Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS HENRY B. WILSON' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS HENRY B. WILSON' returned 32 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-henry-b-wilson-ddg7-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS HENRY B. WILSON' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS HENRY B. WILSON' returned 937 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-henry-b-wilson-ddg7-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'DDG-7' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'DDG-7' returned 92 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-henry-b-wilson-ddg7-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'DDG-7' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'DDG-7' returned 1730 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-henry-b-wilson-ddg7-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Complaint for Personal Injury - Asbestos, Exhibit A (job-history 'Location of Exposure' list), Siegfried v. 3M Co. et al., No. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E (C.D. Cal., removed from L.A. Super. Ct. BC691900) (RECAP doc. 1-1); corroborated by Owens-Illinois notice of removal, RECAP doc. 50-0 [court_record]
- Locator
- Exhibit A, complaint pp. 50-51 (Document 1-1, Page ID ##63-64); notice of removal RECAP doc. 50-0 p.2
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Docketed asbestos complaint: Terry Lee Siegfried, an electrician/marine electrician at Long Beach Naval Shipyard approx. 1969-1996, listed 'Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7)' among ~43 vessels in a single undifferentiated 'Location of Exposure' cell of Exhibit A; the Owens-Illinois notice of removal repeats the same hull-named exposure list.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1969-1996 (alleged work period); 2018 (filing)
- Population
- LBNSY electrician/marine electrician, ~1969-1996; alleged asbestos exposure
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation only: boilerplate, undated beyond 'approx. 1969-1996', undifferentiated across ~43 hulls plus the shipyard itself; it does not allege work aboard any specific vessel, dates, products, or hull-specific exposure, and is not a finding of exposure aboard this ship. Classified at the pleading stage - never elevated. Unadjudicated; no merits adjudication of the allegation located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-ddg7-01
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[6]DANFS, Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7) (verbatim transcription via hazegray/losthistory.net mirror; live NHHC page unavailable; hazegray index also lists this hull under preconstruction designation DD-957) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (through mid-1967)
- 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; first ship of her size side-launched and then-largest warship built on the Great Lakes; homeport San Diego from May 1961; first WestPac deployment 6 Jan-19 Jul 1962 (first ship in that region armed with Tartar); second deployment Oct 1963-Apr 1964 with Kitty Hawk (CVA-63); third deployment Jun-Nov 1965 as DesRon 21 flagship, Gulf of Tonkin picket and shore bombardment; fourth deployment Nov 1966-mid-1967, South China Sea and Tonkin SAR and naval gunfire support. Design data: Charles F. Adams class; 3,370 tons; 437 ft; over 30 kt; complement 340.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1958-1967
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding construction trades 1958-60; crew (design complement 340)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction and service history, not materials or asbestos content; the entry's narrative ends in mid-1967, so later service rests on other sources. Live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 and hazegray.org is offline - mirror transcription cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-ddg7-02
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[7]Naval Vessel Register, Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7) entry (archived capture of nvr.navy.mil official register) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR vessel detail page DDG-7 (Wayback capture 2011-05-14)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official register data for this hull: builder Defoe SB Co.; award 28 Mar 1957; keel 28 Feb 1958; launch 22 Apr 1959; delivery 14 Dec 1960; commission 17 Dec 1960; decommission 2 Oct 1989; stricken 26 Jan 1990; status 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise' effective 15 Aug 2003; class DDG 2; steel hull with aluminum superstructure; full displacement 4,720 tons; 437 ft overall.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1957-2003
- Limitations
- Register-level lifecycle data only - no materials, asbestos, or exposure content. Live nvr.navy.mil page not directly retrievable on 2026-09-19; Wayback capture of the official page cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-ddg7-03
