Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 1090-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: MISMATCH
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-chinaberry-yn82-pkt-1090-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Chinaberry (AN-61) - launch, reclassification, commissioning, Atlantic/Pacific service narrative, decommissioning, sale (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page returned 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block for Chinaberry (AN-61)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'Chinaberry (AN-61) was launched 19 July 1943 by Snow Shipyards, Inc., Rockland, Me., as YN-82; reclassified AN-61 and named Chinaberry 20 January 1944; and commissioned 12 March 1944, Lieutenant Commander K. G. Cady, USNR, in command.' Sailed from New York 24 June 1944 in convoy for Belfast, arriving 10 July; net tender in European waters principally off France until 12 December; cleared Plymouth in convoy for Charleston, S.C., arriving 6 February 1945; after overhaul sailed 26 March for Narragansett Bay for experimental net operations and pre-commissioning crew training for net tenders; sailed from New York 11 May 1945 for the Canal Zone, then San Diego, San Francisco, Pearl Harbor, arriving 28 June; tended nets at Eniwetok 19 July - 5 November 1945; arrived San Pedro 5 December; decommissioned 26 March 1946 at Mare Island; sold 27 February 1950. Spec block: dp. 1,100; l. 194'7"; b. 37'; dr. 13'6"; s. 12 k.; cpl. 56; a. 1 x 3"; cl. Ailanthus.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1943-1950
- Population
- Snow Shipyards construction trades (1942-43); crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Live NHHC DANFS page returned 404 on 2026-10-05 (standing NHHC link-rot defect since BATCH-01); verbatim transcription used via losthistory.net/hazegray mirror. DANFS gives decommissioning as 26 March 1946 and omits the striking date entirely.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chinaberry-yn82-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Chinaberry (AN-61) ex Chinaberry (YN-82) - designation timeline, specifications, commanding officers, awards, launch photographs (live page verified) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 09/18/18061.htm header block, specifications block, awards, commanding-officer table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down as YN-82 at Snow Shipyards, Inc., Rockland, ME; launched 19 July 1943; named Chinaberry 20 January 1944; commissioned USS Chinaberry (AN-61) 12 March 1944, LCDR Kenneth G. Cady USNR in command; served in both Europe-Africa-Middle East and Asiatic-Pacific theaters; decommissioned 25 March 1946 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal; sold 27 February 1950, fate unknown. Specifications: 1,400 t. (lim); 194'6" x 37' x 13'6"; 12.3 kts (trial); complement 4 officers + 52 enlisted; largest boom capacity 12 t.; one single 3"/50 DP mount and four twin 20mm AA mounts; one Busch-Sulzer 539 diesel-electric engine, two diesel-drive 60kW 120V DC ship's-service generators, fuel 665 bbls, single propeller 2,500 shp. Radio call sign NCPS. Awards: American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal. Photo captions document Mrs. Otis M. Mader (wife of LT Otis M. Mader) christening YN-82 at Snow Shipyards 19 July 1943. Commanding officers: LCDR K. G. Cady 12 Mar 1944 - 26 Mar 1945; LT J. A. Marston 26 Mar 1945 - 9 Jan 1946; LT R. G. Partridge 9 Jan 1946 - 25 Mar 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1942-1950
- Population
- Snow Shipyards trades (1942-43); crew (1944-46); disposal/shipbreaking trades post-1950
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its decommissioning date (25 Mar 1946) conflicts with DANFS/shipscribe (26 Mar 1946) - see gaps. Its 'struck date unknown' is superseded by shipscribe's 5 Mar 1947. Launch-caption year '1944' on one photograph caption is a typographical error (launch was 19 July 1943). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chinaberry-yn82-02
