Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet ki-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-mcginty-de365-pkt-ki-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, McGinty (DE-365) - NHHC online entry (published 2016-04-28; Wayback capture 2025-12-09; live NHHC page returns 404), matching 1969 print entry (DANFS Vol. 4, pp. 300-301) via losthistory.net/hazegray transcription [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS entry 'McGinty (DE-365)' - spec block + namesake + service narrative (Wayback 2025-12-09); print entry DANFS (1969) Vol. 4, pp. 300-301
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex., 3 May 1944; launched 5 August 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Perrillah Atkinson Malone; commissioned at Orange 25 September 1944, Lt. Comdr. William H. Harrison in command. Spec block: John C. Butler class; 1,350 t; 306'; 36'8" beam; 9'5" draft; 24 kt; complement 186; armament 2x5in, 4x40mm, 10x20mm, 3x21in TT, 8 DCP, 1 Hedgehog, 2 DC tracks. Namesake Soundman Third Class Franklin Alexander McGinty, USNR (b. 22 Nov 1911, Atlanta, Ga.; enlisted 17 Aug 1942), killed 5 Aug 1943 aboard gunboat USS Plymouth (PG-57), torpedoed by U-566 off Cape Charles, attempting rescue in the flaming magazine; posthumous Navy Cross. Service: shakedown Bermuda; departed Norfolk 4 Dec 1944 as flagship Escort Division 86; Eniwetok 16 Jan 1945; three months of Eniwetok-Guam-Ulithi convoy escort; Ulithi patrol 27 Apr-15 Jun; Okinawa convoy runs Jul-Aug; Wakayama POW-evacuation support and Bungo Suido harbor-entrance control Sep-Dec 1945; courier runs to Yokosuka, Nagoya, Kure; departed Japan 2 Jan 1946; decommissioned San Diego 15 Jan 1947 (Pacific Reserve Fleet); recommissioned 28 Mar 1951 (Lt. Comdr. Frederick W. Pennoyer); flagship Escort Squadron 11; Wonsan blockade/bombardment from 21 Nov 1951; Formosa Strait patrol Jan 1952; two further Wonsan deployments 5 Mar-29 Apr 1952; 1953 deployment (Sasebo 20 May - departed Far East 2 Dec); third postwar deployment from 17 Nov 1954 incl. transfer of Korea patrol duty to ROK Navy at Pusan 1 Jan 1955 and screening the Mobile Replenishment Group during the Feb 1955 Tachen Islands evacuation; Marshall Islands Pacific Proving Grounds nuclear-test support Apr-Jul 1956 (survey and search-and-rescue ship); WestPac Jun-Nov 1957; fifth postwar deployment from 7 Jun 1958, Escort Squadron 7, Taiwan Strait northern station 15 Sep-12 Oct 1958 (Quemoy-Matsu crisis); decommissioned Portland, Oreg., 19 Sep 1959 as Group II selected reserve DE (ResCortDiv 13); mobilized by Presidential order 25 Aug 1961 (Berlin crisis), recommissioned 2 Oct 1961 (Comdr. Jerome E. Aakhus); flagship Escort Squadron 7; WestPac Feb-Jul 1962; decommissioned 1 Aug 1962 and resumed 'in service' Naval Reserve training at Portland, incl. Dec 1964 Oregon flood assistance; transferred to Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Wash., 23 Sep 1968 and struck from the Navy list the same day; sold for scrapping in early 1969. Three battle stars for Korean service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1969
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction trades 1944; wartime crew 1944-47; Korea-era crew 1951-53; 7th Fleet crew 1954-59; Naval Reserve training cadre and reservists 1959-68 (DANFS complement 186)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, specifications, service history, and striking - not materials or asbestos content. 'Sold for scrapping in early 1969' conflicts with NavSource's 27 October 1969 sale date - carried in gaps. The online entry prints one typographical hull-symbol slip ('DF-365') in the construction paragraph; the hull number is DE-365. Live NHHC page 404s; Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mcginty-de365-01
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[3]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS McGinty (DE-365) page (volunteer archive; lead-level): building/operational data block, command roster (Wolfgang Hechler data), awards ribbons, hosted scans incl. the ship's official war history [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-365 page, 'Building and Operational Data' block + commanding-officer roster + awards ribbons + war-history scan link (images/365/06365wh.jpg)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Photo-archive data corroborating DANFS: keel laid 3 May 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.; launched and christened 5 August 1944 (sponsor Mrs. Perrillah Atkinson Malone); commissioned 