Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]research packet ic-packet.md (7 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-truett-de1095-pkt-ic-packet-md
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[2]GAO HRD-80-2 (B-163375), Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (released 1979-10-18), Enclosure I: Department of the Navy, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations letter Ser 4542/318054 (5 Jan 1979) to GAO, Attachment 1 ship listing [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 PDF, Enclosure I (letter p.1 at PDF p.11; attachment 'FRIGATE - FF' table at enclosure printed p.9 / PDF p.19, row 'TRUETT 1095 4/70 5/74'); Note 1 at enclosure printed p.12 / PDF p.22
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Department of the Navy record naming this hull: Attachment 1 to the OPNAV response letter lists U.S. Navy ships 'delivered since 1973 or are under construction' with thermal-insulation status by hull. Under 'FRIGATE - FF,' the row 'TRUETT 1095 4/70 5/74' (program start / delivery - delivery month matches the NVR 05/24/1974) falls in the eight-hull block FF-1090 through FF-1097 whose insulation column reads 'Asbestos thermal insulation' (single group label centered on the block). Enclosure I Note 1 defines the scope: 'thermal insulation refers to such insulation for machinery, equipment and piping. In addition to the exceptions noted for specific ships, asbestos is also used in shipboard applications for which no suitable (asbestos-free) substitutes have as yet been designated, i.e., gaskets and pipe hanger liners.' The Navy letter further states that 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos,' enumerating electrical resistors, floor and deck tiling, galley ranges and electric cabling, piping-system gaskets and packing, and equipment brakes and clutches as common shipboard asbestos applications beyond thermal insulation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1970-1979 (construction/program through report); insulation status as documented January 1979
- Population
- Crew of USS Truett 1974-1994 (NVR accommodations 20 officers / 276 enlisted); Avondale construction trades 1972-74
- Limitations
- Documents that this hull was delivered carrying asbestos thermal insulation for machinery, equipment and piping, plus asbestos gaskets/pipe-hanger liners - it does not give quantity, compartment-level locations, product brands, or installation crew; it does not track post-delivery removal (the Navy's contemporaneous policy was replacement only of damaged or repair-disturbed insulation, so some or all may have remained through the ship's service life, the 1994 lease, and the 1999 Thailand transfer). The 'Asbestos thermal insulation' cell is a group label spanning hulls FF-1090 to FF-1097, not a per-hull narrative; the 'START' column (4/70) reflects construction/program start, not the 27 April 1972 keel date. Live gao.gov serves 403 to automated fetches; the full PDF was retrieved via a 2020 Wayback capture and the TRUETT row verified from the rendered attachment page (enclosure printed p.9 = PDF p.19).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truett-de1095-01
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[3]DANFS, Truett (DE-1095) (NHHC page published 2015-10-16; verbatim via Wayback capture 2024-05-24 - live NHHC URL returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Truett entry - namesake biography, specifications block, and service narrative (1974-1979)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Chief Boatswain's Mate Quincy H. Truett (Navy Cross, posthumous, killed 20 January 1969 during a riverine rescue on the Kinh Dong Tien Canal, Vietnam, with River Division 551); laid down 27 April 1972 at Westwego, La., by Avondale Shipyards, Inc.; launched 3 February 1973, sponsored by Mrs. Geraldine Truett Walter; delivered to the Navy 24 May 1974 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va.; commissioned 1 June 1974, Comdr. James W. Egerton in command. Spec block: DE-1095; dp. 3,963 (f.); l. 438'; b. 47'; dr. 25'; s. 27 k.; cpl. 245; a. 1 5-in., ASROC, LAMPS, 4 15.5-in. tt.; cl. Knox. Service narrative: shakedown Guantanamo Bay Aug-Oct 1974; repairs at Norfolk Naval Shipyard; 1975 tests and Surface Warfare School training; reclassified frigate FF-1095 'on 1 July 1975' (DANFS wording); UNITAS XVI South American deployment July-Dec 1975 (Panama Canal transit 8 Aug, rounded Cape Horn); 'Safepass 76' NATO exercise March 1976; North Atlantic NATO deployment June-Dec 1976 (20 ports, Norway to Portugal); departed 27 Sept 1977 for the Mediterranean/6th Fleet; Suez transit 2 Feb 1978; operated with the Middle East Force in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden during the Ethiopian/Somalian crisis including a 56-day continuous at-sea period; returned to Norfolk 25 April 1978; entered Braswell Shipyard, Boston, for regular overhaul commencing 27 September 1978, extending into 1979. Narrative ends at 1979.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1969-1994 (entry coverage 1972-1979)
- Population
