Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, Bond (AM-152) (builder, dates, service narrative, MSF-152 reclassification; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: originally designated coastal minesweeper AMc-129; reclassified AM-152 on 21 February 1942; launched 21 October 1942 by Willamette Iron and Steel Corp., Portland, Oreg.; commissioned 30 August 1943 (mirror transcription prints '1843'), Lieutenant C. L. Grabenhorst, USNR, in command; operated at San Pedro 2 October-20 November 1943, then steamed to the Aleutians via Pearl Harbor, arriving Adak 13 December; minesweeping operations at Adak, Attu, Dutch Harbor, Kiska, and Amchitka December 1943-June 1944; departed Dutch Harbor 29 June 1944 for San Francisco repairs; departed San Francisco 8 August 1944 for Saipan via Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok; patrolled Saipan vicinity 2-28 September 1944, then convoy escort between Saipan, Ulithi, Guam, and Eniwetok; departed Pearl Harbor 13 May 1945 for Portland, then repairs at Portland and Seattle; sailed to Cold Bay, Alaska, and transferred under Lend-Lease to the U.S.S.R. on 17 August 1945; reclassified MSF-152 on 7 February 1955. Spec block: dp. 530; 184'6" x 33' x 9'9"; 15 k.; cpl. 104; 1 x 3"; cl. Admirable.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1945; 1955
- Population
- Willamette Iron and Steel construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew (design complement 104); Soviet crew trainees at Cold Bay 1945
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The entry's bracketed Soviet-service note is superseded by the NHC Project Hula monograph (ev-02): 'T-593' was actually ex-USS YMS-38, and the 'Bombard ... scrapped in the USSR in 1956' wording attaches the neighboring hull's name (AM-151) and an early scrapping date - correct per Russell is T-285, scrapped 1960. The transcription also prints '1843/1844/1845' year typos and an internally inconsistent 'arriving 7 June' after a 29 June departure. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bond-am152-01
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[2]Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan (Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, 1997), pp. 39-40, ISBN 0-945274-35-1 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Russell, Project Hula (NHC 1997), transfer table pp. 39-40 (Bond (AM 152) / T-285 / 17 Aug. / 1960-scrapped); pp. 24, 27 (simultaneous decommission/transfer/commissioning process)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Navy-published monograph built on U.S. and Russian archival records (NAVSHIPS 250-012 Ships Data 1949; Berezhnoi's Soviet lend-lease reference): the Project Hula transfer table lists Bond (AM 152) -> T-285, transfer date 17 Aug. [1945], disposition 1960-scrapped. Russell documents that Project Hula ships were decommissioned from U.S. service, transferred, and commissioned into the Soviet Navy simultaneously at Cold Bay; T-285 then departed for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and served in the Soviet Far East.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1945-1960; monograph 1997
- Population
- Soviet crew of T-285 (1945-1960)
- Limitations
- Secondary scholarly monograph (Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, 1997) - authoritative for the transfer record but not a contemporaneous ship document. Contains no materials or asbestos information. Corrects the DANFS bracketed note (T-593 / 'Bombard' / 1956) rather than contradicting the underlying U.S. service record; both are carried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bond-am152-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, Bond (MSF 152) ex-AM-152 ex-AMc-129 (photo/data archive page) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource AM-152 archive page, ship history block + specifications block + commanding officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource archive record for this hull: originally planned as coastal minesweeper AMc-129; reclassified AM-152 on 21 February 1942; laid down 11 April 1942 by Willamette Iron and Steel Corp.; spec block lists two ALCO 539 diesel engines (855 shp each, 1,710 shp total) on Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, twin shafts, displacement 650 t.; commanding officers LT Coburn Lewis Grabenhorst, USNR (30 Aug 1943-9 Apr 1944), LT Robert Andrew Gielow, USNR (9 Apr 1944-13 May 1945), LT Jerome Johnson Crowe Jr., USNR (13 May-16 Aug 1945); adds post-transfer Soviet details - reclassified a training vessel, reclassified auxiliary vessel BRN-37 on 11 July 1956, scrapped 18 January 1960.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1960 (compiled)
- Population
- Construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew
- Limitations
- Private photo/data archive, not an official source: the keel date, reclassification dates, and propulsion spec are consistent with DANFS/official records but rest here on a secondary compilation. Soviet-era details are only partially corroborated - Russell supports scrapped-in-1960 but not the BRN-37 designation, the 11 July 1956 reclassification date, the training-vessel reclassification, or the 18 January 1960 scrapping date; those remain unverified (gaps). navsource.org did not resolve from the research machine on 2026-09-22; content retrieved via web-index excerpts of the archive page. No materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bond-am152-03
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[4]Lineaweaver v. Plant Insulation Co., 31 Cal. App. 4th 1409, 37 Cal. Rptr. 2d 902 (1995) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion text, 31 Cal. App. 4th 1409 (Pabco fill-in use at Willamette, 1960s-70s); shipyards.json record 'willamette-iron-steel'
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published California appellate opinion in an asbestos product-identification case records that 'Pabco was used only as fill-in at Willamette in the 1960s and 1970s' - litigation-documented asbestos insulation use at a 'Willamette' shipyard, but limited to a window two decades after this hull's 1942-43 construction. The Atlas shipyard dataset carries the Willamette Iron & Steel record at evidence tier 3 on the strength of this opinion while flagging the yard identification itself as disputed (the opinion names only 'Willamette Shipyard').
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1960s-1970s (documented use); 1995 (opinion)
- Population
- Willamette shipyard insulators (1960s-1970s)
- Limitations
- Yard-level context, not a hull finding: the opinion does not name AM-152, does not document the 1942-43 construction window, and adjudicates product identification rather than exposure aboard any vessel. The 'Willamette Shipyard' in the opinion is not further identified - linking it to Willamette Iron & Steel Corp. of Portland is the dataset's inference, marked disputed there. Included to record that the builder-yard asbestos record does NOT reach this hull's build period.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bond-am152-04
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[5]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 the Navy's asbestos-protection program and its 1975/1979 insulation-removal policies covering the WWII-built fleet - program-level confirmation that Navy ship construction of Bond's era incorporated asbestos insulation 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
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull-specific; establishes era context for WWII Navy construction, not materials aboard AM-152. Does not establish individual exposure, quantities, or present-day presence. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bond-am152-05
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[6]Batch-1176 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live + mirrors), NHC Project Hula monograph, Naval Vessel Register, NavSource archive, Atlas shipyards.json, general web index [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-bond-am152-01 through sl-uss-bond-am152-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Bond under AM-152, AMc-129, MSF-152, T-285, or BRN-37 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener API sweep could not be completed on 2026-09-22 (authenticated 2,800/day quota exhausted on the shared key); web-index checks surfaced no vessel-related litigation - only the ship's appearance on a law-firm marketing roster of minesweepers (excluded source).
- 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 - the hull was built 1942-43 at a commercial yard during the peak asbestos-shipbuilding era and spent its post-1945 life in Soviet service, where Western documentation does not reach. Does not establish that asbestos is or was not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener sweep remains open - logged as a gap, not a clean negative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bond-am152-06