Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, Vogelgesang (DD-862), NHHC entry published 2019-09-09 - live page returned 404 to automated fetch 2026-09-28; verbatim capture via Wayback 2025-12-09; identical text via hazegray DANFS transcription (Wayback 2024-05-25) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Vogelgesang (DD-862)', specifications block + namesake biography + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 3 August 1944 at Staten Island, N.Y., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched 15 January 1945 (sponsor Miss Senaide Vogelgesang); commissioned 28 April 1945 at the New York Navy Yard, Comdr. O. W. Spahr. Specifications block: displacement 2,425; length 390'6"; beam 40'10"; draft 18'6"; speed 34.6 kt (trial); complement 345; armament 6 5-inch, 16 40mm, 5 21-inch torpedo tubes, hedgehog and depth-charge equipment; class Gearing. Shakedown Guantanamo Bay May-June 1945; Norfolk nucleus-crew training platform; Mediterranean deployments 1947-48 and 1949 plus five more through the 1950s (northern Europe midshipman cruise 1956; Indian Ocean 1957 - Aden, Massawa, Bahrein, Abadan); Project Mercury support 1961-62; FRAM overhaul at Boston Naval Shipyard 1 March 1962-31 January 1963; CANUS SILEX/SLAMEX 1964; Steel Pike I 1964; Gemini recovery force January 1965; regular overhaul at Norfolk Naval Shipyard 3 December 1965-22 March 1966; Vietnam deployment June-December 1966 with DesRon 32 (screening Constellation CVA-64 in the Gulf of Tonkin; naval gunfire support off South Vietnam from 15 August; night of 18-19 August her 5-inch guns broke up a company-strength Viet Cong attack near Dien Huong, credited with 70 killed and 40 wounded); round-the-world return via Suez 17 December 1966; Sixth Fleet November 1967-April 1968; UNITAS IX July-September 1968; Boston Naval Shipyard overhaul 5 June-3 October 1969; Mediterranean April-November 1970 (Jordan crisis contingency force 5 September-6 October); Sixth Fleet December 1971-June 1972; tender availability alongside Sierra (AD-18); extended repair at Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp. 10 October 1972-26 January 1973; DesRon 28 Naval Reserve training duty from January 1974, homeport Newport, R.I., from 1 March 1974; still serving the reserve program as of the beginning of 1980 (end of entry). Two battle stars for Vietnam service. Entry also records the cancelled first namesake hull, Vogelgesang (DE-284), a Rudderow-class escort laid down at Charleston Navy Yard in 1943 and cancelled 10 June 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1980 (DANFS narrative)
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel Staten Island construction trades 1944-45; ship's company 1945-1982 (design complement 345); naval shipyard workers at Boston NSY (FRAM 1962-63, overhaul 1969) and Norfolk NSY (overhaul 1965-66); Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp. workers (1972-73 repair period)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content; the narrative ends in early 1980 and does not cover the 1982 decommissioning/transfer or Mexican service. Live NHHC page returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-28; content verified via Wayback Machine capture 2025-12-09 (entry published 2019-09-09) and cross-checked against the hazegray DANFS transcription (Wayback 2024-05-25).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-vogelgesang-dd862-01
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[2]DANFS specifications block (Gearing class; 34.6 kt trial; complement 345) + class technical data (geared steam turbines, 60,000 shp, 2 shafts) + documented yard periods (DANFS, ev-01) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block and yard-event narrative; Gearing-class technical data
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: a Gearing-class destroyer built 1944-45 at Bethlehem Steel's Staten Island yard with a high-pressure superheated steam plant (four boilers, class design; geared turbines; 60,000 shp) would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. Documented insulation-disturbance events - the 1962-63 FRAM overhaul at Boston Naval Shipyard, the 1965-66 Norfolk Naval Shipyard overhaul, the 1969 Boston Naval Shipyard overhaul, and the 1972-73 extended repair at Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp. - are the kind of yard availabilities associated with asbestos disturbance, but no hull-specific asbestos scope is documented for any of them.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1982
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel Staten Island trades 1944-45; shipyard workers at documented availabilities 1962-1973; crew 1945-1982
