Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]Naval Vessel Register, live record for BOSTON (SSN 703), shipId 2197 (site updated 08/11/2026; record last updated 12/05/2019); corroborated by NVR Wayback capture 2019 (physical characteristics and accommodations) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- NVR getHull shipId=2197 (live); web.archive.org NVR SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_703 captures
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR record for this hull: Class SSN 688; UIC 20830; builder General Dynamics Electric Boat; award 12/10/1973; keel 08/11/1978; launch 04/19/1980; delivery 12/22/1981; commission 01/30/1982; decommission 11/19/1999; stricken 11/19/1999; status 'disposed of by submarine 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
- 1973-2002
- Population
- Crew (1982-1999); EB construction trades (1978-82); PSNS recycling trades (2001-02)
- 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-boston-ssn703-01
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[2]navysite.de secondary compilation, USS Boston (SSN 703) — narrative built from NHHC command histories (16th of class; seventh ship named Boston; last homeport Groton CT; final deployment UNITAS 39 circumnavigating South America Jul-Nov 1998; berthed at PSNS ~2 years; drydock scrapping from 31 Oct 2001, completed January 2002; sail and rudder preserved at Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park — first 688 preserved in such a manner) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite.de/ssn/ssn703.htm (characteristics block, history narrative)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Service narrative for this hull (secondary compilation): 16th Los Angeles-class boat, seventh USN ship named Boston; last homeported Groton CT; final deployment was Exercise UNITAS 39 (8 Jul - 10 Nov 1998), circumnavigating South America; decommissioned and stricken 19 November 1999; berthed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard ~2 years; moved to drydock 31 October 2001 for scrapping, completed January 2002; sail and rudder saved by USS Boston Shipmates, Inc. for display at Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park — first Los Angeles-class submarine preserved in such a manner.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1973-2002
- Population
- Crew (1982-1999)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not a primary source — used for service narrative and scrapping detail only, consistent with prior-batch practice; never sole support for an asbestos claim. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-boston-ssn703-02
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[3]Era inference built on: NVR record (S6G-plant 688-class build window 1978-82 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 1978-82 at Electric Boat 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 build, service-era availabilities, and 2001-02 drydock scrapping fall inside or follow 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
- 1978-2002
- Population
- EB construction trades (1978-82); availability-yard trades; crew (1982-1999); PSNS scrapping trades (2001-02)
- 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-703. Names era-possible applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity. Does not establish exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-boston-ssn703-03
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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 1978-82 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-boston-ssn703-04
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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 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-boston-ssn703-05
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[6]Sebright v. General Electric Company (D. Mass. 1:19-cv-10572), ECF No. 218 (filed Mar 11, 2021) and related docket — asbestos products-liability litigation; document text verified [court_record]
- Locator
- Sebright v. GE ECF No. 218, plaintiff service-history allegations
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Verified name collision, not qualifying litigation for SSN-703: the Sebright asbestos pleadings (ECF 218 verified; companion ECF 1-1, 64, and Sebright v. VA D. Mass. 2021) describe the plaintiff's service aboard 'USS Boston' — a 1968 Boston Naval Shipyard overhaul, 1969 Vietnam deployment, fire-room work — i.e., the WWII-era heavy cruiser USS Boston (CA-69/CAG-1), decommissioned 1970, not the submarine SSN-703 (keel 1978).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1968-1970 (alleged service); filed 2019-2021
- Limitations
- Document-level verification completed (ECF 218 text extracted — service dates and fire-room context match CA-69's timeline). Establishes nothing about this hull. No exposure, no ACM content, no causation, no eligibility for SSN-703.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-boston-ssn703-06
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[7]CourtListener sweep 2026-09-18: "USS Boston" (type=r dockets, Atom feed; type=o opinions); "SSN-703" and "SSN 703" (type=r) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-boston-ssn703-04 through -06; verification pass pending (session throttling)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Unverified asbestos-litigation matches with undetermined namesake: McIsaac v. General Electric (D. Mass., ECF 470, filed 2023), Wright v. Cummins Inc. (D. Mass. 2023), Hedrick v. A.O. Smith Corp. (E.D. Pa. 2018), and two IN RE Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI) MDL-875 filings (docket 1245688 docs 6475/8 and 5445, 2008-2010) all contain the string 'USS Boston' — each is either a qualifying pleading-stage allegation naming THIS hull or a collision with CA-69/Boston Naval Shipyard context; document texts were not retrievable this session (rate-limiting). Jensen v. Thornell (D. Ariz. 2014, death-penalty) ×2 matched 'SSN-703' — likely 'Last 4 digits of SSN' fragment collisions. Opinion hits: Perrin v. Owens-Corning (N.D. Iowa 1994, asbestos — namesake undetermined); United States v. S.S. Malden (E.D. Va. 1963, admiralty — collision by era).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2008-2023 (filing dates)
- Limitations
- UNVERIFIED — no document text extracted for these matches; namesake identity (SSN-703 vs CA-69 vs Boston Naval Shipyard) undetermined in each. NOT counted as qualifying litigation for this hull; carried as archival leads only. If verified as this hull, each would be a pleading-stage allegation only — not a finding of exposure or asbestos aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-boston-ssn703-07
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[8]ACM survey / abatement / SRP-disclosure sweep (web) + search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger row sl-uss-boston-ssn703-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping/recycling hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding naming USS Boston (SSN-703) was located. The hull was scrapped in drydock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (Oct 2001 - Jan 2002); 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
- 2001-2002; sweep 2026-09-18
- Population
- PSNS&IMF scrapping trades (2001-02)
- 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-boston-ssn703-08