Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet ca-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: MISMATCH. — real identity: USS Atakapa · hull/designations: AT-149 (building ways) → ATF-149 · type: fleet ocean tug · class: Abnaki (per DANFS header) [D] https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/atakapa.html
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-atakapa-at149-pkt-ca-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Atakapa (ATF-149) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Opening characteristics and construction paragraph; web-indexed NHHC text (direct fetch returned 404)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC identifies Atakapa as an Abnaki-class fleet ocean tug (ATF-149), built by Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. at Charleston; laid down 1944-02-17, launched 1944-07-11, commissioned at Charleston Navy Yard 1944-12-08. The entry gives complement 85.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- The official page was indexed with this text but its direct URL returned 404 during this research; the quoted facts are visible in the search index. NHHC history contains no ship-specific asbestos survey or material inventory. The 85 figure is a stated complement, not a verified roster count.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atakapa-at149-01
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[3]NHHC DANFS, Atakapa (ATF-149), service chronology [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Service narrative, 1945-1982; web-indexed NHHC text (direct fetch returned 404)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC records Pacific and Japan towing service in 1945-1946; reserve status from 1946-11-08; recommissioning 1951-08-09; towing and salvage service in Atlantic, Caribbean and Mediterranean waters; 1963 and 1965 yard periods, an overhaul beginning 1967-11-27, and hull repairs/overhaul from October 1970. It records decommissioning 1974-07-01, transfer to MSC as USNS Atakapa (T-ATF-149), out-of-service preparation in summer 1981, James River reserve-fleet berth in September 1981, and stricken date 1982-02-25.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- History establishes service and repair periods only. No work package, insulation description, asbestos content, worker exposure, or causation is documented here. The indexed narrative has an internal year-order typo around 1966-1967, so detailed intervening dates are omitted from this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atakapa-at149-02
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[4]Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1944 Navy Seagoing Tugs and Related Craft general characteristics/reclassification list (contemporary Navy document reproduced by Researcher@Large); NARA Special List 44, Named Vessels [other_primary]
- Locator
- CNO list, ATAKAPA AT-149 / ATF-149; NARA list https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/special-list-44-named, Atakapa row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A reproduced 1944 Office of the Chief of Naval Operations seagoing-tug reclassification list pairs ATAKAPA AT-149 with recommended classification ATF-149. NARA's 1944-1945 log list identifies Atakapa as ATF-149 from her 1944-12-08 commissioning. These are designations of one hull, not separate ships.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- The CNO primary document is available through a third-party transcription; original archival copy was not inspected. The planning designation does not establish commissioning as AT-149. Neither designation record addresses asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atakapa-at149-03
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[5]Naval Sea Systems Command, Ship History, inactive ships disposition table (28 June 2011) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 25, ATF 0149 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A NAVSEA inactive-ship history table lists hull ATF 0149, Atakapa, removal date 2000-08-25 and final disposition SUNK.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- The table records SUNK but does not give location, operation, sinking method, pre-sinking remediation, or asbestos status. It does not support a claim that the tug was sunk as a target.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atakapa-at149-04
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[6]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979), highlights [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights, Navy policy and scope; study focused on Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A GAO review of asbestos in Navy ships describes the Navy's 1975 policy of replacing asbestos insulation when damaged or removed for necessary repairs, with a 1979 modification for selected high-maintenance areas. This overlaps Atakapa's service era but documents Navy policy generally, not material aboard this tug.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Fleet/shipyard policy context only. GAO did not identify Atakapa, inspect this hull, or establish asbestos presence, removal, or exposure aboard her. No conclusion about the material affected by her documented repairs follows from the policy.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atakapa-at149-05
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[7]Naval Sea Systems Command, FOIA Reading Room: Asbestos Related Files, qualified-product-list index [other_primary]
- Locator
- QPL-15091-5; QPL-15342; QPL-33-P-16 and QPL-46 entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NAVSEA's asbestos reading room indexes historical Navy qualified-product lists for asbestos thermal felt, metallic-asbestos gaskets, and asbestos packing. These demonstrate that such products existed in Navy procurement during Atakapa's service period, without establishing installation on this ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Procurement specifications do not identify a ship, class, installed equipment, or shipyard work. These product types must not populate this vessel's product_normalized field.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atakapa-at149-06
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[8]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961; Ship Plan Index, Atakapa ATF-149 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Plan Index, ATAKAPA ATF-149 row; guide https://www.archives.gov/research/military/navy/guided-topics/asbestos, RG 19 and S-code sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's asbestos research guide maps hull-specific investigations to Bureau of Ships RG 19 correspondence and ship engineering drawings, including S39 insulation and lagging and S48 piping. NARA's ship-plan index lists Atakapa ATF-149 in Record Group 19, Hull Series of Ship Engineering Drawings (catalog identifier 153714223). The drawings were not retrieved for this batch.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- The index verifies only that drawings are cataloged, not that the indexed entry includes an S39 or S48 drawing or mentions asbestos. No plan or correspondence was opened; no asbestos finding can be drawn from this lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atakapa-at149-07
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[9]Batch-2762 search ledger, official-source sweep for USS Atakapa (ATF-149) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atakapa-at149-01 through sl-uss-atakapa-at149-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, material specification, or confirmed exposure finding was located in the consulted NHHC history, NARA guides and indexes, NAVSEA disposition table, or Navy-wide GAO/NAVSEA material references.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- A negative search result is limited to sources and terms checked, not proof that asbestos was absent. Hull drawings, repair work packages, disposal records, and broader litigation indexes have not been fully reviewed; no exposure or causation conclusion follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atakapa-at149-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search results, Atakapa / USS Atakapa / ATF-149, opinion and docket indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atakapa-at149-08 through sl-uss-atakapa-at149-12
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener opinion search for Atakapa returned one tribal-name case, Atakapa Indian de Creole v. State of Louisiana (5th Cir. 2019), a name collision. The ATF-149 opinion search and USS Atakapa docket search returned zero. The ATF-149 docket search returned five non-vessel document-text matches in criminal, firearms-regulation, and automobile litigation. No qualifying Atakapa ship-specific asbestos litigation was identified by these exact-name and hull-number searches.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Search-result classification only, not a court finding about this ship. The broad Atakapa docket query yielded 135 text matches and was not fully paginated; the exact USS Atakapa and ATF-149 queries were completed. An index absence does not prove no unindexed litigation or asbestos exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atakapa-at149-09