Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 1099-packet.md (4 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lone-wolf-yt179-pkt-1099-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Vol. IV (Naval History Division, GPO, 1969), 'Lone Wolf' entry - Internet Archive scan of the GPO edition [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- 'Lone Wolf' name entry, YT-179 paragraph, DANFS Vol. IV (1969)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'Lone Wolf (YT-179) was laid down by Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, Fla., 5 June 1942; launched 21 September [1942]; sponsored by Miss Veronica Lake; and commissioned 6 April 1943.' Assigned to the 1st Naval District, she 'performed harbor operations from the time of her commissioning until 1946. She was reclassified YTB-179 on 15 May 1944. Lone Wolf sank in Newport Harbor 10 December 1946 in a collision with Caloosahatchee (AO-98). She was later salvaged and disposed of as surplus.' Spec block: dp. 325; l. 100'; b. 25'; dr. 10'; s. 12 k. The same DANFS heading gives the namesake (Lone Wolf, a Kiowa chief, one of nine signers of the 1867 Treaty of Medicine Lodge) and notes that patrol craft YP-212 'was named Lone Wolf prior to acquisition by the Navy 10 February 1942' - a different vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Gibbs Gas Engine construction trades (1942-43); 1st Naval District crew (1943-46)
- Limitations
- Official ship history; contains no asbestos or material content. Live NHHC DANFS page for this vessel was not located (the history.navy.mil/danfs/l7/lone_wolf.htm URL linked from NavSource returns 404; NHHC site search surfaced no current page) - the 1969 GPO print edition scan is cited instead. The OCR of that scan drops the commissioning officer's name ('commissioned 6 April 1943 ... in command'). DANFS says 'commissioned'; NavSource says 'placed in service'.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lone-wolf-yt179-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, Lone Wolf (YTB-179) ex Lone Wolf (YT-179) (Gary P. Priolo, last updated 2014-10-24) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 14/08179.htm - header block, milestone list, specifications block, ribbon bar, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: Woban-class district harbor tug; laid down 5 June 1942 at Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL; launched 21 September 1942; placed in service 6 April 1943 as Lone Wolf (YT-179); allocated to the 1st Naval District at Newport, R.I.; reclassified Harbor District Tug, Large YTB-179, 15 May 1944; sank at Newport 10 December 1946 in a collision with USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98); struck from the Naval Register 30 December 1946; salvage completed 25 July 1947; declared 'not essential to the defense of the United States' 14 August 1947; authorized for disposal 15 August 1947; sold 22 January 1948 to James A. O'Boyle of New York City. Merchant service per the same page: acquired by New Haven Transport and renamed Dalzelleader; renamed Victoria McAllister when McAllister Towing acquired New Haven Transport; final disposition - sunk in 1988, raised and scrapped in 1992. Spec block: displacement 325 t.; length 100'; beam 25'; draft 10'; speed 12 kts; complement 14; armament two single 20mm AA gun mounts; propulsion diesel, single propeller, 1,000 shp. Ribbon bar: American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1942-1992
- Population
- Navy crew (1943-46); merchant crews (1948-1992); scrappers (1992)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS/NVR conventions; contains no asbestos content. The merchant-service chain omits the interim name 'Toro' shown by shipbuildinghistory.com and tugboatinformation.com (see ev-05). Complement 14 is the design figure; the 1946 press account reports eight crew aboard at the sinking (see ev-03).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lone-wolf-yt179-02
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[4]Jamestown Press 'Island History' columns reprinting the Newport Mercury: sinking item attributed to the Mercury's 6 Dec 1946 issue (published online 2 Dec 2021) and salvage item attributed to the Newport Mercury and Daily News, 4 Jul 1947 (published online 30 Jun 2022, https://www.jamestownpress.com/articles/island-history-329/) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- jamestownpress.com island-history-299 (75-years-ago item) and island-history-329 (75-years-ago item)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous press documentation of the sinking and its fatality: the Newport Mercury reported that a sailor drowned and seven crew of the naval tug Lone Wolf leaped to safety as the vessel 'sank quickly in 126 feet