USS O'BRIEN (DD-975)

Evidence

11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).

1. [1]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (Comptroller General report to Reps. Anderson and Patterson, B-163375, Oct. 18, 1979), Enclosure I: Department of the Navy, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations letter Ser 4542/318054 (Jan. 5, 1979), Attachment #1 'List of U.S. Navy Ships Delivered Since 1973 or Under Construction (Ship Class, Name and Hull Number and Status of Thermal Insulation)' [gao]

   Locator

   GAO HRD-80-2, Enclosure I (CNO letter Ser 4542/318054), Attachment #1, Destroyer (DD) table, row 'O'BRIEN 975' (second row of the 'Asbestos-free thermal insulation' block, DD-974-DD-992); letter body paragraphs ('first eleven of our new DD 963 class ships'; 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos'; 'Each ship has several types of asbestos containing materials installed')

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   The Navy's own January 5, 1979 response to GAO lists this hull by name and hull number: under 'DESTROYER - DD', O'BRIEN, hull 975, construction start 12/74, delivery 11/77, is the second row of the DD-963-class block annotated 'Asbestos-free thermal insulation' - the annotation is vertically centered on the JOHN RODGERS 983 row and spans COMTE DE GRASSE 974 through FLETCHER 992; a horizontal rule closes the 'Asbestos thermal insulation' annotation (centered on ARTHUR W. RADFORD 968) directly beneath JOHN YOUNG 973, two rows above O'BRIEN's row (page-image verified). The letter's body states that for 'the first eleven of our new DD 963 class ships, the change was not accomplished until later' and that 'ships well under construction and already insulated at that time continued through to delivery as late as May 1978 with asbestos insulation' - DD-975 is the thirteenth hull of the class (confirmed 'thirteenth SPRUANCE-class destroyer' by the ship's official site) and sits outside the first-eleven boundary. The letter further states 'Each ship has several types of asbestos containing materials installed; however, thermal insulation for machinery, equipment and piping systems has been the major application of asbestos,' and 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos,' itemizing electrical-resistor bodies, deck tiling, galley-range cabling, piping-system gaskets and packing, and ship-equipment brakes and clutches; Note 1 defines thermal insulation as 'insulation for machinery, equipment and piping.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1975-1979

   Population

   Ingalls Shipbuilding construction trades 1975-77; pre-commissioning and commissioning crew

   Limitations

   Primary U.S. Navy statement of this hull's as-delivered thermal-insulation status - the strongest class of evidence in this dataset, and here it documents ABSENCE: asbestos-free thermal insulation at delivery. It does not inventory residual non-insulation ACM locations or quantities aboard this hull (the letter asserts only that some quantity exists in all in-service ships), does not record later in-service removals or additions (e.g., the 1988 VLS/sonar overhaul), and does not establish any individual's exposure. The table's 'START' column (12/74) is construction start, not keel date (NVR: 05/09/1975). Note that O'BRIEN delivered 11/77, before asbestos-listed sisters OLDENDORF (1/78) and JOHN YOUNG (5/78) - the block boundary is the first-eleven construction sequence, not delivery order. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; full text and page image verified via the Internet Archive capture of the official PDF (web.archive.org/web/20210702001414/https://www.gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-o-brien-dd975-01

2. [2]Webb v. Baldor Electric Co. et al., No. 1:22-cv-00145-KHJ-MTP (S.D. Miss.), removed state-court complaint, ECF No. 1-1 (147-page scanned record; vessel table at complaint p. 82 / ECF p. 86); suit nature P.I.: Asbestos; docket terminated 2025-02-07 [court_record]

   Locator

   ECF No. 1-1, complaint p. 80 (Ingalls employment allegation), pp. 81-82 (vessel table row 'USS O'BRIEN - DD-975'); RECAP gov.uscourts.mssd.115252.1.1

