Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
-
[1]Naval Vessel Register, ship detail page USS LOUISVILLE (SSN 724) (archived capture 2019-03-24; live nvr.navy.mil page not directly retrievable) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR vessel status + milestone dates + physical characteristics + program characteristics
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR milestones and characteristics: class SSN 688, UIC 21302, U.S. Pacific Fleet, homeport Pearl Harbor HI (as of capture); builder General Dynamics Corp.; award 02/11/1982; keel 09/16/1984; launch 12/14/1985; delivery 10/28/1986; commission 11/08/1986. Length 362 ft; extreme beam 33 ft; max navigational draft 31 ft; light displacement 5,789 t, full 6,185 t; steel hull; 1 propeller; propulsion Steam Turbine (Nuclear); accommodations 12 officers + 98 enlisted; planning yard HII-Newport News Shipbuilding; nuclear planning yard General Dynamics Electric Boat; PMS 392.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- construction through 2019 capture
- Population
- Construction yard; successive crews
- Limitations
- Official register data for identity, milestones, builder, dimensions and propulsion only; contains no asbestos or material-content information. 2019 capture predates inactivation/decommissioning - status fields show active in commission. NVR keel date 09/16/1984 corroborates the ship's own command histories against the 24 Sep 1984 date propagated by secondary compilations (see ev-05).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-louisville-ssn724-01
-
[2]USS Louisville (SSN 724) Command Histories 1987 and 1988, NHHC command-operation-reports archive (archived PDFs; live dam paths 404; %PDF-verified, pdftotext-extracted) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- 1987 COR (command composition + chronology); 1988 COR (command composition + chronology)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Primary ship-generated command histories (1987, 1988): 'thirtyfifth ship of the LOS ANGELES class submarines to enter the submarine fleet'; constructed by Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Groton; fourth U.S. ship of the name; keel laid 16 September 1984, launched 14 December 1985, commissioned 8 November 1986; sponsor Mrs. Betty Ann McKee, wife of Adm. Kinnaird R. McKee, Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion. 1987: assigned SubRon TWO, SubLant, New London; recovery trials en route Roosevelt Roads; Harpoon/Tomahawk/MK-48 weapons certification off St. Croix; Bermuda port visit; first ORSE 14-15 Apr; CDR Charles B. Beckman relieved Capt. Charles E. Ellis (first CO) 24 Apr 1987; Post-Shakedown Availability at Electric Boat, Groton, 30 Apr-31 Dec 1987. 1988: acoustic trials at AUTEC en route to new homeport San Diego 19 Jan-16 Feb 1988 (interfleet transfer to SubRon 11, SubPac); Tomahawk inert test vehicle launch; FLEETEX 88-2; surprise ORSE; RIMPAC 88; POMCERT Nov; deployed WESTPAC 88-89 Dec 1988. Assigned 13 officers + 125 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1986-1988
- Population
- Crew; Electric Boat yard trades (PSA 1987)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-generated histories documenting operations, command, and availabilities; no asbestos or material-content statements. Section-4 'date assumed command 24 April 1986' is an OCR/typographical slip - the same document's chronology and the 1989 COR place Beckman's relief of Ellis on 24 April 1987.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-louisville-ssn724-02
-
[3]USS Louisville (SSN 724) Command History 1991, NHHC command-operation-reports archive (archived PDF; %PDF-verified, pdftotext-extracted); corroborated by DVIDS release 391172 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- 1991 COR chronology + command composition; DVIDS 391172
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- 1991 COR chronology (verbatim): 1 JAN 'Enroute WESTPAC, Operation Desert Shield'; 17 JAN 'Entered Red Sea, Commencement of hostilities (Gulf War)'; 19 JAN 'At 0930 hrs, launched historic, firstever, submerged cruise missile strike against Iraqi targets from Red Sea' - the first combat launch of Tomahawk cruise missiles by a submarine (DVIDS release describes the ~14,000-mile submerged high-speed transit from the Pacific); 13 FEB arrived Apra Harbor, Guam; 14-25 FEB 'Wartime upkeep w/USS PROTEUS'; 25 FEB underway to return to war zone; 28 FEB cease fire; 7-12 MAR Perth port visit; 25-28 MAR Subic Bay; 3-14 APR upkeep SRF Subic Bay; 28 APR returned San Diego; post-deployment upkeep with USS DIXON (AS-37); ORSE; CDR David A. Gove relieved CDR Frank W. Stewart 23 Sep; 14-31 DEC 'Upkeep/Battery change out and drydocking w/USS ARCO (ARDM-5)'. Crew of 130. Awarded Navy Unit Commendation for the patrol (secondary/official biography record).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1991
- Population
- Crew; tender/SRF upkeep personnel (Proteus, Subic Bay); ARCO (ARDM-5) drydock trades Dec 1991