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[4]Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts), USS Ailanthus (AN-38) Class data page - construction table, disposal table, and per-ship notes for AN-61 (live page verified) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe.com/usnaux/AN/AN38.html construction table (AN-61 row), disposal table (AN-61 row), per-ship notes (61 CHINABERRY)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe construction and disposal data for this hull: ordered 30 July 1942; keel laid 24 September 1942 at Snow Shipyards; launched 19 July 1943; commissioned 12 March 1944; decommissioned 26 March 1946; stricken 5 March 1947; disposal 27 February 1950, 'Sold.' Per-ship note: 'Ex YN-82 20 Jan 44. Withdrawn from MC sale program by Navy 14 Oct 47 and held for possible transfer to the Netherlands, hold released Jul 48. Sold by Navy 24 Jan 50, to buyer 27 Feb 50.' - the 27 February 1950 date in DANFS/NavSource is the buyer-delivery date; the Navy sale was 24 January 1950.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1942-1950
- Population
- Crew and disposal trades (1946-50)
- Limitations
- Expert-compiled register (Roberts, from Bureau of Ships/MC records), not itself a primary document; its dates are the most complete sequence located and resolve NavSource's 'struck date unknown.' The Netherlands-transfer hold and the two-stage sale are found only here among sources checked. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chinaberry-yn82-03
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[5]Shipscribe, Ailanthus (AN-38) class design/program notes - wood hulls, machinery, program history (live page verified) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe.com/usnaux/AN/AN38.html class header data and Class Notes paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class data: design Navy YN-57/AN-38; displacement 1,175 tons light / 1,460 lim; 194.5' oa x 169.2' wl x 37.0' x 13.5' lim; original armament 1-3"/50, 2-20mm (later 4-20mm from Nov 1944); complement 43 (1944); 12.1 kts; diesel-electric, 1 screw, 1,200 hp; wood hulls substituted for steel about 10 April 1942; 35 ships completed for the US Navy plus five for the Royal Navy, built 1942-44 at six yards (Everett-Pacific, Pollock-Stockton, Barbour Boat, Snow Shipyards (4 hulls), American Car & Foundry, Canuelette). Construction began as YN 57-96 under the 1799 Vessels Program after a redistribution of small-combatant contracts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Construction trades at the six class yards (1942-44)
- Limitations
- Class-level design/program data - not hull-specific; class complement (43) conflicts with this hull's DANFS/NavSource complement (56). No asbestos content; the wood-hull substitution is relevant context because it narrows the era-standard insulation footprint vs. steam-driven steel hulls.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chinaberry-yn82-04
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[6]NARA file unit NAID 125768203, 'Chinaberry (AN-61), 3/12/44-3/26/46' - muster rolls, microfilm Roll 1074, RG 24 series 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' (NAID 594996), 169 digitized page images (Ancestry partnership); images examined directly [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog NAID 125768203; digital images 32662_241107-00002 (forwarding sheet), -00003 (commissioning Report of Changes), -00164/-00165 (final Reports of Changes, Feb-Mar 1946)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's muster-roll file is digitized and was examined. The first quarterly roll (NAVPERS 605 forwarding sheet, quarter ending 31 March 1944) is annotated '(Comm) 3-12-44 to 3-25-46 Decom' and was forwarded 5 April 1944 'From Atlantic Ship Yards, Boston, Mass.' - signed by J. A. Marston, Lt.(jg) USNR, Executive Officer, and approved by K. G. Cady, Lieut., USNR, Commanding Officer. The commissioning Report of Changes (NAVPERS 605-B) records the plankowner enlisted crew 'Received 12 March 1944' from 'Receiving Station, Bath, Maine' - named men with ratings (StM1c, BM1c, SM3c, S2c, EM2c, MoMM1c, RM2c, SF1c, Ck2c, Cox, MM1c, SoM2c, Y2c) enlisted at stations including Norfolk, Richmond, Houston, Chattanooga, New York, Raleigh, Albany, Providence, Bath, and Jacksonville. The final monthly Report of Changes (month ending 26 March 1946, received-stamped April 1946, signed R. G. Partridge, Lieut., USNR, Commanding) documents the end-of-service crew dispersal: bulk enlisted transfers 'Trans.' dated 3-25-46 to 'RecSta. San Pedro, Calif.' for discharge at the separation center nearest home address or 'for FURAS by COMWESTSEAFRON' - crew reduction concentrated on 25 March 1946, corroborating the 25 March decommissioning variant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944-03-12 through 1946-03-26
- Population
- Commissioning crew (~plankowner enlisted complement listed by name); all hands 1944-46 per successive quarterly rolls
- Limitations
