Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet hm-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-sampson-ddg10-pkt-hm-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Sampson III (DDG-10), Naval History and Heritage Command (published 2020-04-24; live page serves 404 - verbatim capture via Internet Archive snapshot 2021-03-20) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Sampson III (DDG-10)' entry, specifications block and service narrative (Wayback capture 2021-03-20 of canonical NHHC URL)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull, including spec block (dp. 4,500 f.; l. 432'; b. 47'; dr. 16'; s. 30 k.; cpl. 354; a. 2 5-inch, Tartar, ASROC, 2 21-inch tt; cl. Charles F. Adams): third Sampson (DDG-10) laid down 2 March 1959 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; launched 14 May 1960 (see gaps - NVR records 21 May 1960); sponsored by Mrs. John S. Crenshaw; commissioned at Boston Navy Yard 24 June 1961, Comdr. Forrester W. Isen in command. Service narrative: shakedown Guantanamo and Tartar missile-system evaluation off Puerto Rico 1961; Norfolk homeport; DesRon 18/DesDiv 182 from July 1962; first regular overhaul 1964; January 1965 electrical fire damaged fire-control capability, repairs at Norfolk Naval Shipyard 15 March - 24 June 1965; Mediterranean deployments 1966-67; homeport shift to Charleston 1967; 6th Fleet operations 1968-71; first Compressed Regular Overhaul ever attempted on a DDG 4 January - 4 May 1972; homeport Athens, Greece (Phaleron Bay) from 3 October 1972; Mediterranean-based through April 1974, where the DANFS entry ends.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1959-1974
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1959-61; crew (complement 354) 1961-1991
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Launch date reads 14 May 1960 here vs. 21 May 1960 in the Naval Vessel Register - conflict carried in gaps. Entry ends April 1974; later service comes from secondary sources only. Live NHHC URL returns 404; text verified against the 2021-03-20 Internet Archive capture of the canonical page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sampson-ddg10-01
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[3]Naval Vessel Register, SAMPSON (DDG 10), UIC 04676 (live detail page returns no ship data to retrieval - archived captures of record used: 2001-11-13 and 2004-02-21 snapshots) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail DDG 10, status/dates block - Internet Archive captures 2001-11-13 and 2004-02-21 of www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG10.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR register record for this hull: Class DDG 2; builder Bath Iron Wks Corp; award 1958-01-17; keel 1959-03-02; launch 1960-05-21; delivery 1961-06-16; commission 1961-06-24; decommission 1991-06-24; stricken 1992-11-20. Disposal history in register: status 'Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping', date status changed 1994-12-16, berth Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) Philadelphia PA (as of 2001-11-13 capture, no changes reported since 2001-08-28); final status 'Disposed of by scrapping, cannibalization', date status changed 2003-10-15 (as of 2004-02-21 capture).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1958-2003
- Population
- Inactive-fleet custodial personnel, NISMF Philadelphia, 1992-2003
- Limitations
- NVR records registry statuses and dates, not materials or asbestos content; it does not name the scrapping contractor or document hazmat scope of the dismantling. Intermediate events reported only in secondary sources (sale execution 1995-07-25; Navy repossession 2000-03-14; Metro Machine dismantlement contract 2003-02-10) are carried as unverified detail in ev-uss-sampson-ddg10-03 and gaps. Live NVR page is JavaScript-gated and returned no record to retrieval; archived captures cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sampson-ddg10-02
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[4]NavSource Destroyer Photo Index, USS Sampson (DDG-10) (fate line: 'Sold to Metro Machine Corp., Philadelphia, scrapping completed October 15 2003'; scrappers-page photo caption: 'partially scrapped ... during April 2003 at the Metro Machine Corporation facility at the old Philadelphia Navy Yard') + corroborating secondary chain (ship association timeline; ussstowers.com class roster; published-class-data reproductions) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/05/01010.htm fate line; navsource.org/archives/05/scrappers.htm April 2003 photo caption; sampsonddg10.org history PDF disposal entries
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Disposal chain for this hull as documented outside the register: sold for scrap (register status 1994-12-16; secondary sources date the executed sale 1995-07-25); repossessed by the Navy 2000-03-14 after the scrap yard failed to dismantle the ship in a timely manner; Navy contract issued to Metro Machine Corp. of Philadelphia 2003-02-10 to dismantle ex-Sampson for $2,900,000; photographed partially dismantled at Metro Machine's facility at the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in April 2003; register records disposal complete 2003-10-15. Dismantlement of a 1961 steam-plant destroyer under the Navy's paid domestic-disposal program is the documented end-state event for any remaining shipboard materials.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1994-2003
- Population
