USS TATTNALL (DDG-19)

Evidence

10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).

1. [1]research packet hn-packet.md (5 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERDICT: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Tattnall | Hull: DDG-19 | Designation: guided-missile destroyer (DDG)

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-tattnall-ddg19-pkt-hn-packet-md

2. [2]NHHC DANFS, 'Tattnall II (DDG-19)' (live history.navy.mil page serves 404; February 2025 Wayback capture carries the full entry; identical DANFS-volume text through 1978 transcribed at https://losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/destroy/ddg19.htm) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS 'Tattnall II (DDG-19)' entry, specification block + full service narrative + closing disposal paragraph

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS record for this hull: specification block - 3,370 tons, 432 ft, beam 47 ft, draft 21 ft, 34 kt, complement 364, two 5-inch guns, one Tartar missile launcher, one ASROC launcher, six torpedo tubes, class Charles F. Adams; second ship of the name (Commodore Josiah Tattnall); laid down 14 November 1960 at New Orleans, La., by Avondale Marine Ways, Inc.; launched 26 August 1961, sponsored by Mrs. Mary Adams Mason; commissioned 13 April 1963 at Charleston, S.C., Comdr. William F. Regan. Service narrative 1963-1990: Charleston homeport; NATO Exercise 'Teamwork' 1964; Mediterranean deployments 1964-65, 1966, 1967-68, 1968, 1972, 1974-75 (incl. Leningrad visit with Leahy DLG-16), 1977 (seven-month), 1983-84, 1988, 1990; CNO projects incl. O/S 102 class combat-effectiveness test; first regular overhaul Charleston Naval Shipyard 22 Aug 1966-7 Mar 1967; homeport shift to Mayport 29 Jul 1969; NATO 'Peacekeeper' 1969; second regular overhaul Charleston NSY through 24 Mar 1971; 'Royal Knight' 1971; first UNITAS deployment 1973; restricted availability Charleston Jul-Sep 1974; regular overhaul Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 4 Oct 1975-6 Aug 1976; SNFL North Atlantic deployment Jun-Dec 1978 ('Northern Wedding'); Jacksonville Shipyards drydock Apr-May 1979; Persian Gulf/Middle East Force 1980 (defending flagship La Salle AGF-3); electrical fire after engine room departing Puerto Cortes, Honduras Aug-Sep 1980; Suez Canal uncharted-object strike damaging starboard propeller 26 May 1981; fifteen-month Philadelphia NSY overhaul Aug 1981-Nov 1982 (Harpoon, NTDS installed); Beirut Multinational Force support Nov 1983-Jan 1984 incl. 5-inch fire on Syrian anti-aircraft positions 13, 18-19 Dec 1983; fire 24 Jan 1984 (Claude V. Ricketts DDG-5 assisted; all anti-aircraft capability lost; repairs through Feb 1985); Persian Gulf Oct 1985-Apr 1986; towed to Jacksonville Shipyard drydock Jan-Apr 1987; Constanta, Romania port visit Jun 1988; boiler drydock Jan-May 1989; Haitian refugee-vessel interdiction Jul 1989; Suez transit 19 Aug 1990 supporting Desert Shield; relieved by Sampson DDG-10; returned Mayport 8 Sep 1990; out of commission 18 Jan 1991; struck 12 Jan 1993; stored Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility Philadelphia; sold to International Shipbreaking Ltd. 10 Feb 1999; towed by Elsbeth III from 18 Mar 1999; dismantled 12 Apr 1999-22 Mar 2000.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1960-2000

   Population

   Avondale Marine Ways construction trades 1960-63; crew 1963-1991 (design complement 364); repair-yard workforces at availabilities and overhauls

   Limitations

   DANFS documents service history, specifications, builder, and yard periods - not materials or asbestos content. Transcription anomalies carried rather than corrected: spec block reads '6 15.6" tt.' (class standard is 12.75-inch Mk 32 tubes) and 'Volas' for Volos. The DANFS-volume text ends in 1978; NHHC's extended entry (which incorporates later command histories) covers through disposal. Wayback capture cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-tattnall-ddg19-01

3. [3]Naval Vessel Register, TATTNALL (DDG 19) detail page (NAVSHIPSO/NAVSEA official inventory record; live page no longer serves the disposed hull - May 2011 Wayback capture; record last updated 16 Jan 2007) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NVR ship detail fields (status, milestone dates, builder, remarks)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NVR record for this hull: UIC 04685; class DDG 2 (Charles F. Adams); award date 21 Jul 1959; keel date 14 Nov 1960; launch 26 Aug 1961; delivery 29 Mar 1963; commission 13 Apr 1963; decommission 18 Jan 1991; stricken 12 Jan 1993; status 'Disposed of, resold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping', date status changed 10 Feb 1999; builder AVONDALE MARINE WAYS INC; remarks 'DISMANTLED AT INTERNATIONAL SHIPBREAKING LIMITED, BROWNSVILLE, TX. ON 22 MAR 00'; age at disposal 37.5 years from launch, 35.9 from delivery.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1959-2000