- Avondale construction trades 1972-74; ship's company 1974-1994 (design complement ~245 per spec block)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, builder, specifications, and service history - not materials or asbestos content. The published entry ends in 1979 and does not cover the 1980s-90s service, reserve-frigate conversion, or disposal. The DANFS reclassification date '1 July 1975' conflicts with NavSource's 30 June 1975 - carried in gaps. Live history.navy.mil URL returns 404; cited via the 2024-05-24 Wayback capture of the official page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truett-de1095-02
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[4]Naval Vessel Register (NAVSEA/NAVSHIPSO), ship detail page 'TRUETT (FFT 1095) (ex - DE 1095, FF 1095), FRIGATE (RESERVE TRAINING)', page last updated 2002-02-28 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_FFT_1095 milestone dates + physical characteristics + status/custodian fields
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR record for this hull: UIC 20073; builder Avondale Marine Ways Inc., Westwego, LA; award 08/25/1966; keel 04/27/1972; launch 02/03/1973; delivery 05/24/1974; commission 06/01/1974; decommission 07/30/1994; stricken 01/11/1995; status 'Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) Section 516, Southern Region Amendment' effective 12/09/1999; custodian THAILAND; 20.0 years commission to decommission. Physical: steel hull, aluminum superstructure; LOA 438 ft; waterline length 415 ft; beam 47 ft; light displacement 3,201 tons; full 4,182 tons; steam turbines, 1 propeller; accommodations 20 officers / 276 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1966-1999
- Population
- Avondale construction trades 1972-1974; ship's company 1974-1994; NRF active/reserve crews 1991-1994
- Limitations
- Authoritative for milestones, builder, propulsion type, and disposal mechanism; contains no materials or asbestos information. NVR records the transfer mechanism as grant under FAA Sec. 516 - secondary sources (NavSource, Wikipedia) describe it as a 'purchase'; carried in gaps. Live NVR page for this hull no longer serves the record (disposed ships); cited via 2016-11-29 Wayback capture.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truett-de1095-03
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[5]Public Law 103-174 (103d Congress, enacted 1993-12-02), Sec. 1(7) - 'An act to authorize the leasing of naval vessels to certain foreign countries' [other_primary]
- Locator
- P.L. 103-174 Sec. 1(7) (107 Stat. 2000)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Federal statute naming this hull: 'To the Government of Thailand, the "KNOX" class frigates MARVIN SHIELDS (FF 1066), HAROLD E. HOLT (FF 1074), OUELLET (FF 1077), and TRUETT (FFT 1095)' - the statutory basis for the 30 July 1994 lease that made the ex-Truett HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (F-461). Leases were under chapter 6 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2796 et seq.).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1993-1994
- Limitations
- Documents the legal authorization for lease by hull number; says nothing about ship condition, hazardous-material disclosure, or materials content aboard. The execution date of the lease (30 July 1994, concurrent with decommissioning) is from operational records (NVR/NavSource), not the statute text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truett-de1095-04
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[6]Public Law 106-65 (FY2000 National Defense Authorization Act, enacted 1999-10-05), Sec. 1018(a)(8) - 'Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries' [other_primary]
- Locator
- P.L. 106-65 Sec. 1018(a)(8) (113 Stat. 512)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Federal statute naming this hull: '(8) THAILAND.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer to the Government of Thailand the "KNOX" class frigate TRUETT (FF 1095). Such transfer shall be on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j)' - the authorization behind the 09 December 1999 grant transfer recorded in the NVR ('Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, FAA Section 516').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1999
- Limitations
- Authorizes transfer by hull number only; contains no hazmat/materials conditions for this hull. The statute authorizes a grant transfer; the NVR documents execution (status change 12/09/1999). Cited via the taiwandocuments.org public-law transcription of the enacted text (also at 113 Stat. 512).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truett-de1095-05
