Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet ho-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS King; hull: DDG-41 (ex-DLG-10); type: Farragut-class guided
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-king-ddg41-pkt-ho-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, King II (DLG-10), in Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Vol. III (G-K), Naval History Division / GPO, 1968, p. 647 (archive.org scan; live NHHC page 404s domain-wide) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. III, p. 647 - 'King' II (DLG-10) entry, spec block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull. Spec block: DLG-10; dp. 4,700; l. 512'6"; b. 52'3"; dr. 20'; s. 30 k.; cpl. 378; a. 1 5", 4 3", 6 21" tt., ASROC, Terrier missiles; cl. Coontz. Narrative: laid down 1 March 1957 by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard; launched 6 December 1958 sponsored by Mrs. Oliver W. Vandenberg, daughter of Fleet Admiral King; commissioned 17 November 1960, Comdr. Melvin E. Bustard in command. Shakedown off the coast and in Hawaiian waters; training out of San Diego 1961; first WestPac cruise 7 June 1962; second WestPac cruise departing 1 August 1963, returned San Diego 10 March 1964; departed 5 April 1965 escorting Oriskany (CVA-34), South China Sea carrier screening and air-sea rescue off Vietnam until return 2 November 1965; departed 26 May 1966 for WestPac carrying a helicopter for SAR, arrived Da Nang 27 June, five aviators rescued in July (one inside North Vietnam), PIRAZ duty in the Gulf of Tonkin from August checking over 15,000 aircraft, seven additional pilot rescues, relieved by Long Beach (CGN-9) 29 November, returned San Diego 20 December; operated off the West Coast into 1967.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-1967
- Population
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard construction trades 1957-60; crew 1960- (design complement 378)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, specifications, and service narrative, not materials or asbestos content; the narrative ends in 1967 at the volume's publication date. Cited from the GPO print volume via archive.org scan because history.navy.mil returns 404 domain-wide (2026-09-28); the seaforces.org verbatim transcription was cross-checked against the scan for fidelity.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-king-ddg41-01
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[3]USS King (DLG-10/DDG-41) command histories - OPNAVINST 5750 Ship's History Reports 1960-1974 and 1977-1991, scanned U.S. Navy documents hosted by the USS King Association [other_primary]
- Locator
- ussking.com/assets/cmndhistory/ DLG-10_1960 through DLG-10_1974 and DDG-41_1977 through DDG-41_1990-91 PDF scans
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Navy command-history reports for this hull document its industrial timeline: 1960 report states the ship was authorized under the FY1956 shipbuilding program, keel laid March 1957 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, commissioned 17 November 1960; 1961 report records post-shakedown availability at Puget Sound NSY (May-October 1961) with NTDS installation. 1964 report: entered Long Beach Naval Shipyard 20 April 1964 for first regularly scheduled major overhaul, departed 6 October 1964 - work included AN/SPG-55A radar conversion, ULQ-6 ECM, two additional NTDS consoles, missile-handling updates, and complete renovation of crew's quarters, laundry, galley, and mess decks. 1967: May offload at Seal Beach then short overhaul at Long Beach NSY installing a helicopter landing platform and JP-5 refueling. 1974 report: final CIWS (Phalanx) at-sea testing; departed West Coast 23 March 1974; arrived Boland Marine and Manufacturing Company, New Orleans 25 April 1974; decommissioned there 30 April 1974 for Anti-Air Warfare Modernization. 1977 report: AAWMOD at Boland ~92 percent complete January 1977; plan to tow the ship to Norfolk for a roughly six-week post-delivery industrial availability (RAV) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard; engineering spaces 'received major attention' and crew berthing/sanitary spaces were upgraded; the report states intention to recommission April 1977 (actual recommissioning 17 September 1977 per consistent secondary indexes - NavSource operational data and association specifications).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1960-1991
- Population
- Crew and yard workers at each availability (PSNSY 1957-61; LBNSY 1964 and 1967; Boland Marine 1974-77; Norfolk NSY 1977)
- Limitations
- Official Navy documents hosted on a private veterans-association site; OCR of some years is degraded. The reports document industrial work scope and locations in general terms only - none mentions asbestos, insulation material, or abatement, so these yard periods are exposure-relevant events but not asbestos findings. Command histories for 1975-76 are absent because the ship was out of commission.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-king-ddg41-02
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[4]USS King Association, '23 MAY 1969' fire memorial page (event documentation) + NARA-declassified deck-log scans for USS King (DLG-10) 1969 hosted at ussking.com/assets/decklogs/ [other_primary]
- Locator
- ussking.com 1969fire.html narrative; deck-log PDF DLG10DeckLogs19690201-19690531.pdf remarks sheets for 23-24 May 1969
