Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]Naval History Division, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'USS Condor II (YMS-192/AMS-5)' - verbatim transcription via HyperWar/ibiblio mirror [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Condor II entry, full text (terse entry - construction and designation data only)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS 'Condor II (YMS-192/AMS-5)': 'A large vulture found in the high Andes.' YMS-192 laid down at Greenport Basin & Const. Co., Greenport, N.Y.; launched 5 December 1942; completed 13 June 1943; reclassified AMS-5 and renamed Condor on 18 February 1947; reclassified MSC(O)-5 on 7 February 1955; 'On 18 March 1955, Condor was transferred to Japan, where she served as Ujishima (MCS-655) until retired. YMS-192 was struck from the Navy list 31 March 1967.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1942-1967
- Population
- Greenport Basin yard trades (1942-43); USN crews 1943-1955; JMSDF crews 1955-1967
- Limitations
- Official identity/designation record only. Entry contains no operational history, no propulsion or complement particulars, no disposal date, and no asbestos or materials information. Its 'transferred to Japan' wording is looser than the NHHC photo-catalog and NavSource 'loaned' - the hull returned to U.S. custody in 1967, consistent with a Military Assistance Program loan. Live history.navy.mil DANFS pages return 404 (standing NHHC link-rot issue from BATCH-01); verbatim text read via the ibiblio HyperWar transcription.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-ams5-01
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[2]Naval Historical Center (NHHC) Online Library of Selected Images, 'USN Ships - USS Condor (AMS-5)' page incl. photo captions NH 79690, 80-G-632291, and NH 68589 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Library AMS-5 page, lead caption and photograph entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC Online Library photo-catalog entry 'USS Condor (AMS-5, later MSC(O)-5), 1943-1955, originally named YMS-192': a 270-ton auxiliary motor minesweeper built at Greenport, New York, commissioned June 1943; served along the U.S. East Coast and in the Caribbean until the Atlantic War ended in May 1945; sent to the Pacific for post-war mine clearance operations off Japan; returned to the U.S. April 1946 and decommissioned in May; reclassified motor minesweeper (AMS) and renamed Condor (AMS-5) while in reserve at San Diego, February 1947; recommissioned for Korean War service November 1950, deployed to the combat zone March 1951; 'provided minesweeping and patrol services off Korea and Japan to the end of the conflict in July 1953 and continued her activities in that area during the following years'; redesignated MSC(O)-5 February 1955, loaned to Japan a month later, renamed Ujishima in JMSDF service; returned to the U.S. Navy in 1967; 'sunk as a target in August 1968.' Photos: NH 79690 (YMS-192 in San Francisco Bay on return from the war, circa 1945-46); 80-G-632291 (Condor nested with USS Kite AMS-22, USS Curlew AMS-8, USS Chatterer AMS-40 and Wallacut YTB-420 alongside USS Laertes AR-20 at Sasebo, Japan, 8 October 1952); NH 68589 (Condor nested with USS Gull AMS-16, USS Firecrest AMS-10, USS Merganser AMS-26, USS Osprey AMS-28, USS Competent AM-316 and USS Chief AM-315 alongside LST-735, probably a Japanese port, circa 1952-54).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1943-1968
- Population
- USN crews 1943-1946 and 1950-1955 (incl. Korean War combat zone 1951-1953); JMSDF crews 1955-1967
- Limitations
- Official NHHC photo-catalog history summary - the fullest official service narrative located (East Coast/Caribbean, postwar Japan clearance, Korea 1951-53+, Japan loan, target sinking). Contains no asbestos information. 'Sunk as a target August 1968' is the only disposal date located; all found sources agree (NavSource, shipbuildinghistory), unlike sister Firecrest (AMS-10) where 1968/1969 conflict.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-ams5-02
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[3]NavSource Online, Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, 'Condor (MSC[O] 5) ex-Condor (AMS 5) ex-YMS-192' page (chronology, specifications block, commanding-officer list); content verified via Wayback Machine capture 2024-12-26 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource AMS-5 page, YMS-1 Class chronology + specifications + CO table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive page for Condor (MSC[O]-5), ex-AMS-5, ex-YMS-192: 'The second Condor' laid down 30 September 1942 as YMS-192 by Greenport Basin and Construction Co., Greenport, Long Island, NY; launched 5 December 1942; completed and commissioned USS YMS-192 13 June 1943; East Coast/Caribbean