Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Kamehameha' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS Kamehameha' returned 1 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-kamehameha-ssbn642-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Kamehameha' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS Kamehameha' returned 33 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-kamehameha-ssbn642-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'SSBN-642' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'SSBN-642' returned 0 results (2026-10-07)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- zero-hit search; absence of hits is not proof of no litigation
- Evidence ID
- uss-kamehameha-ssbn642-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'SSBN-642' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'SSBN-642' returned 22 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-kamehameha-ssbn642-cl-hull-docket
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[5]DANFS, Kamehameha (SSB(N)-642) - namesake, construction, commissioning, first patrol (live NHHC page returned 404; 2023-09-26 Wayback capture of the official page used) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Kamehameha entry - spec block and service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 2 May 1963 by Mare Island Naval Shipyard; launched 16 January 1965, sponsored by Mrs. Samuel Wilder King, widow of the territorial governor of Hawaii (1953-1957); commissioned 10 December 1965, Comdr. Roth S. Leddick (Blue crew) and Comdr. Robert W. Dickieson (Gold crew) in command. Spec block: Benjamin Franklin class; displacement 7,250 surfaced / 8,250 submerged; length 425'; beam 33'; draft 31'5"; speed over 20 knots; complement 140; armament 16 Polaris missiles, 4 21-inch torpedo tubes. After shakedown off the Florida coast she joined the Pacific Fleet and began her first deterrent patrol 6 August 1966; returned in November, switched crews, and continued the patrol pattern through 1967.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1963-1967
- Population
- Mare Island NSY construction trades (1963-65); Blue/Gold crews (1965-1967 entry coverage)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. The DANFS entry ends in 1967 - later service is covered by other rows. Live NHHC page returned 404; a Wayback capture of the official page was used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kamehameha-ssbn642-01
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[6]Naval Vessel Register, KAMEHAMEHA (SSN 642) ex-SSBN 642, UIC 05713 - milestone dates, accommodations, propulsion type, disposal status (2016-10-09 Wayback capture; live page renders navigation frame only for this disposed hull) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail page - milestone dates and physical characteristics tables
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR entries for this hull: awarded 31 August 1962; builder Naval Shipyard Mare Island; keel 2 May 1963; launched 16 January 1965; delivered 1 October 1965; commissioned 10 December 1965; decommissioned 2 April 2002; stricken 2 April 2002; status 'Disposed of by submarine recycling,' date status changed 28 February 2003. Register class designator SSN 640; propulsion type 'Steam Turbine (Nuclear),' 1 propeller; accommodations 20 officers + 130 enlisted; steel hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1962-2003
- Limitations
- Registry data only; no asbestos or material content. 'Accommodations' (150) is berthing capacity, not identical to the DANFS complement figure (140); variance carried in gaps. NVR's 'SSN 640' class designator corresponds to the Benjamin Franklin class.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kamehameha-ssbn642-02
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[7]Strategic Systems Programs official chronology 1966-1975 (ssp.navy.mil, 2012-11-12 Wayback capture) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SSP chronology entries dated 1966-08-06, 1971-07-15, 1972-10-27, 1972-12-15, 1973-06-09, 1975-11-13
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Officially dated events for this hull: departed Apra Harbor, Guam, on first operational patrol with 16 Polaris (A3) missiles 6 August 1966; commenced overhaul and conversion to Poseidon (C3) capability at Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Groton CT, 15 July 1971 (the 15th SSBN converted); conversion completed 27 October 1972; Blue Crew launched one Poseidon C3 for Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 15 December 1972; deployed on operational patrol following conversion 9 June 1973; launched a Poseidon C3 during an Operational Test 13 November 1975.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1966-1975
- Population
- Electric Boat yard trades (1971-72); Blue/Gold crews
- Limitations
- Official program chronology; no asbestos or material content. The July 1971 - October 1972 Electric Boat availability was a weapons-system conversion plus refueling overhaul - any asbestos disturbance during it is era inference, not a per-hull record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kamehameha-ssbn642-03
