USS Dixon (AS-37)

Evidence

17 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-17).

1. [1]Naval Vessel Register (NAVSEA/NAVSHIPSO), ship detail record 'DIXON (AS 37)' [other_primary]

   Locator

   NVR AS37.HTM detail page, Wayback capture 2016-07-27 (record 'last updated 08/11/2003'); live NVR detail page is JS-rendered and served no ship payload to automated fetch

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Naval Vessel Register detail record for DIXON (AS 37), 'SUBMARINE TENDER': UIC 20132; class AS 36; builder 'GENERAL DYN/QUINCY'; award 04/20/1966; keel 09/07/1967; launch 06/20/1970; delivery 05/07/1971; commission 08/07/1971; decommission 12/15/1995 (24.4 years in commission); stricken 03/18/1996; status 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise', date status changed 07/21/2003; overall length 643 ft, waterline 620 ft, extreme beam 85 ft, maximum navigational draft 29 ft; light displacement 13,967 tons, full 23,014 tons; steel hull and superstructure; propulsion type 'Steam Turbine', 1 propeller; accommodations 88 officers + 1,226 enlisted; custodian US NAVY.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1966-2003

   Limitations

   Authoritative register record for identity, milestones, dimensions, propulsion type, accommodations, and disposal status. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information - supports no asbestos claim. Keel date conflict: tendertale says 8 September 1967 vs NVR 7 September - NVR adopted.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dixon-as37-01

2. [2]tendertale.com 'USS Dixon AS 37' tender history page; navysite.de 'USS Dixon (AS 37)' page; NavSource Submarine Tender Photo Index AS-37 entry incl. commanding-officer roster and awards PDF (secondary compilations; not primary records) [other_primary]

   Locator

   tendertale AS-37 narrative chronology and CO table; navysite.de/ships/as37.htm; navsource.net/archives/09/36/3637.htm and /pdf/3637b.pdf

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Service chronology (secondary compilations, no DANFS entry exists for this hull): commissioned 1971-08-07 at Norfolk under CAPT David S. Boyd; arrived San Diego homeport 1971-09-27, Submarine Base Point Loma; post-shakedown availability Bremerton June-September 1972; flagship/unit of ComSubRon FIVE and ComSubGru FIVE from 1973; assumed SubRon THREE supply/logistics support 1974 during Sperry (AS-12) overhaul; both 5-inch mounts removed November 1974; first extended WestPac/Indian Ocean deployment January-June 1981 (Subic Bay, Diego Garcia, Sydney); overhaul/drydock periods 1978, January 1984, May-September 1989; first post-WWII submarine upkeep at Adak, Alaska, March 1986; first remote-site tending of a Trident and a fast-attack submarine together at Pearl Harbor December 1989; second WestPac July 1992-January 1993, tending the first submarine in the Arabian Gulf; flagship ComSubRon ELEVEN March 1995; final transit to Norfolk via Panama Canal October 1995; decommissioned 15 December 1995. Twelve commanding officers 1971-1995. Design mission per tender histories: support for up to 12 submarines, 4 alongside; repair departments included foundry, machine shop, sheet-metal, electrical/electronics, and torpedo shops.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1971-1995

   Limitations

   Secondary compilations by volunteer historians - used for narrative service detail beyond NVR because no DANFS entry exists for this hull (NavSource states 'There is no DANFS history available for USS Dixon (AS-37)'). Milestones confirmed against NVR where overlapping; unverifiable details (sponsor name spelling 'Masterson' vs 'Masterton', crew figures, award dates) logged in gaps. The 'Asbestos Control Program' award-nomination claim is split out as its own unverified row (ev-14). No asbestos or material content in these sources other than as separately noted.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dixon-as37-02

3. [3]National Archives and Records Administration, Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files - NAID 6429803 and NAID 6380502 [other_primary]

