Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, 'USS Egret I (AMc-24/IX-181)' - verbatim transcription via HyperWar/ibiblio (live NHHC DANFS page returned 404 on 2026-09-23) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Egret I entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: the first Egret (AMc-24) was placed in service 10 June 1941; during World War II served in the 4th Naval District and in the Potomac River Naval Command; reclassified IX-181 on 17 July 1944; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 17 June 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1941-1946
- Population
- Crew (1941-1946)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific service chronology only. The DANFS entry is a single-paragraph stub: it names no builder, gives no acquisition date, displacement, machinery, or complement, and contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egret-amc24-01
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[2]Naval Historical Center (NHHC) Online Library of Selected Images: 'USS Egret (AMc-24, later IX-181), 1941-1946' (photo NH 89218) and companion page 'Julia Eleanor (Fishing Vessel, 1937)' (photo NH 101964) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHC Online Library pages for NH 89218 and NH 101964
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC documents this hull as converted from the civilian fishing vessel Julia Eleanor, 'a moderate-size fishing vessel ... built in 1937,' acquired by the Navy in November 1940, converted into a minesweeper, and placed in service as USS Egret (AMc-24) in June 1941; operated in the 4th Naval District and the Potomac River; reclassified IX-181 in July 1944; stricken from the Navy list in February 1946; transferred to the U.S. Maritime Commission in June 1946. The original print of NH 101964 is held in National Archives Record Group 19-LCM.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1937-1946
- Population
- Crew (1941-1946)
- Limitations
- Official Navy photo-archive captions - corroborate identity, acquisition month, in-service month, and disposal chronology but carry no machinery detail, no complement, and no asbestos content. Does not name the builder.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egret-amc24-02
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[3]NavSource Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, 'Egret (IX 181) ex-Egret (AMc 24)' - internally inconsistent in-service date [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource AMc-24/IX-181 chronology block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource lists 'Placed in service as USS Egret (AMc 24), 10 June 1940' while the same entry gives Navy acquisition as 5 November 1940 - the in-service date precedes the acquisition and is internally inconsistent. DANFS and the NHHC photo archive both place in-service in June 1941. The NavSource 1940 figure is rejected as a transcription error; 1941-06-10 is carried.
- Verification
- disputed
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1940-1941
- Limitations
- Correction applies to the in-service date only. NavSource is a secondary compilation; its other figures (specs, complement, armament) remain unverified. Rejection of the 1940 date does not independently prove the 1941 date - that rests on DANFS/NHHC.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egret-amc24-03
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[4]NavSource AMc-24/IX-181 entry (specifications and post-Navy ownership); ShipbuildingHistory (shipbuildinghistory.com) Snow Shipyards construction list, Rockland, ME [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource AMc-24/IX-181 specifications block and ownership chronology; shipbuildinghistory.com/njscuba.net Snow yard vessel list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilations document: built 1937 by J. L. Snow Shipyard / Snow Shipyards, Rockland, ME, as fishing vessel Julia Eleanor (official no. 235853, owner Julia Eleanor Co., per ShipbuildingHistory); acquired by the Navy 5 November 1940; struck from the Naval Register 25 February 1946; sold 1946 to Manuel C. DeMello of New Bedford, MA, renamed Jacintha; registered 1948 to Joseph Campanelli of San Francisco as Stera; acquired 1958 by Sofus Mortensen of Fairhaven, MA; sank in collision with the trawler Swallow on 30 May 1959 about 10 miles off Boston, MA. Listed specifications: 110 t displacement; 90'2" x 20' x 10'; 8.7 kts; complement 17; one 20mm mount and two .30 cal machine guns; one 300-shp Cooper Bessemer diesel, single shaft.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1937-1959
- Population
- Navy crew (~17 per NavSource, unverified); post-Navy fishing crews (1946-1959)
- Limitations
- Both are secondary compilations. They corroborate each other on builder, build year, tonnage, and length, but ShipbuildingHistory conflicts with DANFS on disposal timing ('to MARAD 1945', 'sold 1945 as Jacintha' vs the documented Maritime Commission transfer of 17 June 1946). Specifications, complement, and armament figures are not verified against official records. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egret-amc24-04
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[5]Fleischer WE, Viles FJ Jr, Gade RL, Drinker P, 'A Health Survey of Pipe Covering Operations in Constructing Naval Vessels,' Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 1946 Jan;28:9-16 (PMID 21016030) - U.S. Navy health survey documenting amosite asbestos felt as 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels' [other_primary]
- Locator
- J Ind Hyg Toxicol 1946;28:9-16; PubMed record 21016030
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Era context only: a wartime U.S. Navy survey documented asbestos-containing felt and pipe covering as standard insulation practice aboard naval vessels under construction - establishing that asbestos use was era-typical for a 1940-41 Navy conversion. For this hull the inference is narrow: NavSource lists diesel propulsion (one 300-shp Cooper Bessemer, single shaft) with no boilers or steam plant, so the steam-system insulation that concentrated asbestos aboard larger hulls was absent; plausible period applications would be limited to exhaust lagging, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, and brake linings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1940-1946
- Population
- Conversion-yard trades (1940-41); crew (1941-1946)
- Limitations
- Era-level epidemiology, not a hull record - the survey examined pipe covering operations at Navy and contract yards and names no individual vessel. Does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull; equally, diesel propulsion does not prove asbestos absence. No quantities, no product identification, no exposure findings for this vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egret-amc24-05
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[6]Batch-1559 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NHHC Online Library; NavSource; ShipbuildingHistory; NVR hull listing; MARAD Vessel History Database; CourtListener opinion and RECAP docket searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-egret-amc24-01 through -10
- 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 Egret (AMc-24/IX-181) was found in the sources searched. CourtListener returned only name collisions - businesses, addresses, and small boats named 'Egret' (see search_ledger). MARAD's Vessel History Database indexes no vessel status card under EGRET, JACINTHA, STERA, or JULIA ELEANOR.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 2026-09-23
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard; the hull sank in 1959 and no material condition survey exists. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egret-amc24-06
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[7]NARA Record Group 19-LCM (original print of NH 101964, per NHC photo page); Navy conversion contract/work records; Maritime Commission disposal file for the 17 June 1946 transfer [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHC Julia Eleanor page (RG 19-LCM citation); MARAD Vessel History Database name searches
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Undigitized records that could hold conversion detail: NARA Record Group 19-LCM holds the original print of the Julia Eleanor photograph; the Navy's 1940-41 conversion contract or work package and the Maritime Commission disposal file for the June 1946 transfer were not located in digitized public sources; no MARAD vessel status card is digitized under any known name for this hull.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1940-1946
- Limitations
- Leads only - there is no indication any of these records contain asbestos-relevant content; the conversion scope itself is undocumented in public sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egret-amc24-07