Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]DANFS, 'Astute' (AM-148) - verbatim transcription at the losthistory.net/hazegray mirror (live history.navy.mil page returns 404 - standing link rot, same as BATCH-01/1148/1169/1171; re-confirmed 2026-09-22 batch-1471) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Astute' entry, specifications block + service narrative (losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/mine/am148.htm); live URL https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/astute.html returns 404 (re-confirmed 2026-09-22 batch-1471)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DANFS record for this hull: Admirable-class minesweeper (dp. 650; l. 184'6"; b. 33'0"; dr. 9'9"; s. 14.8 k.; cpl. 104; a. 1 3", 40mm.; cl. Admirable). Laid down 7 December 1942 at Tampa, Fla., by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co.; launched 23 February 1943, sponsored by Mrs. M. L. Haney; commissioned 17 January 1944. Following shakedown training, transited the Panama Canal and joined the Pacific Fleet; proceeded up the Pacific coast and arrived in Alaska waters where she served during the latter part of 1944 and the first half of 1945 conducting patrol and escort duty. Decommissioned at Cold Bay, Alaska, on 18 July 1945 and transferred to the Soviet Union under the terms of the lend-lease program; served in the Soviet Navy as T-523; the Soviets never returned her. Reclassified MSF-148 on 7 February 1955; carried on the United States Navy list until her name was stricken on 1 January 1983.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1983
- Population
- Tampa Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-44); wartime crew (design complement 104); Soviet crew and Project Hula trainees (1945)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, builder, dates, service narrative, and transfer - not materials or asbestos content. DANFS's Soviet designation 'T-523' conflicts with Russell's NHHC Project Hula appendix ('T-333,' built from Soviet-era records; T-523 was ex-USS YMS-144) - flagged in ev-uss-astute-amc125-10; the better-sourced value is T-333. DANFS's transfer date '18 July' conflicts with Russell's '19 Jul.' - flagged in ev-10. DANFS runs the entire record under AM-148, consistent with the AMc-125 designation having been reclassified before laying down (see ev-03). Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-astute-amc125-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Astute (MSF 148) ex-AM-148 ex-AMc-125, file 11/02148 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/02148 - chronology block, specifications block, propulsion line, CO list, photo table ('No image of Astute (MSF 148) is available at this time')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource per-hull record: 'Admirable Class Minesweeper'; 'Originally planned as Astute (AMc 125). Reclassified AM-148, 21 February 1942'; laid down 7 December 1942 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co. Inc., Tampa, FL; launched 23 February 1943; commissioned USS Astute (AM 148), 17 January 1944; 'Decommissioned 18 July 1945 at Cold Bay, AK; transferred to the Soviet Union and reclassified T-333'; 'Assigned to the Pacific Fleet'; 'Reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull), MSF-148, 7 February 1955'; 'Reclassified as a Dispatch Ship'; 'Named Kurchum 1 September 1955'; 'Reclassified as a Receiving Ship, BRN-9'; 'Scrapped 18 January 1960'; 'Struck from the Navy Register 1 January 1983.' Call sign November-Echo-Quebec-Alpha. Spec block: 650 t; 184'6"; 33' beam; 9'9" draft; 14.8 kts; complement 104; armament one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, two twin 40mm mounts, one depth-charge projector (hedgehog), two depth-charge tracks; propulsion 'Two 1,710shp ALCO 539 diesel engines, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts.' CO list: LT A. E. Downing, USNR (May 1945). No image of Astute on file.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1983
- Population
- Tampa Shipbuilding trades (1942-44); wartime crew; Soviet crew 1945-1960
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; re-fetched live and confirmed verbatim 2026-09-22 (batch-1471). Notably NavSource here prints the CORRECT Soviet designation T-333 (agreeing with Russell, unlike the DANFS 'T-523' - flagged in ev-10). Its '18 July 1945' transfer date conflicts with Russell's '19 Jul.' - flagged in ev-10. Its Soviet-service particulars - 'Reclassified as a Dispatch Ship', 'Named Kurchum 1 September 1955', 'Receiving Ship BRN-9', 'Scrapped 18 January 1960' - are uncorroborated by any other located source and carried in gaps as unverified. '1,710shp' reads as a per-engine figure in Wikipedia's Russell-derived infobox ('2 x ALCO 539 ... 1,710 shp') while the class article implies a total; figure carried as printed. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-astute-amc125-02
