USS INTREPID (CV-11)

Evidence

12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).

1. [1]McCrossin v. A.W. Chesterton Company, W.D. Wash. 3:14-cv-05382-RJB, Docket Entry 44-1 (filed 2014-07-31): 'Exhibit A - Master Exhibit List, CBS Corporation' (103-page litigation-filed index of asbestos-era documents) [court_record]

   Locator

   D.E. 44-1, Exhibit A entry 318 (page 17 of 103; same index filed in Yoder v. CBS, wawd.198032.40.1 p.17, and Holck v. Carrier, wawd.196409.69.1 p.17 - Holck scan OCRs the memo date as 08/24)

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   CBS Corporation's Master Exhibit List - a defendant-filed index of asbestos-era Navy and industrial-hygiene documents - catalogs entry 318: '1952/08/21 | BUSHIPS | Newport News Shipbuilding | Memorandum | USS RANDOLPH and USS INTREPID Asbestos cloth lagging for piping.' The memo is dated mid-way through this hull's SCB-27C reconstruction at Newport News Shipbuilding (work began April 1952, recommissioned June 1954 per NHHC); Randolph was in the same yard session (work began June 1951). The list's category table describes covered records as 'Records of the National Archives relating to the shipyard(s) or vessel(s) at Issue, Including but not limited to documents associated with the general arrangement, machinery arrangement, piping and Insulation arrangement, listing of machinery, overhauls, material Inspections, departure reports, and correspondence between the U.S. Navy and manufacturers.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1952 (memo date); index filed 2014

   Population

   n/a (document index; memo concerns piping aboard USS Intrepid and USS Randolph)

   Limitations

   The index entry itself is verified verbatim; the underlying BuShips memorandum is NOT retrieved - its contents beyond the indexed subject line (whether the cloth lagging was specified, supplied, or installed; quantities; locations) are unknown. The index was filed by defendant CBS Corp. (Westinghouse successor) as litigation disclosure; it is a catalog reference, not the memo or a shipyard record production. Does not establish exposure for any individual.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-intrepid-cv11-01

2. [2]Corley v. Long-Lewis, Inc., 688 F. Supp. 2d 1315 (N.D. Ala. 2010) [court_record]

   Locator

   Opinion at 688 F. Supp. 2d 1316-1317 (amended-complaint summary of employment history)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Published federal summary-judgment opinion quotes plaintiff Charles Corley's First Amended Complaint: a U.S. Navy boiler-room technician and ship-wide maintenance worker (1946-1973) alleged exposure to asbestos-containing turbines, motors, generators, gaskets, pumps, valves, electrical equipment, brakes, furnaces, cements, and air compressors across a service history expressly listing USS Intrepid among twelve vessels (also USS Cavalier, USS George Clymer, USS Seminole, USAT Monterrey, USS Franklin Delano Roosevelt, USS Valley Forge, USNS Mississinewa, USS Albany, USS YR-65, USNS Caloosa Hatchee, USS West Milton). Intrepid's commissioned service (1943-1974) overlaps Corley's stated 1946-1973 Navy service. Re-verified 2026-09-19 against a reproduced F.Supp.2d reporter page (Knowles v. Chesterton removal package, gov.uscourts.jpml.375294.8585.1, p.228 of 352).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   Service 1946-1973; opinion filed 2010-01-28

   Population

   Navy boiler-room technician and ship-wide maintenance worker, USN 1946-1973 (plaintiff)

   Limitations

   Pleading-level allegation quoted within a summary-judgment opinion (the opinion itself addresses federal-officer removal jurisdiction); exposure aboard this specific hull was not adjudicated and the ship is one of twelve vessels named, with no exposure apportioned among them. Establishes an allegation of record, not the fact of exposure, product identification aboard this hull, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-intrepid-cv11-02

3. [3]Declaration of Capt. Arnold P. Moore, USNR (Ret.), P.E., in Smith and Smith v. Anchor Packing Co. et al., S.D.N.Y. 08-CV-07219 (executed Sept. 2008; filed as Ex. 6 to Albrecht plaintiffs' motion to vacate conditional transfer order, In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, MDL-875 doc. 7836-6, entered 2011-09-13) [court_record]

