Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS TRUXTUN' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS TRUXTUN' returned 0 results (2026-10-07)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- zero-hit search; absence of hits is not proof of no litigation
- Evidence ID
- uss-truxtun-cgn35-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS TRUXTUN' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS TRUXTUN' returned 36 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-truxtun-cgn35-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'CGN-35' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'CGN-35' returned 23 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-truxtun-cgn35-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'CGN-35' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'CGN-35' returned 1344 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-truxtun-cgn35-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Board of Veterans' Appeals decision A23036224, Docket No. 191112-56222 (Dec. 18, 2023) (D. Johnson, Veterans Law Judge) [court_record]
- Locator
- Order + Finding of Fact 3; '2. Service connection for mesothelioma or a lung condition is denied' section (August 2023 hearing-testimony recital); Reasons for Remand (TERA/PACT Act)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- VA Board of Veterans' Appeals order on a Navy veteran's service-connection claim naming this hull expressly: the Veteran (active duty July 1973 - July 1979) contended he had mesothelioma or a lung condition due to asbestos exposure on the USS Truxtun (CGN-35), testifying at the August 2023 Board hearing that he was 'in the room when welders worked on the plumbing in the reactor rooms' and that white powder/debris released into the air entered his eyes, nose, and lungs; he reported a 2003 fatal diagnosis with an 8-year projected life expectancy, asbestosis with pleural plaquing, and 'asbestos dipoles' on CT scan. The Board DENIED service connection for mesothelioma or a lung condition, finding the evidence of record persuasively weighs against any current diagnosis - pendency imaging and treatment records did not confirm the claimed findings, and the Board found the Veteran unreliable in relaying contemporaneous diagnoses. The asbestos-exposure assertion itself was recited, never adjudicated. Companion heart-condition and hypertension claims - also premised on radiation/asbestos exposure aboard this hull - were remanded for a PACT Act TERA medical opinion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1973-1979 (alleged exposure); 2003 (reported diagnosis); 2019-2023 (claim pendency); 2023-12-18 (decision)
- Population
- Navy veteran, active duty July 1973 - July 1979, fire-watch/reactor-room duties aboard CGN-35; claimed asbestosis/pleural plaquing - unconfirmed by adjudicated record
- Limitations
- Administrative benefits adjudication, not tort litigation - non-precedential, binding only on the instant claim (38 C.F.R. 20.1303). Classified at pleading-allegation stage (least-final): the exposure assertion is a recited claim; the denial rests on the current-disability element with no finding on whether asbestos was aboard this hull or the Veteran was exposed. The Board expressly deferred credibility on the remanded issues and separately found the Veteran unreliable in relaying contemporaneous diagnoses - an adverse reliability note attached to this recital. Establishes no product aboard, nothing for any other individual, and nothing about present-day conditions or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truxtun-cgn35-01
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[6]Naval Vessel Register, ship detail page - TRUXTUN (CGN 35), ex-DLGN 35 (Wayback capture; live NVR detail pages no longer serve this stricken hull) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail table (vessel status, milestone dates, physical characteristics, custodian)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Naval Vessel Register record: guided missile cruiser (nuclear propulsion); builder New York Shipbuilding Corp.; award 06/23/1962; keel 06/17/1963; launch 12/19/1964; delivery 05/26/1967; commission 05/27/1967; decommission 09/11/1995; stricken 09/11/1995; status 'Disposed of by Recycling' effective 04/16/1999; custodian Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA; UIC 52712; class CGN 35; 564 ft overall (540 ft WL), 57 ft extreme beam, 29 ft max navigational draft, 21 ft draft limit; light displacement 8,350 tons, full 9,158 tons, deadweight 808; steel hull, aluminum superstructure; propulsion type steam turbine (nuclear), 2 propellers; accommodations 53 officers, 543 enlisted; page last updated 02/09/2001.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1962-2001
- Limitations
