Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]DANFS, George Washington (SSBN-598) entry - construction at Electric Boat as a lengthened Skipjack-class hull originally laid down as Scorpion (SSN-589); Polaris program; first submerged ballistic-missile launch (verbatim transcription mirror; live NHHC page returned 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block (transcription mirror)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: originally laid down as the attack submarine Scorpion (SSN-589), then redesignated and lengthened by a 130-foot missile compartment to become the first fleet ballistic-missile submarine; launched 9 June 1959; commissioned 30 December 1959 at Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corp., Groton, Conn. Loaded 16 Polaris missiles at Charleston, S.C.; conducted the first submerged launch of a Polaris missile on 20 July 1960; completed first deterrent patrol 21 January 1961 after 66 days submerged; operated deterrent patrols from Holy Loch, Scotland with alternating Blue and Gold crews; underwent refueling overhaul at Electric Boat. The DANFS narrative ends during her 17th patrol (1966); missile capability was later disabled under SALT I and she was redesignated SSN-598 in the early 1980s (per navysite/NVR disposition sources).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1957-1998
- Population
- EB construction trades (1957-59); EB refueling-overhaul trades; Blue and Gold crews (1959-1985)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. The live NHHC DANFS page returned HTTP 404 in this environment - the citation is a verbatim transcription mirror of the DANFS entry (losthistory.net/hazegray); defect disclosed. Missile-section construction detail is program history, not material evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-washington-ssbn598-01
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[2]Cooks v. General Electric Company, No. 3:07-cv-05451-EMC (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A work-history, ECF No. 1-2 (filed 2007-10-25) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-2, Exhibit A vessel roster ('SSBN-598' string match in RECAP full-text index)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (plaintiff Alvin Cooks's work-history/exposure exhibit; diagnosis asbestosis and asbestos-related pleural disease) lists vessels and locations of alleged asbestos exposure; the CourtListener full-text index places the string 'SSBN-598' inside this Exhibit A vessel roster.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2007 (litigation)
- Population
- Alvin Cooks (shipyard worker; Mare Island Naval Shipyard exhibit context)
- Limitations
- Complaint-exhibit vessel list; unadjudicated pleading-stage allegation. The listed hulls are places the plaintiff claimed exposure occurred, not findings that asbestos was aboard any listed hull. Establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull. The roster entry is verified by CourtListener index string match; the scanned exhibit's surrounding text was not extractable.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-washington-ssbn598-02
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[3]Halseth v. General Electric Company, No. 3:07-cv-02543-EMC (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A work-history, ECF No. 1-2 (filed 2007-05-14) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-2, Exhibit A vessel roster ('SSBN-598' and 'SSN-598' string matches)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (plaintiff Michael Halseth's work-history/exposure exhibit; asbestos-related pleural disease and asbestosis) lists vessels of alleged asbestos exposure; the CourtListener full-text index places both 'SSBN-598' and 'SSN-598' inside this Exhibit A vessel roster.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2007 (litigation)
- Population
- Michael Halseth (shipyard worker; Mare Island Naval Shipyard exhibit context)
- Limitations
- Complaint-exhibit vessel list; unadjudicated pleading-stage allegation. Establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull. Verified by index string match; scanned exhibit text not extractable.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-washington-ssbn598-03
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[4]Cronin v. Todd Shipyards Corporation, No. 3:08-cv-02747 (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A work-history, ECF No. 1-2 (filed 2008-07-08) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-2, Exhibit A vessel roster ('SSBN-598' string match)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint Exhibit A - a Mare Island engineer's alleged 1978-95 vessel work history (the same exhibit family that lists NAUTILUS (SSN-571) per QA-02 verification) - contains the string 'SSBN-598' per the CourtListener full-text index, listing this hull among vessels the plaintiff allegedly worked on.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1978-1995 (alleged work window); 2008 (litigation)
- Population
- Mare Island Naval Shipyard engineer (1978-95 alleged work history)
- Limitations
- Complaint-exhibit vessel list; unadjudicated pleading-stage allegation. A Mare Island work history lists vessels at the yard, not findings that asbestos was aboard them. Establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull. Verified by index string match; scanned exhibit text not extractable.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-washington-ssbn598-04
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[5]Estes v. General Electric Company, No. 4:17-cv-03900-JSW (N.D. Cal.), complaint, ECF No. 1 (filed 2017-07-10); Davis v. General Electric Company (N.D. Cal.), complaint, ECF No. 1; Agena v. Cleaver-Brooks, Inc., No. 1:19-cv-00089 (D. Haw.), ECF No. 11-4 [court_record]
- Locator
- Estes ECF 1; Davis ECF 1; Agena ECF 11-4 ('SSBN-598' string matches in RECAP full-text index)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Three additional asbestos personal-injury filings name this hull in plaintiff vessel rosters: the CourtListener full-text index places 'SSBN-598' inside Estes v. GE ECF 1 (N.D. Cal. Brayton Purcell complaint), Davis v. GE ECF 1 (N.D. Cal.), and Agena v. Cleaver-Brooks ECF 11-4 (D. Haw., asbestos products case). Same complaint-roster mechanism as Cooks and Halseth: a Mare Island-area worker's list of vessels allegedly associated with asbestos exposure.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2017-2019 (litigation)
- Population
- Three Mare Island-area shipyard workers (alleged)
- Limitations
- Unadjudicated pleading-stage allegations; identical roster mechanism in three separate complaints. Verified by index string match; the surrounding roster text was not individually extracted for each filing. Establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-washington-ssbn598-05