   Locator

   MDL-875 doc. 7836-6, declaration caption + paragraphs 9-10, 19 (Intrepid allegation and 1942 Handbook recital) - OCR of scanned PDF (fax header Sep. 8, 2008)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Docketed expert declaration in the Kenneth Alton Smith Jr. and Cheryl Smith action recites the allegation in a second asbestos action naming this hull: 'Plaintiffs who allege injury by the exposure to asbestos and asbestos-containing products that Plaintiff Kenneth Alton Smith, Jr. received aboard the USS Intrepid (CV-11) from 1964 to 1968,' including a failure-to-warn theory against Viad Corporation (successor to evaporator maker Griscom-Russell Company); Viad had removed the action to S.D.N.Y. asserting Navy specifications barred warnings. The declaration rebuts that defense with era Navy documents, including the 1942 Navy Shipment Marking Handbook 'that governed shipping requirements for all material provided during the construction of the USS Intrepid (CV11) at the Newport News Shipbuilding Company' - paragraph 7 of which required that 'any necessary instructions for assembling of material or warning as to handling, storage and operation shall be packed with such material.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   Alleged exposure 1964-1968; declaration executed Sept. 2008, filed in MDL-875 2011

   Population

   Navy sailor aboard USS Intrepid 1964-1968 (alleged)

   Limitations

   Pleading-stage allegation as recited in a docketed expert declaration; the Smith complaint itself was not retrieved and no adjudication of exposure aboard this hull exists. The 1964-1968 alleged exposure window post-dates the 1952-54 reconstruction. The Navy-documents argument is expert opinion on warning duties, not evidence that asbestos warnings were or were not given for this hull's equipment.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-intrepid-cv11-03

4. [4]McAlvey v. Atlas Copco Compressors, L.L.C., S.D. Ill. 3:14-cv-00064-SMY-SCW, Orders of 2015-07-01 (D.E. 404) and 2015-08-28 (D.E. 415, 416) (Yandle, J.) [court_record]

   Locator

   D.E. 404 at 1-3 (service recital; Owens-Illinois SJ denied); D.E. 416 at 1-4 (same recital; Ingersoll-Rand SJ denied; asbestosis diagnosis); D.E. 415 (Spear expert-testimony motions denied); D.E. 401 (Honeywell 12(b)(2) dismissal)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Three docketed court orders in an asbestosis action recite plaintiff Gerald D. McAlvey's Navy service history from exhibits: USS Bremerton (1954-56), USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (1956-57), and 'the last ship he served on was the USS Intrepid, which he boarded on June 25, 1957 and left on May 5, 1958.' The orders recite his account of replacing asbestos-containing pump packing - work that 'produced dust, and Plaintiff breathed in the dust' - specifically aboard Bremerton and Roosevelt, and his May 1, 2013 asbestosis diagnosis. Summary judgment for Owens-Illinois and Ingersoll-Rand was DENIED; expert-testimony limits were also denied.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   Service 1954-1958 (Intrepid 1957-58); diagnosis 2013; orders 2015

   Population

   Navy sailor aboard USS Intrepid June 1957-May 1958; asbestosis

   Limitations

   Summary-judgment-stage recital of plaintiff's service records and deposition account; the orders deny defendants' motions, leaving the exposure claim unadjudicated. The asbestos-work recital (packing on Ingersoll-Rand pumps; 'produced dust') is tied to Bremerton and Roosevelt - the orders document only service dates aboard Intrepid with no Intrepid-specific work described. A fourth order dismissed Honeywell on personal-jurisdiction grounds (12(b)(2)) - a jurisdictional disposition, not a merits finding. Case terminated 2016-01-28; resolution mechanism not located in public sources.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-intrepid-cv11-04

