Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet hv-packet.md (12 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-roark-de1053-pkt-hv-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'Roark' (DE-1053) entry (verbatim transcription at hazegray.org, read via Wayback capture 2020-01-13; live NHHC ship-history page not located - 404 under current URL scheme) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, namesake biography + specifications block + service narrative (verbatim hazegray.org transcription, Wayback capture 2020-01-13)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 2 February 1966 by the Todd Shipyards Corp., Seattle, Wash.; launched 24 April 1967; sponsored by Mrs. William M. Roark and Mrs. Frank F. Roark; commissioned 22 November 1969, Comdr. Wayne L. Beech in command. Shakedown spring 1970; training out of San Diego (DesRon 21) to end of year; departed San Diego 7 January 1971 for first 7th Fleet deployment; engine-room fire after Pearl Harbor/Midway stops required return to Pearl Harbor for repairs; underway again for WestPac in March; home 10 August 1971. Second deployment: departed 8 February 1972, Subic Bay 29 February, Vietnam-area operations to 15 August, San Diego 30 August. Third: departed August 1973, Subic 31 August, San Diego 21 December 1973; still in San Diego as of January 1974. Three battle stars for Vietnam service. Specs block: 4,100 t (full); 438'; beam 47'; draft 25'; 27 kt; complement 245; armament 1x5in, 4x21in tt, ASROC, DASH, Sparrow III; class Knox. Namesake: Lt. William Marshall Roark, appointed to USNA 1956, commissioned ensign 8 June 1960, lieutenant 1 June 1964; Attack Squadron 153 aboard Coral Sea (CVA-43); killed in action 7 April 1965 on a bombing mission over North Vietnam.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1966-1974 (DANFS coverage window)
- Population
- Todd Shipyards construction trades 1966-69; crew 1969-1991 (DANFS cpl. 245)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The entry ends January 1974 (publication-era cutoff); all post-1974 events rest on other sources. DANFS prints the namesake's birth year as 1943 - inconsistent with a 1956 Naval Academy appointment; obituary/class sources give 1938 - carried in gaps. Transcription mirror cited because the live NHHC page was not located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-roark-de1053-01
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[3]Naval Vessel Register, ROARK (FF 1053) ship detail page (NAVSEA/NAVSHIPSO; Wayback capture 2020-12-04 of live NVR record, page last updated 2017-12-12) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail page FF-1053: Vessel Status, Milestone Dates, Physical Characteristics tables
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR official record for this hull (FF 1053, ex-DE 1053; class FF 1052; UIC 54048): status 'Disposed of by Dismantling (Scrapping/Recycling)', date status changed 10/13/2004; builder 'Todd Shipyards Corp., Seattle Div.'; award 07/22/1964; keel 02/02/1966; launch 04/24/1967; delivery 11/14/1969; commission 11/22/1969; decommission 12/14/1991; stricken 01/11/1995; propulsion type steam turbines; steel hull, aluminum superstructure; one propeller; light displacement 3,175 t, full 4,180 t; accommodations 23 officers / 263 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1964-2004 (lifecycle)
- Population
- Construction, crew, and dismantling workforces (as applicable to lifecycle)
- Limitations
- NVR records lifecycle milestones, disposal method, and physical characteristics - it contains no asbestos or materials content. Live NVR page renders only site chrome to automated fetches; Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-roark-de1053-02
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[4]USNI Proceedings, Lt. Cmdr. C. Fink Fischer II, USNR, 'Damage Control: Before, Not After,' Vol. 98/4/830 (April 1972) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Proceedings April 1972 article, opening paragraphs; DANFS Roark service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous professional-journal confirmation of the severity of this hull's January 1971 engine-room fire: the article cites 'the serious fires that occurred on board the USS Roark (DE-1053) and USS Knox (DE-1052) in early 1971' behind press claims that 'the Navy's new 1052-class destroyer escorts may be floating firetraps,' quoting a report on the Roark fire detailing poor design and inoperative equipment. DANFS records the fire (after Pearl Harbor and Midway stops on her first WestPac departure) and the near-two-month Pearl Harbor repair period that followed; secondary sources date the fire 19 January 1971 and record tow by USS Towers (DDG-9) and USS Quapaw (ATF-110) to Pearl Harbor.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1971 (event); 1972 (publication)
