USS Nashville (LPD-13)

Evidence

15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).

1. [1]DANFS, Nashville III (LPD-13), 1970-2009 (Mark L. Evans, 4 March 2014) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS entry, specifications block and service narrative; live page verified

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Nashville (LPD-13), third Navy ship named for the Tennessee capital, was laid down 14 March 1966 by Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co., Seattle, Wash.; launched 7 October 1967 (sponsor Mrs. Margaret L. Johnson, wife of CINCPACFLT Adm. Roy L. Johnson); and commissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 14 February 1970, Capt. Frank R. Fahland in command. Austin class; 17,479 tons; 570 ft; 100 ft beam; 23 ft draft; 21 knots; complement 489, capacity 900. Decommissioned 30 September 2009 and berthed pending disposal at the NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Philadelphia.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1966-2009

   Limitations

   Establishes identity, build, service, decommissioning and lay-up. Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or hazardous-material statement; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-nashville-lpd13-01

2. [2]Department of the Navy, Naval Vessel Historical Evaluation, NASHVILLE (LPD 13) - Final Determination (8 February 2021); initial evaluation 8 October 2019 [other_primary]

   Locator

   Vessel Snapshot table (dates, propulsion, status); criteria evaluation; initial evaluation PDF at https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Portals/103/Documents/TeamShips/SEA21/InactiveShips/Historic/2020/Naval-Historical-Evaluation-for-NASHVILLE-LPD13.pdf

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The Navy's Naval Vessel Historical Evaluation for NASHVILLE (LPD 13) records: Austin (LPD-4) class; built by Lockheed Shipbuilding Co., Seattle; laid down 14 Mar 1966; launched 7 Oct 1967; delivered 26 Dec 1969; commissioned 14 Feb 1970; inactivated and decommissioned 30 Sep 2009; stricken 13 Nov 2017; propulsion 'two boilers, two steam turbines'; vessel located Philadelphia, PA; final determination 8 Feb 2021 that the vessel is not eligible for listing to the National Register of Historic Places.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1966-2021

   Limitations

   Official Navy evaluation. Establishes milestones, propulsion type, striking date, and NRHP ineligibility. Contains no asbestos or hazardous-material statement; steam plant type alone does not establish asbestos aboard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-nashville-lpd13-02

3. [3]USS Nashville (LPD-13) Command History, 1970 (declassified; NHHC Command Operations Reports collection) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Command History 1970, sections 1 (chronology items a, b, s) and 2 (narrative; special topics)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own 1970 Command History (OPNAV 5750-1, submitted 16 Feb 1971) documents: commissioning at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 14 February 1970; fitting-out availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 15 February-1 April 1970; transit to Norfolk homeport via the Panama Canal; Final Contract Trials at Roosevelt Roads (steering-engine casualty repaired); shakedown at Guantanamo Bay; and Post-Shakedown Availability at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, 17 September-31 October 1970, including shipyard repair work on the stern gate operating mechanism and realignment of the main engines with the reduction gears. Manning as of 31 December 1970: 31 officers, 436 enlisted.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1970

   Population

   Ship's company (~467 aboard end-1970); yard workers at PSNS and Norfolk NSY

   Limitations

   Primary record of two shipyard periods on this hull in 1970 (builder-adjacent fitting-out at PSNS; PSA at Norfolk NSY). Contains no asbestos statement; documents industrial availability work only.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-nashville-lpd13-03

4. [4]USS Nashville (LPD-13) Command History, 1992 (declassified; NHHC Command Operations Reports collection) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Command History 1992, Narrative of Events paragraphs 5-6

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's 1992 Command History documents a Drydocking Phased Maintenance Availability at Metro Machine Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia: towed dead-stick and drydocked 5 May 1992; four-month availability; entire hull sandblasted and painted; rudders and rudder stocks unshipped; screws cleaned and polished; installation of three new titanium fire pumps; overhaul of No. 2 LPAC; new washers and dryers; JOTS II installation; CIWS change-out; refrigeration plant overhaul; cargo and weapons elevator modifications; and improvements to troop berthing spaces, galley, and other areas by ship's force. Departed Metro Machine 6 August 1992. Earlier in 1992 the ship completed ARG 3-91 (Desert Storm) deployment and later supported Operation Restore Hope off Somalia.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1992

