Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]research packet crew-manus-c-packet.md (18 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Rathburne
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-rathburne-ff1057-pkt-crew-manus-c-packet-md
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[2]Gerads v. 84 Lumber Company et al., No. 3:23-cv-03672 (S.D. Ill., filed 2023-11-13, suitNature 'P.I. : Asbestos', Judge Yandle); allegation recited in the district court's Memorandum and Order of 2024-05-08 denying defendants' (Redco, Hercules, GE, TKD) Rule 12(b)(6) motions, CourtListener cluster 9691103 [court_record]
- Locator
- S.D. Ill. docket 3:23-cv-03672 (CourtListener docket 68013233); Memorandum and Order 2024-05-08, cluster 9691103, factual recital of the complaint
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Docketed asbestos personal-injury action naming this hull at the pleading stage: the district court's 8 May 2024 Memorandum and Order recites that 'Gerads was next exposed to asbestos while serving as a boiler technician in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Preble and USS Rathburne from 1968 through 1972.' Hull attribution resolved by service dates: the only USS Rathburne in commission during 1968-1972 was this hull (DE-1057, redesignated FF-1057 in 1975); the first Rathburne (DD-113/APD-25) was scrapped in 1946-47. A boiler technician aboard a 1,200-psi steam-plant frigate is a rating consistent with engineering-space work.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1968-1972 (alleged exposure window); 2023-2024 (litigation)
- Population
- Plaintiff Gerads - alleged USN boiler technician aboard USS Preble and USS Rathburne 1968-1972
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation, classified at the lowest litigation stage per discipline - the 8 May 2024 order denies motions to dismiss and recites allegations as pleaded; it is not a finding that exposure occurred aboard, does not identify asbestos-containing products aboard, and does not quantify material. The pleaded window 1968-1972 spans both named ships; this hull was not commissioned until 16 May 1970, so any aboard-Rathburne exposure within the window runs from the pre-commissioning/fitting-out period (laid down 8 Jan 1968, launched 2 May 1969, delivered 8 May 1970) or 1970-1972 - the pleading does not allocate time between Preble and Rathburne. Merits disposition (settlement, remand, MDL-875 transfer, trial) not located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-ff1057-01
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[3]Smargisso v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, No. 3:23-cv-01414 (N.D. Cal., filed 2023-03-24, suitNature 'P.I. : Asbestos'), CourtListener docket 67091743 - 'FF-1057' appears in indexed docket text [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener docket 67091743, type=r search hit for 'FF-1057'
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos-docketed action in which the hull designator 'FF-1057' appears in indexed RECAP docket text. The case is coded P.I.: Asbestos; whether the docket text names this hull as an alleged exposure site (e.g., a complaint vessel list or service-history exhibit) or contains only an incidental token match was not resolved at full text within this session's fleet-paced budget.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2023 (litigation); exposure window unverified
- Population
- Smargisso plaintiff(s) - unverified from index
- Limitations
- Docket-text match only, unresolved - establishes nothing by itself about exposure aboard this hull. If the reference is a pleading-stage vessel list it would be a second qualifying allegation; if a procedural token it is a name collision. Page-1 review of the 304-entry docket (20 most recent entries incl. RECAP document descriptions) shows no '1057', 'Rathburne', 'FF-', or vessel token - consistent with an incidental or deep-docket match, not yet a vessel naming. Full-text review of the remaining entries is the open lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-ff1057-02
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[4]Estate of Wenzel v. Seaward Marine Services, Inc., 709 F.2d 1326 (9th Cir. 1983), CourtListener opinion 420006 (opinion text verified via published-opinion mirrors: casetext, exa.ai, hallapproved, cetient) [court_record]
- Locator
- 709 F.2d 1326, factual recital pp. 1327-1328
