USS Haddock (SSN-621)

Name
USS Haddock
Hull designation
SSN-621
Vessel class
Permit/Thresher class
Evidence tier
Tier 3
Evidence entries
13
Record ID
uss-haddock-ssn621
Dataset version
2026.10.12-rc.1
Canonical URL
https://asbestosatlas.org/ships/uss-haddock-ssn621

Evidence

13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).

  1. [1]DANFS entry, USS Haddock (SSN-621) (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): an attack nuclear submarine laid down 24 April 1961 by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula MS; launched 21 May 1966, sponsored by Mrs. Thomas G. Morris (wife of Representative Morris of New Mexico); commissioned 22 December 1967, Comdr. Stanley J. Anderson in command. Spec block: dp. 3,700 (surf.)/4,300 (subm.); l. 278'6"; b. 31'8"; s. over 20 k.; cpl. 100; a. 4 21" tt.; cl. Thresher.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-18
    Study period
    1961-1993
    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-haddock-ssn621-01
  2. [2]Naval Vessel Register, SHIPSDETAIL SSN-621 (Wayback capture) [other_primary]
    Locator
    NVR SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_621 milestone table
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    NVR milestone data for ex-Haddock: builder Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.; award 1960-08-24; keel 1961-04-24; launch 1966-05-21; commission 1967-12-22; delivery 1967-12-20; decommission and stricken 1993-04-07; status changed 2001-10-01 - 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
    1961-2001
    Limitations
    NVR milestone table. No asbestos content.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-haddock-ssn621-02
  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 ('HADDOCK (SSN-621)', 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 'HADDOCK (SSN-621)' 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-haddock-ssn621-03
  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, Wagenman section, dated vessel table ('HADDOCK (SSN-621)' 1970-95)
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    Asbestos complaint exhibit (consolidated multi-plaintiff work-histories; section for plaintiff Robert Wagenman, Mare Island Naval Shipyard electrician 1970-1976, later shop planner/ship scheduler through 1995) lists 'HADDOCK (SSN-621)' in a dated vessel table (1970-95).
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-18
    Study period
    1970-1995 (alleged exposure window); 2007 (filing)
    Population
    Robert Wagenman (Mare Island NSY electrician/ship scheduler, 1970-1995)
    Limitations
    Pleading-stage allegation (complaint exhibit), unadjudicated; a vessel-list entry is not an individualized exposure finding and does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-haddock-ssn621-04
  5. [5]McIntyre v. Warren Pumps LLC, No. 3:06-cv-06301-WHA (N.D. Cal.), Order re motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 41 (filed 2007-04-30) [court_record]
    Locator
    ECF No. 41, order reciting plaintiff's vessel list ('USS Haddock')
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    Federal summary-judgment order in an asbestos case: the court recites that plaintiff Edward McIntyre, a Mare Island Naval Shipyard worker December 1963 - June 1995 diagnosed with mesothelioma, alleged work aboard vessels including 'USS Haddock' (with USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Barb, USS Guardfish, USS Haddock, USS Patrick Henry, USS Permit, USS Seawolf). The order DENIES defendant Warren Pumps' motion for summary judgment, finding triable disputes over the government-contractor defense and product-contact evidence.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-18
    Study period
    1963-1995 (alleged exposure window); 2007 (order)
    Population
    Edward McIntyre (Mare Island NSY worker, 1963-1995)
    Limitations
    Merits-stage order (summary judgment denied - case proceeded), but the vessel naming remains the plaintiff's allegation as recited by the court; the order does not find that asbestos was aboard this hull, that any exposure occurred, or causation - it resolves a legal-defense question only.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-haddock-ssn621-05
  6. [6]Webb v. Baldor Electric Company, No. 1:22-cv-00145-KHJ-MTP (S.D. Miss.), served summons & complaint Exhibit 1, ECF No. 1-1 (filed 2022-06-10) [court_record]
    Locator
    ECF No. 1-1 complaint (147 pp.); CourtListener index match for 'USS Haddock'
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    Asbestos wrongful-death complaint (estate of Allan Watson, who alleged Navy service 1960-64 aboard USS Saratoga followed by work at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, 1966-2001, where the court's remand order recites he 'worked on over forty naval vessels'): CourtListener full-text search matches 'USS Haddock' inside the served complaint (ECF No. 1-1, 147 pages), placing this hull in the complaint's vessel universe.
    Verification
    partial
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-18
    Study period
    1966-2001 (alleged exposure window); 2022 (filing)
    Population
    Allan Watson, decedent (Ingalls Shipbuilding worker, 1966-2001)
