Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]DANFS, Shark VII (SSN-591) - construction at Newport News Shipbuilding, first-overhaul/refueling sequence, service history to 1972 plus decommissioning addendum (verbatim transcription via HistoryCentral mirror; live NHHC page returned 404 at all tested slugs; hazegray mirror file absent) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block (HistoryCentral transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 24 February 1958 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched 16 March 1960 (sponsor Mrs. Louis Shane, Jr.); commissioned 9 February 1961, Lt. Comdr. John F. Fagan, Jr. Caribbean shakedown May 1961; post-shakedown repairs and final acceptance at the building yard; first nuclear-submarine deployment to the Mediterranean 12 August - 14 November 1961; availability at Norfolk through 7 January 1963; first shipyard overhaul at Charleston (S.C.) Naval Shipyard 25 June 1964 - 7 June 1965 (Navy Unit Commendation presented at the yard 7 April 1965; forward oxygen system damage required further Charleston repairs before October trials); first refueling at Norfolk Naval Shipyard beginning preparations 11 June 1967, no sea return until March 1968; drydock at Norfolk 1 January 1970 - 9 August 1971; Mediterranean deployment 31 May - 19 November 1972. Decommissioned and stricken 15 September 1990 - last Skipjack-class boat out of service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1958-1972 (DANFS coverage); 1990 (decommissioning addendum)
- Population
- NNS construction trades (1958-61); CNSY/NNSY overhaul trades (1964-1971); crew (1961-1990)
- 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; transcription mirror used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shark-ssn591-01
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[2]Navysite.de, USS Shark (SSN-591) unofficial ship page - post-DANFS history and disposition data (secondary compilation; not a primary record) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite SSN-591 general-characteristics and history sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-DANFS history (secondary compilation): reactor refueling and overhaul at Pascagoula, Mississippi (Ingalls) beginning August 1974, removing her from operations for more than two years; home port changed to New London, CT on return to service; UNITAS and Mediterranean deployment 1978; overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 1 October 1981 - 2 June 1983; inactivation at Mare Island (change of command ceremony there 9 February 1990); decommissioned and stricken 15 September 1990; entered NPSSRP at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 1 October 1995; recycling completed 28 June 1996.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1974-1996
- Population
- Ingalls overhaul trades (1974-76); MINSY overhaul/inactivation trades (1981-83, 1989-90); PSNSY recycling workers (1995-96); crew
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (unofficial US Navy site), not a primary record - used for post-1972 disposition per prior-batch precedent. No asbestos or hazmat content; SRP hazmat handling not described.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shark-ssn591-02
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[3]Halseth v. General Electric Company, No. 3:07-cv-02543-EMC (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A work-history, ECF No. 1-2 (filed 2007-05-14) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-2, Exhibit A pp. 6-7 (vessel table 'SHARK (SSN-591)' 1970-95; recital listing SHARK (SSN-591)); archive.org RECAP mirror gov.uscourts.cand.192004.1.1
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (plaintiff Michael Halseth; Mare Island Naval Shipyard electrician/shop planner/ship scheduler across periods listed 1970-1995) both recites and tabulates this hull: a narrative passage states plaintiff went on 'ship sightings' to ascertain equipment for removal and repair, crawling on and around asbestos-insulated pipe, and 'recalls the following ships: ... and the SHARK (SSN-591)'; the exhibit's vessel table separately lists 'SHARK (SSN-591)' with a 1970-95 window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1970-1995 (listed window); 2007 (litigation)
- Population
- Michael Halseth (Mare Island Naval Shipyard electrician/shop planner, listed windows 1970-1995)
- Limitations
- Complaint-exhibit vessel list and recital; unadjudicated pleading-stage allegation. This hull's documented Mare Island period (overhaul October 1981 - June 1983; inactivation 1989-90) falls inside the printed 1970-95 window; the window is a generic pleading span, not a finding. Establishes nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shark-ssn591-03
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[4]Redman v. A.W. Chesterton Company et al., No. 3:08-cv-03013-JSW (N.D. Cal.), removed complaint Exhibit A jobsite list, ECF No. 1 (filed 2008-06-18); scanned exhibit OCR'd locally [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1, Exhibit A jobsite list ('USS SHARK', Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock); archive.org RECAP mirror gov.uscourts.cand.204462.1.0 (scanned; OCR verified)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Wrongful-death asbestos complaint exhibit (decedent Ronald Redman, d. 21 October 2007, mesothelioma) lists jobsites including 'USS SHARK' at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock, Newport News, VA, among NNS-built hulls (USS Robert E. Lee, USS John Marshall, USS Thomas Jefferson, USS John C. Calhoun SSBN-630, USS Lewis & Clark).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- construction/availability era (undated in list); 2008 (litigation)
- Population
- Ronald Redman (Newport News Shipbuilding worker; asbestos-exposure allegation)
- Limitations
- Complaint-exhibit jobsite list; unadjudicated pleading-stage allegation. No hull number is printed; identification with SSN-591 is contextual - the list consists of Newport News-built hulls and this is the only Shark extant in the decedent's work era (the prior Sharks SS-8/SS-174/SS-314 were WWII-era or earlier). Establishes nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shark-ssn591-04