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published federal appellate opinion naming this hull - other litigation, not asbestos: Seaward Marine Services held a 1979-1982 U.S. Navy contract to clean ship hulls including USS Rathburne; on 3 October 1980 diver/tender Kenneth Wenzel was assigned to hand-scrape Rathburne's sea chests and died of asphyxiation after becoming affixed to a sea chest; the docking plan the ship furnished his supervisor did not show all sea chest locations. The opinion resolves a Jones Act 'seaman' status / LHWCA section 905(a) immunity question - the Ninth Circuit reversed summary judgment for the employer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1979-1982 (contract); 1980 (fatality); 1983 (opinion)
- Population
- Kenneth Wenzel, diver/tender, Seaward Marine Services (contractor working aboard hull)
- Limitations
- Non-asbestos litigation - it establishes that contractor maintenance work (underwater hull cleaning) was performed aboard this hull 1979-1982 and that a fatal industrial accident occurred aboard, but says nothing about asbestos content or exposure. Ship identified in the opinion only as 'USS Rathburne' - during 1979-82 the only Rathburne in commission was FF-1057.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-ff1057-03
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[5]DANFS, Rathburne II (DE-1057) entry - spec block, namesake biography, and service narrative through January 1974 (official NHHC text via Wayback capture 2025-02-01; verbatim mirror also at hazegray/losthistory.net danfs/escorts/de1057.htm) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Rathburne II entry - spec block + construction paragraph + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: spec block '(DE-1057: dp. 4,064 (f.); l. 438'; b. 47'; dr. 25'; s. 27 k.; cpl. 243; a. ASROC, 1 5", 4 tt.; cl. Knox)'. Construction: 'laid down 8 January 1968 by Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co. Seattle, Wash.; launched 2 May 1969; sponsored by Mrs. Charles A. Bowsher; and commissioned 16 May 1970, Comdr. Richard B. Evans in command.' Service: arrived home port Pearl Harbor 20 July 1970; weapons-systems testing and exercises through early 1971; departed 14 April 1971 for six-month WestPac deployment, returned 27 October 1971; west-coast visit May-June 1972; second WestPac tour from 31 July 1972; ended 1972/began 1973 off Vietnam; returned Pearl Harbor 25 February 1973; operating at Pearl Harbor as of January 1974. Namesake paragraph confirms 'Rathburne' is an incorrect spelling of Rathbun (John Peck Rathbun, Continental Navy).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1968-1974
- Population
- Lockheed construction trades 1968-70; crew 1970-1974 (DANFS window; design complement 243)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, specifications, and service chronology through January 1974 only - no post-1974 service, no reclassification, decommissioning, or disposal detail, and nothing on materials or asbestos. Live NHHC page returns 404 (standing link rot per BATCH-01); Wayback capture and hazegray mirror cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-ff1057-04
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[6]Naval Vessel Register ship detail, RATHBURNE (FF 1057), ex-DE 1057, UIC 54052 (NAVSEA-maintained official inventory; Wayback capture 2024-07-26 - live detail page serves only the site frame) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_FF_1057: vessel status, milestone dates, physical characteristics blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR milestone record for this hull: class FF 1052 (Knox); builder 'Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co.'; award 07/22/1964; keel 01/08/1968; launch 05/02/1969; delivery 05/08/1970; commission 05/16/1970; decommission 02/14/1992; stricken 01/11/1995; status 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise', status-change date 07/05/2002; propulsion type 'Steam Turbines'; accommodations 20 officers / 261 enlisted; custodian US NAVY; record last updated 07/08/2002.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1964-2002
- Population
- Crew accommodations baseline 20 officers / 261 enlisted (NVR design accommodations)
- Limitations
- NVR confirms milestones, propulsion type, accommodations, and the disposal-pathway classification (fleet training exercise = SINKEX) - it carries no materials, hazmat, or asbestos annotation. Live NVR detail page returns the generic site frame to automated fetches (disposed hull); Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-ff1057-05
