Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]DANFS, James E. Kyes (DD-787) - verbatim transcription (hazegray.org 'DANFS Online Project' mirror via Wayback capture 2006-09-27; live NHHC page and site-wide history.navy.mil returned 404 on 2026-09-27) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry spec block + full service narrative (hazegray mirror, Wayback id. 20060927090815)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Seattle, Wash. (text prints '27 December 1945' - internally inconsistent with the 4 August 1945 launch; 1944 is the year carried by NavSource and secondary compilations - logged in gaps); launched 4 August 1945, sponsored by Mrs. James E. Kyes; commissioned 8 February 1946, Comdr. K. E. Shook. Service narrative: China-coast operations from Shanghai November 1946; Far East deployment September 1948-April 1949 incl. Inchon January 1949; Korean War - Pohang-dong fire support 18 July 1950, escort/screening for Sicily CVE-118, Badoeng Strait CVE-116, Valley Forge CV-45, Philippine Sea CV-47, Boxer CV-21 at Inchon 15 September-3 October 1950 (Operation Chromite), Chosin breakout cover and Hungnam evacuation December 1950, U.N. Blockading and Escort Force Wonsan patrol February-March 1952, blockade/bombardment and Formosa Patrol December 1952-June 1953; seven Far East deployments 9 February 1954-12 March 1962 incl. Operation Passage to Freedom 1955, Marshall Islands nuclear-test lifeguard duty 1956, SS President Hayes grounding assist May 1959, JMSDF ASW exercise December 1961; 'in-commission-in-reserve' 16 April 1962 for FRAM I conversion at Bremerton, Wash., returned to full commission 18 December 1962; Far East deployment October 1963-April 1964 incl. Operation Back Packs on Taiwan and Hong Kong drought-relief water deliveries; Vietnam service from July 1965 incl. Bennington CVS-20 screening, Gulf of Tonkin picket, Quang Ngai gunfire support 30 August-5 September 1965; entered Long Beach Naval Shipyard 10 December 1965 for overhaul, completed post-repair shakedown 1966, returned to Far East. Six battle stars for Korean service. Spec block: 2,425 t, 390'6" x 40'11" x 18'6", 35 kt, cpl. 336; armament 6x5", 12x40mm, 8x20mm, 5x21" tt, 6 dcp, 2 dct; class Gearing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1973 (U.S. service)
- Population
- Todd-Pacific Seattle construction trades 1944-46; crews 1946-1973 (design complement 336); PSNS and LBNSY yard workers 1962 and 1965-66
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Narrative coverage ends in 1966 (entry predates decommissioning); disposal, ROC service, and scrapping are not covered. The '27 December 1945' laid-down date is a DANFS typographical error inconsistent with the August 1945 launch - the record carries 1944 per NavSource/navypedia and the conflict is logged. Mirror transcription cited because history.navy.mil returned 404 site-wide on 2026-09-27.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-james-e-kyes-dd787-01
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[2]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-787 USS James E. Kyes - Operational and Building Data (live navsource.org unreachable 2026-09-27; Wayback capture cited) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-787 page, 'Operational and Building Data' block + specifications
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource building/disposal data for this hull: laid down by Todd Shipyards, Seattle, 27 December 1944; launched 4 August 1945; commissioned 8 February 1946; completed FRAM upgrade January 1963; decommissioned and stricken 31 March 1973; transferred to Taiwan 18 April 1973 and renamed Chien Yang; reclassified guided-missile destroyer DDG-912; ROC decommissioned 1 December 2004 at Tsoying Naval Base, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Specs: 3,460 t full; 390'6" x 40'10" x 14'4"; crew 336; range 4,500 nm at 20 kt; callsign circa 1968 TWISTER.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-2004
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- NavSource is a curated secondary compilation, not a primary document; used here to supply the post-1966 record DANFS lacks and to resolve the DANFS laid-down typo (1944, consistent with the August 1945 launch). FRAM completion stated as January 1963 vs. DANFS return-to-full-commission 18 December 1962 - difference carried, not reconciled. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-james-e-kyes-dd787-02
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[3]Navypedia, 'FU YANG destroyers (1945-1947/1971-1983)' - Taiwan ex-Gearing-class member table and Wu Chin modernization note [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia tai_dd_fuyang.htm member table row 'Chien Yang (ex-James E. Kyes)' + class note paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Navypedia ROC-service record for this hull: Chien Yang (ex-James E. Kyes) listed under Taiwan's ex-Gearing destroyers with pennant DD12, renumbered 912 in 1983; built Todd-Pacific Seattle, laid down 12/1944, launched 4.8.1945, commissioned 2/1946, acquired by Taiwan 18.4.1973; stricken 12.2004. Page documents that Chien Yang was among the FRAM I destroyers modernized under the Wu Chin III conversion program (guided-missile destroyer configuration).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1973-2004
- Population
- ROC Navy crew 1973-2004; Taiwanese yard workers (Wu Chin III conversion, 2013 dismantling)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation; corroborates NavSource on transfer and 2004 disposal. No asbestos content; the Wu Chin III modernization yard, scope, and material handling are undocumented here. 'Stricken 12.2004' aligns with the 1 December 2004 decommissioning at Tsoying.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-james-e-kyes-dd787-03