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Asbestos complaint alleges the plaintiff, 'an electrician, technician, foreman and supervisor at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, from approximately 1966 to 2001 during the new construction and overhaul of naval vessels,' worked 'in the control rooms and engineering spaces' of listed ships 'in close proximity to pipefitters, insulators, and mechanics repairing and insulating equipment,' and 'worked with and around asbestos-containing products.' The complaint's vessel table (NAVAL SHIPS/SUBMARINES | LAID DOWN | COMMISSIONED) expressly includes 'USS O'BRIEN - DD-975, 1975, 1977' (page-image verified against the scan; laid-down/commissioned years match NVR 1975/1977) - a construction-period exposure allegation at the same yard that built this hull.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1966-2001 (alleged exposure window); 2022-2025 (litigation)

   Population

   Ingalls Shipyard (Pascagoula) electrician/technician/foreman/supervisor, ~1966-2001

   Limitations

   Pleading-stage allegation - the least-final stage; unadjudicated, with no located discovery or merits ruling on exposure aboard this hull. The table names ~40 hulls across the plaintiff's 35-year yard career; no dates, spaces, or products specific to DD-975 are stated, and the allegation is generic across listed vessels (the pleaded work - splicing/installing insulated wire, repairing electronics, in proximity to insulation work - would apply to construction of a hull the Navy itself documented as delivered with asbestos-free thermal insulation). The Ingalls employment window (1966-2001) overlaps this hull's 1975-77 construction. Establishes nothing proven about materials aboard. Scanned PDF; OCR + page-image verification at complaint pp. 80-82.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-o-brien-dd975-02

3. [3]Johnson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. et al., No. 2:24-cv-00491-LK (W.D. Wash.), Order Granting Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment etc., ECF No. 144 (filed 2026-01-26, 40 pp.); suit nature P.I.: Asbestos [court_record]

   Locator

   ECF No. 144, p. 36 (recital of Lockheed's argument, Dkt. No. 109 at 10-11); pp. 6-7 and 36-37 (asbestos-era facts, recalled-vessel list, disposition)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Merits-stage order in the Stubblefield mesothelioma case (yard-worker exposure at Seattle-area shipyards) recites a defense argument naming this hull's name: 'Lockheed also argues that the Polar Star, Polar Sea, USS O'Brien, and USS David R. Ray did not contain insulation and lagging material containing asbestos' (order reciting Dkt. No. 109 at 10-11). The section addresses Navy vessels serviced at defendant Lockheed Shipbuilding's Seattle yard in the late 1970s-early 1980s window of the decedent's shipyard work; during that window the only commissioned USS O'Brien was DD-975 (DD-725 stricken 1972, DD-415 sunk 1942). The order also recites record evidence that 'as of 1979, both the David R. Ray and the Oldendorf were listed as containing asbestos thermal insulation' (Dkt. No. 128 at 414-15 - i.e., the January 1979 CNO ship list itself was litigation evidence) and expert testimony that the Navy's policy as of October 1975 was 'not to install any insulation and lagging material containing asbestos.' The court granted defendants' summary-judgment motions.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1976-late 1980s (alleged exposure); 2024-2026 (litigation)

   Population

   Shipscaler/laborer at Todd, Lockheed, Lake Union Drydock (Seattle), ~1976-late 1980s

   Limitations

   Merits-stage order, but the O'Brien mention is a recited DEFENSE argument asserting the absence of asbestos insulation aboard - not a court finding, and not an allegation that anyone was exposed aboard this hull; plaintiff's own recalled-vessel list (David R. Ray, Oldendorf, Roark, Polar Sea, Polar Star) does not include O'Brien. Consistent with the Navy's 1979 asbestos-free listing of this hull (ev-01), but a litigant's assertion carries no documentary weight on its own. The order does not expressly state O'Brien was serviced at Lockheed; the yard association is inferred from the vessel grouping Lockheed briefed. The order's 'USS David S. Ray' is a misrendering of David R. Ray (DD-971). Defense MSJs granted - a merits-level negative for that plaintiff, not exposure evidence.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-o-brien-dd975-03

