Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]research packet 855-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-affray-mso511-pkt-855-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Affray II (MSO-511) - modern NHHC entry by Mark L. Evans (31 March 2016), built on the ship's command histories ('her historian'): construction, sponsor, commissioning, full service narrative 1958-1993, all documented availabilities, and disposal (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Affray II entry, spec block + full service narrative + disposal paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'The second Affray (MSO-511) was laid down on 24 August 1955 at Boothbay Harbor, Maine, by Frank L. Sample Jr., Inc.; launched on 18 December 1956; sponsored by Mrs. Harriet F. Glick, wife of Rear Adm. John A. Glick (Ret.); and commissioned on 8 December 1958, Lt. Cmdr. Charles I. Williams in command.' Spec block: displacement 750; length 173'; beam 36'; draft 14'; speed 14 knots; complement 78; armament 1 40 millimeter, 2 .50-cal. machine guns; class Acme. Service: restricted availability Boston Naval Shipyard 31 December 1958-14 January 1959; Atlantic Fleet Mine Force, MineDiv 45/MineRon 4, homeport Charleston, S.C., from 31 January 1959; post-shakedown overhaul at Charleston Naval Shipyard 29 June 1959-25 January 1960 with modernization alterations; final acceptance trials 1 March 1960; Sixth Fleet deployments 28 October 1960-19 May 1961 (TF 61, tow vessel for TF 60), 10 January-June 1964, and 8 May-30 October 1969 (MedSweepEx 69); recovery force off Cape Canaveral 2-3 October 1962 with Lake Champlain (CVA-39) for Cmdr. Walter M. Schirra's Mercury-Atlas 8/Sigma 7; rode out Hurricane Inez at anchor in Guantanamo Bay (DANFS prints '21 September 1965' - see gaps); shock test Key West 11 January 1968; Detyen's overhaul 22 January-22 August 1968 replacing AN/UQS-1 sonar with AN/SQQ-14 variable-depth sonar and removing the 40mm mount for the sonar winch; search for Roberto Clemente's crashed DC-7 off Isla Verde, P.R., 31 December 1972 - 'helped locate part of the plane's fuselage and its tail.' Other documented availabilities: Savannah Machine & Foundry Co. 21 August-28 October 1963; Detyen's Shipyards, Inc., Wando, S.C. (Oct 1964 interim docking; Jun 1967; Sep-Dec 1970; Sep 1971; May-Jun 1980); Jacksonville Shipyard Oct 1965-Jan 1966; ARDM-2 drydock Mar 1967 and Jul 1972; Coastal Drydocks, Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y. 23 October 1974-23 February 1975; Munro Drydock, Inc., Boston (Mar-May 1976; Jun-Sep 1977; Sep-Dec 1981); South Portland Shipyard and Marine Railway Co. 18 September 1979-17 April 1980; Newport Shipyard overhaul 7 March-2 July 1983; Newport Offshore, Ltd., availability from 3 June 1985; Braswell Shipyards, Inc., Charleston (Jul-Sep 1987; 2 October 1988-25 July 1989 repowering replacing Packard main propulsion and minesweeping generator systems with Waukesha engines); Metal Trades, Inc., Hollywood, S.C. 3 October 1991-January 1992; further Newport-area dockings (interim drydocking 17 October-17 December 1978; dry dock at Newport 8-20 August 1983). Reserve duty: orders 1 July 1973 to naval reserve training, homeport Portland, Maine (MineRon 12/MineDiv 121), arrived 1 October 1973; 'after being homeported for nearly eight years at Portland' reassigned to Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, R.I., 1 October 1981, moored Pier 2 on 3 December 1981. Reserve-period narrative: Solid Shield-series and Ocean Venture '82/'92 exercises; test platform for the French-built PAP-104 Mine Neutralization System at Panama City (June-July 1982) and the Canadian DART Mine Identification System during Canus-Marcot '82; recurring documented material casualties (1979 fuel-tank contamination and pitch-system failures, failed MRCI December 1980 with both starboard engines out, 'cascading' engineering casualties 1988, sonar and generator casualties). Declared 'fit for further service' October 1992; 'decommissioned on 20 December 1992 and stricken on 28 June 1993. The Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility at Portsmouth, Va., conducted her pre-disposal requirements, and then the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service at Memphis, Tenn., oversaw her disposal.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1955-2000
- Population
- Frank L. Sample construction trades (1955-58); crew (1958-92); naval reservists embarked (1973-92); shipyard workers across a dozen named commercial and naval yards during documented availabilities (1958-92); NISMF/DRMS disposal personnel (1993-2000)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history and specifications only; DANFS contains no asbestos or material content. The documented availabilities establish where and when ship work occurred - they do not record what materials were disturbed. DANFS prints '21 September 1965' for the Guantanamo Hurricane Inez anchorage; Inez was a 1966 storm (carried in gaps). The older DANFS printing (hazegray mirror) reads 'eight years at Pompano' - a misprint for Portland resolved by this live entry. Entry ends with disposal oversight; the 4 December 2000 sale detail comes from NavSource.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-affray-mso511-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, Affray (MSO 511), 'AM / MSO-511' - designation indexing, timeline, specifications, striking, DRMS disposal, commanding-officer list, service photography [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/02511.htm header timeline block, specifications block, photo captions, CO table; class index 11/02idx.