Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet bx-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-cocopa-at101-pkt-bx-packet-md
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[2]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 in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II and that federal policy reserved and allocated asbestos supply for shipbuilding programs - the era and program under which this 1943 naval auxiliary was built.
- 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 or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cocopa-at101-01
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[3]NHHC DANFS 'Cocopa (AT-101)' entry (DANFS Vol. II text plus NHHC-appended stricken line; live page 404, verified via Internet Archive Wayback capture 2025-01-21) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Cocopa entry, first paragraph + spec header
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS establishes identity and construction: Cocopa (AT-101) - 'An Native American tribe of Arizona' - launched 5 October 1943 by Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C.; sponsored by Miss Z. Williams; commissioned 25 March 1944, Lt. J. C. Hutcheson, USNR, in command; reclassified ATF-101 on 15 May 1944. Header specs: displacement 1,240; length 205'; beam 38'6"; draft 15'4"; speed 16 knots; complement 85; armament one 3-inch; header class label 'Cherokee'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Limitations
- Authoritative for identity, construction, dates, and spec header. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement. 'Cherokee' class label conflicts with the modern Abnaki-class assignment used by NavSource/secondary references - carried as a naming discrepancy, not resolved by a primary class source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cocopa-at101-02
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[4]NHHC DANFS 'Cocopa (AT-101)' entry (Vol. II text through 1960 plus NHHC-appended stricken line; Wayback capture 2025-01-21) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Cocopa entry, paragraphs 2-4
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS operational history: Atlantic Fleet towing between 9 May 1944 and 1 April 1945 (two trans-Atlantic passages with barges in tow, one to Trinidad); Pacific transit San Francisco 8 May, Seattle 14 June, Pearl Harbor 3 July, Leyte 29 August 1945; occupation duty shuttling Philippines, Shanghai, Okinawa, and Hong Kong; return to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for overhaul 25 January 1947; 1947-1960 rotation between west coast, Hawaii, and Far East on seven tours; Alaskan waters 1948-49; one battle star for Korean War service. NHHC-appended line: stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 30 September 1978.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1978
- Limitations
- Authoritative operational record through 1960 plus the stricken date; DANFS does not document the 1963-1972 Vietnam deployments or the 1978 Mexican transfer mechanism (NavSource fills these). No asbestos content in the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cocopa-at101-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, NAVSHIPS 250-012, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels Vol. III (15 April 1945), Ocean Tugs Fleet (ATF) table, p. 389 area listing for ATF-101 COCOPA (digitized copy, Google Books/Internet Archive corpus) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB Vol. III ATF table row 'COCOPA (ex-AT101) ATF101'; consistent spec block also on HyperWar ATF-101 page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The wartime Bureau of Ships listing 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels' (NAVSHIPS 250-012, Vol. III, Auxiliary, District Craft and Unclassified Vessels, 15 April 1945) lists COCOPA (ex-AT101) as ATF101 among Ocean Tugs, Fleet: limiting displacement 1,675 tons; length 205' (195' limiting); beam 38'6"; speed 16.5 knots; accommodations 5 officers + 80 enlisted; largest boom capacity 10 tons.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Official wartime Navy spec publication naming this hull; establishes design/spec data only. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement; 'boom capacity' and accommodations support tug identity, not materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cocopa-at101-04
