Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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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 New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ; awarded 1959-03-03; keel laid 1960-03-14; launched 1962-03-17; commissioned 1964-05-26; decommissioned and stricken 1989-03-01; disposed of by submarine recycling (status changed 1995-02-17). NVR documents the reciprocal 1959 name swap: this hull carried the reserved name BARB before being renamed POLLACK; 'Former, Navy Name' stub at the original assignment, status changed 07/01/1959. Secondary compilation (navysite) records a 1976-08-25 incident snagging Japanese fishing-boat nets in the Tsushima Strait eastern channel.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1960-1989
- 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-pollack-ssn603-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, SHIPSDETAIL SSN-603 (old-format record) (Wayback capture) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_603 milestone table (old nvrships/details URL)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR milestone data for ex-Pollack: builder New York Shipbuilding Corp.; award 1959-03-03; keel 1960-03-14; launch 1962-03-17; commission 1964-05-26; delivery 1964-05-22; decommission and stricken 1989-03-01; status changed 1995-02-17 - disposed of by submarine recycling. Propulsion type listed: Steam Turbine (Nuclear). Recycling custodian: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. NVR title line carries '(ex - BARB)'. NVR documents the reciprocal 1959 name swap: this hull carried the reserved name BARB before being renamed POLLACK; 'Former, Navy Name' stub at the original assignment, status changed 07/01/1959. Secondary compilation (navysite) records a 1976-08-25 incident snagging Japanese fishing-boat nets in the Tsushima Strait eastern channel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1960-1995
- Limitations
- NVR milestone table (old-format capture - keel/launch fields unpopulated for this hull). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pollack-ssn603-02
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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 ('POLLACK (SSN-603)', 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 'POLLACK (SSN-603)' 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-pollack-ssn603-03
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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 ('POLLACK (SSN-603)')
- 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 'POLLACK (SSN-603)' 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-pollack-ssn603-05
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[5]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 ('POLLACK (SSN-603)')
- 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 'POLLACK (SSN-603)' 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-pollack-ssn603-06
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[6]Harris v. CBS Corporation, No. 3:18-cv-07572-YGR (N.D. Cal.), Order granting motion to remand, ECF No. 49 (filed 2019-02-21) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 49, order reciting discovery-response vessel list ('USS Pollack (SSN-603)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Federal order granting plaintiffs' motion to remand in an asbestos case: reciting the parties' discovery record, the court describes plaintiffs' interrogatory responses listing vessels plaintiff worked around at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, expressly including 'USS Pollack (SSN-603)' (with USS Barbel, USS Mariano G. Vallejo, USS Parche, USS Flasher, USS Pollack, USS Dace, USS Seawolf, USS Richard B. Russell, and others). Removal was held untimely and the case remanded to Alameda County Superior Court.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2018-2019 (discovery and remand); alleged exposure window per complaint
- Population
- Michael Roy Harris (Mare Island NSY worker)
- Limitations
- Procedural order (remand granted on timeliness), not a merits ruling; the vessel naming reflects plaintiffs' discovery responses as recited by the court - a discovery-stage record, not an exposure finding. Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pollack-ssn603-07
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[7]McIntyre 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 complaint (24 pp., scanned); CourtListener index match for 'SSN-603'
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint (McIntyre v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems - a second, later-filed case in the same plaintiff family as McIntyre v. Warren Pumps): CourtListener full-text search matches 'SSN-603' inside the scanned complaint ECF No. 1 (24 pp.), placing this hull's number in the complaint's vessel universe. The PDF is a scan without a text layer; the exact list line cannot be displayed or quoted.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2008 (filing); alleged exposure window per complaint
- Population
- McIntyre plaintiff (N.D. Cal. asbestos case)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation, unadjudicated; feed-verified string match inside a no-text-layer scan - the exact context (vessel list vs. narrative) is unverifiable, so this is classified below the verified-exhibit namings. Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pollack-ssn603-08
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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, 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, mare-island-naval-shipyard, puget-sound-naval-shipyard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Permit/Thresher-class nuclear attack submarine built 1960-1964 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ 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
- 1960-1964
- 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-pollack-ssn603-09
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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 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, 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-pollack-ssn603-10
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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 (1960-1964) 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-pollack-ssn603-11
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[11]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 Pollack 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-pollack-ssn603-12
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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 ('POLLACK (SSN-603)' 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 'POLLACK (SSN-603)' 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-pollack-ssn603-04