Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, Adopt (AM-137) (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page returns 404; second verbatim transcription at ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/AM/am137.html) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: originally projected as AMc-114 but redesignated prior to the start of construction; laid down 8 April 1942 at Tampa, Fla., by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Inc.; launched 18 October 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth H. Hastings; commissioned 31 May 1943, Lt. Frank Robert Edrington in command. Shakedown off Key West; post-shakedown availability at Norfolk Navy Yard; minesweeping tests and exercises at Little Creek, Va., and Solomons Island, Md., into early September 1943; Guantanamo Bay stop, Panama Canal transit, San Diego arrival 25 September; escort duty there through 26 May 1944 under Commander, Western Sea Frontier; departed west coast 6 June for Pearl Harbor; 10-day antisubmarine exercises under Commander, Task Force 1; departed Hawaii 23 June in convoy for Alaska; reached Adak 29 June; based at Naval Operating Base, Kuluk Bay - tactical and gunnery drills, minesweeping exercises, convoy escort. June 1945: moved to the anchorage at Cold Harbor, Alaska, to train a Soviet crew through mid-July; decommissioned 19 July 1945 and transferred to the Soviet Union under lend-lease; served the Soviet Navy as T-552; redesignated MSF-137 on 7 February 1955; the Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1958 stated the ship had been destroyed by the Russians by demolition and that a settlement had been agreed upon. DANFS specifications block: 850 t; 184'6"; 33' beam; 9'9" draft; 14.8 kt; complement 104; armament 1 3", 4 40mm; Admirable class.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1958
- Population
- Tampa Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43); USN crew 1943-45 (complement 104); Soviet trainees June-July 1945 (Project Hula)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, service history, and specifications - not materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 (standing link-rot note from Batch 01); verbatim transcriptions cited via the hazegray/losthistory mirror and ibiblio HyperWar. The ibiblio transcription truncates 'AMc-114' to 'AMC-114' and 'MSF-137' to 'MSF-7' - the hazegray mirror carries the correct strings. DANFS's 'Cold Harbor' is the Cold Bay/Fort Randall anchorage named in the NHC Project Hula monograph; naming variant carried in gaps. CO name conflicts with NavSource (Edrington vs. Edington) - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-adopt-am137-01
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[2]NavSource Online, Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, Adopt (MSF 137) ex-AM-137, ex-AMc-114 page (designation chronology, specifications, commanding-officer roster, disposition; NHHC photo NH 85398) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource AM-137 page - Admirable Class Minesweeper chronology, specifications block, CO roster
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource archive page for this hull: Admirable-class minesweeper; changed from AMc-114 to AM-137 on 21 February 1942; laid down 8 April 1942 at Tampa Shipbuilding Co. Inc., Tampa, FL; launched 18 October 1942; commissioned USS Adopt (AM-137) 31 May 1943; decommissioned 19 July 1945, transferred to the Soviet Union under lend-lease and reclassified T-552; assigned to the (Soviet) Pacific Fleet August 1945; reclassified by the U.S. Navy as Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull) MSF-137 on 7 February 1955; converted to a dispatch vessel 1 September 1955; reclassified a receiving ship BRN-10 on 27 February 1956; struck from the Naval Register 1 January 1958; scrapped 28 March 1960. Specifications: 650 t, 184'6", 33' beam, 9'9" draft, 14.8 kt, complement 104; armament one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, two twin 40mm mounts, one depth-charge projector (hedgehog), two depth-charge tracks; propulsion two 855-shp ALCO 539 diesel engines, Farrel-Birmingham single-reduction gear, two shafts. CO roster: LCDR J. R. Edington, USN (31 May 1943); LT Glenn David Addington, USNR (6 June 1944 - 18 July 1945). Call sign November-Bravo-Yankee-Victor.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1960
- Population
- USN crew 1943-45; Soviet Navy crew 1945-c.1960
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archival page - the sole located source for the 21 Feb 1942 redesignation date, the propulsion detail (ALCO 539 / Farrel-Birmingham gear), the Soviet conversions (dispatch vessel 1955, BRN-10 1956), and the 28 Mar 1960 scrapping date; tonnage (650 vs DANFS 850) and first-CO name (Edington vs DANFS Edrington) conflict with DANFS - carried in gaps. A HyperWar ship-data page describes the plant as 'diesel-electric, twin screws, 1,800 h.p.' - drive-type conflict carried in gaps. Contains no asbestos information. Live navsource.org fetch failed during research; content verified via Wayback capture 20240528002541 and the navsource.net mirror.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-adopt-am137-02
