Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]research packet crew-cu-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Lipan | Hull: AT-85, later ATF-85 (15 May 1944), later
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lipan-at85-pkt-crew-cu-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Lipan (AT-85) - construction, sponsor, commissioning, WWII/Korea service narrative, spec block (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-06) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block, entry 'Lipan'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 30 May 1942 by United Engineering Co., San Francisco, Calif.; launched 17 September 1942; sponsored by Miss Jean Kell; commissioned 29 April 1943, Lt. F. W. Beyer in command. Spec block: dp. 1,330; l. 205'; b. 38'6"; dr. 14'3"; s. 16 k.; a. 1 3"; cl. Navajo. Service narrative: shakedown Puget Sound; Espiritu Santo arrival 2 October 1943; towing Espiritu Santo-Guadalcanal; redesignated ATF-85 'on 13 April' (1944); Solomons first half of 1944; Marianas (Saipan arrival 15 July under fire; Agat Bay, Guam, D-Day 21 July, grounded landing-craft rescues); Ulithi ready-tow for Leyte; tandem tow of Houston (CL-81) with Arapaho (ATF-68) to Manus December 1944; San Francisco 9 January 1945; Okinawa arrival 1 May 1945 - salvage and firefighting; 21 June kamikaze attack while towing Barry (APD-29) to Ie Shima (LSM-59 sunk, Barry sunk next day, Lipan barely missed); typhoon 30 September 1945 (50-ft seas, 55-degree rolls, fire destroyed propulsion panel and lower motor room); Subic Bay repairs; San Francisco Christmas Day 1945. Korea: departed Long Beach 20 June 1950; Yokosuka; Inchon amphibious assault; Iwon/Wonsan buoy work, retracted 23 damaged LSTs; Hungnam and Songjin; Inchon-Taechon pontoon barge tows; Pearl Harbor March 1951; Guam tour 1952; Korea towing May-November 1953; homeported Pearl Harbor from 1954 'into 1969.' Two battle stars WWII, four for Korean service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1942-1969 (entry coverage)
- Population
- United Engineering construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-73)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; the DANFS entry (Vol. IV-era text, NHHC page published 2015) contains no asbestos or material content and ends its coverage 'into 1969' - post-1969 milestones come from other rows. DANFS's commissioning detail (29 April 1943, Beyer) conflicts with NavSource's 21 April 1943/Terpening - see correction row and gaps. 'San Francisco' is the builder's mailing shorthand; the physical yard was at Alameda (HAER CA-295).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lipan-at85-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS/USNS/USCGC Lipan (AT-85/ATF-85/T-ATF-85/WMEC-85), page 09/39/39085.htm (verified live 2026-10-06; last updated 21 February 2025) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 09/39/39085.htm header block, designation timeline, specifications block, campaign tables, CO roster, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 30 May 1942 at United Engineering Co., San Francisco, CA; launched 17 September 1942; commissioned USS Lipan (AT-85) - NavSource prints 21 April 1943 with LT Neal R. Terpening (conflicts with DANFS 29 April/Beyer - see ev-13); redesignated fleet ocean tug ATF-85 13 April 1944. Decommissioned and assigned to the Military Sealift Command 31 July 1973, placed in service as USNS Lipan (T-ATF-85); placed out of service circa 1980 and transferred on loan to the Coast Guard; commissioned USCGC Lipan (WMEC-85) 30 September 1980; decommissioned 31 March 1988 and returned to U.S. Naval custody; struck from the Naval Register 23 January 1989; final disposition - sunk as a target 22 January 1990. Specifications: 1,235 t. (lt) / 1,675 t. (fl); 205' x 38'6" x 15'4"; 16.5 kts trial; complement 5 officers + 80 enlisted; four GM 12-278 diesel-electric main engines, Fairbanks Morse main reduction gear, three GM 3-268A auxiliary engines, single propeller 3,000 shp; armament one 3"/50, two 40mm, two 20mm. Campaigns tabulated: Marianas (Saipan 15-19 July, Guam 21 July-15 August 1944); Okinawa Gunto (20 April 1945); Navy Occupation 8 July-1 September 1948; China Service 24 January-9 July 1948 and 16-18 February 1951; Korea (North Korean Aggression, Inchon Landing, Communist China Aggression, Korea Summer-Fall 1953); Vietnam (Counteroffensive Phases II and III, Tet Counteroffensive) - three campaign stars. Awards include Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) and Humanitarian Service Medal (Frequent Wind). Commanding-officer roster lists 18 USN COs ending with LT Richard P. Genet (August 1972 - 31 July 1973). NARA-captioned photography: 80-G-63977/80-G-63979 (San Francisco Bay, 2 May 1943); moored outboard of USS Horace A. Bass (APD-124) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 8 April 1946; USN 1495881 underway late 1940s.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1942-1990
- Population