- Population
- Roark crew during 19 Jan. 1971 fire; Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard repair workforce Feb.-Mar. 1971
- Limitations
- Documents a ship-specific machinery-space fire and multi-week naval-shipyard repair availability - a documented maintenance-disturbance event. Neither source mentions asbestos; no abatement or material claim is made. USNI article text verified via Wayback capture (live page returns 403 to automated fetches).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-roark-de1053-03
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[5]Naval Sea Systems Command FOIA Reading Room, MIL-I-24244(SHIPS), 'Insulation Materials, Thermal, with Special Corrosion and Chloride Requirements', 22 Aug. 1965 (changes through 5 Sept. 1973) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Scope/types list (Types 6A, 7, 8, 14, 14E, 14F); OCR of scanned PDF
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NAVSEA FOIA reading-room copy of MIL-I-24244(SHIPS), 'Insulation Materials, Thermal, with Special Corrosion and Chloride Requirements' (1965-08-22 with changes through 1973-09-05), lists asbestos material types for shipboard thermal insulation: Type 6A asbestos; Type 7 'Insulation felt, thermal, asbestos fiber' (MIL-I-18003); Type 8 'Adhesive, asbestos cloth to pipe insulation' (MIL-A-18199); Type 14 'Cloth, thread and tape; asbestos' (SS-C-466); glass-asbestos cloth subtypes 14E/14F. Unlike late-war hulls, this ship's entire construction window (keel 1966-02-02 to delivery 1969-11-14) falls inside the spec's in-force period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1965-1973
- Population
- Navy shipboard insulation trades (era); Todd Shipyards Seattle construction trades 1966-69 (inference only)
- Limitations
- Navy-wide material specification; it does not name Roark, prove procurement or installation aboard her, identify a location or quantity, or establish exposure. Live NAVSEA site blocked automated fetches (HTTP 403); content verified by OCR of the Wayback capture (first verified in batch-3716 for USS Frank Knox).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-roark-de1053-04
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[6]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 in Roark's service era: thermal-insulation product specifications were changed to asbestos-free materials in 1973, but asbestos materials already purchased were installed in ships under construction, and 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978.' Standing policy (October 1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when removal was required for repairs; in January 1979 this was modified to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas expected to need repair in the next operating cycle. GAO estimated the policy would still leave in place the 30-50% of shipboard thermal asbestos insulation 'normally... untouched' over a ship's life.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program review)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not class- or hull-specific; the GAO fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk, not Todd Seattle or Pearl Harbor. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch) - content via product-page description and search excerpt. Establishes era policy context only, no exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-roark-de1053-05
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[7]NAVSEA Manufacturing Technology Program report DNS-686, 'Removal of Pre-Formed Asbestos Insulation' (Southwest Research Institute, Oct. 1982; DTIC ADA122347) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DTIC ADA122347; report DNS-686, foreword and summary sections
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- NAVSEA Manufacturing Technology final report (Oct. 1982, contract N00604-80-C-A265, initiated by Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard): 'Removal of asbestos thermal insulation from Naval vessels has become one of the most critical elements in the ship repair process.' The program developed and field-tested at Pearl Harbor NSY an impregnation/entrapment removal system to hold airborne fiber below the PEL and Navy Medical Surveillance Action Level, citing a nominal $280,000 per-ship removal cost from Pearl Harbor historic data. Documents that asbestos insulation removal was a routine, program-level element of Navy ship repair in Roark's service era - including at the yard where this hull's documented 1971 repairs occurred.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1978-1982
