Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]DANFS, 'Admirable' (AM-136) - verbatim transcription at the losthistory.net/hazegray mirror (live history.navy.mil page returns 404 - standing link rot, same as BATCH-01/1148/1169; hazegray.org itself unreachable at fetch time) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Admirable' entry, specifications block + service narrative (losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/mine/am136.htm); live URL https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/admirable.html returns 404 (re-confirmed 2026-09-22 batch-1468)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DANFS record for this hull: Admirable-class minesweeper (dp. 650; l. 184'6"; b. 33'; dr. 9'9"; s. 14.8 k.; cpl. 104; a. 1 3", 4 40mm.). Laid down 8 April 1942 at Tampa, Fla., by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Inc.; launched 18 October 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Ann Pillsbury Fehr; commissioned 20 April 1943, Lt. Comdr. A. M. White, USNR, in command. Departed Tampa 23 April 1943; shakedown in the Gulf of Mexico; Hampton Roads 23 June; five months ASW/minelaying/minesweeping training out of Little Creek; departed Norfolk 28 November with Luzon (ARG-2); Panama Canal 8 December; San Diego 18 December. West Coast Sound School tests January 1944; proceeded independently to Adak, sonar gear damaged in heavy seas; arrived Kuluk Bay 6 February and dry-docked. Assigned TG 91.2 on 13 February; 18-month Aleutians tour escorting merchant and troop ships to Kodiak, Dutch Harbor, Amchitka, Kiska, Cold Bay, Attu; four availabilities alongside Black Hawk (AD-9) at Adak for williwaw/heavy-seas damage. July 1944 began clearing the Chiniak Bay minefield off Kodiak; lead ship of a group (Augury AM-149, Agile AMc-111, Affray AMc-112, YMS-285) that swept the channel to St. Paul's Harbor from 2 August 1944 and patrolled for President Roosevelt's arrival aboard Baltimore (CA-68); FDR stopped at Kodiak 7 August 1944. Escort duty into March 1945; 14 March her CO was OTC of eight ships and aircraft in a Kuluk Bay air-surface exercise. May 1945 repairs at Dutch Harbor preparatory to Lend-Lease transfer (12 ft of forward end of each bilge keel and sonar gear replaced); Rear Admiral B. D. Popov inspected and accepted her 30 May; Soviet crew aboard 18 June for one month of training; decommissioned and transferred to the Soviet Navy 18 July; served as T-521; never returned. Reclassified MSF-136 on 7 February 1955; carried on the U.S. Navy list until struck 1 January 1983.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941-1983
- Population
- Tampa Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); wartime crew (design complement 104); Soviet crew and Project Hula trainees (1945)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, builder, dates, service narrative, and transfer - not materials or asbestos content. DANFS's Soviet designation 'T-521' conflicts with Russell's NHHC Project Hula appendix ('T-331,' built from Soviet-era records) - flagged in ev-uss-admirable-amc113-09; the better-sourced value is T-331. DANFS's transfer date '18 July' conflicts with Russell's '19 Jul.' - flagged in ev-09. DANFS does not name the transfer port (repairs were at Dutch Harbor; Russell's program record places all Hula transfers at Cold Bay). DANFS runs the entire record under AM-136, consistent with the AMc-113 designation having been reclassified before laying down (see ev-03). Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admirable-amc113-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Admirable (MSF 136) ex-AM-136 ex-AMc-113, file 11/02136 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/02136 - chronology block, specifications block, propulsion line, CO list, photo credits
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource per-hull record: 'Admirable Class Minesweeper'; 'Originally planned as the Coastal Minesweeper Admirable (AMc-113). Reclassified to Minesweeper AM-136, 21 February 1942'; laid down 8 April 1942 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Tampa, FL; launched 18 October 1942; commissioned USS Admirable (AM-136) 20 April 1943; 'Decommissioned 18 July 1945 at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, loaned to the Soviet Union under terms of the Lend-Lease Program and reclassified T-521'; 'Assigned to the Pacific Fleet 1 August 1945'; 'Converted to a Hydrographic Vessel 28 June 1947'; 'Reclassified by U.S. Navy as a Fleet Minesweeper, MSF-136, 7 February 