Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet lx-packet.md (10 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Richmond K. Turner
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-richmond-k-turner-dlg20-pkt-lx-packet-md
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[2]Smargisso v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., No. 3:23-cv-01414-RFL (N.D. Cal.), ECF 132-3 - Exhibit 2 to plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment: expert report of Arnold P. Moore, P.E., reciting Bates-cited Foster Wheeler, Crane, and Warren Pumps sales records [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF 132-3, Foster Wheeler replacement-parts section, pp. 34-36 of the PDF (report pp. 34-35); docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67091743/smargisso-v-air-liquid-systems-corporation/
- Finding type
- litigation_product_id
- Finding
- Dated, quantity-specific asbestos-product identification for this hull: the Moore expert report (ECF 132-3, at 35-36) recites from Bates-cited Foster Wheeler sales documents that 'A Foster Wheeler sales document dated 7 July 1971 records Foster Wheeler sold 256 oval metallic asbestos spiral wound hand-hole gaskets to BIW for use on the overhauls of USS RICHMOND K. TURNER (DLG 20) and USS HALSEY (DLG 23).' The cited sale date and destination match this hull's documented BIW AAW-modernization availability (arrived Bath 27 April 1971, decommissioned 5 May 1971, recommissioned April 1972). Same report documents analogous Foster Wheeler asbestos gasket sales to BIW for USS Richard L. Page (DEG-6, Feb 1967) and USS Reeves (DLG-24, May 1969), and Crane/Warren asbestos packing and gaskets to naval shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1971-1972 (documented sale/overhaul); 2023-2025 (litigation)
- Population
- Bath Iron Works overhaul workforce 1971-72; boiler maintenance crews aboard this hull
- Limitations
- Discovery-stage record: an expert report's recital of an underlying Foster Wheeler sales document, filed in support of summary judgment - not an adjudicated finding. The decedent's alleged exposure was aboard USS Hollister (DD-788), not this hull; the RKT line is part of the report's fleet-wide documentation of defendants' asbestos replacement-part sales. The report establishes that the sales record exists and its content as recited; whether the gaskets were installed aboard this hull, and any individual exposure, are unadjudicated. Case terminated 15 January 2025; the 26 September 2024 order (2024 WL 4297680) resolved summary-judgment motions on other defendants' issues.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richmond-k-turner-dlg20-01
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[3]Haley v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., No. 3:11-cv-01282-MLC-LHG (D.N.J., filed 7 March 2011) - complaint attached to NOTICE OF POTENTIAL TAG-ALONG, MDL No. 875 ECF 6847-3 (J.P.M.L., filed 9 March 2011) [court_record]
- Locator
- MDL-875 docket (J.P.M.L. 1245688), ECF 6847-3 attachment, complaint paras. 2-3 (scanned pp. 6-7 of 30); underlying case D.N.J. 3:11-cv-01282
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Pleading-stage asbestos allegation naming this hull: the complaint alleges that plaintiff Margaret Haley's husband, Bennie Haley, 'experienced occupational exposure to asbestos while serving in the United States Navy from 1964-1965 while aboard the USS Richmond K. Turner (CG-20) in Camden, NJ where he served as a Boiler Operator,' with exposure to 'asbestos-containing insulation, gaskets and packing materials on valves, equipment and machinery,' and that Margaret Haley contracted lung cancer through bystander exposure (direct contact with him and laundering his clothing). Defendants include Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation. The Camden, N.J. situs matches the hull's documented builder-yard period (laid down 9 Jan 1961, commissioned 13 Jun 1964) and post-commissioning Philadelphia-area availability.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1964-1965 (alleged exposure); 2011 (filing)
- Population
- U.S. Navy boiler operator aboard this hull 1964-1965 (alleged); spouse (bystander exposure, lung cancer)
- Limitations
- Complaint allegation only - the least-final litigation stage; exposure and product claims aboard this hull are unadjudicated. The ship's 1964-1965 Camden, N.J. presence is consistent with construction/fitting-out at the New York Shipbuilding yard (commissioned June 1964, departed Philadelphia Naval Shipyard August 1964); the allegation is reported as pled. Case disposition not located in indexed sources. OCR text of the scanned complaint verified by local re-OCR of the RECAP PDF.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richmond-k-turner-dlg20-02
