Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS entry, USS Gato (SSN-615) (verbatim transcription via LostHistory/HazeGray mirror; live NHHC 404) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS transcription (LostHistory/HazeGray mirror), spec block and milestones only
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (DANFS transcription): launched 14 May 1964 by the Electric Boat Div., General Dynamics Corp., Groton CT, sponsored by Mrs. Lawson P. Ramage; commissioned in November 1967 (per the DANFS text). Spec block: dp. 3,750; l. 278'6"; b. 31'8"; dr. 24'6"; s. classified; cpl. 99; a. classified; cl. Thresher.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1961-1996
- Limitations
- Verbatim DANFS transcription via the LostHistory/HazeGray mirror - live NHHC 404 in this environment. DANFS establishes identity, milestones, and service history only - no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gato-ssn615-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, SHIPSDETAIL SSN-615 (Wayback capture) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_615 milestone table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR milestone data for ex-Gato: builder General Dynamics Corp., Electric Boat Division; award 1960-06-09; keel 1961-12-15; launch 1964-05-14; commission 1968-01-25; decommission and stricken 1996-04-25; status changed 1996-11-01 - disposed of by submarine recycling. Propulsion type listed: Steam Turbine (Nuclear). Recycling custodian: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1961-1996
- Limitations
- NVR milestone table. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gato-ssn615-02
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[3]Halseth v. General Electric Co., No. 3:07-cv-02543-EMC (N.D. Cal.), consolidated complaint Exhibit A work-histories, ECF No. 1-2 (filed 2007-05-14) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-2, Exhibit A, Robinson section, alphabetical vessel list ('GATO (SSN-615)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (consolidated multi-plaintiff work-histories; section for plaintiff Larry Robinson, a Puget Sound Naval Shipyard pipefitter 1975-2004) lists 'GATO (SSN-615)' in an alphabetical roster of vessels he worked on or around; duty recitals describe engine-room, fire-room, and reactor-room piping and valve work, steam-trap gasket changes, and close proximity to laggers and other trades 'blowing around asbestos dust', including work around General Electric and Westinghouse turbines and Johns-Manville insulation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1975-2004 (alleged exposure window); 2007 (filing)
- Population
- Larry Robinson (Puget Sound NSY pipefitter, 1975-2004)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation (complaint exhibit), unadjudicated; an alphabetical roster entry is not an individualized exposure finding and does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility. The roster spans many hulls at one yard (PSNSY Bremerton); it documents a work-assignment universe, not per-hull materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gato-ssn615-03
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[4]William Lund v. 3M Company, MDL 875 No. 2:13-cv-02776-DDP-VBK (C.D. Cal.), ECF No. 864 [court_record]
- Locator
- William Lund v. 3M Company doc 864 matches 'USS Gato' in the CourtListener index
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- William Lund v. 3M Company doc 864 matches 'USS Gato' in the CourtListener index - document not retrievable (archive fetch returned an error page).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Feed-matched string hit, document unretrieved - context unverifiable; archival lead only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gato-ssn615-04
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[5]Era inference built on: DANFS/navysite spec blocks (S5W-class nuclear plant, steam turbines, single shaft); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for electric-boat-groton, puget-sound-naval-shipyard (thermal insulation, submarine steam/propulsion lagging, gaskets, packing, block insulation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS/navysite spec blocks; shipyards.json product lists for electric-boat-groton, puget-sound-naval-shipyard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Permit/Thresher-class nuclear attack submarine built 1961-1968 at General Dynamics Corp., Electric Boat Division, Groton, CT and maintained through Navy-yard availabilities across the 1960s-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
- 1961-1968
- Population
- Submarine 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-gato-ssn615-05
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[6]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 April 1963 loss the Navy created the SUBSAFE program, which issued procurement specification MIL-I-24244 covering asbestos-containing insulation for submarines. This hull predates that regime - laid down December 1961, before Thresher's loss - so MIL-I-24244 documents the spec regime in force for her later maintenance and overhaul era, not her original construction.
- 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-gato-ssn615-06
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[7]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 (1961-1968) 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-gato-ssn615-07
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[8]Batch-60 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NVR/navysite sweeps; CourtListener Atom-feed exact-name and hull-number searches (opinions + RECAP); verified exhibit-PDF greps (Cooks, Halseth, Cronin, Davis, Turner, Heiser); verified federal orders (McIntyre, Harris, Leonard, Wright, Bryant); GAO HRD-80-2; ACM-survey sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- See this record's search_ledger rows for repositories, queries, and per-search outcomes
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, insulation material list, or SRP/recycling hazmat disclosure naming USS Gato was located in any searched repository. CourtListener opinion search returned no adjudicated asbestos finding touching this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Negative finding is a search result, not proof of absence: Navy hull-level industrial-hygiene records were not systematically published, SRP-era recycling documentation is not indexed by hull in public dockets, and CourtListener coverage excludes most state-court filings. Unverified feed-matched documents are logged as archival leads, not as evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gato-ssn615-08