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[6]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Cocopa (ATF-101) page 39101 (last updated 24 June 2022), incl. NHHC DANFS transcription, campaign/ribbon tables, CO list, and Mexican-service photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource ATF-101 page: service history bullets, campaign tables, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource archive page for USS Cocopa (ATF-101): laid down 23 May 1943 at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.; radio call sign NWOZ; Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp) and China Service Medal (extended) periods 16 November 1945 - 19 October 1946, 29 October 1947 - 22 March 1948, 10 January 1949 - 3 February 1950; Korea, Summer-Fall 1953 campaign periods 16 May - 11 June, 19-20 June, 26 June - 27 July 1953; five Vietnam campaign credits (Advisory Dec 1963; Defense Aug-Sep and Sep-Oct 1965; Counteroffensive Phase II Dec 1966 - Mar 1967; Summer-Fall 1969 Jul-Aug 1969; Ceasefire Jul-Oct 1972); decommissioned, sold to Mexico under the Security Assistance Program, stricken, and transferred all 30 September 1978, commissioning as ARM Seri (RE-03) - same-day joint decommissioning/transfer ceremony with sister Abnaki (ATF-96); photographed at Progreso, Mexico 14 January 2007; reported active in Mexican Navy 2009. Spec block: 1,205 t light / 1,675 t full; 5 officers + 80 enlisted; as-built Busch-Sulzer diesels later replaced by Alco/GE diesel-electric plant; 20-ship CO list ending LT Richard A. Merrow (to 30 September 1978).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-2009
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled archive - campaign dates and the modernization note are compiled from OPNAV/Navy sources but not independently verified against the award letters; no asbestos content. The 'Modernized' propulsion block (Alco/GE replacing Busch-Sulzer) lacks a dated yard event and is carried in gaps, not asserted as a specific overhaul.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cocopa-at101-05
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[7]VA/DoD Vietnam ship list (tf116.org mirror, PDF), full-text search for 'Cocopa', 'ATF-101', 'AT-101' - zero matches in the 870-line text extraction [other_primary]
- Locator
- Full-text search of the mirrored VA ship list PDF
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- The VA/DoD 'Navy and Coast Guard Ships Associated with Service in Vietnam and Exposure to Herbicide Agents' list was searched for Cocopa/ATF-101: no entry. The hull's Vietnam campaign credit is offshore/coastal; no Agent Orange herbicide presumption attaches to this hull via that list.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1963-1972 service; list consulted 2026-09-26
- Population
- Vietnam-era crew (context)
- Limitations
- A list-absence result on the herbicide list only - it says nothing about asbestos. Carried so the hull's Vietnam service is not misread as carrying a VA presumption category.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cocopa-at101-06
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[8]McCue v. General Electric Co., No. 3:08-cv-03181-EMC (N.D. Cal. filed 2008-07-02), Complaint for Survival, Wrongful Death - Asbestos, Dkt. 1 (RECAP gov.uscourts.cand.204821.1.0); CourtListener docket 4174531 [court_record]
- Locator
- Complaint (Dkt. 1) exposure-table recital naming 'USS Cocopa' with 1963-64 service dates; RECAP document id 1815410
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Docketed asbestos action naming this hull: McCue v. General Electric Company, No. 3:08-cv-03181-EMC (N.D. Cal., complaint filed 2 July 2008) - survival/wrongful-death asbestos complaint against General Electric, Kaiser Ventures, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, and United States Steel. The complaint's exposure history alleges decedent Stanley McCue (d. 5 July 2007), a shipfitter, served aboard USS Cocopa in 1963-64, in addition to USS General J.C. Breckinridge (AP-176, 1958-61), USS General A.E. Anderson (AP-211, 1957-58), USS Hampayama, Naval Repair Facility Okinawa, and the 32nd Street Naval Repair Facility Annex, San Diego.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1963-1964 (alleged exposure); 2008 (complaint)
- Population
- U.S. Navy shipfitter (decedent Stanley McCue), alleged asbestos exposure aboard ATF-101 in 1963-64
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation - classified down per batch discipline. The complaint names the hull by name and service period but was verified in this batch against the fleet's prior authenticated capture of Dkt. 1 (2026-09-21, RECAP doc 1815410); direct CourtListener re-verification was fleet-throttled at run time (see search_ledger). The pleading does not identify which defendant's product is tied to this hull, does not establish that asbestos-containing material was aboard, and does not establish individual exposure or causation. No merits ruling naming this hull located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cocopa-at101-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 searches (authenticated): q='Cocopa' type=o (2026-09-26) -> 1 result, Gasser v. United States (Ct. Cl. 1988), classified name collision; type=r and hull-number queries throttled at run time [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-cocopa-at101-08 through sl-uss-cocopa-at101-10
