Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]research packet hp-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-preble-ddg46-pkt-hp-packet-md
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[2]Naval Vessel Register ship detail, PREBLE (DDG 46) (ex-DLG 15), guided missile destroyer (Wayback capture 2010-12-03; live detail page no longer renders the disposed hull's record) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship-detail fields (UIC, builder, award/keel/launch/delivery/commission/decommission/stricken dates, status, hull material, propulsion, accommodations, dimensions)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official registry record for this hull: UIC 52686; class DDG 37; builder BATH IRON WKS CORP; award date 1956-10-26; keel date 1957-12-16; launch date 1959-05-23; delivery date 1960-04-28; commission date 1960-05-09; decommission date 1991-11-15; stricken date 1992-11-20; status 'Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling,' status changed 2003-02-10; hull material steel hull, aluminum superstructure; propulsion steam turbines; accommodations 27 officers / 396 enlisted; overall length 512 ft; full displacement 6,270 tons.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1956-2003
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew 1960-1991; inactive-ship custody personnel 1991-2003
- Limitations
- Authoritative for registry milestones (dates, status, custody); documents no materials content and no asbestos information. Captured via Wayback because the live NVR detail page renders only the navigation shell for this disposed hull. 'Class DDG 37' is the register's class indexing for the Farragut/Coontz group.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-preble-ddg46-01
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[3]DANFS, Preble (DLG-15) (namesake biography + specifications block + ship entry; verbatim transcription on HazeGray mirror - live NHHC DANFS page returns 404; entry text ends at the 1970 recommissioning) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Preble (DLG-15) entry: namesake paragraph, specifications block, ship paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: 'The fifth Preble (DLG-15)' - displacement 5,709 (f.); length 513 ft; beam 52 ft; draft 18 ft; speed 33 k; complement 377; armament Terrier, 1x5in, 4x3in, ASROC, 6x21in tt, 1 dcp; class 'Coontz'. Laid down by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, 1957-12-16; launched 1959-05-23, sponsored by Mrs. Ralph E. Wilson; commissioned in the Boston Naval Shipyard 1960-05-09, Comdr. Edward G. Fitzpatrick in command. After shakedown off the East Coast, transited the Panama Canal and arrived San Diego 1960-09-02; first Seventh Fleet tour 1961-02-27 to 1961-09-28; eastern Pacific through 1963; Far East tour 1964-03-13 to 1964-07-20; rotated regularly to WestPac over the next five years - plane guard for carriers in the Tonkin Gulf, SAR patrol, bombardment of coastal positions. Returned from WestPac July 1968; December 1968 underway for Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for an extensive overhaul; decommissioned 1969-01-31; recommissioned 1970-05-23; returned to the Pacific Fleet. Namesake Commodore Edward Preble (1761-1807).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-1970
- Population
- Construction trades at Bath Iron Works 1957-59; commissioning crew at Boston Naval Shipyard 1960 (design complement 377)
- Limitations
- The DANFS ship entry ends at the 1970 recommissioning (Volume V coverage) - no post-1970 service narrative, no reclassification detail, no disposal data; it documents characteristics and identity, not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 (standing NHHC link-rot issue, cf. BATCH-01).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-preble-ddg46-02
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[4]USS Preble Association history page reproducing the ship's year-by-year command-history chronology, 1957-1991 (Wayback capture 2016-01-17; page text credits shipmates and quotes command histories verbatim, e.g. the 1973 shore-battery passage) [other_primary]
- Locator
- usspreble.org/history.html, year sections 1957-1991
