Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Vol. II (C-F), U.S. Navy Department / Naval History Division, Washington: GPO, 1963 - 'Condor' entry [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Vol. II, 'Condor' entry (immediately following 'Concord', preceding 'Cone'); digitized full text of the 1963 GPO volume
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS Vol. II 'Condor I' entry: 'The first Condor (AMC-14) was built at Tacoma, Wash., in 1937; acquired by the Navy 28 October 1940; and placed in service at San Diego 18 April 1941, Ensign M. H. Habbell [sic - Hubbell], USNR, in command. She operated in the Hawaiian Islands throughout World War II. Placed out of service 17 January 1946, she was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 24 July 1946.' Same entry distinguishes Condor II (ex-YMS-192, renamed AMS-5 on 18 February 1947).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1937-1946
- Population
- Ship's crew (USCG-manned) and any personnel serving aboard 1941-1946
- Limitations
- Establishes identity, acquisition, in-service date, theater of operation, and disposal - contains no asbestos information and no stat line (complement, dimensions, armament not stated for this hull). CO's name appears as 'Habbell' in the printed/digitized text; NavSource gives 'Monroe H. Hubbell' - treated as an OCR/typographical variant, not resolved further.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-amc14-01
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[2]Naval Historical Center, Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Condor (AMc-14), 1941-1946' (official NHC text, HyperWar/ibiblio mirror) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHC Online Library vessel page, transcribed 2001-02-03; photo 19-N-24615 caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Historical Center Online Library entry: 'an 88-ton coastal minesweeper, built in 1937 at Tacoma, Washington, as a civilian fishing boat. Under the name New Example, she was acquired by the Navy in October 1940 for conversion to a minecraft. Placed in service in April 1941, she arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in May.' Documents that she detected a Japanese midget submarine off the harbor entrance hours before the 7 December 1941 attack and reported it to USS Ward; served in the Hawaiian Islands for the remainder of WWII; sent back to the west coast in late 1945; placed out of service January 1946 and 'stricken from the List of District Craft' in February 1946; turned over to the Maritime Commission July 1946. Carries Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-24615 (1941, probably off San Diego).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1937-1946
- Population
- Crew (USCG-manned), 1941-1946
- Limitations
- Authoritative NHC text on a mirror (ibiblio HyperWar); live history.navy.mil DANFS page 404s (link rot, consistent with Batch-01 finding). The '88-ton' figure conflicts with secondary compilations (185-195 t) - discrepancy carried in gaps. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-amc14-02
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[3]Report of the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, Congress of the United States, 79th Cong., pursuant to S. Con. Res. 27 (Washington: GPO, 1946), narrative ch. XXXIII 'The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor' (ibiblio Pearl Harbor Attack hearings transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Committee narrative, section XXXIII; identical text in the Hewitt Inquiry record (ibiblio/pha/pha/hewitt/hewitt-5.html, p. 497)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Joint Committee narrative of the Pearl Harbor attack: 'At 0342, 7 December 1941, the USS CONDOR, a minesweeper, sighted a submarine periscope of[f] the entrance buoys to Pearl Harbor' inside the defensive sea area, on a near-collision course about 100 feet away. Condor 'reported the incident by blinker to the USS WARD between 0350 and 0358' with the message 'Sighted submerged submarine on westerly course speed 9 knots.' At 0520 Condor amplified: course '020 magnetic and about 1000 yards from the entrance apparently heading for the entrance.' 'The CONDOR made no report of the incident, except to the WARD,' her captain judging the identification not positive enough.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941-12-07
- Population
- Condor watch section (OOD and lookouts on the mid-watch), 7 Dec 1941
- Limitations
- Primary U.S. government record of the ship's Pearl Harbor contact; documents operational history only - contains no asbestos information. Establishes the ship's role precisely but does not itself document that the object sighted was the same midget submarine Ward later engaged.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-amc14-03
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, H-Gram H-001-2/2021, 'USS Ward, Warning and Operation "Divine Turtle" No. 1' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- H-001-2/2021, narrative section covering the night of 6-7 December 1941
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC H-Gram documents that on 6-7 December 1941 the minesweepers Condor (AMc-14) and Crossbill (AMc-9) were conducting routine minesweeping outside the Pearl Harbor channel entrance while the duty patrol destroyer Ward operated farther out; at 0342 Condor's officer of the deck, Ensign Russell G. McCoy, spotted a phosphorescent wake 50 yards on the port bow, confirmed by Quartermaster R. C. Utrick and Seaman First Class R. B. Chaves as a periscope and apparent small conning tower; at 0357 Condor signaled Ward by yardarm blinker and clear-voice radio; Ward went to general quarters at 0408 and later (c.0637) engaged the midget submarine trailing USS Antares.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941-12-07
- Population
- Condor watch standers: Ens. Russell G. McCoy (OOD), QM R. C. Utrick, S1c R. B. Chaves
- Limitations
- Official NHHC historical publication; operational history only, no asbestos information. Page verified via search-index content (the dodlive host does not respond to scripted fetches); content quoted matches the committee record (ev-...-03).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-amc14-04
