Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]Bureau of Ships, NAVSHIPS 250-012, 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels,' Vol. III, 13 April 1945 (digitized Google Books scan hosted at shipscribe.com/pubs/SDB1945v3.pdf) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Vol. III pp. 414-419, 'Auxiliaries - Rescue Tugs (ATR)' characteristics tables (ATR 50-89 series row) and construction/manufacturer tables (ATR-67 row, hull no. 54)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NAVSHIPS 250-012, 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels,' April 1945, Vol. III (Bureau of Ships/GPO) names ATR-67 individually in its construction table: built by Jakobson Shipyard, Inc., Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.; keel laid 8 Sep 44; launch and first-commission columns blank (hull still building at publication). Class table (pp. 414-415) for series ATR 50-89: 165'5" oa / 155'0" wl x 33'4" beam, trial speed 12.2 kts, trial displacement 1,312 t (1,315 t average maximum load), accommodations 5 officers + 47 enlisted, armament 1 x 3"/50 DP, largest boom 4 t, 1 propeller, vertical triple-expansion engine 1,600 shp, 2 boilers at 260 psi saturated, no reduction gears, 2 turbo-driven 60 kW 120 V DC generators, fuel 1,620 bbls, wood hulls (footnote). Hull-specific manufacturer table: ATR-67 engine Prescott Co. vert. 3-exp.; boilers F.W. 'D' (Foster Wheeler 'D'-type).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Limitations
- Official BuShips publication naming this hull with builder, keel date, and machinery manufacturers - the strongest source in this record. Published April 1945 while the ship was still under construction, so launch/commission dates postdate it. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement; supports identity/history only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-67-atr67-01
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[2]shipscribe.com, 'USS ATR-1 Class' data page (Tim Colton/S. Roberts compilation of BuShips and Maritime Commission records), construction/disposition tables and ship note for ATR-67 [other_primary]
- Locator
- ATR-1 class construction table (ATR-67 row), disposition table (ATR-67 row: Decomm. 17 Jul 46 / Strike 15 Aug 46 / Disposal 12 Aug 47 / MC/D / MA Sale 29 Jul 47), ship note ATR-67, class notes
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- shipscribe.com ATR-1-class compilation (from Navy and Maritime Commission records) gives ATR-67: ordered 27 Nov 42; Jakobson Shipyard; keel 8 Sep 44; launched 25 Apr 45; commissioned 14 Aug 45; decommissioned 17 Jul 46; struck 15 Aug 46; Maritime Commission disposal - an MC sale to United Boat Service Corp., New York, was cancelled; then sold to O. Y. Warren, Norwalk, Conn. (sale awarded 1 Jul 47; delivery receipt signed 29 Jul 47; ship handed over 12 Aug 47); merchant name DOROTHY ANN MESECK 1947; scrapped 1954. Class notes: ATR 50-89 series directed by VCNO 5 Aug 42 under the Maximum War Effort (1799-Vessel) Program; wooden hulls and simple triple-expansion steam machinery chosen deliberately so small yards could build the class; design attributed to the John G. Alden firm; one class hull 'commissioned only one day before Japan's surrender.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1942-1954
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not the underlying record - milestone dates corroborated where they overlap NAVSHIPS 250-012 (keel, builder) and NavSource (commissioning); decommission, strike, and disposal detail rest on the compilation alone and are carried at partial confidence. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-67-atr67-02
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[3]DANFS, USS Toro (SS-422) entry, NHHC (Wayback capture of history.navy.mil page, 2021-03-01; live URL returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Toro entry, inactivation paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS (Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships) USS Toro (SS-422) entry records ATR-67's only documented operational tasking: 'In January 1946, ATR-67 towed the submarine to New London, where, on 7 February 1946, Toro was decommissioned and placed in reserve' - a Philadelphia-to-New-London inactivation tow during the postwar submarine drawdown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1946-01
- Limitations
- Names ATR-67 for a single tow assignment; establishes Atlantic postwar service only - no location-by-location history for the hull exists in DANFS (no ATR-67 entry exists; numbered auxiliary without a name). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-67-atr67-03
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[4]NavSource Naval History, USS ATR-67 page (Service Ship Photo Archive), with US Navy Bureau of Ships photo caption citing NARA RG-19-LCM photo 19-N-88043 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource ATR-67 page - milestone block, specification block, awards bar, photo caption 19-N-88043
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource USS ATR-67 page corroborates milestones (laid down 8 Sep 44 Jakobson; commissioned 14 Aug 45; delivered 13 Aug 45 per photo caption; merchant name Dorothy Ann Meseck; sold October 1954 to De Witte Yard, Staten Island for scrapping), reproduces the NARA BuShips photo of the ship underway (US National Archives RG-19-LCM photo 19-N-88043, circa August 1945), and displays awards: American Campaign Medal and World War II Victory Medal only.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1954
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation: awards bar is a compiler display (ship commissioned one day before Japan's surrender, so American Campaign + WWII Victory only is consistent, but it is not a per-ship citation); decommission/strike shown as 'date unknown' here vs dated in shipscribe - discrepancy carried in gaps. Photo citation to NARA RG-19-LCM is a verified archival anchor. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-67-atr67-04
