USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64)

Evidence

20 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-20).

1. [1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS CONSTELLATION' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener opinion search 'USS CONSTELLATION' returned 24 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Limitations

   hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels

   Evidence ID

   uss-constellation-cv64-cl-name-opinion

2. [2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS CONSTELLATION' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener docket search 'USS CONSTELLATION' returned 470 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Limitations

   hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels

   Evidence ID

   uss-constellation-cv64-cl-name-docket

3. [3]CourtListener opinion search: 'CV-64' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener opinion search 'CV-64' returned 60149 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Limitations

   hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed

   Evidence ID

   uss-constellation-cv64-cl-hull-opinion

4. [4]CourtListener docket search: 'CV-64' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener docket search 'CV-64' returned 655940 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Limitations

   hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed

   Evidence ID

   uss-constellation-cv64-cl-hull-docket

5. [5]Little v. Hardie-Tynes Co., No. 86318-5-I (Wash. Ct. App. Div. I, Aug. 25, 2025) (published); CourtListener opinion listing 10660123 [court_record]

   Locator

   Slip op. factual-background section (expert attribution; Navy supply records naming boiler feed pumps for USS Constellation); disposition paragraph (reversal and remand)

   Finding type

   litigation_product_id

   Finding

   Published Washington Court of Appeals opinion: in a mesothelioma bench trial, plaintiffs' expert 'identified forced draft blowers on the USS Kitty Hawk and USS Ranger, as well as pumps on the USS Constellation, as causes of Little's asbestos exposure. Navy records showed that forced draft blowers for the USS Kitty Hawk and USS Ranger and boiler feed pumps for the USS Constellation had been supplied to the Navy by' Hardie-Tynes. The judgment for plaintiffs was reversed on successor-liability grounds (no evidence the successor corporation continued selling the asbestos products) and remanded for entry of a defense judgment.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1970-1979 alleged exposure; opinion 2025

   Population

   Machinist's mate Clifton Little, Navy service 1970-74; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard work 1974-79

   Limitations

   Navy supply records recited in a published opinion establish that Hardie-Tynes boiler feed pumps were supplied for this hull - a documentary product-supply identification, not an adjudicated exposure finding. Asbestos causation rests on expert opinion, and the appeal ended in a defense judgment on successor liability. The opinion does not adjudicate that the pumps contained asbestos or that any individual exposure occurred aboard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-constellation-cv64-01

6. [6]Dollas v. W.R. Grace & Co., 225 A.D.2d 319, 639 N.Y.S.2d 323 (1st Dept. 1996); CourtListener opinion 6133941 [court_record]

   Locator

   225 A.D.2d at 319-320 (Bock testimony on Monokote spraying aboard; reversal of Grace's summary judgment and reinstatement)

   Finding type

   litigation_product_id

   Finding

   Published N.Y. Appellate Division opinion in the consolidated Brooklyn Navy Yard asbestos cases: plaintiffs' decedents 'are alleged to have worked on the USS Constellation' and died of mesothelioma. Marine machinist Walter Robert Bock testified that he worked aboard Constellation contemporaneously with the decedents and that W.R. Grace's 'Monokote' was used as fireproofing, with spraying 'going on all of the time' inside the gun mounts and other areas of the ship. The Appellate Division reversed summary judgment for Grace and reinstated the complaints, holding the testimony raised a question of fact; the trial court's reasoning that Navy specifications did not list Monokote as an approved product is preserved here for balance.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1957-1961 alleged exposure; opinion 1996

   Population

   Brooklyn Navy Yard workforce aboard USS Constellation during construction, ~1957-1961

   Limitations

   Witness-deposition product identification surviving summary judgment on appeal - a question-of-fact ruling at the discovery/pleading stage, not an adjudicated finding that Monokote was installed aboard or that any decedent's disease resulted from it. The trial court's point that Navy specs did not list the product is preserved for balance.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-constellation-cv64-02