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[3]Identity consolidation - NavSource 11/02148 chronology ('Originally planned as Astute (AMc 125). Reclassified AM-148, 21 February 1942') + DANFS commission record (losthistory mirror) + Colton TASCO yard table hull #58 (shipbuildinghistory.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/02148 chronology block (reclassification line); DANFS entry header '(AM-148...)'; Colton tasco.htm hull #58 row; master-hull-list.json entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- AMc-125 and AM-148 are the SAME HULL, not two vessels - this record consolidates both designations under one vessel_id so no second vessel record is created. NavSource documents that AMc-125 was the 'originally planned' coastal-minesweeper designation, reclassified to AM-148 on 21 February 1942 - which PREDATES the 7 December 1942 laying down. The hull was therefore never built, launched, commissioned, or operated under AMc-125; it was a paper designation only. Every U.S. Navy record of this hull runs under AM-148: the DANFS entry opens '(AM-148...)' and carries the commission as AM-148; Colton's TASCO yard table carries a single row for this hull (yard hull #58, 'AM 148 Astute', delivered 17-Jan-44). The 'AMC-125' rendering in the batch queue is a capitalization variant of AMc-125. The batch-1171 Tier-2 record uss-astute-am148.atlas.json is this same hull's primary record; master-hull-list.json indexes this hull only as 'USS Astute | AM-148 | Minesweeper | Admirable | WWII | tier 2' - no AMc-125 entry exists.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1944 (designation period)
- Limitations
- The reclassification is documented by NavSource (secondary compilation) and is fully consistent with the official DANFS commission record and Colton's single yard-hull row; the underlying BuShips reclassification directive was not itself retrieved (archival lead in ev-11). Not an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-astute-amc125-03
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[4]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton compilation), 'Tampa Shipbuilding (TASCO), Tampa FL' yard table - hull #58 row (AM 148 Astute) + yard history header [other_primary]
- Locator
- tasco.htm - hull #58 row + yard history header; block sisters #57 (AM 147 Assail), #59-61 (AM 149-151 Augury/Barrier/Bombard)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard-table row for this hull: yard hull #58, 'AM 148 | Astute | US Navy | Minesweeper | 650d | 180 | 17-Jan-44 | To USSR as T 523, scrapped 1954.' The TASCO table places this hull in the consecutive Admirable-class block - #57 Assail (AM 147) immediately before, #59 Augury (AM 149), #60 Barrier (AM 150), #61 Bombard (AM 151) after - all 'To USSR' in the same program. Yard history header: founded as Tampa Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. 1917 on the Tampa Foundry & Machine site; renamed Tampa Shipbuilding Company (TASCO) after sale to George B. Howell; ~16,000 peak employment, largest employer in Tampa; ceased operations by 1948; site at foot of Grant Street on the Ybor Channel, now occupied by Gulf Marine Repair.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941-1948
- Population
- TASCO construction workforce (Tampa, FL, 1942-44)
- Limitations
- Compiler's yard table, secondary - corroborates builder, hull number (#58), delivery date (17-Jan-44 matches commissioning), type, and tonnage (650d consistent with DANFS); re-fetched live and the #58 row confirmed verbatim 2026-09-22 (batch-1471). Its 'T 523' repeats the DANFS misidentification (Russell/NavSource: T-333) and its 'scrapped 1954' conflicts with Russell ('1960-scrapped') and NavSource ('18 January 1960') - flagged in ev-10. The disposition column reflects whatever secondary list the compiler used. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-astute-amc125-04