   Population

   Avondale Marine Ways construction trades 1960-63; crew 1963-1991; NISMF Philadelphia custodial workforce 1993-99; International Shipbreaking dismantling workforce 1999-2000

   Limitations

   Administrative inventory record - documents lifecycle dates, builder, disposition path, and dismantling site, not materials or asbestos content. Stricken date 12 Jan 1993 conflicts with NavSource/NavalCoverMuseum's 'June 12 1993' (carried in gaps; NVR is the official register). Propulsion-type field is blank in this record. Wayback capture cited because the live NVR detail page serves only a generic frame for the disposed hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-tattnall-ddg19-02

4. [4]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DDG-19 USS Tattnall - class characteristics and 'Operational and Building Data' block; commanding-officer roster (Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves compilation); January 2025 Wayback capture [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource DDG-19 photo index: 'CLASS - CHARLES F. ADAMS As Built' block; 'Operational and Building Data'; 'Commanding Officers' roster

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NavSource compiled record for this hull: class characteristics - 4,526 tons full load, 437 ft x 47 ft x 15 ft, Tartar SAM (Mk 13 single-arm), ASROC (1x8), six 12.75-inch Mk 32 ASW torpedo tubes, 'Machinery, 70,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws', 33 kt, crew 333-350; building data - laid down by Avondale Marine, Avondale LA, 14 Nov 1960; launched 26 Aug 1961; commissioned 13 Apr 1963; decommissioned 18 Jan 1991; stricken 'June 12 1993'; sold to International Shipbreakers, Brownsville Feb 10 1999 and scrapped. Commanding-officer roster includes CDR Peter Thomas Deutermann (Jun 1981-Mar 1984) - the respondent commanding officer named in the 1982 court-martial-era opinion Richards v. Deuterman (ev-09), and CDR William Ted Funk (Jul 1988-Jan 1991), the ship's final CO.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1960-2000

   Population

   Crew 1963-1991

   Limitations

   Volunteer-compiled secondary data used only where it agrees with or supplements NVR/DANFS: its building and decommissioning dates match NVR, its 'Stricken June 12 1993' conflicts with NVR's 12 Jan 1993 (NVR carried; conflict documented in gaps). Machinery and crew figures are compiled secondary data - DANFS's 364 complement is carried. Documents service chronology - not materials or asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-tattnall-ddg19-03

5. [5]Hendricks V, Pokrywka J, Creek C, 'Wired for Disaster: Cableway Improvement Program' (National Shipbuilding Research Program report, DTIC 1988; published version Journal of Ship Production 5(4):245-248, Nov 1989, DOI 10.5957/jsp.1989.5.4.245) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Journal of Ship Production 5(4):245-248 abstract / NSRP report abstract (indexed text)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Published technical account of a fire aboard this hull: 'In January 1984 on the USS Tattnall (DDG-19) a fire originating in a locked compartment spread through electrical cableways. Before being contained, this fire caused loss of life, extensive damage to critical systems and prevented the ship from completing her assigned mission.' Investigation found the fire resulted from cableway discrepancies; follow-on surveys found the discrepancies 'common to the fleet in great numbers' and 15-20% of dead-ended cables still electrically energized, leading to the Navy-wide Cableway Improvement Program developed by AmSEC and NAVSEADET (PERA CV).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1984 (fire); 1988-1989 (report/publication)

   Population

   Tattnall crew January 1984; fleet-wide cableway workforce under the resulting improvement program

   Limitations

   Documents the January 1984 electrical-cableway fire and the fleet program it spawned - the DANFS/NHHC narrative dates the fire 24 Jan 1984 off Beirut (assistance from Claude V. Ricketts DDG-5; loss of anti-aircraft capability; repairs through Feb 1985). The paper says nothing about asbestos; electrical cable insulation aboard is not described by material. 'Loss of life' is stated without itemization. The Damage Control Museum's casualty page titles the incident '31 December 1984' - a date conflict carried in gaps. Abstract-level review via indexed text; full paper not examined.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-tattnall-ddg19-04

6. [6]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (Comptroller General, 18 Oct 1979) [gao]

