Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]Naval Vessel Register, live record for ATLANTA (SSN 712), shipId 2206 (site updated 08/11/2026; record last updated 11/06/2024); corroborated by NVR Wayback capture 2019 (physical characteristics and accommodations) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- NVR getHull shipId=2206 (live); web.archive.org NVR SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_712 captures
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR record for this hull: Class SSN 688; UIC 20888; builder NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING; award 08/01/1975; keel 08/17/1978; launch 08/16/1980; delivery 02/26/1982; commission 03/06/1982; decommission 12/16/1999; stricken 12/16/1999; status 'disposed of by dismantling (scrapping/recycling)'. 2019 capture adds: steam turbine (nuclear), 1 propeller; accommodations 12 officers/98 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1975-1999
- Population
- Crew (1982-1999); NNS construction trades (1978-82); PSNS recycling trades (post-1999)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific administrative record only; no asbestos or material content. NVR milestone dates are the official register figures and may differ from ceremony dates in secondary sources. Does not establish exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlanta-ssn712-01
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[2]WILLIAMS v. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BUFFALO PUMPS, INC (E.D. Pa. 2:26-cv-02179), ECF No. 1-3 Exhibit A-F (filed Apr 2, 2026) — asbestos complaint exhibit; document text verified [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-3, Exhibit A 'Government Ships' table (PDF p. 320)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- PLEADING-STAGE allegation, document-verified: plaintiff Antonio R. Williams's asbestos complaint (Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, removed to E.D. Pa.) includes a 'Government Ships' work-history table listing 'Atlanta (SSN-712) 8/78-2/82' — a date range matching this hull's Newport News Shipbuilding construction window (keel Aug 1978, delivery Feb 1982). The exhibit package includes a 'RADM Sargent Declaration in Williams, Antonio for Huntington Ingalls' — consistent with a Newport News Shipbuilding construction-period exposure allegation against the yard's successor/supplier defendants (Air & Liquid = Buffalo Pumps).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1978-1982 (alleged work period); filed 2026
- Population
- Newport News Shipbuilding construction trades (alleged period 8/78-2/82)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation only — a complaint work-history table, never adjudicated. It alleges the plaintiff worked around this hull during construction; it does not establish asbestos was present aboard, that he was exposed aboard it, causation, quantity, or eligibility. Table OCR artifacts (e.g., 'lorfolk', 'S6SN716') noted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlanta-ssn712-02
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[3]navysite.de secondary compilation, USS Atlanta (SSN 712) — narrative built from NHHC command histories (25th of class, fifth of name; first submarine certified to employ MK-48 torpedo plus Harpoon and Tomahawk missiles; first nuclear-powered submarine assigned to directly support an amphibious ready group; post-shakedown availability at Newport News) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite.de/ssn/ssn712.htm (characteristics block, history narrative)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Service narrative for this hull (secondary compilation): 25th Los Angeles-class boat, fifth USN ship named Atlanta; built by Newport News Shipbuilding; commissioned 6 March 1982; first submarine certified to employ the MK-48 torpedo and both Harpoon and Tomahawk missiles; first nuclear-powered submarine assigned to directly support an amphibious ready group; post-shakedown availability at Newport News correcting early deficiencies; five-month first deployment into the NATO Cold War maritime theater; decommissioned and stricken 16 December 1999; dismantled through the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1975-1999
- Population
- Crew (1982-1999)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not a primary source — used for service narrative only, consistent with prior-batch practice; never sole support for an asbestos claim. The NNS post-shakedown window is context only — it does NOT establish asbestos exposure or disturbance. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlanta-ssn712-03
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[4]CourtListener index-verified match 2026-09-18: LeFevre v. CBS Corporation (W.D. Wash., filed Dec 9, 2013) — 'USS Atlanta' string match [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search-index match; doc-level verification pending (session throttling)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Index-verified asbestos-litigation match with undetermined namesake: LeFevre v. CBS (W.D. Wash. 2013) contains 'USS Atlanta' — the namesake could be THIS hull, the WWII-era Atlanta CL-51 (sunk 1942) or CL-104 (scrapped 1960s), or another reference; document text was not retrievable this session (rate-limiting).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- filed 2013
- Limitations
- UNVERIFIED at document level — namesake identity undetermined; carried as an archival lead only, not counted as qualifying litigation. If verified as this hull it would be a pleading-stage allegation at most.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlanta-ssn712-04