- Limitations
- Primary ship-generated history; documents operations and availabilities, not material content. The 1990 COR shows deployment began 27-31 Dec 1990. NUC award is consistent across secondary sources and official biography records; the award citation itself was not retrieved. No asbestos statement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-louisville-ssn724-03
-
[4]USS Louisville (SSN 724) Command Histories 1990, 1992-1996, NHHC command-operation-reports archive (archived PDFs; %PDF-verified, pdftotext-extracted) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- 1990 COR (SRA, VLS launch); 1992 COR (CVBG deployment); 1993 COR (SRA with Mare Island NSY in ARCO ARDM-5); 1994 COR (drydock, homeport change notice); 1995 COR (DMP commencement); 1996 COR (Dry Dock #1 PHNSY DMP)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Maintenance/availability events documented in the ship's own CORs: 1990 - first Selected Restricted Availability 4 Apr-12 Jun at San Diego; 'VLS LAUNCH - Operationally test launched a TOMAHAWK Land Attack Missile' 3 Aug (confirming vertical-launch fit); deployed 27-31 Dec. 1992 - IMA upkeeps with USS MCKEE (AS-41); RIMPAC-92; deployed 3 Nov with USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63) battle group; Hong Kong, Singapore; COMUSNAVCENT inchop 18 Dec; Battle Efficiency 'E' for 1992. 1993 - WESTPAC with Kitty Hawk BG Jan-May (SHAREM 102; first SSN port visits to Abu Dhabi and Jebel Ali - upkeep with USS JASON (AR-8); first SSN visit Port Victoria, Seychelles); SRA 1 Jun-6 Sep 'with Mare Island Naval Shipyard and USS MCKEE (AS-41) while drydocked in USS ARCO (ARDM-5)' at San Diego. 1994 - CDR Christopher R. Earl assumed command 12 Jan; drydock 14 Apr-23 Jun (ion exchanger resin discharge and replacement); pre-DMP availability 30 Sep-1 Nov; homeport change to Pearl Harbor effective 1 Feb 1995. 1995 - transit to Hawaii for homeport change late Feb; DMP at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard commencing 25 Mar, continuing into 1996. 1996 - in Dry Dock #1 PHNSY undergoing DMP, then pierside; post-DMP sea trials mid-year; SubRon SEVEN Pearl Harbor.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1990-1996
- Population
- Crew; IMA/tender personnel (McKee, Dixon); Mare Island NSY trades (1993 SRA); PHNSY trades (DMP 1995-96)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-generated histories; they establish which yards/drydocks held this hull and when - they do not document materials handled or any asbestos content. Mare Island NSY's role in the 1993 San Diego SRA is documented but its scope/work packages are not public. 1995 COR chronology header mislabels the year as '1994' (OCR of form); content is 1995 events.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-louisville-ssn724-04
-
[5]USS Louisville (SSN 724) Command Histories 1997-1999, 2001, 2003, NHHC command-operation-reports archive (archived PDFs; %PDF-verified, pdftotext-extracted) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- 1997-1999 CORs (SubRon 3; WestPac 98-99; SRA PHNSY Dec 1999); 2001 COR (WestPac, JTFEX, INSURV); 2003 COR (OIF strikes; DSRA Dry Dock #2 PHNSY)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- 1997-2003 CORs (SubRon THREE, Pearl Harbor from 1997): WestPac Oct 1998-Apr 1999 (Guam, Brisbane; completed 2 Apr); weapons offload at West Loch; commenced SRA at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Dec 1999. WestPac Jan-Jun 2001 (Yokosuka, Okinawa, Singapore, Chinhae, Sasebo, Gladstone; upkeep with USS FRANK CABLE (AS-40)); San Diego JTFEX Oct-Nov; INSURV Dec. 2003 COR: UIC 21302; CO CDR Michael E. Jabaley Jr.; departed Guam 29 Jan 2003 for 83 days supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom; chopped to COMFIFTHFLT; 'Conducted Tomahawk Missile Strikes in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom' in March; HMAS Stirling 21-28 Apr; moored Pearl Harbor 13 May concluding a 246-day deployment; commenced DSRA 2-2 22 Jul; entered Dry Dock #2 PHNSY, undocked 8 Nov; DSRA scope included Dual Media Discharge, BYG-1 fire control, SUBHDR EHF installs; berth shift Pearl Harbor 24 Dec.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1997-2003
- Population
- Crew; PHNSY trades (SRA 1999-2000; DSRA 2003); tender personnel (Frank Cable)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-generated histories; operations and availabilities only - no material content. COR does not give a missile count; secondary compilations claim 16 Tomahawks on 21-22 Mar 2003 (unverified by the COR; the NHHC-attributed narrative dates the strikes 21-22 March among ~30 coalition ships/submarines). OCR-degraded chronology tables on 1997-99 rows limit some date extraction.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-louisville-ssn724-05
-
