Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]DANFS, Bonefish II (SS-582) - construction, deployments, overhauls, disposal (NHHC DANFS entry; live page 404 on 2026-09-18, text via Wayback capture 2023-11-30) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block and service narrative; archived text: web.archive.org/web/20231130175919/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/b/bonefish-ii.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (DANFS): laid down 3 June 1957 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; launched 22 November 1958, sponsor Mrs. Lawrence L. Edge, Sr. (widow of the last CO of the first Bonefish, SS-223); commissioned 9 July 1959, Lt. Comdr. Elmer H. Kiehl. Spec block: 1,690 t surfaced / 2,145 submerged; 219' x 29' x 28'; 15/25 kt; complement 77; six 21-inch torpedo tubes; class Barbel. Service: Pacific Fleet from 1960 (SubDiv 33 San Diego); WestPac/7th Fleet deployments incl. Gulf of Tonkin (1966, 1971); home ports San Diego, Pearl Harbor (1963), San Diego (1977), Charleston SC (1982); UNITAS South America 1979; NATO North Atlantic exercises 1982. Decommissioned 28 September 1988; stricken 28 February 1989; 'disposed of by scrapping on 17 August 1989.' DANFS entry ends 'Updates for 1984 to 1988 pending.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1957-1989
- Population
- NY Shipbuilding construction trades (1957-59); crew (1959-1988); overhaul-yard trades
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS narrative stops at 1984 ('updates pending') - the April 1988 fire is not covered by this source. Spec-block displacement figures (1,690/2,145) sit lower than sisters' (2,145/2,895) - printed as published, discrepancy logged.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bonefish-ss582-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, BONEFISH (SS 582) ship detail page (nvr.navy.mil; live detail endpoint retired in NVR redesign - data via Wayback capture 2024-08-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Vessel Status / Milestone Dates tables; archived text: web.archive.org/web/20240809075958/https://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_SS_582.HTML
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR record for this hull (UIC 05605): award 29 June 1956; keel 3 June 1957; launch 22 November 1958; commission 9 July 1959; delivery 5 March 1960; decommission 28 September 1988; stricken 28 February 1989; status 'Disposed of, by Navy Sale' effective 17 August 1989. Builder 'New York Shipbuilding Corp.'; propulsion 'Diesel Electric'. Physical-characteristics and accommodations fields are blank for this hull in the NVR record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1956-1989
- Limitations
- Registry milestones only; no asbestos or material-content fields; NVR leaves this hull's physical/accommodations fields blank. Live NVR site (redesigned 2026) serves a JS shell; ship data retrieved from dated Wayback capture.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bonefish-ss582-02
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[3]CINCLANTFLT third endorsement on JAGMAN investigation, Ser 022L6/cU0829, 30 November 1988 (with COMSUBLANT endorsements), 'Investigation ... fire on USS Bonefish (SS 582) ... 24 April 1988' - DoD GovCloud-hosted document [other_primary]
- Locator
- Third endorsement (CINCLANTFLT, 30 Nov 1988) and supplemental COMSUBLANT endorsement - opening pages of the scanned PDF
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy investigation of the casualty that ended this hull's service: 'INVESTIGATION TO INQUIRE INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE FIRE ON USS BONEFISH (SS 582) WHICH OCCURRED ON 24 APRIL 1988' - CINCLANTFLT third endorsement (30 November 1988) approves the investigating officer's findings as modified; records 'this tragic casualty and the three lives lost'; documents failures of fluid-systems piping that released hydraulic fluid, high-pressure air, and refrigerant-12, exacerbating the fire and affecting firefighting and Emergency Air Breathing systems; directs NAVSEA/Naval Safety Center lessons-learned and SHIPALT actions across Navy ship types.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1988
- Population
- crew (92 aboard per UPI); rescue/support personnel
- Limitations
- Scanned-document OCR of endorsement pages; the investigating officer's findings-of-fact body (cause chain, full casualty list) was not fully OCR-verified this session. No asbestos or insulation-content statement in the reviewed pages. Documents the fire and three deaths - not material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bonefish-ss582-03
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[4]UPI, 'Submarine arrives home for investigation,' 30 April 1988 (Charleston, S.C.); USNI Proceedings 'Ships' Status Changes,' May 1989 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- UPI article body; usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1989/may/ships-status-changes
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous press on the fire and its aftermath: explosions and fire tore through the diesel submarine on 24 April 1988 during exercises off Florida; 92-member crew abandoned ship; 22 sailors injured, 3 killed; towed by salvage ship USS Hoist to Charleston for the JAG investigation directed by Capt. Robin White (COMSUBRON 18). USNI Proceedings (May 1989) records her 'declared a constructive total loss.' Damage judged too extensive to repair; decommissioned 28 September 1988.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1988-1989
- Population
- crew (92); injured (22); dead (3)
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous reporting; early reports describe suspected causes (garbage-disposal valve leak, hydrogen buildup) as unconfirmed - the JAG record is the authority. No asbestos or material-content statement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bonefish-ss582-04
