USS Valdez (DE-1096)

Name
USS Valdez
Hull designation
DE-1096
Vessel class
Late Knox
Evidence tier
Tier 3
Evidence entries
11
Record ID
uss-valdez-de1096
Dataset version
2026.10.12-rc.1
Canonical URL
https://asbestosatlas.org/ships/uss-valdez-de1096

Evidence

11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).

  1. [1]research packet ic-packet.md (9 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (builder-locality
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Evidence ID
    uss-valdez-de1096-pkt-ic-packet-md
  2. [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); Note 1 at enclosure printed p.12
    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 'VALDEZ 1096 5/70 7/74' (start date / delivery date - delivery matches the NVR 07/12/1974) 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
    1972-1979 (construction through report); insulation status as documented January 1979
    Population
    Crew of USS Valdez 1974-1991 (NVR accommodations 20 officers / 255 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 and 1998 Taiwan 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 (5/70) reflects construction/program start, not the 30 June 1972 keel date. Live gao.gov serves 403 to automated fetches; the full PDF was retrieved via a 2020 Wayback capture and the row verified from the rendered attachment page.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-valdez-de1096-01
  3. [3]DANFS, Valdez (DE-1096) entry - namesake biography, specification block, and service narrative through early 1979 (NHHC official text via Wayback capture 2024-07-11; live page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
    Locator
    DANFS entry: namesake biography + specification block + service narrative paragraphs
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    DANFS record for this hull: specification block '(DE-1096: dp. 3,963 (f.); l. 438'; b. 47'; dr. 25'; s. 27+ k.; cpl. 245; a. 1 5", 1 ASROC/Standard missile ln., 1 Sea Sparrow ln., 4 15.5" ASW tt.; cl. Knox)'. Construction: 'laid down on 30 June 1972 at Oswego, La. [sic - Westwego], by the Avondale Shipyard; launched on 24 March 1973; sponsored by Mrs. Manuelita Valdez, the mother of Hospitalman Third Class Valdez; and commissioned on 27 July 1974 at Charleston, S.C., Comdr. Joe D. Peden in command.' Service: Charleston fitting out; Guantanamo Bay shakedown from 27 Oct 1974 (seven weeks); post-shakedown availability 25 Feb - 11 Apr 1975; Exercise Solid Shield late May - early Jun 1975; 'reclassified a frigate and redesignated FF-1096 on 30 June 1975'; first deployment Aug 1975 - Feb 1976 (Suez transit 5 Sep 1975; Middle East Force at Djibouti; bilateral exercises with French, Iranian, Abu Dhabi and Pakistani navies; Saudi officers embarked; CENTO MidLink-75; Brest salute 11-14 Feb 1976; Charleston return 25 Feb 1976); 6th Fleet deployment Oct 1976 - 21 Apr 1977; NATO North Atlantic 'Combined Effort' Sep - 2 Dec 1977; West Africa / South America goodwill cruise 16 Jan - 18 Apr 1978; departed 12 Sep 1978 for regular overhaul at 'the Bethlehem Steel shipyard,' Boston, commencing 15 Sep 1978 into 1979. Namesake: Phil Isadore Valdez (born 13 April 1946, Dixon, N.M.), enlisted 1 Nov 1965, corps school San Diego, hospitalman May 1966, Naval Hospital Key West until 19 Dec 1966, then 1st Battalion 1st Marines FMF near Danang; killed 29 Jan 1967 treating wounded Marines under sniper fire; posthumously advanced to hospitalman third class and awarded the Navy Cross.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    1946-1967 (namesake); 1972-1979 (hull, narrative coverage)
    Population
    Avondale Shipyard Westwego construction trades 1972-74; crew 1974-1979 (narrative window)
    Limitations
    DANFS documents builder, milestones, design specifications, namesake, and service narrative - no materials or asbestos content. The narrative ends in early 1979 (entry predates decommissioning); all post-1979 history rests on NVR, the Elrod 1986 COR, and secondary compilations. The DANFS typeset reads 'Oswego, La.' - the Avondale yard was at Westwego, and NVR and all secondary sources read Westwego; carried as a documented transcription error, not silently corrected.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-valdez-de1096-02