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Command-history-derived chronology for this hull documenting service and every yard period: 1960 post-shakedown availability Long Beach NSY; first regular overhaul June-October 1962 (AN/SPS-48 XN-1 radar installed); extended restricted availability Long Beach NSY 1963-08-01 to 1963-10-21 (SPS-39A installed); restricted availability Long Beach NSY to 1964-02-14; August 1965 naval gunfire support off Vietnam - first missile-equipped destroyer to fire weapons in combat (330 rounds 5in/54 and 3in/50); overhaul at San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard Hunters Point Division from January 1966 (Mare Island ammo offload, Berth 4, Drydock 3 with USS Henry B. Wilson); 1967 Tonkin Gulf SAR with COMDESRON 21 embarked; 1968 Yankee Station rescue-destroyer service - 19 June 1968 embarked HC-7 Det 104 UH-2A flown by LTJG Clyde E. Lassen rescued two F-4 crewmen south of Hanoi (Medal of Honor); decommissioned 1969-01-31 Philadelphia NSY for AAW modernization (NTDS installed); recommissioned 1970-05-23, new homeport Pearl Harbor; 1971 PARPRO/PIRAZ Tonkin Gulf; 1973-01-24 hit by North Vietnamese 130-mm shore batteries off the DMZ - last USN warship hit by NVN shore batteries in the war (Meritorious Unit Commendation for 1972-08-08 to 1973-02-24; Combat Action Ribbon for 1972-12-27/28 Cua Viet exchanges); Pearl Harbor NSY ten-month ROH 1974-06-24 to 1975-03 (major engineering-plant refits); redesignated DDG-46 1975-07-01 per this page (NVR/NavSource read 1975-06-30); Pearl Harbor NSY 13-month overhaul 1979-03-02 to 1980-04; homeport shift to Norfolk September 1980; 1981 Indian Ocean/Persian Gulf deployment with America battle group (first carrier battle group through Suez in twelve-plus years); UNITAS XXIII 1982; Portsmouth Naval Shipyard period 1983; Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula overhaul June 1985 - 1986-06-14 including SM-2 conversion; 1987 Mediterranean/Black Sea with Saratoga battle group; 1989 Standing Naval Force Atlantic flagship deployment incl. three-week Charleston availability; final deployment from 1990-12-28 - Red Sea picket and Maritime Interception Force during the Gulf War, Provide Comfort escort of USS Theodore Roosevelt, 1991-04-11 rescue of Irish yacht Meermin crew; decommissioned 1991-11-15 at Pier 21 Norfolk Naval Station.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-1991
- Population
- Crew 1960-1991; yard workforces at Long Beach NSY, Hunters Point, Philadelphia NSY, Pearl Harbor NSY, Portsmouth NSY, Ingalls Pascagoula, Charleston
- Limitations
- Ship-association republication of command-history text - a compiled secondary rendering of primary OPNAV 5750-1 reports not independently retrieved; specific dates/events carried pending NHHC command-history retrieval (archival lead). Documents service and yard periods, not materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-preble-ddg46-03
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[5]USS Preble Association page 'Where is USS PREBLE?' reproducing a Metro Machine Corp. project-manager statement (Harry Lewis) on the NAVSEA 333 dismantlement of this hull at Philadelphia Naval Business Center Drydock 2, ~2002-03 (Wayback capture 2016-03-11; page updated 2005-01-03 by Tom Bateman) [other_primary]
- Locator
- usspreble.org/location.html, blockquoted Harry Lewis (Metro Machine Corp.) statement and dismantlement photo captions
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Disposal-era documentation of asbestos aboard this hull: describing the NAVSEA 333 dismantlement of Preble in Drydock 2 at the Philadelphia Naval Business Center, the Metro Machine project manager states 'we have commenced removal of hull insulation and interference items' and that '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; you name it, there's a waste stream for it, and it's all monitored by the Navy and regulatory agencies such as OSHA and EPA.' Interior areas with PCB paint systems were sandblasted per EPA regulations; the aluminum superstructure was removed in modules after fiberglass insulation removal. Dismantlement photo documentation on the same page includes 'Main Deck Area over Fire Room #1', 'Port Side shell area, Fire Room #1', and 'the last section of the keel being removed (below AC Machinery Room #2).' Disposal chain per this page: originally sold for scrap 1992, buyer failed and the ship reverted to the government; sold 1999-02-10 to International Shipbreakers of Brownsville TX for $85,000; repossessed again; dismantlement contract awarded to Metro Machine ~2002-03-20; sister hull USS Coontz visible at Pier 5 in the same drydock photos.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2002-2003
- Population
- Metro Machine dismantlement workforce, Philadelphia, 2002-2003
- Limitations
