Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]DANFS, Parche II (SSN-683) - stub entry (name assignment and namesake only; no narrative) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Parche II entry, full text (published 2019-08-13)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (NHHC DANFS stub): the name Parche was assigned to SSN-683 on 7 March 1970; the entry describes the parche butterfly fish namesake and records this hull as the second of the name. The entry contains no construction, service, or disposal narrative.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1970
- Limitations
- Stub entry only - the live NHHC page is authoritative for the name assignment but supplies no service history; all construction/service detail rests on NVR, NNS releases, and the NSL archive. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-parche-ssn683-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, PARCHE (SSN 683) detail page (2024-08-22 Internet Archive Wayback capture; live NVR requires Navy SSO) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL SSN-683 milestone table, physical characteristics, comments field (last updated 11/05/2007)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR milestone and register data for ex-Parche: class SSN-637; builder Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.; award 06/25/1968; keel 12/10/1970; launch 01/13/1973; delivery 08/01/1974; commission 08/17/1974; decommission 07/18/2005; stricken 07/18/2005; status changed 11/30/2006 - 'Disposed of by submarine recycling'. Comments field: 'FLAG LOWERING CERMONY OCCURRED 19 OCT 04. RECYCLING COMPLETED AT PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD ON 30 NOV 06.' Physical block: 298 ft, beam 32 ft, 6,038/6,475 tons; accommodations 14 officers + 98 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1968-2006
- Population
- Ingalls construction trades (1970-74); crew (1974-2005); PSNSY recycling trades (2004-2006)
- Limitations
- Register milestone data only; no material characterization. Physical characteristics appear to be pre-conversion figures never updated (post-1991 length ~401.5 ft elsewhere) - flagged in gaps. Archived capture; live NVR requires Navy SSO.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-parche-ssn683-02
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[3]Navy News Service NNS041028-07, 'USS Parche Decommisions at PSNS' (JO2 Mary Popejoy, Naval Base Kitsap Public Affairs; released 2004-10-28) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- NNS041028-07 release body (globalsecurity.org mirror of navy.mil release)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy News Service release documents for this hull: decommissioning and change-of-command ceremony at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 19 October 2004 (Cmdr. Bill Guerrero relieved Capt. Charles Richard); commissioned August 1974; served as a unit of the Atlantic Submarine Force until 1976 before transferring to SUBPAC; on arrival at her new homeport at Mare Island, Calif., received ocean engineering modifications; 'From 1987 to 1991, Parche began an extended overhaul at Mare Island Shipyard. The boat was refueled and modified for research and development, adding a 100 foot extension to its hull, and began a new mission as part of Submarine Development Squadron 5'; resumed Pacific Fleet operations 1992; transferred to new homeport Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Wash., November 1994; earned nine Presidential Unit Citations and 10 Navy Unit Commendations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1974-2004
- Population
- MINSY overhaul trades (1987-1991); crew; PSNSY ceremony attendees (2004)
- Limitations
- Official Navy public-affairs release, not a deck record; establishes yard presence at Mare Island 1987-1991 (and an earlier ocean-engineering modification there) but contains no asbestos or material content. Does not establish exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-parche-ssn683-03
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[4]Navy News Service NNS070828-19, 'USS Parche Dedicates Sail to Puget Sound Navy Museum' (MCS2 Maebel Tinoko, Fleet Public Affairs Center Det. Northwest; released 2007-08-28; navy.mil story_id 31449 via Wayback) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- NNS070828-19 release body (Wayback capture of navy.mil story_id 31449)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy News Service release documents that a dedication ceremony was held at the Puget Sound Navy Museum, Bremerton, on 24 August 2007 for the preserved sail of decommissioned USS Parche (SSN-683), sponsored by the Parche Association to establish a museum exhibit; and recites that during 30 years in commission Parche earned 'an unprecedented nine Presidential Unit Citations, 10 Navy Unit Citations and 13 Naval Expeditionary Medal awards, making it the most highly decorated naval vessel in U.S. history.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2007
- Population
- Museum visitors and staff (2007-present)
- Limitations
- Official public-affairs release; confirms the sail's preserved location (Puget Sound Navy Museum maritime park, Bremerton - not the Naval Undersea Museum at Keyport as one secondary source claims) and award totals. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-parche-ssn683-04