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[8]COMSUBPAC Public Affairs release, 'USS Kamehameha Inactivates, Leaves Behind a Regal Legacy' (2001), verbatim reprint hosted by GlobalSecurity.org [other_primary]
- Locator
- COMSUBPAC PA release text, GlobalSecurity.org 2001 reports collection
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official public-affairs account: inactivation ceremony held at Pearl Harbor Naval Station (2001), Sen. Daniel Inouye principal speaker; the ship was the 30th of the '41 for Freedom' fleet ballistic missile submarines; served in Submarine Squadrons 1, 14, 15, 16, and 18, deploying from Guam, Charleston SC, Rota Spain, and most recently Pearl Harbor; strategic missiles removed and converted to a dual dry-deck-shelter platform for submerged deployment of Special Operations Forces, embarking as many as 200 troops for short periods; scheduled to transit to Bremerton, Washington, to be defueled, cut up, and recycled.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1965-2001 (retrospective release)
- Population
- Mare Island conversion trades (1992-93); single crew post-1993; embarked SOF
- Limitations
- Official PA narrative; no asbestos or material content. Confirms the conversion scope (missile systems removed; dual dry-deck shelters installed) but not its material scope - conversion-yard asbestos disturbance is era inference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kamehameha-ssbn642-04
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[9]History of USS Kamehameha - the ship's former official web-site history text, mirrored on a Guam submarine-veterans alumni site [other_primary]
- Locator
- gmapalumni.org mirror, 'History of USS Kamehameha' page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-history narrative: joined Submarine Squadron 15 forward-based at Guam after commissioning (Meritorious Unit Commendation); transferred to the Atlantic Fleet July 1970 (SubRon 18, Charleston SC); Groton conversion July 1971 - October 1972; joined SubRon 16 at Rota, Spain, June 1973; returned to SubRon 18 Charleston July 1979; MUCs for 1984-85 operations as a SubRon 14 member; selected 1985 Atlantic Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Top Performer; refueling overhaul at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard November 1986 - December 1989; after 63 deterrent patrols, missile systems inactivated July 1992 and converted to a special-purpose attack submarine at Mare Island Naval Shipyard; arrived Pearl Harbor August 1993, Submarine Squadron ONE.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1965-1993
- Population
- Portsmouth NSY yard trades (1986-89); Mare Island conversion trades (1992-93); crews
- Limitations
- PARTIAL verification: reproduced official-ship-history text on a non-official mirror. The Groton conversion window, Guam basing, and squadron sequence are corroborated by the SSP chronology and COMSUBPAC release; the 63-patrol total, the Portsmouth 1986-89 overhaul dates, and the Mare Island conversion window are not independently confirmed in an official record reachable this date. No asbestos content; the 1992-93 conversion's material scope is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kamehameha-ssbn642-05
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[10]William Cole, 'No museum planned for USS Kamehameha,' Honolulu Advertiser, 10 June 2002 - quotes PSNS spokeswoman Mary Anne Mascianica and a 28 May Navy letter [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Honolulu Advertiser, 2002-06-10 article
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous reporting on this hull's disposal: defueled and in drydock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, being cut up for scrap; the reactor compartment is sealed and shipped to Hanford, Washington; 'after a submarine's hazardous materials are removed, it is cut apart and as much as possible is recycled'; the sail, rudder sections, and other artifacts were saved for static display; NAVSEA coordinating with the Naval Historical Center; not considered for donation because nuclear-powered.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2001-2003
- Population
- PSNS&IMF recycling trades (2001-2003)
- Limitations
- Process-level description for this hull: 'hazardous materials are removed' before cutting, but the article does not say asbestos specifically - ACM abatement during NPSSRP recycling is undocumented for this hull. A newspaper account quoting Navy officials, not a survey or manifest.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kamehameha-ssbn642-06
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[11]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block and NVR propulsion entry (nuclear steam turbine); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for mare-island-naval-shipyard (Unibestos, Marinite, Transite, Kaylo, Careytemp, packing, gaskets), electric-boat-groton (submarine thermal insulation, steam/propulsion lagging, gaskets, packing through the 1970s), portsmouth-naval-shipyard (thermal insulation, pipe covering, gaskets, packing), and puget-sound-naval-shipyard (thermal insulation, gaskets, refractory materials) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NVR propulsion entry; shipyards.json product lists for the four yards