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[5]U.S. Coast Guard, 'The Coast Guard at War, Vol. VI: The Pacific' (Historical Section, U.S. Coast Guard), Appendix B: 'Coast Guard Manned Ships Entitled to Operation and Engagement Stars - Asiatic and Pacific Area' (HyperWar/ibiblio transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Appendix B, 'Pearl Harbor-Midway (P1)' section, p. 258
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official U.S. Coast Guard war history lists 'USCG Condor (AMC-14)' among Coast Guard-manned ships entitled to the Pearl Harbor-Midway (P1) operation and engagement star - establishing that this Navy coastal minesweeper was Coast Guard-manned during WWII and credited with an engagement star for the Pearl Harbor action.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- U.S. Coast Guard crew of Condor, 1941-1946
- Limitations
- Establishes USCG manning and the P1 star entitlement per NAVPERS 15,632 star lists; contains no asbestos information. The crew composition (USCG) is relevant to any later personnel-record search - muster rolls would be USCG-manned rosters.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-amc14-05
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[6]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (by ship number) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List #44, ship-number sequence: 'AMC-14 (Condor) 4/18/1941 9/30/1945'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44 (the official inventory of U.S. Navy deck-log holdings) lists 'AMC-14 (Condor)' with log coverage 4/18/1941 - 9/30/1945, i.e., essentially her entire in-service period. The logs sit in Record Group 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), series 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978' (NAID 594258); they are not among the digitized deck logs listed on archives.gov and are available only via Archives II reference (College Park).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941-04-18 to 1945-09-30 (coverage)
- Limitations
- Confirms primary deck-log coverage exists for the whole service period but is not digitized - contents unexamined; the logs are the leading ship-specific lead for conversion work, yard availabilities, and any materials/men-overboard or repair entries bearing on asbestos. Log contents themselves not yet reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-amc14-06
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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 scholarship documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II, and that federal wartime policy reserved asbestos supply for shipbuilding - the era and program under which this 1937-built fishing vessel was acquired and converted to a coastal minesweeper in 1940-41. For a small diesel-driven auxiliary, era-consistent asbestos applications would have been confined to machinery gaskets and packing, possible exhaust lagging, electrical insulation, and friction materials rather than the boiler/steam-line thermal insulation of steam vessels.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- Conversion-yard workers (1940-41) and crew (class context)
- Limitations
- Era/program-level scholarship; does not name this vessel or vessel type and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. The article's emphasis is steam-driven production shipbuilding; application to a converted diesel purse seiner is weaker still. Absence of a steam plant narrows but does not eliminate era-typical asbestos pathways.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-amc14-07
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[8]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, 'Condor (AMc 14)' vessel page (secondary compilation from official and contributed records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource AMc-14 page, specifications block and service-history bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilation (NavSource vessel page): built 1937 as New Example by Martinolich Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, for the New Example Fishing Co. of Terminal Island, CA; specs listed as 195 t., 77'9" x 21'10" x 9'4", 10' depth of hold, 9 knots, complement 17, one .50-cal machine gun, one 200-bhp Enterprise DMW-6 diesel with a single shaft; CO Ens. Monroe H. Hubbell, USNR; struck from the Naval Register 1946-02-07; post-service: Van Camp Sea Food Co. 1946 (New Example), Sam Zamberlin 1947 (Veteran), El Salvador flag 1952, fate unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1937-c.1952
- Population
- Post-service merchant crews (1946-c.1952)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation - useful lead-level detail not confirmed against primary records. Conflicts exist across secondary sources on tonnage (88 t NHC vs 185-195 t), length (77'9" vs 85'11"), beam, and armament (.50 cal vs 2x .30 cal); acquisition date differs from DANFS (24 vs 28 October 1940 - DANFS controls at 28 October). Propulsion description (single small diesel, no steam plant) is plausible and consistent across sources but is not DANFS-verified. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-amc14-08
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[9]Batch-1485 search ledger (this record): DANFS Vol. II full text; NHC Online Library; Joint Committee PHA narrative; NHHC H-Gram H-001-2/2021; USCG at War VI App. B; NARA SL-44 and digitized-log index; NavSource; CourtListener site search; CourtListener API v4 (throttled) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-condor-amc14-01 through sl-uss-condor-amc14-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed case naming USS Condor or AMc-14 was found in the authoritative sources searched (DANFS full text; NHC Online Library; Joint Committee PHA record; NHHC H-Gram; USCG at War; NARA holdings lists; CourtListener site search). CourtListener's authenticated API was rate-limited at time of search - the opinion-index sweep is pending and carried as a ledger gap.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 2026-09-22
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a wooden-hulled diesel auxiliary could still have carried era gaskets, packing, lagging, electrical, and friction materials installed during the 1940-41 naval conversion or wartime upkeep. The undigitized NARA deck logs (1941-1945) are the open ship-specific lead. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-amc14-09