Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet fx-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-ingersoll-dd652-pkt-fx-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Ingersoll (DD-652) (specifications block, construction, service narrative through 1967, battle stars; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: Fletcher class; dp. 2,050; l. 376'6"; b. 39'7"; dr. 17'9"; s. 37 k.; cpl. 319; a. 5 5", 10 40mm., 7 20mm., 10 21"tt., 6 dcp., 2 dct. Launched by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; co-sponsored by Miss Alice Jean Ingersoll and Mrs. R. R. Ingersoll II; commissioned at Boston Navy Yard 31 August 1943, Comdr. A. Veasy in command. Pacific service: Marshalls (Kwajalein preinvasion bombardment, Jan 30-31 1944), Truk raid Feb 17-18 1944, Marianas strikes, Peleliu preinvasion bombardment Sept 7 1944, TF-38 Formosa/Philippines, Battle for Leyte Gulf (Sibuyan Sea strikes, Cape Engano pursuit), Lingayen support Jan 3-9 1945, South China Sea raid Jan 1945; Okinawa patrol/picket duty May-June 1945 (shot down two aircraft May 25, two more May 28); Kamaishi bombardment July 15 1945; Tokyo Bay for the surrender Sept 2 1945; occupation/demilitarization duty to Dec 5 1945. Boston Jan 17 1946; Charleston Apr 4 1946; decommissioned Jul 19 1946, Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned at Charleston May 4 1951; 6th Fleet Mediterranean Aug 1952-Feb 1953; TF-77 off Korea from Sept 1953; Formosa patrol; world circuit via Suez returning Fall River Mar 18 1954; Tachen Islands evacuation and Formosa duty 1955; San Francisco yard period Aug 27-Dec 8 1956 (new underwater fire control system); repeated WestPac deployments 1957-1964 incl. Laos crisis 1960-61, Taiwan Strait, Cuban missile crisis response Oct 1962. Yard overhaul completed Feb 5 1965; Vietnam Market Time patrols and 24 gunfire missions incl. 3 missions 7 miles up the Saigon River 1965; Operation Sea Dragon and plane guard for Kitty Hawk 1966-67 (took North Vietnamese shore-battery fire Dec 6 1966, silenced battery). Nine battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1967 (narrative); hull life 1943-1974
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1943; wartime and postwar crew (DANFS complement 319)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and design specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The transcription reads 'launched ... 28 June 1942' - internally inconsistent with the laid-down date (18 Feb 1943) and with NavSource (28 June 1943); 1943 carried, discrepancy logged in gaps. The DANFS edition ends its narrative in 1967; post-1967 events (1968 Vietnam deployment, 1970 decommissioning/striking, 1974 sinking) rest on secondary compilations. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ingersoll-dd652-01
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[3]Complaint Exhibit A, Dennis v. Todd Shipyards Corp. et al., No. 2:11-cv-00455-RSM (W.D. Wash., filed 2011-03-16, Judge Ricardo S. Martinez; diversity asbestos personal-injury), refiled into MDL-875 (JPML No. 375294) as Doc. 7272-2 (filed 2011-05-25) (RECAP) [court_record]
- Locator
- MDL-875 Doc. 7272-2, complaint Exhibit A: exposure-vessel table (PDF p.15 of 40, row 27 'INGERSOLL (DD-652) Late 1960s') and per-vessel job-duties narrative (PDF p.21 of 40)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Docketed asbestos wrongful-death complaint names this hull specifically and describes the alleged work. Exhibit A (WILLIAM R. DENNIS, Deceased) lists 'INGERSOLL (DD-652)' with exposure window 'Late 1960s' among the vessels worked on by the decedent while employed as an insulator at Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, CA (employment periods 9/2/1959-5/1966 and 11/1969-7/1975, including insulating-pad fabrication in Shop 64). The per-vessel job-duties narrative alleges: 'On the INGERSOLL, decedent worked in the lower part of the forward engine room. Decedent insulated two main feed pumps. Decedent mixed and applied insulating cement.' Decedent was diagnosed with mesothelioma on or about March 2009, asbestosis and asbestos-related pleural disease on or about September 2005; died July 3, 2009. Plaintiff Joanne Dennis sued as executor of the estate; named defendants include Todd Shipyards, Todd Pacific Shipyards, Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, National Steel and Shipbuilding, Kaiser Ventures, and Bath Iron Works Corporation (this hull's builder). Causes of action: negligence and products liability (survival, loss of consortium, wrongful death).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- Late 1960s (alleged exposure aboard this hull); 2009 (diagnoses, death); 2011 (filings)
- Population
- William R. Dennis, Long Beach Naval Shipyard insulator (1959-1966, 1969-1975); mesothelioma, asbestosis, asbestos-related pleural disease; estate action
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation only - a complaint's exposure table and work narrative are allegations, not adjudicated findings; the underlying W.D. Wash. docket is not in RECAP and the merits outcome after MDL-875 transfer was not located. Does not establish that asbestos was aboard, which products were present, causation, or exposure dose; the claim concerns insulation work performed aboard the hull by a shipyard employee. The 'Late 1960s' window is consistent with the ship's documented 1965 Long Beach drydock/overhaul and her Jan 1970 San Diego decommissioning, but the complaint does not date the specific work aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ingersoll-dd652-02
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[4]U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Compensation Service, 'Navy and Coast Guard Ships Associated with Service in Vietnam and Exposure to Herbicide Agents' (ships list; final published edition July 1, 2019; mirrored copies preserve the text) [other_primary]
- Locator
- VA ships list, Category II inland-waterway vessels: 'Ingersoll (DD-652) Operated on Saigon River October 24-25, 1965'
