Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]U.S. Navy Department, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, April 1, 1943 edition (declassified January 5, 1946), second half - District Patrol Vessels (YP) table, book page 812 (digitized scan hosted by ShipScribe) [other_primary]
- Locator
- District Patrol Vessels (YP) characteristics table, book p. 812 (PDF p. 188), row 'YP384'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels (1 April 1943 edition), District Patrol Vessels (YP) characteristics table, lists 'YP384 - District Patrol Vessel No. 384': length 75 ft 10 in, beam 21 ft 6 in, diesel engine; remarks record 'Acquired Dec. 10, 1941; Ex-Lina V; Ex-AMc146.' - the official Navy Department characteristics record establishing this hull's identity chain (fishing vessel Lina V -> AMc-146 -> YP-384), dimensions, diesel propulsion, and acquisition date. The built/built-by cell is blank for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941-1943
- Population
- Navy crew after acquisition (numbers not stated); pre-acquisition commercial crew of Lina V
- Limitations
- Official Navy Department publication - the strongest identity/specification record located. It establishes dimensions, diesel propulsion, acquisition date, and prior designations; it does NOT state builder, tonnage, complement, armament, station, or any asbestos/insulation material. 'Acquired Dec. 10, 1941' denotes the acquisition event the table records; whether that was charter, requisition, or purchase is not specified (see correction row ev-uss-amc-146-amc146-09).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-146-amc146-01
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[2]NARA, Special List #44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number index PDF), 'YP-384 5/19/1942 3/31/1944' row [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, YP block, 'YP-384 5/19/1942 3/31/1944' row; digitized-logs listing at archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (no YP-384 entry)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List #44 (by ship number), the index to U.S. Navy deck logs 1801-1947 held in the National Archives (RG 24), indexes this hull's deck logs under her later designation: 'YP-384, 5/19/1942 - 3/31/1944' - one date range covering the first 22 months of her district-patrol-craft service. There is NO 'AMC-146' entry in the index: logs for the minesweeper-designation phase (Dec 1941 - May 1942) are not indexed, and the final months of service (April - November 1944, through the stricken date) are likewise unindexed. The logs are physical holdings; the NARA digitized-deck-logs page lists no YP-384 among digitized logs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1944 (indexed coverage)
- Limitations
- Index-level finding only - the logs were not retrieved (no paid reproduction authorized) and their contents, including stations, operations, repairs, and any material events, are unknown. SL-44 indexes physical holdings, not digitization status. This is the 'WWII deck logs establish service' reference in the batch task - it establishes the log series' existence under YP-384 for May 1942 - March 1944, nothing more. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-146-amc146-02
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[3]U.S. Navy Department, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945 edition, Vol. II: Mine Vessels (less CM & DM), Patrol Vessels, Landing Ships and Craft (NAVSHIPS 250-011), List of Naval Vessels (digitized scan hosted by ShipScribe) [other_primary]
- Locator
- List of Naval Vessels, 'MINE SWEEPERS-COASTAL (AMc)' block, line 'AM 0146 / Y P384 - returned'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, 13 April 1945), List of Naval Vessels, Mine Sweepers-Coastal (AMc) section, records 'AMc146 - YP384 - returned' - the official designation-chain entry confirming AMc-146 became YP-384 and that, by the publication date, the craft had been returned (to prior ownership via the wartime disposal agency).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1945 (publication)
- Limitations
- Establishes the AMc-146 -> YP-384 designation chain and a 'returned' disposition status at publication. 'Returned' denotes disposal back to prior ownership (the wartime pattern ran through the War Shipping Administration) but the list does not name the recipient, date of return, or subsequent fate. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-146-amc146-03
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[4]U.S. Navy Department, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945 edition, Vol. III: District Craft and Unclassified Vessels (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Vessels Stricken from Navy List (digitized scan hosted by ShipScribe) [other_primary]
- Locator
- 'VESSELS STRICKEN FROM NAVY LIST' table, book p. 620, row 'YP384 ... District patrol vessel ... 27 Nov. 1944'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945, Vol. III (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 15 April 1945), 'Vessels Stricken from Navy List,' records 'YP384 - YP384 - District patrol vessel - 27 Nov. 1944' - the official strike date. Sisters YP-382, YP-385, and YP-386 of the same AMc-143-148 block carry the same 27 Nov 1944 strike date, a batch disposal of returned acquired craft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Establishes the strike date only. Does not state where the craft was, her condition, who received her, or her ultimate fate; the 'returned' annotation (ev-03) and the reported February 1945 WSA transfer (ev-05) are the custody path after the strike. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-146-amc146-04
