Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]Shipscribe.com, USS ATR-1 class data sheet (Stephen S. Roberts, compiled 2011 from Bureau of Ships and Maritime Commission records), construction table and ship notes [other_primary]
- Locator
- Construction table row ATR-6; disposal table row ATR-6 (Decomm. 6 Sep 46, Strike 8 Oct 46, Disposal 18 Feb 47, MC/D); Ship Notes row 6
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Construction and disposal record compiled from BuShips/Maritime Commission data: ordered 1942-06-03 (FY1942 Maximum War Effort program; CNO directed ATR 1-40 on 1942-01-19); built by Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, NY; keel laid 1943-02-13; launched 1944-02-05; commissioned 1944-03-25; decommissioned 1946-09-06; stricken 1946-10-08; Maritime Commission disposal/sale 1947-02-18 to Lloyd W. Lambert, Baltimore, Md.; mercantile names EDWARD R. GRIMM (Philippines, 1947), WALLACE R. GRAY, TAKAPUNA.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of official records, not the primary document itself; dates corroborated by NavalCoverMuseum and (delivery month) shipbuildinghistory. Contains no asbestos or materials information; does not establish exposure, quantity, or condition of any material aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-6-atr6-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS ATR-6 page (archives/09/40/40006.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS ATR-6 page, chronology and specification block; awards ribbon block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource archive page for USS ATR-6: ATR-1-class rescue tug; awards listed are the American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal (no battle stars); stricken from the Naval Register in 1946; sold 1947 to Luzon Stevedoring Co. Inc., Manila, renamed Edward E. Grimm, renamed Wallace R. Gray in the 1950s, later sold to Towage & Lighterage Corp. and renamed Takapuna; final disposition unknown. Page also carries the class specification: 852 t. light / 1,315 t. full load, 165'6" x 33'4" x 15'6", 12.2 kts, one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount and two single 20mm AA mounts, complement 5 officers + 47 enlisted, one Fulton Iron Works vertical triple-expansion steam engine with two Babcock & Wilcox 'D'-type boilers (200 psi, saturated), single screw 1,600 shp. Page states explicitly that no DANFS history exists for the ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Crew of approximately 51 (wartime complement, class figure)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary archive built from official records and contributed material. Gives no launch/commissioning/decommissioning dates (supplied by Shipscribe/NavalCoverMuseum); spells the first mercantile name 'Edward E. Grimm' where Shipscribe and shipbuildinghistory give 'Edward R. Grimm'; builder stated as 'Brooklyn, N.Y.' where the Wheeler tug yard was Whitestone - conflicts logged in gaps. The EAME medal documents theater service but no station, convoy, or operation is named. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-6-atr6-02
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[3]NavalCoverMuseum (Naval Cover Museum wiki), ATR 6 ship page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Name and Designation History list; Postmarks section (Locy Type 7z, 1944-04-05); Other Information awards block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavalCoverMuseum ship page corroborates the construction timeline (keel laid 1943-02-13, launched 1944-02-05, commissioned 1944-03-25, stricken 1946) and the commercial name chain (Edward E. Grimm / Wallace R. Gray / Takapuna, fate unknown), and records a ship's postmark (Locy Type 7z) dated 1944-04-05, documenting the ship in commission with postal service eleven days after commissioning.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Collector-maintained wiki keyed to physical covers/postmarks; dates consistent with Shipscribe's BuShips/MC compilation. Carries the same 'Edward E. Grimm' spelling as NavSource (see gaps). No asbestos content; establishes nothing about materials or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-6-atr6-03
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[4]Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection object 1984.187.59836, 'Loading Parts, Wheeler Shipbuilding Corporation, Whitestone, Long Island, NY, 1944' [museum_official]
- Locator
- Object record; typed negative sleeve notation '59836 3/21/44 / 2752-19 / Wheeler-Whitestone / yard scene'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Mystic Seaport Museum's Rosenfeld Collection holds an 8x10 safety negative (object 1984.187.59836) photographed 1944-03-21 at Wheeler Shipbuilding Corporation, Whitestone, Long Island, N.Y.; the catalog description identifies the '165.5-foot Wheeler Shipbuilding Corporation built rescue tug ATR-6' visible in the background, four days before commissioning. Confirms the hull at Wheeler's Whitestone yard in the week of completion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-03-21
- Population
- Wheeler Shipbuilding Whitestone yard workers (background context)
- Limitations
- The catalog's own parenthetical repeats 'built 1943 in Brooklyn, NY' while the negative sleeve and yard attribution say Whitestone - carried in the builder-location gap. Photographic/documentation record only; no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-6-atr6-04
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[5]Shipbuildinghistory.com (Colton), 'Ocean Tugs (AT, ATO, ATF, ATA, ATR, ATS)' table and Wheeler Shipbuilding Whitestone yard table [other_primary]
- Locator
- auxat.htm ATR row 6 (delivered 25-Mar-44, disposed of 1946); shipyards/emergencysmall/wheelerw.htm ATR 6 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipbuildinghistory.com's ocean-tug table and Wheeler-Whitestone yard table list ATR-6 as a Wheeler Shipbuilding (Whitestone, NY) tug delivered March 1944 (delivery dated 1944-03-25, matching the commissioning date), 'to the Philippines 1946 as Edward R. Grimm, later Wallace R. Gray, Takapuna'. The site contextualizes the class as 80 wooden-hulled 165-foot 12-knot rescue tugs procured during WWII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Limitations