7. [7]Knee v. A.W. Chesterton Co., 52 A.D.3d 355, 861 N.Y.S.2d 286 (1st Dept. 2008); CourtListener opinion 5897502 [court_record]

   Locator

   52 A.D.3d 355 - opinion recital (gasket exposure aboard Constellation at Brooklyn Navy Yard)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   N.Y. Appellate Division opinion reciting deposition evidence that the decedent 'was exposed to gaskets and gasket materials containing asbestos while working on a ship known as the Constellation at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.' Hit already represented in the Kitty Hawk class profile (ev-kitty-hawk-class-06); cited here rather than re-researched per batch convention.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   construction-era exposure; opinion 2008

   Population

   Brooklyn Navy Yard worker aboard USS Constellation

   Limitations

   Allegation/deposition-level recital identifying asbestos-containing gaskets aboard CV-64 at the building yard - question-of-fact posture, not a jury finding on specific product installation. Hit already represented in kitty-hawk-class.class.json; CourtListener re-verification this session was rate-limited (125/day).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-constellation-cv64-03

8. [8]Pine v. John Crane Inc., 699 F. Supp. 3d 375 (E.D. Pa. 2023), Civ. No. 18-927 (PD), ECF No. 290 (order filed Oct. 24, 2023) [court_record]

   Locator

   ECF No. 290 order at 3-6 (Pine's service and gasket work; JCI 2150 sheet-gasket composition and coworker identification; grant in part/deny in part of SJ at 8)

   Finding type

   litigation_product_id

   Finding

   Reported E.D. Pa. order in a mesothelioma-death case: 'Joseph Pine served as a fireman on the USS Constellation between 1965 and 1967,' working on auxiliary equipment including pumps, generators, valves, and steam-driven machinery. 'He regularly installed gaskets by cutting the sheet gasket to size, exposing himself to the internal aspects of the sheet gaskets, including asbestos,' and removed gaskets by scraping pieces out with a putty knife. John Crane Inc.'s only gaskets approved for sale to the Navy at the time - '2150 compressed asbestos sheet gaskets' - contained asbestos; coworker Raymond Killham recalled that he and Joseph regularly used only JCI gaskets during their year working together. The court denied JCI's summary judgment on causation (genuine issue of material fact), granted it as to non-pecuniary and punitive damages, and denied JCI's motion to strike the jury demand.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1965-1967 alleged exposure; order 2023

   Population

   Fireman aboard USS Constellation 1965-1967 (in-service machinery-space work)

   Limitations

   Deposition and coworker product identification held sufficient to create a jury question on causation - a summary-judgment-stage ruling, not an adjudicated exposure or installation finding; the case settled/reported posture left causation untried in this opinion. Citation URL is the ECF-stamped order (Doc 290) hosted by counsel's firm - no neutral mirror located; the official cite is 699 F. Supp. 3d 375. This is in-service gasket exposure aboard the completed ship, distinct from the construction-yard gasket recital in Knee.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-constellation-cv64-04

9. [9]Phelps v. CBS Corp. (Estate of Grimes), No. 17-cv-8361 (AJN), 2021 WL 4226037 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2021); companion order 2020 WL 7028954 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 30, 2020) [court_record]

   Locator

   ECF No. 193 memorandum opinion at 1-6 (Grimes's Constellation recital; Foster Wheeler boiler acknowledgment at Dkt. 184 PP 26, 33; grant of SJ); 2020 companion order denying Crane SJ

   Finding type

   litigation_product_id

   Finding

   S.D.N.Y. memorandum opinion & order in asbestos litigation: decedent John Grimes worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard October 1961 - January 1963 as an apprentice coppersmith and 'could only recall the name of one vessel - the USS Constellation,' which he believed was 'still being, more or less, built.' 'Foster Wheeler has acknowledged that it manufactured the boilers aboard the Constellation,' while the parties disputed whether Foster Wheeler required asbestos-containing products for its boilers, whether the boilers were installed with asbestos-containing pads, and whether they required external insulation. Federal maritime law applied; the court GRANTED Foster Wheeler's summary judgment, finding no evidence Foster Wheeler directed the use of asbestos and no duty to warn about third-party products under the DeVries bare-metal framework. A companion order (Nov. 30, 2020) had denied Crane Co.'s summary-judgment motion on the same record.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1961-1963 alleged exposure; opinions 2020-2021