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[3]Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan (Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, Washington, 1997) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Project Hula monograph, ship-transfer appendix (Adopt AM 137 / T-332 row, 19 Jul 1945 transfer block)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Naval Historical Center's official Project Hula monograph names this hull in its transfer appendix: 'Adopt (AM 137)' transferred to the Soviet Navy at Cold Bay on 19 July 1945 with the Soviet designation T-332 - not T-552 as the wartime-era DANFS/NVR records state. Russell's sources include the Bureau of Ships 'Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels' (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1949) and S. S. Berezhnoi's Soviet fleet reference, which post-Cold-War scholarship treats as the more reliable designation; Wikipedia's sourcing note records the same resolution (T-332 stricken by the Soviet Navy in 1960). The monograph documents the Cold Bay/Fort Randall transfer program in which 24 Admirable-class minesweepers were handed over with trained Soviet crews - the program in which this hull left U.S. custody.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Soviet Navy trainees at Cold Bay/Fort Randall; USN Detachment 3294 training cadre
- Limitations
- Corrects the Soviet designation, not any asbestos question - the monograph documents the transfer program and ship identities, not materials or hull condition. The T-552/T-332 conflict is carried in gaps rather than resolved: DANFS and NVR (US records) say T-552; Russell (post-Cold-War scholarship using Soviet records) says T-332.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-adopt-am137-03
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[4]NARA, Special List 44 - Named Vessels (finding aid to Vessel and Station Log Books at the National Archives, RG 24) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 named-vessels table, 'Adopt (AM-137)' rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 names this hull with two logbook volumes: 'Adopt (AM-137) 5/31/1943-7/31/1944' and 'Adopt (AM-137) 9/1/1944-7/18/1945' - deck-log coverage spanning the commission from 31 May 1943 to 18 July 1945, the day before transfer to the Soviet Union.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (logbook coverage)
- Population
- USN complement aboard AM-137, 1943-1945
- Limitations
- Deck logs are operational records - they document movements and events, not materials or asbestos aboard. The August 1944 seam between the two volumes is a binding break in the finding aid, not necessarily a coverage gap. Muster rolls for this hull were not separately confirmed (NARA catalog API unavailable to scripted query during research).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-adopt-am137-04
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[5]NARA, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessels up through 1961' (RG 19 research guide: Minesweeper and Minelayer General Information Books; hull-arranged Ship Engineering Drawings, S39/S48/S103 filing codes) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov guided topic page, sections 'General Information Books' and 'Ship Engineering Drawings'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NARA's official asbestos-research guide identifies the record series that would document hull-level material specifications for this ship: RG 19 Entry P-11, 'Minesweeper and Minelayer General Information Books' (Item S-68, 1940-1962), and the paper/microfilm Ship Engineering Drawings ('Hull Series') arranged by hull number and Ship Material Group - the guide names S103 (Booklets of General Plans), S39 (Insulation and Lagging), and S48 (Piping) as the codes most relevant to asbestos research. An AM-137-specific drawing or GIB volume, if it survives, is the realistic path to any ship-specific materials finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (hypothetical record coverage); guide current as of 2026-09-22
- Population
- Tampa Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43); USN crew 1943-45
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the guide documents which series exist, not that AM-137 material survives in them; no hull-specific drawing or GIB was retrieved or confirmed. Establishes a research path, not an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-adopt-am137-05