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[7]Mosher v. ABB, Inc. et al. (In re Asbestos Litigation), No. 1:18-cv-00410-LPS-SRF (D. Del.), Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 142 (filed 2019-11-19, Magistrate Judge Sherry R. Fallon); also posted at ded.uscourts.gov/sites/ded/files/opinions/18-410.pdf [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 142, pp. 3-5 (exposure history recital), pp. 5-6 (Aurora/Prairie-Masker), pp. 16-17 (Union Carbide), pp. 17-18 (Warren Pumps/Fairbanks-Morse averment)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A federal asbestos personal-injury action in which the exposure record is built substantially around this hull: plaintiff Kent E. Mosher served aboard USS Truett at Norfolk from 1973/1974 to 1977 as a boiler technician in the fire room. The Report and Recommendation recites deposition testimony that, aboard this ship, he performed monthly boiler repairs removing insulation and gaskets (gaskets 'often fell apart'; scraped boilers with a wire brush; mixed a powder with liquid into a cement-like plaster applied to the boilers), monthly pump repairs replacing gaskets and packing (packing-puller and pick removal; insulation re-applied from mixed powder), weekly valve work removing gaskets and packing - all described as producing dust he inhaled - and that he was present while others removed gaskets and insulation from the turbines, 'a dusty process.' Hull-specific equipment detail in the record: Warren Pumps averred, citing naval archive records, that the booster pumps aboard USS Truett during the relevant period were manufactured by Fairbanks-Morse, not Warren (D.I. 129, Ex. C); Aurora Pump averred Mosher mistakenly identified it as maker of two Prairie-Masker system pumps on the USS Truett. The R&R recommends GRANTING summary judgment to all ten moving defendants (ABB, Aurora Pump, Crosby Valve, FMC, Gardner Denver, Gould Electronics, Pfizer, Siemens, Union Carbide, Warren Pumps), on product-identification/substantial-factor grounds; plaintiffs did not respond to these motions.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1973/74-1977 (alleged exposure); 2018-2019 (litigation)
- Population
- Kent E. Mosher (USN boiler technician aboard USS Truett c.1973/74-1977; mesothelioma dx Dec 2017); fire-room/engineering crew of this hull
- Limitations
- Discovery-stage record: the shipboard exposure narrative is deposition testimony recited for summary-judgment purposes, not an adjudicated finding. The magistrate recommended granting every moving defendant's motion - a merits-level negative for this plaintiff on product identification and substantial-factor causation, not affirmative evidence that specific products aboard contained asbestos or caused disease. The RECAP docket record (CL docket 6443822, PACER case 64763, suit nature '368 P.I.: Asbestos') confirms the case terminated 2021-01-25; whether the district judge formally adopted each R&R is not separately verified - no adoption order is among the indexed docket documents returned this session. Service dates differ slightly between the two R&Rs: 'stationed on the USS Truett...from 1973 to 1977' (Doc 142) vs. 'in the spring of 1974, he was assigned to the USS Truett' (Doc 143).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truett-de1095-06
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[8]Mosher v. ABB, Inc. et al. (In re Asbestos Litigation), No. 1:18-cv-00410-LPS-SRF (D. Del.), Report and Recommendation re Air & Liquid Systems Corp., ECF No. 143 (filed 2019-11-20, Magistrate Judge Sherry R. Fallon); also posted at ded.uscourts.gov/sites/ded/files/opinions/18-410_0.pdf [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 143, pp. 2-3 (Truett service/fire-pump recital), pp. 7-9 (substantial-factor analysis)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Companion Report and Recommendation in the same action, on Air & Liquid Systems Corp.'s opposed summary-judgment motion (successor-by-merger to Buffalo Pumps, Inc.). Recites additional hull-specific record evidence: there was only one fire pump aboard USS Truett, a Buffalo pump supplying water for the fire suppression systems; Mosher identified it by casing nameplate, never opened or repacked it, and his contact was limited to turning the pump's electric motor on and off. Recommends GRANTING summary judgment - the testimony did not establish 'frequency, regularity, or proximity' of work on Buffalo pumps sufficient for maritime substantial-factor causation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1973/74-1977 (alleged exposure); 2018-2019 (litigation)
- Population
- Kent E. Mosher (USN boiler technician aboard USS Truett; mesothelioma)
- Limitations
- Discovery-stage record with the same posture caveat as ev-06: the recital documents an alleged exposure site and product-identification testimony, while the recommended disposition is a defense win on causation. It affirmatively narrows rather than establishes asbestos exposure - the identified Buffalo fire-pump work involved no insulation disturbance. The RECAP docket confirms case termination 2021-01-25; formal R&R adoption orders not separately verified in the indexed documents.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truett-de1095-07
