Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, Lofberg (DD-759) - Naval History and Heritage Command ship-history entry (published 2016-04-27); live page verified 2026-09-19 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Lt. Comdr. Gus Brynolf Lofberg, Jr. (USNA 1927; commanded USS Little DD-79, lost off Guadalcanal 1942-09-04, posthumous Silver Star). Laid down 1943-11-04 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco; launched 1944-08-12; sponsored by Mrs. G. B. Lofberg, Jr.; commissioned 1945-04-26, Comdr. R. O. Beer. Spec block: 2,200 tons, 376'6" x 40'10" x 15'8", 34.2 kt, cpl. 345, Allen M. Sumner class. Tokyo Bay 1945-10-13; occupation duty (Japanese harbor mine clearing support, Okinawa-Shanghai shuttle); return San Francisco 1946-03-28 with Marines embarked at Tsingtao; 3d Reserve Fleet; Pacific Fleet flagship DesRon 7 from 1947-07-01. Three Korean tours beginning 1950-09-30 (TF 77 screen; TG 96.8 gunfire support alongside Missouri BB-63; Wonsan siege; Formosa Strait patrol; home 1951-07-02). Annual 7th Fleet deployments post-1953; FRAM II rehabilitation and modernization at San Francisco (refurbished 1962-07-23, new helicopter flight deck); DesDiv 153 antisubmarine hunter group; Far East tours from 1963-04; South Vietnam coastal barrier patrol from 1965-02 during 1964-10-23 to 1965-05-17 deployment; Yankee Station and gunfire support incl. Operation Deck House II 1966; rotating 1st/7th Fleet duty into 1969. Seven battle stars for Korean service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1943-1969
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel San Francisco construction trades 1943-45; wartime and postwar crew (design complement 345)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Narrative ends in 1969 - decommissioning (1971), striking (1973), and Taiwan transfer (1974) are not covered here and are sourced to NavSource (ev-02). 'FRAM 11' is the DANFS text's rendering of FRAM II.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lofberg-dd759-01
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[2]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-759 USS Lofberg - Operational and Building Data block (Wayback capture 2024-05-24; live navsource.org unreachable, DNS failure 2026-09-19) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-759 page, 'Operational and Building Data' + machinery block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource operational/building record for this hull: laid down by Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco 1943-11-04; launched 1944-08-12 and commissioned 1945-04-26; completed FRAM upgrade July 1962; decommissioned 1971-01-15; stricken 1973-02-01; fate: to Taiwan 1974-05-06 and cannibalized for spare parts. Machinery block: 60,000 shp, General Electric geared turbines, 2 screws.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Limitations
- NavSource is a compiled photographic-history index drawing on DANFS/NVR-lineage data - authoritative for dates but not a primary document; live site unreachable today, 2024-05 Wayback capture cited. Cannibalization in Taiwan ends the documented hull history; final material disposition unrecorded.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lofberg-dd759-02
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[3]Siegfried v. 3M Co. et al., No. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E (C.D. Cal.; removed from Los Angeles Superior Court No. BC691900), Owens-Illinois, Inc.'s Joinder to Defendant Elliot Company's Notice of Removal, RECAP Document 50 (filed 2018-03-02) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF Doc. 50, Preliminary Statement para. 1 (vessel-list recital), pp. 2-4 of 12
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Verified pleading-stage asbestos allegation naming this hull (RECAP PDF retrieved and read in full): Owens-Illinois's removal joinder recites that the state-court complaint (filed 2018-01-26) alleges plaintiff Terry Lee Siegfried was injured by asbestos exposure from Owens-Illinois while working as an electrician and marine electrician approximately 1969-1996 at Long Beach Naval Shipyard and aboard a list of ~40 named U.S. Navy vessels explicitly including 'USS Lofberg (DD-759)'; the recital adds 'There are no other exposure allegations related to Owens-Illinois.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1969-1996 (alleged exposure window); 2018 (litigation)
- Population
- Terry Lee Siegfried (LBNSY electrician/marine electrician, approx. 1969-1996)
- Limitations
- Less-final-stage classification: a vessel list recited in a defense removal filing is a pleading-stage allegation, not an adjudicated finding - no court found exposure occurred aboard this hull. The complaint specifies no dates, locations, or products for the Lofberg reference; the hull's U.S. Navy service ended 1971-01-15 and it left U.S. custody 1974-05-06, inside Siegfried's 1969-1996 employment window, but presence at LBNSY is not established by this document. Merits history beyond removal posture not located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lofberg-dd759-03
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[4]navysite.de, USS Lofberg (DD-759) ship page - FRAM II conversion shipyard attribution (secondary compiled source) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite.de DD-759 page, General Characteristics block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary-source yard attribution: navysite.de lists this hull's 'FRAM II Conversion Shipyard: San Francisco Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Calif.; FRAM II Conversion Period: 1961 - July 1962.' Corroborated in part by DANFS, which records that Lofberg 'returned to San Francisco for a FRAM II rehabilitation and modernization' and was refurbished 1962-07-23.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1961-1962
- Population
- San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunters Point) trades, 1961-1962 - if attribution confirmed
- Limitations
- navysite.de is a private compiled history site with no primary citations - yard identity unverified against primary records (NHHC/NARA availability records would resolve). Asbestos scope of the FRAM II work is undocumented; conversion predates the Navy's early-1970s insulation-substitution era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lofberg-dd759-04
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[5]DANFS specifications block (Allen M. Sumner class; four-boiler steam plant lineage) + class-c profile allen-m-sumner-class.class.json era notes + Atlas shipyard dataset (shipyards.json) - builder yard absent [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; allen-m-sumner-class.class.json class_notes/gaps; shipyards.json yard list
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Sumner-class destroyer built 1943-45 at a wartime commercial yard with a four-boiler, geared-turbine steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings; the 1961-62 FRAM II modernization predates the Navy's substitution era and would have disturbed original-era insulation. Builder Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco (the former Union Iron Works yard, Potrero Point) has no Atlas shipyards.json yard_id - no builder-yard asbestos record available to cross-link; NARA RG 19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications remain an archival lead.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1943-1971
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel San Francisco construction trades 1943-45; crew 1945-71; FRAM II yard workers 1961-62
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-era inference only - the ship-specific asbestos-relevant record for this hull is the Siegfried pleading allegation (ev-03); this row adds context, not an independent ship-specific finding. NARA GIB retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lofberg-dd759-05
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[6]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 of alternative materials not beginning until the early 1970s - this hull's construction (1943-45) and FRAM II modernization (1961-62) both fall inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1979 (report); era under study 1940s-1970s
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program level)
- Limitations
- Program-level era context only - not hull evidence. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov HTTP 403 to automated fetches); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lofberg-dd759-06
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[7]Batch-279 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live page; NavSource (Wayback); NVR detail page; ibiblio/HyperWar DANFS mirror; CourtListener type=o + type=r + RECAP retrieval; asbestos-specific web sweep; navysite.de; NARA RG 19 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lofberg-dd759-01 through sl-uss-lofberg-dd759-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos documentation located beyond the Siegfried pleading allegation: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, government inspection record, published merits opinion, or docketed case with an adjudicated Lofberg exposure finding was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener 'Lofberg' opinion hits (58) are all name collisions (Lofberg's Inc., personal surnames); RECAP 'Lofberg' first-page results are personal-bankruptcy name collisions.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the hull's build era and FRAM II timing are consistent with era-standard ACM, unproven for this hull. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener coverage partial: API throttled and frontend rate-limited mid-sweep; exact-phrase 'USS Lofberg'/'DD-759' docket queries not completed - see sl-08.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lofberg-dd759-07