   Locator

   NARA catalog records catalog.archives.gov/id/6429803 and /id/6380502 (finding-aid captions verbatim)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   U.S. Navy official photographs in the National Archives document the ship in service: NAID 6429803 (local ID DN-SC-88-05866; NHHC photo NH 107769-KN), 1987-04-15, 'aerial starboard bow view of the Submarine Tender USS DIXON (AS 37) and various submarines tied up alongside the ship and piers' at Submarine Base Point Loma, San Diego - three nuclear-powered submarines alongside, nine more nearby; NAID 6380502 (330-CFD-DN-SN-84-01092), produced 1981-11-01, 'ENSIGN Roberta McIntyre, the first female to qualify as a surface weapons officer, checks valves aboard the submarine tender USS DIXON (AS 37), where she serves as electrical officer.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1981-1987

   Population

   crew; embarked female officers (1981)

   Limitations

   Official photo caption records establish the ship's Point Loma employment in 1987 and ENS McIntyre's service aboard as electrical officer (caption wording 'surface weapons officer' - secondary sources render it 'Surface Warfare Officer'). No asbestos or material content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dixon-as37-03

4. [4]Hampton Roads Naval Museum (official U.S. Navy museum) 'Women's History Month - USS Vulcan Deploys, 1979' program history; Public Law 95-485 amendment to 10 U.S.C. 6015; U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings Oct 1978 'Women in Warships: A Right to Serve' (55 officers / 375 enlisted initial assignment figures) [museum_official]

   Locator

   HRNM blog article paragraphs 2-5 (program legal basis); USNI Proceedings October 1978 (assignment numbers); tendertale AS-37 page (1978-11-22 reporting date); NARA NAID 6380502; United States v. Roberts, 14 M.J. 671 (N.M.C.M.R. 1982)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Women-at-sea program context: Public Law 95-485 (FY1979 Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, October 1978) amended 10 U.S.C. 6015 to permit permanent assignment of women to noncombatant ships; the first Navy women reported for sea duty 1 November 1978, with the Navy's 'Women in Ships' program assigning 55 female officers and 375 enlisted women to selected tenders, repair ships, and auxiliaries; Dixon received its first two female officers (Ensigns McIntyre and McCormick) on 22 November 1978, with two more female officers and 35 enlisted women following in 1979 (secondary chronology; NARA photograph documents McIntyre aboard in 1981, and the 1982 NMCMR opinion in U.S. v. Roberts independently confirms enlisted women serving aboard this hull by early 1980).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1978-1981

   Population

   female officers and enlisted assigned 1978-1979

   Limitations

   Program-level history: establishes the legal/program context under which women first served aboard this hull; the ship-specific reporting date and officer names come from the secondary tendertale chronology, corroborated for McIntyre by the 1981 NARA photo record and for enlisted-women presence by the Roberts court record. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dixon-as37-04

5. [5]Naval Vessel Register status entry (disposal); City of San Diego Digital Archives, 'Plaque from USS Dixon' mayoral-artifacts record; NavSource AS-37 index (position/depth - secondary) [other_primary]

   Locator

   City of San Diego digital archives plaque record (description field); NVR AS37.HTM status block; navsource.net/archives/09/36/3637.htm final-disposition line

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Disposal: NVR records status 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise' with date status changed 07/21/2003. The City of San Diego official digital archives (cataloging a wardroom plaque presented by the crew) records that the Dixon 'was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean during a fleet training exercise on July 21, 2003, 360 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina.' Secondary compilations (NavSource, Wikipedia) give the sinking position as 031 16'17.9"N 073 57'46.2"W in 2,805 fathoms and identify the exercise as a multi-ship SINKEX in which ex-USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) and ex-USS Seneca (ATF-91) were also sunk (Samuel Gompers slipping under at 00:06 on 22 July).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1996-2003

   Limitations

   NVR and the municipal archive establish the disposal method, date, and approximate location; precise coordinates and the 2,805-fathom depth rest on secondary compilations only. No public hull-specific record of pre-sinking material removal was located - see the regulatory row (ev-06) for the governing permit framework. No asbestos content in the cited records.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dixon-as37-05

