Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. III (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), 'Auxiliaries - Rescue Tugs (ATR)' design, machinery, and construction tables, pp. 414-421 (shipscribe.com scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 pp. 414-415 (ATR class design/machinery tables), p. 418 (per-hull engine/boiler makers, ATR76 row 63), p. 419 (per-hull construction table, ATR76 row under Camden S. B. & Mar. Ry. Co.)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- BuShips 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945' Vol. III (NAVSHIPS 250-012) official tables: per-hull construction row 'Camden S. B. & Mar. Ry. Co., Camden, Maine - keel laid 1 May 43 - launched 15 Jun 44 - date of first commission 10 Oct 44'; per-hull machinery row (p.418): engine Prescott Co. vertical triple-expansion, boilers B. & W. 'D'. ATR1-40/50-89 design rows: 165'5" overall, 155'0" waterline, 33'4" extreme beam, 12.2 kt trial speed, 1,312 t trial displacement (10 t/inch immersion), limiting displacement 1,315 t, limiting draft 15'10", accommodations 5 officers/47 enlisted, armament 1 x 3"/50 cal. D.P., largest boom capacity 4 t, one propeller, 1,600 shaft hp, 2 boilers at 260 psi saturated, no main reduction gears, 2 turbo-driven 60 kW 120 V DC ship's-service generators, fuel oil 1,620 bbls, and the explicit class note 'Wood hulls.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945 publication; records 1942-1945 data
- Population
- Wartime accommodations documented as 5 officers + 47 enlisted
- Limitations
- Official wartime BuShips publication carrying a per-hull row for this vessel - authoritative for construction milestones, machinery, and design characteristics. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-76-atr76-01
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[2]shipscribe.com ATR-1 class page (construction/disposition tables and ship notes, compiled from NVR/MC records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe ATR01 class tables - construction row 76; disposition row 76 (26 Mar 46 / 1 May 46 / 22 Nov 46 / MC/D / 22 Nov 46); ship note 76; class notes (VCNO 5 Aug 42 directive for ATR 50-89)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe ATR-1 class table and ship note (compiled from Naval Vessel Register/Maritime Commission records): ATR-76 ordered 27 Nov 42 under the VCNO directive of 5 Aug 42 covering ATR-50 through ATR-89 (FY1943 increment of the Maximum War Effort / 1799-Vessel Program); builder Camden SB; keel 1 May 43, launch 15 Jun 44, commissioned 10 Oct 44; decommissioned 26 Mar 46; struck 1 May 46; disposed 22 Nov 46 (fate 'MC/D', Maritime Administration sale 22 Nov 46). Ship note: 'Sold (delivered) by MC to A. K. Wilson Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Cal.' Class notes: the ATR-1 design is attributed to the John G. Alden firm, and the type was deliberately built of wood with simple triple-expansion machinery so small yards and machine shops outside the main naval shipbuilding effort could produce them.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of official register/MC records - milestone dates corroborated by BuShips SDB1945 (identical keel/launch/commission dates). Decommissioning (26 Mar 46) and stricken (1 May 46) dates rest on this compilation alone; NavSource lists both as unknown and no second official source was reached this session. The buyer attribution conflicts with NavSource and the Camden yard list - see correction row ev-uss-atr-76-atr76-05. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-76-atr76-02
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[3]Department of the Navy, Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual (NAVPERS 15,790, 1953 rev.), Part IV Section 2 (Navy Occupation Service Medal / China Service Medal extended eligibility, ships list) - HyperWar transcription mirror [other_primary]
- Locator
- Part IV Section 2, 'II. Units Eligible (A) Ships', row 'ATR 76 | 2 Sep - 27 Nov 45 | A'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Navy Department awards manual (NAVPERS 15,790, 'Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual,' 1953, Part IV, Section 2, II. Units Eligible - Ships): 'ATR 76 - 2 Sep - 27 Nov 45 - [clasp] A' - crediting the vessel with Navy Occupation Service in the Asiatic-Pacific area between those dates.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-09-02 to 1945-11-27
- Population
- Crew serving aboard during occupation window (~52 accommodations)
- Limitations
- Official Navy Department awards eligibility list naming this hull - establishes the credited occupation-service window (2 Sep - 27 Nov 1945, Asia clasp), consistent with NavSource. Establishes presence in the theater during that window, not any specific operation; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-76-atr76-03
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[4]NavSource Online, USS ATR-76 archive page (Service Ship Photo Archive, 09/40/40076) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 40076 page - chronology block, specifications block, photo captions (builder's photos off Camden ME 18 Oct 1944 via National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors / Donald Taber), ribbon bar
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource archive page for USS ATR-76: commissioned 10 Oct 1944, LT. D. J. Myers in command; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during WWII and to Occupation Service in the Far East 2 Sep - 27 Nov 1945; specifications block: 852 t light / 1,315 t full displacement, one single 3"/50 dual-purpose mount and two single 20 mm AA mounts (class-level specs reprinted on the page); ribbon bar shows American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp (no battle stars); builder's photos show the tug under way off Camden, ME, 18 Oct 1944 in camouflage scheme 31/16/Ax; international radio call sign NTGR; page states 'There is no DANFS history available for USS ATR-76'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled photo archive - used here for command/assignment/ribbon metadata corroborated by official sources (commissioning date and occupation window match SDB1945 and NAVPERS 15,790). Its fate line ('Sold to Meseck Towing ... renamed Judith Ann Meseck') conflicts with the register-compiled record - see correction row ev-uss-atr-76-atr76-05. Its boiler pressure '200psi' conflicts with SDB1945's 260 psi class figure. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-76-atr76-04
