Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS SAINT PAUL' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS SAINT PAUL' returned 7 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-saint-paul-ca73-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS SAINT PAUL' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS SAINT PAUL' returned 920 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-saint-paul-ca73-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'CA-73' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'CA-73' returned 74558 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-saint-paul-ca73-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'CA-73' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'CA-73' returned 265229 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-saint-paul-ca73-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Owens-Illinois, Inc.'s Joinder to Defendant Elliot Company's Notice of Removal, Siegfried v. 3M Company et al., No. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E (C.D. Cal., filed Mar 2, 2018; removed from Los Angeles Superior Court No. BC691900) (RECAP doc. 50-0) [court_record]
- Locator
- Notice of Removal (RECAP doc. 50-0), Preliminary Statement para. 1, vessel/exposure list; text-verified in fetched PDF
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Pleading-stage court record naming this hull by hull number: the removal filing recites the state-court complaint's allegation that Terry Lee Siegfried, an electrician/marine electrician, was injured by exposure to Owens-Illinois asbestos between approximately 1969 and 1996 at Long Beach Naval Shipyard and aboard roughly forty listed vessels, including 'USS St. Paul (CA-73)'. The hull's documented November 1969-early 1970 Long Beach Naval Shipyard overhaul (ev-04) falls inside the alleged employment window. QUALIFYING asbestos-litigation record naming this hull - allegation only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1969-1971 (only window this hull was available at LBNSY); 2018 (filing)
- Population
- Long Beach Naval Shipyard electrician/marine electrician ~1969-1996; alleged asbestos exposure
- Limitations
- Removal-stage recital of a complaint allegation - the least-final litigation posture; nothing is adjudicated: not whether Siegfried worked aboard this hull, not whether Owens-Illinois products were aboard, not causation or quantity. The document establishes that the allegation exists, not that exposure occurred. Timing constraint: CA-73 decommissioned 30 Apr 1971 and lay in reserve at Bremerton (not Long Beach) thereafter, so any exposure aboard this hull within the plaintiff's 1969-1996 LBNSY employment necessarily predates her 1971 inactivation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-saint-paul-ca73-01
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[6]DANFS, St. Paul II (CA-73) (ex-Rochester; builder, dates, full service narrative, spec block; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'St. Paul II (CA-73)', specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 3 February 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass. (as ex-Rochester); launched 16 September 1944; commissioned 17 February 1945 (Capt. Ernest H. von Heimburg). WWII: TF 38 strikes on Honshu; bombarded Hamamatsu 29 July and Kamaishi 9 August 1945 ('the war's last hostile salvo from a major ship'); Tokyo Bay surrender 2 September; flagship TF 73/CTF 71 off Shanghai to late 1946; overhauled at Naval Shipyard, Terminal Island, from 1 October 1946; catapult-to-helicopter conversion 1948-49. Korea: Formosa patrol Aug-Nov 1950 then combat ops from 9 November 1950; San Francisco yard work June-September 1951; second tour Nov 1951-Jun 1952 including 21 April 1952 forward 8-inch turret powder fire (30 killed); third tour Feb-Jul 1953, firing the war's last round at sea 27 July 1953 at 2159. Long Beach repairs/overhaul 1954-55; Bremerton upkeep/overhaul 1956; 7th Fleet flagship 1955-57, 1st Fleet flagship from September 1956; first major U.S. Navy ship homeported in the Far East since pre-WWII (Yokosuka, May 1959, 39 months). Five Vietnam deployments from 1965 (Navy Unit Commendation + two Meritorious Unit Commendations). Inactivation at San Diego 7 December 1970; Bremerton 1 February 1971; decommissioned 30 April 1971 into Puget Sound Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet; struck 31 July 1978; sold January 1980. Spec block: 13,600 t; 673'5"; cpl. 1,700; 9x8", 12x5"; 32 kt; Baltimore class. Battle stars: 1 WWII, 8 Korea, 8 Vietnam.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1943-1980
- Population
- Construction trades 1943-45; crew 1945-71; reserve-fleet caretakers 1971-78
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, service history, yard periods, and specifications - not materials or asbestos content. Entry predates scrapping and gives 'sold January 1980' without buyer detail. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404 (standing issue).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-saint-paul-ca73-02