- Personnel/administrative record only - establishes crew population, commissioning-day crew provenance (Bath, ME receiving station), and Boston-area presence in the fitting-out window; contains no asbestos or material data. The forwarding sheet's handwritten '3-25-46 Decom' conflicts with the catalog's own coverage end-date (3/26/46) and DANFS (26 March) - see gaps. 'Atlantic Ship Yards, Boston' is a forwarding location, not proof of where fitting-out work was performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chinaberry-yn82-05
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[7]NARA file unit NAID 101770247, 'USS CHINABERRY - War Diary, 7/1-31/45' - RG 38 series 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (NAID 4697018), micro serial 135421, Roll A1785, 4 digitized pages (Fold3); examined directly [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog NAID 101770247, 4 page-images (Fold3 file 296531917, Roll A1785)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- July 1945 war diary (serial #09, dated 3 Aug 1945, CONFIDENTIAL, signed J. A. Marston): 1 July moored starboard side to DE docks, Pearl Harbor, T.H., for voyage repairs, personnel training, and onward routing, attached to Commander Minecraft, U.S. Pacific Fleet; 2 July loaded ammunition; 3 July ran degaussing range and fueled; 4 July inspected by Administrative Command Minecraft PacFlt party; 5 July underway as Task Unit 18.2.7 (LT J. A. Marston CTU) with USS YMS-98 and USS SC-671 for Majuro via Johnston Island, firing 18 rounds 3"/50 AA and 1,620 rounds 20mm AA at a towed sleeve; anchored off Johnston Island 8-9 July while YMS-98 and SC-671 fueled; entered Majuro lagoon 15 July; underway for Eniwetok 17 July, passed Kwajalein 18 July; entered Eniwetok channel and anchored Berth R-6 'A' anchorage 19 July, TU 18.2.7 dissolved; reported to CTF 96 for duty 20 July; reported to Atoll Commander Eniwetok for Net Defense duty 21 July; 22-31 July 'installation and maintenance of net defenses.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1945-07
- Population
- Crew (~56 complement) at Pearl Harbor and in transit Jul 1945
- Limitations
- Operational record only - documents locations, task organization, and net-defense duty; contains no asbestos or material data. 'Voyage repairs' at Pearl Harbor DE docks does not name the performing activity or scope of work. Establishes ship presence, not individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chinaberry-yn82-06
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[8]NARA file units NAID 83550170 (War Diary 8/1-31/45, micro serial 138546, Roll A1835, 1 image) and NAID 77530009 (War Diary 9/1-30/45, micro serial 145991, Roll A1916, 1 image) - RG 38 WWII War Diaries; examined directly [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog NAID 83550170 (1 image, Fold3 file 300353829); NAID 77530009 (1 image, Fold3 file 300867712)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- August 1945 war diary (serial #015, dated 6 Sept 1945): '1 August - 31 August: Attached to CTF 96 (Rear Admiral W. K. Harrill, USN, Commander Marshall Gilbert Area) with further assignment to Atoll Commander, Eniwetok, connection installation and maintenance of nets.' September 1945 war diary (serial #019, dated 10 October 1945): identical duty statement for 1-30 September. Both signed J. A. Marston. These are the ship's own monthly operational reports for the Eniwetok net-defense period summarized by DANFS as 'tended nets at Eniwetok' 19 July - 5 November 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1945-08 through 1945-09
- Population
- Crew (~56 complement) at Eniwetok Atoll Aug-Sep 1945
- Limitations
- Operational record only - establishes net installation/maintenance duty at Eniwetok Atoll Aug-Sep 1945; contains no asbestos or material data. The catalog's digitized war-diary run for this hull begins July 1945; earlier-month diaries (Atlantic/European service) were not located in the catalog - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chinaberry-yn82-07
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[9]NARA Special List #44 (deck-log inventory by ship number), 'AN-61 ... 3/12/1944 ... 6/11/1944' (PDF verified live; extracted with pdftotext -layout) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf line item 'AN-61 3/12/1944 6/11/1944'; digitized-logs list at archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (ship absent)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's deck-log inventory lists AN-61 deck logs covering 12 March 1944 - 11 June 1944 only: commissioning through the shakedown/pre-deployment window, ending 13 days before her 24 June 1944 convoy departure for Belfast. Chinaberry does not appear on NARA's 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' digitized list, and no deck-log file unit for this hull was located in the catalog search - the inventoried logbooks are physical holdings at Archives II, College Park.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944-03-12 through 1944-06-11