  4. [4]Naval Vessel Register ship detail, VALDEZ (FF 1096), ex-DE 1096, UIC 20074 (NAVSEA-maintained official inventory; Wayback capture 2024-08-22 - live detail page returned only the frame to the fetcher) [other_primary]
    Locator
    NVR ship detail page FF 1096 (Wayback 2024-08-22), Vessel Status + Milestone Dates + Physical Characteristics + Program Characteristics blocks; page last updated 01/23/2006
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    NVR milestone record for this hull: class FF 1052 (Knox); builder 'Avondale Industries'; award 08/25/1966; keel 06/30/1972; launch 03/24/1973; delivery 07/12/1974; commission 07/27/1974; decommission 12/16/1991; stricken 01/11/1995; status 'Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) Section 516, Southern Region Amendment', status-change date 04/29/1998; custodian 'TAIWAN'; computed 17.0 years commission-to-decommission and 25.1 years launch-to-disposal. Physical characteristics: 438 ft overall / 415 ft waterline; 47 ft extreme beam; 17 ft draft limit; 3,186 tons light / 4,167 tons full displacement; 981 tons deadweight; steel hull, aluminum superstructure; 1 propeller; steam turbines; accommodations 20 officers / 255 enlisted.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    1966-1998
    Population
    Shipyard construction trades 1972-74; crew 1974-1991; ROCN crew 1999-
    Limitations
    NVR is the authoritative milestone/disposal record but contains no materials or asbestos content and no hazmat annotation on the transfer record. 'Custodian: TAIWAN' confirms title disposition, not the hull's current physical state. NVR decommission date (12/16/1991) conflicts with NavSource's 15 December - NVR carried as authoritative, conflict logged in gaps. Live ship-detail page returned only the site frame to the fetcher; Wayback capture cited.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-valdez-de1096-03
  5. [5]NHHC command operation report archive, USS Elrod (FFG-55) 1986 command history (official contemporaneous Navy document naming this hull) [nhhc_danfs]
    Locator
    USS Elrod (FFG-55) 1986 command operation report PDF, chronology entry for 8-17 Dec 1986 (OCR renders 'FF-10n6')
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Official contemporaneous operational record for this hull's post-DANFS period: Elrod's 1986 command history chronology records '(C) 8 - 17 DEC 86: ELROD participated in Tailship Proficiency Training, working with the USS VREELAND (FF-1068), USS JESSE L. BROWN (FF-1089), USS CAPADANNO (FF-1093), USS VALDEZ (FF-1096), USS NORFOLK (SSN-714), and USS STURGEON (SSN-637). Opportunities to track submarines were maximized and exercises were conducted in scenarios involving Battle Group support, barrier and area searches...' Documents this hull active in Atlantic Fleet ASW exercises in December 1986.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    1986-12
    Population
    Crew 1986
    Limitations
    Names the hull in an operational context only - no materials, condition, or asbestos content. Confirms active service in Dec 1986 but does not fill the broader post-1979 history gap; Valdez's own command histories were not located in the digitized NHHC COR collection (index returns 404).
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-valdez-de1096-04
  6. [6]U.S. Navy photograph VIRIN 990715-N-0000C-002 (William H. Clarke, DefenseImagery.mil), 15 July 1999, off Yorktown, Va. - caption: 'Ki Yang (F 939) underway departing the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station... recently transferred to Nationalist China and is the former Knox class frigate Valdez (FF 1096)' (caption transcribed in NavSource page 06021096) [other_primary]
    Locator
    VIRIN 990715-N-0000C-002 caption as transcribed on NavSource page 06021096 (photo 0602109614)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Official U.S. Navy photo caption documenting this hull's post-transfer identity: ex-Valdez in Taiwanese service as frigate 'Ki Yang' (F 939), photographed departing Yorktown Naval Weapons Station on 15 July 1999. Secondary compilations record ROCN commissioning 18 October 1999 after arrival in Taiwan 4 October 1999; the ROCN name is romanized 'Yi Yang' (宜陽) in pinyin renderings.
