Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]Naval Vessel Register (NAVSEA/NAVSHIPSO), ship detail page USS GEORGIA (SSGN 729), ex-SSBN 729, UIC 21039 - vessel status, milestone dates, propulsion type, accommodations, program comments (live NVR detail page returns a JS shell/redirect to automated fetch; 2024-06-07 Wayback capture used, record last updated 2021-10-14) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_SSGN_729 vessel-status, milestone, physical-characteristic, and program tables (Wayback capture 2024-06-07)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull per NVR: GUIDED MISSILE SUBMARINE (NUCLEAR-POWERED), ex-SSBN 729; builder General Dynamics Electric Boat; awarded 1976-02-20; keel 1979-04-07; launched 1982-11-06; delivered 1984-01-17; commissioned 1984-02-11; date status changed 2004-03-01 (SSGN redesignation); fleet U.S. Atlantic Fleet; homeport Kings Bay, GA; propulsion type 'Steam Turbine (Nuclear)'; accommodations 13 officers + 140 enlisted; planning yard and nuclear planning yard GD Electric Boat; Ships Program Manager PMS 396. NVR comments: 'SSGN 729 WAS DELIVERED FROM CONVERSION ON 18 DEC 07 FROM NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, VA. RETURN TO SERVICE CEREMONY 28 MAR 08.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1976-2024
- Population
- EB construction trades (1979-84); Blue/Gold crews (1984-2026); NNSY conversion workforce (2005-07)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific registry record; contains no asbestos or material-content statement. Wayback capture predates the July 2026 inactivation commencement - 'Active, in commission' status shown is as of capture. Live NVR page does not render detail data to automated fetch (JS shell).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-georgia-ssgn729-01
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[2]Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (SUBLANT), official USS Georgia (SSGN 729) ship page - history narrative and boat characteristics (live page returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch; content via search-index extraction) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sublant.usff.navy.mil/SSGN729 history narrative and characteristics block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull per the official ship page: keel laid 7 April 1979 at Electric Boat Division, Groton, ceremony presided over by First Lady Rosalynn Carter (her initials remain on the keel); launched by Mrs. Sheila Watkins, wife of the Chief of Naval Operations (narrative gives 5 November; NVR and the ship's own 1987 fact sheet give 6 November); commissioned 11 February 1984 at the Naval Underwater Sound Laboratory, New London, CT; arrived home port Bangor, WA November 1984; first strategic deterrent patrol January 1985; two Meritorious Unit Commendations; CSS-17 Battle Efficiency 'E' 2001; 65 strategic deterrent patrols; October 2004 Silent Hammer SSGN proof-of-concept; entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard February 2005 for Engineered Refueling Overhaul and SSGN conversion; departed Norfolk December 2007 for Kings Bay, GA. Characteristics: one reactor, one shaft; 560 ft; 42 ft beam; ~18,750 t submerged; crew 15 officers + 150 enlisted; 154 Tomahawks, 4 torpedo tubes.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1979-2008
- Population
- Blue/Gold crews (1984-2026); NNSY workforce (2005-07)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history; contains no asbestos or material-content statement. Narrative launch date (5 Nov) conflicts with NVR/ship's fact sheet (6 Nov) - NVR controls, variant in gaps. Page's 'redesignated to SSGN October 2004' framing postdates the NVR status-change date 2004-03-01; October 2004 is the Silent Hammer exercise window - variant noted in gaps. Live page blocked automated fetch (HTTP 403); text via search-index extraction.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-georgia-ssgn729-02
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[3]NHHC ship command-operation reports for USS Georgia (SSBN-729/SSGN-729): 1987 command submission including ship's fact sheet; 1997-2003 command histories (Bangor, CSS-17, patrol/refit cycles); 2004 command history (SSGN conversion year narrative). No DANFS narrative entry exists for this hull - these are ship-submitted histories held in NHHC archives, not a DANFS article (live PDFs returned 404; text via search-index extraction) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- history.navy.mil command-operation-reports .../georgia-ssbn-729-iii/pdf/ 1987.pdf, 1997.pdf, 2003.pdf, 2004.pdf