1955'; 'Scrapped 11 March 1958'; 'Struck from the Navy Register 1 January 1983.' Spec block: 650 t; 184'6"; 33' beam; 9'9" draft; 14.8 kts; complement 104; armament one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, two twin 40mm mounts, one depth-charge thrower (hedgehogs), two depth-charge tracks; propulsion 'Two 1,710shp ALCO 539 diesel engines, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts.' CO list: LCDR Alexander Murray White USNR (20 Apr 1943 - 15 Jul 1943), LCDR Huston Huffman USNR (15 Jul 1943), LCDR F. G. Moore USNR (May 1945). Photo credits: NARA 80-G-411693 and 19-LCM-AM136-1; NHC Spring Styles design-study drawing S-511-34 dated 2 May 1941 (750-ton, 180-ft preliminary design for what became the class).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941-1983
- Population
- Tampa Shipbuilding trades (1942); wartime crew; Soviet crew 1945-1958
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; re-fetched live and confirmed verbatim 2026-09-22 (batch-1468). Its '18 July 1945 at Dutch Harbor' transfer attribution conflicts with Russell's NHHC appendix (19 Jul, all Hula transfers at Cold Bay) - flagged in ev-09. Its Soviet designation 'T-521' conflicts with Russell's T-331 (T-521 was ex-USS YMS-59) - flagged. Its 'Converted to a Hydrographic Vessel 28 June 1947' is uncorroborated by Russell or any other located source - flagged as a gap. 'Scrapped 11 March 1958' conflicts with Colton ('1954') and Russell ('1958-stricken ... apparently sold for scrap'). '1,710shp' reads as a total for two engines in the class article (855 shp each) - figure carried as printed. CO dates differ slightly from uboat.net's list (Huffman to 9 Mar 1944; Moore from 9 Mar 1944) - minor variance flagged in ev-09. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admirable-amc113-02
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[3]Identity consolidation - NavSource 11/02136 chronology ('Originally planned as the Coastal Minesweeper Admirable (AMc-113). Reclassified to Minesweeper AM-136, 21 February 1942') + DANFS commission record (losthistory mirror) + Colton TASCO yard table hull #46 (shipbuildinghistory.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/02136 chronology block (reclassification line); DANFS entry header '(AM-136...)'; Colton tasco.htm hull #46 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- AMc-113 and AM-136 are the SAME HULL, not two vessels - this record consolidates both designations under one vessel_id so no second vessel record is created. NavSource documents that AMc-113 was the 'originally planned' coastal-minesweeper designation, reclassified to AM-136 on 21 February 1942 - which PREDATES the 8 April 1942 laying down. The hull was therefore never built, launched, commissioned, or operated under AMc-113; it was a paper designation only. Every U.S. Navy record of this hull runs under AM-136: the DANFS entry opens '(AM-136...)' and carries the commission as AM-136; Colton's TASCO yard table carries a single row for this hull (yard hull #46, 'AM 136 Admirable', delivered 20-Apr-43). The 'AMC-113' rendering is a capitalization variant of AMc-113. The batch-1169 Tier-2 record uss-admirable-am136.atlas.json is this same hull's primary record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941-1943 (designation period)
- Limitations
- The reclassification is documented by NavSource (secondary compilation) and is fully consistent with the official DANFS commission record and Colton's single yard-hull row; the underlying BuShips reclassification directive was not itself retrieved (archival lead in ev-11). Not an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admirable-amc113-03
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[4]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton compilation), 'Tampa Shipbuilding (TASCO), Tampa FL' yard table - hull #46 row (AM 136 Admirable) + yard history header [other_primary]
- Locator
- tasco.htm - hull #46 row + yard history header; block sisters #47-54
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard-table row for this hull: yard hull #46, 'AM 136 | Admirable | US Navy | Minesweeper | 650d | 180 | 20-Apr-43 | To USSR as T 521, scrapped 1954.' The TASCO table continues into the consecutive Admirable-class block - #47 Adopt (AM 137), #48 Advocate (AM 138), #49 Agent (AM 139), #50 Alarm (AM 140), #51 Alchemy (AM 141), #52 Apex (AM 142), #53 Arcade (AM 143), #54 Arch (AM 144) and onward - all 'To USSR' in the same program. Yard history header: founded as Tampa Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. 1917 on the Tampa Foundry & Machine site; renamed Tampa Shipbuilding Company (TASCO) after sale to George B. Howell; ~16,000 peak employment, largest employer in Tampa; ceased operations by 1948; site at foot of Grant Street on the Ybor Channel, now occupied by Gulf Marine Repair.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941-1948
