Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Cinnamon' (YN-69/AN-50) entry, hazegray/losthistory.net transcription (live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-24 - NHHC link rot per BATCH-01 standing note) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS vol. transcription, Cinnamon (YN-69) entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS: Cinnamon (YN-69) was launched 6 June 1943 as Royal Palm by Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Co., Stockton, Calif.; sponsored by Mrs. E. R. Ward; renamed Cinnamon 7 December 1943; commissioned 10 January 1944 (Lt. Comdr. J. H. Russell, USNR); reclassified AN-50 on 20 January 1944. Departed San Diego 6 April 1944, arrived Milne Bay, New Guinea, 18 May; supported New Guinea operations until 17 January 1945, then Manus and the Philippines until 17 November; reached San Francisco 22 December; operated under Commandant, 11th Naval District, San Pedro, 8 January-15 November 1946; via Pearl Harbor, Wake and Guam to Shanghai, arriving 15 March 1947; decommissioned 25 March 1947 and transferred to Nationalist China through the State Department. Awarded one battle star. DANFS stats line: dp 1,100; l. 194'6"; b. 37'; dr. 14'8"; s. 12 k.; cpl. 65; a. 1 x 3"; cl. Ailanthus.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Limitations
- Establishes identity, names, dates, builder, and service history. Contains no asbestos, insulation, or material statement; supports no asbestos claim. Transcription mirror used because live NHHC page was unreachable.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cinnamon-an50-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Cinnamon (AN-50) page (compiled from official records, DANFS, and veteran-contributed photographs) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource AN-50 page - chronology, specifications table, commanding officers list, awards
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive for USS Cinnamon (AN-50): laid down 6 November 1942 as Yard Net Tender Royal Palm (YN-69) at Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Co., Stockton, CA; launched 6 June 1943; renamed Cinnamon 7 December 1943; commissioned USS Cinnamon (YN-69) 10 January 1944; redesignated AN-50 20 January 1944; Asiatic-Pacific campaign 'Consolidation and Capture of Southern Philippines - Mindanao Island landings, 10-11 March 1945'; decommissioned 25 March 1947 at Shanghai; struck from Naval Register, date unknown; one battle star; transferred to Republic of China via State Department. Specs: 1,460 t (fl); 194'6" x 37' x 13'6"; 12.1 kts; complement 4 officers + 52 enlisted; one 3"/50 DP + four twin 20 mm; two Busch-Sulzer BS-539 diesel-electric engines, single propeller, 1,200 shp. Photo caption documents Cinnamon and USS Silverbell (AN-51) installing torpedo net at Manus, Admiralty Islands, circa June-July 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archive consistent with DANFS; establishes laid-down date and machinery/electrical specs DANFS omits. Complement (56) conflicts with DANFS (65) - DANFS figure carried, conflict logged in gaps. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cinnamon-an50-02
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[3]Shipscribe.com, 'USS Ailanthus (AN-38) Class' data page (transcription of official U.S. Navy vessel data) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class table row 50 (Cinnamon) and Class Notes paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe Ailanthus (AN-38) class data table lists Cinnamon (AN-50): contract 12 May 1942, builder Pollock-Stockton SB, laid down 6 November 1942, launched 6 June 1943, commissioned 10 January 1944. Class notes: ships built with Maintenance, Bureau of Ships funds (AN 38-57) and FY 1942 funds (AN 58-77); 'Wood hulls (substituted for steel around 10 Apr 42)' - the wooden-hull substitution predates Cinnamon's contract, so this hull was wooden by design.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Limitations
- Establishes contract date and confirms this hull's wooden construction; the wood-hull note is class-level but the row names Cinnamon. Contains no asbestos statement; wooden hull materially narrows (does not eliminate) the plausible asbestos application set versus steam-driven steel combatants.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cinnamon-an50-03
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[4]U.S. Naval Institute, Naval History Magazine, 'Historic Fleets: Net Tenders,' Vol. 10 No. 6 (December 1996) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Historic Fleets column, Ailanthus-class paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- U.S. Naval Institute Naval History magazine, 'Historic Fleets' (December 1996): the Ailanthus (AN-38-77) class were 30 wooden-construction net tenders of the 1942 program, up to ~1,400 tons full load and ~195 feet, distinguishable by prominent exhaust stack, single tall mast, and large bow horns; all three WWII net-tender classes had single-screw diesel-electric propulsion plants.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Net-tender crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Class-level construction and propulsion context; does not name this hull and contains no asbestos statement. Wooden construction and diesel-electric plant constrain the era-typical asbestos application set (no boiler or steam-line lagging) but do not prove what was installed aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cinnamon-an50-04
