Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet do-packet.md (4 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Apache
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-apache-at67-pkt-do-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), Naval Historical Center, 'Apache IV' (AT-67) - Wayback capture of official NHHC page [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Apache IV' entry; Wayback capture 2012-11-06 of history.navy.mil/danfs/a10/apache-iv.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Fourth Apache (AT-67) laid down 8 November 1941 by Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Charleston, S.C.; launched 8 May 1942, sponsored by Mrs. G. E. Baker; commissioned 12 December 1942, Lt. (jg.) Clyde S. Horner in command. DANFS characteristics: dp. 1,675; 1. 205'; b. 38'6"; dr. 15'4"; s. 16.5 k.; cpl. 85; a. 1 3", 2 .50-cal. mg. WWII: shakedown Portsmouth/Key West; Noumea-Funafuti-Espiritu Santo towing and salvage mid-1943; TF 31 Bougainville landings 1 November 1943; Solomons operations Dec 1943-Mar 1944; TG 31.2 Emirau assault 17 March; reclassified ATF-67 on 15 May 1944; TG 53.1 Marianas (Saipan/Guam) June-August 1944; Leyte late 1944; TG 77.6 Luzon invasion January 1945 - on 5 January claimed four aircraft downed, one plane crashed her radar mast wounding three crewmen; shepherded kamikaze-damaged Salamaua (CVE-96) to Leyte 13 January; Ulithi operations Feb-Apr 1945; repairs at United Engineering Co., Alameda, mid-1945. Six battle stars and Navy Unit Commendation for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- Crew (wartime complement 85); shipyard workers Charleston, S.C. 1941-42
- Limitations
- Official administrative history; establishes construction, characteristics, and operations but contains no materials or asbestos information. Live NHHC page not located under the modern DANFS URL structure (404s at tried slugs); this is the 2012-11-06 Wayback capture of the official navy.mil page - text verified verbatim. Does not establish any exposure or material condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apache-at67-01
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[3]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), Naval Historical Center, 'Apache IV' (AT-67) - postwar narrative, same Wayback capture [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Apache IV' entry, postwar paragraphs; Wayback capture 2012-11-06
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Postwar: out of commission in reserve 3 December 1946 (Columbia River Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet); recommissioned 20 July 1951; Korea service December 1951-June 1952 relieving Yuma (ATF-94) as Wonsan salvage/rescue vessel, buoy-laying at Wonsan and Hungnam, Cho Do/Sok To patrol, shore bombardment, Cheju Do salvage runs - two battle stars. WestPac deployments through the 1950s (Guam, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Bikini, Philippines); San Diego home port from January 1956; six-month overhaul at San Diego early 1960; Campbell Machine Co. shipyard overhaul 7 May-18 July 1962; first Vietnam-service cruise late 1965 (Yankee Station, Da Nang; escorted collision-damaged Brinkley Bass DD-887 to Subic Bay February 1966); reassigned to Submarine Flotilla 1 September 1967 towing Trieste II; June-August 1969 maintained station over Trieste II during the Scorpion (SSN-589) wreck investigation; San Diego yard overhaul 15 December 1969 - mid-April 1970; Operation Teleprobe July 1973; last tow 31 January 1974 (Sterett DLG-31 to Long Beach); decommissioned 27 February 1974. DANFS awards summary: six battle stars + NUC (WWII), two battle stars (Korea), two battle stars + NUC + MUC (Vietnam).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1946-1974
- Population
- Crew (~85); overhauling-yard workers San Diego 1960, 1962, 1969-70
- Limitations
- Official administrative history; contains no materials or asbestos information. DANFS states name struck at decommissioning in the same sentence; NVR-derived data give the formal strike date as 30 March 1974. Vietnam award count differs from NavSource's campaign listing (one campaign star) - DANFS wording retained and conflict logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apache-at67-02
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[4]NavSource Online, Service Ship Photo Archive: USS Apache (ATF-67) ex AT-67 - chronology, campaign/award listing, specifications, and disposition [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/09/39/39067.htm (chronology/specs blocks); NVR scrape row APACHE (ATF 67) 07067 at github.com/bruinAlex/nvr_scraper/blob/master/ship_list_2018-09-05_22-28.csv