4. [4]Naval Vessel Register, O'BRIEN (DD 975) ship detail page (NAVSEA; record last updated 03/01/2006; Internet Archive capture 2017-02-01 - live NVR no longer serves disposed-hull detail) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NVR ship detail: Vessel Status / Milestone Dates / Physical Characteristics blocks

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official register record for this hull: Class DD 963 (Spruance); UIC 20601; builder Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.; award 01/26/1972; keel 05/09/1975; launch 07/08/1976; delivery 11/14/1977; commission 12/03/1977; decommission 09/24/2004; stricken 09/24/2004; final status 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise,' status-change date 02/09/2006. Characteristics: 563 ft overall / 529 ft waterline, 55 ft beam, 32 ft max navigational draft (23 ft draft limit); 6,877 tons light / 9,299 tons full / 2,422 tons deadweight; steel hull, aluminum superstructure; propulsion 'Gas Turbines,' 2 propellers; accommodations 24 officers + 272 enlisted (296 total); custodian US Navy.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1972-2006

   Population

   Crew complement 296 (design accommodations); construction and yard workforce at Ingalls, Pascagoula

   Limitations

   NVR documents registry milestones and physical characteristics, not materials or asbestos content. 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise' denotes SINKEX; the register gives no sinking location (off Kauai per NavSource/secondary). Captured 2017 via Internet Archive; live NVR serves only a navigation shell for this disposed hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-o-brien-dd975-04

5. [5]USS O'Brien official ship website (obrien.navy.mil), 'Obrien History.htm' and site captures (Internet Archive, 2000-2004; ship-published, approved for release) + Navy News Service release NNS040503-06 'Fair Winds and Following Seas to O'Brien After 27 Years' (May 3, 2004, Lt. Cmdr. John Bernard, Carrier Group 5 Public Affairs; via GlobalSecurity mirror) [other_primary]

   Locator

   obrien.navy.mil 'Obrien History.htm' (June 2004 capture: namesake, history narrative, CO table, characteristics block); 'Obrien index.htm'/'welcome' captures 2000-2004; NNS040503-06 via globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2004/05/mil-040503-nns01a.htm

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Ship-published and Navy-press record for this hull: 'the fifth warship to be named in honor of Captain Jeremiah O'Brien' (crest 'V' pile symbolism concurs); 'the thirteenth SPRUANCE-class destroyer,' built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries, Pascagoula; commissioned December 3, 1977; christened May 17, 1976, sponsor Elizabeth Burbank Bradford; ~9,000 tons, 563 ft, four GE LM-2500 gas turbines, >30 kt, twin controllable-reversible-pitch propellers. Service summary (official site + NNS release): seven major WestPac/Indian Ocean and seven Arabian Gulf deployments (14 total); third deployment included two refugee rescues (Gulf of Thailand Apr. 29, 1984; South China Sea May 23, 1984; Humanitarian Service Medal); 1987 towed-array installation and Northern Pacific/Bering Sea evaluation; fifth deployment Middle East Force - Operation Earnest Will tanker escort and Operation Praying Mantis Apr. 18, 1988 (SAG Delta with USS Joseph Strauss DDG-16 and USS Jack Williams FFG-24; engaged and sank Iranian frigate SAHAND); 1988 extensive overhaul adding Mk 41 VLS, SQR-series towed array, LAMPS MK III; Middle East Force Sep.-Dec. 1990, Operation Desert Shield, 400+ vessel intercepts; counter-narcotics Dec. 1991 and Feb.-Apr. 1992; departed San Diego Aug. 1992 for Forward Deployed Naval Forces, arrived Yokosuka Oct. 1992 (DESRON 15; Kitty Hawk (CV-63) strike group); Southern Watch deployments 1993 and Feb. 1995; 1996 fifth MEF deployment + RIMPAC 96 + Taiwan contingency force; Sept. 11, 2001 emergency sortie from Bahrain, opening Tomahawk strikes into Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom; 2003 Pacific Fleet Phalanx CIWS Excellence Award; final deployment May 2004 ending 27 years active service.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1977-2004

