Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]DANFS, Richard B. Anderson (DD-786) (builder, launch/commissioning, service narrative, battle stars; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry DD-786, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 1 December 1944 by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Seattle, Wash.; launched 7 July 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Oscar A. Anderson, mother of PFC Anderson; commissioned 26 October 1945, Comdr. Hugh H. Murray in command. Plane guard for Essex-class carriers off southern California; immobilized fall 1946 (personnel shortage); full activity January 1947; 7th Fleet duty 1948 (Tsingtao, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila) and 1949-50 (Saigon 16-23 March 1950); Korea 1951-52 (DesDiv 12, TF 77 carrier escort/plane guard, amphibious feint off Tanch'on, TF 95 U.N. Blockade and Escort Force at Wonsan/Songjin, Taiwan Strait Patrol, HUK exercises, harassment-interdiction on the bombline); annual WestPac/west-coast cycle through the 1950s; FRAM I overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard July 1960 - May 1961 (ASROC, DASH, modernized communications, improved berthing/messing); Operation Dominic 1962; Vietnam combat deployments 1964-72 (TF 77 Tonkin Gulf, Hong Kong station ship, TG 77.5, gunfire support Hue/Mekong Delta/Da Nang-DMZ/Nha Trang, Intrepid plane guard, Kaohsiung availabilities, Sea of Japan April 1969); 1970 engine repairs at Long Beach; homeport Yokosuka 11 November 1971; Indian Ocean December 1971 - January 1972 (Indo-Pakistani war). Four Korean and eleven Vietnam battle stars. Entry ends 'as of January 1974 ... still operating out of Yokosuka with the Seventh Fleet.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Population
- Todd-Pacific Seattle construction trades 1944-45; crew 1945-1975 (design complement 336)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content; the entry was published circa 1974 and does not cover decommissioning, striking, or Taiwan transfer. Live NHHC page returns 404 - verbatim hazegray transcription cited via Wayback capture 2021-04-19. Sponsor/CO names differ slightly from association sources (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richard-b-anderson-dd786-01
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[2]USS Richard B. Anderson Ship's Association, 'Ship's History' - hosted by the Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University (vietnamproject.ttu.edu/dd786) [other_primary]
- Locator
- vietnamproject.ttu.edu/dd786 'Ship's History' page (Wayback capture 2025-06-13)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship's-association history for this hull (association-authored, university-archived): extends the record past DANFS - decommissioning ceremony 20 December 1975 at Naval Station San Diego (final CO LCDR C. M. St. Laurent; principal speaker VADM Emmett H. Tidd); moored cold-plant at Pier 11; hull placed in charge of an Inactive Ship Facility; 'sold to the government of Taiwan on June 10, 1977'; served the ROC Navy as Kai Yang RCN-924 (later DDG-924); struck and decommissioned by the ROC Navy at Kaohsiung 16 November 1999, hull laid up at Chizin (4th Navy Yard) awaiting disposal. Also records: The Caine Mutiny appearance (January 1953), Operation Swordfish ASROC live-fire within Operation Dominic, 66 continuous days underway ending 15 January 1965, Meritorious Unit Commendations (1968-69, 1971-72, 29-30 April 1975 Frequent Wind), Combat Action Ribbon qualifications (five, April-November 1972), 15 engagement stars total (4 Korea + 4 Armed Forces Expeditionary + 7 Vietnam), Humanitarian Service Medal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1953-1999
- Population
- Crew 1971-1975; ROC Navy crew 1977-1999
- Limitations
- Association-authored secondary source archived at Texas Tech - not a Navy publication; post-1974 dates corroborate NavSource and secondary sources but are not verified against an official register (NVR does not cover pre-1987 disposals). Battle-star accounting differs from DANFS (15 engagement stars vs 4+11 battle stars) - carried in gaps. Transfer day (10 June) conflicts with secondary sources reading 1 June 1977.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richard-b-anderson-dd786-02