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull ('Acme Class Minesweeper'): laid down 24 August 1955 at Frank L. Sample, Jr., Inc., Boothbay Harbor, Maine; launched 18 December 1956; commissioned 8 December 1958; decommissioned 20 December 1992; struck from the Navy Register 28 June 1993 'and laid up at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Portsmouth, VA'; 'Sold for scrap 4 December 2000 to Baltimore Marine Industries of Baltimore, MD.' Specifications: displacement 633 t. (lt) / 750 t. (fl); length 173'; beam 36'; draft 14'; speed 14 kts.; complement 78; armament one 40mm gun mount and two .50 cal. machine guns; propulsion four Packard V12 diesel engines, two shafts, two controllable pitch propellers. Call sign November-Oscar-Alpha-Lima (NOAL). Twenty-one commanding officers listed, LCDR Charles Irving Williams (8 December 1958) through LCDR Steven Richard Strausser (to 20 December 1992). Photo captions document the hull moored at Naval Station Newport, R.I., with Exploit (MSO-440), 'part of the Naval Reserve Mobilization Forces,' 1 December 1982 (DVIC photo DN-ST-83-11429); passing the National War College en route to the Washington Navy Yard, 23 July 1983; decommissioning program cover 10 December 1992; and awaiting scrapping at Baltimore, MD, c. December 2000.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1955-2002
- Population
- Frank L. Sample construction trades (1955-58); crew (1958-92); reservists (1973-92); NISMF Portsmouth caretakers (1993-2000); Baltimore Marine Industries shipbreakers (2000-02)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates here match the live DANFS entry exactly (laid down, launched, commissioned, decommissioned, stricken) and its spec figures are consistent with DANFS (750 fl displacement, 173' x 36' x 14', 14 kts, 78 complement). The 4 December 2000 DRMS sale detail is NavSource-sourced, not independently verified against a DRMS record. Contains no asbestos content. The class index lists the hull as 'AM / MSO-511' - the AM designation reflects the contract-era number.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-affray-mso511-02
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[4]NHHC NARA-series photo catalog record, USN 1047514 - 'USS Affray (MSO-511) underway, aerial quarter bow view', black-and-white photograph, original date 1960-03-23, copyright owner National Archives [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC NARA-series USN item page (title, caption, accession, catalog #, original date fields)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NHHC photo-catalog record for this hull: an aerial quarter bow view of USS Affray (MSO-511) underway, catalog number USN 1047514, dated 23 March 1960 - twenty-two days after her final acceptance trials (1 March 1960, per DANFS). The NavSource caption credits the same print as 'U.S. Navy photo 1047514 from the U.S. Naval Photographic Center, Anacostia, Washington, DC.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1960-03-23
- Population
- Post-trials crew, March 1960
- Limitations
- Photograph catalog record only - establishes the hull's documented existence and configuration at delivery; no material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-affray-mso511-03
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[5]NARA Catalog, RG 24 'Deck Logs of U.S. Navy Ships' (series NAID 594258, Veterans Benefits Administration / Blue Water Navy Deck Log Project), file unit 'Affray (MSO-511) - October 1962' (NAID 7850791, 64 images) - representative of monthly file units spanning 1961-1978 [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online Affray (MSO-511) entry (years 1961-1970); catalog.archives.gov search 'Affray MSO-511'; representative NAID 7850791 (October 1962, 64 images)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds digitized deck logs for this hull: the official navy-online index lists Affray (MSO-511) for years 1961-1970, and a catalog search returns monthly file units including March/August/October 1962, August 1963, April/September 1964, June/November 1965, March 1971, April 1972, January/October 1973, February/May 1974, January/November 1975, June 1976, May 1977, and September 1978 (list not exhaustive - the loose-match search returned 1,405 results including other hulls). The October 1962 file unit (NAID 7850791, 64 images) covers the Sigma 7 recovery-force month documented in DANFS. Deck logs record daily positions, movements, personnel transactions, and availabilities.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1961-1978 (digitized coverage)
- Population
- Crew of record 1961-1978 (deck-log names)
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the file units are scanned but unindexed - no individual page was reviewed for this record, so no deck-log fact is carried here. Logs are the open source for verifying yard availabilities (incl. the many Detyen's/Charleston periods), port calls, and any aboard events; they do not themselves document asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-affray-mso511-04