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[7]NavSource Destroyer Escort/Frigate Photo Archive, USS Rathburne (DE 1057 / FF 1057) page - specifications block, building/operational data, commanding-officer list, award array, ship photos incl. official USN photo credits [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/06/06021057.htm - spec block, 'Building and Operational Data' block, photo captions 0602105716-17 (1971 PHNSY drydock), CO table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull (secondary compilation consistent with DANFS/NVR): class Knox (SCB No. 199C/1964), 46 in class; displacement 3,020 std / 4,065 full; propulsion '2 Combustion Engineering 1200psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp; 1 shaft'; 27 kt; complement 16/211. Operational data: keel 08 Jan 1968 Lockheed Seattle; launched/christened 02 May 1969 (sponsor Mrs. Charles A. Bowsher, wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy); commissioned 16 May 1970 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Comdr. R. B. Evans, assigned Destroyer Squadron 25 (DesDiv 251) Pearl Harbor; reassigned DesRon 33 September 1974; reclassified FF-1057 30 June 1975; decommissioned 14 February 1992 at Pearl Harbor Naval Station after 21 years 9 months; struck 11 January 1995; sunk by various ordnance during RIMPAC 2002 on 05 July 2002 at 022 deg 11' 42" N, 160 deg 13' 07" W, depth 2,552 fathoms. Photo captions document the ship in drydock at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in 1971 and at Naval Station Pearl Harbor 1989-1991. Award array: Combat Action Ribbon, JMUA, Navy MUC, Battle 'E', NDSM (1 star), AFEM, Vietnam Service Medal, Humanitarian Service, Sea Service, RVN Campaign Medal. Fourteen commanding officers listed 1970-1992 (Cmdr. Richard B. Evans through Lcdr. Cedric A. Bradfield).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1968-2002
- Population
- Crew (NavSource reads 16 officers / 211 enlisted); Pearl Harbor NSY trades during 1971 drydock
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary archive - carried for operational detail, the reclassification date, the PSNS commissioning venue, the 1971 PHNSY drydock photo documentation, and the sinking position; all dates cross-checked against DANFS/NVR where available. Boiler/turbine manufacturer attribution (Combustion Engineering / Westinghouse) and the 16/211 complement are NavSource compilations not confirmed by a primary source for this hull - flagged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-ff1057-06
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[8]Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 7 July and 14 July 2002 (archives.starbulletin.com 2002/07/07/news/story4.html and 2002/07/14/news/story4.html); Honolulu Advertiser, 15 July 2002, 'RIMPAC sinkings a success' (the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Jul/15/mn/mn01a.html); Star-Bulletin 19 July 2002 (2002/07/19/news/story10.html) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Star-Bulletin 2002-07-14 story4 (Foster gunnery detail, 15,000-ft depth); Advertiser 2002-07-15 mn01a (PMRF Kauai location, Montero fatality); Star-Bulletin 2002-07-19 story10 (fatality name)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous press record of this hull's disposal: the ex-Rathburne, 'a 439-foot frigate commissioned in 1970,' was sunk 5 July 2002 off the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai in a RIMPAC 2002 'sinkex'; the Star-Bulletin reports USS Foster's crew sank the ex-Rathburne with 20 rounds, scoring six direct hits (per Foster gunnery chief CPO Ross McDonnell), in nearly 15,000 feet of water; the Advertiser and Star-Bulletin report Peruvian sailor Gilbert Niceforo Flores Castro was killed aboard BAP Montero by a gun-mount misfire during the same 5 July exercise involving the ex-Rathburne.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2002-07
- Population
- RIMPAC 2002 participants; BAP Montero crew (1 fatality)
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous journalism - documents the disposal event, date, location, and participants, not the hull's material condition or any pre-sinking environmental preparation. Consistent with NVR status 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise' (07/05/2002) and NavSource's position/depth figures.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-ff1057-07