- NVR documents milestones, status, and characteristics only - no materials or asbestos content. Complement (596 total accommodations) conflicts with DANFS 492, NavSource 'crew 475', and Wikipedia '492 + flag accommodation 6 officers/12 enlisted' - NVR carried, conflict in gaps. Live NVR detail page no longer serves this hull; Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truxtun-cgn35-02
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[7]DANFS, Truxtun V (DLGN-35/CGN-35), 1981 ed. Vol. 7 pp. 317-319 (verbatim transcription via hazegray/losthistory; no live NHHC ship-history page located for this hull) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative (1967-1978); bracketed 1995-97 decommission/disposal note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: fifth Truxtun; laid down 17 June 1963 at Camden, N.J., by New York Shipbuilding Corp.; launched 19 December 1964; co-sponsored by Mrs. Kirby H. Tappan and Mrs. Scott Umstead; commissioned 27 May 1967, Capt. David D. Work in command. Specifications: Truxtun class; 8,659 t full load; 564 ft; 58 ft beam; 30 ft 6 in draft; 31 kt; complement 492; armament 1 5-inch, 2 3-inch, 1 Terrier SAM launcher, ASROC, 6 15.5-inch torpedo tubes. Service narrative through 1978: maiden transit around Cape Horn to Long Beach (arrived 29 July 1967); five 7th Fleet deployments 1968-1973 - Sea of Japan operations with Enterprise after the Pueblo seizure (Jan-Feb 1968), PIRAZ/SAR picket duty on Yankee Station, plane guard for Enterprise, Bon Homme Richard, Ticonderoga, combat air patrol vectored to 11 MiG kills October 1972; seven battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation for Vietnam service. Yard periods: PSNS refurbishing January-April 1969; LBNSY three-month restricted availability from 2 November 1970; tender availabilities alongside Samuel Gompers (October 1970) and Piedmont (March-April 1973); restricted availability October-December 1971 converting to LAMPS; 18-month complex overhaul with reactor refueling at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 29 January 1974 - 31 July 1975; reclassified nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser CGN-35 on 30 June 1975; homeport shift to San Diego August 1975; 1976-77 WestPac/Indian Ocean deployment (Midlink 76, Karachi, Operation Houdini, Seychelles); PSNS nuclear-plant repairs November 1977; 1978 WestPac (Arabian Sea, Perth). Bracketed post-entry note: placed 'in reserve, in commission' 9 January 1995; decommissioned and stricken 11 September 1995 at Puget Sound; disposal through the Navy's recycling program for nuclear powered ships scheduled to begin 1 October 1997 (citing Conway's and Naval Institute Proceedings).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1963-1978 (narrative); 1995-1997 (bracket note)
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1963-67; crew 1967-95
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content; the entry's 1978 cutoff leaves the final 17 years to secondary sources (ev-08), corroborated at one point by official DANFS Arkansas IV (ev-07). Complement 492 conflicts with NVR 596 - in gaps. Mirror transcription cited because no live NHHC page was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truxtun-cgn35-03
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[8]U.S. Naval Nuclear Powered Ship Inactivation, Disposal, and Recycling ('Green Book'), 2019 edition (NAVSEA/DOE, hosted at energy.gov), Appendix D 'Completed Reactor Compartment Disposal and Ship Recycling Projects' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Appendix D table rows 78/79 (Ex-Truxtun CGN 35 Plants #1, #2 - 1999/1999); cruiser reactor-compartment package description
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Official Navy/DOE recycling-program record names this hull twice - Appendix D rows 'CGN 35 Ex-Truxtun, Plant #1' (reactor compartment shipment No. 78) and 'CGN 35 Ex-Truxtun, Plant #2' (RC shipment No. 79) - reactor compartment disposal completed 1999, ship recycle completed 1999, in the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard; cruiser reactor compartments are cut free and encased in a heavy steel (at least three-quarter-inch) containment structure for shipment to the Hanford disposal site. Consistent with NVR 'Disposed of by Recycling' status effective 04/16/1999 (NavSource dates hulk recycling completion 28 April 1999 - in gaps).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1995-1999
- Population
- PSNS Ship-Submarine Recycling Program workforce 1997-99
- Limitations
- Documents the disposal event and pathway only - the Appendix D entries carry no asbestos data. The companion asbestos statements (Appendix C program text and the pre-mid-1970s reactor-compartment insulation note) are program-level and carried separately (ev-05).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truxtun-cgn35-04
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[9]U.S. Naval Nuclear Powered Ship Inactivation, Disposal, and Recycling ('Green Book'), 2019 edition (NAVSEA/DOE), program text and Appendix C - asbestos identification and controlled removal during ship recycling; reactor-compartment asbestos statement [other_primary]
