Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]U.S. Dept. of the Navy / DOE, Final EIS/OEIS for Disposal of Decommissioned, Defueled Ex-Enterprise (CVN 65) and its Associated Defueled Naval Reactor Plants, DOE/EIS-0524 (June 2023) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DOE/EIS-0524 Sec. 3.2.1.2.1.6; Sec. 3.2.2 pp. 3.2-9 to 3.2-11 incl. Table 3.2-1; Sec. 3.2.2.1.1; Sec. 2 reactor-compartment-packaging description; Sec. 3.2 ship-preparation list ('hazardous materials and asbestos removed from storerooms')
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The EIS states directly for this hull: 'Ex-Enterprise reactor compartment packages contain asbestos in insulation materials' (Sec. 3.2.1.2.1.6, TSCA/40 CFR 763 discussion); 'Abatement of hazardous materials inside and outside the ex-Enterprise reactor plant spaces must be accomplished prior to dismantlement. Specific materials requiring abatement include asbestos lagging, chromated water, soundproofing material contaminated with PCBs, and LBP and other coatings' (Sec. 3.2.2); and, under the reactor-compartment packaging alternatives, 'Asbestos found in the insulation of pipes and other components, including the reactor plant, would be fully contained within the reactor compartment packages' (Sec. 2, packaging description). Table 3.2-1 estimates 1-2 tons of asbestos-only waste within a total hazardous-waste stream of 5,522-8,813 tons depending on alternative (8,813 tons under the selected Alternative 3), with figures 'scaled off of waste volumes generated during the dismantlement of the ex-Forrestal.' The ship-preparation list records that 'all hazardous materials and asbestos' were removed from storerooms during inactivation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2023 (EIS); inactivation abatement 2013-2018; dismantlement 2026-2030 (planned)
- Population
- Commercial dismantlement workforce (planned); Navy/NorthStar monitors
- Limitations
- Ship-specific federal record establishing asbestos presence aboard this hull (reactor-compartment package insulation, pipe/component insulation including the reactor plant, asbestos lagging in reactor plant spaces) and the abatement regime for dismantlement. The tonnage figures are Navy estimates for planned dismantlement scaled from another hull, not a completed hull survey; the EIS does not itemize all installed locations or service-era quantities, and does not establish exposure for any individual. The asbestos documented is conventional shipboard insulation/lagging - not a reactor-plant novelty.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-enterprise-cvn65-01
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[2]88 FR 60668 (Sept. 5, 2023), Notice of Availability of Record of Decision, Disposal of Decommissioned, Defueled Ex-Enterprise (CVN 65) - DoN selects Alternative 3 (Commercial Dismantlement) [federal_register]
- Locator
- 88 FR 60668-60669, Doc. 2023-19078 (Federal Register API v1)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- The Department of the Navy's Record of Decision selects Alternative 3 (Commercial Dismantlement) for ex-Enterprise including its hazardous materials - the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ever sent to disposal. Verified via the Federal Register API (title, citation 88 FR 60668, publication 2023-09-05, abstract selecting Alternative 3).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2023
- Limitations
- Establishes the disposal decision and its hazmat-management framing; contains no asbestos quantification itself (that is the EIS, ev-01). Does not establish exposure. The federalregister.gov HTML page is bot-blocked; document metadata verified via the official FR API.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-enterprise-cvn65-02
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[3]Department of War (DoD) daily contracts announcements as carried by AL.com, GovConFeed, ClearanceJobs, and Nuclear Engineering International: N00024-25-C-4135 (May 30, 2025, $536,749,731) and re-award N00024-26-C-4137 (July 15, 2026, $418,497,668) [reputable_press]
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- DoD/DoW daily contracts announcements of 2025-05-30 and 2026-07-15 as reproduced by AL.com (2026-07-17), mynbc15.com, ClearanceJobs, NEI (2026-07-24); contract N00024-26-C-4137