- Population
- TASCO construction workforce (Tampa, FL, 1942-43)
- Limitations
- Compiler's yard table, secondary - corroborates builder, hull number (#46), delivery date (20-Apr-43 matches commissioning), type, and tonnage (650d consistent with DANFS); re-fetched live and the #46 row confirmed verbatim 2026-09-22 (batch-1468). Its 'T 521' repeats the DANFS misidentification (Russell: T-331) and its 'scrapped 1954' conflicts with NavSource ('11 March 1958') and Russell ('1958-stricken') - flagged in ev-09. The disposition column reflects whatever secondary list the compiler used. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admirable-amc113-04
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[5]Russell, Richard A., 'Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan,' Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, Washington DC, 1997 (ISBN 0-945274-35-1) - appendix 'U.S. Navy Combatant Ships Transferred to the USSR Under Project HULA, May-September 1945' + program narrative; PDF mirror at ibiblio.org/hyperwar [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Russell, Project Hula (NHC 1997), appendix p. 39 (Admirable AM 136 row: 'Admirable (AM 136) | T-331 | 19 Jul. | 1958-stricken'; YMS59 | T-521 row same table) + pp. 12-38 program narrative; ibiblio PDF mirror
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NHHC monograph built on U.S. and Russian Federation archival records unavailable during the Cold War. Appendix row for this hull: 'Admirable (AM 136) | T-331 | 19 Jul. | 1958-stricken' - i.e., Soviet designation T-331, transferred 19 July 1945, stricken 1958 (verbatim confirmed against the fetched PDF, batch-1468). Program context from the text: all Project Hula transfers physically occurred at Cold Bay, Alaska (Fort Randall), where ~12,000-15,000 Soviet personnel were trained; Admirable-class minesweepers formed the core of the Soviet 16th Mine Sweeper Division ('twelve Admirable-class and six YMS-type ships'); transfer convoys made 'the final leg to the Petropavlovsk Naval Base' in the Soviet Pacific; transfer vessels arrived with 200-900 shortage items each; ships needing repair beyond Cold Bay's facilities made the ~400-mile round trip to Dutch Harbor - which explains the 'Dutch Harbor' transfer attribution in secondary sources. Post-war: U.S.-Soviet return negotiations ran from February 1946; Secretary of the Navy Forrestal informed the State Department that the Navy wanted 480 of the 585 combatants in Soviet hands returned, and Secretary of State Marshall resisted the tactic in his 8 May 1947 reply ('more trouble than it was worth'); most transferred minesweepers were never returned; ONI reported only nine Admirable-class minesweepers remained serviceable among Hula ships at settlement time.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1945-1958
- Population
- Soviet Navy crew (1945-1958); Project Hula transfer-program personnel at Cold Bay (1945)
- Limitations
- NHHC official history and the best authority located on the Soviet-service half of this hull's career, but still a secondary historical work, not a ship file. Confirms designation T-331 (correcting the DANFS 'T-521' - which belonged to ex-USS YMS-59, confirmed in the same appendix: 'YMS59 | T-521 | 6 June | 1956-stricken'), transfer date 19 July, and 1958 stricken; the date conflicts with DANFS/NavSource's 18 July - flagged in ev-09 rather than merged. 'Stricken 1958' does not itself date the scrapping; Wikipedia's Russell-derived text reads 'apparently sold for scrap.' Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admirable-amc113-05
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[6]Consolidated era/design inference - documented propulsion plant (NavSource spec block: two ALCO 539 diesels, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts - direct drive; HyperWar class block reads 'Diesel-electric engines, twin screws, 1,800 h.p.') + documented builder and construction era (DANFS; Colton) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/02136 propulsion line; HyperWar ships-dm.html Admirable-class block; DANFS construction/service dates; Colton tasco.htm