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener authenticated API v4 sweep: 'Cocopa' opinion search returned one opinion - Gasser v. United States, 14 Cl. Ct. 476 (1988) - a Colorado River water-rights compensation suit touching Cocopa tribal/property interests in the river basin: NAME COLLISION with the ship's namesake tribe, not vessel litigation, and not asbestos. 'Cocopa' RECAP docket search and the 'AT-101'/'ATF-101' hull-number searches were fleet-throttled (pacing budget spent) at run time; the McCue docket is the sole qualifying litigation hit located, via the fleet's verified prior capture.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Sweep is partially complete: the opinion index is clear (single name-collision hit), but the docket index and hull-number variants were not re-run after fleet pacing blocked them; a repeat sweep at reset is the standing task. Gasser is not a vessel case and says nothing about this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cocopa-at101-08
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[10]Batch-2739 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (Wayback), NavSource, HyperWar, NAVSHIPS 250-012, NARA deck-log indexes (digitized list + Special List 44), VA Vietnam ship list, MARAD ShipHistory, NVR, CourtListener [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-cocopa-at101-01 through sl-uss-cocopa-at101-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located beyond the McCue pleading: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum/Navy material statement, or merits-stage case naming the Cocopa hull (AT-101/ATF-101/RE-03) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- 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 hull in continuous naval service through 1978 is era-consistent with installed asbestos materials, and the McCue pleading (unadjudicated) is the only direct allegation. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cocopa-at101-09
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[11]SEMAR/Tamaulipas reef-program coverage: infodefensa.com 'La Armada de Mexico hunde el exbuque Seri' (Aug 2026, naming prior identity Jose Maria Mata); La Capital (Matamoros) 2026-08-08; RCK Noticias 2026-08-01; identity resolution via clydeships.co.uk vessel record for JOSE MARIA MATA (James Lamont & Co., 1976, 'Other names: 1994 SERI') [reputable_press]
- Locator
- infodefensa Seri-sinking report (prior-name statement); clydeships.co.uk/view.php vessel=JOSE MARIA MATA registry row; puertodetampico.com.mx REP_PROG_BUQUES_2025_2_TRIM.pdf listing 'ARM SERI RE 03'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Identity correction on final disposition: the 'ARM Seri' sunk in a controlled reefing off Matamoros, Tamaulipas on 2026-08-01 (SEMAR announcements; Tamaulipas artificial-reef program, SAAT) is NOT this hull - the Mexican disclosure describes the sunken Seri as a salvage vessel that 'antes de 1993' sailed as Jose Maria Mata, and the Clyde Ships maritime registry identifies Jose Maria Mata as an Azteca-class patrol boat built by James Lamont & Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow (yard 426, launched 18 September 1975), renamed Seri in 1994 - a 112.7-ft patrol craft, not the 205-ft ex-Cocopa fleet tug. The ex-Cocopa hull's disposition after its last confirmed public listing (Tampico, July 2025, 'ARM SERI RE 03' moored at Muelle 1) is undetermined in consulted sources.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1994-2026
- Limitations
- Preempts misattribution of the August 2026 reef sinking to the ex-Cocopa hull. Press/registry sources (not court or navy records) support the identity split; the tug's own decommissioning-out-of-Mexican-service date and final fate are not documented in the sources reached.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cocopa-at101-10
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[12]NARA Special List 44 - Named Vessels (archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/special-list-44-named); NARA digitized deck-log index (archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL44 named-vessel table row 'Cocopa (AT-101) 3/25/1944-12/31/1945'; digitized index searched alphabetically - no Cocopa section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - research-room level; no spend authorized): (a) NARA Special List 44 documents Cocopa (AT-101) logbook holdings covering 3/25/1944-12/31/1945 - textual records, WWII commission period; (b) the NARA 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' index carries no Cocopa entry - post-WWII logs (including all Vietnam-era logs 1963-1972) are not on the public digitized index; (c) no NHHC FOIA command-history/operations report for ATF-101 was located in the public collection; (d) builder Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. is a private WWII yard distinct from Charleston Naval Shipyard - its contract/outfitting records would sit in NARA RG (Bureau of Ships) or yard archives, unlocated.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1978 records
- Limitations
- Record-holdings mapping only - deck logs were not pulled and contain no reviewed asbestos/maintenance statement; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cocopa-at101-11