Evidence
17 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-17).
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[1]Naval Vessel Register, ship detail page - ARKANSAS (CGN 41), ex-DLGN 41 (Wayback capture; live NVR detail pages no longer serve this stricken hull) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail table (vessel status, milestone dates, physical characteristics, custodian)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Naval Vessel Register record: guided missile cruiser (nuclear propulsion); builder Newport News; award 01/31/1975; keel 01/17/1977; launch 10/21/1978; delivery 09/29/1980; commission 10/18/1980; decommission 07/07/1998; stricken 07/07/1998; status 'Disposed of by Recycling' effective 11/01/1999; custodian Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA; UIC 20807; class CGN 38; 586 ft overall (560 ft WL), 63 ft extreme beam, 32 ft max navigational draft; light displacement 10,669 tons, full 11,673 tons, deadweight 1,004; steel hull, aluminum superstructure; propulsion type steam turbine (nuclear), 2 propellers; accommodations 35 officers, 428 enlisted; page last updated 10/19/2001.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1975-2001
- Limitations
- NVR documents milestones, status, and characteristics only - no materials or asbestos content. Complement (463) conflicts with DANFS 473, NavSource 'crew 500', and press '600-member crew' - NVR carried, conflict in gaps. Live NVR detail page no longer serves this hull; Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arkansas-cgn41-01
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[2]DANFS, Arkansas IV (CGN-41), 1991 ed. Vol. 1-Part A pp. 386-387 (verbatim transcription via hazegray, Wayback capture; no live NHHC ship-history page located for this hull) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative (1980-1986); bracketed post-1991 decommission note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: fourth Arkansas; laid down 17 January 1977 at Newport News, Va., by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.; launched 21 October 1978; sponsored by Mrs. Dale Bumpers, wife of U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers of Arkansas; commissioned 18 October 1980, Capt. Dennis S. Read in command. Specifications: Virginia class; 9,473 t full load; 585 ft; 63 ft beam; 30 ft 6 in draft; 30+ kt; complement 473; armament two 5-inch, LAMPS helicopter, six torpedo tubes, two missile launchers (ASROC/Standard/Tartar). Service narrative through 1986: fitting out at Norfolk; April-June 1981 West Indies shakedown incl. Rio de Janeiro and Recife; post-shakedown availability at Newport News to 15 December 1981; January-March 1982 explosive shock tests off Key West; two further months of post-shakedown repairs at Newport News March-May 1982; Guantanamo refresher training June-July 1982; Nimitz escort September-October 1982; first Sixth Fleet deployment 10 November 1982 - May 1983, on station off Beirut 6 December - 4 May supporting the Lebanon multinational force with Gulf of Sidra freedom-of-navigation maneuvers; homeport shift to Alameda, Calif., July 1983 via Panama Canal; PSNS three-month repair February-May 1984; circumnavigation 1 June - 17 December 1984 incl. RIMPAC 84, Subic Bay, Hong Kong, ~3 months Indian Ocean/Arabian Sea, Suez Canal transit 3 November; PSNS four-month restricted availability February-June 1985 during which Tomahawk cruise missiles and Phalanx CIWS were installed; second Indian Ocean deployment January-August 1986 incl. Karachi call 15-20 March, Suez transit 29-30 April, Libya operations May-June with Enterprise (CVN-65) and Truxtun (CGN-35), return to Alameda 13 August 1986.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1975-1986 (narrative); 1997 (bracket note)
- Population
- Newport News construction trades 1977-80; crew 1980-98
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content; the entry's 1986 cutoff leaves the final decade uncovered (post-DANFS service in ev-06). A bracketed post-entry note citing Naval Institute Proceedings (May 1997) says 'decommissioned on 1 October 1997' - a forward schedule reference conflicting with NVR's 07/07/1998 decommission; discrepancy in gaps. Complement 473 conflicts with NVR 463; in gaps. Mirror transcription cited because no live NHHC page was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arkansas-cgn41-02
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[3]Fred Hiatt, 'U.S. Nuclear Ship Uses Canal,' Washington Post, 5-6 November 1984 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Washington Post archive, article body
