Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, 'Bombard' entry (AM-151) - official NHHC text, verbatim transcription re-verified live this session at the losthistory.net/hazegray mirror; live history.navy.mil returns 404 (standing link rot, same as BATCH-01); hazegray.org unreachable this session but a Wayback capture exists (2024-06-18) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Bombard' entry, specification block + opening line (designation chain) + service narrative (losthistory.net/hazegray mirror, danfs/mine/am151.htm; NavSource 11/02151 links to this mirror as the DANFS entry for the hull)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this designation's hull: '(AM-151: dp. 530; l. 184'6"; b. 33'; dr. 10'; s. 15 k.; cpl. 104; a. 1 3"; cl. Admirable)' - 'Bombard (AMc-128) was reclassified AM-151, 21 February 1942, launched 23 February 1943 by Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Tampa, Fla., sponsored by Mrs. Vivian Broadwater; and commissioned 31 May 1944, Lieutenant D. M. Elder, USNR, in command.' The official record establishes that AMc-128 was a pre-construction contract designation only: the reclassification (21 Feb 1942) precedes the laying down (7 Dec 1942, NavSource) by more than nine months - no hull was ever laid down, launched, or commissioned under AMc-128; the contracted ship entered service as USS Bombard (AM-151).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1955
- Population
- TASCO construction trades (Tampa, 1942-44); wartime crew (design complement 104), 1944-45
- Limitations
- DANFS documents the designation chain and the built hull's identity and service history - not materials or asbestos content; the entry contains no materials statement of any kind. The mirror's '18 July 1845' is a transcription typo for 1945. The transcriber's appended note ('T-526', 'reputed to have been scrapped in the USSR in 1956') is not DANFS text and conflicts with Russell's official NHHC appendix (T-336; 1963-stricken) - resolved in the canonical record's correction row, not re-litigated here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bombard-amc128-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Bombard (MSF 151) ex-AM-151, ex-AMc-128, file 11/02151 (live fetch via navsource.net mirror succeeded this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/02151 - page heading 'ex-AMc-128' + chronology block ('Originally planned as Bombard (AMc 128). Reclassified AM-151, 21 February 1942. Laid down 7 December 1942...')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource per-hull page, headed 'Admirable Class Minesweeper' and titled 'Bombard (MSF 151) ex-AM-151 ex-AMc-128': 'Originally planned as Bombard (AMc 128). Reclassified AM-151, 21 February 1942. Laid down 7 December 1942 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co. Inc., Tampa, FL. Launched 23 February 1943. Commissioned USS Bombard (AM 151), 31 May 1944. Decommissioned 18 July 1945 at Cold Bay, AK; transferred to the Soviet Union and reclassified T-336...' The Tampa Shipbuilding order was thus an AMc-designated contract redesignated to the Admirable-class fleet-minesweeper program before keel-laying; the AMc-128 number was never carried by a ship in service.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1983
- Population
- TASCO construction trades (1942-44); wartime crew (complement 104); Soviet crew 1945-63
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archival page - the sole located source for the exact 21 Feb 1942 redesignation date paired with the laid-down date (7 Dec 1942) that proves the redesignation preceded construction; consistent with DANFS on the chain. Its Soviet-service details (Pacific Fleet 11 Aug 1945, dispatch ship 4 Mar 1953, Gydan 16 Jun 1954, scrapped 12 Feb 1963) and the 1 Jan 1983 U.S. strike are uncorroborated by DANFS or Russell and live in the canonical record's gaps. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bombard-amc128-02
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[3]Atlas canonical record uss-bombard-am151.atlas.json (branch batch-1175/uss-bombard-am151, Tier 2, PRIMARY) + DANFS/NavSource designation-chain rows ev-01/ev-02 [other_primary]
- Locator
- uss-bombard-am151.atlas.json (canonical, branch batch-1175/uss-bombard-am151); this record's evidence rows ev-01, ev-02
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- All-tier consolidation: AMc-128 and AM-151 are one contract hull, not two vessels. The batch listing 'USS Bombard (AMC-128)' resolves to the canonical record uss-bombard-am151 (Tier 2, batch-1175, researched same day 2026-09-22), which carries the full service history (commissioned 31 May 1944; Tutuila/Samoa ASW patrols Aug-Sep 1944; San Francisco transit; Alaska patrol and minesweeping duties; decommissioned and transferred to the USSR at Cold Bay under Project Hula - 18 Jul 1945 per DANFS/NavSource/uboat, 19 Jul per Russell's official NHHC appendix), the Soviet-era designations (T-336 per Russell/NavSource, with the Colton/uboat/hazegray 'T-526' reading resolved as ex-USS YMS-435's designation; Gydan 1954; dispatch ship 1953), the 7 Feb 1955 administrative reclassification to MSF-151, the 1963 Soviet stricken/scrapped disposition, and the 1 Jan 1983 U.S. Naval Register strike. This record exists so the former designation resolves to the canonical hull rather than reading as a second vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941-1983
- Limitations
- Internal consolidation statement - asserts only the one-hull identity, itself supported by the DANFS and NavSource rows ev-01/ev-02; the underlying evidence chain (11 evidence rows, 13-ledger search trail) is the canonical record's and is not duplicated here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bombard-amc128-03
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[4]NARA, Special List 44 - Named Vessels (finding aid to Vessel and Station Log Books, RG 24) + NARA 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessels up through 1961' (RG 19 guided-topic page) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 named-vessels table, 'Bombard (AM-151)' row (5/31/1944-7/18/1945); archives.gov asbestos guided topic, 'General Information Books' and 'Ship Engineering Drawings' sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- All federal archival records for this hull are indexed under AM-151, not the AMc designation: NARA Special List 44 (re-verified live this session) holds one deck-log volume as 'Bombard (AM-151)' covering 5/31/1944-7/18/1945 - the entire commissioned period; no AMc-128 index entries exist. NARA's asbestos-research guide (live 200 this session) identifies the series that would hold hull-level material specifications - RG 19 Entry P-11 Minesweeper and Minelayer General Information Books (Item S-68, 1940-1962) and the hull-number-arranged Ship Engineering Drawings (S39 Insulation and Lagging, S48 Piping, S103 Booklets of General Plans). Any researcher tracing 'AMc-128'/'AMC-128' must search the archive as AM-151.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (logbook coverage); guides current as of 2026-09-22