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[4]Hilt et al. v. C.C. Moore & Co. Engineers et al., No. 4:10-cv-05844-CW (N.D. Cal., removed from San Francisco Superior CGC-10-275703) and Hilt et al. v. Foster Wheeler LLC, No. 3:11-cv-02367-WHA (N.D. Cal.) - complaints attached to MDL No. 875 tag-along notices, ECF 6718-3 (filed 9 Feb 2011) and ECF 7225-3 (filed 17 May 2011) [court_record]
- Locator
- MDL-875 docket (J.P.M.L. 1245688), ECF 6718-3 Exhibit A (scanned p. 24 of 46: 'RICHMOND K TURNER (DLG-20)') and ECF 7225-3 Exhibit A (scanned p. 24 of 27: 'RICHMOND K TURNER (DLG-20) 1965-1972')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Pleading-stage vessel-list allegations naming this hull: two related asbestos wrongful-death complaints for decedent Robert Hilt (brought by Geraldine Hilt as wrongful-death heir and successor-in-interest) each carry an 'EXHIBIT A - Location of Exposure / Employer / Job Title / Dates' matrix listing the decedent's work as a laborer and marine machinist helper at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, 1965-1972, followed by a multi-page list of vessels including 'RICHMOND K TURNER (DLG-20) 1965-1972.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1965-1972 (alleged exposure era); 2010-2011 (filings)
- Population
- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard laborer / marine machinist helper (decedent), 1965-1972
- Limitations
- Complaint exhibit only - pleading-stage allegation; the matrix lists dozens of hulls and does not state whether the claimed exposure was aboard, alongside, or in-yard on this hull, and Richmond K. Turner's documented 1965-1972 homeport/yard record (San Diego; Bath 1971-72) places Hunters Point contacts as transit/maintenance events rather than a listed overhaul. Unadjudicated; establishes nothing about materials aboard. Dispositions not located in indexed sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richmond-k-turner-dlg20-03
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[5]DANFS, Richmond K. Turner (DLG-20), Vol. VI p.106 (1976 edition text plus post-1974 update paragraphs: builder, milestones, four Vietnam deployments, Bath AAW modernization, reclassification CG-20, decommission/strike, sinking; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry (specifications block + full service narrative); verbatim text via https://losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/dl-dlg/dlg20.htm and https://www.seaforces.org/usnships/cg/CG-20-USS-Richmond-K-Turner.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J., 9 January 1961; launched 6 April 1963; sponsored by Mrs. Claude V. Ricketts; commissioned 13 June 1964, Capt. Douglas C. Plate; departed Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 10 August 1964 for San Diego homeport; four WestPac deployments 1965, 1966-67, 1968, 1970 (TF 77 missile support for Coral Sea/Independence/Oriskany; SAR Destroyer Unit); ASW Schoolship and missile-systems update at Naval Station San Diego 1969; decommissioned at Bath Iron Works 5 May 1971 for AAW modernization; recommissioned 27 April 1972; Boston Naval Shipyard two-month yard period January-March 1973; reclassified CG-20 on 30 June 1975; Operation 200 International Naval Review July 1976; Charleston Naval Shipyard baseline overhaul January-December 1982 (Phalanx CIWS); 1988 Persian Gulf Earnest Will; Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula New Threat Upgrade; Desert Storm AAW/picket and Red Sea interdiction; Deny Flight; LEAP test platform (first LEAP shot); eight Vietnam battle stars. Specifications block: DLG-20, 7,630 t full load, 533 ft, beam 54 ft 10 in, draft 26 ft, 30+ kt, complement 377, Terrier SAM/ASROC/4 x 3-inch/6 TT, class Leahy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1961-1995
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1961-64; Philadelphia NSY fitting-out workforce 1964; BIW modernization workforce 1971-72; Boston NSY 1973; Charleston NSY 1982; Ingalls Pascagoula NTU workforce; crew 1964-1995 (design complement 377)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The update text prints decommissioned/stricken 31 March 1995 - the NVR reads 13 April 1995; NVR carried, conflict in gaps. A NAVSEA-derived secondary index prints commission 19 June 1964 vs DANFS/NVR 13 June 1964, and a veteran-site history prints Bath recommissioning 17 May 1972 vs DANFS 27 April 1972 - variances carried in gaps. Transcription mirror cited because live NHHC DANFS URLs return 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richmond-k-turner-dlg20-04
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[6]Naval Vessel Register, ship detail 'RICHMOND K TURNER (CG 20) (ex - DLG 20) GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER', UIC 52691 (Wayback capture 2024-07-10; live SHIPSDETAIL page renders template shell only) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail, VESSEL STATUS + MILESTONE DATES + PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS blocks (page last updated 02/16/2011)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official inventory record for this hull: class CG 16 (Leahy); builder New York Shipbuilding Corp.; keel date 01/09/1961; launch 04/06/1963; commission 06/13/1964; delivery 05/19/1972 (post-modernization redelivery); decommission 04/13/1995; stricken 04/13/1995; status 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise' effective 08/09/1998; propulsion type 'Steam Turbine'; custodian US Navy. NVR resolves the decommission/strike date conflict: 13 April 1995, not the 31 March 1995 printed in the DANFS update text.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1961-1998