   Locator

   GAO HRD-80-2 summary/findings text (insulation specification change, installation through May 1978, removal policy, 30-50% residual figure, OPNAVINST 6260.1)

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   GAO program review of Navy asbestos control: asbestos thermal insulation 'was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships'; the Navy changed its thermal-insulation specification to asbestos-free in 1973, but previously purchased asbestos stock was still being installed, and 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978'; 'all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables'; Navy policy since 1975 removed/replaced asbestos only if damaged or required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace insulation in high-maintenance areas - the Navy estimated implementation would remove all shipboard thermal asbestos insulation within five years 'except the 30 to 50 percent which normally remains untouched, except for minor maintenance, during the life of a ship'; OPNAVINST 6260.1 (Apr 1974, rev. Aug 1978) established the fleet asbestos-control program. A destroyer built 1960-63 predates the transition - era-standard asbestos thermal insulation is the consistent inference for this hull's build period, though this is not a ship-specific finding.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1979 (report); policy period 1973-1984; build-era context 1960-63

   Population

   Navy-wide shipboard workforce; shipyard insulation workers (Long Beach, Norfolk fieldwork)

   Limitations

   Program-level review fieldworked at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - it does not name this hull, does not establish materials aboard DDG-19, and does not resolve whether insulation was removed from this hull during her 1966-67, 1970-71, 1975-76, or 1981-82 overhauls or the 1984-85 fire repairs. gao.gov blocks automated fetches (403 - standing defect since Batch 01); content verified via indexed text of the report and the product page.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-tattnall-ddg19-05

7. [7]DANFS yard-period narrative for this hull + Atlas shipyard dataset records 'avondale-shipyard', 'charleston-naval-shipyard', 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard'; GAO HRD-80-2 [other_primary]

   Locator

   DANFS service narrative yard-period entries; shipyards.json records for the three yards; GAO HRD-80-2 summary text

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/yard inference: a Charles F. Adams-class destroyer built 1960-63 at Avondale Marine Ways with a 1,275-psi steam plant (class design: four Combustion Engineering boilers, two General Electric geared turbines ~70,000 shp) would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation - boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, wire insulation, fireproofing, deck coverings. Builder yard is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2): asbestos products identified include Kaylo insulation, lagging cloth for steam pipes, gaskets, floor tiles, adhesives, fire-resistant blankets, with mesothelioma litigation (Latiolais, Barrosse, Hotard) and a NIOSH health hazard evaluation (HHE 97-0260). This hull's documented repair yards are likewise documented at yard level: Charleston Naval Shipyard (two regular overhauls 1966-67 and 1970-71 plus a 1974 restricted availability; Atlas tier 2; documented pipe insulation, boiler coatings, spray-on insulation, gaskets, packing; Whalen and Twidwell verdicts) and Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (regular overhauls 1975-76 and 1981-82 plus Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility storage 1993-99; Atlas tier 3; named products incl. Eagle-Picher Super 60, Thermasil, Unibestos, Kaylo; OSHA 1989 inspection). Yard documentation plus the GAO-documented fleet policy (asbestos replaced only when damaged or repair-required, 30-50% expected to remain untouched over a ship's life) frame the plausible exposure window for this hull's construction, repair, and dismantling workforce - without establishing any material aboard DDG-19.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1960-2000

   Population

   Avondale Marine Ways construction trades 1960-63; Charleston NSY workforces 1966-67, 1970-71, 1974; Philadelphia NSY workforces 1975-76, 1981-82; Jacksonville Shipyards drydock workforces 1979, 1987; NISMF custodial workforce 1993-99; ISL dismantling workforce 1999-2000; crew 1963-1991

   Limitations

   Class/era and builder/repair-yard inference only - no ship-specific finding. Yard records document conditions at the yards, not aboard this hull; no DDG-19 work package, materials schedule, insulation-removal record, or dismantling hazmat survey was located. Jacksonville Shipyards (1979 and 1987 drydocks) and International Shipbreaking Ltd. (1999-2000 dismantling) have no Atlas slug - their yard-level documentation was not assessed here. NARA RG19 ship-specification files are the open lead for hull-level confirmation (ev-07).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-tattnall-ddg19-06

8. [8]NARA research guide 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' - RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence, ship general information books, specifications, engineering drawings [other_primary]

   Locator

   NARA asbestos research guide, record-series listing

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA's official research path for hull-level asbestos documentation: Bureau of Ships (RG 19) correspondence, ship general information books, and ship specifications are identified as the record series bearing on asbestos in naval vessels. The guide's core coverage (through 1961) includes this hull's laying period (November 1960) and early Avondale construction; a DDG-19 specification or general-information file would be the primary-source route to a hull-level materials finding. No DDG-19 file was examined in this batch.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1960-1963 (records); guide current