5. [5]McCurdy v. John Crane-Houdaille, Inc., D. Md. 1:07-cv-02681-WDQ, Memorandum Opinion of 2013-06-18 (Quarles, J.) [court_record]

   Locator

   D.E. 255, memorandum opinion at 1-3 (service recital, ECF cites), enclave holding, Boyle-factor analysis, and conclusion (remand granted)

   Finding type

   litigation_product_id

   Finding

   Memorandum opinion on removal jurisdiction recites facts 'not in dispute': plaintiff Michael J. McCurdy joined the Naval Reserves in 1967 and in 1969 'reported for active duty Navy service in Philadelphia where he was assigned to the USS Intrepid, which was in dry dock'; 'On the Intrepid, Mr. McCurdy worked as a machinist mate in the engine room; among his duties was replacing gaskets'; 'The gaskets and packing were made by defendants Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC and Greene Tweed & Co. or their predecessors' (sourced to defendants' own schedules of products with approved specifications, ECF 212-9); and 'McCurdy believed that the Intrepid's turbines were manufactured by defendants General Electric or Westinghouse.' The opinion also recites that 'in 1970, the Intrepid ran aground and was placed in dry dock in Boston' where 'the turbines were opened,' and that McCurdy was diagnosed with mesothelioma in April-May 2007 and died November 10, 2007. The court held the Intrepid's dry-dock status did not create federal enclave jurisdiction and that Greene Tweed's conclusory federal-contractor defense failed the third Boyle factor - plaintiffs' motion to remand granted.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   Active duty 1969-1971; diagnosis 2007; opinion 2013-06-18

   Population

   Machinist's mate in USS Intrepid engine room ~1969-1971; mesothelioma (deceased 2007)

   Limitations

   Record facts recited as undisputed in a jurisdictional opinion; the court decided only removal/enclave questions and remanded - no exposure, product-content, or causation finding was adjudicated. The gasket/packing attribution rests on defendants' schedules of products with approved specifications (ECF 212-9) as recited, not on a merits adjudication of exposure aboard this hull; the turbine attribution is the plaintiff's stated 'belief.' The service timeline (Intrepid 'in dry dock' at Philadelphia ~1969; 1970 grounding and Boston dry dock) is plaintiff's account and is not corroborated here against ship movement records. Opinion is a scanned document; text verified by OCR.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-intrepid-cv11-05

6. [6]Hickman v. CBS Corporation, D. Del. 1:16-cv-00308, Report and Recommendations of 2017-10-02 (Fallon, M.J.) [court_record]

   Locator

   D.E. 202, R&R at 5-6 (Philadelphia service and ship list; asbestos-exposure association)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Report and Recommendations recites plaintiff's deposition testimony: transferred to Philadelphia for three years beginning 1975, 'he removed valves and pumps from decommissioned ships, which were then reused aboard active vessels. Some of the ships he went aboard include the USS Iowa, the USS Wisconsin, the USS Intrepid, the USS Keasarge [sic], the USS Northampton, the USS Salem, and a few smaller ships. Plaintiff associates asbestos exposure in Philadelphia with removing lagging or asbestos material from the pumps and valves.' Intrepid lay at Philadelphia after her March 1974 decommissioning until museum transfer in 1981, fitting the 1975-78 decommissioned-stripping window. The R&R recommends granting defendants' summary-judgment motions.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   Philadelphia work 1975-1978; R&R 2017

   Population

   Navy machinist assigned to Philadelphia ship work 1975-1978

   Limitations

   Deposition testimony recited in a Report and Recommendations that resolved against the plaintiff - an allegation of exposure aboard this hull at testimony stage, not an adjudicated finding. The lagging/'asbestos material' attribution is the plaintiff's own characterization; he 'does not know who manufactured these materials.' Does not establish product identification or causation aboard this hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-intrepid-cv11-06

7. [7]National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form, USS Intrepid (CV-11), NRHP/NHL 86000082 (designated NHL 1986-01-14; prepared May 1985) [nps]

   Locator

   NHL nomination, Item 7 (description) continuation sheet; machinery data block; statement of significance