   Population

   Apprentice coppersmith aboard/around USS Constellation at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Oct 1961 - Jan 1963

   Limitations

   The Foster Wheeler boiler-manufacture acknowledgment is a party admission of equipment presence aboard this hull - NOT an admission of asbestos content, which was expressly disputed and resolved for the defense on summary judgment (bare-metal/no-duty-to-warn). Grimes's 'still being built' belief conflicts with the ship's Oct 1961 commissioning and was noted by the court via expert opinion. Citation URL is a document mirror (filed-order copy); official cites are 2021 WL 4226037 and 2020 WL 7028954.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-constellation-cv64-05

10. [10]Pace v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., 171 F. Supp. 3d 254 (S.D.N.Y. 2016); CourtListener opinion 7319150 [court_record]

    Locator

    171 F. Supp. 3d at 258-265 (Balcerzak service aboard Constellation at Brooklyn Navy Yard; Warren pump/ship-record discussion; grant of SJ)

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    Reported S.D.N.Y. opinion in asbestos litigation: electrician Raymond Balcerzak (roughly 50-year career; Navy enlistment from 6 March 1956; civilian electrician at the Brooklyn Navy Yard from October 1959) worked aboard USS Constellation during her construction, pulling wire and cable, installing wire guides and panels - all his work in one of several engine rooms he could no longer identify. After discovery closed, plaintiff produced 'historical ships records' for USS Constellation and USS Independence arguing that Warren pumps were used in the engine rooms of both ships, including the engine room in which Balcerzak worked. Warren's summary-judgment motion was granted.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    construction-era (~1959-1961) alleged exposure; opinion 2016

    Population

    Electrician aboard USS Constellation during Brooklyn Navy Yard construction, ~1959-1961

    Limitations

    Plaintiff-produced 'historical ships records' arguing Warren pump placement in Constellation engine rooms were never adjudicated - Warren won summary judgment, so this is a merits-level negative for the plaintiff, not exposure evidence. The opinion does not establish that engine-room pumps contained asbestos as installed. Prior-batch phrasing 'manuals indicating installation in all four engine rooms' could not be re-verified verbatim; the opinion text says pumps 'used in the engine rooms in both ships (including the engine room in which Balcerzak worked).'

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-constellation-cv64-06

11. [11]Shelton v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., No. 4:21-cv-04772-YGR (N.D. Cal.): ECF No. 196 (order granting motion to dismiss, Sept. 15, 2021) and ECF No. 303 (order applying federal maritime law, June 21, 2022) [court_record]

    Locator

    ECF 196 at 1-2 (Constellation/Repose/Haleakala service and machinery-space exposure recital, Compl. PP 5-6); ECF 303 disposition (maritime law; punitive damages and loss of consortium dismissed)

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    N.D. Cal. orders in asbestos litigation: plaintiff Frank J. Shelton Jr. alleged exposure to asbestos while working as a Machinist's Mate stationed aboard USS Constellation, USS Repose, and USS Haleakala from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, 'regularly and routinely' performing maintenance and repairs on machinery-space equipment and 'tasked with disturbing, sanding, scraping, cutting and abrading asbestos-containing components of the equipment,' resulting in mesothelioma. ECF No. 196 (Sept. 15, 2021) granted a Rule 12(b)(2) motion to dismiss; ECF No. 303 (June 21, 2022) applied federal maritime law and dismissed the punitive-damages and loss-of-consortium claims.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    mid-1960s to early 1970s alleged exposure; orders 2021-2022