- Population
- Hull lifecycle milestones
- Limitations
- NVR milestones are the register-of-record; the page does not state the DLG-to-CG reclassification date (30 June 1975 per DANFS/NavSource), machinery detail beyond 'Steam Turbine', or any materials/asbestos information. Live NVR SHIPSDETAIL page renders navigation chrome only - archived capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richmond-k-turner-dlg20-05
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[7]Navy News Service release 98-035, 'USS Enterprise Battle Group deep sixes decommissioned cruiser,' JOC(SW) Scott Fleming, USS Enterprise Public Affairs, 21 August 1998 (originally navy.mil; verbatim mirror on the ship's veteran site) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NNS release 98-035 text (dateline NEAR PUERTO RICO; cited by Wikipedia reference 9 as Navy News Service 98-035, 21 Aug 1998)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous Navy press record of the disposal: the Enterprise (CVN-65) battle group sank ex-Richmond K. Turner (CG-20) during a SINKEX near Puerto Rico on 9 August 1998; Philippine Sea (CG-58), Thorn (DD-988), Nicholson (DD-982), and Carrier Air Wing 3 expended anti-radiation missiles, Harpoons, and laser-guided munitions; the Air Force dropped three 2,000-lb bombs; the ship sank in nearly 3,000 fathoms. The release records pre-sinking environmental precautions: acoustic and radar searches of a three-nautical-mile radius for marine life and a requirement that the ship sink in at least 1,000 fathoms.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1998
- Population
- n/a - post-service disposal event
- Limitations
- Navy press product documenting the sinking event and marine-life/depth precautions only - it does not describe hazardous-materials offload, asbestos stripping, or PCB removal. Original navy.mil URL (archived 1999-02-20) is offline; accessible copy is the veteran-site mirror (rkturner.com), which reproduces the release verbatim including the NWSA dateline. Whether the hull was stripped of asbestos-containing material before sinking is not stated in any located record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richmond-k-turner-dlg20-06
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[8]EPA, 'Transport of Target Vessels for Ocean Disposal' - MPRSA general permit at 40 C.F.R. 229.2 governing Navy SINKEX vessel preparation (EPA program page, last updated 2026) [other_primary]
- Locator
- EPA marine-protection permitting page, 'What are the permit requirements?' section; 40 C.F.R. 229.2; 2013 FR notice 78 FR 20640 (permit history)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- The 9 August 1998 sinking of this hull was a Navy SINKEX event conducted under the EPA general permit at 40 C.F.R. 229.2 (MPRSA), which requires pre-sinking removal 'to the maximum extent practicable' of materials that may degrade the marine environment (fuel-system flushing; removal of other pollutants and readily detachable debris), sinking at least 50 nautical miles from land in at least 6,000 feet of water, and annual EPA reporting. EPA's PCB-specific interpretation (2 August 1999 letter) and the January 2014 Determination and Agreement postdate this sinking.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1998 (event); permit regime 1977-present
- Population
- n/a - post-service disposal regime
- Limitations
- Program-level regulation, not a hull-specific record: the permit governed the SINKEX but no hull-specific preparation checklist, materials inventory, or EPA report entry for this vessel was located. The documented depth requirement in the release (1,000 fathoms) and the permit's 6,000-ft requirement are consistent. The permit does not itself establish that asbestos was present or removed aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richmond-k-turner-dlg20-07
