Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet crew-cy-packet.md (4 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-ata-173-ata173-pkt-crew-cy-packet-md
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[2]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of the U.S. Navy, 1941-1978, by Ship Number [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 9, ATR-100 entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 logbook index lists ATR-100 with a logbook date range of 12 April 1944 through 31 May 1944. This independently confirms the ATR-100 designation and that the vessel's indexed logbook record begins on 12 April 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1944-04-12 to 1944-05-31
- Limitations
- The index supplies a logbook date range, not construction, reclassification, decommissioning, materials, or asbestos information. It does not establish individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-173-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Service Ship Photo Archive, 'USS ATA-173' [museum_official]
- Locator
- ATA-173 page, history/specifications blocks and ATR-100 acceptance-trials image caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's live ATA-173 photo-archive page identifies the hull as planned AT-173, laid down as ATR-100 at Gulfport Shipbuilding/Boiler & Welding, Port Arthur, Texas, on 7 November 1943; launched 12 March 1944; commissioned as USS ATA-173 on 12 April 1944; and reports later commercial names Dom Luiz and Alpertucho. It also reports diesel-electric propulsion and a complement of 5 officers and 40 enlisted personnel.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1943-1944; reported later commercial history
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival compilation, not a Navy or NARA primary record; it is used to identify and preserve research leads only. Its timeline reports but does not document a decommissioning or strike date, and it supplies no asbestos or materials information. Its facts require primary-record confirmation before being treated as definitive.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-173-02
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[4]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Article title/abstract; publisher destination was access-blocked after the live DOI redirect
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical scholarship documents extensive use of asbestos as fireproofing and insulation in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II, the construction era of ATA-173/ATR-100.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1940s; article published 1987
- Population
- World War II U.S. shipbuilding workers and crews (era context)
- Limitations
- This is WWII shipbuilding-era context, not a class specification or a record naming this hull. It does not establish that any asbestos-containing product was installed, remained, or was disturbed aboard ATA-173/ATR-100; it does not establish quantity, condition, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-173-03
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[5]CourtListener authenticated helper, cl-auth-search.py; attempted exact-name opinion query for 'USS ATA-173' twice [court_record]
- Locator
- Helper output: 'COURTLISTENER PACING: the fleet-wide request budget is momentarily spent'; no API response or result set produced
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No CourtListener result is reported for this hull: the required authenticated CourtListener sweep was not completed because the fleet pacing helper twice reported that the shared request budget was momentarily spent before a request could be sent. No inference—positive or negative—about asbestos litigation follows from that gap.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- This is an access/pacing gap, not a no-result finding. The other three mandatory base queries were not sent after the helper's stand-down instruction; no case classification is possible and no litigation conclusion is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-173-04
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[6]National Archives, Guide to Federal Records: Record Group 19, Records of the Bureau of Ships [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 19 guide
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: NARA's Bureau of Ships record-group guide identifies Record Group 19 as the records of the Bureau of Ships, including records relevant to Navy ship design, construction, and administration. Hull-specific construction/outfitting and disposition records for ATR-100/ATA-173 were not retrieved in this research pass.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- World War II-era Bureau of Ships records
- Limitations
- Record-group-level lead only; no box-, file-, or drawing-level material was retrieved. The guide does not establish that a particular asbestos, construction, or disposition record exists for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-173-05
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[7]Batch-2847 research ledger for this record: NARA Special List 44 (ATR-100) and NavSource ATA-173 archival page [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-ata-173-01 through sl-uss-ata-173-03
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Negative finding: the hull-specific public sources located in this pass—NARA's ATR-100 logbook index and the NavSource ATA-173 archival page—contain no asbestos, insulation-material, abatement, survey, or hazmat-disclosure information for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 2026-10-06 research pass
- Limitations
- This is a finding about the limited public sources searched, not proof that asbestos was absent aboard the hull. It does not establish presence or absence, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility; it does not substitute for an unperformed CourtListener sweep or unretrieved NARA construction files.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-173-06