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[5]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, file 11/03146 - 'YP-384 ex-AMc-146' vessel page (J. M. Radigan/D. Wright compilation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- YP-384 entry text and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive per-hull entry: 'Built in 1940 at Tacoma, WA. Acquired by the Navy in 1942 and designated as a Coastal Minesweeper, AMc-146. Reclassified as a District Patrol Craft, YP-384 in May 1942 and placed in service. Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in February 1945. Fate unknown.' Specifications listed: 80 t.; length 76 ft; beam 24 ft; speed 11 kts; propulsion one diesel engine, one shaft. Call sign Nan-Yoke-Xray-Baker. Page states 'There is no DANFS history currently available.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1940-1945
- Population
- YP-384 crew, 1942-1944
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (volunteer-edited naval-history reference), not a primary record. Its Tacoma-1940 build is corroborated by the independent shipbuildinghistory table (ev-06); the May 1942 reclassification is consistent with the SL-44 deck-log run beginning 5/19/1942 (ev-02); and the February 1945 WSA transfer is consistent with the official 'returned' annotation (ev-03). Its acquisition year '1942' conflicts with the official 'Dec. 10, 1941' (ev-01), and its spec block (80 t, 76 ft, 24 ft beam) partially conflicts with both the official 75 ft 10 in x 21 ft 6 in and shipbuildinghistory's 73 t - secondary figures carried flagged, not asserted. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-146-amc146-05
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[6]shipbuildinghistory.com (Colton), 'Patrol and Training Craft (YP)' table, row YP 384; 'Coastal Minesweepers (AMc)' table, AMc 143-148 block note [other_primary]
- Locator
- YP table row 'YP 384'; minesweepers2.htm AMc table 'AMc 143-148 Redesignated YP 381-386'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- shipbuildinghistory.com (Colton) 'Patrol and Training Craft (YP)' table row: 'YP 384 - (builder blank) - Tacoma WA - 76 ft - 73 tons - 1940 - Ex-AMc 146, YP 1942, to MARAD 1945' - an independent secondary tabulation corroborating the Tacoma 1940 build, the ex-AMc-146 designation, the 1942 YP conversion, and a 1945 federal disposal ('to MARAD'). The same site's 'Coastal Minesweepers (AMc)' table carries the block annotation 'AMc 143-148 - Redesignated YP 381-386.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1940-1945
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation - independent of NavSource but likewise not a primary record. Corroborates Tacoma/1940 build and the 1945 federal disposal; 'to MARAD 1945' versus NavSource's 'War Shipping Administration, February 1945' is a disposal-agency labeling variance consistent with the official 'returned' annotation (WSA handled wartime disposals; MARAD the postwar registry) - unresolved which document each compiler used. The 73-ton figure conflicts with NavSource's 80 t; neither is primary. Builder cell blank. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-146-amc146-06
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[7]Design-bounded assessment compiled from the official Ships' Data 1943 characteristics row (ev-01) and the secondary specification blocks (ev-05, ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ships' Data 1943 YP384 row ('Diesel'; no boilers/steam machinery fields populated for the type)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Design-level assessment of the asbestos-relevant profile: this craft carried a single diesel engine on one shaft in a ~73-80 ton wooden fishing-type hull - no boilers, no steam distribution system, no turbines (Ships' Data 1943 diesel entry; secondary spec blocks concur). The principal asbestos vectors documented aboard steam-era naval vessels - boiler and steam-drum lagging, steam-line insulation, turbine and condenser insulation - are absent by design in this type. Residual era-typical applications remain plausible but are undocumented for this hull: diesel exhaust and muffler insulation, engine gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, joiner materials, and brake linings on winch/windlass gear.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1940-1945
- Population
- Ship's company (unverified); construction trades at the unidentified Tacoma yard, 1940; conversion-yard workforce (unlocated)
- Limitations
- Design inference, not a ship-specific finding: the absence of a steam plant removes the dominant asbestos vectors but does not prove the absence of asbestos aboard - WWII-era gaskets, packing, electrical components, and interior materials could still contain asbestos, and whatever conversion/outfitting the Navy added is undocumented. No located source names an asbestos product installed on this hull. Does not establish presence, absence, exposure, or causation for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-146-amc146-07
