Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS ATR-66 (09/40/40066), compiled from official Navy records and the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors [other_primary]
- Locator
- ATR-66 photo-archive page: chronology block, specifications block, awards block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive record for USS ATR-66: ATR-1-class rescue tug laid down 2 May 1944 at Jakobson Shipyard Inc., Oyster Bay, N.Y.; launched 4 September 1944; commissioned 22 January 1945 under LTjg. B. J. Begue; awards listed as American Campaign Medal and World War II Victory Medal; underway photograph shows camouflage scheme 31/16Ax. Specifications: 852 t light / 1,315 t full; 165'6" x 33'4" x 15'6"; 12.2 kts; 1 x 3"/50 DP, 2 x 20mm AA; complement 5 officers + 47 enlisted; propulsion one Prescott Co. vertical triple-expansion steam engine, two Foster Wheeler 'D'-type boilers 200 psi saturated, two 60 kW 120 V DC turbo-drive ship's-service generators, single screw 1,600 hp. NavSource states no DANFS history exists for this hull and lists decommissioning/strike dates as unknown, with 'disposed of in 1946, fate unknown.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Wartime crew (5 officers, 47 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Secondary archive compiled from official records, not itself a primary document. Internal conflicts: keel date (2 May 1944) differs from ShipScribe (2 Mar 1944); commission date (22 Jan 1945) differs from ShipScribe (23 Jan 1945); 'disposed of in 1946' is contradicted by Maritime Commission disposal dates (Oct-Nov 1947) in ShipScribe. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-66-01
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[2]ShipScribe, USS ATR-1 (ATR-1) class page - construction table, inactivation/disposal table, and ship note for hull 66 (compiled from NVR/BuShips/Maritime Commission records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Construction table row 66; inactivation table row 66 (Decomm. 12 May 47 / Strike 23 Jun 47 / Disposal 11 Nov 47 / MC/D / MA Sale 28 Oct 47); Ship Notes row ATR-66
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- ShipScribe (Stephen S. Roberts compilation of official U.S. Navy/Maritime Commission records) for ATR-66: ordered 27 November 1942 under the VCNO-directed ATR 50-89 tranche of the Maximum War Effort program; keel laid 2 March 1944 at Jakobson Shipyard; launched 4 September 1944; commissioned 23 January 1945. Inactivation table: decommissioned 12 May 1947; stricken 23 June 1947; disposal to Maritime Commission 11 November 1947 (MC/D); MC sale awarded 28 October 1947. Ship note: 'Reported decomm. 6 Jun 46 but remained in commission for further use by the 11th Naval District. Sold (delivered) by MC to Joe W. Cooper, San Francisco, Cal.' Class notes: the ATR-1 type was deliberately wooden-hulled with simple triple-expansion steam machinery so small yards and local machine shops could build the class outside the main naval shipbuilding effort.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Jakobson Shipyard construction workers (1944); wartime and postwar Navy crew (1945-47)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of official records; keel and commission dates conflict with NavSource by roughly two months and one day respectively - unresolved. Post-sale commercial career is not tracked beyond delivery to Joe W. Cooper. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-66-02
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[3]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Doyle C. Barnes' (DE-353) entry - ATR-66 tow to San Diego, decommissioning 15 January 1947 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Doyle C. Barnes entry, final paragraph (hazegray transcription; NHHC live page returned 404 on access date)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry for USS Doyle C. Barnes (DE-353) records a ship-specific operational task for ATR-66: after arriving at San Pedro 11 May 1946 from the Far East, Doyle C. Barnes 'was towed by ATR-66 to San Diego, and placed out of commission in reserve there 15 January 1947.' This documents ATR-66 performing the class's designed towing function within the 11th Naval District in early 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1947-01
- Population
- ATR-66 crew during tow evolution; DE-353 reduced crew under tow
- Limitations
- Single documented task; DANFS has no entry for ATR-66 itself, so the rest of her 1945-47 employment is undocumented in public sources (NARA deck logs are the lead). Establishes presence/operation only - no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-66-03
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[4]ShipbuildingHistory.com (Tim Colton), Jakobson Shipyard Oyster Bay hull table vs. ShipScribe ATR-1-class ship notes for ATR-60 and ATR-66 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Jakobson yard table row 'ATR 66'; ShipScribe ship notes rows ATR-60 and ATR-66
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Conflicting fate attributions located: Tim Colton's shipbuildinghistory.com Jakobson yard table (repeated verbatim by Wikipedia's Jakobson Shipyard article) lists 'ATR 66 ... Sold 1946 as Storebror (Norway), later Lenaship II (UK), scrapped 1961' (Storebror burned at Port Etienne 15 Nov 1961). ShipScribe's hull-by-hull compilation assigns that same merchant career to ATR-60 (sold to United Boat Service Corp., New York; mercantile STOREBROR 1947, LENASHIP II 1956) and records ATR-66 as sold to Joe W. Cooper of San Francisco - consistent with ATR-66's documented 11th Naval District (San Diego) service and MC sale/delivery dates. This record adopts the ShipScribe attribution; the Storebror identification of ATR-66 is treated as a likely yard-table misattribution but is not authoritatively disproven.
