Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, Archerfish (SSN-678) - construction, Arctic operations, multiple documented yard availabilities, disposal [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (NHHC DANFS): contract awarded 25 June 1968 to General Dynamics Corp., Electric Boat Division, Groton; keel laid 19 June 1969; launched 16 January 1971, sponsored by Miss Mary Conover Warner; delivered 1 December 1971; commissioned 17 December 1971 at New London, Cmdr. Ralph Gordon Bird in command. DANFS records post-shakedown availability at Electric Boat 5 September-26 October 1972; overhaul at Norfolk Naval Shipyard beginning 7 July 1976 (homeport shifted New London to Norfolk May 1977); an Arctic under-ice cruise spring 1979 with 23 polar-pack surfacings including the North Pole; restricted availability at Portsmouth (N.H.) Naval Shipyard mid-July-October 1979; sonar-dome replacement at Newport News Shipbuilding March-April 1980; and regular overhaul at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard February 1983-October 1984. Decommissioned and stricken 31 March 1998.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1968-1998
- Population
- EB construction trades (1969-71); NNSY/PNSY/NNS availability trades; crew (1971-1998)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Documents repeated Atlantic-yard availabilities; yard presence is documented, material disturbance is not.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-archerfish-ssn678-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, Archerfish (SSN-678) detail page (Internet Archive Wayback capture) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL SSN-678 milestone table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Naval Vessel Register detail record (archived capture): decommissioned and stricken 31 March 1998; 'Disposed of by submarine recycling', status changed 6 November 1998; custodian Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton; complement 14 officers + 98 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1998
- Population
- None
- Limitations
- Register milestone data only; no material characterization. Live NVR requires Navy SSO; figures read from archived capture.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-archerfish-ssn678-02
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[3]Halseth v. General Electric Co., No. 3:07-cv-02543-EMC (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A work-history, ECF No. 1-2 (filed 2007-05-14) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF 1-2, Exhibit A, PSNS pipefitter (1975-2004) vessel list + job-duties block (the separate Mare Island Building 866 'ship sightings' list does not contain this hull)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (plaintiff Michael Halseth's Puget Sound Naval Shipyard work-history section, Bremerton - Pipefitter, 1975-2004) lists vessels the plaintiff claimed exposure around, expressly including 'ARCHERFISH (SSN-678)' among dozens of hulls. The section's job duties describe repairing, replacing, and modifying piping systems on nuclear and non-nuclear ships in engine rooms, fire rooms, and reactor rooms; changing gaskets in steam traps; and working around laggers, machinists, electricians, and painters 'regularly blowing around asbestos dust' near ships 'insulated with JOHNS-MANVILLE insulation.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1975-2004
- Population
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard trades (plaintiff's claimed window)
- Limitations
- Complaint-exhibit vessel list; unadjudicated pleading-stage allegation - not a finding that asbestos was aboard any listed hull. The exhibit's Puget Sound Naval Shipyard window (1975-2004) is NOT corroborated for in-service contact: DANFS documents Archerfish's availabilities at Electric Boat, Norfolk NSY, Portsmouth (N.H.) NSY, and Newport News - all Atlantic side; no Pacific/PSNS period appears in her service record. Coincidence noted: the hull was recycled AT PSNS (completed November 1998), inside the plaintiff's window - whether claimed contact occurred during her recycling presence cannot be resolved and would post-date her service life. Establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull, exposure of any individual, quantity, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-archerfish-ssn678-03
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[4]Era inference built on: NHHC DANFS/NVR record (S5W2 plant, single shaft); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for the associated yards; no hull-specific material record located [other_primary]
- Locator
- class/era synthesis (no ship-specific document)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: a Sturgeon-class nuclear attack submarine built 1969-71 at Electric Boat, Groton, and maintained through Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Newport News availabilities sits inside the Navy's peak asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications on the secondary steam plant (steam generators feeding geared turbines) and auxiliary systems included thermal/pipe insulation, gaskets, packing, and machinery insulation. Documented asbestos product lines at the associated yards (Electric Boat/Groton, Norfolk NSY, Portsmouth NSY, Newport News) are recorded in the shipyard-exposure-map dataset.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1969-1998
- Population
- Shipyard construction trades (1969-71); yard availability trades; crew (1971-1998)
- Limitations
- CLASS/ERA INFERENCE ONLY - no ship-specific material schedule, insulation survey, or abatement record was located for this hull. Names era-standard applications on non-nuclear auxiliary systems; the S5W2 reactor plant itself establishes nothing. Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, any exposure, or any quantity. Never infer ship-specific findings from this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-archerfish-ssn678-04
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[5]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - covering this hull's construction and the bulk of her service-era insulation events.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1969-1998
- Population
- Navy ship and shipyard population (program-level)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-archerfish-ssn678-05
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[6]Batch-40 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS, archived Naval Vessel Register detail pages, CourtListener docket records via RECAP archive, GAO program documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- synthesis of the ship's search-ledger rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for USS Archerfish (SSN-678): no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding naming this hull was found. The Halseth exhibit naming this hull is a pleading-stage allegation with an uncorroborated Mare Island window. No other qualifying litigation naming this hull was located in the retrieved RECAP corpus.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Population
- Shipyard construction trades; overhaul trades; crew
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard or absence of exposure. Recycling-era hazmat/abatement records for the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program are not public. CourtListener live search was rate-limited/auth-walled during this batch (logged in the search ledger); coverage rests on the retrieved RECAP document corpus and prior-batch sweeps, which is not exhaustive. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-archerfish-ssn678-06