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[5]shipscribe.com ATR-1 class ship notes and disposition table (MC-derived) vs. NavSource 40076 page and shipbuildinghistory.com Camden yard list (ATR-76 row: 'Sold 1947 as Judith Ann Meser, scrapped 1954') [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe ATR01 disposition row 76 and ship notes 73/76; navsource.net/archives/09/40/40076.htm fate line and spec block; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/camden.htm ATR 76 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source reconciliations for ATR-76. (a) Disposal attribution: the register-compiled ship note (shipscribe, MC-derived) records 'Sold (delivered) by MC to A. K. Wilson Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Cal.' with the disposal/MA-sale date 22 Nov 46 - while NavSource states 'Sold to Meseck Towing & Transportation Co. Inc., New York, N.Y., renamed Judith Ann Meseck,' and the Camden yard production list prints 'Sold 1947 as Judith Ann Meser, scrapped 1954.' The register compilation instead attributes the merchant name JUDITH ANN MESECK (1947, scrapped 1954) to sister hull ATR-73 (sold to O. Y. Warren, Norwalk, Conn., delivered 5 Aug 47); the Camden list's 'scrapped 1954' detail matches the ATR-73 record, suggesting a cross-hull conflation, and Meseck demonstrably bought multiple ex-ATR hulls (e.g., ATR-67 -> Dorothy Ann Meseck). The MC-derived sale to A. K. Wilson Lumber Co. is adopted; the Meseck attribution is logged as an unresolved conflicting claim. (b) Boiler pressure: NavSource prints '200psi Sat.' for this hull; SDB1945's class table (p.414) gives 260 psi saturated for ATR1-40 and ATR 50-89 - SDB adopted. (c) Decommissioned/struck dates: NavSource lists both as unknown; the register compilation's 26 Mar 46 / 1 May 46 are adopted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1946-1954
- Limitations
- Resolves a secondary-source conflict in favor of the register/MC-derived compilation: the A. K. Wilson sale rests on disposal-table data corroborated by sibling-hull sales on the same date (ATR-36, -38, -52 all MC/D 22 Nov 46 to A. K. Wilson Lumber), while the Meseck claim copies fate details matching ATR-73's record. Both attributions could yet be partly true (Wilson resale to Meseck is possible but undocumented); residual uncertainty is carried in gaps. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-76-atr76-05
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[6]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB1945 v3 machinery data (steam plant, 2 B&W boilers, 260 psi sat.) + ATR-1 class design context (shipscribe class notes: deliberate wood-hull construction with simple triple-expansion machinery) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 ATR class machinery table (p.414) + ATR76 per-hull row (p.418); shipscribe ATR01 class notes (wood-hull decision)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for a wooden-hulled steam rescue tug of 1943-44 construction: unlike diesel-electric contemporaries (the steel ATA type), this class carried two B&W 'D'-type boilers at 260 psi saturated feeding a Prescott vertical triple-expansion engine, so the boiler-lagging pathway applies - era-typical applications are boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-line lagging, exhaust-uptake insulation, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, accommodation insulation, and brake linings on the towing engine and windlass. The wooden hull narrows structural insulation scope but does not eliminate machinery insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (U.S. service); inference drawn from 1943-44 construction era
- Population
- Construction trades (Camden, ME, 1943-44); crew of ~52
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-level asbestos record located for this hull. The machinery table confirms the plant type (saturated steam, 2 B&W boilers) but says nothing about insulation content. Establishes no quantities, no locations, no exposure for any individual. Wood-hull construction may have reduced accommodation insulation scope versus steel auxiliaries; the direction and magnitude of that difference is undocumented for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-76-atr76-06
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[7]Fleischer, W.E., Viles, F.J. Jr., Gade, R.L., and Drinker, P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed record PMID 21016030 (bibliographic identity verified via Europe PMC REST); article pp. 9-16 (pipe covering material section)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The U.S. Maritime Commission-commissioned industrial-hygiene survey of WWII pipe-covering operations at Navy yards and Navy contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite' - i.e., asbestos insulation was standard material in wartime naval-vessel construction of exactly this hull's era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1946 (survey of wartime practice)
- Population
- WWII pipe coverers and shipyard trades (survey population)
- Limitations
- Era-level documentation of asbestos use in naval construction generally; does not name this vessel, class, or builder yard (whether Camden Shipbuilding at Camden, ME was among surveyed-type operations is unverified) and establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-76-atr76-07
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[8]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 emergency construction program under which this ATR-1-class rescue tug was built - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in ship construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (article scope); published 1987
