Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]research packet hh-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Lynde McCormick
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lynde-mccormick-dd958-pkt-hh-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'Lynde McCormick (DDG-8)' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC page published 2015-07-29; live URL intermittently returns 404/403 to automated fetch - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20251209195047) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS 'Lynde McCormick' page - spec block + full service narrative (Wayback capture 20251209195047)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Admiral Lynde Dupuy McCormick (1895-1956), USNA class of 1915, acting Chief of Naval Operations after Admiral Forrest Sherman's 1951 death, later CinCLantFlt and Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic, president of the Naval War College - died at Newport 16 August 1956. Ship: laid down 4 April 1958 by Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich.; launched 28 July 1959; sponsored by Mrs. Lillian McCormick, wife of Admiral McCormick; commissioned at Boston 3 June 1961, Cmdr. Ernest S. Cornwall, Jr., in command. Spec block: DDG-8, dp. 3,190; l. 432'; b. 47'; dr. 21'; s. 30 k.; cpl. 354; a. 2 5-inch, Tartar mis., ASROC, 2 tt.; cl. Charles F. Adams. Service narrative through 1969: Boston to San Diego homeport Aug-Sep 1961; Pacific missile-range tests early 1962; WestPac deployment Nov 1962-Jun 1963 (Yokosuka, 7th Fleet task group); Sacramento deep-water port dedication; overhaul and modification at Hunter's Point early 1964 increasing antiair-warfare capability; Tonkin Gulf escalation - CruDesFlot 11 six-month Vietnam deployment Aug 1964 screening Bon Homme Richard and other carriers, returned San Diego 6 Feb 1965; third WestPac tour Mar-Aug 1966 (Mekong Delta gunfire, Yankee Station carrier support); drydock overhaul at Long Beach 27 Oct 1966-23 Mar 1967; WestPac deployment 17 Aug 1967-6 Apr 1968 with extensive gunline action and coastal patrol; eastern Pacific operations into 1969.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-1969 (entry coverage)
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding construction trades 1958-1961; crew complement 354 across 1961-1991 service
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, characteristics, and service history - not materials or asbestos content. Entry coverage ends 1969; post-1969 service (including 1988 Operation Praying Mantis) is documented by other rows. DANFS makes no mention of the DD-958 pre-construction designation - that chain is documented by NavSource (ev-02). Live NHHC page access is unstable for automated fetch; Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lynde-mccormick-dd958-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index - USS LYNDE McCORMICK (DD-958 / DDG-8), file 05/01008 (volunteer-compiled naval archive transcribing NVR-level data) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 05/01008 - 'Operational and Building Data' block + as-built specification block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource building/fate data for this hull: 'Originally classified as DD-958, classification changed to DDG-8 April 23 1957.' Laid down by Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City, Mich. 4 April 1958; launched 28 July 1959; commissioned 3 June 1961; decommissioned 1 October 1991; stricken 20 November 1992; 'Sold June 20 1994 to Consolidated Minerals for conversion into power barge. Returned to Navy control March 23 1999 and sunk as a target off California February 24, 2001.' As-built class data: displacement 4,526 tons full; 437 ft oa x 47 ft x 15 ft max; armament 2 x 5-inch/54 (2x1), Tartar SAM (1x2 Mk 11), ASROC (1x8), 6 x 12.75-inch Mk 32 ASW TT (2x3); machinery 70,000 shp geared turbines, 2 screws; 33 knots; range 4,500 NM at 20 knots; crew 333-350; call sign NHXD.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-2001
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding construction trades 1958-1961; crew 333-350 (NavSource table)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled archive, not a government publication - it transcribes NVR/DANFS-level data and is the authoritative public source for the DD-958-to-DDG-8 reclassification and the sale/return/sinking chain. Sinking date conflicts with secondary sources giving 14 February 2001 (Wikipedia, hullnumber.com) - flagged in gaps. Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lynde-mccormick-dd958-02
