USS Ata-238 (ATA-238)

Evidence

15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).

1. [1]research packet crew-dh-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (hull real, un-named)

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-ata-238-ata238-pkt-crew-dh-packet-md

2. [2]Stephen S. Roberts, shipscribe.com - 'USS ATA-174 (later Wateree) Class' page: construction table (ATA-238 row), disposition table (ATA-238 row), class notes (ATA 219-238 lend-lease block), and ship note ATA-238 [other_primary]

   Locator

   Construction table row '238 | ATA-238 | 20 Nov 44 | Gulfport Boiler & Welding | 21 May 45 | 2 Jul 45 | --'; disposition row '238 | ATA-238 | -- | 12 Mar 46 | 23 Jun 47 | MC | 23 Jun 47'; ship notes ATA-238 entry; class notes paragraphs 2-3

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   ShipScribe ATA-174-class construction, disposition, and ship-note records for ATA-238: ordered 1944-11-20 under the 20-tug FY1944 block (ATA 219-238); built by Gulfport Boiler & Welding, Port Arthur, TX; keel laid 1945-05-21; launched 1945-07-02; never commissioned; struck 1946-03-12; disposal 1947-06-23 via the Maritime Commission; MA sale dated 1947-06-23. Ship note: 'Accepted and delivered 8 Feb 46. Sold (delivered) by MC to the Royal Netherlands Government, New York, as NOORD HOLLAND, later SELAT BERHALA 1962, scrapping in Indonesia reported 1988 (possibly as early as 1970).'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1944-1988

   Limitations

   ShipScribe (Stephen S. Roberts) is the standard compiled reference for U.S. auxiliary vessels, built from BuShips/NVR/MC sources - authoritative for identity, milestones, and the designation chain, but a compilation rather than a digitized primary document. Its scrapping note is a hedged range (1988, possibly as early as 1970), not a confirmed disposition date. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ata-238-ata238-01

3. [3]NavSource Naval History, Service Ship Photo Archive, ATA-238 page 09/38/38238 [other_primary]

   Locator

   Chronology block; specifications block; photograph table entry (093823801.jpg, Jim Swank/Gulfport Boiler and Iron Works files, February 1946)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive page for ATA-238 (Sotoyomo-class listing): 'Laid down, 21 May 1945, as Gulfport Hull No. 267, by Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, Port Arthur, TX'; 'Launched, 2 July 1945'; 'Canceled by the War Shipping Administration in 1945'; 'Completed, 8 February 1946'; 'Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946'; 'Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 23 June 1946'; 'Sold in 1946 to N.V. Bureau Wijsmuller, IJmuiden, named Noord-Holland'; 'Resold in 1961 to Perusahaan Negara Tundebara, Jakarta, renamed Selat Berhala'; 'Resold in 1969 to P.N. Pelajaran Bahtera Adhiguna, Jakarta, name retained'; 'Final Disposition, scrapped in 1974 in Singapore.' Specifications block: 835 t. lt / 1,360 t. fl; 143 ft; 5 officers / 40 enlisted; two GM 12-278A diesel-electric engines, single Fairbanks-Morse main reduction gear, single screw, 1,200 shp. A builder's photograph shows ATA-238 under way, probably on builder's trials off Port Arthur in February 1946, with no armament or radar installed.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1945-1974

   Limitations

   NavSource is the standard reputable photo-archive compilation, not an official record. Its 'Canceled by the War Shipping Administration in 1945' compresses the actual sequence (the WSA was a disposal channel, not the contracting party); its 'Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 23 June 1946' conflicts with ShipScribe's 23 June 1947 disposal and the Dutch 1947 acquisition dates - 1947 controls (see correction row); its 'resold in 1961' understates the documented Indonesian seizure/confiscation. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ata-238-ata238-02

4. [4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. III (1945), NAVSHIPS 250-012 - digitized scan at shipscribe.com [other_primary]