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[8]Naval Historical Center (Naval Warfare Division) deployment chronology for USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7), compiled by NHC, Washington Navy Yard; 1972-73 deployment row cites ship's submission DDG7/WCC:wc 5750 Ser 07 of 22 Feb 1973 (OPNAVINST 5750-series command/deployment report) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHC 'Major Overseas Deployments' table hosted at usshenrybwilsonddg7.com/tbo/Cruise Books.htm; serial 'DDG7/WCC:wc 5750 Ser 07 of 22 Feb 1973'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHC-compiled chronology documents 14 major overseas deployments: WestPac 1962, 1963-64, and Vietnam-era tours Jun-Nov 1965, Nov 1966-Aug 1967, Feb-Aug 1968, Oct 1969-Apr 1970, Jun-Dec 1971, a final WestPac/Vietnam deployment ending 1 Feb 1973 (per the ship's 22 Feb 1973 serial report), and Jan-Sep 1975; post-war WestPac 1976-77, 1979-80, 1981, 1984, 1986-87 (WestPac/Indian Ocean), and final deployment Dec 1988-Jun 1989 (WestPac/IO). Secondary compilations add: 5-inch Mount 51 barrel explosion off Saigon 5 Jan 1973 (two crewmen injured); minor collision with USS Kansas City (AOR-3) at Subic Bay 24 Feb 1975; administrative homeport shift toward Long Beach in Oct 1973.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1961-1989
- Population
- Crew across 14 deployments (design complement 340; operating figure ~354)
- Limitations
- The NHC table is an official compilation, but the cited 22 Feb 1973 command-history letter itself is not digitized - located via the table's serial citation. Mount-51 explosion, Kansas City collision, and the Long Beach homeport shift come from secondary compilations (navysite.de) consistent with award windows, not from a primary document reviewed here. No materials/asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-ddg7-04
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[9]USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7) Command History for 1982 (incl. Ship Overhaul Completion Report enclosure) and Command History for 1983 - official ship submissions to Director of Naval History under OPNAVINST 5750.12C, scanned and hosted by the USS Henry B. Wilson DDG-7 Association [other_primary]
- Locator
- 1982 ComHist pp. 1-2 (homeport shift, ROH commencement) + Enclosure (1) Ship Overhaul Completion Report; 1983 ComHist pp. 2-3 (ROH conclusion 22 Apr 1983, return to San Diego)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official command histories document an ~11-month regular overhaul of this hull: homeport shifted San Diego to Portland, Oregon 16 May 1982; ROH commenced 17 May 1982 at Northwest Marine Iron Works shipyard, Swan Island, Willamette River, Portland (SUPSHIP Seattle; original plan 84,500 mandays / $36,209,000; actual completion 22 Apr 1983 - one month early; final cost $37,932,596). Documented SHIPALTs included Mk 36 decoy launcher, HP air compressor replacement, AN/SLQ-32(V), UHF growth radio, Harpoon, A/C system upgrade, and lightweight TACAN. Ship left Portland 22 Apr 1983, homeport returned to San Diego 21 May 1983.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1982-05-17 to 1983-04-22
- Population
- Northwest Marine Iron Works yard workforce (~84,500 mandays); ship's crew during ROH
- Limitations
- Documents the yard period, contractor, cost, and alteration list of a hull-level industrial overhaul of a 1960 steam plant - the classic maintenance-disturbance pathway - but the command histories contain NO asbestos, insulation, or abatement content; any asbestos disturbance during the ROH is inference, not a hull record. Northwest Marine Iron Works is not in the Atlas yard dataset.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-ddg7-05
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[10]FRUS 1969-1976 vol. X, Mayaguez incident sitrep (Honolulu, 15 May 1975, 1008Z) - official State Department documentary history; corroborated by Ford Library narrative summary of the Mayaguez operation [other_primary]
- Locator
- FRUS d300 sitrep section 3 ('Recovery of the Mayaguez crew'); Ford Library bluecadet narrative PDF
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official record of this hull's climactic 1975 service: during Operation Eagle Pull (12 Apr 1975) and Operation Frequent Wind (29-30 Apr 1975) the destroyer provided gunfire support and seaward security for the Phnom Penh and Saigon evacuations; on 15 May 1975 'the boat was intercepted by the USS Wilson... Aboard were all the crew of the Mayaguez plus five Thai fishermen' - DDG-7 recovered the released 39-man SS Mayaguez crew off Koh Tang, the closing action of the Vietnam era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1975
- Population
- Crew during April-May 1975 combat operations
- Limitations
