Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet ds-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-atr-82-atr82-pkt-ds-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, USS ATR-82 page (construction data; service narrative contributed via National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors, courtesy Norman L. Hockman S1/c USS ATR-82) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS ATR-82 page, ATR-1 Class Rescue Tug data block and narrative; photo caption 'under way in San Francisco Bay in 1945'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS ATR-82, an ATR-1-class rescue tug: laid down 1943-02-20 at Island Dock Inc., Kingston, N.Y.; launched 1943-11-11; commissioned 1944-06-27. NavSource narrative: first served in the Caribbean, transferred to San Francisco in 1945; rescued USAT Imperial in December 1945 after that vessel lost all power while returning Pacific War veterans to the U.S. West Coast; towed the old protected cruiser Boston (renamed Despatch, IX-2) out to sea and sank her off San Francisco on 1946-04-08. Decommissioned 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission in 1947 for disposal. Award ribbons listed: American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Ship's crew (approx. 5 officers, 47 enlisted per NavSource class data)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled photo/service archive drawing on official records plus veteran contributions, not an official source: construction dates match Shipscribe's register-derived table, but the Caribbean/San Francisco narrative, the December 1945 USAT Imperial rescue, and the attribution of the Despatch tow to this hull are single-source (crew-member contributed) and unverified against deck logs or press. No asbestos or insulation-material information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-82-01
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[3]Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts), U.S. Navy Auxiliary Vessels data tables - ATR-1 class construction and disposition tables and ship notes, compiled from Navy registers and Maritime Commission disposal records [other_primary]
- Locator
- ATR-1 class page, construction table row 82; disposition table row 82; ship notes row 82
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- ATR-82 table entries: ordered 1943-01-15; built by Island Dock (Kingston, N.Y.); keel laid 1943-02-20; launched 1943-11-11; commissioned 1944-06-27. Disposition: decommissioned 1946-09-11; stricken 1946-10-08; disposal custody 1947-04-03; fate 'MC/D' (Maritime Commission disposal); sale column ('MA Sale') date 1947-04-02. Ship note: 'Sold (delivered) by MC to Anthony deRay and Steve Bildhauer, San Francisco.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Limitations
- Scholarly secondary compilation of official Navy register and Maritime Commission disposal records - not itself an official document; consistent with NavSource construction dates and with NARA's deck-log coverage beginning at the 1944-06-27 commissioning. The table's 'MA Sale' column (1947-04-02) and disposal-custody column (1947-04-03) differ by a day - sale-award vs delivery/turnover semantics; the ship note confirms MC as seller. No asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-82-02
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[4]Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts), ATR-1 class notes - Bureau of Ships rescue-tug program history and construction-policy narrative [other_primary]
- Locator
- ATR-1 class page, Class Notes paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class context: ATR 1-40 were directed for construction 1942-01-19 under the Navy's Maximum War Effort (1799 Vessel) Program; VCNO directed construction of ATR 50-89 (which includes ATR-82) on 1942-08-05. To minimize impact on the main steel-shipbuilding effort the Navy chose wooden hulls built by small shipbuilders and 'relatively simple triple expansion steam machinery' built by small local machine shops; one source attributes the design to the John G. Alden firm. The 80 wooden ATRs averaged 9.4 months keel-to-launch. BuShips recommended switching the follow-on ATR 101-140 to steel on 1943-05-13 (approved 1943-06-03; built as the 143-foot ATA-174 class).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- ATR-1-class construction trades (multiple small yards)
- Limitations
- Class-level procurement/design history, not a hull record; establishes why this class was wooden-hulled with a steam plant but says nothing about this hull's materials specifically and contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-82-03
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[5]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Vol. I (1964), BOSTON entry (hazegray transcription mirror; live NHHC URL not located) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Boston entry, final paragraph (Despatch/IX-2 passage)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS confirms the event ATR-82 is credited with: the fifth Boston (protected cruiser, renamed DESPATCH 1940-08-09, reclassified IX-2 1941-02-17, receiving ship at Yerba Buena Island, later a radio school) 'was towed to sea and sunk off San Francisco 8 April 1946.' NavSource's ATR-82 page identifies this tug as the vessel that towed her out.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1946
- Limitations
