Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet gn-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lloyd-thomas-dd764-pkt-gn-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Lloyd Thomas (DD-764) - verbatim DANFS Online transcription via hazegray mirror (losthistory.net); live NHHC page 404s [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS DD-764 entry: specifications block + service narrative (through 1969)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 26 March 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Division, San Francisco, Calif.; launched 5 October 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Lloyd Thomas, widow of Lt.(j.g.) Thomas; commissioned 21 March 1947, Comdr. J. I. Cone in command. Spec block: Gearing class, 2,425 tons, 390'9", 41' beam, 18'6" draft, 35 kt, complement 336. Service narrative: 1948 round-the-world cruise with Valley Forge (CV-45), 46,168 nautical miles in five months; 1949 hunter-killer conversion at San Francisco Navy Yard, then Atlantic Fleet at Newport; redesignated DDE-764 4 March 1950; escort and NATO duty through the 1950s (Operation Mainbrace 1952); FRAM II conversion March-December 1961 at New York Naval Shipyard; redesignated DD-764 30 June 1962; Middle East Force 1962-63; Operations Fairgame II (1964) and Steelpike I (1964); CANUS-SILEX 1965; Mediterranean Feb-Jul 1966; three-week drydock at Bethlehem Shipyard, Boston from 29 July 1966; plane guard for Wasp (CVS-18) during Gemini XII recovery Nov 1966; Mediterranean during the June 1967 crisis; entered Boston for overhaul 7 May 1968; narrative ends in 1969.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1969
- Population
- Bethlehem San Francisco construction trades 1944-47; crew (design complement 336) 1947-1972
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Narrative ends in 1969 - Vietnam service, decommissioning, and transfer are not covered by this entry. Mirror text carries OCR typos ('15 February 1986' for 1966; 'Koykavik' for Reykjavik). Live NHHC page returned 404; mirror cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-thomas-dd764-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-764 / DDE-764 USS Lloyd Thomas - Operational and Building Data block [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/05/764.htm - 'Operational and Building Data' block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource operational/building data extends the record past DANFS's 1969 endpoint: class Gearing; machinery 60,000 shp GE geared turbines, two screws, 36.8 knots, crew 336; reclassified DDE-764 4 March 1950; FRAM upgrade completed November 1961; reverted to DD-764 30 June 1962; decommissioned and stricken 12 October 1972; transferred to Taiwan the same day, renamed Dang Yang; stricken (ROC) 16 March 1999; sunk as artificial reef 31 October 2002. NavSource also carries the namesake biography: Lloyd Thomas, born 10 March 1912 at Nelsonville, Ohio; commissioned ensign 26 October 1939; joined Torpedo Squadron 6 in Enterprise December 1939; killed in his squadron's attack in the Battle of Midway 4 June 1942; posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-2002
- Population
- USN crew 1947-1972; ROCN crew 1972-1999
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained secondary archive; dates agree with DANFS and the Taiwan military archive where they overlap, except FRAM II completion (NavSource 'November 1961' vs DANFS 'March to December 1961' - carried in gaps). Live navsource.org fetch failed this session; content verified via Wayback capture 2025-04-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-thomas-dd764-02
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[4]Taiwan National Military Digital Archive (nmda.teldap.tw), DDG-911 Dang-Yang history page - ROC Navy service record [other_primary]
- Locator
- nmda.teldap.tw DDG-911 page - bilingual history block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- ROC Navy official-history page for DDG-911 Dang Yang confirms: ex-USS Lloyd Thomas (DD-764), Gearing-class, built Bethlehem Steel San Francisco (laid down 26 March 1944, launched 5 October 1945, commissioned 21 March 1947); Vietnam service January 1972; transferred to the ROC Navy at Pearl Harbor 12 October 1972 (first ROC CO Capt. Ren Chin-Wu), renamed Dang Yang, hull DD-911; approximately half-year repair/maintenance at the First Naval Shipyard on arrival; joined fleet operations 17 September 1973; Wu-Chin II combat-system modernization July 1980 (missile fit, DDG-911); successful Hsiung-Feng I surface-to-surface missile firing test October 1990; 26 years ROC service under 19 commanding officers; decommissioned 16 March 1999.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1972-1999
- Population
- ROCN crew 1972-1999; First Naval Shipyard trades 1972-73 and Wu-Chin II trades 1980
- Limitations
- Taiwan government digital archive (TELDAP program); confirms ROC service facts but contains no materials or asbestos content; does not document the 2002 reef sinking. English text on the page is translation-assisted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-thomas-dd764-03
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[5]Central News Agency dispatch (sohu.com reprint, 2002-11-01): 'Taiwan military sinks this year's first warship reef' + Taiwan Ministry of Agriculture warship-reef program page (moa.gov.tw) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- sohu.com news 2002-11-01 (CNA dispatch); moa.gov.tw ws.php?id=4098 (warship-reef program); reef-survey figures via secondary quote
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous reporting records the ROC Navy sinking ex-Lloyd Thomas (ROCS Dang Yang, DDG-911) by hull-bottom demolition charges on the afternoon of 31 October 2002 in the Toucheng, Yilan offshore reef zone - Taiwan's sixth warship reef; CNA notes the hull launched October 1945 and retired 16 March 1999. The Taiwan Ministry of Agriculture warship-reef program page confirms the program (first reef Wan'an, November 2000; five ROCN hulls through 2001; 2002 cohort included Dang Yang). ROCN-veteran photographs from September 2002 document the stripped hull drilled with sinking holes and report she had been used as a missile target after decommissioning. Survey-derived data places the wreck near 24 deg 57.2 min N, 121 deg 57.0 min E in about 48.6 m, hull on its side with a forward-section fracture observed on 2003 dives.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1999-2003