service to May 1945; Pacific post-war mine clearance off Japan; returned April 1946 ('Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists plan for decommissioning and placing in reserve as February 1947'); decommissioned May 1946; reclassified AMS-5 and named Condor 18 February 1947 while in reserve at San Diego; recommissioned November 1950, deployed to combat zone March 1951; minesweeping and patrol off Korea and Japan to July 1953 and after; reclassified MSC(O)-5 7 February 1955; loaned to Japan March 1955 as Ujishima (MCS 655); returned to U.S. Navy 1967; struck from the Naval Register 31 March 1967; sunk as a target August 1968. Spec block: displacement 270 t, length 136 ft, beam 24 ft 6 in, draft 8 ft, speed 15 kts, complement 32; armament one 3-inch/50 dual-purpose mount, two 20mm mounts, two depth-charge projectors; propulsion two 880-bhp General Motors 8-268A diesels, Snow & Knobstedt single-reduction gear, two shafts; call sign November-Zulu-Foxtrot-Sierra. CO list: LTJG Willard Cannell Broden USNR (1945-46); LTJG Edward Charles Morin USN (Nov 1950-Mar 1952); LT Richard William Geaney USN, USNA '46 (Mar-Jul 1952); LT William Dennis Randell USN (Jul 1952-); LT Donald Bagnall 'Red' Meek USN, USNA '50 (1954-55).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1942-1968
- Population
- USN crews 1943-1955; JMSDF crews 1955-1967
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archival page - the located hull-level source for the engine model (GM 8-268A, 880 bhp), complement figure (32), call sign, and the CO list; the laid-down date (30 Sep 1942) is corroborated by uboat.net. Contains no asbestos information. The inline 'Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949' note (reserve plan 'February 1947') post-dates the documented May 1946 decommissioning - carried as an administrative oddity, see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-ams5-03
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[4]uboat.net, Allied Warships of WWII, 'USS YMS-192 (YMS-192)' - warship particulars table [other_primary]
- Locator
- YMS-192 warship page, particulars table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net Allied Warships entry for USS YMS-192: ordered 14 March 1942; built by Greenport Basin and Construction Co., Greenport, Long Island, New York; laid down 30 September 1942; launched 5 December 1942; commissioned 13 June 1943. No event-log entries or command listings for this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1942-1943 (construction data)
- Population
- USN crew 1942-1946
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled warship database; corroborates the NavSource construction dates and supplies the order date (14 Mar 1942), consistent with the mass YMS procurement of March 1942. Contains no asbestos information and no operational event entries.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-ams5-04
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[5]U.S. Navy WWII ship campaign/battle-star listing for YMS-192, stated as transcribed from NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual [other_primary]
- Locator
- YMS-1 to YMS-200 table, 'YMS 192' row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- WWII campaign participation for YMS-192 as transcribed from the Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953): Kobe (Honshu Area) post-surrender minesweeping, 28 November 1945 - 2 March 1946 (code P207-9). The sole credit listed for this hull - consistent with NHHC's 'post-war mine clearance operations off Japan' and the April 1946 return.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1945-11 to 1946-03
- Population
- USN crew 1945-1946
- Limitations
- Vendor-site transcription of the official NAVPERS awards manual; the underlying NAVPERS 15,790 table was not directly inspected this pass. Single campaign credit - no Atlantic/Mediterranean credits appear for YMS-192 (consistent with the East Coast/Caribbean - non-combat-zone - service described by NHHC). Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-ams5-05
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[6]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton compilation), Greenport Basin & Construction Co. yard table (YMS-192 row) and Yard Minesweepers (YMS) table (ym.htm, YMS-192 row) [other_primary]
- Locator