- Population
- Navy shipyard insulation-removal trades (era)
- Limitations
- Program-level and yard-level documentation: the report does not name Roark or any specific vessel and does not establish that asbestos work was performed aboard this hull at Pearl Harbor in 1971. DTIC citation page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches; report contents verified via search-indexed excerpt of the full-text PDF.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-roark-de1053-06
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[8]OSHA Directive CPL 02-00-129, 'National Emphasis Program (NEP) on Shipbreaking' (eff. Aug. 1, 2001) + NVR disposal record and NavSource operational data for FF-1053 [other_primary]
- Locator
- OSHA CPL 02-00-129 (MOA and covered-site list, ISL Brownsville named as active Navy location as of 2004); NVR FF-1053 status block; NavSource DE-1053 operational data + Feb. 2004 Port of Brownsville photos
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Disposal of this hull is documented: NAVSEA awarded International Shipbreaking Ltd. (Brownsville, Tex.) a $598,665 towing/scrapping contract on 13 October 2003; the ship was photographed arriving at and awaiting dismantlement in the Port of Brownsville in February 2004; the NVR records 'Disposed of by Dismantling (Scrapping/Recycling)' effective 13 October 2004. At the time, ISL Brownsville was one of two active Navy shipbreaking sites covered by the interagency OSHA-DoD(Navy/DLA-DRMS)-DOT(MARAD)-EPA MOA on ship scrapping under OSHA's shipbreaking NEP - i.e., the dismantling occurred under an active federal inspection regime for hazards including asbestos. OSHA establishment records for the site include asbestos-standard (29 CFR 1915.1001) citations and asbestos air-sampling results in inspections predating the Roark contract.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2003-2004 (disposal); 2001-2004 (NEP coverage window)
- Population
- International Shipbreaking Ltd. dismantling workforce, Brownsville 2004
- Limitations
- The disposal event is ship-specific and documented; the asbestos-regulatory records are yard-level (inspections of the facility in 1996 and 2002, before Roark arrived in Feb. 2004) and do not establish asbestos quantities aboard this hull, exposure of ISL workers to this hull's materials, or hull-specific abatement performed. NavSource is a secondary source; contract date, yard, and completion are corroborated by the NVR disposal entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-roark-de1053-07
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[9]Johnson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., No. 2:24-cv-00491-LK (W.D. Wash.), Order Granting Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment, Doc. 144 (filed 2026-01-26, Judge Lauren King); 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14112 [court_record]
- Locator
- Order Doc. 144 pp. 4-5 (Lockheed/asbestos recital), p. ~10 (Robert Stubblefield working aboard Roark; July 1980 overhaul), p. ~37 (plaintiff's 'confirmed' characterization); CL docket 68428959
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A federal summary-judgment order names this hull in the evidentiary recital: 'the Navy vessel USS Roark likely did' contain 'insulating material containing asbestos,' citing record exhibits (Dkt. No. 110-7 at 9; Dkt. No. 104-5 at 9); the same order records witness Robert Stubblefield's recollection of 'working on Navy vessels at Lockheed with his brother [decedent Lonnie Stubblefield], including the USS Roark and USS Oldendorf' (Dkt. No. 128 at 586), and that 'the Roark was present at Lockheed in July 1980 while going through an overhaul' (Dkt. No. 104-5 at 7) - a court-documented shipyard overhaul availability for this hull at Lockheed Shipbuilding, Seattle. Plaintiff's brief characterized Roark as among ships 'confirmed to have been built with asbestos thermal insulation' (Dkt. No. 127 at 31) - advocacy characterization, not a finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2024-2026 (litigation); July 1980 (documented overhaul)
- Population