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[7]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Saint Paul (CA-73), 1945-1980' (verbatim transcription of discontinued Naval Historical Center page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Online Library page narrative paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC Online Library ship page corroborates and adds: 'Specially modified for flagship service, she was frequently employed in that role by both the Seventh and the First Fleets'; the 39-month Far East deployment beginning 1959; five Vietnam-era WestPac deployments with 8-inch and 5-inch guns supporting U.S. and allied troops in South Vietnam and bombarding coastal targets in the North; decommissioned April 1971 'following 26 years of continuous active service including combat in three wars'; sold for scrapping January 1980.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1945-1980
- Population
- Crew 1945-71
- Limitations
- Summary-level official history - no materials or asbestos content; the 'specially modified for flagship service' phrase is the only official-source indication of configuration conversion work (scope not specified). Mirror transcription of a discontinued NHHC page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-saint-paul-ca73-03
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[8]USS SAINT PAUL (CA-73) 25th Anniversary history, 1945-1970 (ship-published commemorative document signed by Capt. Hugh G. Nott, commanding officer; via USS Saint Paul Association archived site, Wayback capture 2009-02-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Archived page, 25th-anniversary narrative (yard-period paragraphs) + association addendum (disposal paragraph) + 'Ships named USS SAINT PAUL' section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-published anniversary history documents this hull's yard-availability ledger by named yard: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard overhauls late-1953 and February-August 1956 ('a new bridge, fresh paint and rejuvenated firerooms and engines'); Long Beach Naval Shipyard overhauls September 1958-January 1959 (communications facilities, bottom de-fouling, habitability improvements, engineering and ordnance repairs, complete rewiring of 3-inch mounts), September 1962-February 1963 (removal of three 3-inch and one 5-inch mounts to accommodate Commander FIRST Fleet staff), 8 October 1965-February 1966, and 7 November 1969 into early 1970; presence at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, during Capt. Roy A. Gano's tenure (matching the DANFS June-September 1951 'yard work at San Francisco' window). Decommissioned 30 April 1971 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (RADM Thomas E. Bass III, guest speaker); moored at the Bremerton Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility nearly nine years; sold 13 December 1979 for $1,300,000 to National Metal and Steel Corporation; towed March 1980 to the firm's Terminal Island, San Pedro scrapping facility; gone by year's end.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1946-1980
- Population
- Crew and yard workers at each availability 1946-1971; reserve-fleet maintenance 1971-79; scrapping workers 1980
- Limitations
- Commemorative ship document - a primary-source crew/CO narrative, not a work package: dates appear in reunion-narrative framing with known typographical slips ('1934' for 1954), the yard list is likely incomplete (the 1946 Terminal Island overhaul documented by DANFS is not restated), and it establishes which yards hosted availabilities, not what materials were disturbed or removed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-saint-paul-ca73-04
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[9]U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels Vol. 1 (1945), Heavy Cruisers (CA) tables pp. 26-33 (machinery: 4 shafts, G.E. turbines, 4 boilers, 565 psi/850 deg F, ~120,000 shp) + BuShips Technical Manual NAVSHIPS 250-000 ch. 39 'Thermal Insulation' (1960) + Navy insulation specs recited in Siegfried removal (32-I-3/MIL-I-2819 block; 32-P-8/MIL-I-2781 pipe) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1.pdf CA machinery tables pp. 26-33; BuShips TM ch.39 sections 39-11 to 39-13; Siegfried RECAP 50-0 Summary of Facts paras. 4-5
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: this hull was built 1943-45 to the Baltimore class's single 4-boiler/4-GE-turbine/120,000-shp, 565-psi/850-degree steam design (BuShips Ships' Data 1945) in the peak years of Navy asbestos use. The 1960 BuShips Technical Manual ch. 39 enumerates the era insulation suite for such plants: 85%-magnesia pipe covering containing ~15% asbestos fiber; a pipe-covering class formed from amosite asbestos fibers; asbestos felt MIL-I-15091; chrysotile asbestos cloth/tape lagging SS-C-466 in 80-95% asbestos grades; asbestos millboard HH-M-351; asbestos finishing cement; molded asbestos block. The Siegfried removal filing separately recites Navy thermal-insulation specifications 32-I-3 (later MIL-I-2819) and 32-P-8 (later MIL-I-2781). Era-standard applications aboard a ship of this plant: boiler casing and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe lagging, turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets and packing, deck covering, bulkhead insulation, and cable insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (construction); 1960 (manual describing era specs)
- Population
- Construction trades 1943-45 (Bethlehem Fore River); crew 1945-71
- Limitations