    Verification
    partial
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    1998-1999
    Population
    ROCN crew 1999-; transfer/delivery party 1998-99
    Limitations
    The photograph and caption are a U.S. Navy artifact (VIRIN-retrievable), but the caption text was read via NavSource's transcription - DefenseImagery.mil no longer serves the record and the image was not independently re-fetched. Documents the rename and a date/place in the transfer pipeline; no materials or hazmat content. Romanization differs across sources (Ki Yang vs Yi Yang) - same hull, F-939/FFG-939.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-valdez-de1096-05
  7. [7]DANFS specification block (Knox class) + NavSource spec block (2 Combustion Engineering 1200-psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp; 1 shaft; 27 kts) + Atlas shipyard dataset (avondale-shipyard tier 2; bethlehem-shipbuilding tier 3) [other_primary]
    Locator
    DANFS spec block; NavSource specifications block; shipyards.json records 'avondale-shipyard' and 'bethlehem-shipbuilding'
    Finding type
    asbestos_application
    Finding
    Era/class inference: a Knox-class ocean escort built 1972-74 with a high-pressure (1,200-psi) steam plant sat squarely in the era when shipboard asbestos insulation was standard - boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, valve and pump packing, fireproofing, deck coverings, and accommodation insulation are the era-standard categories. The builder yard (Avondale Shipyard, Westwego) is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2): identified products include Kaylo insulation, lagging cloth for steam pipes, gaskets, floor tiles, adhesives, and fire-resistant blankets, with yard-level asbestos litigation (Latiolais v. Huntington Ingalls, 5th Cir. 2019; Barrosse v. Huntington Ingalls, 5th Cir. 2023; Hotard v. Avondale, E.D. La. 2020). The documented regular-overhaul yard, Bethlehem Steel shipyard Boston (Sep 1978 - 1979), corresponds to the dataset's bethlehem-shipbuilding record (tier 3; documented block insulation, pipe covering, lagging, gaskets/packing products across Bethlehem yards).
    Verification
    inferred
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    1972-1991
    Population
    Avondale Westwego construction trades 1972-74; Bethlehem Steel Boston overhaul workforce 1978-79; crew 1974-91
    Limitations
    Class/era and builder-yard inference only - the ship-specific finding for this hull is ev-01 (GAO/DoN attachment); this row adds context, not an independent finding. Boiler manufacturer attribution is secondary (NavSource reads Combustion Engineering); yard-level product lists document the yards' asbestos environments generally, not materials installed in or removed from this hull during its documented availability. The bethlehem-shipbuilding dataset record aggregates multiple Bethlehem yards and does not disambiguate the Boston yard.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-valdez-de1096-06
  8. [8]GAO HRD-80-2 (B-163375), Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (released 1979-10-18) - report body and Enclosure I narrative [gao]
    Locator
    GAO HRD-80-2 PDF pp. 2-3 (policy narrative), Enclosure I p. 3-4 (cost table incl. FF-1052 class line)
    Finding type
    regulatory
    Finding
    Program-level documentation of the Navy asbestos regime in effect for this hull's construction and early service: 'product specifications for thermal insulation had been changed in 1973 to specify the use of asbestos-free materials, [but] asbestos materials had already been purchased and in some cases installed in ships under construction. Therefore, some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978.' The October 1975 Navy policy eliminated asbestos where substitutes were designated and removed/replaced 'only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed to accomplish necessary repairs'; in January 1979 the policy was modified to add selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. The report's reinsulation cost table prices the FF-1052 class at an estimated $4.32 million per ship across 45 active ships ($194.40 million). GAO fieldwork covered Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - not this hull's yards.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    1973-1979 (policy window overlapping this hull's construction and first overhaul)
    Population
    Navy shipyard workers and crews fleet-wide (program-level)
    Limitations
    Program-level context for the hull-specific attachment finding (ev-01); the policy narrative does not itself name this hull - the Attachment 1 row does. The 1973 spec change plus May 1978 lag explains how a ship delivered July 1974 could carry asbestos thermal insulation, but does not establish quantity or later removal aboard Valdez. Live gao.gov serves 403 to automated fetches; Wayback full text used.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-valdez-de1096-07
  9. [9]Search-ledger result (this record, sl-uss-valdez-de1096-01 through -14) + Davis v. General Electric Co. complaint text (N.D. Cal. 3:08-cv-00228, RECAP doc. 1748182) + Siegfried v. 3M Co. vessel list as enumerated by prior batch full-text review (C.D. Cal. 2:18-cv-01575-FMO-E, ECF No. 50) [other_primary]
