Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]DANFS 'Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-730)' entry (Mark L. Evans, 4 June 2014; published 15 July 2015); live NHHC page returned 404 - Internet Archive Wayback capture used [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS characteristics block and narrative, Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-730)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (DANFS): laid down 19 November 1981 at Groton, Conn., by Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., as Rhode Island (SSBN-730); renamed Henry M. Jackson 9 September 1983 following the death of Senator Henry M. Jackson (the name Rhode Island being assigned to SSBN-740); launched 15 October 1983, sponsored by Ms. Anna M. Laurence, the late Senator's daughter; commissioned at New London, Conn., 6 October 1984, Capt. Ralph L. Tindal (Blue Crew) and Capt. Michael A. Farmer (Gold Crew) in command. Spec block: 560' length, 42' beam, 38' draft, 20+ knots, complement 153, 24 Trident I C4 missiles and four torpedo tubes (Mk 48), Ohio class. On 18 February 2007 nearly 200 gallons of seawater entered the bridge trunk in heavy Pacific seas - no casualties, boat continued operations. On 3 December 2007 the boat launched an unarmed Trident II D5 test missile submerged in the Pacific (120th Trident test launch since 1989). Operates with the Pacific Fleet out of Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Wash.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1981-2015
- Population
- crew of USS Henry M. Jackson (two alternating Blue/Gold crews; DANFS complement 153)
- Limitations
- Service-history source only; contains no asbestos, materials, or exposure information. Live NHHC URL returned 404 in this environment; the cited URL is a 2019-06-02 Wayback capture of the official page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-m-jackson-ssbn730-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, SHIPSDETAIL_SSBN_730 (retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 2024-06-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL milestone, status, and characteristics fields
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NVR record: HENRY M. JACKSON (SSBN 730), class SSBN 726 (Ohio); award date 06/06/1977; keel date 11/19/1981; launch 10/15/1983; delivery 09/11/1984; commission 10/06/1984; status active, in commission (status-change date 10/06/1984); U.S. Pacific Fleet; homeport Bangor, WA; builder General Dynamics Electric Boat; planning yard General Dynamics Electric Boat; steel hull; one propeller; propulsion steam turbine (nuclear); accommodations 13 officers + 140 enlisted; record last updated 12/05/2019.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- register snapshot, last updated 12/05/2019
- Limitations
- Milestone/status register only; NVR carries no asbestos or materials data. Archived snapshot may not reflect post-2019 amendments.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-m-jackson-ssbn730-02
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[3]Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet - USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730) About page (retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 2018-03-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- CSP About narrative and Boat Characteristics block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official COMSUBPAC page for this hull: fifth submarine of the Ohio class and the only Ohio-class submarine not named after a state (named for Sen. Henry M. Jackson, 1912-1983); contract awarded to Electric Boat Division, Groton, 6 June 1977; keel laid 19 January 1981 (conflicts with DANFS/NVR 19 November 1981 - see correction row ev-08); originally intended as USS Rhode Island, renamed following the Senator's death 1 September 1983; launched 15 October 1983; commissioned 6 October 1984. Originally equipped with Trident C4, later converted to Trident II D5. On 15 May 2012 became the first Ohio-class SSBN to complete 80 Trident strategic deterrent patrols. Class characteristics: 16,764 t surfaced / 18,750 t submerged, 560 ft x 42 ft x 38 ft, S8G PWR, two geared turbines, one shaft at 60,000 shp, complement 15 officers + 140 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1977-2012
- Population
- crew (CSP figure 15 officers + 140 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Official Navy command page; no asbestos or materials content. CSP keel date (19 Jan 1981) conflicts with DANFS/NVR (19 Nov 1981); CSP sponsor name 'Anna Marie Jackson' differs slightly from DANFS 'Anna M. Laurence.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-m-jackson-ssbn730-03
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[4]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 Oct 1979), Enclosure I Attachment 1 (Navy CNO Ser 4542/318054 of 5 Jan 1979) and Note 1 [gao]
