Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet ly-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Horne | Hull: DLG-30 (reclassified CG-30, 30 Jun 1975)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-horne-dlg30-pkt-ly-packet-md
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, HORNE (CG 30) ex-DLG 30 status record (UIC 52705; Wayback capture 2016-10-26; page last updated 07/21/2008) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR CG-30 detail page, Vessel Status + Milestone Dates + Physical Characteristics sections (Wayback 2016-10-26)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR milestones and characteristics for this hull: awarded 09/20/1961; keel 12/12/1962; launched 10/30/1964; delivered 07/07/1967; commissioned 04/15/1967; decommissioned 02/04/1994; stricken 02/04/1994; status 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise' with status change date 07/14/2008; custodian US NAVY. Physical record: steel hull, aluminum superstructure; steam-turbine propulsion, 2 propellers; 547 ft overall, 524 ft waterline, 55 ft extreme beam, 30 ft max navigational draft; full displacement 8,270 tons (light 5,340); accommodations 54 officers + 456 enlisted. Builder: 'Naval Shipyard San Francisco Bay.' Header line 'HORNE (CG 30) (ex - DLG 30)' is the Navy's own designation reconciliation for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1961-2008
- Limitations
- Authoritative Navy inventory record - confirms identity, milestones, characteristics, custody, and disposal mode/date. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim. Live NVR page serves only a nav shell (disposed-hull record not rendered); the Wayback capture is the verbatim NVR page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-dlg30-01
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[3]DANFS, Horne (DLG-30), Vol. 3 p.366 (1968) with 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 pp.217,219 (verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS DLG-30 entry body + specification block (hazegray/losthistory.net 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 and operated out of San Diego. Supplement: '[Reclassified as a guided missile cruiser, CG-30, on 30 June 1975, HORNE was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy Register on 4 February 1994 at San Diego. Transferred 17 March the same year to the Maritime Administration, she was laid up at the Suisun Bay, CA. reserve.]' Specification block: 7,900 t full load; 547 ft; beam 54 ft 9 in; draft 28 ft 10 in; speed 30+ kt; complement 418; armament 1 x 5 in, 4 x 3 in, 1 Terrier SAM launcher, ASROC, 8 x 21 in torpedo tubes; class BELKNAP.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1961-1994
- Limitations
- Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for construction, commissioning, designation change, decommission/strike, and MARAD transfer; documents the DLG-30 to CG-30 reconciliation for this hull. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404 and no Wayback capture of it exists (verified 2026-09-29).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-dlg30-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Cruiser Photo Archive - USS Horne (DLG/CG-30), file 04/1130/040130 (Paul R. Yarnall / Tom Bateman / Michael Mohl) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 040130.htm - specifications block, operational/building data, awards table, commanding-officer table, photo captions (Suisun Bay, Richmond, tow-out sequences)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline and data corroborate DANFS and NVR and add detail: Belknap class; keel laid 12 DEC 1962 by San Francisco Naval Shipyard; launched 30 OCT 1964; commissioned 15 APR 1967; reclassified CG-30 on 30 JUN 1975; decommissioned and stricken 04 FEB 1994; fate 'Sunk by 3 Air-Launched AGM-84 Harpoon Cruise Missiles on 14 July 2008 as part of a SinkEx during RIMPAC 2008.' Spec block: 8,957 t; 547 ft x 54 ft 10 in x 29 ft max; 1 Terrier/ASROC launcher (60 missiles), 1 x 5 in/54RF, 2 x 3 in/50, 6 x 12.75 in TT; machinery 85,000 SHP geared turbines, 2 screws; 34 kt; crew 400. Awards list corroborates Vietnam-era and Gulf service: Combat Action Ribbon (2), Navy Unit Commendation, Navy Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal (8 campaign stars), Southwest Asia Service Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medals (Saudi Arabia and Kuwait). Commanding-officer table begins CAPT Stansfield Turner 04/15/67-07/26/68 through CDR Robert E. Johnston to 02/04/94. Photo captions document the commissioning at 'San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard (Hunters Point Division)' 15 April 1967, the ex-Horne at Richmond 26 February 2008, and the tow-out by USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) for the RIMPAC SINKEX.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1961-2008
