Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet ho-packet.md (5 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Macdonough; hull: DDG-39 (ex-DLG-8); type: Farragut-class
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-macdonough-ddg39-pkt-ho-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Macdonough IV (DLG-8) entry (updated by Robert J. Cressman, 4 May 2022) - builder, dates, service narrative, final disposition; live NHHC page serves 404, cited via Wayback capture 2024-02-27 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative + final disposition sentence (Cressman update, published 26 Oct 2022)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: projected as DL-8, redesignated DLG-8 prior to keel laying by the Fore River Shipyard, Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass., on 15 April 1958; launched 9 July 1959, sponsored by Mrs. Agnes Macdonough Wilson; commissioned 4 November 1961, Cmdr. William G. Hurley in command. Reported to home port Charleston, S.C., 23 September 1962 as flagship, Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla 6, Atlantic Fleet; joined the Cuban quarantine a month later until its dissolution on Thanksgiving Day; missile firings off Florida under the Operational Test and Evaluation Force (first quarter 1963); first Sixth Fleet deployment 4 June-26 October 1963; second Mediterranean deployment 10 July-22 December 1964 followed by a six-month overhaul at Charleston Naval Shipyard; third Mediterranean deployment from late November 1965 (Palomares recovery - see ev-05), returned 8 April 1966; LANTFLEX 66; fourth Mediterranean cruise 2 May-28 October 1967; fifth Mediterranean deployment May-September 1968; east coast into 1969. 'Ultimately, Macdonough, having been reclassified as a guided missile destroyer, DDG-39, was decommissioned on 23 October 1992, and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 November 1992. She was sold for dismantling [scrapping/recycling] on 15 September 2004.' Specifications block: displacement 5,368; length 513'0"; beam 53'0"; draft 24'6"; speed 35 knots; complement 377; armament 1 5-inch, 2 3-inch, Terrier, ASROC; class Coontz.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1958-2004
- Population
- Fore River Shipyard construction trades 1958-61; crew 1961-1992 (design complement 377)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history, specifications, and milestones, not materials or asbestos content. The entry's narrative ends in 1969 and resumes only for the disposition sentence - the 1969-1992 service record (incl. the 1973-74 decommissioned modernization and Desert Storm) is not covered. DANFS class entry 'Coontz' and the 35-knot design speed differ from NavSource/secondary references (33 knots) - both variants noted in gaps. The live NHHC page returns 404; the Wayback capture cited is the verbatim NHHC text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-macdonough-ddg39-01
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[3]Naval Vessel Register ship detail, MACDONOUGH (DDG 39) ex-DL 8, ex-DLG 8, UIC 52233 (NAVSEA/NAVSHIPSO; Wayback capture 2019-03-24) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail tables (Vessel Status, Milestone Dates, Physical Characteristics: Propulsion Type 'Steam Turbines')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official register record for this hull: Class 'DDG 37'; Builder 'BETHLEHEM STL/QCY' (Bethlehem Steel, Quincy); Keel 04/15/1958; Launch 07/09/1959; Delivery 10/27/1961; Commission 11/04/1961; Decommission 10/23/1992; Stricken 11/30/1992; Propulsion Type 'Steam Turbines'; final status 'Disposed of by Dismantling (Scrapping/Recycling)', date status changed 09/15/2004; 31.0 years commission-to-decommission; age since delivery at disposal 42.9 years.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1956-2004
- Population
- N/A - register data
- Limitations
- NVR carries milestones and final status only - no interim custody chain, no asbestos or hazmat detail. NVR's Award Date field reads 01/27/1960 (after the 1958 keel), an apparent data quirk; secondary class references give a 27 January 1956 order - carried in gaps. The live NVR detail page renders navigation chrome but not the ship table to automated fetches; the Wayback capture cited preserves the full record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-macdonough-ddg39-02
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[4]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 1142490, Docket No. 04-00 200 (Huntington RO; decided 16 Nov 2011) - service connection for left eye myeloma DENIED, including as due to in-service asbestos exposure [court_record]
- Locator
- BVA decision 1142490 - 'Reasons and Bases' asbestos section (para. beginning 'The Veteran also contends that his left eye myeloma was caused by asbestos exposure'); November 2007 statement recital; FINDINGS OF FACT 2-3; ORDER (denial)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Federal administrative adjudication naming this hull in an asbestos-exposure claim, resolved against the claimant. The veteran served June 1965-June 1969 (DD-214 specialty: fireman). In a November 2007 statement he reported that 'while in the Navy aboard the USS MACDONOUGH, he redid all steam lines and blowers with asbestos' and 'wore a mask to keep from inhaling the dust'; the decision also recites his allegation that 'in 1965 while stationed aboard the USS MACDONOUGH, he had to re-asbestos steam lines and blowers and that asbestos dust was blowing heavy in the air,' and his claim of exposure in the fire room as a boiler tender aboard USS James C. Owens (DD-776). The Board found 'no objective evidence that the Veteran was exposed to asbestos in service' (service treatment records negative; personnel records reflect fireman duties), found no asbestos-related disability (the claim was for left-eye myeloma), and denied service connection for want of medical nexus. During 1965-69 the only commissioned USS Macdonough was DLG-8.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1965-1969 (alleged exposure window); 2003-2011 (claim and adjudication)