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[5]Naval Submarine League archive (2005 issue): RADM Paul F. Sullivan, COMSUBPAC, deactivation remarks 2004-10-19; and CNO (ADM Vern Clark) decommissioning naval message for USS Parche (SSN-683) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NSL archive, 2005 issue, 'USS PARCHE DEACTIVATION' - Sullivan remarks and CNO message text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official remarks/message archived by the Naval Submarine League document for this hull: commissioned August 1974; 'entered service as the 34th of 37 Sturgeon class nuclear-powered attack submarines' and is 'the last of the 37 STURGEON or 637 Class SSNs in service'; crews 'supported ... at MARE ISLAND AND PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARDS'; operated 'as an Ocean Engineering, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation platform out of Mare Island'; Sullivan's remarks reference 'Mr. Barry Divine and their PSNSY Ocean Engineering Team' supporting the boat; 13 Expeditionary Medals, 10 Navy Unit Commendations, and 9 Presidential Unit Citations - 'the most decorated ship in our navy's history.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2004-10-19
- Population
- MINSY and PSNSY support personnel; crew
- Limitations
- Industry-association archive of official remarks and message traffic - supports a documented PSNSY support relationship for this hull (relevant to the Halseth/Robinson PSNSY work-history window) but supplies no dates of specific PSNSY availabilities and no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-parche-ssn683-05
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[6]Cooks v. General Electric Company, No. 3:07-cv-05451-EMC (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A work-history/exposure exhibit, ECF No. 1-2 (filed 2007-10-25) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-2, Exhibit A, MINSY Marine Machinist employer block, alphabetical vessel list ('PARCHE (SSN-683)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (plaintiff Alvin Cooks's Mare Island Naval Shipyard work-history/exposure exhibit) lists 'PARCHE (SSN-683)' in an alphabetical vessel roster under his continuous MINSY Marine Machinist employment (4/1974-1995: Helper, Limited, Journeyman, Foreman, General Foreman). The exhibit's duty recitals describe removing and replacing gaskets and valve packing, cutting gaskets to size, cleaning valves/pumps/blowers, and work in close proximity to insulators, pipefitters, welders, shipfitters and laborers. This entry carries no per-vessel date annotation (some other roster entries carry '1974-1991' or '1984-1995').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- 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 roster 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 claimed MINSY window IS corroborated in part: an official Navy release documents this hull's extended overhaul at Mare Island Shipyard 1987-1991, inside the plaintiff's 1974-1995 tenure - presence is corroborated, contact and material condition are not.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-parche-ssn683-06
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[7]Halseth v. General Electric Co., No. 3:07-cv-02543-EMC (N.D. Cal.), consolidated complaint Exhibit A work-histories, ECF No. 1-2 (filed 2007-05-14) - plaintiff Robert Wagenman sections [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-2, Exhibit A, Wagenman sections - MINSY Electrician 1970-1976 roster ('PARCHE (SSN-683) 1970-95') and MINSY Ship Scheduler Bldg 866 1982-1995 named recital ('PARCHE (SSN-683)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit names this hull TWICE in plaintiff Robert Wagenman's work-history: (a) in the alphabetical vessel roster under his MINSY Electrician employer block (1970-1976), where the entry 'PARCHE (SSN-683)' carries a generic '1970-95' annotation like neighboring entries; and (b) as a NAMED recital under his MINSY Ship Scheduler employer block (Building 866, 1982-1995), where he recalls going on 'ship sightings' to ascertain what equipment needed removal and repair, crawling 'on and around pipe that had been insulated with asbestos cloth and cement,' and 'recalls the following ships: ASPRO (SSN-648); BARB (SSN-596); GEORGE WASHINGTON (SSN-598); GUARDFISH (SSN-612); GUITARRO (SSN-665); HADDOCK (SSN-621); HALIBUT (SSGN-587; SSN-587); LA JOLLA (SSN-701); LOS ANGELES (SSN-688); PARCHE (SSN-683); PERMIT (SSN-594); PLUNGER (SSN-595); POGY (SSN-647); POLLACK (SSN-603); ROBERT E LEE (SSBN-601); SEA WOLF (SSN-575); and the SHARK (SSN-591).'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1970-1995 (alleged exposure windows); 2007 (filing)
- Population
- Robert Wagenman (Mare Island NSY electrician 1970-1976, shop planner 1976-1982, ship scheduler Bldg 866 1982-1995)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation (complaint exhibit), unadjudicated; even the named recital is not an individualized exposure finding and does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility. The scheduler window (1982-1995) IS corroborated in part: an official Navy release documents this hull's extended overhaul at Mare Island Shipyard 1987-1991 - presence inside the claimed window is corroborated, contact and material condition are not. The electrician-block roster's '1970-95' annotation is generic; this hull's documented MINSY arrival post-dates October 1976.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-parche-ssn683-07
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[8]Halseth v. General Electric Co., No. 3:07-cv-02543-EMC (N.D. Cal.), consolidated complaint Exhibit A work-histories, ECF No. 1-2 (filed 2007-05-14) - plaintiff Larry Robinson PSNSY section [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-2, Exhibit A, Robinson section, PSNSY Pipefitter 1975-2004 alphabetical vessel list ('PARCHE (SSN-683)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (consolidated multi-plaintiff work-histories; section for plaintiff Larry Robinson, a Puget Sound Naval Shipyard pipefitter 1975-2004) lists 'PARCHE (SSN-683)' in an alphabetical roster of vessels he worked on or around; duty recitals describe piping work in engine rooms, fire rooms, and reactor rooms, steam-trap gasket changes, and close proximity to laggers and other trades 'blowing around asbestos dust.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1975-2004 (alleged exposure window); 2007 (filing)