- Population
- Crew, commissioning-shakedown window (Mar-Jun 1944)
- Limitations
- Holdings inventory, not the logs themselves: deck-log coverage for this hull stops at 11 June 1944 - later commissioned-period logs (European, Charleston, Narragansett, Pacific, decommissioning) are not in the Special List #44 inventory and their whereabouts are unverified. No asbestos content; logs would record operational/location data, not material inventories.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chinaberry-yn82-08
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[10]Era inference built on: shipscribe class data (wood hulls substituted for steel ~10 Apr 42; diesel-electric, 1 screw); NavSource specifications (Busch-Sulzer 539 diesel-electric, 2 x 60kW diesel generators, single propeller); DANFS spec block; GAO HRD-80-2 program documentation (ev-10) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe class notes; NavSource specifications; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A wooden-hulled diesel-electric net laying ship built 1942-44 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos era. Era-standard small-ship applications aboard a vessel of this type and period: diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, deck coverings, and winch/boom brake linings - this hull's documented work was heavy net handling (12-ton boom; 'installation and maintenance of net defenses' at Eniwetok per her own war diaries). As a diesel-electric wooden ship she carried no steam plant and a smaller machinery footprint than steam-driven classes; the boiler/turbine lagging pathway does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1942-1950
- Population
- Snow Shipyards construction trades (1942-43); crew (1944-46); yard trades at Charleston overhaul (Feb-Mar 1945), Pearl Harbor voyage repairs (Jul 1945), Mare Island decommissioning (Mar 1946); disposal trades post-1950
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution. Wood hulls reduce but do not eliminate the era-standard asbestos footprint.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chinaberry-yn82-09
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[11]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 that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1942-43) and service era (1944-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-05 - same standing defect as BATCH-01/BATCH-98); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chinaberry-yn82-10
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[12]Batch-9252 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NavSource (live); shipscribe AN-38 class page (live); NARA catalog - muster-roll file NAID 125768203 (169 images, examined), war diaries NAID 101770247/83550170/77530009 (examined); NARA Special List #44; NARA digitized-logs list; NVR; CourtListener; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-chinaberry-yn82-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS Chinaberry (YN-82/AN-61) was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener: exact-name opinion and docket searches both returned zero results; the "AN-61" hull-number opinion base query returned 110 hits, all 20 reviewed being name collisions (statute/docket-number strings, unrelated parties) with none ship- or asbestos-related; the authorized "AN-61" asbestos opinion variant returned 3 hits, all incidental string matches in unrelated cases (two asbestos product-liability cases where the string does not name this vessel, one contract dispute); the "AN-61" docket base query was deferred by fleet pacing during the session - see search_ledger for per-query status. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no asbestos claim naming this hull; the only tender-class asbestos content found is generic law-firm material that does not name the ship - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - she was built and served wholly inside the Navy's documented asbestos era. Deck logs (inventoried Mar-Jun 1944 only, undigitized), Snow Shipyards construction records, and the 1950 buyer's identity are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chinaberry-yn82-11