Evidence
19 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-19).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Santa Barbara' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS Santa Barbara' returned 9 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-santa-barbara-ae28-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Santa Barbara' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS Santa Barbara' returned 971 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-santa-barbara-ae28-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AE-28' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'AE-28' returned 3898 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-santa-barbara-ae28-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'AE-28' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'AE-28' returned 183973 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-santa-barbara-ae28-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Naval Vessel Register, SANTA BARBARA (AE 28) detail page (NAVSHIPSO/NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office; live nvr.navy.mil decommissioned - verbatim page retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20190324114525; NVR page last updated 12/12/2017) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_AE_28.HTML vessel status, milestone dates, physical characteristics blocks (Wayback capture)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR record: class AE 26, UIC 20111; builder Bethlehem Steel Corp.; contract award 01/26/1966; keel 12/20/1966; launch 01/23/1968; delivery 07/02/1970; commission 07/11/1970; decommission 09/30/1998; stricken 08/03/2005; status 'Disposed of by Dismantling (Scrapping/Recycling),' date status changed 10/10/2007. Physical: steel hull and superstructure; 564 ft overall / 540 ft waterline; beam 81 ft; max navigational draft 27 ft, draft limit 28 ft; light displacement 10,073 t, full 19,646 t, deadweight 9,573 t; propulsion type steam turbines; 1 propeller; accommodations 28 officers + 375 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1966-2007
- Limitations
- Authoritative register for milestones, characteristics, and disposition status. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. NVR keel date (12/20/1966) conflicts with DANFS/NavSource (12/30/1966) - see correction row and gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-santa-barbara-ae28-01
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[6]DANFS, 'Santa Barbara' III entry (AE-28), Vol. 5 p. 320 with later supplement - verbatim transcription via hazegray/losthistory.net mirror (live NHHC page 404s - standing link rot, cf. BATCH-01) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS AE-28 entry body + spec block + post-1998 supplement (hazegray transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS records: third Santa Barbara laid down 30 December 1966 by Bethlehem Steel Corp., Sparrows Point, Md.; launched 23 January 1968, sponsored by Mrs. Graeme C. Bannerman; commissioned 11 July 1970, Capt. Charles A. Whitmore in command. Fitting out at Norfolk Naval Shipyard; arrived homeport Davisville, R.I., 18 Sep 1970; first underway replenishment 6 Oct 1970; shakedown Guantanamo Bay Oct-Nov 1970; first loadout Jan 1971 at NAD Earle, N.J., completed at NWS Yorktown, Va.; Operation Springboard Feb 1971 out of Roosevelt Roads - rearmed 17 ships, transferred 400+ tons; two-month availability at Boston Naval Shipyard 15 Mar-25 Jun 1971; Mediterranean deployment Sep 1971-17 Mar 1972; Caribbean Apr-May 1972; departed 5 Jun 1972 for extended WestPac deployment, seven months in Asian waters; Pearl Harbor 5 Feb 1973; Quonset Point, R.I., 22 Feb 1973 via Panama Canal; East Coast/Caribbean operations into 1974; Mediterranean deployment April 1974, operating with Sixth Fleet as of June 1974. Supplement: decommissioned 30 September 1998, transferred to Military Sealift Command Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force the same day, hull number changed to T-AE-28; in Reduced Operating Status as of October 1999.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1966-1999
- Limitations
- Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for construction and service history through 1974 and the 1998 disposition supplement. DANFS keel date (30 Dec 1966) conflicts with NVR (20 Dec 1966); decommission framing ('transferred same day') is slightly compressed vs the MSC release (ceremony 25 Sep, MSC acquisition 1 Oct). Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-santa-barbara-ae28-02