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[5]Russell, Richard A., 'Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan,' Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, Washington DC, 1997 (ISBN 0-945274-35-1) - appendix 'U.S. Navy Combatant Ships Transferred to the USSR Under Project HULA, May-September 1945' + program narrative; PDF mirror at ibiblio.org/hyperwar [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Russell, Project Hula (NHC 1997), appendix p. 39 (Astute AM 148 row: 'Astute (AM 148) | T-333 | " | 1960-scrapped'; 'YMS 144 | T-523' row same table) + pp. 12-38 program narrative; ibiblio PDF mirror (re-downloaded and grep-verified 2026-09-22 batch-1471)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NHHC monograph built on U.S. and Russian Federation archival records unavailable during the Cold War. Appendix row for this hull: 'Astute (AM 148) | T-333 | [19 Jul., ditto] | 1960-scrapped' - i.e., Soviet designation T-333, transferred 19 July 1945 (date carried by ditto from the 19 Jul. block in the same column), scrapped 1960 (verbatim confirmed against the fetched PDF, batch-1471). The same appendix confirms 'YMS 144 | T-523 | [17 May block] | 1946-scrapped' - the T-523 misidentification source: T-523 belonged to ex-USS YMS-144, not to this hull. Program context from the text: all Project Hula transfers physically occurred at Cold Bay, Alaska (Fort Randall), where ~12,000-15,000 Soviet personnel were trained; Admirable-class minesweepers formed the core of the Soviet 16th Mine Sweeper Division; transfer vessels made the final leg to the Petropavlovsk Naval Base in the Soviet Pacific. Post-war: U.S.-Soviet return negotiations ran from February 1946; most transferred minesweepers were never returned; ONI reported only nine Admirable-class minesweepers remained serviceable among Hula ships at settlement time.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1945-1960
- Population
- Soviet Navy crew (1945-1960); Project Hula transfer-program personnel at Cold Bay (1945)
- Limitations
- NHHC official history and the best authority located on the Soviet-service half of this hull's career, but still a secondary historical work, not a ship file. Confirms designation T-333 (correcting the DANFS 'T-523' - which belonged to ex-USS YMS-144, confirmed in the same appendix table), transfer date 19 July, and scrapped 1960; the 18-vs-19 July conflict with DANFS/NavSource/uboat is flagged in ev-10 rather than merged. '1960-scrapped' does not itself date the scrapping to NavSource's precise '18 January 1960' - that detail and the Kurchum/BRN-9 renamings rest on NavSource alone. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-astute-amc125-05
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[6]Vilardebo v. Keene Corp., 431 So.2d 620 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), No. 81-462, rehearing denied June 10, 1983 [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion text, 431 So.2d 620 at 620-621 (procedural posture; employment window)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published appellate opinion records an asbestos personal-injury action by Ruben Vilardebo, an employee of the Tampa Ship Building and Engineering Company whose allegedly hazardous employment ran 1941-1947 - the same yard and window in which this hull was built (laid down December 1942, commissioned January 1944). The trial court entered summary judgment for the defendant product manufacturers on statute-of-repose grounds (Fla. Stat. 95.031(2)) and, for three defendants, on failure to identify their products; the District Court of Appeal held the twelve-year repose bar unconstitutional as applied under Diamond v. E.R. Squibb and Overland Construction v. Sirmons.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941-1947 (employment); 1983 (opinion)
- Population
- Tampa Shipbuilding yard employees 1941-1947
- Limitations
- Yard-level context, not a hull finding: the opinion documents asbestos litigation arising from the builder yard during the hull's construction window; it does not name this hull under any designation, does not identify products aboard any vessel, and adjudicates a statute-of-repose question only - the underlying exposure allegation was never tried on the merits (discovery-stage record at most). Litigation-stage discipline applied: classified at the appellate-disposition stage exactly as published, not as exposure evidence. CourtListener API was unavailable on 2026-09-22 (shared daily quota exhausted); opinion read via vLex.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-astute-amc125-06
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[7]Consolidated era/design inference - documented propulsion plant (NavSource spec block: two ALCO 539 diesels, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts - direct drive; HyperWar class block reads 'Diesel-electric engines, twin screws, 1,800 h.p.') + documented builder and construction era (DANFS; Colton) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/02148 propulsion line; HyperWar ships-dm.html Admirable-class block; DANFS construction/service dates; Colton tasco.htm
