Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]DANFS, Halibut II (SSG(N)-587) - first submarine designed and built from the keel up to launch guided missiles; Regulus deterrent-patrol era; 1965 Pearl Harbor NSY overhaul and SSN-587 redesignation; ASW operations to 1967 (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page 404; identical text confirmed on the NHHC page via Wayback capture 2025-02-17) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block (transcription mirror; NHHC capture web.archive.org/web/20250217152501/.../danfs/h/halibut-ii.html)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: launched 9 January 1959 by Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Calif. (sponsor Mrs. Chet Holifield); commissioned 4 January 1960, Lt. Comdr. Walter Dedrick in command. First submarine designed and built from the keel up to launch guided missiles (Regulus I); on 25 March 1960 became the first nuclear-powered submarine to successfully launch a guided missile. Returned to Mare Island Shipyard 18 June 1960 (post-shakedown availability); departed 7 November 1960 for Pearl Harbor and Pacific Fleet service. Third Western Pacific deployment late 1961; departed Pearl Harbor 4 May 1964 for the last submarine Regulus patrol in the Pacific. September-December 1964 tested Permit-class attack capabilities with eight other submarines. February 1965 entered Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard for a major overhaul; redesignated SS(N)-587 on 15 August 1965; sailed for the West Coast 6 September (Keyport 20 Sept; 8-day Mare Island stopover; Pearl Harbor 21 October); ASW operations through 1966-1967.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1957-1967
- Population
- MINSY construction trades (1957-1960); PHNSY overhaul trades (1965); crew (1960-1976)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS text ends in 1967 - post-1967 special-projects history and disposition covered by other rows. Live NHHC DANFS page returned 404 on 2026-09-19; verbatim transcription cited, content verified identical against the Wayback capture of the NHHC page. Yard-period asbestos disturbance is era inference, not a per-hull record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-halibut-ssn587-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register detail page, HALIBUT (SSN 587, ex-SSGN 587), captured 2019-04-15 via Internet Archive Wayback (live nvr.navy.mil detail page did not return ship data in this environment) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_587.HTML, Vessel Status / Milestone Dates / Physical Characteristics tables
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NVR record: HALIBUT (SSN 587), ex-SSGN 587, SUBMARINE (NUCLEAR-POWERED), UIC 05609; status 'Disposed of by submarine recycling', date status changed 09/09/1994; builder Naval Shipyard Mare Island; launch 01/09/1959; commission 01/04/1960; delivery 01/04/1960; stricken 04/30/1986; custodian Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA; propulsion type 'Steam Turbine (Nuclear)'. NVR leaves keel, inactivation, decommission, and accommodations fields blank for this hull - keel 1957-04-11 and decommission 1976-06-30 carried from DANFS/NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1959-1994
- Population
- NPSSRP recycling workers (1993-1994)
- Limitations
- Official register of status and milestone dates only; contains no asbestos or material information. Wayback capture of the official record; live NVR detail page rendered no ship data in this environment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-halibut-ssn587-02
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[3]NavSource Submarine Photo Index, Halibut (SSGN-587)(SSN-587) - milestone block and USN-photo caption record (construction through decommissioning) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 08/08587.htm milestone block and USN photo captions (keel ceremony, 1962 drydock, 1976 decommissioning program)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented milestones and photo-caption record: keel laid 11 April 1957 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard (keel authentication ceremony, RADM Martin J. Lawrence; prefabricated hull section #4 moved to the building ways 15 March 1957); conversion to attack submarine at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard 6 February-6 September 1965 with redesignation to SSN-587 stated as 8 August 1965 (DANFS says 15 August - variant flagged in gaps); the ship was in Mare Island dry dock No. 2 for overhaul during her 1 November 1962 change of command; decommissioning ceremony at Mare Island 30 June 1976 (nine-page official decommissioning program; CO Capt. Charles R. Larson addressing a crowd of 500+); awards: Presidential Unit Citation, three Navy Unit Commendations, National Defense Service Medal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1957-1994