25 September 1944 at Orange, Lcdr. William H. Harrison in command; decommissioned 15 January 1947 at San Diego 'after 2 years and 5 months of service, having steamed 86,575 nautical miles'; inactivated 21 January 1947, assigned Sub Group 2, San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet; recommissioned 28 March 1951 (Lcdr. Frederick W. Pennoyer); decommissioned 19 September 1959 at Portland, assigned ResCortDiv 13 as Group II unit of the Select Reserve ASW Force; mobilized 25 August 1961 (Berlin Crisis); recommissioned 2 October 1961 (Cmdr. Jerome E. Aakhus); decommissioned 1 August 1962 back 'in service' as Naval Reserve trainer at Portland; placed 'out of service' at the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, 23 September 1968 after 17 years 6 months service and struck from the NVR with a total of 19 years 11 months service; sold for scrapping 27 October 1969. Spec block: John C. Butler class, WGT type; 1,350 t light / 1,745 full; 306' oa; 36'10" beam; 2 'D' Express boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws; 24 kt; 6,000 nm at 12 kt; complement 14 officers/201 enlisted. Awards ribbons: American Campaign; Asiatic-Pacific; WWII Victory; Navy Occupation; National Defense w/1 star; Korean Service w/3 stars; Armed Forces Expeditionary w/1 star; UN Korean Service; ROK War Service. Command roster of 17 CO/OinC entries 1944-1968. Hosts scan of the ship-submitted official war history (images/365/06365wh.jpg).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1969
- Population
- Wartime crew 1944-47; Korea-era crew 1951-53; peacetime/7th Fleet crew 1954-59; reserve-crew cadre and Naval Reserve trainees 1959-68
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained photo archive - lead-level documentation, not an official record; dates, roster, and captions unverified against USN/NHHC/NARA originals. Sale date 27 October 1969 conflicts with DANFS 'early 1969' - carried in gaps. Complement (14/201 = 215) conflicts with DANFS 186 - carried in gaps. CO roster contains evident transcription errors (e.g., Cmdr. Montgomery's window '29 Dec. 1959 - 24 Feb. 1958' is internally impossible) - roster used for corroboration only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mcginty-de365-02
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[4]Ship-submitted official war history, U.S.S. McGinty (DE-365), forwarded by Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, to the Secretary of the Navy, February 1946 (NavSource-hosted scan of the CinCPac forwarding letter + narrative; OCR transcription this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource scan images/365/06365wh.jpg (CinCPac forwarding letter dated Feb 1946 + 'History of U.S.S. McGINTY (DE-365)' enclosure + CO list); session OCR at research/mcginty-warhistory.txt
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Primary ship-authored record (Feb 1946, cleared for public release by CinCPac) adding hull-level detail beyond DANFS: after commissioning at Orange the ship had 'a short period in drydock at Galveston, Texas' before Bermuda shakedown; recorded a 56-degree roll in a hurricane en route, earning the crew's nickname 'Mighty Mac'; conducted post-shakedown availability at Boston after screening her first ship to New York; Comdr. J. F. Way, USN, shifted his flag aboard making McGinty flagship of Escort Division 86; witnessed the 11 March 1945 kamikaze raid at Ulithi that damaged USS Randolph; from 30 April served as command/communications center for Surface Patrol and Escort Group 94.6 and Task Force 51 Escort Pool at Ulithi; at Kossol Roads served as SOPA and air-sea rescue ship guarding bypassed Babelthuap (Japanese garrison ~20,000); at Wakayama her crew set up an ashore communications center supporting POW evacuation under Escort Division 86; courier runs Wakayama-Yokosuka-Nagoya-Kure; second Christmas at Wakanoura Wan; departed for the U.S. 2 January 1946. CO roster appended: Cmdr. William H. Harrison (25 Sep 1944-10 Jun 1945), Lt. Comdr. Chandler Hovey Jr. (to 15 Oct 1945), Lt. Comdr. Edwin H. Kiefer (to decommissioning).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Wartime crew 1944-46
- Limitations
- OCR transcription of a 96-dpi multi-panel JPEG scan - character-level errors present; narrative facts quoted here were legible and consistent with DANFS where overlapping. The scan is an image of the official document; the original is an official record (CinCPac/NARA custody). Not a materials record - no asbestos or insulation content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mcginty-de365-03