    Population

    Machinist's Mate aboard USS Constellation, mid-1960s to early 1970s

    Limitations

    Pleading-level exposure allegation recited by the court across three hulls - not ship-specific to Constellation, not product-identified, and unadjudicated; the merits rulings addressed personal jurisdiction and damages law only. GovInfo package carries ECF 196 and 212; ECF 303 text verified via an ECF-stamped copy hosted outside govinfo.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-constellation-cv64-07

12. [12]USS Constellation (CV 64) Command Histories for Calendar Years 1992 and 1993 (OPNAV Report 5750-1), NHHC ship command-operation reports [other_primary]

    Locator

    1992 command history, Safety Department section (industrial hygienist; statistics block incl. 'Asbestos samples 500'); 1993 report identical block

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    The ship's command histories for the SLEP overhaul years record: 'USS CONSTELLATION'S first industrial hygienist reported onboard early in the year' and, under Safety Department statistics, 'Respirator fit checks 800' and 'Asbestos samples 500' (alongside 1,821 hazard reports / 1,658 corrected / 89% correction rate). The identical statistics block appears in both the 1992 and 1993 reports - a carried-over program total, attributed here to the SLEP period rather than counted twice.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    1992-1993 (within 1990-93 SLEP)

    Population

    Ship's company and Philadelphia Naval Shipyard SLEP workforce, 1992-1993

    Limitations

    A safety-program statistic, not a material inventory: the record documents that industrial-hygiene asbestos sampling occurred aboard during SLEP but does not state where samples were taken, what they found, whether material was confirmed asbestos-containing, or what abatement (if any) resulted. Live NHHC PDF 404s site-wide - text verified via Wayback capture.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-constellation-cv64-08

13. [13]USS Constellation (CV 64) Command History for Calendar Year 1988 (OPNAV Report 5750-1), NHHC ship command-operation reports [other_primary]

    Locator

    1988 command history R-Division/Engineering narrative (2 Aug fire; 'removing all the lagging, chipping, priming and repainting'; 17 decks / 43+ spaces; casualty figures)

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Ship's own command history for calendar year 1988: on 2 August 1988 'a fuel oil leak in the uptakes rained thousands of gallons of JP-5 jet fuel on the boilers in #1 Main Machinery Room, resulting in a major Class Bravo fire'; Halon was activated, two additional explosions occurred, and 'the fire and smoke extended through 17 decks and encompassed more than 43 spaces.' The Engineering Department and PACSHIP rebuilt #1MMR, the work including 'removing all the lagging, chipping, priming and repainting' in the affected spaces; twenty crewmembers were injured and medevaced to Balboa, with no fatalities. DANFS records all boilers re-lit 29 September 1988, one month ahead of schedule.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    1988

    Population

    Ship's company and PACSHIP repair workforce, Aug-Oct 1988

    Limitations

    Contemporaneous ship record of complete lagging removal in fire-damaged machinery spaces - documents insulation disturbance at scale but never identifies the lagging's fiber content; does not establish that the removed material was asbestos and uses no abatement terminology. Live NHHC PDF 404s - text verified via Wayback capture.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-constellation-cv64-09

14. [14]USS Constellation (CV 64) Command History for Calendar Year 1991 (OPNAV Report 5750-1), NHHC ship command-operation reports [other_primary]

    Locator

    1991 command history narrative and 'List of Major Physical Alterations' (boiler/engine/berthing re-work; Dry Dock Five; undocking 12 Nov 1991)

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Ship's command history for calendar year 1991: 'USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64) spent 1991 in a Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) overhaul at Dry Dock Five in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard,' undocking 12 November 1991. Listed major physical alterations include: 'All eight boilers re-worked. Main engines overhauled. All catapults overhauled... All berthing compartments re-worked. Ship's work spaces re-worked. All combat systems re-worked, replaced or overhauled' - 13,874 jobs and 269,931 industrial man-days expended to that point; complement 2,335 at year end.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    1991 (within 1990-93 SLEP)