   Locator

   Construction table 'AUXILIARIES - OCEAN TUGS, AUXILIARY (ATA)', row for ATA 238 (builder '... do.1' = Gulfport Boiler & Welding Wks., Port Arthur, Tex.; footnote 1 'Contractor General Motors Corp., Cleveland, Ohio'); ATA 219-238 design/characteristics and machinery rows in the same section (scan text layer partially misaligned - the ATA-238 row's keel/launch cells are not cleanly readable in OCR; the ShipScribe compiled table carries the dates)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Bureau of Ships 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels' Vol. III (1945), NAVSHIPS 250-012 (digitized at shipscribe.com), construction table lists ATA-238 in the ATA 219-238 block, builder 'Gulfport Boiler & Welding Wks., Port Arthur, Tex.' under footnote 'Contractor General Motors Corp., Cleveland, Ohio.' The same volume's ATA 219-238 design rows give: 143 ft overall / 133 ft 8 in waterline, 33 ft 10 in extreme beam, 13 ft 0 in limiting draft, 835 tons trial displacement, 5 officers / 40 enlisted accommodations, 1-3"/50 cal. DP gun, 5-ton largest boom capacity, and a single-screw G.M. diesel-electric 12-278A plant rated 1,500 hp through a Fairbanks-Morse reduction gear with two 60 kW 120 V D.C. ship's-service generators - a diesel-electric plant with no boilers.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1945

   Population

   Design complement 45 (5 officers, 40 enlisted) - never manned

   Limitations

   Primary-source confirmation that ATA-238 existed in the official 1945 construction register under the GM-contracted Gulfport ATA 219-238 block, and of the group's official design data (which confirm a diesel-electric plant - no boilers). The scan's OCR is misaligned for the ATA-237/238 keel-launch cells; group design data are class-level figures, not a hull survey. No asbestos statement anywhere in the register.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ata-238-ata238-03

5. [5]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton) - Gulfport Shipbuilding yard table, hull 267 row; 'U.S. Navy Ocean Tugs AT ATA ATF ATR' table, ATA-238 row [other_primary]

   Locator

   gulfport.htm production table row '267 | ATA 238 | US Navy | Tug | 835d | 134 | 2-Jul-45 | Cancelled, sold 1947 as Noord Holland (Netherlands), Selat Berhala 1962, scrapped c1970'; auxat.htm ATA table row (ATA 238); yard-history paragraph (est. 1930s, leading WWII ocean-tug builder, renamed Gulfport Shipbuilding Corp., acquired by Levingston 1970, closed 1985)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   shipbuildinghistory.com corroboration: (a) Gulfport Shipbuilding (Gulfport Boiler & Welding) yard production table, Port Arthur TX - yard hull no. 267, original designation 'ATA 238', owner US Navy, type Tug, 835 LDT, 134 ft, delivery dated 2-Jul-45 (the launch date; the table's delivery column is loose for this series), disposition 'Cancelled, sold 1947 as Noord Holland (Netherlands), Selat Berhala 1962, scrapped c1970'; (b) the site's U.S. Navy ocean-tug table row 'ATA | 238 | Gulfport B & W | Port Arthur TX | 835 | 143 | 1947 | Sold 1947 as Noord Holland, scrapped 1988'.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1945-1970s

   Limitations

   Reputable compiled shipbuilding record (Colton), corroboration-level - the underlying primary records are the BuShips/MC sources ShipScribe compiles and yard delivery ledgers. The yard table's 'Cancelled' flag refers to the commissioning contract, not construction: the Navy accepted delivery 1946-02-08 per ShipScribe. Scrapping estimate 'c1970' here vs '1988' in the site's own auxat table - the discrepancy is documented in the correction row. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ata-238-ata238-04

6. [6]Stichting Maritiem Historische Data (marhisdata.nl) vessel record 4695; zeesleepvaart.com Wijsmuller fleet history ('Noord-Holland' entry); tugboatlars.se 'Noord Holland' page [other_primary]

   Locator

   marhisdata.nl vessel 4695 (Bouwjaar 1945, IMO 5319444, ON 578 Z HAARL 1948, name-history table '1946 ATA 238' / '1947-08 NOORD-HOLLAND'); zeesleepvaart.com/NoordHolland1.htm Noord-Holland paragraph (arrival 18 Aug 1947; seizure 31 Aug 1961 at Pulau Nipas; confiscation 16 Oct 1961; Selat Berhala 1962; scrapped 1974); tugboatlars.se/NoordHolland.htm