- United Engineering construction trades (1942-43); USN crew (1943-73); MSC civilian mariners (1973-80); USCG crew (1980-88)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track NVR/DANFS but several conflict with DANFS/USCG/secondary sources (see ev-13 and gaps). Contains no asbestos content. The CO roster is crew-contributed and is the source of the 21 April/Terpening commissioning variant.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lipan-at85-02
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'Lipan, 1980 (WMEC-85)' - cutter history file page (verified live 2026-10-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian's Office cutter page, spec block and History narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official USCG documentation of this hull's cutter era: 'Navajo/Cherokee class fleet ocean tug' built by United Engineering Company, Alameda, California; commissioned 29 April 1943 (USN, LT F. W. Beyer) and 30 September 1980 (USCG). Acquired in FY 1981 because the 7th District lacked cutters for illegal-immigration interdiction and narcotics-smuggling patrol; 'Upon the Coast Guard's request, the Navy transferred both the Ute and Lipan to the Coast Guard' - joining four former Navy Cherokee-class fleet tugs the USCG had operated since the 1940s-50s (Tamaroa, Cherokee, Chilula, Avoyel). Stationed at Key West, FL, assigned law-enforcement patrols and SAR; documented 1983-84 seizures (Alex 50 tons marijuana; Julie Jean 8 tons; Global Charter 16 tons; Victor Y. Jorge 2 tons; a Yucatan Channel fishing vessel 20 tons; Rosangel 5 tons; Mrs. White 17 tons; Blue Jacket 470 lbs; Nora I 8 tons; Sin Bad 10 tons; sank burned-out hulk Captain Morgan 20 July 1984; 36 Haitians removed 16 July 1984). 'Growing concerns regarding her deteriorating condition and the high costs involved in repairing her forced the Coast Guard to order her decommissioning.' Decommissioned 31 March 1988; returned to the Navy at the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Portsmouth, VA; 'sunk as a target by the Navy in October of 1990.' Machinery: 4 electric motors driven by 4 Allis Chalmers generators driven by 4 GM diesel engines, 3,000 BHP, single propeller; 16.5 kt max/4,055 mi, 10.1 kt cruising/13,097 mi; complement 76 (1961); 1 x 3"/50 (1980); SPN-25 radar (1961); displacement 1,641 tons; length 205'3"; beam 38'7"; draft 16'10".
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1942-1990
- Population
- USCG crew (1980-88); ship riders/interdicted crews
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Sinking date here ('October of 1990') conflicts with NavSource's 22 January 1990 - unresolved (gaps). Machinery detail (Allis Chalmers generators, 3,000 BHP) conflicts in particulars with NavSource and class secondary specs - particulars-level conflict carried in propulsion_summary. Builder city stated as Alameda (correct - HAER CA-295) vs DANFS 'San Francisco.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lipan-at85-03
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[5]U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Health Services (CG-112), 'Coast Guard Cutters Constructed Prior to 1991 and In Service from 1990 to 2017' - roster attached to Technical Directive, Medical Documentation of Asbestos and Lead Exposures on Coast Guard Cutters Constructed Prior to 1991, HSWLSCTD 2017-009 (PDF verified live via Firecrawl 2026-10-06; direct curl returned Access Denied) [other_primary]
- Locator
- CG-112 PDF roster, L section entry 'LIPAN | WMEC-85/ATF-85/AT-85'; linked from 'Asbestos- and Lead Related Health Effects' page (dcms.uscg.mil)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- An official U.S. Coast Guard health-services document names this hull by all three designations - 'LIPAN | WMEC-85/ATF-85/AT-85' - on the roster of 'Coast Guard cutters constructed prior to 1991' that 'are known to have asbestos materials (asbestos-containing thermal insulating material and/or asbestos-containing floor tiles) and lead (lead-based paint and/or lead ballast ingots).' The document continues: 'Routine exposures for asbestos and lead would have occurred for Coast Guard members who worked on and berthed in these cutters. Exceptional exposures may have occurred during certain maintenance procedures (e.g. tearing up entire floor surfaces of asbestos-containing floor tiles and torching or sanding surfaces painted with lead-containing paint) without the use of personal protective equipment.' The roster was published to help Coast Guard veterans and retirees document permanent-duty assignments for VA disability claims.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- documented 2017-2018 (directive); service period 1980-1988
- Population
- USCG crew members with permanent duty assignments aboard, 1980-1988
- Limitations
- Roster-inclusion documentation, not a hull-specific survey: the document's knowledge claim is definitional at class level ('cutters constructed prior to 1991 are known to have asbestos materials') and names this hull on the resulting list - it does not report a sampling survey, location, quantity, or condition of materials aboard Lipan specifically. The list's stated in-service window (1990-2017) postdates her 31 March 1988 USCG decommissioning, yet she is explicitly named. The parent page and ALCOASTs characterize expected exposure as 'very low levels... well below' OSHA medical-surveillance thresholds. The listing speaks to her Coast Guard-era configuration; continuity with 1942-43 Navy-installed material is consistent but not itemized. Does not establish individual exposure, causation, present-day condition (hull sunk 1990), or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lipan-at85-04
