Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]DANFS, Patrick Henry (SSBN-599) entry - (1970) Vol. 5, pp. 27-28 plus post-service supplement (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page returned 404; losthistory.net mirror index lists ssbn599.txt but the file 404s, so the Internet Archive capture of hazegray.org was used) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. 5 pp. 27-28 + bracketed post-service supplement (transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 27 May 1958 by Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corp., Groton, Conn.; launched 22 September 1959, sponsored by Mrs. Leslie C. Arends; commissioned 9 April 1960 (NavSource gives 11 April - see gaps), Comdr. Harold E. Shear (Blue) and Comdr. Robert L. J. Long (Gold) in command. Manned alternately by Blue/Gold crews; first deterrent patrol December 1960; 17 patrols Dec 1960-Dec 1964 continuously deployed out of Holy Loch, Scotland; surfaced at Holy Loch 8 March 1961 after a then-record 66 days 22 hours submerged for her type. December 1964: returned to Electric Boat for an 18-month overhaul including reactor refueling and Polaris A-3 modifications; mid-1966 shakedown off Puerto Rico and Cape Kennedy; departed Charleston December 1966 on patrol No. 18 (A-3 equipped, SubRon 14); completed 22nd patrol at Holy Loch 1 March 1968; Atlantic Fleet into 1970. Supplement: FY1981 under SALT I the missile section was deactivated (cement blocks in tubes, fire-control system and one SINS removed); reclassified SSN-599 on 24 October 1981 for training/ASW/secondary duties; decommissioned 25 May 1984; entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Bremerton 1 October 1996; completed 31 August 1997.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1958-1997
- Population
- EB construction trades (1958-60); Blue/Gold crews (1960-1984); EB/PSNSY/Mare Island overhaul trades
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Live NHHC DANFS page 404s; verbatim transcription used via Internet Archive capture of hazegray.org (losthistory.net index lists the file but it 404s). DANFS gives commissioned 9 April 1960 and stricken 25 May 1985; NavSource gives 11 April 1960 (NVR has no commissioned field); NVR gives stricken 16 December 1985 - conflicts carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-patrick-henry-ssbn599-01
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[2]USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599) ship's history/decommissioning booklet (U.S. Navy ship publication, scanned), NavSource PDF archive [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/08/pdf/0859925.pdf - 'Ship's Data'/history pages (OCR)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official ship-published history (scanned booklet; OCR-extracted): first sea trials 7 March 1960; 'commissioned on 9 April 1960'; submerged departure 30 December 1960 to begin first patrol; 17 patrols Dec 1960-Dec 1964 from Holy Loch; entered Puget Sound Naval Shipyard November 1970 for second overhaul (completed January 1972); transferred to the Pacific Fleet in early 1973 for patrol duties out of Guam; 'completed fifty-nine deterrent patrols' between December 1960 and September 1981, holding the record for most strategic deterrent patrols of any ballistic missile submarine at her conversion; operated from Holy Loch, Rota (Spain), and Guam; arrived new homeport Bangor, Washington, May 1982 as a fast-attack submarine; conversion to fast attack September 1981; last patrol 1 August 1981. Booklet's spec block gives complement '135 officers and men'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1960-1984
- Population
- Crew (1960-1984); PSNSY overhaul trades (1970-72)
- Limitations
- Period ship's publication (primary artifact for the service narrative); contains no asbestos or material content. Its 'commissioned 9 April 1960' conflicts with NavSource's 11 April 1960 (NVR has no commissioned field); its 1976-era section states a third overhaul was 'scheduled' 1 July 1976 at Mare Island - later confirmed by NavSource photo documentation (ev-09). Complement figure (135) conflicts with DANFS 112 - carried as variant.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-patrick-henry-ssbn599-02
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[3]Cooks v. General Electric Company, No. 3:07-cv-05451-EMC (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A work-history, Document 1-2 (filed 2007-10-25); retrieved as archived RECAP PDF gov.uscourts.cand.197119.1.1.pdf [court_record]
- Locator
- Document 1-2, Exhibit A vessel roster, 'PATRICK HENRY (SSBN-599)' (RECAP gov.uscourts.cand.197119.1.1.pdf)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint Exhibit A (plaintiff Alvin Cooks's work-history/exposure exhibit; Mare Island Naval Shipyard marine machinist, 1974-1995, helper through general foreman) lists 'PATRICK HENRY (SSBN-599)' verbatim in its alphabetical vessel roster of alleged asbestos-exposure locations. Verified by direct pdftotext extraction of the archived RECAP PDF (page 4-5 of the exhibit), not merely index string match.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1974-1995 (alleged exposure window); 2007 (filing)
