Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet dj-packet.md (7 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED. Queue name
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-atr-26-atr26-pkt-dj-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Naval History, USS ATR-26 page (archive 09/40/40026); Shipscribe.com (T. Colton, Shipbuilding History) ATR-1 class construction and disposition tables and ship notes; NavalCoverMuseum.org ATR 26 entry; Naval Marine Archive / Shipbuilding History Fulton Shipyard (Antioch CA) build list [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 09/40/40026 (specs, dates, awards); shipscribe.com/usnaux/ATR/ATR01.html construction row 26 (Ord. 22 Jul 42, Fulton SY, keel 16 Aug 43, launch 23 Apr 44, comm. 9 Jun 44) and disposition row 26 (Decomm. 27 Mar 46, Strike 19 Jun 46, Disposal 17 Oct 46, Fate MC/D, MA Sale 17 Oct 46) plus ship note for ATR-26; navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/ATR_26 (PU TO 341); navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/small/fulton.html (ATR 26: 'To China 1946 as Pu To, later to Taiwan')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- ATR-1 class wooden-hulled rescue tug: ordered to Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, CA on 1942-07-22 (an earlier 1942-06-19 order had gone to Weaver Shipyards); laid down 1943-08-16; launched 1944-04-23; commissioned USS ATR-26 1944-06-09, LTjg. J.H. Kelly in command. Decommissioned 1946-03-27; struck from the Naval Register 1946-06-19; delivered to Maritime Commission disposal 1946-10-17; sold (delivered) by MC to Pacific Vegetable Oil Co., Washington, D.C.; to Taiwan 1947 as PU TO. Naval Cover Museum records the ROC Navy designation as PU TO 341 and gives the transfer year as 1946; NavSource renders the name 'Fu To' and sale year 1947. Final fate unknown. Awards listed: American Campaign Medal and World War II Victory Medal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Crew 1944-1946 (5 officers, 47 enlisted per class spec); Fulton Shipyard construction workforce 1943-44
- Limitations
- These are secondary compilations of official records (NVR-derived), not the primary documents themselves; NavSource lists decommission/strike dates as 'unknown' - the dates here come only from Shipscribe's disposition table. Launch date conflicts: Naval Cover Museum gives 1944-04-26 vs 23 Apr in NavSource/Shipscribe. Transfer year conflicts (1946 vs 1947) and name rendering (Pu To / PU TO 341 / Fu To) are unresolved across sources. Wartime operational history is undocumented - no DANFS entry exists. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-26-atr26-01
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[3]Shipscribe.com (T. Colton) ATR-1 class notes, citing BuShips correspondence (BuShips chief to CNO, 12 Sep 1941; CNO construction directives 19 Jan 42 and 5 Aug 42); NavSource ATR-26 specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- Shipscribe ATR-1 class notes paragraph beginning 'Presumably to minimize the impact of the rescue tug program'; NavSource 09/40/40026 propulsion specifications
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The ATR-1 class was deliberately built of wood and equipped with 'relatively simple triple expansion steam machinery' so that small shipyards and machine shops outside the main Navy program could produce them; design attributed to the John G. Alden firm. ATR-26's documented plant (NavSource specifications): one Fulton Iron Works vertical triple-expansion engine with two Babcock & Wilcox 'D'-type boilers at 200 psi saturated steam. Steam propulsion of WWII vintage is era-consistent with asbestos-containing boiler lagging, steam-line insulation, valve/flange gaskets, and machinery packing.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, 1943-44); engine-room crew (class context)
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation, not a hull record - neither source names this vessel's insulation materials, and neither states 'asbestos.' The wooden hull carried a smaller insulation scope than a steel combatant; asbestos presence aboard this hull is era inference only. Does not establish quantity, present-day presence, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-26-atr26-02
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[4]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 rescue tug was built - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in naval and merchant construction.
- 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 or the ATR-1 class 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-atr-26-atr26-03
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[5]u.s. navy research (usnavyresearch.net), 'Letters 12th Naval District 2001-3000' index, lines 2095 and 2111 (index of NARA 12th Naval District general correspondence; underlying records not digitized) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Index lines 2095 and 2111
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An index of 12th Naval District correspondence files (NARA holdings, cataloged by a commercial document-reproduction service) lists two letters naming this hull: 'Fitting out Period USS ATR-26' (ND12-14-CC/Hs (SC) A4-1/FS(1), Serial 1644) and 'Commissioning and Fitting out ATR-26 ATR-51' (Op-23-F/JB (SC)A4-1/ATR, Serial 0184623). These are ship-specific records of the vessel's 1944 commissioning and outfitting on the West Coast.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944 (fitting-out period)
- Limitations
- Verified only as a catalog index entry - the underlying NARA correspondence was not retrieved and is not digitized; its contents are unknown and there is no assurance it addresses insulation or other materials. The index is maintained by a commercial reproduction service, not NARA itself; record-group citation (likely RG 181, 12th Naval District) needs confirmation at NARA San Bruno.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-26-atr26-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 search: type=o q="ATR-26" (count 0); type=r q="ATR-26" (count 9, all collisions) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atr-26-atr26-05 through -07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener API v4 sweep (authenticated, 2026-09-26): opinion search for exact phrase "ATR-26" returned 0 results. Docket search for "ATR-26" returned 9 hits, all name collisions - none names the vessel: Davis v. California Dept. of Corrections (employment discrimination, N.D. Cal.); Gombash v. Vesuvius USA (personal injury, N.D. Ill.); Strojnik v. Ashford Posada (D.N.M.); Reebok v. Wal-Mart (IP, D. Mass.); United States v. Google (antitrust, E.D. Va.); In re Rdio (bankruptcy, N.D. Cal.); In re Avianca Holdings x3 (bankruptcy/appeal, S.D.N.Y.). No qualifying asbestos litigation or any opinion naming this hull was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Covers only CourtListener's opinion and RECAP docket indexes; state-court, non-digitized, and settled-without-opinion matters are outside coverage. The 'USS ATR-26' opinion query is a strict subset of 'ATR-26' and therefore also zero; two direct attempts were deferred by fleet pacing - the negative finding rests on the completed superset query. A name match is not evidence of exposure; absence of litigation does not establish absence of asbestos conditions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-26-atr26-05
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[7]Batch-2959 search ledger (this record): NavSource ATR-26 page ('no DANFS history available'); NHHC site search site:history.navy.mil; Naval Vessel Register (nvr.navy.mil); MARAD Vessel History Database; indexed NARA 12th Naval District correspondence; CourtListener sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atr-26-atr26-01 through sl-uss-atr-26-atr26-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos or hazard record located: no DANFS entry exists for ATR-26 (NavSource explicitly states none is available, and NHHC indexes contain no ATR-26 page); the Naval Vessel Register carries no record (ships disposed before 1987 are outside current NVR coverage); no asbestos survey, abatement contract, or hazmat disclosure was located for the hull; the vessel left U.S. documentation channels on its 1946 Maritime Commission sale and transfer to the Republic of China; its fate is unknown, so no museum, preservation, or scrapping documentation channel exists.
- 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 plant is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation. Because the hull left U.S. custody in 1946-47 and its fate is unknown, no abatement or disposal record would be expected in U.S. sources even if asbestos was present. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-26-atr26-06