Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'ACM-1' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'ACM-1' returned 12374 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-chimo-acm1-cl-hull-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'ACM-1' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'ACM-1' returned 28812 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-chimo-acm1-cl-hull-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Chimo' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS Chimo' returned 0 results (2026-10-07)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- zero-hit search; absence of hits is not proof of no litigation
- Evidence ID
- uss-chimo-acm1-cl-name-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Chimo' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS Chimo' returned 7 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-chimo-acm1-cl-name-docket
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[5]DANFS, Chimo II (ACM-1) (verbatim transcription - live NHHC page returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-19; mirrors at hazegray/losthistory.net and HyperWar/ibiblio) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Full DANFS entry incl. spec block; HyperWar summary page https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ACM/ACM-1_Chimo.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS establishes identity and service: built as USAMP Colonel Charles W. Bundy for the Army by Marietta Manufacturing Co., Point Pleasant, W. Va.; converted at Norfolk Navy Yard; acquired by the Navy and commissioned 7 April 1944 (Lt. J. W. Gross, USNR). Served Atlantic Fleet: off Utah Beach 7-19 June 1944 as flagship of Commander, Minesweepers West during the Normandy invasion; Plymouth-based operations at Cherbourg, Baie de St. Brieuc, and Brest through 5 March 1945; stateside overhaul; San Diego voyage repairs/training July 1945; minecraft tender duty off Eniwetok, Saipan, and Okinawa mid-September 1945 - 1 February 1946; Sasebo, then home via Pearl Harbor to San Francisco 16 April 1946. Decommissioned 21 May 1946; transferred to the War Shipping Administration and sold 28 September 1948. Two battle stars for WWII service. Spec block: 880 tons, 188'2" x 37' x 12'6", 12 knots, complement 69, one 40mm gun; class Chimo; second Navy ship of the name.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Limitations
- Authoritative official history via verbatim transcription; establishes construction, service, and disposal milestones but contains no asbestos, materials, or insulation statement - this row supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC canonical URL not located (404); canonical NHHC page needs re-locating before production use.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chimo-acm1-01
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[6]Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts), USS Chimo (ACM-1) class register page - design/construction table and class notes compiled from Naval Vessel Register and official design data; machinery corroborated by NavSource ACM-1 spec block [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class header (design, machinery) and construction/disposition tables; NavSource https://www.navsource.net/archives/11/0101.htm (specifications)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class-register machinery data describes this hull as a 1942-43 steam-propelled vessel: twin-screw, Skinner Unaflow reciprocating engines (~1,200 hp) with header-type boilers; per the same register the Army's 188-foot mine-planter design was specified in November 1940 and sixteen hulls were built by Marietta Mfg. (hulls 474-489, MP-1 to MP-16). Steam plants of this era were insulated under specifications in which asbestos-containing boiler insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, and packing were standard; asbestos presence aboard this hull is era inference, not ship-proven.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (Marietta Mfg., Point Pleasant, 1942-43); Norfolk Navy Yard conversion workers (Apr 1944); crew (complement 69)
- Limitations
- Secondary register compilations, not the primary NVR volumes; machinery data documents a steam plant but neither source states 'asbestos' content. Does not establish quantity, present-day presence (hull sank 1977), individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chimo-acm1-02
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[7]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 under which this hull was built (1942-43) and converted for Navy service (1944) - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard government hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chimo-acm1-03
