Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet dt-packet.md (1 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED. — real identity: NONE — never named; served as USS ATR-84.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-atr-84-atr84-pkt-dt-packet-md
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[2]Shipscribe, U.S. Navy Auxiliary Vessels - ATR-1 class data sheets (compiled from official USN ship status/disposal records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ATR-1 class page: construction table row 84, disposition table row 84, ship note 84; class notes paragraph (VCNO 5 Aug 42 directive)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- ATR-84: ordered 15 Jan 1943; built by Island Dock, Kingston NY; keel laid 17 Dec 1943; launched 2 Jun 1944; commissioned 16 Nov 1944; decommissioned/out of service 23 Apr 1947; struck 22 May 1947; disposal 7 Jul 1948 coded MC/D (Maritime Commission disposal); MA sale recorded 18 May 1948. Ship note: 'Decomm. and placed in service at San Francisco 30 Sep 46 for servicing decommissioned ships, out of service 23 Apr 47. Sold (awarded) by MC to Duelin Steel Products Co., Seattle.' The ATR-84 hull fell within the ATR 50-89 group whose construction the Vice Chief of Naval Operations directed on 5 Aug 1942 under the Maximum War Effort (1799-vessel) program.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Wartime/postwar crew (~51-52); Island Dock construction workforce (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Compilation of official USN records, not the underlying documents themselves; the disposition table's 'Decomm.' column (23 Apr 47) reflects final out-of-service status while the ship note records decommissioning-and-placing-in-service on 30 Sep 46 - read together with NavSource's 1 Oct 46 decommissioning. 'Duelin Steel Products' is almost certainly the documented firm Dulien Steel Products, Inc. of Seattle (spelling variance noted in gaps). Contains no asbestos or insulation-material information whatsoever.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-84-atr84-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History, USS ATR-84 service-ship photo archive page [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS ATR-84 archive page (09/40/40084), ship data block, awards, and commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Corroborates identity and dates: ATR-1-class rescue tug; laid down 17 Dec 1943 at Island Dock Inc., Kingston NY; launched 2 Jun 1944; commissioned USS ATR-84 on 16 Nov 1944, LT Ross R. Williams, USN, in command; decommissioned 1 Oct 1946; struck from the Naval Register 'date unknown' (Shipscribe supplies 22 May 1947); 'disposed of in 1946, fate unknown' - superseded by the Shipscribe disposal record (MC sale 1948). Spec block: 852 t light / 1,315 t full; 165'6" x 33'4" x 15'6"; 12.2 kt; largest boom 4 t; 1 x 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, 2 x single 20mm AA; 5 officers, 47 enlisted; fuel NSFO 1,620 bbls; one Fulton Iron Works vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine; two Babcock & Wilcox 'D'-type boilers, 200 psi saturated; two turbo-drive ship-service generators, 60 kW 120 V DC; single propeller, 1,600 hp. Awards listed: American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal. Commanding officers listed: Williams (Nov 44-Jun 45), LTJG Marion J. Schwartz USNR (Jun-Dec 45), LTJG Henry E. Butler Jr. USNR (Dec 45-Mar 46), LT Claude L. Rescola USN (Mar-Oct 46). Photo credited: USS ATR-84 underway April 1945, location unknown (National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors / Craig Rothhammer, via John Spivey). NavSource notes 'There is no history available for USS ATR-84' - i.e., no DANFS entry exists.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Wartime/postwar crew (~51-52)
- Limitations
- Aggregator of official data and contributed material; the 'disposed of in 1946, fate unknown' entry is superseded by Shipscribe's compiled disposal chain (out of service Apr 47, struck May 47, MC disposal Jul 48, sale awarded May 48). No theater assignment or wartime station is stated. Awards list may be incomplete. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-84-atr84-02
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[4]HyperWar/ibiblio transcription, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - AT/ATR Tugs' (official wartime register data); class line: 'Wooden-hulled Rescue Tugs, built to patrol convoy lanes' [other_primary]
- Locator
- ATR section, register table row 'ATR-84' (comm. 1943-45) and ATR class spec line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- ATR-84 appears in the wartime register of U.S. Navy tugs with commission span 1943-45 and no loss or reclassification notation - i.e., the hull remained on the Navy list through the end of the war. The register's class-level specification for the wooden-hulled ATRs: 852 t, 165'6" x 33'4" x 15'6", 12 kt, one 3" gun, complement 35, triple-expansion reciprocating steam engines, single screw, 1,600 hp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1940-1945 register period
- Limitations
- Transcription of official wartime register data via HyperWar/ibiblio; the hull line confirms presence on the register only - it carries no station, operational, or material detail. The wartime complement figure (35) differs from postwar figures (51 Shipscribe; 5+47 NavSource) - carried unmerged in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-84-atr84-03
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[5]Naval Cover Museum, ATR-84 ship page (name/designation history, postmarks, awards) [museum_official]
- Locator
- ATR 84 wiki page, 'Ship Name and Designation History' and 'Postmarks' sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Corroborates keel (17 Dec 43) and launch (2 Jun 44); records 'Commissioned November 15 1944' (one day earlier than the Shipscribe/NavSource 16 Nov figure); records 'Transferred to War Shipping Administration July 7 1948' - matching the Shipscribe disposal date of 7 Jul 48. Also records 'NO POSTMARKS REPORTED' and notes that postmark devices 'Type 2# and 9# (Br. #16140)' were prepared but never used.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Limitations
- Museum-compiled data; the 'War Shipping Administration' attribution is anachronistic - the WSA was dissolved in 1947 and residual vessel-disposal functions rested with the U.S. Maritime Commission (consistent with Shipscribe's MC/D code). Row carried for the corroborating transfer date and the commission-date variant, not for the agency name. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-84-atr84-04
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[6]Shipscribe ATR-1 class notes (compiled from BuShips correspondence and program records): wooden-hull design choice and machinery procurement for the class [other_primary]
- Locator
- ATR-1 class notes paragraphs (design rationale, build-time analysis); NavSource ATR-84 spec block for machinery detail
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class design context bearing on plausible insulation scope: the Navy specified wood construction and 'relatively simple triple expansion steam machinery' so the class could be built by small shipbuilders outside the main naval program, with engines built by small local machine shops. The documented plant for this class - two Babcock & Wilcox 'D'-type 200-psi saturated boilers feeding a single vertical triple-expansion engine (1,600 hp, one screw) - is a WWII-era steam installation of the type whose boiler insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, and packing were era-commonly manufactured with asbestos fiber.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Construction trades at Island Dock, Kingston NY (1943-44); machinery-space crew
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation, not a hull record - the class notes do not name ATR-84 and no located source states the asbestos content of this hull's insulation. Steam-plant asbestos scope is era inference, not ship-proven; the wooden hull plausibly reduces structural insulation scope relative to steel contemporaries but does not eliminate machinery-space applications. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, or any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-84-atr84-05
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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 wartime small-yard construction program under which this wooden-hulled rescue tug was built (1943-44) - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard hulls of the period.
