Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Tripoli' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS Tripoli' returned 11 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-tripoli-lph10-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Tripoli' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS Tripoli' returned 107 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-tripoli-lph10-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'LPH-10' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'LPH-10' returned 70 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-tripoli-lph10-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'LPH-10' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'LPH-10' returned 3365 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-tripoli-lph10-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Siegfried v. 3M Company et al., No. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E (C.D. Cal.; removed from Los Angeles County Superior Court No. BC691900), Owens-Illinois, Inc.'s Joinder to Defendant Elliot Company's Notice of Removal, ECF No. 50 (filed 2018-03-02), before Judge Fernando M. Olguin; complaint Exhibit A at RECAP doc. 1-1 [court_record]
- Locator
- RECAP gov.uscourts.cacd.702384, ECF No. 50 (filed 03/02/18), Preliminary Statement para. 1 (numbered vessel list, 'USS Tripoli (LPH-10)'); complaint Exhibit A 'Location of Exposure' cell at RECAP doc. 1-1 (OCR 'LPH1 0')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Docketed asbestos litigation naming this hull: the Owens-Illinois removal joinder recites the complaint's allegation that plaintiff Terry Lee Siegfried 'was injured as a result of his exposure to asbestos from Owens-Illinois while an electrician and marine electrician between approximately 1969 and 1996 on the Long Beach Naval Shipyard' and aboard a 43-vessel list expressly including 'USS Tripoli (LPH-10)' (numbered vessel list in the joinder's Preliminary Statement, para. 1; complaint Exhibit A 'Location of Exposure' cell lists the same 43 hulls in a single undifferentiated field). Tripoli's documented Long Beach Naval Shipyard availabilities (post-shakedown 1966-67, restricted availability Jan-Mar 1968, screw replacement 23-27 Feb 1970, low-pressure-turbine reinstallation mid-1977) all fall inside the alleged 1969-1996 window. Same pleading posture as the Siegfried rows carried for USS Missouri (BB-63), USS Tarawa (LHA-1), and other hulls in this corpus.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1969-1996 (alleged exposure window; this hull's documented LBNSY windows 1966-68, 1970, 1977); 2018 (litigation)
- Population
- Terry Lee Siegfried (electrician/marine electrician, LBNSY and listed vessels, c.1969-1996)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation only: an undifferentiated 43-vessel list recited verbatim inside a defense removal filing (which asserts a government-contractor defense, not exposure facts). It alleges, but does not adjudicate, exposure aboard this hull; no discovery, fact-finding, or merits ruling on the allegation was located. Establishes nothing about materials aboard, products encountered, dates aboard, or legal eligibility. Subsequent case history not located this session (CourtListener API rate-limited - see search_ledger).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tripoli-lph10-01
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[6]DANFS Vol. VII (Naval Historical Center), 'Tripoli' II (LPH-10) entry - verbatim print scan via archive.org; verbatim transcription at losthistory.net/hazegray mirror (live NHHC DANFS page 404 on 2026-09-19) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. VII, Tripoli (LPH-10) entry (spec block + narrative; archive.org item dictionaryofamer07wash); hazegray transcription danfs/amphib/lph10.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official ship history: second Tripoli (LPH-10), Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship - laid down 15 June 1964 at Pascagoula, Miss., by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.; launched 31 July 1965, sponsored by Mrs. Jane Cates (wife of Gen. Clifton B. Cates, former CMC); commissioned 6 August 1966 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Capt. Henry Suerstedt Jr. DANFS documents repeated intrusive yard periods on this hull: post-shakedown availability at Long Beach occupying the ship until ~May 1967; restricted availability at Long Beach late January through end of March 1968; availability at the National Steel Co. San Diego yard ending 11 August 1969; moved to Long Beach 23-27 February 1970 to replace a cracked screw; overhaul at Hunter's Point (San Francisco) 1 February - 1 June 1971; towed to Long Beach Naval Shipyard mid-1977 to use the yard's facilities for reinstallation of the low-pressure turbine, work completed 26 July 1977. Recurring propulsion-plant casualties documented throughout (high-pressure-turbine repairs at Pearl Harbor 1973; dead in the water off Subic Bay 1973, towed in by Beaufort ATS-2). Nine Vietnam battle stars; flagship platform for TF 78 Operation 'Endsweep' mine removal at Haiphong 1973.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1964-1979 (entry narrative ends ~1979)
