USS HOEL (DDG-13)

Evidence

11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).

1. [1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS HOEL' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener opinion search 'USS HOEL' returned 2 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-hoel-ddg13-cl-name-opinion

2. [2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS HOEL' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener docket search 'USS HOEL' returned 125 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-hoel-ddg13-cl-name-docket

3. [3]CourtListener opinion search: 'DDG-13' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener opinion search 'DDG-13' returned 77 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-hoel-ddg13-cl-hull-opinion

4. [4]CourtListener docket search: 'DDG-13' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener docket search 'DDG-13' returned 1651 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-hoel-ddg13-cl-hull-docket

5. [5]Siegfried v. 3M Company, No. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E (C.D. Cal.), Owens-Illinois joinder to notice of removal, ECF No. 50 (filed 2018-03-02); suit nature 368 P.I.: Asbestos; docket terminated 2019-01-07 (per batch-11 docket check of this same case) [court_record]

   Locator

   ECF No. 50, page 2 (numbered vessel list, 'USS Hoel (DDG-13)')

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Asbestos personal-injury removal record (federal-officer-removal joinder by Owens-Illinois) recites the complaint's allegation that plaintiff Terry Lee Siegfried, an electrician/marine electrician, was exposed to Owens-Illinois asbestos products between approximately 1969 and 1996 at Long Beach Naval Shipyard and aboard a 45-vessel list that expressly includes 'USS Hoel (DDG-13)'.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1969-1996 (alleged exposure); 2018-2019 (litigation)

   Population

   Long Beach Naval Shipyard electrician/marine electrician, ~1969-1996 exposure window alleged

   Limitations

   Pleading-stage allegation listing the vessel among 44 others; the court record exists and is verified, but the alleged exposure aboard this hull is unadjudicated - no discovery, fact-finding, or merits ruling was reached in the located record. The alleged window overlaps this hull's active service ~1969-1990 (decommissioned 1 October 1990). Establishes nothing about materials aboard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hoel-ddg13-01

6. [6]DANFS, Hoel II (DDG-13), verbatim transcription via HazeGray (Wayback capture 2021-04-21; live NHHC page not located) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative (ends ~Feb 1967)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS record for this hull: launched 4 August 1960 by Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich., sponsored by Mrs. Harry H. Long (granddaughter of the namesake); commissioned 16 June 1962, CDR Allen W. Slifer in command; fitted out at Boston; arrived first homeport San Diego 11 September 1962 via Norfolk, Mayport, Fort Lauderdale, Guantanamo Bay, Cartagena, Canal Zone, Acapulco (towed becalmed yacht Stardrift ~100 miles to Panama); INSURV trials and ASROC/TARTAR qualification, ready 1st Fleet; Esquimalt cruise early 1963; Pearl Harbor exercises April-May 1963; Presidential Demonstration for President Kennedy; postshakedown availability at Long Beach Naval Shipyard July-mid-September 1963 (improved fire-control radars installed); departed Long Beach 17 October 1963 for first WestPac as flagship, Commander Destroyer Division 12; 1966 WestPac departed San Diego 28 July - SAR patrol off Da Nang (September), naval gunfire support I Corps from 8 December (2,100 rounds), Hong Kong 21 December, Yankee Station screening USS Coral Sea, assisted rescue of a downed A-4 pilot; returned San Diego 3 February 1967.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1959-1967

   Population

   Defoe Shipbuilding construction trades 1959-62; Boston fit-out yard workers 1962; crew 1962-90; Long Beach NSY workers 1963

   Limitations

   DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The printed 'H' volume was compiled circa 1968, so the entry ends with the ship 'preparing for future action' in mid-1967 - all post-1967 history here rests on secondary sources (ev-06). Live NHHC page 404s; verbatim HazeGray transcription via Wayback cited.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hoel-ddg13-02

7. [7]Naval Vessel Register, HOEL (DDG 13) detail page (Wayback capture 2011-05-14; live NVR decommissioned) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NVR DDG13 detail page, all data fields

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official register record for this hull: class DDG 2; builder DEFOE SB CO; award 17 January 1958; keel 3 August 1959; launch 4 August 1960; delivery 5 June 1962; commission 16 June 1962; decommission 1 October 1990; stricken 20 November 1992; status change 20 June 1994 - 'Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for reuse and conversion to a power barge.' Propulsion type: Steam Turbines; 2 propellers; steel hull, aluminum superstructure; overall length 437 ft; full displacement 4,727 tons.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1958-1994

   Population

   Crew 1962-90; DRMS/conversion-yard workers 1994-97

   Limitations

   Register documents dates, builder, propulsion type, and disposition - not materials or asbestos content. Wayback capture of the official page; the live NVR site was retired.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hoel-ddg13-03

8. [8]NVR propulsion record ('Steam Turbines'; 4 boilers/2 geared turbines/~70,000 shp per class spec) + DANFS specifications block + documented 1963 Long Beach NSY postshakedown availability [other_primary]

