Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet gf-packet.md (8 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS William R. Rush; hull DD-714 (later DDR-714, back to DD-714);
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-william-r-rush-dd714-pkt-gf-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, William R. Rush (DD-714) - specifications block + full service narrative (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page serves 404; hazegray.org DNS dead - Wayback capture 2024-05-25 cited; second verbatim mirror at destroyers.org 'DANFS April 2016') [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'DD-714 William R. Rush', specifications block (dp. 2,425; l. 390'6"; b. 41'1"; dr. 18'6"; s. 35.0 k.; cpl. 336; cl. Gearing) + full narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 15 October 1944 at Newark, N.J., by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. (NVR and NavSource read 19 October 1944 - conflict carried in gaps); launched 8 July 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Dorothy Flagg Biddle; commissioned 21 September 1945, Comdr. Theodore E. Vogeley. Fitting out at New York Navy Yard; Newport home port; Korean War - sailed 3 January 1951 via Panama Canal/Pearl Harbor/Midway/Sasebo to TF 77, first shore bombardment 7 February 1951, continuous bombardment/escort until 13 June, circumnavigation ending Newport 8 August 1951; Boston Naval Shipyard radar-picket conversion end-1951 (decommissioned 21 December 1951 during refit); reclassified DDR-714 18 July 1952, recommissioned 3 September 1952; eight 6th Fleet Mediterranean deployments 1954-1964 (Newport 1954-58, Mayport 1958-64); Cuban quarantine line TF-135 20 October-3 December 1962; New York Naval Shipyard 10-month FRAM overhaul June 1964-April 1965, resuming DD-714; MidEastFor deployment March-July 1967 (Suez transit 1 April; Six-Day War contingency ops to 17 June); Boston Naval Shipyard 4-month overhaul 1968; Meritorious Unit Commendation for North Atlantic hunter-killer work with Wasp (CVS-18); 26-day shadowing of Soviet helicopter carrier Leningrad from 23 January 1971; final deployment (second circumnavigation, Middle East/Indian Ocean, with Charles H. Roan DD-853) 5 April-31 October 1972; Boston Naval Shipyard overhaul 1973; DesRon 28 Naval Reserve training ship, Fort Schuyler, Bronx, N.Y., July 1973-1978; decommissioned and simultaneously stricken 1 July 1978, transferred same day to the Republic of Korea Navy under the Security Assistance Program as ROKS Kang Won (DD-922).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1978
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1944-45; crews 1945-78; Boston Naval Shipyard workers (1950, 1951-52, 1954, 1968, 1973 availabilities); New York Naval Shipyard workers (1945 fit-out, 1964-65 FRAM); New York Navy Yard fitting-out trades 1945
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, builder, service history, yard periods, and transfer - not materials or asbestos content. Laid-down date (15 Oct 1944) conflicts with NVR/NavSource (19 Oct 1944); both carried, see gaps. Mirror transcriptions cited because the live NHHC page returns 404 and hazegray.org fails DNS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-william-r-rush-dd714-01
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[3]Naval Vessel Register historical record, WILLIAM R RUSH (DD 714), ex-DDR 714 (NAVSHIPSO/NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office; record last updated 2011-02-16; Wayback capture 2024-08-22) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship-detail page, VESSEL STATUS + MILESTONE DATES + PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS blocks
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- NVR record for this hull: class DD 710 (Gearing); builder Federal Shipbuilding & DD Co.; keel 10/19/1944; launch 7/8/1945; commission and delivery 9/21/1945; stricken 7/1/1978; status 'Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, cash sale, ex-US fleet hull foreign military sale case number assigned,' date status changed 08/01/1978; custodian KOREA; steel hull, steel superstructure; UIC 04314.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1978 (record last updated 2011)
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Registry record documents status milestones only - no materials, asbestos, or hazmat content. NVR keel date (10/19/1944) conflicts with DANFS (15 Oct 1944); the 08/01/1978 status-change date is the registry's administrative posting versus the 7/1/1978 strike/transfer recorded by DANFS and NVR's own stricken field.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-william-r-rush-dd714-02