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[7]Military Sealift Command Public Affairs news release NWS19oct-4, 'Former USS Santa Barbara joins Military Sealift Command' (Oct 1998; verbatim text via FAS man.fas.org mirror of the Navy News Service release) [other_primary]
- Locator
- MSC PAO release NWS19oct-4 text; FAS T-AE-26 class page 'Santa Barbara latest ammo ship to join MSC' excerpt
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MSC's own release: the ship 'was decommissioned at Naval Weapons Station Charleston, South Carolina on Sept. 30' after more than 28 years of Atlantic Fleet logistics service; MSC added USNS Santa Barbara (T-AE 28) to its combat logistics fleet; she participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm and earned four Battle 'E' awards and three Meritorious Unit Commendations; she entered reduced operating status at Charleston with a small caretaker crew pending a decision on conversion modifications. A companion MSC release excerpt (FAS T-AE-26 class page) records the decommissioning ceremony on Sept. 25 and MSC acquisition on Oct. 1.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1998
- Limitations
- Authoritative Navy/MSC public-affairs source for the 1998 decommissioning and MSC transfer; resolves the ceremony-date vs. register-date discrepancy (ceremony 25 Sep; official decommission 30 Sep; MSC in-service 1 Oct). Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-santa-barbara-ae28-03
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[8]Naval History and Heritage Command list of 713 U.S. Navy ships that earned the Vietnam Service Medal or Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for Vietnam service 1962-1975, enclosed with the Navy's response to Sen. Akaka, Chairman, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs (2010; PDF mirror hosted by American Legion Post 46, Ann Arbor) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Akaka-letter enclosure list, alphabetical 'S' section: 'SANTA BARBARA AE-28' (PDF p. sequence, verified by text extraction 2026-09-22)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC-compiled list transmitted to the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee names 'SANTA BARBARA AE-28' among the 713 Navy ships that earned the Vietnam Service Medal or Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for Vietnam service - official confirmation of her qualifying Vietnam-era service (the 1972-73 WestPac deployment documented by DANFS; NavSource lists eight Vietnam Ceasefire-campaign on-line periods, 26 Jul 1972-18 Jan 1973, and one campaign star).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1972-1973
- Population
- Crew aboard during Vietnam Ceasefire operations, Jul 1972-Jan 1973
- Limitations
- Authoritative for Vietnam-service credit only; the list does not specify dates or positions (the letter notes deck-log research would be needed for closer-in positions). No asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-santa-barbara-ae28-04
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[9]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - USNS Santa Barbara (T-AE-28) ex USS Santa Barbara (AE-28), file 09/05/0528 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 0528.htm - specifications block, awards block, Vietnam campaign table, disposal entries, dated ESCO Brownsville scrapping photographs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline/spec block corroborates and supplements official sources: laid down 30 Dec 1966 at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point (DANFS date); Vietnam Ceasefire campaign periods 26 Jul-7 Aug, 14-23 Aug, 8-14 Sep, 22 Sep-3 Oct, 24 Oct-5 Nov, 12 Nov-3 Dec, 11-21 Dec 1972, and 6-18 Jan 1973 (one campaign star); Dec 1990 Red Sea deployment for Desert Shield, on station Jan 1991 for Desert Storm delivering 7,000+ tons of ammunition; awards block - 2 Navy Unit Commendations, 3 Meritorious Unit Commendations, 4 Battle 'E,' National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Operation Restore Hope, Somalia), Vietnam Service Medal (1 star), 2 Southwest Asia Service Medals, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, RVN Campaign Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal; decommissioned 25 Sep 1998 at NWS Charleston (ceremony date); in MSC service 1 Oct 1998 as T-AE-28; ROS-45 until downgraded to planned disposal 3 Aug 2005; stricken 3 Aug 2005; scrapping contract awarded to ESCO, Brownsville, TX, 9 Nov 2006, with dated photographs of the hull being dismantled there Nov 2006 and Feb 2007. Propulsion block: one GE turbine, three Foster-Wheeler 600 psi boilers, single six-blade fixed propeller, 22,000 shp; USS-era armament four twin 3"/50 mounts; MSC-era complement 125-133 civilian mariners + 30 naval detachment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1966-2007