- greenport.htm yard table 'YMS 192' row; ym.htm all-YMS table 'YMS 192' row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- shipbuildinghistory yard tables: Greenport Basin & Construction Co. (Greenport NY) production table lists hull 'YMS 192' with O.N./name column 'J 992/BYMS 2192', customer 'Royal Navy', type minesweeper, 136 ft, delivered 13-Jun-43, disposition 'Retained as Condor (AMS/MSC(O) 5), to Japan 1955 as Ujishima (MCS-655), sunk as target 1968' - i.e., the hull was built on a Royal Navy Lend-Lease allocation (BYMS-2192, pendant J-992) but retained by the U.S. Navy and never bore the British designation. The all-YMS yard table repeats: 'YMS 192 | Greenport Basin | Greenport NY | 136 | 320 | 13-Jun-43 | Reclassified 1947 as Condor (AMS 5), to Japan 1955 as Ujishima, sunk as target 1968.' Yard history: Greenport Basin & Construction Co. was founded in the mid-19th century by Pliny C. and Theodore W. Brigham building fishing vessels and yachts, acquired neighbor Greenport Shipyard Company during WWII, and still operates as Greenport Yacht & Shipbuilding Company.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1942-1968
- Population
- Greenport Basin yard trades (1942-43)
- Limitations
- Respected secondary shipyard compilation - the only located source for the BYMS-2192/J-992 Royal Navy allocation and for 'sunk as target 1968' agreement with NHHC. The 'Royal Navy' customer column records the Lend-Lease contract allocation, not actual RN service; the hull was retained and commissioned USS YMS-192. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-ams5-06
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[7]Navypedia, 'YMS motor minesweepers (YMS1) (1942-1945)' class technical data + HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945: Minecraft' 136-ft class spec block (diesel engines, twin screws) + shipbuildinghistory YMS table intro (561 wooden-hulled boats, 35 yards, Mk. II = YMS-135-445) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Navypedia YMS1 class page, technical-data block; ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/YMS/YMS-192.html spec block; shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/ym.htm introduction
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- YMS-1-class configuration: wooden-hulled motor minesweepers built in large numbers by small boatyards (shipbuildinghistory: '35 boatyards turned out 561 wooden-hulled minesweepers' spring 1942 - spring 1945; the one-stack Mk. II design covered YMS-135 through YMS-445, making this hull a YMS-135-subclass boat), ~136 ft, diesel-powered - two diesels on two shafts, no boilers or steam plant; NavSource's per-hull spec gives this ship two 880-bhp GM 8-268A diesels. A wooden hull with diesel propulsion removes the boiler/steam-lagging category most associated with documented WWII-era shipboard asbestos, without excluding other era-typical materials.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (construction era)
- Population
- Construction trades at small yards incl. Greenport Basin (1941-45); class crews
- Limitations
- Class-level specification; documents the type's plant and hull form, not materials aboard this hull. Absence of a steam plant removes the most commonly documented WWII asbestos pathway but does not establish that no asbestos-containing material was aboard (gaskets, exhaust lagging, electrical insulation, fireproofing, brake linings remain undocumented either way).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-ams5-07
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[8]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 and program context in which this 1942-43 wooden-hulled minesweeper was built - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization across naval construction.
- 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
- Era-level scholarship on WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or the YMS-1 class and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-ams5-08
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[9]NARA, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' (RG 19 research guide: hull-designation correspondence, class and shipyard QM filing conventions, minesweeper General Information Books, Ship Engineering Drawings S-codes) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov guided topic page, sections on Bureau of Ships correspondence filing conventions, shipyard (QM) files, minesweeper GIBs (Entry P 11), and Ship Engineering Drawings (URL resolves verified 2026-09-24)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NARA's official asbestos-research guide identifies the record series that would document hull-level material specifications for this ship: RG 19 Bureau of Ships general correspondence filed under hull designation 'YMS-192' (and 'AMS-5'), class correspondence under the YMS-1 class namesake file, builder contract files for Greenport Basin & Construction under the Navy Filing Manual 'QM' private-yard designation, minesweeper General Information Books (Entry P 11, 'Minesweeper and Minelayer General Information Books'), and Ship Engineering Drawings arranged by hull number - the guide names S103 (Booklets of General Plans), S39 (Insulation and Lagging), and S48 (Piping) as the codes most relevant to asbestos research. The guide covers Navy materiel 1941-1961, spanning this hull's entire U.S. career.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1942-1955 (hypothetical record coverage); guide current as of 2026-09-24