- Population
- MINSY trades (1957-60 construction; 1962 overhaul; 1975-76 pre-inactivation); crew (1960-1976)
- Limitations
- Photo captions are contributor-compiled around genuine USN photographs - verified for what the images and documents show (yard events, dates, awards), but not an official narrative. The 1962 drydock overhaul is a documented yard event whose scope and duration are not stated. Redesignation date conflicts with DANFS (8 vs 15 August 1965) - carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-halibut-ssn587-03
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[4]USNI Proceedings, Norman Polmar, 'In the Wake of a Sunken Soviet Submarine' (Dec 2010, Vol. 136/12/1,294); USNI Proceedings, 'The U.S. Navy: How Many Spy Subs...?' (Dec 1996, Vol. 122/12/1,126); USNI Naval History, '1968: The Year of Lost Submarines' (Apr 2025) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- usni.org Proceedings Dec 2010 'American Detection' section; Dec 1996 article; Naval History Apr 2025
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Special-projects era, documented in the professional naval literature: in 1968 the Navy 'sent the nuclear-propelled submarine Halibut (SSN-587) to locate the Soviet submarine's precise resting place and photograph her condition... she had recently been converted to a special-mission craft' and towed a sensor vehicle that located and photographed the sunken K-129 - the survey that preceded CIA Project Azorian (Polmar, Proceedings Dec 2010). In Operation Ivy Bells (first mission October 1971) Halibut placed and periodically serviced the intercept pod on the Soviet seafloor cable in the Sea of Okhotsk until relieved by Parche (SSN-683) after 1976 (Proceedings Dec 1996). Naval History (Apr 2025) dates the K-129 location to August 1968.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1965-1976
- Population
- crew (1965-1976); saturation divers (post-1970); yard trades during special-projects refits
- Limitations
- Reputable professional-historical sources (declassified-era accounts), not official records. The August 1968-1970 special-projects conversion period at Mare Island rests on secondary literature (Craven, The Silent War; Sontag & Drew, Blind Man's Bluff) - the yard location is flagged partial, not official. Operational detail carried at context granularity; no asbestos content. Live usni.org blocked automated fetch (HTTP 403); text verified via Wayback capture.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-halibut-ssn587-04
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[5]Department of the Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, 'Occupational Health Hazards; Release No. 22' (BuMed 733-PR, A10-1/L5, 15 January 1960), compiled from NavMed 576 quarterly occupational-health reports, July-September 1959 - filed as plaintiff Exhibit 74, ECF 1-83, Deliberali v. Allen-Bradley Co., No. 2:18-cv-02682-ER (E.D. Pa.); the same release is Sclafani v. Air & Liquid Systems (C.D. Cal. 2:12-cv-03013) Ex. 9 pt. 5 and George v. A.W. Chesterton (S.D.N.Y. 1:14-cv-04511) Ex. 5 pt. 6 [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF 1-83 (Exhibit 74) at 14 of 41, 'Release No. 22' enclosure (Jul-Sep 1959), section II.B.1
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- A Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery occupational-health compilation naming this hull: under 'Exposure to Nonionizing Radiation Hazards,' 'During this quarter the nuclear reactor of SSGN-587, USS HALIBUT, was brought to initial criticality and the reactor and associated systems were successfully tested at all power levels. No unusual or severe health physics problems developed. None of the workers acquired more than a minimal exposure to ionizing radiation.' The release compiles Q3-1959 NavMed 576 reports from Navy activities (Halibut's entry consistent with her Mare Island construction/fitting-out period) and catalogs chemical, dust, heat, and radiation hazards reported yard-wide.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1959 (reporting period); filed 2018
