Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 1081-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-eucalyptus-yn11-pkt-1081-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Eucalyptus (YN-11) - construction at General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda; sponsor; in-service and commissioning dates; 13th Naval District and Alaskan net-tending service; reserve lay-up; stricken/transferred to MARAD September 1962 (live NHHC page verified 2026-10-05; returns 404 to bare-curl fetch but renders with a normal browser user-agent and via Firecrawl) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Eucalyptus (YN-11) service narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: launched 3 July 1941 by General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, Calif.; sponsored by Mrs. Romana Jorgenson; placed in service in a noncommissioned status 9 October 1941, Lieutenant S. B. McDonald, USNR, officer-in-charge; commissioned 9 May 1942, Lieutenant Commander A. J. Einmo, USNR, in command; reclassified AN-16 on 20 January 1944. Initially assigned to the 13th Naval District - patrol and net-tending operations there until late 1943, then Alaskan waters for the same duty; returned to Seattle July 1944; reassigned to San Francisco Bay area for the duration of WWII. November 1945 sailed to Astoria, Oreg.; placed in commission in reserve 6 March 1946; placed out of commission November 1946 at Astoria; remained in reserve through 1961; stricken and transferred to MARAD in September 1962. Spec block: dp. 560; l. 163'2"; b. 30'6"; dr. 11'8"; s. 12 k.; cpl. 48; a. 1 3"; cl. Aloe.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1940-1962
- Population
- Construction trades, General Engineering & Dry Dock (1940-41); officers/crew (1941-46); reserve-fleet caretakers (1946-62)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS does not give a laid-down date (NavSource supplies 31 December 1940). 'Stricken and transferred to MARAD in September 1962' is month-precision; MARAD status cards supply the exact dates (custody 1961-06-15; permanent transfer 1962-09-01). Live page serves 404 to bare curl without a browser user-agent - verified live 2026-10-05.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eucalyptus-yn11-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Eucalyptus (AN-16) ex USS Eucalyptus (YN-11) - designation timeline, construction, commanding officers, specifications, disposal line [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 09/18/18016.htm header block, specifications block, commanding-officers table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 31 December 1940 as a Yard Net Tender at General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, CA; launched 3 July 1941; placed in service as Eucalyptus (YN-11) 9 October 1941, LT. S. B. McDonald USNR officer-in-charge; commissioned USS Eucalyptus (YN-11) 9 May 1942, LCDR Andreas S. Einmo USNR; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during WWII; redesignated net laying ship AN-16, 20 January 1944; decommissioned November 1946 at Astoria, OR; laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group; struck from the Naval Register and transferred to the Maritime Administration September 1962; 'Final Disposition, fate unknown.' Specifications: displacement 660 t. light / 905 t. full; length 163'2"; beam 30'6"; draft 11'8"; speed 12.5 kts; complement 4 officers + 44 enlisted; armament one 3"/50 cal dual-purpose mount, two .50 cal machine guns; largest boom capacity 12 t; fuel diesel 665 Bbls; propulsion two Enterprise DSG-6 diesel engines, single Westinghouse main reduction gear, two 60 kW 120 V D.C. ship's service generators, single propeller 800 shp. Commanding officers/officers-in-charge (9, 1941-46): LT McDonald (OinC) Oct 1941-May 1942; LCDR Einmo May 1942-Oct 1943; LT Stevens Oct 1943-Aug 1944; LT Jennings Aug 1944-May 1945; LT Breinholt May-Dec 1945; LT Sifford Dec 1945-Apr 1946; LTjg Limes (acting) Apr-1 May 1946; LTjg Gerfen 1 May-Jun 1946; ENS Higgins Jun-Nov 1946. Awards ribbons: American Defense Service Medal; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal. Photography: YN-11 underway 1941 off the Oregon/Washington coast (US Navy photo, NARA Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle), RG 181); AN-16 discharging/streaming nets at Kuluk Bay, AK, 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1940-1976
- Population
- Construction trades (1940-41); officers/crew listed by name (1941-46); Kuluk Bay net operations (1944)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS/NVR conventions. 'Fate unknown' on this page is superseded by the MARAD status cards (see ev-04). Specification figures conflict with DANFS on displacement (560 vs 660/905) and with Wikipedia on armament (.50 cal vs 20 mm) - see gaps. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eucalyptus-yn11-02
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[4]NavSource 'Net Laying Methods' monograph - 1944 Kuluk Bay (Adak region) net installation by USS Eucalyptus (AN-16) and USS Mulberry (AN-27) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 09/18/1800033.htm, 'Net Laying Methods' section (c), Aleutian Islands 1944