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; consistent with DANFS/NVR/MSC where they overlap. Keel date follows DANFS (30 Dec) against NVR (20 Dec); lists the 25 Sep 1998 ceremony as the decommission date (NVR records 30 Sep). MSC-era complement figure not corroborated by an official source. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-santa-barbara-ae28-05
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[10]Metal Trades, Inc. v. United States, 810 F. Supp. 689 (D.S.C. Aug. 3, 1992) (Civ. A. 2:90-0497-1, Hawkins, C.J.; also 23 Envtl. L. Rep. 21235) - appeal from ASBCA under the Contract Disputes Act, transferred from the Federal Circuit to D.S.C. under 41 U.S.C. section 603 as a maritime contract [court_record]
- Locator
- 810 F. Supp. 689 at 691-694 (background facts; Standard Item 009-10; ASBCA findings; holding); corroborated by GAO B-254394 (Nov. 24, 1993) summary of the case
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published federal opinion documenting asbestos aboard this hull: under an April 14, 1987 Navy repair and maintenance contract for USS Santa Barbara (Job Order No. 115), replacement of the vessel's fire-pump and soot-blower piping encountered insulation and lagging material that, the court's recital states, 'contained asbestos,' requiring legally mandated special removal, treatment, handling, transportation, storage, and disposal. Asbestos was not identified or quantified in the job order; the only contract reference was Standard Item 009-10 directing that insulation and lagging be considered asbestos-based unless established otherwise. The ASBCA (Feb 9, 1989 order) found asbestos is a hazardous waste under 10 U.S.C. 7311 and that the Navy breached its statutory duty by failing to quantify it, but denied price renegotiation on the strength of the standard item; the district court held the blanket standard item unenforceable ('not quantification of asbestos prior to the contract award, and in light of this, [section] 7311 required renegotiation,' 810 F. Supp. at 694) and ordered renegotiation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1987 contract work; ASBCA 1989; opinion 1992
- Population
- Metal Trades/subcontractor repair workforce handling the disturbed insulation and lagging (1987 contract period)
- Limitations
- Strongest ship-specific record located: a reported judicial decision whose factual recital (drawn from the ASBCA record) states the encountered insulation/lagging contained asbestos, and whose holding required contract renegotiation for unquantified asbestos - the asbestos content was not itself disputed on appeal. Still a contract-dispute opinion: it documents asbestos in the specific insulation/lagging systems disturbed by that 1987 work, not ship-wide quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation, and it does not show whether the material was original 1966-70 installation or later repair. Full-text pull was verified via indexed excerpts (Justia/aggregator pages return 403 to automated fetch); page-694 pinpoint per GAO B-254394's quotation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-santa-barbara-ae28-06
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[11]Janis v. A.W. Chesterton, Inc., et al., No. 17-167-MN-SRF (D. Del.), Report and Recommendation (Mag. J. Fallon), filed January 2019 [court_record]
- Locator
- D. Del. No. 17-167-MN-SRF Report and Recommendation PDF, sections I-II and IV-V (Ded. court site)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Docketed asbestos personal-injury litigation naming this hull: plaintiffs alleged machinist mate Earl Janis Jr.'s lung cancer resulted from asbestos exposure during Navy service 1971-1975, including service aboard USS Santa Barbara in 1974-1975. Deposition testimony described gasket removal/scraping/replacement on pumps and valves, packing removal and cutting, and removal/reinstallation of pump insulation aboard the ships - work producing visible respirable dust - but could not tie any defendant's product to a specific ship or establish the materials contained asbestos. The magistrate judge recommended granting summary judgment for FMC, Warren Pumps, and Ingersoll Rand for lack of product-identification/causation evidence under maritime law.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- alleged exposure 1974-1975; R&R filed Jan 2019
- Population
- Earl Janis Jr. (plaintiff, machinist mate aboard 1974-1975) - alleged
- Limitations
