Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet crew-de-packet.md (4 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: (none — NEVER NAMED). Queue label "USS Ata-219" is a
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-ata-219-ata219-pkt-crew-de-packet-md
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[2]Shipscribe.com, 'USS ATA-174 (later Wateree) Class' - construction table, disposition table, class notes, and ship note for ATA-219 (compiled from U.S. National Archives / BuShips records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Construction table row ATA-219; Disposition table row ATA-219; Class Notes (Lend-Lease batch paragraph); Ship Notes row ATA-219
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- ATA-219, Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange TX (hull 366): ordered under contract awarded 20 Nov 1944 - two days after CNO approved 20 additional tugs of the class (ATA 219-238) for Lend-Lease to the Soviet Union, officially assigned to the USSR by the Munitions Assignment Committee in Jan 1945; keel 21 Dec 1944, launched 31 Jan 1945, never commissioned (Commiss. column '--'); accepted and delivered 5 Dec 1945; stricken 25 Feb 1946; disposal 25 Jul 1946, MA sale 24 Jul 1946 to the Maritime Commission, then sold by MC to Coast Transportation Co. Inc., New Orleans. Per the CNO directive of 31 Oct 1945, the surviving hulls of this batch were accepted but not commissioned, placed in caretaker status, and turned over for disposal. Merc. TITAN 1946, WILVIN 1974, scrapped 1982.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1982
- Limitations
- Shipscribe is a secondary compilation of NARA/BuShips primary records, not itself an official publication - dates corroborated independently by NavSource and the shipbuildinghistory.com Levingston yard table. Contains no asbestos information; establishes identity and administrative history only. Does not establish exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-219-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, ATA-219 page (citing U.S. National Archives RG-19-LCM photo 19-N-111745, courtesy Shipscribe.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ATA-219 page - chronology block, photo caption for 19-N-111745, commercial-service list, specifications
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive page for ATA-219: 'never saw service with the US Navy and was never transferred under Lend-Lease to the Soviet Union as originally intended'; completed October 1945; struck from the Naval Register 25 February 1946; 'There is no DANFS history for ATA-219.' U.S. National Archives RG-19-LCM photo 19-N-111745 shows the tug fully fitted out at the builder's yard, Orange TX, 24 October 1945. Commercial chain recorded: Coast Transportation Co. Inc., New Orleans (1946, renamed Titan); Tampa Marine Corp. (1954); Blue Stack Towing Co., Tampa (1956); Mobile Towing & Wrecking Co., Mobile (1961); Titan Tug & Towing Corp., Miami (1967); Tidewater Barge Lines Inc., Portland OR (1968); Inter-Ocean Towing (Pte) Ltd., Panama/Singapore (1974, renamed Wilvin); broken up 1982 (reported 1983 without particulars).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1983
- Limitations
- Volunteer-curated secondary archive; key dates corroborated by Shipscribe's NARA-derived tables and the shipbuildinghistory.com Levingston yard table. Contains no asbestos information. 'No DANFS history' statement corroborated by absence of any history.navy.mil page for the hull (site search, 2026-09-26).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-219-02
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[4]ShipbuildingHistory.com (T. Colton), 'Levingston Shipbuilding, Orange TX' - yard history and hull table [other_primary]
- Locator
- Levingston hull table, row hull 366; yard-history narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Levingston Shipbuilding yard table (shipbuildinghistory.com): hull 366 = 'ATA 219,' owner US Navy, type tug, 542 GT, 143 ft, delivered 5-Dec-45, disposition 'Sold 1946 as Titan, Wilvin 1974, scrapped 1982.' The same source describes Levingston as 'the Navy's leading builder of ocean tugs' in WWII, producing more than any other U.S. yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-1982
- Limitations
- Secondary yard-reference compilation; delivery date (5 Dec 1945) and commercial fates corroborate Shipscribe/NavSource. Contains no asbestos information; the 'leading builder of ocean tugs' statement is yard-level context, not hull evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-219-03
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[5]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
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and program under which this steel-hulled auxiliary tug was built at Levingston, Orange, TX (1944-45).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel, this class, or this yard, and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. Diesel-electric hull - no steam plant; era-typical applications differ accordingly.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-219-04
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[6]Batch-2893 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS site search; NARA photo record path (RG-19-LCM 19-N-111745); CourtListener opinion/docket sweep; MARAD/NDRF check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-ata-219-01 through sl-uss-ata-219-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming ATA-219 (or merchant names Titan/Wilvin) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Additionally, this hull was never commissioned and never carried a Navy crew - there is no Navy shipboard-exposure population for this vessel; the asbestos-relevant populations are construction workers at Levingston (Orange, TX, 1944-45), commercial towage crews (1946-1982), and breakers (1982), none documented for this hull.
- 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 - wartime construction is consistent with era materials having been installed. Does not establish that asbestos is or was present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Never-commissioned status is itself documented by Shipscribe/NavSource and limits only the Navy-crew population, not yard or commercial exposures.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-219-05
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[7]U.S. National Archives RG-19-LCM, photo 19-N-111745 (via NavSource and Shipscribe citations) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Shipscribe ATA-174 class photo page; NavSource ATA-219 page photo caption
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead (identified but not retrieved): U.S. National Archives RG-19-LCM photo 19-N-111745, 'USS ATA-219 at the yard of her builder, Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, Texas, 24 October 1945' - cataloged by both NavSource and Shipscribe. Related unretrieved record paths: BuShips contract/acceptance files for the ATA 219-238 Lend-Lease batch; U.S. Coast Guard merchant-vessel documentation files for Titan/Wilvin.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Photo existence verified through two independent citations; original not retrieved (research-room/reproduction required; no spend authorized). BuShips contract files and USCG merchant documentation for Titan/Wilvin not digitized in public sources - flagged as leads only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-219-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 (authenticated) - opinion search type=o 'ATA-219' (0 results); docket search type=r 'ATA-219' (3 results, all non-qualifying collisions) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger row sl-uss-ata-219-05
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-26): exact-phrase opinion search for 'ATA-219' returned 0 opinions; RECAP docket search for 'ATA-219' returned 3 dockets, all name collisions (a bankruptcy schedules filing, a criminal-trial exhibit list, a bankruptcy claim exhibit - no maritime or asbestos content, none naming the vessel). No qualifying asbestos litigation or other litigation naming the hull located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of a docketed case is not evidence about shipboard conditions; a litigation sweep cannot find or exclude hull-specific asbestos exposure. Merchant names Titan/Wilvin are high-collision generics and were not independently searched - a coverage limitation, logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ata-219-07