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[6]ALCOAST 364/17 (R 221557 DEC 17, COMDTNOTE 6010) 'Medical Documentation of Asbestos and Lead Exposures on Coast Guard Cutters' and update ALCOAST 090/18 (R 140700 MAR 18) - official USCG message traffic via GovDelivery (both verified live 2026-10-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ALCOAST 364/17 paragraphs 1-4; ALCOAST 090/18 paragraphs 1-3
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- The Coast Guard's official exposure-documentation framework: 'Coast Guard military members assigned to cutters that were constructed prior to 1991 may have been exposed to very low levels of asbestos and lead... The levels of exposure were well below the MSAL [Medical Surveillance Action Level] for asbestos and lead, so enrollment in OMSEP was not required. However, medical documentation of these potential exposures may facilitate the processing of possible future Veterans Administration disability claims.' ALCOAST 090/18 expanded the directive to cover prior permanent-duty assignments and directed insertion of exposure documentation into Service Treatment Records. Technical Directive HSWLSCTD 2017-009 governs the underlying roster (see ev-04).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 2017-2018
- Population
- USCG Active Duty/SELRES members assigned to pre-1991 cutters
- Limitations
- Program-level directive covering all pre-1991 cutters; does not name Lipan (the attached roster does - see ev-04) and does not establish any individual exposure aboard her. The 'very low levels... well below MSAL' framing is the government's own characterization and should be carried verbatim rather than paraphrased upward.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lipan-at85-05
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[7]HAER CA-295, United Engineering Company Shipyard, 2900 Main Street, Alameda, Alameda County, CA (other titles: Todd Shipyard; Southern Pacific Company West Alameda Yard), Library of Congress Prints & Photographs (record and 57-page data PDF verified live 2026-10-06) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER CA-295 data pages (ca3043data.pdf): significance statement, 1941-42 contract and site-plan narrative, wartime building list, Matson/Todd succession
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documents this hull's construction site: the United Engineering Company Shipyard at 2900 Main Street, Alameda - 'established in 1941 to build and repair ships for the U.S. Navy,' 'the last surviving of several large World War II shipyards in Alameda.' United Engineering's first contract (August 1941) was for four Navy tugboats at $5,465,372; Navy Bureau of Ships funded $350,000 in improvements under the Naval Appropriation Act of 1942; wartime expansion added 'two insulation department buildings.' 'By the end of the war, United Engineering had repaired hundreds of ships and built 21 steel-hulled tugboats for the Navy at the Alameda Yard.' Purchased by Matson Navigation June 1946; the government-owned facility was sold to Todd Shipyards in 1970 - the same physical site carried in shipyards.json as todd-shipyards-alameda.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1941-1946 (construction era)
- Population
- United Engineering construction and repair trades (1941-46)
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation: confirms the builder and physical site for this hull but does not name AT-85 in the survey and documents no asbestos content - the 'insulation department buildings' establish that insulation trades operated onsite during her construction, which is era-consistent context only. The HAER bibliography cites a law-firm asbestos page about the later Todd era; that source is not used here. Not an asbestos finding for the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lipan-at85-06
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[8]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) - verified live via Wiley Online Library (2026-10-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373, abstract and article
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed documentation that asbestos was used extensively as insulation and fireproofing in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and program under which this Navajo-class fleet tug was built (1942-43). Wartime military demand drove asbestos use to unprecedented levels across Navy and merchant hull construction, including vessels built at emergency-expanded yards such as United Engineering's Alameda plant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarship; does not name this vessel or this yard and establishes no hull-specific fact. Context for why a 1942-43-built Navy tug sits inside the documented asbestos era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lipan-at85-07