- Discovery/summary-judgment-stage record: the deposition describes disturbance-generating work aboard this hull, but the recommended disposition is a merits-level negative for the plaintiff as to these defendants - it is not a finding that asbestos was or was not aboard, and Janis himself could not testify that the gaskets, packing, or insulation contained asbestos. A Report and Recommendation is a magistrate's recommendation subject to district-judge review (less final than a district order); the case's post-R&R disposition was not located in this pass.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-santa-barbara-ae28-07
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[12]Quiroz-Greene v. General Dynamics Corp. (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, MDL-875), E.D. Pa., Memorandum/order granting in part and denying in part summary judgment, January 28, 2014 [court_record]
- Locator
- E.D. Pa. MDL-875 opinion PDF (paed.uscourts.gov), facts and analysis sections re: USS Kilauea (T-AE-26)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- MDL-875 litigation involving this hull's class lead ship: the estate of Lejon Greene alleged asbestos exposure while working aboard USS Kilauea (T-AE-26) - sister ship of the same Kilauea class - during 1978-1987; a coworker testified the decedent was exposed to respirable asbestos dust from shipboard insulation he disturbed or removed, with no warnings or respirators observed. The court granted General Dynamics summary judgment on product-liability grounds (a Navy ship is not a 'product'; plaintiffs did not establish the insulation was what the builder originally installed), while other defense arguments were denied.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- alleged exposure 1978-1987; opinion Jan 2014
- Population
- Kilauea-class crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Names the sister hull T-AE-26, not AE-28 - class-level litigation context only; establishes nothing about this hull's materials. Disposition was a defense summary-judgment outcome on product-nexus grounds, not a finding about asbestos presence aboard either ship; the coworker's exposure account is testimony, not an adjudicated fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-santa-barbara-ae28-08
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[13]U.S. General Accounting Office, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (Oct. 18, 1979), report to Reps. Anderson and Patterson (fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards) [gao]
- Locator
- HRD-80-2 PDF pp. digest/transmittal and body (Navy response letter quoting thermal-insulation spec change, May 1978 deliveries, all-ships statement)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Contemporaneous government findings spanning this hull's first decade of service: per the Navy, 'all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables,' and thermal insulation was 'the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships'; product specifications for thermal insulation were changed in 1973 to specify asbestos-free materials, but asbestos already purchased was installed in ships under construction and 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978'; the Navy's elimination policy issued October 1975; OPNAVINST 6260.1 (Apr 1974, rev. Aug 1978) established the asbestos control program; the Navy estimated $2 billion for one-time removal and did not plan such a program. This hull was contracted Jan 1966, built 1966-1970, and in service throughout the report's period - i.e., built entirely under the pre-1973 specification regime.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- report issued Oct 18, 1979; covers practices through 1978-79
- Population
- Navy ship crews and shipyard asbestos workers (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level findings; the report's ship list covers vessels delivered since 1973 or under construction circa 1979 - AE-28 (delivered 1970) is not individually listed, and nothing in the report names this hull. Supports era inference, not a ship-specific finding. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches; report content verified via indexed verbatim excerpts of the PDF.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-santa-barbara-ae28-09
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[14]DLA ASSIST QuickSearch document record for MIL-I-2781 / MIL-DTL-2781 'Insulation, Pipe, Thermal' - incl. Revision D Interim Amendment 4 (SHIPS), 9 Jan 1973 (document history listing); NAVSEA FOIA Reading Room 'Asbestos' page hosting the thermal-insulation military specifications (MIL-I-24244 series; QPL-2781 qualified products list, 1951-1993) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ASSIST qsDocDetails ident_number=3417 document history rows (Rev D Interim Amend. 2, 16 Jul 1965; Amend. 3, 1 Mar 1971; Amend. 4, 9 Jan 1973); amendment text '3.2 Material'; NAVSEA FOIA reading room listing
