Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]War Shipping Administration, Bill of Sale - Small Craft Requisition Form No. 9, vessel J. DiMaggio (official no. 240022), received June 13, 1942 (document scan hosted by NavSource) [other_primary]
- Locator
- WSA Small Craft Requisition Form No. 9, bill of sale page (scanned document, received-stamp JUN 13 1942)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- War Shipping Administration Small Craft Requisition Form No. 9 bill of sale, received June 13, 1942: Giuseppe DiMaggio, sole owner, sold the oil-screw vessel J. DiMaggio (U.S. official no. 240022; 160 gross tons / 80 net tons) to the United States of America for $91,450 - the federal acquisition document for the hull that became AMc-145 / YP-383.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942
- Population
- Pre-acquisition commercial crew; Navy crew after transfer (numbers not stated)
- Limitations
- Primary acquisition document; establishes identity, seller/ownership, tonnage, propulsion type ('oil screw'), and sale price. Does not state Navy designation, service dates, casualties, or any asbestos or insulation information. Shows the vessel was already named J. DiMaggio when sold - correcting secondary captions implying the name post-dated Navy service.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-145-amc145-01
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[2]U.S. Navy at War 1941-1945: Official Reports to the Secretary of the Navy by Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, Appendix C (HyperWar/ibiblio mirror of the official report) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Appendix C, patrol-craft losses table: 'YP 383 | 8 22 N, 79 29 W | 24 November 1944'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official CNO report to the Secretary of the Navy, 'U.S. Navy at War 1941-1945,' Appendix C (Losses of United States Naval Vessels From All Causes, 7 December 1941 - 1 October 1945), lists 'YP 383' lost at 8 22 N, 79 29 W on 24 November 1944 - the Gulf of Panama.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Crew aboard at loss (number not stated)
- Limitations
- Official loss list gives position and date only - does not state cause, collision partner, casualties, salvage, or strike date, and contains no asbestos information. A secondary forum source dates the loss 23 November; the official 24 November is controlling and the discrepancy is logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-145-amc145-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YP-383 (ex-AMc-145) page, with AMc index and sister-hull pages AMc-144/YP-382, AMc-146/YP-384 [other_primary]
- Locator
- YP-383 entry text and specifications block; AMc index (archives/11/03idx.htm); pages 03144.htm and 03146.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive entry: vessel built 1940 at Tacoma, WA; acquired by the Navy in 1942 and designated coastal minesweeper AMc-145; reclassified as District Patrol Craft YP-383 in May 1942 and placed in service; sunk 24 November 1944 after a collision with USS LCI(L)-873 in the Gulf of Panama. Listed specifications: 80 t.; 87 ft 9 in; 24 ft 3 in beam; 11 kts; one 550 shp diesel, one shaft. Page states 'There is no DANFS history currently available for YP-383.' Sister entries AMc-144/YP-382 and AMc-146/YP-384 document the same Tacoma-built fishing-boat acquisition block reclassified to district patrol craft in May 1942.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1940-1944
- Population
- YP-383 crew, 1942-1944
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (volunteer-edited naval-history reference), not a primary record. Its acquisition year and reclassification are corroborated by the primary WSA bill of sale, and its loss date/position by the official CNO loss list, but the collision partner (LCI(L)-873), the build-yard city detail, and the specification block are not independently confirmed by a located primary source. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-145-amc145-03
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[4]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) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- 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 in which this hull was built (1940) and taken into naval service (1942); wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard vessels including small auxiliary types.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarship on WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or the AMc/YP small-craft group and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. Applicability to an 80-net-ton wooden diesel fishing craft is materially weaker than to the steam-driven combatants the literature emphasizes.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-145-amc145-04
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[5]WSA Bill of Sale (as ev-uss-amc-145-amc145-01) plus NavSource photograph scans 110314501 and 110314504 showing bow name 'J. DI MAGGIO' in fishing trim [other_primary]
- Locator
- Bill-of-sale scan 110314503.pdf; photo scans 110314501.jpg, 110314504.jpg
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The pre-Navy identity of the hull is documented by the WSA bill of sale and by period photographs showing 'J. DI MAGGIO' on the bow in fishing configuration: the vessel already carried the DiMaggio name as a commercial fishing boat before federal acquisition. Secondary captions describing 'the former YP-383 which became the Giuseppe DiMaggio' can read as though the name post-dated Navy service; the primary document shows the opposite sequence - the government bought an existing fishing vessel named J. DiMaggio.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1940-1942
- Limitations
- Resolves a naming-sequence ambiguity in secondary sources. Does not establish the original builder, whether Giuseppe DiMaggio owned the boat from her 1940 construction, the exact date of DiMaggio's acquisition (a NavSource caption states 29 April 1942, unverified), or any post-sinking salvage/resale - none located. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-145-amc145-05
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[6]Batch-1491 search ledger (this record): NavSource archive; WSA bill of sale scan; CNO official loss list (HyperWar); NHHC/DANFS index and hazegray DANFS mirror; CourtListener API v4 (blocked); uboat.net; archive.org MVUS search [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-amc-145-amc145-01 through sl-uss-amc-145-amc145-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, deck-log extract, or docketed case naming AMc-145, YP-383, or J. DiMaggio was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull has no DANFS entry and no located NVR entry; it lies sunk in the Gulf of Panama.
- 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 - period small craft commonly carried asbestos gaskets, packing, and hot-surface insulation. Does not establish that asbestos was or was not fitted, nor any individual exposure or legal eligibility. The CourtListener vessel-name search was rate-limit blocked at research date, so the litigation surface is a flagged gap rather than a confirmed null.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-145-amc145-06
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[7]NARA record-group mapping for small naval craft, district files, and WSA acquisition records (archival path, unretrieved) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Record-group level; no box pulled
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Unretrieved primary paths mapped: NARA RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel deck logs) for YP-383 daily logs and the November 1944 collision report; 15th Naval District (Panama Sea Frontier) files for any board of inquiry into the LCI(L)-873 collision; NARA RG 248 WSA small-craft acquisition file for official no. 240022 (requisition and valuation papers beyond the located bill of sale); U.S. Coast Guard vessel documentation file for official no. 240022 (builder identity, original fishing-vessel name, dimensions, engine).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Limitations
- Lead only - holdings not digitized and not retrieved; no claim in this record rests on them. Likely the only route to crew figures, collision particulars, pre-Navy builder identity, and any machinery/insulation detail for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-145-amc145-07