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource chronology: reclassified ATF-67 15 May 1944; decommissioned 24 February 1974 [conflicts with DANFS's 27 February - logged]; struck from the Naval Register 30 March 1974; sold under the Security Assistance Program to the Republic of China 1 June 1974 and renamed Ta Wan (ATF-551). Campaign listings: WWII Asiatic-Pacific (Treasury-Bougainville, Marianas, Solomons consolidation, Bismarck Archipelago-Emirau, Leyte, Luzon-Lingayen); Korea (Second Korean Winter; Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952); Vietnam (Vietnamese Counteroffensive 4 Jan-6 Feb and 3-5 Mar 1966). Specifications: 1,235 t. light / 1,675 t. full; 205' x 38'6" x 15'4"; diesel-electric - four General Motors 12-278 diesel-electric main engines, Fairbanks Morse main reduction gear, three GM 3-268A auxiliary engines, single propeller 3,000 shp; complement 5 officers + 80 enlisted. Independently corroborated by NVR-derived scrape (bruinAlex/nvr_scraper ship_list CSV): APACHE (ATF 67) SAP transfer/cash sale 06/01/1974, strike 03/30/1974, destination TAIWAN.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1942-1974
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained secondary archive, not an official record; its decommissioning date (24 Feb) conflicts with DANFS (27 Feb). Strike and sale figures are corroborated by an NVR-data scrape mirrored on GitHub and by independent press (Naval News 2024). Contains no asbestos information; 'fate unknown' footer on the page is stale - contradicted by its own disposition line and later reporting.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apache-at67-03
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[5]Naval News, 'New Rescue and Salvage Ship Da Wu delivered to Taiwan's navy' (October 2024) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Naval News article, Ta Tung-class paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- As of October 2024 the Republic of China Navy still operates two Ta Tung-class ocean tugs including ROCS Ta Wan (ATF-551), 'previously the Cherokee-class tugboat USS Apache (ATF-67), commissioned on December 12, 1942, and decommissioned on February 27, 1974 ... transferred to Taiwan on June 1, 1974.' The hull remains extant and in naval service more than 50 years after U.S. disposal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1974-2024
- Population
- ROCN crew (contemporary)
- Limitations
- Specialist naval press, not an official ROCN source; establishes continued service as of the report date, not material condition. 'Cherokee-class' is the secondary-source class name for what DANFS/NHHC calls the Navajo class - logged naming variance. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apache-at67-04
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[6]ARINC Research Corp. (for PERA(CSS), Contract N00140-73-D-0074), 'Advance Overhaul Planning for USS APACHE (ATF-67), USS COCOPA (ATF-101), USS MOLALA (ATF-106), and USS QUAPAW (ATF-110)' - Summary Report, October 1974; DTIC accession ADA054502 [other_primary]
- Locator
- DTIC accession ADA054502; summary report text, pp. covering USS APACHE planning analysis
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Navy-contracted overhaul-planning document naming this hull: the USS APACHE (ATF-67) regular overhaul was scheduled 15 February - 15 June 1974 at SUPSHIP 13; planning (work-definition conference stage) was put on hold 18 December 1973 and cancelled 9 February 1974; the ship was decommissioned instead. Underlying PERA(CSS) postoverhaul-planning publication 1020-01-1-1303A (July 1974) is compiled in the report. Documents that the ship's last programmed yard period never occurred - i.e., no 1974 U.S. yard overhaul/abatement record exists for this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1973-1974
- Limitations
- apps.dtic.mil returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (2026-09-26); bibliographic details and quoted content verified via search-index extraction of the PDF text, not direct full-text review. Overhaul-planning documents of this era sometimes catalog insulation materials, but no asbestos content has been confirmed in this report. Does not itself document asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apache-at67-05
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[7]U.S. National Archives, guided topic 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guided-topic page, 'Bureau of Ships General, Confidential, and Secret Correspondence' section and entry list
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NARA officially characterizes 'the use of asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel from 1941-1961' as a frequently requested research topic and prescribes the ship-specific research path: Bureau of Ships (RG 19) correspondence files 1940-1961, filed by hull designation (Apache's files would sit under AT-67/ATF-67) and by class correspondence under the class namesake's hull number, plus builder-yard correspondence under Navy Filing Manual 'QM' designations. This establishes (a) official acknowledgment that asbestos was used in Navy materiel of this hull's construction era, and (b) a concrete archival route to hull-specific material records that this batch did not execute.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1941-1961
- Population
- WWII-era sailors and shipyard workers (general)
- Limitations
- NARA's page is a research guide, not a finding about this vessel - it does not assert asbestos aboard Apache specifically and gives no product, quantity, or condition data. Era acknowledgment does not substitute for a hull-level document.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apache-at67-06