   Population

   Yokosuka FDNF crew cohorts, 1992-2004 (NNS: 'more than 1,500 FDNF Sailors' served aboard)

   Limitations

   Official but public-relations products, not audited records; statistics self-reported. Documents mission, deployments, and namesake - not materials or asbestos content. Ship-site characteristics table carries an apparent typo 'Keel Laid May 9, 1974' against NVR's 05/09/1975 (all other sources concur on 1975) - logged in gaps; christening (5/17/76) precedes NVR launch (7/8/76) - sequence documented, not adjudicated. Wayback coverage ends at the Sept. 2004 decommissioning.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-o-brien-dd975-05

6. [6]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (Oct. 18, 1979) - report body and Enclosure II (CNO letter Ser 454D/318571, Feb. 8, 1979) [gao]

   Locator

   GAO HRD-80-2 report body (policy sections, reinsulation cost table); Enclosure II p. 13 (class estimate table, 'Destroyer - DD 87,634')

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   Program-level context for this hull's build/delivery window: the Navy's asbestos-elimination policy issued October 1975 (NAVSEAINST 5100.2 of 24 Oct 1975) after thermal-insulation specifications were revised (by late 1973) to call for asbestos-free materials; decisions to substitute were made per hull/class against construction completion - explaining why this hull (construction start 12/74) landed in the asbestos-free block while earlier-start sisters did not. Pre-purchased and already-installed material meant 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978'; the removal policy replaced only damaged insulation, with the Navy estimating all but 30-50 percent of shipboard thermal asbestos insulation would be removed within five years; a one-time total removal program (~$2 billion est.) was rejected as not cost-effective. Enclosure II supplies the follow-up class-level estimate: 'Destroyer - DD' at 87,634 lbs installed thermal insulation (per-class estimate derived from DD-964's weight-control report - inapplicable as a quantity for this hull, whose insulation was asbestos-free). GAO fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1973-1979

   Population

   Navy shipyard workers and ship crews, fleet-wide, mid-1970s

   Limitations

   Program-level and class-level findings, not hull-specific - the ship-specific application to this hull is carried by ev-01. The 87,634-lb figure describes asbestos thermal insulation on an asbestos-listed sister; it is NOT a quantity aboard DD-975 and should not be reused for this hull. Does not document what non-insulation ACM remained aboard or was removed during this hull's 1977-2004 service.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-o-brien-dd975-06

7. [7]NVR propulsion/characteristic fields ('Gas Turbines,' 2 propellers, steel hull/aluminum superstructure) + NavSource spec block (4 LM2500 gas turbines, 80,000 shp, 2 screws, 30 kt) + ship's official site (four GE LM-2500s, twin controllable-reversible-pitch propellers) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NVR DD-975 physical-characteristics block; navsource.net/archives/05/975.htm spec block; obrien.navy.mil characteristics (2004 capture); HRD-80-2 Enclosure I ('major application' and 'all ships presently in service' sentences)

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Propulsion-type note on era inference: DD-975 is a gas-turbine ship - four GE LM2500 main engines, two shafts, no boilers and no steam propulsion plant - so the classic steam-plant asbestos suite (boiler casings, steam-drum and main-steam-line lagging, turbine lagging) is absent from the machinery arrangement. The ship-specific finding stands independent of this inference: the CNO letter's documented shipboard asbestos application - thermal insulation 'for machinery, equipment and piping systems' - was asbestos-free aboard this hull at delivery (ev-01), while the letter's residual non-insulation applications (gaskets, packing, deck tile, brakes/clutches, electrical resistors, cabling) apply to gas-turbine ships as much as steam ships.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1975-1979