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporary press report: Egypt allowed a nuclear-powered U.S. Navy ship through the Suez Canal for the first time - the nuclear-powered cruiser USS Arkansas transited from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean at night, shadowing a conventionally powered Soviet ship - the 'first nuclear' claim attaching to this hull's 3 November 1984 transit during her circumnavigation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1984-11
- Limitations
- Verifies the first-nuclear-vessel Suez superlative only; no bearing on materials or asbestos. The transit date itself rests on DANFS (3 November 1984).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arkansas-cgn41-03
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[4]DANFS, Mississippi IV (CGN-40), live NHHC page (official) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Mississippi IV DANFS page, December 1982 service narrative + ReadEx photo caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NHHC record for sister ship Mississippi names this hull twice: Mississippi 'steamed with Nimitz and guided missile cruiser Arkansas (CGN 41) off the coast of Lebanon' in December 1982 (Andalusia rescue narrative) - corroborating Arkansas's first Mediterranean deployment; and the captioned six-cruiser ReadEx 1-81 formation photograph naming Arkansas (CGN 41) with Texas, Mississippi, California, South Carolina, and Virginia, 26 February 1981 (DN-SC-87-08333).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1981-1982
- Limitations
- Corroborates the Lebanon deployment and places the hull in a February 1981 formation photo; the document is Mississippi's own history - no materials, yard, or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arkansas-cgn41-04
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[5]United States v. Velarde-Gavarrete, 975 F.2d 672 (9th Cir. 1992), No. 91-50836, decided 22 September 1992 [court_record]
- Locator
- 975 F.2d 672, factual recital (Nordcapp encounter and boarding); reporter text via Justia
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Published appellate opinion (criminal drug prosecution, NOT asbestos) reciting that at ~0730 on 11 September 1990 'the USS Arkansas, acting on classified information, encountered the M/V Nordcapp, a Honduran-flag freighter' dead in the water near the Clipperton Islands ~1,400 miles west of Costa Rica; an embarked U.S. Coast Guard law-enforcement team boarded, found the ship afire, evacuated her crew; the Nordcapp sank in 11,000 feet of water and ten crewmembers were carried aboard Arkansas to San Diego. Corroborates this hull's 1990 counter-drug deployment and the Nordkapp/Nordcapp interdiction reported in secondary sources. Classified: OTHER litigation - no asbestos content.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1990-09-11 (event); 1992 (opinion)
- Population
- Arkansas crew and embarked USCG law-enforcement detachment, September 1990
- Limitations
- Not asbestos litigation and not exposure evidence - a criminal appeal (dismissed indictment reinstated) that names the ship as the interdiction platform. The opinion recites no cocaine recovered; the '14 tons' figure is secondary-only. Confirms the deployment event, nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arkansas-cgn41-05
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[6]Spokesman-Review (Spokane): 'Navy Assigns Three Ships To Bremerton' (5 Jan 1995) and 'Nuclear Ship To Become Scrap Metal' (19 Oct 1997); Encyclopedia of Arkansas (Central Arkansas Library System) entry 'USS Arkansas'; corroborating secondary sources (Wikipedia, NavSource, hullnumber.com) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- spokesman.com 1995-01-05 and 1997-10-19 articles; encyclopediaofarkansas.net entry 5763; navsource.net 04/1141/040141.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-DANFS service record (DANFS coverage ends 1986): January 1988 overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton (Encyclopedia of Arkansas); counter-drug operations off Central America 1990 incl. 11 September 1990 M/V Nordkapp interdiction (corroborated by ev-05 court record); May 1991 deployment toward the Persian Gulf with the Abraham Lincoln battle group; at Subic Bay during the June 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption, two Operation Fiery Vigil evacuation voyages Subic-Cebu; January 1995 homeport shift to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, on NAS Alameda closure, with an overhaul to follow arrival (Spokesman-Review); 1996 Carl Vinson battle group off Iraq, Rugged Nautilus exercise, support role in Operation Desert Strike (not equipped to fire land-attack missiles); deactivation ceremony 18 October 1997 at PSNS - flag lowered, ~600-member crew released from watch (Spokesman-Review); dry dock November 1997 for inactivation and scrapping.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1986-1999
