Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS entry 'Eucalyptus' (YN-11/AN-16), Naval History and Heritage Command (live page 404 on 2026-09-24; Wayback capture 2024-12-09 used) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Eucalyptus' entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry: Eucalyptus (YN-11: dp. 560; l. 163'2"; b. 30'6"; dr. 11'8"; s. 12 k.; cpl. 48; a. 1 3"; cl. Aloe) - an Australasian tree of the myrtle family. Launched 3 July 1941 by General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, Calif.; sponsored by Mrs. Romana Jorgenson; placed in service noncommissioned 9 October 1941 (Lt. S. B. McDonald, USNR, officer-in-charge); commissioned 9 May 1942 (Lt. Cmdr. A. J. Einmo, USNR); reclassified AN-16 on 20 January 1944. Assigned to 13th Naval District for patrol and net-tending until late 1943, then Alaskan waters; returned to Seattle July 1944, then San Francisco Bay area for the rest of WWII. Sailed to Astoria, Oregon November 1945; placed in commission in reserve 6 March 1946; placed out of commission November 1946 at Astoria; in reserve through 1961; stricken and transferred to MARAD September 1962.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1940-1962
- Limitations
- Authoritative for identity, milestones, and service narrative; contains no asbestos or materials information. DANFS gives commissioning CO as 'A. J. Einmo' while NavSource's roster lists 'Andreas Sorenson Einmo' - minor initials discrepancy, not material. Live NHHC URL returned 404; the archived capture is the citable location.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eucalyptus-an16-01
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[2]NavSource Online, USS Eucalyptus (AN-16) photo-index page 18016 (milestones, CO roster, NARA RG 181 photo attribution) + transcribed U.S. Navy 'Net Laying Methods' narrative, page 1800033 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 18016 ship page; NavSource 1800033 'Net Laying Methods' section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource ship page and a transcribed WWII Navy net-laying narrative: laid down 31 December 1940 as Yard Net Tender at General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda; after November 1946 decommissioning the hull was laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group; commanding-officer roster lists Lt. S. B. McDonald (OinC, 1941-10-09) then LCDR Andreas Sorenson Einmo (from 1942-05-09). The transcribed narrative describes this hull's working method: USS Eucalyptus (AN-16) and USS Mulberry (AN-27) received orders to lay the Kuluk Bay net in the Adak region (Aleutians, 1944); net sections were built at the Sand Bay depot on Great Sitkin Island (~20 miles away), loaded by crane onto Eucalyptus's deck in six 30-foot panels per trip with flotations attached, then discharged and streamed using the ship's stern anchor and winches; a 2,500-lb anchor served as temporary mooring.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1940-1962 (ship page); 1944 (net-laying narrative)
- Population
- Net-tender crew performing deck/winch work, Kuluk Bay (Adak), 1944
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained archive; the net-laying narrative is a transcription of a Navy document whose underlying publication is not identified on the page. Ship-page milestones agree with DANFS except the 'decommissioned November 1946' shorthand (see correction row). Documents operations and custody only - no materials or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eucalyptus-an16-02
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[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, Vessel History Database - EUCALYPTUS (YN-11/AN-16), ShipHistory Detail 1489, incl. digitized vessel status card (1489_2750AF) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 1489, milestone table + status card scan (EUCALYPTUS.pdf)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD Vessel History Database record for EUCALYPTUS (YN-11/AN-16): year built 1941, shipyard General Engineering and Dry Dock, Naval Auxiliary / AN Net Laying Ship, length 163.17 ft, beam 30.50 ft, lightweight displacement 850 tons. Milestones: Entry/Acquisition 1961-06-15 (status card shows Navy Dept. delivery to Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, 9:40 AM PDST, permanent transfer); Disposition and Withdrawal 1976-02-27, milestone note 'CUST 1962 NDRF 1961' (MARAD custody from 1961, formal title transfer 1962). Recorded fate: 'Sold - NTU' (non-transportation use).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1961-1976
- Limitations
- Authoritative for MARAD custody and disposal milestones; the scanned status card is a hand-annotated government card with partially legible entries (OCR-aided reading). 'Sold - NTU' records a non-transportation-use sale (scrapping-type disposal) but names no buyer or scrap yard. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eucalyptus-an16-03
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[4]ShipScribe, 'USS Aloe (AN-6) Class' - transcription of official U.S. Navy ships' data and MARAD disposal records [other_primary]
- Locator