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[5]Era inference built on: NVR record (S6G-plant 688-class build window 1978-82 at Newport News Shipbuilding; NNS post-shakedown availability; PSNS recycling post-1999); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for newport-news-shipbuilding and puget-sound-naval-shipyard (thermal insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing); GAO HRD-80-2 substitution timeline [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR record (build window); navysite PSA narrative; shipyards.json product lists for newport-news-shipbuilding, puget-sound-naval-shipyard; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Flight I Los Angeles-class submarine built 1978-82 at Newport News Shipbuilding sits inside the Navy's late asbestos-use transition: GAO documented the Navy began substituting alternative insulation materials in the early 1970s, while asbestos-containing gaskets, packing, and residual insulation products persisted in shipboard applications into the 1980s. This hull's construction, post-shakedown availability at NNS, and post-1999 PSNS recycling are the asbestos-relevant yard windows — the Williams exhibit independently alleges construction-period exposure aboard this hull — residual asbestos applications were era-plausible but are otherwise undocumented for this hull; nuclear propulsion itself establishes nothing.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1978-1999
- Population
- NNS construction trades (1978-82); NNS PSA trades (1982-83); crew (1982-1999); PSNS recycling trades (post-1999)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only — weaker than for pre-1970 hulls because construction post-dates the Navy's documented substitution start. No hull-specific insulation survey or material list located for SSN-712. Names era-possible applications and documented yard windows, not confirmed installed materials or disturbance; no quantity. Does not establish exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlanta-ssn712-05
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[6]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 that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s — the boundary regime applicable to this hull's 1978-82 construction at Newport News.
- 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, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) — content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlanta-ssn712-06
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[7]Kase v. Metalclad Insulation Corp., Cal. Ct. App. (4th Dist.) 2021 (CourtListener opinions 4324658, 4332654) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, specification-history discussion
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Court-documented era regime: the Navy's submarine insulation procurement specifications (SUBSAFE's MIL-I-24244 post-1963; predecessor BuShips practice before) covered insulation for submarine construction and overhaul — the regime applicable to this hull's 1978-82 build and service-era availabilities.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2021 (opinion); regime described post-1963
- Population
- Navy submarine construction/maintenance trades
- Limitations
- This hull is not named in the opinion; documents the era spec regime only. Does not establish materials aboard this hull, exposure, causation, quantity, or eligibility. Description follows the batch-08 verified reading of the opinion.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlanta-ssn712-07
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[8]CourtListener sweep 2026-09-18: "USS Atlanta" (type=r; type=o); "SSN-712" and "SSN 712" (type=r) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atlanta-ssn712-04 through -06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Sweep summary: 'USS Atlanta' returned one docket hit (LeFevre, unverified lead above) and zero opinions; 'SSN-712'/'SSN 712' returned the Williams exhibit (verified, above) plus Glynda Earlene Fox (Bankr. W.D. Okla. 2019) — a likely 'Last 4 digits of SSN: 0712' fragment collision following the verified Penley pattern. No other litigation names this hull. Collision note: the name has been reused for SSGN-813 (new construction) — post-2025 'USS Atlanta' references may be the new boat.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Fox match is unverified (likely SSN-fragment collision by pattern). Negative findings bounded by Atom-feed recency (~20 newest documents) and index coverage; document-level verification incomplete this session (shared-quota throttling). Absence of a located record does not prove absence of exposure or asbestos aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlanta-ssn712-08
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[9]ACM survey / abatement / SRP-disclosure sweep (web) + search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger row sl-uss-atlanta-ssn712-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping/recycling hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding naming USS Atlanta (SSN-712) was located. The hull was dismantled through the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard; SRP hazmat documentation is not publicly retrievable for any 688-class hull reviewed in this or prior nuclear batches.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1999+; sweep 2026-09-18
- Population
- PSNS&IMF Ship-Submarine Recycling Program trades (post-1999)
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. Recycling-yard material characterization is not public. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlanta-ssn712-09