Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet hj-packet.md (6 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Moosbrugger (DD-980) — named for Vice Admiral Frederick Moosbrugger (Battle of Vella Gulf)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-moosbrugger-dd980-pkt-hj-packet-md
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[2]USS Moosbrugger (DD-980), Command History for Calendar Year 1989, submitted by the Commanding Officer to the Director of Naval History, May 1990 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Cover letter and enclosure list, 1989 Command History
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy command-history submission identifies the ship as USS Moosbrugger (DD-980) and includes command composition, chronology, significant events, and shipboard administrative enclosures. It establishes the existence of hull-specific Navy operational records for this period; the publicly posted document reviewed does not identify asbestos-containing materials.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1989
- Population
- USS Moosbrugger command, 1989
- Limitations
- The document is a ship-specific command history, not an asbestos survey or material inventory. Its silence about asbestos does not establish that asbestos was absent aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-moosbrugger-dd980-01
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[3]USS Moosbrugger (DD-980), Command History for Calendar Year 1990 [other_primary]
- Locator
- 1990 chronology, January and March entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official 1990 command chronology records maintenance activity with Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity Charleston and a Destroyer Maintenance and Ship Repair availability in preparation for refresher training. The report identifies the subject ship as USS Moosbrugger (DD-980).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1990
- Population
- USS Moosbrugger command and maintenance personnel, 1990
- Limitations
- The chronology describes maintenance events at a summary level and provides no asbestos scope, material identification, worker exposure data, or abatement finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-moosbrugger-dd980-02
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[4]U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Fiscal Year 2010 FOIA Log [other_primary]
- Locator
- FY 2010 FOIA log, request entry listing USS Moosbrugger/DD-980 and International Shipbreaking Limited
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- An EPA FOIA log records a request seeking quantities of hazardous waste, including asbestos, generated during dismantling of USS Moosbrugger (DD-980) and several other vessels by International Shipbreaking Limited in Brownsville, Texas. The log establishes that a disposal-related records request was made and identifies a potential federal records trail.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- Dismantling date not established by this log
- Population
- Multiple vessels named in the FOIA request; no individual hull attribution in the request description
- Limitations
- A FOIA request description is not the requested records or a finding that asbestos waste was generated from this hull. It provides no quantities, composition, work scope, or exposure evidence. The responsive records were not retrieved or reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-moosbrugger-dd980-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search result for exact-name query "USS Moosbrugger" (docket search), returned Webb v. Baldor Electric Company, No. 1:22-cv-00145 (S.D. Miss.) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener docket 63376371 search result; exact-name query result; complaint not reviewed
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The authenticated exact-name docket search returned Webb v. Baldor Electric Company, an asbestos personal-injury docket. The search result alone does not show that the complaint names USS Moosbrugger (DD-980) as an exposure site; the docket complaint was not reviewed, so this is an unverified lead and not a qualifying ship-specific litigation finding.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- Litigation filed 2022
- Limitations
- Search-result association only. The docket's asbestos nature is indicated in CourtListener metadata, but no pleading or finding tying this hull to alleged exposure was verified. The fleet pacing limiter prevented completion of hull-number searches and follow-up document review.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-moosbrugger-dd980-04
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[6]Naval History and Heritage Command, ZC Files - M [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- ZC Files - M, Moosbrugger (DD-980) entry; official command-history records reviewed
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No direct ship-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, or abatement record was located in the official sources reviewed for this batch. NHHC's ZC index identifies Moosbrugger (DD-980) holdings for 1977-1996, including christening, change-of-command, and welcome-aboard material, but no asbestos-specific title is listed.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- Records dated 1977-1996 in index
- Population
- Publicly indexed NHHC records reviewed for this batch
- Limitations
- This is a bounded search result, not proof that no such records exist. The index is not a complete inventory of all Navy, shipyard, disposal-contractor, or litigation records; shipboard documentation remains unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-moosbrugger-dd980-05