Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]Naval Vessel Register, live record for AUGUSTA (SSN 710), shipId 2204 (site updated 08/11/2026; record last updated 01/05/2022); corroborated by NVR Wayback capture 2019 (physical characteristics and accommodations) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- NVR getHull shipId=2204 (live); web.archive.org NVR SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_710 captures
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR record for this hull: Class SSN 688; UIC 20886; builder General Dynamics Electric Boat; award 10/31/1973; keel 04/01/1982; launch 01/21/1984; delivery 12/05/1984; commission 01/19/1985; inactivation 04/15/2008; decommission 02/11/2009; stricken 02/11/2009; 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
- 1973-2009
- Population
- Crew (1985-2009); EB construction trades (1982-85) and 1986 repair trades; recycling-program trades
- 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-augusta-ssn710-01
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[2]navysite.de secondary compilation, USS Augusta (SSN 710) — narrative built from NHHC command histories incl. the boat's 1987 and 1989 command reports (sponsor Diana Cohen, wife of Maine Sen. William Cohen; commissioned at Kittery ME; 31 Oct 1986 undersea collision -> EB drydock for sonar-dome replacement and bow repairs completed 13 Dec 1986; Submarine Development Squadron Twelve Wide Aperture Array trials platform 1987; 1989 crew figure '13 officers and approximately 120 enlisted men'; recycling completed 30 Nov 2021) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite.de/ssn/ssn710.htm (characteristics block, history narrative)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Service narrative for this hull (secondary compilation): sponsored by Diana Cohen, wife of Maine Sen. William Cohen; commissioned 19 January 1985 at Kittery, Maine, joining the Atlantic Fleet with Groton homeport; on 31 October 1986 suffered an undersea collision during a routine training patrol in the Atlantic — drydocked at Electric Boat for sonar-dome replacement and bow repairs, completed 13 December 1986, no injuries reported; 1987 assigned Submarine Development Squadron Twelve as trials platform for the Wide Aperture Array flank-sonar suite; 1987 command history notes overseas operations with port periods at Holy Loch, Scotland, and Halifax; decommissioned and stricken 11 February 2009; recycling process completed 30 November 2021.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1973-2021
- Population
- Crew (1985-2009); EB repair trades Oct-Dec 1986
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation built on NHHC command histories, not itself a primary source — used for service narrative only, consistent with prior-batch practice; never sole support for an asbestos claim. The 1986 repair window at Electric Boat is a documented yard period (relevant window context only — it does NOT establish asbestos exposure or disturbance). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-augusta-ssn710-02
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[3]Era inference built on: NVR record (S6G-plant 688-class build window 1982-85 at Electric Boat, Groton, plus documented 1986 bow-repair drydocking at EB); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for electric-boat-groton and puget-sound-naval-shipyard (thermal insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing); GAO HRD-80-2 substitution timeline [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR record (build window, builder); navysite 1986 repair narrative; shipyards.json product lists for electric-boat-groton, puget-sound-naval-shipyard; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Flight I Los Angeles-class submarine built 1982-85 at Electric Boat sits at the tail of the Navy's peak asbestos-use era: 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 build and its documented Oct-Dec 1986 collision-repair drydocking at Electric Boat fall inside that transition — residual asbestos applications were era-plausible but are undocumented for this hull; nuclear propulsion itself establishes nothing.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1982-2021
- Population
- EB construction trades (1982-85); EB repair trades (Oct-Dec 1986); crew (1985-2009); recycling trades (to 2021)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only — weaker than for pre-1970 hulls because construction post-dates the Navy's documented substitution start. The 1986 repair period is a documented yard window but carries no material characterization; no hull-specific insulation survey or material list located for SSN-710. Names era-possible applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity. Does not establish exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-augusta-ssn710-03
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[4]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 1982-85 construction and 1986 repair, i.e., after substitution began but before asbestos products were eliminated from shipboard use.
- 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-augusta-ssn710-04
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[5]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 1982-85 build and 1986 repair window.
- 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-augusta-ssn710-05
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[6]CourtListener sweep 2026-09-18: "USS Augusta" (type=r dockets, Atom feed; type=o opinions — opinion feed returned an error, logged); "SSN-710" and "SSN 710" (type=r) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-augusta-ssn710-04 through -06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Negative litigation sweep: no asbestos case names this hull. 'USS Augusta' returned one docket hit — United States v. Hoffman (E.D. Va. 2013, espionage prosecution; ship-name mention in case materials) — other litigation, non-asbestos. 'SSN-710'/'SSN 710' matched Frankie J. Snipes Sr. and Rhonda B. Snipes (Bankr. M.D. Ga. 2014) and Taylor v. Standard Insurance (W.D. Tenn. 2008) — unverified, and the Snipes hit follows the 'Last 4 digits of SSN: 07XX' bankruptcy pattern VERIFIED as a string collision on a sister query (Penley, SSN-701). Classified: non-qualifying.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Snipes/Taylor/Hoffman document texts not pulled (session rate-limiting); SSN-fragment classification for the bankruptcy hit is inferred from the verified Penley pattern, not independently confirmed. The 'USS Augusta' OPINION feed returned an error this session — logged as a bounded gap, not a clean zero. Atom feeds enumerate only the ~20 most recent matching documents; older unindexed docket text may exist. Absence of a located record does not prove absence of exposure or asbestos aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-augusta-ssn710-06
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[7]ACM survey / abatement / SRP-disclosure sweep (web) + search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger row sl-uss-augusta-ssn710-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping/recycling hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding naming USS Augusta (SSN-710) was located. The hull was dismantled through the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program (completed 30 Nov 2021 per navysite); 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
- 2008-2021; sweep 2026-09-18
- Population
- Ship-Submarine Recycling Program trades (2008-2021)
- 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-augusta-ssn710-07