USS Conflict (AM-426)

Evidence

11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).

1. [1]DANFS, 'Conflict' II (AM-426) - verbatim transcription at the losthistory.net/hazegray mirror (live history.navy.mil DANFS page conflict-ii.html returns 404 - standing link rot, same as BATCH-01/1333/1334) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS 'Conflict' entry, II section (AM-426) - specifications block + service narrative (losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/mine/am426.htm)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official DANFS record for this hull: spec block 'AM-426: dp. 630 l. 172' b. 36' dr. 10' s. 16 k. cpl. 72 a. 1 x 40mm. cl. Agile.' 'The second Conflict (AM-426) was launched 16 December 1952 by Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, Calif.; sponsored by Mrs. E. T. Aldrich, wife of Captain Aldrich; commissioned 23 March 1954, Lieutenant R. Y. Scott in command; and reported to the Pacific Fleet.' West coast operations 12 April 1954 - 4 January 1956: acoustic ranging experiments, noise reduction experiments, removing practice mine fields; reclassified MSO-426 on 7 February 1955. Sailed from Long Beach 4 January 1956 for Pearl Harbor - underwater photography operations 15 January - 20 February; returned to Long Beach 1 March; shock tests off San Clemente Island in April; harbor defense exercises at San Diego and local operations until 5 August 1957, then Pearl Harbor, Midway, Yokosuka (arriving 31 August); operated in Japanese waters, called at Hong Kong, joined Republic of China ships in minesweeping exercises off Formosa; returned to Long Beach 1 March [1958] for west coast operations the remainder of the year. Returned to Far East duty 14 March 1960 - Manila, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japanese ports - sailing for the west coast 24 June; local operations the remainder of 1960.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1952-1960 (DANFS narrative coverage)

   Population

   Fulton Shipyard construction trades (1951-53); commissioned crew (DANFS complement 72), 1954-1972

   Limitations

   DANFS documents identity, builder, dates, and service narrative - not materials or asbestos content. The published entry ends its narrative at 1960: it does not cover the 1966 Vietnam riverine operations, the 1971 Cam Ranh Bay dockings, the 1972 decommissioning/striking, or the 1973 scrapping sale - those rest on the VA ships list, NavSource, NavalCoverMuseum, and Combat Fleets (see ev-02/04/05). Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-conflict-am426-01

2. [2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Conflict (MSO-426) ex-AM-426, file 11/02426; plus NavSource Mine Warfare index 11/02idx (Agile/Aggressive-series construction description) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 11/02426 - chronology block, spec block, propulsion line, CO roster (13 COs), photo credits (incl. NARA 6932618); index 11/02idx MSO-class header

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource per-hull record: 'Aggressive Class Minesweeper'; laid down 13 August 1951 by the Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, CA; launched 16 December 1952; commissioned USS Conflict (AM-426) 23 March 1954; 'Reclassified as an Ocean Minesweeper, MSO-426, 7 February 1955'; 'Struck from the Navy Register 1 June 1972'; 'Sold for scrap 1 December 1973 to Al Kidman of Wilmington, CA for $32,000.' Spec block: 630 t light / 755 t full load; 172'; 35' beam; 10' draft; 14 kts; complement 80; armament as built one 40mm mount and two .50-cal. machine guns, final configuration bow gun replaced by one twin 20mm mount. Propulsion: 'Four Packard ID1700 diesel engines, two shafts, two controllable pitch propellers.' Commanding-officer roster of 13 runs LT Richard Yates Scott (23 Mar 1954) through LCDR James John Kulesz, Jr. (to 6 September 1972 - post-strike caretaker/inactivation period). Photo captions document a National Archives Bureau of Ships collection image (NARA identifier 6932618) and Long Beach associations: homeward-bound through the outer breakwater into Pier 9 at Long Beach Naval Station (mid-1960s, following sister Dynamic MSO-432) and Dry Dock No. 1, Long Beach Naval Shipyard (c.1965). Call sign November-Bravo-Delta-Uniform. NavSource class index: the 1950s MSO program comprised 'Agile/Aggressive' hulls 421-507, 'built primarily of wood, with bronze and stainless (non-magnetic) steel fittings to minimize their magnetic signature,' UQS-1 mine-locating sonar (later SQQ-14).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1951-1973

   Population

   Fulton Shipyard trades (1951-53); crew (72-80) 1954-1972; Long Beach Naval Shipyard workers during the c.1965 drydocking

