Lynde McCormick (DDG 8), these ships were sold for conversion to floating power plants. When the conversion fell through, they were returned to the Navy and moved to Mare Island to await disposal.' Resolves the post-stricken custody chain: stricken 1990, sold 1994 for power-barge conversion, partial scrapping, returned to Navy, Mare Island/Suisun Bay storage, final tow-out for SINKEX 2003.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1994-2003
- Population
- Disposal/cut-up workers at Mare Island 1998-2000s
- Limitations
- Secondary photographic documentation (enthusiast-archival site), not an official record - treated as corroboration of NVR status data and an archival lead. Partial scrapping at Mare Island is documented visually; any asbestos-removal scope during the failed conversion or SINKEX preparation is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-13
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[14]EPA Marine Protection Permitting, 'Transport of Target Vessels for Ocean Disposal' (MPRSA general permit, 40 C.F.R. 229.2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- EPA page, 'What are the permit requirements?' section; NAVSEA 2006 SINKEX report (vessel table not retrievable - NAVSEA site blocked automated fetch)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- This hull was sunk under the Navy SINKEX program on 15 August 2003 (NVR: 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise'). The MPRSA general permit governing such sinkings requires the Navy to remove, to the maximum extent practicable by qualified personnel, all materials which may degrade the marine environment, including emptying/flushing fuel systems and removing 'other pollutants and all readily detachable material capable of creating debris or contributing to chemical pollution'; sink at least 50 nm offshore in at least 6,000 ft; annual EPA report naming each vessel. (The 2014 EPA-Navy Determination adding PCB-specific clarification postdates this sinking.)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2003
- Population
- SINKEX preparation workers (2003)
- Limitations
- Program-level regime description only. The permit text does not mention asbestos and no hull-specific SINKEX preparation report, materials survey, or abatement record for USS Henry B. Wilson was located. The regime would have applied to this hull's 2003 preparation; what was actually removed is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-14
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[15]DANFS specifications block (this record, ev-01); litigation record facts (ev-03, ev-05) documenting firerooms, boilers, and engine-room service aboard this hull; VBA M21-1 era documentation of asbestos use in military ship construction [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block (ev-01); Davis R&R fireroom facts (ev-03); Cobb boiler-operator allegation (ev-05)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: USS Henry B. Wilson is a 1958-60 Defoe-built Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer with a steam propulsion plant (firerooms and engineering spaces corroborated by litigation record: boiler operators, firemen, engine-room watches). Navy steam combatants of the period carried asbestos-containing boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings as standard. The ship-specific litigation record independently confirms gasket/packing-class components aboard this hull (pumps, valves).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1958-2003
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding construction trades 1958-60; crew engineering ratings 1960-1989; overhaul yard workers (Swan Island, Hunters Point, LBNSY per litigation recitals)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no Charles F. Adams class profile exists in the Atlas dataset, so this row is independently anchored to the hull's litigation record rather than a class file. Era inference must never be read as the ship-specific finding; the ship-specific findings are the litigation rows (ev-03 through ev-09).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-15
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[16]NARA holdings located in catalog search: deck log for USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7), September 1967 (NAID 173229839, RG 24 Navy ship logbooks); NARA still picture NAID 6475053 - four decommissioned Charles F. Adams-class DDGs including ex-Wilson moored at Middle Loch, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard inactive ships facility, June 1991 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog: NAID 173229839 (deck log); NAID 6475053 (still picture)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific archival holdings exist at NARA: (a) deck logs covering the vessel's operational period (a September 1967 logbook was located in the catalog index; additional years exist in RG 24); (b) a June 1991 photograph showing ex-Wilson among four decommissioned Adams-class destroyers at the Middle Loch inactive-ships facility, Pearl Harbor - documenting the inactivation/mothball custody period between decommissioning (1989) and disposal.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1967; 1991
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - records exist but were not retrieved; contents unverified. Deck logs can establish underway periods, port calls, and yard availabilities (useful for correlating the Swan Island/Hunters Point overhaul allegations) but rarely record asbestos work directly. NARA catalog API v1 endpoint unreachable at access time - identifiers from prior catalog query retained.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-16
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[17]Batch-3878 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS, NVR, VA ships list and BVA decisions, EPA SINKEX program page, hazegray Mare Island feature, NARA catalog, CourtListener RECAP full-text review of all retrieved dockets, general web [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-01 through sl-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazardous-material inventory, or official environmental remediation/disclosure document for USS Henry B. Wilson was located in public sources searched (see search_ledger). The ship-specific asbestos record consists entirely of litigation documents: uncontested product-supply facts and expert identification inside the Davis R&R, plus pleading-stage hull references in five additional matters.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public survey does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era design and the litigation record are consistent with standard period ACM. The Davis SJ recommendation was a product-nexus failure for two defendants, not a finding of no asbestos aboard. SINKEX-prep documentation (the most likely place a materials survey would surface) was not retrievable.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-dd957-17