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 page 11 (zero-index page 10), ATR-69 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA Special List #44 indexes ATR-69 deck logs from July 8, 1944 through June 30, 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-07-08 to 1945-06-30
- Limitations
- This is an inventory, not a review of the logs. Its first coverage date does not independently establish commissioning date or location; it provides no movements, crew count, machinery specifications, or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-69-atr69-01
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[2]Tacoma Public Library, Northwest ORCA, Richards Studio Photographs, D33912-13 (TPL-8965) [museum_official]
- Locator
- D33912-13, photograph dated 1948-06-18 and library description citing Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. catalog (1954)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Tacoma Public Library identifies the photographed Scarlet Queen as former World War II rescue tug ATR-69 and records conversion by Tacoma Boatbuilding Company by June 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1948
- Limitations
- Archive description establishes the post-Navy identity and conversion, not ownership transfer date, Navy decommissioning date, original machinery, asbestos content, or later fate.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-69-atr69-02
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[3]Tacoma Public Library, Northwest ORCA, Richards Studio Photographs, D33839-1 (TPL-8958) [museum_official]
- Locator
- D33839-1, 1948-06-11 photograph and catalog description based on Tacoma Times 1948-06-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Tacoma Public Library describes Scarlet Queen after conversion as a 165-foot tuna clipper with an 1,800-horsepower Fairbanks Morse diesel engine and 20 refrigeration tanks; its Richards Studio photograph is dated June 11, 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1948
- Limitations
- Describes the converted fishing vessel, not the Navy-period propulsion plant. The engine change prevents assuming the photographed machinery or 1948 materials were present during Navy service. No asbestos statement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-69-atr69-03
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[4]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2, enclosure I: Chief of Naval Operations letter of January 5, 1979 [gao]
- Locator
- PDF pages 11-13, enclosure I, especially printed pages 1-3
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A January 1979 Navy response reproduced by GAO describes asbestos-containing materials in Navy ships generally, especially thermal insulation for machinery, equipment, and piping, and also gaskets and packing; it recounts the change toward asbestos-free insulation specifications in the early 1970s.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1978-1979 review, with retrospective discussion of earlier Navy materials policy
- Population
- Navy shipboard personnel and shipyard workers in the GAO review; not ATR-69 personnel
- Limitations
- The 1979 Navy discussion and ship list do not name ATR-69 or the ATR class; the tug had left Navy service decades earlier. This is Navy-wide material and historical-era context only. It cannot establish any asbestos product, location, quantity, exposure, or retained material on this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-69-atr69-04
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[5]National Archives, Ship Plan Index; Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Plan Index ATR-69 rows; guide https://www.archives.gov/research/military/navy/guided-topics/asbestos, Cartographic Branch section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's ship-plan index lists ATR-69 portfolio plans (catalog identifier 175661949) and microfilm plans (175668288); NARA's naval-asbestos research guide identifies hull drawings and S39 insulation-and-lagging and S48 piping codes as research routes.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- Plans for ATR-69, dates not stated in index
- Limitations
- Only the indexes and research guide were reviewed, not the plans. The plan entries do not say whether S39 or S48 drawings exist for ATR-69, nor do they reveal insulation composition or prove asbestos aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-69-atr69-05
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[6]Batch-2997 search ledger: NARA deck-log inventory and plan index, NARA naval-asbestos guide, GAO HRD-80-2, Tacoma Public Library Richards Studio catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atr-69-atr69-01 through sl-uss-atr-69-atr69-06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying public ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, or material specification naming ATR-69 was located in the official repositories searched for this batch.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26 search
- Limitations
- A bounded negative search result, not evidence that asbestos was absent. Unreviewed deck logs, plans, construction contracts, repair records, and litigation may change this assessment. No individual exposure or causation conclusion follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-69-atr69-06
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[7]Authenticated CourtListener v4 search helper, cl-auth-search.py, fleet pacing diagnostics [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atr-69-atr69-07 and sl-uss-atr-69-atr69-08; helper exit 2, COURTLISTENER PACING
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The required exact-name and hull-number CourtListener litigation sweep was attempted through the authenticated fleet helper but could not return results because its shared pacing budget was spent. Opinion and docket classifications remain unmade.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26 attempted search
- Limitations
- No CourtListener response or hit list was received, so this row supports no conclusion about qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, name collisions, or absence of cases. No litigation stage can be assigned.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-69-atr69-07