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: none — ship served entire USN career as USS ATA-177 (hull-designation-only). Queue's "USS Ata-177" matches this usage.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-ata-177-ata177-pkt-crew-cz-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Service Ship Photo Archive, USS ATA-177 (09/38/38177), live page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Ship chronology and specifications block; NARA/NHHC-captioned photographs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's USS ATA-177 page identifies the hull as ex-Rescue Ocean Tug ATR-104, built by Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, Texas; laid down 27 April 1944, launched 5 June 1944, reclassified ATA-177 15 May 1944, and commissioned 2 September 1944. It reports Asiatic-Pacific service, grounding at Okinawa during Typhoon Louise on 9 October 1945 and refloating on 12 October, transfer to Chile as Lientur (PP-3) on 29 September 1947, and later designation PP-60.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival photo-history site, not a Navy vessel register; its timeline is used with attribution. It does not document asbestos, product composition, individual exposure, causation, decommissioning date, or strike date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-177-ata177-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, NH 83823, USS ATA-177 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Title, caption, catalog number NH 83823
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Naval History and Heritage Command catalog NH 83823 identifies the photographed vessel as USS ATA-177 and dates the image circa 1945-46.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- The catalog establishes the hull's identity and approximate photographic date only. It supplies no construction chronology, materials, asbestos, exposure, or causation evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-177-ata177-02
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, Pacific Typhoon October 1945 - Okinawa [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Vessel casualty listing, ATA 177 entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC's online reading-room document Pacific Typhoon October 1945 - Okinawa lists ATA 177 among vessels affected and records: 'Refloated 10/12/45.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- This source confirms the refloating date, not the ship's construction details or the amount, composition, location, condition, or removal of any onboard insulation or other material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-177-ata177-03
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[5]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, LST-695 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS narrative, 16 February 1945 convoy Kossol-Manus 11 passage
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC DANFS history of LST-695 records that LST-695 departed Kossol Roads for the Admiralty Islands on 16 February 1945 in tow of the auxiliary ocean tug ATA-177, accompanied by USS Harmon (DE-678).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- This is a contemporaneous service reference in another vessel's history. It establishes a February 1945 towing operation, not a full operational history or any asbestos, exposure, or causation fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-177-ata177-04
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[6]Batch-2851 research ledger, source review conducted 2026-10-06 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger entries sl-uss-ata-177-ata177-05 through -08; BATCH-2851-REPORT.md
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation located in the authoritative and archival sources reviewed: no asbestos survey, abatement record, hazardous-material disclosure, product identification, or vessel-specific exposure investigation was found for USS ATA-177 / ATR-104 / Lientur. The hull's asbestos status is unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- A negative research finding is not proof that asbestos was absent. NARA/BuShips construction files, Navy maintenance work packages, Chilean Navy records, and any private disposal records were not located or reviewed; no class or propulsion inference is substituted for ship-specific documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-177-ata177-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 authenticated helper, cl-auth-search.py, execution diagnostics, 2026-10-06 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger entries sl-uss-ata-177-ata177-01 through -04; successful hull-opinion result United States v. Worley, CourtListener cluster 8704964
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener base-query status: the ATA-177 hull-number opinion search returned one result, United States v. Worley, No. CR.A. 01-65-GMS (D. Del. 2002), a criminal mail-fraud/motor-vehicle/money-laundering opinion and a name/token collision, not vessel or asbestos litigation. Exact-name opinion, exact-name docket, and hull-number docket requests were blocked by the shared fleet-wide pacing limiter before a response. No conclusion is drawn from the blocked searches.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- The reviewed Worley result is a name/token collision and supplies no vessel or asbestos evidence. The three blocked searches are access/pacing gaps, not negative litigation results. No anonymous, raw, or v3 CourtListener request was made; those requests require a future successful response before litigation completeness can be claimed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-177-ata177-06