Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]National Archives, Special List 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 11 (printed p. 10), ATR-68 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 indexes deck logs for ATR-68 from 1944-05-15 through 1945-06-30.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Index date span identifies logs held, not commissioning or decommissioning dates. The logs themselves were not inspected and the index makes no asbestos statement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-68-atr68-01
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[2]Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Alaska shipwreck table, 1751-2000 (2011) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 308-309 (printed pp. 307-308), YR-43 entry, 1945-03-28
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The BOEM chronology records ATR-68 and Coast Guard cutter Cedar sent from Kodiak after floating workshop YR-43 broke tow and grounded near Zaikof Point on 1945-03-28.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-03-28
- Limitations
- Retrospective federal compilation documents dispatch only; it does not establish arrival, a completed salvage, or any asbestos material aboard ATR-68.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-68-atr68-03
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[3]NIOSH, 100 Years of Respiratory Protection History [other_primary]
- Locator
- World War II section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NIOSH describes increased U.S. Navy use of asbestos for pipe insulation during World War II.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- World War II
- Population
- World War II Navy vessels generally
- Limitations
- Navy-wide era statement, not an ATR-68 specification, survey, or material record. It does not establish asbestos on this hull, a product location, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-68-atr68-04
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[4]National Archives, Ship Plan Index [other_primary]
- Locator
- ATR-68 rows; RG 19; portfolio plans 175661948; microfilm 175668287
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Ship Plan Index lists ATR-68 portfolio plans (catalog ID 175661948) and microfilm (catalog ID 175668287) in Record Group 19.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Catalog index only. Drawings and film were not inspected; material specifications, including any insulation or lagging composition, remain unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-68-atr68-05
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[5]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Cartographic Branch, Ship Engineering Drawings, S filing codes
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA identifies S39 insulation and lagging and S48 piping drawings as useful records for hull-specific asbestos research; these drawings can be rare in paper ship engineering files.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Research guidance only. NARA does not state that ATR-68 has S39 or S48 drawings or asbestos-containing material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-68-atr68-06
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[6]NARA Ship Plan Index and Special List 44; BOEM Alaska shipwreck chronology; NARA asbestos research guide; NIOSH era history; see search_ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger in this record
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the official-source material reviewed for this batch.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Bounded search result only, not proof that ATR-68 contained no asbestos. Indexed archival plans and deck logs were not inspected.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-68-atr68-07
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[7]Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Alaska shipwreck table, 1751-2000 (2011) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 308 (printed p. 307), YP-94 entry, 1945-02-23
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A BOEM Alaska shipwreck chronology records ATR-68 dispatched from Kodiak on 1945-02-23 to assist after district patrol craft YP-94 grounded in Tugidak Passage. The chronology credits air-sea rescue coordination with saving YP-94's crew; it does not assign that rescue specifically to ATR-68.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-02-23
- Limitations
- Retrospective federal compilation citing Naval Chronology and other sources; dispatch is documented, but arrival or direct rescue by ATR-68 is not. No asbestos statement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-68-atr68-02