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull is a 1942-built steel Admirable-class minesweeper with a diesel direct-drive twin-screw plant (two ALCO 539 diesels, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear) - no boilers, no steam distribution. Its insulation load was materially lighter than a steam combatant's, but machinery and construction materials of the 1942 wartime era were commonly asbestos-containing: exhaust-system and muffler lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, electrical-cable insulation, accommodation/galley joiner insulation, winch and windlass brake linings, and deck compositions of the period. Exposure-relevant populations if any material was present: TASCO Tampa-yard construction trades (1942); the wartime U.S. crew (design complement ~104) across the Gulf shakedown, Atlantic transit, and 18-month Aleutians escort tour - with the documented repair periods (post-transit Adak dry-dock, four availabilities alongside Black Hawk AD-9, the May 1945 Dutch Harbor pre-transfer refit replacing bilge-keel sections and sonar gear) as the heaviest machinery-space disturbance episodes; the Soviet crew and transfer trainees of 1945-1958; and Cold Bay transfer-program personnel.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941-1958
- Population
- TASCO trades (1942); U.S. crew Apr 1943 - Jul 1945; Soviet crew 1945-1958
- Limitations
- Inference from documented design, machinery type, and construction era - NOT a hull materials record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming AM-136/AMc-113 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. The diesel (non-steam) plant makes even era-level inference weaker than for steam vessels of the same era. Soviet-service maintenance and the USSR scrapping process are undocumented in located sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admirable-amc113-06
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[7]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); and Fleischer, W.E., et al., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373 (article); PubMed PMID 21016030
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and wartime construction program under which this hull was built at Tampa Shipbuilding (TASCO), Tampa. The USMC-commissioned 1944-45 industrial-hygiene survey of pipe-covering operations at Navy and contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; articles 1946/1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding and naval-vessel construction generally; neither source names this vessel, class, or builder yard. Pipe-covering findings are less applicable to a diesel (non-steam) minesweeper than to steam vessels. Establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure. Both citations re-verified 2026-09-22 (batch-1468): PMID 21016030 via NCBI esummary; DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311 via Crossref (AJIM 11(3):359-373, 1987).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admirable-amc113-07
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[8]Combined search ledger (this record): DANFS via hazegray/losthistory mirror; NavSource 11/02136; Shipbuilding History TASCO yard table; uboat.net 5254; HyperWar ships-dm class block; Russell, Project Hula (NHC 1997) ibiblio PDF; CourtListener API v4 sweeps (authenticated - batch-1169 partial results + batch-1468 retry attempt, both quota-limited); NVR; NARA catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-admirable-amc113-01 through sl-uss-admirable-amc113-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for USS Admirable / AMc-113 / AM-136 / MSF-136 / T-331: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, preservation record, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener authenticated opinion-index sweeps completed in the batch-1169 session before the shared daily quota was exhausted (type=o): 'USS Admirable' 0; 'Admirable' + 'AM-136' 0; 'Admirable (AM-136)' 0; 'aboard the Admirable' 0; 'AMc-113' 0; 'AM-136' + asbestos 1 hit (In re Quigley Co., 500 B.R. 347, Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2013 - asbestos-bankruptcy fee opinion; the token has no vessel context in the inspected full text - name/token collision); 'AM-136' alone 26 hits, all inspected top hits form-number/incidental-token collisions. In this batch-1468 session the remaining sweeps were attempted again (type=o 'USS Admirable' retry + RECAP type=r + variant queries) and again met HTTP 429 (2,800/day quota exhausted by prior batch work; retry-after 11,645 s) - logged blocked, not retried into a ban. Non-authoritative marketing rosters (mesothelioma.com minesweeper jobsites page: 'USS Admirable | AM-136 | Admirable | 4/20/1943 | To Soviet Union, 1945'; mesotheliomahelp.org minesweeper list) carry the name in generic ship tables - excluded per source rules; they carry no hull-specific evidence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 2026-09-22
