USS Haddo (SSN-604)

Name
USS Haddo
Hull designation
SSN-604
Vessel class
Permit/Thresher class
Evidence tier
Tier 3
Evidence entries
9
Record ID
uss-haddo-ssn604
Dataset version
2026.10.12-rc.1
Canonical URL
https://asbestosatlas.org/ships/uss-haddo-ssn604

Evidence

9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).

  1. [1]DANFS entry, USS Haddo (SSN-604) (verbatim transcription via LostHistory/HazeGray mirror; live NHHC 404) [other_primary]
    Locator
    DANFS transcription (LostHistory/HazeGray mirror), stub-era entry ending 1965
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Documented for this hull (DANFS transcription): launched by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden NJ, 18 August 1962, sponsored by Mrs. Henry M. Jackson (wife of the Senator from Washington); commissioned 16 December 1964, Comdr. John G. Williams in command. Spec block: dp. 3,700 (surf.)/4,300 (subm.); l. 278'6"; b. 31'8"; s. 20 k.; cpl. 100; a. 4 21" tt.; cl. Thresher. Service: shakedown out of New London January 1965; arrived home port Charleston, S.C., 8 February 1965 (entry ends there).
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-18
    Study period
    1960-1991
    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-haddo-ssn604-01
  2. [2]Naval Vessel Register, SHIPSDETAIL SSN-604 (Wayback capture) [other_primary]
    Locator
    NVR SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_604 milestone table
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    NVR milestone data for ex-Haddo: builder New York Shipbuilding Corp.; award 1959-03-03; keel 1960-09-09; launch 1962-08-18; commission 1964-12-16; delivery 1964-12-11; decommission and stricken 1991-06-12; status changed 1992-06-30 - 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
    1960-1992
    Limitations
    NVR milestone table. No asbestos content.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-haddo-ssn604-02
  3. [3]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 list ('HADDO (SSN-604)', list dates 1974-1991)
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    Asbestos complaint exhibit (plaintiff Alvin Cooks's work-history/exposure exhibit) lists vessels and locations of alleged asbestos exposure, expressly including 'HADDO (SSN-604)' among dozens of hulls. Cooks worked at Mare Island Naval Shipyard as a marine machinist from April 1974 (helper through general foreman); the exhibit's job-duty recitals describe gasket and valve-packing removal and replacement, lagging-residue removal, and pipe cut-outs aboard listed vessels including work in reactor compartments.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-18
    Study period
    1974-1991 (vessel-list dates); 2007 (filing)
    Population
    Alvin Cooks (Mare Island NSY marine machinist, 1974-1995)
    Limitations
    Pleading-stage allegation (complaint exhibit), unadjudicated; a vessel-list entry is not an individualized exposure finding and does not establish that asbestos products were aboard this hull, that any exposure occurred, causation, or legal eligibility.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-haddo-ssn604-03
  4. [4]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 ('HADDO (SSN-604)')
    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 'HADDO (SSN-604)' 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-haddo-ssn604-04
  5. [5]Heiser v. Air & Liquid System Corporation, No. 1:21-cv-00002 (D. Del.), removed state-court complaint Exhibit 1, ECF No. 1-1 (filed 2021-01-04; Del. Super. Ct. N20C-10-053 ASB) [court_record]
    Locator
    ECF No. 1-1 (Del. Super. Ct. complaint exhibit), para. 21 ('USS Haddo' in sea-service list)
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    Asbestos complaint (Donald Heiser, US Navy Machinist's Mate 1961-1975 aboard USS Scamp, USS Haddo, USS Mariano G. Vallejo, Comsubron Seven, Comsubron Fifteen, and USS Plunger; earlier Second Class Engineman aboard USS Bang 1956-1959; later Ingalls Shipbuilding production control 1976-2011) alleges occupational and bystander exposure to asbestos-containing boilers, furnaces, steam traps, turbines, pumps, valves, packing, gaskets, insulation, and pipe during that service, expressly including 'USS Haddo'.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-18
    Study period
    1961-1975 (alleged exposure window); 2020-2021 (filing)
    Population
    Donald Heiser (USN Machinist's Mate, 1961-1975; Ingalls 1976-2011)
    Limitations
    Pleading-stage allegation (removed state-court complaint), unadjudicated; a crew-member's vessel list alleges exposure during service aboard but does not establish that asbestos products were aboard this hull, that any exposure occurred, causation, or eligibility. Hull named among several vessels in one tour span, not per-hull detail.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-haddo-ssn604-05
  6. [6]Era inference built on: DANFS/navysite spec blocks (S5W-class nuclear plant, steam turbines, single shaft); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for new-york-shipbuilding, mare-island-naval-shipyard, 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 new-york-shipbuilding, mare-island-naval-shipyard, puget-sound-naval-shipyard
    Finding type
    asbestos_application
    Finding
    A Permit/Thresher-class nuclear attack submarine built 1960-1964 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ 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
    1960-1964
    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-haddo-ssn604-06
  7. [7]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 September 1960, 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-haddo-ssn604-07
  8. [8]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 (1960-1964) 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-haddo-ssn604-08
  9. [9]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 Haddo 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-haddo-ssn604-09

Attribution

Compiled by
Paul Danziger; Rod de Llano
Publisher
Danziger & De Llano, LLP
License
CC-BY-4.0
Citation
Danziger, P., and De Llano, R. (2026). AsbestosAtlas Navy Vessel Asbestos Exposure Dataset. Danziger & De Llano, LLP. DOI: not yet assigned
Dataset version
asbestosatlas-ships-2026.10.12-rc.1
DOI
not yet assigned