Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet crew-cs-packet.md (9 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-chippewa-at69-pkt-crew-cs-packet-md
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[2]DANFS-derived summary via Wikipedia 'USS Chippewa (AT-69)' (citing DANFS); hullnumber.com AT-69 [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-war: reported to U.S. 16th Fleet for inactivation March 1946; decommissioned 26 February 1947 at Orange, TX; transferred to Maritime Administration, Beaumont NDRF, 15 November 1960; stricken from Naval Vessel Register 1 September 1961; returned to Navy 17 August 1989 for reef preparation; sunk as artificial reef 8 February 1990 off Panama City, FL (37 explosive charges).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Study period
- 1946-1990
- Limitations
- DANFS-derived via tertiary summary. Disposition dates consistent across sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chippewa-at69-03
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[3]DANFS-derived summary via Wikipedia 'USS Chippewa (AT-69)' (citing DANFS) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- World War II Atlantic service: crossed Atlantic Norfolk to Casablanca to lay buoys (4 May-9 June 1943); Caribbean Sea Frontier duty based at Trinidad (to 6 May 1944); after reclassification, towing/salvage duty Caribbean out of Trinidad to 29 March 1945; Argentia, Newfoundland duty 19 May-1 November 1945 including a long towing voyage to Houston, TX; final towing passage Boston-Bermuda-Norfolk arriving 28 December 1945 with SS War Bonnet in tow.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Limitations
- DANFS-derived via tertiary summary; NHHC page not directly loaded. Operational narrative is consistent and specific (dates, ports, tows).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chippewa-at69-02
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[4]CourtListener API v4, authenticated queries via cl-auth-search.py, 2026-10-06 [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep (authenticated, 2026-10-06): exact-name 'USS Chippewa' returned 0 opinions and 0 dockets. Hull-number 'AT-69' base queries overflowed (587k opinions, 836k dockets - all noise: dates, docket numbers). Asbestos-qualified variant 'AT-69 asbestos' returned 517 opinions; broader 'Chippewa asbestos' returned 42 opinions; none involve this vessel. CLEAN NEGATIVE: no qualifying asbestos litigation found.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Study period
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- Exact-name sweep is dispositive for this vessel. Hull-number queries are inherently noisy ('AT-69' matches dates/dockets); the asbestos-qualified variants were reviewed and contain no Chippewa-vessel litigation. A complaint naming the vessel under a variant spelling would not be caught, but no such variant is documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chippewa-at69-04
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[5]Negative finding from primary-source review (DANFS-derived history, CourtListener, hullnumber.com); no asbestos-specific primary source located [other_primary]
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Chippewa was a 1942 diesel-electric tug (no steam plant). Marine asbestos use in 1942 was era-typical for insulation, gaskets, and packing, but NO ship-specific asbestos documentation (surveys, abatement records, crew exposure claims) was located for this hull in the sources reviewed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Study period
- 1942-1990
- Limitations
- This is a documented absence of ship-specific asbestos records, not proof that no asbestos was aboard. Era-typical use is inference, explicitly not a ship-specific finding. Diesel-electric (non-steam) plant reduces but does not eliminate era-typical ACM applications.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chippewa-at69-05
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[6]DANFS-derived summary via Wikipedia 'USS Chippewa (AT-69)' (citing DANFS); hullnumber.com AT-69 [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS Chippewa (AT-69) was a Navajo-class fleet tug: laid down 26 June 1942 by Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Charleston, SC; launched 25 July 1942 (sponsor Mrs. T. Horton); commissioned 14 February 1943. Reclassified ATF-69 on 15 May 1944.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Limitations
- Facts are DANFS-derived as summarized in a tertiary source that cites DANFS; the NHHC DANFS page was not directly loaded this session. Core dates (laid down, launched, commissioned, reclassification) are consistent across hullnumber.com and the DANFS-derived summary.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chippewa-at69-01