- Population
- Greenport Basin yard trades (1942-43); USN crews 1943-1955
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the guide documents which series exist, not that YMS-192/AMS-5 material survives in them; no hull-specific drawing, GIB, or contract file was retrieved or confirmed. Establishes a research path, not an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-ams5-09
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[10]NARA, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' (digitized-log index, checked for Condor/YMS-192/AMS-5) + shipindex.org vessel entry 'USS Condor' (aliases USS YMS-192, JDS Ujishima, MSC-655) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov digitized deck-log index (no Condor/YMS-192/AMS-5 listing); shipindex.org/ships/condor
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA deck-log coverage: the Navy deck logs for this hull (as YMS-192, 1943-1946, and as Condor/AMS-5, 1950-1955) are held by the National Archives (Archives II, College Park; deck-log series 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978'), but the hull does not appear in NARA's published index of fully digitized deck logs as of 2026-09-24 - no 'Condor,' 'AMS-5,' or 'YMS-192' entry exists in the digitized list (several sister AMS/YMS hulls do appear: Egret, Flamingo, Fulmar, Goldfinch, Grackle, Grouse, Gull, Lapwing, Linnet, Lorikeet, Reedbird, Rhea, Robin, Ruff, Sanderling, Seagull, Siskin, Turkey, Waxbill). shipindex.org lists a catalog entry for 'USS Condor' with aliases 'USS YMS-192, JDS Ujishima, MSC-655,' consistent with undigitized NARA holdings. Deck logs are the realistic primary source for daily Korean War operations, tender availabilities, and any recorded maintenance disturbing era materials.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1943-1955 (record coverage); index checked 2026-09-24
- Population
- USN crews 1943-1955
- Limitations
- Holdings-level finding only - the logs exist as a series but are not digitized; nothing from them was read. No asbestos content is established or implied; deck logs occasionally note overhaul/maintenance activity relevant to material-disturbance research.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-ams5-10
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[11]Batch-1739 search ledger (this record): DANFS via HyperWar/ibiblio; NHHC Online Library photo catalog; NavSource AMS-5 (Wayback capture); HyperWar YMS-192 spec page; uboat.net; NAVPERS-derived campaign table; shipbuildinghistory Greenport and YMS yard tables; shipindex.org; NARA asbestos guided topic; NARA digitized deck-log index; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated) opinion + docket sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-condor-ams5-01 through sl-uss-condor-ams5-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming YMS-192, USS Condor, AMS-5, MSC(O)-5, or JDS Ujishima was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches: '"USS Condor"' 0; '"YMS-192"' 0; '"AMS-5" minesweeper' 0; '"AMS-5"' 15 hits, all unrelated (AMS as corporate/acronym party string); '"Condor" asbestos' 13 hits, all unrelated (Vitro Ch. 15 bankruptcy cluster matching incidental text, pharmacy/bankruptcy/ship-repair cases - including Waterway Terminals Co. v. P.S. Lord Mechanical Contractors, 242 Or. 1 (1965), a 1965 Oregon ship-repair indemnity case whose full opinion text contains no 'Condor' at all); '"Ujishima"' 0; '"MSC-655"' 0. CourtListener docket searches: '"USS Condor"' 0; '"YMS-192"' 0; 'Condor minesweeper' 1 hit (New York Times Co. v. Microsoft Corp., 1:23-cv-11195 S.D.N.Y., copyright - 'condor'/'minesweeper' appear incidentally in a 2,376-page exhibit of article text); broad 'Condor' docket scan (top hits of 4,695) surfaced DEMBO v. AMERICAN CONDOR STEAMSHIP CORP., 2:11-cv-32748 (E.D. Pa., filed 2011-03-18, terminated 2015-11-25, Judge Robreno, nature 368 asbestos personal injury) - a genuine asbestos docket but against a merchant steamship company, a different 'Condor' - name collision, not this hull.
- 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 1942-43 diesel minesweeper is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials - and the hull was sunk as a target in August 1968, leaving nothing to survey. The CourtListener sweep (exact name + all hull numbers + Japanese-service name, opinion and docket/RECAP collections) completed in full; the Dembo docket is classified as a name collision (merchant 'American Condor' steamship interests), not qualifying litigation for this hull. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-condor-ams5-11