- Compiled reference work; the auxat.htm row's 'disposed of 1946' compresses the MC sale into 1947 documented by Shipscribe. The Wheeler page's note that the Whitestone yard built the tug series supports the Whitestone builder location over NavSource's 'Brooklyn'. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-6-atr6-05
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[6]Shipscribe ATR-1 class notes (BuShips correspondence of 1941-1943 summarized) + NavSource ATR-6 class specification block [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class Notes paragraphs (1941-09-12 BuShips letter; wood/simple-steam rationale); NavSource specification block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The ATR-1 class carries a 200-psi saturated-steam propulsion plant (two Babcock & Wilcox 'D'-type boilers feeding one vertical triple-expansion reciprocating engine, 1,600 shp) inside a wooden hull; the Navy deliberately specified wood construction and 'relatively simple triple expansion steam machinery' so small yards and local machine shops could build the class (BuShips correspondence summarized in the Shipscribe class notes). Steam plants of this type and era were fitted with asbestos-containing boiler insulation, steam-line lagging, valve/flange gaskets, and machinery packing as standard practice; rescue-tug outfit requirements of the period also included firefighting equipment and salvage stores, categories in which asbestos textiles (suits, blankets) were standard WWII-era items.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (service era); wartime design requirement 1941-42
- Population
- Construction trades (Wheeler-Whitestone, 1943-44); engine-room crew
- Limitations
- Class/design-level material inference, not a hull record: no builder specifications, contract drawings, survey, or abatement record for this hull was located, and no source names asbestos aboard ATR-6. The wooden hull removes the hull-insulation pathway prominent in steel-ship records but does not remove the machinery-space inference. Does not establish presence, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-6-atr6-06
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[7]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 procurement program under which this wooden-hulled steam rescue tug was built - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard American hulls, including auxiliary and small combatant types.
- 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 rescue tugs, and does not establish that asbestos was or remained aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-6-atr6-07
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[8]CourtListener API v4 searches: q="ATR-6" type=o (1 hit, collision); q="USS ATR" type=o (0); q="ATR-6 asbestos" type=o (0); q="ATR-6" type=r (27 hits, all collisions) [court_record]
- Locator
- Search results; sole opinion hit cluster_id 4368098 (Tex. Att'y Gen. O-1054, 1939-07-02) reviewed - OCR-noise collision
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-26) produced no qualifying litigation for this hull: opinion query "ATR-6" returned one hit, a 1939 Texas Attorney General opinion in which 'ATR-6' appears only as OCR noise (name collision, not a case about the vessel and not asbestos); opinion queries "USS ATR" and "ATR-6 asbestos" returned zero; docket (RECAP) query "ATR-6" returned 27 hits whose case names (e.g., EPIC v. TSA; In re Chinese-Manufactured Drywall MDL; Live Nation matters) are unrelated - 'ATR-6' matches exhibit/Bates codes inside filings, all classified as name collisions.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Sweep covers CourtListener's opinion and RECAP docket indexes only; asbestos litigation involving Navy auxiliaries is frequently docketed under operator, yard, or manufacturer names, so absence of a hull-name hit does not prove no claimant was ever exposed aboard. PACER-level complaints not systematically reachable. No claim adjudicated for or against this hull was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-6-atr6-08
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[9]Batch-2987 search ledger (this record): NavSource hull page; NHHC DANFS/site search; NVR; CourtListener opinion+docket sweeps; Mystic Seaport collection; NARA catalog guidance [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atr-6-atr6-01 through sl-uss-atr-6-atr6-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no DANFS entry exists for ATR-6 (NavSource states none is available; NHHC site search returns no ship-history page), no Naval Vessel Register entry exists (the hull was stricken 1946, decades before NVR coverage), and no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming the hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- 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. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-6-atr6-09
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[10]NARA National Archives Catalog, series 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' (NAID 594258); NARA RG 38 WWII war diaries; RG 19 BuShips records [other_primary]
- Locator
- Series-level catalog entry; per-hull file units not confirmed
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival-lead mapping for this hull: WWII-era deck logs for a commissioned auxiliary (commissioned 1944-03-25 to decommissioned 1946-09-06) belong to NARA RG 24, 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' (catalog series NAID 594258, coverage 1941-1992); WWII war diaries, if submitted, are in RG 38 and are partly digitized in the Fold3 war-diary collection; BuShips contract/specification records for the FY42 tug program are in RG 19. These holdings are the correct path for wartime stations (EAME service) and any materials documentation.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - not evidence about this hull. Digitization status of ATR-6's 1944-46 deck logs unconfirmed (NARA catalog API gated; VA 'Blue Water Navy' digitization concentrated on post-1950 hulls). No box-level retrieval performed; no spend authorized.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-6-atr6-10