Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 1088-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: MISMATCH
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-cliffrose-yn61-pkt-1088-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Cliffrose (AN-42) - construction, reclassification, commissioning, WWII Pacific service narrative, transfer to China (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: launched 27 November 1943 by Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Everett, Wash., as YN-61; sponsored by Miss S. Morgan; reclassified AN-42, 20 January 1944; commissioned 30 April 1944, Lt. Cmdr. G. Montague, USNR, in command. Service: San Pedro to Pearl Harbor (June-July 1944); Peleliu invasion 15 September 1944 - mooring surveys and an antitorpedo net across the western entrance of Kossol Passage; Palaus to 8 December; Ulithi overhaul and net-repair duty; departed 25 March 1945 for the Okinawa invasion, arriving 1 April (first-landing day), net duty to 5 August; Saipan upkeep; Okinawa 20 September-25 October; Bungo Suido, Japan, navigational aids 29 October-end of year; San Pedro 1 January 1946; Pearl Harbor, Guam, Subic Bay July-December 1946; Shanghai 31 December 1946. Decommissioned 7 January 1947 and turned over to China through the State Department. Two battle stars for WWII service. Spec block: dp. 1,100; l. 94'6" [sic - 194'6" elsewhere, see gaps]; b. 37'; dr. 13'6"; s. 12 k.; cpl. 56; a. one 3-inch; cl. Ailanthus.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Everett-Pacific construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-47)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. The printed spec block's '94'6"' length is an evident typographical slip for 194'6" (class literature and NavSource agree ~194') - the slip is logged in gaps, not silently corrected. Namesake: 'a tufted herb with pink or white flowers.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cliffrose-yn61-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Cliffrose (AN-42) - milestone timeline, specifications, commanding officers, campaign table, awards, photo captions (live navsource.net page verified 2026-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 09/18/18042.htm header block, specifications block, campaign table, CO table, and photo captions (incl. NH 84683)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down (date unknown) as Yard Net Tender Cliffrose (YN-61) at Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Everett, WA; launched 27 November 1943; reclassified Net Laying Ship (AN-42) 20 January 1944; commissioned USS Cliffrose (AN-42) 30 April 1944, LCDR Gus Montague, USNR, in command; WWII campaigns - Western Caroline Islands operation (capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, September-December 1944) and Okinawa Gunto operation (assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April-30 June 1945); decommissioned 7 January 1947 at Shanghai, China; turned over to the State Department for transfer to the Republic of China; struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); final disposition fate unknown; two battle stars. Specifications: 1,460 t.(fl); 194'6" x 37' x 13'6"; 12.1 kts; complement 4 officers + 52 enlisted; one single 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, four twin 20mm AA mounts; 12-ton boom; 760 bbls diesel fuel; two 60 kW 120V D.C. diesel-drive ship's-service generators; two Busch-Sulzer BS-539 diesel-electric engines, single propeller, 1,200 shp. Photo captions: loading net material for the Peleliu invasion alongside USS Baretta (AN-41), circa September 1944; in harbor circa 1945 (US Navy photo NH 84683, courtesy Donald M. McPherson, 1972). Call sign NXUN.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Everett-Pacific construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-47); ROC Maritime Customs personnel post-transfer
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates track DANFS where both exist. Contains no asbestos content. Commanding-officer table lists Montague's tenure starting '10 April 1944' - a probable typo for the 30 April 1944 commissioning date (uboat.net concurs 30 Apr 1944); logged in gaps. The 1947 transfer predates modern ACM-handling regulation; no hazmat or material record for the transfer or any post-transfer service was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cliffrose-yn61-02
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[4]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 - Mine Squadron Twenty AN listing (live page verified 2026-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- US Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, Mine Squadron Twenty AN section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization lists 'AN 42 CLIFFROSE - Lt. G. E. Cox (10535)' under Mine Squadron Twenty (ComMinRon 20, Capt. R. A. Larkin), alongside sisters AN 39 Bitterbush, AN 41 Baretta, AN 44 Corkwood, AN 45 Cornel, AN 46 Mastic, and AN 47 Canotia - placing this hull in the mine-warfare net-layer force during the Okinawa operation. The named CO matches NavSource's officer table (Lt. George Edward Cox, USNR, 10 Jun 1944 - 12 Sep 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Crew under Lt. G. E. Cox, USNR (Okinawa operation)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific organizational placement and CO of record on one date (1 May 1945); no asbestos or material content. Establishes where the hull was administratively assigned, not equipment or exposure conditions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cliffrose-yn61-03