- Population
- crew 1986-98; PSNS yard workforce 1988, 1995, 1997-99
- Limitations
- Post-1986 narrative rests on secondary sources and regional press, corroborated at specific points by the published Ninth Circuit opinion (ev-05); yard-period detail (January 1988 and post-January-1995 overhauls) is secondary/press-sourced only. Spokesman's '600-member crew' reflects crew aboard at deactivation, not designed accommodations - complement conflict in gaps. No bearing on materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arkansas-cgn41-06
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[7]U.S. Naval Nuclear Powered Ship Inactivation, Disposal, and Recycling ('Green Book'), 2019 edition (NAVSEA/DOE, hosted at energy.gov), Appendix D 'Completed Reactor Compartment Disposal and Ship Recycling Projects' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Appendix D table rows 83/86 (Ex-Arkansas CGN 41 Plants #1, #2 - 1999/1999); cruiser reactor-compartment package description
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Official Navy/DOE recycling-program record names this hull twice - Appendix D rows 'CGN 41 Ex-Arkansas, Plant #1' (reactor compartment shipment No. 83) and 'CGN 41 Ex-Arkansas, Plant #2' (RC shipment No. 86) - reactor compartment disposal completed 1999, ship recycle completed 1999, in the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard; cruiser reactor compartments are cut free and encased in a heavy steel (at least three-quarter-inch) containment structure for shipment to the Hanford disposal site. Consistent with NVR 'Disposed of by Recycling' status effective 11/01/1999.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1997-1999
- Population
- PSNS Ship-Submarine Recycling Program workforce 1997-99
- Limitations
- Documents the disposal event and pathway only - the Appendix D entries carry no asbestos data. The companion asbestos statements (Appendix C program text and the pre-mid-1970s reactor-compartment insulation note) are program-level and carried separately (ev-08); the RC note's applicability to this 1977-keel hull is indeterminate (see ev-08 limitations and gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arkansas-cgn41-07
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[8]U.S. Naval Nuclear Powered Ship Inactivation, Disposal, and Recycling ('Green Book'), 2019 edition (NAVSEA/DOE), program text and Appendix C - asbestos identification and controlled removal during ship recycling; reactor-compartment asbestos statement [other_primary]
- Locator
- Green Book Appendix C (C-3 'Shipboard Dismantlement'; C-4 'Asbestos Insulation Being Removed from Piping'); reactor-compartment disposal section (pre-mid-1970s asbestos note)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Official Navy/DOE program documentation of asbestos handling in the recycling program this hull went through: 'asbestos, PCBs, and metallic lead ... are present in significant quantities' in older ships; 'one of the first actions when a ship begins the recycling process is to identify and tag equipment and structure that contain these materials,' including 'shipboard sampling to identify insulating materials (both on piping systems and on ship's structure), paint, and other products that may contain asbestos'; 'asbestos insulation is removed by personnel specially trained in asbestos work under stringent work controls' with containments, HEPA filtered vacuum cleaners, and wetting agents, packaged and 'shipped to an approved land fill'; some electrical cable 'contains asbestos and PCBs.' On reactor compartments: 'Reactor compartments constructed before the mid-1970s also contain asbestos in insulation on pipes and other components. This asbestos is fully contained within the reactor compartments' - applicability to this hull is INDETERMINATE: her keel was laid 17 January 1977, at or after the stated mid-1970s boundary, so no reactor-compartment asbestos claim is carried.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1997-1999 (this hull's recycling); program text 2019