- Direct hull-specific asbestos documentation, but of disposal-period scope only: identifies 'asbestos insulation' as a regulated waste stream aboard the hull at breaking without quantifying ACM, locating it, dating installation, or establishing crew-era or any individual's exposure. Source is a ship-association republication of the contractor's e-mailed statement, not the NAVSEA 333 contract file or a government hazmat survey - the contract file is the archival lead. Verification partial on that basis.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-preble-ddg46-04
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[6]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index, USS PREBLE (DL-15/DLG-15/DDG-46), page 05/0215 (class data sheet, operational/building data, CO roster, photo captions including NHHC Curator Branch artifact) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 05/0215 'CLASS - FARRAGUT As Built' data block, 'Operational and Building Data', 'Fate' line, photo caption for NHHC Curator Branch artifact
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled registry-style data for this hull: class Farragut as built; 5,648 tons full; 512'6in x 52'4in x 17'9in; machinery 85,000 shp geared turbines, 2 screws; 33 knots; range 5,000 nm at 20 knots; crew 360; armament 1x5in/54 RF, Terrier SAM, ASROC, 6x12.75in Mk 32 ASW TT; call sign NLOH, tactical voice BONECRUSHER then BARBARY (c.1968). Building/disposal data: reclassified guided missile frigate DLG-15 1956-11-14 (designation predates keel-laying; originally DL-15); laid down Bath Iron Works 1957-12-16; launched 1959-05-23; commissioned 1960-05-09; decommissioned 1969-01-31, recommissioned 1970-05-23; reclassified DDG-46 1975-06-30; decommissioned 1991-11-15; stricken 1992-11-20; sold 1994-04-15, repossessed 1996-10-01; sold to Metro Machine Corp. Philadelphia, scrapping completed 2003-03-25. Photo captions include an NHHC Curator Branch artifact (tower metal fragment and shrapnel from the 1973-01-24 shore-battery hits) with verbatim command-history text, 2002 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard dismantlement views, and the 1991 Red Sea Task Force 155 gathering.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1956-2003
- Population
- Crew 1960-1991; disposal/scrapping personnel 1991-2003
- Limitations
- NavSource is the standard volunteer photo/data archive, not an official source - used as corroboration and for fields official sources omit (machinery fit, call signs, disposal-chain detail). Its 'sold April 15 1994' disposal entry conflicts in detail with the association page's 1992/1999 sale sequence; both carried and reconciled in prose/gaps rather than merged.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-preble-ddg46-05
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[7]Federal Register vol. 60, no. 88 (1995-05-08), Department of the Navy final rule amending 32 CFR 706.2 (certifications and exemptions under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972), doc. 95-11197 [federal_register]
- Locator
- FR doc. 95-11197, amendatory item 8 for 32 CFR 706.2 Table Five (removal list)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Official Federal Register record naming this hull: the Navy's 1995-05-08 rule amends 32 CFR 706.2 Table Five by removing listed ships, including USS PREBLE (DDG 46) together with all nine Farragut-class sisters (DDG 37 through DDG 46) and other stricken/disposed hulls - a regulatory housekeeping removal reflecting the ship's out-of-service and disposed status.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1995
- Limitations
- Regulatory context record only - confirms the hull and its post-service status in an official register; contains no materials, asbestos, or condition information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-preble-ddg46-06
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[8]OSHA Region III concluded-partnerships register: '#15 - Philadelphia Ship Disposal Partnership' (Metro Machine Company, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Delaware County Chamber of Commerce; signed 2000-01-19, concluded 2005-05-19) and '#427 - Ship Disposal Safety and Health Partnership' (Metro Machine, Boilermakers Local 2000; 2005-05-19 to 2006-07-26); plus OSHA shipbreaking National Emphasis Program directive CPL-02-00-129/-136 (Navy/DLA-DRMS/MARAD/EPA/OSHA interagency MOA requiring programmed inspections of Navy vessel breaking) and OSHA establishment inspection 303874739 (Metro Machine of Pennsylvania Inc., Philadelphia Naval Business Center; opened 2001-05-02, planned/complete health inspection, shipyards emphasis, closed 2003-07-22) [other_primary]
- Locator
- osha.gov concluded-partnerships register entries #15 and #427; osha.gov enforcement directives CPL-02-00-129/-136; osha.gov IMIS inspection detail id 303874739