- AN-6 class page: construction table row 16 (EUCALYPTUS), disposal table, ship note 16, class notes
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official-data transcription of the Aloe (AN-6) class: this hull ordered 27 July 1940 (one of 32 net tenders directed by CNO 3 July 1940 under the 159-district-craft program Congress approved 26 June 1940), keel laid 31 December 1940 at General Engineering & Dry Dock, launched 3 July 1941, in service 9 October 1941; commissioned 9 May 1942; ex YN-11 on 20 January 1944; in USN reserve 1946-61; to NDRF 15 June 1961; MARAD sale recorded 3 February 1976 and delivered to buyer 27 February 1976. Class design data: steel hull, 560 tons light / ~805-850 loaded, 163.2 ft oa, diesel-electric 800 shp single screw with propulsion units also serving the net-handling deck winches, complement 46 (1944), armament evolution to 1-3"/50 (AN-16 carried one 3"/50 by 1961).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1940-1976
- Limitations
- A careful transcription of official data, not the underlying documents themselves. Class-level machinery and characteristic figures are design-level, not a survey of this hull. Disposal table 'Decomm. 6 Mar 46' reflects the in-commission-in-reserve date; DANFS places her out of commission November 1946 (see correction row). No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eucalyptus-an16-04
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[5]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), PMID 3555021 [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 under which this 1941 net tender was built - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in ship 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 (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. The hull's diesel-electric plant means the steam-system insulation uses emphasized for larger combatants are not directly analogous.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eucalyptus-an16-05
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[6]DANFS entry 'Eucalyptus' (in-reserve and out-of-commission sequence); NavSource AN-16 page (Nov. 1946); secondary summaries giving 6 Mar 1946 as decommission date [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry paragraph 2; NavSource 18016
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancy resolved: secondary summaries (e.g., Wikipedia/NavalCoverMuseum) report 'decommissioned 6 March 1946,' while DANFS documents a two-step reserve process - placed in commission in reserve 6 March 1946 at Astoria, then placed out of commission November 1946 at Astoria. NavSource's 'decommissioned in November 1946' agrees with the DANFS out-of-commission step. The DANFS sequence is adopted as controlling.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1946
- Limitations
- Resolves a publication-level framing discrepancy in secondary sources; does not affect the reserve/striking/disposal timeline materially. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eucalyptus-an16-06
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[7]Batch-1761 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC; MARAD Vessel History Database Detail 1489 + status card; NavSource ship page and net-laying document; ShipScribe AN-6 class data; CourtListener opinion and docket searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-eucalyptus-an16-01 through sl-uss-eucalyptus-an16-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming Eucalyptus (YN-11/AN-16) was found in the public sources searched - DANFS contains no materials statement, the MARAD record and status card contain none, and CourtListener opinion and docket searches by name and hull number returned no qualifying case (310 opinion and 931 docket hits on 'Eucalyptus' are all name collisions: the tree, street addresses, and companies bearing the name; see search_ledger).
- 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 1941 steel-hulled auxiliary is era-consistent with asbestos-containing gaskets, insulation, brake linings, and coatings, and her 1976 scrapping predates hazmat-disclosure practice. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eucalyptus-an16-07
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[8]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (deck logs), RG 38 (war diaries), RG 181 (naval districts); NavSource photo caption citing NARA RG 181, Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG guides; NavSource 18016 photo caption (RG 181 attribution)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 (U.S. Navy deck logs - this hull was commissioned 1942-1946, so wartime deck logs should exist); RG 38 (WWII war diaries); RG 181 (Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments - NARA Pacific Alaska Region, Seattle holds a 1941 U.S. Navy photograph of YN-11 off the Oregon/Washington coast, attesting that 13th Naval District records include this ship); builder's contract records for General Engineering & Dry Dock YN-11.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1940-1962 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for YN-11/AN-16 is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eucalyptus-an16-08