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[6]NARA Catalog, RG 19 Records of the Bureau of Ships, 'Plans for the Ocean Minesweeper USS Affray (MSO-511)' (NAID 153715589, Architectural and Engineering Drawings, engineering category S103 Booklet of General Plans) - not yet available online [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/153715589 file-unit page (title, NAID, RG 19, category S103, availability banner); surfaced via archives.gov/research/cartographic/ship-index
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds ship-specific engineering drawings for this hull: file unit 'Plans for the Ocean Minesweeper USS Affray (MSO-511),' NAID 153715589, Record Group 19 (Bureau of Ships) Ship Engineering Drawings series (parent series NAID 147967594, compiled 1874-1976), engineering category S103 - the Booklet of General Plans. Access and use unrestricted; not yet digitized. The S103 booklet is the as-designed plans package showing hull structure, machinery arrangement, and systems layout for the ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1955-1958 (plan coverage)
- Population
- Design/fitting-out trades (1955-58); any future researcher pulling RG 19 plans
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the drawings are undigitized and unreviewed; no plan content is carried here. A Booklet of General Plans typically shows arrangement and material callouts; whether it itemizes insulation type is unknown until pulled. This is the likeliest located source for as-designed material detail on this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-affray-mso511-05
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[7]U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Vol. 99/9/847, September 1973, 'Notebook' - official-status changes list, 'Ships Transferred to Naval Reserve Force' (live page, verified 2026-10-03) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Proceedings Sept 1973 Notebook, 'Ships Transferred to Naval Reserve Force' table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous naval-press record of this hull's status change: the Proceedings September 1973 Notebook lists under 'Ships Transferred to Naval Reserve Force: MSO-511 Affray 7/30/73' - alongside 'mso-40 Exploit' (sic, MSO-440) and 'mso-509 Adroit', both 7/30/73. This corroborates the DANFS narrative (orders received 1 July 1973; reported to Portland, Maine, 1 October 1973) and dates the formal reserve-force transfer effective 30 July 1973.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1973
- Population
- Affray crew at transfer (July-October 1973); incoming naval reservists
- Limitations
- A status-list entry only - documents the transfer effective date, no narrative and no material content. The same table misprints Exploit's hull number as 'mso-40' (she was MSO-440); the Affray line itself reads correctly 'MSO-511'. USNI Proceedings is the professional journal of the naval service - a reputable contemporaneous source, not a government registry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-affray-mso511-06
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[8]U.S. Naval Academy Nimitz Library, Special Collections & Archives - 'J. Paul Reason Papers, 1952-1999 (bulk 1965-1999)' finding aid, MS 407 (live page, verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USNA finding aid MS 407, Correspondence, 1991 December entry (Box 10 Folder 1)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official archival finding aid naming this hull: the J. Paul Reason Papers (Adm. J. Paul Reason, USN - Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1991-94) contain under December 1991 correspondence 'materials on conditions aboard U.S.S. Affray (MSO 511), rear admiral selections, and the construction of Naval Station Pascagoula (includes photographs)' (Box 10 Folder 1). A fleet-command file on the material condition of a specific ship in the last year of her service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1991
- Population
- Affray crew/reservists in her final service year (1991-92)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the folder contents are unreviewed and undigitized; 'conditions aboard' likely means material-condition/inspection correspondence for a ship of his force, but that reading is inference from his SURFLANT assignment, not established. No asbestos content unless the correspondence itself addresses it.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-affray-mso511-07
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[9]Federal Register, Vol. 54, No. 8 (Thursday, January 12, 1989) - Department of the Navy final rule amending 32 CFR Part 706 (COLREGS certifications and exemptions), Table One amendment naming USS AFFRAY (MSO-511) [federal_register]
- Locator
- Federal Register Vol. 54 No. 8 (1989-01-12), DoN final rule '32 CFR Part 706 - Certifications and Exemptions under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972', section 706.2 Table One removal list, 'USS AFFRAY | MSO-511' row
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Federal Register record naming this hull: a Department of the Navy final rule (effective 27 December 1988) amending 32 CFR 706.2 makes corrections to the COLREGS certification/exemption tables - it removes the prior Table One rows (including 'USS AFFRAY | MSO-511') and adds corrected rows, re-listing USS AFFRAY at MSO-511 with a forward-masthead-light figure of 3.5 meters below the minimum required height, in the same action that newly certifies USS INGRAHAM (FFG-61). Establishes the ship on the Navy register under its own hull number in January 1989 - mid-way through her Newport reserve-training period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1988-12-27 to 1989-01-12
