Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 849-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-albatross-msc289-pkt-849-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'Albatross VI (MSC 289)' - construction, commissioning, MinDiv 92 WestPac service, Market Time patrols, Sasebo overhauls, disposal. Live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-10-03; text verified against Wayback capture (2016-03-04) and the verbatim Haze Gray transcription mirrored at https://losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/mine/msc289.htm [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Albatross VI (MSC 289)' service narrative + spec block; Wayback capture 2016-03-04 of history.navy.mil .../danfs/a/albatross-vi.html; mirror losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/mine/msc289.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: sixth Albatross (MSC-289), laid down 26 February 1959 by Tacoma Boat Building Inc., Tacoma, WA; launched 22 March 1960; sponsored by Mrs. S. A. Peters; commissioned at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 20 April 1961, Lt. William H. Green in command. 14 months homeported Long Beach, CA (shakedown/type training); departed 2 July 1962 with Mine Division 92 for WestPac; reached new homeport Sasebo 13 August 1962 (Mine Flotilla One). Vietnam service July-August 1964 (entered Camranh Bay 16 July; also operated from Nha Trang and Ben Goi; detached 1 August). 'Market Time' patrols April-May 1965, October-November 1965 (South China Sea), January-February 1966 (south of Vung Tau), May-July 1966 (off Ca Mau peninsula), September-November 1966 (Phu Quoc area, Gulf of Thailand), December 1966-February 1967, September-October 1967 (Nha Trang area), April-June 1968 (42 days in combat zone), October-December 1968, March-April 1969 (Gulf of Tonkin, 44 days). Casualties: port reduction-gear damage February 1963; reduction-gear casualty 13 June 1965 off Vietnam - port engines secured, towed to Subic Bay by Leader (MSO-490). Yard/availabilities: two weeks dry dock at Sasebo September 1963; five-month overhaul at Sasebo February-August 1967; floating dry dock AFDM-5 at Subic Bay entered 15 October 1967; next three and one-half months at Sasebo 'working on and replacing a faulty main propulsion plant' (through early February 1968). Decommissioned and struck from the Navy list simultaneously 1 April 1970 at Sasebo; sold November 1970 to Kitajima Shokai Co., Ltd., Sasebo, Japan, for scrapping. Spec block: dp. 362; l. 144'; b. 28'; dr. 9'; s. 13 k.; cpl. 39; cl. Albatross.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1959-1970
- Population
- Tacoma Boat Building construction trades (1959-61); commissioning detail at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (Apr 1961); crew (1961-70); SRF Sasebo and AFDM-5/Subic repair personnel during availabilities
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational history only; contains no asbestos or material content. Launch date conflicts with NavSource and the builder's own photo caption (26 March 1960) - DANFS date carried, variant in gaps. Complement 39 conflicts with NavSource 50. Spec-block armament string 'a. 1 4"' is a transcription artifact - not carried as fact. Live NHHC page 404s (standing link-rot defect); archived capture and verbatim mirror used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-albatross-msc289-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, Albatross (MSC 289) - designation/milestone timeline, specifications, launch photograph caption, commanding-officer list [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/05289.htm header block, specifications block, launch-photo caption (Tacoma Boat Building credit), commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down 26 February 1959 by Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc., Tacoma, WA; launched 26 March 1960 - the launch photograph caption, credited to Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc., is dated '26 March 1960' ('The tug Drew Foss assists after launching'); sponsored by Mrs. S. A. Peters; commissioned 20 April 1961; decommissioned 1 April 1970 at Sasebo, Japan and struck from the Naval Register the same day; sold for scrap November 1970 to Kitajima Shokai Co., Ltd. of Sasebo. Specifications: displacement 320 t., length 144', beam 28', draft 9', speed 13 kts., complement 50, armament two .50-cal machine guns and one 81 mm mortar; propulsion 'Four 6-cylinder Harnischfeger diesel engines, two shafts.' Seven commanding officers listed 20 April 1961 - 1 April 1970 (all LT/USN).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1959-1971
- Population
- Tacoma Boat Building trades (1959-61); crew (1961-70); shipbreakers, Kitajima Shokai Co. (1970-71)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track NVR/DANFS but it conflicts with DANFS on launch date (26 vs 22 March 1960) and complement (50 vs 39); see gaps. Contains no asbestos content. The 1970 sale predates modern ACM-handling regulation; no hazmat record for the breakup was located. navsource.org (old domain) is dead - this .net URL was verified live 2026-10-03.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-albatross-msc289-02