   Population

   Metro Machine Shipyard workers; ship's force

   Limitations

   Documents a major industrial availability on this hull at a commercial repair yard - the kind of work period during which era insulation was disturbed. The COR itself makes no asbestos statement; asbestos scope of the 1992 DPMA is unestablished.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-nashville-lpd13-04

5. [5]Naval Vessel Register detail page, NASHVILLE (LPD 13) (archived copy; live nvr.navy.mil page for stricken hull no longer published) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Wayback capture 2011-05-14 of http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/LPD13.htm - vessel characteristics and milestone fields

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The Naval Vessel Register detail page for NASHVILLE (LPD 13) records: UIC 07196; class LPD 4; status 'Inactive, Out of Commission, in reserve' (status changed 09/30/2009); berth NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Philadelphia; builder LOCKHEED SB CONSTR; award date 05/15/1964; keel 03/14/1966; launch 10/07/1967; delivery 12/26/1969; commission date 02/14/1970; inactivation and decommission 09/30/2009; 570 ft overall (548 ft waterline); extreme beam 100 ft (84 ft waterline); 23 ft draft; light displacement 9,784 tons, full 17,479 tons; steel hull and superstructure; 2 propellers; propulsion type steam turbines; accommodations 59 officers, 430 enlisted.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1964-2011 (capture)

   Limitations

   ARCHIVED copy cited because the live NVR no longer publishes this stricken hull. The 2011 capture predates the 13 Nov 2017 striking, so its Stricken Date field is blank - the striking date here is from the NAVSEA evaluation, not this row. No asbestos or hazmat field exists in the NVR record.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-nashville-lpd13-05

6. [6]Port of Brownsville, 'America's Premier Ship Recycling Port' (June 6, 2022); navysite.de USS Nashville (LPD 13) page [other_primary]

   Locator

   Port of Brownsville news item, paragraph 3; https://www.navysite.de/ships/lpd13.htm (secondary aggregator for exact arrival date and March 2022 departure)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The Port of Brownsville (the navigation district) reported 6 June 2022 that 'in early April, All Star Metals received two U.S. Navy Austin-class amphibious transport docks - the USS Nashville and USS Ponce - for recycling.' navysite.de's ship page records Nashville removed from Philadelphia in March 2022, arriving under tow at All Star Metals, Brownsville, on 8 April 2022, for scrapping.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   2022

   Population

   Ship recycling workers, All Star Metals, Brownsville

   Limitations

   Port-district announcement confirms receipt for recycling; exact arrival date (8 April 2022) and 22 March 2022 Philadelphia departure rest on navysite.de secondary reporting. Recycling-process asbestos handling is not described in either source.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-nashville-lpd13-06

7. [7]India Strategic, 'India says Not Yet to another assault ship from US' (August 2007) - archived copy [reputable_press]

   Locator

   Archived India Strategic top-stories page (Wayback capture 2012-12-21); original URL now redirects/is dead

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   In 2007 the Indian Navy examined USS Nashville for possible acquisition as a second Trenton-type amphibious ship and declined ('no movement on the US offer'); sister ship USS Trenton (LPD-14) had been transferred to India as INS Jalashwa in January 2007.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   2007

   Limitations

   ARCHIVED defense-trade press; establishes that a foreign-transfer path was evaluated and declined before scrapping. Contains no asbestos statement; condition of the hull during any transfer survey is not described.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-nashville-lpd13-07

8. [8]U.S. Maritime Administration, Office of Ship Disposal Programs, Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2016 [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   FY2016 report, inactive Navy vessel disposition table (item 15)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   MARAD's Office of Ship Disposal Programs FY2016 annual report lists 'Ex-Nashville (LPD-13),' type MT Amphibious Transport Dock, status In-Active, disposition option 'Retain,' decommissioned 2009 - confirming the Navy retained the hull in the inactive inventory at that date (alongside Ex-Shreveport LPD-12 'Scrap,' Ex-Dubuque LPD-8 'Retain,' Ex-Denver LPD-9 'Retain,' Ex-Juneau LPD-10 'Retain,' Ex-Cleveland LPD-7 'Retain').