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Benjamin Franklin-class SSBN built 1963-65 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard and maintained through Navy-yard availabilities (Electric Boat conversion/overhaul 1971-72; Portsmouth NSY refueling overhaul 1986-89; Mare Island special-warfare conversion 1992-93; Puget Sound inactivation and recycling 2001-03) sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos era; era-standard applications on the secondary steam plant and auxiliary systems included thermal/pipe insulation, gaskets, packing, and machinery insulation. All four yards' asbestos product use in this period is independently documented at the yard level.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1963-2003
- Population
- Mare Island construction trades (1963-65); EB trades (1971-72); PNSY trades (1986-89); Mare Island conversion trades (1992-93); PSNS recycling trades (2001-03); Blue/Gold then single crews (1965-2002)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package was located for SSBN/SSN-642. Names era-standard applications on non-nuclear secondary/auxiliary systems, not confirmed installed materials; the S5W reactor plant establishes nothing. No quantity. The hull was fully recycled in 2003; present-condition questions do not apply.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kamehameha-ssbn642-07
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[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 Kamehameha's construction (1963-65) and first conversion availability (1971-72) entirely, with later availabilities extending into the substitution era.
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kamehameha-ssbn642-08
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[13]Kase v. Metalclad Insulation Corp., 6 Cal.App.5th 623, 212 Cal.Rptr.3d 198 (Cal. Ct. App. 1st Dist. 2016), docket A143590 - published opinion [court_record]
- Locator
- Kase v. Metalclad, 6 Cal.App.5th 623 (2016) - factual background and spec-history discussion
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A published asbestos personal-injury opinion documents the Navy's submarine-insulation procurement regime at this hull's construction yard: Metalclad brokered asbestos-containing Unibestos insulation shipped directly to Mare Island Naval Shipyard, where workers packed it around nuclear-submarine piping, under specifications MIL-I-2781 and MIL-I-24244 that could only be met with asbestos-containing products (Unibestos was the only product on the Navy's approved list). The plaintiff's exposure window was Mare Island in the early 1970s; a defense summary judgment was affirmed on the Boyle government-contractor defense.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2016 (opinion); regime described 1960s-70s
- Population
- Mare Island NSY submarine-insulation trades, early 1970s (litigated window)
- Limitations
- The opinion documents the yard and the spec regime, not this hull: Kamehameha is not named, and her Mare Island periods (1963-65 construction; 1992-93 conversion) do not overlap the early-1970s exposure window litigated. Court documentation of yard-level asbestos use in the era, not of material installed aboard this vessel. The disposition (defense summary judgment on Boyle grounds) is a merits ruling on the defense, not an exposure finding for or against any vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kamehameha-ssbn642-09
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[14]Batch-392 search ledger (this record): DANFS via Wayback; NVR via Wayback; SSP chronology; COMSUBPAC release; ship-history mirror; Honolulu Advertiser; GAO product page; CourtListener attempts; site-scoped web search [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-kamehameha-ssbn642-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos case naming USS Kamehameha (SSBN-642/SSN-642) was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener could not be queried directly this date - v4 API rate-limited (HTTP 429, ~12h retry window), web UI returned 403, Atom search feed WAF-challenged; a site-scoped web search over courtlistener.com/justia/govinfo returned only name collisions (Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate and Kamehameha Development Corp. litigation) and law-firm marketing lists naming the ship generically, which are excluded per source rules.
- 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 no longer exists (recycled 2003); whatever the NPSSRP work packages record about removed materials is not public. The CourtListener sweep is an open lead pending quota reset - docket-text (RECAP) hits naming the hull cannot be ruled out. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kamehameha-ssbn642-10