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[4]Henry v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., et al., C.A. No. 12-212L (D.R.I.), Report and Recommendation, Almond, U.S.M.J., filed Dec. 2, 2014; reported 2014 WL 6910490 (D.R.I. Dec. 3, 2014); digested R.I. Lawyers Weekly No. 54-048-14 (Feb. 13, 2015); complaint of record via J.P.M.L. MDL No. 875 master docket, Doc. 8412-1 (tag-along notice with attached complaint, S.D.N.Y. 1:12-cv-00180, filed 2012-02-09) [court_record]
- Locator
- R&R C.A. 12-212L (D.R.I., Dec. 2, 2014) as digested at R.I. Lawyers Weekly 54-048-14; complaint at MDL No. 875 Doc. 8412-1 (S.D.N.Y. 1:12-cv-00180 tag-along)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published federal Report and Recommendation names this hull in asbestos personal-injury litigation: the estate of William F. Henry (executrix Judith E. Henry) alleged he developed mesothelioma from Navy asbestos exposure as a machinist. The R&R recites from the record: Henry enlisted 22 July 1953; 'he did not board the U.S.S. William R. Rush until December 27, 1955' and 'his service aboard the U.S.S. Rush ended on April 9, 1957'; 'Mr. Henry's only contact with Warren pumps was during this approximately sixteen-month period when he served aboard the U.S.S. Rush'; Warren Pumps conceded Henry's workspace aboard the ship contained three Warren pumps (main condenser circulating pump; freshwater pump; fire and bilge pump); shipmate Charles Newbold's testimony established that Henry worked on the fire and bilge pump and was present when others worked on pumps, and 'generally described procedures used to cut through asbestos insulation and mix asbestos powder for all pumps.' Disposition: the R&R RECOMMENDED summary judgment for Warren Pumps on substantial-factor grounds (no evidence of frequency of asbestos work on Warren products; defense expert opined individual packing/gasket changes 'do not constitute substantial exposures') and on the bare-metal defense (no evidence Warren supplied the asbestos-containing components). Maritime law applied.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1955-1957 (alleged exposure); 2012-2014 (litigation)
- Population
- Navy machinist aboard USS William R. Rush Dec 1955-Apr 1957 (mesothelioma decedent); shipmate deponent Charles Newbold
- Limitations
- Report-and-Recommendation stage (magistrate recommendation, not an adjudicated trial finding): the exposure allegation is recited from pleadings and deposition testimony and was never adjudicated; the recommended disposition is a merits-level negative for this plaintiff as to Warren Pumps (defense SJ) - it establishes that this hull was named and that asbestos-work testimony aboard it was of record, not that exposure occurred or that Warren products caused injury. R&R text verified via Lawyers Weekly digest quoting the document; the underlying R&R PDF and the district court's adoption order were not retrieved (D.R.I. RECAP coverage pending); complaint ship-list retrieved only to tag-along caption level on the MDL master docket.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-william-r-rush-dd714-03
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[5]Henry v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., et al. (D.R.I., C.A. 12-212), federal-officer removal opinion; digested R.I. Lawyers Weekly No. 54-042-12 (Jan. 17, 2013) [court_record]
- Locator
- R.I. Lawyers Weekly digest 54-042-12 (removal opinion, Henry v. American Honda, D.R.I. 12-212)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Earlier procedural stage of the Henry matter: Buffalo Pumps removed the estate's Rhode Island Superior Court complaint to federal court under federal-officer jurisdiction (28 U.S.C. 1442), asserting a colorable federal-contractor defense - that it manufactured and supplied pumps for Navy ships pursuant to vessel-specific contracts and detailed Navy specifications, direction, and control. The court denied the plaintiff's remand motion, adopting the Hagen v. Benjamin Foster (E.D. Pa. 2010) standard. The digest recites that the complaint alleged the decedent 'was exposed to asbestos while working as a machinist in the United States Navy from 1953 to 1956.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2012-2013 (removal stage)
- Population
- Estate of William F. Henry (Navy machinist 1953-1956 allegation)
- Limitations
- Removal-jurisdiction opinion only - resolves forum, not exposure; the ship is not named in the digested excerpt (the '1953 to 1956' Navy-machinist allegation overlaps Henry's Rush service 1955-57). Establishes the case's removal posture and the federal-contractor defense asserted for Navy-supplied pumps; establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-william-r-rush-dd714-04