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[4]Charles F. Adams-class machinery data (NavSource as-built block for DDG-8, consistent with MaritimeQuest/navypedia class breakdowns: GE turbines and B&W boilers in DDG-8) + era steam-plant construction context [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DDG-8 page as-built machinery block; MaritimeQuest Charles F. Adams class overview (builder-configuration notes)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference: a guided-missile destroyer built 1958-1961 by Defoe Shipbuilding with a high-pressure steam plant - 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers and 2 General Electric geared steam turbines, 70,000 shp, 2 shafts (class-configuration lists name DDG-8 in the GE-turbine/B&W-boiler fit) - is of the type whose boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, fireproofing, and deck/bulkhead coverings were commonly asbestos-containing in this construction era. Disturbance-phase events documented for this hull (Hunter's Point modification 1964; Long Beach overhaul 1966-67; solicited SRA window 1984; 1994-99 stripping/power-barge conversion work) are the periods when any installed ACM would have been worked.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1958-1999
- Population
- Defoe construction trades 1958-61; engine-room and damage-control ratings 1961-91; yard workers at documented availabilities
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-specific materials record confirms this fit-out aboard this hull; the ship-specific findings are ev-04, ev-09, and ev-10. Boiler working pressure is given as 1,200 psi in some class tabulations and 1,275 psi in others - unresolved to a primary source. Establishes era-consistent expectation, not shipboard presence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lynde-mccormick-dd958-03
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[5]Southwest Marine, Inc. v. United States, 4 Cl. Ct. 275 (1984) (No. 738-83C, U.S. Court of Claims) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion text at *281 (RFP N00024-83-R-8547 recital and SRA schedule table)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published Court of Claims opinion (bid protest over Navy ship-repair solicitations - other litigation, not asbestos) naming this hull: Navy Request for Proposals N00024-83-R-8547 'requested proposals for the overhaul, on an SRA basis, of the USS LYNDE MCCORMICK (DDG-8), the USS BERKELEY (DDG-15), the USS HENRY B. WILSON (DDG-7), and the USS ROBISON (DDG-12)'; the opinion records that 'USS LYNDE MCCORMICK' was 'scheduled to undergo SRA' 21 May 1984 - 20 July 1984. Independently documents a planned Navy shipyard availability (Selected Restricted Availability) for this hull in 1984.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1983-1984 (solicitation); SRA window 1984-05-21 to 1984-07-20
- Limitations
- Government-contract litigation - contains no asbestos, exposure, or injury content. Documents the solicitation and the scheduled SRA window; whether the availability was executed on those dates, and at which yard, is not stated in the opinion. Any asbestos disturbance during the SRA is inference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lynde-mccormick-dd958-04
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[6]U.S. Naval Institute, Naval History Magazine, 'One Day of War' (Vol. 27 No. 2, April 2013) - Operation Praying Mantis account; corroborated by USNI Proceedings, 'The Surface View: Operation Praying Mantis' (May 1989, participant account) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Naval History 'One Day of War' (SAG Bravo composition and Sassan attack paragraphs); USNI Proceedings May 1989 'The Surface View' (Sassan gunfire passage)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USNI-documented combat service for this hull: in Operation Praying Mantis, 18 April 1988, Surface Action Group Bravo - 'the Merrill (DD-976), Lynde McCormick (DDG-8), and Trenton (LPD-14)' - attacked the Sassan oil platform used by Iranian forces; 'the ships commenced a bombardment with naval guns and Marine Cobra helicopters'; the Proceedings participant account states 'the Merrill and the Lynde McCormick cleared the platform ... with 5-inch gunfire set for airbursts' before a Marine raid force boarded. The operation was the largest U.S. naval combat action since World War II.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1988-04-18
- Population
- Crew complement (~350) during combat operations
- Limitations
