Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet hj-packet.md (7 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS John Rodgers (DD-983) — named for three generations of the Rodgers family (Commodore John Rodgers, Rear Admiral John Rodgers, Commander John Rodgers II); sixth U.S. Navy ship of the name / third bearing "USS John Rodgers"
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-john-rodgers-dd983-pkt-hj-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, John Rodgers III (DD-983) entry - live NHHC page unreachable (404); verbatim capture via Internet Archive Wayback Machine, 2025-02-25 snapshot [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Wayback capture 2025-02-25, john-rodgers-iii.html - ship entry (specifications block and full service narrative)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: third ship to carry the name John Rodgers, named for Commodore John Rodgers (1772-1838), Rear Admiral John Rodgers (1812-1882), and Commander John Rodgers (1881-1926); laid down 12 August 1976 at Pascagoula, Miss., by Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries; launched 25 February 1978; christened 18 March 1978, sponsored by Mrs. Mary T. Alger Smith; commissioned at the building yard 14 July 1979, Cmdr. Michael H. Loy in command. Specifications block: displacement 7,800; length 563'4"; beam 55'; draft 29'; speed 30+ knots; complement 268; armament 2 5-inch guns, Mk-122 ASROC, Mk.29 IPDMS NATO Sea Sparrow, 6 Mk.32 torpedo tubes; 2 UH-2 or 1 SH-3D helicopter; class Spruance. Service narrative documents homeport Charleston (1979-1995) then Mayport (1995-1998); Desert Shield maritime-interdiction duty August-September 1990; UNITAS 34; Sharp Guard flagship duty in the Adriatic 1995; decommissioned and stricken 4 September 1998; NISMF Philadelphia; sold 2005 to International Shipbreaking of Brownsville, Tex., dismantling completed 2007.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1976-2007
- Population
- Ingalls Shipbuilding construction trades 1976-1979; ship's company 1979-1998 (design complement 268 per DANFS); shipyard workers at availability periods
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, construction, operations, and yard availabilities, not materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC page returned 404/unreachable on 2026-09-28; verbatim Wayback capture of the official page cited. Yard periods named in the narrative (Ingalls post-shakedown availability Jan-Apr 1980 and 11-month overhaul June 1984-Mar 1985; Philadelphia Naval Shipyard drydockings Jan 1986 and Apr-May 1987; SupShip Charleston SRA Aug-Nov 1987; Charleston Naval Shipyard SRA through 20 Jun 1989; Metro Machine Shipyard Norfolk overhaul Apr 1991-Apr 1992 incl. dry dock Jun-Aug 1991; Detyens Shipyard DSRA Jul-Nov 1996, contract terminated; Norfolk emergency drydock Aug-Sep 1995, yard unnamed) establish where hull work occurred, not what materials were disturbed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-rodgers-dd983-01
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[3]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - Enclosure I (CNO letter Ser 4542/318054, 5 Jan 1979), Attachment 1 'List of U.S. Navy Ships Delivered Since 1973 or Under Construction (Ship Class, Name and Hull Number and Status of Thermal Insulation)' [gao]
- Locator
- HRD-80-2 PDF p. 18 (enclosure page 8), DESTROYER - DD table, JOHN RODGERS 983 row; Enclosure I letter paragraphs on pp. 1-3 of the enclosure
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Ship-specific government record: the Navy's enclosure lists 'JOHN RODGERS 983' (START 10/75, DEL. 9/79) in the DESTROYER - DD table inside the 'Asbestos-free thermal insulation' annotation block spanning DD-974 through DD-992 (the label is vertically centered on the JOHN RODGERS row, the middle of the 19-row block). A printed rule under JOHN YOUNG (973) ends the bracketed 'Asbestos thermal insulation' block covering DD-963 through DD-973 - the 'first eleven of our new DD 963 class ships' the accompanying letter says were delivered with asbestos insulation 'as late as May 1978.' JOHN RODGERS falls outside the asbestos-insulation group; the table classes her thermal insulation as asbestos-free. The same letter states 'Each ship has several types of asbestos containing materials installed' among the listed ships and that 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- construction 1975-1979; report January/October 1979
- Population
- Ingalls construction trades 1976-1979; ship's company 1979+
- Limitations
- The annotation addresses thermal insulation only - the major shipboard asbestos application per the letter. It does not state that DD-983 carried no asbestos: the letter's 'several types of asbestos containing materials installed' and 'all ships presently in service' statements describe other applications (gaskets, packing, deck/floor tiling, resistor bodies, galley-range cabling, brakes/clutches) at fleet level, not itemized per hull, and DD-983 was under construction (not yet in service) at the letter date. The table's START column (10/75) precedes the keel-laying date (8/12/1976, NVR) and DEL. (9/79) postdates the actual delivery (6/25/1979, NVR) - likely contract/fabrication start and projected delivery at the January 1979 letter date; carried in gaps. Does not address later modifications, overhauls, or what remained at scrapping. Verified from the scanned PDF (26 pp.): pdftotext extraction plus a 300-dpi render of enclosure p. 8 (PDF p. 18) - pixel-level check confirms no rule under NICHOLSON 982 and the label centered on the JOHN RODGERS row. Direct gao.gov fetch returned access-denied; identical official file via Wayback.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-rodgers-dd983-02
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[4]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - report body: Navy asbestos-control program, applications, and insulation-removal policy [gao]
- Locator
