Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
-
[1]DANFS, Drum II (SSN-677) - construction at Mare Island, service, multiple documented yard availabilities [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (NHHC DANFS): contract awarded 15 March 1967 to Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Calif.; keel laid 20 August 1968; launched 23 May 1970, sponsored by Mrs. William F. Bringle; delivered 1 April 1972; commissioned 15 April 1972, Comdr. James L. Willis in command. DANFS records a post-shakedown availability at Mare Island November 1972; drydock periods in ARD-30 January 1974 and October 1975; a non-refueling overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 1 April 1977-2 April 1978; a shipyard restricted availability at Mare Island 14 March 1980; and a 20-month refueling overhaul at PSNS 3 October 1985-1 November 1987. Homeport San Diego (shifted to Bremerton October 1985 during overhaul, returning to San Diego November 1987).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1967-1995
- Population
- MINSY construction trades (1968-72); MINSY/PSNS availability trades; crew (1972-1995)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Documents repeated Mare Island and PSNS availabilities - yard presence is documented, material disturbance is not.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drum-ssn677-01
-
[2]Naval Vessel Register, Drum (SSN-677) detail page (Internet Archive Wayback capture) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL SSN-677 milestone table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Naval Vessel Register detail record (archived capture): builder 'Naval Shipyard Mare Island'; decommissioned and stricken 30 October 1995; 'Disposed of by Recycling', status changed 30 November 2011; custodian Puget Sound Naval Shipyard; complement 14 officers + 95 enlisted. The 16-year gap between striking and recycling completion reflects an extended laid-up queue before Ship-Submarine Recycling Program processing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1995-2011
- Population
- None
- Limitations
- Register milestone data only; no material characterization. The recycling completion date (2011) is unusually late - consistent with the documented SRP backlog but worth noting for any material-condition inference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drum-ssn677-02
-
[3]navysite.de SSN-677 compilation (secondary), consistent with NVR builder field 'Naval Shipyard Mare Island' [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite SSN-677 history section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary-compilation detail corroborated by DANFS context: Drum was the 43rd and last submarine built at Mare Island Naval Shipyard; sea trials January 1972 were supervised by Adm. Hyman G. Rickover (navysite compilation; consistent with DANFS builder record).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1967-1972
- Population
- MINSY construction trades
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not a primary record. The 'last submarine built at Mare Island' characterization is plausible and consistent with the yard's closure-era history but is not verified against a primary source; the builder fact itself is verified by NVR/DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drum-ssn677-03
-
[4]Speck v. 3M Company, No. 3:20-cv-05845-JD (N.D. Cal.), Order Re Summary Judgment, ECF No. 475 (filed 2024-04-05; Donato, J.) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF 475, Metalclad section (order text)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Summary-judgment order in an asbestos personal-injury case recites that defendant Metalclad 'sold asbestos-containing insulation to MINSY for use in the [nuclear] reactor components for the USS Drum, USS Guitarro, USS Hawkbill and USS Pintado.' The plaintiff worked on Guitarro and Pintado - not Drum - and the court found a triable issue on actual exposure only for the ships the plaintiff inspected.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- case record; underlying sales 1960s-70s era
- Population
- Mare Island reactor-component insulation supply chain
- Limitations
- Discovery/summary-judgment-stage recital of a product-sale record directed to this hull's reactor components - stronger than a bare vessel list because it identifies an asbestos product flow, but NOT an adjudicated finding that the insulation was installed aboard Drum, that anyone was exposed, or of quantity. The plaintiff did not claim work on Drum. Classified at recital stage, not upward.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drum-ssn677-04
-
[5]Cooks v. General Electric Company, No. 3:07-cv-05451-EMC (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A work-history/exposure exhibit, ECF No. 1-2 (filed 2007-10-25) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF 1-2, Exhibit A vessel list and job-duties block (Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (plaintiff Alvin Cooks's Mare Island Naval Shipyard work-history/exposure exhibit, Marine Machinist 1974-1995) lists vessels and locations of alleged asbestos exposure, expressly including 'DRUM (SSN-677)'. The exhibit describes machinist duties including removing and replacing gaskets and packing, cutting gaskets, and cleaning valves, pumps, and blowers around insulators and other trades.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1974-1995 (grouped ranges 1974-1991 / 1984-1995)