6. [6]40 C.F.R. 229.2 'Transport of target vessels' (MPRSA general permit; source 42 FR 2489, Jan. 11, 1977); EPA 'SINKEX 2014 Determination and Agreement between Navy and EPA' (recounting the 1999 EPA-Navy letter) [federal_register]

   Locator

   eCFR 40 CFR 229.2 text (a)(3)-(4), (b); EPA 2014 determination PDF pp. 1-2 (1999-letter history; PCB focus)

   Finding type

   regulatory

   Finding

   The July 2003 sinking was conducted under the EPA ocean-dumping general permit for Navy target vessels, 40 C.F.R. 229.2, which conditions each SINKEX on: sinking in at least 1,000 fathoms at least 50 nautical miles from land; and, before sinking, 'appropriate measures shall be taken by qualified personnel at a Navy or other certified facility to remove to the maximum extent practicable all materials which may degrade the marine environment,' including emptying fuel tanks/lines and 'removing from the hulls other pollutants and all readily detachable material capable of creating debris or contributing to chemical pollution.' EPA and Navy correspondence (1999 Wayland letter; superseding 2014 Determination and Agreement) further interpreted the permit's application to PCBs in solid shipboard materials such as insulation, wires, felts, and gaskets.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1977-2003 (permit regime); sinking 2003-07-21

   Population

   personnel performing pre-sinking material removal (unidentified)

   Limitations

   Program-level regulation - the permit names no hull. It establishes that pre-sinking material removal was legally required for this vessel's 2003 disposal, but the permit text does not enumerate asbestos and no hull-specific SINKEX preparation manifest for ex-Dixon was located; the EPA correspondence focuses on PCBs, not asbestos. Whether and how much asbestos-containing material remained aboard or was removed is undocumented in public sources.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dixon-as37-06

7. [7]U.S. General Accounting Office, HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (Oct 18, 1979; released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]

   Locator

   GAO product page highlights (Wayback capture 2024-02-27); report text passages as indexed; gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   GAO report HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (1979-10-18), documents the phase-out timeline that brackets this hull's construction era in reverse: thermal-insulation product specifications were changed in 1973 to specify asbestos-free materials; the Navy's policy to eliminate asbestos and asbestos-containing materials wherever suitable alternates were designated issued October 1975; pre-purchased asbestos insulation was still installed in ships under construction, and some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978. Dixon's keel (1967-09-07) and delivery (1971-05-07) precede the 1973 specification revision - the insulation specifications in force during her construction did not exclude asbestos.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1973-1979 (report); applicability inference to 1967-1971 construction

   Population

   Navy shipyard workers (program level)

   Limitations

   Program-level review (fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards); it does not name this hull. It establishes that the insulation specs in force during this hull's 1967-71 construction were pre-revision - era inference runs toward asbestos use, but this is not ship-specific proof, establishes no quantity or location, and does not establish individual exposure or causation. Full-text pull of the report remains an open lead (403).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dixon-as37-07

8. [8]Naval Sea Systems Command, FOIA Reading Room - Asbestos (specification/QPL index page) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NAVSEA FOIA Reading Room asbestos index, MIL-I-24244/24244A and QPL entries (page content via 2024 Wayback capture; live page 403s automated fetch)

   Finding type

   regulatory

   Finding

   NAVSEA FOIA Reading Room 'Asbestos' page indexes the shipboard thermal-insulation military specification whose unamended form was in force across this hull's construction window: MIL-I-24244 'Insulation Materials, Thermal, with Special Corrosion and Chloride Requirements' (document dates 1965-08-22 through 1973-09-05) - Dixon's keel-to-delivery run (1967-09-07 to 1971-05-07) falls entirely inside that listing's span - later superseded by MIL-I-24244A (1974-02-12 through 1976-04-21), alongside qualified-product lists for asbestos-fiber insulation felt (QPL-15091-5, 1962) and successor non-asbestos materials (1975).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1962-1976

