Evidence
17 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-17).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Daniel Webster' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS Daniel Webster' returned 19 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-daniel-webster-ssbn626-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Daniel Webster' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS Daniel Webster' returned 582 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-daniel-webster-ssbn626-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'SSBN-626' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'SSBN-626' returned 0 results (2026-10-07)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- zero-hit search; absence of hits is not proof of no litigation
- Evidence ID
- uss-daniel-webster-ssbn626-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'SSBN-626' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'SSBN-626' returned 26 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-daniel-webster-ssbn626-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Naval Vessel Register, SHIPSDETAIL_SSBN_626 (retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 2017-01-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_SSBN_626, vessel status and milestone dates tables
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR record: DANIEL WEBSTER (SSBN 626), class SSBN 616, UIC 05098, ballistic missile submarine (nuclear-powered); builder General Dynamics Corp.; award 02/03/1961, keel 12/28/1961, launch 04/27/1963, commission 04/09/1964, decommission 08/30/1990, stricken 08/30/1990; status 'Stricken, to be disposed of, retain as submarine moored training ship', status changed 08/30/1990; steel hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1961-1990; register snapshot 2017
- Limitations
- Milestone/disposal register only; NVR carries no asbestos or materials data. The 'retain as submarine moored training ship' status is the official disposition record, not a hazmat record. Live nvr.navy.mil detail pages redirect to a generic landing in this environment; the 2017 Wayback capture of the official record was used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daniel-webster-ssbn626-01
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[6]U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs, official FBM chronologies (1955-65 facts; 1966-75 and 1976-85 chronology pages), retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback [other_primary]
- Locator
- SSP history_chronology_66-75 entries 29 Aug 1968 / 30 Apr 1970 / 21 Nov 1975; history_chronology_76-85 entries 21 Feb 1978 / 29 Mar 1978 / 16 Sep 1978 / 2 Sep 1985; history_facts_2 A-3 operational date 28 Sep 1964
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Strategic Systems Programs chronology documents this hull's weapons-system milestones: Polaris A-3 became operational 28 September 1964 when USS DANIEL WEBSTER began her initial operational patrol with 16 A-3 missiles; first submerged firing of the improved Polaris A-3 from this hull 29 August 1968 (Gold Crew, two missiles); deployed on operational patrol following overhaul 30 April 1970; 21 November 1975 - '31st and final SSBN for conversion to POSEIDON capability, commenced overhaul and conversion at Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Groton, CT'; conversion completed 21 February 1978; Blue Crew launched one Poseidon C-3 in a Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 29 March 1978; deployed on first post-conversion operational patrol 16 September 1978; launched two Poseidon C-3s in a Follow-on Operational Test 2 September 1985.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1964-1985
- Population
- Blue and Gold crews (1964-1990)
- Limitations
- Official program chronology; documents weapons-system milestones and yard periods by name (including the EB Groton Poseidon conversion) but contains no asbestos or materials content. Live ssp.navy.mil pages unavailable; Wayback captures of the official pages used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daniel-webster-ssbn626-02
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[7]navysite.de, USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626) page (secondary compilation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite SSBN-626 characteristics block and history narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilation (navysite) documents this hull's service detail: ninth Lafayette-class FBM and the only class unit built with bow-mounted diving planes on a forward 'mini-sail' ('Old Funny Fins'), later replaced by standard fairwater planes in a mid-1970s overhaul; first major overhaul and refueling at Newport News September 1968-November 1969; Panama Canal transit March 1970 including the 14 March 1970 meeting with USS Guardfish (SSN-612) described by Navy historians as the first meeting of two nuclear submarines in the canal; 77 total deterrent patrols; conversion to a dockside trainer at Charleston Naval Shipyard after decommissioning; MTS-626 service at NPTU Charleston into the 2020s.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1964-2021