- Population
- One Navy veteran (USN 1965-1969, fireman rating; service aboard USS Macdonough and USS James C. Owens)
- Limitations
- Merits-level NEGATIVE for the claimant, not exposure evidence: the claim failed on absence of an asbestos-related diagnosis and nexus; the Board did not make a credibility finding on the Macdonough steam-line work account either way - 'no objective evidence' refers to the claims file, not to whether asbestos was aboard. A denied claim does not establish that asbestos was or was not aboard this hull, does not quantify any material, and establishes no legal eligibility for anyone else. The decision names 'USS MACDONOUGH' without a hull number; attribution to DLG-8/DDG-39 is by service-window elimination (DD-351 sold for scrap December 1946; DD-331 sold for scrap 1930; DD-9 sold 1920 - only DLG-8 was in commission during the veteran's 1965-69 service).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-macdonough-ddg39-03
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[5]Owens-Illinois, Inc.'s Joinder to Defendant Elliot Company's Notice of Removal, ECF No. 50 (filed 2 Mar 2018), Siegfried v. 3M Co. et al., No. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E (C.D. Cal.) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 50, para. 1 (vessel recital, pp. 1-2 of joinder)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Verified exclusion for this hull: the Siegfried complaint's ~45-vessel asbestos exposure list (recited verbatim in the Owens-Illinois removal joinder at para. 1) names Long Beach Naval Shipyard plus vessels including five Charles F. Adams-class guided-missile destroyers - 'USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7); USS Towers (DDG-9); USS Robinson [sic] (DDG-12); USS Hoel (DDG-13); and USS Waddell (DDG-24)' - followed by 'There are no other exposure allegations related to Owens-Illinois.' No Farragut-class hull (DDG-37 through DDG-46) appears; USS Macdonough is absent.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1969-1996 (exposure window alleged); 2018 (filing)
- Population
- Terry Lee Siegfried (electrician/marine electrician, Long Beach Naval Shipyard, ca. 1969-1996)
- Limitations
- Pleading-recital scope only: this is a verified absence from one plaintiff's exposure list, not an adjudication that asbestos was absent from this hull. The list reflects one yard worker's alleged exposure set (Long Beach Naval Shipyard, 1969-1996); a hull not on it may still have carried asbestos - absence means only that this filing does not allege it.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-macdonough-ddg39-04
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[6]Capt. Lewis B. Melson, USN, 'Contact 261,' U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Vol. 93/6/772 (June 1967) - on-scene account of the Palomares recovery operation [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Proceedings June 1967 article text (Task Force 65 organization passage)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous professional account naming this hull: after the 17 January 1966 Palomares B-52/KC-135 crash, Commander Sixth Fleet designated Rear Admiral W. S. Guest as Commander, Task Force 65 for the weapon search/recovery, and 'Rear Admiral Guest broke his flag from the USS Macdonough (dlg-8)' - this hull served as the on-scene commander's flagship during the January-April 1966 operation (third Mediterranean deployment; DANFS corroborates the deployment window).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1966-01 to 1966-04
- Population
- RADM W. S. Guest / CTF-65 staff embarked in this hull; ship's company, third Med deployment
- Limitations
- Service-history documentation only - not asbestos-relevant and establishes nothing about materials aboard. Confirms flagship role per the participating officer's account; hull number printed 'dlg-8' matches this vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-macdonough-ddg39-05
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[7]U.S. National Archives, NAID 6468636 (DoD, American Forces Information Service, Defense Visual Information Center photo record, created 1991-03-22) and DVIC photo captions DN-ST-91-06712, DN-ST-91-08393, DN-ST-91-08395, DN-ST-91-08692 (indexed in NavSource photo captions) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog NAID 6468636; DVIC photo caption series DN-ST-91-06712/-08393/-08395/-08692
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DoD photo documentation of this hull's Desert Shield/Desert Storm service: NARA-held DVIC record for a 22 March 1991 photo captioned as the return of 'the guided-missile destroyer USS MACDONOUGH (DDG-39) and the guided-missile frigate USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47)' from 'deployment to the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm'; companion DVIC captions record that 'the two ships left Charleston on September 21, 1990, for the Persian Gulf, where they served in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm,' with return imagery up the Cooper River to Naval Station Charleston on 22 March 1991.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1990-09-21 to 1991-03-22