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[4]Goodrich v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., Omnibus Opinion and Order, ECF No. 171, E.D. Va. No. 4:17-cv-00009 (Sept. 28, 2018) - as recited in the Atlas Gearing-class profile (ev-gearing-class-04) [court_record]
- Locator
- Goodrich ECF 171 omnibus opinion pp. 12, 19, 31 (per Atlas class-profile verification); underlying exhibits not in RECAP index
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class-design litigation recital applicable to this hull's machinery design: the Goodrich omnibus opinion recites that 'an engineering drawing for the insulation and lagging of forced draft blower turbines for the class of destroyers (DD 692, USS Allen M. Sumner class), within which the USS Harlan Dickson fell, specifies the use of amosite felts and asbestos cloths' and quotes an expert report estimating 'a partial tally of the weight of the asbestos-containing thermal insulation and lagging products in the fire ... and engine rooms of a ship belonging to the USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692) and USS Gearing (DD 710) classes of destroyers is 30.3 tons.' Gearing (DD-787's class) is the 14-foot lengthened Sumner design sharing the machinery baseline.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1940s design era; opinion filed 2018-09-28
- Population
- Destroyer fire/engine-room crews on the Sumner/Gearing design baseline
- Limitations
- Litigation-record recital of an expert report (McCloskey) and a Navy engineering drawing - neither adjudicated nor retrieved in full; the drawing addresses the shared Sumner/Gearing machinery design, not DD-787's hull, and the 30.3-ton figure is an expert partial tally of fire/engine-room insulation, not a ship inventory. The opinion characterized related exposure conclusions as speculative. Per class-profile note: class membership justifies research priority; it never becomes a ship finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-james-e-kyes-dd787-04
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[5]U.S. Naval Academy Virtual Memorial Hall, 'CDR James E. Kyes, USN' (Class of 1930); U.S. Navy Memorial navylog entry for USS Leary (DD-158) (U-275 attack identification) [other_primary]
- Locator
- usnamemorialhall.org honoree page; Navy Cross citation excerpt (Hall of Valor) embedded therein
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Namesake record: Commander James Elsworth Kyes (b. Everett, Wash., 16 April 1906; USNA Class of 1930), commanding officer of USS Leary (DD-158), was lost 24 December 1943 when Leary was torpedoed and sunk by U-275 in the North Atlantic; posthumously awarded the Navy Cross after giving his life jacket to a mess attendant during the abandonment. The ship was named for him; his widow sponsored the launch.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1906-1943; naming 1944
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Namesake biography only - memorial-hall secondary source corroborated by the Navy Cross citation text; carries no shipboard-materials or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-james-e-kyes-dd787-05
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[6]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; description-level use)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. Relevant to this hull's FRAM I (1962) and Long Beach NSY overhaul (1965-66) as program context only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers program-wide
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull-specific; fieldwork yards were elsewhere and DD-787 is not named. Full text returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch - content via product-page description. Establishes era policy context, not conditions aboard this ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-james-e-kyes-dd787-06
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[7]CourtListener API v4 sweeps 2026-09-27: "James E. Kyes" type=o (0 results); "James E. Kyes" type=r (3 loose-match dockets, none naming this hull in index text); "DD-787" OR "DD 787" OR "USS Kyes" type=o (0 results) and type=r (6 loose-match dockets, none naming this hull) - see search_ledger [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener v4 /search type=o and type=r for quoted name and hull-number queries (search_ledger sl-07..sl-09)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener litigation sweep found no opinion and no verified docket naming USS James E. Kyes or DD-787 in asbestos litigation. Quoted-name docket query returned three BM25 loose matches and the hull-number variants query six - the only asbestos-context documents among them are In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation MDL-875 exhibit 7717-3 (Cain v. Asbestos Corp., King County Wash. No. 11-2-12640-2 SEA, defendants' interrogatories) and the Cronin v. Todd Shipyards Corp. complaint (N.D. Cal. 3:08-cv-03274, Todd Shipyards defendant) - none of which contains the ship name in returned index text; underlying exhibit/complaint full texts not retrievable within the session's fleet rate budget.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- sweep date 2026-09-27
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Search-index level: a quoted query can still return documents whose full text (outside the returned snippet) contains the phrase; the MDL-875 exhibit and Cronin complaint PDFs were not fully retrieved - residual uncertainty is logged in gaps. No qualifying ship-naming asbestos case was identified. Absence of indexed litigation is not absence of claims - PACER/state-court coverage is incomplete.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-james-e-kyes-dd787-07
