Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS WAINWRIGHT' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS WAINWRIGHT' returned 19 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-wainwright-cg28-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS WAINWRIGHT' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS WAINWRIGHT' returned 326 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-wainwright-cg28-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'CG-28' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'CG-28' returned 2163 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-wainwright-cg28-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'CG-28' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'CG-28' returned 66944 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-wainwright-cg28-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr 1539993, Docket No. 12-31 136A (decision date 2015-09-17; appeal from VA RO Hartford, CT; Judge M. C. Graham) - service connection for COPD GRANTED [court_record]
- Locator
- BVA decision, Reasons and Bases - service personnel records recital and equipoise finding
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Official VA Board of Veterans' Appeals merits decision naming this hull: service personnel records show the veteran served on active duty July 1965-May 1969 with duties aboard four ships - USS Wainwright, USS Courtney, USS John Willis, and USS Newport News, in that order. He claimed COPD due to asbestos and lead-paint exposure; testified to work as a cook, a 'loader' in 8-inch gun turrets observing asbestos 'dust' during live firings, and as a deck hand scraping lead paint. The Board found the evidence 'at least in equipoise that the Veteran was exposed to asbestos and lead paint during the course of his shipboard duties during service' and granted service connection for COPD.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1965-1969 (service); 2015 (decision)
- Population
- Navy veteran, seaman apprentice/seaman and culinary specialist aboard four ships including USS Wainwright 1965-1969; COPD
- Limitations
- Stage discipline: adjudicated single-claim administrative decision under the benefit-of-the-doubt standard (equipoise), not a tort finding - the Board credited in-service shipboard exposure across four named ships collectively and did not apportion exposure to Wainwright specifically. His asbestos-'dust' testimony concerned 8-inch gun turrets, which CG-28 did not carry (single 5-inch/54 mount); that duty detail maps to a gun cruiser (Newport News CA-148). Nonprecedential; establishes no product identity, quantity, or present-day condition aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-cg28-01
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[6]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr A25024722, Docket No. 241205-492863 (decision date 2025-03-18; AMA Evidence Submission docket; Judge Tiffany Dawson) - service connection for COPD GRANTED [court_record]
- Locator
- BVA decision, Reasons and Bases - personnel records recital and reasonable-doubt conclusion
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Official VA Board of Veterans' Appeals merits decision naming this hull: service personnel records show the veteran served on active duty December 1962-February 1973, including Vietnam, and 'served aboard the USS Kiowa and USS Wainwright.' The veteran asserted COPD due to in-service exposure to herbicides and asbestos; a February 2025 private medical opinion credited exposure to herbicides and asbestos while 'serving aboard ships,' citing IOM findings on ship ventilation systems spreading airborne contaminants. The VA examiner opined against toxic-exposure causation; the Board resolved reasonable doubt in the veteran's favor and granted service connection for COPD.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1962-1973 (service); 2025 (decision)
- Population
- Navy veteran aboard USS Kiowa and USS Wainwright 1962-1973 including Vietnam service; COPD
- Limitations
- Stage discipline: reasonable-doubt administrative finding on a combined-toxicant theory - the AOJ had already conceded herbicide exposure, and asbestos was one strand of a synergistic-exposure opinion, not an isolated Wainwright finding. Two ships named; no per-ship apportionment, no ship-specific duty detail, no product identity. The grant rests on the total exposure picture; establishes no materials or conditions aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-cg28-02
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[7]DANFS, Wainwright III (DLG-28), Vol. 8 pp. 39-42 (1981) - verbatim transcription (live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative + battle-star note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 2 July 1962 at Bath, Maine by Bath Iron Works Corp.; launched 25 April 1965 sponsored by Mrs. Richard W. Wainwright; commissioned 8 January 1966 at Boston Naval Shipyard, Capt. Robert P. Foreman in command; home port Charleston, S.C. Three Vietnam deployments (1967, 1968-69, 1970-71) with PIRAZ and SAR-coordinator duty in the Tonkin Gulf; regular overhauls at Charleston Naval Shipyard August 1969-February 1970, September 1973-June 1974, and a 13-month overhaul February 1978-March 1979; sonar-dome drydock at Norfolk Naval Shipyard early 1975; flagship of the 1976 International Naval Review and reviewing ship for Operation Sail; redesignated CG-28 on 30 June 1975; four battle stars for Vietnam service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1962-1979 (DANFS coverage)
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1962-65; crew 1966-93
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content; the entry closes in 1979 and records no disposal data. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404. Transcription carries an internal date error (the early-1975 Norfolk drydock is rendered '1976').
