Evidence
16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).
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[1]research packet zbt-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-pkt-zbt-packet-md
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[2]Naval Vessel Register (NAVSEA), ship detail for JOSEPH HEWES (FFT 1078), ex-DE 1078/FF 1078 - live page dead; Internet Archive capture 2016-11-29 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail FFT-1078 milestone dates + physical characteristics block (Wayback capture 2016-11-29)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official register record for this hull (archived NVR ship-detail page, last updated 2002-02-28): 'JOSEPH HEWES (FFT 1078) (ex - DE 1078, FF 1078) FRIGATE (RESERVE TRAINING)', UIC 20049, class FFT 1078; builder 'Avondale Marine Ways Inc., Westwego, LA'; award 08/25/1966; keel 05/14/1969; launch 03/07/1970; delivery 04/06/1971; commission 04/24/1971; decommission 06/30/1994; stricken 01/11/1995; status 'Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, cash sale, ex-US fleet hull foreign military sale case number assigned', status changed 09/29/1999, custodian TAIWAN. Physical: 438 ft overall, 47 ft beam, 25 ft max navigational draft, 4,192 tons full displacement, steel hull/aluminum superstructure, steam turbines, 1 propeller, accommodations 18 officers/287 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1966-2002 (record coverage)
- Limitations
- Register-level milestones and disposal status only; contains no operational narrative and no materials/asbestos content. Live NVR URL no longer serves this disposed-hull record; reliance is on the 2016 Wayback capture of the official page. NVR accommodations figure is a design capacity, not a muster count.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Joseph Hewes (DE 1078) page 06/06021078 (Wayback capture 2024-12-09; live page rate-limited this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-1078 page: 'Building and Operational Data' chronology; 'Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons' block; 'Specifications' block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled secondary record for this hull (NavSource building/operational data and awards block): building contract awarded 25 August 1966 to Avondale Shipyard Inc.; keel 15 May 1969; launched 07 March 1970 sponsored by Mrs. Caroline Groves Gayler (wife of VAdm. Noel A. M. Gayler); commissioned 24 April 1971 at Boston Naval Shipyard, Cmdr. Robert E. Klee commanding, assigned CruDesLant Newport R.I.; reclassified Frigate (FF 1078) 30 June 1975; assigned Naval Reserve Force Atlantic at Charleston S.C. 30 September 1991; reclassified Training Frigate (FFT 1078) 15 December 1991; decommissioned at Ingleside, Tex. 30 June 1994 and leased to Taiwan as ROCS Lan Yang (FF-935); struck 11 January 1995. Awards block: Combat Action Ribbon; Joint Meritorious Unit Award w/ OLC; Navy Battle 'E'; Navy Expeditionary Medal; National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ 2 stars; Vietnam Service Medal w/ 1 star; Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. Spec block: 2 Combustion Engineering 1,200-psi boilers, 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 35,000 shp, 1 shaft, 27 kt; complement 16/211.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1966-1995
- Limitations
- Compiled volunteer-run secondary source, not an official record - used for sponsor/commissioning detail, NRF assignment, and award/spec display where it corroborates NVR/statute anchors. Vietnam Service Medal and Combat Action Ribbon indicate combat-zone operations; specific cruise dates/operations are not independently confirmed in retrieved official sources. Keel date (05/15) conflicts with NVR (05/14). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-02
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[4]Public Law 103-174 (103d Congress, enacted 1993-12-02), Sec. 1(6), 107 Stat. 2000 - 'To authorize the leasing of naval vessels to certain foreign countries' [other_primary]
- Locator
- P.L. 103-174 Sec. 1(6), 107 Stat. 2000
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Federal statute naming this hull: 'AUTHORITY TO LEASE NAVAL VESSELS TO CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES' - Sec. 1(6) authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to lease 'to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (the Taiwan instrumentality that is designated pursuant to section 10(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act) ... the "KNOX" class frigates JOSEPH HEWES (FFT 1078), COOK (FF 1083), and BARBEY (FF 1088).' The hull was leased to Taiwan on 30 June 1994, the day of its U.S. decommissioning (NVR; NavSource).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1993-1994
- Limitations
