Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS' returned 0 results (2026-10-07)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- zero-hit search; absence of hits is not proof of no litigation
- Evidence ID
- uss-josephus-daniels-cg27-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS' returned 20 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-josephus-daniels-cg27-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'CG-27' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'CG-27' returned 2000 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-josephus-daniels-cg27-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'CG-27' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'CG-27' returned 58632 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-josephus-daniels-cg27-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp. v. Faulk, 228 F.3d 378 (4th Cir. 2000), cert. denied, 531 U.S. 1112 (2001) - LHWCA review of a Benefits Review Board order (BRB 98-1128) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion factual recitals (Faulk testimony naming four ships incl. U.S.S. Josephus Daniels; Harrington testimony re pre-1971 construction; ALJ limitation to U.S.S. Flint), 228 F.3d 378 sections II-III; cert denial per justice.gov OSG opposition brief
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published appellate opinion in an asbestos case affirming a permanent total disability award to shipfitter Theodore Faulk for asbestos-related peritoneal mesothelioma. Faulk worked at Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp. ('Norshipco,' the private Norfolk yard) Nov 1978 - Nov 1996; he testified - credited by the ALJ as 'a very credible witness' - that he 'was able to point specifically to the U.S.S. Briscoe, the U.S.S. Coronado, the U.S.S. Detroit, and the U.S.S. Josephus Daniels as ships he worked on while at Norshipco, although he claimed no actual knowledge of asbestos on those ships.' An industrial hygienist testified that pre-1971 Navy ships used asbestos 'almost exclusively' on thermal insulation, confirmed via Jane's Fighting Ships that the Josephus Daniels and Coronado were built before 1971, and concluded that Faulk was exposed to asbestos on two naval ships at Norshipco - testimony the ALJ found 'credible' and 'generally buttress[ing]' exposure 'at other times while performing repair work at Norshipco on various Navy ships from 1978-1996.' The ALJ nonetheless 'limited his finding to exposure on the U.S.S. Flint' (a documented 1996 pipe-insulation rupture aboard that vessel). The Board affirmed and the Fourth Circuit affirmed Norshipco as last responsible employer; certiorari denied 2001. QUALIFYING asbestos litigation naming this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1978-1996 (employment window incl. work aboard this hull); 2000-2001 (opinion and cert denial)
- Population
- Norshipco shipfitter (Norfolk, VA), employed 1978-1996; peritoneal mesothelioma
- Limitations
- The affirmed award is final (ALJ - BRB - published 4th Cir. affirmance - cert. denied), but the hull-specific exposure element was never adopted as a finding: the ALJ expressly limited the operative exposure finding to USS Flint, the claimant disclaimed actual knowledge of asbestos aboard this hull, and the hygienist conceded prior repairs could have removed asbestos and did not research the ship's overhaul history. The opinion does not date Faulk's work aboard this hull within his 1978-1996 Norshipco employment, does not quantify or identify specific asbestos products aboard, and establishes nothing about other individuals, present-day condition, or legal eligibility. Classified at the affirmed-judgment stage for the award overall with the hull-exposure component at credited-testimony/expert-opinion level - described exactly, not elevated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-josephus-daniels-cg27-01
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[6]Naval Vessel Register, JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG 27) (ex-DLG 27) detail page (NAVSEA official inventory; 2011-06-05 Wayback capture) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL CG 27 page, status/builder/date table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR official inventory record for this hull: class CG 26; builder BATH IRON WKS CORP; award 05/18/1961; keel 04/23/1962; launch 12/02/1963; delivery 05/04/1965; commission 05/08/1965; decommission 01/21/1994; stricken 01/21/1994; status 'Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling' with date status changed 11/08/1999; UIC 52702.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1961-1999
- Population
- Crew 1965-1994; disposal chain 1994-1999
- Limitations
- NVR documents administrative dates, builder, and disposal status only - no materials, asbestos, or exposure information. Live NVR page no longer serves this disposed hull's record; cited via Wayback capture.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-josephus-daniels-cg27-02
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[7]DANFS, Josephus Daniels (DLG-27) entry (verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + construction/service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 23 April 1962 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; launched 2 December 1963, sponsored by Mrs. Robert M. Woronoff and Mrs. Clyde R. Rich Jr., granddaughters of Josephus Daniels; commissioned 8 May 1965, Captain Harry A. Cummings in command. Based at Norfolk, Va., as a unit of Cruiser-Destroyer Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; operated off the East Coast until departing the Virginia Capes 9 December [1966] for the Mediterranean; operated with the 6th Fleet until returning home in spring 1967. Design characteristics: dp. 7,930; l. 547'; b. 55'; dr. 28'10"; cpl. 418; cl. Belknap.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1962-1967
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades (1962-65); crew (1965-67)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, sponsorship, and early service only (entry written while the ship was in service, ending at the 1966-67 deployment); contains no asbestos information. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-josephus-daniels-cg27-03
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[8]NavSource Online Cruiser Photo Archive, USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (DLG/CG 27) page (2021-01-20 Wayback capture; navsource.org DNS-unreachable 2026-09-19); corroborating navysite.de CG-27 history/characteristics page [reputable_press]
- Locator