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[5]Spurlin v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. et al., No. 3:19-cv-02049-AJB-AHG (S.D. Cal., CourtListener docket 16382693) - order on omnibus summary-judgment motions (Docs. 105/111, 21 Oct 2021) and order denying the Yearsley-immunity failure-to-warn dismissal (7 May 2021); jury verdict for Foster Wheeler (2022); aff'd, Spurlin v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp., No. 22-55897 (9th Cir. Dec. 1, 2023, unpublished) [court_record]
- Locator
- S.D. Cal. docket 3:19-cv-02049 (CourtListener docket 16382693) - 7 May 2021 order (Yearsley/12(b)(1) denial, 'McGinty' and 'Rowan' service recital) and 21 Oct 2021 omnibus SJ order (Docs. 105/111); 9th Cir. No. 22-55897 memorandum (1 Dec 2023)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull. District-court orders recite: plaintiff Dale M. Spurlin served in the U.S. Navy 1963-1969; 'While on reserve duty, he spent one weekend a month on the McGinty, plus an 18-day cruise. Then, while on active duty from December 1964 through October 1966, Mr. Spurlin spent approximately two years straight on the Rowan. Mr. Spurlin was a boiler tender. He operated and maintained the boilers and related equipment in the fire rooms.' Plaintiffs alleged mesothelioma caused by 'asbestos-containing insulation, gaskets, and packing associated with handling Defendants' products.' The court denied defendants' Yearsley-immunity motion to dismiss failure-to-warn claims (Yearsley is an affirmative defense under Ninth Circuit law, not jurisdictional, and defendants did not show the absence of asbestos warnings was federally mandated), and on omnibus summary judgment found triable issues on duty to warn and causation as to all moving defendants except Tate Andale. The case proceeded to a jury verdict in favor of Foster Wheeler; the Ninth Circuit affirmed in an unpublished memorandum (1 December 2023) limited to jury-instruction issues (California consumer-expectation test; closing-argument challenges). The McGinty service period (1963-64 reserve drills) coincides with the hull's Portland Naval Reserve training era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1963-1964 (alleged McGinty exposure); 2019-2023 (litigation)
- Population
- Dale M. Spurlin, USN boiler tender 1963-1969 (USS McGinty reserve duty 1963-64; USS Rowan active duty Dec 1964-Oct 1966); mesothelioma
- Limitations
- Stage discipline: the exposure allegation reached the less-final dispositions only - a pleaded allegation that survived summary judgment (triable issues found), then a product-specific defense jury verdict for Foster Wheeler affirmed on instruction-error grounds; no court ever adjudicated that asbestos exposure occurred aboard this hull. The verdict is a merits-level negative for that plaintiff as to Foster Wheeler, not affirmative evidence and not an exposure finding. Boilers attributed to this hull's block are Combustion Engineering units (secondary block map), not Foster Wheeler - the complaint's product attribution for the McGinty fireroom service is not resolved in the indexed orders.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mcginty-de365-04
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[6]DANFS/NavSource spec blocks (John C. Butler WGT class; 2 'D' express boilers + 2 geared turbines, 12,000 shp, 24 kt) + Atlas class profile john-c-butler-class.class.json (BuShips Ships' Data 1945 design-group 6; navypedia boiler block map: DE-339-372 = Combustion Engineering boilers) + Destroyer History Foundation Orange yard history [other_primary]
- Locator
- john-c-butler-class.class.json propulsion_summary + member row DE-365; navypedia us_de_tev_wgt member table; destroyerhistory.org/destroyers/orange yard history
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for a WGT steam escort built at Consolidated Steel, Orange, in 1944: the class carried a full steam plant - 2 superheated 'D' express boilers (the DE-339-372 block containing this hull maps to Combustion Engineering units per the class profile's navypedia block map) feeding Westinghouse geared turbines, 12,000 shp - so the period-standard asbestos categories apply at class level: boiler casing and machinery insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. Builder-yard context: the Orange yard expanded under Navy contract in 1940 and completed 12 Fletcher-class destroyers, 102 destroyer escorts, and 27 Gearing-class destroyers with a peak workforce of about 20,000 (Destroyer History Foundation). The yard is not in the Atlas shipyards.json dataset (carried in gaps).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1969