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull from its own command submissions: 1987 fact sheet gives keel 7 Apr 1979, launched 6 Nov 1982, commissioned 11 Feb 1984, sponsor Mrs. Sheila A. Watkins, homeport Bangor WA, complement 15 officers + 17 CPOs + 125 E-6-and-below = 157. 1997-2003 histories confirm SUBASE Bangor duty station under Commander Submarine Squadron Seventeen, complement 15 officers + 150 enlisted, and ~90-day deterrent patrol cycles; the 1997 report notes completion of the first-ever Extended Refit Period on a Trident submarine. The 2004 history records homeported at Bangor until June 2004, 'During 2004, SSGN 729 became the fourth submarine in the fleet to convert from an SSBN to SSGN,' 28-day SSGN equipment install at San Diego, and the Silent Hammer experiment embarking 200+ personnel for two weeks in September-October.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1987-2004
- Population
- Blue/Gold crews; refit/shipyard personnel during availabilities
- Limitations
- Ship-specific primary sources; contain no asbestos or material-content statement. Complement figures differ across documents and from NVR (157 vs 165 vs 153) - variants in gaps. Live NHHC PDFs returned 404 on 2026-09-19 (link rot, standing issue); content verified via search-index extraction only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-georgia-ssgn729-03
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[4]U.S. Navy photo release, Commander Submarine Group Ten (MC1 Travis S. Alston), 'USS Georgia Returns to Kings Bay' image set, 2026-07-27 (DVIDS image set 9835210 et seq.) [other_primary]
- Locator
- dvidshub.net/image/9835210 (and companion images 9835216, 9835230, 9835236) caption text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: USS Georgia (SSGN 729) transited the East River returning to homeport Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay on 27 July 2026 - 'the submarine's final return from operations before officially commencing her scheduled inactivation process on July 31 after 42 years of active service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-07
- Population
- Crew at inactivation commencement; Kings Bay base personnel
- Limitations
- Official release confirms the inactivation-process commencement date; it does not itself state where the inactivation availability will be executed (Norfolk Naval Shipyard, July 2027, per SUBGRU10 spokesperson quoted by TWZ - see ev-05). Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-georgia-ssgn729-04
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[5]Stars and Stripes, 'Navy plans to remove 14 ships from service' (Gary Warner, 2026-04-30) reporting the 26 April 2026 OPNAV administrative memo (acting DCNO RADM M. D. Behning); Janes, 'US Navy identifies ships slated for inactivation in fiscal year 2026'; TWZ (Altman/Trevithick, 2026-07-28, updated 07-29) quoting SUBGRU10 spokesperson LTJG Mackenzie Jefferies Park [reputable_press]
- Locator
- stripes.com 2026-04-30 article; janes.com FY2026 inactivation article; twz.com article incl. 7/29/2026 update; navsource.org/archives/14/09415.htm (Secota, secondary)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: the 26 April 2026 OPNAV inactivation memo lists USS Georgia (SSGN 729) for FY2026 inactivation; the submarines on the list are marked for recycling through the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (reactor removal, decontamination, salvage - Janes). TWZ's update quotes the SUBGRU10 spokesperson: 'USS Georgia (SSGN 729) will remain at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay until she changes her homeport to Norfolk for inactivation at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in July 2027.' The same reporting records the 22 March 1986 sinking of harbor tug USS Secota (YTM-415) after collision with Georgia near Midway Island following a personnel transfer - two Secota crewmen lost, Georgia minor damage (collision detail corroborated by NavSource's tug entry, which notes the tug's DANFS entry at NHHC).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1986; 2026-2027
- Population
- Inactivation/recycling workforce (2026-forward); Secota crew (1986)
- Limitations
- Reputable-press layer reporting official documents/statements; the memo itself was not independently retrieved (the primary is a not-public OPNAV admin note). The July-31 inactivation-commencement statement (ev-04) and the July-2027 NNSY availability statement describe different stages of one retirement sequence - carried exactly as reported, not merged. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-georgia-ssgn729-05
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[6]NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation HETA-78-135-1333, International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT (August 1983; surveys 1979-81); shipyard-exposure-map documented product list for electric-boat-groton; OSHA inspection 10520237 (1978 citations under 29 CFR 1910.1001) [other_primary]
- Locator
- CDC stacks cdc_172867_DS1.pdf (HETA-78-135-1333 full text); shipyards.json electric-boat-groton evidence rows; OSHA inspection 10520237 detail page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Georgia was under construction at Electric Boat Groton for her entire 1979-84 build window - a yard where asbestos thermal pipe insulation, lagging on steam/propulsion systems, gaskets, and packing are documented in submarine construction through the 1970s, where OSHA issued asbestos-standard citations in 1978, and where NIOSH's HHE (issued 1983) recorded historical asbestos overexposure reports concentrated in overhaul/retrofit work and noted asbestos use at the yard and on the submarines 'is slowly being phased out' following introduction of alternative insulation for the reactor vessel and piping complex.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1979-1984 (construction); 1978-1983 (yard documentation)