- Population
- Taiwan reef program and ROCN decommissioning crews 1999-2002
- Limitations
- Final-disposition record only; contains no asbestos content - reef-preparation (any hazmat removal before sinking) is not documented by these sources. Wreck coordinates come from a secondary post quoting official reef-survey data, not the survey report itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-thomas-dd764-04
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[6]DANFS DD-764 service narrative (yard events) + Taiwan military archive DDG-911 page (ROC-era refit and modernization) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS DD-764 narrative (1949, 1961, 1966, 1968 yard events); nmda.teldap.tw DDG-911 page (1972-73 refit, 1980 Wu-Chin II)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Documented ship-specific yard periods aboard this hull: 1949 hunter-killer (escort-destroyer) conversion at San Francisco Navy Yard; FRAM II conversion March-December 1961 at New York Naval Shipyard; three-week drydock at Bethlehem Shipyard, Boston beginning 29 July 1966; overhaul entered Boston 7 May 1968; approximately half-year First Naval Shipyard refit after transfer to Taiwan (1972-73); Wu-Chin II modernization July 1980. Each is a machinery-space or modernization event during which era practice would have disturbed original insulation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1949-1980
- Population
- Yard workers at San Francisco Navy Yard (1949), New York Naval Shipyard (1961), Bethlehem Boston (1966), Boston overhaul (1968); ROC First Naval Shipyard (1972-73, 1980)
- Limitations
- Events verified; asbestos scope inferred - no work package, specification, survey, or abatement record was retrieved for any of these yard periods. The 1968 'Boston' overhaul yard is not named in DANFS (Bethlehem East Boston vs Boston Naval Shipyard unresolved - carried in gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-thomas-dd764-05
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[7]Consolidated era inference - DANFS/navypedia Gearing-class technical data + GAO HRD-80-2 policy context + Goodrich engineering-drawing recital [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia us_dd_gearing.htm class technical block; DANFS DD-764 spec block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this hull: a Gearing-class destroyer (the Allen M. Sumner design lengthened for fuel stowage) built 1944-47 at Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco, carrying four Babcock & Wilcox superheated boilers and 60,000-shp GE geared steam turbines would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler casing and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe lagging, turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and accommodation insulation; construction and all USN service predated the Navy's early-1970s asbestos substitution.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1999
- Population
- Bethlehem SF construction trades 1944-47; USN crew 1947-1972; ROCN crew 1972-1999
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-level material record located for DD-764; consistent with the Goodrich litigation-recited drawing but not an independent finding for this hull. Establishes no quantities and no individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-thomas-dd764-06
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[8]Goodrich v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., Omnibus Opinion and Order, ECF No. 171, E.D. Va. No. 4:17-cv-00009 (Sept. 28, 2018) [court_record]
- Locator
- Goodrich Omnibus Opinion and Order, ECF No. 171 (recitals of engineering drawing and expert tonnage tally)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The Goodrich omnibus opinion (reciting expert material on the shared Sumner/Gearing machinery plant) states that 'an engineering drawing for the insulation and lagging of forced draft blower turbines for the class of destroyers (DD 692, USS Allen M. Sumner class)' specifies 'amosite felts and asbestos cloths,' and quotes an expert report estimating 'a partial tally of the weight of the asbestos-containing thermal insulation and lagging products in the fire ... and engine rooms of a ship belonging to the USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692) and USS Gearing (DD 710) classes of destroyers is 30.3 tons.' DD-764 is a Gearing-class hull carrying the shared machinery plant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1940s design era; opinion filed 2018-09-28
- Population
- Gearing/Sumner destroyer fire- and engine-room crews (design-era material)
- Limitations
- Litigation-record recital, not an adjudicated classwide finding: the engineering drawing and the 30.3-ton figure are expert materials quoted in an opinion that treated some related exposure conclusions as speculative; the drawing covers the DD-692/DD-710 design group machinery shared by Gearing hulls but does not name DD-764. Underlying exhibits not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-thomas-dd764-07
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's extensive shipboard asbestos insulation use with substitution not beginning until the early 1970s - Lloyd Thomas's entire U.S. career (commissioned 1947, decommissioned 1972) precedes substitution. Standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or as required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not class- or hull-specific; supports era context only. Full text blocked to automated fetch (HTTP 403) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-thomas-dd764-08