[6]DVIDS/Commander Submarine Group Nine releases 348925 (2019-10-22) and 391172 (2021-03-11); DVIDS video 775553 / NAVSEA article 2269484 (concurrent Dry Dock 5 inactivation with USS Olympia, 2020-07-09); Foster's/AP Portsmouth reporting (2007-02) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- DVIDS 348925 (arrival); DVIDS 391172 (decommissioning); DVIDS 775553/NAVSEA 2269484 (Dry Dock 5 concurrent inactivation); fosters.com AP articles Feb 2007 (PNSY arrival)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposition and late-career record for this hull: departed Pearl Harbor 7 Oct 2019, arrived Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton 22 Oct 2019 to begin inactivation (DVIDS 348925). Entered Dry Dock 5 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & IMF 9 Jul 2020 in concurrent inactivation with USS Olympia (SSN-717) (NAVSEA/DVIDS 775553). Decommissioned after 34 years of service 9 Mar 2021 at PSNS&IMF; final CO Cmdr. Christopher Brown; stricken same day (navysite; Wikipedia); 'scheduled to be recycled by PSNS & IMF' (DVIDS 391172). The release restates the Desert Storm first-submarine-Tomahawk strike (19 Jan 1991) and notes she was 'the only Pacific Fleet SSN to have twice launched cruise missiles in combat' (OIF 2003). Mid-life yard event: departed Pearl Harbor 4 Jan 2007 for an approximately 18-month Engineered Overhaul at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME - arrived ~12 Feb 2007 (AP via Foster's); departed PNSY 18 Jan 2009 ahead of the CNO-mandated completion date (secondary); returned Pearl Harbor spring 2009.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2007-2021
- Population
- Crew; PSNS&IMF inactivation trades; PNSY Kittery overhaul trades (2007-09)
- Limitations
- Official Navy releases (DVIDS/NAVSEA) verified for the events they cover; they contain no asbestos or hazmat content - inactivation scope described as defueling/recycling-process work without material characterization. Portsmouth EOH arrival rests on AP reporting; departure date and 'ahead of schedule' framing are secondary (uscarriers/navysite). Strike date rests on compilations - post-2021 NVR detail page unreachable.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-louisville-ssn724-06
-
[7]NVR keel-date field; COR milestone blocks (all nine years, uniform); secondary compilations (conflicting line); seaforces NHHC-attributed paragraph (sponsor-name variant) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR milestone dates; COR 1987-2003 history statements; Wikipedia/NavSource/navysite/uscarriers spec blocks; seaforces NHHC-attributed paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTIONS / source conflicts: (a) Keel date - NVR (09/16/1984) and all nine ship-generated command histories give 16 September 1984; Wikipedia, NavSource, navysite, and uscarriers give 24 September 1984. NVR + the primary CORs control: keel laid 16 Sep 1984; the 24 Sep date is a propagated secondary error. (b) Sponsor - CORs uniformly give 'Mrs. Betty Ann McKee, wife of Adm. Kinnaird R. McKee' (Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion); seaforces' NHHC-attributed paragraph says 'Elizabeth A. McKee' - CORs control. (c) Pacific transfer - CORs place the Atlantic-to-Pacific move at Jan-Feb 1988 (AUTEC trials en route to San Diego; SubRon 2 New London through the 1987 PSA), contradicting Wikipedia's 'transited the Panama Canal in January 1987' (she was in Caribbean weapons trials then). (d) Class ordinal - CORs uniformly 'thirty-fifth' Los Angeles-class boat; navysite's '37th' rejected.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1984-1988
- Limitations
- Documents source conflicts, not asbestos. The 24 Sep keel date is so widespread in compilations that downstream records may repeat it; the seaforces sponsor variant suggests its underlying NHHC text may differ from the CORs on that detail.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-louisville-ssn724-07
-
[8]navysite.de USS Louisville (SSN 724) ship page (detailed secondary compilation consistent with CORs); seaforces.org SSN-724 page carrying an NHHC-attributed narrative paragraph; NavSource Online Submarine Photo Archive (08/08724); uscarriers.net history; Wikipedia (cross-check only) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite.de/ssn/ssn724.htm (history narrative + spec block); seaforces.org/usnships/ssn/SSN-724-USS-Louisville.htm; navsource.org/archives/08/08724.htm; uscarriers.net/ssn724history.htm; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Louisville_(SSN-724)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilations fill post-2003 service detail not covered by retrievable CORs: WestPac 2005 (Yokosuka; Talisman Sabre; return 16 Nov); surge deployment May-Jun 2006; PNSY Kittery EOH Jan 2007-Jan 2009; CSS-3 Pearl Harbor; WestPac 2010 (departed 26 Apr, returned 29 Oct); WestPac 2012 (Feb-Aug; Sepanggar, Sasebo, Guam, Subic Bay 25 Jun, Yokosuka); WestPac Oct 2014-Apr 2015 and Sep 2016-Mar 2017 (Meritorious Unit Commendations per compilation); 2017 SOUTHCOM surge - first nuclear-powered warship port call at Talcahuano, Chile (Chilean submarine centennial); final CENTCOM/7th Fleet deployment Oct 2018-May 2019 (SHAREM 195; Jebel Ali; Guardian Sea; return 2 May 2019). seaforces carries an NHHC-attributed paragraph consistent with the CORs on milestones (16 Sep 1984 keel) except the sponsor-name variant ('Elizabeth A. McKee'). No live or archived DANFS page for this hull was located - the NHHC-attributed text is an unverified lead, not a fetched source.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2004-2019