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[8]U.S. National Archives, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' - Apache (ATF-67) entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online, 'Apache (ATF-67)' accordion entry (years 1966-1969)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA lists digitized deck logs for Apache (ATF-67) covering 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969, in the National Archives Catalog (Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, series 594258 - Vietnam-era/Blue Water Navy digitization). Deck logs are the primary daily administrative record of the ship during part of her second commission and are retrievable for yard periods, locations, and notable events.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1966-1969
- Population
- Crew 1966-1969
- Limitations
- Deck logs record operations and events, not materials surveys; they are a pathway for reconstructing yard/availability periods rather than asbestos evidence themselves. WWII-era (1942-46) and 1950s-60s logs outside 1966-69 are not in this digitized list. No asbestos content reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apache-at67-07
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[9]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (October 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page and PDF (gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf); search-index text extraction
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's position that ships of Apache's construction era carried asbestos: per the report, 'all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables,' ships built in the era before reduced-asbestos construction carried asbestos thermal insulation, and the Navy's October 1975 policy replaced only damaged or necessarily-removed insulation - modified in January 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. Fieldwork centered on Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. Apache left U.S. service in 1974, before the 1975-79 removal policies could have touched her.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1979 (report); policy window 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and sailors (program level)
- Limitations
- gao.gov returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch (2026-09-26); description and quoted text verified via indexed search results and the GAO product-page summary - full-text pull remains the open lead. Program-level document: names no individual vessel, does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, and the yard fieldwork does not cover Charleston Shipbuilding or San Diego yards.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apache-at67-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 search sweep (authenticated, fleet-paced): opinion and docket indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-apache-at67-04 through sl-uss-apache-at67-07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located naming this vessel. 'USS Apache' returned 0 opinion hits and 0 docket hits; 'USS Apache' + asbestos returned 0 opinion hits; 'ATF-67' returned 5 opinion hits, all Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms FOIA collisions (Barouch v. DOJ, CREW v. DOJ, Sarno v. DOJ/BATFE, Abdeljabbar v. BATF, Cooper v. DOJ - all D.D.C. FOIA suits); unqualified 'AT-67' returned 29,261 hits of unusable token noise; a loose 'Apache asbestos tug/ATF/fleet' query returned 78 results dominated by Apache Corporation and unrelated matters.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- CourtListener covers published opinions and RECAP dockets, not the full docket universe; MDL-875 (E.D. Pa.) peripheral filings and state-court complaints naming ships are under-indexed. 'Apache' collides with Apache Corporation (a named asbestos defendant in oilfield/pipeline cases) - collision reviewed, none are the vessel. Absence of an indexed case does not prove no claim was ever filed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apache-at67-09
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[11]Batch-2809 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC (live + Wayback), NavSource, NARA guided topic and deck-log index, NPS NRHP/NHL listings, GAO/DTIC document indexes, CourtListener sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-apache-at67-01 through sl-uss-apache-at67-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, materials catalog, or docketed case naming Apache was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). No NRHP or NHL designation located for the vessel. The hull remains in foreign naval service, so the usual disposal-era survey/abatement record channels (MARAD, NDRF, dismantler disclosures) do not apply.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1942-built hull that was never through a U.S. disposal process plausibly retains era materials where ROCN refits did not remove them, but that is unverified in either direction. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apache-at67-10