Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet he-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERDICT: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-jonas-ingram-dd938-pkt-he-packet-md
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[2]Yates v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., No. 5:12-cv-752-FL (E.D.N.C.); orders include 2014 WL 348301 (Jan. 31, 2014), 2014 WL 4923603 (Sept. 30, 2014), June 29, 2015 Daubert order (DE 455), and 2015 WL 9222834 (Dec. 17, 2015) [court_record]
- Locator
- Docket 5:12-cv-00752 (E.D.N.C.); complaint exposure recital per Goldberg Segalla case note; published orders 2014 WL 348301, 2014 WL 4923603, DE 455 (June 29, 2015), 2015 WL 9222834; hullnumber.com DD-938 crew roster (1959, SN Graham Yates, Morrisville NC)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Qualifying federal asbestos litigation naming this hull at the pleading stage: plaintiff Graham Yates (mesothelioma diagnosed August 13, 2012) alleged asbestos exposure as a U.S. Navy seaman aboard USS Jonas Ingram (DD-938) and USS Clarence Bronson (DD-668) during 1957-1960, plus brake products and other sites circa 1956-1970. Filed November 16, 2012 before Judge Louise Wood Flanagan. Procedural posture: defendants associated with shipboard equipment (FMC, Foster Wheeler, GE, IMO et al.) received unopposed summary judgment January 2014; the September 30, 2014 order applied North Carolina's Jones/Lohrmann frequency-regularity-proximity test to the remaining claims; the June 29, 2015 order (text verified in hand, CCH-hosted PDF) excluded portions of causation expert Dr. Eugene Mark's 'every exposure' testimony under Daubert; December 17, 2015 reconsideration order resolved the remaining claims against Ford Motor Co. and Honeywell for defendants (Law360: 'Ford, Honeywell Win Dismissal Of Asbestos Suit'). Hull attribution corroborated independently: the hullnumber.com DD-938 crew roster lists 'Graham Yates, SN (seaman), 1959, Morrisville NC' - matching the Wake County NC plaintiff; during 1957-60 the only USS Jonas Ingram was DD-938.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-1960 (alleged exposure); 2012-2015 (litigation)
- Population
- Graham Yates (USN seaman 1957-60; mesothelioma); crew and shipyard populations aboard DD-938 1957-1960
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation only - the vessel-exposure claim was never adjudicated on the merits: defendants tied to shipboard work exited on unopposed summary judgment, and the case concluded on brake-product causation grounds (defense result), which establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull. Hull naming rests on the complaint as described in defense counsel's published case summary, consistent case metadata, and the crew-roster corroboration; the complaint document itself was not pulled (CourtListener quota-limited this session). Verifies that litigation naming the hull exists and that the plaintiff served aboard - not that exposure occurred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jonas-ingram-dd938-01
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[3]DANFS, Jonas Ingram (DD-938) (builder, dates, service narrative through 1967; verbatim transcription at globalsecurity.org - live NHHC page returns 404; archived copy exists at wayback for legacy URL history.navy.mil/danfs/j4/jonas_ingram.htm) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, construction paragraph + service narrative (globalsecurity.org transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 15 June 1955 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass.; launched 7 August 1956, sponsored by Mrs. Lawrence Hays Jr., daughter of Admiral Ingram; commissioned 19 July 1957 at Boston Naval Shipyard, Cmdr. G. L. Rawlings in command (builder yard hull no. 1650 per Navypedia/Naval Marine Archive class data; ordered 3 February 1954). Service narrative: shakedown Caribbean and South American west coast; West Indies patrols from February 1958; first Sixth Fleet deployment September 1958 - March 1959; Mayport homeport from June 1959; Project Mercury nose-cone recovery 25 June 1959; SOLANT AMITY flagship (Rear Admiral E. C. Stephen) August-November 1959 with French/South African exercises and nine African countries; air-sea rescue cover for President Eisenhower's flights around the May 1960 Paris Summit; Congo UN support March-September 1961; NATO exercises October-December 1961; Malta independence ceremonies 21 September 1964; Gemini GT-2 recovery December 1964 and Gemini 6 recovery December 1965; with Stribling (DD-867) first U.S. warships to visit Port Said in ~15 years, September 1966; Lantflex 66-2; Sixth Fleet deployment from July 1967.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1955-1967 (narrative coverage)
- Population
- Bethlehem Fore River construction trades 1955-57; Boston Naval Shipyard fitting-out workers; crew 1957-1983