- Locator
- HRD-80-2 Enclosure I Attachment 1, 'Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine (Nuclear Propulsion) (Trident) - SSBN' block listing hulls 726-730; Note 1 on residual applications (gaskets, pipe hanger liners)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Ship-specific federal record: Attachment 1 to the Navy's 5 January 1979 response to GAO (enclosed in GAO HRD-80-2) lists U.S. Navy ships delivered since 1973 or under construction, with thermal-insulation status. The TRIDENT SSBN block lists hulls 726 OHIO, 727 MICHIGAN, 728, 729, and 730 (all then unchristened under construction, incl. this hull, start 2/78, projected delivery 11/83) annotated 'Asbestos-free thermal insulation.' The same document's Note 1 states that, in addition to exceptions noted for specific ships, 'asbestos is also used in shipboard applications for which no suitable (asbestos-free) substitutes have as yet been designated, i.e., gaskets and pipe hanger liners'; the letter text adds that all ships in service contain some asbestos (clutches, electric cables, deck tile, galley-range insulation, piping gaskets/packing, resistors) and that it is 'nearly impossible to build a Navy ship free of the mineral.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1979 statement covering construction then in progress (hull start listed 2/78; delivered 1984)
- Population
- construction/shipyard trades at Electric Boat; crew (projected complement)
- Limitations
- Navy-reported materials designation made January 1979, while this hull was in early construction (keel 1981, delivery 1984) - it describes the insulation specification/status for the hull number, not a post-delivery survey. 'Asbestos-free' covers thermal insulation only; per the same document's Note 1, asbestos remained aboard in gaskets, pipe hanger liners, and other applications lacking substitutes. Does not establish that no asbestos-containing material was installed, nor any exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-m-jackson-ssbn730-04
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[5]DoD Inspector General, Evaluation of Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN) Sustainment, Report No. DODIG-2018-127 (15 June 2018), Table 2 [other_primary]
- Locator
- DODIG-2018-127 Table 2 (ERO periods) and ERO description section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- DoD IG evaluation lists this hull's mid-life Engineered Refueling Overhaul window: November 2004 - March 2007 (Table 2), within the class program of ~27-month EROs refueling the reactor and repairing/upgrading propulsion, ship equipment, and ballistic-missile systems; EROs are conducted at Norfolk Naval Shipyard or Puget Sound Naval Shipyard depending on the submarine's assignment (this hull was Bangor-based Pacific Fleet per NVR, consistent with PSNSY execution). Projected end-of-life April 2027.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2004-2007 (ERO window); report dated 2018
- Population
- shipyard trades at the ERO yard (PSNSY implied by Pacific assignment - inferred, not stated per-hull)
- Limitations
- Maintenance-window documentation only; the report contains no asbestos or materials data for this hull. The ERO yard is not named per-hull in Table 2 - PSNSY is implied by the report's assignment rule and this boat's Bangor homeport, and is marked inferred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-m-jackson-ssbn730-05
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[6]NIOSH, Health Hazard Evaluation Report HETA 78-135-1333, Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, Connecticut (August 1983) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HETA 78-135-1333 Background and Results/Discussion sections (asbestos passage)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation at Electric Boat Division, Groton (field visits July 1979-March 1981 - overlapping this hull's construction window): 'Historical reports of overexposure to asbestos were common among workers with eight or more years work experience at Electric Boat,' occurring 'primarily in the course of submarine overhaul and/or retrofit' performed at the Groton shipyard and a naval base in Spain; 'since the introduction of alternative forms of insulation for the reactor vessel and its complex of piping, asbestos use in the shipyard and on the submarines is slowly being phased out.' The report identifies the Trident class as one of the two submarine types manufactured at Electric Boat.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- field investigation 1979-1981; report August 1983
- Population
- Electric Boat workers (~25,000, incl. ~1,000 painters); painters surveyed had mean 11.5 years employment
- Limitations