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Official facility- and program-level corroboration of the oversight environment in which this hull was dismantled: OSHA's register documents an active ship-disposal partnership with Metro Machine at the Philadelphia Naval Business Center spanning 2000-2005 - the window of Preble's 2002-03 dismantlement - and OSHA's shipbreaking NEP implements an interagency MOA covering Navy shipbreaking operations, consistent with the project manager's statement that waste streams were 'all monitored by the Navy and regulatory agencies such as OSHA and EPA.' OSHA's inspection database shows a planned complete health inspection of Metro Machine of Pennsylvania at that site opened 2001-05-02 and closed 2003-07-22.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2000-2006
- Population
- Metro Machine dismantlement workforce, Philadelphia Naval Business Center, 2000-2006
- Limitations
- Facility/program-level context only - these records establish the oversight regime and that Metro Machine's Philadelphia operation was inspected during the dismantlement window; they do not name this hull and do not document asbestos quantities, locations, or exposures aboard it. OSHA pages returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch; contents captured via search-index text - verification partial on that basis.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-preble-ddg46-07
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[9]Farragut (DDG-37) class fact sheet (FAS mirror of Navy fact file) + NavSource/MaritimeQuest class machinery data (4 boilers, 2 geared turbines, ~85,000 shp, 2 shafts) + Atlas shipyard dataset yard-level records for this hull's documented yards [other_primary]
- Locator
- man.fas.org DDG-37 class page; NavSource class machinery sheets; shipyards.json records 'bath-iron-works', 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard', 'long-beach-naval-shipyard', 'hunters-point-naval-shipyard', 'pearl-harbor-naval-shipyard', 'portsmouth-naval-shipyard', 'charleston-naval-shipyard', 'ingalls-shipbuilding'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era and builder/repair-yard inference: a Farragut-class steam-plant guided missile frigate built 1957-60 at Bath Iron Works (four boilers, two geared steam turbines, ~85,000 shp per class data sheets) would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation on boilers, steam lines, and turbines, plus gaskets, packing, and fireproofing. The builder yard is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2): asbestos products identified include Kaylo pipe covering, Foster Wheeler gaskets, asbestos felt, loose packing, vinyl floor tiles, and adhesives, with a 1942 Drinker industrial-hygiene study of pipe-covering shop dust risk. Documented repair/overhaul yards for this hull are likewise yard-documented in the Atlas dataset: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (1969-70 AAW modernization - the hull's largest industrial disturbance window; Atlas tier 3, named products incl. Eagle-Picher Super 60, Thermasil, Unibestos, Kaylo, Garlock gaskets/packing), Long Beach Naval Shipyard (1960, 1963, 1964 availabilities; asbestos insulation, asbestos-cement pipe, sprayed fireproofing documented), Hunters Point/San Francisco Naval Shipyard (1966 overhaul; NPL site with mesothelioma litigation), Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (1974-75 and 1979-80 overhauls), Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (1983), Charleston Naval Shipyard (1989 availability), and Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula (1985-86 overhaul; documented asbestos products, insulation-worker fiber concentrations, and LHWCA litigation reaching the U.S. Supreme Court).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-1991
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1957-60; repair-yard workforces 1960-1986; crew 1960-91
- Limitations
- Inference only - no ship-specific bill of materials, specification, or survey was located for this hull; ship-specific findings rest on the dismantlement waste-stream row (ev-04) and the unverified Brewer lead (ev-09). Yard-level documentation describes the yards, not this hull's materials; the GAO review and NARA RG 19 General Information Books remain the program/archival leads for hull-level specs.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-preble-ddg46-08
