Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]National Archives, Special List 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 136 (zero-index page 135), YTB-379 (Canuck) entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 indexes deck logs for YTB-379 (Canuck) from 8 August through 31 December 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- This is a log-coverage index, not the logs themselves. It does not establish launch, commissioning, crew count, equipment, asbestos use, or later fate.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-canuck-yt379-01
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Service force table, YTB 379 CANUCK entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization lists YTB-379 CANUCK and Lt. (jg) J. H. Melum, USNR, under the service force listing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- A dated fleet roster, not a crew roster or material inventory; it establishes neither complement nor asbestos exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-canuck-yt379-02
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Narraguagas (AOG-32) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- History, 8–13 June 1945 passage to Okinawa
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's Narraguagas history names Canuck (YTB-379) among the tugs in Task Unit 30.9.23 traveling from Leyte toward Okinawa in June 1945; the unit reached Kerama Retto on 13 June.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- This is the history of another ship in the task unit. It names Canuck and the convoy but does not document Canuck's onboard materials, crew, or subsequent assignment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-canuck-yt379-03
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, Pacific Typhoon October 1945 — Okinawa [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship damage table, YTB 379 CANUCK entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's October 1945 Okinawa typhoon damage table lists YTB-379 CANUCK as 'Sunk.' The subsequent disposition has not been reconciled with secondary accounts of postwar service.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- The table records a contemporaneous loss classification but does not say whether the tug was later raised or repaired. Secondary postwar narratives conflict; final disposition and later YTM designation require a Navy vessel card or equivalent primary record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-canuck-yt379-04
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[5]Batch 9363 search ledger: NHHC/DANFS, NARA log index, and targeted federal asbestos searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger sl-uss-canuck-yt379-01 through -05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No public official record located in the sources searched here identifies asbestos aboard Canuck (YT/YTB-379), a hull survey, or an abatement action.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- A negative search result is not proof that asbestos was absent. The indexed deck logs and undigitized vessel material have not been inspected. No individual exposure, product, dose, or legal claim is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-canuck-yt379-05