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[5]NHHC, Navy-Marine Corps Awards Manual (rev. 1953), Pt. 4 Campaign and Service Medals - Asiatic-Pacific campaign listing and China Service (extended) table (live page verified 2026-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards manual pt.4, Asiatic-Pacific operation tables (P30-2, P34-1) and ship credit lines; sec. 18 eligibility table, 'Cliffrose (AN 42)' row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official awards manual credits 'Cliffrose (AN 42): 6 Sep 44 - 11 Oct 44 | P30-2' (Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, Western Caroline Islands operation) and '1 Apr 45 - 30 Jun 45 | P34-1' (Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto) - the two battle stars DANFS reports. In the Navy Occupation Service Medal / China Service Medal (extended) eligibility table, 'Cliffrose (AN 42)' carries a China Service credit line of '31 Dec 46 - 10 Jan 47' - her Shanghai arrival-through-transfer window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Crew during credited operations (Sep-Oct 1944; Apr-Jun 1945; Dec 1946-Jan 1947)
- Limitations
- Official campaign/service credit for this hull; no asbestos or material content. NOTE: NavSource's ribbon display includes a Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp) ribbon, but the awards manual's occupation column for Cliffrose is empty - the manual credits China Service only; the discrepancy is logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cliffrose-yn61-04
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[6]NHHC, 'Typhoons and Hurricanes: Pacific Typhoon at Okinawa, October 1945' - extract of Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas Report, Serial 0395 of 11 February 1946, Appendix III ship-casualty table (live page verified 2026-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC Pacific Typhoon October 1945 page, Appendix III ship-casualty listing, AN 42 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An official post-storm casualty table for Typhoon Louise (9 October 1945, Buckner Bay/Nakagusuku Wan, Okinawa) lists 'AN 42 | CLIFFROSE | Grounded' - this hull went aground in the typhoon that sank 12 ships and craft and grounded 222. Sister AN 52 Snowbell, listed immediately below, grounded and was beyond economical repair (hulk blown up January 1946 per secondary class literature). Cliffrose survived: she cleared Okinawa 25 October for Bungo Suido per DANFS, consistent with refloat/repair. DANFS does not mention the grounding - the CinCPac report supplements the service narrative.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1945-10-09
- Population
- Crew aboard during Typhoon Louise; any salvage/repair personnel (Oct 1945)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific casualty-table entry only: documents the grounding, not damage extent, repair scope, or any material disturbance. No asbestos content. 'Grounded' is the sole annotation - unlike neighbors it carries no 'beyond economical repair' or salvage recommendation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cliffrose-yn61-05
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[7]NARA, Special List 44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (named-vessels table): 'Cliffrose | (AN-42) | 5/1/1944 | 6/30/1945' (live page verified 2026-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 named-vessels table, 'Cliffrose (AN-42)' row; digitized-status check vs https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 inventories surviving logbooks for Cliffrose (AN-42) spanning 1 May 1944 - 30 June 1945 - early commissioned service through mid-1945 (the surviving-log window; it does not assert commissioning/decommissioning dates). These WWII-era logs are held at NARA (College Park) but do NOT appear in the digitized deck-log index (archives.gov 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' contains no Cliffrose entry) - physical/undigitized archival lead.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew (May 1944-Jun 1945 window)
- Limitations
- Inventory-level documentation: proves logs survive, not their content. No asbestos, work, or material information is implied. Logs post-May-1944 start and end June 1945 - later service (Jul 1945-Jan 1947) logs not listed in SL44.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cliffrose-yn61-06
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[8]NARA catalog: file unit 'Cliffrose (AN-42), 4/30/44-1/10/47', NAID 125697521, RG 24 Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, Roll 1119 (digitized, online); plus RG 38 WWII War Diaries file units digitized monthly for this hull (e.g., NAID 78571048 'USS CLIFFROSE - War Diary, 4/30/44 to 6/30/44', Roll A1096) and NAID 101742381 'USS CLIFFROSE - Rep of AA action in the Kerama Retto, Ryukyu Islands, 4/18/45' (6 images online) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog NAID 125697521 (RG 24, Roll 1119); catalog search 'Cliffrose' RG 38 file-unit set; NAID 101742381 (RG 38, Roll A1748)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized ship-specific records exist in the National Archives Catalog: (1) RG 24 muster rolls covering 30 April 1944 - 10 January 1947, essentially her entire U.S. commissioned life (NAID 125697521); (2) RG 38 war-diary file units for this hull digitized by month from commissioning (April 1944) through October 1945 (NAIDs incl. 78571048, 633393175, 78644725, 78703530, 139792656, 139856963, 139931460, 139967347, 140038912, 77470563, 77484774, 77514878, 77540856, 77565960); (3) a digitized six-page action report of antiaircraft action in the Kerama Retto, Ryukyu Islands, 18 April 1945 (NAID 101742381) - primary evidence of combat operations during the Okinawa campaign.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Crew (1944-47); embarked personnel listed on muster rolls