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1942-built vessel is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials even accounting for its lighter diesel insulation load. The hull was scrapped in the USSR in the 1950s, so no present-day survey pathway exists; Soviet-era maintenance and disposal records are inaccessible. CourtListener coverage is partial across TWO sessions now (batch-1169 partial + batch-1468 blocked retry) - residual risk that a differently-phrased hull reference exists is logged as a gap. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admirable-amc113-08
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[9]Source-discrepancy resolution - DANFS (hazegray mirror) vs NavSource 11/02136 vs Russell, Project Hula (NHC 1997) appendix vs Colton TASCO yard table vs uboat.net 5254 vs HyperWar class block vs Wikipedia (Russell-derived) infobox [other_primary]
- Locator
- losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/mine/am136.htm; navsource.net/archives/11/02136.htm; ibiblio.org/hyperwar/NHC/NewPDFs/USA Project.Hula PDF appendix p.39; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/tasco.htm; uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5254.html; ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-dm.html; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Admirable_(AM-136)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies logged, not silently merged: (a) Soviet designation - DANFS, NavSource, uboat.net, and Colton print 'T-521'; Russell's NHHC Project Hula appendix, built from Soviet-era records, carries 'T-331' and assigns T-521 to ex-USS YMS-59 - T-331 carried, T-521 flagged as the legacy misidentification. (b) Transfer date - DANFS/NavSource/uboat '18 July 1945'; Russell appendix '19 Jul.' (Wikipedia follows Russell) - DANFS's 18 July carried in the decommissioned field with the conflict stated; Russell's 19 July carried in prose. (c) Transfer location - NavSource/uboat 'Dutch Harbor'; Russell's program record places all Hula transfers at Cold Bay (Fort Randall) and documents Dutch Harbor as the repair facility ~400 miles away; Admirable did repair at Dutch Harbor in May 1945 per DANFS - Cold Bay carried as the transfer site with the discrepancy flagged. (d) Disposal - Colton 'scrapped 1954'; NavSource 'Scrapped 11 March 1958'; Russell '1958-stricken,' with Wikipedia's Russell-derived text reading 'apparently sold for scrap' - stricken 1958 carried; scrap date discrepant. (e) Propulsion - NavSource 'Two 1,710shp ALCO 539 diesel engines, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts' (direct drive); HyperWar class block 'Diesel-electric engines, twin screws, 1,800 h.p.' - the documented reduction-gear fit contradicts 'diesel-electric'; NavSource carried, per-engine vs total rating (class article: 855 shp each) noted. (f) Specs - DANFS/NavSource 650 t / 14.8 kts / 9'9" draft vs HyperWar class block 625 t / 15 kts / 10' draft - DANFS carried. (g) Armament - DANFS '1 3", 4 40mm'; NavSource 'one 3"/50 + two twin 40mm + hedgehog + two DC tracks'; HyperWar '1 3"/50 DP, 2 40mm, 6 20mm'; Wikipedia infobox adds 6 Oerlikon 20mm and 4 DC projectors - variances flagged, design-spec vs wartime-fit unresolved. (h) CO list - NavSource (White to 15 Jul 1943; Huffman from 15 Jul 1943; Moore from May 1945) vs uboat.net (White to Jul 1943; Huffman Jul 1943 - 9 Mar 1944; Moore 9 Mar 1944 - 18 Jul 1945) - minor variance flagged. (i) NavSource's 'Converted to a Hydrographic Vessel 28 June 1947' is uncorroborated by Russell or any other located source - carried as a gap, not asserted. (j) U.S. stricken 1 January 1983 is consistent across DANFS, NavSource, and Wikipedia; MSF-136 reclassification 7 February 1955 likewise consistent. (k) Designation sequence - AMc-113 was the planned coastal-minesweeper designation, reclassified AM-136 on 21 Feb 1942 before the 8 Apr 1942 laying down (NavSource); no source shows the hull ever carrying AMc-113 in service - consolidated in ev-03.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941-1983