    Population

    Philadelphia Naval Shipyard SLEP workforce; ship's company (~2,335 assigned)

    Limitations

    Contemporaneous record of a wholesale machinery-plant and berthing rebuild - documents the scale of material disturbance (all eight boilers, all berthing, all work spaces) without identifying insulation materials or asbestos content anywhere in the text.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-constellation-cv64-10

15. [15]USS Constellation (CV 64) Command History for Calendar Year 1995 (OPNAV Report 5750-1), NHHC ship command-operation reports [other_primary]

    Locator

    1995 command history, Maintenance Department section (Habitability division renovation line)

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Ship's command history for calendar year 1995 (post-SLEP operations): 'Habitability division conducted renovation (tiling and lagging) of 251 spaces, painting of ship's galleys and three sculleries' - a post-overhaul, in-service insulation/tiling renovation across 251 habitability spaces.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    1995

    Population

    Ship's company Habitability division workforce, 1995

    Limitations

    'Tiling and lagging' renovation documented in the ship's own words without any fiber identification - does not establish that the lagging or tile contained asbestos; no abatement terminology is used. Live NHHC PDF 404s - text verified via Wayback capture.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-constellation-cv64-11

16. [16]DANFS, 'Constellation III (CV-64)' - Naval Historical Center entry [nhhc_danfs]

    Locator

    DANFS spec block and narrative (construction milestones; 1960 fire; yard-period chronology; SLEP; decommissioning 7 Aug 2003)

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    DANFS entry 'Constellation III (CV-64)': spec block - displacement 60,100 tons; length 1,047 feet 6 inches; beam 129 feet 4 inches; extreme width 248 feet 5 inches; speed 33+ knots; complement 5,480; armament two twin 'Terrier' HT antiaircraft guided missiles; class Kitty Hawk. Built by New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn; laid down 14 Sept 1957; christened 8 Oct 1960; on 19 Dec 1960 a catastrophic fire caused the loss of 50 workers and $75 million in damages, a seven-month delay; commissioned 27 Oct 1961. Homeport San Diego from 1962; first shipyard period 1965 (eight months); nine-month overhaul 1970; 14-month Puget Sound overhaul from Feb 1974 (CV redesignation 30 Jun 1975; completed Apr 1976); 26-day Long Beach drydocking late 1976; 13-month PSNS complex overhaul from Jan 1983; entered Philadelphia Naval Shipyard July 1990 for an $800-million three-year SLEP completed March 1993; final deployment Nov 2002 - Jun 2003 (OEF/OIF); commissioning pennant hauled down and deck log closed 7 Aug 2003.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    1957-2003

    Population

    Ship's company ~5,480 plus embarked air wing; construction and yard workforce across listed availabilities

    Limitations

    Authoritative Navy history for milestones, complement, and yard periods; contains no asbestos or insulation-material content. Live history.navy.mil DANFS URL 404s - citation is the 2012 Wayback capture. Name-collision note: DANFS lists three Constellations - the CV-64 entry is the 'III' page (constellation-iii.htm); entries I/II are the 1798 frigate and 1855 sloop.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-constellation-cv64-12

17. [17]MARAD, Office of Ship Disposal Programs Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2018 (April 2019), ISL section; NVR CV-64 ship detail (Wayback capture 2020-12-02); Navy contract announcement (June 2014) as carried in press; NavSource CV-64 status lines [marad_nrc]

    Locator

    MARAD FY2018 OSDP report (ISL 'successfully dismantled the Ex-CONSTELLATION'); NVR status/comment fields; NavSource building-data section (contract, tow, 2017-06-27 status)

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Disposal chain: NVR ship detail (archived capture) records status 'Disposed of by Dismantling (Scrapping/Recycling)' effective 27 June 2017 with comment 'INTERNATIONAL SHIPBREAKING LIMITED LLC IN BROWNSVILLE, TX.' The Navy competitively awarded ISL the towing/dismantling/recycling contract 13 June 2014 (~$3 million, Navy retaining ownership during dismantling); the tug Corbin Foss departed Bremerton under tow 8 Aug 2014 on the ~16,000-nautical-mile Cape Horn route and arrived Brownsville 16 Jan 2015. MARAD's Office of Ship Disposal Programs Annual Report for FY2018 states ISL 'has successfully dismantled the Ex-CONSTELLATION.'

