Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, Alloway II (YT-170/YTM-170), verbatim capture via Wayback 2014-10-06 (live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Wayback capture 20141006192851 of http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a7/alloway-ii.htm (Alloway II entry, full text)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DANFS history: type line '(YT-170: dp. 95; l. 71'; b. 19'; dr. 10'6")'. The second Alloway - 'a diesel-powered tug built in 1935 as Russell No. 12' - was acquired by the Navy 1940-10-28 at New York from the Newton Creek Towing Co.; renamed Alloway the following day and simultaneously designated YT-170; converted to naval service by the New York Navy Yard; and placed in service at New York 1940-11-07. Initially ordered to the 5th Naval District and stationed at the Naval Proving Grounds at Dahlgren, Va., where she served through the end of WWII. Reclassified a medium harbor tug and redesignated YTM-170 on 1944-05-15. On 1946-03-21 assigned to temporary duty with the 5th Naval District at Norfolk preparatory to inactivation; placed out of service at Little Creek, Va., 1946-08-19; struck from the Navy list 1947-06-10; turned over to the Maritime Commission's War Shipping Administration for disposal. DANFS name note: 'Alloway' is a Delaware term meaning 'beautiful tail' (black fox); the WWII tug honors the Delaware chief Alloway (c. 1675, Salem County, N.J. territory).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1935-1947
- Population
- Tug crew at Naval Proving Ground Dahlgren (complement not documented); New York Navy Yard conversion workforce (Oct-Nov 1940)
- Limitations
- Authoritative service history; contains no asbestos, insulation, machinery-detail, or hazardous-material information - it documents dates, stations, and designations only. Does not establish asbestos presence, absence, quantity, exposure, or eligibility. Live NHHC page 404s on all URL patterns tried; cited via Wayback capture dated 2014-10-06. 'Built in 1935 as Russell No. 12' conflicts with the Bushey yard list, which records the hull built as Cheyenne and later renamed Russell 12 - see ev-03 and gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alloway-yt170-01
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[2]U.S. Navy Filing Manual, 4th ed. (1941), YA-YY District Craft section, YT District Tugs listing (HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Navy Filing Manual 1941, YA-YY District Craft page, 'YT DISTRICT TUGS' subsection, entry 'YT170 Alloway'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The 1941 Navy Filing Manual's district-craft index lists 'YT170 Alloway' under 'YT DISTRICT TUGS' - an official contemporary listing establishing that this hull was in naval service on the eve of U.S. entry into WWII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1941
- Limitations
- Administrative index entry only - confirms hull existence, designation, and in-service status in 1941; carries no operational, machinery, material, or exposure information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alloway-yt170-02
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[3]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn NY' yard list - hull 456 entry; corroborating row in the 'Yard Tugs Wartime YT YTB YTM YTL' table [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Bushey yard list row '456 | 234026 | Cheyenne'; smallships/yt2.htm row '170 | Alloway | Cheyenne | Bushey, Ira S. | Brooklyn NY | 456'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Bushey yard list records hull 456, official number 234026, as the 95-ton tug Cheyenne built 1935 by Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn NY, 'later Russell 12, Alloway (YT-170), Soumatco, Cheyenne, Sandpiper, Mist, Rojowe, now Cheyenne' - establishing the builder identity, the commercial names before and after naval service, and the post-disposal name chain. The wartime yard-tug table corroborates: YT-170 Alloway, Bushey Brooklyn NY, hull 456, YTM reclass mark, LDT 95, sold 1947 as Soumatco.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1935-1947 (build to disposal); name chain to present per source
- Population
- Bushey yard construction trades (Brooklyn, 1935)
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary compilation (Tim Colton's shipbuildinghistory.com), not a primary record. Conflicts with DANFS on build identity: DANFS says 'built in 1935 as Russell No. 12' while the yard list records the hull built as Cheyenne and later renamed Russell 12 - unresolved; both carried. The yard-tug table's 'Built 1940' conflicts with the same author's yard list '1935' and DANFS 1935 - 1935 carried. 'now Cheyenne' endpoint unverified: a different, extant tug Cheyenne (Bushey hull 628, built 1965) exists and may have caused conflation - see gaps. Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alloway-yt170-03
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[4]Corn JK, Starr J. 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding.' Am J Ind Med 12(4):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Am J Ind Med 12(4):359-373 (1987), DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700120402
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that WWII-era U.S. naval construction and conversion extensively installed asbestos-containing insulation, lagging, and gaskets - the era and production system in which this 1935-built commercial tug was converted for naval service at the New York Navy Yard in Oct-Nov 1940. For a diesel-powered harbor tug with no boilers, the era-relevant applications concentrate in diesel exhaust/muffler lagging, engine-room thermal insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical cable insulation, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and towing-winch brake linings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (study scope); applied 1935-1947
- Population
- New York Navy Yard conversion workforce (1940); tug crew at Dahlgren (1940-1946)
- Limitations
- Era-level scholarship plus type inference; the source does not name this hull and does not establish that any specific material aboard this craft contained asbestos. No ship-specific product is verified; the diesel plant (no boilers) narrows the exposure-relevant scope relative to steam vessels, and the conversion's material scope is undocumented. Does not establish quantity, exposure, causation, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alloway-yt170-04
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[5]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 the Navy's asbestos-protection program and reported the Navy's own account that all ships contain some asbestos in components such as clutches and electric cables, with thermal insulation the major shipboard use - program-level context for the era in which this hull served.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1979 (report); WWII-era insulation regime contextualized
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review (not this hull)
- Limitations
- Program-level 1979 review published more than three decades after this hull left naval custody (struck 1947) - it never governed this vessel and does not establish conditions aboard her. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description, consistent with prior batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alloway-yt170-05
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[6]Batch-412 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404; Wayback capture used); 1941 Navy Filing Manual (HyperWar); shipbuildinghistory.com Bushey yard list and yard-tug table; NavSource YT/YTM indexes; CourtListener API v4 + web index; asbestos marketing surface; NARA catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-alloway-yt170-01 through sl-uss-alloway-yt170-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, government report, or docketed case naming USS Alloway, YT-170, or YTM-170 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Litigation surface: CourtListener API throttled at the shared 125/day quota; web-index coverage returned only surname collisions (Alloway v. General Motors LLC, motor-vehicle product liability, E.D. Mich.; Alloway v. The Franklin Institute, premises liability, Pa. Super.) - no vessel case. Marketing surface: asbestos-ships.com resolves a '/ships/uss-alloway/' URL but it is a catch-all template page with no Alloway content in the body; no hull-specific asbestos content page was located for either Alloway hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1935-built diesel tug converted at a navy yard in 1940 is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials in the applications noted above. The finding addresses documentation only: no source establishes asbestos presence or absence aboard this hull, and none establishes or defeats any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Docket-level litigation coverage is incomplete due to the documented rate-limit block. Two U.S. Navy ships carried the name Alloway (ID-3139, WWI freighter; YT-170/YTM-170, this tug) - hits must be hull-discriminated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alloway-yt170-06