- Population
- PSNS SRP workforce; asbestos-trained removal personnel
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation describing the process applied to all recycled nuclear ships - it documents that asbestos was expected, sampled, tagged, and removed under controls during the recycling this hull underwent; it does not document what asbestos was actually found aboard ex-Arkansas specifically, and says nothing about in-service conditions. The pre-mid-1970s reactor-compartment statement is flagged indeterminate for this hull (keel January 1977) - neither coverage nor exclusion is asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arkansas-cgn41-08
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[9]Documented availabilities (DANFS, secondary, press) + Atlas shipyard dataset (Newport News, Puget Sound NSY records) + construction-era insulation context [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS yard-period narrative (ev-02); Spokesman-Review and Encyclopedia of Arkansas (ev-06); Atlas shipyard dataset yard records; Green Book program text (ev-08)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference, nuclear-hull framing: the twin D2G reactor plant establishes nothing about asbestos exposure. Any asbestos relevance is confined to secondary steam and auxiliary systems - auxiliary piping, valve gaskets and packing, fireproofing, deck coverings, electrical cable - aboard a hull built 1977-80 at Newport News, late in the documented asbestos-insulation era, and disturbed at documented availabilities: Newport News post-shakedown availability June-December 1981 and post-shakedown repairs March-May 1982; PSNS three-month repair February-May 1984; PSNS four-month restricted availability February-June 1985 (Tomahawk/Phalanx installation); PSNS overhaul January 1988 (secondary); post-January-1995 PSNS overhaul (press); and final inactivation/Ship-Submarine Recycling at PSNS October 1997 - November 1999.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1977-1999
- Population
- Newport News construction trades 1977-80 and 1981-82; PSNS trades 1984, 1985, 1988, 1995, 1997-99; crew 1980-98
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-period inference only, limited to non-reactor systems - no ship-specific asbestos record exists for this hull (see negative finding ev-10); this row must not be read as an independent ship-specific finding. A 1977-80 build postdates the heaviest insulation-era use; inference weight is correspondingly weaker than for earlier hulls. Does not establish that asbestos products were or remain aboard; nuclear propulsion is not evidence either of asbestos presence or absence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arkansas-cgn41-09
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[10]Batch-115 search ledger (this record): NVR via Wayback; DANFS transcription; DOE Green Book; NHHC Mississippi IV; published opinions via web index; CourtListener API (blocked); marketing-source exclusions [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-arkansas-cgn41-01 through sl-uss-arkansas-cgn41-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull ACM survey, insulation schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos-litigation opinion or adjudicated finding was found for this hull in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Two published non-asbestos opinions name the hull - United States v. Velarde-Gavarrete, 975 F.2d 672 (9th Cir. 1992), and Desjardins v. Department of the Navy, 815 F. Supp. 96 (E.D.N.Y. 1993) - both classified other litigation. CourtListener API was throttled (HTTP 429) throughout the session - the litigation sweep was web-index only and the blocked API query is a recorded gap, not a clean negative.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the Navy's ship-recycling documentation does not publish hull-level ACM detail, and a throttled CourtListener API means the litigation sweep may be incomplete. Marketing/listicle ship-list appearances (Nemeroff, Throneberry, SWMW, navyshipexposure, mesothelioma.com, freeasbestostesting) are excluded per batch rules - their exclusion is recorded in the ledger, not treated as evidence. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener backfill 2026-09-20 located six pleading-stage asbestos complaints naming this hull (ev-11 through ev-16); all are unadjudicated allegations - this negative finding stands for adjudicated records only.