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder inference only - not a ship-specific finding of asbestos aboard DD-862. No BuShips material schedule, hull survey, or yard work package for this hull was located. Boiler builder is disputed between sources (class data: Babcock & Wilcox; SEMAR Mexican-service class page: Foster Wheeler) - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-vogelgesang-dd862-02
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[3]Goodrich v. John Crane, Inc. (orig. captioned Goodrich v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp.), No. 4:17cv9 (E.D. Va.), Omnibus Opinion and Order, ECF No. 171 (Sept. 28, 2018), 2018 WL 4677773 [court_record]
- Locator
- Omnibus Opinion and Order, ECF No. 171 (2018 WL 4677773); recitals per Gearing-class profile research
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class-level litigation record bearing on this hull's design era: the omnibus opinion in the Goodrich asbestos action recites 'an engineering drawing for the insulation and lagging of forced draft blower turbines for the class of destroyers (DD 692, USS Allen M. Sumner class), within which the USS Harlan Dickson fell, specifies the use of amosite felts and asbestos cloths' and quotes a report estimating 'a partial tally of the weight of the asbestos-containing thermal insulation and lagging products in the fire ... and engine rooms of a ship belonging to the USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692) and USS Gearing (DD 710) classes of destroyers is 30.3 tons' (per internal Gearing-class profile research). DD-862 is a Gearing-class hull within the scope of that class-level recital; the opinion does not name Vogelgesang.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1940s design era; opinion filed 2018-09-28
- Population
- Destroyer fire/engine-room crews (Sumner/Gearing class); litigation expert materials
- Limitations
- Class-level exhibit/expert recitals inside an evidentiary opinion - not adjudicated findings and not ship-specific to DD-862; the opinion treats some related exposure conclusions as speculative. Reported via the internal Gearing-class profile (locator 'OCR pages 12, 19, 31'); full text not independently retrieved at this record level - treat as unverified at hull level. Establishes no quantities or exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-vogelgesang-dd862-03
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[4]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct. 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. Bears on this hull's documented yard periods (FRAM 1962-63; Norfolk NSY overhaul 1965-66; Boston NSY overhaul 1969; Norfolk Shipbuilding repairs 1972-73) and on Naval Reserve training duty through 1982.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1975-1979 (policy); report October 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not class- or hull-specific; does not establish that asbestos was or was not present aboard DD-862 in any period. Full text blocked to automated fetch (HTTP 403); content via product-page description per Gearing-class profile.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-vogelgesang-dd862-04
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[5]SEMAR (Secretaria de Marina - Armada de Mexico) official 'Destructor Clase Quetzalcoatl' page + NavSource DD-862 photo index (scuttling documentation) + navypedia Quetzalcoatl-class record [other_primary]
- Locator
- SEMAR 'Destructor Clase Quetzalcoatl' page; NavSource DD-862 photo index caption (July 2006, Lazaro Cardenas); navypedia 'QUETZALCOATL destroyers (1945/1982)'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Mexican-service and disposal record for this hull: transferred to Mexico on decommissioning 24 February 1982 and renamed Quetzalcoatl (E-03); renamed Ilhuicamina (E-10) in 1993, reverting to Quetzalcoatl with pennant D 101 by 2001 (navypedia class record names 'Quetzalcoatl (ex-Vogelgesang)'); decommissioned by the Mexican Navy in late 2002 (navypedia reads stricken August 2002). SEMAR's official page for the Quetzalcoatl class lists class characteristics as operated by Mexico - 3,030 tons normal displacement, 4 Foster Wheeler boilers, 2 General Electric turbines, 250-man complement. NavSource photo documentation places the ex-Vogelgesang at Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico, in July 2006 being stripped of usable material by the USS John Rodgers restoration crew, awaiting sinking as an artificial reef; scuttled 24 November 2006.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1982-2006