   Population

   Research pathway for construction-era materials on this hull

   Limitations

   Archival lead only - the existence of a retrievable DDG-19 specifications file is not established, and the guide's 1961 boundary may exclude late-construction documentation (1963 completion/delivery). No retrieval performed.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-tattnall-ddg19-07

9. [9]USS Tattnall (DDG-19) 1984 cruise book (Navy-produced crew publication for the 1983-84 Mediterranean/Beirut cruise, mirrored at e-yearbook.com); NHHC/NARA deck-log and command-history holdings [other_primary]

   Locator

   e-yearbook.com Tattnall DDG-19 cruise book 1984 (cover, department pages, in-memoriam)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Ship-produced documentation of this hull's complement organization and 1983-84 cruise exists: the 1984 cruise book covers the Beirut Multinational Force cruise including the January 1984 fire period, with departmental rosters (engineering spaces being the asbestos-relevant compartments for a steam plant) and an in-memoriam entry for GMG2 Robert P. Strack (died in a vehicle accident, October 1984 - not fire-related). NHHC digitized command-operation-report and deck-log holdings for DDG-19 were not located; NARA holds deck logs for the period.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1983-1984 (cruise book); 1963-1991 (deck logs/command histories)

   Population

   Ship's crew 1983-84 cruise incl. Engineering Department

   Limitations

   Cruise books document personnel, ports, and departmental structure, not materials; the Engineering Department roster establishes only that engineering ratings served aboard - not exposure. e-yearbook.com is a commercial mirror of the Navy-published original; OCR quality is poor. Digitized NHHC COR/deck-log files for this hull were not found.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-tattnall-ddg19-08

10. [10]CourtListener API v4 sweep via cl-auth-search.py, 2026-09-28: "USS Tattnall" (type=o) - 2 hits; "Tattnall" asbestos (type=o) - 0 hits; "DDG-19" (type=o) - 3 hits; "USS Tattnall" docket-side (type=r) - 16 dockets [court_record]

    Locator

    cl-auth-search.py runs 2026-09-28; Richards cluster 8663803; Turk clusters 8665865 + 8666192; Redman docket 4174328 (3:08-cv-03013 N.D. Cal.); Henderson docket (2:26-cv-04650 C.D. Cal.)

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located on CourtListener. Opinion side: 'USS Tattnall' returned two non-asbestos military-justice opinions naming the hull - Richards v. Deuterman, 13 M.J. 990 (N-M Ct. Mil. Rev. 1982), extraordinary-relief petition arising from pretrial confinement ordered by the ship's commanding officer (CDR P. T. Deutermann commanded DDG-19 1981-84); and United States v. Turk, 22 M.J. 740 (N-M Ct. Mil. Rev. 1986), Government appeal of a dismissal in the court-martial of an electronics technician who missed movement of USS Tattnall in June 1985. Hull-number 'DDG-19' returned the same two cases (3 records - Turk indexed in two clusters). 'Tattnall asbestos' returned zero - no published opinion pairs the name with asbestos. Docket side (RECAP, 'USS Tattnall'): 16 dockets, dominated by Tattnall County, Georgia, and surname collisions; two are asbestos personal-injury dockets in which the name string appears in OCR'd document text with role unresolved - Redman v. A.W. Chesterton Co., 3:08-cv-03013 (N.D. Cal.; the same docket surfaced on the 'USS Joseph Strauss' sweep for sister hull DDG-16, consistent with a multi-ship list exhibit) and Ray Henderson v. Federal-Mogul Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, 2:26-cv-04650 (C.D. Cal., notice of removal from Ventura County Superior Court). Neither docket's Tattnall reference is verified as an exposure-site allegation for this hull.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    1982-1986 (opinions); 2008-2026 (dockets); sweep 2026-09-28

    Limitations

    CourtListener covers published opinions and RECAP dockets, not state filings or settled cases - a common gap for asbestos dockets, most of which never reach an opinion. The bare-name 'Tattnall' opinion query was not run (Tattnall County, Ga., and surnamed parties create high collision noise; the asbestos-conjunct variant returned zero, covering the asbestos-relevant slice). Redman and Henderson are pleading/removal-posture dockets where the vessel name's role (exposure vessel vs. ship-list exhibit vs. unrelated string) is unresolved - classified down per litigation-stage discipline, not exposure evidence; full-text exhibit review is the open step. Both military opinions are 'other litigation,' not exposure evidence.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-tattnall-ddg19-09