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction trades 1944; crew and reserve trainees 1944-68
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT an independent ship-specific finding beyond what ev-04's litigation allegation establishes. Establishes no asbestos quantity, location, or exposure aboard this hull. Boiler-builder attribution per block map is a secondary compilation unverified against contract documents.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mcginty-de365-05
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[7]Batch-4270 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS + Wayback capture + losthistory/hazegray 1969-print transcription, NavSource (incl. ship's war-history scan, OCR-transcribed), Atlas shipyard dataset, Internet Archive builder plans, CourtListener API v4 (opinion + RECAP indexes), VA BVA/CAVC records [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-mcginty-de365-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull-material record located: no ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or material-condition report for this hull was found in the public sources searched. No preservation-era documentation can exist - the hull was sold for scrap in 1969 and was never a museum, memorial, or long-term reserve-fleet asset. The only ship-specific asbestos record is the Spurlin litigation (ev-04), an allegation that ended in a defense verdict. Marketing/law-firm ship-list pages naming DE-365 (asbestos-ships.com, mesotheliomabook.com) were located but are non-authoritative lead-gen sources and are excluded per batch rules - logged in the report, not cited as evidence.
- 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 - era materials would have been present per class-level specification practice, and the Spurlin pleadings allege fireroom insulation/gaskets/packing, but no adjudicated or survey record documents materials aboard. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mcginty-de365-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 sweep (opinion index type=o and RECAP dockets type=r) for exact name 'USS McGinty' and hull number 'DE-365' via cl-auth-search.py (authenticated, fleet-paced) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-mcginty-de365-05 through -09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep complete (API v4, authenticated, fleet-paced): exact-name RECAP-docket query '"USS McGinty"' returned exactly one docket - Spurlin v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp., S.D. Cal. 3:19-cv-02049 (docket 16382693) - qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull (ev-04). Exact-name opinion query '"USS McGinty"' returned 0 results - the Spurlin orders sit in the RECAP docket, not the opinion corpus. Hull-number queries: '"DE-365"' type=o returned 27 results and type=r returned 161 results, all string collisions on snippet review (PACER docket-entry strings, Puerto Rican Spanish 'de 365' fragments, reporter text; zero vessel/Navy context in any snippet) - none vessel- or asbestos-related. '"McGinty" asbestos' type=o returned 23 results - led by McGinty v. Brown, 4 Vet. App. 428 (CAVC 1993), a name collision (claimant William M. McGinty alleged asbestosis from asbestos gloves as a 'hot-caseman' aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt and USS Coral Sea 1952-55; the vessel USS McGinty does not appear), plus asbestos-docket opinions where 'McGinty' occurs as a person/citation token with no vessel reference in snippet. 'Spurlin Foster Wheeler' opinion queries returned only collisions (Leutner v. State, Hauschild v. Roth) - the Spurlin orders and the 2023 Ninth Circuit memorandum are not in the opinion corpus. Classification: Spurlin = qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull; McGinty v. Brown = name collision; all hull-number hits = string collisions; no other litigation naming this hull located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Both indexes swept for exact name and hull number; all hits classified. The sweep does not cover state-court records, asbestos trust claims, or non-U.S. jurisdictions. 'McGinty' is a common surname and 'DE-365' collides with PACER entry numbering - future hits require collision classification rather than automatic vessel attribution.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mcginty-de365-07