- Population
- Crew
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations - verification_status partial; specific port-call dates and award details are unverified against primary sources for 2004-2019 (CORs for those years not located in the NHHC archive). NHHC attribution of the seaforces paragraph could not be traced to a retrievable DANFS page. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-louisville-ssn724-08
-
[9]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 - well before this hull's 1984-86 construction, placing her on the post-substitution side of the transition for original fit, while asbestos-containing repair materials persisted in yard supply through her service-era availabilities.
- 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-louisville-ssn724-09
-
[10]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 still referenced when this hull was built (keel 1984) and maintained.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- 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-louisville-ssn724-10
-
[11]Era inference built on: NVR spec block (S6G plant, steam turbine, single shaft); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for electric-boat-groton, mare-island-naval-shipyard, pearl-harbor-naval-shipyard, portsmouth-naval-shipyard, puget-sound-naval-shipyard (thermal insulation, submarine steam/propulsion lagging, gaskets, packing, block insulation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR milestones + spec block; shipyards.json product lists; COR-documented availability dates
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A VLS-equipped (Flight II) Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine built 1984-1986 at Electric Boat and maintained through Navy-yard availabilities (EB PSA 1987; San Diego drydockings incl. Mare Island NSY participation 1993; PHNSY DMP 1995-96, SRA 1999, DSRA 2003; PNSY EOH 2007-09; PSNS inactivation 2019-21) sits at the tail of 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; all five yards' asbestos product use in the period is independently documented at the yard level.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1984-2021
- Population
- Electric Boat construction trades (1984-87); Mare Island/PHNSY/PNSY/PSNS yard trades; crew (1986-2020); SRP workers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey or material list located for SSN-724. Names era-standard applications on non-nuclear secondary/auxiliary systems, not confirmed installed materials; the S6G reactor plant establishes nothing. Hull construction postdates the early-1970s start of Navy insulation substitution by more than a decade, so original-asbestos inference is weaker than for 1950s-60s hulls AND weaker than for early-1970s 688s; residual-era ACM and maintenance-era disturbance remain inference. No quantity; SRP-era material disposition undocumented per-hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-louisville-ssn724-11
-
[12]Batch-409 search ledger (this record): NVR archived capture; NHHC CORs 1987-1999/2001/2003 (Wayback id_ captures); navysite + NavSource + uscarriers + seaforces compilations; DVIDS/NAVSEA releases; AP/Foster's; verified RECAP exhibit PDFs (Cooks, Halseth, Cronin, Guthrie, Davis) grepped for name AND hull number; GAO product page; CourtListener API (blocked) + Google-indexed CL corpus [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows on this record
- 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 Louisville (SSN-724) was found. This hull is absent from all five verified RECAP complaint-exhibit work histories checked (Cooks, Halseth, Cronin, Guthrie, Davis - Mare Island vessel lists). CourtListener API exact-name and hull-number searches could not be executed (HTTP 429, 125/day exhausted) - logged blocked, not 'no result'; the Google-indexed CL corpus surfaced only name collisions (Louisville & Nashville Railroad; Louisville KY venue matters) and generic Portsmouth NSY asbestos documents naming other hulls. The web asbestos sweep surfaced only competitor/law-firm class pages - excluded per sourcing 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. Hull awaits Ship-Submarine Recycling Program processing at PSNS&IMF; per-hull hazmat handling records, if any exist, are not public. 'Louisville' is a high-collision name (city, venue, railroad, prior hulls incl. CA-28) - hits were checked for hull-number corroboration. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-louisville-ssn724-12