Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet ce-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: MISMATCH — real identity: USS Bold (the hull was renamed BEFORE commissioning)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-chief-amc67-pkt-ce-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Bold I (AMc-67) - construction, sponsor, in-service date, Mine Warfare Training School / Sixth Naval District service, disposal (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-05) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'The first Bold (AMc-67) was laid down on 27 August 1941 at South Bristol, Maine, by the Bristol Yacht Building Co.; launched on 2 April 1942; sponsored by Miss Ella E. Gamage; delivered to the Navy on 18 May 1942; fitted out at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass.; and placed in service there on 27 May 1942.' She sailed for Yorktown, Va., 12 June 1942, reported to the Mine Warfare Training School for two weeks, then was detached to the Sixth Naval District and 'operated locally out of Charleston, S.C., for the duration of World War II.' Placed out of service 27 December 1945, berthed in the Wando River; name stricken from the Navy List 21 January 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 22 July 1946. Spec block: displacement 200 (full load); length 97'1"; beam 22'0"; draft 9'0" (mean); speed 10.0 knots; complement 19; armament 2 .50-caliber machine guns; class Accentor. Entry by Robert J. Cressman, 31 January 2006.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1941-1946 (entry coverage)
- Population
- Gamage-yard construction trades (1941-42); crew (1942-45)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS does not mention the pre-service contract name Chief - the rename rests on NavSource (see ev-02, ev-10). 'Placed in service' is the DANFS wording - this craft was not commissioned; secondary infoboxes that print 'commissioned 27 May 1942' overstate the status.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chief-amc67-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, Bold (AMc 67) - designation/name timeline, specifications, mine damage, postwar registry (live page, verified 2026-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/03067.htm header timeline block and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: 'laid down 27 August 1941 as Chief by the Bristol Yacht Building Co., South Bristol, ME; Renamed Bold 23 May 1941; Launched 2 April 1942; Delivered 18 May 1942; Placed in service as USS Bold (AMc 67), 27 May 1942 at the Boston Navy Yard; Damaged by a mine 10 August 1942 off Jacksonville, FL that was laid by the German submarine U-98 on 9 August 1942; Placed out of service 27 December 1945 and berthed in the Wando River's Charleston Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register 21 January 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 22 July 1946; Registered in 1948 to Philip Filetto of Gloucester, MA as the fishing boat St. Christopher. Fate unknown.' Specifications: displacement 195 t. (1948: 146 t.); length 97'1"; beam 22'; draft 9'1"; speed 10 kts.; complement 17 (1948: 13); armament two .50 cal. machine guns; propulsion one 400 bhp Atlas 6HM-2124 diesel engine, one shaft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1941-1948
- Population
- Gamage-yard construction trades (1941-42); crew (1942-45); reserve-fleet caretakers, Wando River (1945-46); fishing crew (1948)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS/NVR where DANFS exists. Internal ordering anomaly: the narrative says 'laid down ... as Chief' while its own dated line shows the rename (23 May 1941) predating laydown (27 August 1941) - carried as pre-service name assignment, flagged in gaps. Contains no asbestos content. Spec conflicts with DANFS (displacement, complement) carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chief-amc67-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied warships/merchant-hit database, USS Bold (AMc 67) - mine-damage incident detail, position, sweeping continuation (live page, verified 2026-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 2031, 'Notes on event' block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Incident detail for this hull: 'At 09.30 hours on 10 August 1942 USS Bold (AMc 67) was slightly damaged by the detonation of a mine laid the day before by U-98 (Wilhelm Schulze) off the entrance to St. Johns River near Jacksonville, Florida' at position 30 degrees 24'N, 81 degrees 20'W; 'the coastal minesweeper continued to sweep the minefield they had discovered together with USS Avenge (AMc 66) and USS YMS-64 until 14 August.' Complement listed as 17 officers and men, 0 dead, 17 survivors.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1942-08-09 to 1942-08-14 (incident window)
- Population
- Crew during 10-14 Aug 1942 mine-damage/sweeping period (17 aboard, no casualties)
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary database, not an official record; corroborates NavSource's mine-damage line with incident detail. Contains two errors not propagated here: builder state printed 'South Bristol MA' (it is Maine) and a postwar line 'On 22 July 1948 decommissioned and sold' that conflates the 22 July 1946 MARCOM transfer with the 1948 fishing-vessel registration - DANFS dates carried for milestones (see gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chief-amc67-03