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[6]DANFS specifications block (Gearing class; 35 kt; cpl. 336) + class machinery record (4 Babcock & Wilcox superheated boilers, GE geared turbines, 60,000 shp) + Goodrich v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. omnibus opinion (E.D. Va. 2018) class recitals + Atlas shipyards.json federal-shipbuilding-kearny record [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NavSource class data; Goodrich v. Air & Liquid Systems, ECF 171 pp. 12, 19, 31 (per gearing-class.class.json ev-04); shipyards.json 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard/design inference for this hull: a Gearing-class destroyer built 1944-45 with a four-boiler superheated-steam plant (4 B&W boilers; GE geared turbines; 60,000 shp) would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation - boiler casing and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe lagging, turbine lagging, valve/flange gaskets and packing, fireproofing, and accommodation insulation. At class level, the Goodrich v. Air & Liquid Systems omnibus opinion (E.D. Va. 4:17-cv-00009, ECF 171, Sept. 28, 2018) recites an engineering drawing for insulation/lagging of forced-draft blower turbines 'for the class of destroyers (DD 692, USS Allen M. Sumner class)' specifying amosite felts and asbestos cloths, and quotes an expert partial tally of 30.3 tons of asbestos-containing thermal insulation and lagging in Sumner/Gearing-class fire and engine rooms - shared machinery design, not a hull inventory. Her documented yard periods include the 1951-52 Boston radar-picket conversion and the 1964-65 ten-month FRAM overhaul at New York Naval Shipyard - events where insulation disturbance was era-standard but is not hull-documented.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1978
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1944-45; crews 1945-78; overhaul/FRAM yard workers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - the ship-specific finding for this hull is the Henry litigation record (ev-03); this row adds context, not an independent ship-specific finding. The Goodrich recitals are litigation-stage class materials (drawing covers Sumner DD-692 group machinery shared by Gearing); underlying exhibits not retrieved. No quantity for this hull is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-william-r-rush-dd714-05
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[7]Atlas shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' (tier 2): Owens-Illinois, Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ (Aug. 30-Sep. 2, 1944), introduced as Owens-Illinois interrogatory exhibit #20 in Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Brazoria County TX (1990); survey document at toxicdocs.org [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' evidence ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944; survey dated Aug. 30-Sep. 2, 1944
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Builder-yard documentation overlapping this hull's construction window: an Owens-Illinois industrial-health survey at Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock, Kearny, NJ (30 August-2 September 1944) documented insulator work with asbestos pipe covering (Johns-Manville Superex) and boiler insulation in confined shipyard spaces, with dust counts during cutting and fitting. DD-714's keel was laid at this yard on 15/19 October 1944 - weeks after the survey - so the record documents asbestos product use at the yard while this hull was on the ways.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding insulators and pipefitters, Kearny NJ, 1944
- Limitations
- Yard-level industrial-hygiene record, not a hull record: it documents asbestos products in use at the builder's yard in the weeks before this keel-laying, not what was installed aboard DD-714. Survey conducted by Owens-Illinois (a manufacturer with commercial interest); dust counts in mppcf (pre-fiber-count era). Cited from the Atlas shipyard dataset row; underlying exhibit not independently re-reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-william-r-rush-dd714-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct. 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (summary/highlights)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Program-level asbestos policy context for this hull's service era: GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and that standing policy (1975) removed it only when damaged or 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.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979 (policy era 1975-79)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not ship- or class-specific; supports era context for this hull's documented yard periods (1951-52 conversion; 1964-65 FRAM; Boston overhauls). Full text blocked to automated fetch (HTTP 403); product-page description used - standing defect since batch-01.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-william-r-rush-dd714-07