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[9]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (published October 18, 1979; publicly released October 22, 1979) - product page verified live via Firecrawl 2026-10-06 (direct curl returned HTTP 403) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented Navy asbestos practice spanning this hull's late Navy and MSC service era: the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for necessary repairs; in 1979 this was modified to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas where repairs would be expected during a ship's next operating cycle. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy era; report 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; Navy asbestos program
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not a hull record; establishes era policy context for her 1970s service only. Content via product-page highlights - full PDF not extracted this session (gao.gov serves it but the page-level description was relied on). Does not establish materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lipan-at85-08
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[10]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (verified live 2026-10-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- US Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 - service-force tug listing (ATF 85)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NHHC fleet-organization listing records 'ATF 85 LIPAN, Lt. N. R. Terpening (9869)' as of 1 May 1945 - corroborating that Terpening (NavSource's disputed commissioning-CO entry) did command this hull during the wartime period (his second tour per the NavSource roster, 25 July 1944 - December 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Lt. N. R. Terpening; crew as of May 1945
- Limitations
- Establishes commanding-officer identity at a single date; does not resolve the commissioning-date/CO conflict (DANFS 29 April 1943/Beyer vs NavSource 21 April 1943/Terpening) - both may be partly right if Terpening held a precommissioning or immediate post-shakedown assignment. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lipan-at85-09
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[11]New York Times, 'Tug Beached After Collision,' 5 August 1974 - ARCHIVED COPY (live NYT page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; Wayback capture 2021-01-08 verified) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- NYT archives article text, 1974-08-05 (Wayback capture 20210108112057)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MSC-era casualty documented for this hull: 'Lipan managed to safely beach the vessel today after most of her crew were forced into lifeboats when the tug collided with a 634-foot tanker in Juan de Fuca Straits, between Vancouver Island and the mainland of the state of Washington... Lipan, towing another vessel, collided with the tanker Atlantic Prestige last night' (NYT, 5 August 1974). Secondary summaries add that 26 of 34 aboard were taken to Bellingham, WA.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1974-08-04/05
- Population
- USNS crew aboard at collision (34 per secondary summary)
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous press report; the live NYT URL is blocked to automated access (403) - content verified via the archived capture. The 26-of-34 figure comes from secondary summary of the same event, not read in the extracted NYT text. Vessel-history event only; no asbestos content. No post-casualty repair record located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lipan-at85-10
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[12]U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, 'Ships' Status Changes,' May 1990 (Vol. 116/5/1,047) - verified live 2026-10-06 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Proceedings May 1990, Ships' Status Changes table, 23 January 1989 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Proceedings' official status-change tabulation records under 23 January 1989: 'Lipan (ATF-85). Returned from service with MSC 9 Jun. 1988. To be trans. to another government/non-government agency (correction from CY 1988 list)' - corroborating the 23 January 1989 stricken date and recording the MSC-service return date (9 June 1988) that brackets the USCG decommissioning (31 March 1988) and Navy-custody return milestones.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1988-1989
- Limitations
- Status-change tabulation compiled from Navy lists; 'returned from service with MSC 9 Jun 1988' reflects MSC administrative return, distinct from USCG decommissioning 31 March 1988 and physical return to the ISMF Portsmouth - milestones reconcile but should not be conflated. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lipan-at85-11