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[5]Wines v. Alfa Laval Inc. (In re Asbestos Litigation: Neal Wines, Executor of the Estate of Donnie Lacey Wines), No. 1:14-cv-01190-GMS-SRF (D. Del.), Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 207 (filed 2016-06-10) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 207 at 3-4 & n.4 (recital of work-history sheet, D.I. 32 Ex. 2 at 17); archive.org RECAP mirror gov.uscourts.ded.55772.207.0
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Report and Recommendation on a remand motion recites discovery-stage content naming this hull: the decedent's work-history sheet (D.I. 32, Ex. 2 at 16-24) identified a dozen Navy vessels worked on at the time of alleged asbestos exposure, and 'Mr. Wines recalled performing repair work on the USS Shark and USS Robert E. Lee' - within a Newport News Shipbuilding supervisory career (1961-1977) that also listed new construction aboard six SSBNs (James Monroe, James Madison, John C. Calhoun, Von Steuben, Sam Rayburn, Simon Bolivar) and USS America, John F. Kennedy, Nimitz, and California.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1961-1977 (employment window); 2014-2016 (litigation)
- Population
- Donnie Lacey Wines (Newport News Shipbuilding supervisor, 1961-1977)
- Limitations
- Discovery-stage material recited in a Report & Recommendation deciding remand only; unadjudicated as to exposure. No hull number is printed; identification with SSN-591 is contextual (Newport News repair work, 1961-77 era, co-listed with NNS-built hulls). The R&R made no finding about asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shark-ssn591-05
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[6]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 ('SHARK (SSN-591)'); archive.org RECAP mirror gov.uscourts.cand.197119.1.1
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (plaintiff Alvin Cooks's Mare Island Naval Shipyard machinist work-history, listed 1974-1982) expressly lists 'SHARK (SSN-591)' among dozens of hulls as locations of alleged asbestos exposure.
- 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. Cooks's Mare Island window (1974-1982) overlaps this hull's documented Mare Island presence only at its tail (overhaul began October 1981; Shark was otherwise Atlantic Fleet, homeported New London after 1976) - recorded as pled, not reconciled. Establishes nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shark-ssn591-06
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[7]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; 'SHARK (SSN-591)' 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, Mare Island Naval Shipyard painting-shops painter, 12/1963-6/1995) lists per-vessel exposure entries including 'SHARK (SSN-591)' 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 interleave in OCR output, so the window printed beside 'SHARK (SSN-591)' 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-shark-ssn591-07
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[8]CBS Corporation Master Exhibit List (entry 1317), filed in McCrossin v. A.W. Chesterton Co., No. 3:14-cv-05382-RJB (W.D. Wash.), ECF No. 44-1 (filed 2014-07-31); same list filed in Yoder v. CBS, No. 2:14-cv-00006-RSL, ECF 40-1, and Holck v. Carrier, No. 3:13-cv-05905-RJB, ECF 69-3 [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 44-1 p. 70-71 (entry 1317); same list verified via OCR in Yoder ECF 40-1 and Holck ECF 69-3; archive.org RECAP mirrors gov.uscourts.wawd.200626.44.1 / .198032.40.1 / .196409.69.3
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A litigation master exhibit list indexes entry 1317: dated 1974/10/10, author Daughdrill, T. G., recipient Canaga, George, type Letter, reference 'Work Involving Asbestos on the USS Shark' - a contemporaneous document reference asserting asbestos work aboard a USS Shark in October 1974. This hull arrived at Pascagoula (Ingalls) in August 1974 for refueling overhaul, and surrounding list entries are Ingalls Shipbuilding industrial-health and labor documents - context consistent with SSN-591.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1974 (indexed letter); 2014 (litigation)
- Population
- Unidentified - underlying letter not retrieved
- Limitations
- ARCHIVAL LEAD ONLY - the indexed letter itself was not located or inspected; the list entry proves a document was cataloged, not its contents. Hull identification is contextual (no hull number printed); the Ingalls-document context and October 1974 date coincide with this hull's Pascagoula overhaul arrival. Not an exposure finding for any person.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shark-ssn591-08
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[9]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 1958-61 at Newport News Shipbuilding 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 (NNS post-shakedown repairs 1961; Charleston overhaul 1964-65; Norfolk refueling 1967-68 and drydock 1970-71; Ingalls refueling overhaul 1974-76; Mare Island overhaul 1981-83 and inactivation 1989-90) 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
- 1958-1996
- Population
- NNS construction trades; CNSY/NNSY/Ingalls/MINSY overhaul trades; crew (1961-1990)
- 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 Shark, 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-shark-ssn591-09
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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 (1958-61) and the Charleston/Norfolk availabilities through 1971. The 1974-76 Ingalls and 1981-83 Mare Island availabilities 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-shark-ssn591-10
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[11]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-shark-ssn591-01..08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping/recycling hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding naming USS Shark was located. CourtListener sweeps produced five verified pleading/discovery-stage records naming this hull (Halseth, Redman, Wines, Cooks, McIntyre) plus the CBS master-exhibit archival lead and name collisions; a further 'SSN-591' index match in Davis v. GE (N.D. Cal., filed 2008-01-14, doc 1) could not be content-verified (not in RECAP mirror) - unresolved lead. No opinion and no adjudicated exposure record 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 1995-96 recycling-disposal path left no retrievable hazmat-disclosure trail in located sources. All litigation hits are allegations or index references; nothing was adjudicated about asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shark-ssn591-11