USS KIDD (DDG-993)

Evidence

10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).

1. [1]Naval Vessel Register detail page, KIDD (DDG 993) (ex-DD 993), archived capture (record 'Last updated 11/08/2004'); current nvr.navy.mil serves an empty template for this disposed hull [other_primary]

   Locator

   web.archive.org captures of nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG993.htm (2004-02-21 and 2011-05-14, record last updated 2004-11-08)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official NVR lifecycle record for this hull: KIDD (DDG 993) (ex-DD 993), UIC 21436, guided missile destroyer; builder INGALLS SB INC MS; award 03/23/1978; keel 06/26/1978; launch 08/11/1979; delivery 05/04/1981; commission 06/27/1981; decommission 03/12/1998; stricken 03/12/1998; status changed 05/30/2003 - 'Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, cash sale, ex-US fleet hull foreign military sale case number assigned'; custodian TAIWAN. Earlier capture (2004-02-21): status 'Stricken, to be disposed of by the Security Assistance Program (SAP), by transfer to foreign government', berth NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Philadelphia, PA; planned disposition FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (FMS). Dimensions: 563 ft OA, 55 ft beam, full displacement 9,919 tons; steel hull, aluminum superstructure; propulsion type Gas Turbines; accommodations 32 officers, 331 enlisted.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1978-2004

   Population

   Construction trades at Ingalls 1978-81; USN crew 1981-1998 (accommodations 363); reactivation workforce 2003-2005

   Limitations

   Authoritative for lifecycle/status/dimensions/accommodations; contains no materials or asbestos information. Live NVR page now returns an empty template for this disposed hull, so the archived capture is cited. NVR '(ex-DD 993)' corroborates the DD-to-DDG reclassification but does not date it (see ev-02).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-kidd-dd993-01

2. [2]U.S. Naval Institute, Proceedings 106/1 (January 1980): 'Kidd-Class Destroyers to Join the Fleet' (Capt. A. M. Osborne, USN) and 'Tomorrow's Fleet'; Destroyer History Foundation, Kidd-class overview (destroyerhistory.org) for the tentative DD 993-998 six-ship assignment [other_primary]

   Locator

   USNI Proceedings January 1980, Professional Notes pp. 96-98 + 'Tomorrow's Fleet' item

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Contemporaneous documentation of the hull's acquisition and reclassification: 'The DDG-993, soon to be the USS Kidd (DDG-993), and her three sister ships - Callaghan (DDG-994), Scott (DDG-995), and Chandler (DDG-996)'; Spruance hulls with General Electric gas turbine engines 'capable of producing 80,000 shaft horsepower which drive them at speeds in excess of 30 knots'; four ships acquired after Iran's revolutionary government 'cancelled the orders for these ships in February and March' 1979 and 'Congress authorized the acquisition of all four under a supplementary appropriation'; 'Recently the Navy reclassified these ships as DDGs but retained the original DD hull numbers.' The DD hull numbers originated in the Iranian program: per the Destroyer History Foundation's class history, Iran's planned six-ship order (named for Persian emperors) was tentatively assigned USN hull numbers DD 993-998 before the order was reduced to four ships after Congress declined to interrupt the thirty-Spruance production run.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1979-1980

   Population

   USN crew complement (early-1980s guided-missile destroyer)

   Limitations

   USNI Proceedings is a professional journal - contemporaneous and detailed but not an official registry; corroborates NVR dates and the DD/DDG reclassification. The six-ship DD 993-998 detail is specialist secondary history (Destroyer History Foundation), consistent with NVR's '(ex-DD 993)'. No asbestos or materials content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-kidd-dd993-02

3. [3]GAO, Financial and Legal Implications of Iran's Cancellation of Arms Purchase Agreements, FGMSD-79-47 (published Jul 25, 1979; publicly released Jul 30, 1979) [gao]

   Locator

   GAO product page FGMSD-79-47; quoted passages from indexed full text of the report PDF

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   GAO documents the contract cancellation that produced this hull's USN service: Iran canceled and/or the Defense Department reduced about $10.6 billion of Iran's $12.6 billion undelivered FMS orders; on 3 February 1979 the previous Iranian government cancelled $6.6 billion, and in April 1979 the present Iranian government 'cancelled other items - principally the remaining two Spruance-class destroyers - amounting to over $1.1 billion.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1979

   Limitations

   Program-level: names the canceled destroyer contracts that encompassed this hull but does not name hull DDG-993; documents cancellation/financial implications only - no construction-materials information. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; content verified via the report's indexed full text and product-page description.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-kidd-dd993-03

4. [4]United States v. Jordan, 29 M.J. 177 (United States Court of Military Appeals, decided Sep 28, 1989) [court_record]

   Locator

   Opinion factual recital (NIS investigation aboard the ship, Haifa, 22 July 1985)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Published military appellate opinion names this hull explicitly: an NIS special agent 'caught up with appellant on July 22, 1985, aboard the USS KIDD (DDG-993), in the port of Haifa, Israel' in a murder/robbery UCMJ appeal. Confirms the hull's Mediterranean deployment and provides an exact hull-number match (DDG-993) with a named service member aboard.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1985