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arkansas-cgn41-10
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[11]Halseth v. General Electric Co. et al., No. 3:07-cv-02543-EMC (N.D. Cal. filed May 14, 2007), Complaint Exhibit A (RECAP) [court_record]
- Locator
- Complaint Exhibit A, ship list under 'US Dept. of Defense, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton WA - Pipefitter 1975-2004' (doc 1-2, pp. 9-10)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos personal-injury complaint: plaintiff Michael Halseth (diagnosed asbestosis Oct. 2006 and asbestos-related pleural disease Feb. 2007) alleges exposure during Puget Sound Naval Shipyard pipefitter work 1975-2004; the complaint's Exhibit A vessel list for that employment includes ARKANSAS (CGN-41) among submarines and nuclear cruisers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1975-2004 (alleged exposure window); complaint filed 2007
- Population
- PSNS Bremerton pipefitter 1975-2004 (alleged asbestos exposure incl. this hull)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation listing this hull among many vessels; the court record exists and is verified, but the alleged exposure aboard this hull is unadjudicated - no opinion, discovery ruling, or judgment located for this case. Does not establish asbestos aboard or any individual exposure.
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arkansas-cgn41-11
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[12]Davis v. General Electric Co. et al., No. 3:08-cv-00228-JSW (N.D. Cal. filed Jan. 14, 2008), Complaint Exhibit A (RECAP) [court_record]
- Locator
- Complaint Exhibit A exposure table, 'Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - Marine Mechanic 5/1983-1986' vessel list (doc 1)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint by plaintiff John L. Davis; Exhibit A alleges exposure during U.S. Department of Defense work as a Puget Sound Naval Shipyard marine mechanic 5/1983-1986 (Bremerton, WA), with ARKANSAS (CGN-41) named in the associated vessel list (with Bainbridge CGN-25, Blueback SS-581, Ethan Allen SSN-608, Missouri BB-63 and others).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1983-1986 (alleged exposure window); complaint filed 2008
- Population
- PSNS Bremerton marine mechanic 5/1983-1986 (alleged asbestos exposure incl. this hull)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation; unadjudicated - no opinion or ruling located for this docket. Exhibit profile (same 5/1983-1986 PSNS mechanic row and identical vessel list) also appears in the Schoelzel complaint exhibit (ev-...-15); possibly related or template-duplicated filings - treated as separate dockets.
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arkansas-cgn41-12
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[13]Cronin v. Todd Shipyards Corp. et al., No. 3:08-cv-03274-MMC (N.D. Cal. filed July 8, 2008), Complaint for Survival/Wrongful Death - Asbestos, Exhibit A (RECAP) [court_record]
- Locator
- Complaint Exhibit A vessel list (doc 1, p. 15 of PDF)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Wrongful-death asbestos complaint (Brayton Purcell); the decedent's Exhibit A exposure/vessel list includes ARKANSAS (CGN-41) alongside Abraham Lincoln CVN-72, Alexander Hamilton SSBN-617 and Batfish SSN-681.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- complaint filed 2008
- Population
- Decedent's alleged asbestos exposure incl. this hull (survival/wrongful-death action)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation; unadjudicated - no opinion or ruling located for this docket. Does not establish asbestos aboard or any individual exposure.
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arkansas-cgn41-13
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[14]Meyer v. General Electric Co. et al., No. 3:11-cv-06382 (N.D. Cal. filed Dec. 16, 2011); MDL-875 conditional transfer/tag-along notices, JPML docket docs 8240-2 and 8383-3 (RECAP) [court_record]
- Locator
- MDL-875 docket doc 8240-2 and 8383-3: N.D. Cal. docket sheet + complaint exhibit, exposure table 'Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - Machinist 1973-3/1981'
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos action by Ruth Ann and Clayton Meyer tagged into MDL-875; the complaint exhibit (attached to the tag-along notices) alleges exposure during U.S. Department of Defense work as a Puget Sound Naval Shipyard machinist 1973-3/1981 and assigns ARKANSAS (CGN-41) a specific window of 1978-3/1981.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1978-1981 (alleged exposure window); complaint filed 2011
- Population
- PSNS Bremerton machinist 1973-1981 (alleged asbestos exposure incl. this hull, claimed window 1978-1981)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation carried on a tag-along docket sheet; unadjudicated - no opinion located for the underlying case. The alleged 1978-3/1981 exposure window at Puget Sound sits in tension with this hull's documented location (under construction at Newport News through her October 1980 commissioning) - a further reason this is carried strictly at pleading stage.
