Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet di-packet.md (1 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity). — real identity: NONE — never named; served as USS ATR-16. [M] https://www.navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/ATR_16
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-atr-16-atr16-pkt-di-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS ATR-16 (09/40/40016), maintained by Gary P. Priolo; compiles Navy register/DANFS-derived data [other_primary]
- Locator
- ATR-16 page: career chronology, awards ribbon list, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource USS ATR-16 page: ATR-1 class rescue tug laid down 14 Aug 1943 at Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, NY; launched 22 Feb 1944; commissioned USS ATR-16 1 Jul 1944, LT D. R. Luckham in command; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during WWII; Occupation Service in the Far East 2-12 Sep 1945; 'decommissioned, date unknown'; 'struck from the Naval Register, date unknown'; 'disposed of in 1948, fate unknown.' Awards listed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). Call sign NQBL. Spec block: 852 t light / 1,315 t full; 165'6" x 33'4" x 15'6"; 12.2 kts; 4-t boom; 1x 3"/50 DP + 2x 20mm AA; complement 5 officers + 47 enlisted; fuel NSFO 1,620 bbls; propulsion: one Fulton Iron Works vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, two Foster Wheeler 'D'-type boilers (200 psi, sat.), two 60 kW turbo-drive ship's-service generators (120 V DC), single propeller, 1,600 hp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Wartime crew ~52 (5 officers + 47 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary archive, not an official record - its dates agree with the shipscribe register transcription (ev-02) except that NavSource leaves decommission/strike dates unknown. No DANFS entry exists for this hull (page so states; NHHC URL returns 404). Contains no asbestos statement; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-16-atr16-01
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[3]Shipscribe.com, U.S. Navy Auxiliary Vessels - 'USS ATR-1 Class (ATR-1)' (transcription of Navy vessel-register/BuShips program data with source annotations) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ATR-1 class page: Construction table row 16; Disposition table row 16; Class Notes paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe 'U.S. Navy Ocean Tugs - ATR-1 class' register page, construction table: ATR-16 ordered 19 Jun 1942, Jakobson SY, keel 14 Aug 1943, launched 22 Feb 1944, commissioned 1 Jul 1944. Disposition table: decommissioned 8 Aug 1946, struck 8 Oct 1946, disposal 23 Mar 1948, fate MC/D (Maritime Commission disposal), MA sale 16 Mar 1948. Class data: Navy ATR-1 design, 852 t light / 1,315 t max, 165.4' oa x 33.3' x 15.8', 12.2 kts, 1,600 HP, 1 screw, vertical triple-expansion machinery, complement 51 (1944), armament 1-3"/50 + 2-20mm. Class notes: 80 wooden-hulled rescue tugs; CNO directed ATR 1-40 construction 19 Jan 1942 under the Maximum War Effort program, VCNO added ATR 50-89 on 5 Aug 1942; wooden hulls and simple triple-expansion steam machinery chosen so small yards and small machine shops could build them without competing with steel warship construction; one source attributes the design to the John G. Alden firm.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Wartime complement 51 per register data (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation transcribing official register data - supplies the decommission (1946-08-08), strike (1946-10-08), and March 1948 disposal dates that NavSource leaves blank; consistent on build milestones. 'MC/D' and 'MA sale' are register fate codes; the buyer and ultimate disposition are not recorded. Contains no asbestos or materials statement; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-16-atr16-02
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[4]Documented machinery specification per NavSource ATR-16 spec block and shipscribe ATR-1 class data (ev-01, ev-02); era application pattern consistent with USMC/USN steam-plant insulation practice of the period [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block (propulsion entries); shipscribe class machinery line
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The documented propulsion plant - two oil-fired Foster Wheeler 'D'-type boilers (200 psi, saturated) supplying a vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, with steam piping between boiler room and engine spaces - belongs to the machinery family that WWII-era U.S. construction practice insulated with asbestos-containing materials: boiler casing and drum insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, electrical insulation, and brake linings on towing/winching equipment. The wooden hull excludes the hull-structural insulation classes typical of steel combatants.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Construction trades (Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, 1943-44); engine-room crew
- Limitations
- Era inference from the documented machinery type, not a hull record - no insulation schedule, builder's specification, or survey naming this vessel was located, and no source states 'asbestos' for this hull. Does not establish presence, quantity, condition, or exposure aboard ATR-16.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-16-atr16-03
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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 wooden-hulled steam rescue tug was built (1943-44) - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in ship construction, with insulation aboard steam-driven vessels a standard application.
- 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 and does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-16-atr16-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 search, type=o and type=r, queries "ATR-16" / "USS ATR-16", via authenticated fleet-paced helper [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atr-16-atr16-05 through sl-uss-atr-16-atr16-07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener authenticated API v4 sweep (2026-09-26): opinions '"ATR-16"' 2 hits, both name collisions - Avocent Redmond Corp. v. Raritan Americas, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2013, patent) and Tasty Baking Co. v. Ralston Purina, Inc. (E.D. Pa. 1987, trademark); opinions '"USS ATR-16"' 0 hits; dockets '"ATR-16"' 6 hits, all name collisions (Jackson v. MCI Telecom civil rights; Martinez v. Aero Caribbean aviation; Stolt-Nielsen v. United States FOIA; Brown v. State of CT habeas; SCO Group v. IBM contract; Woodroffe v. Curtis prisoner civil rights - 'ATR-16' appears in scanned exhibits/forms, not as the vessel); dockets '"USS ATR-16"' 0 hits. Classification: no qualifying asbestos litigation and no other litigation naming the vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Sweep coverage is CourtListener's opinion and RECAP docket indexes only - state-court filings, un-digitized federal dockets, and settled/unreported matters are outside it. Absence of a located case is not proof none exists or existed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-16-atr16-05
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[7]Batch-2952 search ledger (this record): NavSource ATR-16 page; shipscribe ATR-1 class register; NHHC DANFS check; MARAD ShipHistory keyword search; CourtListener name/hull sweeps; HyperWar USN Tugs class page [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atr-16-atr16-01 through sl-uss-atr-16-atr16-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, environmental filing, or docketed case naming USS ATR-16 / ATR-16 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). There is no DANFS entry for the hull; the MARAD Vessel History Database holds no record for ATR-16 (it does hold records for six sister ATR hulls); the vessel was sold out of government custody in March 1948, before the asbestos-litigation era.
- 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 1944 steam-powered hull is era-consistent with asbestos-containing machinery insulation. Equally it cannot support an affirmative exposure claim; status remains unknown/unverified. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-16-atr16-06
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[8]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel - deck logs), RG 38 (Office of the Chief of Naval Operations - WWII war diaries), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships), RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA record-group guides 24, 38, 19, 178
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room access or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 'Logbooks of U.S. Naval Ships and Stations' holds WWII-era deck logs for commissioned auxiliaries including ATR hulls (National Archives at College Park; partial digitization in NARA Catalog); RG 38 'World War II War Diaries' may hold an ATR-16 submission; RG 19 Bureau of Ships records may hold the Jakobson construction contract and outfitting specifications (the likeliest repository for any insulation/materials statement); RG 178 U.S. Maritime Commission records cover the March 1948 disposal sale and may name the buyer and ultimate fate. A non-authoritative Japanese site (uswarships.jounin.jp) transcribes ATR deck-log extracts - its ATR-16 row confirms Jakobson/1948 disposal only, with no log detail for this hull.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1948 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-16-atr16-07