- Population
- Larry Robinson (Puget Sound NSY pipefitter, 1975-2004)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation (complaint exhibit), unadjudicated; a roster entry is not an individualized exposure finding and does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility. Partial corroboration only: official remarks archived at the Naval Submarine League document a PSNSY 'Ocean Engineering Team' supporting this hull, and NVR documents the hull's recycling at PSNSY completed 30 November 2006 - just outside the plaintiff's 1975-2004 window end; no dated in-service PSNSY availability was located for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-parche-ssn683-08
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[9]Cronin v. Todd Shipyards Corp., No. 3:08-cv-03274-MMC (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A work-history/exposure exhibit, ECF No. 1-2 (filed 2008-07-08) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-2, Exhibit A, MINSY Electrical Engineer 1978-1995 section, 'various vessels' roster ('PARCHE (SSN-683)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit lists 'PARCHE (SSN-683)' in the 'various vessels, including but not limited to' roster under the decedent's MINSY Electrical Engineer employment (Nuclear Engineering / Electrical Shop, 1978-1995). Duty recitals describe work aboard nuclear submarines in the engine compartment, auxiliary compartment, and upper and lower levels of the reactor compartment, inspecting electrical controls on generators, motors, and pumps, in proximity to others who removed and replaced pipe insulation and asbestos ceiling tiles.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1978-1995 (alleged exposure window); 2008 (filing)
- Population
- Cronin decedent (Mare Island NSY electrical engineer, 1978-1995)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation (complaint exhibit), unadjudicated; a roster entry is not an individualized exposure finding and does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility. The claimed MINSY window (1978-1995) IS corroborated in part: an official Navy release documents this hull's extended overhaul at Mare Island Shipyard 1987-1991 - presence is corroborated, contact and material condition are not.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-parche-ssn683-09
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[10]Davis et al v. General Electric Company, No. 3:08-cv-00228-JSW (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A work-histories, ECF No. 1-3 (filed 2008-01-14) - plaintiff Norris Wallace section [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-3, Exhibit A, Wallace section, MINSY Welder 1958-1985 vessel roster ('PARCHE (SSN-683)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (plaintiff Norris Wallace's work-history) lists 'PARCHE (SSN-683)' in the vessel roster under his Mare Island Naval Shipyard Welder employment (X11, X17, X26 shops, 1958-1985). Duty recitals describe welding tasks on ships and submarines in on-deck housing, ship engine and boiler rooms, and reactor compartments, and work in close proximity to insulators, boilermakers and pipefitters removing and installing valve packing, gaskets, boiler jackets and steam-line insulation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1958-1985 (alleged exposure window); 2008 (filing)
- Population
- Norris Wallace (Mare Island NSY welder, 1958-1985)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation (complaint exhibit), unadjudicated; a roster entry is not an individualized exposure finding and does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility. Partial corroboration: this hull's first ocean-engineering modifications at Mare Island (post-October 1976 transfer, per NNS) fall inside the plaintiff's 1958-1985 window, but the documented 1987-1991 overhaul does not - the roster entry does not fix which period the alleged contact involved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-parche-ssn683-10
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[11]Harris v. CBS Corporation, No. 3:18-cv-07572-YGR (N.D. Cal.), Order Granting Motion for Remand, ECF No. 49 (filed 2019-03-28; Gonzalez Rogers, J.) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF 49, footnote 3 (pages 2-3), ship-list recital of interrogatory responses
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Remand order in an asbestos personal-injury case recites, in footnote 3, the ship list from plaintiffs' interrogatory responses: 'The ships include the USS Barbel (SS-580), the USS Barb (SSN-596), USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658), the USS Parche (SSN-683), the USS Flasher (SSN-613), the USS Pollack (SSN-603), the USS Dace (SSN-607, the USS Seawolf (SSN-575), and the USS Richard B. Russell (SSN-687).' Plaintiff Michael Roy Harris's claimed work: shipfitter, sheet-metal worker and pipefitter at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (1966 and 1968-1973) and Mare Island Shipyard (1973-1995). The order granted remand to state court - no merits record on exposure was reached in the federal proceeding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1973-1995 (alleged exposure window); 2019 (order)
- Population