   Limitations

   Inference and boundary analysis only. The gas-turbine plant removes the classic steam-plant asbestos vector but not the documented residual applications; nothing here infers the presence or absence of any material beyond what ev-01 documents.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-o-brien-dd975-07

8. [8]NHHC/DANFS - no entry exists for this hull (HTTP 404 on URL variants; NavSource index note for this hull family: 'built too late to be covered by the DANFS project') [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   history.navy.mil DANFS 'O' variants (404s); navsource.net/archives/05/975.htm editorial note ('History is unavailable at this time / This ship was built too late to be covered by the DANFS project'); history.navy.mil command-operation-reports path probe

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   No DANFS/NHHC narrative history exists for this hull: NHHC ship-histories URLs for O'Brien DD-975 return 404 across variants (obrien-dd-975.html, obrien-iv.html, o-brien-dd-975.html), and NavSource notes these 1977-commissioned hulls postdate DANFS coverage. Official documentary coverage is therefore register data (NVR, ev-04), the ship's own published site (ev-05), and Navy News Service releases, not a NHHC service history; no NHHC statement on this hull's construction or materials exists. NHHC digitized command-history holdings probed for post-1975 O'Brien reports at the per-ship PDF path pattern - no DD-975 reports surfaced (only DD-725's 1966 report is digitized under the O'Brien name).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   negative_finding

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Limitations

   Negative findings bound the record: absence of a DANFS entry means service-narrative details circulating on secondary sites were not carried as verified beyond what official sources corroborate (ship site + NNS release + NVR milestones). NHHC holds physical command-history reports for the class-era; digitized retrieval for this hull not located.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-o-brien-dd975-08

9. [9]NavSource Naval History destroyer photo index, USS O'BRIEN (DD-975) page (building/operational data block, fate, commanding-officer roster, contributor photo captions) [other_primary]

   Locator

   navsource.net/archives/05/975.htm - building data, fate line, spec block, photo captions (Yokosuka drydock undated; summer-2005 SINKEX-prep nesting), CO roster

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Secondary-archive record corroborating this hull's milestones and supplying disposal detail: 'Laid down by Litton Ingalls, Pascagoula Miss. May 9 1975. Launched July 8 1976 and commissioned December 3 1977. Decommissioned September 24 2004.' Fate: 'Sunk as a target off Kauai, Hawaii by Lake Erie (CG-70), HMCS Vancouver, and USN aircraft, February 9 2006' - consistent with NVR's 02/09/2006 status-change; secondary sources add the sinking occurred in a combined fleet training exercise near the Pacific Missile Range Facility, with P-3C Orion aircraft. Specifications block: callsign NECG; 'As Built' armament 2x 5"/54, Sea Sparrow, ASROC, Mk 32 TTs, 1 helicopter; 80,000 shp, 4 LM-2500, 2 screws, 30 kt, crew 296. Contributor photo captions document an undated Yokosuka drydocking, Forward Deployed Naval Forces operations, MISSILEX 02-1 and 04-1, and the summer-2005 Pearl Harbor inactive-fleet nesting with USS Valley Forge (CG-50) ahead of SINKEX. Commanding-officer roster complete Dec. 1977 - Sept. 2004.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1975-2006

   Limitations

   Secondary archive, not an official source - used for corroboration and archival leads only. Its '7800 Tons (Full)' figure conflicts with NVR's 9,299-ton full displacement (and its own class-standard 8,000-9,000-ton range) - NVR carried. The undated Yokosuka drydock photo implies an FDNF-period drydock (Ship Repair Facility Yokosuka) whose dates and scope are undocumented - archival lead, not a finding.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-o-brien-dd975-09

10. [10]EPA 'SINKEX Determination and Agreement' under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act general permit, 40 C.F.R. 229.2 ('Transport of Target Vessels') - program framework applicable to this hull's February 2006 sinking [other_primary]