- Population
- Alvin Cooks (Mare Island Naval Shipyard marine machinist, 1974-1995)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation (complaint exhibit), unadjudicated. A vessel-list 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.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-patrick-henry-ssbn599-03
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[4]Halseth v. General Electric Company, No. 3:07-cv-02543-EMC (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A work-history, Document 1-2 (filed 2007-05-14); retrieved as archived RECAP PDF gov.uscourts.cand.192004.1.1.pdf [court_record]
- Locator
- Document 1-2, Exhibit A pp. 6 and 13, 'PATRICK HENRY (SSBN-599)' (RECAP gov.uscourts.cand.192004.1.1.pdf)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint Exhibit A (plaintiff Michael Halseth's multi-employer work history) lists 'PATRICK HENRY (SSBN-599)' twice, verified by direct extraction: once on the Mare Island Naval Shipyard electrician-era roster (tagged '1970-95', exhibit p.6) and once on the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard pipefitter (1975-2004) roster (exhibit p.13) - consistent with this hull's documented Mare Island availabilities and its PSNSY inactivation/recycling.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1970-2004 (alleged exposure windows); 2007 (filing)
- Population
- Michael Halseth (Mare Island NSY electrician/shop planner/ship scheduler; PSNSY pipefitter)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation (complaint exhibit), unadjudicated. Vessel-list entries are places the plaintiff alleged exposure, not findings that asbestos was aboard. Establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-patrick-henry-ssbn599-04
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[5]McIntyre v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc., No. 3:08-cv-03070-EDL (N.D. Cal.), complaint with embedded Exhibit A, Document 1 (filed 2008-06-25); retrieved as RECAP storage PDF gov.uscourts.cand.204620.1.0.pdf [court_record]
- Locator
- Document 1, embedded Exhibit A vessel roster, PDF p.18 of 24 (RECAP gov.uscourts.cand.204620.1.0.pdf)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos survival/wrongful-death complaint (Brayton Purcell; decedent Edward McIntyre, Mare Island Naval Shipyard painting-shops painter, mesothelioma dx ~2006, died 2007-07-19) embeds Exhibit A listing 'PATRICK HENRY (SSBN-599)' among vessels in the decedent's alleged Mare Island exposure history. The exhibit pages are image scans; verified by local OCR (tesseract) of the archived RECAP PDF - 'PATRICK HENRY / (SSBN-599)' on PDF p.18.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2008 (filing); alleged exposure window Mare Island career
- Population
- Edward McIntyre (Mare Island NSY painter); successor plaintiffs
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation (complaint exhibit), unadjudicated; OCR of scanned roster - string verified but surrounding-cell formatting (any year tags) only partially legible. A vessel-list entry establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-patrick-henry-ssbn599-05
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[6]Naval Vessel Register detail page, PATRICK HENRY (SSN 599) (ex-SSGN 599, SSBN 599), via Internet Archive Wayback (live nvr.navy.mil detail pages not reachable in this environment) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_599.HTML, Vessel Status and Milestone Dates tables (Wayback)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NVR record: PATRICK HENRY (SSN 599), ex-SSGN 599 / SSBN 599, submarine (nuclear-powered); status 'Disposed of by submarine recycling', status changed 08/31/1997; builder General Dynamics Corp.; award 12/31/1957; keel 05/27/1958; launch 09/22/1959; commission 04/11/1960; decommission 05/25/1984; stricken 12/16/1985; custodian Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1957-1997
- Limitations
- Official register of status and milestone dates only; no asbestos or material information. NVR header's 'ex-SSGN 599' is uncorroborated by DANFS, NavSource, or the ship's booklet (all record only the SSN-599 reclassification of 24 Oct 1981) - carried as a register quirk in gaps. NVR commission (04/11/1960) conflicts with DANFS/booklet 9 April; NVR stricken (12/16/1985) conflicts with the DANFS supplement's 25 May 1985.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-patrick-henry-ssbn599-06
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[7]U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, 'U.S. Naval Nuclear Powered Ship Inactivation, Disposal, and Recycling' (Green Book, 2019 ed.), Appendix D completed-projects table and Appendix C dismantlement process description (DOE-hosted) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Green Book 2019, Appendix D row 1 ('SSBN 599 Ex-Patrick Henry', RC 1986, recycle 1997); Appendix C pp. C-4/C-5/C-9 process description; ch. text on hazardous-material controls