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - detailed and convergent with NHHC/NVR but not official. Displacement (8,957 t) conflicts with DANFS full load (7,900 t) and NVR full displacement (8,270 t); crew figure (400) conflicts with DANFS (418) and NVR accommodations (510); speed (34 kt) exceeds the DANFS 30+ kt block - variances logged in gaps. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-dlg30-03
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[5]navysite.de USS Horne (CG 30) capsule history and characteristic sheet (secondary compilation); companion cruise-book scans (WestPac 1970, 1971, 1987-88; Persian Gulf 1990-91) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite.de/cg/cg30.htm - USS HORNE History narrative + General Characteristics table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled operational narrative for this hull: Vietnam-era Western Pacific cycles (radar picket, plane-guard, PIRAZ duty); 15 July 1983 departure with the USS Ranger (CV-61) battle group rerouted 20 July toward Central America for flight operations off Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras; a late-1980s yard period at Long Beach Naval Shipyard associated with the New Threat Upgrade modernization; an October 1987-April 1988 WestPac/Indian Ocean deployment; deployment 7 December 1990 for Desert Shield, transition to Desert Storm 17 January 1991, station as northernmost U.S. Navy ship in the northern Gulf with more than 570 aircraft sorties controlled, mine detection/reporting, and on station 18 February 1991 when USS Tripoli (LPH-10) and USS Princeton (CG-59) were mined; May 1993 Bahrain port call and final foreign call at Victoria, B.C.; decommissioned San Diego 4 February 1994; sunk as target north of Kauai 14 July 2008 by three AGM-84 Harpoons from CVW-5 aircraft embarked on USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). Characteristic sheet: 4 x 1,200-psi boilers; 2 General Electric geared turbines; 2 propellers; ~8,100 t; 30+ kt; crew 27 officers + 450 enlisted.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1967-2008
- Population
- Crew ~400-510 across 27 commissioning years (figures per DANFS/NVR/NavSource variance)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not an official history - individual operational details (sortie counts, mine reports, 'northernmost ship' characterization) are not independently verified against a primary source; no DANFS update or digitized command-operation report exists for this hull to confirm them (verified 2026-09-29). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-dlg30-04
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[6]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr 1801667, Docket No. 14-06 934 (decision 10 January 2018) - service connection for cause of death incl. herbicide exposure (denied) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BVA Citation 1801667, Reasons and Bases section (ship list paragraph)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Federal adjudication record naming this hull under its DLG-30 designation: the Board recites from the veteran's service personnel records that he 'served aboard ... USS Horne (DLG -30) (November 1971 to November 1972)' among six listed Navy ships. The decision lists the ships on VA's herbicide-exposure directory - Horne is NOT among them - and denied the herbicide-based claim on exposure-verification grounds.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1971-1972 (service); 2018 (decision)
- Population
- One veteran aboard Horne Nov 1971-Nov 1972 (service-documented)
- Limitations
- VA benefits adjudication, not asbestos litigation - the claim concerned Agent Orange/herbicide exposure and was denied; no asbestos allegation or finding appears. Value to this record: an official adjudicated confirmation of the 'USS Horne (DLG-30)' designation and a dated crew service window aboard the hull; establishes nothing about shipboard materials or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-dlg30-05
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[7]United States v. Blair, 21 M.J. 951 (U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Military Review, filed 1986-02-24; Misc. Dkt. No. 85-23) - CourtListener opinion 8665643 [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion 8665643, findings-of-fact recital (cluster 8665643; verified full text via authenticated API)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official military-justice opinion identifying this hull under its CG-30 designation: the court recites the military judge's findings of fact that 'the accused left his unit, the USS HORNE (CG-30), located in San Diego, California on 22 July 1979' in an Article 62 government appeal of a desertion-charge dismissal (timeliness under UCMJ Art. 43). Full text pulled via CourtListener API v4. NOT asbestos litigation - the sole CourtListener opinion naming 'USS Horne' is a court-martial appeal in which the ship appears as the accused's duty station.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979-1986
- Population
- Crew of USS Horne (CG-30), San Diego, 1979 (incidental)
- Limitations