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[8]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 0407991 (Decision Date 2004-03-26), Docket No. 00-09 561, RO Boise, Idaho [other_primary]
- Locator
- va.gov vetapp04 0407991.txt, Introduction and Findings of Fact (Aug 1972 injury aboard USS James E. Kyes)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- BVA decision names this hull in a non-asbestos benefits claim: a veteran on active duty May 1972-August 1974 reported neck and back injury incurred aboard USS James E. Kyes in August 1972; the Board denied service connection for the neck/back disorders (not shown incurred in service / not related to service-connected sternoclavicular residuals). Independently confirms the ship operational and crewed in August 1972, consistent with the DANFS service window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- service 1972-1974; decision 2004
- Population
- U.S. Navy sailor aboard DD-787, 1972
- Limitations
- Not an asbestos or exposure claim - classified 'other litigation,' not qualifying asbestos litigation. A VA benefits adjudication contains no findings about shipboard materials; the ship name appears only as the situs of a reported orthopedic injury.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-james-e-kyes-dd787-08
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[9]Consolidated era inference - DANFS spec block + Gearing-class technical data (4 B&W superheated boilers, GE geared turbines, 60,000 shp) + Goodrich drawing recital + GAO HRD-80-2 policy context [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; gearing-class.class.json technical data; ev-04; ev-06
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this hull: a Gearing-class destroyer built 1944-46 with four Babcock & Wilcox superheated boilers and a 60,000-shp geared steam plant was built in the Navy's peak asbestos era; period-standard materials - boiler casing and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe lagging, turbine lagging, valve/flange gaskets and packing, fireproofing, deck and accommodation materials - are consistent with the class-level Goodrich drawing recital. Documented yard periods (FRAM I at Puget Sound NSY April-December 1962; Long Beach NSY overhaul December 1965-1966) are events in which era-standard insulation disturbance would have occurred under then-current practice.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Todd-Pacific construction trades 1944-46; crews 1946-1973; PSNS workers 1962; LBNSY workers 1965-66
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - establishes no ship-specific asbestos presence, quantity, product identity, or individual exposure. The ship-specific record for this hull contains no asbestos finding; this row contextualizes research, it is not evidence of condition aboard DD-787.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-james-e-kyes-dd787-09
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[10]This record's search ledger (DANFS/hazegray Wayback mirror; NavSource Wayback; navypedia Taiwan; NHHC live site 404; NVR pre-1987 exclusion; CourtListener name + hull sweeps; BVA/VA; association site dead; excluded law-firm/marketing pages) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-james-e-kyes-dd787-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located for DD-787: no hull survey, abatement contract, asbestos-materials schedule, hazmat disclosure, museum-condition record, or adjudicated/pleading-stage asbestos case naming the hull was found in the sources searched. Law-firm marketing pages asserting asbestos aboard this ship exist but are excluded as non-authoritative under the batch source rules.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- sweep date 2026-09-27
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- A negative finding bounded by the sources searched - undigitized NARA series (RG 19 BuShips records, contract specifications, SCB/FRAM work packages; RG 24 deck logs), ROC Navy disposal files, and non-indexed litigation may contain hull-level records not reachable here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-james-e-kyes-dd787-10
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[11]NARA archival leads: RG 19 General Information Books / BuShips contract and specification files (hull-level material lists); RG 24 deck logs for DD-787 (existence corroborated by VA practice in BVA docket 00-09 561); SCB/FRAM I work packages for the 1962 Puget Sound conversion; Republic of China Navy disposal records for the 2013 dismantling [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov (JS-blocked); NARA RG 19/RG 24 series descriptions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Hull-level material and maintenance records plausibly exist in undigitized federal series: NARA RG 19 (General Information Books and BuShips specification/contract files) for as-built material lists; RG 24 deck logs; SCB/FRAM work packages for the 1962 PSNS conversion and the 1965-66 LBNSY overhaul; ROC Navy transfer, Wu-Chin III conversion, and 2013 scrapping records. None were retrieved; catalog.archives.gov returned a JS-only interface to automated query.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-2013 record series
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Leads only - no document was retrieved or inspected. Catalog identifiers are not asserted; the series are named at record-group level from standard Navy-records practice and the class profile's GIB lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-james-e-kyes-dd787-11