- Population
- Ingalls construction trades (1964-66); Philadelphia NSY (fitting out 1966); LBNSY trades (1966-67, 1968, 1970, 1977); National Steel San Diego (1969); Hunter's Point trades (1971); crew and embarked Marines (1966-1995)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only - DANFS contains no materials or asbestos information. Yard availabilities and recurring propulsion-plant repairs are documented as events; insulation disturbance during them is era inference, not a per-hull record. Hazegray transcription misprints the spec-block complement as 566; the printed scan reads 556 (carried).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tripoli-lph10-02
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[7]Naval Vessel Register ship detail page, TRIPOLI (LPH 10), Wayback capture 2024-08-09 (register last updated 07/13/2015; live SHIPSDETAIL page retired after MARAD title transfer) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_LPH_10 rendered page, Wayback capture 2024-08-09 (vessel status, milestone dates, physical characteristics blocks)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR register record for this hull: type 'AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP (HELICOPTER)'; UIC 07198; class LPH 2; builder Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.; award 12/10/1962; keel 06/15/1964; launch 07/31/1965; delivery 07/20/1966; commission 08/06/1966; decommission 09/15/1995; stricken 09/15/1995; status 'Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration,' date status changed 07/01/2015. Physical characteristics: 598 ft overall / 556 ft waterline, 84 ft beam, 28 ft max navigational draft, 13,156 tons light / 19,302 tons full displacement, steel hull with aluminum superstructure, propulsion type 'Steam Turbine,' 1 propeller, accommodations 267 officers + 2,091 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1962-2015
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops 1966-1995
- Limitations
- NVR documents registry milestones, characteristics, and custodial status - not materials or asbestos content. Its decommission field reads 09/15/1995 (identical to its stricken date) while NHHC Aviation Appendix 3 and the DANFS-era note give 09/08/1995; conflict flagged in gaps. Register last updated 07/13/2015 - predates the 2018 scrapping, which is documented separately (ev-07).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tripoli-lph10-03
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[8]Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses (OSAGWI), 'United States Navy in Desert Shield/Desert Storm' official chronology (GulfLINK, now hosted at gulflink.fhpr.osd.mil), 18-26 Feb 1991 entries incl. Appendix H raw chronology pages [other_primary]
- Locator
- gulflink.fhpr.osd.mil usnavy_116.html (18 Feb entry, p. A-34); usnavy_182.html (Appendix H, 18FEB entries, p. H-4); usnavy_183.html (19-24 Feb); usnavy_184.html (25 Feb-1 Mar). Prior host gulflink.health.mil returns 'Site Exception' - dead on 2026-09-19.
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DoD chronology of this hull's 18 February 1991 mine strike: 'Within three hours and ten nautical miles, USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10) and USS PRINCETON (CG-59) struck mines while conducting operations in the northern Arabian Gulf. USS TRIPOLI, the flagship in one of the most extensive mine-sweeping operations since the Korean War, sustained a 16X20 foot hole in forward starboard side below the waterline. Explosion caused minor flooding to six auxiliary spaces, minimized by damage control procedures. Four crewmembers were injured, and the amphibious assault ship remained fully mission capable.' Follow-on chronology entries: struck at 180135Z; reported fully mission capable 19 Feb and 'resumed duty as MCM/NGFS Commander'; damage revised to a 20-by-30-foot hole 22 Feb; crossdecked airborne mine-countermeasures helicopters and equipment to New Orleans (LPH-11) 24-25 Feb, staging/sorting from Jubayl while La Salle took over as AMCM platform.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1991
- Population
- Crew and embarked Marines (1991 mine strike and damage control); MCM staff embarked
- Limitations
- Documents combat damage, damage control, and the 1991 MCM role only - no asbestos information. Battle damage and subsequent repair are a documented disturbance event class on this hull, but no repair-yard asbestos detail is captured by this source. Permanent-repair location (Bahrain drydock for inspection and preliminary repair per USNI Proceedings, Jul 1991 - reputable press) is not stated in the chronology.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tripoli-lph10-04