- Population
- Crew, 1990-91 deployment (design complement 377)
- Limitations
- Official photo captions document the deployment window and homeport return - not asbestos content or materials. NARA catalog record verified via DPLA mirror (catalog.archives.gov record page is JS-rendered and did not expose caption text to automated fetch); DVIC caption text via NavSource display of the official captions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-macdonough-ddg39-06
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[8]NavSource Destroyer Photo Index, USS MACDONOUGH (DL-8/DLG-8/DDG-39) - building data, characteristics, CO roster, photo captions, fate line [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page, 'Operational and Building Data' block + photo captions (Sept 1973 PNSY; Oct 2003 tow to Metro Machine)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilation for this hull consistent with official records: class Farragut 'As Built'; displacement 5,648 t full; 512'6" oa x 52'4" x 17'9" max; machinery 85,000 shp geared turbines, 2 screws; 33 kt; crew 360; callsign NSWU, tactical voice 'ROCKET SHIP' later 'ROOSTER' (ca. 1968). Building data: laid down Bethlehem Steel, Quincy 15 April 1958; launched 9 July 1959; commissioned 4 November 1961; redesignated DLG-8 14 November 1956 [pre-keel]; 'Decommissioned April 6 1973 and recommissioned May 4 1974' with photo caption 'September 10 1973 at Philadelphia Navy Yard' and a recommissioning pamphlet dated 4 May 1974 - the Farragut-class modernization yard period at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard during which the ship was out of commission; reclassified DDG-39 30 June 1975; decommissioned 23 October 1992; stricken 30 November 1992; fate line 'Sold to Metro Machine Corp at Philadelphia, scrapping completed September 10 2004,' with photo caption recording tow from the Philadelphia Reserve Basin to Metro Machine 21 October 2003.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1956-2004
- Population
- Construction trades 1958-61; crew 1961-1973 and 1974-1992
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (NavSource) - consistent with NVR/DANFS on dates but not itself an official register; the 1973-74 Philadelphia yard period's scope, including any asbestos disturbance, is not documented in this source. 'Scrapping completed September 10 2004' varies five days from the NVR status-effective date 15 September 2004 - NVR carried as authoritative (gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-macdonough-ddg39-07
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[9]Siegfried v. 3M, ECF No. 50 paras. 4-18 (Navy insulation specifications 32-I-3/MIL-I-2819 and 32-P-8/MIL-I-2781; Kaylo certification 1944, production 1948 - 30 April 1958) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Fore River Shipyard record (tier 3 documented products) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Siegfried ECF No. 50 paras. 4-18; shipyards.json record 'fore-river-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference only: a Farragut-class (1958) guided-missile frigate built 1958-61 at Bethlehem Steel's Fore River Shipyard with a four-boiler 1,200-psi high-pressure steam plant (NVR: 'Steam Turbines'; NavSource machinery 85,000 shp) would have carried period-standard asbestos thermal insulation, boiler/turbine lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing. The Siegfried filing documents Navy specifications 32-I-3/MIL-I-2819 (block) and 32-P-8/MIL-I-2781 (pipe) governing asbestos thermal insulation composition for ships of the era, and Owens-Illinois's Kaylo asbestos insulation manufactured 1948 - 30 April 1958: this hull's keel was laid 15 April 1958, fifteen days inside the Kaylo production window, so original-construction Kaylo is possible though undocumented. The builder yard's own record is asbestos-documented at yard level (Atlas dataset tier 3): Fore River products documented include boiler, pipe, and turbine insulation, fireproofing, gaskets, packing, asbestos wire insulation, asbestos cement, and asbestos paint, with litigation-documented pipefitter exposure 1967-70 (Oliver v. GE, D. Md.).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1992 (spec era); 1958-1961 (build)
- Population
- Fore River construction trades 1958-61; engineering ratings aboard 1961-1992
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no hull-specific bill of materials or installation record establishes any of these products aboard DDG-39; Kaylo-in-original-construction remains unproven either way. Yard-level product documentation does not establish hull-level presence. The sole hull-named asbestos record (ev-03) is a denied claim alleging steam-line/blower re-asbestosing in 1965 - consistent with, but not proof of, this inference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-macdonough-ddg39-08
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[10]USS Preble (DDG-46, Farragut-class sister) association page quoting Harry Lewis, Metro Machine Corp., on the NAVSEA-contracted (NAVSEA 333) dismantling process at the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard + Atlas shipyard dataset records for Charleston NSY and Philadelphia NSY [other_primary]
- Locator