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Official program document names this hull: Appendix D lists 'Ex-Patrick Henry' (SSBN 599) as reactor-compartment shipment No. 1 - RC disposal completed 1986 (the program's first reactor compartment shipped to the Hanford Site), ship recycling completed 1997. The same document's dismantlement-process description states that for ballistic-missile submarines 'asbestos insulating material and removable ballast lead are also removed from the ship,' that recycling begins with shipboard sampling to identify insulating materials that may contain asbestos, that 'reactor compartments constructed before the mid-1970s also contain asbestos in insulation on pipes and other components,' and that asbestos removal is done by specially trained personnel under controlled conditions with packaged disposal to an approved landfill.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1984-1997
- Population
- PSNSY recycling/dismantlement workers (1984-1997 processing window); Hanford burial-ground operations
- Limitations
- The Appendix D per-hull row (dates, shipment number) is ship-specific; the asbestos-removal language is the program-level process description - the document does not present an asbestos inventory for this individual hull. The inference 'asbestos insulation was removed from this hull during SRP processing' follows from a named hull under a documented process, but the record is program-descriptive, not a hull survey. No quantity; does not establish any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-patrick-henry-ssbn599-07
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[8]Navysite.de, USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599) unofficial ship page - post-DANFS service narrative and characteristics (secondary compilation; not a primary record) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite SSBN-599 general-characteristics and history sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary-compilation detail consistent with DANFS/booklet: second Navy FBM submarine and the first Polaris boat designed from the outset as a missile carrier (rather than a converted attack-submarine hull); first FBM to enter Holy Loch and first to moor alongside newly arrived tender Proteus (AS-19) at 'Site One' (Proteus arrived 3 March 1961); Polaris A-3 test firings 31 October 1966 and DASO 24 April 1972 (Eastern Test Range); five-missile FOT series 9 June 1974 and three-missile FOT series 11 April 1979 (Western Test Range); 1976 Mare Island refueling overhaul; June 1978 dual-crew DASO launches then return to Pearl Harbor; SSN-599 training role; DOE 'Green Book'-derived note that the reactor compartment was emplaced at Hanford in 1986.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1960-1997
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (unofficial site) - used for narrative corroboration only, consistent with prior batches. Individual patrol/test dates attributed to 'missile-launch records' are not independently re-verified here. The 'designed from the outset' framing is consistent with DANFS's conversion account for the lead ship but is itself secondary.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-patrick-henry-ssbn599-08
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[9]NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive, Patrick Henry (SSBN/SSN-599) page - USN photo captions and milestone block (secondary compilation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/08/08599.htm - spec block and photo captions (Battle 'E' 1976 at Mare Island; Trench 94 list)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Photo-archive captions document: Patrick Henry off Guam 1976 (USN photo 137437-7-76); Battle 'E' for FY1976 and Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award presented at Mare Island 8 November 1976 while undergoing overhaul (confirms the third-overhaul Mare Island yard period scheduled in the ship's booklet); scrapping postcard marking disposal of Patrick Henry and others at PSNSY 31 August 1997; and the Hanford Trench 94 reactor-compartment burial list (77 submarines as of March 2003) naming Patrick Henry (SSBN-599).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1976-1997
- Population
- Mare Island overhaul trades (1976-78); PSNSY recycling workers (1996-97)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation hosting official USN photos and captions; milestone block agrees with NVR on struck 16 Dec 1985 and NPSSRP disposal 31 Aug 1997 at PSNSY (its 11 Apr 1960 commissioning date follows NavSource; NVR has no commissioned field). No asbestos or material content. The Trench 94 caption is a USN photo id list - corroborates Green Book Appendix D.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-patrick-henry-ssbn599-09
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[10]Era inference anchored to DANFS/NVR-documented construction and yard periods for this hull (EB build 1958-60; EB overhaul 1964-66; PSNSY overhaul 1970-72; Mare Island overhaul 1976-78; PSNSY inactivation/recycling 1984-97) [other_primary]
- Locator
- construction-era inference from DANFS/NVR dates and documented yard periods