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not a primary source; consistent with prior batches' treatment. One defect corrected against the official SSP chronology: navysite places the 1975-78 Poseidon conversion at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, while SSP records it at Electric Boat, Groton (see ev-08 correction). No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daniel-webster-ssbn626-03
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[8]NavSource Online Submarine Photo Archive, Daniel Webster (SSBN-626/MTS-626) page (Wayback capture 2015-12-20); USAF photo caption via jbcharleston.jb.mil [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 08/08626 spec block, DANFS-absence note, and MTS-626 photo captions; jbcharleston.jb.mil photo 2000120207
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Submarine Photo Archive page for this hull carries the reference spec block - complement 140 each crew (Blue and Gold), S5W reactor, two geared turbines 15,000 shp, one propeller - and explicitly notes that no DANFS narrative history exists for Daniel Webster at the HazeGray/DANFS Online archive. Photo-caption documentation (USN photo N-SY521-001) records MTS-626 departing Charleston under tow 26 September 2011 for a 16-month dry-docking engineered maintenance availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard and beginning return tow 21 August 2012; a USAF/Joint Base Charleston photo caption records her return up the Cooper River to JB Charleston-Weapons Station 25 August 2012.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1961-2012
- Limitations
- Photo-archive compilation with official USN/USAF photo captions; the DANFS-absence statement is itself the finding (no DANFS narrative exists for this hull - a research-coverage negative, not an anomaly). No asbestos or materials content. Live navsource.org unreachable (status 000); Wayback capture used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daniel-webster-ssbn626-04
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[9]DVIDS/Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 'Norfolk Naval Shipyard Welcomes Moored Training Ship Daniel Webster For Inactivation' (story 573434, 28 August 2026) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DVIDS news story 573434 body text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Norfolk Naval Shipyard official release: moored training ship Daniel Webster (MTS 626) arrived NNSY 21 August 2026 for inactivation - NNSY's second MTS inactivation after MTS Sam Rayburn (MTS 635, completed November 2024). MTS-626 served NPTU-Charleston for more than 30 years training enlisted sailors, officers, and Knolls/Bettis Atomic Power Laboratories civilian personnel in shipboard nuclear-plant operation, maintenance, and supervision. Inactivation scope: defueling requiring multiple hull cuts, superstructure removal, component removal/reinstallation; ~400 personnel at project peak; then tow to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, for recycling.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026 (release); MTS service 1990-2026
- Population
- NNSY inactivation workforce (~400 at peak, 2026-forward); NPTU trainees/staff (1990-2026)
- Limitations
- Official Navy release documents inactivation scope and timeline; it contains no asbestos or hazardous-material characterization - whether ACM will be encountered or abated during defueling/hull cuts is not stated. Does not establish exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daniel-webster-ssbn626-05
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[10]NVR status field (Wayback 2017 capture) + navysite MTS conversion narrative (secondary compilation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR status field; navysite SSBN-626 history, MTS paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Moored-training-ship conversion record: NVR carries this hull 'retain as submarine moored training ship' from 30 August 1990; secondary compilations (navysite; Wikipedia 'Moored training ship') record conversion at Charleston Naval Shipyard into a dockside trainer/S5W prototype facility with missile compartment removed and special mooring arrangements, then permanent berth at NPTU Charleston (Goose Creek/Cooper River) alongside MTS-635 Sam Rayburn.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1990-2026
- Population
- Charleston Naval Shipyard conversion trades (~1990); NPTU staff/trainees
- Limitations
- Conversion location rests on secondary compilations corroborated by the NVR MTS-retention status; the conversion yard period (~1990, Charleston NSY) is a documented yard-disturbance event but no materials/abatement record for it was located. No asbestos content in sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daniel-webster-ssbn626-06