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies among the official DANFS text, the official NHHC Project Hula monograph, and secondary compilations, adopting the better-supported values and flagging the rest. For the Soviet-service half of the record Russell is treated as the better authority because it used Soviet-era records; DANFS predates that access. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admirable-amc113-09
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[10]Air & Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries, 586 U.S. 446 (2019), CourtListener 4601080 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener opinion 4601080
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No case located names this hull (see negative_finding row and search_ledger). Doctrinal context only for the vessel's type: claims arising from WWII-era Navy-vessel asbestos exposure ran under maritime law against equipment manufacturers, and the Supreme Court's DeVries decision settled the 'bare-metal defense' framework - manufacturers that supplied bare equipment had a duty to warn where their products required asbestos-containing parts. It illustrates the litigation posture claims arising from service aboard a WWII diesel minesweeper would have faced; no such claim naming Admirable was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 2019 decision
- Limitations
- Doctrinal context only - the cited case does not name or involve this hull, and DeVries addressed manufacturers' duty to warn for asbestos-containing components on Navy vessels generally. Classification note: a complaint's vessel list would be a pleading allegation, not a finding; no pleading naming this hull was located. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admirable-amc113-10
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[11]Archival leads - NARA WWII muster rolls and RG 24 deck logs for this hull's April 1943 - July 1945 commission; NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) General Information Books and the Navy contract file for the TASCO Admirable-class block (yard hull #46 onward); BuShips reclassification correspondence for the AMc-113 to AM-136 change of 21 Feb 1942; NHHC/NARA photographs (80-G-411693; 19-LCM-AM136-1; NHC Spring Styles design-study drawing S-511-34, 2 May 1941); Project Hula program records underlying Russell's official history (U.S. and Russian Federation archives); Soviet-service records for T-331 (1947 conversion report, 1958 disposal) are not held in U.S. archives [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov RG 19/24 group guides; NavSource 11/02136 photo credits; Russell, Project Hula (NHC 1997) source notes
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized; NARA catalog returns only its JS application shell to automated fetch): (a) NARA's WWII muster-rolls series should cover this hull for her Apr 1943 - Jul 1945 commission - sibling Admirable/Auk-class hulls are demonstrably indexed (batch-1148 noted Heed AM-100 via a DPLA item), so coverage for AM-136 is expected but unconfirmed this session; (b) NARA RG 24 deck logs, Apr 1943 - Jul 1945; (c) NARA RG 19 Bureau of Ships records / General Information Books and the Navy contract file for the TASCO Admirable-class block - the plausible home of hull-level material schedules; (d) BuShips reclassification correspondence for the AMc-113 to AM-136 change of 21 Feb 1942 - the underlying directive for the same-hull consolidation documented in ev-03; (e) NHHC/NARA photographs - NARA 80-G-411693 and 19-LCM-AM136-1 (per NavSource credits), and NHC drawing S-511-34, the 2 May 1941 'Proposed Mine Sweeper - Design Study' (750-ton, 180-ft preliminary design) from the 1939-1944 Spring Styles Book; (f) Project Hula transfer records - the U.S. and Russian Federation archival base Russell cites (Navy operational archives, lend-lease transfer files, Cold Bay detachment records); (g) Soviet-service records for T-331 - service file, the reported 28 June 1947 hydrographic-vessel conversion (NavSource-only claim, unverified), and the 1958 stricken/disposal record - held in Russian archives, inaccessible this session.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941-1983 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for AM-136/AMc-113 is unknown until surveyed in person. Muster rolls, deck logs, and transfer files are personnel/operations records, not materials documentation. The Soviet half of this hull's life is doubly undocumented in U.S. sources. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admirable-amc113-11