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[9]Leahy-class machinery data (NavSource cruiser photo archive class block: 85,000 SHP, geared turbines, 2 screws, 34 kt, crew 377) + Atlas shipyard dataset records for New York Shipbuilding, Philadelphia NSY, Bath Iron Works, Boston NSY, Charleston NSY, and Ingalls Shipbuilding [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DLG/CG-20 class/machinery block; shipyards.json records 'new-york-shipbuilding', 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard', 'bath-iron-works', 'boston-naval-shipyard', 'charleston-naval-shipyard', 'ingalls-shipbuilding'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Leahy-class guided missile frigate built 1961-64 at New York Shipbuilding, Camden, with a 4-boiler twin-screw geared steam plant (~85,000 shp) falls inside the documented asbestos-insulation era for Navy steam plants, and the Foster Wheeler boiler-gasket sales documented in the Smargisso expert report (ev-01) are consistent with a Foster Wheeler boiler installation of the type class data describe. Every yard that touched this hull is in the Atlas dataset: New York Shipbuilding (tier 1 - documented asbestos products and cohort findings), Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (tier 3), Bath Iron Works (tier 2), Boston Naval Shipyard (tier 3), Charleston Naval Shipyard (tier 2), Ingalls Shipbuilding (tier 2).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1961-1995
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1961-64; overhaul workforces 1964, 1971-72, 1973, 1982, c. 1989-90; crew 1964-1995
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no hull-level insulation survey located; this row must not be read as an independent ship-specific finding (the ship-specific rows are ev-01/02/03). Class machinery figures (boiler maker, turbine maker, exact shp) rest on NavSource class data, not an official text. Does not quantify material aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richmond-k-turner-dlg20-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 sweep via cl-auth-search.py: 'Richmond K. Turner' (type=o opinions, count=9; type=r RECAP dockets, count=4) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 results: type=o 'Richmond K. Turner' count=9 (all counsel-name collisions); type=r count=4 docket clusters (1245688, 29114230, 66672208, 67091743)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep classifications: 'Richmond K. Turner' opinion search = 9 hits, all name collisions (a same-named Arizona assistant attorney general and private attorney appearing as counsel in state cases 1972-1985; no vessel). 'Richmond K. Turner' docket search = 4 dockets: (1) MDL-875 parent docket carrying the Haley and two Hilt complaint attachments = qualifying asbestos pleading material naming this hull (ev-02, ev-03); (2) Smargisso v. Air & Liquid Systems, N.D. Cal. 3:23-cv-01414 = qualifying asbestos docket carrying the Foster Wheeler product-ID exhibit (ev-01); (3) Glover v. 3M Co., D.S.C. 2:22-cv-04587 = other litigation - PFAS water-contamination complaint listing CG-20 among a plaintiff's 1976-1994 duty stations, not an asbestos claim; (4) Bergstrom v. United States Navy, W.D. Wash. 2:21-cv-00055 = name collision - the indexed mention is Admiral Richmond K. Turner (namesake) in a WWII operational history inside a 10 U.S.C. 1552 military-record-correction administrative record. No published opinion adjudicates exposure aboard this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- through 2026-09-29
- Population
- Indexed federal/state opinions and RECAP dockets naming the ship
- Limitations
- CourtListener indexes are not exhaustive of state dockets or unreported MDL-875 member cases; absence of a hit is absence from this index, not proof none exists. Bare hull-number sweeps: 'DLG-20' opinions completed with zero hits; 'DLG-20' dockets and both 'CG-20' sweeps were stood down by the fleet-wide pacing budget (hourly/burst limit, not daily quota), as were pulls of the underlying NJ/CA docket dispositions - logged as open leads in search_ledger sl-05.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richmond-k-turner-dlg20-09
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[11]Negative finding across searched repositories (NHHC DANFS, NVR, CourtListener, EPA, MARAD vessel history DB, VA BVA index via web search, Atlas shipyard dataset, GAO) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger sl-01 through sl-09 (repositories and outcomes)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull-level asbestos survey, abatement contract, OSHA/NESHAP citation, SINKEX hazardous-materials inventory, or dismantlement-waste accounting naming USS Richmond K. Turner (DLG-20/CG-20) was located. No VA Board of Veterans' Appeals decision naming this hull was located via the indexed BVA text files (contrast Farragut-class sister William V. Pratt, for which a BVA grant exists). The ship-specific asbestos records found are the litigation-stage rows ev-01 through ev-03. This absence is a result, not a proof of absence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- research sweep 2026-09-29
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Absence of located documentation is not evidence that ACM was absent aboard; it means public indexing produced no ship-specific materials record. NARA deck logs (1964-1978 coverage), NAVSEA/NAVSEA-legacy SINKEX preparation files, and Philadelphia inactive-ship custody records are unretrieved archival leads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-richmond-k-turner-dlg20-10