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[9]U.S. Navy Photograph NH 107444 (collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command; ibiblio/HyperWar picture-data mirror), USS Truett (FF-1095) underway Atlantic Ocean, January 1989; plus SECNAV FOIA reading-room COR collection: USS Nitro (AE-23) 1981 Command History naming USS TRUETT (FF 1095) in Transit Group Two, Feb 1981 Mediterranean deployment [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio HyperWar mirror, photo NH 107444 picture data; USS_NITRO_COR_1981.pdf (secnav.navy.mil FOIA reading room), narrative (Transit Group TWO list)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Federal archival holdings for this hull exist: NHHC collections include official photograph NH 107444 (USS Truett underway, Atlantic, January 1989), and the Navy's FOIA reading-room Command Operations Reports include the USS Nitro 1981 command history naming USS TRUETT (FF 1095) as a Transit Group Two unit for the February 1981 Mediterranean deployment - evidence that command-history material naming this hull exists in federal records (the practical route to any ship-specific engineering or materials record: the ship's own CHRs, deck logs, and Booklet of General Plans at NHHC/NARA).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1981 (COR); 1989 (photo); archival holdings
- Limitations
- Archival-existence evidence only - documents that NHHC/NARA hold material naming this hull, not its content. The NHHC photo catalog entry is cited via the verbatim ibiblio mirror; the Nitro COR is a secnav.navy.mil FOIA reading-room PDF. The ship's own command histories and deck logs were not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truett-de1095-08
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[10]Builder-yard asbestos record (Atlas shipyards.json 'avondale-shipyard'): Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc., No. 22-CV-0610 (E.D. La. 2023); Cortez v. Lamorak Ins. Co., No. 20-2389 (E.D. La. 2022); Chaisson v. Avondale Industries, No. 2005-CA-1511 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2006); Granier v. Avondale Industries, No. 2005-CA-1085 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2006); NIOSH HHE 97-0260 (Avondale) [court_record]
- Locator
- shipyards.json 'avondale-shipyard' products_documented + underlying court records; NavSource DE-1095 specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Builder-yard/era inference for this hull: Truett was built 1972-1973 at Avondale's Westwego yard, where court records document asbestos products in use across 1961-1979 - Kaylo pipe insulation, Johns-Manville Marinite 36 composite wallboard (40% amosite, installed in galleys/living quarters by Hopeman Brothers contracts 1962-1976, ~72 vessels), Westinghouse Micarta laminate, Uniroyal asbestos cloth ('commonplace' on Avondale ships), and Garlock/Flexitallic gaskets. Combined with the era-standard Knox-class steam plant (2 x Combustion Engineering 1,200-psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp; 1 shaft), period asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing would have been standard for the type.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1961-1979 (yard documentation); 1972-1973 (this hull's construction)
- Population
- Avondale construction trades (Westwego), 1972-1974
- Limitations
- Yard-level and class/era inference only - no cited yard source names DE-1095 or any specific hull; the Avondale cases document yard practice, not this ship's bill of materials. The ship-specific findings for this hull are ev-01 (Navy letter listing TRUETT under asbestos thermal insulation) and ev-06/ev-07 (Mosher litigation recitals); this row adds context, not an independent ship-specific finding. Does not establish quantity, location, remaining material, or any individual exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truett-de1095-09
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[11]GAO/NSIAD-99-18, 'Federal Surplus Ships: Government Efforts to Address the Growing Backlog of Ships Awaiting Disposal' (Oct 1998) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO NSIAD-99-18, report body (ship-scrapping/hazmat background sections)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Program-level recognition that U.S. surplus Navy and MARAD ships of this era 'contain hazardous materials such as asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), lead, mercury, and cadmium'; documents the 1994 EPA-driven halt to overseas scrapping sales and the late-1990s disposal environment - the context in which this hull was instead leased (1994) and grant-transferred (1999) in commissionable condition to Thailand rather than scrapped.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1982-1999
- Population
- Ship disposal program level
- Limitations
- Does not name this hull or the Knox class; describes surplus-ship scrapping policy, not foreign military transfer. Establishes era/program awareness of shipboard asbestos, not the presence, quantity, or location of ACM aboard DE-1095.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truett-de1095-10
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[12]Pattaya Mail, 'Retired navy frigate opens as floating museum in Sattahip' (Oct 2020; Wayback capture 2020-10-30); corroborated by Bangkok Post (2021-04-07) and helis.com unit record [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Pattaya Mail article (Oct 2020); Bangkok Post 'Navy looks to repurpose two 70-year-old ships' (2021-04-07); helis.com FFG-461 unit record