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[10]United States v. Posnick, 8 C.M.A. 201, 24 C.M.R. 11 (U.S. Court of Military Appeals, 1957) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener opinion 8595260 - factual recital (accused's unit)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The only published opinion located naming this hull: United States v. Posnick (C.M.A. 1957) - court-martial appeal in which the accused, a seaman apprentice, was convicted of being absent without authority for about a week from 'the USS LLOYD THOMAS' and of missing her movement through neglect (Articles 86 and 87, UCMJ). Non-asbestos: classified as other litigation / name match, not a qualifying asbestos case.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1956-1957
- Population
- USN seaman apprentice aboard DD-764, ~1956
- Limitations
- Criminal-procedure opinion naming the hull only as the accused's unit; contains no asbestos, exposure, or materials content. Not qualifying asbestos litigation - recorded to distinguish a real name match from exposure evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-thomas-dd764-09
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[11]CourtListener API v4 sweep (authenticated, 2026-09-27): opinions and RECAP dockets by ship name and hull number [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener /api/rest/v4/search/ type=o and type=r result sets, 2026-09-27
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located. Opinions: 'USS Lloyd Thomas' -> 1 hit (United States v. Posnick, C.M.A. 1957 - non-asbestos court-martial); '"Lloyd Thomas" asbestos' -> 2 hits, both person-name collisions (DeOrnellas E.D. Mich. 2003; Richmond Screw Anchor Tenn. 1927); 'DD-764' -> 0. Dockets (type=r): 'USS Lloyd Thomas' -> 0; 'Lloyd Thomas' -> 489 hits, all person-name (predominantly bankruptcy) collisions, no vessel reference in the relevance-ranked returns; 'DD-764' -> 4 hits - two asbestos-context (Murphy v. Air & Liquid Systems, S.D. Ill. No. 3:21-cv-00519-DWD, asbestos action by former Navy machinist mate Timothy Murphy, service 1965-1968, removed on federal-officer grounds and remanded 2021; and the MDL-875 master docket, JPML 1991) in which the string's role is unverified, plus two obvious non-vessel string collisions (Madoff SIPA; NYT v. Microsoft).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- Index coverage through 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Index-coverage caveat: RECAP/indexed text does not cover every state-court complaint, so absence is not proof no asbestos complaint ever named this hull. The Murphy and MDL-875 'DD-764' hits were not resolved to document text - they are allegations-at-most index matches, carried as unresolved leads, not exposure findings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-thomas-dd764-10
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[12]NARA Catalog, 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978' - Lloyd Thomas (DD-764) deck logs (example: October 1963, id 178593367; surfaced via DPLA); Vietnam-era logs digitized under the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov id 178593367 (Oct 1963 example); NARA deck-logs research page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized DD-764 deck logs exist in the National Archives Catalog (series: Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978; Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel). They can corroborate yard periods, operations, and dates. BuShips contract and General Information Book material records for DD-764 (NARA RG 19) are not digitized - archival lead for hull-level specifications.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1947-1972 (log coverage)
- Population
- DD-764 officers and crew 1947-1972 (log coverage)
- Limitations
- Deck logs record events and movements, not materials content; they were identified at catalog level, not read page-by-page. RG 19 GIB retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-thomas-dd764-11
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[13]USS Sterett (DLG-31) 1972 Command Report, reproduced by the Sterett Association (sterett.net), 'The Battle off Dong Hoi'; Taiwan military archive DDG-911 page (Vietnam service January 1972); USS Lloyd Thomas Association history table (dd764.org) for the August 1972 Johnston Island detail [other_primary]
- Locator
- sterett.net THE-BATTLE-OF-DONG-HOI.pdf (1972 command report); nmda.teldap.tw DDG-911 page; dd764.org/ussltr ship-history table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-1969 service beyond DANFS's coverage: the Taiwan military archive records that the ship 'joined the Vietnam War in January 1972.' The reproduced 1972 Sterett command report places 'USS LLOYD THOMAS (DD 714)' [sic - DD-764] in Task Unit 77.1.2 with USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5) and USS Higbee (DD-806) conducting shore bombardment against Dong Hoi on 19 April 1972, with Sterett on anti-air picket - the action later called the Battle of Dong Hoi; secondary accounts report Lloyd Thomas took a single shore-battery shell on the port bow above the waterline with three sailors slightly injured, and remained on the firing line. The ship-association history records that on 20 August 1972 she embarked an Army Chemical Corps team to re-man Johnston Island after Hurricane Celeste, returning to Pearl Harbor 27 August 1972 to prepare for decommissioning.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1972
- Population
- DD-764 crew, 1972 Seventh Fleet deployment
- Limitations
- Provenance tiers differ: the unit composition comes from a reproduction of an official 1972 command report (hosting is a veterans' association site; the 'DD 714' designation is a document typo); the shell-hit and casualty detail comes from secondary accounts (Wikipedia/ship histories), not the official NHHC history - Marolda's 'By Sea, Air, and Land' ch. 4 describes the engagement but names only Higbee. The Johnston Island detail is association-sourced only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lloyd-thomas-dd764-12