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- VA regulatory determination naming this hull: 'USS Ingersoll (DD-652) operated on Saigon River October 24-25, 1965' - the ships list entry qualifies crew members aboard on those dates for the presumption of Agent Orange (herbicide) exposure under 38 CFR 3.307(a)(6)(iii), based on VA Compensation Service review of the ship's deck logs at NARA confirming operation on Vietnam's inland waterways. The VA document itself uses 'the USS Ingersoll (DD-652)' as its worked example of hull-number designation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1965-10-24 to 1965-10-25 (operation); 2019 (last published list edition)
- Population
- USS Ingersoll crew aboard 1965-10-24/25 (herbicide presumption)
- Limitations
- Non-asbestos regulatory record - the determination concerns herbicide (Agent Orange) exposure, not asbestos, and establishes no facts about materials aboard. Included because it is a hull-specific federal record and evidences that deck-log-level documentation for DD-652 exists at NARA. The list's last published edition (July 1, 2019) is no longer hosted at its original benefits.va.gov URL; the document text is preserved in mirrored copies (e.g., vfwfl.org 2021 edition PDF).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ingersoll-dd652-03
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[5]DANFS specifications block (Fletcher class; 37 k.; cpl. 319) + Fletcher-class design data (4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 2-shaft GE geared steam turbines; 60,000 shp) + Atlas shipyard dataset records for Bath Iron Works and Long Beach Naval Shipyard [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; shipyards.json records 'bath-iron-works' and 'long-beach-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a WWII Fletcher-class destroyer built 1943 at Bath Iron Works with a four-boiler, 60,000-shp geared steam-turbine plant would have carried the period-standard insulated fit - boiler and steam-line insulation, turbine lagging, gaskets and packing, fireproofing, deck coverings. Both yards with hull-specific ties are documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset: builder Bath Iron Works (tier 2; documented products include Kaylo pipe covering, Foster Wheeler gaskets, asbestos felt, packing) and Long Beach Naval Shipyard (tier 1; site of this hull's 1965 drydock/overhaul and the alleged late-1960s insulation work in the Dennis complaint). NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are an archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1943; Long Beach Naval Shipyard trades at 1965 overhaul and alleged late-1960s inactivation-period work; crew 1943-46 and 1951-70
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. Yard-level documentation does not establish what was installed aboard DD-652; the only ship-specific asbestos record is the pleading-stage Dennis allegation (ev-02). NARA GIB retrieval not performed. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ingersoll-dd652-04
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[6]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (Oct. 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page + report summary (published Oct. 18, 1979; publicly released Oct. 22, 1979)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Program-level era context directly relevant to this hull's asbestos frame: GAO reviewed the Navy's asbestos worker-protection efforts at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - Long Beach is the yard where the Dennis complaint alleges insulator work aboard DD-652 and where the hull's 1965 drydock/overhaul is documented. GAO documented that thermal insulation was the Navy's major asbestos use aboard ships, that most ships delivered in the mid-1970s had little or no asbestos insulation (i.e., substitution began only in the 1970s - long after this 1943 hull was built), that the October 1975 policy was remove-and-replace only when insulation was damaged or had to be removed for repairs (modified January 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas), and that a one-time removal program was rejected on ~$2 billion estimated cost.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979 (report); 1943-1974 (hull life)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (Long Beach, Norfolk) and crews, program-wide (context)
- Limitations
- Program-level findings, not a survey of this hull or of the work described in the Dennis complaint; the GAO review postdates the alleged exposure window. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (standing defect since batch-01); product-page description and published summary used. Does not establish what was aboard DD-652.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ingersoll-dd652-05
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[7]NavSource Destroyer Photo Index, DD-652 USS Ingersoll - operational/building data block and photo captions (via Wayback capture 2024-06-25; live host unreachable 2026-09-27) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-652 page, 'Operational and Building Data' block; Long Beach dry-dock photo captions (Lee Rush series, 1965)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource index data for this hull: laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath ME, February 18 1943; launched June 28 1943; commissioned August 31 1943; decommissioned July 19 1946; recommissioned May 4 1951; decommissioned January 1970; stricken January 20 1970; sunk as target May 19 1974. Photo series documents the hull in dry dock at Long Beach, CA in 1965 prior to WestPac deployment - corroborating the DANFS yard overhaul completed February 5, 1965 and locating hull work at the same yard (Long Beach Naval Shipyard) named in the Dennis exposure allegation. Secondary compilations (hullnumber.com deployment table; Wikipedia summary) record a final WestPac/Vietnam deployment April-September 1968 in the interval between the 1967 DANFS narrative endpoint and the 1970 decommissioning. Disposition significance: the hull was sunk as a target (a participant account on the veterans' site records she went down 0618 May 19 1974 at 33 34'8"N, 118 34'7"W in 350 fathoms, towed by Pacific Ranger and sunk by naval gunfire), so whatever materials remained aboard went down with the hull rather than through a breaker's yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Population