- Limitations
- Archival leads: these are personnel rosters and operational narratives, not material or medical records. Available online in the catalog but not individually reviewed line-by-line for material content; none is expected to name asbestos. The war-diary sequence is not fully complete in the returned set (no July 1944 or April 1945 monthly file seen; the AA action report is the April 1945-era document), and no diaries post-October 1945 appear - consistent with post-VJ phase-out.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cliffrose-yn61-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (two Busch-Sulzer BS-539 diesel-electric engines, 1,200 shp, single propeller; two 60 kW diesel generators); Ailanthus-class literature (35 wooden-hulled net laying ships built 1942-43 under the wartime emergency programs; Busch-Sulzer 539 diesel-electric, 1 shaft, ~1,200 hp); GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-uss-cliffrose-yn61-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; Wikipedia Ailanthus-class article (class overview, citing usnaux/Ships' Data; secondary cross-check only); GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-electric, wooden-hulled net layer built 1943 at a WWII emergency yard sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel-electric auxiliary of this type and period were machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and friction material (brake linings) on net-handling winches and the 12-ton boom. The wooden hull carried no structural thermal insulation of the steel-ship type, and there is no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway does not apply - but engine-room, galley, and accommodation applications remained era-standard.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Everett-Pacific construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-47); ROC personnel post-transfer
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or build specification located for YN-61/AN-42. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cliffrose-yn61-08
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[10]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- 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 (1943) and U.S. service era (1944-47).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and shipboard personnel; 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, consistent with prior-batch confirmation) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cliffrose-yn61-09
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[11]NavSource photo-caption page 09/18/1800032.htm - 'On the forward deck of USS ROSECLIFF (AN-42)' caption; corrected by the same photo on the AN-42 page labeled USS CLIFFROSE, and by all primary sources (live page verified 2026-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 09/18/1800032.htm Figure 17 caption vs 09/18/18042.htm photo table (image 091804202.jpg)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: a NavSource photo-caption page carries the caption 'On the forward deck of USS ROSECLIFF (AN-42)' for a forward-deck view of this hull. No U.S. Navy vessel named 'Rosecliff' existed; AN-42 was Cliffrose, and the identical image (091804202.jpg) appears on NavSource's own USS Cliffrose (AN-42) page labeled correctly. The caption text itself - 'not much net in sight but 135 tons of mooring chain were below in the forward hold and lower hold' - is retained as the photo's substantive description of this hull's configuration.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- circa 1944-45 (photo subject)
- Limitations
- Corrects a captioning slip, not a material claim. No asbestos content. The '135 tons of mooring chain' detail is a veteran-recollection caption (source: Glen Paulson RM2, USS Anaqua) - plausible for a net layer's mission load but not an official specification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cliffrose-yn61-10
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[12]Batch-9234 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS; NavSource AN and YN indexes and ship page; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; NHHC awards manual pt.4; NHHC CinCPac typhoon report; NARA Special List 44 and catalog (muster rolls, war diaries, AA action report); NVR; MARAD vessel-history DB; GAO product page; CourtListener (fleet helper); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-cliffrose-yn61-01 through sl-uss-cliffrose-yn61-16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or secondary-source litigation naming USS Cliffrose (YN-61/AN-42) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the fleet-paced helper returned exit 2 (shared ~58/hr budget momentarily spent, ~45+ concurrent batch sessions) on every spaced attempt over ~2 hours; all four mandated base queries are logged pending in search_ledger, NOT as negative results. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing content (asbestos-ships.com et al.) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- Verification
- partial
- 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 - era inference remains consistent with installed era materials, and the litigation-repository gap is genuinely open (queries never reached the API). Deck logs (SL44 window), Everett-Pacific build records, and any post-transfer ROC documentation are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cliffrose-yn61-11