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull is a 1942-43-built steel Admirable-class minesweeper with a diesel direct-drive twin-screw plant (two ALCO 539 diesels, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear) - no boilers, no steam distribution. Its insulation load was materially lighter than a steam combatant's, but machinery and construction materials of the wartime era were commonly asbestos-containing: exhaust-system and muffler lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, electrical-cable insulation, accommodation/galley joiner insulation, winch and windlass brake linings, and deck compositions of the period. Exposure-relevant populations if any material was present: TASCO Tampa-yard construction trades (1942-44); the wartime U.S. crew (design complement ~104) across the Gulf/Atlantic shakedown, Panama Canal transit, and Alaska patrol-and-escort tour of late 1944-mid 1945; the Soviet crew of T-333 (1945-1960); and Cold Bay transfer-program personnel.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1960
- Population
- TASCO trades (1942-44); U.S. crew Jan 1944 - Jul 1945; Soviet crew 1945-1960
- Limitations
- Inference from documented design, machinery type, and construction era - NOT a hull materials record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming AM-148/AMc-125 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. The diesel (non-steam) plant makes even era-level inference weaker than for steam vessels of the same era. Soviet-service maintenance and the USSR scrapping process are undocumented in located sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-astute-amc125-07
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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); Fleischer, W.E., et al., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030; GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373 (article); PubMed PMID 21016030; https://www.gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- 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 and wartime construction program under which this hull was built at Tampa Shipbuilding (TASCO), Tampa. The USMC-commissioned 1944-45 industrial-hygiene survey of pipe-covering operations at Navy and contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite.' GAO HRD-80-2 documents the Navy's asbestos-protection program and its insulation-removal policies covering the WWII-built fleet - program-level confirmation that Navy ship construction of this hull's era incorporated asbestos materials and that the material was managed as a known hazard aboard Navy vessels.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; articles 1946/1979/1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding and naval-vessel construction generally; no source names this vessel, class, or builder yard. Pipe-covering findings are less applicable to a diesel (non-steam) minesweeper than to steam vessels. Establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure. Citations re-verified live 2026-09-22 (batch-1471): PMID 21016030 via NCBI esummary ('A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol, Jan 1946); DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311 via Crossref (AJIM 11(3):359-373, 1987); GAO HRD-80-2 full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - product-page description only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-astute-amc125-08
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[9]Combined search ledger (this record): DANFS via hazegray/losthistory mirror; NavSource 11/02148; Shipbuilding History TASCO yard table; uboat.net 5266; HyperWar ships-dm class block + per-hull AM-148 page; Russell, Project Hula (NHC 1997) ibiblio PDF; NARA SL-44 deck-log index + digitized-log list; NVR; NARA catalog; CourtListener API v4 attempts (authenticated, quota-blocked in BOTH the batch-1171 and batch-1471 sessions); fallback general web litigation search [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-astute-amc125-01 through sl-uss-astute-amc125-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for USS Astute / AMc-125 / AM-148 / MSF-148 / T-333: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, preservation record, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Litigation coverage is incomplete rather than negative: the CourtListener authenticated API sweep could not be completed in EITHER session - the shared 2,800/day quota was exhausted on 2026-09-22 in batch-1171 (expected availability ~11,000s) and again on 2026-09-22 in batch-1471 (HTTP 429 on first request, 'Expected available in 11223 seconds'); the public web UI also blocked automated fetch. Fallback general web searches surfaced only name collisions (e.g., Astute Imaging LLC trademark suits) and non-authoritative marketing rosters (mesothelioma.com minesweeper jobsites page lists 'USS Astute | AM-148 | Admirable | 1/17/1944 | To Soviet Union, 1945'; mesotheliomahelp.org minesweeper list carries the name) - excluded per source rules; they carry no hull-specific evidence.