- HRD-80-2 report body and Enclosure I letter (applications list; NAVSEAINST 5100.2 policy discussion; non-asbestos substitutes list)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Program-level context for the same record: GAO reported that Navy ships had multiple asbestos-containing applications - besides thermal insulation for machinery, equipment, and piping, the report names asbestos in electrical resistors, deck/floor tiling, galley-range cabling, piping gaskets and packing, and equipment brakes and clutches. The CNO letter describes the Navy's October 1975 policy (NAVSEAINST 5100.2: remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs) and notes non-asbestos substitutes approved for thermal insulation include calcium silicate (with non-asbestos fillers), fibrous glass, refractory felt, elastomeric foam, and cellular glass.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979 (report); policies of 1975+
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; ship crews (program scope)
- Limitations
- Fleet/program-level statements, not hull-specific findings: these passages describe Navy-wide applications and policy and do not establish which products were aboard DD-983 or in what locations or condition. The 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos' statement describes the fleet as of January 1979; DD-983 was under construction at that date and delivered June 1979.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-rodgers-dd983-03
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[5]Naval Vessel Register, JOHN RODGERS (DD 983) ship-detail page (archived capture; live page no longer publishes the historical data block) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wayback capture of nvr.navy.mil SHIPSDETAIL_DD_983.HTML (data block: Status/Builder/milestone dates/dimensions/propulsion/accommodations)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR administrative record for this hull: builder Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.; UIC 20615; award date 01/15/1974; keel 08/12/1976; launch 02/25/1978; delivery 06/25/1979; commission 07/14/1979; decommission 09/04/1998; stricken 09/04/1998; status 'Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling,' status changed 12/30/2006. Characteristics: overall length 563 ft, waterline length 529 ft, extreme beam 55 ft, max navigational draft 31 ft, light displacement 6,669 tons, full displacement 8,958 tons, dead weight 2,289 tons; 'Steel hull, aluminum superstructure'; 2 propellers; propulsion type 'Gas Turbines'; accommodations 34 officers, 318 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1974-2006
- Population
- Ship's company; inactive-ships custody 1998-2005; disposal 2005-2006
- Limitations
- NVR gives administrative lifecycle dates and characteristics, not materials or asbestos content. The 12/30/2006 status-change date marks disposal-completion processing; NavSource reads scrapping completed 30 December 2006 and DANFS reads the process completed in 2007 - carried in gaps. Live NVR page is a shell without the historical data block; data verified from the Wayback capture.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-rodgers-dd983-04
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[6]NHHC Archives Branch, Collection 94 (accession 2004-172/T2004-36) finding aid, entry 'USS John Rodgers (DD 983): Decommissioning and Changes, 1978-1998', Box 371, item 32 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Collection 94 finding aid, Box 371 listing, item 32
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: NHHC's Collection 94 finding aid indexes a record series titled 'USS John Rodgers (DD 983): Decommissioning and Changes, 1978-1998' in Box 371. The underlying file is an archival lead for the ship's decommissioning-period documentation and was not retrieved; finding-aid metadata only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1978-1998
- Population
- Decommissioning/disposal records 1978-1998
- Limitations
- The finding aid provides only a series title and date span; it does not establish the file's contents and contains no asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-rodgers-dd983-05
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[7]Department of the Navy - Naval History and Heritage Command, Online Library picture data: Photo NH 106901-KN, USS John Rodgers (DD-983) (verbatim NHC catalog record transcribed by ibiblio HyperWar project) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio HyperWar Online Library picture-data page for NH 106901-KN
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy photograph catalog record for this hull: NH 106901-KN (color), 'USS John Rodgers (DD-983) Underway, circa the later 1980s or early 1990s, following installation of armored box launchers for Tomahawk missiles. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.' Confirms the hull's existence in the official NHHC photographic record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- circa 1986-1995
- Population
- Ship, circa late 1980s-early 1990s
- Limitations
- Catalog description and image establish vessel identity and era context only; they do not document materials, asbestos, or yard work. The live NHHC catalog page (NH-106901.html) was unreachable during this sweep; the ibiblio transcription of the NHC picture-data page is cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-rodgers-dd983-06
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[8]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index: USS John Rodgers (DD-983) - operational-data block and photo captions (volunteer-compiled secondary source used for corroboration) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-983 page, 'As Built' data block, 'Operational and Building Data', and 'Fate' line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary corroboration for this hull: NavSource records call sign NYQL; laid down by Litton Ingalls, Pascagoula, 12 August 1976; launched 25 February 1978; commissioned 14 July 1979; decommissioned 4 September 1998; fate 'Broken up by International Shipbreakers, Brownsville, TX, completed December 30 2006'; as-built machinery four General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 80,000 shaft horsepower, two screws; crew 296.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1976-2006