- Locator
- Green Book Appendix C (C-3 'Shipboard Dismantlement'; C-4 'Asbestos Insulation Being Removed from Piping'); reactor-compartment disposal section (pre-mid-1970s asbestos note); electrical-cable note
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Official Navy/DOE program documentation of asbestos handling in the recycling program this hull went through: 'asbestos, PCBs, and metallic lead ... are present in significant quantities' in older ships; 'one of the first actions when a ship begins the recycling process is to identify and tag equipment and structure that contain these materials,' including 'shipboard sampling to identify insulating materials (both on piping systems and on ship's structure), paint, and other products that may contain asbestos'; 'asbestos insulation is removed by personnel specially trained in asbestos work under stringent work controls' with containments, HEPA filtered vacuum cleaners, and wetting agents, packaged and 'shipped to an approved land fill'; some electrical cable 'contains asbestos and PCBs.' On reactor compartments: 'Reactor compartments constructed before the mid-1970s also contain asbestos in insulation on pipes and other components. This asbestos is fully contained within the reactor compartments' - covering this hull's 1963-67 plant by construction date, flagged as class-level inference.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1997-1999 (this hull's recycling); program text 2019
- Population
- PSNS SRP workforce; asbestos-trained removal personnel
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation describing the process applied to all recycled nuclear ships - it documents that asbestos was expected, sampled, tagged, and removed under controls during the recycling this hull underwent; it does not document what asbestos was actually found aboard ex-Truxtun specifically, and says nothing about in-service conditions. The pre-mid-1970s reactor-compartment statement covers this plant by construction date (keel June 1963) but is class-level, not a hull survey.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truxtun-cgn35-05
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[10]Documented availabilities (DANFS, secondary) + Atlas shipyard dataset (New York Shipbuilding, Long Beach NSY, Puget Sound NSY records) + construction-era insulation context [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS yard-period narrative (ev-03); Wikipedia/navysite/Truxtun Association secondary detail (ev-08); Atlas shipyard dataset yard records; Green Book program text (ev-05)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference, nuclear-hull framing: the twin D2G reactor plant establishes nothing about asbestos exposure. Any asbestos relevance is confined to secondary steam and auxiliary systems - auxiliary piping, valve gaskets and packing, fireproofing, deck coverings, electrical cable - aboard a hull built 1963-67 at New York Shipbuilding, Camden, squarely in the documented asbestos-insulation era, and disturbed at documented availabilities: PSNS refurbishing January-April 1969; LBNSY three-month restricted availability November 1970 - January 1971; restricted availability October-December 1971 (LAMPS conversion); tender availabilities October 1970 and March-April 1973; PSNS 18-month complex overhaul with reactor refuel January 1974 - July 1975; PSNS nuclear-plant repairs November 1977; PSNS availability 1979 (3-inch guns out, Harpoon in - secondary); final complex overhaul at PSNS September 1982 - July 1984 (secondary); ~9-month PSNS drydocking selective restricted availability 1988-89 (secondary); and final inactivation/Ship-Submarine Recycling at PSNS 1995 - April 1999.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1963-1999
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1963-67; LBNSY trades 1970-71; PSNS trades 1969, 1974-75, 1977, 1979, 1982-84, 1988-89, 1995-99; crew 1967-95
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-period inference only, limited to non-reactor systems - the only ship-specific asbestos-adjacent record for this hull is the denied VA benefits-claim recital (ev-01), and no hull-specific materials record exists (see negative finding ev-09); this row must not be read as an independent ship-specific finding. Builder yard is in the Atlas dataset (new-york-shipbuilding, tier 1/presumed). Does not establish that asbestos products were or remain aboard; nuclear propulsion is not evidence either of asbestos presence or absence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truxtun-cgn35-06