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Dutch registry and tug-history record for the foreign career: marhisdata.nl (Stichting Maritiem Historische Data) vessel record 4695 lists the ship built 1945 by Gulfport Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, as 'Navy Tug ATA' type, IMO 5319444, Dutch national official number 578 Z Haarlem 1948, Lloyd's Register classed, with name history 'ATA 238' (U.S. Navy, 1946) then 'NOORD-HOLLAND' from August 1947 under N.V. Bureau Wijsmuller, IJmuiden (callsign PGHV) - noted 'laatste van de ATA serie' (last of the ATA series). The Wijsmuller company history records that Noord-Holland arrived at IJmuiden 1947-08-18, was Wijsmuller's fleet flagship until 1961, and that on 1961-08-31, while attempting to refloat the grounded Greek ss Georgios Tsavliris at Pulau Nipas, the tug was cast off and boarded by an Indonesian Navy patrol boat, taken to Tanjung Priok, name removed, confiscated 1961-10-16, renamed Selat Berhala in 1962 for Perusahaan Negara Tundabara, passed to P.N. Pelajaran Bahtera Adhiguna in 1969, and scrapped in 1974. A second tug history (tugboatlars.se) corroborates the 1947 purchase, the 1961-10-16 takeover, the 1969 transfer, and scrapping at Singapore in 1974.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1946-1974

   Population

   Dutch salvage-tug crews (1947-1961); Indonesian crews (1961-1974)

   Limitations

   Compiled maritime-register data (marhisdata draws on Lloyd's and national registry records) and enthusiast tug histories, not digitized Dutch government records - consistent with each other and with ShipScribe's buyer name (Royal Netherlands Government / Wijsmuller). NavSource's 'resold in 1961' is contradicted by the documented seizure/confiscation narrative; this vessel was not sold in 1961 but forfeited. None of these sources addresses materials, refits, or asbestos.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ata-238-ata238-05

7. [7]Stephen S. Roberts, shipscribe.com - ATA-174 class page, 'Class Notes' section (FY 1943/1944 programs; lend-lease block; WSA disposal directive; postwar buyers paragraph) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Class notes paragraphs 2-3 (18 Nov 44 CNO approval; 20 Nov 44 contract; Jan 1945 MAC assignment; 10 Jul 45 retraction for ATA 229-33; 14 Sep 45 directive for ATA 234-238); ship note ATA-238

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Program context for the hull's unusual path: on 1944-11-18 CNO approved construction of 20 additional ATA-174-class tugs (ATA 219-238) expressly for Lend-Lease to the Soviet Union; the contract was awarded two days later (1944-11-20) and the vessels were officially assigned to the USSR by the Munitions Assignment Committee on 17 or 24 Jan 1945. The MAC assignment was retracted as the war ended (1945-07-10 for ATA 229-233, whose contracts were cancelled August 1945). On 1945-09-14, for the ATA 234-238 group, CNO directed that the remaining tugs be accepted from the builders upon completion but, being surplus to Navy needs, not commissioned - held in caretaker status and turned over to the WSA for disposal after equipment removal. ATA-238, the last hull of the ATA series completed, followed exactly that path.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1944-1947

   Limitations

   Cohort-level program history explaining why this hull was ordered, completed, and sold without commissioning; the CNO/MAC policy detail is class-level but the ATA-238 ship note and disposition row name this hull specifically. Compiled source citing CNO/MAC actions; the underlying directives are not independently digitized.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ata-238-ata238-06

8. [8]Consolidated era inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 ATA 219-238 machinery row (diesel-electric plant, no boilers) via shipscribe digitization; era background Corn & Starr (AJIM 1987) and Fleischer et al. (J Ind Hyg Toxicol 1946) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB 1945 v3 ATA 219-238 machinery row ('1 | G. M. Diesel-elec. 12-278A | 1,500 | Sgl | F.B. | 2 - do. 60 | 120 D.C. | 1,200'); AJIM 11(3):359-373; PMID 21016030

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Design/era inference: this hull was a 1945 Navy-contract steel auxiliary tug built at a Gulf Coast commercial yard with a GM diesel-electric plant and no boilers - so the boiler and steam-line lagging that dominates asbestos mass in steam-propelled contemporaries does not apply. Era-typical asbestos applications for the type are engine-exhaust and muffler lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, electrical cable insulation, machinery-space/bulkhead insulation, deck coverings or tile, and brake linings on towing winches and windlass.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1945-1974