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[9]Yonhap News Agency, 'Baekjeon-nojang hamjeong Gangwonham, 70-nyeon man-e wanjeon toe-yeok' (veteran warship Gangwon fully retires after 70+ years), Dec. 11, 2016 (Changwon); Dong-A Ilbo, retirement-ceremony report, Dec. 29, 2000 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Yonhap ACR20161209159600052 (2016-12-11); Dong-A Ilbo donga.com 2000-12-29 ceremony report
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Post-USN custody and disposition of this hull documented by Korean press: ROKS Gangwon (DD-922, ex-USS William R. Rush) served the ROK Navy 22 years 4 months (1978-2000), including sinking a North Korean spy-ship mother ship near Ulleungdo in 1983; decommissioned at the Jinhae naval base ceremony 29 December 2000; loaned to Jinhae (later Changwon) city and operated July 2001-2016 as the warship exhibit of the Jinhae Marine Park (300,000-350,000 visitors annually; bridge, galley, mess, berthing, barbershop, sick bay open to walk-through); interior viewing suspended August 2014 and display ended about October 2015 on findings of deterioration and sinking risk; city returned the hull to the navy 30 November 2016; navy sold her for scrap and dismantling began at Busan Dadaepo port December 2016.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1978-2016
- Population
- ROKN crew 1978-2000; museum visitors/staff 2001-2016; Busan breakers 2016-17
- Limitations
- Reputable-press record of custody and disposal; the reporting attributes the scrapping decision to hull deterioration and sinking risk and does not mention asbestos, hazardous materials, or survey/abatement scope - no asbestos content established or negated by this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-william-r-rush-dd714-08
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[10]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-714/DDR-714 USS William R. Rush - Operational and Building Data + class data (Wayback capture 2024-06-23) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-714 page, 'Operational and Building Data' + 'CLASS - GEARING As Built' blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource index record for this hull: laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Newark NJ, October 19 1944 (NVR concurs; DANFS reads 15 October); launched July 8 1945; commissioned September 21 1945; decommissioned December 21 1951; reclassified DDR-714 July 18 1952; recommissioned September 3 1952; reclassified DD-714 July 1 1964; completed FRAM upgrade April 1965; decommissioned July 1 1978; stricken July 1 1978; to South Korea July 1 1978, renamed Kang Won (DD-922); fate - began dismantling December 2016 in Busan, South Korea. Class data block (as built): displacement 3,460 t full; 390'6" x 40'10" x 14'4"; 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm, 11 x 20mm, 10 x 21" tt; machinery 60,000 shp, GE geared turbines, 2 screws; speed 36.8 kt; crew 336. Callsign NTGE; tactical voice callsign BILLFOLD.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-2016
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- NavSource is a reputable secondary photographic-index compilation, not a primary document - operational/building data corroborates DANFS/NVR but adds no asbestos or materials content. Page blocks automated fetch; data via Wayback capture 2024-06-23.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-william-r-rush-dd714-09
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[11]This record's search ledger (DANFS mirrors; NVR; NavSource; CourtListener sweeps; Korean press; NPS/NARA checks; GAO) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-william-r-rush-dd714-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos MATERIAL record located for DD-714 beyond the Henry litigation file: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, environmental remediation record, hazmat disclosure at transfer or scrapping, and no ship-specific BuShips material schedule was located in the public sources searched. Korean museum-period and dismantling coverage (2001-2016) documents deterioration and scrapping but no asbestos findings.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record does not prove absence - BuShips contract correspondence, GIB material lists, and FRAM/shipyard work packages for this hull likely sit in undigitized NARA series; Korean-language ROKN and municipal hazmat records were not searched beyond English-accessible press.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-william-r-rush-dd714-10