- 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 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-84-atr84-06
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[8]Peters v. Dulien Steel Products, Inc., 39 Wn. 2d 889, 239 P.2d 1055 (Wash. 1952) (decided Jan 17, 1952; rehearing denied Feb 27, 1952) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion text: 'Appellant owned three steel vessels which it had acquired from the maritime commission ... while the hulls were being scrapped' (39 Wn. 2d 889)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Published Washington Supreme Court opinion documenting the business of the Maritime Commission buyer of this hull: Dulien Steel Products, Inc. had acquired three steel vessels from the Maritime Commission and in November 1946 sold the partially dismantled hulls to the respondent scrappers, who cut them up at the Port of Kalama dock facilities while Dulien purchased the resulting scrap steel. This corroborates that the firm buying ATR-84 in 1948 ('Duelin Steel Products Co., Seattle' in the compiled Navy record) was engaged in vessel dismantling - consistent with the sale being a scrapping purchase rather than a return to service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1946-1948 (underlying transactions); opinion 1952
- Population
- Ship-dismantling workforce (Kalama WA / Seattle WA area, 1946-47 context)
- Limitations
- Does not name ATR-84 or document its individual disposition - the opinion documents the buyer's business only; scrapping of this specific hull is inferred, not recorded. The case is a commercial contract dispute containing no asbestos, exposure, or maritime-injury content. Reporter citation verified via secondary legal databases; CourtListener copy not located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-84-atr84-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket searches, exact-phrase queries on hull number and name [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atr-84-atr84-07 through -10
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming ATR-84 located. Opinion search '"ATR-84"' returned 2 hits, both records of United States v. Yousef (2d Cir., filed 2003-04-04, 327 F.3d 56 - the World Trade Center bombing appeal; the string occurs in that opinion's material unrelated to any vessel). Opinion search '"ATR 84"' returned the same 2 Yousef records. Opinion search '"USS ATR-84"' returned 0 results. Docket search '"ATR-84"' returned 2 hits, both Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group FOIA actions (D.D.C. 1:05-cv-02217 filed 2005-11-15; 1:06-cv-00474 filed 2006-03-15) - the string matches exhibit/document codes in that litigation, not the vessel. No result names the vessel or asbestos exposure aboard it.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Sweep covers CourtListener's indexed opinions and RECAP dockets only - unindexed state and trial-court records are not covered; an absent result does not prove no claim was ever filed. All four located hits are name collisions; none involves the vessel, asbestos, or maritime exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-84-atr84-08
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[10]Batch-3014 search ledger (this record): NavSource archive; Shipscribe USN auxiliary data sheets; HyperWar wartime register transcription; NavalCoverMuseum ship page; shipbuildinghistory/navalmarinearchive Island Dock yard list; CourtListener API v4; Wikipedia class list; NARA catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atr-84-atr84-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, crew account, or docketed case naming USS ATR-84 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull's sale to a ship-dismantling firm in 1948 forecloses the reserve-fleet, museum, and long-merchant-service phases that generate most asbestos records for other WWII hulls.
- 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 - the WWII saturated-steam plant is consistent with era-typical insulation. Does not establish that asbestos was or was not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-84-atr84-09
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[11]NARA RG 24 deck-log series (logbooks of U.S. Navy ships, WWII and postwar); NAFTS photograph collection credited on the NavSource page; Maritime Commission disposal file implied by the compiled sale record [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource image table (photo 094008401); catalog.archives.gov search 'ATR-84' returned no item-level record; ingenweb.org Orange County IN honor-roll page for Raymond Lewis Farlow
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Deck logs for the commission and in-service periods (Nov 1944 - Apr 1947) should exist in NARA RG 24 but are not individually digitized under the hull number in the online catalog. One wartime photograph of this hull (underway, April 1945) survives in the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors collection credited on NavSource. The Shipscribe ship note implies a Navy/Maritime Commission disposal file covering the 1948 sale to Dulien Steel Products, and a county honor-roll transcription reports a machinist's mate aboard the hull Dec 1945 - Jul 1946 with Pacific Fleet assignment (community transcription, unverified).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1948 (record creation)
- Limitations
- Leads only - records identified by reference but not retrieved; deck-log itemization for this hull not confirmed in the online catalog; the crew service-plaque transcription is a non-authoritative community source and is not carried as an evidence finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atr-84-atr84-10