of water off the Jamestown shore after the hull was ripped open by a propeller.' The dead man was Joseph Peter Santoro, 18, seaman first class - trapped below deck after the crew had climbed back aboard to recover personal belongings. The tug, under a chief boatswain's mate, 'was engaged in warping the tanker Caloosahatchee alongside relief ship Vulcan when the tanker started its starboard engine' and the tug swung in under the tanker's stern. The paper noted the loss left the naval base without a vessel equipped with firefighting equipment, and that Lone Wolf had helped warp the historic frigate USS Constellation into the channel in October 1946 as it departed Narragansett Bay for Boston. A second Mercury item (4 July 1947) reports the salvage ships 'Windless' [i.e., Windlass] and Salvager attempting to locate the sunken tug under U.S. Navy Capt. John Zahilsky after a preliminary survey failed to find the wreck.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1946-1947 (events); 1946-1947 Mercury issues (source)
- Population
- Lone Wolf crew at sinking - 8 reported aboard incl. S1c Joseph Peter Santoro (died); Newport naval base divers (1946-47); Windlass and Salvager salvage crews (1947)
- Limitations
- Press account via a 2021/2022 community-newspaper reprint column - not the Navy investigation record (no court of inquiry file was located; see gaps). DATE TENSION: the reprint attributes the sinking report to the Mercury's 6 Dec 1946 issue - four days BEFORE the 10 Dec 1946 sinking date given by DANFS and NavSource; unresolved (see gaps). The paper's 'Windless' is USS Windlass (ARS(D)-4), and 'relief ship Vulcan' is presumably the repair ship USS Vulcan (AR-5) - not independently verified. Whether the propeller belonged to Caloosahatchee or Vulcan is garbled in the source text. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lone-wolf-yt179-03
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[5]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Vol. VIII (Naval History Division, GPO), 'Windlass (ARS(D)-4)' entry - Internet Archive scan of the GPO edition [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- 'Windlass' entry, DANFS Vol. VIII (W-Z volume)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official DANFS entry for USS Windlass (ARS(D)-4) documents the salvage of this hull: Windlass and sister ship Salvager (ARS(D)-3) shifted to Narragansett Bay in June 1947 'to salvage the tug One Wolf (YTB-179) - sunk in a collision in December 1946. Windlass and Salvager pooled their efforts to lift the sunken yard tug from 130 feet of water. One body still on board the sunken tug was recovered and taken ashore for burial.' Windlass and Salvager returned to Bayonne on 28 July 1947 - consistent with NavSource's 25 July 1947 salvage-completion date for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1947
- Population
- Windlass (ARS(D)-4) and Salvager (ARS(D)-3) salvage crews (June-July 1947)
- Limitations
- The printed official entry names the tug 'One Wolf (YTB-179)' - a printing error in the official source (see ev-08); the hull number makes the identity certain (YTB-179 was Lone Wolf). Documents the salvage vessels' operation rather than this hull's own record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lone-wolf-yt179-04
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[6]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), 'Gibbs Gas Engine Works, Jacksonville FL' - yard history and production table (page updated 2021-01-28); corroborated on merchant details by tugboatinformation.com USCG-documentation data (vessel O.N. 256947) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Gibbs yard page - Lone Wolf (YT 179) table row; yard-history preamble
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Gibbs yard production table lists this hull: 'Lone Wolf (YT 179)', U.S. Navy, Tug, official number (O.N.) 256947, ~260 gross tons, delivered 1943; disposition 'Sold 1948 as Toro, later Dalzelleader, Victoria McAllister, scrapped 1992.' Yard context per the same page: Gibbs Gas Engine Works was founded 1911 and was a prolific builder of gas engines and small wooden and steel vessels in peacetime and both World Wars; renamed Gibbs Corporation after WWII; sold to Aerojet-General Shipyards 1964; merged into Jacksonville Shipyards; the yard closed for good in 1992.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1942-1992
- Population
- Gibbs Gas Engine Works construction trades (1942-43); merchant tug crews (1948-1992)
- Limitations