    Locator

    EPA SINKEX Determination and Agreement (signed; EPA January 2021 snapshot archive); 40 C.F.R. 229.2; NVR status line; NavSource fate/caption lines

    Finding type

    regulatory

    Finding

    This hull's disposal was a Navy SINKEX ('Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise,' NVR status-change 02/09/2006; sunk off Kauai near the Pacific Missile Range Facility in a combined US-Canadian fleet exercise per secondary sources). SINKEX operated under EPA's MPRSA general permit regime, which required documented vessel preparation - removal of materials of concern including PCBs and asbestos that could be released - before sinking; EPA's Determination and Agreement documents that preparation and verification framework. No hull-specific preparation report, waste manifest, or asbestos-removal record for ex-O'Brien was located in public sources; the summer-2005 Pearl Harbor inactive-fleet photo caption (NavSource) shows the hull already being prepared for SINKEX.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    2004-2006

    Population

    SINKEX preparation workforce, Pearl Harbor inactive-fleet period 2004-2006 (unidentified)

    Limitations

    Program/regulatory context only: establishes that environmental preparation was required for the 2006 sinking, not what was actually removed from this hull. A ship-specific SINKEX preparation record for DD-975 is an open archival lead (Navy SDR/environmental-preparation documentation for the Pearl Harbor inactive period).

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-o-brien-dd975-10

11. [11]Batch-3890 search ledger (this record) - CourtListener API v4 sweep (authenticated helper, fleet-paced), NHHC/DANFS coverage check, NARA/NHHC archival probes, VA BVA decisions, disposal-record and secondary-source sweeps [court_record]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-o-brien-dd975-01 through -11

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No additional ship-specific asbestos record located beyond ev-01 through ev-03: no hull ACM survey, insulation-removal/abatement contract, condition report, or hazmat disclosure was found for this hull in the public sources searched. No ship-specific SINKEX preparation record located for the February 2006 sinking. CourtListener sweep completed for both exact name and hull number on both indexes: '"USS O'Brien"' type=o = 1 hit (Mariposa Express v. United Shipping Solutions, Utah Ct. App. 2013 - corporate name collision, 'USS O'Brien, Inc.' is a franchisee, not the ship; consistent with batch-3697's identical result); 'DD-975' type=o = 0; '"USS O'Brien"' type=r = 4 dockets - Webb v. Baldor (QUALIFYING, ev-02), Johnson v. Air & Liquid (litigation-context, ev-03), Livernois v. Air & Liquid Systems 4:19-cv-02277 (N.D. Cal., non-qualifying for this hull - see limitations), Mariposa Express 2:08-cv-00943 (D. Utah, same corporate collision); 'DD-975' type=r = 5 dockets - Webb (same qualifying hit), plus four collisions: Cooley v. City of Vallejo (E.D. Cal., civil rights - 'DD-975' is a form/document number), In re: Seroquel Products Liability (M.D. Fla. MDL - exhibit reference), Wonser v. Norman and Saki v. Norman (S.D./N.D. Ohio - 'DD-975' entries in Ohio BMV special-reserve license-plate lists). No VA BVA decision naming this hull located - all located 'USS O'Brien' BVA decisions (Citations 0119681, 0311183, 0936154, 1715957) resolve to DD-725 by service window. No qualifying opinion-level litigation naming this hull.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    searches 2026-09-28

    Limitations

    Absence of additional located records is a search outcome, not a fact about the ship. Livernois classified non-qualifying for DD-975 on unresolvable attribution: the alleged window (boiler tender, ~1957-1978) and its all-steam-plant vessel list (Norfolk, Charles Sperry, Edison, Tingey, Picking, Haley Powell, Rowen) are consistent with DD-725, in commission through Feb. 1972 - DD-975 was commissioned Dec. 1977 and has no boilers; hull not stated, so not adjudicated either way. Unindexed state filings, settled matters, MDL-875 docket entries, and VA claims are largely invisible to opinion/docket databases. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-o-brien-dd975-11