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arkansas-cgn41-14
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[15]Schoelzel v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. et al. (N.D. Cal. No. 3:08-cv-03113, filed 2008); Carrier Corp. response CTO-313 with plaintiff exposure exhibit, MDL-875 docket doc 5669 (RECAP) [court_record]
- Locator
- MDL-875 docket doc 5669 (Carrier Corp. response CTO-313), plaintiff Exhibit A exposure table
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos action by Robert Schoelzel; the plaintiff exposure exhibit reproduced in defendant Carrier Corp.'s MDL-875 response alleges exposure during Puget Sound Naval Shipyard marine mechanic work 5/1983-1986, with ARKANSAS (CGN-41) named in the vessel list.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1983-1986 (alleged exposure window); response filed in MDL-875
- Population
- PSNS Bremerton marine mechanic 5/1983-1986 (alleged asbestos exposure incl. this hull)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation (the exhibit is plaintiff's; the citing document is a defendant response); unadjudicated - no opinion located for the underlying case. Exhibit profile is identical to Davis (ev-...-12): same 5/1983-1986 PSNS mechanic row and same vessel list - possibly related or template-duplicated filings; treated as separate dockets.
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arkansas-cgn41-15
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[16]Gottschall v. General Electric Co. et al., No. 4:10-cv-05096-CW (N.D. Cal. filed Nov. 10, 2010); MDL-875 tag-along notice, JPML docket doc 6480-2 (RECAP) [court_record]
- Locator
- MDL-875 docket doc 6480-2: N.D. Cal. docket sheet + complaint exhibit, exposure table
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos action by Kimbra Gottschall et al. tagged into MDL-875; the complaint exhibit alleges the decedent's exposure during Mare Island Naval Shipyard / Hunters Point / NAS Alameda work in the 1980s, listing ARKANSAS (CGN-41) with claimed windows 1983 and 1985-1989 alongside Texas CGN-39 and California CGN-36.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1983; 1985-1989 (alleged exposure windows); complaint filed 2010
- Population
- Decedent shipyard/station worker, Bay Area naval facilities 1983-1989 (alleged asbestos exposure incl. this hull)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation; unadjudicated - no opinion located for the underlying case. Claimed windows are consistent with this hull's Pacific Fleet presence; still unadjudicated and carried strictly at pleading stage.
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arkansas-cgn41-16
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[17]Batch-115 search ledger (this record): NVR via Wayback; DANFS transcription; DOE Green Book; NHHC Mississippi IV; published opinions via web index; CourtListener API (blocked); marketing-source exclusions [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-arkansas-cgn41-01 through sl-uss-arkansas-cgn41-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull ACM survey, insulation schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos-litigation opinion was found for this hull in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Two published non-asbestos opinions name the hull - United States v. Velarde-Gavarrete, 975 F.2d 672 (9th Cir. 1992), and Desjardins v. Department of the Navy, 815 F. Supp. 96 (E.D.N.Y. 1993) - both classified other litigation. CourtListener API was throttled (HTTP 429) throughout the session - the litigation sweep was web-index only and the blocked API query is a recorded gap, not a clean negative.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the Navy's ship-recycling documentation does not publish hull-level ACM detail, and a throttled CourtListener API means the litigation sweep may be incomplete. Marketing/listicle ship-list appearances (Nemeroff, Throneberry, SWMW, navyshipexposure, mesothelioma.com, freeasbestostesting) are excluded per batch rules - their exclusion is recorded in the ledger, not treated as evidence. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arkansas-cgn41-10