Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS entry, USS Jack (SSN-605) (verbatim transcription via LostHistory/HazeGray mirror; live NHHC 404) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS transcription (LostHistory/HazeGray mirror), full entry incl. transcriber's note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (DANFS transcription): laid down 16 September 1960 by Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, N.H.; launched 24 April 1963, sponsored by Mrs. Leslie R. Groves (wife of Lieutenant General Groves, head of the Manhattan Project); commissioned 31 March 1967, Comdr. L. T. Urbanczyk in command. Spec block: dp. 3,968 (surf.); l. 278'; b. 31'7"; dr. 25'4"; s. classified; cpl. 95; a. 4 tt.; cl. Thresher. Joined the Atlantic Fleet operating out of New London. Transcriber's appended note (Bauer & Roberts, Register of Ships): built with an experimental direct-drive plant with counter-rotating propellers on a single shaft; length 297'4"; stricken 11 July 1990.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1960-1990
- 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-jack-ssn605-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, SHIPSDETAIL SSN-605 (Wayback capture) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_605 milestone table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR milestone data for ex-Jack: builder Naval Shipyard Portsmouth; award 1959-03-13; keel 1960-09-16; launch 1963-04-24; commission 1967-03-31; delivery 1967-04-21; decommission and stricken 1990-07-11; 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-jack-ssn605-02
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[3]Era inference built on: DANFS/navysite spec blocks (S5W-class nuclear plant, steam turbines, single shaft); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for portsmouth-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 portsmouth-naval-shipyard, puget-sound-naval-shipyard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Permit/Thresher-class nuclear attack submarine built 1960-1967 at Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, Kittery, ME 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
- 1960-1967
- 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-jack-ssn605-03
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[4]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-jack-ssn605-04
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[5]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 (1960-1967) 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-jack-ssn605-05
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[6]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 Jack was located in any searched repository. CourtListener opinion search returned no adjudicated asbestos finding touching this hull. No document of any kind naming USS Jack (SSN-605) in an asbestos context was located; every 'Jack' hit is a collision.
- 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-jack-ssn605-06