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[11]DANFS, Arkansas IV (CGN-41), 1991 ed. Vol. 1-Part A pp. 386-387 (verbatim transcription via hazegray, Wayback capture) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Arkansas IV DANFS entry, 1986 service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DANFS record for program-mate Arkansas names this hull: Arkansas's second Indian Ocean deployment concluded with Libya operations May-June 1986 in company with Enterprise (CVN-65) and Truxtun (CGN-35) - corroborating this hull's 1986 WestPac/Mediterranean diversion and the ~65,000-mile all-nuclear-group circumnavigation reported in secondary sources.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1986
- Limitations
- Corroborates the 1986 Mediterranean/Libya deployment point only; the document is Arkansas's own history - no materials, yard, or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truxtun-cgn35-07
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[12]Post-DANFS service record assembled from secondary sources: Wikipedia (cruise-book-derived narrative), navysite.de, Truxtun Association ship history, FAS/globalsecurity design history; corroborated at the 1986 Libya point by official DANFS Arkansas IV (ev-07) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Truxtun_(CGN-35) '1980s and 1990s' section; navysite.de/cg/cgn35.htm; truxtunassociation.org/ships/dlg-cgn35.html; man.fas.org/dod-101/sys/ship/cgn-35.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-1978 service record (DANFS coverage ends 1978): 1979 PSNS availability replacing amidships 3-inch guns with Harpoon; eighth WestPac February-October 1980 (Constellation battle group; extended for the Iran hostage crisis); ninth WestPac October 1981 - June 1982 (Indian Ocean-heavy); final complex overhaul at PSNS September 1982 - July 1984 upgrading the combat suite to final configuration, with mid-1980s refueling per FAS; tenth WestPac January 1986 as Battle Group Foxtrot AAW commander, diverted to the Mediterranean April 1986 and returned via Gibraltar, Cape of Good Hope and the Pacific - a ~65,000-mile four-fleet circumnavigation (Libya operations corroborated by ev-07); Northern Pacific deployment October 1987; eleventh WestPac/Middle East January 1988 including Operation Praying Mantis (second Meritorious Unit Commendation, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal); ~9-month drydocking selective restricted availability at PSNS 1988-89; homeport shift to Bremerton 1 October 1989; twelfth WestPac February 1990 with Carl Vinson battle group (Team Spirit 90; Earnest Will tanker escort - second AFEM); thirteenth WestPac August 1991 - Desert Storm Persian Gulf AAW commander and Mine Countermeasure Group One flagship off Kuwait; 1992 counter-narcotics mini-deployment; fourteenth and final WestPac February-August 1993 (Nimitz battle group; Red Sea UN-sanctions boardings - 126 queried, 73 boarded, 7 diverted); RIMPAC 94 CTF-331 flagship; final deployment August 1994 - counter-narcotics via first Panama Canal transit.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1978-1995
- Population
- crew 1978-95; PSNS yard workforce 1979, 1982-84, 1988-89, 1995-99
- Limitations
- Post-1978 narrative rests on secondary sources (Wikipedia citing 1980 and 1981-82 cruise books; navysite; Truxtun Association; FAS/globalsecurity), corroborated only at the May-June 1986 Libya point by an official record (ev-07); yard-period detail (1979, 1982-84, 1988-89 PSNS periods) is secondary-sourced only. No bearing on materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truxtun-cgn35-08
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[13]Batch-200 search ledger (this record): NVR via Wayback; DANFS transcription; DOE Green Book; DANFS Arkansas IV; VA BVA decisions; Federal Register/CFR; CourtListener API (blocked); marketing-source exclusions [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-truxtun-cgn35-01 through sl-uss-truxtun-cgn35-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull-specific asbestos-materials documentation located: no ACM survey, insulation schedule, abatement contract, or hazmat disclosure was found for this hull in the public sources searched (see search_ledger), and no tort-litigation opinion naming the hull was located. The only ship-specific asbestos-adjacent record is the BVA benefits-claim recital (ev-01) - denied on the current-disability element with the exposure assertion never adjudicated. CourtListener API was throttled (HTTP 429) throughout the session - the litigation sweep was web-index only and the blocked API query is a recorded gap, not a clean negative.
- 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 - the Navy's ship-recycling documentation does not publish hull-level ACM detail, and a throttled CourtListener API means the litigation sweep may be incomplete. Marketing/listicle asbestos claims naming CGN-35 (navyshipexposure 'BUSHIPS-derived' manifest incl. AQUA-CHEM and Foster Wheeler, Shepard Law, Simmons/ELSM, Veterans Guide, mesothelioma.com) are excluded per batch rules - their exclusion is recorded in the ledger, not treated as evidence. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-truxtun-cgn35-09