   Limitations

   Index listing only - the page tabulates specification titles and effective dates; it does not itself state which revision first eliminated asbestos content and does not mention this vessel. Places the hull's construction inside the pre-revision spec window; no ship-specific inference beyond era placement.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dixon-as37-08

9. [9]Holck v. Carrier Corporation, No. 3:13-cv-05905-RJB (W.D. Wash.), complaint for damages (docket doc 1, filed 2013-10-11); CourtListener RECAP docket 4411331 [court_record]

   Locator

   Complaint p. 3, para 3.1 (vessel/service list and exposure allegation); docket metadata via CourtListener v4 search

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Asbestos personal-injury complaint names this hull: Holck v. Carrier Corporation et al., W.D. Wash. No. 3:13-cv-05905 (filed 2013-10-11; cause 28:1332 Diversity-Asbestos Litigation; nature of suit 368 P.I.: Asbestos; terminated 2014-12-16). The complaint (RECAP doc 1) alleges plaintiff Eldon W. Holck 'rejoined the Navy in 1975, and served as a boiler tender aboard the USS Dixon (1975-1977) and the USS Halsey (1977-1981), and was similarly exposed to asbestos on both vessels' - 'similarly' referencing the pleaded asbestos-product work aboard USS Kitty Hawk (1965-1969): 'thermal insulation, refractory cements, gaskets and packing.' The complaint alleges a resulting mesothelioma diagnosis.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   alleged exposure 1975-1977; complaint filed 2013, terminated 2014

   Population

   Navy boiler tender alleged aboard USS Dixon 1975-1977 (mesothelioma)

   Limitations

   Pleading-stage allegation - the least-final litigation stage: the complaint's vessel list and exposure assertions were never adjudicated (case terminated 2014-12-16; disposition beyond termination not located). Names this hull with dates and rating; identifies no Dixon-specific product, quantity, or location beyond 'similarly exposed' boiler-tender service. Does not establish that asbestos was aboard, individual exposure, or causation as a matter of law.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dixon-as37-09

10. [10]In re: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), MDL No. 875 (J.P.M.L.), doc 5571 - Plaintiffs' Motion to Stay Conditional Transfer of Tag-Along Action re Neber (CTO-313), filed 2008-09-02; CourtListener RECAP docket [court_record]

    Locator

    JPML doc 5571 pp. 5-7 and Declaration of Guy J. Lewis paras 2-3 (OCR): decedent service list and GE turbine/MilSpec issue framing

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    MDL-875 filing names this hull in an asbestos exposure issue: Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation docket, doc 5571 - Plaintiffs' Motion to Stay Conditional Transfer of Tag-Along Action to MDL No. 875 (CTO-313), filed 2008-09-02, in the Neber wrongful-death action (removed to C.D. Cal. by GE under the federal officer statute). The scanned, locally-OCR'd filing states the decedent's 'military exposure occurred while Decedent served in the U.S. Navy aboard four ships (USS Nereus, USS Sperry, USS Prairie, and the USS Dixon), and at various naval and private shipyards during ship overhauls,' that 'Defendant General Electric Company (GE) supplied turbines[] to the four ships on which Decedent served,' and frames the jurisdictional issue as 'whether the Navy issued Military specifications prohibiting GE from issuing warnings of the dangers associated with insulating their turbines with asbestos lagging' - pleading-party argument that the issue was not so specialized as to require MDL transfer.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    underlying service period not stated in filing; state action filed 2007-10-30, motion filed 2008-09-02

    Population

    Navy sailor (decedent Phillip Neber) alleged aboard USS Dixon; shipyard workers

    Limitations

    Motion-stage filing in a transfer/removal dispute - recites the plaintiffs' exposure theory (four ships incl. this hull; GE-supplied turbines; Navy MilSpec warning bar on asbestos lagging) to argue against centralization. No exposure finding was adjudicated in it; the statements are attorney characterization plus counsel's declaration. The underlying action began in Los Angeles Superior Court (filed 2007-10-30) - state-court file outside CourtListener coverage. Verifies only that hull-named asbestos claims were litigated at pleading/discovery stage - not that asbestos was aboard or caused the decedent's disease.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-dixon-as37-10