- Yard/era documentation, not hull-specific: no hull number, boat, or materials schedule is identified. The asbestos passage describes historical overexposure reports concentrated in overhaul/retrofit work and documents that asbestos use in the yard and on submarines was being phased out - it neither establishes nor excludes ACM aboard SSBN-730. Fieldwork (1979-81) precedes most of this hull's construction (keel 1981, delivery 1984).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-m-jackson-ssbn730-06
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[7]U.S. EPA Superfund Site Profile, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Complex, Bremerton WA (site ID 1001107); ATSDR Public Health Assessment, Bremerton Naval Complex (16 Sep 2005) [other_primary]
- Locator
- EPA site profile - NPL milestones and site description
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Complex (Bremerton, WA) is a federal Superfund site: proposed to the National Priorities List 10 May 1993, finalized 31 May 1994; EPA/Washington Ecology documentation lists asbestos among site contaminants of concern, and ATSDR issued a public health assessment for the Bremerton Naval Complex in 2005. This hull's 2004-2007 ERO window (ev-05) was at PSNSY or NNSY per the DoD IG assignment rule; as a Bangor-based Pacific Fleet boat the PSNSY venue is inferred.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- NPL listing 1993-94; site operations historical and ongoing
- Population
- PSNSY workforce and surrounding environment
- Limitations
- Yard-environment documentation only; not a record of asbestos aboard this hull. The ERO yard linkage for this hull is inferred from the DoD IG assignment rule and Pacific homeport - the per-hull yard is not stated in the cited table.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-m-jackson-ssbn730-07
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[8]Cross-source discrepancy: DANFS + NVR (19 Nov 1981) vs. CSP + navysite (19 Jan 1981) [other_primary]
- Locator
- CSP About narrative vs. DANFS narrative and NVR keel field
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Keel-date conflict documented, not reconciled: DANFS and NVR give 19 November 1981; COMSUBPAC and the secondary navysite compilation give 19 January 1981. This record carries the DANFS/NVR date (19 November 1981) as the register value.
- Verification
- disputed
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Two official Navy sources conflict; a ten-month difference. DANFS/NVR carried provisionally; the conflict itself is the documented fact. No primary keel-laying record (e.g., EB builder's record or command history) was located to resolve it.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-m-jackson-ssbn730-08
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[9]Negative litigation finding across CourtListener/indexed RECAP documents and verbatim search of five retrieved N.D. Cal. Exhibit A rosters (gov.uscourts.cand.192004, .197119, .199308, .204620, .204934) [court_record]
- Locator
- verbatim text search of retrieved exhibits; indexed-document name/hull-number sweeps
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Litigation sweep result: exact-name and hull-number searches ('USS Henry M. Jackson' / 'Henry M. Jackson' + 'SSBN-730') across CourtListener/indexed RECAP documents and the five retrieved N.D. Cal. asbestos complaint exhibits (Halseth, Cooks, Davis, Cronin, McIntyre rosters) produced no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull. Returned hits were unrelated military matters, name collisions, or non-asbestos documents.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- filings indexed through 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located pleading or opinion is not proof none exists - CourtListener coverage is not exhaustive for state-court pleadings, the API was rate-limited (HTTP 429) and public search AWS WAF-blocked this session, and non-mirrored filings are outside the sweep.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-m-jackson-ssbn730-09
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[10]Negative finding across DANFS/NHHC, NVR, CSP, DoD IG, GAO, NIOSH, EPA, and indexed litigation sources [other_primary]
- Locator
- see search_ledger sl-uss-henry-m-jackson-ssbn730-01..10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Negative finding: beyond the 1979 Navy insulation designation (ev-04), no ship-specific asbestos execution record was located for USS Henry M. Jackson - no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, materials schedule, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding. The ev-04 designation is a specification-level statement (asbestos-free thermal insulation with residual ACM applications per Note 1), not a post-construction materials survey.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record is not proof no record exists. An active in-commission SSBN's detailed materials/hazmat records are not public; no FOIA-derived hull documentation was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henry-m-jackson-ssbn730-10