- Service-history documentation only - no materials or asbestos content. USNI pages return HTTP 403 to automated fetch; verbatim text verified via indexed snippets of both USNI articles. The F-4 detail (two Iranian F-4s broke off an attack run when Lynde McCormick locked its fire-control radar on them) is carried in multiple secondary compilations (Wikipedia's Operation Praying Mantis article and its mirrors; squadron-association site) but not in the verified USNI snippet passages - recorded as secondary-source detail.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lynde-mccormick-dd958-05
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[7]USS Lynde McCormick DDG-8 Reunion Association (ddg8.com), ship-stats and year pages ('Before 1960,' '1983,' '1984,' '1985,' '1991,' 'After 1991') - transcribing NVR-derived building/fate data and incorporating Fleet Reserve Association 'Naval Affairs' article 'Life After Death' by Kit Bonner (circa 1995-96) [museum_official]
- Locator
- ddg8.com/history/uss-lynde-mccormick-ddg-8-stats/ (NVR stats incl. Award Date); /history/years/before-1960/ (Great Lakes/St. Lawrence passage); /history/years/after-1991/ (fate + embedded FRA article); /history/years/1991-2/ (stripping detail)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Association record for this hull (NVR-derived stats plus year narratives): NVR Award Date 03/28/1957; 'Originally classified as DD 958, classification changed to DDG 8: 4/23/57'; 'the second guided missile warship ever built on the Great Lakes,' which 'headed to the Atlantic Ocean via the then recently completed St. Lawrence Seaway' for commissioning; Persian Gulf deployments 1983-84 and July-December 1985 (Tanker War escort/presence). Disposal chain: decommissioned 1 October 1991; stricken 20 November 1992; 'stripped of all weapon systems and all electronics including everything (superstructure) above the main deck'; sold 20 June 1994 for conversion to a power barge; 'NVR shows contract terminated 22 Mar 1999 (to be resold).' The embedded FRA article documents the conversion program at Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard: five ex-Charles F. Adams-class destroyers including ex-Lynde McCormick were among eighteen ships bought at auction by Consolidated Power and Minerals Corp. of San Francisco, which 'systematically reduces the destroyers by removing their masts, superstructure and armaments' leaving 'a hull with one deck and two funnels,' then drydocked, cleaned, and painted for floating-power-plant conversion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1991-2001
- Population
- Shipbreakers/conversion workers at Hunter's Point, 1994-1999
- Limitations
- Association/trade-press account transcribing NVR-level data, not a contract or hazmat record; documents stripping of the superstructure and the power-barge conversion program (a major disturbance phase whose asbestos-abatement scope is undocumented). NVR termination date given as 22 March 1999 conflicts by one day with NavSource's 23 March 1999 - carried as 22-23 March 1999. Whether this particular hull completed power-barge conversion is uncertain - the association notes the power company defaulted and the hulk returned to Navy control. Deployment narratives are association-compiled and not independently verified against official records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lynde-mccormick-dd958-06
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[8]'Petition for rulemaking' filed with U.S. EPA re: Navy SINKEX program (April 2012, posted epa.gov) - program record documenting contaminant content of SINKEX hulls [other_primary]
- Locator
- EPA-hosted SINKEX petition (April 2012), Executive Summary p. 2 (contaminant passage and disposal-share figures)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- EPA-docketed record on the Navy SINKEX program under which this hull was disposed (sunk as target off California, February 2001): 'EPA acknowledges that these vessels are sunk while still containing toxic materials within their composition, including asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), iron, lead paint and antifouling paint.' SINKEX accounted for 8% of Navy vessel disposals 1970-1999 and 65% of disposals 2000-2010. Documents that ex-Navy hulls disposed by sinking in this program's era characteristically retained asbestos and other toxic materials within their composition.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1970-2010 (program); this hull sunk Feb 2001
- Limitations
- Program-level record only - does not inventory or even individually name this hull; EPA's general-permit framework and the Navy's pre-sinking best-management practices (fluid draining, loose-debris removal) apply at program level; the hull-specific pre-sinking preparation record for ex-DDG-8 is not public. Cannot be read as 'this hull contained asbestos at sinking' - that remains inference consistent with program practice.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lynde-mccormick-dd958-07