- Population
- WWII shipbuilding workforce (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel, class, or builder yard 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-76-atr76-08
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[9]CourtListener API v4 search index - '"ATR-76"' type=o: 0; '"ATR 76"' type=o: 0; '"Judith Ann Meseck"' type=o: 0; '"ATR-76"' type=r: 2 dockets, both Live Nation antitrust exhibit-code collisions [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atr-76-atr76-10 through sl-uss-atr-76-atr76-14
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-26): opinion searches returned count 0 for the exact phrases '"ATR-76"', '"ATR 76"', and '"Judith Ann Meseck"' (the disputed merchant name). Docket/RECAP search '"ATR-76"' returned 2 dockets - both are Live Nation Entertainment antitrust matters in S.D.N.Y. (Leifer v. Live Nation, 1:24-cv-03994; United States v. Live Nation, 1:24-cv-03973) in which 'ATR-76' appears only as an exhibit-list identifier - name collisions, not the vessel. The remaining variant '"USS ATR-76"' is a strict subset of the zero-result '"ATR-76"' phrase query and was not separately run. No qualifying asbestos litigation, no other litigation, and no vessel-related hit located under any designation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Index-level absence, not a merits finding: no opinion names the hull or its disputed merchant name, and the only docket hits are unrelated antitrust exhibit codes. A hull-number-only auxiliary sold to private buyers in 1946 has minimal litigation surface; state-court filings, unscanned federal filings, and cases referencing only 'the tug' or a plaintiff's ship list remain outside index coverage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-76-atr76-09
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[10]Batch-3005 search ledger (this record): BuShips SDB1945 v3, shipscribe ATR-1 class compilation, Camden yard list, Navy awards manual (NAVPERS 15,790), NavSource archive page, NARA Special List #44, MARAD ShipHistory, NHHC/DANFS, NavalCoverMuseum, CourtListener sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atr-76-atr76-01 through sl-uss-atr-76-atr76-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation specification, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, government report, or docketed case naming ATR-76 (or its disputed merchant names) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). No DANFS entry exists for the hull.
- 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 1943-44 steam auxiliary is era-consistent with asbestos in boiler insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, and brake linings. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-76-atr76-10
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[11]NARA Special List #44 (by ship number), ATR-76 row; shipscribe ATR-1 photo index (RG-19-LCM Boston Navy Yard photo, 18 Oct 1944) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL-44 ship-number list, 'ATR-76 10/10/1944 6/30/1945'; shipscribe.com/usnaux/ATR/ATR01-p.html ATR-76 photo caption
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (cataloged, not retrieved): (a) NARA Special List #44 (Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, by ship number) indexes deck logs for ATR-76 covering 10 Oct 1944 - 30 Jun 1945 (RG 24) - commissioning through nearly the end of the war; coverage Jul 1945 through decommissioning (Mar 1946) is not indexed in that list. (b) NARA RG 19-LCM holds a Boston Navy Yard photograph of USS ATR-76 taken 18 Oct 1944 shortly after commissioning (photo number unknown per the shipscribe photo index). (c) WWII war-diary reports for the hull, if extant, would sit in RG 38 - none located in digitized series. (d) The Maritime Commission disposal/sale file for the 22 Nov 46 transfer to A. K. Wilson Lumber Co. would settle the merchant-name conflict. (e) BuShips design file and Camden yard build records for the ATR-1 design.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1946 records
- Limitations
- Catalog-level identification only - logs, photographs, and files not examined and no box-level retrieval performed. Whether the deck logs, war diary (if any), builder's trials records, or MC disposal file for this hull contain machinery-insulation or repair detail is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-76-atr76-11
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[12]shipscribe.com ATR-1 class notes (BuShips letter/directions chronology, wood-hull decision, Alden attribution) + shipbuildinghistory.com Camden yard production list (ATR-76 row) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe ATR01 'Class Notes' section; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/camden.htm ATR 76 row ('850 GT ... 10-Oct-44')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- ATR-1 class design/procurement context: on 12 Sep 41 the Chief of the Bureau of Ships wrote CNO on the need for rescue tugs to tow disabled vessels; CNO directed ATR 1-40 construction on 19 Jan 42 under the Maximum War Effort (1799-Vessel) Program and VCNO directed ATR 50-89 on 5 Aug 42; the Navy deliberately chose wooden hulls and simple triple-expansion steam machinery so small yards and local machine shops outside the main naval shipbuilding effort could build hulls and engines; one source attributes the design to the yacht-design firm John G. Alden. Camden Shipbuilding & Marine Railway built the ATR-17-22 and ATR-74-79 blocks; the Camden yard list carries 'ATR 76, US Navy, Tug, 850 GT, delivered 10-Oct-44' - matching the official commission date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1941-1946
- Limitations
- Class program background - establishes why a small Maine yard built this steam tug; the yard list's delivery date corroborates the official commission date. The yard list's disposition line ('Sold 1947 as Judith Ann Meser, scrapped 1954') conflicts with the MC-derived sale record - see correction row ev-uss-atr-76-atr76-05. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-76-atr76-12