   Population

   Construction workers at Gulfport Boiler & Welding, Port Arthur (1945-46); Wijsmuller and Indonesian crews (1947-c.1974); Singapore breakers (1974, reported)

   Limitations

   Class/era inference only - no ship-level asbestos record located for this hull. The machinery data confirm plant type (diesel-electric, no boilers) but say nothing about insulation content. Establishes no quantities, no locations, no exposure for any individual. Notably this hull never carried a commissioned U.S. crew; the exposure-relevant populations are Gulfport yard construction workers (1945-46) and foreign commercial crews (1947-c.1974).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ata-238-ata238-07

9. [9]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

   historical_record

   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 emergency construction program under which this FY1944-program auxiliary tug was built (laid down May 1945 at a commercial contract yard) - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in shipbuilding.

   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, class, or yard and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ata-238-ata238-08

10. [10]Fleischer, W.E., Viles, F.J. Jr., Gade, R.L., and Drinker, P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]

    Locator

    PubMed record PMID 21016030; article pp. 9-16 (pipe covering material section)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    The U.S. Maritime Commission-commissioned industrial-hygiene survey of WWII pipe-covering operations at two Navy yards and two Navy contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite' - i.e., asbestos insulation was standard material in wartime naval-vessel construction of this hull's era and contract type (BuShips contract hull built at a commercial yard).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    Wartime fieldwork; published Jan 1946

    Population

    WWII naval-vessel pipe-covering workers (era context)

    Limitations

    Era-level documentation of asbestos use in naval construction generally; does not name this vessel, class, or builder yard (whether Gulfport Boiler & Welding was among the surveyed contract yards is unverified) and establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-ata-238-ata238-09

11. [11]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961; NARA ship-plan index (RG 19 hull series; sibling hull ATA-234 NAID 175665688) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Beginning Research; Cartographic Branch lines describing S39 and S48; https://www.archives.gov/research/cartographic/ship-index

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    NARA advises that ship-specific asbestos research should review Bureau of Ships RG 19 correspondence and ship engineering drawings (the 'Hull Series,' arranged by hull number and Ship Material Group), especially S39 Insulation and Lagging and S48 Piping. These collections are the next archival leads for ATA-238; NARA also notes that deck logs and muster rolls 'provide no direct evidence of asbestos.' A sibling hull in the same ATA 234-238 group has an RG 19 hull-plan entry indexed (ATA-234, NAID 175665688), so a plan file for ATA-238 plausibly exists in the same series though no NAID was located this session.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1945-1947 records

    Limitations

    The guide identifies possible record series, not a located ATA-238 drawing or any asbestos finding for this hull. Because ATA-238 was accepted but never commissioned and spent about thirteen months on the U.S. register, any surviving hull file would most likely sit in BuShips construction/acceptance correspondence rather than operational records. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-ata-238-ata238-10

12. [12]ShipScribe ATA-238 ship note and disposition row vs. NavSource ATA-238 page vs. shipbuildinghistory auxat/gulfport rows vs. marhisdata.nl registry record vs. zeesleepvaart/tugboatlars tug histories [other_primary]

    Locator

    ShipScribe disposition row '238' and ship note; NavSource 09/38/38238 chronology; shipbuildinghistory gulfport.htm hull-267 row and auxat.htm ATA-238 row; marhisdata.nl vessel 4695; zeesleepvaart.com/NoordHolland1.htm; tugboatlars.se/NoordHolland.htm

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source reconciliations. (a) Disposal year: NavSource prints 'Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 23 June 1946' and 'Sold in 1946,' while ShipScribe records MC disposal and MA sale delivered 23 June 1947 and Dutch sources record Wijsmuller purchase in 1947 with the tug arriving at IJmuiden 1947-08-18 - 1947 controls, and NavSource's 1946 is a compression/typo (its own strike date of 12 Mar 1946 agrees with ShipScribe). (b) 1961 event: NavSource says 'resold in 1961,' but two Dutch tug histories independently describe an Indonesian Navy seizure at Pulau Nipas 1961-08-31 and confiscation 1961-10-16 - the seizure account is adopted. (c) Scrapping: NavSource and both Dutch tug histories give Singapore 1974; ShipScribe reports scrapping in Indonesia 'reported 1988 (possibly as early as 1970)'; the shipbuildinghistory yard table says 'scrapped c1970' - the record carries the range c.1970-1988 with the convergent 1974 Singapore account noted as most detailed but not decisive. (d) 'Cancelled by the War Shipping Administration in 1945' (NavSource) conflates the disposal channel with contract action; ShipScribe shows acceptance/delivery to the Navy 1946-02-08.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1945-1988