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[11]Halseth v. General Electric Co., No. 3:07-cv-02543-EMC (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A work-history roster, ECF No. 1-2 (filed 2007-05-14) - verified by direct PDF text extraction of the RECAP document (storage.courtlistener.com; identical copy at archive.org gov.uscourts.cand.192004.1.1.pdf) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-2, Exhibit A, Larry Robinson section (Puget Sound NSY pipefitter 1975-2004), page 11 - entries 'DANIEL WEBSTER (SSBN-626)' between 'DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629)' and 'DARTER (SS-576)'
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- QUALIFYING asbestos litigation naming this hull (pleading stage): Halseth et al. v. General Electric Co. et al., No. 3:07-cv-02543-EMC (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A (ECF No. 1-2, filed 14 May 2007). In the work-history section of plaintiff Larry Robinson - U.S. Dept. of Defense, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA, pipefitter, 1975-2004 - the alphabetical roster of vessels on which he alleged asbestos exposure lists 'DANIEL WEBSTER (SSBN-626)'. Robinson's job-duties recital for that employer alleges piping-system repair/replacement/modification in engine rooms, fire rooms, and reactor rooms of nuclear and non-nuclear ships, steam-trap gasket changes, and proximity to pipefitters, laggers, machinists, electricians, and painters 'blowing around asbestos dust'; complaint alleges asbestos-related pleural disease and asbestosis diagnoses among the consolidated plaintiffs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1975-2004 (alleged exposure window); 2007 (litigation)
- Population
- Larry Robinson (Puget Sound Naval Shipyard pipefitter, 1975-2004 alleged work history)
- Limitations
- Complaint-exhibit vessel list; unadjudicated pleading-stage allegation - the least-final litigation stage. The roster lists vessels at the yard where the plaintiff claimed exposure occurred; it is not a finding that asbestos was aboard this hull, and establishes nothing about materials, causation, or eligibility. Whether SSBN-626 was ever physically at PSNSY during 1975-2004 is unverified - the pleading alleges it; service records located do not document a PSNSY availability (her documented yards are EB Groton, Newport News, Charleston NSY, and NNSY).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daniel-webster-ssbn626-07
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[12]U.S. Navy SSP chronology 1976-85 (Wayback) vs. navysite SSBN-626 page [other_primary]
- Locator
- SSP 76-85 chronology entries 21 Nov 1975 / 21 Feb 1978; navysite history paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: navysite (secondary compilation) states this hull 'entered Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for a second major overhaul and conversion to Poseidon' and that conversion completed 'at Portsmouth' 21 February 1978. The official SSP chronology records instead that USS DANIEL WEBSTER commenced overhaul and Poseidon conversion at Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Groton, CT, on 21 November 1975 (31st and final SSBN converted) and completed conversion there 21 February 1978. The SSP record controls; the Portsmouth attribution is a secondary-source error.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1975-1978
- Population
- Electric Boat overhaul/conversion trades (1975-1978)
- Limitations
- Corrects a yard attribution, not a materials claim. The Poseidon conversion yard matters for exposure-window geography: the record supports EB Groton, not Portsmouth NSY. No asbestos content in either source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daniel-webster-ssbn626-08
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[13]Era inference anchored to NVR/SSP/navysite-documented construction and yard periods for this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- construction-era inference from documented dates and yard periods
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: a first-generation Lafayette-class ballistic-missile submarine built 1961-64 at Electric Boat, Groton, in the Navy's peak asbestos era would era-typically have carried asbestos-containing thermal insulation, gaskets, and packing around its secondary steam and auxiliary machinery (S5W steam plant, turbines, pumps, valves). Documented yard-disturbance windows of the kind in which era insulation was installed and removed: Newport News refueling overhaul 1968-69; Electric Boat refueling + Poseidon conversion 1975-78; Charleston Naval Shipyard MTS conversion ~1990; Norfolk Naval Shipyard drydocking availability 2011-12 and inactivation/defueling from 2026. Nuclear propulsion itself establishes nothing about asbestos; the inference attaches to conventional steam-side systems only.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1961-2026
- Population
- EB construction trades (1961-64); NNS overhaul trades (1968-69); EB conversion trades (1975-78); Charleston NSY conversion trades (~1990); NNSY availability/inactivation trades (2011-12, 2026+); crews and NPTU trainees/staff