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[12]Archival leads identified but not retrieved: BuShips General Information Book / contract specifications for DD-714 (NARA RG 19); Boston Naval Shipyard work packages (1951-52 DDR conversion; 1968; 1973); New York Naval Shipyard FRAM I work package (1964-65); deck logs (RG 24); Fort Schuyler NRT-period maintenance records (1973-78) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 19 (BuShips) / RG 24 (deck logs); yard work-package series
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Hull-level material documentation may exist in undigitized records: the BuShips General Information Book and contract specification for DD-714 (NARA RG 19) would carry the as-built insulation schedule; shipyard work packages from the documented availabilities (Boston 1950, 1951-52 conversion, 1954, 1968, 1973; NY Naval Shipyard 1945 fit-out and 1964-65 FRAM) would carry insulation-disturbance scope; deck logs (RG 24) and Fort Schuyler-era NRT maintenance files complete the picture. None retrieved; nothing in this record rests on them.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1978
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Leads only - contents unverified. A GIB or FRAM work package, if it survives, could move materials documentation from class/era inference toward hull-level record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-william-r-rush-dd714-11
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[13]CourtListener API v4 sweep (authenticated, fleet-paced), 2026-09-27 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger row sl-uss-william-r-rush-dd714-04; MDL-875 master docket at https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/1245688/in-re-asbestos-products-liability-litigation-no-vi/ (Doc. 8412-1)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep (authenticated helper, fleet-paced) 2026-09-27, 8 queries. Exact-name opinions '"William R. Rush"': 6 hits, all person-name collisions (Rush v. U.S. Bancorp Equipment Finance, S.D. 2007 x2; Smith v. Smith, Mich. App. 1982; McBride v. Arends, Mich. App. 1977; Waldner v. North American Truck & Trailer, D.S.D. 2011 and 8th Cir. 2014) - none reference the ship. Exact-name dockets '"William R. Rush"': 9 hits - 1 QUALIFYING: J.P.M.L. MDL No. 875 master docket (assigned Robreno, terminated 2022-11-01), attachment Doc. 8412-1, 'Notice of Potential Tag-Along - Complaint and Docket Sheet,' Judith E. Henry as Executrix of Estate of William F. Henry v. American Honda Motor Co. et al. (15-page N.Y. Supreme Court complaint; member case S.D.N.Y. 1:12-cv-00180; filed 2012-02-09) - the exact-name query matched inside the attachment's OCR text (complaint ship list; returned snippet covers caption page only); the other 8 hits are person-name collisions (bankruptcy debtors William R. Rush x2; Sioux Falls Kenworth v. Isuzu affidavit; Scalia v. Bene Market attorney appearances; Motors Liquidation, Kars 4 Kids, Waldner, Chado text matches). '"USS Rush"' opinions: 0. '"USS Rush" asbestos' dockets: 0. Hull-number opinions '"DD-714" OR "DDR-714"': 0. Hull-number dockets '"DD-714" OR "DDR-714"': 5 hits, all text-fragment noise (DD-714 appearing inside unrelated exhibit/filing text - Global Brokerage, Giampaolo v. McCann, Keys bankruptcy, Wonser v. Norman, Saki v. Norman), none asbestos or vessel-related. Korean-name opinion sweep '"Kang Won"/"ROKS Kang Won"': broad-OR variant returned 23,688 unfiltered asbestos opinions (0 of top 20 mentioning the name - query parsed 'asbestos' as standalone OR term); tight phrase query '"Kang Won" asbestos' blocked by fleet pacing at cutoff (2 attempts over ~8 minutes) - recorded as uncompleted, not a negative result.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- CourtListener indexes a subset of federal/state opinions and federal dockets; unindexed state-court filings, most trial-level dockets, and settled MDL-875 claimant records are outside coverage. Exact-name/hull searches cannot catch filings that name the vessel only in OCR'd exhibits not surfaced as snippet text, or ROK-custody litigation in Korean courts. The MDL-875 hit's match position is inside attachment 8412-1's 15-page OCR text beyond the 500-char snippet window. The Korean-name phrase query was not completed (fleet pacing); coverage there remains open rather than negative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-william-r-rush-dd714-12