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[5]Tow Line (Moran Towing & Transportation Co. corporate magazine), October 1954 issue, 'Meseck Towing & Transportation Co. Tugs Acquired; Moran Fleet Up to Forty-seven' [reputable_press]
- Locator
- October 1954 issue, p. 3 article (OCR of scanned PDF)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Moran Towing & Transportation's company magazine (Tow Line, October 1954) records that on October 4, 1954 the fleet of tugs operated by Meseck Towing & Transportation Co. was acquired by Moran - the same month NavSource reports the ex-ATR-67 (merchant tug Dorothy Ann Meseck) was sold to the De Witte yard, Staten Island, for scrapping. The acquired tugs described (four Skinner Unaflow-engine, two diesel) exclude this hull's triple-expansion plant, consistent with her being culled at the fleet transfer rather than retained.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1954-10
- Population
- Meseck/Moran tug crews (context)
- Limitations
- Fleet-level corporate announcement - does not name Dorothy Ann Meseck or ATR-67; corroborates only the October 1954 timing and corporate mechanics of the tug's sale for scrapping reported by NavSource. The inference that she was culled rather than retained is derived from the engine-type description, not stated by the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-67-atr67-05
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[6]CourtListener API v4 search, authenticated via fleet pacing helper cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atr-67-atr67-06 through sl-uss-atr-67-atr67-09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches (2026-09-26): opinions 'ATR-67' = 0; opinions 'ATR 67' = 0; opinions 'Dorothy Ann Meseck' = 0; dockets 'ATR-67' = 1 hit classified name collision (LG Electronics USA Inc. v. Whirlpool Corporation, 1:08-cv-00234, D. Del. - patent case; 'ATR-67' appears as a product/exhibit string, not the vessel); dockets 'Dorothy Ann Meseck' = 0. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming the vessel located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Search coverage is opinion text and RECAP docket metadata only - state-court and non-digitized dockets are not covered. A ship stricken 1946 and scrapped 1954, decades before asbestos litigation matured, is an unsurprising negative. Absence of located litigation does not establish absence of exposure or defeat any claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-67-atr67-06
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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 program (CNO-directed Maximum War Effort / 1799-Vessel Program, 1942) under which this hull was ordered - and that federal wartime policy reserved asbestos supply for shipbuilding use.
- 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 aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-67-atr67-07
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[8]Bureau of Ships, NAVSHIPS 250-012 (1945), ATR class characteristics/manufacturer tables (primary spec); asbestos-content characterization is era inference per Corn & Starr (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-012 pp. 414-419
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The ATR-1 class's documented plant is a live steam installation - for this hull, two Foster Wheeler 'D'-type boilers at 260 psi saturated feeding a Prescott Co. vertical triple-expansion engine (1,600 shp), with steam piping, and two 60 kW turbo-driven ship's-service generators concentrated in a 165-foot wooden hull. Steam plants of this description in WWII-era U.S. naval construction era-typically carried asbestos-containing boiler lagging, steam-line insulation, gaskets, and machinery packing. The wooden hull (Ships' Data footnote: 'Wood hulls') reduces hull-structural insulation scope relative to steel combatants but does not bear on the machinery-space steam plant.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1954
- Population
- Engine-room crew (class context); Jakobson Shipyard construction trades 1944-45 (class context)
- Limitations
- Machinery configuration is ship-specific and verified (manufacturer table names Prescott Co. and Foster Wheeler 'D' for ATR-67); the asbestos characterization is class/era inference - no document names asbestos aboard this hull. Does not establish presence, quantity, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-67-atr67-08
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[9]NARA catalog record-group mapping: RG-19-LCM photo 19-N-88043 per NavSource/shipscribe captions; RG 24 logbooks series naId 594258 per NARA 'Know Your Records' guidance; MC/USCG documentation inferred from documented milestones [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog series-level records; NavSource photo caption 19-N-88043
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (record-group level; not retrieved): (a) NARA RG-19-LCM Bureau of Ships photograph 19-N-88043 - ATR-67 underway, circa August 1945, builder's/delivery photograph (existence corroborated by NavSource and shipscribe captions); (b) NARA RG 24 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' (series naId 594258) - deck logs for this hull's Aug 1945-Jul 1946 commission likely exist; sister-hull deck logs are digitized in the same NARA partnership series; (c) RG 38 WWII war diaries / RG 24 muster rolls may cover her short commission; (d) the Maritime Commission disposal file implied by the documented delivery receipt (29 Jul 47) is the likeliest source for transfer-condition records; (e) USCG Merchant Vessels of the United States volumes 1947-1954 should list Dorothy Ann Meseck, official number 253769.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1954 records
- Limitations
- Record-group and series-level mapping only - no ATR-67 deck log, war diary, or disposal file was retrieved; the digitization status of this hull's logs is unknown until the catalog is surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-67-atr67-09