Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet hb-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-henry-w-tucker-dd875-pkt-hb-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Henry W. Tucker (DD-875) (builder, dates, service narrative through 1967; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page not located; identical text in hazegray DANFS mirror via Wayback capture 2022-09-10) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (ibiblio HyperWar transcription; identical text at hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd875txt.htm via Wayback capture 2022-09-10)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: 'launched 29 May 1944' by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex. (the keel date per the shipbuilding record - see gaps for the launch-date anomaly); sponsored by Mrs. Henry Walton Tucker, mother of Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Henry W. Tucker (posthumous Navy Cross, USS Neosho AO-23, Coral Sea 7 May 1942); commissioned 12 March 1945, Comdr. Bernard H. Meyer in command. Converted to a radar picket destroyer after shakedown; Pearl Harbor 4 November 1945; Yokosuka 22 December for occupation duty and repatriation; first Far East tour ended 25 March 1946, new homeport San Diego; patrolled off Eniwetok March-April 1948 during U.S. atomic tests; reclassified DDR-875 18 March 1949. Korea: joined the fleet November 1950 after a hurried overhaul completion; hunter-killer and patrol operations; TF-77 fast-carrier screen; shore bombardment; raiding/intelligence parties on the western coast; hit by six enemy shells at Wonsan Harbor 28 June 1951 (2 wounded, radar gear damaged; return fire silenced the batteries); San Diego 8 August 1951; second Korea tour 25 March-13 September 1952. Mare Island Naval Shipyard September 1952-14 April 1953 for newest radar equipment; eight more WestPac cruises over 10 years (radar picket line, Formosa Straits, Korean coast). Departed Yokosuka 2 November 1962 for Boston via Pearl Harbor, San Diego, Acapulco, and the Panama Canal; reached Boston Naval Shipyard 13 December 1962 for FRAM overhaul; reclassified DD-875 15 March 1963 during modernization; FRAM completed 4 December 1963. Departed 26 May 1964 for the Taiwan Patrol, diverted to the South China Sea; Operation Market Time April 1965; on 16 May became the first U.S. ship to provide naval gunfire support against enemy targets in South Vietnam; over 5,000 5-inch rounds in a 40-day period August-September; SAR control ship refueling 80+ helicopters; first destroyer to refuel an in-flight helicopter at night (6 November); 'Tuck's Tavern'; rescued two Constellation/Ranger pilots 26 June 1966 less than 3 miles off the North Vietnamese coast; Long Beach return early August 1966, 4-month overhaul; deployed June 1967; Forrestal (CVA-59) survivor rescue/escort after the 29 July fire. Seven battle stars for Korea. Specifications block: dp. 2,425; l. 390'6"; b. 41'1"; dr. 18'6"; s. 34.5 k.; cpl. 367; a. 6 5", 8 40mm., 5 21" tt.; cl. Gearing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1967
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1944-45; crew 1945-1973 (design complement 367)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and design specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The entry ends with the 1967 deployment - decommissioning, transfer, and disposal are not covered by this source. The narrative prints 'launched 29 May 1944' where the shipbuilding record and all other sources give that date as the keel laying (launch 8 November 1944) - anomaly carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-w-tucker-dd875-01
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[3]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton), Consolidated Steel Orange TX yard construction table + Destroyer History Foundation Orange-yard page (Consolidated built 27 Gearing-class destroyers incl. DDs 873-890) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Consolidated Orange yard table, DD-875 row; destroyerhistory.org/destroyers/orange/ yard history
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder-yard record for this hull: contract dated 14 June 1943; keel laid 29 May 1944; launched 8 November 1944; delivered/commissioned 12 March 1945; disposition 'to Brazil as Marcilio Diaz (D-25) 1973, struck 1995.' Yard context: Consolidated Steel's Orange, Texas yard - expanded under Navy contract in 1940 - completed 12 Fletcher-class destroyers, ~100 destroyer escorts, and 27 Gearing-class destroyers (DDs 873-890 completed before DDs 817-825); peak employment about 20,000.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction workforce (peak ~20,000), 1944-45
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary compilation of U.S. shipbuilding records (Colton yard tables; Destroyer History Foundation yard page), not a primary contract document. Establishes keel/launch/delivery dates that resolve the DANFS 'launched 29 May 1944' wording; contains no materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-w-tucker-dd875-02
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[4]Marinha do Brasil, DPHDM 'Navios de Guerra Brasileiros' vessel history sheet, Marcilio Dias (Contratorpedeiro, 1973-1994); corroborated in full by NGB (naval.com.br/ngb/M/M026), 'CT Marcilio Dias - D 25' [other_primary]
- Locator
- DPHDM vessel-history PDF header block (Incorporacao 3 Dec 1973; Baixa 19 Sep 1994) + NGB M026 'Datas' and 1994 narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Brazilian Navy record for this hull: the former USS Henry W. Tucker (DD-875) was incorporated into the Marinha do Brasil by Aviso Ministerial No. 1.090 of 23 November 1973, on 3 December 1973 at San Diego, California - same day as U.S. decommissioning/striking - with Mostra de Armamento per Ordem do Dia 0030/73, first Brazilian commander Capitao-de-Fragata Milton Ferreira Tito, visual indicator D-25. NGB records keel 29 May 1944, launch 8 November 1944, USN commissioning 12 March 1945, USN baixa 3 December 1973, MB incorporacao 3 December 1973, and MB baixa 19 September 1994 (disarmament ceremony presided by the Chief of the Naval Staff; career total 1,029.5 days at sea, 293,892.5 miles). The hulk passed to CASNAV (Centro de Analises de Sistemas Navais) for use as a gunnery target and was sunk by submarine Tamoio (S-31) in a Mk 24 Tigerfish torpedo firing exercise.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1973-1996