- 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 - a 1942-43-built vessel is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials even accounting for its lighter diesel insulation load. The hull was scrapped in the USSR in 1960, so no present-day survey pathway exists; Soviet-era maintenance and disposal records are inaccessible. CourtListener coverage is now incomplete across TWO sessions (batch-1171 + batch-1471, both quota-blocked) - 'no litigation' cannot be asserted; residual risk that a differently-phrased hull reference exists is logged as a gap. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-astute-amc125-09
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[10]Source-discrepancy resolution - DANFS (hazegray/losthistory mirror) vs NavSource 11/02148 vs Russell, Project Hula (NHC 1997) appendix vs Colton TASCO yard table vs uboat.net 5266 vs HyperWar class block + per-hull AM-148 page vs Wikipedia (Russell-derived) infobox [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/mine/am148.htm; navsource.net/archives/11/02148.htm; ibiblio.org/hyperwar/NHC/NewPDFs/USA Project.Hula PDF appendix p.39; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/tasco.htm hull #58; uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5266.html; ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-dm.html + /AM/AM-148_Astute.html; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Astute_(AM-148)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies logged, not silently merged: (a) Soviet designation - DANFS, uboat.net, and Colton print 'T-523'; Russell's NHHC Project Hula appendix, built from Soviet-era records, carries 'T-333' and assigns T-523 to ex-USS YMS-144 (confirmed in the same appendix table); NavSource also prints T-333 - T-333 carried, T-523 flagged as the legacy misidentification. (b) Transfer date - DANFS/NavSource/uboat '18 July 1945'; Russell appendix '19 Jul.' (Wikipedia follows Russell) - DANFS's 18 July carried in the decommissioned field with the conflict stated; Russell's 19 July carried in prose and ev-05. (c) Disposal - Colton 'scrapped 1954'; Russell '1960-scrapped'; NavSource 'Scrapped 18 January 1960' plus NavSource-only details (reclassified dispatch ship; named Kurchum 1 Sep 1955; receiving ship BRN-9) - 'scrapped in the Soviet Union in 1960' carried; NavSource-only particulars flagged as uncorroborated. (d) Propulsion - NavSource 'Two 1,710shp ALCO 539 diesel engines, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts' (direct drive); HyperWar class block 'Diesel-electric engines, twin screws, 1,800 h.p.' - the documented reduction-gear fit contradicts 'diesel-electric'; NavSource carried, per-engine vs total rating noted. (e) Specs - DANFS/NavSource 650 t / 14.8 kts / 9'9" draft vs HyperWar class block 625 t / 15 kts / 10' draft - DANFS carried. (f) HyperWar per-hull page carries an obvious error - 'Transferred to U.K. under Lend-Lease, 1940' predates the hull's construction; not relied on for any field. (g) Armament - DANFS '1 3", 40mm'; NavSource 'one 3"/50 + two twin 40mm + hedgehog + two DC tracks'; HyperWar '1 3"/50 DP, 2 40mm, 6 20mm' - variances flagged, design-spec vs wartime-fit unresolved.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1983
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies among the official DANFS text, the official NHHC Project Hula monograph, and secondary compilations, adopting the better-supported values and flagging the rest. For the Soviet-service half of the record Russell is treated as the better authority because it used Soviet-era records; DANFS predates that access. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-astute-amc125-10
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[11]NARA, Special List #44 by ship number (sl-44-ship-number.pdf) - negative index finding for this hull + NARA 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' list [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL-44 ship-number list, AM and AMC blocks (PDF text-extracted and searched 2026-09-22); archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online digitized list; catalog.archives.gov API attempt
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival-lead survey result: NARA Special List #44 (List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947, by ship number) was extracted and searched in full - NEITHER 'AM-148' NOR 'AMC-125' (nor 'Astute') is indexed; the AM block carries only selected hulls (AM-66..81 named Bird-class hulls, AM-94, AM-95, AM-134, AM-315+), and the AMC block runs AMC-1..AMC-112+ without a 125 entry. NARA therefore holds no SL-44-indexed deck-log run for this hull in RG 24 Entry 118. The hull is likewise absent from NARA's published list of digitized deck logs in the National Archives Catalog. Remaining archival leads (not retrieved): NARA WWII muster rolls for the hull's Jan 1944 - Jul 1945 commission; NARA RG 19 Bureau of Ships records / General Information Books and the Navy contract file for the TASCO Admirable-class block (yard hull #58) - the plausible home of hull-level material schedules; BuShips reclassification correspondence for the AMc-125 to AM-148 change of 21 Feb 1942 - the underlying directive for the same-hull consolidation documented in ev-03; Project Hula program records underlying Russell's official history (U.S. and Russian Federation archives); Soviet-service records for T-333 (Kurchum/BRN-9 particulars, 1960 disposal) are not held in U.S. archives.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1946 records
- Limitations
- The SL-44 absence is a verified index-level negative - the PDF was text-extracted and the hull searched under AM-148, AMC-125, AMc-125, MSF-148, and Astute; it does not prove no logbook survives anywhere (unindexed accessions and other entries exist). No box-level retrieval performed; catalog.archives.gov returns only its JS application shell to automated fetch (5,454-byte SPA, no records payload). Record-group mapping is not evidence about the hull's materials. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-astute-amc125-11