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[9]GAO HRD-80-2 (B-163375), Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (released 1979-10-18), Enclosure I: Department of the Navy, OPNAV letter Ser 4542/318054 (5 Jan 1979) to GAO with Attachment 1 ship listing; reinsulation cost table; report body [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 PDF: cost table incl. 'FF-1052 4.32 45 194.40' (enclosure printed p. ~4); OPNAV letter text ('all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos'); Attachment 1 'FRIGATE - FF' block (hulls 1090-1097 only)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Department of the Navy class/fleet-level record covering this hull's class and in-service period: the enclosure's reinsulation cost table prices 'the removal of asbestos thermal insulation from piping, equipment and ventilation ducting ... and reinsulation with non-asbestos material' for the FF-1052 (Knox) class at an estimated $4.32 million per ship across 45 active ships ($194.40 million) - 45 active FF-1052-class ships in January 1979 includes this hull (in commission at Pearl Harbor). The OPNAV letter states 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos' and enumerates electrical resistors, floor and deck tiling, galley ranges and electric cabling, piping-system gaskets and packing, and equipment brakes and clutches as common shipboard asbestos applications beyond thermal insulation, adding (Note 1) that asbestos gaskets and pipe-hanger liners had no designated asbestos-free substitutes. VERIFIED BOUNDARY: Attachment 1's per-hull list is scoped to ships 'delivered since 1973 or are under construction' - this hull (delivered 5/8/1970) is not listed; the document was text-extracted and RATHBURNE/1057 appears nowhere in it. The letter also records the 1973 asbestos-free thermal-insulation specification change with lagged implementation ('some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1973-1979 policy window; hull in service 1970-1992
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and crews fleet-wide (program-level); FF-1052-class crews incl. this hull
- Limitations
- Class/fleet-level documentation only - the cost table names the FF-1052 class (of which this hull is one of 45 active ships), not this hull; the 'all ships' sentence is a fleet-wide statement. It supports that the class carried asbestos thermal insulation slated for potential reinsulation and that in-service ships carried sundry asbestos applications; it does not inventory this hull, give quantities, or track removal. Live gao.gov returns 403; full PDF retrieved via 2020 Wayback capture and text-extracted (pdftotext) this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-ff1057-08
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[10]EPA MPRSA general permit, 'Transport of Target Vessels' (40 C.F.R. 229.2) for the Navy SINKEX program; EPA program page; EPA-Navy agreement framework incl. 2 Aug 1999 EPA letter interpreting removal duties (PCB focus) and SECNAVINST 1541.5A SINKEX procedures [federal_register]
- Locator
- epa.gov SINKEX program page (40 CFR 229.2 summary, preparation requirements, annual-report requirement); FR-2013-04-05/2013-07981 (2014 Determination history reciting the 1999 letter); SECNAVINST 1541.5A para. 5
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Regulatory framework governing this hull's 5 July 2002 sinking: SINKEX vessels are prepared under the MPRSA general permit at 40 C.F.R. 229.2, which requires 'appropriate measures ... taken by qualified personnel at Navy or other certified facility to remove to the maximum extent practicable all materials which may degrade the marine environment'; EPA's 2 August 1999 interpretation letter required a per-vessel PCB inventory and specified removals (transformers/capacitors, hydraulic and heat-transfer fluids, debris-capable materials); Navy guidance (SECNAVINST 1541.5A) conditions SINKEX approval on environmental-preparation documentation and requires an annual report to EPA 'setting forth the name of each vessel used' - an annual-report record naming ex-Rathburne for CY2002 should exist as an archival lead.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1999-2002 (permit regime in force at sinking)
- Population
- SINKEX preparation workers (Navy/contractor) - program level
- Limitations