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[13]NARA and archival leads (this record): NARA-held photos 80-G-63977 and 80-G-63979 (USS Lipan in San Francisco Bay, 2 May 1943, NAS Alameda aircraft) and USN 1495881 (underway, late 1940s), per NavSource captions; RG 24 deck logs 1943-1973; RG 26 USCG cutter logs 1980-1988; RG 19 Bureau of Ships construction/correspondence files for AT-85 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 09/39/39085.htm photo captions (80-G-63977, 80-G-63979, USN 1495881); NARA logbook guidance archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy; USCG Historian digitized-decklog finding aid
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads not retrieved: (a) NARA photo prints 80-G-63977/80-G-63979 and USN 1495881 are cited in NavSource captions - the National Archives catalog (catalog.archives.gov) is JS-rendered and could not be fetched this session; NAIDs not resolved. (b) Navy deck logs for AT-85/ATF-85 (1943-1973) sit in RG 24 at College Park; NARA's digitized-logbook program covers earlier periods - these are not publicly digitized. (c) The USCG Historian's digitized-decklog collection covers pre-1941 cutters only; WMEC-85's 1980-88 logs are not online. (d) RG 19 Bureau of Ships files may hold construction/outfitting specifications for the United Engineering contract. No box-level retrieval performed; no spend authorized.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1942-1988 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - existence of asbestos-specific documents in these series is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lipan-at85-12
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[14]Batch-2824 search ledger (this record): DANFS (live NHHC); NavSource 09/39/39085; USCG Historian's Office; USCG CG-112 asbestos roster + ALCOASTs 364/17 and 090/18; HAER CA-295 (LOC); GAO HRD-80-2; Corn & Starr 1987; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; USNI Proceedings May 1990; NYT 1974 via Wayback; NVR (no entry); MARAD (no record expected); CourtListener (partially run - see ledger); secondary litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lipan-at85-01 through sl-uss-lipan-at85-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Beyond the USCG roster (ev-04), no additional ship-specific asbestos record was located: no hull insulation survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, pre-sinking material-remediation record, or docketed case naming USS/USNS/USCGC Lipan was found in the sources searched. CourtListener: 'USS Lipan' opinion search returned zero results; the companion docket and 'ATF-85' queries could not be completed this session - the fleet-wide pacing budget was repeatedly spent (see search_ledger) - litigation search is partial, not a clean negative. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing listicles naming 'LIPAN WMEC-85/ATF-85/AT-85' on asbestos cutter lists (hillandponton.com, mesotheliomahope.com, mesotheliomavets.com) - excluded sources asserting asbestos without primary sourcing (though consistent with the official USCG roster).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of further documentation - the litigation repositories are only partially searched (fleet pacing) and pre-sinking material handling for the 1990 target sinking is undocumented. The USCG roster finding (ev-04) stands independent of these gaps. Does not establish or defeat any individual exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lipan-at85-14
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[15]Milestone cross-check across DANFS, NavSource, USCG Historian, USNI Proceedings, Wikipedia (secondary), NHHC fleet-organization list [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS Lipan entry; NavSource 09/39/39085.htm; USCG Historian Lipan WMEC-85 page; USNI Proceedings May 1990; Wikipedia USS Lipan (secondary cross-check only); NHHC fleet org 1 May 1945
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTIONS: (a) Commissioning - DANFS and USCG Historian: 29 April 1943, Lt. F. W. Beyer in command; NavSource: 21 April 1943, LT Neal R. Terpening, with its CO roster starting Terpening 21 Apr-7 Dec 1943 then Beyer. DANFS/USCG date carried; the roster is crew-contributed. NHHC's 1 May 1945 fleet list confirms Terpening did command (later tour). (b) ATF-85 redesignation - DANFS 'on 13 April' and NavSource '13 April 1944' vs Wikipedia infobox '15 May 1944'; the 13 April 1944 date carried. (c) MSC transfer - NavSource 'decommissioned and assigned to MSC 31 July 1973' vs Wikipedia infobox 'USNS Lipan (T-ATF-85), 1972'; 31 July 1973 carried. (d) Sinking - NavSource and Wikipedia 'sunk as a target 22 January 1990' vs USCG Historian 'sunk as a target by the Navy in October of 1990'; the precise NavSource date carried with the conflict logged. (e) Class name - secondary sources (VetFriends and similar) call her 'Abnaki-class'; Abnaki is the follow-on class (ATF-96+), not hers - she is Navajo/Cherokee class. (f) Complement - NavSource 5+80=85; USCG Historian 76 (1961); class secondary 85+ - era-dependent, carried as range.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1943-1990 (milestone window)
- Limitations
- Corrects circulating publication-level conflicts; none affects identity or the asbestos finding. Where authoritative sources conflict (sinking date), both values are logged rather than silently resolved. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lipan-at85-13