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Original award (DoD announcement May 30, 2025): NorthStar Maritime Dismantlement Services LLC (Vernon, VT; teamed with Modern American Recycling and Radiological Services, Mobile, AL; Waste Control Specialists, Andrews, TX for licensed waste disposal) received firm-fixed-price contract N00024-25-C-4135 ($536,749,731) for complete dismantling of ex-Enterprise at Mobile, AL, expected completion November 2029. That award was enjoined after the HII ShipCycle protest (ev-07). Re-award (DoD announcement July 15, 2026): NorthStar awarded N00024-26-C-4137, $418,497,668 firm-fixed-price, 'for the dismantling, recycling, and disposal of ex-Enterprise (CVN 65)... dismantled in its entirety... hazardous materials, including low-level radioactive waste, will be packaged and safely transported for disposal at authorized licensed sites.' Work at Mobile, AL; completion expected September 2030; NAVSEA Washington, D.C. is the contracting activity.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2025-2026 (awards); work expected through 2030
- Population
- NorthStar/MARRS dismantlement workforce, Mobile AL (planned 2026-2030)
- Limitations
- Press reproductions of the official daily contract announcements (contract numbers and values consistent across AL.com, GovConFeed, ClearanceJobs, NEI); the live defense.gov/war.gov announcement URL was not retrieved directly (DoD sites block automated fetch). Documents the disposal contract and its hazmat obligations; actual asbestos waste volumes will only be known at project closeout.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-enterprise-cvn65-03
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[4]Dumas v. ABB Group, Inc., 46 F. Supp. 3d 477 (D. Del. June 4, 2014), Civil Action No. 13-229-SLR-SRF (Memorandum Opinion, Fallon, M.J.); CourtListener opinion 7308737 [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion at 479-480 (service/allegation recitation incl. D.I. 322, 330 cites) - verified from the official D. Del. opinion PDF (13-229.pdf)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published opinion in a docketed asbestos personal-injury action: plaintiff Arthur Dumas, a ~20-year Navy veteran (June 1954-August 1974), alleged asbestos exposure at naval stations and aboard ships including 'the USS Guide, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Forrestal, Enterprise, Ogden, Tidewater, and Vulcan' (D.I. 322, Exs. A, B), stating that 'the overwhelming majority of [his] exposure[] relates to... the USS Forrestal - from about 1958-60 and about 1971-74, and the USS Enterprise pre-commissioning from 1960-61' - i.e., during her construction/fitting-out period at Newport News. The opinion resolves cross-motions on applicable law; maritime law held to apply (plaintiff's motion denied, defendants' granted).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1960-1961 (alleged exposure); 2014 (opinion)
- Population
- Sailor assigned to pre-commissioning USS Enterprise, 1960-61; alleged asbestos exposure
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation: the choice-of-law opinion recites the exposure claim; no asbestos exposure aboard this hull was adjudicated. 'Pre-commissioning' service indicates alleged exposure in the building yard, not aboard a commissioned vessel at sea. Does not establish product identity, causation, or quantity.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-enterprise-cvn65-04
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[5]Dumas v. ABB Group, Inc., No. 13-229-SLR-SRF (D. Del.), Report and Recommendation (Fallon, M.J., Sept. 30, 2015, D.I. 423), adopted by Memorandum and Order (Sleet, J., Jan. 26, 2016); R&R is 2015 WL 5766460, adoption 2016 WL 310724 [court_record]
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- R&R (D.I. 423) at pp. 3-4 (Enterprise service, no specific equipment identified), pp. 4-5 (Andrews turbine-lid testimony), pp. 11-12 and 33-34 (IMO/DeLaval recitals and denial); adoption Memorandum and Order, C.A. 13-229-GMS (Jan. 26, 2016) - verified from official D. Del. opinion PDFs (13-229_1.pdf, 13-229_2.pdf)
- Finding type
- litigation_product_id
- Finding
- Summary-judgment-stage record naming this hull: the R&R recites that 'from approximately 1960 to 1963, Plaintiff served aboard the USS Enterprise... and was assigned to precom detail' but 'could not identify any specific equipment where he could have been exposed to asbestos while aboard the Enterprise.' Coworker testimony: 'Mr. Don Andrews served alongside Plaintiff aboard the Enterprise from 1962-1963... personally witnessed lid removal of the turbines aboard the Enterprise... [and] testified that removal of these lids would cause asbestos dust to become airborne and that there was no way that anyone in the engine rooms could have avoided the dust.' Dumas also alleged exposure to IMO (DeLaval) pumps aboard Enterprise 1960-63 but testified to entering the engine rooms where they were located only once. Disposition (adopted Jan. 26, 2016): summary judgment GRANTED to Electrolux, ABB, Velan Valve, GE, CBS, Foster Wheeler, Owens-Illinois; DENIED to Buffalo, Aurora, IMO; granted-in-part to Ingersoll Rand and Warren - the surviving claims rest on multi-ship circumstantial evidence, not an Enterprise-specific adjudication.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1960-1963 (alleged exposure); 2015-2016 (R&R and adoption)