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[8]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 (1941-1942); 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 a ~73-80-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-146-amc146-08
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[9]Source-conflict and coverage reconciliation across Ships' Data 1943/1945 (official), NARA SL-44, NavSource, shipbuildinghistory, and the batch-1491 WSA bill-of-sale precedent for sister YP-383 [other_primary]
- Locator
- ev-01 through ev-06 of this record; uss-amc-145-amc145 ev-01 (WSA Small Craft Requisition Form No. 9 for sister hull)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Publication-level discrepancies reconciled or logged: (a) Dimensions/tonnage - official Ships' Data 1943 gives 75 ft 10 in x 21 ft 6 in; NavSource gives 76 ft / 24 ft beam / 80 t; shipbuildinghistory gives 76 ft / 73 tons. The official figures control; secondary figures carried flagged. (b) Acquisition event - Ships' Data 1943 records 'Acquired Dec. 10, 1941'; NavSource says 'acquired by the Navy in 1942.' The WSA small-craft requisition pattern documented for sister YP-383 (bill of sale formalized 13 June 1942) suggests a Dec-1941 takeover/requisition with purchase paperwork completed in 1942 - both dates defensible at different stages, unresolved which event 'acquired' denotes. (c) Disposal - official 'returned' annotation + 27 Nov 1944 strike vs NavSource 'War Shipping Administration, February 1945' vs shipbuildinghistory 'to MARAD 1945' - consistent disposal story with agency-label variance.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1940-1945
- Limitations
- Resolves the record's headline figures to the official publication where conflicts exist; remaining ambiguity (which acquisition event 'Dec. 10, 1941' denotes; exact disposal agency/date) is logged, not guessed. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-146-amc146-09
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[10]Batch-1492 search ledger (this record): Ships' Data 1943/1945 (ShipScribe scans); NARA SL-44 deck-log index and digitized-logs listing; NHHC/DANFS; NavSource; shipbuildinghistory; CourtListener API v4 (blocked); MARAD ShipHistory (blocked); uboat.net; archive.org; general web [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-amc-146-amc146-01 through sl-uss-amc-146-amc146-15
- 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-146, YP-384, or Lina V was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull has no DANFS entry (NHHC site search; corroborated by the NavSource page note) and no Naval Vessel Register entry (stricken 1944, pre-dating the modern register).
- 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-146-amc146-10
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[11]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel - deck logs), RG 248 (War Shipping Administration), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships); NARA SL-44 deck-log index for this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html, /248.html, /019.html; sl-44-ship-number.pdf 'YP-384' row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for YP-384 covering 5/19/1942 - 3/31/1944 (SL-44 indexed, RG 24 - the likeliest primary for stations, operations, repairs, and material events during district patrol service); War Shipping Administration small-craft acquisition and disposal files for Lina V / YP-384 (RG 248 - requisition and valuation papers parallel to the located bill of sale for sister YP-383, plus the February 1945 transfer custody document); U.S. Coast Guard merchant-vessel documentation file for Lina V (official number, builder identity, dimensions, engine - none located online); and BuShips acquisition/conversion records for the AMc-143-148 small-craft block (RG 19 - could hold conversion materials specifications).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941-1945 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-146-amc146-11
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[12]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 loss table, 'YP 383 | 8 22 N, 79 29 W | 24 November 1944'; corroborating strike entry SDB-45 Vol. III 'YP383 ... 22 Dec. 1944'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Group operating context for the AMc-143-148 / YP-381-386 block: 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 sister craft 'YP 383' (ex-AMc-145, built Tacoma 1940 like this hull) lost at 8 22 N, 79 29 W on 24 November 1944 - the Gulf of Panama - after collision with USS LCI(L)-873 (collision partner per secondary compilation). Consistent with the stricken-list entry for YP-383 (22 Dec. 1944) in the same 1945 Ships' Data volume that carries this hull's strike date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Documents a SISTER hull (YP-383, ex-AMc-145), not this vessel - it establishes that part of the Tacoma acquired-craft group served in Panama waters, not that YP-384 did. The collision partner (LCI(L)-873) is from a secondary compilation, not the official list. No asbestos content; included so the prose's sibling-loss context has a supporting row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-146-amc146-12