- Program-level context only - these instruments document the environmental-preparation regime the hull went through, not what was removed from or left aboard this specific hull; the 1999 letter's specified removals are PCB/fluid/debris-focused and do not by themselves establish asbestos handling. Whether a hull-specific preparation record or inventory exists for ex-Rathburne is unverified (Navy CY2002 SINKEX annual report to EPA is the lead).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-ff1057-09
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[11]NavSource FF-1057 spec block (machinery line) + GAO HRD-80-2 program context + Atlas shipyards.json record 'lockheed-shipbuilding' (Harbor Island, Seattle; EPA operable unit WAD009261991; tier 3, one disputed litigation row) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 06021057 spec block + building/operational data + drydock photo captions; shipyards.json yard_id lockheed-shipbuilding, puget-sound-naval-shipyard, pearl-harbor-naval-shipyard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: this hull is a 1968-70 Lockheed-built Knox-class steam escort with a single-screw high-pressure (1,200-psi) plant - two boilers feeding one geared steam turbine, 35,000 shp, 27 kt (NavSource spec block). A steam plant of this construction era is consistent with period-standard insulation and lagging on boilers, turbine, steam lines, valve/flange gaskets, and machinery packing; the DoN's contemporaneous record (ev-08) documents asbestos thermal insulation as the class-level condition and asbestos gaskets/pipe-hanger liners as fleet-standard. Documented yard events that disturb insulation-adjacent materials: commissioning availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (May 1970) and a 1971 drydock at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (NavSource photo documentation) - both tier-1 yards in the Atlas dataset; builder Lockheed Shipbuilding is a tier-3 Harbor Island yard (Superfund operable unit).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1968-1992
- Population
- Lockheed construction trades 1968-70; PSNS commissioning-period workers 1970; PHNSY drydock workers 1971; crew 1970-1992
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific material survey supports 'documented aboard this hull' wording; establishes no quantities, locations, or individual exposure. The 1970-71 yard events are documented to have occurred; their insulation scope is not documented. Boiler/turbine manufacturer attribution is secondary-sourced (NavSource).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-ff1057-10
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[12]CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket sweeps for 'USS Rathburne' / 'U.S.S. Rathburne' / 'aboard the Rathburne' / 'Rathburne' / 'FF-1057' / 'DE-1057' / 'Rathburne asbestos' (authenticated, cl-auth-search.py, fleet-paced) + Siegfried v. 3M vessel-list non-hit per prior batches' verified full-text reads [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-rathburne-ff1057-06 through -11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation sweep executed 2026-09-29 through the authenticated helper (fleet pacing repeatedly spent mid-sweep; retries spaced, all cells completed or logged). Results: '"USS Rathburne"' opinions = 1 hit - Wenzel v. Seaward Marine (9th Cir. 1983), opinion 420006 - names THIS hull but non-asbestos (Jones Act/LHWCA; ev-03). '"USS Rathburne"' RECAP dockets = 1 hit - Gerads v. 84 Lumber Co. (S.D. Ill. 3:23-cv-03672, P.I.: Asbestos, filed 2023-11-13) - QUALIFYING pleading-stage allegation naming this hull (ev-01). '"aboard the Rathburne"' opinions = 0; '"U.S.S. Rathburne"' opinions = 0; bare 'Rathburne' opinions = 902 hits, all person-surname collisions (Rathburn v. United States et al.) - no vessel. '"FF-1057"' dockets = 2 - Smargisso v. Air & Liquid Systems (N.D. Cal. 3:23-cv-01414, P.I.: Asbestos; unresolved docket-text match, ev-02) and the MDL-875 JPML master-docket index (noise); '"FF-1057"' opinions = PACING-BLOCKED (9 attempts across the sweep + 1 manual retry, never returned - logged as gap; hull-designator opinion coverage otherwise rides on the name cells). '"DE-1057"' = 3 opinion hits + 20 docket hits, each individually inspected: all PACER 'DE #1057'/'1057' docket-entry token collisions (drug-PI multidistrict, bankruptcy, criminal, habeas) - ZERO vessel hits. 'Rathburne asbestos' dockets = 30 (20 returned): Gerads + MDL-875 master + asbestos-bankruptcy/service-list noise - no second vessel-named docket in the returned set. Cross-batch: batch-3121's verified DD-113 sweep resolved both name hits (Wenzel, Gerads) to this hull by service dates; the Siegfried v. 3M exposure-vessel list (C.D. Cal. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E, ECF No. 50) is a documented NON-HIT for this hull - it names Knox sisters FF-1053, -1054, -1055, -1058, -1064, -1066, -1067, -1070, -1083, -1088 and skips FF-1057 (enumeration per batch-3999/4030 verified reads).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29 (search date)
