Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS ROBISON' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS ROBISON' returned 14 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-robison-ddg12-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS ROBISON' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS ROBISON' returned 153 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-robison-ddg12-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'DDG-12' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'DDG-12' returned 79 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-robison-ddg12-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'DDG-12' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'DDG-12' returned 1669 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-robison-ddg12-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Owens-Illinois, Inc.'s Joinder to Defendant Elliot Company's Notice of Removal, ECF No. 50, Siegfried v. 3M Company et al., No. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E (C.D. Cal., filed Mar. 2, 2018; removed from L.A. Super. Ct. BC691900) (RECAP); suit nature 368 P.I.: Asbestos; docket terminated 2019-01-07 per sister-batch docket check of this same case [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 50, page 2 (numbered vessel list, 'USS Robinson (DDG-12)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos personal-injury removal record (Owens-Illinois joinder) recites the complaint's allegation that plaintiff Terry Lee Siegfried, an electrician/marine electrician, was exposed to Owens-Illinois asbestos 'between approximately 1969 and 1996 on the Long Beach Naval Shipyard' and aboard a ~45-vessel list that expressly includes 'USS Robinson (DDG-12)' - a misspelling of this hull's name (Robison); the list keys the correct hull number and no USS Robinson ever carried DDG-12 (the only USS Robinson was DD-562, a Fletcher-class destroyer). Verified by full-text retrieval of the RECAP PDF.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1969-1996 (alleged exposure); 2018 (litigation)
- Population
- Long Beach Naval Shipyard electrician/marine electrician, ~1969-1996 exposure window alleged
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation recited in a removal joinder - unadjudicated; establishes that the hull was named by hull number in an asbestos exposure allegation, not that Owens-Illinois product was aboard, nor individual exposure, causation, or quantities. The list misspells the ship's name; the DDG-12 hull number disambiguates to this hull. The alleged 1969-1996 window overlaps this hull's active service only through her 1 October 1991 decommissioning. Same shared vessel-list allegation carried on sister-hull records (Missouri, Towers, Hoel, Henry B. Wilson) - one pleading, not independent corroboration.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-robison-ddg12-01
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[6]DANFS, Robison (DDG-12), official NHHC page via Wayback capture 2025-02-18 (live page returns 404; verbatim hazegray.org transcription via Wayback capture 2025-01-26 corroborates) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, namesake bio + specifications block + full service narrative (ends Jan 1974)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 28 April 1959 by Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich.; launched per the printed entry '28 April 1960' (conflicts with NVR's 27 April - NVR date carried); sponsored by Mrs. John H. Sides; commissioned 9 December 1961 at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Comdr. D. V. Cox in command. Spec block: displacement 3,370; length 437'; beam 47'; draft 20'; speed 35 k.; complement 354; armament twin Tartar launcher, ASROC, 2 5-inch, 6 21-inch torpedo tubes; class Charles F. Adams. Namesake bio: Admiral Samuel Shelburne Robison (b. 10 May 1867, Juniata County, Pa.; Atlantic Submarine Force commander WWI, Navy Cross; CINC Battle Fleet 1923; commanded U.S. Fleet 1925-26; Superintendent of the Naval Academy 1928-31; d. 20 Nov 1952). Service: Clipperton Island rescue of 10 seamen from capsized tuna boat Monarch 1 Mar 1962; San Diego homeport 7 Mar 1962; post-shakedown availability in San Francisco 14 Jun-31 Jul 1962 (Nimitz visited 25 Jun); Mare Island ammunition, Seal Beach missile load; first WestPac with CruDesFlot 11 Nov 1962-21 Jun 1963; escort duty with Parsons, Midway, Hancock late 1963; regular overhaul at Long Beach Naval Shipyard Jan 1964; second WestPac Aug 1964-6 Feb 1965; midshipman cruise and CNO visit 24 Aug 1965; third WestPac early 1966-18 Jul 1966; overhaul in San Francisco fall 1966-3 Feb 1967; Tonkin Gulf operations from 25 Aug 1967 in Coral Sea's screen - NGFS and 'Sea Dragon' ops 26 Aug 1967-9 Jan 1968 credited with 78 waterborne logistics craft destroyed, Meritorious Unit Commendation; fifth WestPac 30 Dec 1968-6 Jul 1969 as division flagship in TG 77.3 screening Kitty Hawk and Bon Homme Richard plus I Corps NGFS; overhaul at San Francisco Naval Shipyard, Hunters Point 2 Oct 1969-27 Feb 1970; deployment cycle through 1973; berthed San Diego as of Jan 1974; decommissioned 1 Oct 1991; struck 20 Nov 1992; 'sold to Consolidated Metals, Inc., for scrapping'; seven battle stars for Vietnam service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1959-1974 (narrative); through 1992 (disposal line)
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding construction trades 1959-61; Boston Naval Shipyard commissioning yard workers 1961; crew 1961-91; Long Beach NSY 1964 and Hunters Point 1969-70 yard workers
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The narrative ends Jan 1974 (entry dated 19 Oct 2005). Its launch-date line reads '28 April 1960' conflicting with NVR's 27 April - NVR date carried and the conflict logged in gaps. 'Sold ... for scrapping' describes the sale category, not the hull's documented end state (artificial reef, ev-04). Live NHHC page 404s; Wayback capture of the official page cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-robison-ddg12-02