   Limitations

   Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official. Its complement (80) conflicts with DANFS's 72, its beam (35') with DANFS's 36', and its speed (14 kts) with DANFS's 16 k - flagged in ev-10. The CO roster ending 6 September 1972 post-dates the 1 June 1972 strike date - consistent with an inactivation/caretaker period but not explained by the source. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim. The class-construction description (wood hull, non-magnetic fittings) is class-level, not a hull material record.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-conflict-am426-02

3. [3]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton compilation), 'Fulton Shipyard, Antioch CA' yard table - AM-426 Conflict row + sister row + yard history header [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-comm-small/fulton/ - Conflict (AM-426) row, Constant (AM-427) row, AMc block, yard-history header (same table mirrored at shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/fulton.htm)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Yard-table row for this hull: 'Conflict (AM-426) | US Navy | minesweeper | 780 | 23 Mar 1954 | later MSO 426, scrapped 1973'; sister row 'Constant (AM-427) | US Navy | minesweeper | 780 | 8 Sep 1954 | later MSO 427, scrapped 2001.' Yard history header: Fulton Shipyard was started in 1924 by Frank Fulton and Angeline Fulton Fredericks on a San Joaquin River site first developed as a shipyard in 1918 by Jarvis Bros.; the yard sat at the foot of Fulton Shipyard Road in downtown Antioch and closed in 1999. The table also carries the yard's WWII coastal-minesweeper block (AMc-86 through AMc-91 series).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1924-1999 (yard history); 1951-1973 (this hull's rows)

   Population

   Fulton Shipyard workforce (Antioch, CA, 1951-54)

   Limitations

   Compiler's yard table, secondary - corroborates builder, type, delivery (23-Mar-54 = commissioning date), and scrapping year (1973). Its '780' displacement conflicts with DANFS/NavSource's 630 lt / 755 fl - flagged in ev-10. A yard table does not carry keel/launch dates or hull numbers. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-conflict-am426-03

4. [4]Combat Fleets of the World (Wertheim naval almanac transcript, jwilliamcupp.name mirror) - MSO 426 Conflict line + Agile/Aggressive class table [other_primary]

   Locator

   CombFlt.htm - MSO 426 CONFLICT row + Agile/Aggressive class table

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Almanac line for this hull: 'MSO 426 CONFLICT - Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, CA - 13AUG51 - 16DEC54 - 23MAR54 - 9JUN72 decomm; 12JAN73 disposed.' The '16DEC54' launch entry is internally inconsistent with the same line's 13AUG51 keel and 23MAR54 commissioning and reads as a typographical error for 16DEC52 (DANFS and NavSource both read 16 December 1952). Class table carries 'AGILE Class, 421' as a single hull and 'AGGRESSIVE Class, 422-427, 432-449, 455-474, 488-496' - placing this hull (426) in the Aggressive-series block.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1951-1973

   Population

   Al Kidman scrapping workforce (Wilmington, CA, 1973-74)

   Limitations

   Secondary almanac transcript - supplies the decommissioning milestone (9JUN72) and disposal date (12JAN73) that NavSource renders differently (struck 1 June 1972; sold for scrap 1 December 1973) - flagged in ev-10 rather than merged. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-conflict-am426-04

5. [5]U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 'Navy and Coast Guard Ships Associated with Service in Vietnam and Exposure to Herbicide Agents' (VA regional-office claims resource under 38 CFR 3.307(a)(6)(iii)) - Conflict (MSO-426) entries; Ohio Dept. of Veterans Services-hosted copy, corroborated by independent mirrors [other_primary]

   Locator

   VA Vietnam ships list (dvs.ohio.gov PDF; identical entries in oldbluewater.com ListRevision5-16.11.pdf and ShipListNOV2015.pdf, and tf116.org mirror) - 'Conflict (MSO-426)' entries

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   VA ships-list entries for this hull: 'USS Conflict (MSO-426) [Minesweeper-Ocean] operated on Saigon River April 1, 1966 and Song Huong River (Perfume River) May 14, 1966' (category: ships operating temporarily on Vietnam's inland waterways); and 'docked to piers at Cam Ranh Bay on September 30, October 7, 27, 28, and 31, 1971' (docking category, appearing in the later list revisions). The list is compiled by VA from official ship histories, deck logs, and cruise books to determine Agent Orange herbicide-exposure presumption eligibility - it extends the documented operational record beyond where the DANFS narrative ends (1960).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1966-1971 (documented Vietnam operations); list current 2011-2015 revisions