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-cg28-03
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[8]Naval Vessel Register, WAINWRIGHT (CG 28) (ex-DLG 28), UIC 52703 - Wayback capture of NAVSEA official register entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail page CG-28, building-data and status blocks (live page no longer serves the disposed hull; cited via Wayback); hazegray.org/worldnav/usa/decom.htm; navsource.net CG-28 archive
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR register entry: award 18 May 1961; keel 2 July 1962; launch 25 April 1964 [conflicts with DANFS 1965]; delivery 29 December 1965; commission 8 January 1966; decommission 15 November 1993; stricken 15 November 1993; status 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise,' date status changed 13 June 2002. Disposal chain per secondary registers: hazegray fleet-disposal register records 'sold 16 December 1994' for scrap with the contract later terminated; the USS Wainwright Veterans Association and navysite record her at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia, through the decade (the association removed artifacts before sinking); sunk as a target in a joint US-British exercise June 2002 - secondary accounts describe Harpoon strikes from HMS Richmond on 11 June and a Spearfish torpedo from HMS Tireless plus scuttling charges on 12 June.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1961-2002
- Population
- N/A (register data)
- Limitations
- NVR is the official register for dates/status but conflicts with DANFS on launch year (1964 vs 1965) and with Naval Institute Proceedings/NavSource on the decommission/stricken date (15 vs 10 November 1993) - both conflicts carried in gaps. The disposal entry records the administrative status change, not the strike sequence (Harpoon hits 11 June, torpedo/scuttle 12-13 June per secondary accounts).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-cg28-04
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[9]U.S. Naval Institute, Naval History Magazine, 'The Greatest Naval Deception of the Vietnam War, Part Two' (June 2022, Vol. 36 No. 3) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Naval History Magazine Part Two, PIRAZ-ship passage
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USNI account documents that USS Wainwright (DLG-28), then the PIRAZ ship in the Tonkin Gulf, participated in the naval-diversion element of the 21 November 1970 Son Tay POW-rescue raid (Operation Ivory Coast): her NTDS-linked radar controllers tracked the blacked-out, radio-silent Navy and Air Force strike and support aircraft for more than two hours that night.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- November 1970
- Population
- Crew 1970 (Tonkin Gulf deployment)
- Limitations
- Reputable naval-institute history documenting a combat-support role; not an asbestos or materials record. USNI Naval History is an authoritative secondary source, not a primary operational record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-cg28-05
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[10]U.S. Naval Institute, Proceedings, 'The Surface View: Operation Praying Mantis' (May 1989) and Naval History Magazine, 'One Day of War' (April 2013) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Proceedings May 1989 SAG-Charlie engagement narrative; Naval History April 2013 'One Day of War'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USNI accounts document Wainwright (CG-28, Capt. James Chandler) as the SAG Charlie commander ship with USS Simpson (FFG-56) and USS Bagley (FF-1069) in Operation Praying Mantis, 18 April 1988: the group attacked the Sirri platform, then engaged the Iranian fast-attack craft Joshan after it fired a Harpoon that passed down Wainwright's starboard side; Wainwright and Simpson answered with Standard missiles (four hits per the Proceedings account) and the group sank Joshan with gunfire. Wainwright also fired two extended-range Standard missiles at orbiting Iranian F-4s, damaging one.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- April 1988
- Population
- Crew 1987-88 Persian Gulf deployment
- Limitations
- Authoritative secondary accounts documenting the combat deployment; not an asbestos or materials record. Missile-count attribution differs slightly between accounts (Proceedings describes a combined Wainwright/Simpson SM-1 volley; other accounts split the count) - described here per Proceedings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-cg28-06
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[11]Department of Defense, American Forces Information Service / Defense Visual Information Center photo via NARA (NAID 6479235; operator Don S. Montgomery; created 1991-08-31): 'The guided missile cruiser USS WAINWRIGHT (CG 28) lies tied up at the Metro Machine Company's Imperial Docks after a year-long overhaul' (Norfolk, VA); plus official USN photo caption via NavSource archive (image 04012808): USS Wainwright underway 16 October 1992 en route to the Mediterranean with the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) battle group [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 6479235 record title/caption via Digital Public Library of America