- The statute names the hull and authorizes the lease; it contains no condition-survey, hazardous-material, or asbestos language - it documents the disposal pathway, not the ship's materials content. Enrolled-bill text at govinfo (H.R. 3471); enactment metadata (P.L. 103-174, signed 1993-12-02) verified via GovTrack.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-03
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[5]Public Law 105-262 (105th Congress, enacted 1998-10-17), Sec. 8110(b)(7)(A), 112 Stat. 2324 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, FY1999 [other_primary]
- Locator
- P.L. 105-262 Sec. 8110(b)(7)(A), 112 Stat. 2324
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Second federal statute naming this hull: FY1999 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, Sec. 8110(b) 'Transfers of Vessels by Sale' authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer on a sales basis under AECA Sec. 21 '(7) To the Taipai [sic] Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States ... (A) the KNOX class frigates PEARY (FF 1073), JOSEPH HEWES (FF 1078), COOK (FF 1083), BREWTON (FF 1086), KIRK (FF 1987) [sic - FF 1087], and BARBEY (FF 1088).' This sale authorization corresponds to the NVR status change of 09/29/1999 ('transferred, cash sale, ex-US fleet hull foreign military sale').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1998-1999
- Limitations
- Statutory sale authorization, not a record of ship condition; no hazmat/asbestos language. The statute prints 'KIRK (FF 1987)' - a typo for FF-1087; printed text noted, not silently corrected. 'Taipai' is also printed for 'Taipei.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-04
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[6]National Transportation Safety Board, Safety Recommendation M-86-17 (concerning the grounding of M/V A. Regina, Mona Island, P.R., 1985-02-15) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NTSB M-86-17 narrative of the A. Regina casualty response (p. 2-3 of letter)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific federal document naming this hull in a documented operation: NTSB's report on the 15 February 1985 grounding of the cargo ship M/V A. REGINA on Mona Island, Puerto Rico records that 'About 0600, the Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) San Juan advised the REGINA's master that a U.S. Navy vessel, the USS JOSEPH HEWES, would arrive on scene about 0830' (later amended to 1030), and that the initial evacuation plan called for transferring passengers and crew to the Hewes; the Regina's master ultimately landed evacuees on Mona Island by lifeboat and liferaft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1985-02-15
- Population
- M/V A. Regina passengers/crew and USS Joseph Hewes ship's company, 1985-02-15
- Limitations
- Documents the ship's scheduled role in a 1985 casualty response - an operational-presence record only. Contains nothing about the ship's material content or asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-05
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[7]ROC Ministry of National Defense press release (2019-03-01) on the Lan Yang Su'ao drydock smoke event; corroborated by CNA report cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/201903010210 [other_primary]
- Locator
- MND press release 76040 (2019-03-01); CNA firstnews 2019-03-01
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official ROC Ministry of National Defense press release documenting a repair-yard casualty on this hull in Taiwanese service: ROCS Lan Yang was in drydock at Su'ao for an outsourced major-repair period when, at 16:25, a contractor's bottom-hull welding generated excessive heat, producing heavy smoke in the boiler-room control room; ship's company completed damage control by 16:50, personnel and major equipment were reported normal, and some auxiliary equipment required repair.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2019-02/03 (repair period; event 2019-02-28/03-01)
- Population
- ROCS Lan Yang ship's company and contractor yard personnel, Su'ao drydock, 2019
- Limitations
- Documents a documented hot-work/drydock repair event on this hull - the kind of event where era materials can be disturbed - but the official release describes only heat/smoke in the boiler-room control room, not insulation type or asbestos. A local report suggested insulation material ignited; that detail is not corroborated by the official release and is not carried as fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-06