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[9]Consolidated Steel Co., Orange, Texas - 'USA - DE-339 - DE-372 John C Butler Class Booklet of General Plans' dated 29 September 1944 (Internet Archive scan, 12 sheets, 300 dpi); NARA RG 19/RG 24 series; NavSource-hosted war-history scan; Spurlin trial record [other_primary]
- Locator
- archive.org item dejohncbutlerbogp1944v2 (12 JPEG sheets + PDF); NARA RG 19/RG 24 (undigitized); S.D. Cal. 3:19-cv-02049 RECAP docket
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level material documentation not yet retrieved: (1) the builder's own Booklet of General Plans for DE-339 through DE-372 - the block containing this hull - survives as a 12-sheet scan (dimensions/data, outboard and inboard profiles, decks, midship section) published by Consolidated Steel, Orange, 29 September 1944; (2) the ship's official war history exists as a NavSource-hosted scan (06365wh.jpg), a primary facsimile OCR-transcribed this session (ev-03); the original is in official custody; (3) NARA RG 19 BuShips contract specifications/General Information Books and RG 24 deck logs cover this hull's 1944-46, 1951-59, and 1961-62 service; (4) disposal/scrapping records for the 1969 sale (MARAD/NVR disposal file) are unlocated online; (5) the Spurlin docket's trial record (transcripts, expert reports, exhibits) beyond the indexed orders is unretrieved.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1969 (records); 2026 (lead status)
- Limitations
- Leads only - the general-plans sheets are image scans not text-indexed (OCR not applicable to plan drawings), the NARA series are undigitized (catalog.archives.gov returns an SPA shell to programmatic fetches), and the Spurlin trial exhibits were not pulled. None establishes anything about materials aboard beyond the OCR'd war-history content already carried at ev-03.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mcginty-de365-08
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[10]Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC, W.D. Wash. No. 2:17-cv-00537 - praecipe/pretrial order materials, ECF 738 att. 1 (class-profile record for sister hull USS Brannon DE-446) [court_record]
- Locator
- Jack v. Borg-Warner ECF 738 att. 1 pp. 12, 26-27 + exhibit list (Honeywell items 160-167); john-c-butler-class.class.json ev-03/-04
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Class-level litigation context for the John C. Butler class: pretrial materials in Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec name USS Brannon (DE-446, a Consolidated-built sister hull) and recite a theory that a Griscom-Russell evaporator was supplied to the Navy per specifications and that insulation installed aboard was Navy-specified, with the era document suite identified (BuShips Manual ch. 39 'Thermal Insulation' NAVSHIPS 250-000(39), 1945; Navy Dept Specification 32F3a 'Felt, Insulating, Asbestos,' Oct 1945; BuEng Manual ch. 13; BUMED Code-55 memo 1977). The same specification regime governed this hull's class.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- WWII/postwar service era; litigation 2017-2019
- Population
- Machinist's mate aboard USS Brannon (DE-446) - different hull
- Limitations
- Allegation/exhibit-list-level material for a DIFFERENT hull (DE-446) - class context only, not evidence for DE-365. The same expert materials concede the insulation aboard DE-446 'could have included fiberglass, mineral wool or other non-asbestos insulation.' The spec documents were identified from an exhibit list, not retrieved. Establishes no exposure and no product aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mcginty-de365-09
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[11]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 asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. DE-365 was stricken in 1968 and sold for scrap in 1969 - before this policy regime took effect - so the hull's material state was governed by construction-era, in-service, and reserve-fleet practice, and no post-1975 abatement cycle applies to this vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program review population)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not class- or hull-specific; establishes policy context for the era, not the presence or condition of material aboard this hull. GAO full text returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; product-page description used (same standing limitation as prior batches).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mcginty-de365-10