- Target-tow and gunfire-support crews May 1974 (context); Long Beach Naval Shipyard trades 1965
- Limitations
- NavSource is a secondary compilation indexing official records, not a primary document; its dates cross-confirm DANFS and the class roster. The gunfire/position/350-fathoms detail rests on a participant's account on a veterans' site (members.tripod.com/USS_INGERSOLL_VETS) - non-authoritative, corroborated by Wikipedia's coordinates, carried with provenance noted. Target-preparation (stripping) activity 1970-1974 is undocumented. Does not establish materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ingersoll-dd652-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches (type=o opinions and type=r RECAP dockets), 2026-09-27 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-ingersoll-dd652-08 through sl-uss-ingersoll-dd652-10; RECAP doc gov.uscourts.jpml.375294.7272.2 (full text pulled via API)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation sweep complete with one qualifying pleading-stage record and all other hits classified. Qualifying: Dennis v. Todd Shipyards Corp. (W.D. Wash. 2:11-cv-00455), complaint Exhibit A refiled into MDL-875 as Doc. 7272-2 - names INGERSOLL (DD-652) as an exposure vessel with a per-vessel work narrative (see ev-02). Zero opinion hits: "USS Ingersoll" (type=o) = 0; "DD-652" (type=o) = 0; "DD-652" asbestos (type=o) = 0; "aboard the Ingersoll" (type=o) = 0. Docket hits classified: "USS Ingersoll" (type=r) = 1, United States v. QTC Medical Services (C.D. Cal. 2:14-cv-08961) - False Claims Act qui tam, non-asbestos, incidental vessel-name reference; "DD-652" (type=r) = 3 (the MDL-875 Dennis document; the same QTC docket; and Dehen v. Doe, S.D. Cal. 3:17-cv-00198, an assault/libel-slander docket - full-text review of its 317-page exhibit document found no 'DD-652' or 'Ingersoll' vessel reference, incidental index match). "Ingersoll" asbestos (type=r) = 1,458 hits, dominated by defendant-name collisions (Ingersoll-Rand asbestos litigation) - no vessel reference in top results; "Ingersoll" mesothelioma (type=o) = 136 hits, all surname/defendant collisions on review. Underlying W.D. Wash. Dennis docket not in RECAP; merits disposition not located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Litigation coverage is limited to CourtListener-indexed federal/state opinions and federal dockets; unindexed state trial-court filings, settled MDL-875 claimant records, and PACER-only dockets are outside coverage. The Dennis allegation remains a pleading - no merits adjudication of the exposure claim was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ingersoll-dd652-07
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[9]Batch-3627 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription (ibiblio + hazegray mirrors); NavSource index data; VA ships list; GAO HRD-80-2; Atlas shipyards dataset; CourtListener sweeps; DTIC ADA122347; NVR; MARAD/NDRF; NARA deck logs; NPS Dudley Knox Library Ingersoll Collection [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-ingersoll-dd652-01 through sl-uss-ingersoll-dd652-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Beyond the Dennis pleading, no qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-652: no hull asbestos survey, no abatement or remediation contract, no materials schedule or specification, no hazmat disclosure for the 1970-74 reserve/target-prep period, and no adjudicated finding or merits opinion naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull's lifecycle - Bath Iron Works construction 1943, service 1943-46 and 1951-70, San Diego inactivation 1970, target sinking 1974 - substantially predates the Navy's documented asbestos-removal policy era (1975/1979).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era design practice is consistent with asbestos insulation having been installed, and the Dennis complaint alleges insulation work aboard this hull specifically. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ingersoll-dd652-08
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[10]NARA RG 24 (Logbooks of U.S. Navy ships) deck logs for DD-652 - existence evidenced by the VA's deck-log-based brown-water determination; NPS Dudley Knox Library 'Ingersoll Collection' (HMC-008, 21 boxes, 1900-2018) containing DD-652 documents, correspondence, and veteran-donated materials; NARA RG 19 General Information Books (Fletcher-class material specifications) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 24 deck logs (College Park); NPS Dudley Knox Library finding aid HMC-008 (Monterey, CA); NARA RG 19 GIB series
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads not retrieved (research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 24 deck logs for DD-652 - the VA Compensation Service reviewed them to establish the Oct. 24-25, 1965 Saigon River transit, proving hull-level operational records exist; (b) the Ingersoll Collection at the Naval Postgraduate School's Dudley Knox Library (accession HMC-008) holds documents, correspondence, photographs and memorabilia relating to DD-652 and its veterans - on a restricted-access federal facility; (c) NARA RG 19 Bureau of Ships 'General Information Books' may carry per-hull material specifications.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1974 (records); 2026-09-27 (leads)
- Limitations
- Leads only - none of these collections was retrieved or reviewed; contents are unknown and may or may not bear on materials or asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ingersoll-dd652-09