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DoD photograph documents Wainwright completing a year-long overhaul at the Metro Machine Company Imperial Docks, Norfolk, Virginia, as of August 1991 - i.e., the ship was in a depot-level availability through the Desert Shield/Desert Storm period (August 1990-February 1991), not deployed. Crew-timeline sources identify the availability as a New Threat Upgrade (NTU) installation, corroborated by the NTU-era sensor fit (AN/SPS-48E, AN/SPS-49(V)5) in the NavSource record. A second official USN photo caption documents her underway 16 October 1992 en route to the Mediterranean as part of the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) battle group - the 1992-93 Mediterranean cruise preceding her November 1993 decommissioning.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1990-1991
- Population
- Metro Machine yard trades and ship's crew 1990-91
- Limitations
- Photo caption documents the overhaul event and location only; the NTU scope rests on crew-timeline and configuration corroboration. Asbestos scope of the availability is inference - no work package or hazmat record is public. Metro Machine is a commercial yard not present in the Atlas shipyard dataset (carried in gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-cg28-07
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[12]DANFS specifications block (Belknap class; 30 kt trials) + Atlas shipyard dataset records for Bath Iron Works and Charleston Naval Shipyard [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; shipyards.json records 'bath-iron-works' and 'charleston-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: Belknap-class construction (four 1,200-psi boilers; two GE geared steam turbines; ~85,000 shp; two screws per NavSource/navysite archival specs) at Bath Iron Works in 1962-65 falls squarely in the documented asbestos-insulation era for Navy steam plants; the builder yard is in the Atlas dataset (tier 2), as is Charleston Naval Shipyard (tier 2), site of her three DANFS-documented regular overhauls (1969-70, 1973-74, 1978-79).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1962-1979
- Population
- BIW construction trades 1962-65; Charleston NSY yard trades 1969-79; crew 1966-93
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - the ship-specific asbestos records for this hull are the two BVA decisions (ev-01, ev-02); this row must not be read as an independent ship-specific finding. Does not identify products or quantities aboard. Machinery figures are secondary archival specs, not DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-cg28-08
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[13]MPRSA general permit 'Transport of Target Vessels,' 40 C.F.R. 229.2, as interpreted by the EPA-Navy letter of 2 August 1999 and the 2014 SINKEX Determination and Agreement (EPA) [federal_register]
- Locator
- EPA marine-protection permitting page + 2014 SINKEX Determination text
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Regulatory context for the 2002 disposal: ex-Navy vessels sunk in SINKEX fleet training exercises are prepared under the MPRSA general permit, which requires an inventory of the vessel and removal 'to the maximum extent practicable' of materials that may degrade the marine environment (the 1999 EPA letter and later determinations detail PCB-material requirements; asbestos-bearing materials fall under the general debris/chemical-pollution removal standard).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1999-2014 (regime); June 2002 (her sinking)
- Population
- Navy/EPA program personnel; marine environment
- Limitations
- Program-level regulation, not a hull record: documents that ex-Wainwright's sinking occurred under a hazardous-material preparation regime, not what was inventoried or removed aboard her. The vessel-specific SINKEX inventory is not public.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-cg28-09
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[14]Batch-191 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API + alternative opinion and BVA sweeps for 'USS Wainwright' / 'CG-28' / 'DLG-28' [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-wainwright-cg28-04 through -06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos tort litigation naming this hull was located. CourtListener API v4 could not be swept - repeated queries returned HTTP 429 (125/day shared cap exceeded; expected reset ~85+ minutes out; logged as blocked rather than retried into a ban per batch discipline). Alternative sweeps of the va.gov BVA corpus and federal opinion sources surfaced only the two BVA administrative decisions (ev-01, ev-02) and name collisions (USS Wainwright DD-419; Fort Wainwright, Alaska). Law-firm and marketing pages claiming exposure aboard this hull exist but are excluded per source rules.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Population
- N/A
- Limitations
- A negative finding bounded by the blocked CourtListener sweep - absence of located tort litigation is not proof of absence; the API throttle left the primary opinion repository unqueried this session. BVA decisions are administrative claim records, not tort findings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-cg28-10