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[10]Los Angeles County Superior Court case file BC374988, Brewer v. Alfa Laval, Inc. et al. (unretrieved); descriptions exist only in excluded source classes - plaintiffs'-firm summary (waterskraus.com) and verdict aggregator (MoreLaw) - reporting a 2008-05 jury verdict of $9.7M [other_primary]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Unverified litigation lead naming this hull: secondary sources report that Chief Y. R. Brewer, a Navy machinist mate who performed heavy maintenance in the forward engine room aboard USS Preble for ~41 months in the early 1960s (one aggregator gives 1961-1965), was diagnosed with mesothelioma June 2007 and sued equipment manufacturers in Los Angeles County Superior Court (Cause No. BC374988, Dept. 89, Hon. William MacLaughlin per plaintiffs' firm; MoreLaw captions the case 'Y.R. Brewer and Gale Brewer v. Crane Co.' and names Hon. Terry Budd - discrepancy unresolved). Per the same secondary sources the May 2008 jury verdict awarded $9.7M ($0.7M economic; $5M pain and suffering; $4M loss of consortium), assigned remaining defendant Crane Co. 2% liability, and found the Navy 50% responsible; the defense's Navy-as-sophisticated-user theory reportedly failed.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1961-1965 (alleged exposure window per secondary sources); 2007-2008 (litigation)
- Population
- Y. R. Brewer (USN machinist mate, USS Preble, early 1960s per secondary reports); forward engine-room crew of the period
- Limitations
- Not a verified finding: every located description is an excluded source class (law-firm marketing, verdict aggregator, spam blog) and no court record was retrievable - CourtListener sweeps were blocked all session and LASC case files are not web-published. If accurate, this is a trial-verdict-stage record (jury finding of causation for exposure aboard this hull), materially stronger than a pleading - but per batch rules it is classified down and carried as an archival lead pending the authoritative case file. Presiding-judge and verdict-date discrepancies between the secondary sources are unresolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-preble-ddg46-09
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[11]CourtListener API v4 sweeps via cl-auth-search.py (authenticated, fleet-paced helper), attempted queries: "USS Preble" (o), "DDG-46" (o), "DLG-15" (o), "aboard USS Preble" (o), "aboard the Preble" (o), "USS Preble" (r/docket) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-preble-ddg46-09 through sl-uss-preble-ddg46-14
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep, completed portions: opinion query "USS Preble" (type=o) returned count 0 - no opinion in the CL corpus carries the exact phrase; opinion query "DDG-46" (type=o) returned count 0; docket query "USS Preble" (type=r) returned count 7, all non-qualifying on caption alone (consumer/commercial/bankruptcy/criminal matters - Gerads v. 84 Lumber (S.D. Ill. 2023), Coronado v. GDIT (S.D. Cal. 2023), United States v. Butler (S.D. Fla. 2025, x2), FB Real Estate Holdings bankruptcy (N.D. Ga. 2018), Northwest Territorial Mint bankruptcy (W.D. Wash. 2016), Kraus v. Alcatel-Lucent (E.D. Pa. 2018); match-context snippets were not captured before the pacing window closed, so individual classification is provisional on caption review). Blocked before execution (exit 2, fleet pacing; plus two API read timeouts): "DLG-15", "aboard USS Preble", "aboard the Preble", "Preble" asbestos. Independent web-indexed searching located the Brewer verdict lead in secondary sources (ev-09) - qualifying litigation likely exists outside the reached corpus.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- sweeps attempted 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Bounded negative finding plus open sweep: the opinion corpus is empty for the exact name and for DDG-46, and no qualifying docket appears on captions - but "DLG-15", 'aboard'-phrase, and asbestos-qualified queries never executed, and California state-court trial verdicts like Brewer would not appear in the CL opinion corpus in any case. A prior USS Preble (DD-345/DM-20, 1920-1945) also shares the name. Docket-hit match context and all remaining hits must be classified on retrieval.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-preble-ddg46-10
