Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]DANFS, Scamp (SSN-588) - construction at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, SUBSAFE overhaul 1965-66, Puget Sound overhaul/refueling 1969-71, service history to June 1974 (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page returned 404 at all tested slugs) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 23 January 1959 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard; launched 8 October 1960 (sponsor Mrs. John C. Hollingsworth, widow of the wartime Scamp SS-277 commanding officer); commissioned at Mare Island 5 June 1961, Comdr. W. N. Dietzen. Post-shakedown availability at Mare Island; interim drydocking there February-March 1963; extensive modification January 1965 to June 1966 including installation of the SUBSAFE package and overhaul; three-week restricted availability at Mare Island June-July 1968; regular overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 1 November 1969 to January 1971 (reactor refueling; homeport shifted to Bremerton then back to San Diego); restricted availability at Puget Sound October-November 1972. Three Vietnam battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1959-1974 (DANFS coverage)
- Population
- MINSY construction trades (1959-61); MINSY/PSNSY overhaul trades (1963-1972); crew (1961-1988)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Yard-period asbestos disturbance is era inference, not a per-hull record. Live NHHC DANFS page returned 404; verbatim LostHistory/HazeGray transcription used (transcription prints 'San Franciseo' for Mare Island - the yard is in Vallejo).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scamp-ssn588-01
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[2]Navysite.de, USS Scamp (SSN-588) unofficial ship page - post-DANFS disposition data (secondary compilation; not a primary record) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite SSN-588 general-characteristics and history sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-DANFS history (secondary compilation): awarded 23 July 1957; extensive overhaul at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (mid-1970s); UNITAS XIX circumnavigation of South America June 1978 with home-port change to New London/Groton, CT; regular overhaul at Norfolk Naval Shipyard September 1979 to May 1981; 24 February 1987 damaged (sail flooding) while assisting sinking freighter MV Balsa 24 in North Atlantic storm; decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 28 April 1988; recycled through the Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, finished September 1991.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1974-1991
- Population
- PHNSY/NNSY overhaul trades (mid-1970s, 1979-81); PSNSY recycling workers (1988-91); crew
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (unofficial US Navy site), not a primary record - used for post-1974 disposition per prior-batch precedent. No asbestos or hazmat content; the 1987 storm damage is the stated retirement driver. SRP hazmat handling not described.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scamp-ssn588-02
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[3]Heiser v. Air & Liquid System Corporation et al., No. 1:21-cv-00002-UNA (D. Del.), removed complaint Exhibit 1 (Del. Super. Ct. N20C-10-053 ASB), ECF No. 1-1 (filed 2021-01-04) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-1 at 6-7 (para. 21 vessel/service list); archive.org RECAP mirror gov.uscourts.ded.74236.1.1
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint (pleading stage) naming this hull as an exposure site: the filed complaint alleges plaintiff Donald Heiser 'experienced occupational and bystander exposure to asbestos ... as a Machinists Mate from 1961 to 1975 on the USS Scamp, the USS Haddo, the USS Marioano G. Vallejo [sic], the Comsubron Seven, the Comsubron Fifteen, and the USS Plunger; and as a production control employee at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS from 1976-2011,' allegedly exposed to asbestos-containing boilers, steam traps, turbines, pumps, valves, packing, gaskets, insulation, and pipe.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1961-1975 (alleged exposure window); 2020-2021 (litigation)
- Population
- Donald Heiser (Navy engineman/machinist's mate, alleged aboard this hull 1961-1975)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation only; unadjudicated. No court made any finding that asbestos was aboard this hull or that Heiser was exposed aboard her. The 1961-1975 service window is the plaintiff's claim; it overlaps the hull's documented Mare Island/Puget Sound availabilities but no specific availability is tied to the allegation. Establishes nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scamp-ssn588-03
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[4]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 ('SCAMP (SSN-588)'), archive.org RECAP mirror gov.uscourts.cand.197119.1.1
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (plaintiff Alvin Cooks's work-history/exposure exhibit; asbestosis and asbestos-related pleural disease diagnosis) lists vessels and locations of alleged asbestos exposure during his Mare Island Naval Shipyard machinist employment (1974-1982 listed), expressly including 'SCAMP (SSN-588)' among dozens of hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1974-1982 (listed window); 2007 (litigation)
- Population
- Alvin Cooks (Mare Island Naval Shipyard marine machinist, 1974-1982 listed)
- Limitations
- Complaint-exhibit vessel list; unadjudicated pleading-stage allegation. The listed hulls are places the plaintiff claimed exposure occurred, not findings that asbestos was aboard any listed hull. Cooks's Mare Island window (1974-1982) postdates this hull's documented Mare Island availabilities (latest June 1968) - Scamp overhauled at Puget Sound 1969-71 and Pearl Harbor mid-1970s, and shifted to the Atlantic Fleet in 1978; the overlap window is not corroborated. Establishes nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scamp-ssn588-04
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[5]Betty Turner, as Successor-in-Interest to Robert 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) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1, Exhibit A vessel list, entry 16 ('SCAMP (SSN-588)', 1/1959-1985); archive.org RECAP mirror gov.uscourts.cand.362834.1.0