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[8]Central News Agency (CNA), 'Chi Yang class served nearly 30 years; Navy Lan Yang to be decommissioned mid-January' (2025-01-04) and follow-on ceremony coverage (2025-01-23); Taiwan News 2025-01-05; Taipei Times 2025-01-06 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- CNA aipl/202501040161 (2025-01-04); todaymg.com ceremony report (2025-01-23); taiwannews 6007321 (2025-01-05); taipeitimes 2003829721 (2025-01-06)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Taiwan-service and disposal record for this hull: CNA (the ROC national wire) reports ROCS Lan Yang (FFG-935, ex-USS Joseph Hewes) entered ROCN service 1995-08-04 and served nearly 30 years; a final boiler cruise off Kaohsiung 2025-01-03; decommissioning ceremony at Kaohsiung's Xinbin pier 2025-01-23; weapons and radar stripped and the hull converted to a target ship. Taiwan News/Taipei Times corroborate the mid-January decommissioning and the tow to Cijin for target-ship conversion; Chi Yang (932) and Hai Yang (936) had been similarly retired in 2015 and expended as targets.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1995-2025
- Population
- ROCS Lan Yang ship's company, 1995-2025
- Limitations
- Establishes ROCN service dates and the announced disposal path (strip weapons/radar, expend as target). No source reviewed describes any hazardous-material survey, asbestos removal, or environmental remediation before target-ship conversion - silence in the sources, not an affirmative finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-07
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[9]Reuters (2026-09-18) 'Taiwan holds first joint drill using multiple attack drones'; Focus Taiwan/CNA (2026-09-18); China Times realtimenews 20260918002982; Taiwan News 6438846; Marine Insight (2026-09-23) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Focus Taiwan politics/202609180015; reuters.com/world/china/...-2026-09-18; chinatimes realtimenews/20260918002982; marineinsight.com HF-3/Lan Yang report 2026-09-23
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Final-disposition record for this hull: at the close of Taiwan's three-day joint precision-munitions live-fire exercise (16-18 September 2026, Jiupeng Military Base area, Pingtung County - the first such drill integrating multiple attack-drone types, inspected by President Lai), the decommissioned ROCS Lan Yang served as the sea target in a RIMPAC-style SINKEX sequence. Presidential Office footage shows the hull taking Hsiung Feng II and Hsiung Feng III anti-ship missile strikes (local reporting adds AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface and Harpoon shots, including an HF-3 fired by the Coast Guard patrol ship Qijin from over 100 km); Taiwan media describe the hull engulfed in fire and smoke and 'nearly broken' - the hull's final mission. Marine Insight reports the frigate sunk on 18 September.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-18
- Population
- Taiwan exercise participants (unmanned target; no embarked crew at expenditure)
- Limitations
- Establishes the hull's use as a missile target on 2026-09-18 and its effective destruction. The strongest sources say 'nearly broken'/sunk; exact sinking coordinates and any pre-expenditure hazmat remediation are not in the public reporting. No source describes asbestos removal or survey before the target-ship expenditure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-08
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[10]Builder-yard asbestos record (Atlas shipyards.json 'avondale-shipyard'): Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc., No. 22-CV-0610 (E.D. La. 2023); Cortez v. Lamorak Ins. Co., No. 20-2389 (E.D. La. 2022); Chaisson v. Avondale Industries, No. 2005-CA-1511 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2006); Granier v. Avondale Industries, No. 2005-CA-1085 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2006); NIOSH HETA-97-0260-2716 (Avondale) [court_record]
- Locator
- shipyards.json 'avondale-shipyard' products_documented pd-avondale-01..06 + underlying court records; NavSource DE-1078 specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Builder-yard/era inference for this hull: Joseph Hewes was built 1969-1971 at Avondale's Westwego yard, where court records document asbestos products in use across 1961-1979 - Kaylo pipe insulation (documented at the yard in the pre-1964 window), Johns-Manville Marinite 36 composite wallboard (40% amosite, installed in galleys/living quarters under Hopeman Brothers contracts 1962-1976 covering ~72 vessels), Westinghouse Micarta laminate veneer (1961-mid-1970s), Uniroyal asbestos lagging cloth ('commonplace' on Avondale-built ships, 1961-1979), and Garlock/Flexitallic gaskets (1963-1976). Combined with the era-standard Knox-class steam plant (2 x Combustion Engineering 1,200-psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp; 1 shaft), period asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing would have been standard for the type.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1961-1979 (yard documentation); 1969-1971 (this hull's construction)