- Population
- Sailor on 'precom detail' aboard USS Enterprise ~1960-1963; coworker Don Andrews aboard 1962-1963
- Limitations
- Discovery/summary-judgment-stage record: the Andrews testimony is sworn coworker testimony identifying asbestos-containing turbine insulation aboard this hull (litigation product identification), but it was recited in a summary-judgment posture and no court adjudicated that Dumas's exposure occurred aboard Enterprise. The same record contains a plaintiff-side weakness: Dumas could not identify any specific asbestos equipment aboard this hull. Does not quantify material or establish causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-enterprise-cvn65-05
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[6]Shelly v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. et al. (Defendant Huntington Ingalls Inc.), No. 2:11-cv-67799-ER (E.D. Pa., MDL-875; transferred from N.D. Cal. No. 11-05597), Order and memorandum of Sept. 26, 2014 (filed Sept. 29, 2014) (Robreno, J.) [court_record]
- Locator
- E.D. Pa. No. 2:11-67799-ER order/memorandum (Shelly_MSJ_granted_Maritime.pdf), exposure-causation section '(ii) Exposure Aboard the USS Enterprise'
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull with a merits-level outcome for the defense: plaintiff Dale Shelly alleged asbestos exposure during 1964-1973 Navy service, including work aboard USS Enterprise (CVN-65) 'approximately five (5) to seven (7) separate times, for a total of about three (3) to six (6) months,' and described 'white, chalky' insulation, some on steam pipes, he believed original. Expert Charles Ay testified he saw asbestos insulation aboard Enterprise in the 'late 1970s' (after plaintiff's alleged exposure) and opined ~80% of insulation aboard was original. The court granted Huntington Ingalls summary judgment on all claims, holding for Enterprise specifically that 'the evidence does not establish that Plaintiff was exposed to respirable asbestos insulation aboard the ship... any such finding would be based on conjecture'; the ship was also held not a 'product' for strict-liability purposes.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1964-1973 (alleged exposure); late 1970s (Ay); order 2014
- Population
- Sailor aboard USS Enterprise ~5-7 times, ~3-6 months total, 1964-1973 (alleged); expert Ay aboard 'late 1970s'
- Limitations
- Merits-level negative for this plaintiff: a summary-judgment win for the shipbuilder is adjudication that THIS plaintiff's exposure evidence was insufficient - it is not affirmative evidence of asbestos exposure aboard, and does not establish the converse either. The Ay testimony describes asbestos insulation aboard in the late 1970s but the court found it could not be tied to plaintiff's exposure window. The opinion's own text writes the co-named Ranger's hull number as 'CV-41' (actually CV-61); quoted as written.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-enterprise-cvn65-06
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[7]HII ShipCycle, LLC v. United States, No. 25-1336 (U.S. Court of Federal Claims), Opinion and Order (Hadji, J.; originally filed sealed Feb. 19, 2026; public reissue March 18, 2026); CourtListener opinion 10811128 [court_record]
- Locator
- HII ShipCycle v. United States, No. 25-1336 (Fed. Cl.), Opinion and Order, Background and Conclusion sections (CourtListener-hosted PDF)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Adjudicated bid protest over this hull's dismantlement procurement: the opinion records that solicitation N00024-25-R-4135 was 'for the dismantlement and disposal of the former USS Enterprise,' that 'USS Enterprise was the Navy's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and is the first' to undergo such dismantlement, that the Navy deactivated her in 2012 and decommissioned her in 2017, and that award went to intervenor NorthStar. The court GRANTED the protester's motion for judgment on the administrative record (the Navy's refusal to consider HII's late FPR after PIEE portal failures was arbitrary and capricious), REMANDED for 60 days with the agency ordered to let the three competitive-range offerors resubmit, and ENJOINED performance of NorthStar's contract - producing the July 2026 re-award (ev-03). CLASSIFICATION: other litigation (procurement), not asbestos litigation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2025-2026