   Population

   Crew aboard during the 1966 riverine operations and 1971 Cam Ranh Bay dockings

   Limitations

   This is a herbicide-exposure administrative list, not an asbestos or materials record - it documents where the ship operated, never what she was built of. 'Operated on' and 'docked' entries reflect evidence standards for herbicide presumption, not a complete operational history; the ship's Vietnam-era service is otherwise unelaborated in the public sources searched (deck logs at NARA are the lead). Citation is a state-government mirror of the VA document; the VA's own live page was not separately fetched.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-conflict-am426-05

6. [6]Consolidated era/design inference - documented construction and machinery (NavSource class index 'built primarily of wood, with bronze and stainless (non-magnetic) steel fittings'; NavSource spec block: four Packard ID1700 diesels, two shafts, two CPPs; Conway's Agile-class project history via myownonpmirror.com mirror: 'built of plywood for minimum magnetic signature') + documented builder and construction era (DANFS; Colton Fulton table) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 11/02idx class header + 11/02426 propulsion line; myownonpmirror.com/ships/usa/us_ms_aggressive.html (Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, Agile-class project history, mirrored); DANFS AM-426 entry

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference: this hull is a 1951-54-built wooden-hulled non-magnetic ocean minesweeper with a diesel direct-drive plant (four Packard ID1700 diesels, two shafts, two controllable-pitch propellers) - no steel hull to insulate, no boilers, no steam distribution. Its insulation load was materially lighter than a steam combatant's and lighter even than a steel-hulled diesel minesweeper's. Era-typical asbestos applications for a 1950s naval vessel of this type: exhaust-system and muffler lagging on the diesel plant and generators; machinery gaskets and packing; electrical-cable insulation; accommodation and galley joiner materials; deck coverings/floor tile; winch and windlass brake linings. Exposure-relevant populations if any material was present: Fulton Shipyard construction trades (Antioch, 1951-53); the commissioned crew (~72-80) across 1954-1972; Long Beach Naval Shipyard workers during the documented c.1965 drydocking and any other availabilities; and the 1973-74 Al Kidman scrapping workforce.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1951-1974

   Population

   Fulton trades (1951-53); crew 1954-1972; LBNSY drydock workers c.1965; scrapping workforce 1973-74

   Limitations

   Inference from documented design, machinery type, and construction era - NOT a hull materials record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming AM-426/MSO-426 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. The wooden hull and diesel (non-steam) plant make even era-level inference weaker than for steel or steam vessels of the same era. The Conway's text is cited via a mirror of the published reference; class-level construction description, not this hull's record.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-conflict-am426-06

7. [7]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (1979-80); and T.J. Bigley (Navy) letter to GAO, 5 Jan 1979, as quoted in 'The Asbestos Health Hazards Compensation Act,' Journal of Legislation (Notre Dame) 10(1) [gao]

   Locator

   GAO HRD-80-2 product/PDF (gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf); Notre Dame J. Legislation 10(1), 'The Asbestos Health Hazards Compensation Act' (scholarship.law.nd.edu/jleg/vol10/iss1/3) quoting Bigley letter of 5 Jan 1979

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   Program-level documentation of the asbestos window this hull's entire career falls inside: GAO HRD-80-2 records that the Navy's product specifications for thermal insulation were changed in 1973 to specify asbestos-free materials, but asbestos materials already purchased were still installed - 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978'; the Navy's elimination policy issued October 1975. A Navy letter to GAO dated 5 January 1979 (T.J. Bigley to Robert F. Hughes, quoted in the Notre Dame Journal of Legislation) states: 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos.' Conflict was built 1951-54 and in commission 1954-1972 - entirely within the pre-1973 as-built asbestos era and the 1979 all-ships statement's window.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1973-1979 policy window documented; hull era 1951-1974

   Population

   Navy personnel and shipyard workers, service-wide (era context)

   Limitations

   Program/era-level documentation; neither source names this vessel, class, or builder. GAO's fieldwork concerned shipyard workers (Long Beach, Norfolk). The 'all ships ... contain some quantity of asbestos' statement is quoted from a primary letter via a law-review source - the letter itself was not retrieved. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch (standing, same as BATCH-01); the PDF text was confirmed via search-snippet extraction, not full-text pull. Establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure - and for a wooden-hulled diesel ship the proposition applies with materially reduced scope.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-conflict-am426-07

8. [8]Wineland v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp., 539 F. Supp. 3d 1149 (W.D. Wash. 2021), Cause No. C19-0793RSL (Judge Lasnik) - order granting Crane Co.'s motion for summary judgment (Dkt. #304); companion orders grant other defendants' MSJs [court_record]