- NavSource 040127 page (operational/building data block, awards, photo captions); navysite.de/cg/cg27.htm (general characteristics + history)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilations: reclassified CG-27 on 30 JUN 1975; flagship of Destroyer Squadron 26 ('Mod Squad') circa 1972; photographed at Boston Naval Shipyard June 1965 and under construction with USS Belknap at Bath Iron Works 1964; decommissioned and stricken (NavSource gives 22 JAN 1994 vs. NVR 21 JAN); sold for scrap to International Shipbreaking LTD, Brownsville, TX, scrapping completed 08 NOV 1999; 18 major deployments (navysite); UNITAS IX (1968) and UNITAS XXXI (1990) South America circumnavigations; WestPac/Vietnam tour 1970 (Da Nang logistics stop 8 April 1970); minor collision with USS Conyngham (DDG-17) 25 August 1976; visiting SH-3 power-loss crash on deck 5 January 1982. Awards include Vietnam Service Medal (3), RVN Gallantry Cross unit citation, RVN Campaign Medal. Machinery: 85,000 SHP geared turbines, 2 screws (navysite: 4 x 1,200-psi boilers, 2 General Electric geared turbines).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1965-1999
- Population
- Crew 1965-1994; disposal chain
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations - decommission date conflicts with NVR (NVR's 21 JAN 1994 governs); deployment details and buyer name not primary-verified; no asbestos information; NavSource live site unreachable, cited via Wayback capture.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-josephus-daniels-cg27-04
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979); DANFS class data; Faulk hygienist testimony (pre-1971 Navy thermal insulation 'almost exclusively' asbestos, per Naval Ships Technical Manual) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2; DANFS class characteristics; 228 F.3d 378 Harrington testimony recitals
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1965-commissioned steam-driven Belknap-class guided-missile cruiser built during the Navy's peak asbestos era; era-standard applications included boiler casing and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe lagging, turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets and packing, deck tile, bulkhead fireproofing, and cable insulation. The Faulk record's hygienist testimony - citing the Naval Ships Technical Manual - recites that pre-1971 Navy ships used asbestos 'almost exclusively' on thermal insulation systems, and GAO documented that the Navy's standing policy left installed asbestos insulation in place unless damaged or disturbed by repairs (Navy's standard procedure per the Faulk record: 'remove what was necessary to complete a job without disturbing the rest').
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1962-1965 (construction); 1978-1996 (Norshipco repair era); 1979 (GAO program review)
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades (1962-65); crew (1965-1994); yard workers (Norshipco, Boston NSY, others)
- Limitations
- Class/era and expert-opinion inference only - supplements but does not substitute for the ship-specific litigation record. Names era-standard applications and program-level Navy practice, not confirmed installed materials on this hull; no quantity; GAO full text blocked (HTTP 403) - product-page description used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-josephus-daniels-cg27-05
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[10]NHHC Command Operation Reports, Vietnam series - USS Fox (DLG-33) 1970 COR and USS Chevalier 1970 COR (Google-indexed content) [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/archives/command-operation-reports/vietnam/FOX 1970.pdf and Chevalier 1970.pdf (as indexed; 404 on fetch)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Indexed NHHC command-operation-report content names this hull on Vietnam picket duty: Fox 1970 COR entries show '26 JUN - Relieved USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (DLG-27) as S/SAR, PIRAZ picket ship,' '8.AUG - Assumed duties of S/SAR, PIRAZ picket ship from USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (DLG-27),' and '27.AUG - USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (DLG-27) relieved FOX as S/SAR, PIRAZ picket ship - departed for Hong Kong'; Chevalier 1970 COR: 'August 31 ... the USS FOX was relieved by the USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (DLG 27).' Confirms Gulf of Tonkin PIRAZ/S-SAR rotations June-September 1970.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1970
- Population
- Crew, Gulf of Tonkin deployment 1970
- Limitations
- UNVERIFIED lead: both NHHC PDFs returned 404/empty on direct fetch 2026-09-19 (NHHC COR restructure); content shown is Google-indexed text, not a re-verified document pull. No Josephus Daniels COR itself was located online. Carries no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-josephus-daniels-cg27-06
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[11]Batch-190 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NVR via Wayback; CourtListener API v4 exact-name and hull-number searches (throttled); Siegfried v. 3M Co. complaint Exhibit A RECAP PDF full-text check; NHHC COR index probes; navysite.de; NavSource via Wayback [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-josephus-daniels-cg27-01 through sl-uss-josephus-daniels-cg27-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Beyond the Faulk opinion, no adjudicated asbestos finding, survey, or abatement record for this hull was located. This hull is NOT among the 43 vessels in the Siegfried v. 3M Co. complaint's Exhibit A 'Location of Exposure' list (verified by direct pdftotext pull of RECAP doc. 1-1, gov.uscourts.cacd.702384, 2026-09-19) - consistent with her Atlantic Fleet/Norfolk service rather than Long Beach Naval Shipyard. CourtListener API v4 was throttled (HTTP 429, 125/day daily cap already consumed by other work) so a full RECAP sweep for other complaints naming the hull could not be completed; web-indexed case-law sources surfaced no additional qualifying litigation - only name collisions against the Secretary of the Navy (e.g., U.S. ex rel. Goldberg v. Josephus Daniels, 231 U.S. 218 (1913)).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- The Faulk record is a verified litigation record naming the hull with an affirmed award, not an adopted hull-exposure finding. Absence of additional public records does not prove or disprove asbestos aboard; the throttled CourtListener sweep leaves a residual possibility of unlocated complaints; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-josephus-daniels-cg27-07