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[5]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 fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II - the era and emergency construction program under which this wooden-hulled diesel-electric net layer was built at Stockton, CA in 1942-1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarship on WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel, class, or builder and establishes nothing about what was installed aboard this hull. For this wooden diesel-electric auxiliary, the steam-plant applications dominant in the literature (boiler and steam-line lagging) do not apply; any asbestos aboard would have been confined to exhaust/machinery insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, and friction materials - all inference, not ship-proven.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cinnamon-an50-05
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[6]Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Co. v. Brown, 185 F.2d 37 (7th Cir. 1950), CourtListener 225930; Faulkner v. Burton, 126 Cal. App. 2d 210 (Cal. Ct. App. 1954), CourtListener 5801866 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener opinion clusters 225930 and 5801866
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Builder's litigation footprint is non-asbestos: Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Co. v. Brown, 185 F.2d 37 (7th Cir. 1950) is a Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act death-benefit review arising from a worker's fatal fall from a drydock; Faulkner v. Burton, 126 Cal. App. 2d 210 (1954) is a labor-contract dispute over Pollock-Stockton's Navy contract work at Samar, P.I. No asbestos claim involving the builder or this hull was located on CourtListener.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1946-1954 (litigation); 1942-1946 (underlying employment era)
- Population
- Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding workers (builder context)
- Limitations
- These cases concern the builder (a workplace fall under LHWCA; a labor dispute), not this vessel and not asbestos. Recorded to document that the builder's located litigation record contains no asbestos finding - not evidence of exposure or its absence aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cinnamon-an50-06
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[7]Batch-1798 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket queries; Naval Vessel Register; MARAD/NDRF applicability check; DANFS/NavSource/shipscribe histories; general web search for ship-specific asbestos claims [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-cinnamon-an50-05 through sl-uss-cinnamon-an50-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Cinnamon, Cinnamon (YN-69), Royal Palm (YN-69), or AN-50 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion queries returned only name collisions (persons named Cinnamon; Florida 'Royal Palm' property entities; 'AN-50' form-number references); docket search returned only person-name collisions. NVR holds no record (vessel disposed of 1947, before the NVR's coverage); no MARAD custody record applies (transfer was through the State Department).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a wooden diesel-electric auxiliary could still have carried asbestos in exhaust insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, and friction materials. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cinnamon-an50-07
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[8]National Archives, 'Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives' and 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' (archives.gov research pages) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov deck-log research guidance pages; RG 24 Entry 118 description
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: World War II-era Navy deck logs (1941 and later) are held by the National Archives at College Park (Archives II) in Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, RG 24, Entry 118 (National Archives Identifier 581208); NARA's deck-log digitization program is ongoing. Cinnamon's 1944-1947 logs would document shipboard operations, maintenance, and materials handling; digitization status for this hull not verified (NARA Catalog API did not return results to automated query on 2026-09-24).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1944-1947 (log coverage)
- Limitations
- Lead only: deck logs may contain maintenance/materials entries bearing on asbestos, but this hull's logs were not located in digitized form and their contents are unknown. Deck logs rarely itemize construction materials in any case.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cinnamon-an50-08