Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]U.S. Navy Department Schedule 5788 bid form (Habirshaw Cable & Wire Division, Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corp.; bid dated Aug 29, 1940), filed as Exhibit 22 to the Lehman declaration, Hutchison v. A.W. Chesterton Co., No. 4:07-cv-02824-SBA (N.D. Cal.) (RECAP) [court_record]
- Locator
- RECAP doc. 34-23, Schedule 5788 pp. 19-20 (exhibit PDF pp. 6-7 of 10): 'Purpose: For BB55 and BB56' + 'At PHILADELPHIA, PA., For USS WASHINGTON (BB-56)' itemized delivery block - verified by OCR of the fetched PDF
- Finding type
- litigation_product_id
- Finding
- An authentic WWII-era Navy Department procurement schedule for 'Cable, electric, insulated, heat and flame resistant, on reels' states 'Purpose: For BB55 and BB56. Project Orders Nos. 129 and 130/RNV(C&M)' and itemizes quantities of Navy-type cable (DHFA, THFA, FHFA, MHFA, and SHFS classes) under the delivery block 'At PHILADELPHIA, PA., For USS WASHINGTON (BB-56)' - a primary record of heat- and flame-resistant insulated cable procured for this specific hull during construction at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1940 (schedule); 2007 (litigation filing)
- Population
- Philadelphia Navy Yard construction/supply context, 1940-41
- Limitations
- Period procurement document filed as a defense-side expert exhibit in asbestos litigation; it names cable types and the destination hull but does not state fiber content. Association of WWII Navy 'FA'-family heat/flame-resistant cable insulation with asbestos is era-specification inference. Not an adjudicated exposure finding; does not quantify material aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-washington-bb56-01
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[2]Complaint Exhibit A, Turner v. General Electric Co. et al., No. 3:10-cv-05932-JSW (N.D. Cal.), filed as MDL-875 Doc. 6548-2 (Jan 4, 2011); identical ship list refiled in survival/wrongful-death action Turner et al. v. General Electric Co. et al., No. 3:12-cv-01600-EMC (N.D. Cal.), MDL-875 Doc. 8596-2 (Apr 2, 2012) (RECAP) [court_record]
- Locator
- MDL-875 Doc. 6548-2, Exhibit A p. 17 of 23 (Puget Sound NSY ship list: 'WASHINGTON (BB-56)') and p. 18 (job-duties narrative); MDL-875 Doc. 8596-2 p. 20 of 22 - verified by OCR of both fetched PDFs
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos personal-injury complaint Exhibit A lists WASHINGTON (BB-56) among the vessels at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, where plaintiff George W. Turner, a sheetmetal worker (helper) out of Shop 17, alleges he worked and was exposed to asbestos June 1944-September 1945; the complaint text states he worked 'on the ships listed above' near trades tearing out asbestos-containing insulation (asbestos cloth, pipecovering, cement) and carried damaged asbestos-containing insulation off the ships. Plaintiff was diagnosed with mesothelioma in or about May 2010; the identical ship list reappears in the 2012 survival/wrongful-death refiling.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (alleged exposure); 2010-2012 (filings)
- Population
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard sheetmetal worker (helper), Shop 17, 1944-45; mesothelioma
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation; the vessel is named among roughly 25 ships at the yard, not an adjudicated finding of exposure aboard this hull. Does not establish which products were aboard, individual exposure, or causation. The ship's documented final wartime refit at Puget Sound Navy Yard (arrived Jun 28, 1945, continuing through V-J Day) corroborates presence inside the alleged window; the spring-1944 bow-replacement period ended just before the window opened.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-washington-bb56-02
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[3]DANFS, Washington VIII (BB-56) - builder, spec block, and service narrative (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page unavailable); North Carolina-class machinery spec per class documentation (NHL nomination NRHP 82004893) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + construction/service narrative; class machinery spec via NHL nomination NRHP 82004893 (BB-55 sister, same class plant)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- As built 1938-41, Washington carried the North Carolina-class plant - eight Babcock & Wilcox boilers (575 psi), four General Electric geared steam turbines, four shafts, 121,000 shp - and associated steam piping, valves, and auxiliaries insulated under late-1930s Navy specifications; boiler/fireroom insulation, steam-line lagging, deck tile, and bulkhead materials were standard class-era asbestos applications.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1938-1945
- Population
- Construction trades, Philadelphia Navy Yard (1938-41); crew across WWII service
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - the BB-56 DANFS spec block carries no machinery detail; the plant spec is documented at class level and no hull-specific insulation survey was located. Names the era standard, not confirmed installed materials on this hull; no quantity; the hull was scrapped 1961 so nothing remains to survey.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-washington-bb56-03
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[4]DANFS, Washington VIII (BB-56) - documented yard periods and disposition (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page unavailable) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative (1942 overhaul; 1944 bow replacement; 1945 refit; Magic Carpet; disposal paragraph)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented exposure-relevant work periods for this hull: construction and fitting-out at the Philadelphia Navy Yard 1938-41; overhaul at the New York Navy Yard (Brooklyn) Jul 23-Aug 23, 1942; temporary bow fitted at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard after the Feb 1, 1944 collision with Indiana; new bow at Puget Sound Navy Yard spring 1944 (departed via Port Townsend, reaching Pearl Harbor Jun 13, 1944); final wartime refit at Puget Sound Navy Yard from Jun 28, 1945 through V-J Day; Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Oct 17-Nov 15, 1945 (Navy Day ceremonies plus Magic Carpet conversion, Nov 2-15). Placed out of commission in reserve Jun 27, 1947; stricken Jun 1, 1960; sold May 24, 1961 and scrapped soon thereafter. Earned 13 battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1938-1947; 1960-1961
- Population
- Philadelphia, New York (Brooklyn), Pearl Harbor, and Puget Sound yard trades; crew; scrapping workforce (1961)
- Limitations
- The yard periods are ship-specific and documented; the asbestos rip-out/re-insulation scope of each is inferred from era practice, not documented per-hull. Scrapped 1961, predating disclosure-era disposal documentation - no scrapping-yard asbestos record located. Does not establish exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-washington-bb56-04
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[5]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program and that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships, not beginning substitution until the early 1970s - postdating this hull's entire active service (1941-47) and its scrapping (1961).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, re-confirmed 2026-09-18) - description via product page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-washington-bb56-05
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[6]Batch-112 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 name+hull queries (blocked, HTTP 429); direct RECAP fetch + OCR of the two located exhibits; NARA ship-plan index; NVR; GAO; Wayback availability; open-web searches surfacing only excluded marketing pages [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-washington-bb56-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, material inventory, or disposal hazmat record for USS Washington was located in the sources searched; the ship-specific record consists of the two litigation artifacts only (see search_ledger). The hull was scrapped in 1961, predating disclosure-era documentation, so no present-day ACM record can exist.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record does not prove asbestos was or was not aboard; BuShips/Bureau of Engineering construction correspondence and Philadelphia yard records in undigitized NARA series (RG 19, RG 181) remain the archival lead. CourtListener index-level re-verification was blocked by the documented 125/day rate limit - the class-profile ledger (2026-09-16) records no additional qualifying name+hull hits, and the two artifacts were verified directly at document level. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-washington-bb56-06