- Population
- EB Groton construction and insulation trades (1979-1984)
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not hull-specific: establishes what the builder's yard used and was cited for during this hull's construction years, not what was installed aboard SSGN-729. NIOSH's primary findings were metal-fume/solvent overexposures; the asbestos content is historical-report level, and the report itself documents the phase-out already in progress - consistent with GAO's 1973 insulation-spec change. Does not establish exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-georgia-ssgn729-06
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[7]Shipyard-exposure-map documented record for norfolk-naval-shipyard: EPA Superfund designation 1999 (asbestos in soil, groundwater, building materials); 1979 government inspection documenting asbestos-laden conditions; documented product list incl. pipe insulation/lagging, boiler and turbine insulation, gaskets, packing, deck coverings, Marinite/Transite/Kaylo/Thermobestos; Paradise Creek Landfill ACM disposal area (1945-1983) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json norfolk-naval-shipyard evidence rows (EPA Superfund, gov inspections, landfill records)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Norfolk Naval Shipyard - the yard that performed this hull's documented February 2005 - December 2007 Engineered Refueling Overhaul and SSGN conversion (and is designated for her July 2027 inactivation availability per the SUBGRU10 statement) - carries extensive yard-level asbestos documentation including a 1999 EPA Superfund listing. Conversion-period work on this hull proceeded under modern asbestos controls at a yard with a documented ACM legacy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1945-2007 (yard record); 2005-2007 (this hull's availability)
- Population
- NNSY trades during Georgia availability (2005-07); future inactivation workforce (2027)
- Limitations
- Yard-level worker-exposure and environmental documentation; not a record of this hull's materials or of exposure during her specific availability. The documented yard conditions largely predate the 2005-07 conversion; per-hull hazmat/work-package records for this hull are not public (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-georgia-ssgn729-07
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[8]GAO, Force Structure: Options for Enhancing the Navy's Attack Submarine Force, GAO-02-97 (Nov 14, 2001), full text via govinfo; CRS, Navy Trident Submarine Conversion (SSGN) Program: Background and Issues for Congress, RS21007 (2004-2008 editions; DTIC ADA472559) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO-02-97 full text (govinfo); CRS RS21007 sections 'Trident Submarines' and 'Description of the Conversion'
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Official program documentation names this hull: GAO-02-97 evaluates refueling and converting four Trident SSBNs (Ohio class, SSBN-726 through -729) to SSGNs as a force-structure option; CRS RS21007 documents the funded ~$4.0 billion program to refuel and convert SSBNs 726-729 including 729 (Georgia), with Initial Operational Capability declared 1 November 2007. Georgia was the fourth and last of the conversions (NNSY delivery 18 Dec 2007, RTS ceremony 28 Mar 2008 per NVR).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2001-2008
- Population
- Program-level (four hulls)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation that names the hull number as a program member; establishes the conversion decision and program structure, not material content aboard this hull. CRS text via everycrsreport.com/DTIC (official-report mirrors). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-georgia-ssgn729-08
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[9]U.S. Naval Nuclear Powered Ship Inactivation, Disposal, and Recycling, 2019 Edition, United States Department of the Navy ('Green Book'), SSBN dismantlement and reactor-compartment sections; with Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Disposal of Decommissioned, Defueled Cruiser, OHIO Class, and LOS ANGELES Class Naval Reactor Plants, DOE/EIS-0259 (April 1996) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Green Book 2019: missile-compartment dismantlement passage (~p.5, 'asbestos insulating material... are also removed from the ship'), reactor-compartment asbestos sentence, Appendix C process description; DOE/EIS-0259 FEIS sections (energy.gov PDF)
- Finding type
- abatement_record
- Finding