- Class/era and specification-level inference only - establishes what the Navy specified and what the era suite contained, not confirmed installed materials on this specific hull; no quantity; does not establish what remained aboard at decommissioning or scrapping. Not an independent ship-specific finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-saint-paul-ca73-05
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[10]Atlas shipyard dataset (shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json): bethlehem-shipbuilding and fore-river-shipyard (evidence_tier 3 - litigation and product-use records), hunters-point-naval-shipyard (tier 3 - litigation), long-beach-naval-shipyard (radiographic survey: 16.0% of 6,640 employees with asbestos-related abnormalities), puget-sound-naval-shipyard (pulmonary-abnormality survey data); yard list for this hull per DANFS + ship's anniversary history [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json yard records (evidence summaries); DANFS + ev-04 for this hull's availability dates
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Yard-environment documentation: every yard in this hull's documented availability ledger is independently documented for asbestos-era exposure conditions in the Atlas yard dataset - builder Bethlehem/Fore River (tier 3), Hunter's Point NSY (tier 3), Long Beach NSY (6,640-employee x-ray survey showing 16.0% asbestos-related radiographic abnormalities), Puget Sound NSY (21% pulmonary-abnormality survey finding). Her 1943-45 construction plus eight documented availabilities (1946 Terminal Island, 1951-52 San Francisco, 1953 PSNS, 1956 PSNS, 1958-59 LBNSY, 1962-63 LBNSY, 1965-66 LBNSY, 1969-70 LBNSY) plus 1970-71 inactivation repeatedly placed crew and yard workers inside documented asbestos-era yard environments.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1943-1971
- Population
- Yard workers at each availability; ship's force present during overhauls
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation - establishes the documented asbestos context of the environments this hull entered, not hull-specific disturbance, removal scope, or materials handled at any availability; no per-hull work packages or drydock records retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-saint-paul-ca73-06
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[11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2; indexed text of report body (program description, rip-out procedure)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, including OPNAVINST 6260.1 (issued April 1974, revised August 1978) establishing the asbestos control program and Long Beach's October 1977 implementing instruction; documented rip-out procedure required protective clothing, disposable coveralls/hoods/plastic shoe covers/gloves, full-face air-line respirators, and compartment preparation before insulation removal. Long Beach NSY - a GAO fieldwork site - hosted four of this hull's documented overhauls (1958-59, 1962-63, 1965-66, 1969-70) and is the workplace named in the Siegfried allegation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1974-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program/yard-level documentation, not hull-specific; does not establish what work was performed aboard this hull in any availability, and postdates her 1971 decommissioning for the documented controls (era yard practice was less controlled). Full text unreachable to automated fetch (HTTP 403, same standing block as Batch 01); content via GAO product-page description and search-indexed text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-saint-paul-ca73-07
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[12]USS Saint Paul Association official site (usssaintpaulca73.org, Wayback capture 2025-12-25; direct fetch returned 403) - association history, memorial project announcement [museum_official]
- Locator
- usssaintpaulca73.org homepage memorial announcement + 'Who We Are' section (Wayback 2025-12-25); archived association history page disposal paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Association record: the USS Saint Paul Association (established 1984 by former crew members, ~1,300 active members) is building a commissioned memorial at the Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum, Little Falls, MN - the 'Folding Planes' installation incorporating the ship's anchor, construction expected late 2026, dedication planned September 2027. Association characterization: Saint Paul 'is believed to have fired more rounds of naval gunfire at our enemies than any US Navy cruiser.' Confirms no hull survives: the ship was scrapped in 1980 and artifacts (anchor, silver service sets transferred to USS Port Royal CG-73 in 1995, ship's bell reported at St. Paul City Hall) are the only physical remains.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1984-present; memorial 2026-2027
- Population
- Former crew and families; memorial visitors from ~2027
- Limitations
- Veterans-association source - authoritative for association activity and memorial plans; the gunfire-rounds superlative is the association's own characterization, not an adjudicated or official record. Bell location is reported by secondary sources (Wikipedia/blog) and not confirmed on the fetched association pages. Direct site fetch blocked (403); Wayback capture of the same domain used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-saint-paul-ca73-08