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   2016

   Limitations

   Inventory status only; contains no asbestos or hazardous-material content for this hull. 'Retain' disposition in 2016 was later superseded by the 2022 recycling tow.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-nashville-lpd13-08

9. [9]Era inference built on: NAVSEA Naval Vessel Historical Evaluation propulsion field (two boilers, two steam turbines); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos insulation and removal policy); ship's Command Histories (yard availabilities) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NAVSEA evaluation Vessel Snapshot; GAO product-page highlights; COR 1970 items b, s; COR 1992 narrative para. 5

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   As built in 1966-1969, Nashville's two-boiler, two-steam-turbine propulsion plant and associated steam piping were insulated under Navy specifications of the era in which asbestos-containing thermal insulation, lagging, gaskets, and packing were standard; GAO documented asbestos insulation in Navy ships and the Navy's 1975/1979 removal policies, and the ship underwent documented industrial availabilities (1970 fitting-out and PSA; 1992 Metro Machine DPMA) during the era such material was being disturbed or selectively replaced.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-30

   Study period

   1966-2009

   Population

   Construction trades (Lockheed Seattle, 1966-69); crew 1970-2009; repair-yard workers at documented availabilities

   Limitations

   INFERENCE ROW - no source names asbestos aboard this hull. Steam-plant type plus construction era plus documented Navy asbestos-insulation policy make asbestos aboard plausible and era-consistent, but no hull-specific survey, specification sheet, or abatement record was located. Establishes no quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-nashville-lpd13-09

10. [10]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]

    Locator

    GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section; full-text PDF https://www.gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch

    Finding type

    gov_survey

    Finding

    GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, examining the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing it, and compensation programs; the Navy's 1975 policy removed only damaged insulation or insulation that had to come out for repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas. Norfolk Naval Shipyard is where this ship underwent her 1970 Post-Shakedown Availability.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    1979 (report); policies 1975 and 1979

    Population

    Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review

    Limitations

    Program/yard-level documentation, not hull-specific; establishes era policy and that Norfolk NSY was a fieldwork yard, not what was removed or retained aboard this hull. Content via product-page description; full text blocked (HTTP 403) to automated fetch.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-nashville-lpd13-10

11. [11]Campbell v. Lockheed Shipbuilding Corp., 115 Wn. App. 8, 61 P.3d 1160 (2002) (initially unpublished per CourtListener record, later published; No. 49305-1-I; King County Superior Court No. 00-2-11084-7) [court_record]

    Locator

    CourtListener opinion 4934299; opinion text at paragraphs describing Lockheed premises exposure and LHWCA exclusivity holding

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    A published Washington Court of Appeals opinion documents asbestos exposure of a maritime worker at the Lockheed shipyards (Seattle) during the 1970s: Campbell worked on Lockheed's premises both as a Lockheed employee and as an employee of subcontractor Frigitemp Marine, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2001, and sued; the court affirmed summary judgment for Lockheed, holding the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act the exclusive remedy against it as employer. This is the yard that built this hull (1966-1969).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    2002 (opinion); exposure 1970s

    Population

    Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle workers incl. subcontractor personnel (1970s)

    Limitations

    YARD-LEVEL litigation record - documents asbestos exposure at the builder's premises in the 1970s, not aboard this hull and not during her construction window. A defense summary-judgment win affirmed on exclusivity grounds: it is a merits-stage ruling on remedy, not an exposure finding for any hull.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-nashville-lpd13-11

12. [12]U.S. EPA, Superfund Site Profile: Lockheed West Seattle, Seattle, WA (EPA ID 1002655) [other_primary]

    Locator

    EPA Superfund site profile, Background and Current Site Status sections

    Finding type

    environmental_record

    Finding

    EPA's Superfund profile for the 40-acre Lockheed West Seattle site - the former Lockheed shipyard property on Elliott Bay at the West Waterway - documents that historic industrial practices contaminated sediment with hazardous chemicals including sandblast grit and industrial waste beneath dry docks and shipways; NPL-listed 2007; ROD 2013; cleanup by Lockheed Martin completed March 2020, removing over 100,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment; primary contaminants arsenic, copper, lead, mercury, and PCBs.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    NPL 2007; cleanup 2018-2020

    Limitations

    Environmental record for the builder yard's legacy site - the profile's named contaminants are metals and PCBs; it does NOT list asbestos. Establishes industrial-era contamination at the yard, not asbestos aboard any hull built there.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-nashville-lpd13-12

13. [13]The Vanderbilt Hustler, 'Two anchors from USS Nashville ship arrive on campus' (October 24, 2024) [reputable_press]

