Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet crew-co-packet.md (5 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: Queue: USS Keywadin AT-24 → VERDICT: MISMATCH (name spelling)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-kewaydin-at24-pkt-crew-co-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry for USS Kewaydin (AT-24), via Wikipedia [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Launched 25 June 1919 by Ferguson Steel & Iron Co., Buffalo, New York; accepted by the Navy 31 October 1919; commissioned as USS Kewaydin (Fleet Tug No. 24) on 4 November 1919 with Lt. M. A. McDuffied in command.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- DANFS text accessed via Wikipedia which incorporates the public-domain entry; entry itself not independently retrieved from NHHC. Milestone dates consistent across secondary sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kewaydin-at24-01
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[3]DANFS entry for USS Kewaydin (AT-24), via Wikipedia [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Decommissioned at San Diego 10 December 1945; transferred to Maritime Commission; sold to Bay Cities Transportation Co., San Francisco, 23 December 1945. Received one battle star for WWII service. Crew authorized: American Defense Medal (Fleet clasp), American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1), WWII Victory Medal.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kewaydin-at24-04
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[4]DANFS disambiguation; Wikipedia ship-name pages [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Name correction: the correct spelling is Kewaydin. Keywadin (1869) was the monitor ex-Kickapoo, renamed 10 August 1869; some texts publish her as Kewaydin. ATA-213 (commissioned 1 June 1945, named Keywadin 1948, sunk as target 2001) is a distinct, later hull. The 1864 Java-class frigate laid down as Kewaydin was renamed Pennsylvania in 1869 and never completed.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- Name collisions documented to prevent misattribution of litigation or service history across the four Kewaydin/Keywadin hulls.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kewaydin-at24-05
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[5]CourtListener API v4, authenticated (1,400/day account), queries run 2026-10-06 [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener authenticated sweep 2026-10-06: exact-name opinion query (USS Kewaydin) returned 0 hits; exact-name docket query returned 0 hits. No qualifying asbestos litigation, no other litigation, no name collisions on the exact ship name. Clean negative.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- Exact-name queries are the ship-specific legs. Zero hits is a verified negative for the researched name, not an absence of searching.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kewaydin-at24-06
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[6]CourtListener API v4, authenticated, queries run 2026-10-06 [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Hull-number queries (AT-24) returned 69,237 opinion hits and 199,848 docket hits, all high-collision noise (docket numbers, page references, Local 24 matches). Asbestos-qualified variant (AT-24 asbestos) returned 1,279 hits, all generic asbestos cases with no ship mention. Every hit classified as name collision; none qualifying.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- Hull fragment AT-24 is inherently high-collision; classification rests on the exact-name zero results plus review of asbestos-variant hits, none of which named the vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kewaydin-at24-07
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[7]Negative finding from source sweep 2026-10-06; no primary source located [other_primary]
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation found in DANFS, NHHC, NARA, or CourtListener sources reviewed. As a 1919-built triple-expansion steam tug, era-typical asbestos applications (boiler insulation, pipe lagging) are plausible as class/era context ONLY and are not attributed to this hull as a finding.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Limitations
- Per hard rules: never infer ship-specific asbestos exposure from class, era, boilers, or steam propulsion. documentation_level class_or_era reflects era context only, not a hull finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kewaydin-at24-08
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[8]DANFS entry for USS Kewaydin (AT-24), via Wikipedia [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Redesignated Fleet Tug AT-24 on 17 July 1920; reclassified Fleet Tug Old (ATO-24) on 14 May 1944. Assigned to 5th Naval District, arrived Norfolk 19 June 1920; operated Norfolk-Boston-Charleston for over 22 years on towing, yard, harbor, and salvage duty.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kewaydin-at24-02
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[9]DANFS entry for USS Kewaydin (AT-24), via Wikipedia [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- WWII North Atlantic service: departed New York 16 November 1942 with Iceland-bound convoy; damaged in heavy seas 19-27 November; repaired at St. Johns, Newfoundland; arrived Hvalfjordur, Iceland 22 December 1942. Harbor tug and salvage duty Iceland; assisted freeing grounded USS Uranus off Akureyri 13 April 1943. Argentia, Newfoundland harbor duty April-June 1943. Supported Normandy operations from England; slightly damaged by V-1 robot bomb at Dungeness 29 June 1944. Departed Plymouth 16 March 1945, arrived Norfolk 22 April 1945; overhauled, then towed YR-31 via Panama Canal to San Diego, arriving 31 July 1945.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- Operational details from DANFS narrative; specific dates as published. V-1 damage described as slight.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kewaydin-at24-03