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction and service history, not materials or asbestos content. Narrative coverage ends in 1967 (entry written before the 1969-70 conversion and later events). Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jonas-ingram-dd938-02
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[4]navysite.de USS Jonas Ingram (DD-938) history and general characteristics; corroborated by NavSource Destroyer Photo Index DD-938 captions, Naval Cover Museum designation history, and NHHC official photograph record [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite.de/dd/dd938.htm history + general-characteristics table; navsource.org/archives/05/938.htm photo captions; navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/JONAS_INGRAM_DD_938 designation dates
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-1967 record for this hull: decommissioned 29 April 1969 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for a 15-month ASW modernization (one Mk 42 5-inch mount removed, Mk 16 ASROC launcher installed, electronics/communications modernized, engineering plant converted to JP-5 fuel); recommissioned August 1970. Sixth Fleet/NATO, Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf, and Lebanon/MNF deployments through 1982; 25 June 1973 rescue of 58 survivors of the capsized Indian merchantman Saudi off Somalia (Meritorious Unit Commendation); overhauls/drydock September 1974 - June 1975 and March 1979 - May 1980 (yards unidentified); Baltic rescue of seven Finnish mariners 4 October 1976; decommissioned at Mayport 4 March 1983; stricken 15 June 1983. Propulsion table: four 1,200-psi boilers, two steam turbines, two shafts, 32+ knots; crew 17 officers / 287 enlisted (secondary-source figure).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1967-1988
- Population
- Philadelphia Naval Shipyard workers 1969-70; crew 1970-1983
- Limitations
- navysite.de and NavSource are volunteer secondary naval references, not official publications; dates corroborate across NavSource, Naval Cover Museum, and the NHHC-credited 21 July 1970 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard official photo (via Wikimedia Commons). The 1974-75 and 1979-80 overhaul yards are not identified in these sources. Crew figure conflicts with other secondary sources (304 vs 311) - not carried in the record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jonas-ingram-dd938-03
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[5]Naval Submarine League archive, 'In the News' quoting TriPent Times (12 August 1988): ex-Jonas Ingram sunk by Mk 48 ADCAP torpedo 23 July 1988, first live-warshot ADCAP firing; corroborated by NAVAIR Warfighter's Encyclopedia Mk-48 entry and official U.S. Navy sinking photograph [reputable_press]
- Locator
- archive.navalsubleague.org/1989/in-the-news-14 (TriPent Times, 12 Aug 1988); navysite.de DD-938 page (sinking credit to Norfolk SSN-714)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposition record for this hull: retained as a test hulk after striking, the ex-Jonas Ingram was sunk on 23 July 1988 by a Mk 48 ADCAP torpedo fired by USS Norfolk (SSN-714) - the first live-warshot firing of the ADCAP, completing a year-long test program. Sinking was photographed by the U.S. Navy (image cataloged via Wikimedia Commons as an official Navy photograph).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1988
- Population
- None aboard (test hulk); post-sinking site
- Limitations
- Documents disposition only. No hull-specific hazardous-materials removal or environmental record for the 1988 sinking was located; the sinking pre-dates the EPA-Navy SINKEX agreement framework.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jonas-ingram-dd938-04
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[6]navysite.de propulsion record (4 x 1,200-psi boilers, 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts) + Atlas shipyard dataset records 'fore-river-shipyard' and 'bethlehem-shipbuilding' (tier-3 documented asbestos yards; Oliver v. General Electric, D. Md. 1:16-cv-01057, pipefitter apprentice at Fore River 1967-70) + NARA RG19 General Information Books archival lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite.de DD-938 general-characteristics block; shipyards.json records 'fore-river-shipyard', 'bethlehem-shipbuilding'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer built 1955-57 at Bethlehem Steel's Fore River Shipyard with a four-boiler geared steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, deck coverings, and electrical insulation. Builder Fore River Shipyard is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 3; asbestos products and 1967-70 pipefitter litigation). NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are the archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1955-1983
- Population
- Bethlehem Fore River construction trades 1955-57; crew 1957-1983
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific material document was located for this hull; this row adds context, not an independent ship-specific finding. NARA GIB retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jonas-ingram-dd938-05
