Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 1100-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-osamekin-yt191-pkt-1100-packet-md
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[2]National Archives, Special List 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, by ship number [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 136 (printed p. 135), YT-191 (Osamekin) row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 indexes deck logs for YT-191 (Osamekin) from 11 February 1943 through 30 September 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- This is an archival index, not a reading of the logs. Its first and last dates are holdings coverage, not commissioning, reclassification, or loss dates; it gives no asbestos or crew information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-osamekin-yt191-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, Abner Read (DD-526), Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- 1943 Alaskan operations, paragraphs beginning 'Ramsay stood in to Nazan Bay' and 'During the first watch on 14 September 1943'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's Abner Read history identifies Osamekin (YT-191) as a harbor tug that met Abner Read at Dutch Harbor on 6 September 1943 and assisted her return to Iliuliuk Bay on the night of 14-15 September 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- This documents two specific tug operations in September 1943, not continuous assignment at Dutch Harbor. It contains no asbestos, equipment, crew, or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-osamekin-yt191-02
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[4]Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Alaska shipwreck table, 1751-2000 (2011) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 318 (printed p. 319), Osamekin (YTB-191) row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A federal Alaska shipwreck compilation lists Osamekin (YTB-191), a Navy tug, as having sunk on 4 December 1945 in the Gulf of Alaska south of Kodiak Island, with cause unknown; it lists 1942 as the build year.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Although government-published, this table compiles older web accounts, including a legacy DANFS URL unavailable during this review; the underlying casualty report was not examined. The date and cause are therefore reported as compiled, not independently established. No wreck survey, crew fate, or asbestos information appears.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-osamekin-yt191-03
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[5]Batch 9322 official-source search ledger, this record [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-osamekin-yt191-01 through sl-uss-osamekin-yt191-04
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement file, product identification, or exposure record was located in the public official sources searched for this batch.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- A limited public-source search cannot establish that asbestos was absent aboard this hull. The deck logs and underlying construction, repair, and casualty files were not examined. No individual exposure or disease conclusion follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-osamekin-yt191-04