- Names the hull incidentally in a criminal-procedure opinion; contains no asbestos, materials, or exposure content - its only value here is an official judicial record corroborating the CG-30 designation and San Diego homeport in 1979. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-dlg30-06
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[8]U.S. EPA, 'Transport of Target Vessels for Ocean Disposal' - MPRSA general permit (40 C.F.R. 229.2) framework for Navy SINKEX operations, incl. 1999 EPA letter (Wayland to Munsell) and the January 2014 EPA-Navy Determination and Agreement [other_primary]
- Locator
- EPA program page; 40 C.F.R. 229.2; EPA-Navy 2014 Determination and Agreement (epa.gov 2014_sinkex_agreement_508.pdf); 1999 Wayland-Munsell letter summarized in the 2013 Federal Register notice (78 FR 20640ff, govinfo 2013-07981)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Regulatory regime under which this hull was disposed in July 2008: the MPRSA general permit at 40 C.F.R. 229.2 requires the Navy, before sinking a target vessel, to conduct an inventory of the vessel and to remove 'to the maximum extent practicable all materials which may degrade the marine environment,' including PCB-containing materials (insulation, wires, felts, rubber gaskets per the 1999 letter), to drain and flush fuel and hydraulic systems, and to remove readily detachable debris; the Navy reports each vessel's inventory and removals to EPA annually. Ex-Horne's February-June 2008 preparation period at Richmond, CA was performed under this regime.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1999-2014 framework; 2008 application event
- Population
- Navy/MARAD disposal workforce at Richmond prep site (Feb-Jun 2008) - program context
- Limitations
- Program-level permit framework, not a hull record - the vessel-specific SINKEX preparation inventory for ex-Horne (Richmond, Feb-Jun 2008) is reported to EPA but not published; whether and what asbestos-containing material was inventoried or removed is undocumented in public sources. The permit enumerates marine pollutants (PCBs, fuels, debris) - asbestos is not among the named removal categories. Establishes no asbestos fact about this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-dlg30-07
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[9]DANFS/NVR/NavSource identity and machinery record for this hull + Atlas shipyard dataset records 'hunters-point-naval-shipyard' (tier 3, verified asbestos documentation) and 'long-beach-naval-shipyard' (tier 1) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS DLG-30 spec block and builder line; NVR physical characteristics; NavSource machinery line; shipyards.json records 'hunters-point-naval-shipyard' (evidence_tier 3) and 'long-beach-naval-shipyard' (evidence_tier 1)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull was built 1962-67 at San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunters Point Division) - a Navy yard with a verified tier-3 asbestos record in the Atlas yard dataset covering documented litigation and product use - and carried a four-boiler, 1,200-psi geared-steam-turbine plant (85,000 shp, 2 shafts) of exactly the configuration for which boiler casing and steam-drum insulation, main and auxiliary steam-line lagging, turbine insulation, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, deck coverings, and bulkhead/cable insulation of the period were commonly asbestos-containing. Service 1967-1994 spanned the Navy's asbestos-management era; documented disturbance phases include a late-1980s Long Beach Naval Shipyard yard period (secondary) and the 2008 SINKEX preparation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1962-2008
- Population
- SFNSY (Hunters Point) construction trades 1962-67; crew 1967-94; LBNSY overhaul workforce (late 1980s, secondary); Suisun Bay caretakers 1994-2008; Richmond SINKEX-prep workforce Feb-Jun 2008
- Limitations
- Inference from the documented machinery plant, construction era, and builder yard - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, materials schedule, or inventory naming this hull was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation. Yard-dataset findings document the yards, not this ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-dlg30-08
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[10]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, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program during this hull's commissioned era: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 toward selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy window described; report 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and ship crews of the era (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; GAO fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - Horne's documented late-1980s yard period was at Long Beach (secondary source), so the fieldwork-yard overlap is contextual only and does not establish any fact about materials aboard this hull; full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - description via product page (standing defect, cf. BATCH-01).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-dlg30-09