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[4]U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, 'Newest Minesweepers in the U.S. Navy' (July 1963) - contemporaneous professional-journal account of the 289-class introduction naming this hull [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Proceedings, July 1963 issue, article text (289-class description, Long Beach departure, keel/commissioning dates)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous 1963 account naming this hull: 'the USS Albatross (MSC-289) and the USS Gannet (MSC-290), are the first of the 289-class' - 'two wooden-hulled sweeps' that sailed from Long Beach 2 July 1962 after about a year of evaluation each, bound for Sasebo, Japan, headquarters for Mine Flotilla One, rated 'effective and reliable units of the Pacific Mine Force ... ready for unrestricted operations in Western Pacific' by ComMinePac. Class details: slightly enlarged vs the 121-class coastal sweepers (379 vs 370 tons full load); new fantail arrangement for streaming sweep gear; reliable hydraulic deck machinery; stern cranes able to lift an acoustic 'hammer box' and its float simultaneously; enclosed bridge (a first for coastal minesweepers); hawse pipes; bridge wings; UQS/1 sonar in CIC. Keel for Albatross laid at Tacoma 26 February 1959; launched 13 months later; commissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 20 April 1961.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1959-1963
- Population
- Construction trades at Tacoma (1959-61); evaluation crews at Long Beach (1961-62); Mine Flotilla One crews forward-deployed to Sasebo (from Aug 1962)
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous trade/professional press naming this hull - vessel-history and class-design context only; contains no asbestos or material content. 'Wooden-hulled' confirms non-magnetic construction; says nothing about internal insulation. usni.org returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch on 2026-10-03 (bot-block, not a dead page); article text was extracted via search-engine retrieval of the live page - treat fine details as extraction-verified, page confirmed extant and indexed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-albatross-msc289-03
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[5]Department of Veterans Affairs, 'Navy and Coast Guard Ships Associated with Service in Vietnam and Exposure to Herbicide Agents' (shiplist.docx, benefits.va.gov - verified live and parsed 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shiplist.docx, section 'Ships that docked to shore or pier in Vietnam', alphabetical entry 'USS Albatross (MSC-289)'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- VA's official ship list names this hull under 'Ships that docked to shore or pier in Vietnam': 'USS Albatross (MSC-289) - docked to Junk Training Command Pier, Cam Ranh Bay, on July 22-25, 1964.' This is an official ship-specific record of in-port pier docking during the July-August 1964 Vietnam deployment documented by DANFS (entered Camranh Bay 16 July, operated from Nha Trang and Ben Goi, detached 1 August).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1964-07-22 to 1964-07-25
- Population
- Crew aboard during the Cam Ranh Bay docking, 22-25 July 1964
- Limitations
- Agent Orange (herbicide) exposure categorization - NOT an asbestos record. Documents pier docking at Cam Ranh Bay on four July 1964 days; the VA list's purpose is benefits presumption for herbicide exposure, which creates no finding about materials aboard. Under VA rules, 'docked' category still requires the individual to show presence/visitation; nothing here establishes asbestos conditions, quantities, or any individual exposure. An older secondary compilation (ProPublica) listed this hull with 'no activities' - the VA list is evolving; the current live document contains the 1964 entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-albatross-msc289-04
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[6]Kennedy v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc., Wash. Ct. App. Div. II Nos. 43941-7-II & 45381-9-II (unpublished opinion filed 22 July 2014; reversing Pierce County Super. Ct. No. 12-2-05289-7) - opinion text reproduced as Appendix A in the Washington Supreme Court petition-for-review filing, No. 90792-7 (courts.wa.gov, verified live 2026-10-03) [court_record]
- Locator