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[5]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 22045084 (2022-08-09), Docket 19-04 245 [court_record]
- Locator
- BVA decision text - Reasons and Bases, asbestos-exposure analysis paragraphs
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Qualifying ship-specific asbestos claim - adjudicated to denial: BVA Citation Nr. 22045084 (9 August 2022, Docket 19-04 245). A veteran (USN Dec 1974-Nov 1978) alleged exposure to asbestos, lead paint, PCBs, toxic waste aboard USS Bonefish (SS-582) and as a Navy diver, claiming ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, aortic insufficiency, and carotid atherosclerosis. The Board found 'insufficient evidence to establish exposure to asbestos, lead paint, PCBs, toxic waste, and the other toxic chemicals alleged,' noted the deck logs of USS Bonefish 'have not yet been digitized,' and observed that his Quartermaster specialty 'would have not been involved in the removal of pipe insulation or similar duties.' All claims denied.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2019-2022 (claim period); service 1974-1978
- Population
- individual claimant (Quartermaster, 1974-78)
- Limitations
- Merits-level denial of an alleged exposure aboard this hull: the claim reached adjudication and failed for insufficient evidence. This is NOT a finding that asbestos was aboard, and equally not a finding that it was not - exposure was simply not established. Documents that an exposure claim for this hull was litigated and denied; does not establish or defeat any other claimant's case.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bonefish-ss582-05
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[6]Siegfried v. Owens-Illinois removal papers, C.D. Cal. 2:18-cv-01575 (CourtListener recap gov.uscourts.cacd.702384, docs 50/52); Kase v. Metalclad Insulation Corp., Cal. Ct. App. (4th Dist.) 2021 (CourtListener opinion 4324658) [court_record]
- Locator
- Specification-history recitals in removal brief/declaration; Kase opinion, spec-regime discussion
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Court-documented era regime applicable to this hull's construction period: Navy thermal-insulation specifications (32-I-3/MIL-I-2819 block insulation; 32-P-8/MIL-I-2781 pipe insulation) accepted asbestos-containing insulation products such as Owens-Illinois Kaylo on Navy Qualified Products Lists, and asbestos-content warnings were not required until after the 1950s; submarine-insulation specification MIL-I-24244 continued the regime into the SUBSAFE era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1940s-1970s regime; opinions 2018/2021
- Population
- Navy ship/submarine construction and maintenance trades
- Limitations
- Era/procurement regime only - Bonefish is not named in these documents. Does not establish materials installed aboard this hull, exposure, causation, quantity, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bonefish-ss582-06
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[7]Era inference built on: DANFS/NVR construction and overhaul chronology; shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json documented asbestos product lists for new-york-shipbuilding, mare-island-naval-shipyard, pearl-harbor-naval-shipyard, charleston-naval-shipyard [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS yard-period chronology; shipyards.json product lists
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference for this hull: built 1957-59 at New York Shipbuilding (Camden) and maintained through Navy-yard availabilities at Mare Island (1961-62 overhaul), Pearl Harbor (1964, 1968-69, 1972-73, 1976-77, 1979 overhauls), and Charleston Naval Shipyard (1983-84 overhaul) - all inside the Navy's peak asbestos-use era, before insulation substitution began in the early 1970s. All four yards carry documented asbestos product lists in the companion shipyard dataset (Pabco Caltemp block, Ehret 85% magnesia, Unibestos, Marinite, magnesia pipe insulation, gaskets, packing, and similar).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1957-1989
- Population
- NY Shipbuilding construction trades (1957-59); Mare Island/PHNSY/Charleston overhaul trades; crew (1959-1988)
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-level inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for SS-582. Diesel-electric propulsion means no steam-plant piping runs. Hull scrapped 1989 - no surviving fabric to survey.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bonefish-ss582-07
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403; product-page description used)
- 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 - spanning Bonefish's entire construction and service life (1957-1988).
- 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. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch - standing limitation carried from batch-01.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bonefish-ss582-08
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[9]Batch-79 search ledger (this record): DANFS (archived), NVR (archived), Navy JAG investigation, UPI/USNI fire coverage, BVA index, CourtListener (API+HTML blocked; indexed documents = name collisions), GAO product page [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-bonefish-ss582-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Beyond the denied BVA claim (ev-05), no qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located for this hull: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos court case naming USS Bonefish (SS-582) was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener-indexed results for the name were overwhelmingly Bonefish Grill restaurant litigation - name collisions.
- 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. CourtListener coverage was throttle-limited; the sweep is partial, not exhaustive. The scrapping facility that processed the hull (post-1989 sale) is not identified in located sources - its asbestos handling is undocumented. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bonefish-ss582-09