Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]Naval History and Heritage Command, photograph 80-G-387418, USS Missouri (BB-63), 19 September 1947 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Photograph 80-G-387418, description and caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- An official Navy photograph identifies Itara (YTB-391) pushing on Missouri's port bow as the battleship arrived at Naval Operating Base Norfolk on 19 September 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1947-09-19
- Limitations
- The Navy's dated caption establishes this operation in 1947. It conflicts with the secondary account that Itara remained in reserve from March 1946 until December 1950; the exact reserve and reactivation dates require a primary service record. The photograph says nothing about asbestos or crew exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-itara-yt391-01
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, Liberty III (AGTR-5) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- 1966 operational narrative, paragraph beginning 'Liberty stood in to the Thimble Shoals channel'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's history of Liberty (AGTR-5) records Itara (YTM-391) and Nadli (YTM-534) moving Liberty to the south quay wall at the U.S. Army Terminal, Norfolk, on 24 March 1966.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1966-03-24
- Limitations
- Corroborates the YTM designation and one Norfolk harbor operation in 1966, not continuous service or asbestos conditions. The date follows from the narrative's 21 March arrival and 'three days later' wording.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-itara-yt391-02
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[3]Naval Sea Systems Command, Inactive Ships, Ship History, 28 June 2011 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page 104, YTM 0391 / ITARA row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NAVSEA's inactive-ship history lists hull YTM 0391, ITARA, a removal date of 2 August 1983, and final disposition category 'GSA Donation.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1983-08-02
- Limitations
- The table calls the 1983 date 'Rmvl Date' without defining the event further; it does not establish a decommissioning, sale, recipient, scrapping date, present location, or asbestos condition. This conflicts with an uncited secondary 1982 stricken date, which is not adopted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-itara-yt391-03
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights and full report overview
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 review describes asbestos insulation management aboard Navy ships generally and the Navy's 1975 and 1979 replacement policies.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers, general program
- Limitations
- Program-level Navy context only. GAO reviewed Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards and does not identify Itara, this tug design, its materials, a repair period, or an individual exposure. The policy cannot be used to infer that Itara carried asbestos or underwent abatement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-itara-yt391-04
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[5]Batch 9370 official-source search ledger for USS Itara (YT/YTB/YTM-391) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-itara-yt391-01 through -05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No Itara-specific asbestos survey, product inventory, abatement record, or exposure finding was located in the official Navy, NAVSEA, NARA guidance, or GAO sources checked in the search ledger.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- A limited public-source search cannot prove absence of asbestos, ship records, or exposure. CourtListener searches were pending at this point because the authenticated fleet helper could not acquire a pacing token; no litigation negative finding is claimed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-itara-yt391-05
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[6]National Archives, Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives; Classified, Withdrawn, and Missing Deck Logs [other_primary]
- Locator
- 1941-1983 deck-log guidance; https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-deck-log-exemptions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA identifies Record Group 24 Navy deck logs for 1941-1983 and provides a process for checking whether a particular ship's logs survive. An Itara deck-log request would require its name, hull number, and dates of interest.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1941-1983 holdings guidance
- Limitations
- This is a repository lead, not proof that a deck log for this district craft exists. Deck logs would chiefly address operations and chronology, not necessarily materials; no Itara log was retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-itara-yt391-06