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- The Navy's pipe thermal-insulation specification did not require asbestos-free material until MIL-I-2781D Interim Amendment 4 (9 January 1973), which substituted: 'The thermal pipe insulation shall be composed of asbestos-free and silica-free heat-resisting compounds.' This hull's contract (Jan 1966), keel (Dec 1966), delivery (Jul 1970), and commissioning all predate that amendment - her construction fell under MIL-I-2781D as amended through Interim Amendments 1-2, which contained no asbestos-free requirement.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- spec era 1963-1973; hull construction 1966-1970
- Limitations
- Specification-history evidence, not a hull record: it establishes that the governing spec permitted asbestos-containing pipe insulation during this ship's construction window, not that specific asbestos products were installed aboard AE-28. NAVSEA's FOIA asbestos reading room page exists but returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch (Akamai edge block); the MIL-I-2781D amendment text and document history were verified via DLA ASSIST indexed content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-santa-barbara-ae28-10
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[15]Sawyer v. Foster Wheeler LLC, 860 F.3d 249 (4th Cir. 2017) (No. 16-1530, decided June 22, 2017, Niemeyer, J.) [court_record]
- Locator
- 860 F.3d 249 at 251-52 (facts), 256-60 (holding) - official ca4.uscourts.gov PDF
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published Fourth Circuit opinion documenting asbestos at this hull's builder yard: plaintiffs alleged shipbuilder Joseph Morris was exposed to asbestos while assembling Foster Wheeler boilers - boilers 'containing asbestos,' manufactured under Navy contract for use aboard U.S. Navy vessels - at the Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard from 1948 through the 1970s, causing the mesothelioma that killed him in 2015. The panel held the action removable under the federal-officer removal statute (28 U.S.C. 1442(a)(1)) on Foster Wheeler's colorable government-contractor defense. This hull was built at that yard 1966-1970 and, per NavSource, carried Foster-Wheeler boilers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- alleged exposure 1948-1970s; opinion 2017
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point shipyard workforce (era context overlapping this hull's 1966-1970 construction)
- Limitations
- A removal-jurisdiction ruling, not a merits decision - the asbestos allegations remained unadjudicated pleading-stage claims. Documents asbestos in the builder's yard and the boiler OEM's Navy products over an era overlapping this hull's construction; it does not establish that asbestos boilers were installed in AE-28 or anything about this hull's materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-santa-barbara-ae28-11
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[16]OSHA Publication 3375, 'Safe Work Practices for Shipbreaking'; plus GAO bid-protest decision B-401438, ESCO Marine, Inc. (May 17, 2010) documenting NAVSEA Ship Disposal Program ID/IQ contracts (awarded Dec. 30, 2004 to ESCO and ISL) for towing, dismantling, environmental remediation, and disposal of inactive government vessels [other_primary]
- Locator
- OSHA Pub. 3375 (hazards section); GAO B-401438 decision text (contract description)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Disposal-phase context for this hull's documented dismantling at ESCO Marine, Brownsville (scrapping contract awarded 9 Nov 2006 per NavSource; NVR 'disposed of by dismantling' 10 Oct 2007): OSHA's shipbreaking guidance identifies asbestos exposure as a core hazard of dismantling U.S. Navy ships, and the Navy's Ship Disposal Program contracts - under which ESCO operated - expressly covered environmental remediation and disposal services for inactive vessels.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 2005-2007 disposal
- Population
- ESCO Marine Brownsville dismantling workforce (disposal phase, 2006-2007)
- Limitations
- Program/regulatory context only: documents that asbestos remediation is a standard component of Navy ship dismantling at yards of this type, not the scope of asbestos removal actually performed on this hull. The ESCO contract-task file for T-AE-28 is the unretrieved lead (see archival row).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-santa-barbara-ae28-12