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[6]CourtListener API v4 (authenticated) searches, 2026-09-22: "USS Adopt" type=o (0 hits) and type=r (0 hits); "MSF-137" type=o (0 hits); "AM-137" type=o (70 hits) and type=r (248 hits); "Adopt" asbestos minesweeper type=o (1 hit); "Adopt" "minesweeper" type=o (6 hits) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-adopt-am137-05 through sl-uss-adopt-am137-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation names this hull. 'USS Adopt' returns zero opinions and zero RECAP dockets; 'MSF-137' returns zero opinions. All 70 'AM-137' opinion hits and 248 RECAP docket hits are form/policy/document-number collisions (reviewed by case name and snippet; the two asbestos-context 'AM-137' opinions are Whittaker Clark & Daniels talc-bankruptcy filings where the string is a form number). All seven 'Adopt'-with-minesweeper-or-asbestos opinion hits were full-text reviewed and are collisions: Ozzello v. Peterson Builders (E.D. Wis. 1990, 743 F. Supp. 1302 - slip-and-fall aboard MCM-1 under construction; 'adopt' is the verb, asbestos appears only as LHWCA doctrinal background); Peterson Builders v. United States (Ct. Cl. 1992 - MCM-1 contract dispute); Crawford v. Indian Towing (5th Cir. 1957, two opinions - the converted minesweeper 'Cherokee,' a different vessel); Benevento v. United States (Ct. Cl. 1972 - crew wage claims on the fishing vessel Delaware); Appian v. Pegasystems (Va. 2026 - trade secrets).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 2026-09-22
- Limitations
- Negative finding from index search, not proof no claim was ever filed - CourtListener coverage skews to digitized federal opinions and RECAP dockets; state-court filings and non-digitized dockets are underrepresented, and a claim naming this hull could exist outside indexed coverage. A final RECAP refinement ('AM-137' + asbestos/navy filters) was attempted but blocked by API throttling (2800/day cap shared across batch agents) - logged as blocked in the search ledger. Establishes only that no qualifying case was located, not that no exposure occurred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-adopt-am137-06
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[7]DANFS AM-137 entry (vessel type, builder, 1942-43 construction window) + NavSource propulsion data (diesel plant); wartime shipbuilding-materials context [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS AM-137 entry (construction record); NavSource AM-137 specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/type inference only: a steel Admirable-class fleet minesweeper built 1942-43 at Tampa Shipbuilding - during the period when asbestos supply was federally reserved for shipbuilding - plausibly carried period-standard asbestos-containing materials in applications typical for the type: diesel exhaust lagging, engine-space insulation, machinery gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, fireproofing, accommodation insulation, and deck covering. Because the plant was diesel (two ALCO 539 engines, no boilers or steam lines), the dominant WWII asbestos pathway aboard steam vessels - boiler and steam-line lagging - did not exist on this hull; expected ACM scope is smaller and differently distributed than aboard a steam vessel of the same era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1960
- Population
- Tampa Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43); USN crew 1943-45; Soviet Navy crew 1945-c.1960
- Limitations
- Inference from era, builder, and vessel type only - no ship-specific document names any asbestos product aboard this hull. No material schedule for AM-137 was located (NARA RG 19 series are the lead, ev-05). Diesel propulsion reduces expected ACM scope relative to steam vessels but does not establish absence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-adopt-am137-07
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[8]Atlas shipyard dataset record 'tampa-bay-shipbuilding' (shipyards.json): Tampa Bay Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, FL (aliases incl. Tampa Shipbuilding Company), WWII peak employment 16,000, evidence_tier 3, yard-level asbestos products documented [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json record 'tampa-bay-shipbuilding' (yard_id, asbestos_products_documented, employment fields)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Builder-yard context: the Atlas shipyards dataset carries Tampa Bay Shipbuilding Company (the builder of this hull) at evidence_tier 3 with yard-level asbestos products documented: asbestos insulation on steam systems, asbestos-wrapped turbines and pipes, gaskets, valve packing, brake linings, fireproof panels, pipe insulation. WWII peak employment 16,000 (1941-1945).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1943 (this hull's construction window)
- Population
- Tampa Shipbuilding trades, 1941-1945 peak
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull record - asbestos products documented at the yard do not establish installation aboard this specific hull. The dataset's asbestos_products_documented field is carried at face value; the yard record's own evidence array is empty in shipyards.json, so the underlying yard-level citations are not inspectable from the dataset file.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-adopt-am137-08