- Limitations
- Procurement dispute; contains no asbestos or exposure findings. Carried for record completeness and to document why the 2025 contract was superseded by the 2026 re-award. Classified 'other litigation' in the search ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-enterprise-cvn65-07
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[8]DANFS Vol. II (1963) p. 358, 'Enterprise CVA(N)-65' (verbatim transcription, live NHHC page 404); NavSource CVN-65 page; DOE/EIS-0524 Sec. 3.7.2.1 (history summary); Navy News Service inactivation coverage (via Whidbey News-Times); HII inactivation-complete announcement (via WTKR, Apr. 10, 2018); navy.mil decommissioning release (indexed text) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS CVA(N)-65 transcription (losthistory.net/hazegray); NavSource archives/02/65.htm; EIS-0524 Sec. 3.7.2.1; cpf.navy.mil article 2752080 (indexed); WTKR 2018-04-10 HII announcement
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity and career record: laid down 4 Feb 1958 at Newport News Shipbuilding (keel authenticated by R. Adm. A.G. Mumma, Dry Dock No. 11); launched 24 Sep 1960, sponsored by Mrs. Bertha Irene Franke, wife of the Secretary of the Navy; commissioned 25 Nov 1961 (DANFS transcription reads 26 Nov - variance logged). Eight Westinghouse A2W reactors in four reinforced compartments, four shafts, ~280,000 shp (NavSource). The EIS confirms 'commissioned in November 1961 and completed 25 deployments during 51 years of service' and that she was 'decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on February 3, 2017.' Inactivated at Naval Station Norfolk 1 Dec 2012 after her 25th and final deployment; defueled at HII Newport News Shipbuilding (reactor defueling 2013-2016; HII announced inactivation complete 10 Apr 2018); spent fuel at DOE Idaho National Laboratory. The Navy determined ex-Enterprise eligible for NRHP listing (Naval Ship Historical Evaluation finalized 11 Jul 2012, per EIS Sec. 3.7.2). Navy states >100,000 sailors served aboard and >1 million nautical miles steamed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1958-2018
- Population
- Crew 1961-2012 (>100,000 cumulative per Navy); Newport News construction and inactivation/defueling trades
- Limitations
- Identity/service documentation only - no asbestos content. Live history.navy.mil (DANFS VIII, command histories) and navy.mil/CHIPS are bot-blocked or 404 to automated fetch on 2026-09-19; DANFS text via losthistory/hazegray transcription, Navy figures via navy.mil release text carried in reputable coverage and the EIS itself. Defueling-completion detail rests on HII's announcement as reported by WTKR (reputable press). Commission-date variance and crew-figure variance carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-enterprise-cvn65-08
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[9]Congressional Record, S. Res. 569 (Bound Ed. Vol. 152 pt. 13, pp. 18026-18027) honoring those killed aboard U.S.S. Enterprise on 14 Jan 1969 - 'the death of 28 sailors and injuries to 314 more,' all 28 named; 'USS Enterprise: Back Into Action,' All Hands magazine, May 1969 (republished text) [other_primary]
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- S. Res. 569, CRECB Vol. 152 pt. 13 pp. 18026-18027 (govinfo, verbatim); All Hands May 1969 via eugeneleeslover.com republish (official magazine text, unofficial mirror); NavSource chronology (WestPac 4 began 5 Mar 1969)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- On 14 Jan 1969 about 70 miles southwest of Pearl Harbor, an MD-3A huffer's exhaust overheated a Zuni rocket on an F-4 Phantom; the cook-off triggered a flight-deck fire and ordnance chain (18 munition explosions per a secondary munitions history). The Congressional Record memorial lists 28 sailors killed and 314 injured (all 28 named); the contemporaneous All Hands account reads 27 killed, 314 injured, 15 aircraft destroyed. The resolution also confirms commissioning 25 Nov 1961 and 'world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.' Repairs at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard returned her to service; she began her next WestPac deployment by early March 1969.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1969
- Population
- Crew aboard (fire); Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard trades (Jan-Mar 1969)
- Limitations