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: a first-generation SSBN built 1958-60 at Electric Boat and repeatedly overhauled at documented asbestos-era yards (EB, PSNSY, Mare Island) sits inside the Navy's peak asbestos-use era; era-standard applications on the secondary steam plant and auxiliary systems included thermal/pipe insulation, gaskets, packing, and machinery insulation. All involved yards' asbestos product use in this period is independently documented at the yard level in the shipyard exposure dataset. Nuclear propulsion itself establishes nothing about asbestos.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1958-1997
- Population
- EB/PNSY/Mare Island yard trades; Blue/Gold crews
- Limitations
- CLASS/ERA INFERENCE ONLY - no ship-specific insulation schedule or material list located for this hull. Does not establish asbestos aboard USS Patrick Henry, any exposure, or any quantity. Never infer ship-specific findings from this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-patrick-henry-ssbn599-10
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[11]Kase v. Metalclad Insulation Corp., Cal. Ct. App. (4th Dist.) 2021 (CourtListener opinion 4324658) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, specification-history discussion
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Court-documented era regime: Navy submarine insulation procurement specifications (SUBSAFE's MIL-I-24244 post-1963; predecessor BuShips practice before) covered asbestos-containing insulation for submarine construction and overhaul - the regime applicable to this hull's 1958-60 build (pre-SUBSAFE) and service-era availabilities.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2021 (opinion); regime described 1950s-forward
- Population
- Navy submarine construction/maintenance trades
- Limitations
- This hull is not named in the opinion; documents the era spec regime only. Does not establish materials aboard this hull, exposure, causation, quantity, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-patrick-henry-ssbn599-11
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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 this hull's 1958-60 construction and most of its service-era availabilities (1964-66 EB, 1970-72 PSNSY, 1976-78 Mare Island).
- 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, consistent with prior batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-patrick-henry-ssbn599-12
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[13]Name-collision screen and search-layer status for 'USS Patrick Henry' / 'SSBN-599' / 'SSN-599' (see search_ledger) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-patrick-henry-ssbn599-05..08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Collision/coverage screen: 'Patrick Henry' is a high-collision string (common personal name, CSS Patrick Henry, SS Patrick Henry Liberty ship, Patrick Henry Mall, etc.); hull-number sweeps are the reliable isolator. This session's verified hull-name hits are the three Mare Island/PSNSY complaint rosters (ev-03/04/05). The Cronin v. Todd Shipyards exhibit (RECAP gov.uscourts.cand.204934.1.0.pdf) was text-checked and does NOT list this hull; the Davis v. GE exhibit (cand.199308.1.0.pdf) does NOT list this hull; the Guthrie v. GE exhibit (cand.192016.1.0/1.1) shows only collisions (Lincoln-brand welding rods, street names). Estes v. GE and Agena v. Cleaver-Brooks exhibits could not be checked this session (Estes not in the archive.org RECAP mirror; CourtListener API rate-limited 429 and site search CloudFront-blocked).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Coverage limitation: CourtListener API was rate-limited (125/day exhausted before this session) and site search WAF-blocked; checks were run directly against archived RECAP PDFs instead - which is text-level verification, stronger than index string match, but only for the dockets retrievable. State-court pleadings and non-mirrored federal filings are outside this sweep.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-patrick-henry-ssbn599-13
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[14]Negative finding: no qualifying non-litigation ship-specific asbestos record located across DANFS/NHHC, NVR, NNPP Green Book, museum, and ACM-survey/abatement/disposal sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- see search_ledger sl-uss-patrick-henry-ssbn599-01..09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, or adjudicated exposure finding naming USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599/SSN-599) was located. The NNPP Green Book documents asbestos removal as a standard SRP dismantlement step for the hull it names (ev-07), but no hull-specific survey is public. Litigation records are three unadjudicated pleading-stage rosters (Cooks, Halseth, McIntyre). No opinion names this hull.
- 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 - NARA BuShips/ShipAlt records and yard industrial-hygiene files are not digitized. Roster allegations remain pleading-stage only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-patrick-henry-ssbn599-14