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- 23 May 1969, on station in the Gulf of Tonkin: a fuel line ruptured on the front of boiler 2A in the after fireroom; the explosion and fire killed four boiler technicians (BTs) and left the ship dead in the water on emergency diesel generator power until boiler 1B was lit at 0644 on 24 May. The ship reached Subic Bay for repairs 27 May 1969 and returned to service 5 July 1969. The event is recorded in the ship's NARA-held deck logs (association-hosted scans bearing 'Declassified Holdings of the National Archives' markings, 23-24 May 1969 remarks sheets) and corroborates the four-boiler, two-fireroom plant arrangement (boilers 1A/1B and 2A/2B).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1969-05-23 to 1969-07-05
- Population
- Fireroom/boiler technicians and repair crew (4 killed); ship's company
- Limitations
- Documents a fireroom casualty and repair event - engineering-space context only; no source states the insulation content of the boilers or spaces involved. The association memorial table styles the space '#1 Fireroom' while the fire page's account identifies boiler 2A (aft fireroom) - discrepancy logged in gaps, not silently reconciled. Deck-log scans are handwritten and partially illegible; event details carried from the association narrative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-king-ddg41-03
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[5]MARAD Vessel History Database, KING (DDG-41), vessel detail 2878 (status card + milestones) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- MARAD vesselhistory detail 2878, Milestones + Status Cards sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- MARAD record for this hull: year built 1960; shipyard 'Puget Sound Shipbuilding Company' (MARAD's label for the builder, i.e., the Puget Sound Navy Yard); type DDG Guided Missile Destroyer; fate 'Sold - Scrap'. Milestones: MARAD entry 10/6/1993; disposition 9/9/1994 'SOLD FOR SCRAP'; withdrawal 9/9/1994. Secondary sources (NavSource index, MaritimeQuest) date the sale to J&L Metals, Wilmington, N.C. on 15 April 1994 and the breakup to 1995.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1991-1995
- Population
- Scrapping workforce (J&L Metals, 1994-95)
- Limitations
- The MARAD detail page also carries 1946-47 entry/disposition milestones that cannot belong to this hull (built 1960) - a record-merge artifact, logged in gaps. Sale/transfer dates differ between sources (MARAD disposition 9/9/1994 vs. reported sale contract 15 April 1994; reported MARAD transfer 6 May 1993 vs. milestone entry 6 Oct 1993) - logged in gaps. MARAD record contains no materials or asbestos statement; scrapping-era handling of any ACM aboard is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-king-ddg41-04
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[6]Farragut (Coontz)-class technical data (4 Babcock & Wilcox 1,200-psi boilers and 2 Allis-Chalmers turbines, 85,000 shp, on DDG-40-44) + Atlas shipyard dataset records for Puget Sound NSY (DTIC AD0715808, 1970 radiographic survey), Long Beach NSY (Marr, Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 1964), Norfolk NSY (EPA Superfund VA1170024813) [other_primary]
- Locator
- seaforces Farragut-class technical data block; shipyards.json records puget-sound-naval-shipyard, long-beach-naval-shipyard, norfolk-naval-shipyard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: this hull is a 1957-60 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard build of the Farragut (Coontz) class with a four-boiler 1,200-psi steam plant (boilers 1A/1B, 2A/2B confirmed ship-specifically by the 1969 casualty); class spec for DDG-40-44 is Babcock & Wilcox boilers with Allis-Chalmers turbines, 85,000 shp. A steam plant of this era would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler/turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing. Every Navy yard that did major work on this hull has yard-level asbestos documentation in the Atlas dataset: Puget Sound NSY (1970 DTIC AD0715808 survey of ~7,000 workers found pulmonary abnormalities concentrated in pipe coverers/insulators; 85% magnesia block with ~15% asbestos in boiler lagging use 1962-72), Long Beach NSY (Marr's 1964 AIHA Journal study of asbestos exposure during naval-vessel overhaul at that yard; 100% amosite pipe blankets in use to ~1962), Norfolk NSY (EPA Superfund-listed, asbestos among contaminants).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-1977
- Population
- Construction trades 1957-60 (Bremerton); overhaul workers LBNSY 1964/1967, Norfolk NSY 1977; Boland Marine workforce 1974-77
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - nothing in this row names this hull. Puget Sound's documented magnesia-block product era (1962-72) post-dates King's construction (1957-60) but overlaps her 1961 post-shakedown availability; Marr's Long Beach study is yard-level, not hull-level. The 1974-77 Boland Marine AAWMOD gutted and rebuilt combat-system and engineering spaces, but no abatement or material record for that work is public. No inference of ship-specific exposure is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-king-ddg41-05
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[7]NARA-declassified USS King (DLG-10) deck-log scans (WestPac cruises 1963-1973) hosted by the USS King Association; association note that DDG-41-era deck logs 'have not yet been turned over to the National Archives for public release' [other_primary]
- Locator