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[7]Naval Vessel Register, ROBISON (DDG 12) detail page (Wayback capture 2012-01-26; live NVR decommissioned) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR DDG12 detail page, all populated data fields
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official register record for this hull: class DDG 2; builder DEFOE SB CO; award 17 January 1958; keel 28 April 1959; launch 27 April 1960; delivery 29 November 1961; commission 9 December 1961; decommission 1 October 1991; stricken 20 November 1992; status change 20 June 1994 - 'Disposed of, by Navy Sale'; custodian category 'Schools, Organizations and Private Enterprises'; Force MARAD; UIC 04678. The physical-characteristics fields (length, displacement, propulsion type, accommodations) are blank in surviving captures.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1958-1994
- Population
- Crew 1961-91; DRMS/private-sector custody 1994-
- Limitations
- Register documents dates, builder, class, and disposition - not materials or asbestos content. Propulsion/dimension fields blank for this hull in the surviving captures (unlike sister-hull pages, which list 'Steam Turbines'); propulsion summary here rests on class spec, marked inference. Wayback capture of the official page; live NVR retired.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-robison-ddg12-03
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[8]South Carolina Dept. of Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division - 'Guide to South Carolina Marine Artificial Reefs' (June 2006), Kiawah Reef (4KI) entry item 13: '437' Ship hull (Robison) 32 29.271 080 00.074'; corroborated by the live DNR 'Locations of Artificial Reefs and Wrecks' page (same reef, same coordinate) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SCDNR reef guide (June 2006) p. Kiawah Reef (4KI) table item 13; dnr.sc.gov reefloc.html 'Kiawah Reef (4KI)' section
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Official state record documenting this hull's end state: a '437' Ship hull (Robison)' lies on the state-managed Kiawah Reef (4KI) artificial reef at 32 29.271 N / 080 00.074 W, ~6.5 nm bearing 115 deg. from North Edisto Inlet buoy 2NE, water depth 20-40 ft. Confirms the hull was sunk as an artificial-reef component after its 1994 Navy sale and Charleston stripping - the documented end state, contra secondary 'scrapped' framings.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1998-2006 (bounded)
- Population
- Charleston stripping/reef-prep workers ~1998-unk.; recreational divers/anglers post-sinking
- Limitations
- Establishes the hull's placement on the reef, not the sinking date (bounded only between the Dec 1998 newsletter 'destined to become' and the June 2006 guide) nor whether asbestos-containing material was removed or went down with the hull; reef-prep hazmat documentation was not located. The listing records the hull's presence, not its material condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-robison-ddg12-04
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[9]Southwest Marine, Inc. v. United States (Ct. Cl. 1984), 1984 U.S. Claims LEXIS 1515 (CourtListener opinion 6928596) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion factual recital re RFP N00024-83-R-8547 (SRA schedule for four DDGs incl. USS ROBISON)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Procurement opinion naming this hull: RFP N00024-83-R-8547 solicited proposals for Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) overhauls of USS Lynde McCormick (DDG-8), USS Berkeley (DDG-15), USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7), and USS ROBISON (DDG-12) - 'all guided missile destroyers' - with Robison's SRA scheduled 27 May 1985 - 19 July 1985 at the successful offeror's facility (San Diego small-business repair market). OTHER LITIGATION - a small-business set-aside bid protest seeking declaratory/injunctive relief, not asbestos; the opinion documents a scheduled mid-life yard availability for this hull. Complaint dismissed; dismissal without prejudice as to this RFP.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1984-1985
- Population
- San Diego-area ship-repair workers (prospective), 1985
- Limitations
- Documents the RFP and the Navy's scheduled availability window, not that the SRA was actually performed or at which facility; no asbestos content in the opinion. Classified 'other litigation' in the CourtListener sweep - it is not an exposure record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-robison-ddg12-05
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[10]USS Berkeley (DDG-15) Association newsletter, December 1998 - 'A new mission for the former USS HOEL (DDG-13)'; corroborated by NVR disposition (ev-03) and the SCDNR reef record (ev-04) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USS Berkeley Assoc. newsletter 1998-Dec p.1 article + p.2 continuation ('spare parts ... underwater reef off the coast of South Carolina')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous post-disposal custody record for this hull: ex-Robison was among the stricken Adams-class DDGs held by Florida Crushed Stone Co. (Leesburg, FL; tied to Consolidated Minerals) at Charleston, S.C. alongside ex-Henry B. Wilson, ex-Lynde McCormick, and ex-Towers; the company was 'having second thoughts about future conversions' after finding 'an excessive number of unsound component parts, e.g., boiler tubes, turbine rotors, steam pipes'; 'At present ex-ROBISON is being stripped for spare parts and the hull is destined to become an underwater reef off the coast of South Carolina.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1994-1998