- Casualty discrepancy across official sources: Congressional Record lists 28 killed (named); All Hands (May 1969) and later Navy retrospectives read 27; a secondary munitions-community history reads 28 dead and 344 injured - variance recorded in gaps, not reconciled. Damage-repair event documented; its asbestos scope is not documented. Relevant as a repair-period event only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-enterprise-cvn65-09
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[10]NHHC ship command-operation histories for USS Enterprise (CVN-65): 1979 command history (complex overhaul, PSNS Bremerton) and 1982 command history (underway from PSNS 2 Feb 1982 'following her extensive three year overhaul'); NavSource building/operational data [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC command histories 1979 and 1982 (indexed text; live URLs 404); NavSource CVN-65 building-data block; All Hands May 1969 (PHNSY repair)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented heavy yard periods for this hull: (1) Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard fire repairs, Jan-Mar 1969 (per ev-09 sources); (2) three-year complex overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton - the 1979 command history records 'Almost the entire year of 1979 was spent at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington undergoing a complex overhaul,' lists PSNS as the ship's homeport from 10 Jan 1979, and records year-end ship's company of 161 officers + 2,693 enlisted; the 1982 command history records she 'got underway from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard... 2 February 1982... following her extensive three year overhaul'; (3) Refueling and Complex Overhaul at Newport News Shipbuilding 12 Oct 1990 - 23 Sep 1994 with additional yard work through 1995 (NavSource).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1969; 1979-1982; 1990-1995
- Population
- Pearl Harbor NSY, Puget Sound NSY, and Newport News Shipbuilding trades; crew during availabilities
- Limitations
- The yard periods themselves are ship-specific and documented; the asbestos rip-out/re-insulation scope of each is inferred from era practice, not documented per-hull. The NHHC command-history PDFs are verified via their indexed verbatim text - live history.navy.mil fetch returned 404 on 2026-09-19 (standing NHHC link-rot defect). Does not establish exposure for any individual worker or crewmember.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-enterprise-cvn65-10
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[11]DOE/EIS-0524 Section 3.2.2.1.1 era statement; DANFS/NavSource construction dates; GAO HRD-80-2 substitution-era timing [other_primary]
- Locator
- EIS-0524 Sec. 3.2.2.1.1 and Sec. 2 dismantlement-process narrative (p. 2-14); GAO HRD-80-2 product-page description
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1958-61 build sits in the peak years of Navy asbestos use and predates the early-1970s substitution of alternative insulation materials; the Navy's own EIS states 'ACM is found throughout Navy ships in insulating materials on piping systems, in electrical cables, and on ship structures,' and its dismantlement narrative notes 'the engine rooms usually contain higher levels of asbestos.' Era-standard applications included pipe lagging, machinery insulation, valve and flange gaskets and packing, deck tile, bulkhead fireproofing, and cable insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1958-1961
- Population
- Newport News construction/pre-commissioning trades (1958-61); crew (1961-2012); yard workers across availabilities and the RCOH
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - the cited EIS passages are generic Navy-wide dismantlement language even though they appear in this hull's own EIS; the ship-specific asbestos record is ev-01. The nuclear propulsion plant does not itself establish asbestos findings. No service-era hull insulation survey located. Does not establish exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-enterprise-cvn65-11
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[12]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program and 1975/1979 insulation-removal policies - the programmatic context for how original-era insulation aboard a 1961-commissioned carrier was managed across her service life, refuelings, and the 1979-82 PSNS overhaul.
- 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, not hull-specific; GAO fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - description via product page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-enterprise-cvn65-12