    Locator
    search_ledger sl-uss-valdez-de1096-04..-08, -13, -14; Davis v. GE complaint Document 1-3 pp. 53-54 of 76 (RECAP docket 4171164); Siegfried list enumeration per batch-3999 ledger sl-uss-vreeland-de1068-03 (ECF No. 50 pp. 1-2); BVA Citation 0623473 (va.gov/vetapp06/files4/0623473.txt)
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    Litigation sweep executed 2026-09-28, all six query cells complete. CourtListener exact-phrase sweeps: 'USS Valdez' returned 0 opinions and 0 RECAP dockets; 'FF-1096' returned 0 opinions; 'DE-1096' returned 4 opinion hits, all name collisions on token fragments (Viking Supply v. National Cart, 8th Cir. 2002 - UCC; U.S. Tobacco Coop. v. Big South Wholesale, E.D.N.C. 2019; Apex Fountain Sales v. Kleinfeld, 3d Cir. 1987; de Goenaga v. O'Neill de Milan, P.R. 1962) - none maritime, asbestos, or naming this vessel. 'FF-1096' RECAP docket sweep returned 3 hits: two are token collisions (a Florida agriculture-department inspection-report form exhibit inside the Chinese Drywall MDL, 2:09-md-02047 E.D. La.; a Chapter 7 voluntary petition, Tamara R. Turner, 09-32164 Bankr. N.D. Ill.) and one is a QUALIFYING pleading-stage asbestos complaint naming this hull - Davis v. General Electric Co., 3:08-cv-00228 (N.D. Cal.), recorded as ev-uss-valdez-de1096-10. 'DE-1096' RECAP docket sweep returned 19 dockets / 32 documents, every match a 'DE 1096' PACER docket-entry-number reference (or exhibit/form identifier) - all name collisions, none naming this vessel; the one asbestos-coded case among them (Mosher v. ABB Inc., 1:18-cv-00410 D. Del.) matched on a brief-internal docket-entry citation, not a hull designator. No adjudicated asbestos finding naming this hull was located; the qualifying result is a complaint-level allegation only. The Siegfried v. 3M Co. complaint's exposure-vessel list (recited in ECF No. 50) was full-text reviewed in batch-3999's documented ledger (sl-uss-vreeland-de1068-03): it names Knox-class sisters FF-1053, -1054, -1055, -1058, -1064, -1066, -1067, then FF-1070, FF-1083, FF-1088 - it does not reach FF-1096, a documented non-hit for this hull. One VA Board of Veterans' Appeals decision names this hull but is non-qualifying: Citation 0623473 (decision 8/7/2006, RO Muskogee) records a reservist aboard USS Valdez on active duty for training 13 Nov - 8 Dec 1989, diagnosed with Bell's palsy aboard - not an asbestos claim.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    negative_finding
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    2026-09-28 (search date)
    Population
    One plaintiff (Robert Kacsuta) alleges work aboard this hull in a complaint; no adjudicated claimant located
    Limitations
    The single qualifying hit (Davis v. General Electric) is a pleading-stage allegation - a complaint's vessel list, never adjudicated; it is classified at the lowest litigation stage per discipline and carried separately at ev-uss-valdez-de1096-10. The complaint names the hull as 'VALDEZ (FF-1096)' without a 'USS' prefix - which is why the exact-phrase 'USS Valdez' docket sweep returned 0 while the hull-number sweep caught it; consumers of this record should note the name-phrase sweep alone would have missed the case. 'DE-1096' is a structurally high-collision token because PACER text cites docket entries as 'DE ####' - all 19 docket hits were individually reviewed and are docket-entry-number matches (e.g., 'granting 1097 MOTION to Strike DE 1096'), not ship references; residual uncertainty is confined to matches whose surrounding text could not name a vessel without the 'USS' prefix. Absence of an adjudicated record is not evidence no exposure claims exist - state-court and MDL-875 docket-text references may exist that this record does not reach. The Siegfried non-hit is documented via a prior batch's verified full-text read, not re-fetched this session. The BVA decision confirms crew service aboard in 1989 but is unrelated to asbestos.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-valdez-de1096-08
  10. [10]NARA / NHHC holdings - USS Valdez deck logs 1974-1991 (pre-1979 logs at NARA per archives.gov deck-log guidance; post-1978 logs at NHHC Ships Deck Logs Section); NARA RG 19 Bureau of Ships General Information Books / Booklet of General Plans; NAVSEA overhaul work packages (Bethlehem Steel Boston 1978-79); Security Assistance / FAA Section 516 transfer case file (Navy IPO / DSCA) [other_primary]
    Locator
    NARA RG 19 series; NHHC Ships Deck Logs Section (post-1978 logs); DSCA/Navy IPO transfer case file for ex-FF-1096
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Archival leads not yet retrieved: NARA RG 19 General Information Books / Booklet of General Plans may hold hull-level material specifications for DE-1096 quantifying the as-built asbestos thermal insulation the GAO attachment records; NAVSEA/shipyard work packages for the 1978-79 Bethlehem Steel Boston regular overhaul would document any insulation removal/replacement actually performed under the 1975 policy regime; deck logs (1974-1991) and any Valdez command histories would firm the post-1979 operational record; and the FAA Section 516 / Security Assistance transfer case file may contain a condition survey or hazmat accounting for the April 1998 lease-transfer to Taiwan.
