Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Sakarissa (YT-269),' updated 2022-03-23 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Title block and opening history paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Built as Port Madison, Maritime Commission hull 436, by Birchfield Boiler, Inc., Tacoma: laid down 1942-04-13, launched 1942-07-14, acquired and renamed by the Navy 1943-04-12, and placed in service as Sakarissa (YT-269) on 1943-04-26. DANFS identifies the Hiawatha class, V2-ME-A1 type, and complement of 14.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1942-1943
- Limitations
- Identity and service dates only. 'Placed in service' is the source's term and is not a documented formal commissioning. The entry provides no material specification or asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sakarissa-yt269-01
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[2]NHHC DANFS, 'Sakarissa (YT-269)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Final two service-history paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- After returning to San Francisco, Sakarissa served the Twelfth Naval District as a harbor tug, helped rescue survivors of Benevolence (AH-13) on 1950-08-25, and was redesignated YTM-269 in 1962. DANFS gives 1974-01-15 as her Naval Vessel Register strike date and says she was transferred to MARAD for Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1946-1974
- Limitations
- The precise end of active tug work and date of transfer are not separately stated. The strike date conflicts with a NAVSEA historical removal list; see gaps. No asbestos information is provided.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sakarissa-yt269-03
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[3]NOAA IncidentNews, 'Abandoned/Derelict Vessels Sinking, Columbia River, OR,' incident 10380 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Initial Notification, 2021-11-04; Incident Details
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- NOAA's 2021-11-04 incident entry identified Sakarissa as an abandoned and derelict vessel moored to the sunken Alert in the Columbia River near Portland. NOAA reported that unspecified hazardous materials had been removed from both vessels during 2020 work; the incident's primary threat was oil.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2020-2021
- Limitations
- The phrase 'hazardous materials' is unspecified. NOAA neither identifies asbestos nor says Sakarissa was already sunk on 2021-11-04; the entry says Alert had sunk. No asbestos presence, removal quantity, or worker exposure may be inferred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sakarissa-yt269-04
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[4]Metro, 'Greater Portland cleanup,' project outcome [other_primary]
- Locator
- Outcome section, September 2022 milestone
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Metro, the Portland regional government, reports that the abandoned Alert and Sakarissa were removed from the Columbia River in September 2022 as a cleanup milestone.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2022
- Limitations
- Metro page text was available through the search index but direct fetch returned 403. This corrects DANFS's 2022 restoration-status sentence. Removal from the river does not by itself verify final dismantling, residual material, or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sakarissa-yt269-05
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[5]U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979), enclosure I: Navy letter of 1979-01-05 and attachment 1 [gao]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 10 and 20 (printed enclosure I pp. 1 and 11), YTB-817 through YTB-827 table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A Navy enclosure in GAO's 1979 report identifies asbestos thermal insulation on large harbor tugs YTB-817 through YTB-827, built in 1972-1973. It is evidence for later YTB vessels, not for Sakarissa (YTB-269), which was built in 1942.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1972-1979
- Population
- Later-built Navy large harbor tugs (YTB-817 to YTB-827)
- Limitations
- The listed YTBs are a later construction cohort and not Hiawatha-class tugs. The Navy table does not name YTB-269 and cannot establish material aboard Sakarissa, much less individual exposure, quantity, or causation. No numeric insulation weight is transferred to this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sakarissa-yt269-06
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[6]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]
- Locator
- General Information Books; Board of Inspection and Survey Reports; Cartographic Branch
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA identifies potentially relevant record series for hull research: RG 19 ship engineering drawings arranged by hull number, including S39 insulation and lagging; RG 19 auxiliary-vessel General Information Books; and RG 38, Entry P 1-I, Auxiliary and Yardcraft Material Inspection Reports, 1940-1978.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1940-1978 record series
- Limitations
- Series descriptions only; no Sakarissa file, drawing, or inspection report was retrieved. The guide's primary coverage ends in 1961, before her final Navy decade. No asbestos finding follows from the existence of a possible series.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sakarissa-yt269-07
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[7]Batch 9343 source review and search ledger for Sakarissa [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-sakarissa-yt269-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The reviewed NHHC history, NOAA incident entry, Metro removal summary, GAO policy summary, and NARA research guide yield no ship-specific asbestos identification for Sakarissa. No hull-specific survey, sampling result, material specification, or abatement closeout was located in those public materials.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2026-09-24 review
- Limitations
- A negative search result is not proof of absence aboard the tug. The CourtListener sweep is separately logged and will not be described as complete if authentication or pacing prevents completion. Neither asbestos presence nor absence, dose, individual exposure, or causation is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sakarissa-yt269-08
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[8]James v. Taylor, No. 3:24-cv-02012-YY, Findings and Recommendations, ECF 12 (D. Or. 2025-02-03) [court_record]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 1-2, 4-5; original and amended complaint summaries and recommendation
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- In James v. Taylor, No. 3:24-cv-02012-YY (D. Or.), the plaintiff alleged salvage rights to Sakarissa and Alert and a dispute with an Oregon official over access to the vessels and missing equipment. A magistrate judge's 2025-02-03 findings and recommendations advised dismissal of the amended complaint. The case concerns salvage rights and property, not asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2022 alleged events; 2025 filing
- Limitations
- Classified as other litigation. The salvage-rights account is the plaintiff's allegation summarized by the court, not an exposure or ownership finding. The cited 2025-02-03 document is a magistrate recommendation, not a final judgment; later docket disposition was not established from this document. No asbestos is alleged or found.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sakarissa-yt269-09
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[9]NHHC DANFS, 'Sakarissa (YT-269)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Paragraphs 2-4, ABSD-1 service and return
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Sakarissa supported ABSD-1: left San Francisco with its towing force in late August 1943, reached Espiritu Santo on 1943-10-02, helped reassemble the dock at Pallikulo Bay, and assisted docking and undocking vessels. She accompanied the dock's 1945 move to Samar, Philippines, by then designated YTB-269; returned to San Francisco on 1946-08-22.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Documents assignments and movements, not materials used in the tug or ABSD-1. Repair work performed on other vessels cannot be assigned to Sakarissa's fabric or to any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sakarissa-yt269-02