- Population
- Mare Island construction/fitting-out workers on SSGN-587 (Q3 1959)
- Limitations
- Content is ionizing-radiation surveillance - contains NO asbestos or fiber finding for this hull. Establishes that Navy occupational-health reporting covered this hull's construction-period work, and that the NavMed 576 quarterly-report series is an archival lead for any period asbestos-hygiene entries. Filed by plaintiffs as litigation exhibit; no court made any finding about it.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-halibut-ssn587-05
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[6]Wright v. A.W. Chesterton Company, No. 3:07-cv-05403-MJJ (N.D. Cal.), Plaintiffs' Evidentiary Objections, ECF 9 (filed 2007-11-20), quoting the complaint's vessel roster; order denying remand, ECF 48 (2008-02-25) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF 9 at 13-14 (roster quoted inside objections to Foster Wheeler declaration); Lemaster ECF 8; Lyautey ECF 1-6; MDL-875 ECF 7717-9, 5838, 8585
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- QUALIFYING asbestos litigation naming this hull - pleading stage: the Wright complaint's roster alleges plaintiff Albert Wright worked 'as a machinist and flange turner aboard various Navy vessels and at bases including, but not limited to, the USS MIDWAY; USS ENTERPRISE; USS KITTY HAWK; USS CORAL SEA; USS ORISKANY; USS CONSTELLATION; USS MOUNT HOOD; USS JOHN F KENNEDY; USS HANCOCK; USS TICONDEROGA; USS PROVIDENCE; USS MOUNT BAKER; USS MAUNA KEA; USS PIGEON; USS PYRO; USS GUITARRO; USS DRUM; USS PINTADO; USS HAWKBILL; USS PERMIT; USS SWORDFISH; USS HALIBUT; USS GRAYBACK; USS BRINKLEY BASS; USS TRIGGER; and USS WAHOO, and at Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard ... and Mare Island Naval Shipyard.' The identical ~24-vessel roster propagates into Lemaster v. Allis-Chalmers PLT (N.D. Cal. 4:08-cv-03316, ECF 8), Lyautey v. Alfa Laval (S.D. Fla. 1:10-cv-22891, ECF 1-6), and MDL-875 exhibits (e.g., Knowles v. A.W. Chesterton, C.D. Cal. 2:12-cv-02284).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1960s-1970s (alleged exposure windows); 2007-2012 (filings)
- Population
- Albert Wright (alleged Mare Island/Hunter's Point machinist-flange turner) and same-roster plaintiffs
- Limitations
- Unadjudicated allegation: a complaint work-history roster of ~24 vessels plus two yards - names the hull as one of many alleged workplaces, alleges no specific asbestos product aboard Halibut. Wright's remand motion was denied (ECF 48); the case settled/terminated 2008-03-06 without any adjudication of exposure aboard this hull. Pleading allegation < discovery < trial finding; nothing here is a finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-halibut-ssn587-06
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[7]Cooks v. General Electric Co., No. 3:07-cv-05451 (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A vessel roster, ECF 1-2; Halseth v. GE, No. 3:07-cv-02543 (N.D. Cal.), ECF 1-2; McIntyre v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, No. 3:08-cv-03070 (N.D. Cal.), ECF 1; Davis v. GE, No. 3:08-cv-00228 (N.D. Cal.), ECF 1; Estes v. GE, No. 4:17-cv-03900 (N.D. Cal.), ECF 1; Turner v. Crane Co., No. 4:20-cv-04927 (N.D. Cal.), ECF 1 [court_record]
- Locator
- Cooks ECF 1-2; Halseth ECF 1-2; McIntyre ECF 1 at ~17; Davis ECF 1; Estes ECF 1; Turner ECF 1 (RECAP full-text verified)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Six further Mare Island-worker asbestos complaints name this hull in Exhibit-A-style vessel rosters: Cooks ('HALIBUT (SSGN-587)'); Halseth ('HALIBUT (SSGN-587; SSN-587)'); McIntyre - a Mare Island painting-shops worker roster listing 'HALIBUT (SSN-587)' with work windows including late-1960s/early-1970s and 1975-1976 entries; Davis ('HALIBUT (SSN-587)'); Estes ('HALIBUT Diver (SSN-587)' - plaintiff worked as a diver); Turner ('HALIBUT (SSN-587)' with a stated '4/1957-1985' span that postdates the hull's 1976 decommissioning - a roster artifact, not a presence finding).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1957-1995 (roster spans as pleaded); 2007-2020 (filings)
- Population
- Six Mare Island-area shipyard workers/trades (alleged), incl. one painter and one diver
- Limitations
- Unadjudicated pleading-stage allegations - complaint exhibits. Roster date spans describe plaintiff-employment/exposure windows as drafted, not verified ship-presence records (Halibut was decommissioned 1976, so any '1985' endpoint cannot describe work aboard). No product, exposure, or causation was adjudicated for this hull in any of these cases.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-halibut-ssn587-07