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[11]Batch-4583 CourtListener sweep (authenticated API v4 via cl-auth-search.py): "USS Horne" type=o -> 1 hit (United States v. Blair, 21 M.J. 951, non-asbestos - see ev-06); "U.S.S. Horne" type=o -> 0; "DLG-30" type=o -> 0; "CG-30" type=o -> 2 hits (Blair again; Lay v. Aetna (Tex. App. 1980) identifier collision); "Horne" asbestos type=o -> 145 hits, all surname collisions; "USS Horne" type=r RECAP -> blocked by fleet pacing limiter at session time [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-horne-dlg30-06 through sl-uss-horne-dlg30-09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located naming this hull under either designation. Opinion sweeps returned: one hull-specific hit (Blair, 1986 NMCMR desertion appeal naming 'the USS HORNE (CG-30)' - other litigation, not asbestos); zero results for 'U.S.S. Horne' and 'DLG-30'; two hits for 'CG-30' (Blair plus a Texas oil-lease case where CG-30 is a form/identifier collision); and 145 'Horne'+asbestos opinion hits that are entirely surname collisions (asbestos plaintiffs and decedents named Horne - e.g., Horne v. Owens-Corning, 4th Cir. 1993, and Horne v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, Pa. Commw. 1986 - none naming the ship). Indexed-web litigation checks returned only name collisions and lead-gen pages; no docketed or published asbestos case naming DLG-30/CG-30/USS Horne was found.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Coverage incomplete only at the RECAP docket layer: the 'USS Horne' type=r docket sweep was blocked by the fleet pacing limiter (shared ~114/hr budget) at session time and is logged as blocked in the search ledger - re-run pending. 'Horne' is a common surname (145 asbestos-corpus hits) and 'CG-30' collides with document/endorsement codes - collision discipline applied; unindexed state dockets are outside CourtListener coverage. Absence of a located case does not establish absence of exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-dlg30-10
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[12]Batch-4583 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404; hazegray transcription); NVR via Wayback; NavSource 040130; navysite.de capsule; VA BVA index (Citation 1801667); EPA SINKEX permit page + 2014 agreement + 2013 FR notice; CourtListener API v4 (partially blocked); NHHC command-operation-reports collection; NARA record-group guides [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-horne-dlg30-01 through sl-uss-horne-dlg30-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, materials inventory, or docketed/published asbestos case naming USS Horne / DLG-30 / CG-30 / NVR UIC 52705 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Law-firm and lead-gen marketing pages (navyshipexposure.com dedicated hull page claiming a five-entry 'Equipment Manifest' from a BuShips purchase-order index; mesotheliomasymptoms.com hull page; mesolawcenter.com cruiser list) assert era-typical asbestos content for this hull without primary support - excluded as sources per the no-law-firm-sources rule and logged in the batch report.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1962-67 steam-plant combatant is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her 14 years in NDRF custody plus the undocumented Richmond SINKEX-prep scope are undocumented disturbance phases. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-dlg30-11
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[13]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel - 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1983' deck logs), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships records), RG 181 (naval-shore-establishment records incl. San Francisco Naval Shipyard), RG 357 (Maritime Administration/NDRF custody); NARA History Hub staff response confirming USS Horne (CG-30) deck logs for 1975-1976 exist in RG 24 (post-1970 logs require page-by-page SSN redaction via reproduction order) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/181.html ; /groups/357.html ; History Hub 'Seeking USS Horne deck logs 1975-1976' staff response (historyhub.history.gov)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Horne 1967-1983 in RG 24 (NARA College Park; History Hub staff confirmed the 1975-1976 logs are in the series and require SSN-redaction reproduction); BuShips/NAVSEA design and contract files for the Belknap-class/DLG-30 build (RG 19) - the navyshipexposure.com 'BuShips Index of Purchase Orders' manifest claim, if the underlying index is real, would sit here and is the most promising construction-materials lead; San Francisco Naval Shipyard production records for the 1962-67 build (RG 181); MARAD/NDRF custody files covering the 1994-2008 Suisun Bay lay-up and the 2008 SINKEX preparation and EPA reporting package (RG 357 + Navy SINKEX program records) - the prep inventory is the most promising disposal-era materials lead.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1961-2008 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-horne-dlg30-12