    Verification
    unverified
    Role
    archival_lead
    Documentation level
    context_only
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Limitations
    Lead only - retrieval not performed in this batch. Existence of a pre-transfer condition survey for this specific hull is unconfirmed; no such document was located in public sources. The GAO attachment establishes as-built asbestos thermal insulation but not its disposition.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-valdez-de1096-09
  11. [11]Davis v. General Electric Company et al., No. 3:08-cv-00228 (N.D. Cal.), complaint filed 2008-01-14, terminated 2016-06-13; Document 1-3, consolidated plaintiff exposure exhibit, Robert Kacsuta section (PACER pp. 53-54 of 76); RECAP document 1748182 [court_record]
    Locator
    N.D. Cal. docket 3:08-cv-00228, Document 1-3 pp. 53-54 of 76 (Kacsuta plaintiff section); CourtListener docket_id 4171164, recap_document id 1748182, OCR plain_text of gov.uscourts.cand.199308.1.0.pdf
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    Docketed asbestos action naming this hull in a pleading-stage allegation: plaintiff Robert Kacsuta alleged asbestos exposure including work as an electrician's mate at the Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity (Naval Reserve Maintenance Facility), Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, aboard EDSON (DD-946), CAPADONNO (FF-1093), VALDEZ (FF-1096), MILLER (FF-1091), SIMS (FF-1059), PAGE (FFG-5), AFFRAY (MSO-511) and EXPLOIT (MSO-440); the exposure table dates the Newport ship work 1983-1985 within a stated reservist period of 1977-1985 (narrative text reads reservist 1977-1979). Alleged work: repair, rebuild and troubleshooting of automatic bus transfer switches and electrical-system overhaul aboard the listed ships. Alleged injuries: colon cancer (diagnosed ~Nov 2006) and asbestosis (diagnosed ~Nov 2005). Brayton Purcell LLP consolidated complaint, eight plaintiffs, filed in the Northern District of California; suitNature 368 P.I.: Asbestos.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    1983-1985 (alleged Newport ship work); 2008 (filing); 2016 (termination)
    Population
    Plaintiff Robert Kacsuta - Navy reservist / electrician's mate, SIMA Newport 1983-1985 per pleading
    Limitations
    Pleading-stage allegation - the complaint's vessel list is an allegation by counsel, not a court finding; it does not establish that asbestos exposure occurred aboard Valdez, that any product aboard contained asbestos, or any quantity of material. The 8-plus-year docket ran 2008-2016 and terminated 2016-06-13; the per-plaintiff merits disposition of the Kacsuta claim (settlement, dismissal, remand or transfer to MDL-875) was not resolved in this session's budgeted docket review and is stated as unknown rather than inferred. Corroborating context only: the pleaded work location (SIMA/NRMF Newport) is consistent with secondary compilations reporting Valdez's 1982 assignment to Naval Reserve Force, Atlantic, Surface Group 4 at Newport - the pleading does not itself verify the NRF assignment. Ship named as 'VALDEZ (FF-1096)' without 'USS' prefix.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-valdez-de1096-10

Attribution

Compiled by
Paul Danziger; Rod de Llano
Publisher
Danziger & De Llano, LLP
License
CC-BY-4.0
Citation
Danziger, P., and De Llano, R. (2026). AsbestosAtlas Navy Vessel Asbestos Exposure Dataset. Danziger & De Llano, LLP. DOI: not yet assigned
Dataset version
asbestosatlas-ships-2026.10.12-rc.1
DOI
not yet assigned