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[3]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-786 USS Richard B. Anderson - class data and 'Operational and Building Data' block [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/05/786.htm 'Operational and Building Data' block (Wayback capture 2025-01-08)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource building/disposition record for this hull: Gearing class as built; displacement 3,460 t full; 390'6" x 40'10" x 14'4"; 6x 5"/38 (3x2), 12x 40mm, 11x 20mm, 10x 21" tt (2x5); 60,000 shp GE geared turbines, 2 screws; 36.8 kt; crew 336. Laid down Todd Shipyards Seattle 1 December 1944; launched 7 July 1945; commissioned 26 October 1945; FRAM upgrade completed July 1961; decommissioned 20 December 1975; stricken 30 January 1976; to Taiwan 10 June 1977 renamed Kai Yang; ROC decommissioned 16 November 1999, laid up as of 11/02. Flag hoist NHKU; tactical call 'Masked Rider' (circa 1968).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-2002
- Population
- Crew 1945-1975; construction and yard trades
- Limitations
- Private volunteer archive transcribing Navy data - a reputable secondary compilation, not a Navy publication; used for post-DANFS dates (decommissioned/stricken/transferred) that no official public register covers. Transfer day (10 June) agrees with the association history; secondary sources read 1 June - carried in gaps. FRAM completion month (July 1961) differs from DANFS (emerged May 1961) - DANFS carried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richard-b-anderson-dd786-03
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[4]NARA - 'Richard B. Anderson (DD-786)' deck logs, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations (e.g., June 1968 item, NARA ID 175992202, National Archives at College Park; digitized under the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act deck-log digitization program) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/175992202 (sample item); NARA deck-log program: archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/digitized-logs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific primary records exist and are digitized: NARA holds DD-786 deck logs in the Bureau of Naval Personnel logbook series, scanned under the 2019-2020 VA/NARA Vietnam-era deck-log digitization and available in the National Archives Catalog (sample item: June 1968, NARA ID 175992202, indexed via DPLA). Deck logs are the hull's own chronological record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1968 (sample item); series coverage 1945-1975
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - deck logs document operations, personnel, and locations, not materials or insulation content; no asbestos-specific content should be expected without page-level review. Retrieval/review not performed this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richard-b-anderson-dd786-04
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[5]Consolidated era inference - DANFS specifications block for this hull (Gearing class; 35 kt) + Gearing-class design data (4 Babcock & Wilcox superheated boilers, GE geared turbines, 60,000 shp) + documented yard periods [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; Atlas shipyards.json records 'puget-sound-naval-shipyard' and 'long-beach-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: a Gearing-class destroyer built 1944-45 with four superheated boilers and a 60,000-shp geared steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos-containing boiler casing and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe lagging, turbine lagging, valve/flange gaskets and packing, fireproofing, and accommodation insulation/deck coverings. This hull's documented naval-yard availabilities - FRAM I at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (July 1960 - May 1961; PSNSY is a tier-1 Atlas yard with documented asbestos conditions including insulator cohort and fiber-measurement studies, DTIC AD0715808), engine repairs at Long Beach Naval Shipyard (1970; LBNSY likewise tier-1 documented), recurring west-coast overhauls, and Kaohsiung availabilities - were the windows under which machinery-space insulation was routinely disturbed or replaced under era practice.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1999
- Population
- Todd-Pacific construction trades 1944-45; crews 1945-1975; FRAM and availability yard workers 1960-1975; ROC-era yard workers 1977-1999
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no hull-level material schedule, survey, or work package was located for DD-786. Yard-level asbestos documentation establishes conditions at the yards, not that ACM was disturbed aboard this specific hull. No quantities are asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richard-b-anderson-dd786-05
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[6]Goodrich v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., Omnibus Opinion and Order, ECF No. 171, E.D. Va. No. 4:17-cv-00009 (Sept. 28, 2018); docket verified - NOS 368 asbestos personal injury [court_record]