11. [11]Hanna v. General Electric Company, No. 3:08-cv-00980-JSW (N.D. Cal.), complaint and Exhibit A employment history (docket doc 1, filed 2008-02-15); CourtListener RECAP docket 4171971 [court_record]

    Locator

    Complaint paras 1-4 (asbestos claim); Exhibit A pp. 2-3 (work-history table and per-vessel duty descriptions incl. USS DIXON (AS-37) 1979)

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    Asbestos personal-injury complaint lists service aboard this hull: Hanna v. General Electric Company et al., N.D. Cal. No. 3:08-cv-00980 (filed 2008-02-15; cause 28:1332 Diversity-Asbestos Litigation; terminated 2013-12-19). The 'COMPLAINT FOR ASBESTOS' (RECAP doc 1, scanned, locally OCR'd) alleges plaintiff Rudolph Hanna 'sustained asbestos-related lung injuries ... through his occupational exposure to asbestos' across jobsites; Exhibit A work history lists 'USS DIXON (AS-37) Damage Controlman (Assistant) 1979' and states 'Aboard the USS DIXON (AS-37), plaintiff worked as a Damage Control Assistant (DCA) managing and tracking the ship's damage control personnel and paperwork.' The exhibit's hands-on asbestos task descriptions (boiler refractory, lagging removal, gasket/packing work) are tied to other vessels and shops in the same list; the complaint's exposure claim is cumulative.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    alleged service 1979; complaint filed 2008, terminated 2013

    Population

    Navy damage controlman (assistant) alleged aboard USS Dixon 1979

    Limitations

    Pleading-stage allegation - least-final stage, unadjudicated (case terminated 2013-12-19; disposition not located). The exhibit places the plaintiff aboard this hull in 1979 in a damage-control administrative role; it does not describe any asbestos-handling task aboard Dixon specifically - the hull is named within a cumulative-exposure work history. Does not establish shipboard asbestos presence, exposure, or causation.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-dixon-as37-11

12. [12]Shuman v. United States, 765 F.2d 283 (1st Cir. 1985) [court_record]

    Locator

    765 F.2d 283 opinion text (facts-and-holding sections); also discussed in In re All Maine Asbestos Litigation (D. Me. 1986)

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    Builder-yard asbestos litigation (yard-level, not this hull): Shuman v. United States, 765 F.2d 283 (1st Cir. 1985). A Bethlehem-era Fore River Shipyard shipfitter (employed 1942 and 1951-53) died of mesothelioma; after a bench trial the district court found that shipyard workers, including Shuman, 'were regularly exposed to high levels of asbestos dust,' that respirators were not worn, and that ventilation was inadequate where asbestos products were used. The First Circuit reversed judgment against the United States, holding the FTCA discretionary-function exception barred liability under both Walsh-Healey Act and LHWCA 905(b) theories - an appellate reversal on government-liability grounds that left the trial-level exposure finding undisturbed.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1942-1985

    Population

    Fore River Shipyard workers (Bethlehem era)

    Limitations

    Documents asbestos exposure conditions at the yard where this hull was built, but the worker's exposure periods (1942; 1951-53) predate the 1967 keel by over a decade and concern Bethlehem-era practice, not General Dynamics-era construction of AS-37. Trial-level exposure finding stands; appellate disposition limited to U.S. liability (discretionary function). No ship-specific inference; does not establish exposure to any person aboard this hull. Justia URL - CourtListener page fetch deferred; opinion text verified via published reporter text as indexed.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-dixon-as37-12

13. [13]Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 'Lung cancer incidence in Quincy, Weymouth & Braintree, 1982-1986' (MDPH DEET Community Assessment Unit, July 1989) - Massachusetts State Library digital archive [other_primary]