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[9]NHHC Archives, digitized Vietnam-era command operation reports - USS Passumpsic (AO-107) 1968 command history and USS Navasota (AO-106) 1973 command history (scanned Navy primary documents) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVASOTA 1973 PDF, August 1973 chronology (10 and 15 Aug UNREP entries); PASSUMPSIC 1968 PDF (McCormick UNREP entry)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC-hosted scanned command histories of other units index this hull in-theater: the Passumpsic 1968 command history lists underway replenishment with 'USS McCORMICK (DDG-8)' during her 1967-68 Vietnam deployment window, and the Navasota 1973 command history lists UNREPs with 'USS MCCORMICK (DDG-8)' on 10 and 15 August 1973 during Tonkin Gulf/WestPac operations - establishing that the hull remained on WestPac deployment in 1973, beyond DANFS's 1969 coverage end.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1968; 1973
- Population
- Crew during 1968 and 1973 deployments
- Limitations
- Routine UNREP references in other units' reports - they establish presence and schedule, nothing more; no materials content. Direct PDF fetch returned 404/empty to the automated fetcher; content verified via NHHC's indexed OCR text. The hull's own command histories were not located in the digitized collection - they remain an archival lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lynde-mccormick-dd958-08
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[10]Kemper v. BNSF Railway Co., No. 126,956 (Kan. Ct. App., opinion filed 2026-01-23; oral argument 2025-05-20; jury trial May 2023, Wyandotte District Court, Judge Constance M. Alvey); FELA action by the estate of David Kemper [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener opinion 10812359 - 'Factual and Procedural Background' (service history, stipulations, VA testimony) and 'Conclusions' (disposition)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published Kansas Court of Appeals opinion - qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull. Decedent David Kemper 'joined the Navy in 1965 and served on the USS Lynde McCormick, a guided missile destroyer, first as a firefighter apprentice and later as a boiler technician. He left the Navy in 1969.' Parties stipulated his November 2020 mesothelioma diagnosis was caused by asbestos exposure; causation (railroad vs. other exposure, including the Navy service) was the contested trial issue. A researcher 'testified that the VA had awarded David a 100% disability benefit, which indicated its acknowledgment that his mesothelioma was caused by his service in the Navy'; stipulated VA payments 'as a result of his Navy exposures' totaled $40,903.46, plus $608,586.27 from asbestos trusts. The jury awarded $1 million pain-and-suffering to the estate and $500,000 pecuniary damages to the widow. The Court of Appeals affirmed the wrongful-death damages and the pecuniary award, reversed only on FELA setoff (directing a $649,489.73 offset for trust and VA payments), and remanded.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1965-1969 (service); 2020 (diagnosis); 2023 (trial); 2026 (appellate opinion)
- Population
- David Kemper (USN firefighter apprentice/boiler technician aboard DDG-8, 1965-1969; mesothelioma); widow Carolyn Kemper
- Limitations
- Litigation stage: jury verdict affirmed in part and reversed in part on a damages/setoff question - the appellate decision does not adjudicate that asbestos was present aboard this hull; the ship-specific facts are service aboard as boiler technician 1965-1969, a stipulated asbestos-caused disease, and a VA service-connection determination for 'his Navy exposures.' Causation at trial was allocated to BNSF's locomotive work for FELA liability purposes - the shipboard exposure stands as documented alternative/contributory exposure evidence, not a court finding of shipboard ACM. During 1965-1969 the only commissioned USS Lynde McCormick was DDG-8.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lynde-mccormick-dd958-09
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[11]VA Board of Veterans' Appeals decision, Citation Nr 0310978 (2003-06-02), Docket No. 99-23 874 - entitlement to service connection for pulmonary fibrosis [other_primary]
- Locator