- Locator
- Omnibus opinion, OCR pages 12, 19, 31 (per class-profile review); docket 6360247
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A published federal omnibus opinion in asbestos litigation recites that 'an engineering drawing for the insulation and lagging of forced draft blower turbines for the class of destroyers (DD 692, USS Allen M. Sumner class), within which the USS Harlan Dickson fell, specifies the use of amosite felts and asbestos cloths' and quotes a report estimating 'a partial tally of the weight of the asbestos-containing thermal insulation and lagging products in the fire ... and engine rooms of a ship belonging to the USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692) and USS Gearing (DD 710) classes of destroyers is 30.3 tons.' Gearing-class machinery derived directly from the Sumner design (the class is a 14-foot hull-plug lengthening).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1940s design era; opinion filed 2018-09-28
- Population
- Destroyer fire/engine-room crews; litigation expert materials
- Limitations
- Litigation-record recital of an expert report and a Navy engineering drawing - class-level instruments covering Sumner/Gearing machinery, not a hull-level record for DD-786; the 30.3-ton figure is an expert partial tally for fire/engine rooms, not a classwide ship inventory and not an adjudicated finding. Underlying exhibits not retrieved from RECAP. The opinion itself treats some related exposure conclusions as speculative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richard-b-anderson-dd786-06
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not class- or hull-specific. Supports era context for this hull's FRAM and late-service yard periods; full text not retrieved (HTTP 403 to automated fetch) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richard-b-anderson-dd786-07
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[8]Republic of China Navy, Naval Museum Digital Archive (TELDAP) - 'DDG-924 Kai-Yang' ship history page (開陽軍艦 開陽沿革史) [museum_official]
- Locator
- nmda.teldap.tw page_book01_24_ddg924.htm (Kai Yang history page)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official ROC Navy museum record for this hull's second service: 'DDG-924 Kai-Yang was the ex-USS Anderson, the Gearing-class (FRAM I) destroyer, DD-786 ... Stricken January 30, 1976, transferred to Taiwan, ROC, re-commissioned August 31, 1977 by Admiral Chou Chian, the former Commander-In-Chief of ROC Navy and renamed Kai-Yang with the hull number DDG-924. DDG-924 Kai-Yang was in service of ROC Navy for 22 years ... patrolling the Taiwan Strait and surrounding waters, convoying offshore islands support and supply, annually midshipman cruise training ... Finally, the DDG-924 Kai-Yang was decommissioned November 16, 1999.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1977-1999
- Population
- ROC Navy crew 1977-1999
- Limitations
- Official ROC Navy museum source - resolves the Taiwan-service segment (re-commissioning 1977-08-31, DDG-924, decommissioning 1999-11-16) that no U.S. register covers. Uses the final DDG-924 designation throughout; secondary sources distinguish DD-924 (1977) reclassified DDG-924 in the 1980s - both forms carried. Does not state the hull's post-1999 disposition; the documented 13-ship ROC artificial-reef program (per Fisheries Agency materials) does NOT include Kai Yang - the 'sunk as artificial reef' fate in secondary sources is unsupported.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richard-b-anderson-dd786-09
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[9]U.S. Marine Corps, Marine Corps History Division - 'Private First Class Richard Beatty Anderson, USMC (Deceased)', Medal of Honor Recipients by Unit [other_primary]
- Locator
- usmcu.edu History Division recipient page (Medal of Honor recipients by unit)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official USMC namesake record: PFC Richard B. Anderson, USMC, hurled himself on a live grenade in a shell hole on Roi Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands (1 February 1944), saving three fellow Marines; posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor; died of wounds aboard an evacuation ship the same day, buried at sea with full military honors; MOH presented to his parents by RADM Sherwoode A. Taffinder, Commandant, 13th Naval District, Seattle.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Namesake/identity documentation only - no bearing on asbestos aboard the hull. Included so the vessel's name chain is anchored in an official source (consistent with batch convention for namesake rows).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richard-b-anderson-dd786-08