   Locator

   539 F. Supp. 3d 1149 (W.D. Wash. 2021); docket 2:19-cv-00793-RSL (W.D. Wash.); order PDF mirrors brownsims.com (Dkts. 302, 304, 309, 313, 427, 550)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Class-adjacent asbestos litigation exists for this vessel type: plaintiffs alleged decedent John Dale Wineland was exposed to asbestos-containing products while working engine rooms aboard Navy ships 1963-1984, including Agile/Aggressive-series ocean minesweepers USS Dynamic (MSO-432, 1963-66), USS Pledge (MSO-492, 1966-67), USS Loyalty (MSO-457, 1970-72), and USS Esteem (MSO-438, 1978-80) - sisters of this hull in the same wooden-hulled, diesel-engined MSO design family (Dynamic is documented moored with Conflict at Long Beach Naval Station, mid-1960s). The opinions record machinery-space work on 'diesel engines, pumps, air compressors, and valves' and litigation-stage product-identification evidence (e.g., Alfa Laval purifiers and DeLaval lube-oil pumps in the aft engine rooms of Dynamic, Loyalty, Esteem, Pledge). Disposition per litigation-stage discipline: the located rulings are summary-judgment-stage defense wins (Crane Co. MSJ granted, 539 F. Supp. 3d 1149; companion MSJs granted) - merits-level negatives for that plaintiff, not exposure findings; the vessel/product allegations are pleadings and motion-stage record assertions, not adjudicated facts. No appellate disposition was located.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   2019-2021 litigation; exposure period alleged 1963-1980

   Population

   MSO engine-room sailors (class context), 1963-1980

   Limitations

   Context only - the cited case does not name or involve USS Conflict/AM-426/MSO-426, and its sister-ship allegations never reached a merits finding on exposure. It establishes only that asbestos claims were litigated at the pleading/SJ stage for the same MSO type and diesel machinery spaces. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility for this hull. CourtListener API was quota-blocked at session time; the reporter citation and docket are verified via vLex metadata and the order PDFs mirrored at brownsims.com (defense firm); a CourtListener opinion URL was not resolved.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-conflict-am426-08

9. [9]Batch-1339 search ledger (this record): DANFS via hazegray/losthistory mirror; NavSource 11/02426 + 11/02idx class index; Shipbuilding History Fulton yard table; Combat Fleets transcript; VA herbicide ships list (Ohio DVS mirror + corroborating copies); NVR; CourtListener API v4 (throttled) + site-scoped web search; NARA catalog; VA BVA index; general web for litigation/abatement naming AM-426/MSO-426 [other_primary]

   Locator

   search_ledger rows sl-uss-conflict-am426-01 through sl-uss-conflict-am426-13

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for USS Conflict / AM-426 / MSO-426: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, preservation record, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener's authenticated API returned HTTP 429 (shared 2,800/day quota exhausted by prior batch work; reset ~8h) - no unauthenticated queries were run, and the opinion/RECAP sweeps are logged as blocked. Site-scoped web search of courtlistener.com and general-web litigation queries surfaced no vessel association - 'Conflict' is a high-collision common legal term and raw hits required filtering to the hull. Non-authoritative marketing rosters carry the name in generic ship tables (mesothelioma.com minesweepers table: 'USS Conflict | AM-426 | Aggressive | 3/23/1954 | Scrapped, 1973'; mesotheliomahope.com, lungcancergroup.com, and freeasbestostesting.com minesweeper lists name the hull) - excluded per source rules; they carry no hull-specific evidence.

   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 1951-54 naval vessel is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials even accounting for its wooden hull and lighter diesel insulation load. The hull was scrapped in the U.S. in 1973-74, so no present-day survey pathway exists. The CourtListener sweep is incomplete (quota) - residual risk that a differently-phrased hull reference exists is logged as a gap. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-conflict-am426-09

10. [10]Source-discrepancy resolution - DANFS (hazegray mirror) vs NavSource 11/02426 vs Colton Fulton yard table vs Combat Fleets transcript vs NavalCoverMuseum vs Wikipedia infobox [other_primary]

