Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]navysite.de USS hull page (secondary compilation) - no authoritative DANFS entry located [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite.de characteristics and history sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- No DANFS entry located for this hull (NHHC live page 404; LostHistory/HazeGray mirror index lists an entry that was never transcribed; no Wayback capture). Vessel history rests on NVR milestones and secondary compilation (navysite.de): built by Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA; awarded 1959-03-23; keel laid 1960-03-02; launched 1961-12-09; commissioned 1962-11-21; decommissioned and stricken 1990-02-02; disposed of by submarine recycling (status changed 1996-03-08). Secondary compilation (navysite): originally authorized as an SSGN but laid down as an SSN; entered SRP at PSNSY 1995-01-05, recycling completed 1996-03-08.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1960-1990
- Limitations
- No authoritative DANFS entry exists for this hull - secondary compilation used transparently for milestones already verified against NVR; any detail beyond NVR is treated as secondary. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-plunger-ssn595-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, SHIPSDETAIL SSN-595 (Wayback capture) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_595 milestone table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR milestone data for ex-Plunger: builder Mare Island Naval Shipyard; award 1959-03-23; keel 1960-03-02; launch 1961-12-09; commission 1962-11-21; decommission and stricken 1990-02-02; status changed 1996-03-08 - disposed of by submarine recycling. Propulsion type listed: Steam Turbine (Nuclear). Recycling custodian: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. Secondary compilation (navysite): originally authorized as an SSGN but laid down as an SSN; entered SRP at PSNSY 1995-01-05, recycling completed 1996-03-08.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1960-1996
- Limitations
- NVR milestone table. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-plunger-ssn595-02
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[3]Cooks v. General Electric Company, No. 3:07-cv-05451-EMC (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A work-history, ECF No. 1-2 (filed 2007-10-25) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-2, Exhibit A vessel list ('PLUNGER (SSN-595)', list dates 1974-1991)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (plaintiff Alvin Cooks's work-history/exposure exhibit) lists vessels and locations of alleged asbestos exposure, expressly including 'PLUNGER (SSN-595)' among dozens of hulls. Cooks worked at Mare Island Naval Shipyard as a marine machinist from April 1974 (helper through general foreman); the exhibit's job-duty recitals describe gasket and valve-packing removal and replacement, lagging-residue removal, and pipe cut-outs aboard listed vessels including work in reactor compartments.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1974-1991 (vessel-list dates); 2007 (filing)
- Population
- Alvin Cooks (Mare Island NSY 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-plunger-ssn595-03
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[4]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) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-2, Exhibit A, Wagenman section, dated vessel table ('PLUNGER (SSN-595)' 1970-95)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (consolidated multi-plaintiff work-histories; section for plaintiff Robert Wagenman, Mare Island Naval Shipyard electrician 1970-1976, later shop planner/ship scheduler through 1995) lists 'PLUNGER (SSN-595)' in a dated vessel table (1970-95).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1970-1995 (alleged exposure window); 2007 (filing)
- Population
- Robert Wagenman (Mare Island NSY electrician/ship scheduler, 1970-1995)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation (complaint exhibit), unadjudicated; a vessel-list entry is not an individualized exposure finding and does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-plunger-ssn595-04
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[5]Cronin v. Todd Shipyards Corporation, No. 3:08-cv-03274-MMC (N.D. Cal.), complaint with consolidated Exhibit A work-history (filed 2008-07-08) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1, Exhibit A, Carcallas section vessel table ('PLUNGER (SSN-595)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (consolidated three-decedent complaint; work-history for decedent Fabian Carcallas, a Mare Island Naval Shipyard electrical engineer 1978-1995 who designed electrical controls for nuclear submarines and worked aboard them in engine, auxiliary, and reactor compartments) lists 'PLUNGER (SSN-595)' in the exhibit's vessel table.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1978-1995 (alleged exposure window); 2008 (filing)
- Population
- Fabian Carcallas, decedent (Mare Island NSY electrical engineer, 1978-1995)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation (complaint exhibit), unadjudicated; a vessel-list entry is not an individualized exposure finding and does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility. The case is styled Cronin v. Todd Shipyards but this section is decedent Fabian Carcallas's, not Cronin's. Decedent's claims were never tried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-plunger-ssn595-05
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[6]Davis v. General Electric Company, No. 3:08-cv-00228-JSW (N.D. Cal.), complaint with consolidated Exhibit A work-histories, ECF No. 1 (filed 2008-01-14) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1, Exhibit A, Schoelzel section vessel list ('PLUNGER (SSN-595)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (consolidated multi-plaintiff work-histories; section for plaintiff Robert Schoelzel, a Puget Sound Naval Shipyard electrician 1983-1986) lists 'PLUNGER (SSN-595)' among the vessels he worked on or around.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1983-1986 (alleged exposure window); 2008 (filing)
- Population
- Robert Schoelzel (Puget Sound NSY electrician, 1983-1986)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation (complaint exhibit), unadjudicated; a vessel-list entry is not an individualized exposure finding and does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility. The case is styled Davis v. General Electric but this section is plaintiff Robert Schoelzel's.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-plunger-ssn595-08