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-specific operational record: 'Orders were received by USS Eucalyptus AN-16 and USS Mulberry AN-27 to begin laying the Kuluk Bay net in the Adak region' (Aleutian Islands, 1944). No construction facilities existed at Adak, so the nets were built at the Sand Bay depot on Great Sitkin Island - the main net depot for the Aleutian area, ~20 miles from the site - and hauled on Eucalyptus's deck in six-panel sections of standard 30-foot panels with flotations attached. At the site she discharged and streamed the net using her stern anchor and winches 'following normal installation procedures'; a 2,500-pound anchor served as a temporary mooring. Documents the physically intensive net-handling work (boom, winches, deck loads, stern-anchor streaming) that defined this crew's duties.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Eucalyptus and Mulberry deck/net-handling crews, Kuluk Bay and Sand Bay, Aleutians, 1944
- Limitations
- Operational narrative only - no asbestos or material content; establishes duties performed, not materials present. NavSource-hosted monograph (compiled naval-history material, attribution to the ship's war-era reporting tradition); dates within her documented late-1943 to mid-1944 Alaskan tour per DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eucalyptus-yn11-03
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[5]MARAD Vessel History Database, EUCALYPTUS (YN-11/AN-16) vessel detail 1489 - characteristics, milestones, and vessel status cards (MA-383 Reserve Fleet Ship Particulars; MA-199 Vessel Status Card), including downloadable EUCALYPTUS.pdf custody record [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov Detail/1489 - status cards 1489_2750AF.jpg and f27c8e96-...-png (read directly); EUCALYPTUS.pdf custody sheet; milestones table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Primary custody/disposal record for this hull. MA-199 status card: EUCALYPTUS (AN-16), U.S. Navy flag, vessel no. 0585375, type 'Net Laying,' shipyard Alameda Calif. - General Eng. & DD Co., date built 10-41, builder's hull no. 16, delivered from shipyard to Navy Dept. Operating history: Navy Department to Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, 11:30 am PDST 6-15-61 (Custody); MarAdm Fleet Custody, 12:01 am 9-1-62 (Permanent Transfer); Reserve Fleet to Zidell Explorations, Inc., Suisun Bay, 2/3/76 (Purchase, nontransportation use), physically delivered 12:10 pm PST 2/27/76. MA-383 particulars card: Navy-built net laying ship, diesel electric, entered Suisun Bay fleet 15 June 1961; 'Marad Title Sept. 1, 1962'; withdrawn 2/27/76 'for NTU'; 'Sold under PD-X-1003, 2-3-76 to Zidell Explorations Inc. for $12,000.00'; light displacement 560 tons; LOA 163'2", breadth 30'6", speed 12.5 knots, Off. 4 Enl. 44; 'Marad preservation: See Navy letter April 20, 1961 (FY 1962); Marad reply April 27, 1961.' Database milestones table: Entry/Acquisition 6/15/1961; Disposition and Withdrawal 2/27/1976 ('CUST 1962 NDRF 1961'). Database fate: 'Sold -NTU'; listed lightweight displacement 850 tons (conflicts with the card's 560 - see gaps).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1961-1976
- Population
- Reserve-fleet caretakers, Suisun Bay (1961-76); shipbreakers (1976)
- Limitations
- Disposal and custody documentation only - no asbestos or material content. 'Sold -NTU' (non-transportation use) is the MARAD scrapping pathway; the card records sale to Zidell Explorations Inc. at Suisun Bay but does not state the breaking location (Zidell was a Portland, OR shipbreaker - secondary knowledge, not asserted here). Resolves NavSource's 'fate unknown' and confirms the secondary 'scrapped 1976' tradition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eucalyptus-yn11-04
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[6]NARA holdings for this hull: muster rolls NAID 127400389 'Eucalyptus (AN-16), 1/10/43-12/1/46' (series: Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities); NARA deck-log inventory for YN-11 covering 10/9/1941-10/26/1943; NARA Special List 44 logbook entry 'Eucalyptus (YN-11, AN-16), 12/1/1943-6/30/1945' (RG 24 Entry 118, NAID 581208); WWII war diaries of COMINSHPAT 13th Naval District (RG 38, digitized) surfaced under a ship-name catalog query [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov NAID 127400389; archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/special-list-44-named (Eucalyptus row); archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-deck-logs-1941-1959