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Federal landmark nomination documents that, despite modernization, 'her basic hull design, engines, machinery, operational equipment and hundreds of individual compartments remain intact from World War II' - original 1941-43 fabric persists aboard this hull. Machinery data lists 4-shaft Westinghouse turbines and 8 Babcock & Wilcox boilers; significance statement credits five World War II battle stars.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1943 construction; nomination 1985

   Population

   n/a (fabric documentation)

   Limitations

   Documents survival of original wartime fabric aboard this hull; contains no asbestos or insulation-material analysis - fiber content of retained materials is not established by this source.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-intrepid-cv11-07

8. [8]DANFS, Intrepid IV (CV-11) + NHHC Online Library SCB-27 and SCB-125 program pages - construction, battle-damage repairs, and yard-period record (verbatim transcriptions; live NHHC pages returned 404 on 2026-09-19) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS service narrative (1944-45 repair paragraphs; 1952-65 conversion/overhaul paragraphs); NHHC scb27cl.htm Intrepid entry; scb125cl.htm Intrepid entry ('Steam catapults. Received SCB-125 refit in 1956-57')

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Documented exposure-relevant yard periods for this hull: Hunter's Point repairs after the 17 February 1944 torpedo hit (arrived 1944-03-22, back in fighting trim June 1944); San Francisco repairs after kamikaze damage (arrived 1944-12-20, and again 1945-05-19 after the 16 April 1945 hit); decommissioning at Norfolk Naval Shipyard 1952-04-09 followed by SCB-27C reconstruction at Newport News Shipbuilding (work began April 1952; recommissioned in reserve 1954-06-18 as CVA-11, full commission October 1954; first carrier to launch aircraft with American-built steam catapults, 1954-10-13); seven-month SCB-125-era modernization at New York Navy Yard from September 1956 (angled flight deck, mirror landing system); Norfolk Navy Yard ASW overhaul 1962; FRAM at New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, from April 1965 - the yard's final FRAM job, completed at Bayonne, N.J.; three Vietnam deployments 1966-1969.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1944-1965 yard periods; 1966-1969 deployments

   Population

   Hunter's Point, Norfolk NSY, Newport News, and New York Naval Shipyard trades; crew across commission periods

   Limitations

   The yard periods themselves are ship-specific and documented; the asbestos rip-out and re-insulation scope of each is inferred from era practice, not documented per-hull (except as indexed in ev-01 for the 1952-54 rebuild). Does not establish exposure for any individual worker or crewmember. DANFS entry ends mid-1967; post-1967 dates rely on museum/NPS sources.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-intrepid-cv11-08

9. [9]NHHC SCB-27 program page (Intrepid: 'Reconstructed to SCB-27C design by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Work began in April 1952; recommissioned as CVA-11 in June 1954') vs. DANFS Intrepid IV ('decommissioned in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard 9 April 1952 for conversion') [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   NHHC scb27cl.htm Intrepid entry; DANFS cv11.html 1952-54 paragraphs; batch-03 uss-intrepid-cv11 ev-03

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   CORRECTION to the batch-03 record: batch-03 described Intrepid's modernization as an 'SCB-27A conversion at Norfolk Naval Shipyard.' NHHC's SCB-27 program page records Intrepid as SCB-27C (steam catapults) reconstructed by Newport News Shipbuilding, work beginning April 1952, recommissioning June 1954. DANFS reconciles the two: Intrepid decommissioned at Norfolk Naval Shipyard 9 April 1952 'for conversion to a modern attack aircraft carrier' - Norfolk was the decommissioning yard, Newport News the reconstruction yard, and the variant was 27C not 27A. Consistent markers: SCB-27C received steam catapults, and DANFS records Intrepid as the first carrier to launch aircraft with American-built steam catapults (1954-10-13). The corrected attribution also aligns with the BuShips asbestos-lagging memo indexed at ev-01 (BuShips to Newport News, August 1952).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   correction

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1952-1954

   Population

   n/a (source reconciliation)