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[7]Turner v. Crane Co., No. 4:20-cv-04927-YGR (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A work-history, ECF No. 1 (filed 2020-07-22); case dismissed upon settlement, ECF No. 30 (2021-06-09) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1, Exhibit A dated vessel table ('PLUNGER (SSN-595)' 3/1960-1985); dismissal ECF No. 30
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint (Betty Turner as successor-in-interest to Robert Turner, a Mare Island Naval Shipyard welder 1953-1985) includes a dated vessel table listing 'PLUNGER (SSN-595)' with the work span 3/1960-1985; duty recitals describe welding alongside insulators and other trades on listed hulls. The case was dismissed upon settlement 2021-06-09 (ECF No. 30) without any adjudication of the allegations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 3/1960-1985 (alleged work span); 2020-2021 (case life)
- Population
- Robert Turner, decedent (Mare Island NSY welder, 1953-1985)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation (complaint exhibit), unadjudicated and extinguished by settlement dismissal; a dated vessel-table entry is not an individualized exposure finding and does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility. The stated work span is the plaintiff's allegation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-plunger-ssn595-09
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[8]Heiser v. Air & Liquid System Corporation, No. 1:21-cv-00002 (D. Del.), removed state-court complaint Exhibit 1, ECF No. 1-1 (filed 2021-01-04; Del. Super. Ct. N20C-10-053 ASB) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-1 (Del. Super. Ct. complaint exhibit), para. 21 ('USS Plunger' in sea-service list)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint (Donald Heiser, US Navy Machinist's Mate 1961-1975 aboard USS Scamp, USS Haddo, USS Mariano G. Vallejo, Comsubron Seven, Comsubron Fifteen, and USS Plunger; earlier Second Class Engineman aboard USS Bang 1956-1959; later Ingalls Shipbuilding production control 1976-2011) alleges occupational and bystander exposure to asbestos-containing boilers, furnaces, steam traps, turbines, pumps, valves, packing, gaskets, insulation, and pipe during that service, expressly including 'USS Plunger'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1961-1975 (alleged exposure window); 2020-2021 (filing)
- Population
- Donald Heiser (USN Machinist's Mate, 1961-1975; Ingalls 1976-2011)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation (removed state-court complaint), unadjudicated; a crew-member's vessel list alleges exposure during service aboard but does not establish that asbestos products were aboard this hull, that any exposure occurred, causation, or eligibility. Hull named among several vessels in one tour span, not per-hull detail.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-plunger-ssn595-10
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[9]Era inference built on: DANFS/navysite spec blocks (S5W-class nuclear plant, steam turbines, single shaft); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for mare-island-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 mare-island-naval-shipyard, puget-sound-naval-shipyard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Permit/Thresher-class nuclear attack submarine built 1960-1962 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA 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
- 1960-1962
- 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-plunger-ssn595-11
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[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 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 March 1960 - pre-dating the SUBSAFE era it describes, 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-plunger-ssn595-12
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[11]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 (1960-1962) 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-plunger-ssn595-13
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[12]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 Plunger was located in any searched repository. CourtListener opinion search returned no adjudicated asbestos finding touching this hull.
- 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-plunger-ssn595-14
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[13]Davis v. General Electric Company, No. 3:08-cv-00228-JSW (N.D. Cal.), complaint with consolidated Exhibit A work-histories, ECF No. 1 (filed 2008-01-14) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1, Exhibit A, Watson section vessel list ('PLUNGER (SSN-595)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (consolidated multi-plaintiff work-histories; section for plaintiff James Watson, a Mare Island Naval Shipyard pipefitter 1975-1981) lists 'PLUNGER (SSN-595)' among the vessels he worked on or around.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1975-1981 (alleged exposure window); 2008 (filing)
- Population
- James Watson (Mare Island NSY pipefitter, 1975-1981)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation (complaint exhibit), unadjudicated; a vessel-list entry is not an individualized exposure finding and does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility. The case is styled Davis v. General Electric but this section is plaintiff James Watson's.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-plunger-ssn595-06
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[14]Davis v. General Electric Company, No. 3:08-cv-00228-JSW (N.D. Cal.), complaint with consolidated Exhibit A work-histories, ECF No. 1 (filed 2008-01-14) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1, Exhibit A, Wallace section vessel list ('PLUNGER (SSN-595)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (consolidated multi-plaintiff work-histories; section for plaintiff Norris Wallace, a Mare Island Naval Shipyard welder 1958-1985) lists 'PLUNGER (SSN-595)' among the vessels he worked on or around; his section's product recitals describe asbestos rope, fiber, pads, paper, sheets, felts, gaskets, insulation, packing, boiler jackets, and steam-line insulation as alleged exposure materials.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- 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 vessel-list entry is not an individualized exposure finding and does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility. Product recitals describe alleged work environments, not per-hull materials. The case is styled Davis v. General Electric but this section is plaintiff Norris Wallace's.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-plunger-ssn595-07