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[8]Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts), USS Chimo (ACM-1) class register - disposition table, ship notes, class notes; compared against DANFS transcription and NavSource ACM-1 page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Disposition table row ACM-1; ship note for ACM-1; class notes paragraphs 2-3; NavSource https://www.navsource.net/archives/11/0101.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved or logged: (a) Strike date - the shipscribe class register (compiled from NVR data) lists Chimo struck 23 Dec 1947, while secondary sources (e.g., Wikipedia) repeat 19 Jul 1946, which the same register shows as the strike date of five sister ships (Barricade, Barbican, Bastion, Obstructor, Picket); the 1947-12-23 date is adopted pending primary-register inspection. (b) Disposal chain - DANFS states 'transferred to the War Shipping Administration and sold 28 September 1948'; the register shows MC disposal 9 Apr 1948 (NavSource: 'transferred to the WSA in April 1948') and an MA sale entry dated 18 Feb 1948; sequence unresolved. (c) Keel - register shows 1942 (hull completed as MP-15 April 1943) vs NavSource 'laid down in 1943'; 1942 adopted. (d) Conversion window - register gives Norfolk Navy Yard 10-28 Apr 1944 and states ACM 1-3 returned from Europe (Chimo, March 1945) for Charleston Navy Yard conversions; DANFS records only 'overhaul in the States.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Limitations
- Shipscribe is a secondary compilation of official register data, not the register itself; the 1947-12-23 strike and Charleston conversion claims are not yet verified against primary NVR volumes or yard records. Wikipedia's 19 Jul 1946 appears to be the sister ships' date copied onto this hull. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chimo-acm1-04
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[9]Shipscribe ACM-1 class page ship note (ACM-1); corroborated by NavSource USS Chimo (ACM-1) photo archive chronology [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Notes row for ACM-1; NavSource https://www.navsource.net/archives/11/0101.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-Navy commercial history and loss: the shipscribe ship note records the hull sold (awarded) by the Maritime Commission to Foss Launch & Tug Co., Seattle, Wash., and in merchant service as the fishing vessel DAY ISLAND by 1963; she sank 7 December 1977 in the Caribbean. NavSource corroborates the loss - foundered 7 December 1977 in the Caribbean at 12 deg 10'N, 69 deg 20'W - and gives an owner chain: acquired 1958 by MV Day Island, Inc. of San Juan, Puerto Rico; sold 1963 to Otha 'Bill' Martin of San Diego, CA; acquired 1975 by Brac Fishing, Inc. of Medina, WA.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1948-1977
- Population
- Commercial fishing crew (1948-1977)
- Limitations
- Two secondary compilations agree on the 1977 sinking date and Caribbean location, but no primary casualty record (USCG marine casualty file, MARAD, or court record) was located; owner-chain ordering differs slightly between sources (rename date 1958 vs 1963). The 2016 NTSB report on a vessel named 'Day Island' is a different (30-ft wooden shrimp boat) hull - name collision excluded. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chimo-acm1-05
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[10]Batch-427 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; shipscribe and NavSource class pages; MARAD ShipHistory keyword searches; CourtListener API v4 (blocked); general web index [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-chimo-acm1-01 through sl-uss-chimo-acm1-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming the Chimo / ACM-1 / Colonel Charles W. Bundy / Day Island hull was found in the public sources searched. MARAD ShipHistory database returns no record under Chimo, Day Island, or Bundy. The hull foundered in 1977, so no present-day survey or museum disclosure exists. CourtListener opinion search was blocked by rate limiting this session (see search_ledger) - litigation coverage is incomplete, not negative.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1942-43 steam-propelled hull is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the wreck's condition is undocumented. The blocked CourtListener pass leaves the litigation check unfinished; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chimo-acm1-06
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[11]NARA logbook guidance (RG 24, NAID 594258); NARA Guide to Federal Records record-group mapping (RG 181, RG 248, RG 178) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA deck-log guidance page; archives.gov Guide to Federal Records groups 181/248/178
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized): (a) Navy deck logs for USS Chimo (ACM-1), April 1944 - May 1946, are in NARA RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), series 'Logbooks of the U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978' (NAID 594258), National Archives at College Park; many logs in the series are digitized in the National Archives Catalog - this vessel's digitization status unverified. (b) Norfolk Navy Yard conversion records (April 1944) and Charleston Navy Yard conversion records (1945) would lie in RG 181 (Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments). (c) WSA/Maritime Commission disposal files for the 1948 sale lie in RG 248 / RG 178. (d) Army mine-planter construction/acceptance records for MP-15 (Marietta hull 488) are dispersed across Army record groups (Quartermaster water transport and Coast Artillery Corps files).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1942-1948 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chimo-acm1-07