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[17]Cross-source reconciliation (this record): NVR milestone dates; DANFS entry; MSC PAO release; NavSource timeline [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR milestone block; DANFS supplement; MSC release NWS19oct-4; NavSource 0528 disposal entries; navysite.de/ae/ae28.htm general-characteristics table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved: (a) Keel date - NVR records 12/20/1966 while DANFS and NavSource record 30 December 1966; the NVR (official register) date is adopted, with the DANFS variant logged. (b) Decommissioning - NavSource lists 25 September 1998 (the ceremony date per the MSC release's companion excerpt), NVR and the MSC release record 30 September 1998 as the decommission date, and MSC acquired the ship 1 October 1998; the 30 September official date is adopted. (c) MSC-era end - NavSource records downgrade to planned disposal and striking on 3 August 2005 while secondary compilations (navysite.de; the veterans' association site) give 5 August 2005 as final retirement; the NVR stricken date 3 August 2005 is adopted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1966-2005
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies among official and secondary sources; does not affect identity or the asbestos record. None of these sources contains asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-santa-barbara-ae28-13
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[18]Batch-495 search ledger (this record): DANFS (hazegray transcription); NVR detail via Wayback; MSC PAO release; NHHC Vietnam-service list; NavSource 0528; Metal Trades 810 F. Supp. 689; Janis R&R 17-167-MN-SRF; Quiroz-Greene MDL-875; Sawyer 860 F.3d 249; GAO HRD-80-2; DLA ASSIST MIL-I-2781 record; OSHA Pub. 3375; GAO B-401438; CourtListener (throttled); indexed-web litigation checks; NARA record-group guides; veterans' association site (lead only) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-santa-barbara-ae28-01 through sl-uss-santa-barbara-ae28-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Beyond the Metal Trades contract-opinion documentation and the Janis litigation record, no further ship-specific asbestos record was located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, industrial-hygiene report, or hazmat disclosure for this hull was found in the public sources searched, and no additional docketed asbestos case naming the hull was located via indexed-web checking (see search_ledger). The veterans' association site (usssantabarbara.com) hosts a shipmate-compiled 'AE-28 HazMat Reference Guide' - a lead, not an authoritative source.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 2026-09-22
- Limitations
- The ship-specific record rests on one contract-dispute opinion's recital (insulation/lagging in a defined 1987 repair scope) plus litigation filings; absence of a survey or broader documentation does not bound ship-wide asbestos extent. CourtListener API was quota-throttled at research time (shared 2,800/day authenticated cap exhausted by same-day batch work on this machine; HTTP 'Expected available in ~3600 s') - systematic CL name/hull sweeps could not be completed and are logged as blocked in the ledger; litigation coverage instead rests on the published opinions located via indexed-web search plus the two hull-naming cases found there.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-santa-barbara-ae28-14
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[19]NARA: Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations (RG 24, NAID 594258, 1941-1983 series) - 1956-1978 deck logs digitized under the 2019 NARA-VA agreement (Vietnam-era vessels covered); post-1978 logs at NARA College Park (PII redaction applies); NHHC command histories/operation reports collection [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/notice (digitization scope); VA news release on deck-log digitization completion (Dec 2019); NARA RG 24 guide
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires catalog pull or reproduction; no spend authorized): this hull's deck logs for 1970-1978 are within the NARA-VA digitized range (Vietnam-era ship, confirmed on the NHHC list); logs 1979-1998 sit in the later RG 24 accretions at College Park; NHHC holds the ship's annual command histories/command operation reports; the NAVSEA/SUPSHIP contract file for Job Order 115 (1987 Metal Trades repair) and the 2006 ESCO scrapping task order are the most promising hull-specific hazmat leads; the shipmate-compiled 'AE-28 HazMat Reference Guide' at usssantabarbara.com may identify shipboard hazmat lore worth tracing to source.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1970-2007 records
- Limitations
- Record-group and repository mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-santa-barbara-ae28-15