- Population
- Mexican Navy crew 1982-2002 (SEMAR class figure 250); disposal/scuttling workers 2002-2006
- Limitations
- Mexican-service dates and reef scuttling are documented by secondary compilations (NavSource volunteer archive; navypedia) - SEMAR's official page confirms the class and its machinery/displacement data but the fetched view centers sister hull Netzahualcoyotl (D-102). SEMAR's Foster Wheeler boiler listing conflicts with U.S.-era class data (Babcock & Wilcox) - carried in gaps. No SEMARNAT reef-preparation hazmat or abatement record located; foreign disposal falls outside U.S. abatement documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-vogelgesang-dd862-05
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[6]Batch-3827 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live and Wayback; hazegray DANFS transcription; NVR SHIPSDETAIL; SEMAR; NavSource; navypedia; CourtListener API v4 (paced); shipyards.json builder-yard cross-check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-vogelgesang-dd862-01 through sl-uss-vogelgesang-dd862-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, ACM inventory, materials report, disposal hazmat record, or exposure study for DD-862 was located in the public sources searched. NVR does not list pre-1987 disposals. No VA/DoD exposure study naming this hull was located. CourtListener opinion-index queries returned zero qualifying hits ('USS Vogelgesang' = 0; 'DD-862' = 0; bare 'Vogelgesang' = 297 hits, all surname/case-name collisions on first-page review).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the 1944-45 steam-plant build and documented yard periods are era-consistent with asbestos use. Does not establish that asbestos is or was present or absent, and does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-vogelgesang-dd862-06
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[7]CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches (type=o opinions), 2026-09-28, via fleet-paced helper cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-vogelgesang-dd862-03, -04, -05, and -06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Partial sweep: three opinion-index queries completed - exact-phrase "USS Vogelgesang" (0 hits), hull-number '"DD-862"' (0 hits), and bare '"Vogelgesang"' (297 hits, first-page review all surname/case-name collisions - matrimonial, criminal, and civil Vogelgesang parties; zero ship- or asbestos-related content). Remaining queries ('"Vogelgesang" asbestos'; RECAP docket index type=r) were paced by the fleet-wide request budget at write time (shared ~114/hr stand-down; helper exit 2, no ban incurred). 'Vogelgesang' is a moderate-collision term (German surname); the cancelled DE-284 never commissioned, so post-1944 ship references would resolve to DD-862.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Sweep coverage INCOMPLETE at write time: opinion-index queries are clean, but the asbestos-term opinion query and the RECAP docket-index sweep remain pending (fleet pacing). A docketed complaint naming the hull could exist outside the opinion corpus - see search_ledger sl-uss-vogelgesang-dd862-06.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-vogelgesang-dd862-07
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[8]NARA archival leads (not retrieved): RG 19 General Information Books / BuShips material specifications; Boston Naval Shipyard FRAM and 1969 overhaul work packages; Norfolk Naval Shipyard 1965-66 overhaul records; deck logs [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 19 (BuShips); RG 181 naval shipyard records (Boston NSY, Norfolk NSY)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Hull-level asbestos documentation for DD-862, if it exists in public custody, most plausibly sits in undigitized NARA holdings: RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) General Information Books and material specifications for the hull; Boston Naval Shipyard work packages for the 1962-63 FRAM conversion and the June-October 1969 regular overhaul; Norfolk Naval Shipyard records for the December 1965-March 1966 overhaul; and the ship's deck logs. None were retrieved in this pass - digitized public sources contained no hull-specific materials documentation.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1973 (record coverage)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - these holdings are undigitized or unindexed at hull level; retrieval not attempted. Listing a repository as a lead establishes no fact about the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-vogelgesang-dd862-08