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[7]NavSource DD-938 caption record (29 April 1969 decommissioning + 15-month ASW conversion at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard) + Atlas shipyard dataset record 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard' (tier-3; documented asbestos products incl. Eagle-Picher Super 60, Kaylo, Unibestos, Johns-Manville pipe insulation; $7.25M Merwitz verdict for 1965-70 shipfitter; OSHA 1989 inspection with 90% bulk asbestos sample) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/05/938.htm caption block; shipyards.json record 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Yard-context for a documented ship-specific event: this hull underwent a 15-month ASW conversion at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (April 1969 - August 1970), a period when the yard is documented in the Atlas dataset as a tier-3 asbestos site with named products and worker litigation. Yard-period scope (whether asbestos work occurred on this hull during the conversion) is undocumented.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1969-1970
- Population
- Philadelphia Naval Shipyard workers 1969-70
- Limitations
- Yard-level asbestos documentation for the site, not this hull - no record was located tying asbestos work to DD-938's 1969-70 availability. The conversion is ship-specific; the asbestos exposure environment is yard-level context, not a hull finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jonas-ingram-dd938-06
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[8]April 2012 petition to U.S. EPA re Navy SINKEX program (MPRSA/TSCA): EPA acknowledges SINKEX vessels are sunk containing asbestos, PCBs, lead paint and other hazardous materials; seeks removal requirements and studies [federal_register]
- Locator
- epa.gov document repository, petition_april_2012-_sinkex.pdf
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Program-level context for this hull's disposition: ex-Jonas Ingram was sunk as a target in 1988, before the EPA-Navy SINKEX environmental framework; EPA-acknowledged SINKEX practice leaves hazardous materials including asbestos aboard sunken hulls. No hull-specific hazmat inventory or removal record for ex-Jonas Ingram was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1988-2012
- Population
- Post-disposal environment; not a worker cohort
- Limitations
- Program-level document not naming this hull; the petition is advocacy text hosted at epa.gov, not an EPA finding. Establishes that era SINKEX vessels retained hazardous materials generally - nothing about DD-938's specific condition at sinking.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jonas-ingram-dd938-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 search sweep: 'Jonas Ingram' type=o; 'DD-938' and docket-level queries [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 type=o 'Jonas Ingram' (1 hit, name collision); RECAP/docket expansion pending
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search for 'Jonas Ingram' returned one result - Ingram v. State, 124 Ga. 448 (1905), a criminal defendant name collision, not the ship. No published opinion adjudicates asbestos exposure aboard DD-938; the qualifying litigation (Yates) exists at pleading/discovery stage only and resolved adversely to plaintiff on causation grounds. Negative at the adjudicated-opinion level; the docketed case is recorded at ev-uss-jonas-ingram-dd938-01.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1905-2026
- Population
- n/a (search sweep)
- Limitations
- Opinion-level sweep only - district-court orders and complaints (the Yates record) live at docket level and may not be indexed as opinions. Docket-level (type=r) sweep was quota-blocked this session; see search_ledger. Absence of an adjudicated opinion does not establish absence of exposure or of asbestos aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jonas-ingram-dd938-08
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[10]NARA, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' (digitized-log index) + series 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1992' (NAID 594258) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (index checked 2026-09-28; DD-938 absent); NAID 594258
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: DD-938 does not appear on NARA's online digitized deck-log index; deck logs for this hull's commissioned periods (1957-69, 1970-78+) exist within the 1941-1992 series at Archives II (College Park) but are not online. Deck logs and NARA RG19 General Information Books could contain period maintenance/material detail unavailable in published sources.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-1983
- Population
- n/a (archival lead)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - logs not retrieved; contents unknown. Deck logs typically document operations, not materials; value is for yard-period and event confirmation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jonas-ingram-dd938-09