- va.gov vetapp03 decision text - 'Factual Background' (ships list and drydock-allegation passages) and 'Findings of Fact'/'Conclusion of Law' (denial)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- VA administrative adjudication naming this hull: appellant served on active duty August 1960-March 1970 as a Radioman 'with tours of duty aboard the USS Lynde McCormick (DDG-8), a guided-missile destroyer, and the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63),' plus claimed temporary additional duty aboard USS Ranger (CVA-61). He alleged he 'was exposed to asbestos while helping electrical crews expose the wiring by removing asbestos from the pipes when the ships he served on were in dry dock.' The Board denied service connection: the VA examiner noted the appellant was a radioman who 'did not work in the boiler rooms or with asbestos while at sea,' and lung pathology showed chronic inflammation and fibrosis 'with an absence of asbestos bodies.' Prior denials: service connection for pulmonary fibrosis (1997) and for fibrous mesothelioma secondary to asbestos exposure (2001).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1960-1970 (service); 1993-2003 (claims)
- Population
- Navy radioman (active duty 1960-1970) with tour aboard DDG-8; pulmonary fibrosis
- Limitations
- Merits-denied administrative claim - the allegation naming this hull was adjudicated and rejected (radioman rating, no asbestos bodies on biopsy). Documents that a drydock-period asbestos-removal claim was asserted aboard this hull - not validated exposure; under batch discipline a denied claim is not exposure evidence. Does not establish or defeat shipboard ACM presence; attribution among the three named ships was never resolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lynde-mccormick-dd958-10
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[12]CourtListener API v4 sweep + indexed-web litigation check for this hull (name and hull-number variants) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener v4 search endpoint: type=o, q="Lynde McCormick" (count: 2); type=r, q="Lynde McCormick" (count: 5); web-index sweep for DDG-8/DD-958/asbestos litigation
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener v4 sweeps for this hull (all via cl-auth-search.py): exact-phrase 'Lynde McCormick' opinion search returned 2 hits, both classified - Kemper v. BNSF Railway Co. (Kan. Ct. App. 2026) = qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull (ev-09); Southwest Marine, Inc. v. United States, 4 Cl. Ct. 275 (1984) = other litigation, ship-specific contract record (ev-04). Exact-phrase docket search returned 5 hits: 1 person-name collision (bankruptcy), 1 generic MDL-875 master docket, and 3 asbestos personal-injury dockets indexing the phrase (Cochran C.D. Cal., Davis and Redman N.D. Cal.) - classified in ev-14. Indexed-web checking surfaced BVA decision 0310978 (denied claim naming the hull, ev-10) and law-firm marketing pages (asbestos-ships.com hull page and listicle) asserting era-typical asbestos content without primary support - excluded source class. Name-collision risk is low: 'Lynde McCormick' is a distinctive two-part name; the older USS McCormick (DD-223, different namesake) does not match the phrase.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Coverage: exact-name opinion and docket sweeps completed and fully classified; the 'DDG-8'/'DD-958' hull-number sweeps remained pacing-blocked at session end (fleet-shared quota ~114/hr) - residual hull-designation surface unqueried and logged in the search ledger. Document-level retrieval inside the three asbestos PI dockets is a pending archival lead (ev-14). Indexed-web checking provides fallback coverage only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lynde-mccormick-dd958-11
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[13]Batch-3879 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback; NavSource 05/01008; CourtListener v4 (opinion sweep completed, docket/hull sweeps pacing-blocked); VA BVA index via indexed web; USNI; ddg8.com association; EPA SINKEX petition; NARA record-group guides; NAVSEA SINKEX report (access-denied) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lynde-mccormick-dd958-01 through sl-uss-lynde-mccormick-dd958-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific physical ACM record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, materials inventory, museum hazmat disclosure, or government investigation naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Shipboard asbestos presence rests on (a) class/era inference for the 1958-61 high-pressure steam plant (ev-03) and (b) litigation-stage exposure records (ev-09 adjudicated service history with stipulated asbestos-caused disease and VA service connection; ev-10 denied claim). The hull's documented disturbance events (Hunter's Point 1964 modification; Long Beach overhaul 1966-67; solicited 1984 SRA; 1994-99 stripping and power-barge conversion work at Hunter's Point) are documented events whose asbestos scope is inference, not record.