- Population
- Ship's company; engineering rates
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary source - corroboration only, consistent with DANFS/NVR on dates and with NVR's status entry on disposal; not itself a primary record. NavSource's as-built crew (296) conflicts with DANFS (268) and NVR accommodations (352) - carried in gaps. LM2500/80,000-shp detail is class-typical and consistent with NVR's 'Gas Turbines' entry but is not here verified from a primary spec sheet.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-rodgers-dd983-07
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[9]NARA, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' - U.S. Navy deck-log series (Record Group 24), digitization program description [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA deck-logs research page; RG 24 logbook series
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: NARA holds U.S. Navy deck logs (RG 24) as the ship's contemporaneous operational record. For a 1979-1998 hull, only the earliest logs fall near the Vietnam-era digitization window (~through 1978); DD-983's logs reside at Archives II, College Park, with digitized coverage unverified. Deck logs and associated maintenance/availability records are the likeliest primary sources for in-port periods, yard availabilities, and any shipboard material or insulation work references.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979-1998
- Population
- Ship's company 1979-1998
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - no DD-983 deck log was retrieved or reviewed; NARA catalog API was not reachable for a hull-specific listing during this sweep. Do not treat as a located record of asbestos work.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-rodgers-dd983-08
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[10]Batch-3898 search ledger (this record): hull-specific asbestos survey / abatement / industrial-hygiene / scrapping-hazmat record search [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger entries sl-uss-john-rodgers-dd983-* (GAO, NHHC, NVR, NARA, news, and CourtListener repositories)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Negative finding: beyond the GAO/Navy thermal-insulation listing (ev-02), no hull-specific asbestos survey, abatement work package, material inventory, industrial-hygiene survey, or scrapping/dismantling hazardous-materials record for DD-983 was located in public sources. Nothing located documents non-thermal-insulation ACM aboard this hull, additions or removals during the 1984-85 Ingalls overhaul or 1991-92 Metro Machine overhaul, or hazmat handling during the 2005-2006 dismantling at International Shipbreaking, Brownsville.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28 search
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record is not evidence that no such record exists; Navy work packages, IH surveys, and disposal-prep documentation are not public in the sources searched. This negative finding bounds the record's scope - it does not negate the GAO ship-specific listing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-rodgers-dd983-09
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[11]CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches (opinion and docket types) for 'USS John Rodgers', 'John Rodgers' + asbestos, 'DD-983' and asbestos-qualified variants, 2026-09-28 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger entries sl-uss-john-rodgers-dd983-cl-*; opinion hit 6771705 (Strickland); docket hits 65423955 (Hornsby), 61080412 (Pelton), 12563192 (Wagner)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep results: opinion-type 'USS John Rodgers' returned 16 hits, all non-asbestos - court-martial (United States v. Murray, N.M.C.C.A. 2019; United States v. Hagee 1993; United States v. Collins 1978/1979), criminal (United States v. Farhane, Sabir, Hasan), contract/antitrust (Fischbach & Moore; CFTC v. R.J. Fitzgerald, which contains a personal-name 'John Rodgers' party), and habeas/other (Hittson v. GDCP Warden; Andrews v. State; Heatherwood Holdings bankruptcy; Jimmy Davis v. Alabama DOC; Reedhycalog v. Baker Hughes). Opinion-type 'DD-983' returned 1 hit: Strickland v. United States, 69 Fed. Cl. 684 (2006), a military records/pay case - non-asbestos. Opinion-type 'John Rodgers' + asbestos returned 0. Docket-type 'USS John Rodgers' returned 397 loose-token hits with no asbestos pairing ('USS John Rodgers' + asbestos = 0 dockets; 'aboard USS John Rodgers' = 0); 'DD-983' returned 10 dockets, all name collisions (Deepwater Horizon MDL, Madoff SIPA, Seroquel MDL pagination, copyright, civil rights, real property); 'DD-983' + asbestos = 0; 'John Rodgers' + asbestos returned 16 dockets including asbestos-suitNature dockets (Pelton v. John Crane, N.D. Ill. 1:21-cv-04316; Wagner v. A.C. and S., E.D. Pa. 2:07-cv-66104) whose hull attribution was not verified at document level - the phrase-plus-asbestos query returning zero indicates no indexed docket pairs the exact ship name with the asbestos token, consistent with personal-name collisions. 'USS John Rodgers' + navy sailor returned one docket - Hornsby v. United States, E.D. Va. 2:22-cv-00427, a Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act death case arising aboard USS McFaul at the Metro Machine/General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk shipyard in 2021 (resolved via case summaries) - other litigation, not this hull and not asbestos. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Sweep limited to CourtListener's indexed corpus; unindexed state-court pleadings may contain additional complaints naming the hull. Pelton and Wagner dockets matched loose-token name queries and remain unverified at document level - their role (ship-list allegation vs. personal-name collision) is unresolved; the zero-return phrase-plus-asbestos queries make qualifying matches unlikely but do not exclude unindexed or differently-phrased references. No adjudicated exposure finding was located in any event.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-rodgers-dd983-10