    Limitations

    Resolves publication-level discrepancies in favor of the most-detailed compiled source (ShipScribe) for the U.S. chain and the convergent Dutch records for the foreign chain. No asbestos content in any of these sources.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-ata-238-ata238-11

13. [13]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]

    Locator

    PDF text-layer extraction: 53 ATA entries, running ATA-121 through ATA-217; no ATA-218 through ATA-238 hulls appear; no ATA-238 entry

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    NARA Special List 44 (WWII deck-log index by ship number) ATA run lists 53 ATA entries spanning ATA-121 through ATA-217 - no ATA-238 row; WWII-era deck logs for this hull are not indexed in that accession, consistent with the hull never being commissioned (deck logs exist only for in-service vessels).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1941-1959 accession coverage

    Limitations

    Absence from the deck-log index confirms no WWII deck-log series for a hull that never entered service; it does not bear on asbestos exposure and does not exclude BuShips construction correspondence files (see ev-uss-ata-238-ata238-10).

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-ata-238-ata238-12

14. [14]CourtListener API v4 search (opinion and RECAP docket indexes) via cl-auth-search.py [court_record]

    Locator

    search_ledger sl-uss-ata-238-ata238-07 through -11; 'Noord-Holland' collisions: courtlistener.com clusters for Midbrook (9th Cir. 2017-10-25), Rosen (C.D. Cal. 2013-02-25), Altria (S.D.N.Y. 2010-03-16, opinion id 2567492)

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    Authenticated CourtListener v4 sweep (cl-auth-search.py, 2026-09-26): opinion-index queries for exact hull number 'ATA-238' and exact name 'USS ATA-238' each returned zero results; RECAP docket-index queries for 'ATA-238' and 'USS ATA-238' each returned zero results; opinion query for commercial name 'Noord-Holland' returned three hits, all name collisions - Midbrook Flowerbulbs Holland B.V. v. Holland America Bulb Farms (9th Cir. 2017, trademark), Rosen v. Netsaits (C.D. Cal. 2013), and Altria Group, Inc. v. United States (S.D.N.Y. 2010, tobacco RICO) - none referencing a vessel or asbestos. The Indonesian-name query 'Selat Berhala' could not complete - the fleet-paced request budget was momentarily spent; logged blocked per helper guidance. 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

    Study period

    2026-09-26

    Limitations

    A search-index result is not an exhaustive survey of all filed cases, and OCR may create irrelevant matches. All located hits are name collisions; no allegation, discovery finding, trial finding, or judgment naming this hull was identified. The Dutch seizure (1961) and Indonesian confiscation were foreign-state actions, not U.S. litigation, and generated no CourtListener record.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-ata-238-ata238-13

15. [15]Batch-2909 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS, HyperWar ships-at table, NVR, MARAD Vessel History Database, NARA SL-44, NAVSEA FOIA reading room, CourtListener sweeps [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-ata-238-ata238-01 through -13

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming ATA-238 (or Noord-Holland, or Selat Berhala) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Consistent negatives: no DANFS/NHHC entry exists (the hull was never named or commissioned); the HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945' commissioned-ATA table ends at ATA-217 and does not list this hull; the Naval Vessel Register online carries no record (pre-1987 disposals are not covered); the MARAD Vessel History Database lists the near-consecutive hulls ATA-241/242/243 (different 123-ft ex-Army design) but no ATA-238 entry; NARA SL-44 indexes no deck logs for this hull; the NAVSEA FOIA asbestos reading room was unreachable to automated fetch (HTTP 403).

    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 1945 diesel auxiliary is era-consistent with asbestos in exhaust lagging, gaskets, electrical insulation, deck coverings, and brake linings even without a boiler plant. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. The hull's ~14-month U.S. custody window (acceptance to disposal) is among the shortest in the ATA series.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-ata-238-ata238-14