Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]DANFS, Crag (AM-214) (specifications block + service narrative; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (hazegray/losthistory.net transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 21 March 1943 by Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Tampa, Fla.; sponsored by Mrs. Q. Abercrombie-St. John; completed at Charleston Navy Yard; commissioned 1 August 1945, Lt. G. W. Jarden, USNR, in command; reclassified MSF-214, 7 February 1955. Service: Naval Mine Warfare Test Station, Solomons Island, Md., to 17 December 1945; west coast via San Pedro; Hong Kong deployment March-June 1946 sweeping mines in the East Hainan Straits; San Francisco return 14 August 1946; Atlantic Fleet overhaul at Charleston November 1946; Mine Countermeasures Station, Panama City, Fla., February-May 1947; Chesapeake Bay exercises October-November 1947; reported Orange, Tex., 22 December 1947; out of commission in reserve 19 March 1948. One battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Tampa Shipbuilding and Charleston Navy Yard trades 1942-45; wartime/postwar crew (design complement 104)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. DANFS does not give a laid-down date (1942-12-07 per NavSource) and predates the 1962 strike/transfer, so it does not cover Mexican service. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-crag-am214-01
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[2]NavSource Online Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, Crag (MSF 214) ex-AM-214 (chronology compiled from Naval Vessel Register and official sources) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 11/02214, ship chronology block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource chronology for this hull: laid down 7 December 1942 as Craig (AM-214) by Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, FL; launched 21 March 1943; completed at Charleston Naval Shipyard; renamed Crag 3 August 1944; commissioned 1 August 1945; decommissioned 19 March 1948 at Orange, TX (Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists out of commission in reserve as November 1947); reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull) MSF-214, 7 February 1955; struck from the Navy Register 1 July 1962, transferred to Mexico and reclassified DM-15; subsequently named/reclassified ARM General Pedro Maria Anaya (A-8).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1994
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew 1945-48; Orange reserve-fleet caretakers 1948-62; Mexican Navy crew 1962-~1994
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled archive, not an official record, though its chronology tracks NVR/DANFS and is corroborated by NavalCoverMuseum (pennant A-8) and seaforces.org (DM-15/E-5, Mexican service 1962-94). Mexican-service details and the ultimate fate rest on secondary listings; no official Mexican record located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-crag-am214-02
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[3]O'Neil v. Crane Co., 53 Cal. 4th 335 (2012) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion factual background section (Bureau of Ships specifications; gaskets and packing discussion)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Published California Supreme Court opinion reviewing WWII-era Navy practice: the Bureau of Ships issued detailed material specifications for shipboard equipment, and during the early 1940s Navy specifications required that internal gaskets and packing materials in valves contain asbestos - 'at that time, asbestos was the only' material meeting the specification. Establishes that era Navy specifications mandated asbestos-containing gaskets/packing aboard warships of Crag's construction period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (specification era); 2012 (opinion)
- Population
- WWII-era Navy crews and shipyard workers (class context)
- Limitations
- Class/era context only. The opinion describes the steam propulsion system of 'a typical warship' (hundreds of valves controlling steam flow); Crag was diesel-driven with no steam plant, so the steam-valve population described does not map directly onto this hull. Establishes era specification practice, not the presence, quantity, or condition of asbestos aboard this specific ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-crag-am214-03
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[4]Batch-1191 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live page and mirrors; NavSource/NavalCoverMuseum archives; CourtListener API v4 and Google-indexed courtlistener.com searches; VA BVA decision index (va.gov); NARA catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-crag-am214-01 through sl-uss-crag-am214-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, BVA decision, or docketed case naming USS Crag / AM-214 / MSF-214 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The direct CourtListener API pass was blocked by daily-quota throttling (HTTP 429) and remains an open item.
- 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 - era construction makes period asbestos materials plausible. The hull left U.S. custody in 1962 and its fate is unreported, so no present-day survey is likely ever to exist. The blocked CourtListener API pass means the litigation negative finding is based on indexed web results only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-crag-am214-04
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[5]Atlas shipyards.json records: tampa-bay-shipbuilding (Tampa Shipbuilding Co./TASCO; evidence_tier 3) and charleston-naval-shipyard (evidence_tier 2, incl. OSHA inspection 100361849 asbestos citation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyard-exposure-map/client/src/data/shipyards.json, yard_id tampa-bay-shipbuilding and charleston-naval-shipyard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Builder/completion-yard context: Crag's hull was built at Tampa Shipbuilding Co. (TASCO), which carries a tier-3 yard-level record in the Atlas dataset (documented asbestos product categories incl. insulation, gaskets, valve packing, fireproofing), and was completed at Charleston Naval Shipyard, which carries a tier-2 yard record including a 1988 OSHA citation under the asbestos standard. WWII-era construction at these yards places the hull inside documented asbestos-use environments.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (build); 1988 (OSHA citation)
- Population
- Tampa Shipbuilding construction trades 1942-43; Charleston Navy Yard completion trades 1943-45
- Limitations
- Yard-level findings describe the workplaces, not this hull's materials; they do not establish that asbestos was installed aboard AM-214, nor in what quantity or locations. No hull-level record exists. Yard dataset entries cited as cross-links only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-crag-am214-05