- Population
- Crew/reservists (1988-89)
- Limitations
- Regulatory-list record only: a navigation-lights certification table correction (the same rule corrects other vessels' misprinted rows - e.g., the SSBN-730 entry), not an exposure, material, or condition record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-affray-mso511-08
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[10]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton), 'Frank L. Sample, Boothbay Harbor ME' yard build list (live page, verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Sample page, build-list table rows for Acme/Adroit/Advance/Affray and yard-history paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder-yard record naming this hull: the Frank L. Sample build list includes 'Affray (MSO 511), U.S. Navy, Minesweeper, 780d, delivery 8-Dec-58, Scrapped 2002' - the delivery date matching the DANFS commissioning date - among all four Acme-class MSOs built at the yard (Acme MSO-508 delivered 27-Sep-56; Adroit MSO-509 4-Mar-57; Advance MSO-510 16-Jun-58; Affray MSO-511 8-Dec-58), after WWII YMS minesweepers and 1953 MSC coastal minesweepers for the French Navy. Yard history: established 1840 by Cyrus McKown, later the Townsend Marine Railway and (1917) the Atlantic Coast Company; Frank Sample acquired it 1939 and sold it 2004; the site at 120 Commercial Street, Boothbay Harbor, is now the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1955-1958
- Population
- Frank L. Sample trades (1955-58 build period for this hull)
- Limitations
- Respected secondary yard reference (Tim Colton's Shipbuilding History), not an official registry. Its disposition column reads 'Scrapped 2002' - the breakup-completion year against NavSource's 4 December 2000 DRMS sale; consistent, not a conflict (carried in gaps). The yard has no asbestos-exposure documentation located; presence in this row is construction record only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-affray-mso511-09
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[11]NavSource Ocean Minesweeper (MSO) Photo Index - 1950s-MSO construction description and class organization; plus DANFS spec block (cl. Acme), NavSource hull specifications (four Packard V12 diesels), the navyhistory.org sister-family engineering account (see ev-11), and GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-12) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/02idx.htm index header text and Acme class block; navyhistory.org USS Force (MSO-445) article engineering section; NavSource 11/02511 specifications; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference: the 1950s ocean minesweepers 'consisted of three classes of ships: Agile/Aggressive, Hull numbers 421 to 507; Acme, hull numbers 508 to 518; and Ability, hull numbers 519 to 522... These new minesweepers were smaller and built primarily of wood, with bronze and stainless (non-magnetic) steel fittings to minimize their magnetic signature' (NavSource index); the USN Acme class proper was four ships (AM/MSO-508 to -511, all built 1955-58 at Frank L. Sample). A sister-family engineering account describes the shared diesel plant: nine non-magnetic diesels in two engine rooms, Packard mains, five diesel-driven generators, and 'ship's heating ... from a pair of oil fired auxiliary boilers located on a flat above the engine room.' Built 1955-58 inside the Navy's documented asbestos-insulation era (GAO HRD-80-2, ev-12), a diesel MSO of this type and period would have carried era-standard applications: diesel exhaust lagging, machinery and piping insulation, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and insulation on the auxiliary heating boilers - in a small wooden hull volume. There is no steam propulsion plant, so the boiler/turbine main-propulsion lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1955-2002
- Population
- Frank L. Sample construction trades (1955-58); crew and embarked reservists (1958-92, complement ~78); yard trades across ~25 documented availability periods at a dozen named yards incl. the Braswell repowering; NISMF caretakers; Baltimore Marine Industries shipbreakers (2000-02)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for MSO-511. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. The engineering details come from an Aggressive-class (MSO-445) sister-family account, not the Acme class or this hull; this hull's Packard-to-Waukesha repowering IS ship-specific (DANFS, Braswell Oct 1988-Jul 1989) but carries no material record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-affray-mso511-10
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[12]Naval Historical Foundation / USNI-hosted navyhistory.org, 'Minesweeper USS Force (MSO 445) Experiences' by Capt. George W. Stewart, USN (Ret.) - 1950s-MSO engineering-plant and construction account by a sister-family XO (verified in batch-7608, URL live 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navyhistory.org article, specifications bullet block and engineering-plant paragraphs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Participant account of this hull's design family (Aggressive-class MSO-445 sister of the same 1950s MSO program): 'Force was of wooden hull construction with non magnetic diesel engines and other equipment'; nine non-magnetic diesel engines in two engine rooms (after engine room: four Packard 1D1700 mains in paired packages driving twin controllable-pitch propellers through reduction gears and hydraulic clutches, outboard engines also driving minesweeping generators; forward engine room: five diesel generators including 185 kW ship-service and 300 kW variable-frequency units); 'ship's heating was from a pair of oil fired auxiliary boilers located on a flat above the engine room'; class repowering - 'the original Packard engines aboard Force were later replaced by Waukesha engines as part of a major re-powering program in the 1960s'; class fire history - 'at least 8 ships of the class suffered significant damage due to machinery spaces fires and three of these, including Force itself in 1972, were lost for this reason.