Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]DANFS entry, USS Pogy (SSN-647) (verbatim transcription; live NHHC 404) + navysite.de service history (secondary compilation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS transcription + navysite.de/ssn/ssn647.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (DANFS + navysite): contract awarded 23 March 1963; keel laid 5 May 1964 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden NJ; launched 3 June 1967, sponsored by Mrs. George Wales - the last ship launched by New York Shipbuilding; construction contract canceled 5 June 1967 (two days after launch); temporarily berthed at Philadelphia; completion contract reassigned to Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, 7 December 1967; towed to Ingalls 8 January 1968; commissioned 15 May 1971. Homeported Pearl Harbor; overhaul and refueling at Mare Island completed December 1981; assigned Submarine Development Group 1; homeport shifted to San Diego April 1984; 20-month non-refueling overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard October 1989 - May 1991; SCICEX-96 Arctic science cruise August-November 1996 (surfaced at the North Pole, 19 surfacings, ~50 days under ice); last WestPac by a 637-class boat 1998. Decommissioned and stricken 11 June 1999; SRP at Puget Sound completed 12 April 2000. Fins preserved at The Fin Project, Pelican Harbor Park, Miami; ballast-control panel at the Submarine Force Museum, Groton.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1964-2000
- Limitations
- Construction narrative from DANFS transcription; extended service detail and disposal dates from navysite.de secondary compilation - cross-checked against NVR where possible. The two-yard build (keel at New York Shipbuilding, completion at Ingalls) is unusual and documented. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pogy-ssn647-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, SHIPSDETAIL SSN-647 (2019-03-24 Wayback capture) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_647 milestone table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR milestone data for ex-Pogy: keel 05/05/1964; launch 06/03/1967; commission 05/15/1971; decommission and stricken 06/11/1999; status changed 04/12/2000 - disposed of by submarine recycling.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1964-2000
- Limitations
- NVR capture consistent with navysite disposal dates. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pogy-ssn647-02
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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 ('POGY (SSN-647)')
- 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 'POGY (SSN-647)' 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
- 1974-1995 (alleged exposure window); 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-pogy-ssn647-03
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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, Robinson section, alphabetical vessel list ('POGY (SSN-647)')
- 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 'POGY (SSN-647)' in an alphabetical roster of vessels he worked on or around; duty recitals describe engine-room, fire-room, and reactor-room piping and valve work, steam-trap gasket changes, and close proximity to laggers and other trades 'blowing around asbestos dust', including work around General Electric and Westinghouse turbines and Johns-Manville insulation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- 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; an alphabetical roster entry is not an individualized exposure finding and does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility. The roster spans many hulls at one yard (PSNSY Bremerton); it documents a work-assignment universe, not per-hull materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pogy-ssn647-06
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[5]Webb v. Baldor Electric Company, No. 1:22-cv-00145-KHJ-MTP (S.D. Miss.), served summons & complaint Exhibit 1, ECF No. 1-1 (filed 2022-06-10) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-1 complaint (147 pp.); CourtListener index match for 'USS Pogy'
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos wrongful-death complaint (estate of Allan Watson, who alleged Navy service 1960-64 aboard USS Saratoga followed by work at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, 1966-2001, where the court's remand order recites he 'worked on over forty naval vessels'): CourtListener full-text search matches 'USS Pogy' inside the served complaint (ECF No. 1-1, 147 pages), placing this hull in the complaint's vessel universe.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1966-2001 (alleged exposure window); 2022 (filing)
- Population
- Allan Watson, decedent (Ingalls Shipbuilding worker, 1966-2001)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation (served complaint), unadjudicated; exact list-line context not retrieved (document not in the RECAP archive and CourtListener document pages return CloudFront 403 to automated fetches; the string match is feed-verified and the allegation structure is confirmed by the court's published remand order). Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pogy-ssn647-07
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[6]Estes v. General Electric Company (N.D. Cal., Brayton Purcell-filed asbestos complaint; CourtListener docket 6134985, ECF No. 1) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1 (CourtListener index match)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener full-text search matches 'SSN-647' inside the Brayton Purcell-filed asbestos complaint in Estes v. General Electric Company (N.D. Cal.). Document text not retrieved; whether the reference alleges exposure aboard this hull is unverified.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Unverified at line level: complaint identified as an asbestos pleading by its Brayton Purcell caption but the vessel-list context is unconfirmed. Logged as archival lead, not counted as a verified naming. Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pogy-ssn647-08
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[7]McIntyre et al v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc., No. 3:08-cv-03070-EDL (N.D. Cal.), complaint ECF No. 1 (filed 2008-06-25) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1, scanned complaint (CourtListener index match)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener full-text search matches 'SSN-647' inside the complaint in McIntyre et al v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2008) - an asbestos suit against Ingalls's corporate successor. The filed complaint is a 24-page scanned document with no text layer; the match context could not be confirmed.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2008 (filing)
- Limitations
- Unverified at line level: scanned-PDF match, context unconfirmed (vessel list vs. incidental string). Logged as archival lead, not counted as a verified naming. Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pogy-ssn647-09
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[8]Era inference built on: DANFS/navysite spec blocks (S5W-class nuclear plant, steam turbines, single shaft); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for new-york-shipbuilding, ingalls-shipbuilding, 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 new-york-shipbuilding, ingalls-shipbuilding, mare-island-naval-shipyard, puget-sound-naval-shipyard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Sturgeon-class nuclear attack submarine built 1964-1971 at New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ (keel/launch) and Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula MS (completion) and maintained through Navy-yard availabilities across the 1970s-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
- 1964-1971
- 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-pogy-ssn647-10
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[9]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 in force when this hull was built (laid down May 1964, inside the post-SUBSAFE era).
- 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-pogy-ssn647-11
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[10]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 (1964-1971) 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-pogy-ssn647-12
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[11]Batch-38 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); 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 Pogy 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-pogy-ssn647-13
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[12]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 ('POGY (SSN-647)' 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 'POGY (SSN-647)' 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-pogy-ssn647-04
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[13]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, ship-sightings recall list ('POGY (SSN-647)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (consolidated multi-plaintiff work-histories; section for plaintiff Robert Wagenman, Mare Island NSY ship scheduler, Building 866, 1982-1995) narrates that he 'recalls the following ships' from ship-sightings inspection work, expressly including 'POGY (SSN-647)'; the narrative describes crawling on and around asbestos-insulated pipe to ascertain equipment needing removal and repair.
- 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-pogy-ssn647-05