Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet crew-cz-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Accokeek; hull: ATA-181; class: ATA-121 (Sotoyomo-class auxiliary ocean tug). [S2]
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-accokeek-ata181-pkt-crew-cz-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry for Accokeek (ATA-181), as mirrored at HullNumber.com [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- ATA-181 history text (DANFS-derived), postwar service paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- ATA-181 reached Philadelphia 1946-11-20 and served the Atlantic Fleet for 26 years; renamed Accokeek 1948-07-16. Operated along the eastern seaboard and West Indies, with missions to Labrador, Ascension Island, and Lake Michigan. Home port Philadelphia until reassigned to Little Creek, Virginia, 1969-06-30. Decommissioned at Norfolk 1972-06-29; transferred to the Maritime Administration 1972-09-19 for NDRF layup. Still on the Navy list at the James River NDRF facility at end of 1987.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- Establishes postwar service, rename, homeports, decommissioning, and MARAD transfer. No materials or exposure information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-accokeek-ata181-03
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[3]Florida Scuba Diving, USS Accokeek wreck pages (Panama City Beach dive operators; reef-program history) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Full history sections: Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center; Final Fate
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- After stricken 1986-03-31, the hull was transferred in 1987 to the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Florida, used as a salvage-training platform (repeatedly sunk and refloated), then turned over to the local artificial-reef program and sunk as an artificial reef off Panama City Beach, Florida, on 2000-07-09, at approximately 29° 58.475′ N, 085° 51.915′ W, ~100 ft depth. Now part of the Florida Panhandle Shipwreck Trail.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- Dive-operator/reef-program sources, not Navy or MARAD records - final-fate dates are unverified against an authoritative disposition record. One secondary source (Wikipedia, citing DANFS infobox) gives sunk as artificial reef, 20 February 1987, which conflicts with the detailed 1987-training-platform/2000-reef-sinking account; the discrepancy is unresolved. Supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-accokeek-ata181-04
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[4]Batch 2855 search ledger (DANFS, class specifications, dive/reef sources, CourtListener sweep) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BATCH-2855-REPORT.md, search ledger and gaps
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation located for USS Accokeek (ATA-181): no hull survey, no abatement record, no Navy or MARAD hazmat disclosure, no litigation naming the vessel, and no primary source describing insulation or gasket materials aboard this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- A documented negative finding: the absence of records is the result, not a claim that asbestos was absent. Diesel-electric tugs of this era commonly used asbestos in exhaust insulation, gaskets, packing, and brake linings, but no source ties any such product to this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-accokeek-ata181-05
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[5]Sotoyomo-class specifications as published for USS Undaunted (ATA-199) and USS Umpqua (ATA-209), same class [other_primary]
- Locator
- General characteristics / Propulsion infobox
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Sotoyomo-class (ATA-174) tugs were diesel-electric: as built, two General Motors Cleveland Diesel 12-278A diesel engines driving an electric propulsion motor, single screw, 13 knots, complement 45. Era-typical (not hull-proven) asbestos applications on diesel-electric tugs of this period included exhaust-system insulation, engine gaskets and packing, and brake linings on towing machinery.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- Class-level propulsion and era-level materials context only. No source states that asbestos was installed on ATA-181 specifically; class/era evidence never becomes a ship-specific finding. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-accokeek-ata181-06
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[6]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry for Accokeek (ATA-181), as mirrored at HullNumber.com [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- ATA-181 history text (DANFS-derived)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- ATA-181 was laid down 1944-06-15 at Orange, Texas, by the Levingston Shipbuilding Co.; launched 1944-07-27; and commissioned 1944-10-07 with Lt. C. M. Lacour in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- Establishes construction identity only. Contains no materials, asbestos, or condition information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-accokeek-ata181-01
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[7]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry for Accokeek (ATA-181), as mirrored at HullNumber.com [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- ATA-181 history text (DANFS-derived), wartime service paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- After shakedown ATA-181 sailed for the Pacific, transiting the Panama Canal early January 1945, reaching Guam 1945-03-25 a week before the Okinawa assault. For the rest of the war she aided warships damaged in the Okinawa campaign, towing them into Kerama Retto and on to bases in the Marianas and Western Carolines. She remained in the Far East postwar supporting occupation forces; on 1945-10-15 a typhoon drove her aground at Okinawa but she escaped heavy damage. Earned one World War II battle star as ATA-181.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- Establishes wartime service and battle-star award. No materials or exposure information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-accokeek-ata181-02