Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS entry, USS Ray (SSN-653) (verbatim transcription; live NHHC 404) + navysite.de service history (secondary compilation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS transcription + navysite.de/ssn/ssn653.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (DANFS + navysite): contract awarded 26 March 1963; keel laid 4 January 1965 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.; launched 21 June 1966 (NVR; DANFS transcription reads 22 June - flagged), sponsored by Mrs. Thomas H. Kuchel; commissioned 12 April 1967, Cmdr. A. L. Kelln in command. Homeported Norfolk; 14-month overhaul at Norfolk Naval Shipyard December 1970 - March 1972; overhaul and refueling at Charleston Naval Shipyard 1975-1977; struck bottom submerged south of Sardinia 20 September 1977, escorted to La Maddalena by USS Grayling, repairs at Charleston about a year; first 637-class boat certified for Tomahawk (TLAM and TLAM-N); Charleston overhaul November 1983 - February 1985 completed 66 days early (SecNav letter); ICEX-86 three-submarine North Pole surfacing with Hawkbill and Archerfish 6 May 1986 - first three-ship North Pole rendezvous; Mediterranean deployment with the Forrestal battle group October 1989 - April 1990; inactivated at Charleston 24 July 1992; decommissioned and stricken 16 March 1993; recycled through SRP at Puget Sound (published window March 2002 - July 2003; NVR status changed 01 November 2003 - flagged).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1965-2003
- Limitations
- DANFS transcription for construction/early service; extended service detail and disposal from navysite secondary compilation - cross-checked against NVR. Launch-date conflict (DANFS 06/22/1966 vs. NVR 06/21/1966) and SRP-completion variants flagged in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ray-ssn653-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, SHIPSDETAIL SSN-653 (2019-03-24 Wayback capture) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_SSN_653 milestone table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR milestone data for ex-Ray: builder Newport News Shipbuilding; keel 01/04/1965; launch 06/21/1966; commission 04/12/1967; decommission and stricken 03/16/1993; status changed 11/01/2003 - disposed of by submarine recycling.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1965-2003
- Limitations
- NVR capture consistent with navysite; SRP completion reported variously (navysite '2001' vs. published 2003 window) - flagged in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ray-ssn653-02
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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 ('RAY (SSN-653)')
- 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 'RAY (SSN-653)' 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-ray-ssn653-03
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[4]United States v. Dougal (U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Military Review, decided 1991-02-28) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion text, specification recital
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Court-martial review opinion names 'USS Ray (SSN 653)' as the vessel aboard which the accused, Lee Dougal, U.S. Navy, committed the charged offenses ('on board USS Ray (SSN 653), on or about 26 July'). A ship-specific military-justice record - other litigation, not asbestos litigation; no exposure content.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1991 (opinion)
- Limitations
- Other litigation (court-martial review), not an asbestos case; the hull appears only as the situs of the offenses. No exposure, materials, or causation content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ray-ssn653-04
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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, norfolk-naval-shipyard, charleston-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, norfolk-naval-shipyard, charleston-naval-shipyard, puget-sound-naval-shipyard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Sturgeon-class nuclear attack submarine built 1965-1967 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
- 1965-1967
- 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-ray-ssn653-05
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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 January 1965, 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-ray-ssn653-06
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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 (1965-1967) 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-ray-ssn653-07
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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 Ray 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-ray-ssn653-08