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[5]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton), Harvey F. Gamage yard table, South Bristol, ME - hull-by-hull production list naming this vessel (live page, verified 2026-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Gamage yard table, hull rows 117-121
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Gamage yard production table lists this hull by name and number: yard hull no. 121, Official Number 251526, 'Bold (AMc 67)', customer US Navy, type Minesweeper, 205 tons, 97 feet, built 1942, disposition 'Sold 1946 as fishing vessel St. Christopher.' The same table lists the yard's other Navy minesweepers: Caracara (AMc 40), Chachalaca (AMc 41), Assertive (AMc 65), and Avenge (AMc 66) - Avenge being Bold's documented co-sweeper in the 10-14 August 1942 Jacksonville minefield (see ev-03). Yard summary: Harvey Gamage started this yard, 'which was also known as Bristol Yachtbuilding,' in 1924; it closed in 1981 (marina operation continues on the site).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1941-1948
- Population
- Gamage-yard construction trades (1941-42)
- Limitations
- Specialist shipbuilding-history compilation (secondary), generally reliable for yard production data; 'Sold 1946' compresses the documented chain - out of service 27 Dec 1945, stricken 21 Jan 1946, transferred to MARCOM 22 Jul 1946, registered as St. Christopher in 1948 (NavSource). Tonnage 205 vs DANFS 200 full-load / NavSource 195 - carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chief-amc67-04
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[6]Maine Memory Network (Maine Historical Society) item 79566, 'Minesweeper Construction at Gamage Shipyard, South Bristol, ca. 1942' (South Bristol Historical Society contributor); corroborated by South Bristol Historical Society, 'Harvey Gamage, South Bristol Shipbuilder' (live pages, verified 2026-10-05) [museum_official]
- Locator
- mainememory.net/artifact/79566 (item description, ca. 1942 photo); southbristolhistoricalsociety.org/single-post/harvey-gamage-south-bristol-shipbuilder
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder-level construction documentation covering this hull's build window: MMN item 79566 is a ca.-1942 photograph of minesweeper construction at the Gamage Shipyard, South Bristol, with description: 'From 1940 to 1944, the Gamage Shipyard built minesweepers for the U.S. Military to use in World War II. As shown in the photograph, the vessels were built of wood instead of metal, to avoid detection from sensitive mines planted on the floor of the ocean.' The South Bristol Historical Society shipbuilder profile states: 'The construction of eight wooden military vessels occupied Gamage boatbuilding from 1940 to 1944.' This hull (yard no. 121, built 1942, per ev-04) was constructed inside that documented wooden-vessel program.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1940-1944 (yard program); this hull 1941-42
- Population
- Gamage-yard shipwrights and trades (1940-44 wooden-construction program)
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation that does not name this hull in the item text: wooden-hull attribution to AMc-67 rests on (a) the yard's documented wooden-minesweeper program 1940-44 and (b) the yard table placing this hull's construction there in 1941-42 - strong builder-level inference, not a hull-stated material survey. MMN description is student-contributed via the South Bristol Historical Society; the photograph may depict this hull or a sister AMc (hull not identifiable). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chief-amc67-05
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[7]NHHC Photographic Section catalog, NH 89222 'USS BOLD (AMc-67)' - official photo catalog entry (live page, verified 2026-10-05) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC photo catalog page NH-89222.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC holds a cataloged photograph of this hull: 'NH 89222 USS BOLD (AMc-67)', captioned 'Early World War II photograph', dated bounds 1939-1945, BW photo, NHHC copyright/custody. The same image (U.S. Navy photo NH 89222) is the replacement photo displayed on the NavSource page for this hull (ev-02).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1939-1945 (photo date bounds)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: a cataloged image establishes the hull's documented existence and wartime configuration, not material content - nothing in the catalog entry bears on asbestos. No caption detail beyond 'Early World War II photograph.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chief-amc67-06
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[8]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block (Accentor-class coastal minesweeper, diesel-era spec); NavSource specifications (one 400 bhp Atlas 6HM-2124 diesel, one shaft); builder-level wooden-construction documentation (MMN 79566; SBHS shipbuilder profile); GAO HRD-80-2 program documentation (see ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ev-01 spec block; ev-02 specifications; ev-05 yard documentation; ev-08 program context
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1941-42 wooden-hulled coastal minesweeper with a single diesel engine sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era but outside the high-asbestos steam-plant pattern: era-typical applications aboard a small diesel craft of this period were engine and exhaust insulation/lagging in the machinery space, flange gaskets and valve packing, electrical wiring insulation, possible asbestos-cement (transite) sheet in the small deckhouse/galley fit, and brake linings on the sweep winch and windlass. There is no steam plant aboard - the boiler, steam-line, and turbine lagging pathway documented for larger Navy vessels does not apply to this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1941-1948