- Population
- Mare Island Naval Shipyard trades (plaintiff's claimed window)
- Limitations
- Complaint-exhibit vessel list; unadjudicated pleading-stage allegation - not a finding that asbestos was aboard any listed hull. This hull's Mare Island presence is independently documented: built at MINSY 1968-72, post-shakedown availability there November 1972, and a restricted availability March-May 1980 (DANFS). The exhibit groups its vessel entries under two date-range annotations ('1974-1991' and '1984-1995'); column-flow in the scanned layout makes this entry's block assignment uncertain - if 1974-1991, the 1980 SRA overlaps; if 1984-1995, no documented MINSY presence overlaps. The exhibit does not fix which duties involved this hull. Establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull, exposure of any individual, quantity, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drum-ssn677-05
-
[6]Cronin v. Todd Shipyards Corporation, No. 3:08-cv-03274-MMC (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A, ECF No. 1-2 (filed 2008-07-08) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF 1-2, Exhibit A vessel list (Mare Island Naval Shipyard shops + 'various vessels'; decedent electrical engineer 1978-1995)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (plaintiff Cronin's Mare Island Naval Shipyard work-history exhibit, electrical engineer, 1978-1995) lists vessels ('including but not limited to') the plaintiff's decedent worked on or around, expressly including 'DRUM (SSN-677)' among submarines and other hulls. The exhibit assigns no per-vessel dates to this entry (some other entries carry date annotations).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1978-1995
- Population
- Mare Island Naval Shipyard trades (plaintiff's claimed window)
- Limitations
- Complaint-exhibit vessel list; unadjudicated pleading-stage allegation - not a finding that asbestos was aboard any listed hull. This hull's documented Mare Island presence (build 1968-72; PSA 1972; SRA March-May 1980) overlaps the plaintiff's claimed 1978-1995 window only during the 1980 SRA. The exhibit fixes no dates of alleged contact with this hull. Establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull, exposure of any individual, quantity, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drum-ssn677-06
-
[7]Era inference built on: NHHC DANFS/NVR record (S5W2 plant, single shaft); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for the associated yards; no hull-specific material record located [other_primary]
- Locator
- class/era synthesis (no ship-specific document)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: a Sturgeon-class nuclear attack submarine built 1968-72 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard and maintained through MINSY and PSNS availabilities sits inside the Navy's peak asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications on the secondary steam plant (steam generators feeding geared turbines) and auxiliary systems included thermal/pipe insulation, gaskets, packing, and machinery insulation. Documented asbestos product lines at the associated yards (Mare Island NSY, Puget Sound NSY) are recorded in the shipyard-exposure-map dataset.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1968-2011
- Population
- Shipyard construction trades (1968-72); yard availability trades; crew (1972-1995)
- Limitations
- CLASS/ERA INFERENCE ONLY - no ship-specific material schedule, insulation survey, or abatement record was located for this hull. Names era-standard applications on non-nuclear auxiliary systems; the S5W2 reactor plant itself establishes nothing. Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, any exposure, or any quantity. Never infer ship-specific findings from this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drum-ssn677-07
-
[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- 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 and the bulk of her service-era insulation events.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1968-2011
- Population
- Navy ship and shipyard population (program-level)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drum-ssn677-08
-
[9]Batch-40 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS, archived Naval Vessel Register detail pages, CourtListener docket records via RECAP archive, GAO program documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- synthesis of the ship's search-ledger rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for USS Drum (SSN-677): no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding naming this hull was found. Litigation records naming this hull are all allegation/discovery-stage or SJ-order recitals (Speck product-sale recital; Cooks and Cronin complaint exhibits). No adjudicated exposure finding, ACM survey, or abatement record naming this hull was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Population
- Shipyard construction trades; overhaul trades; crew
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard or absence of exposure. Recycling-era hazmat/abatement records for the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program are not public. CourtListener live search was rate-limited/auth-walled during this batch (logged in the search ledger); coverage rests on the retrieved RECAP document corpus and prior-batch sweeps, which is not exhaustive. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drum-ssn677-09