    Locator

    Vanderbilt Hustler article (university student newspaper; corroborated by Vanderbilt University social posts December 2024)

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Two anchors from ex-USS Nashville were installed on the Vanderbilt University campus in Nashville, Tennessee, in October 2024 as artifacts supporting the university's Naval ROTC program - preserved relics of the scrapped hull.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    2024

    Limitations

    Artifact-disposition detail only; says nothing about the hull's material condition or asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-nashville-lpd13-13

14. [14]Prewett v. Goulds Pumps (IPG) et al., No. 2:09-cv-00838-RSM (W.D. Wash. Sept. 9, 2009), Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion to Remand (Dkt. 50) [court_record]

    Locator

    Order (Dkt. 50), II.A Background section; filed order text via Justia Dockets - live page verified. Matching docket also indexed by CourtListener RECAP search.

    Finding type

    litigation_product_id

    Finding

    A federal court order names USS Nashville as an asbestos-exposure site and places a defendant's product aboard: in Prewett v. Goulds Pumps (IPG) et al., No. 2:09-cv-00838-RSM (W.D. Wash.), the court's 9 September 2009 order granting remand recites that boilermaker Duane Prewett 'was exposed to asbestos contained in equipment manufactured by Defendant Foster Wheeler' while working at Lockheed Shipyard, Seattle, 1964-1967 and Todd Shipyard 1967, and that his 'exposure to asbestos in Foster Wheeler's equipment occurred at least in part while he worked as a boiler maker aboard the USS Coronado and the USS Nashville, Navy ships.' Foster Wheeler 'admits that it manufactured the steam generators, including boilers and economizers, aboard those ships' while asserting Navy-specification control under the government-contractor/federal-officer removal doctrine. The case was remanded to King County Superior Court; no federal merits ruling on exposure followed.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    2009 (order); alleged exposure 1964-1967

    Population

    Lockheed Shipyard boilermaker (construction-era worker aboard the fitting hull, 1964-1967); mesothelioma-adjacent personal injury (lung and pancreatic cancer diagnoses alleged)

    Limitations

    LITIGATION-STAGE LIMITS: the exposure recitation is the plaintiff's pleading-stage allegation as recited for jurisdictional analysis; it was never adjudicated - the case was remanded to state court and no merits finding on exposure exists in the federal record. Foster Wheeler's admission of boiler/economizer manufacture aboard is a defendant's own statement in removal briefing, not an admission that the equipment contained asbestos. Hull identification as LPD-13 is supported by internal consistency - Prewett worked at Lockheed Shipyard 1964-1967, where LPD-13 was under construction (laid down 1966, launched 1967) with Foster-Wheeler boilers (NavSource); the earlier USS Nashville (CL-43) was built in Camden and scrapped in 1960. Establishes no quantity, condition, causation, or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-nashville-lpd13-14

15. [15]Batch-5787 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS and Command Operation Reports; NAVSEA historical evaluations; archived NVR; MARAD ship-disposal report; EPA Superfund; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated); Port of Brownsville [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-nashville-lpd13-01 through sl-uss-nashville-lpd13-17

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Beyond the Prewett order, no asbestos survey, abatement contract, or hazardous-material disclosure for USS Nashville or LPD-13 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches for the ship name and hull number returned no additional asbestos result; the only LPD-13 opinion hit is a 1963 admiralty cargo libel, a hull-number collision. A CourtListener RECAP docket search for 'USS Nashville' returned four dockets: Prewett (see ev-uss-nashville-lpd13-14); the umbrella In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation MDL-875 docket (docket-text match, member filing not isolated - the Prewett order itself notes the case was being considered for transfer to MDL-875); Hammell v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., No. 3:14-cv-00013 (D.N.J.), an asbestos personal-injury docket in which the ship name appears inside a filed exhibit (dkt. 82-5); and United States v. Walden, No. 1:21-cr-00548 (D.D.C.), an unrelated criminal case - a name collision.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-30

    Study period

    2026-09-30

    Limitations

    Absence of a located survey/abatement/hazmat record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the Prewett litigation record and the documented steam plant make asbestos-consistent construction probable. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Within the MDL-875 and Hammell docket hits, the specific filings containing the ship name were not individually isolated before batch close.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-nashville-lpd13-15