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 BALTIMORE (SSN 704), shipId 2198 (site updated 08/11/2026; record last updated 11/06/2024); corroborated by NVR Wayback capture 2019-03-24 (physical characteristics and accommodations) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- NVR getHull shipId=2198 (live); web.archive.org/web/20190324012648/nvr.navy.mil SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_704
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR record for this hull: Class SSN 688; UIC 20831; builder General Dynamics Electric Boat; award 10/31/1973; keel 05/21/1979; launch 12/13/1980; delivery 07/19/1982; commission 07/24/1982; decommission 07/10/1998; stricken 07/10/1998; status 'disposed of by dismantling (scrapping/recycling)', status changed 11/30/2017. 2019 capture adds: berth PSNS & IMF DD-3; steam turbine (nuclear), 1 propeller; accommodations 12 officers/98 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1973-2017
- Population
- Crew (1982-1998); EB construction trades (1979-82); PSNS&IMF recycling 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-baltimore-ssn704-01
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[2]navysite.de secondary compilation, USS Baltimore (SSN 704) — narrative built from NHHC command histories and Navy photographs (sponsor Rep. Marjorie S. Holt; sixth ship named Baltimore; Atlantic Fleet service; 1990-93 unit commendation covering Desert Shield/Storm period; decommissioning and PSNS lay-up; recycling program entry 2013) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite.de/ssn/ssn704.htm (characteristics block, history narrative)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Service narrative for this hull (secondary compilation): commissioned 24 July 1982 at Naval Submarine Base New London; Atlantic Fleet service from New London and Norfolk; documented exercising with USS Jesse L. Brown (FF-1089) and USS Baton Rouge (SSN-689) May 1988; unit commendation covering 5/1/1990-2/1/1993 (Desert Shield/Storm era, patrol tracks classified); decommissioned and stricken 10 July 1998; laid up at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard; entered the recycling program 2013.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1973-2013
- Population
- Crew (1982-1998)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not a primary source — used for service narrative and post-NVR detail only, consistent with prior-batch practice; never sole support for an asbestos claim. No asbestos or material content. Detailed patrol routes remain classified and are not documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-baltimore-ssn704-02
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[3]Era inference built on: NVR record (S6G-plant 688-class build window 1979-82 at Electric Boat, Groton); 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); 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 1979-82 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 any availabilities 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
- 1979-2017
- Population
- EB construction trades (1979-82); availabity-yard trades; crew (1982-1998); PSNS&IMF recycling trades (2013-2017)
- 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-704. Names era-possible applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity. Does not establish exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-baltimore-ssn704-03
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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 1979-82 construction, 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-baltimore-ssn704-04
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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 1979-82 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-baltimore-ssn704-05
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[6]CourtListener sweep 2026-09-18: "USS Baltimore" (type=r dockets, Atom feed) and (type=o opinions); "SSN-704" and "SSN 704" (type=r) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-baltimore-ssn704-04 through -06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Clean negative litigation sweep: 'USS Baltimore' exact-name returned ZERO CourtListener docket hits and zero opinion hits; 'SSN-704' and 'SSN 704' returned zero docket hits. No litigation of any kind names this hull — asbestos or otherwise. Notable collision screened: the name has been reused — SSN-812 BALTIMORE (Virginia class, authorized) appears in the live NVR; any future 'USS Baltimore' hits may be the new boat.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- 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. CourtListener coverage is not exhaustive for state-court pleadings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-baltimore-ssn704-06
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[7]ACM survey / abatement / SRP-disclosure sweep (web) + search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger row sl-uss-baltimore-ssn704-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping/recycling hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding naming USS Baltimore (SSN-704) was located. The hull was dismantled through the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (recycling entry 2013; NVR status change 11/30/2017); 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
- 2013-2017; sweep 2026-09-18
- Population
- PSNS&IMF Ship-Submarine Recycling Program trades (2013-2017)
- 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-baltimore-ssn704-07