- Documents combat/evacuation operations only - no materials or asbestos content. Establishes the hull's operational scope through the end of the Vietnam era, not exposure conditions aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-ddg7-06
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[11]DANFS specifications block (Charles F. Adams class; 1,200-psi engineering plant, 70,000 shp, 4 boilers) + ship-published spec sheet (4 x 1,200-psi boilers, 2 geared turbines, 2 shafts) + NavSource machinery data [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; association History.htm spec sheet ('1200 PSI Engineering plant ... 70,000 shaft horsepower'); NavSource 05/01007 machinery line
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: a DDG-2-class destroyer built 1958-60 with a 4-boiler 1,200-psi geared-turbine steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos applications - boiler casing and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe lagging, turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets and packing, deck coverings, bulkhead fireproofing, and cable insulation - consistent with Navy practice before early-1970s material substitution.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1958-2003
- Population
- Defoe construction trades 1958-60; crew 1960-89; NWMIW overhaul workforce 1982-83
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, specification page, or abatement record located for DDG-7. Ship-specific asbestos documentation is UNKNOWN; the only hull-named litigation document is a pleading-stage list entry (ev-01). NARA RG19 ship plans/General Information Books are the archival lead for hull-level material specs.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-ddg7-07
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[12]NVR disposal line + NavSource/navysite.de/usstowers.com compilations: sale to Consolidated Minerals, Navy repossession, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet lay-up, Mare Island SINKEX preparation, sinking off Southern California; sinking coordinates per ship-association record (31 deg 33' N, 119 deg 53' W, 1,336 fathoms, ~129 mi off San Diego) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR DDG-7 status line; NavSource 05/01007 (Wayback capture; 'Fate' and photo captions); navysite.de/dd/ddg7.htm; usstowers.com Adams-class page; usshenrybwilsonddg7.com History.htm disposition block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposal chain for this hull: decommissioned 2 Oct 1989 and stricken 26 Jan 1990 (NVR); laid up at Pearl Harbor Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (official Navy photo, 1 Jun 1991); sold to Consolidated Minerals for conversion into a power barge in 1994 (15 April vs 20 June date conflict between sources); repossessed by the Navy ~22-23 Mar 1999 after contract termination; berthed at Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet (Benicia, CA); resold 6 Apr 2002 and re-acquired; towed to Mare Island for SINKEX preparation; sunk as a target 15 Aug 2003 off Southern California (NVR status date), ~129 nmi off San Diego at ~31 deg 33' N 119 deg 53' W in ~1,336 fathoms.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1989-2003
- Population
- Inactive-ship and SINKEX-preparation workers, 1990-2003
- Limitations
- Sinking date is NVR-verified; the commercial-sale dates conflict between secondary sources (15 Apr vs 20 Jun 1994; 22 vs 23 Mar 1999 repossession) and are carried with the conflict flagged. EPA/Navy SINKEX hazmat-removal documentation for this specific hull was not located - SINKEX preparation generally required removal of loose asbestos/PCBs under the program's environmental rules, but no DDG-7-specific prep record is public here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-ddg7-08
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[13]Batch-294 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404, mirror used); NVR; CourtListener RECAP + API; NARA catalog (Bureau of Naval Personnel logbooks, e.g. 'Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7) - September 1967', NARA ID 173229839); MARAD/NDRF public material; ship association site hosting official command-history scans [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-henry-b-wilson-ddg7-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, material inventory, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding for this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The only hull-named asbestos document is the Siegfried pleading-stage vessel list (ev-01).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1960 steam-plant destroyer is era-consistent with extensive ACM; it establishes only that no hull-specific documentation is public. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. NARA deck logs (e.g., NARA ID 173229839) and RG19 material specifications remain the archival lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-b-wilson-ddg7-09