- Population
- Avondale construction trades (Westwego), 1969-1971
- Limitations
- Yard-level and class/era inference only - no cited source names DE-1078/FF-1078 or any specific hull; the Avondale cases document yard practice, not this ship's bill of materials. The Kaylo documentation window at Avondale (pre-1964) predates this hull's 1969-71 construction; the overlapping-window products are Marinite 36, Micarta, Uniroyal cloth, and the gaskets. Does not establish quantity, location, remaining material, or any individual exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-09
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[11]GAO/HRD-80-2, 'Actions Needed to Protect Navy Shipyard Workers from Asbestos-Related Health Hazards' (1979-10-16) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 report body and Navy enclosure of 1979-01-05
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Program-level asbestos record contemporaneous with this hull's service: GAO HRD-80-2 documents the Navy's in-service-era asbestos management - a Navy enclosure of January 5, 1979 stated that Navy ships carried multiple types of asbestos-containing materials (deck tiling, galley-range cabling, piping gaskets and packing, equipment brakes and clutches), and describes the 1975 policy under which asbestos insulation was removed/replaced only if damaged or when removal was required for repairs, modified in 1979 to add selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. This hull's entire U.S. commissioned life (1971-1994) ran under that management regime.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard and shipboard population (program level)
- Limitations
- Program-level context only - the report does not name this hull or the Knox class; its shipyard fieldwork covered Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. Documents the regulatory regime under which this hull's availabilities occurred, not ACM aboard this ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-10
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[12]GAO/NSIAD-94-27, 'Excess Defense Articles: Foreign Military Sales Can Be Improved' / GAO surplus-ship disposal work (as-is transfer practice) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO NSIAD-94-27; P.L. 103-174 and P.L. 105-262 texts (no condition language)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Program-level documentation for the disposal pathway this hull went through: GAO's work on excess-defense-article (EDA)/Security Assistance Program ship transfers documents that surplus vessels transfer 'as is, where is' without a documented pre-transfer hazardous-material remediation precondition - the environment in which this hull was leased (1994) and sold (1999) to Taiwan. Neither authorizing statute names any hazmat survey or condition requirement for this hull, and the NVR record carries no hazmat annotation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1993-1999
- Population
- Ship disposal program level
- Limitations
- Program-level description of EDA/FMS transfer practice; does not name this hull and does not establish what materials were aboard at transfer. Establishes that the absence of a hazmat precondition in the statutes is consistent with era practice - not that no ACM was aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-11
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[13]Siegfried v. 3M Co., C.D. Cal. No. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E, ECF No. 50 (Owens-Illinois joinder reciting complaint's vessel list) - full-text review of RECAP document [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 50, vessel-list recitation (para. 1)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Verified non-hit on a multi-vessel asbestos pleading: the Siegfried v. 3M Co. complaint's exposure-vessel list (C.D. Cal. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E, recited in the Owens-Illinois joinder filing, ECF No. 50) names Knox-class frigates FF-1053 (Roark), FF-1054 (Gray), FF-1055 (Hepburn), FF-1058 (Meyerkord), FF-1064 (Lockwood), FF-1066 (Marvin Shields), FF-1067 (Francis Hammond), FF-1070 (Downes), FF-1083 (Cook), and FF-1088 (Barbey) - but does NOT name FF-1078, skipping this hull between the listed sisters.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2018 pleading; reviewed 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- A verified non-hit on one specific pleading list, not a finding about exposure: the pleading names surrounding sister hulls but omits FF-1078, so it supplies no allegation for this ship. Does not establish that no other pleading names the hull; the CourtListener text sweep was incomplete at writing time.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-12
