Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 782-packet.md (5 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-klakring-ffg42-pkt-782-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, 'Klakring (FFG 42),' parts 1 and 4 (1982-2013) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Part 1, specifications block and opening construction paragraph; Part 4, 2011 drydock paragraph and final decommissioning sentence
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS identifies this hull as Oliver Hazard Perry-class FFG-42: laid down by Bath Iron Works at Bath, Maine, on 19 February 1982; launched 18 September 1982; and commissioned 20 August 1983. Its specifications list 4,100 tons displacement, 453-foot length, 47-foot beam, 26-foot draft, 29+ knots, and complement 101. DANFS also records drydock maintenance at BAE Shipyard, Jacksonville, from 8 February to 19 April 2011 and decommissioning at Mayport on 22 March 2013.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1982-2013
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction workforce (1982-83); U.S. Navy crew (1983-2013); 2011 yard workforce
- Limitations
- This is a hull-specific history and maintenance chronology, not an asbestos record. It does not identify materials handled at construction or drydock, confirm ACM aboard, establish exposure, quantify material, or address legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-klakring-ffg42-01
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[3]Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Vessel Historical Evaluation: KLAKRING (FFG 42), final determination, revised 15 May 2015 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Vessel Snapshot and construction/status tables, pp. 1-2
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NAVSEA's final Naval Vessel Historical Evaluation identifies Klakring as the 36th Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate, built by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; records delivery 5 August 1983, commissioning 20 August 1983, and decommissioning and striking on 22 March 2013; and lists its then-current status as in inactive-ship maintenance at Philadelphia, with FMS or scrapping planned.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1982-2015
- Population
- Vessel and inactive-ship stewardship record
- Limitations
- The historical evaluation addresses NRHP eligibility and vessel history, not hazardous materials. Its 2015 inactive-ship status is not proof of present location or of asbestos condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-klakring-ffg42-02
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[4]OPNAVINST 5100.19F, Navy Safety and Occupational Health Program Manual, chapter B1, 'Asbestos Control,' 5 May 2019 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chapter B1, para. 3(a), 3(d)-(e)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- OPNAVINST 5100.19F states that a ship whose keel was laid during or after 1980 was prohibited by federal regulation from being constructed with thermal-system insulation (TSI) and does not require the Emergency Asbestos Response Team protocol. Because NHHC documents Klakring's keel date as 19 February 1982, the instruction is relevant class/era regulatory context: FFG-42 cannot be presumed to have friable asbestos TSI under the pre-1980-keel rule.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1980 regulatory threshold; instruction dated 2019
- Population
- U.S. Navy ships and shipboard maintenance personnel; applied here by FFG-42's documented 1982 keel date
- Limitations
- This regulatory presumption concerns TSI only and is not a hull survey, construction-material schedule, or proof that Klakring was asbestos-free. The same instruction says the Navy cannot definitively establish a ship is free of ACM; later maintenance, non-TSI ACM, and non-U.S.-regulated repairs require ship-specific documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-klakring-ffg42-03
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[5]NIOSH, Health Hazard Evaluation Report HETA 89-0273-2000, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine (1990) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NIOSH HHE 89-0273-2000, Bath Iron Works evaluation summary and findings
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- A NIOSH health-hazard evaluation at Bath Iron Works in 1989-90 documented asbestos fiber exposures during ship repair and overhaul operations among insulation and adjacent trades. Bath Iron Works built Klakring in 1982-83, so the report is yard-level occupational context only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1989-1990
- Population
- Bath Iron Works repair/overhaul workers, including insulation and adjacent trades, 1989-1990
- Limitations
- This post-construction yard study does not name Klakring, identify any material installed on it, establish conditions during its 1982-83 construction, quantify any individual's exposure, or establish causation or liability.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-klakring-ffg42-04
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[6]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' (research guide; record-series and document-type guidance) [other_primary]
- Locator
- General Information Books; Specification Files; Cartographic Branch/Ship Engineering Drawings sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Navy asbestos research guide identifies ship-specific General/Ship Information Books, engineering drawings, material-history drawings, work-control documents, and prior sample results as records used to determine a particular vessel's asbestos status. It specifically warns that individual ship documentation is needed to determine whether material is free of asbestos. These holdings are the principal unretrieved archival lead for FFG-42.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- Archival guidance; FFG-42 construction and maintenance records not retrieved
- Population
- Navy vessel records; prospective FFG-42 materials research
- Limitations
- NARA's guide is a records roadmap, not evidence that any listed record exists for FFG-42 or that asbestos was aboard it. The guide's title focuses on records through 1961, while the described document types remain useful leads; direct holdings queries and retrieval are still required.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-klakring-ffg42-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 authenticated exact-name searches: United States v. Morgan, NMCCA 200401114 (2007), opinion ID 8344945; United States v. Aguirre-Cuero, No. 8:07-cr-00369 (M.D. Fla.), docket ID 14195630 [court_record]
- Locator
- Authenticated v4 exact-name opinion and docket search results, 2026-09-29; Morgan metadata identifies Navy-Marine Corps criminal appeal; Aguirre-Cuero metadata/indexed plea agreement identifies criminal/copyright docket
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener v4 exact-name searches for "USS Klakring" returned two non-asbestos name/text collisions: United States v. Morgan, NMCCA 200401114 (Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals, 2007), a published military criminal opinion; and United States v. Aguirre-Cuero, No. 8:07-cr-00369 (M.D. Fla.), a criminal/copyright docket with an indexed plea agreement. Neither is qualifying asbestos litigation or a vessel record. The authenticated FFG-42 opinion and docket searches could not be completed after the required helper reported that the fleet-wide pacing budget was momentarily spent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2007-2008 litigation; search 2026-09-29
- Population
- CourtListener public opinion/RECAP indexes; not a vessel claimant population
- Limitations
- This is a partial indexed-search result, not proof that no asbestos claim exists. Exact-name opinion and docket queries completed, but both required hull-number queries were attempted exclusively through the authenticated fleet helper and were rate-paced out. No anonymous, raw API, or v3 request was used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-klakring-ffg42-06