- Michael Roy Harris (Hunters Point NSY 1966/1968-1973; Mare Island Shipyard 1973-1995)
- Limitations
- Discovery-stage material (plaintiffs' interrogatory responses) recited in a procedural order; unadjudicated. The list records where the plaintiffs claimed work/exposure - no finding about asbestos aboard any listed hull. The claimed MINSY window (1973-1995) IS corroborated in part: an official Navy release documents this hull's extended overhaul at Mare Island Shipyard 1987-1991 - presence is corroborated, contact and material condition are not. Establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull, exposure of any individual, quantity, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-parche-ssn683-11
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[12]Era inference built on: NVR/NNS record (S5W-class nuclear plant, steam turbines, single shaft); documented Ingalls build 1970-1973, MINSY availabilities including the 1987-1991 extended overhaul, and PSNSY support/recycling; shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for ingalls-shipbuilding, mare-island-naval-shipyard, and puget-sound-naval-shipyard [other_primary]
- Locator
- class/era synthesis (no ship-specific document); shipyards.json product lists for ingalls-shipbuilding, mare-island-naval-shipyard, puget-sound-naval-shipyard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Sturgeon-class nuclear attack submarine built 1970-1973 at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, and maintained through Mare Island availabilities (including the documented 1987-1991 extended overhaul) and Puget Sound support/recycling 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
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1970-2006
- Population
- Ingalls construction trades (1970-73); MINSY/PSNSY yard trades; crew (1974-2005)
- Limitations
- CLASS/ERA INFERENCE ONLY - no ship-specific material schedule, insulation survey, or abatement record was located for this hull. Names era-standard applications on non-nuclear secondary/auxiliary systems, not confirmed installed materials; the reactor plant itself establishes nothing. Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, any exposure, or any quantity. Never infer ship-specific findings from this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-parche-ssn683-12
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[13]Kase v. Metalclad Insulation Corp., 6 Cal.App.5th 623, 212 Cal.Rptr.3d 198 (Cal. Ct. App., First District, A143590, filed 2016-11-22; partially published 2016-12-21) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, specification-history and Metalclad delivery facts (6 Cal.App.5th 623)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A published asbestos opinion documents that the Navy's operative insulation specifications (MIL-I-2781 and MIL-I-24244) for nuclear-submarine work could, as of 1968, be met only with asbestos-containing insulation, and that defendant Metalclad brokered Unibestos asbestos-containing insulation shipped directly to Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 'where workers packed it around the submarine piping it protected' - the procurement regime and product chain in force at the very yard where this hull later underwent her ocean-engineering conversions (post-1976 and 1987-1991).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2016 (opinion); regime described ~1968-forward
- Population
- Navy submarine construction/maintenance trades; MINSY insulators/laggers
- Limitations
- Documents the era procurement-spec regime and a MINSY-bound asbestos product chain for the early 1970s, not this hull's installed materials; the case concerned a different claimant and different vessels. Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, quantity, or eligibility. Reporter citation confirmed via vLex/Justia search on 2026-09-19; live page fetches were bot-blocked (403) in this environment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-parche-ssn683-13
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[14]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 (1970-1973) and early service-era insulation events, though not her 1987-1991 post-substitution-era overhaul.
- 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-parche-ssn683-14
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[15]Batch-405 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS stub; archived NVR; NNS releases NNS041028-07 and NNS070828-19; NSL archive of official remarks/message; verified RECAP exhibit/order greps (Cooks, Halseth, Cronin, Davis, McIntyre, Harris ECF 49, Speck ECF 475); GAO HRD-80-2; CourtListener live attempts [other_primary]
- Locator
- synthesis of this record's search_ledger rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for USS Parche (SSN-683) beyond unadjudicated litigation namings: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding naming this hull was found. The retrieved RECAP corpus produced six verified namings across five cases (all pleading/discovery-stage allegations). McIntyre exhibit and Speck ECF 475 greps were negative for this hull; Estes/Guthrie/Lindquist exhibits unretrievable; CourtListener live search blocked (API 429, Atom empty, web 403).
- 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 or absence of exposure. Recycling-era hazmat/abatement records for the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program are not public; Navy hull-level industrial-hygiene records were not systematically published; CourtListener coverage rests on the retrieved RECAP corpus and excludes most state-court filings. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-parche-ssn683-15