   Locator

   NVR propulsion fields; DANFS specifications block + 1963 availability narrative

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era inference: Charles F. Adams-class construction (4 boilers feeding 2 geared steam turbines, ~70,000 shp class spec) in 1959-62 falls in the documented Navy asbestos-insulation era, predating the Navy's mid-1970s asbestos restrictions; the documented 1963 Long Beach Naval Shipyard postshakedown availability is a yard period of the type in which era insulation was disturbed or replaced, and repeated overhauls are implied by 28 years of active service.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1959-1990

   Population

   Defoe construction trades 1959-62; yard workers at documented availabilities; crew 1962-90

   Limitations

   Class/era and yard-period inference only - the ship-specific record for this hull is the Siegfried pleading (ev-01), an unadjudicated allegation. This row must not be read as an independent ship-specific finding; it does not establish that asbestos products were aboard. Boiler pressure varies by secondary source (1,200 vs 1,275 psi) - not asserted.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hoel-ddg13-04

9. [9]USS Berkeley (DDG-15) Association newsletter, December 1998 - 'A new mission for the former USS HOEL (DDG-13)'; corroborated by NVR disposition (ev-03) and usshoelddg13 association site [reputable_press]

   Locator

   USS Berkeley Assoc. newsletter 1998-Dec p.1 article; sites.google.com/site/usshoelddg13site 'Post DeComm - Power Barge'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Post-disposal conversion record for this hull: ex-Hoel was the first of several stricken Adams-class DDGs bought by Florida Crushed Stone Co. (Leesburg, FL; tied to Consolidated Minerals) for ~$46,000 for conversion to floating electrical platforms; conversion at Charleston, S.C. by Charleston Shipbuilders Inc. removed weapons, topside superstructure, and propellers but retained the engineering plant - 'the four boilers continue to provide steam to the two steam turbines' driving two ~30 MW generators; towed to Manaus, Brazil (delivered fall 1997) under a ~$30M Eletronorte power contract; output never met contract and the project failed; hulk last confirmed at Manaus ~2007 (association site), reported scrapped there.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1994-2007

   Population

   Charleston Shipbuilders conversion workers 1994-97; Eletronorte/CSI operating crews Manaus 1997-~2005

   Limitations

   Ship-association publication - secondary, though consistent with the official NVR disposition; not a hazmat record. Whether ACM was removed during the conversion is undocumented. Buyer/pricing detail from the association newsletter; power-barge operating history from the same source plus the DDG-13 association site. Does not establish exposure for any individual.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hoel-ddg13-05

10. [10]Defense Media Network (defense trade press) account of Operation Nimble Archer naming USS Hoel (DDG 13) among the four firing destroyers, 19 October 1987; post-DANFS deployment narrative per USS Hoel Association reunion history script (usshoel.org) corroborated by navysite.de [reputable_press]

    Locator

    Defense Media Network Nimble Archer account; usshoel.org 'Creekman Reunion Slide Show Script'; navysite.de DDG-13 history

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Post-DANFS service (1967-1990) from secondary/association sources: ~14 further deployments including Vietnam gunline tours through 1972-73 (reported Meritorious Unit Commendation for 10 July-20 December 1972; mount MT-52 barrel explosion 20 December 1972), WestPac/Indian Ocean rotations, the 1987-88 Persian Gulf deployment including Operation Nimble Archer on 19 October 1987 (Hoel with Leftwich, Kidd, and John Young shelling two Iranian-used oil platforms after the Sea Isle City missile strike), and a final February-August 1989 deployment with the Ranger battle group; decommissioned at San Diego 1 October 1990.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    1967-1990

    Population

    Crew 1967-90

    Limitations

    Post-1967 detail rests on association and secondary sources (usshoel.org reunion script; navysite.de; defense trade press for Nimble Archer), not primary records; individual deployment dates are not independently verified. No asbestos content in any cited source - vessel history context only.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hoel-ddg13-06

11. [11]Batch-292 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS + HazeGray/Wayback transcription; Naval Vessel Register (Wayback); CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweeps via web index + RECAP fetch; museum/association/scrapping-disclosure sweep; Defoe Shipbuilding yard sweep [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-hoel-ddg13-01 through sl-uss-hoel-ddg13-09

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying non-litigation ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, disposal hazmat disclosure, or museum record naming this hull with asbestos data was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener direct access was throttled/blocked this session (API HTTP 429 ~3h; web UI 403); sweeps ran via the web index and located one qualifying hit (Siegfried, ev-01) plus two non-asbestos name hits (United States v. Ruhling, 28 M.J. 586 - accused's command; Beckering v. United States - insurance dispute). Defoe Shipbuilding asbestos material exists only on non-qualifying law-firm/marketing pages - no primary-source yard record located.

    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 throttled CourtListener sweep may be incomplete, and the hull's post-1994 material history (conversion, Manaus disposal) is association-documented only. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hoel-ddg13-07