    Limitations
    Pleading-stage allegation (served complaint), unadjudicated; exact list-line context not retrieved (document not in the RECAP archive and CourtListener document pages return CloudFront 403 to automated fetches; the string match is feed-verified and the allegation structure is confirmed by the court's published remand order). Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-haddock-ssn621-06
  7. [7]Leonard v. CBS Corporation, MDL 875 No. 2:12-cv-60177-ER (E.D. Pa.), Order granting Huntington Ingalls' motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 62 (filed 2014-01-29) [court_record]
    Locator
    ECF No. 62, order listing alleged-exposure vessels ('USS Haddock (SSN-621)')
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    Federal MDL-875 summary-judgment order in an asbestos case: the order identifies 'USS Haddock (SSN-621)' among the vessels aboard which plaintiff John Leonard's exposure pertinent to defendant Huntington Ingalls was alleged (the full recited list: USS Barb, USS Robert E. Lee, USS Haddock), and GRANTS Huntington Ingalls' motion for summary judgment.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-18
    Study period
    2014 (order); alleged exposure window per complaint
    Population
    John Leonard (alleged exposure aboard named vessels)
    Limitations
    Merits-stage order resolving this defendant's liability - a defense summary-judgment win for that plaintiff's claims against Huntington Ingalls, not an exposure finding and not evidence that no exposure occurred aboard other vessels or involving other defendants. The vessel naming remains the plaintiff's allegation; the order does not adjudicate hull-specific material content.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-haddock-ssn621-07
  8. [8]McIntyre v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc., No. 3:08-cv-03070-EDL (N.D. Cal.), complaint, ECF No. 1 (filed 2008-06-25) [court_record]
    Locator
    ECF No. 1 complaint (24 pp., scanned); CourtListener index match for 'SSN-621'
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    Asbestos complaint (McIntyre v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems - a second, later-filed case in the same plaintiff family as McIntyre v. Warren Pumps): CourtListener full-text search matches 'SSN-621' inside the scanned complaint ECF No. 1 (24 pp.), placing this hull's number in the complaint's vessel universe. The PDF is a scan without a text layer; the exact list line cannot be displayed or quoted.
    Verification
    partial
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-18
    Study period
    2008 (filing); alleged exposure window per complaint
    Population
    McIntyre plaintiff (N.D. Cal. asbestos case)
    Limitations
    Pleading-stage allegation, unadjudicated; feed-verified string match inside a no-text-layer scan - the exact context (vessel list vs. narrative) is unverifiable, so this is classified below the verified-exhibit namings. Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-haddock-ssn621-08
  9. [9]Wade v. Viad Corp., No. 2:22-cv-00097-HCN (D. Utah), ECF No. 2-1 (filed 2022-02-14) [court_record]
    Locator
    ECF No. 2-1, Griscom-Russell manual section ('USS Haddock' headers)
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    Wade v. Viad Corp., No. 2:22-cv-00097-HCN (D. Utah), removal exhibit ECF No. 2-1 (321 pp., scanned): 'USS Haddock' appears as stamped page headers inside a Griscom-Russell technical-manual document set - the same vendor-document naming pattern noted in sibling records, not an exposure naming.
    Verification
    partial
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-18
    Study period
    2022 (filing); manual era undated
    Limitations
    Document-set naming only: 'USS Haddock' marks manual pages for equipment associated with the hull - it does not allege or establish asbestos aboard, exposure, causation, or eligibility. The bundle is a scanned removal exhibit; context verified by pdftotext.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-haddock-ssn621-09
  10. [10]Era inference built on: DANFS/navysite spec blocks (S5W-class nuclear plant, steam turbines, single shaft); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for ingalls-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 ingalls-shipbuilding, mare-island-naval-shipyard, puget-sound-naval-shipyard
    Finding type
    asbestos_application
    Finding
    A Permit/Thresher-class nuclear attack submarine built 1961-1967 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, MS 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
    1961-1967
    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-haddock-ssn621-10
  11. [11]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 April 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-haddock-ssn621-11
  12. [12]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 (1961-1967) 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-haddock-ssn621-12
  13. [13]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 Haddock 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-haddock-ssn621-13

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