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1959-1973 (author's tour 1959-61; class history through Force's 1973 loss)
- Population
- 1950s-MSO crews generally (sister-family account)
- Limitations
- Sister-family memoir (Aggressive class, not Acme class) - establishes the shared 1950s-MSO construction and plant layout pattern, not this hull's as-built configuration in detail. Unlike Sturdy (MSO-494), this hull's Packard-to-Waukesha repowering IS independently documented by DANFS (Braswell, Oct 1988-Jul 1989) - the class-program claim here is corroborated ship-specifically for Affray. No asbestos content - the account does not discuss insulation materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-affray-mso511-11
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[13]GAO, Navy's Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - product page verified live 2026-10-03; full text verified same date in batch-7608 via firecrawl PDF scrape [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page Highlights (policy text) and full-report 'Navy's Policy on Use of Asbestos' section (batch-7608 verification)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO review of Navy asbestos efforts (fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards) documents the era context for this hull: thermal insulation for machinery, equipment and piping systems 'has been the major application of asbestos' aboard Navy ships; Navy insulation specifications began changing as early as 1971 and thermal-insulation specs were revised in 1973 to specify asbestos-free materials, but 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978'; the Navy's elimination policy issued October 1975, with removal/replacement only for damaged insulation or that removed for necessary repairs (1979 modification: selective replacement in high-maintenance areas). 'All ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos' - beyond insulation, asbestos was used in piping-system gaskets and packing 'in Navy shipboard piping systems,' deck/floor tiling, galley-range electric cabling, brakes and clutches, and certain electrical resistors. A ship built 1955-58 and serving 1958-92 predates every documented substitution step.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (Long Beach, Norfolk Naval Shipyards fieldwork); asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull - MSO-511 is not named and no MSO/minewarfare hull appears in the report's attachment tables. Full-text content verified in batch-7608 (firecrawl scrape of gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf; direct curl to the asset returns Access Denied - fetch method noted there); product page re-verified live this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-affray-mso511-12
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[14]Batch-7613 search ledger (this record): live NHHC DANFS (modern Mark L. Evans entry); hazegray mirror transcription; NavSource hull + class index; NHHC photo catalog; NARA deck logs (digitized) and RG 19 plans; USNI Proceedings; USNA finding aid; Federal Register; shipbuildinghistory build list; GAO HRD-80-2; CourtListener (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep; class-profile worktrees [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-affray-mso511-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS Affray (MSO-511 / AM-511) was found in the public sources searched - despite an unusually rich ship-specific record (modern full-length DANFS, ~25 documented availability periods at a dozen named yards, digitized deck logs, a plans file unit, a fleet-command condition file). CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated helper reported the fleet-shared daily quota exhausted (server-requested wait ~4.2-4.3 hours on two attempts); logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing content - mesothelioma.com, mesotheliomahelp.org, asbestos.com, mesotheliomalawyercenter.org, simmonsfirm.com, mesothelioma.net, elslaw.com, freeasbestostesting.com - all listing the hull (as MSO-511 or AM-511) without primary sourcing, excluded by source policy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - and the litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (quota-blocked, not run). NARA deck logs, the RG 19 S103 plans booklet, the J. Paul Reason condition file, and any DRMS/scrapping-contract records for the 2000-02 breakup are located-but-unreviewed leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Name-collision note for any future litigation run: 'USS Affray' also denotes AMc-112 (1941-46), a wooden-hulled Acme-class coastal minesweeper - exposure-window attribution to MSO-511 must be verified per hit.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-affray-mso511-13