- courts.wa.gov petition file 90792-7, Appendix A (unpublished opinion pp. 5-7 of slip op.: 'Tacoma Boat' / 'only insulation contractor' / 'worked extensively' passages; App. B reconsideration order)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Court record documenting asbestos-insulation work at this hull's builder in the decade she was built there. The unpublished Court of Appeals opinion records deposition testimony by two former Tacoma Boat employees recalling Saberhagen (predecessor Tacoma Asbestos) as 'the only insulation contractor working with Tacoma Boat in the 1960s,' one having seen Saberhagen products delivered to Tacoma Boat; the court held 'Testimony from two former Tacoma Boat employees shows that Saberhagen worked extensively with Tacoma Boat in the 1960s' and that the evidence was 'sufficient to raise an inference that Saberhagen's products were used by Tacoma Boat and at their worksites during the 1960s.' Plaintiff Kennedy's own alleged exposure was aboard Army floating machine shops FMS-789 and FMS-6 at Pier 23, Tacoma waterfront, 1964-68 - NOT aboard this hull. Disposition, stated exactly: trial court granted defendant summary judgment (2012); the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded (22 July 2014) holding a genuine issue of material fact existed - a summary-judgment-stage ruling, not a merits finding of exposure. Reconsideration denied 22 August 2014; a petition for review was filed with the Washington Supreme Court (No. 90792-7); its disposition and any post-remand outcome were not located this session. The trial court had rejected plaintiffs' 'sole/exclusive supplier' theory ('There were a number of suppliers on the water front of asbestos products') - the COA found only a jury-sufficient inference, classifying this as a discovery/SJ-stage record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1960s exposure window; litigation 2012-2014
- Population
- Tacoma Boat Building yard workers and insulation subcontractors (1960s); bystander trades at the Tacoma waterfront
- Limitations
- Yard-level litigation record only - documents asbestos products at Tacoma Boat Building worksites in the 1960s, the era and yard where this hull was built (1959-60 launched, 1961 commissioned). MSC-289 is not named anywhere in the litigation; Kennedy's exposure was on Army floating shops, not Navy vessels. Summary-judgment posture: the appellate decision establishes evidence sufficiency (a fact question survives), not an adjudicated finding of exposure or of exclusive supply - the trial court expressly found the exclusive-supplier theory insufficient. Unpublished opinion - non-precedential. Does not establish materials aboard this hull, quantity, or any ship-side exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-albatross-msc289-05
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[7]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block and service narrative (diesel-powered coastal minesweeper, 1959-61 build); NavSource specifications (four 6-cylinder Harnischfeger diesels, two shafts); USNI Proceedings July 1963 ('two wooden-hulled sweeps'); Kennedy v. Saberhagen record for the builder yard (ev-05); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-10) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NavSource specifications; USNI 1963 class description; ev-05 court record; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A wooden-hulled diesel coastal minesweeper built 1959-61 at Tacoma Boat Building sits inside that yard's documented asbestos-use decade and inside the Navy's asbestos-insulation era (substitution not begun until the early 1970s). Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type and period: thermal and acoustic insulation in engineering spaces and accommodation areas, lagging on diesel exhaust runs, machinery gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation on cabling, brake linings on deck machinery (the 289-class carried new hydraulic deck machinery and stern cranes per USNI), and insulation/joiner board in interior spaces. As a diesel-plant vessel she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam ships does not apply; as a wooden-hulled (non-magnetic) sweeps her structural steel was minimal, but machinery, electrical, and outfit systems remained era-standard.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1959-1971
- Population
- Tacoma Boat Building construction trades (1959-61); crew (1961-70); SRF Sasebo and AFDM-5/Subic repair trades during 1963-1968 availabilities; Kitajima Shokai shipbreakers (1970-71)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or crew testimony located for MSC-289. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product terms are normalized era descriptions; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The Kennedy yard record is summary-judgment-stage, not an adjudicated fact about Tacoma Boat practices.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-albatross-msc289-06
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[8]National Archives, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' - digitized deck-log index, Albatross (MSC-289) entry (verified live 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog', 'A' index, 'Albatross (MSC-289)' - Years 1961-1970; series search-within NAID 594258
