Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]NavSource Online Submarine Photo Archive + navysite.de ship pages (secondary compilations) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite.de/ssn/ssn673.htm; navsource.net/archives/08/08673.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (secondary compilations): contract awarded 15 July 1966 to Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Groton; keel laid 30 June 1967; launched 17 May 1969, sponsored by Mrs. John W. Harvey - widow of Cmdr. John W. Harvey, commanding officer of USS Thresher (SSN-593), lost 10 April 1963; delivered 1 April 1970; commissioned 29 April 1970 at Groton, Cmdr. Donald C. Shelton; Submarine Squadron Six, Norfolk; third USN ship of the name. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard overhaul November 1973 ~1 year. Awards per inactivation material: MUC 1971, NUC 1972 and 1973, Battle 'E' 1972-73, Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award 1976 (Atlantic Fleet). Decommissioned and stricken 16 May 1996; recycling finished 15 October 1996.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1967-1996
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations (navysite, NavSource) - no DANFS page located for this hull; award list from ship inactivation material as summarized by navysite, unverified against award records; sponsor's Thresher-widow identity is navysite-relayed, unverified against primary sources. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flying-fish-ssn673-01
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[2]Era inference built on: NavSource/navysite spec blocks (S5W-class nuclear plant, steam turbines, single shaft); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for mare-island-naval-shipyard, newport-news-shipbuilding, electric-boat-groton, and puget-sound-naval-shipyard (thermal insulation, submarine steam/propulsion lagging, gaskets, packing, block insulation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource/navysite spec blocks; shipyards.json product lists for mare-island-naval-shipyard, newport-news-shipbuilding, electric-boat-groton, and puget-sound-naval-shipyard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Sturgeon-class nuclear attack submarine built 1967-1970 at Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corp. and maintained through Navy-yard availabilities across the 1970s-90s sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications on the secondary steam plant and auxiliary systems included thermal/pipe insulation, gaskets, packing, and machinery insulation. The building and maintenance yards' asbestos product use in this period is independently documented at the yard level.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1967-1970
- Population
- Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corp. construction trades; Navy-yard overhaul trades; crew
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey or material list located. Names era-standard applications on non-nuclear secondary/auxiliary systems, not confirmed installed materials; the reactor plant establishes nothing. No quantity; material disposition at recycling undocumented per-hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flying-fish-ssn673-02
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[3]Kase v. Metalclad Insulation Corp., Cal. Ct. App. (4th Dist.) 2021 (CourtListener opinions 4324658, 4332654) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, specification-history discussion (SUBSAFE/MIL-I-24244)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A docketed asbestos personal-injury opinion recounts that after USS Thresher's 1963 loss the Navy created the SUBSAFE program, which issued procurement specification MIL-I-24244 covering asbestos-containing insulation for submarines - court-documented evidence that asbestos-containing insulation was specified in the submarine-construction regime in force when this hull was built (all batch-39 hulls were laid down 1964-1967, inside the post-SUBSAFE era).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2021 (opinion); regime described 1963-forward
- Population
- Navy submarine construction/maintenance trades, SUBSAFE era
- Limitations
- Documents the era procurement-spec regime, not this hull's installed materials; the case concerns a different claimant aboard different vessels. Does not establish exposure, causation, quantity, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flying-fish-ssn673-03
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[4]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 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 (1967-1970) and most service-era insulation events.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- 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-flying-fish-ssn673-04
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[5]Batch-39 search ledger (this record): DANFS mirror sweep; navysite + NavSource compilations; NVR; archive.org RECAP exhibit PDFs (Cooks, Halseth, Cronin); GAO product page; CourtListener (blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows on this record
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation of any kind located for this hull: no litigation reference found in the verified Cooks, Halseth, or Cronin complaint-exhibit vessel lists (which do name nine sister Sturgeons), no asbestos survey, abatement contract, or hazmat disclosure. CourtListener direct searches (exact name + hull number, opinions and RECAP) could not be run this session - API and site returned HTTP 403/throttled (125/day exhausted; retry-after ~16h) - logged as blocked, not 'no result'; additional litigation references may exist unexamined.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. The negative finding is narrower than sister hulls' because the CourtListener search layer could not be executed; flagged honestly. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flying-fish-ssn673-05