- usspreble.org/location.html (Metro Machine letter, quoted); shipyards.json records 'charleston-naval-shipyard', 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- abatement_record
- Finding
- Program-level dismantling context for this hull's disposal site: Metro Machine Corp. dismantled multiple Navy hulks including Farragut-class sisters Preble (DDG-46) and Coontz (DDG-40) at the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard under NAVSEA contract; a Metro Machine project manager describes the process - modules barged to Camden for cutting, PCB-paint sandblasting per EPA, and 'every piece of the ship has its own waste stream; e.g., PCB paint chips, asbestos insulation, PCB lubricants, fiberglass insulation, bilgewater, rubber gaskets, sonar hydrophones, rubber sound domes, fluorescent light bulbs ... it's all monitored by the Navy and regulatory agencies such as OSHA and EPA.' Macdonough's own disposal path matches the program: Philadelphia Reserve Basin until towed to Metro Machine 21 October 2003, dismantling completed September 2004 (NavSource; NVR status eff. 09/15/2004). Separately, both documented overhaul yards are Atlas-dataset asbestos yards: Charleston Naval Shipyard (1965 six-month overhaul per DANFS; documented pipe insulation 5-50% asbestos, boiler coatings 15% asbestos, spray-on insulation, gaskets, packing) and Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (1973-74 decommissioned modernization per NavSource; documented asbestos products incl. Johns-Manville pipe insulation, Kaylo, Unibestos, Garlock packing; OSHA 1989 asbestos citation).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1965, 1973-1974 (yard periods); 2003-2004 (dismantling)
- Population
- Charleston NSY (1965) and Philadelphia NSY (1973-74) yard workers on/around this hull; Metro Machine dismantling workers 2003-04
- Limitations
- Facility/program-level only - the Preble letter describes class-sister dismantling at the same facility under the same NAVSEA program, not this hull's own hazmat record; asbestos as a 'waste stream' documents disposal-phase handling, not in-service exposure. Yard-level product documentation at Charleston and Philadelphia does not establish which materials were disturbed or removed from this hull during its 1965 overhaul or 1973-74 modernization. No hull-specific hazmat/survey record for DDG-39 is public.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-macdonough-ddg39-09
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[11]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (Oct. 18, 1979) - full text via Justia mirror (gao.gov asset blocks automated fetch) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 summary/policy passages; full-text name search (no hit)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Program-level context for this hull's operating era: GAO reviewed Navy asbestos-exposure protection (fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards); the Navy's 1975 policy removed/replaced only insulation that was damaged or had to be disturbed for repairs, modified in 1979 to add selective replacement in high-maintenance areas; the report notes 'other Navy ships contain large quantities of asbestos' and that a one-time fleet-wide removal program (~$2 billion) was not planned. Hull name-check: 'Macdonough' does not appear in the report text (verified negative for hull naming, consistent with its program scope).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1975-1979 (policy period reviewed)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and crews, program-wide
- Limitations
- Program-level document - its yard fieldwork and policy findings do not document conditions aboard any specific hull; absence of this hull's name is expected and is recorded only to show the check was performed. gao.gov full text returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches; the Justia mirror carries the report text - limitation noted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-macdonough-ddg39-10
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[12]Batch-3930 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404, Wayback capture used); NVR (Wayback capture); CourtListener API v4 opinions + RECAP docket indexes; VA BVA decisions (va.gov vetapp); NavSource; GAO HRD-80-2 full text; association/museum pages [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger entries sl-uss-macdonough-ddg39-01 through -NN (this file)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying affirmative ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, material inventory, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding for this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull-named asbestos documents are the denied VA claim (ev-03, sworn steam-line/blower re-asbestosing allegation, unadjudicated as to exposure and denied on diagnosis/nexus) and the Siegfried list's verified exclusion (ev-04). CourtListener returned zero hits on five completed queries - 'USS Macdonough' opinions and dockets, 'DDG-39' opinions and dockets, 'DLG-8' opinions; 'DLG-8' dockets was fleet-pacing-blocked after four spaced attempts and is logged as blocked.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28 (research date)
- Population
- N/A - documentation finding
- Limitations
- Absence of located records is a finding about public documentation, not about whether asbestos was aboard; class/era likelihood is recorded separately in ev-08 and never asserted as hull-specific.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-macdonough-ddg39-11