- 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 1958-61 steam destroyer is era-consistent with extensive ACM fit-out, and the 2001 sinking forecloses present-day survey. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lynde-mccormick-dd958-12
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[14]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs), RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships); Bowling Green State University Special Collections, Defoe Shipbuilding Company records (builder's yard archive, Bay City, MI); NAVSEA SINKEX program report (access-blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; https://lib.bgsu.edu/findingaids/agents/corporate_entities/525 (Defoe records); NAVSEA SINKEX report URL (navsea.navy.mil .../SINKEX_Project_Final_Report_March 2006.pdf - Access Denied 2026-09-28)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Lynde McCormick 1961-1991 (RG 24, NARA - digitized deck logs for this hull would fix deployment/overhaul dates); BuShips design and construction records for the DDG-2 class and this hull, including contract plans for the Defoe build (RG 19); Defoe Shipbuilding Co. corporate records including Navy correspondence, shipyard layout, and building schedules (BGSU Special Collections finding aid, usage 1905-1976 - the builder-yard archive and the most promising construction-era materials lead); NAVSEA 'Risk Assessment of the Potential Release of PCBs and Other Contaminants from Sunken Navy Ships in the Deep Ocean: ex-AGERHOLM Case Study' (March 2006) - the program's flagship document, returned HTTP Access Denied to automated fetch; the hull's own NHHC command-history PDFs were not located in the digitized Vietnam-era collection.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-2001 records
- Limitations
- Record-group and archive mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lynde-mccormick-dd958-13
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[15]CourtListener RECAP docket sweep results, exact phrase 'Lynde McCormick' - three California asbestos personal-injury dockets indexing the phrase; docket-level review of Cochran completed via API [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener type=r search q="Lynde McCormick" - results 3-5 of 5 (docket ids incl. 61611125 for Cochran); Cochran docket-entries API reviewed: complaint ECF #1 2021-12-10; SJ order ECF #139 2023-12-07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Docket-level hits for the exact phrase 'Lynde McCormick' (distinctive name - the only commissioned Navy ship of that name in the asbestos-litigation era was DDG-8): Grant Cochran v. Air and Liquid Systems Corp., 2:21-cv-09612 (C.D. Cal., filed 2021-12-10 - asbestos PI/wrongful-death suit vs. IMO Industries, Air & Liquid Systems, Crane, GE, ITT, Lockheed Martin, Nokia, Raytheon, ViacomCBS, Warren Pumps; joint motion for summary judgment GRANTED to moving defendants 2023-12-07; partial resolutions with GE/Paramount/ITT Oct 2023; settled-defendant statement Feb 2024); Davis v. General Electric Co., 3:08-cv-00228 (N.D. Cal., asbestos PI); Redman v. A.W. Chesterton Co., 3:08-cv-03013 (N.D. Cal., asbestos PI). The Cochran docket index includes complaint-stage filings (ECF No. 1 complaint, 2021-12-10); the exact phrase is consistent with a complaint/discovery ship or exposure-site list - the standard pleading pattern in Navy asbestos suits is a list of vessels the plaintiff served aboard.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2008-2025 (docket windows)
- Limitations
- Litigation stage: pleading-level at most. The phrase's location inside each docket is unverified - Cochran RECAP documents carry no retrievable plain text (empty sha1/plain_text on fetched entries), so the match most likely sits in a complaint ship-list or a filed exposure-site/discovery document; no opinion, order, or finding names this hull in these dockets. Cochran ended in defense summary judgment (a merits-level negative for those plaintiffs), not an exposure finding. Classified as archival lead pending document-level pulls; a complaint ship list is an allegation, not evidence of exposure. MDL-875 master docket and the Patrick Lynde McCormick bankruptcy name-collision are excluded as non-vessel hits.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lynde-mccormick-dd958-14