- Population
- Brazilian Navy crew 1973-1994 (NGB: ~301 - 18 officers, 283 enlisted at incorporation-era configuration)
- Limitations
- Official Brazilian Navy historical directorate source (DPHDM) corroborated by the NGB compilation; neither documents materials or asbestos content, and the transfer condition's hazmat/asbestos disclosure (if any) is not public. Exact sinking date not stated in the fetched NGB text - secondary indexes conflict (19 September 1994 vs 26 March 1996); carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-w-tucker-dd875-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 sweep, 2026-09-28 (authenticated via cl-auth-search.py; opinion type=o and RECAP docket type=r indexes) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-henry-w-tucker-dd875-04 through -07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located in the CourtListener opinion queries completed. '"Henry W. Tucker"' (opinions) - 1 hit, Hawley v. Baldwin, 19 Conn. 585 (1849): name collision (an individual, not the ship). '"USS Tucker" asbestos' - 0 opinions. PARTIAL SWEEP: hull-number queries ('"DD-875"', '"DDR-875"'), name and hull-number RECAP docket queries, and the Bonner v. Westburne verification query were repeatedly blocked by the shared fleet-wide CourtListener pacing budget (helper exit 2 after retries, ~80 minutes of sustained saturation) - recorded as blocked in the ledger, not fabricated as 'no result'; a cl-backfill pass is the resolution path. One unverified lead outside CourtListener: Brayton Purcell LLP's portfolio reports Bonner v. Westburne Supply, Inc. (for P.E. O'Hair Co.) et al., San Francisco Superior Court - a wrongful-death mesothelioma case resolved at jury selection January 2025, the decedent having served aboard 'Henry W. Tucker (DDR-875)' as a Naval Reservist/seaman; the firm's own account attributes causation to decades of civilian sheet-metal-mechanic occupational exposure. Law-firm self-report only - San Francisco Superior filings are not indexed for public search; logged as a lead, not a finding.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28 (index coverage to date)
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Incomplete sweep: opinion coverage is limited to the name queries that ran before the fleet pacing budget exhausted; the DD-875/DDR-875 hull-number and all RECAP docket queries did not execute. Absence of a located docketed case in the queried subset does not prove no claim was ever filed: state-court complaints (including the Bonner matter reported by counsel), settled MDL-875 claims, and vessel lists in unindexed filings would not surface in these indexes anyway.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-w-tucker-dd875-04
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[6]Consolidated era inference - DANFS specifications block (Gearing class, 2,425 t, 34.5 kt) + NGB Brazilian-era characteristics (4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers 39.8 kg/cm2 at 454 degC; 2 GE geared turbines, 60,000 shp) + destroyerhistory.org Gearing-class FRAM documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; NGB M026 characteristics block; destroyerhistory.org/sumner-gearingclass/gearingclass/
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: a Gearing-class destroyer built 1944-45 at Consolidated Steel (Orange, TX) 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. Documented yard periods for this hull - the 1945 radar-picket conversion, the June 1950 in-progress overhaul, Mare Island Naval Shipyard radar installation 1952-53, the Boston Naval Shipyard FRAM overhaul 1962-63, and the 1966 Long Beach overhaul - are machinery-disturbance events under era practice. Builder Consolidated Steel (Orange) is not in the Atlas shipyard dataset - builder-yard asbestos documentation is a recorded gap.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1944-45; crew 1945-1973; Mare Island, Boston NSY, and Long Beach yard trades (1952-53, 1962-63, 1966)
- Limitations
- Class/era 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 through ev-03); this row adds context, not a ship-specific finding. FRAM scope for this hull is not documented beyond the DANFS modernization event.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-w-tucker-dd875-05
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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-875 is a Gearing-class member, so the recited class evidence brackets its design family. Caveat: the case is captioned for plaintiff Goodrich - this hull is not named; 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-henry-w-tucker-dd875-06
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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 1962-63 FRAM overhaul and pre-1973 U.S. 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-henry-w-tucker-dd875-07
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[9]Batch-3840 search ledger (this record): ibiblio HyperWar and hazegray/Wayback DANFS transcriptions; shipbuildinghistory/destroyerhistory yard data; Brazilian Navy DPHDM + NGB records; CourtListener v4 opinion + RECAP sweeps; GAO product page [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-henry-w-tucker-dd875-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Henry W. Tucker (DD-875/DDR-875) 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 documented yard periods (1952-53 Mare Island, 1962-63 Boston FRAM, 1966 Long Beach) 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-henry-w-tucker-dd875-08