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    2014-2017

    Population

    ISL dismantlement workforce, 2015-2017; Foss Maritime tow crew

    Limitations

    Dismantlement completion confirmed by an official MARAD report and NVR status field - but no dismantlement-waste accounting (asbestos tonnage or abatement manifests) for this hull was located; the Navy's 2014 ship-specific environmental assessment exists (see archival-lead row) without retrievable text.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-constellation-cv64-13

18. [18]DOE/EIS-0524 references list citing the Navy 'Assessment Dismantling of the Supercarrier ex-CONSTELLATION (CV 64)' (2014) [other_primary]

    Locator

    EIS-0524 references/bibliography entry for the ex-Constellation dismantling assessment

    Finding type

    environmental_record

    Finding

    The Navy/DOE Final EIS for ex-Enterprise disposal (DOE/EIS-0524, June 2023) cites in its bibliography a Navy document titled 'Assessment Dismantling of the Supercarrier ex-CONSTELLATION (CV 64)' - i.e., a ship-specific federal environmental assessment exists for this hull's dismantlement. The EA itself was not retrievable this session (access block on the NAVSEA host; error page on an alternate URL); its existence is logged as an archival lead and nothing from it is claimed.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    2014 (EA); 2023 (EIS citation)

    Population

    ISL dismantlement workforce (subject population if EA obtained)

    Limitations

    Document existence verified via the federal EIS bibliography; document text not retrieved. Nothing about its asbestos findings, quantities, or abatement scope is asserted - retrieval is the open task.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-constellation-cv64-14

19. [19]Kitty Hawk-class profile (class-d/kitty-hawk-class.class.json); Navy/DOE EIS-0524 Section 3.2.2.1.1 era statement; DANFS/NavSource class construction data [other_primary]

    Locator

    Class profile ev-kitty-hawk-class-01; EIS-0524 Section 3.2.2.1.1

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Class/era context: Constellation was built 1957-1961 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard - the peak years of Navy asbestos use - with an eight-boiler, four-turbine steam plant. The Navy's own disposal EIS states ACM 'is found throughout Navy ships in insulating materials on piping systems, in electrical cables, and on ship structures.' Era-standard applications for this class included boiler casing and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe lagging, turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets and packing, deck tile, bulkhead fireproofing, and cable insulation.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    1957-2003

    Population

    Brooklyn Navy Yard construction trades 1957-1961; crews and yard workers through 2003

    Limitations

    Era-standard application list and the Navy's generic statement - prioritizes research only; it is NOT a ship-specific finding and does not confirm installed materials on this hull beyond the litigation- and command-history-documented items in rows ev-01 through ev-11.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-constellation-cv64-15

20. [20]Batch-233 search ledger (this record): NHHC command-operation reports 1962-2001; DANFS III; NVR (Wayback); CourtListener exact-name and hull sweeps; govinfo USCOURTS packages; MARAD OSDP reports; DOE/EIS-0524; NavSource CV-64 [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-constellation-cv64-01 through sl-uss-constellation-cv64-10

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Scoped negative finding: no hull insulation survey, asbestos-abatement contract, service-era material inventory, or dismantlement-waste accounting (asbestos tonnage) for this ship was located in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). No source identifies the fiber content of the lagging removed after the 1988 fire or installed/renovated in 1995; the '500 asbestos samples' safety statistic is not accompanied by any results or locations.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    2026-09-19

    Limitations

    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1957-61 Brooklyn Navy Yard build is era-consistent with extensive installed ACM, and the litigation record identifies specific products. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present in any space beyond the documented items; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-constellation-cv64-16