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[9]NHHC, 'Appendix 3 - Aviation Ships,' LPH table (Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships / Naval Aviation appendices, history.navy.mil) [other_primary]
- Locator
- app03.pdf, 'Amphibious Assault Ships (LPH)' table, hull 10 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC aviation-ships register row for this hull: '10 Tripoli 6 Aug 1966 / 8 Sep 1995' - commissioned 6 August 1966, decommissioned 8 September 1995. Same table documents sister-hull dispositions (Iwo Jima stricken 10 Jul 1993; Okinawa 17 Dec 1992; Guadalcanal 31 Aug 1994; Guam, New Orleans, Inchon then active) and the LPH-conversion predecessors (Boxer LPH-4, Princeton LPH-5, Thetis Bay LPH-6, Valley Forge LPH-8).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1966-1995
- Limitations
- Registry milestone only - no materials or asbestos information. NHHC's 8 Sep 1995 decommissioning date conflicts with the NVR decommission field's 09/15/1995 (which equals NVR's stricken date); carried as a flagged conflict in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tripoli-lph10-05
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[10]MARAD vessel-history database, TRIPOLI (LPH-10) detail page (vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov ID 4924), Wayback capture 2021-11-28 - live page returns HTTP 502 on 2026-09-19 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- MARAD vessel-history detail page event table (5 events) + photo caption 'Ex-USS Tripoli arriving at Beaumont Reserve Fleet on April 14, 2015'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD custody record: fleet entry 21 September 1995; withdrawal 27 June 1997 'Leased to Army' (used as a mobile launch platform for theater missile-defense testing at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai); entry 14 April 2015 'Vessel arrived at Beaumont Reserve Fleet for lay-up pending transfer of title to MARAD'; acquisition 1 July 2015 'MARAD took title of the vessel from the U.S. Navy'; disposal event 31 December 2015 'Lifecycle downgrade.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1995-2015
- Population
- NDRF maintenance crews; PMRF test personnel during Army loan (1997-2015)
- Limitations
- Documents custody/disposition milestones only - no asbestos information, no survey, and no scrapping-contract event row (the MARAD event list ends at the 2015 downgrade; the 2018 dismantling is documented via reputable press in ev-07). Reserve-fleet and Army-loan material condition is not public.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tripoli-lph10-06
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[11]The Maritime Executive, 'Amphib USS Tripoli Finishes Final Voyage' (2018-07-18); Naval Today (2018-07-19); NavSource photo captions dated 2018-05-24, 2018-07-16, 2019-05-31 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- maritime-executive.com 2018-07-18 article; navaltoday.com 2018-07-19 article; navsource.org/archives/10/11/1110.htm photo captions (24 May 2018 departure; 16 Jul 2018 at Brownsville; 31 May 2019 being dismantled)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Final disposition: ex-Tripoli departed the Beaumont Reserve Fleet on 24 May 2018 under tow to International Shipbreaking LLC (EMR Group) at the Port of Brownsville, TX - the last remaining Iwo Jima-class hull - arriving mid-July 2018; photographed being dismantled at the yard through May 2019. Prior post-service custody: laid up at Mare Island, towed to Pearl Harbor December 2006 and fitted as a THAAD ballistic-missile target launch platform under the Army loan, returned to the San Francisco Bay area, then towed to Beaumont in 2015 (per MARAD/press chronology).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2018-2019
- Population
- International Shipbreaking yard workers (2018-2019 dismantling)
- Limitations
- Reputable-press documentation of disposal event only - not a MARAD contract record and not a materials record. Whether asbestos remained aboard at dismantling, and the yard's hazmat handling, are undocumented in public sources; NavSource photo captions are secondary corroboration of dates, not an official record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tripoli-lph10-07
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[12]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (published 1979-10-18), Enclosure I - Department of the Navy (CNO) letter, Ser 4542/318054 of 5 Jan 1979, with Attachment 1 ship list (Justia mirror; live gao.gov PDF assets return HTTP 403) [gao]
- Locator
- HRD-80-2 full report, Enclosure I pp. 1-4 (letter text) and Attachment 1 title block ('DELIVERED SINCE 1973 OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION')