- Verification
- disputed
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1946-1961
- Limitations
- Unresolved source conflict between two secondary compilations; Norwegian/U.S. merchant registry primary records would settle it but were not retrieved. If the Colton attribution is correct, ATR-66's fate would instead be merchant service as STOREBROR/LENASHIP II ending in the 1961 Port Etienne fire. Either way, no asbestos record attaches to the post-Navy career.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-66-04
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[5]NavSource ATR-66 specifications block (machinery details) + ShipScribe ATR-1-class machinery/program notes [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource propulsion specification; ShipScribe class propulsion entry ('1 screw, vertical triple expansion, 1,600 HP')
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference: the ATR-1 class carried a saturated-steam plant (two Foster Wheeler 'D'-type boilers at 200 psi feeding a vertical triple-expansion engine, plus turbo-driven generators) installed in 1944-45, squarely within the period when U.S. Navy and merchant steam vessels were routinely fitted with asbestos-containing boiler insulation, steam-line lagging, flange and valve gaskets, machinery packing, and friction materials on towing gear. Wooden hull construction shifts the exposure picture toward machinery spaces and piping rather than structural fireproofing.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Jakobson construction trades (1944); engine-room crew (1945-47); unknown commercial crew after 1947
- Limitations
- Era/type inference only - no ship-specific insulation schedule, builder specification, survey, or abatement record was located for this hull. Does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard, nor quantity, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-66-05
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[6]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 an insulating and fireproofing material in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II - the era and emergency construction program under which this 1944-45 Navy auxiliary was built - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard U.S.-built hulls.
- 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 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-66-06
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[7]CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP docket searches, 2026-09-26 (queries: "ATR-66", "USS ATR-66") [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atr-66-05, sl-uss-atr-66-06, sl-uss-atr-66-07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-26): opinion search "ATR-66" returned 1 hit - United States v. Portrait of Wally, 663 F. Supp. 2d 232 (S.D.N.Y. 2009), an art-restitution in rem action in which the string appears in unrelated context; classified name collision. Docket search "USS ATR-66" returned 0 results. Docket search "ATR-66" returned 3 hits - Stolt-Nielsen FOIA cases (D.D.C., 2005/2006) and a Tervita bankruptcy (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2016) - all RECAP full-text document matches with no party or vessel relationship; classified name collisions. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS ATR-66 located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- CourtListener coverage is incomplete for older state-court and non-digitized federal matters; absence of a docketed opinion does not prove no claim was ever filed. No hit was promoted beyond its actual posture - all four matches are name collisions, not vessel litigation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-66-07
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[8]Batch-2994 search ledger (this record): NavSource, ShipScribe, HyperWar ships index, shipbuildinghistory.com, NHHC/DANFS (hazegray mirror), CourtListener, NARA catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atr-66-01 through sl-uss-atr-66-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: NHHC publishes no DANFS entry for ATR-66 (confirmed via NavSource statement and the hazegray DANFS auxiliaries index, which lists DANFS entries only for ATR-20 and ATR-45 among rescue tugs); no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming this 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 1944-45 steam auxiliary is era-consistent with retained asbestos-containing machinery 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-66-08
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[9]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel logbooks), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships), RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA record-group guidance; no box-level retrieval performed
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1983' should hold ATR-66 deck logs for 1945-47 documenting her operational employment; RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) records may hold the ATR-1-class design/specification file; RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) disposal records document the 1947 sale to Joe W. Cooper. NHHC holds no DANFS entry or command-history file for this hull.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1947 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - 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-66-09