   Population

   USN airman (appellant) and crew, July 1985

   Limitations

   Other litigation, not asbestos litigation: the opinion documents a criminal case and uses the ship only as a location; it contains no asbestos, materials, or hazard content. Included as a verified ship-placement record only. Follow-on history: Supreme Court vacated and remanded on Minnick grounds (498 U.S. 905, 1990) - unrelated to this record.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-kidd-dd993-04

5. [5]Defense Security Cooperation Agency congressional notification of possible FMS, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, 21 November 2002 - 4 KIDD Class Guided Missile Destroyers + SM-2 Block IIIA and Harpoon missiles (~$875M); official release text transcribed by GlobalSecurity.org (dsca.mil blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) [other_primary]

   Locator

   DSCA 36-b notification text (21 Nov 2002), GlobalSecurity transcription

   Finding type

   regulatory

   Finding

   DSCA notified Congress 21 November 2002 of the possible sale of the four Kidd-class destroyers (incl. this hull), with 'shipyard/port support services and post transfer activities relating to "cold ship" turnover' and contractor/government support 'necessary to prepare the destroyers for transfer to Taiwan in a "Safe to Steam" condition with all shipboard and weapon systems operational,' estimated $875 million.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   2002

   Population

   Reactivation shipyard/contract workforce, 2003-2006

   Limitations

   Official-government content verified via GlobalSecurity transcription; dsca.mil is 403 to automated fetch so the live agency URL is not directly citable. Documents the sale case and transfer scope; contains no asbestos or hazmat-survey content - the 'Safe to Steam' work scope is not itemized publicly.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-kidd-dd993-05

6. [6]NavSource Naval History photo index, DD-993 / DDG-993 USS KIDD (operational/building data + official USN/NARA photos); VSE Corporation/BAV press release via Seawaves Naval News, 'VSE/BAV Completes Reactivation of Ex-Kidd Class Guided Missile Destroyers' (21 Sep 2006) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource DDG-993 photo index (archived capture); VSE/BAV release via epe.lac-bac.gc.ca Seawaves archive and DefenceTalk

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Post-transfer record for this hull: reclassified guided missile destroyer DDG-993 8 August 1979 (NavSource building data); decommissioned at Norfolk 12 March 1998; transferred to Taiwan 30 May 2003; towed 21 October 2003 from ISMF Philadelphia to Detyens Shipyards, Charleston SC for activation; delivered and departed Charleston 29 October 2005; arrived Suao Naval Base 3 December 2005; initially named RCS Chi-Teh (DDG 1801) then commissioned as RCS Keelung (DDG 1801) 19 December 2005. VSE/BAV (prime contractor to NAVSEA) reactivated all four ex-Kidd-class destroyers at Charleston - 'in excess of 14,600 industrial work items requiring more than 168,300 man days' across the class with 21 subcontractors incl. Detyens Shipyards; program completed September 2006. Service placement: Persian Gulf deployment return Dec 1987; Persian Gulf deployment Jan 1991; Mediterranean deployment with Eisenhower battle group Oct 1994 (USN photos DN-ST-88-02490, DN-SC-95-01411).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   2003-2006

   Population

   Detyens/VSE-BAV reactivation workforce 2003-2006; ROCN crew 2005-present

   Limitations

   NavSource is a private photo-index archive (unofficial) compiling official USN/NARA imagery and data; VSE release is contractor self-description - both reputable secondary/primary-adjacent, cited where official registries are silent. Industrial work-item totals are class-level (four ships), not allocated per hull. No asbestos, hazmat, or abatement scope is described for the reactivation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-kidd-dd993-06

7. [7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]

   Locator

   GAO HRD-80-2 product page; quoted passages from indexed full text of gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf (insulation-spec history, DD-964 weight-control figure)

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   Era-defining asbestos record for this hull's construction window: per GAO, the Navy advised that 'product specifications for thermal insulation had been changed in 1973 to specify the use of asbestos-free materials,' but asbestos materials already purchased 'had in some cases [been] installed in ships under construction,' so 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978.' GAO also records that shipboard asbestos persisted outside thermal insulation - 'the amount of asbestos used in other applications, such as pipe hanger liners, gaskets, etc.' - and that 'a few shipboard applications for which no acceptable substitute asbestos-free materials have been identified' remained. Same-hull-form quantity datum: USS PAUL F. FOSTER (DD-964), a Spruance-class destroyer built at the same Litton-Ingalls Pascagoula yard and delivered February 1976, 'contains 87,634 pounds of thermal insulation' - reported in the context of asbestos thermal insulation aboard in-service ships.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1973-1979

   Population

   Navy shipyard workers and crews, in-service fleet 1970s-80s

   Limitations

   Program/class-era documentation, not a DDG-993 hull record. This hull was delivered 4 May 1981 - after the Navy-stated 'as late as May 1978' cutoff for asbestos-insulated deliveries - so the DD-964 thermal-insulation figure does NOT transfer to this hull; it bounds what a same-yard, same-hull-form ship carried in the immediately preceding era. GAO does not state whether DDG-993 carried asbestos in any application. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; quoted passages verified via the report's indexed full text.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-kidd-dd993-07

