Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, Hammerhead (SSN-663) - construction stub (verbatim transcription via HazeGray/LostHistory mirror; live NHHC page returned 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry (pre-commissioning stub) and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS (verbatim transcription): the second Hammerhead (SS(N)-663), a Sturgeon-class nuclear submarine, was laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Va., 29 November 1965; launched 14 April 1967, sponsored by Mrs. O. Clark Fisher; commissioning scheduled spring 1968 [transcriber's note: 28 June 1968]. Spec block: dp. 3,800 (surf.) / 4,600 (subm.); l. 292'3"; b. 31'8"; s. over 20 k.; cpl. 107; a. 4 21" tt.; cl. Sturgeon. navysite identifies her as the 15th Sturgeon-class attack submarine.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1965-1968
- Population
- Builder trades at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; crew
- Limitations
- Ship-specific construction-era stub only; ends before commissioning and contains no asbestos or material content. Live NHHC DANFS page returned 404; verbatim transcription used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hammerhead-ssn663-01
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[2]NavSource Online Submarine Photo Archive + navysite.de ship pages (secondary compilations; post-DANFS milestones and disposition) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite.de/ssn/ssn663.htm; navsource.net/archives/08/08663.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-DANFS milestones (secondary compilations): commissioned 28 June 1968, Cmdr. Elbridge F. Murphy Jr.; Submarine Squadron Six, Norfolk. 19 May 1969: Vice President Spiro T. Agnew aboard for a five-hour submerged cruise off Cape Kennedy. September 1969: photographed approaching Faslane, Scotland. October-November 1970: SubIcex 2-70 Arctic exercise with USS Skate (SSN-578). navysite accident list: 27 March 1973 struck a submerged object (possibly a whale) at ~300 ft east of the Virginia Capes, no discernable damage. Decommissioned and stricken 5 April 1995; recycling finished 22 November 1995.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1965-1995
- Limitations
- DANFS entry is a pre-commissioning stub; commissioning onward rests on navysite/NavSource secondary compilations; Agnew ride and SubIcex unverified against primary sources. Accident entry unverified. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hammerhead-ssn663-02
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[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 ('HAMMERHEAD (SSN-663)')
- 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 'HAMMERHEAD (SSN-663)' among dozens of hulls. Cooks worked at Mare Island Naval Shipyard as a marine machinist 1974-1995 (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
- 1974-1995 (alleged exposure window); 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. The same exhibit mislabels 'FLASHER (SSN-670)' (SSN-670 is Finback's number) - a list-generation anomaly noted for reviewer awareness; the entry for THIS hull carries its own correct hull number.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hammerhead-ssn663-03
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[4]Cronin v. Todd Shipyards Corporation, No. 3:08-cv-03274-MMC (N.D. Cal.), complaint with consolidated Exhibit A work-history (filed 2008-07-08) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1, Exhibit A, Carcallas section vessel list ('HAMMERHEAD (SSN-663)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (consolidated three-decedent complaint; work-history for decedent Fabian Carcallas, a Mare Island Naval Shipyard electrical engineer 1978-1995 who designed electrical controls for nuclear submarines and worked aboard them in engine, auxiliary, and reactor compartments) lists 'HAMMERHEAD (SSN-663)' among vessels worked on; duty recitals describe proximity to asbestos-ceiling-tile removal, asbestos packing glands, insulation sheets, and gaskets.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1978-1995 (alleged exposure window); 2008 (filing)
- Population
- Fabian Carcallas, decedent (Mare Island NSY electrical engineer, 1978-1995)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation (complaint exhibit), unadjudicated; a work-history list entry is not an individualized exposure finding and does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility. The case is styled Cronin v. Todd Shipyards but the Mare Island electrical-engineer section is decedent Fabian Carcallas's, not Cronin's - attribution verified against the exhibit's decedent headers. Decedent's claims were never tried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hammerhead-ssn663-04
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[5]Era inference built on: NavSource/navysite spec blocks (S5W-class nuclear plant, steam turbines, single shaft); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for mare-island-naval-shipyard, newport-news-shipbuilding, electric-boat-groton, and puget-sound-naval-shipyard (thermal insulation, submarine steam/propulsion lagging, gaskets, packing, block insulation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource/navysite spec blocks; shipyards.json product lists for mare-island-naval-shipyard, newport-news-shipbuilding, electric-boat-groton, and puget-sound-naval-shipyard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Sturgeon-class nuclear attack submarine built 1965-1968 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. and maintained through Navy-yard availabilities across the 1970s-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
- 1965-1968
- Population
- Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. 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-hammerhead-ssn663-05
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[6]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 submarines - court-documented evidence that asbestos-containing insulation was specified in the submarine-construction regime in force when this hull was built (all batch-39 hulls were laid down 1964-1967, inside the post-SUBSAFE era).
- 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-hammerhead-ssn663-06
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[7]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 (1965-1968) 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-hammerhead-ssn663-07
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[8]Batch-39 search ledger (this record): DANFS mirror sweep; navysite + NavSource compilations; NVR; archive.org RECAP exhibit PDFs (Cooks, Halseth, Cronin); HathiTrust/Google catalog records; GAO product page; CourtListener (blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows on this record
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located beyond the pleading-stage litigation references carried on this record: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure case naming this hull was found. CourtListener direct searches (exact name + hull number, opinions and RECAP) could not be run this session - API and site returned HTTP 403/throttled (125/day exhausted; retry-after ~16h) - logged as blocked, not 'no result'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. Hull recycled through the Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program; per-hull hazmat handling records, if any exist, are not public. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hammerhead-ssn663-08