- Population
- Gerads plaintiff (alleged); Smargisso plaintiff(s) (unverified); Wenzel estate (non-asbestos)
- Limitations
- Coverage complete for both name stylings, aboard-the-ship phrasing, both hull numbers, and the bare surname in the opinion index, plus exact-name and hull-number docket queries. 'Rathburne' is a person surname AND attached to a second hull (DD-113/APD-25, scrapped 1946-47) - the two vessel-name hits resolve to this hull by service dates; both were classified, not silently counted. Gerads is a pleading-stage allegation; Smargisso's 'FF-1057' match is unresolved at full text; the sweep does not reach unindexed dockets, state-court filings, or unreported settlements.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-ff1057-11
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[13]Batch-4597 search ledger (this record): DANFS via NHHC Wayback capture + hazegray mirror, NVR via Wayback capture, NavSource DE/FF archive, GAO HRD-80-2 full text via Wayback, NARA catalog (deck-log file units + still-picture record), NARA Special List 44, EPA SINKEX permit documentation, Honolulu press, CourtListener sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-rathburne-ff1057-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos-material record located for this hull: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, overhaul work package, disposal-phase hazmat inventory, or SINKEX-preparation manifest naming Rathburne was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The ship-specific asbestos-adjacent records that do exist are litigation-stage: the Gerads pleading allegation (ev-01), the unresolved Smargisso docket-text match (ev-02), and the non-asbestos Wenzel opinion (ev-03). Class/fleet-level DoN documentation (ev-08) covers the class, not the hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1968-70 steam-plant hull in commission through the pre-1973-spec era is consistent with era insulation practice (and the DoN class-level record documents the class carried asbestos thermal insulation). This negative finding does not establish that asbestos is or is not aboard; it does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-ff1057-12
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[14]NARA catalog - digitized deck-log file units 'Rathburne (DE-1057) - [month] [year]' beginning May 1970 (RG 24-era deck-log digitization program) and NARA College Park still-picture item 'A port bow view of the frigate USS RATHBURNE (FF-1057) underway'; NARA Special List 44 named-vessel logbook inventory (covers DD-113 only) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov proxy search 'Rathburne' (1879 hits; DE-1057 deck-log file units May 1970+); NARA SL44 'Rathburne (DD-113)' rows only
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads not yet retrieved: NARA holds digitized monthly deck-log file units for Rathburne (DE-1057) beginning May 1970 (commissioning month) - the catalog indexes May-December 1970 and 1971 months on the first results page alone; per the Navy deck-log disposition split, pre-1979 logs sit at NARA and post-1978 logs at the NHHC Ships Deck Logs Section, so the hull's full 1970-1992 log run is preserved across the two repositories. NARA College Park also holds an official still-picture record naming the hull as FF-1057. NARA RG 19 General Information Books / Booklet of General Plans remain the lead for as-built material specifications; the Navy CY2002 SINKEX annual report to EPA (per 40 CFR 229.2 reporting) should name ex-Rathburne.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1970-1992 (coverage span)
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - deck logs are movement/administrative logs that could corroborate yard periods and incident-level repair entries, not material specifications; none retrieved this session. NARA Special List 44 carries entries only for the first Rathburne (DD-113, 1918-1945 coverage) - consistent with the post-1945 digitized-series split.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-ff1057-13