    Locator

    losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/mine/am426.htm; navsource.net/archives/11/02426.htm + 11/02idx.htm; shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-comm-small/fulton/; jwilliamcupp.name/Story/CombFlt.htm; navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/CONFLICT_MSO_426; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Conflict_(AM-426)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source discrepancies logged, not silently merged: (a) Complement - DANFS 'cpl. 72' vs NavSource '80' - both recorded, unresolved. (b) Beam - DANFS 'b. 36'' vs NavSource '35'' - DANFS carried. (c) Speed - DANFS 's. 16 k.' vs NavSource '14 kts.' - DANFS carried; NavSource's 14 kt matches the class table. (d) Displacement - DANFS '630' vs NavSource '630 lt / 755 fl' vs Colton '780' vs Wikipedia '630 long tons' - carried as light/full-load conventions, not reconciled. (e) Decommissioning - NavalCoverMuseum 'Decommissioned June 1972' vs Combat Fleets '9JUN72 decomm' vs Wikipedia infobox 'Decommissioned 12 January 1973' - the June 1972 readings carried; the 12 January 1973 figure is inconsistent with the 1 June 1972 strike and reads as the disposal milestone displaced (Combat Fleets '12JAN73 disposed'). (f) Disposal - NavSource 'Sold for scrap 1 December 1973 ... $32,000' vs Combat Fleets '12JAN73 disposed' vs Wikipedia 'sold for scrapping on January 12 1973 ... $32,000' - unresolved; plausible sequence is sale decision/contract Jan 1973, delivery/transfer completed Dec 1973, flagged not merged. (g) Strike date - NavSource 'Struck from the Navy Register 1 June 1972' precedes the Combat Fleets decommission date by eight days and precedes the CO-roster end (6 Sep 1972) - consistent with strike-on-inactivation plus caretaker period, not explained by any source. (h) Class grouping - DANFS spec block 'cl. Agile' vs NavSource header 'Aggressive Class Minesweeper' vs Combat Fleets 'AGILE Class, 421' + 'AGGRESSIVE Class, 422-427 ...' - recorded as Agile/Aggressive series, Aggressive block. (i) Launch year - Combat Fleets '16DEC54' is a typo against its own keel/commission dates and the 16 December 1952 in DANFS/NavSource - corrected in reading, flagged here.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-22

    Study period

    1951-1974

    Limitations

    Resolves publication-level discrepancies among the official DANFS text and secondary compilations, adopting the better-supported values and flagging the rest. None of the sources bears on asbestos; the disposal chain is reconciled at the level of custody events (decommission -> strike -> sale -> scrapping) because the component sources emphasize different milestones.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-conflict-am426-10

11. [11]Archival leads - NARA RG 24 deck logs for this hull's March 1954 - June 1972 commission (would document the 1966 Saigon/Perfume River and 1971 Cam Ranh Bay operations); WWII-era-and-later muster rolls; NARA still photograph 6932618 (Bureau of Ships collection, Conflict c.1954 - cataloged per NavSource credit); NARA RG 19 Bureau of Ships records - the asbestos guided-topic page directs research to hull-designation correspondence ('AM426'/'MSO426'), class correspondence under the class namesake ('AM421 Class' - Agile), builder contract files ('QM/Fulton Shipyard'), Entry P-11 'Minesweeper and Minelayer General Information Books' (Item S-68, 1940-1962), and hull-number-arranged Ship Engineering Drawings (S39 Insulation and Lagging, S48 Piping, S103 Booklets of General Plans); RG 181 Long Beach Naval Shipyard job files (the c.1965 Dry Dock No. 1 availability documented by NavSource); Navy/MARAD disposal file for the 1973 sale to Al Kidman [other_primary]

    Locator

    archives.gov RG 19/24/181 group guides + asbestos guided-topic page (archives.gov/research/military/navy/guided-topics/asbestos); NavSource 11/02426 photo credit (NARA ID 6932618)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized; NARA catalog returns only its JS application shell to automated fetch): (a) NARA RG 24 deck logs, Mar 1954 - Jun 1972 - the documentary base for the VA ships-list entries and any machinery-space events; (b) muster rolls for the commission period; (c) NARA still photograph cataloged under identifier 6932618, Bureau of Ships collection image of Conflict c.1954 (per NavSource credit) - construction photography is the closest existing thing to a material record for this hull; (d) NARA RG 19 BuShips records per the asbestos guided-topic page - hull files 'AM426'/'MSO426,' class files 'AM421 Class,' 'QM/Fulton Shipyard' contract correspondence, P-11 minesweeper GIBs, and S39/S48/S103 hull-series drawings - the plausible home of hull-level material schedules; (e) RG 181 Long Beach Naval Shipyard job files for the documented c.1965 drydocking; (f) the Navy/MARAD disposal record for the 1973 Al Kidman scrapping sale ($32,000 per NavSource).

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-22

    Study period

    1951-1974 records

    Limitations

    Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for AM-426/MSO-426 is unknown until surveyed in person. Deck logs, muster rolls, and contract files are personnel/operations records, not materials documentation; the BuShips design file is the best candidate for a material schedule. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-conflict-am426-11