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Program-level asbestos record applicable to this hull's era: the Navy's 5 Jan 1979 letter to GAO states that 'thermal insulation for machinery, equipment and piping systems has been the major application of asbestos,' that 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos' in non-insulation applications (electrical resistors, deck tile, galley-range cabling, piping gaskets and packing, brakes and clutches), that insulation specifications were revised toward asbestos-free materials as early as 1971 and called for asbestos-free materials by late 1973, that the formal no-asbestos policy NAVSEAINST 5100.2 issued 24 October 1975, and that removal policy then required replacement only when insulated equipment was repaired - later modified to add selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - with 30 to 50 percent of thermal asbestos 'normally untouched during the life of the ship.' Attachment 1 tabulates thermal-insulation status only for hulls 'delivered since 1973 or under construction'; this 1966-delivery hull is not in that table.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; ship's company fleet-wide (program context)
- Limitations
- Fleet-level program documentation - not a hull-specific finding. The 'all ships presently in service' statement supports era context for retained asbestos aboard this hull but does not enumerate what was installed on it, what was removed at its documented availabilities, or what remained at 2018 dismantling. The Attachment 1 exclusion is structural (pre-1973 delivery), not evidence about this hull's insulation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tripoli-lph10-08
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[13]NVR propulsion/characteristic fields ('Steam Turbine,' 1 propeller, steel hull/aluminum superstructure) + DANFS Vol. VII spec block (24+ kts) + GAO HRD-80-2 era context; secondary class references specify 2 x 600-psi boilers and one geared steam turbine, ~22,000-23,000 shp [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_LPH_10 physical-characteristics block; DANFS Vol. VII spec block; HRD-80-2 Enclosure I
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Plant-type note on era inference: this hull is a steam ship - oil-fired boilers feeding a geared steam turbine on a single screw (NVR propulsion type 'Steam Turbine'), delivered 20 July 1966, squarely inside the Navy's peak asbestos-construction era (pre-1971 specification revisions; see ev-08). For 1960s steam amphibious construction the era-typical asbestos applications are boiler casing and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe lagging, turbine lagging, valve/flange gaskets, machinery packing, deck tile, bulkhead fireproofing, and cable insulation - the same application classes the CNO letter describes fleet-wide. The hull's DANFS-documented propulsion casualties and repeated intrusive yard periods are the documented maintenance-disturbance pathway for such material.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1964-1966 (construction); 1966-1995 (service)
- Population
- Ingalls construction trades (1964-66); crew 1966-1995; yard workers at documented availabilities
- Limitations
- Era-typical application list is class_or_era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, abatement contract, or material inventory located. Boiler/turbine manufacturer and shp figures rest on secondary references and are not treated as established (NVR names no manufacturers). Does not establish quantities or present-day presence at dismantling.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tripoli-lph10-09
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[14]Batch-315 search ledger (this record): DANFS Vol. VII print scan (archive.org) + hazegray transcription; NVR (Wayback); NHHC Aviation Appendix 3; OSAGWI/GulfLINK chronology; GAO HRD-80-2 full text (Justia mirror); MARAD vessel-history (Wayback); CourtListener RECAP/index; CourtListener API v4 throttled at daily quota [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-tripoli-lph10-01 through sl-uss-tripoli-lph10-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located beyond the pleading-stage litigation listing (ev-01): no hull asbestos survey, no abatement contract, no hazmat/disposal disclosure for the reserve/loan period or the 2018-2019 dismantling, and no adjudicated exposure finding naming this hull. The CourtListener docket-level sweep is incomplete due to API daily-quota throttling; the index route returned the verified Siegfried documents plus name-collision noise only (CVE-64 predecessor, Tripoli Libya references, unrelated 'Ingalls' hits).
- 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 - era-standard materials are consistent with this hull's construction date and its documented repeated availabilities and battle-damage repair. Scrapped-hull hazmat manifests and ISL dismantling records are not public. CourtListener coverage gap is logged, not resolved - a re-run after quota reset may surface additional name collisions or, less likely, additional qualifying dockets.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tripoli-lph10-10