- Limitations
- CLASS/ERA INFERENCE ONLY - no ship-specific material schedule, survey, or insulation record was located for this hull. Does not establish asbestos aboard USS Daniel Webster, any exposure, or any quantity. Never infer ship-specific findings from this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daniel-webster-ssbn626-09
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[14]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; 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 - covering this hull's construction era (1961-64) and its 1968-69 Newport News overhaul; the 1975-78 conversion and 1990 MTS work fall across the substitution transition.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- 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-daniel-webster-ssbn626-10
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[15]Five verified N.D. Cal. RECAP complaint exhibits (gov.uscourts.cand.192004, .197119, .199308, .204934, .204620) - verbatim text search (pdftotext; McIntyre additionally OCR-verified with pdftoppm+tesseract) [court_record]
- Locator
- verbatim search of all five Exhibit A rosters; site-index name/hull-number sweeps
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Litigation sweep result: five retrieved asbestos complaint exhibits from the 2007-08 N.D. Cal. filing family were searched verbatim for this hull. 'DANIEL WEBSTER (SSBN-626)' appears only in the Halseth/Robinson roster (ev-07). It does NOT appear in the Cooks roster (Mare Island marine machinist, cand.197119 ECF 1-2), the Davis consolidated complaint with embedded Exhibit A rosters (incl. the Schoelzel PSNSY 1983-86 section, cand.199308 Document 1), the Cronin consolidated complaint with embedded exhibit (cand.204934 Document 1), or the McIntyre exhibit (Mare Island painter/Shop 71, cand.204620 Document 1 - OCR-verified; image scan with no text layer). Site-index sweeps for 'SSBN-626' and 'Daniel Webster' produced no merits-level asbestos opinion naming this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2007-2008 (complaint filings searched)
- Limitations
- Absence from four located rosters is not proof no other pleading exists - CourtListener coverage is not exhaustive, the API was rate-limited and public search WAF-blocked this session, and state-court pleadings and non-mirrored federal filings are outside this sweep.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daniel-webster-ssbn626-11
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[16]Indexed-document and web sweeps for 'Daniel Webster' / 'SSBN-626' - collision screening [other_primary]
- Locator
- site:courtlistener.com and general web result review
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Name-collision screen: 'Daniel Webster' litigation hits in site-index sweeps are dominated by Dr. Daniel Webster (Johns Hopkins gun-policy expert witness) declarations and unrelated matters; a WWII Liberty ship 'SS Daniel Webster' also exists as a separate vessel that surfaces in asbestos-marketing lists. Neither is this hull. The only qualifying naming located is the Halseth/Robinson roster entry (ev-07).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Collision screening only. Marketing/competitor asbestos pages naming this hull (e.g., navyshipexposure.com) were located and excluded as prohibited sources - their claims are not used or cited anywhere in this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daniel-webster-ssbn626-12
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[17]Negative finding across NVR (Wayback), SSP chronologies, navysite, NavSource (Wayback), DVIDS/NNSY releases, five verified complaint rosters, and indexed litigation sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- see search_ledger sl-uss-daniel-webster-ssbn626-01..11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Negative finding: beyond the single pleading-stage roster naming (ev-07), no ship-specific asbestos documentation of any kind was located for USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626/MTS-626) - no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, materials schedule, or recycling/inactivation hazmat disclosure across NVR, SSP, navysite, NavSource, DVIDS, and web sweeps. The 2026 NNSY inactivation release describes defueling scope (hull cuts, superstructure removal) but makes no asbestos statement. No DANFS narrative exists for this hull (NavSource DANFS-absence note). Ship-specific asbestos documentation status: UNKNOWN apart from the pleading-stage naming.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record is not proof no record exists. This hull was not recycled in the 1990s - it survives substantially intact as MTS-626 and is only now (2026) being inactivated; the prolonged NPTU training use and pending recycling leave a longer undocumented-materials window than scrapped sisters.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daniel-webster-ssbn626-13