   Limitations

   Corrects the variant/yard attribution carried in the batch-03 record and the Essex-class profile's member list pending revision; does not change the underlying fact of a 1952-54 stem-to-stern reconstruction or its insulation-disturbance inference.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-intrepid-cv11-09

10. [10]DANFS, Intrepid IV (CV-11) spec block + NHL nomination machinery description [nhhc_danfs]

    Locator

    DANFS spec block; NHL nomination Item 7 machinery paragraph; era material suite per BuShips TM ch.39 (see essex-class profile ev-06)

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Essex-class carriers were built 1941-44 under peak-era Navy insulation specifications; Intrepid's eight Babcock & Wilcox boilers and four-shaft Westinghouse turbine plant (per NHL nomination) and associated piping would have been lagged and gasketed with era-standard materials, and boiler/fireroom insulation, steam-line lagging, deck tile, and bulkhead materials were standard class-era asbestos applications.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    1941-1943

    Population

    Construction trades (Newport News, 1941-43); crew across commission periods

    Limitations

    Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey located. Names the class standard and this hull's documented machinery configuration, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; does not establish what remains aboard today. The ev-01 BuShips memo index provides the only hull-specific asbestos-material reference (piping cloth lagging, 1952 rebuild era).

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-intrepid-cv11-10

11. [11]Intrepid Museum, 'Intrepid at 75' history page; USNI Naval History; contemporaneous NYT/AP-NBC coverage of the 2006-08 renovation [museum_official]

    Locator

    intrepidmuseum.org/intrepid-75; nbcnews.com wbna26989870 (renovation scope); Light Source v. DDI, 2010 WL 2351489 (E.D. Mich.) renovation-contract recital

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Museum, USNI, and press accounts document disposition chain: after final decommissioning 15 March 1974 the ship lay at Philadelphia through the 1976 Bicentennial; Secretary of the Navy John Lehman signed the ship over to a private group in 1981; museum opened at Pier 86 (soft opening 4 July 1982; official launch 3 August 1982). In 2006-08 the ship was dredged from the Pier 86 mud berth, drydocked at Bayonne, N.J., for hull repairs and recoating (first time out of water in ~30 years), then renovated at Staten Island's Stapleton dock - with 'the opening of formerly sealed spaces and expanded interactive museum exhibits' - before returning to a rebuilt Pier 86 in October 2008; the Light Source v. DDI opinions confirm a 'comprehensive renovation and restoration of a museum located aboard the USS Intrepid' awarded ~February 2008 with exhibit fabrication contracted out.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    1974-present; renovation 2006-2008

    Population

    Museum staff, volunteers, and renovation contractors (contemporary)

    Limitations

    Establishes disposition and the documented 2006-08 renovation scope (hull steel, propellers, paint, interior renovation, exhibits); none of the accessible museum, court, or press accounts document any asbestos survey, abatement, or hazmat element of that work - the absence is recorded in the negative-finding row.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-intrepid-cv11-11

12. [12]This record's search ledger: CourtListener opinion/docket/RECAP sweeps; Intrepid Museum official site; NYT/AP/NBC renovation coverage; NPS NHL file; NHHC program pages; NVR/NavSource access attempts [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-intrepid-cv11-01 through sl-uss-intrepid-cv11-14

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No hull-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, or museum hazmat disclosure located for ex-Intrepid in the public sources searched, and the accessible coverage of the 2006-08 Bayonne drydock/Stapleton renovation documents hull-steel, propeller, paint, and exhibit work with no asbestos element described. CourtListener docket-level sweeps additionally located the Montgoris (S.D.N.Y. 2007) and Holinka (S.D.N.Y. 2007) asbestos actions with 'USS Intrepid' appearing in image-only filings whose documents are unavailable in RECAP - docketed mentions, context unverified (see search_ledger).

    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 - the NHL nomination's documented survival of original 1943 machinery and compartments is consistent with retained era materials, and the ev-01 index shows a ship-specific asbestos memo exists in a litigation collection. 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-intrepid-cv11-12