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[6]Naval Vessel Register detail page, GEORGE WASHINGTON (SSN 598, ex-SSBN 598), captured 2019-04-15 via Internet Archive Wayback (live nvr.navy.mil detail pages not reachable in this environment) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_598.HTML, Vessel Status and Milestone Dates tables
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NVR record: GEORGE WASHINGTON (SSN 598), ex-SSBN 598, submarine (nuclear-powered); status 'Disposed of by submarine recycling', status changed 09/30/1998; builder General Dynamics Corp.; award 12/31/1957; keel 11/01/1957; launch 06/09/1959; commission 12/30/1959; decommission 01/24/1985; stricken 04/30/1986.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1957-1998
- Limitations
- Official register of status and milestone dates only; contains no asbestos or material information. NVR award date (12/31/1957) post-dates the keel date (11/01/1957) - a register data quirk; the hull was laid down as Scorpion (SSN-589) before the SSBN conversion decision, reconciled via DANFS. Wayback capture of the official record; live NVR page unreachable here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-washington-ssbn598-06
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[7]Submarine Force Library and Museum Association, SSBN 598 page - the submarine's sail is preserved on permanent display at the museum, Groton, CT [museum_official]
- Locator
- ussnautilus.org SSBN-598 page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The sail of George Washington (SSBN-598) was removed prior to disposal and is on permanent display at the Submarine Force Library and Museum, Groton, Connecticut - the Navy's official submarine museum adjacent to Naval Submarine Base New London.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1998-present
- Limitations
- Memorial/disposition information only; no asbestos or material content. Museum association page (official museum's supporting association); the hull body was fully recycled at Puget Sound.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-washington-ssbn598-07
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[8]Navysite.de, USS George Washington (SSBN-598) unofficial ship page - disposition data and crew figures (secondary compilation; not a primary record) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite SSBN-598 general-characteristics and history sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-DANFS disposition and characteristics (secondary compilation): decommissioned 24 January 1985; stricken 30 April 1986; entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton; recycling finished 30 September 1998. Propulsion: one S5W nuclear reactor, two geared turbines, one propeller. Crew field: 12 officers, 128 enlisted (two alternating Blue/Gold crews).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1985-1998
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (unofficial site), not a primary record - used for disposition corroboration only, consistent with prior batches. The two-crew figure reflects the dual Blue/Gold deterrent-patrol manning model, not a single complement; DANFS spec block says 120 and NavSource says 101 - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-washington-ssbn598-08
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[9]Era inference anchored to DANFS-documented construction and yard periods for this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- construction-era inference from DANFS dates and yard periods
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: a first-generation nuclear submarine built 1957-59 at Electric Boat in the peak asbestos era would era-typically have carried asbestos-containing insulation, gaskets, and packing around its secondary steam and auxiliary machinery (reactor steam plant, turbines, pumps, valves); the documented Electric Boat refueling overhaul is a yard-disturbance window of the kind in which era insulation was installed and removed. Nuclear propulsion itself establishes nothing about asbestos; the inference attaches to the conventional steam-side systems.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1957-1998
- Population
- EB construction trades; EB overhaul trades (1957-1985)
- Limitations
- CLASS/ERA INFERENCE ONLY - no ship-specific material schedule, survey, or insulation record was located for this hull. Does not establish asbestos aboard USS George Washington, any exposure, or any quantity. Never infer ship-specific findings from this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-washington-ssbn598-09
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[10]Correction/context: CourtListener name-search hits for 'USS George Washington' are dominated by CVN-73, the aircraft carrier - not this hull [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener type=o exact-name feed (all hits CVN-73) and type=r feed top-20 (carrier/unrelated)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Name-collision screen: every opinion-level hit for 'USS George Washington' (United States v. Sager, v. Griffin, v. Salcido, v. Bush; Peoples v. United States; Gonzalez-Rodriguez; Serrano-Lopez) refers to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73), and RECAP hits (Snyder, Sandor, Kelly v. Hegseth, Students for Fair Admissions, Fisher v. BAE, California Marine Cleaning, US Navy SEALs, US v. GDEB) are carrier references or unrelated documents. Sandor v. USA concerns a 2022 sailor death aboard CVN-73 - not this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Collision screening only; the high-collision name required hull-number searches (SSBN-598, SSN-598) to isolate this submarine's litigation footprint. No opinion names SSBN-598.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-washington-ssbn598-10
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[11]Negative finding: no qualifying non-litigation ship-specific asbestos record located across DANFS/NHHC, NVR, museum, and ACM-survey/abatement/disposal sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- see search_ledger sl-uss-george-washington-ssbn598-01..07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping/recycling hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding naming USS George Washington (SSBN-598/SSN-598) was located. CourtListener sweeps produced six pleading-stage complaint-roster allegations naming the hull (Cooks, Halseth, Estes, Davis, Cronin, Agena - all unadjudicated) and heavy CVN-73 name collisions; no merits-level record or opinion names this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record is not proof no record exists - the 1998 recycling-disposal path left no retrievable hazmat-disclosure trail in located sources. Roster allegations remain pleading-stage only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-george-washington-ssbn598-11