8. [8]Atlas shipyard dataset, Ingalls Shipbuilding record (yard_id ingalls-shipbuilding): documented products Thermobestos, Superex, Kaylo, Zonolite, Monokote, pipe covering, block insulation, gaskets, packing, cement, tape, fireproofing; 1970s insulator fiber concentrations 4-20 f/cc; litigation incl. Overly v. Ingalls (Cal. App. 1999) and Scordino v. Hopeman Bros. (Miss. 1995); evidence_tier 2 [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipyard-exposure-map/client/src/data/shipyards.json, record ingalls-shipbuilding

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Builder-yard asbestos context for this hull's 1978-81 construction period: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, is a documented asbestos yard (Atlas tier 2) with product-level documentation (Marinite/Micarta fireproofing 'late 1960s and earlier' per Scordino), insulator fiber measurements from the 1970s, and adjudicated asbestos litigation naming the yard. The yard's documented asbestos window spans and includes this hull's construction years.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1978-1981

   Population

   Ingalls construction trades 1978-1981

   Limitations

   Yard-level inference only: documents asbestos conditions and products at the construction yard, not materials installed in this specific hull. The yard's strongest product findings predate this hull (late-1960s applications; 1970s measurements); by this hull's 1978-81 build, Navy specs required asbestos-free thermal insulation and the Navy's reported asbestos-insulated deliveries ended May 1978 (ev-07). No hull-level ACM conclusion may be drawn.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-kidd-dd993-08

9. [9]CourtListener API v4 sweep: opinion search 'USS Kidd' (2 hits); docket searches 'USS Kidd' (11 hits) and 'DDG-993' (3 hits); hull-number opinion searches throttled (see limitations) [court_record]

   Locator

   CourtListener search results: type=o 'USS Kidd' (2), type=r 'USS Kidd' (11), type=r 'DDG-993' (3)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located in the completed portion of the sweep. Opinion search 'USS Kidd' returned 2 hits, both resolved: United States v. Jordan (C.M.A. 1989) = other litigation naming this hull explicitly (DDG-993, non-asbestos - carried as ev-04 service placement); State v. Collins (La. App. 1 Cir. 2010) = name collision ('near the USS Kidd museum' = the DD-661 museum ship, Baton Rouge - a different vessel). Docket search 'USS Kidd' returned 11 hits: ten are unrelated subject matter (vaccine-mandate, criminal, bankruptcy, admiralty/contract dockets); the eleventh, Smargisso v. Air & Liquid Systems (N.D. Cal. 3:23-cv-01414, Nature of Suit 368 asbestos PI, terminated 2025-01-15), is qualifying asbestos litigation in which the decedent's exposure ship was USS Hollister - the 'USS Kidd' text match is unresolved (likely a shipmate-witness service reference), NOT an exposure allegation against this hull. Docket search 'DDG-993' returned 3 hits, all non-qualifying collisions: Wai Ola Alliance v. Dept. of the Navy (D. Hawaii 2022, unrelated subject) and two September-11 MDL dockets (Havlish v. Bin-Laden; In Re: Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 - 'DDG-993' appears as an exhibit-designation match, not a vessel reference).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   negative_finding

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   2000-2026 (opinion corpus coverage varies)

   Limitations

   Sweep largely complete at record date: 'USS Kidd' opinion, 'USS Kidd' docket, and 'DDG-993' docket searches completed and classified; 'DDG-993' opinion and 'DD-993' opinion searches were throttled by the fleet CourtListener pacing budget (multiple spaced attempts, budget continuously spent by fleet sessions - logged, not retried into a ban). MDL-875 pleading-level complaints naming this hull may exist unindexed by the completed searches; absence of located litigation does not prove absence of asbestos claims.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-kidd-dd993-09

10. [10]Repository sweep: NHHC DANFS (no entry - ship postdates DANFS coverage), NHHC digitized command-operation reports (none for this hull), NVR live detail page (empty template for disposed hull), NPS/HAER (not applicable), OSHA establishment sampling (HTTP 403 blocked), museum archives (none - ship is in active foreign service) [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger sl-01 through sl-08

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos documentation located for this hull: no asbestos survey, abatement contract or record, ACM inventory, inactivation hazmat report, or archival materials specification naming DDG-993 was found in public authoritative sources. NHHC holds no DANFS entry and no digitized command histories for this hull; the ship's records era (1981-1998 deck logs, weight-control/materials reports) remains with the Navy/NARA as an archival lead - NARA-era ship weight-control reports are the known route to hull-level insulation quantities (the mechanism by which the DD-964 figure reached GAO).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    research sweep 2026-09-28

    Limitations

    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1978-81 Ingalls hull can carry residual asbestos applications (gaskets, packing, pipe hanger liners) that persisted past the 1973 spec change per GAO HRD-80-2. The reactivation-era 'Safe to Steam' work scope (14,600+ class-level industrial work items) is not publicly itemized; hazmat handling during reactivation is plausible but undocumented.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-kidd-dd993-10