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-transfer disposition of this hull: contemporaneous press reports HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (ex-USS Truett, FFG-461) - 'one of two Knox-class frigates leased, then purchased, from the U.S. Navy in 1994' - was decommissioned by the Royal Thai Navy (2017-09-30 per helis.com and contemporaneous Thai coverage; NavSource reads 2015-09-30 - conflict carried in gaps) and converted to a floating museum/learning center at Sattahip Naval Base, opened 22 September 2020 (NavSource reads dedication 22 September 2022 - conflict carried in gaps); Bangkok Post (April 2021) reports both ex-Knox frigates in use as floating museums/excursion ships off Sattahip.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1994-2021
- Population
- Royal Thai Navy crew 1994-2017; museum visitors/staff 2020-present
- Limitations
- Press-level documentation of foreign-service status and museum conversion - not an official record and silent on hazardous materials. The transfer mechanics in statute/NVR are grant-basis under FAA Sec. 516; press and secondary sources commonly write 'purchased.' Thai-service material condition, any abatement, and museum-conversion hazmat handling are undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truett-de1095-11
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[13]CourtListener API v4 sweep (authenticated, fleet-paced helper): '"USS Truett"' opinions = 0; '"Truett" asbestos' opinions = 11, all name collisions; hull-number opinions = 2, both collisions; '"USS Truett"' and '"FF-1095"' dockets = 1 each, both the Mosher action; remaining docket variants throttled - see limitations_note and search_ledger [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search queries of 2026-09-28 (search_ledger sl-uss-truett-de1095-05, -06, -15, -16)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion searches returned zero hits for '"USS Truett"' and no qualifying asbestos litigation on the variant queries: '"Truett" asbestos' returned 11 opinions, every one a name collision (e.g., Li Xi v. Apple Inc., Northampton County Area Community College v. Dow Chemical, Olympia Co. v. Celotex, Callahan v. Scott Paper, Yeager's Fuel, Argus v. Eastman Kodak, Gunnells litigation - 'Truett' appears as a surname or business name, never the vessel); hull-number opinion variants returned 2 hits, both collisions (People v. Clark, N.Y. App. Div. 2017; Wonderland Shopping Center v. CDC Mortgage Capital, 6th Cir. 2001). RECAP docket searches returned exactly one docket naming this hull - '"USS Truett"' and '"FF-1095"' each return Mosher v. ABB, Inc., 1:18-cv-00410 (D. Del.; filed 2018-03-16, terminated 2021-01-25, nature of suit 368 P.I.: Asbestos; CL docket 6443822) - the same action carried at ev-06/ev-07.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28 (sweep date)
- Limitations
- Sweep is partially incomplete at session write time: opinion coverage complete (exact name, asbestos-qualified name, hull-number variants - all classified) and principal docket queries complete ('USS Truett', 'FF-1095' - both resolve to the Mosher docket), while 'DE-1095', 'FFT-1095', and 'Phutthayotfa' docket-type queries were repeatedly blocked by the shared fleet-wide CL pacing budget (~114/hr) and stand logged 'blocked' in the search_ledger per helper guidance. CourtListener coverage is not exhaustive in any case: state trial courts, unindexed federal complaints, MDL-875 ship lists not OCR'd into search, and BVA decisions (not a CL corpus) are outside the sweep.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truett-de1095-12
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[14]Batch-4029 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (via Wayback - live page 404); NVR (via Wayback); GAO HRD-80-2 (via Wayback); P.L. 103-174 and P.L. 106-65; D. Del./govinfo USCOURTS (Mosher R&Rs); NHHC photo NH 107444 + FOIA COR reading room; CourtListener name/hull sweep; VA BVA/va.gov; MARAD/NDRF; NHHC CHR index [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-truett-de1095-01 through -16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull-level asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure attached to the 1994 lease or 1999 transfer, or museum-era hazmat disclosure (Thai museum conversion) was located for this hull in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The located ship-specific asbestos records are the Navy's own OPNAV ship listing (ev-01: this hull delivered with asbestos thermal insulation plus gaskets/pipe-hanger liners) and the Mosher litigation file (ev-06, ev-07: deposition-recital stage, recommended defense summary judgments).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- The ev-01 Navy letter documents insulation type at delivery, not quantity, compartment locations, or post-delivery removal; absence of a located abatement or transfer-disclosure record does not prove none exists - a 1972-73 Avondale-built steam frigate documented under 'asbestos thermal insulation' remained in service 20 years and was transferred abroad twice, and any in-service abatement, Thai-service material condition, and museum-conversion hazmat handling are undocumented in public sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truett-de1095-13