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's digitized deck-log index lists Albatross (MSC-289) with digitized logs for every year 1961 through 1970 - the hull's entire commissioned life - held as per-year file units in the National Archives Catalog (index links run to catalog.archives.gov/search-within/594258, the Navy logbooks series). These are the primary day-by-day record of positions, port calls, drydockings (AFDM-5, October 1967), and the five-month 1967 Sasebo overhaul and 1967-68 main-propulsion-plant replacement - the raw material for any future work-package or material-reference review.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1961-1970
- Population
- Crew and officers of the deck (1961-70); repair personnel during logged availabilities
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the index confirms the logs exist and are digitized; this session did not read the log images and they are not expected to name materials. Deck logs document movements and events, not insulation content - their value is corroborating yard periods and Vietnam in-port days (e.g., the 22-25 July 1964 Cam Ranh Bay docking on VA's list). No asbestos content at the index level.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-albatross-msc289-07
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[9]Batch-7570 search ledger (this record): DANFS (archived NHHC + verbatim mirror); NavSource verified live; USNI Proceedings 1963; VA ship list (live docx); Kennedy v. Saberhagen court record (courts.wa.gov); NARA deck-log index; NavalCoverMuseum; secondary web litigation sweep; CourtListener (blocked - daily quota) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-albatross-msc289-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, material list, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated case naming USS Albatross (MSC-289) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated API reported daily quota exhausted with a server-requested ~5.4-hour wait, and per batch policy the search is logged as blocked, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced qualifying minesweeper asbestos litigation naming OTHER hulls (the Wineland/MDL-875 record names USS Dynamic, Pledge, Loyalty, Tuscaloosa, and Esteem - none is MSC-289) plus law-firm marketing listicles asserting asbestos aboard this hull 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 - the hull is era- and yard-consistent for asbestos-containing systems, and the litigation-repository search is a genuine open gap (throttled, not run). Builder work packages (Tacoma Boat Building), SRF Sasebo availability records, and the 1970 Kitajima Shokai scrapping contract are unfound leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-albatross-msc289-08
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[10]Identity cross-check: DANFS/NHHC numbering ('the sixth Albatross', entry 'Albatross VI (MSC 289)'); NavSource hull page for MSC-289; NavSource/secondary disambiguation of USS Albatross AM-71 (WWII) and USS Albatross AMS-1 (ex-YMS-80, modified YMS-1 class); navypedia coastal-minesweeper tables (289-class as enlarged Bluebird/SCB-69-derivative units; MSC-289 launch given as 26.3.1960) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS entry header and namesake note; NavSource 11/05289.htm header; navypedia Bluebird/coastal-minesweeper tables; Wikipedia disambiguation (cross-check only, not cited as record source)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION / identity consolidation: this record covers exactly one hull - USS Albatross (MSC-289), the sixth ship of the name, lead of the 289-class, in commission 1961-1970. She is NOT the distinct USS Albatross (AM-71, WWII-era minesweeper) nor USS Albatross (AMS-1, ex-YMS-80), and not the AM-391 contract canceled in 1945 (never built). Any labeling of MSC-289 as a Korean War-era vessel is wrong: her entire commissioned life post-dates Korea - service was WestPac/Vietnam-era (first Vietnam deployment July 1964; repeated Market Time patrols 1965-1969). Of the enlarged 289-class design, only Albatross (MSC-289) and Gannet (MSC-290) remained in U.S. service (USNI; class composition detail rests partly on secondary compilations).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1970 (namesake hulls); 1959-1970 (this hull)
- Limitations
- Identity correction only - no asbestos content. The AM-71/AMS-1/AM-391 distinctions are well documented in DANFS numbering and NavSource; fine class-composition figures ('25 units of the enlarged design, two retained') rest on secondary compilations (navypedia) and are flagged accordingly.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-albatross-msc289-09
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[11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1959-61) and service era (1961-70).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed again 2026-10-03) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-albatross-msc289-10