- Population
- Charleston stripping workers 1998; Florida Crushed Stone/CMI custody
- Limitations
- Ship-association publication - secondary, though consistent with the official NVR disposition and the SCDNR reef record; not a hazmat record. Whether ACM was removed during the stripping/reef preparation is undocumented. Establishes custody and intent as of Dec 1998, not the sinking date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-robison-ddg12-06
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[11]DANFS specifications block (Charles F. Adams class; steam DDG) + secondary spec compilations (navysite.de: '4 - 1200 psi boilers; 2 geared turbines') + Siegfried ECF 50 paras. on Navy insulation specifications (32-I-3/MIL-I-2819 block; 32-P-8/MIL-I-2781 pipe; Owens-Illinois Kaylo sold to Navy spec through 30 April 1958) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block + yard-period narrative; navysite.de/dd/ddg12.htm spec block; Siegfried ECF 50 paras. 3-11
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: Charles F. Adams-class construction (4 boilers feeding 2 geared steam turbines, ~70,000 shp class spec) in 1959-61 falls in the documented Navy asbestos-insulation era, predating the Navy's mid-1970s asbestos restrictions; documented yard periods (Long Beach NSY regular overhaul Jan 1964; San Francisco availabilities Jun-Jul 1962 and fall 1966-Feb 1967; Hunters Point overhaul Oct 1969-Feb 1970; scheduled SRA May-Jul 1985 per ev-05) are periods of the type in which era insulation was disturbed or replaced. One sharpening detail: the Siegfried filing dates Owens-Illinois Kaylo production for Navy specification to 1948-30 April 1958 - this hull's keel was laid 28 April 1959, ~1 year after the cutoff, so Kaylo specifically falls outside her construction window (other suppliers' insulation products remain plausible by era, unproven aboard).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1959-1991
- Population
- Defoe construction trades 1959-61; yard workers at documented availabilities; crew 1961-91
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-period inference only - the ship-specific record for this hull is the Siegfried pleading (ev-01), an unadjudicated allegation. This row must not be read as an independent ship-specific finding; it does not establish that asbestos products were aboard. Boiler pressure varies by secondary source (1,200 vs 1,275 psi) - not asserted; NVR propulsion fields blank for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-robison-ddg12-07
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[12]navysite.de DDG-12 history compilation + USNI Naval History (Feb 2006) 'Five Iranian Fishermen' (PACE-instructor memoir placing Robison in the North Arabian Sea/Gulf of Oman during Earnest Will, summer-autumn 1988) + NavSource photo captions incl. official USN photo DN-ST-92-02401 (combined decommissioning ceremony) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- navysite.de DDG-12 'History' section; usni.org Naval History Feb 2006; navsource.org/archives/05/01012.htm captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-DANFS service (1974-1991) from secondary/association sources: 1976 WestPac; South Pacific goodwill cruise with USS Horne (CG-30) 15 Jul-Oct 1978; Midway (CV-41) battle-group roster 6 Jun 1979; rescue of 262 Vietnamese refugees in the South China Sea 12 Dec 1980 (UPI-reported); FleetEx 83-1; North Arabian Sea service during Operation Earnest Will 1988 with the Vincennes battle group (USNI memoir); PACEX '89; Fremantle Jun 1990; Vancouver Jun 1991; final May-Jun 1991 Southeast Pacific/Central America counter-narcotics deployment (reported >$21M street-value seizures); decommissioned at Naval Station San Diego 1 Oct 1991 in a combined ceremony with Buchanan (DDG-14) and Lynde McCormick (DDG-8) - 17 deployments total from a single San Diego homeport.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1974-1991
- Population
- Crew 1974-91
- Limitations
- Post-1974 detail rests on secondary compilations, association photo captions, and a USNI memoir - not primary records; individual deployment dates are not independently verified. No asbestos content in any cited source - vessel-history context only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-robison-ddg12-08
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[13]Batch-291 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS via Wayback + hazegray/Wayback transcription; Naval Vessel Register (Wayback); CourtListener API v4 + web UI (throttled/blocked) + web index; RECAP storage fetch; BVA/va.gov decisions via web index; SCDNR reef records; Defoe Shipbuilding yard sweep; shipyards.json lookup [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-robison-ddg12-01 through sl-uss-robison-ddg12-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying non-litigation ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, material inventory, disposal hazmat disclosure, or museum record naming this hull with asbestos data was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener direct access was throttled/blocked this session (API v4 HTTP 429, ~52,850s reset; web UI served two queries then CloudFront 403/202); sweeps ran via the web index plus direct RECAP storage fetch (not throttled) and located one qualifying hit (Siegfried, ev-01) plus one other-litigation hit (Southwest Marine, ev-05); all 'Robison' + asbestos opinion hits are surname-collision noise. Defoe Shipbuilding asbestos material exists only on non-qualifying law-firm/marketing pages - no primary-source yard record located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard; a throttled CourtListener sweep may be incomplete, and the hull's post-1994 material history (stripping, reef sinking) is only partially documented. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-robison-ddg12-09