Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS entry, USS Queenfish (SSN-651) (verbatim transcription via Wayback; live NHHC 404) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS transcription (Wayback capture), full entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (DANFS): contract awarded 26 March 1963; keel laid 11 May 1964 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News VA; launched 25 February 1966, sponsored by Rep. Julia Butler Hansen; commissioned 6 December 1966, Cmdr. Jackson B. Richard in command - the first ship of the class to reach the fleet. Pacific Fleet boat, homeported Pearl Harbor (Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard as home yard). Deactivated 27 September 1990; decommissioned and stricken (DANFS bracket: 8 November 1991; NVR: 14 April 1992 - flagged); recycled through SRP at Bremerton 1 May 1992 - 7 April 1993.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1964-1993
- Limitations
- Verbatim DANFS transcription via Wayback - live NHHC 404. Decommissioning/stricken-date conflict between DANFS bracket (11/08/1991) and NVR (04/14/1992) flagged in gaps; DANFS bracket carried in the top-level fields because it agrees with navysite. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-queenfish-ssn651-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, SHIPSDETAIL SSN-651 (2019-03-24 Wayback capture) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_651 milestone table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR milestone data for ex-Queenfish: builder Newport News Shipbuilding; keel 05/11/1964; launch 02/25/1966; commission 12/06/1966; decommission and stricken 04/14/1992; status changed 04/07/1993 - disposed of by submarine recycling.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1964-1993
- Limitations
- NVR stricken date (04/14/1992) conflicts with DANFS bracket and navysite (11/08/1991) - flagged in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-queenfish-ssn651-02
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[3]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 ('QUEENFISH (SSN-651)')
- 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 'QUEENFISH (SSN-651)' 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-queenfish-ssn651-03
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[4]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) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-3, Exhibit A, Schoelzel section, PSNSY vessel list ('QUEENFISH (SSN-651)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (consolidated multi-plaintiff work-histories; section for plaintiff Robert Schoelzel, a Puget Sound Naval Shipyard marine mechanic 5/1983-1986) lists 'QUEENFISH (SSN-651)' in the vessel roster attached to his PSNSY employer entry.
- 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 marine mechanic, 1983-1986)
- 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.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-queenfish-ssn651-04
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[5]Era inference built on: DANFS/navysite spec blocks (S5W-class nuclear plant, steam turbines, single shaft); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for newport-news-shipbuilding, pearl-harbor-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 newport-news-shipbuilding, pearl-harbor-naval-shipyard, puget-sound-naval-shipyard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Sturgeon-class nuclear attack submarine built 1964-1966 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News VA 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
- 1964-1966
- 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-queenfish-ssn651-05
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[6]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-queenfish-ssn651-06
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[7]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 (1964-1966) 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-queenfish-ssn651-07
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[8]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 Queenfish 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-queenfish-ssn651-08