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[8]Dryfka v. Trane US, Inc., No. 3:13-cv-01019 (S.D. Ill.), Notice of Removal by General Dynamics Corp., ECF 2 (filed 2013-10-01), reciting the First Amended Complaint's service-history exhibit [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF 2 (Notice of Removal), service-history paragraph and vessel-yard table with history.navy.mil footnotes
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- QUALIFYING asbestos litigation naming this hull - the most specific allegation located: Dryfka recites the decedent's alleged Navy service: '...Electrician on the USS Swordfish and USS Andrew Jackson (1960-1966); Reserve Instructor on the USS Drum (May 1966 to February 1967); Engineer/Diving Officer on the USS Florikan (1966-1970); Material Officer Instructor at the Naval School Diving and Salvage (1970-May 1974); Qualified Submarine Officer aboard the USS Halibut (1974-1976); and Special Projects Material Officer at the Commander Submarine Development Group One (1977)' - and maps 'USS Halibut: Mare Island Naval Shipyard' (the removal brief footnotes history.navy.mil). The 1974-76 aboard window overlaps Halibut's final special-projects years and her 1 November 1975-30 June 1976 pre-inactivation availability at Mare Island.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1974-1976 (alleged service aboard); 2013 (litigation)
- Population
- Dryfka decedent (alleged Navy officer aboard USS Halibut 1974-1976)
- Limitations
- Unadjudicated removal-stage allegation (pleading level). Alleged service aboard the hull is not a finding that asbestos exposure occurred; no product, exposure, or causation was adjudicated for this hull, and the case's outcome beyond the removal-stage filing was not reviewed. The vessel-yard mapping is the plaintiff's pleading exhibit, not a court finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-halibut-ssn587-08
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[9]Era inference anchored to: DANFS/NVR/NavSource-documented build and yard periods for this hull; shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for mare-island-naval-shipyard, pearl-harbor-naval-shipyard, puget-sound-naval-shipyard [other_primary]
- Locator
- construction/yard-period inference from DANFS+NVR+NavSource dates; shipyards.json product lists
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A first-generation nuclear submarine built 1957-60 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in the peak asbestos era, overhauled at Pearl Harbor NSY (Feb-Sep 1965) and worked over at Mare Island (1960 availability; 1962 drydock; a 1968-70 special-projects conversion per secondary literature; Nov 1975-Jun 1976 pre-inactivation availability and decommissioning), and dismantled at PSNS (1993-94), sits inside the Navy's heaviest asbestos-use window. Era-standard applications on the secondary steam plant and auxiliary systems included thermal/pipe insulation, gaskets, packing, and machinery insulation; all three yards' period asbestos product use is independently documented at yard level.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1957-1994
- Population
- MINSY construction and overhaul trades (1957-1976); PHNSY trades (1965); PSNS recycling trades (1993-94); crew (1960-1976)
- Limitations
- CLASS/ERA INFERENCE ONLY - no hull-specific insulation schedule, survey, or material list was located for SSGN/SSN-587. Nuclear propulsion itself establishes nothing about asbestos; the inference attaches to conventional steam-side and auxiliary systems only. Does not establish asbestos aboard USS Halibut, any exposure, quantity, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-halibut-ssn587-09
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[10]Kase v. Metalclad Insulation Corp., Cal. Ct. App. (2021), CourtListener opinions 4324658/4332654; and Kase v. Metalclad Insulation Corp., 31 Cal.App.5th 1189 (2016) as cited in the yard dataset for the Unibestos finding [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion specification-history discussion; shipyards.json pd-mare-island-01