- Metro Machine Corp. dismantlement workers, former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 2003
- Limitations
- Endpoints (sold-for-scrap status, final scrapping date) are NVR-verified; the repossession date, the Metro Machine contract date and amount, and the dismantlement location come from secondary sources (NavSource captions, ship-association timeline) - no official contract document for this hull was located in public sources. Nothing in these records documents the asbestos content or remediation scope specific to this hull; hazmat remediation during Navy-ship dismantling is program-level context (ev-uss-sampson-ddg10-04), not a hull record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sampson-ddg10-03
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[5]GAO, NSIAD-99-18, 'Federal Surplus Ships: Government Efforts to Address the Growing Backlog of Ships Awaiting Disposal' (Oct 1998) + DOT OIG report MA-2000-067, 'Disposition of Obsolete Vessels' (2000) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO NSIAD-99-18 product page and text excerpts (factors contributing to backlog; dismantling-process description); DOT OIG MA-2000-067 pp. ii, 2, 13-14 (hazardous-materials findings)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Federal program documentation of the disposal path this hull followed: GAO reports ships awaiting scrapping 'contain hazardous substances such as asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), lead, mercury, and cadmium' and that 'remediation of hazardous materials takes place prior to, as well as during, the dismantling process'; the Navy reported 127 surplus ships for scrapping as of 1998-08-01, sold through DRMS or transferred to MARAD. DOT OIG documents that domestic scrapping of these vessels required abating asbestos, PCBs, lead paint, chromate, fuels and hydraulic oils, that sale-based scrapping repeatedly failed (contractor non-performance; repossessions), and that Congress authorized a Navy ship-disposal pilot project in 1998 under which the Navy paid contractors to dismantle vessels - the program under which ex-Sampson was dismantled at Philadelphia in 2003.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1998-2003
- Population
- Domestic ship-scrapping workforce, 1990s-2000s Navy/MARAD disposal programs
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation: neither report names this hull, and neither establishes asbestos content or remediation scope aboard it. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches; NSIAD-99-18 content verified via the GAO product-page abstract and indexed excerpts - full-text pull remains an open lead (same standing limitation noted in BATCH-01). DOT OIG full text (oig.dot.gov ma2000067.pdf) reviewed; its inspection findings concern MARAD reserve-fleet vessels, not Navy combatants.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sampson-ddg10-04
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[6]United States v. DiBello, 17 M.J. 77 (C.M.A. 1983) - 'USS SAMPSON (DDG 10), located at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia' [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, first specification recital (AWOL charge), 17 M.J. 77
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published military-justice opinion naming this hull verbatim: the appellant was tried for absence without authority 'from his unit, to wit: USS SAMPSON (DDG 10), located at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia,' for the period 16 March - 2 April 1981. A court record independently confirming the ship's documented year-long Norfolk Naval Shipyard availability (1981-82 regular depot overhaul; AN/SQQ-23 sonar and radar work per association timeline). Classification: other litigation - not asbestos litigation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1981-03/1981-04 (charged period); 1983 (opinion)
- Population
- Crew aboard USS Sampson during Norfolk Naval Shipyard availability, 1981
- Limitations
- Contains no asbestos, exposure, or materials content whatsoever; its value is limited to official corroboration that this hull was present at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in spring 1981. No asbestos-litigation finding may be drawn from it.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sampson-ddg10-05
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[7]Redman v. A.W. Chesterton Co. et al., No. 3:08-cv-03013-JSW (N.D. Cal.; '28:1441 Petition for Removal - Asbestos Litigation', filed 2008-06-18, terminated 2009-02-02) + Mitchell v. The 3M Company, No. 2:24-cv-00609 (D.S.C., filed 2024-02-06) [court_record]
- Locator
- Redman ECF No. 11-3 (Exhibit D, Plaintiff's Responses to Standard Interrogatories - Set Two), reproduced 'Charles F. Adams class destroyer' article listing all 23 class ships incl. 'USS Sampson (DDG-10)'; Mitchell ECF No. 1-1 complaint para. 34 (plaintiff Robert Bates station list)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket hits for 'USS Sampson' resolved by full-text review. Redman v. A.W. Chesterton IS an asbestos wrongful-death docket (decedent Ronald D. Redman, a Norfolk Naval Shipyard equipment inspector alleged to have been exposed aboard vessels under overhaul) - but the sole 'USS Sampson (DDG-10)' occurrence in the retrievable record is inside a Wikipedia article on the Charles F. Adams class reproduced within plaintiff's interrogatory responses (ECF No. 11-3, Exhibit D), in a section concerning USS John King (DDG-3) and Griscom-Russell distilling plants. It is a class-roster mention, NOT an allegation that the decedent served on or was exposed aboard this hull; per-ship exposure allegations in the same document name other vessels by individual interrogatory. Mitchell v. 3M (D.S.C.) is a PFAS/AFFF product-liability pleading listing 'USS Sampson' among a plaintiff's duty stations 1978-1989 - other litigation, not asbestos, pleading stage. Neither is qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2008-2009 (Redman); 2024 (Mitchell)