    Locator

    Mass. State Library digital archive record and report text (community/industrial background and occupational-analysis sections)

    Finding type

    environmental_record

    Finding

    A Massachusetts Department of Public Health investigation of lung-cancer incidence in Quincy, Weymouth, and Braintree, 1982-1986 (Division of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology, Community Assessment Unit, issued July 1989), states of the Fore River-area shipyard where this hull was built: 'The shipyard has been operational for over 80 years ... The shipyard was also involved in asbestos extraction during ship repair,' and codes 11.9% of Quincy male lung-cancer cases to occupations with possible asbestos exposure (shipyard workers, pipefitters, roofers, etc.).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1982-1986 incidence; report issued 1989

    Population

    Quincy-area residents incl. shipyard trades (community study)

    Limitations

    Community epidemiology investigation, not a ship or yard exposure survey - it does not name this hull, does not distinguish construction from repair operations or GD-era from Bethlehem-era practice, and its occupational findings concern resident cancer cases, not the vessel. Builder-area asbestos context only; no ship-specific inference.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-dixon-as37-13

14. [14]tendertale.com, 'USS Dixon AS 37' tender history page (volunteer-compiled secondary source; underlying award nomination or command-history text not located) [other_primary]

    Locator

    tendertale AS-37 page, 1989-1990 narrative paragraph

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Secondary-compilation ship-specific claim (UNVERIFIED): tendertale.com's Dixon chronology states that for 1990 'DIXON was nominated for the Environmental Protection Award in the category of large ships for active Hazardous Materials/Waste Control Programs, Prohibition of At-Sea Dumping of Plastics and Medical Waste Program and Asbestos Control Program' - i.e., a claimed active shipboard asbestos-control program aboard this hull in 1990.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1990

    Population

    ship's force (hazmat program administration, 1990)

    Limitations

    Single secondary source, not corroborated by any official award record located in public sources - carried as a lead only. Even if verified, an asbestos-control program documents management of shipboard ACM, not the presence, location, or quantity of asbestos aboard; equally consistent with a fleet-wide program mandate. The ship's 1990 command history or the award-submission file (NARA/NHHC) would confirm or dispose of the claim.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-dixon-as37-14

15. [15]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated, fleet-paced): opinion queries '"USS Dixon"'/'"AS-37"'; docket queries '"USS Dixon"'/'"AS-37"'; retrieved documents: Holck complaint gov.uscourts.wawd.196409.1.0.pdf (text-extracted); Hanna complaint gov.uscourts.cand.200585.1.0.pdf (locally OCR'd); JPML doc 5571 gov.uscourts.jpml.375294.5571.0.pdf (locally OCR'd) [court_record]

    Locator

    CourtListener search result sets; Holck complaint p. 3; Hanna complaint Exhibit A pp. 2-3; JPML doc 5571 pp. 5-7 + decl. paras 2-3 (OCR)

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    CourtListener authenticated search (2026-09-26): opinions - '"USS Dixon"' 1 hit: United States v. Roberts, 14 M.J. 671 (N.M.C.M.R. 1982), a court-martial review of unauthorized-absence/duress convictions arising from a 'greasing' hazing initiation aboard USS Dixon (fireman apprentice Sutek, 1980) - OTHER LITIGATION (non-asbestos; rev'd in part as to co-appellant Roberts, 15 M.J. 106 (C.M.A. 1983)); '"AS-37"' 475 hits, spot-checked top results all name collisions (Alaska Statutes 'AS 37.xx' citations, parcel/docket fragments) - no vessel reference. Dockets - '"USS Dixon"' 5 hits: (a) MDL No. 875 JPML docket, doc 5571, Neber motion/filing - asbestos matter naming this hull (see ev-10); (b) Holck v. Carrier Corp., W.D. Wash. 3:13-cv-05905 - asbestos PI complaint naming this hull (see ev-09); (c) Hanna v. General Electric, N.D. Cal. 3:08-cv-00980 - asbestos complaint listing service aboard this hull (see ev-11); (d) Black Lives Matter v. Trump, S.D. Tex. 3:17-mc-00003 - name collision (person/document reference); (e) Nuclear Development LLC v. TVA, N.D. Ala. 5:18-cv-01983 - name collision (deposition surname). Dockets - '"AS-37"' 2,498 hits, all non-ship collisions except the already-counted Hanna complaint (top results reviewed: search-warrant captions, statute/docket-number fragments).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    underlying service 1975-1980; filings 2008-2014; sweep run 2026-09-26