- Lonnie Stubblefield Sr. (ship scaler at Puget Sound yards incl. Lockheed/Todd, 1960s-1980; mesothelioma, d. Dec. 2022); Lockheed Shipbuilding overhaul workforce July 1980
- Limitations
- Summary-judgment-stage recital of record evidence, not an adjudicated finding that asbestos was aboard: the court's own wording is hedged ('likely'), and in the same recital the court distinguishes hulls 'listed as containing asbestos thermal insulation' as of 1979 (David R. Ray, Oldendorf) from Roark's 'likely' status. Disposition exact: the court GRANTED summary judgment to the yard defendants (Puget Sound Commerce Center/Todd and Lockheed), holding plaintiff failed to show exposure at Lockheed - a merits-level negative for that plaintiff, not exposure evidence establishing materials aboard this hull. Order text verified via defense-firm mirror PDF (brownsims.com); docket match verified via authenticated CourtListener API v4 type=r.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-roark-de1053-08
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[10]Terry Lee Siegfried v. 3M Company et al., No. 2:18-cv-01575 (C.D. Cal. filed 2018), 'P.I.: Asbestos' docket - 'USS Roark' matched in indexed RECAP text of removal-stage documents (Docs. 17, 24, 50) [court_record]
- Locator
- CL docket 6320509 (C.D. Cal.); matched RECAP documents 17, 24, 50 (removal petition and joinders)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos personal-injury removal docket in which the phrase 'USS Roark' appears in indexed document text (CourtListener API v4 type=r match on Docs. 17, 24, 50 - the notice of removal and two joinders, which incorporate the state-court complaint's vessel list). The same docket's vessel list was verified in batch-01 to enumerate vessels at Long Beach Naval Shipyard for an electrician/marine electrician claimant 1969-1996 (USS Missouri row); this hull's inclusion follows the identical pattern.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2018 (filings)
- Population
- Long Beach Naval Shipyard electrician (alleged exposure, per underlying complaint pattern)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation - a complaint's vessel list is an allegation, not a finding; exposure aboard this hull is unadjudicated. The 'USS Roark' index match is verified at docket-text level; the specific list entry was not separately pulled this session (fleet pacing), so its role is inferred from the batch-01-verified structure of the same documents.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-roark-de1053-09
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[11]NavSource Online, Destroyer Escort / Frigate photo archive, USS Roark (DE 1053) ex-FF-1053 page (secondary compilation; contributor-sourced; typed other_primary under the controlled citation_type vocabulary) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/06/06021053.htm - building data block, operational chronology, disposal notes, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary-compilation facts for this hull not covered by DANFS (post-Jan. 1974) or NVR: commissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard; reclassified frigate FF-1053 effective 30 June 1975; engine-room fire dated 19 January 1971 with tow toward Midway by USS Towers (DDG-9) then to Pearl Harbor by USS Quapaw (ATF-110); Seattle shipyard overhauls January 1976 - January 1977 and October 1979 - October 1980; assigned Naval Reserve Force, Pacific, San Francisco 1 June 1987; final WestPac April-June 1990; $598,665 NAVSEA towing/scrapping contract to International Shipbreaking Ltd., Brownsville, awarded 13 October 2003, ship photographed arriving/awaiting dismantlement Port of Brownsville February 2004; class propulsion data (2 Combustion Engineering 1,200-psi boilers, Westinghouse geared turbine, 35,000 shp, 1 shaft); 46-ship Knox class; class complement 16 officers/211 enlisted; crew nickname 'Mickey' Roark.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1966-2004
- Population
- Crew 1969-1991; yard workforces 1976-77, 1979-80; ISL Brownsville 2004 (inference only)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a reputable secondary compilation, not an official record - figures disagree with DANFS/NVR in places (e.g., complement 16/211 vs DANFS 245 and NVR 286; see gaps). Post-1974 service detail, overhaul windows, tow details, contract amount, and the namesake's DFC/first-Vietnam-namesake claims rest on this tier of sourcing; the July 1980 Lockheed overhaul presence is independently court-corroborated (ev-08).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-roark-de1053-10