- DANFS confirms the sinking event and the 1946-04-08 date but does NOT name the towing vessel - ATR-82's participation rests on the single-source NavSource/veteran attribution (ev-01). Some secondary sources give 1946-04-07; DANFS's 1946-04-08 is adopted as controlling. No asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-82-04
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[6]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44 (U.S. Navy deck logs), ship-number index [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 ship-number index, ATR-82 row (6/27/1944 - 6/30/1945); digitized-logs index page shows no ATR vessels
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official deck-log finding aid lists deck logs for ATR-82 covering 1944-06-27 (commissioning) through 1945-06-30 - documentary confirmation of the in-service period and the archival source that would carry the ship's day-to-day operational record. The ship is not on NARA's 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' list, so digitization of this entry was not confirmed; logs after 1945-06-30 (covering the December 1945 USAT Imperial rescue and the April 1946 Despatch tow) would sit in the post-war deck-log series (RG 24) at Archives II, College Park.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1946 records
- Limitations
- Finding-aid listing only - no box-level retrieval performed and digitization status for this entry unconfirmed; existence of asbestos-relevant entries (overhauls, insulation work, yard periods) inside the logs is unknown until read. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-82-05
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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 under which this wooden-hulled steam-powered rescue tug was mass-produced - 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
- 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 this 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-82-06
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[8]NavSource USS ATR-82 specifications block (Prescott vertical triple-expansion engine; two Foster Wheeler 'D'-type boilers, 260 psi; two 60 kW 120 V D.C. turbo ship's-service generators; single screw, 1,600 shp) with Shipscribe ATR-1 class machinery data (one screw, vertical triple expansion, 1,600 HP) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource ATR-82 specifications block; Shipscribe ATR-1 class data header
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The documented plant is a WWII-era steam installation: two oil-fired 'D'-type boilers at 260 psi driving a vertical triple-expansion engine, plus turbo-driven generators. Era-typical asbestos applications for such a plant: boiler and steam-drum insulation, steam-pipe lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and brake linings on towing/winching gear. Because the hull is wood, there is no hull-structure fireproofing of the kind fitted on steel ships - any asbestos aboard would concentrate in the machinery spaces.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Engine-room crew ('black gang') - the principal exposure pathway if era-typical materials were fitted; construction trades at Island Dock (Kingston) 1943-44
- Limitations
- Era/design-level inference only - no ship-specific insulation schedule, survey, or abatement record exists for this hull; machinery-vendor detail (Prescott/Foster Wheeler vs. Fulton Iron Works/Babcock & Wilcox in class-level secondary sources) is unverified. Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, nor quantity or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-82-07
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[9]Batch-3012 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS (no entry); NARA Special List 44 + digitized-logs index; NavSource; Shipscribe; shipbuildinghistory.com Island Dock yard table; MARAD ShipHistory; CourtListener opinion/docket sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atr-82-01 through sl-uss-atr-82-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no DANFS entry exists for ATR-82, and no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull passed to private owners in 1947 and its subsequent fate is untraced - there is no museum or Navy custody under which a condition survey might exist.
- 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 during service - the wartime steam plant is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation and gasketing. 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-82-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweeps: '"ATR-82"' type=o (opinion), '"ATR-82"' type=r (docket/RECAP), '"ATR 82"' type=o (opinion) [court_record]
- Locator
- API v4 search, queries as cited; counts 0/0/0
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- All three sweeps returned zero results (count: 0). No opinion or docket names this hull in any context; there is therefore no qualifying asbestos litigation and no litigation of any kind located for ATR-82. The hull number is distinctive enough that no name-collision hits occurred.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- CourtListener indexes published opinions and RECAP dockets only; unreported claims, state-court filings, and settled/MDL pleading-stage matters naming the hull would not necessarily surface. Absence of a docketed case is not evidence about shipboard conditions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-82-09