- Population
- Gamage-yard construction trades (1941-42); crew (1942-45); any yard trades during Charleston availabilities (undocumented); fishing-refit/crew (post-1946)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for AMc-67. Names era-typical small-craft applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. The wooden-hull structure removes the hull-insulation and structural-fireproofing pathways present on steel combatants.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chief-amc67-07
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented Navy asbestos practice at program level: the review covered 'the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing asbestos from Navy ships, and compensation programs for asbestos-related disabilities' at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; the Navy's 1975 policy was 'to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed to accomplish necessary repairs,' modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas. This confirms Navy-ship asbestos insulation was in general use across the era covering this hull's 1941-42 construction and 1942-45 service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1979 (report); policy era spanning this hull's construction
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program review); era context for all Navy-ship asbestos use
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk - not this hull's builder or wartime base. Does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, or quantity. Product page retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-10-05; gao.gov intermittently blocks direct automated fetch (HTTP 403 observed in prior batches).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chief-amc67-08
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[10]Batch-1604 search ledger (this record): live DANFS; NavSource; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory Gamage yard table; Maine Memory Network / South Bristol Historical Society; NHHC photo catalog; NVR (no entry - disposed pre-1987); NARA catalog; CourtListener API v4 via cl-auth-search.py; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-chief-amc67-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Bold (AMc-67) / USS Chief (AMc-67) was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener sweep completed this session (4 base queries + 1 justified variant): "USS Bold" opinions 0, "USS Bold" dockets 0, "AMc-67" opinions 0, "AMc-67" dockets 21 hits of which every examined result was an E.D. Pa. bankruptcy docket-code collision ('-amc' clerk code), zero ship-related; the justified asbestos-qualified variant "AMc-67" asbestos returned 1 docket hit (Southern Air Holdings bankruptcy, D. Del. 2012) - an unrelated name collision. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing listicles (mesotheliomahelp.org, mesotheliomaveterans.org, freeasbestostesting.com, sokolovelaw.com) asserting asbestos aboard 'USS Bold' without primary sourcing - banned-source class, excluded; the freeasbestostesting listing refers to USS Bold (AM-424), a different hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 2026-10-05
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - it establishes that no public ship-specific documentation exists in the searched repositories. Deck logs (RG 24), Boston Navy Yard fitting-out work orders, and any MARCOM disposal-condition file are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chief-amc67-09
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[11]Name-status correction anchored on NavSource AMc-67 timeline (rename date) and Wikipedia 'USS Chief' disambiguation (secondary cross-check only); PRIMARY all-tier registry note (batch cover sheet): AM-315 and AM-424 are different hulls [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/03067.htm timeline lines 1-2; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Chief (dab); NHHC DANFS Chief (MCM-14) entry existence
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the batch-supplied name 'USS Chief (AMC-67)' is this hull's pre-service contract name, not its service identity. AMc-67 was assigned the name Chief and renamed Bold on 23 May 1941 - before her keel was laid (27 August 1941) and a year before entering service (27 May 1942). The hull never served under the name Chief; all in-service records are under USS Bold (AMc-67). The later Navy Chiefs are different hulls: USS Chief (AM-315, Auk-class, 1943-1955) and USS Chief (AM-424/MCM-14, Agile/Avenger-lineage minesweeper), which carry their own PRIMARY records and are not duplicates of this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1941 (rename window)
- Limitations
- Corrects naming, not a material claim. The 23 May 1941 rename date rests on NavSource plus the Wikipedia 'USS Chief' disambiguation as secondary cross-check; DANFS's Bold entry is silent on the pre-service name, and NavSource's own narrative ordering ('laid down ... as Chief') conflicts with its dated rename - the dated entry is carried (see gaps). AM-315/MCM-14 distinctness is per the batch registry note and NHHC DANFS coverage of those hulls.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chief-amc67-10