- Secondary expert compilation, not a primary registry - but the only located source documenting the interim merchant name 'Toro' and U.S. official number 256947 for this hull (corroborated by tugboatinformation.com's USCG documentation data: 200 GT / 136 NT, 93.8' registered length). Its tonnage/length columns (~260 GT; 116') conflict with DANFS/NavSource (325 t.; 100') - carried as secondary-source data points, not merged (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lone-wolf-yt179-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (diesel, single propeller, 1,000 shp) and DANFS spec block for this hull; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos program documentation (see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 14/08179.htm specifications block; DANFS spec block; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled diesel harbor tug built 1942-43 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-insulation era: GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire build (1942-43), Navy service (1943-46), salvage (1947), and most of her merchant career. Era-standard applications aboard a wartime diesel harbor tug of this size: engine exhaust and machinery lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, interior fireproofing and insulation panels, and brake linings on winch and windlass equipment. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1942-1992
- Population
- Gibbs construction trades (1942-43); Navy crew (1943-46); Newport divers and Windlass/Salvager salvage crews (1946-47); merchant crews (1948-92); scrappers (1992)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for YT-179/YTB-179. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lone-wolf-yt179-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1942-43) and Navy service era (1943-46), her 1947 salvage, and much of her 1948-1992 merchant career.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-05) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lone-wolf-yt179-07
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[9]Designation/name cross-check: DANFS Vol. VIII printed text ('tug One Wolf (YTB-179)') vs. DANFS Vol. IV 'Lone Wolf' entry and NavSource 14/08179.htm (Lone Wolf, YT-179/YTB-179); Wikipedia USS Windlass article repeats 'One Wolf' downstream of the DANFS print error [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. VIII 'Windlass' entry; DANFS Vol. IV 'Lone Wolf' entry; NavSource 14/08179.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the printed DANFS Vol. VIII entry for USS Windlass (ARS(D)-4) calls the salvaged tug 'One Wolf (YTB-179)', and derivative sources (e.g., the Wikipedia USS Windlass article) repeat the error. The correct name is Lone Wolf: YTB-179 is unambiguous from DANFS Vol. IV's own Lone Wolf entry, NavSource, and the contemporaneous Newport Mercury reporting. No U.S. Navy vessel 'One Wolf' exists.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1947 (event); print-era to present (error propagation)
- Limitations
- Corrects a circulating name error in an official printed source and its derivatives, not a material claim. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lone-wolf-yt179-08
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[10]Batch-9316 search ledger (this record): DANFS Vols. IV and VIII GPO scans (Internet Archive); live NHHC DANFS; NavSource; Naval Vessel Register detail page; CourtListener API v4 (4 base queries + hit inspection); Jamestown Press/Newport Mercury reprints; shipbuildinghistory.com; tugboatinformation.com; GAO product page [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lone-wolf-yt179-01 through sl-uss-lone-wolf-yt179-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming USS Lone Wolf (YT-179/YTB-179) or her merchant identities (Toro, Dalzelleader, Victoria McAllister) was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener (authenticated via cl-auth-search.py, fleet-paced, 2026-10-05): 'USS Lone Wolf' opinion = 0 results; 'USS Lone Wolf' docket = 0 results; 'YT-179' opinion = 1 hit - Lawson v. Jeffries, 47 Miss. 686 (Miss. 1873), a name collision on a reporter-citation string that cannot refer to a vessel built in 1942; 'YT-179' docket = 1 hit - Winslow v. City of Oakland (N.D. Cal., filed 2020-02-28), a name collision on an unrelated civil docket string. No qualifying asbestos litigation located. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no asbestos claims for this hull beyond excluded-tier listicle patterns.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 2026-10-05
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the 1946 sinking, 1947 salvage, 44-year merchant career, and 1992 scrapping all predate or straddle modern ACM-handling regulation, and no hazmat record for the 1947 salvage or 1992 scrapping was located. Deck logs, the Navy court of inquiry into the fatal collision, and Gibbs yard work orders are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lone-wolf-yt179-09