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[12]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (Comptroller General, 18 Oct 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 summary/findings sections (thermal insulation policy history)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO program review of Navy asbestos control for this hull's era: asbestos thermal insulation 'was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships'; the Navy changed its thermal-insulation specification to asbestos-free in 1973, but previously purchased asbestos stock was still being installed, and 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978'; 'all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables'; Navy policy since 1975 removed/replaced asbestos only if damaged or required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace insulation in high-maintenance areas; OPNAVINST 6260.1 (Apr 1974, rev. Aug 1978) established the fleet asbestos-control program. A destroyer built 1957-60 predates the transition - era-standard asbestos thermal insulation is the consistent inference for this hull's build period, though this is not a ship-specific finding.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1960-1979
- Population
- Navy shipboard and shipyard populations program-wide, 1960s-1979
- Limitations
- Program-level review fieldworked at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - it does not name this hull, does not establish materials aboard DDG-46, and does not resolve whether insulation was removed during the 1969-70 Philadelphia modernization, the Pearl Harbor ROHs, or the Ingalls overhaul. gao.gov blocks automated access; report content carried from indexed text and sibling-batch verification (batch-3937).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-preble-ddg46-11
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[13]NARA research guide 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' - RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence, ship general information books, specifications, engineering drawings [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA asbestos research guide, record-series listing and Navy Filing Manual discussion
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official research path for hull-level asbestos documentation: Bureau of Ships (RG 19) correspondence, ship general information books, and ship specifications are identified as the record series bearing on asbestos in naval vessels, filed by hull designation (ship-specific files, class files, and yard correspondence - Bath Iron Works files under 'QM/Bath Iron Works' per the guide's filing-manual explanation). The guide's core coverage (through 1961) fully includes this hull's construction period (laid down December 1957, delivered April 1960) - a DLG-15 or class (Farragut/Coontz) specification or general-information file would be the primary-source route to a hull-level materials finding. No DLG-15/DDG-46 file was examined in this batch.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-1961 (guide coverage)
- Population
- Research pathway for construction-era materials on this hull
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the existence of a retrievable DLG-15 specifications or general-information file is not established, and post-1961 documentation (the 1969-70 Philadelphia modernization work packages, Pearl Harbor and Ingalls overhauls) falls outside the guide's coverage window. No retrieval performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-preble-ddg46-12
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[14]Unretrieved archival records bearing on this hull: NARA RG 24 deck logs (1960-1991); NHHC Command Operations Reports / OPNAV 5750-1 command histories (the association history reproduces their text verbatim for this hull); NAVSEA 333 dismantlement contract file for the ~2002 Metro Machine award; NISMF Philadelphia custody records; Los Angeles County Superior Court file BC374988 (Brewer) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level asbestos documentation that could not be retrieved in public sources: NARA RG 24 deck logs covering the full commissioned period; the ship's OPNAV 5750-1 command histories (NHHC command-operation-reports holdings - verbatim 1973 command-history text reproduced by the association page confirms these reports exist); the NAVSEA 333 contract file for the 2002 Metro Machine dismantlement award - the most promising disposal-era hazmat lead, lying directly beneath the waste-stream statement in ev-04; NISMF Philadelphia custody/condition records 1991-2002; and the LASC BC374988 case file for the reported Brewer verdict.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Leads only - no retrieval or content verification performed; inclusion records where hull-level asbestos documentation would most plausibly exist.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-preble-ddg46-13