Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS HORNE' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS HORNE' returned 65 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-horne-cg30-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS HORNE' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS HORNE' returned 2639 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-horne-cg30-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'CG-30' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'CG-30' returned 2617 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-horne-cg30-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'CG-30' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'CG-30' returned 67031 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-horne-cg30-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) [court_record]
- Locator
- Exhibit A, complaint p.50 (Document 1-1, Page ID #64, filed 2018-02-26); 'Horne (CG-30)' string verified in extracted PDF text 2026-09-19; list corroborated by Owens-Illinois joinder, RECAP doc. 50.0
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Docketed asbestos complaint: Terry Lee Siegfried, an electrician/marine electrician at Long Beach Naval Shipyard c.1969-1996, listed 'Horne (CG-30)' among 43 vessels in the single undifferentiated 'Location of Exposure' cell of Exhibit A; Exhibit B recites mesothelioma diagnosed on or about October 2017. Hull number CG-30 is unambiguous - this is the only USS Horne to carry it.
- 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; mesothelioma
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation only: boilerplate, undated, 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 adjudication of the allegation located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-cg30-01
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[6]DANFS, Horne (DLG-30), Vol. III p.366 (1968 ed.); bracketed supplement citing K. Jack Bauer and Stephen S. Roberts, 'Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990', p.215, and Naval Institute 'Proceedings', May 1995 (verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. III, Horne (DLG-30) entry, p.366 + bracketed supplement; hazegray/losthistory verbatim transcription
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 12 December 1962 by San Francisco Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Calif.; launched 30 October 1964; sponsored by Mrs. Frederick J. Horne, widow of Admiral Horne; commissioned 15 April 1967, Captain Stansfield Turner in command; after shakedown joined the Pacific Fleet operating out of San Diego. Supplement: reclassified guided-missile cruiser CG-30 on 30 June 1975; decommissioned and stricken from the Navy Register 4 February 1994 at San Diego; transferred 17 March 1994 to the Maritime Administration and laid up at Suisun Bay, CA. Specifications block: 7,900 t full load, 547 ft, complement 418, 1x5in, 4x3in, Terrier SAM, ASROC, 8x21in TT; class Belknap. Confirms DLG-30 and CG-30 are the same hull - reclassification, not a second vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1962-1994
- Population
- San Francisco NSY construction trades (1962-1967); crew (1967-1994)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history, specifications, and disposal - not materials or asbestos content. The post-1967 supplement is drawn from secondary compilations (Bauer & Roberts; Proceedings), not a later DANFS edition. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404 on all tested URL patterns (2026-09-19).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-cg30-02
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[7]USS Horne (CG-30) service history and characteristics (navysite.de compilation); usshorne.net crew-maintained ship record (characteristics, NTU alterations, deployment chronology) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- navysite.de/cg/cg30.htm history section (LBNSY/NTU paragraph, deployments, Desert Storm); usshorne.net/horne/history.htm (ship characteristics, NTU alterations, final cruise)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-1967 service narrative (secondary compilations + crew-maintained record): fourteen overseas deployments - four Vietnam-era cruises on Yankee Station (air controllers vectored fighters that downed two MiG-21s in 1968 and 1970), three Western Pacific, six Indian Ocean/North Arabian Sea/Persian Gulf, one 1978 South Pacific goodwill cruise; on station in the Gulf 21 January 1981 when Iran released the 52 hostages; July 1983 Central America rerouting with the Ranger (CV-61) battle group for flight operations off Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras. A lengthy late-1980s shipyard phase at Long Beach Naval Shipyard coincided with the Navy's New Threat Upgrade (NTU) program that modernized Terrier/Tartar-equipped cruisers with SPS-48/-49 air-search radars, upgraded fire control, and an improved combat direction system; crew-maintained records confirm Horne's NTU alterations (Harpoon canisters and Phalanx CIWS added; 3-inch guns and transom torpedo tubes removed; Mk 32 SVTT fitted). The yard phase is bounded by the Sep 1985-Mar 1986 and Oct 1987-Apr 1988 deployments. Horne deployed 7 December 1990 for Desert Shield/Desert Storm and served as the northernmost U.S. Navy ship in the Gulf, controlling 570+ aircraft sorties, coordinating tanker flow of 16M+ lbs of jet fuel, and remaining on station when USS Tripoli and USS Princeton were mined 18 February 1991. Final deployment diverted to Somalia (Restore Hope). Propulsion: 4 Combustion Engineering 1,200-psi D-type boilers, 2 GE geared turbines, twin screw.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1967-1993 (post-1967 service narrative); c.1985-1988 (NTU yard phase); 1990-1991 (Desert Storm)
- Population
- LBNSY yard trades (late-1980s NTU phase); crew