- ussking.com decklogs.html (NARA-scan PDFs, WestPac 1963-1973) and commandhistories.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Hull-level primary records exist and are partly public: the association hosts scanned NARA-declassified deck logs for the DLG-10 era (1963-64, 1965, 1966, 1967-68, 1969, 1970, 1971-72, and 1972-73 WestPac cruises), and the DDG-41-era logs remain untransferred. These logs document daily ship position and notable events (e.g., Da Nang Harbor anchorages 28 June 1966 and 20 October 1967; the 23 May 1969 fireroom casualty period) but do not record materials or asbestos. Deeper hull-level leads: NARA RG 19 General Information Books / booklets of general plans for DLG-10; Puget Sound NSY construction records; Long Beach NSY overhaul work packages (1964, 1967); the Navy-Boland Marine AAWMOD contract file (1974-77); Norfolk NSY RAV records (1977).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1963-1973 (retrieved); 1977-1991 (not yet transferred)
- Population
- Crew 1963-1973 (WestPac deck logs)
- Limitations
- Deck logs document operations and casualties, not insulation materials; the hull-level specification and work-package records listed are unretrieved leads, not consulted sources. DDG-41-era deck logs are not yet public per the association's note.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-king-ddg41-06
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[8]Savoy v. United States, 469 F. Supp. 301 (E.D. La. 1978) [court_record]
- Locator
- 469 F. Supp. 301, findings of fact recital (contract award 1974-04-19; arrival 1974-04-25; accident 1974-08-29)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published federal opinion in which this hull is the vessel in suit: 'The USS KING, the vessel that is the subject of the present litigation, was authorized for construction in 1955 and built at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.' The court's findings document the AAWMOD contract between the United States and Boland Marine and Manufacturing Co., Inc., awarded 19 April 1974; the vessel's arrival at Boland's New Orleans yard 25 April 1974 with all officers and crew reassigned; and the plaintiff, Boland journeyman pipefitter Mitchell A. Savoy Jr., assigned to work aboard the vessel, who fell descending a stairway between the 01 level and main deck near passageway 1-68-1-L (frames 70-72) on 29 August 1974. A bench-trial opinion on maritime negligence/unseaworthiness theories - NOT an asbestos case.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1974 (contract/injury); 1978 (opinion)
- Population
- Mitchell A. Savoy Jr. (Boland Marine journeyman pipefitter aboard USS King, 1974)
- Limitations
- This is non-asbestos litigation (personal injury during the modernization yard period). Its evidentiary value here is documentary: a court record confirming the US-Boland AAWMOD contract, its dates, and pipefitter work aboard this hull during the gut-and-rebuild. It says nothing about asbestos materials, exposure, or causation; the 1978 bench-trial posture is findings of fact/conclusions of law on the injury claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-king-ddg41-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 searches: "USS King" (type=o) - 3 hits; "USS King" asbestos (type=o) - 0; "DDG-41" (type=o) - 0; "DLG-10" (type=o) - 0; type=r docket pass - budget-blocked (see search_ledger) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-king-ddg41-06 through sl-uss-king-ddg41-09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener litigation sweep for this hull. '"USS King"' over the opinion index returned 3 hits: Savoy v. United States, 469 F. Supp. 301 (E.D. La. 1978) - ship-specific NON-asbestos litigation, carried as ev-07; United States v. Doe, 860 F.2d 488 (1st Cir. 1988) and its duplicate index entry - a drug-interdiction prosecution in which a boarding team from USS King inspected the Honduran vessel Captain Robert, other litigation (vessel appears operationally, not as a subject). '"USS King" asbestos', '"DDG-41"', and '"DLG-10"' each returned 0 opinion-index hits. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located in the completed queries.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Sweep is partial, not a proven negative: 'King' is a high-collision litigant surname; the docket-index (type=r) pass did not run before the shared CourtListener request budget was exhausted; and unfiled or state-court asbestos complaints naming the hull would not appear in the opinion index regardless.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-king-ddg41-08
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[10]Batch-3933 search ledger (this record): DANFS Vol. III p.647 (archive.org scan); Navy command histories 1960-1991 (association-hosted scans); NARA-declassified deck logs; MARAD vessel history detail 2878; CourtListener API v4 name/hull queries; Atlas shipyard dataset yard records [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-king-ddg41-01 through sl-uss-king-ddg41-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, sampling study, or adjudicated/docketed case naming USS King (DLG-10/DDG-41) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Only law-firm marketing pages list the hull on boilerplate ship lists - excluded as non-evidentiary.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1957-60 steam warship gutted and rebuilt in a 1974-77 modernization is era-consistent with extensive original ACM, and the scrapping (J&L Metals 1994-95) is undocumented. This finding establishes only that no ship-specific public record was located in the sources searched.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-king-ddg41-09