Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]Naval History and Heritage Command, photograph 80-G-439772, USS Repose (AH-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Description; catalog number 80-G-439772
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- An official Navy photograph caption identifies harbor tug Cusseta (YTB-405) standing by USS Repose in San Diego harbor on 11 February 1952.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1952-02-11
- Limitations
- The caption establishes identity, place, and date of this appearance. It does not establish a December 1950 activation date, full assignment history, machinery, materials, asbestos presence, or individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cusseta-yt405-01
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, photograph USN 1139870, Juan Sebastian de Elcano [other_primary]
- Locator
- Caption; catalog number USN 1139870
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- An official Navy photograph caption identifies Cusseta (YTM-405) and Vaga (YTM-374) maneuvering the Spanish training ship Juan Sebastian de Elcano toward a San Diego pier on 19 April 1969.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1969-04-19
- Limitations
- Confirms the same name and hull number under YTM designation by April 1969 and a dated harbor operation. The photograph cannot date the reclassification or identify installed materials or asbestos exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cusseta-yt405-02
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[3]Naval Sea Systems Command, Ship History, 28 June 2011 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 104, YTM 0405 CUSSETA row (search-indexed text; direct PDF fetch returned HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NAVSEA's inactive ship history lists YTM 0405 CUSSETA with removal date 3 March 1987 and final disposition SOLD.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1987-03-03
- Limitations
- The indexed NAVSEA row supplies an inventory removal date and sale disposition, not a separate striking or sale date. Direct PDF inspection was blocked (HTTP 403), so the row is marked partial. It says nothing about asbestos or present location.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cusseta-yt405-03
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[4]National Archives, Ship Plan Index, CUSSETA YTB-405 entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- CUSSETA | YTB-405 | 19 | Microfilm | 175668823
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives Ship Plan Index lists CUSSETA, YTB-405, in Record Group 19, Microfilm of Ship Engineering Drawings, catalog identifier 175668823.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- The index confirms a named drawing microfilm series entry, not the content of any drawing. The microfilm was not examined; no asbestos product, insulation specification, builder, or machinery conclusion follows from this index.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cusseta-yt405-04
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[5]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Engineering Drawings and Other Records and their usefulness sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives identifies RG 19 ship engineering drawings and ship-specific S39 insulation-and-lagging and S48 piping drawings as possible research paths for Navy asbestos documentation. Its guide cautions that deck logs and muster rolls do not directly establish asbestos aboard a vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1941-1961 records
- Limitations
- General research guidance only. It does not say that Cusseta's microfilm includes S39 or S48 drawings, that those drawings name asbestos, or that asbestos was aboard Cusseta.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cusseta-yt405-05
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[6]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights, Navy policy summary
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A 1979 GAO review describes Navy-wide asbestos insulation policy and a review at Long Beach and Norfolk naval shipyards: the Navy's 1975 policy replaced damaged asbestos insulation or insulation removed for repairs, and the 1979 revision added selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and fleet vessels generally
- Limitations
- Navy program-level background; GAO reviewed Long Beach and Norfolk, not Cusseta or a documented repair of this tug. It cannot support a hull-specific asbestos finding, product list, amount, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cusseta-yt405-06
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[7]Batch 9375 source and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-cusseta-yt405-01 through -08; CourtListener ledger records pending
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No public ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, material specification, or qualifying asbestos litigation was established by the reviewed NHHC photographs, NAVSEA inventory, NARA index, and GAO summary. CourtListener searching remained incomplete because its required authenticated helper reported a temporarily exhausted shared pacing budget.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- This is a bounded search result, not proof of asbestos absence. The indexed NARA drawings were not retrieved; NAVSEA PDF could not be inspected directly; CourtListener opinion and docket results were not obtained. No conclusion about the vessel's material content, exposure, or litigation universe follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cusseta-yt405-07