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations and crew-maintained records - the NTU/LBNSY yard phase is corroborated across sources but exact yard dates are not primary-verified (no NHHC command-history report located online for this hull). Yard events are documented as events - asbestos disturbance is era inference, not a per-hull record. Crew figures conflict across sources (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-cg30-03
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[8]DANFS specifications block (Belknap class; 4x CE 1,200-psi boilers, 2 GE geared turbines per crew/navysite compilations) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard record (tier 3; court-documented Kaylo pipe insulation 1960-1973) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; shipyards.json record 'hunters-point-naval-shipyard' (products_documented pd-hunters-point-01, Kaylo pipe insulation 1960-1973, court_record source)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: a 1967-commissioned steam-driven Belknap-class guided-missile cruiser built at San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunter's Point) during the Navy's peak asbestos era would have carried era-standard applications - boiler casing and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe lagging, turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets and packing, deck tile, bulkhead fireproofing, and cable insulation. The builder yard is a tier-3 documented asbestos yard in the Atlas dataset, with court records covering Kaylo pipe insulation there 1960-1973 - overlapping this hull's 1962-1967 construction window.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1962-1967 (construction)
- Population
- San Francisco NSY construction trades (1962-67); crew (1967-1994); yard workers
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No insulation survey, material schedule, or abatement contract for this hull was located and none is feasible post-sinking. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; does not establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-cg30-04
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's extensive shipboard asbestos insulation use and its worker-protection program; the Navy's standing policy left installed asbestos insulation in place unless damaged or disturbed by repairs - meaning original-era insulation typically remained aboard for decades until a yard period disturbed it. Horne's service life (1967-1994) spans both the pre-substitution construction era and the removal-policy era, and her documented late-1980s LBNSY yard phase is the classic disturbance pathway.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1962-1967 (construction); 1979 (GAO program review)
- Population
- Construction trades (1962-67); crew (1967-1994); yard workers
- Limitations
- Program-level era context only; establishes the policy backdrop, not conditions aboard this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, 2026-09-19) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-cg30-05
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[10]usshorne.net SINKEX page (crew-maintained, coordinates and weapon detail); NavSource CG-30 archive via Wayback capture 2024-11-12 (direct fetch failed 2026-09-19); navysite.de CG-30 page [reputable_press]
- Locator
- usshorne.net/horne/sinkex.htm (coordinates, 3x AGM-84 from CVW-5, 14 Jul 2008, move dates); NavSource 040130 via web.archive.org capture 2024-11-12 (14 Jul 2008, dates); navysite.de/cg/cg30.htm (CVW-5 embarked in Kitty Hawk)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Decommissioned and stricken 4 February 1994 at 32nd Street Naval Station, San Diego; transferred to MARAD custody 17 March 1994 and laid up at Suisun Bay NDRF. Moved from Suisun Bay 26 February 2008 for sinking-exercise preparation at Richmond, CA; departed under tow 26 June 2008; sunk as a target 14 July 2008 during RIMPAC 2008 north of Kauai by three air-launched AGM-84 Harpoon missiles fired by Carrier Air Wing 5 aircraft embarked in USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63); position approx. N22.55 W159.55, depth ~2,575 fathoms. NavSource independently confirms keel/launch/commissioning dates, the 30 June 1975 CG-30 reclassification, and the 4 February 1994 decommission/stricken dates.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1994 (decommissioning); 2008 (disposal)
- Population
- Disposal/tow crews (2008)
- Limitations
- Disposition detail rests on crew-maintained and secondary sources corroborated across three independent sites (no single official document retrieved); Wikipedia states 29 June 2008, conflicting with the corroborated 14 July 2008 - Wikipedia's date appears to be the RIMPAC 2008 exercise start date and is treated as the outlier (see gaps). No asbestos information; pre-sinking environmental remediation scope (PCB/ACM removal standard for SINKEX hulls) is not documented for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-cg30-06
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[11]Batch-193 search ledger (this record): hazegray/losthistory DANFS transcription; NVR; CourtListener API + Atom (throttled/blocked this session); RECAP static pull of Siegfried complaint (verified); NavSource via Wayback; usshorne.net crew site; navysite.de; GAO product page [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-horne-cg30-01 through sl-uss-horne-cg30-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated asbestos case naming USS Horne (CG-30/DLG-30) was found in the public sources searched. The only litigation naming this hull is the Siegfried Exhibit-A pleading-stage allegation (ev-01). Documented 2026-09-18 CourtListener exact-name and hull-number searches returned name collisions only; the 2026-09-19 verification re-run was throttled (API 125/day exhausted; Atom feed 403), so the negative litigation result rests on the prior documented searches plus this session's direct RECAP verification.
- 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 - era-standard materials are consistent with this hull's construction date, the builder yard's documented asbestos product use (1960-1973), and the documented late-1980s LBNSY yard phase. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-cg30-07