- Program-level asbestos documentation covering this hull's class, now live-relevant as Georgia enters inactivation: the Green Book describes SSBN dismantlement as removing 'asbestos insulating material and removable ballast lead' during missile-compartment/ship dismantlement under controlled work practices, and states reactor compartments 'constructed before the mid-1970s also contain asbestos in insulation on pipes and other components.' The 1996 FEIS documents asbestos lagging removal from reactor-compartment packages at Puget Sound NSY as Ship-Submarine Recycling Program process - the disposal path Georgia is slated to follow.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1996 (FEIS); 2019 (publication); 2026-forward (this hull's disposal)
- Population
- PSNSY dismantlement workforce (program-level); eventual disposal workforce for this hull
- Limitations
- Program- and class-level documentation; not a per-hull survey or declaration. The pre-mid-1970s reactor-compartment asbestos statement does not cover this hull on its own terms (1979 keel); asbestos presence or absence aboard Georgia is undocumented either way. Full text extracted 2026-09-19 from energy.gov PDF (48 pp).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-georgia-ssgn729-09
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[10]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 submarine construction and overhaul - the spec regime applicable during Georgia's design (contract awarded 1976) and early construction era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2021 (opinion); regime described 1963-forward
- Population
- Navy submarine construction/maintenance trades, SUBSAFE era
- Limitations
- Spec-regime documentation only: MIL-I-24244 covered submarine insulation procurement in the era; whether and where asbestos insulation was installed aboard this specific hull is not established by the spec or the opinion, and per GAO the Navy's thermal-insulation specifications moved to asbestos-free materials in 1973 - before this hull's 1979 keel. Georgia is not named in the case; the case concerns a different claimant aboard different vessels.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-georgia-ssgn729-10
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[11]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); indexed full-text excerpts
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships; that product specifications for thermal insulation were changed in 1973 to specify asbestos-free materials; that pre-purchased asbestos materials were nonetheless installed in ships under construction, with 'some ships delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978'; and that a few shipboard applications (e.g., gaskets, pipe hanger liners) had no acceptable asbestos-free substitute identified. Georgia's delivery (17 Jan 1984) postdates the documented last-asbestos-insulation delivery window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1979 (report); regime described 1973-1979
- 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 and indexed full-text excerpts. The May-1978 cutoff applies to insulation deliveries; residual non-insulation applications are not bounded by that date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-georgia-ssgn729-11
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[12]Batch-399 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS probes; NVR via Wayback; SUBLANT ship page; NHHC command-operation reports; DVIDS; press verification of OPNAV memo; Green Book + FEIS full texts; CourtListener API and HTML attempts; archive.org RECAP-mirror exhibit sweep; web-indexed litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-georgia-ssgn729-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation itemization, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos case naming USS Georgia (SSBN-729/SSGN-729) was found. No DANFS entry exists for this hull (NavSource DANFS-index notation; NHHC letter index probes 404). CourtListener API returned HTTP 429 (125/day throttle) and the public search endpoint returned HTTP 403/WAF - searches not executed, logged as blocked. Workaround executed per prior-batch convention: the five archive.org RECAP-mirrored Mare Island asbestos-complaint vessel rosters verified in batch-68 (cand.192004, cand.197119 incl. the Cooks Exhibit A hull roster, cand.199308, cand.204620, cand.204934) were searched verbatim for GEORGIA/SSBN-729/SSGN-729/729 - the hull is absent from all five; hits were name collisions only (Georgia-Pacific Corp.; 'Atlanta, Georgia'). Web-indexed litigation sweep surfaced only law-firm ship-list pages (non-citable).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the question is genuinely open for this hull given her 1979-84 construction at the tail of the documented substitution transition. The hull remains in commission (inactivation commenced), so disposal-program per-hull records cannot yet exist. The CourtListener throttle means opinion/docket coverage is incomplete; a re-run is a standing open lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-georgia-ssgn729-12