Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]Armada de Chile, Patrullero Leucotón 2° [other_primary]
- Locator
- Nombres anteriores and vessel history paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Chilean Navy identifies Leucotón as former USS ATA 200, a Maricopa-class vessel built by Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works at Port Arthur, Texas, and launched on 1944-09-08. It reports Chilean acquisition on 1947-09-29 and loss after grounding at Caleta Lliuco, Bahía San Pedro, on 1965-08-02.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Official Chilean retrospective history, not the U.S. Navy construction or disposition file. It contains no asbestos inventory, exposure information, or U.S. commissioning date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-200-ata200-01
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, ATR-10, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- February 1945 San Francisco to Pearl Harbor passage; 27 May 1945 Okinawa convoy paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's ATR-10 history records ATA-200 towing pontoon barges from San Francisco toward Pearl Harbor in February 1945; ATR-10 transferred repair parts to ATA-200 during that passage. It also places ATA-200 with ATA-203 in a convoy from Okinawa toward Kerama Retto on 1945-05-27.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- ATA-200 is identified in another tug's official history. The account establishes movements, not ATA-200's machinery materials, asbestos content, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-200-ata200-02
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, Pacific Typhoon October 1945 - Okinawa [other_primary]
- Locator
- Grounded-vessel table, ATA 200 entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's account of the October 1945 Okinawa typhoon lists ATA 200 among grounded vessels and records that it was refloated on 1945-10-12.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- The table does not describe damage, repair materials, asbestos disturbance, or individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-200-ata200-03
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[4]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, 1953 revision, Part IV, Campaign and Service Medals [other_primary]
- Locator
- Part III P34-1 definition; Part IV United States Ships, ATA 200 entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's 1953 campaign and service medal listing names ATA 200 as eligible for the P34-1 assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto engagement for 1945-05-22 through 1945-06-10.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- This is a unit eligibility and service-period entry. It does not identify any particular sailor, machinery material, asbestos, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-200-ata200-08
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[5]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Service Squadron 10, ATA 200 entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's Pacific Fleet organization list of 1945-05-01 names ATA 200 under Service Squadron 10 and lists Lt. (jg) P. A. Lyon Jr. as commanding officer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- This is an organization snapshot for one date; it does not establish a full command chronology, crew complement, or asbestos conditions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-200-ata200-09
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[6]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 9, ATA-200 row (printed list page 8)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 indexes ATA-200 deck logs for 1944-11-01 through 1945-06-30.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- This is an index of log coverage, not a commissioning date or the logs themselves. NARA states that deck logs do not directly document shipboard asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-200-ata200-04
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[7]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Opening paragraph and Beginning Research
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA describes asbestos use in U.S. Navy materiel from 1941 through 1961 as a subject requiring ship-by-ship archival research. ATA-200 was built within that period, but no material aboard it is identified by the guide.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Era-level Navy materiel context only. This does not establish that any asbestos product was installed on ATA-200, that a crewmember encountered it, or that it remained during Chilean service.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-200-ata200-07
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[8]Batch 2874 official-source search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-ata-200-ata200-01 through -06 and -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, material specification, abatement document, or exposure finding for ATA-200 was located in the official sources reviewed in this batch's search ledger.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- A negative result in the searched public sources is not proof that the vessel had no asbestos. Undigitized construction and repair records remain unreviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-200-ata200-06
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[9]CourtListener authenticated v4 opinion and RECAP docket search, 2026-09-26 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-ata-200-ata200-07 and -09 through -11; three docket URLs and classifications in batch report
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener v4 opinion searches for exact name 'USS ATA-200' and hull number 'ATA-200' each returned zero results. The exact-name docket search returned zero; the hull-number docket search returned three unrelated labor, patent, and fraud dockets, classified as name collisions. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this vessel was located in these indexes.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- A search-index result is not an exhaustive survey of all filed cases, and OCR may create irrelevant matches. The three docket hits do not name ATA-200 as a vessel; no allegation, discovery finding, trial finding, or judgment about this hull was identified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-200-ata200-10
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[10]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research; Cartographic Branch, lines describing S39 and S48
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA advises that ship-specific asbestos research should review Bureau of Ships RG 19 correspondence and drawings, especially S39 insulation and lagging and S48 piping records. These collections are the next archival leads for ATA-200.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- The guide identifies possible record series, not a located ATA-200 drawing or any asbestos finding for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-200-ata200-05