- Population
- USN complement aboard the built hull, 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - documents which series exist and under which hull number, not that hull-specific material survives in them; no drawing or GIB was retrieved or confirmed. Deck logs are operational records, not materials documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bombard-amc128-04
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[5]CourtListener searches 2026-09-22: public web opinion index (type=o) and RECAP docket index (type=r) this session; authenticated REST API v4 attempted and throttled (HTTP 429, shared 2800/day batch quota) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-bombard-amc128-06 through sl-uss-bombard-amc128-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull under any designation located this session: 'USS Bombard' returned 0 opinions and 0 RECAP dockets (the RECAP sweep is new - the canonical record could not run it under its throttle); 'Bombard minesweeper asbestos' returned 0 opinions; 'AMC-128' and 'AMC 128' each returned 3 opinions, all collisions on review - every hit is an 'AMC 128' citation to the American Maritime Cases reporter (e.g. '1946 AMC 128' in Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Crochet, E.D. La. 1968; Koch-Ellis Marine Contractors v. Sewerage & Water Board, 5th Cir. 1955, and its duplicate 'No. 15029' record); 'AM-151' returned 26 opinions, all collisions on review - form/document/docket-number strings in unrelated cases (NY no-fault insurance line: Parisien v. Allstate 2022, Trans Med Supply v. Country Wide 2020, Family One Chiropractor 2019, Biotech Surgical Supply 2019; Weksler v. Weksler 2011; Ray v. Pet Parlor 2005; Sidman v. Travelers 2016; Pom Wonderful v. Welch Foods 2010; Plains Commerce Bank 2012). The authenticated API v4 returned HTTP 429 'Rate limit exceeded: 2800/day' (retry-after ~10,870s) on first call - shared batch quota consumed by same-day parallel runs; 'AM-151' type=r, 'AMc-128' (lowercase variant - substantively covered by the case-insensitive 'AMC-128' sweep), and bare 'Bombard' type=r queries hit a CloudFront/WAF challenge (HTTP 202, empty body) after six successful queries and are logged blocked, not retried into a ban.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 2026-09-22
- Limitations
- Negative finding from index search, not proof no claim was ever filed - CourtListener coverage skews to digitized federal opinions and RECAP dockets; state-court filings and non-digitized dockets are underrepresented. The 'AM-151' RECAP sweep and bare-'Bombard' docket sweep remain unrun (WAF challenge); the authenticated API was quota-blocked all session. A pleading naming this hull would be an allegation, not a finding - none was located. Establishes only that no qualifying case was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bombard-amc128-05
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[6]DANFS AM-151 entry (vessel type, builder, 1942-43 construction window) + NavSource propulsion data (diesel plant: 'two 1,710shp ALCO 539 diesel engines, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts') - full assessment maintained at uss-bombard-am151 ev-06/ev-07 [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS AM-151 entry (construction record); NavSource 11/02151 specifications block; canonical rows ev-uss-bombard-am151-06/-07
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/type inference for the physical hull - built as AM-151, a steel Admirable-class fleet minesweeper at Tampa Shipbuilding, launched 1943, during the period when asbestos supply was federally reserved for shipbuilding - plausibly carried period-standard asbestos-containing materials in applications typical for a small diesel combatant: exhaust-system and muffler lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, electrical-cable insulation, accommodation and galley joiner insulation, winch/windlass and minesweep-gear brake linings, and deck covering. Because the plant was diesel direct-drive (two ALCO 539 engines, no boilers or steam lines), the dominant WWII asbestos pathway aboard steam vessels - boiler and steam-line lagging - did not exist on this hull, and the inference is correspondingly weaker. This inference applies identically here because AMc-128 is the same hull's pre-construction designation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1963
- Population
- TASCO construction trades (1942-44); USN crew 1944-45; Cold Bay transfer personnel (Navy Detachment 3294); Soviet Navy crew 1945-63
- Limitations
- Inference from era, builder, and vessel type only - no ship-specific document names any asbestos product aboard this hull under any designation; no material schedule located (the NARA RG 19 series in ev-04 are the lead). Applies to the built hull AM-151; the AMc-128 designation itself carried no ship and so has no asbestos history of its own.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bombard-amc128-06
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[7]Atlas shipyard dataset record 'tampa-bay-shipbuilding' (shipyards.json): Tampa Bay Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, FL (aliases incl. TASCO, Tampa Shipbuilding Company), WWII peak employment 16,000 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json record 'tampa-bay-shipbuilding' (yard_id, aliases, wwii_peak_employment fields)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Builder-yard context: the Atlas shipyards dataset carries Tampa Bay Shipbuilding Company - the contract holder for the AMc-128 order and builder of the hull as AM-151 - with WWII peak employment 16,000 (1941-1945); the canonical record documents the yard-level asbestos-product listing carried at context level.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1944 (this hull's construction window, as AM-151)
- Population
- Tampa Shipbuilding trades, 1941-1945 peak
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull record - asbestos products documented at the yard do not establish installation aboard this hull. The dataset's yard record is carried at face value; underlying yard-level citations are not inspectable from the dataset file.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bombard-amc128-07