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Court-documented era regime: Navy submarine insulation procurement specifications (MIL-I-24244 post-1963; predecessor BuShips practice before) covered asbestos insulation for submarine construction and overhaul - the regime applicable to Halibut's 1957-60 build and service-era availabilities. The Mare Island yard record additionally documents Unibestos (Pittsburgh Corning, ~90% amosite) as the sole product on the Navy approved list for nuclear-submarine piping in 1968-early 1970s - the window covering Halibut's documented 1968-70 special-projects conversion period and 1975-76 pre-inactivation availability at that yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1957-1976 (regime); 2016-2021 (opinions)
- Population
- Navy submarine construction/maintenance trades at Mare Island
- Limitations
- Halibut is not named in Kase or the yard record - documents the era specification regime and Mare Island's documented nuclear-submarine piping product only. Does not establish materials aboard this hull, exposure, causation, quantity, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-halibut-ssn587-10
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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)
- 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 all of Halibut's construction (1957-60) and essentially all of her service-era insulation events (1960-1976 availabilities and conversions).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches) - content via product-page description, consistent with batch-01/08/20 practice.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-halibut-ssn587-11
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[12]NAVSEA, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & IMF history page (submarine recycling program authorized 1990: inactivation, reactor-compartment disposal, and recycling of nuclear-powered ships); Federal Register 61 FR (Aug 9, 1996) EIS notice for reactor-compartment disposal (compartments shipped from PSNS to DOE Hanford burial grounds) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsea.navy.mil PSNS-IMF History; govinfo.gov FR-1996-08-09 (96-20237)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Halibut's documented disposal path - the Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at PSNS (NVR: 'Disposed of by submarine recycling,' 9 September 1994; entered the program 12 July 1993 per secondary sources) - is an industrial dismantling process: defueling, reactor-compartment removal and packaging for Hanford burial, and recycling of the remaining hull. Program-level documentation describes the process but contains no hull-specific hazmat manifest for this ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1993-1994
- Population
- PSNS recycling/defueling workers (1993-1994)
- Limitations
- Program-level context: the NVR confirms this hull went through NPSSRP, but no Halibut-specific abatement or hazmat record from the recycling is public. Hazardous-material handling during recycling is documented program-wide, not per-hull. Does not establish what ACM was aboard at disposal.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-halibut-ssn587-12
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[13]Batch-402 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription + Wayback NHHC; NVR via Wayback; NavSource; USNI (Polmar 2010, 1996; Naval History 2025); CourtListener API v4 exact-name and hull-number sweeps (type=o and type=r); GAO product page [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-halibut-ssn587-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific ASBESTOS record located: no asbestos survey, insulation schedule, abatement contract, or hazmat disclosure naming USS Halibut (SSGN-587/SSN-587) was found. No asbestos OPINION names the hull - CourtListener type=o 'USS Halibut' returned zero hits, and all 11 type=o 'SSN-587' hits are Social-Security-number strings inside military-justice captions (e.g., 'SSN 587-56-8844'), not the hull. Qualifying RECAP hits are all pleading/discovery-stage allegations (work-history rosters in the Mare Island-worker complaint family; the Dryfka service-history allegation; the BuMed Release 22 exhibit - which is radiation content, not asbestos). No merits-level record or opinion names this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- 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 hull was fully recycled in 1993-94 and the NPSSRP left no public per-hull hazmat trail. Roster allegations and filing exhibits remain pleading/discovery-stage only. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-halibut-ssn587-13