- Population
- Ronald D. Redman (Norfolk Naval Shipyard equipment inspector; other vessels named); Mitchell plaintiffs (PFAS allegation)
- Limitations
- Resolution is limited to retrievable indexed text plus local OCR review of the 323-page Rosenthal declaration (ECF No. 11): 'Sampson' occurs once, in the reproduced class list. The declaration's remaining non-OCR-verifiable content and any state-court filings absent from RECAP were not reviewed; a pleading naming this hull could exist outside the indexed record. Classification is at document-review stage - nothing here establishes or defeats exposure aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sampson-ddg10-06
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[8]DANFS specifications block (Charles F. Adams class) + reproduced class machinery data (4 boilers, 2 geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 70,000 shp) + Atlas shipyard dataset records for the five yards in this hull's documented chain [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NavSource DDG-10 machinery line; shipyards.json records for the five yards; DANFS/service-timeline yard-availability chronology
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era and yard inference: a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer built 1959-61 at Bath Iron Works with a four-boiler, two-shaft geared-steam-turbine plant (~70,000 shp) would have carried period-standard asbestos applications - boiler and steam-line insulation, turbine lagging, flange and valve gaskets, machinery packing, bulkhead fireproofing, deck coverings, and electrical cable insulation. Every yard in this hull's documented chain is an Atlas-documented asbestos yard: Bath Iron Works (tier 2 - Kaylo pipe covering, asbestos felt, gaskets, packing, floor tiles); Boston Naval Shipyard (tier 3 - John Crane gaskets/sealing); Norfolk Naval Shipyard (tier 2 - Thermobestos, Marinite, Transite, Kaylo, Unibestos, pipe/boiler insulation, gaskets, deck coverings); Charleston Naval Shipyard (tier 2 - magnesia pipe insulation, boiler coatings, spray-on insulation, gaskets); Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (tier 3 - Eagle-Picher, Unibestos, Kaylo, Garlock, J-M pipe insulation). Documented availabilities at these yards (Boston Navy Yard commissioning/outfitting 1961-62; Norfolk Naval Shipyard repairs Mar-Jun 1965 - both DANFS-explicit; first regular overhaul 1964 and first DDG Compressed Regular Overhaul Jan-May 1972 - DANFS-verified events, yard attribution Norfolk/Charleston per association timeline; Charleston availability 1967-68, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard availability 1975-76, Norfolk overhaul 1981-82 - association-sourced, the last corroborated by the DiBello opinion; NISMF custody and 2003 dismantlement at the former Philadelphia yard) are the maintenance-disturbance windows during which era materials would have been worked on.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1959-2003
- Population
- Bath Iron Works trades 1959-61; naval-shipyard overhaul trades 1961-1991; NISMF/Metro Machine personnel 1992-2003; crew (354)
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-level inference only - no document located identifies asbestos materials aboard this specific hull, and none of the yard records are hull-itemized. Machinery figures (4 boilers/70,000 shp) are class data reproduced in NavSource and litigation exhibits; DANFS spec block confirms class, dimensions, speed, and complement but not machinery detail. NARA records (ship's book/material specifications; RG 24 deck logs, transferred ~30 years after completion) are the archival lead for hull-level specs - retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sampson-ddg10-07
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[9]Batch-3914 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS, NVR (archived), CourtListener opinion and RECAP sweep, NavSource, ship association records, GAO/DOT-OIG disposal-program documents [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-sampson-ddg10-01 through sl-uss-sampson-ddg10-10 (incl. 05a/05b hull-number split)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DDG-10: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract or museum hazmat disclosure (the hull is scrapped), no dismantlement waste manifest or hazmat-scope document, and no docketed case in which this hull is an alleged exposure site. The single CourtListener asbestos-docket hit resolves to a reproduced class-roster mention (ev-uss-sampson-ddg10-06); the only asbestos-relevant disposal documentation is program-level (ev-uss-sampson-ddg10-04).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1961 steam-plant destroyer dismantled under the Navy's hazmat-remediating disposal program is era-consistent with retained ACM at end of life, but no hull-level document was located. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sampson-ddg10-08