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[14]CourtListener API v4 type=o queries: '"USS Joseph Hewes"' (1 hit: Wirth v. Hewes, 20 C.M.A. 683, C.M.A. 1971); '"FF-1078" OR "FF 1078"' (0); '"DE-1078" OR "DE 1078" OR "FFT-1078" OR "FFT 1078"' (4 hits - Wirth + 3 reporter-page collisions); type=r docket query blocked by fleet pacing [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-10, sl-11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion sweep (authenticated, fleet-paced helper), 2026-09-29: '"USS Joseph Hewes"' returns exactly 1 opinion - Wirth v. Hewes, No. 71-15, 20 C.M.A. 683 (U.S. Court of Military Appeals, filed 1971-03-19): 'Walter Raymond Wirth, BM3, U. S. Navy v. Commanding Officer, USS Joseph Hewes (DE-1078),' a one-line order dismissing a servicemember's extraordinary-relief petition - classified OTHER LITIGATION naming this hull (military justice, non-asbestos, 1971). '"FF-1078" OR "FF 1078"' returns 0 hits. '"DE-1078" OR "DE 1078" OR "FFT-1078" OR "FFT 1078"' returns 4 hits: Wirth v. Hewes again plus three reporter-page-number collisions not naming the vessel (United States v. Moore, 8th Cir. 2017, F.3d pp. ~1077-78; Scherr v. Marriott, 7th Cir. 2013, 703 F.3d 1069; Far West Capital v. Towne, 10th Cir. 1995, 46 F.3d 1071 - all non-maritime, non-asbestos). No asbestos opinion names the ship. The docket-level (type=r) name query remained outstanding at writing time - the helper returned the fleet-wide pacing stand-down; coverage logged in search_ledger.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29 (sweep date); 1971 (Wirth)
- Limitations
- Opinion-level coverage complete for the exact name and all hull-number variants (1 ship-naming hit, 3 page-number collisions, no asbestos hit); docket-level (type=r) coverage outstanding - the RECAP/docket corpus can hold unindexed complaints, so the sweep is not a true negative for unfiled or unindexed allegations. CourtListener coverage is also not exhaustive (state trial courts, unindexed federal complaints, MDL-875 ship lists not OCR'd into search, and BVA decisions outside the corpus). Absence of located litigation is not evidence that no exposure occurred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-13
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[15]Batch-4607 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS (no DE-1078 entry exists); archived NVR; NavSource; NTSB M-86-17; P.L. 103-174; P.L. 105-262; MND/CNA/Taiwan press; Reuters/Focus Taiwan; CourtListener (partial); Siegfried pleading full-text; BVA/va.gov; shipyards.json [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-01 through sl-17
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Negative finding: no ship-specific asbestos record located for this hull - no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure attached to the 1994 lease or 1999 sale, material specification, product identification, museum record, or qualifying asbestos litigation naming DE-1078/FF-1078/FFT-1078 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull served 29+ further years in ROCN service and was expended as a target in 2026; no present-condition ACM disclosure was located in U.S. or Taiwanese public sources.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1969-71 Avondale-built steam frigate is exactly the era/type profile for which ACM was standard, and builder-yard records (ev-09) document Avondale's asbestos use in this window. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any exposure or legal-eligibility claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-14
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[16]Archival lead list (NARA RG 24 deck logs; DSCA/NAVSEA FMS case file; NARA RG 19/181; ROC MND/environmental records; NHHC CORs) [other_primary]
- Locator
- recorded for future retrieval; see gaps
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads not yet retrieved: (1) NARA RG 24 deck logs for the commissioned period; (2) the FMS/lease case file and any pre-transfer condition or hazmat survey accompanying the 1994 lease and 1999 sale (DSCA/NAVSEA records); (3) NARA RG 19/RG 181-era ship records and overhaul work packages; (4) ROC Ministry of National Defense / Taiwanese environmental-agency records for the 2019 Su'ao repair period and the pre-expenditure preparation of the target hulk (the analog to the SEMARNAT manifest that lifted Mexico-transferred sister ex-Marvin Shields to tier 3); (5) NHHC command-operations reports if archived.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- open
- Limitations
- Leads only - none of these repositories was retrieved for this hull this session; their contents are unknown and may contain ship-specific material documentation or may contain nothing relevant.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-joseph-hewes-ff1078-15