    Population

    sailors alleged aboard USS Dixon: boiler tender 1975-77 (Holck); damage control assistant 1979 (Hanna); decedent service incl. Dixon (Neber); fireman apprentice 1980 (Roberts - non-asbestos)

    Limitations

    Search covers CourtListener's indexed corpus only; state courts and non-digitized federal dockets are outside coverage. All three asbestos hits are pleading/brief-stage - the least-final litigation stage; none adjudicated exposure aboard this hull, and case outcomes (post-termination dispositions for Holck 2014-12-16 and Hanna 2013-12-19; the Neber matter's resolution) were not located. The sweep found no asbestos OPINION naming this hull.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-dixon-as37-15

16. [16]Batch-2719 search ledger (this record): NVR detail record; NARA catalog (photo records); City of San Diego digital archives; NHHC site (DANFS probes 404; NavSource confirms no DANFS entry); tendertale/navysite/NavSource secondary chronologies; EPA 40 CFR 229.2 and 2014 determination; GAO HRD-80-2; NAVSEA FOIA asbestos index; CourtListener sweep [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-dixon-as37-01 through sl-uss-dixon-as37-13

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No adjudicated or survey-grade ship-specific asbestos record located: the hull-named records that exist are pleading-stage litigation documents (Holck complaint; Hanna complaint Exhibit A; MDL-875/Neber brief) that allege but never adjudicated exposure aboard USS Dixon; no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, NEPA/environmental document, or published opinion naming this hull was found; no DANFS entry exists for this hull; the NVR record, NARA photo records, City of San Diego archive, and secondary compilations contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement for this ship (see search_ledger). The only ship-specific non-litigation asbestos mention located is the unverified tendertale claim of a 1990 'Asbestos Control Program' award nomination (ev-14).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    2026-09-26

    Limitations

    Absence of an adjudicated record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - this hull was built 1967-71 under pre-phase-out insulation specifications, and three pleading-stage documents allege asbestos exposure aboard. Equally, the allegations do not prove exposure occurred. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-dixon-as37-16

17. [17]NARA deck-log research guidance (archives.gov/research/military/logbooks); NARA History Hub staff response re AS-36/AS-37 plans; MIT Museum General Dynamics Fore River Shipyard Collection description [other_primary]

    Locator

    NARA logbooks guidance page; historyhub.history.gov forum thread (AS-37 blueprints; catalog.archives.gov/id/53484390 for AS-36 plans); mitmuseum.mit.edu collection page

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (unretrieved - no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 deck logs for AS-37 covering 1971-1995; NHHC command histories/operations reports for the commissioned period (the 1990 command history is the likeliest corroboration of the tendertale asbestos-control-program claim); NISMF Portsmouth inactivation and lay-up records 1995-2003 and NAVSEA SINKEX-preparation documentation for the July 2003 sinking (the likeliest repository for any hull-specific materials or removal statement); the full Hanna/Holck/Neber docket files and state-court counterparts (pleading-to-disposition trail); MIT Museum General Dynamics Fore River Shipyard Collection (yard construction/photo records, c. 1964-1986); NARA Cartographic holds hull plans for sister ship L. Y. Spear (AS-36) - catalog 53484390 - but no Dixon plans per History Hub staff response.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1967-2014 records

    Limitations

    Record-group/collection mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-dixon-as37-17