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds ship-name-indexed records for this hull on three independent inventories: (1) deck logs for YN-11 covering 9 October 1941 - 26 October 1943 (the in-service and early-commissioned period; batch-supplied NARA deck-log inventory data - log coverage dates are not commissioning dates); (2) Special List 44 ('List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947,' RG 24 Entry 118) entry for 'Eucalyptus (YN-11, AN-16),' logbooks 1 December 1943 - 30 June 1945 - verified live on archives.gov; combined inventoried log coverage October 1941 - June 1945; (3) muster-roll unit NAID 127400389 titled 'Eucalyptus (AN-16), 1/10/43-12/1/46' - verified via the NARA Catalog records API (hit under ship-name query; series 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities'). COMINSHPAT 13th Naval District war diaries (the command she served under 1941-43; e.g., NAIDs 133890443, 133932298, 133944372, and a 13th ND inshore-patrol muster roll NAID 191003951) surfaced in the same ship-name query - digitized WWII war diaries that plausibly mention this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1941-1946 (records coverage)
- Population
- Crew of record, 1941-46 (muster rolls through 12/1/46)
- Limitations
- Archival leads only: none of these records is digitized for remote reading except the war diaries, and none has been reviewed page-level. The catalog API went intermittent mid-session (SPA shell responses) - the muster-roll NAID and war-diary hits are confirmed search hits, but full record detail (reference units, digital objects) was not pulled; verification partial. Deck-log coverage 10/9/1941-10/26/1943 rests on batch-supplied inventory data and could not be re-verified against the JS-rendered catalog this session. No asbestos content is expected in deck logs/muster rolls as such; their value is crew and duty-station documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eucalyptus-yn11-05
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[7]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block and NavSource specifications (diesel-electric Aloe-class net tender - two Enterprise DSG-6 diesels, Westinghouse reduction gear, single shaft, 800 shp; no steam plant); Wikipedia Aloe-class article (class-wide propulsion detail: paired diesels supplying propulsion and net-handling machinery, auxiliary diesels, evaporator; secondary, cross-check only); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide asbestos-era documentation (see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NavSource specifications block; Wikipedia Aloe-class article (propulsion section, secondary)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-electric net laying ship built 1940-41 at a commercial yard (General Engineering & Dry Dock, Alameda) sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were thermal insulation, machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in confined below-deck spaces. As a diesel-electric vessel she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply - but diesel exhaust lagging, machinery insulation, and packing/gasket applications remain plausible era-standard installations.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1940-1976
- Population
- GE&DD construction trades (1940-41); crew (1941-46); Suisun Bay caretakers (1961-76); Zidell shipbreakers (1976)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, construction specification, or work package located for YN-11/AN-16. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eucalyptus-yn11-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1940-41), service era (1941-46), reserve lay-up (1946-62), and MARAD custody to disposal (1962-76).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. GAO's fieldwork concerned Navy shipyards (long-shore/yard exposure), not this vessel. Full text not retrieved - gao.gov blocks automated fetch (HTTP 403, confirmed this session); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eucalyptus-yn11-07
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[9]Batch-9184 search ledger (this record): DANFS live page; NavSource ship page and Net Laying Methods monograph; MARAD Vessel History Database incl. status-card images and custody PDF; NARA catalog API (muster rolls NAID 127400389); NARA Special List 44 (live); NARA deck-log inventory (batch-supplied); NVR check; shipyards.json builder check; secondary web litigation sweep; CourtListener (pacing-limited - see search_ledger) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-eucalyptus-yn11-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum/museum-transfer condition report, or verified litigation naming USS Eucalyptus (YN-11/AN-16) was found in the public sources searched. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing content (mesowatch.org, kazanlaw.com and similar listicles naming the builder or ship generically) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. CAVEAT: CourtListener's four prescribed base queries could not be completed this session - the authenticated helper returned fleet-pacing waits throughout the working window (see search_ledger); logged as blocked/pending, not as a negative result.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 2026-10-05
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - and the litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (pacing-limited, not run to completion). Deck logs, muster rolls, GE&DD construction records, and any MARAD sale/NTU hazmat conditions are undigitized or unreviewed leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eucalyptus-yn11-08