Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]U.S. Navy Radio Call Sign Book (World War II), section 17, transcribed at HyperWar [other_primary]
- Locator
- Alphabetical W entries: WINGINA YTB395 NZMV
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A U.S. Navy wartime radio call-sign book lists WINGINA as YTB395 with call sign NZMV. This confirms the vessel identity and wartime YTB designation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- World War II
- Limitations
- Primary Navy text available as a transcription rather than an image of the original page. It does not give a service-entry date, crew figure, builder, equipment, or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wingina-yt395-01
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[2]Naval Sea Systems Command, Ship History, 28 June 2011, page 104 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-indexed page 104, YTM 0395 WINGINA row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NAVSEA's Naval Vessel Register ship-history table indexes WINGINA as YTM 0395, with removal dated 16 December 1986 and final-disposition category DONATION.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1986
- Limitations
- The NAVSEA PDF returned HTTP 403 on direct fetch; its indexed row was readable, but the full page could not be inspected. Removal from the register is not a commissioning or out-of-service date. The DONATION category conflicts with secondary sale accounts and does not establish the transfer recipient or final fate. No asbestos information appears in the indexed row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wingina-yt395-02
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[3]NOAA Office of Coast Survey, H11551 Descriptive Report and Wreck Report 1 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF pages 78 and 89; wreck remarks and Washington DNR identification email
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- NOAA hydrographic survey H11551 identified the sunken tug Murph, USCG document number 960287, as the former Navy tug Wingina (YTM-395) at 47°21′12.90″N, 122°29′14.92″W in Quartermaster Harbor. The survey recorded the wreck in 2008.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2008-2010
- Limitations
- Historical wreck identification and position only. It gives no hull-material survey or asbestos result, and a later DNR removed-vessels inventory supersedes any inference that the wreck remains at this position today.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wingina-yt395-03
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[4]Washington Department of Natural Resources, Derelict Vessel Removal Program, Inventory of Vessels Removed [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-indexed page 20, KI07-011 row
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Washington Department of Natural Resources' removed-vessels inventory includes case KI07-011, Murph aka Wingina, with identifiers 960287/YTM 395 and a Quartermaster Harbor location.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- DNR inventory indexed 2025
- Limitations
- DNR PDF returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, so classification and identifiers were checked in indexed text only. The inventory does not establish removal date, method, surviving components, or asbestos inspection; current physical disposition remains unresolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wingina-yt395-04
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[5]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Cartographic Branch and inspection-report sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's guide to asbestos research for U.S. naval vessels through 1961 identifies ship engineering drawings, especially S39 insulation and lagging and S48 piping, plus material inspection reports as potential sources for vessel-specific verification. This is a research path for Wingina's service era, not a finding about Wingina.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1941-1961 research scope
- Limitations
- NARA describes record series and research methods, not a Wingina plan or inspection report. No Wingina drawing was retrieved; no asbestos presence, absence, or product can be inferred from this guide.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wingina-yt395-05
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[6]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights; Navy insulation replacement policy
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 review describes Navy shipboard asbestos insulation policies and applications at a fleet/program level. It does not name Wingina or the Sassaba-class harbor tugs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policies
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers, fleet context
- Limitations
- Fleet-level policy and Long Beach/Norfolk shipyard review only. The source gives no Wingina survey, application, maintenance, individual exposure, or causation finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wingina-yt395-06
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[7]Batch 9371 search ledger; NARA guide; NOAA H11551; NAVSEA ship-history index; Washington DNR management plan and inventory; CourtListener helper responses [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger sl-uss-wingina-yt395-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No service-era Wingina asbestos product schedule, survey, construction specification, or qualifying asbestos litigation hit was verified in the public sources searched. DNR's 2014 asbestos-contaminant disposal is a positive ship-specific finding; the CourtListener portion remains incomplete because the authenticated fleet helper reported pacing exhaustion before returning search results.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- A bounded negative finding for service-era product identification and litigation only. DNR's removal account directly documents asbestos contaminants in 2014 but does not identify where or when they were installed. CourtListener opinion and docket searches remain incomplete. No individual exposure or legal conclusion follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wingina-yt395-07
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[8]Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Maury Island Aquatic Reserve Management Plan, page 44 (PDF page 50), Derelict Vessel, Gear and Structure Removal [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page 44, Murph removal paragraph and Figure 11; identity cross-reference NOAA H11551 pages 78 and 89
- Finding type
- abatement_record
- Finding
- Washington DNR reports that Murph was raised and removed from Quartermaster Harbor in November 2014 and that petroleum and asbestos contaminants were contained and properly disposed of during the removal. NOAA and DNR separately identify Murph as former Navy tug Wingina (YTM-395).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2014-11
- Population
- 2014 salvage and disposal workers, potential handling context only
- Limitations
- The DNR account establishes asbestos contaminants handled during this hull's 2014 recovery. It does not specify product, sampling method, quantity, location aboard, date of installation, whether asbestos was present during Navy service, or any worker's exposure or disease. It calls Murph a barge, while NOAA identifies the hull as a tug; the hull identity is supported by DNR's removed-vessel inventory and NOAA's vessel-number match.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wingina-yt395-08