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (decedent Robert Turner, Mare Island Naval Shipyard welder 1953-1985; suit by Betty Turner as successor-in-interest) lists per-vessel exposure entries including 'SCAMP (SSN-588)' with a printed exposure window of 1/1959-1985.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1959-1985 (listed window); 2020 (litigation)
- Population
- Robert Turner (Mare Island Naval Shipyard welder, 1953-1985)
- Limitations
- Complaint-exhibit vessel list; unadjudicated pleading-stage allegation. The exhibit's per-hull date range (1959-1985) spans the hull's Mare Island construction (1959-61) and availabilities but extends years past her last documented Mare Island period (1968) and her 1978 Atlantic Fleet transfer - the window is a generic pleading span, not a documented availability. Establishes nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scamp-ssn588-05
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[6]McIntyre v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc., No. 3:08-cv-03070-EDL (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A (decedent Edward Lee McIntyre work-history), ECF No. 1 (filed 2008-06-25); scanned exhibit OCR'd locally [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1, Exhibit A pp. 15-19 (scanned vessel list; 'SCAMP (SSN-588)' entry); archive.org RECAP mirror gov.uscourts.cand.204620.1.0
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Wrongful-death asbestos complaint exhibit (decedent Edward Lee McIntyre, d. 19 July 2007, mesothelioma; Mare Island Naval Shipyard painting-shops painter, 12/1963-6/1995) lists per-vessel exposure entries including 'SCAMP (SSN-588)' among dozens of hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1963-1995 (employment window); 2008 (litigation)
- Population
- Edward Lee McIntyre (Mare Island Naval Shipyard painter, 1963-1995)
- Limitations
- Complaint-exhibit vessel list; unadjudicated pleading-stage allegation. Scanned document verified by local OCR; per-vessel date columns are interleaved in OCR output, so the specific window printed beside 'SCAMP (SSN-588)' could not be isolated - recorded as a Mare Island-period list entry only. Establishes nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scamp-ssn588-06
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[7]Era inference anchored to DANFS-documented construction and yard periods for this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- construction-era inference from DANFS/navysite dates and yard periods
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: a first-generation nuclear attack submarine built 1959-61 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in the peak asbestos era would era-typically have carried asbestos-containing insulation, gaskets, and packing around secondary steam and auxiliary machinery; documented yard periods (Mare Island interim drydock 1963, SUBSAFE package/overhaul 1965-66, restricted availability 1968; Puget Sound overhaul/refueling 1969-71 and restricted availability 1972; Pearl Harbor overhaul mid-1970s; Norfolk overhaul 1979-81) are yard-disturbance windows of the kind in which era insulation was installed and removed.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1959-1991
- Population
- MINSY construction trades; MINSY/PSNSY/PHNSY/NNSY overhaul trades; crew (1961-1988)
- Limitations
- CLASS/ERA INFERENCE ONLY - no ship-specific material schedule, survey, or insulation record was located for this hull. Does not establish asbestos aboard USS Scamp, any exposure, or any quantity. The S5W reactor plant establishes nothing; asbestos-relevant systems are secondary/auxiliary. Never infer ship-specific findings from this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scamp-ssn588-07
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[8]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
- Court-documented era regime: the post-1963 SUBSAFE program issued procurement specification MIL-I-24244 covering asbestos-containing insulation for submarines. Scamp's DANFS-documented 1965-66 Mare Island overhaul expressly installed the SUBSAFE package - her insulation work in that yard period sits at the SUBSAFE transition.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2021 (opinion); regime described 1963-forward
- Population
- Navy submarine construction/maintenance trades, pre- and post-SUBSAFE eras
- Limitations
- Scamp is not named in the opinion; the row documents the submarine insulation-spec regime only. The DANFS-documented SUBSAFE installation is a safety-package milestone, not a material schedule - it does not establish what insulation was aboard. No exposure, causation, quantity, or eligibility established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scamp-ssn588-08
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[9]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 (1959-61) and the Mare Island/Puget Sound availabilities through the early 1970s. Later availabilities (mid-1970s Pearl Harbor; 1979-81 Norfolk) postdate the substitution-era start.
- 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-scamp-ssn588-09
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[10]Negative finding: no qualifying non-litigation ship-specific asbestos record located across DANFS/NHHC (transcription), NVR, and ACM-survey/abatement/disposal sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- see search_ledger sl-uss-scamp-ssn588-01..08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping/recycling hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding naming USS Scamp was located. CourtListener sweeps (exact name + hull number, opinions and RECAP dockets) produced four verified pleading-stage complaint exhibits naming this hull (Heiser, Cooks, Turner, McIntyre) plus name collisions and MDL-875 consolidated-docket bulk attachments; no opinion and no adjudicated exposure record was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record is not proof no record exists - the 1988-91 recycling-disposal path left no retrievable hazmat-disclosure trail in located sources. All litigation hits are allegations; nothing was adjudicated about asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-scamp-ssn588-10