Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet crew-ct-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERDICT: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-kiowa-at72-pkt-crew-ct-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Kiowa (ATF-72) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Disposition block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Decommissioned 16 October 1972. Loaned to Dominican Republic under Security Assistance Act 1972, renamed Macorix (RM-21). Stricken from Naval Vessel Register 15 September 1979. Dominican Navy decommissioned 1986, returned to US custody. Sold for scrapping by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service 12 December 1994.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- Disposal chain as stated by NavSource; DRMS sale record not independently pulled.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kiowa-at72-03
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[3]CourtListener API v4 via cl-auth-search.py (authenticated, 1,400/day quota) [court_record]
- Locator
- CL sweep: 4 base queries per Tier-2 protocol
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener authenticated sweep 2026-10-06: exact-name opinion query (USS Kiowa) returned 0 hits. Exact-name docket query returned high-noise results; sampled hit was an unrelated bankruptcy (Northwest Territorial Mint, W.D. Wash.), a name collision. Hull-number queries (AT-72 opinion/docket) were inconclusive due to fleet pacing limits and helper empty responses. No qualifying asbestos litigation identified for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- Negative finding rests on 0 opinion hits (explicit) and noise-only docket sample. Hull-number docket query was pacing-blocked (exit 2); hull opinion query returned empty (ambiguous). Does not establish absence of all litigation, only that no qualifying asbestos litigation was found in the queries executed. No asbestos-qualified variant queries were warranted (0 base opinion hits).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kiowa-at72-04
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[4]NavSource Online, Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Kiowa (ATF-72) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship data block, specifications section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS Kiowa (AT-72), Navajo-class fleet tug. Laid down 22 June 1942 at Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Charleston, S.C. Launched 5 November 1942. Commissioned 7 June 1943 (LT William O. Kuykendall in command). Redesignated fleet ocean tug (ATF-72) 15 May 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- NavSource is a secondary compilation; primary DANFS entry was unreachable (HTTP 500 direct and via Wayback on 2026-10-06). Construction and commissioning facts cross-checked against DANFS-derived summary.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kiowa-at72-01
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[5]NavSource Online, Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Kiowa (ATF-72) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Service history block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- World War II service in Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; participated in Invasion of Normandy 6-25 June 1944 as part of Task Group 122.3 (Salvage and Fire Fighting Group, wreck dispersal vessel). Earned one battle star for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- Campaign participation as stated by NavSource; independent operational records not pulled for Tier-2 scope.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kiowa-at72-02