Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]DANFS, Snook II (SSN-592) - construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Mare Island and Puget Sound availabilities, service history to 31 July 1974 (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 7 April 1958 by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Miss.; launched 31 October 1960 (sponsor Mrs. George L. Walling, mother of the wartime Snook SS-279 commanding officer); commissioned 24 October 1961, Comdr. Howard Bucknell III; home port San Diego. Mare Island Naval Shipyard for extensive hull improvements 1 February - 23 August 1963; again at Mare Island three and one-half months for repairs and new electronic equipment (post-second-deployment, 1964); six months of sound trials and drydocking after the 1965 WestPac; fourteen-month overhaul and refueling at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard beginning 19 March 1967, returning to San Diego 30 June 1968; drydocked at Mare Island June-September 1970; drydocking at Puget Sound after the 1972 Vietnam tour; entered Mare Island 26 November 1973 for a refueling overhaul, still there 31 July 1974.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1958-1974 (DANFS coverage)
- Population
- Ingalls construction trades (1958-61); MINSY/PSNSY overhaul trades (1963-1974); crew (1961-1986)
- 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-snook-ssn592-01
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[2]Navysite.de, USS Snook (SSN-592) unofficial ship page - post-DANFS history and disposition data (secondary compilation; not a primary record) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite SSN-592 general-characteristics and history sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-DANFS history (secondary compilation): 23 April 1975 entangled in a probable Soviet fishing trawler's net while submerged off San Francisco, pulled to periscope depth before breaking free; 1977 struck USS Sculpin (SSN-590) while mooring alongside a submarine tender - bow torpedo-tube outer doors damaged, several weeks drydock; further Mare Island overhaul in the late 1970s followed by home-port change San Diego to Groton, CT; Mediterranean deployment 1982; UNITAS XXV 1984 (Rio de Janeiro 1 June 1984); decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 14 November 1986; entered NPSSRP at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 1 October 1996; recycling completed 30 June 1997.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1974-1997
- Population
- MINSY overhaul trades (late 1970s); PSNSY recycling workers (1996-97); crew
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (unofficial US Navy site), not a primary record - used for post-1974 disposition per prior-batch precedent. The 1977 Sculpin collision is labeled by navysite as drawn from 'later crew-based summaries'. No asbestos or hazmat content; SRP hazmat handling not described.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-snook-ssn592-02
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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 ('SNOOK (SSN-592)'); 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 'SNOOK (SSN-592)' 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 at its head (refueling overhaul from November 1973 into at least mid-1974; a further late-1970s MINSY overhaul) - recorded as pled, not reconciled. Establishes nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-snook-ssn592-03
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[4]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 p. 6 (vessel table 'SNOOK (SNN-592)' [sic] 1970-95); 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) lists 'SNOOK (SNN-592)' [sic - hull number printed SNN, not SSN] in the vessel table 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; unadjudicated pleading-stage allegation. The exhibit prints 'SNN-592' - a typographical error; identification with USS Snook (SSN-592) is by name+number adjacency in a submarine list. Snook's documented Mare Island presence (refueling overhaul from November 1973; late-1970s overhaul before the Groton transfer) falls early in the printed 1970-95 window. Establishes nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-snook-ssn592-04
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[5]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; 'SNOOK (SSN-592)' 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 'SNOOK (SSN-592)' 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 'SNOOK (SSN-592)' 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-snook-ssn592-05
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[6]Cronin v. Todd Shipyards Corporation, No. 3:08-cv-03274-MMC (N.D. Cal.), complaint Exhibit A work-history, ECF No. 1-2 (filed 2008-07-08) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 1-2, Exhibit A p. 17 (vessel list 'SNOOK (SSN-592)', 'Late 1980s'); archive.org RECAP mirror gov.uscourts.cand.204934.1.0
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (decedent's Mare Island Naval Shipyard work-history: electrical-systems work - 'designed electrical controls for nuclear submarines,' worked aboard submarines inspecting nuclear components, and worked near asbestos cement conduit and insulation-disturbing trades in the shops) expressly lists 'SNOOK (SSN-592)' tagged with a 'Late 1980s' exposure window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1970s-1990s (exhibit work-history window); 2008 (litigation)
- Population
- Cronin decedent (Mare Island Naval Shipyard electrical-systems worker; employment window as listed in exhibit)
- Limitations
- Complaint-exhibit vessel list; unadjudicated pleading-stage allegation. The 'Late 1980s' tag conflicts with documented history - Snook's last Mare Island period was her late-1970s overhaul before the Groton home-port shift, and she decommissioned 14 November 1986 on the East Coast; no late-1980s Mare Island availability is documented. Recorded as pled; window inconsistency flagged. Establishes nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-snook-ssn592-06
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[7]Colden v. Asmus, 322 F. Supp. 1163 (S.D. Cal. 1971) (CourtListener opinion 1880699; text verified via case-law mirrors - CL page bot-blocked in this environment) [court_record]
- Locator
- 322 F. Supp. 1163, 1164 (S.D. Cal. 1971); CourtListener opinion 1880699
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- NON-ASBESTOS litigation naming this hull: a military habeas corpus opinion recites that petitioner Kevin Loren Colden served nine months aboard 'the USS Snook (SSN 592)' before being declared environmentally unadaptable for submarine duty - a published court record identifying this hull as a duty station, included so reviewers can see the hit was examined and classified.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1971 (opinion); service ~1969-70
- Population
- Kevin Loren Colden (crew member, ~1969-70)
- Limitations
- Not an asbestos or exposure record - an enlistment-contract habeas opinion. Names this hull only as the petitioner's prior duty station. Establishes service aboard, nothing about materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-snook-ssn592-07
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[8]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 Ingalls 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 (Mare Island hull improvements 1963 and repairs/electronics availability ~1964; Puget Sound overhaul/refueling 1967-68 and drydock 1972; Mare Island drydock 1970, refueling overhaul from November 1973, and late-1970s overhaul) 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
- 1958-1997
- Population
- Ingalls construction trades; MINSY/PSNSY overhaul trades; crew (1961-1986)
- 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 Snook, 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-snook-ssn592-08
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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 (1958-61) and availabilities through the early 1970s. The November 1973 Mare Island refueling overhaul and the late-1970s availability sit at or after 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-snook-ssn592-09
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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-snook-ssn592-01..08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping/recycling hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding naming USS Snook was located. CourtListener sweeps produced four verified pleading-stage complaint exhibits naming this hull (Cooks, Halseth, McIntyre, Cronin) plus the Colden habeas opinion (non-asbestos); a verbatim 'USS Snook' index match in an MDL-875 master-docket attachment (doc 8536-2) and an 'SSN-592' match in Estes v. GE (N.D. Cal. 4:17-cv-03900, doc 1) could not be content-verified (not in RECAP mirror) - unresolved leads. 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 1996-97 recycling-disposal path left no retrievable hazmat-disclosure trail in located sources. All asbestos hits are allegations; nothing was adjudicated about asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-snook-ssn592-10