Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, Flame (AM-236) (verbatim transcription on the hazegray/losthistory mirror; live NHHC pages return 404; no ibiblio HyperWar AM-236 page exists) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, complete text (3 sentences incl. namesake gloss)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull, in full: 'Flame - State of blazing combustion. The name Flame was assigned to AM-236 on 6 August 1942, but construction was canceled on 6 June 1944.' The official record establishes that this hull was a named construction contract that was cancelled before any ship was built - never laid down, never launched, never commissioned. AM-236 is the only vessel named Flame in DANFS.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Limitations
- DANFS documents the name assignment and cancellation only - no builder, no PCE-909 lineage, no specifications, and no materials information. Live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 (standing link-rot note from Batch 01); the verbatim hazegray/losthistory transcription is cited. The single-paragraph entry is the complete DANFS record for this name.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flame-am236-01
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[2]Shipbuilding-history compilations: Naval Marine Archive minesweeper table ('AM 236 Flame | Puget Sound Bridge | Seattle WA | 185 | 945 | 1942 | | Ex-PCE 909, cancelled'); ShipbuildingHistory PSBD yard table (hull 73, 'AM 236 ... Cancelled'); NavalCoverMuseum Designation PCE table ('FLAME AM 236 ex PCE 909 Canceled 6 June 1944'); corroborated by DANFS records for adjacent hulls AM-232 through AM-235, all built at Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Nov-Dec 1944 [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com minesweepers part-1 table row for AM-236; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/lockheed.htm PSBD yard table row 73; navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/Designation_PCE PCE-909 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Design and contract lineage: AM-236 was ordered as patrol craft escort PCE-909 and redesignated as an Admirable-class minesweeper under a Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. (Seattle, WA) contract - yard sequence no. 73. Adjacent hulls in the same block were all built at that yard: Execute (AM-232, ex-PCE-905, del. 15 Nov 1944), Facility (AM-233, ex-PCE-906, del. 29 Nov 1944), Fancy (AM-234, ex-PCE-907, del. 13 Dec 1944), Fixity (AM-235, ex-PCE-908, del. 29 Dec 1944). AM-236 (ex-PCE-909) and AM-237 Fortify (ex-PCE-910) were cancelled 6 June 1944 before laying down.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging construction trades (contract stage only - no construction labor on this hull is documented or expected)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations, not official records - no BuShips contract document was located. The PSBD attribution is corroborated by official DANFS entries for the four adjacent hulls (all Puget Sound Bridge) and by multiple independent compilations, but is itself unverified against a primary contract source. uboat.net reads 'ordered 12 Aug 1943' vs DANFS name-assignment 6 Aug 1942 - the order/contract date is unresolved (carried in gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flame-am236-02
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[3]Admirable-class design specifications (per DANFS/NavSource spec blocks for built sister hulls, e.g. Fixity AM-235: 625 t, 184'6" x 33' x 10', 15 kt, complement 104, diesel-electric twin-screw 1,800 hp plant) + documented WWII-era Navy shipbuilding insulation requirements [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications blocks for built Admirable-class sisters (e.g. AM-235 Fixity, hazegray transcription); sibling-record era context (uss-execute-am232 ev-02 Neushul declaration, Siegfried v. Owens-Illinois, C.D. Cal. 2:18-cv-01575, RECAP 52-0)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Design-level context only: the Admirable-class design AM-236 would have shared is a steel-hulled 184'6" fleet minesweeper with a diesel-electric plant (two ALCO 539 diesels, twin screws) - no boilers or steam lines. Had construction proceeded in 1944 inside the WWII Navy procurement regime (fireproof thermal insulation required on naval vessels; asbestos-containing products on Navy QPLs), era-standard asbestos applications typical of the type would plausibly have included diesel exhaust lagging, engine-space insulation, machinery gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, fireproofing, accommodation insulation, and deck covering. Because the plant was diesel, the dominant WWII asbestos pathway aboard steam vessels - boiler and steam-line lagging - would not have existed on this design.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1944 (design period)
- Population
- None - no crew or construction workforce was ever assigned to this hull
- Limitations
- This row describes a design, not a ship: construction was cancelled before keel-laying, so no material was ever procured or installed under AM-236 and no asbestos exposure pathway ever existed aboard this hull. The class/era inference that supports tier-2 framing for built sisters has no physical referent here - it is recorded for completeness of the planned configuration only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flame-am236-03
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[4]Batch-1210 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live page; NavSource archive page; HyperWar ship page; NVR SHIPSDETAIL; shipbuilding-history compilations; CourtListener API and site: mitigation [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-flame-am236-01 through sl-uss-flame-am236-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record exists or was located - and none can exist in the usual sense: the hull was never built, so there is no survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or operational history to document. Consistent with that: no Naval Vessel Register SHIPSDETAIL page exists (hull predates and never entered NVR coverage); no NavSource photo-archive page exists; no HyperWar ship page exists (that series covers commissioned ships); and no asbestos litigation naming USS Flame or AM-236 was located - the CourtListener API was rate-limited at research time, and the site: mitigation search returned only name collisions (a document-exhibit code 'AM-236' in a DEA-audit privilege log; 'flame' passages in USS Bonhomme Richard fire documents).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 2026-09-22
- Limitations
- The non-existence finding (DANFS cancellation) is verified and is itself the controlling fact for this record. The litigation sub-finding is PARTIAL only: authenticated CourtListener API queries could not run (HTTP 429, shared 2800/day cap) and the web-index mitigation is not a completed court-record sweep. Because the hull never existed, asbestos exposure litigation naming it is implausible, but a pleading-stage mention cannot be ruled out until the API sweep completes.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flame-am236-04
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[5]NARA, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' (RG 19 research guide: Minesweeper and Minelayer General Information Books; hull-arranged Ship Engineering Drawings, S39/S48/S103 filing codes; BuShips general correspondence incl. QM private-contractor files) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov guided topic page, sections 'General Information Books' and 'Ship Engineering Drawings' + BuShips correspondence file-code explanation (page live, HTTP 200, 2026-09-22)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- For a cancelled hull, any surviving material documentation would be at the design/contract stage, not aboard a ship: NARA RG 19 holds Minesweeper and Minelayer General Information Books (Entry P-11, Item S-68, 1940-1962) and hull-arranged Ship Engineering Drawings under codes S103 (Booklets of General Plans), S39 (Insulation and Lagging), and S48 (Piping); BuShips general-correspondence files (1940-1945 series, incl. 'QM' private-contractor files for Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging) would hold the AM-236 contract and cancellation correspondence. Whether any AM-236-specific drawing, GIB section, or contract file survives is unknown - design-stage records can exist for hulls that were never built.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1944 (hypothetical record coverage); guide verified live 2026-09-22
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the guide documents which series exist, not that AM-236 material survives in them; no hull-specific drawing, GIB, or contract file was retrieved or confirmed. Establishes a research path for the planned design, not an asbestos finding; even a positive retrieval would document intended materials, never installed materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flame-am236-05
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[6]Atlas shipyard dataset record 'puget-sound-bridge-dredging' (shipyards.json): Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company, Seattle, WA, WWII peak employment 10,000, evidence_tier 3, yard-level asbestos product entry Raymark (Raybestos-Manhattan) per Lockwood v. AC & S, Inc., 109 Wash. 2d 235, 744 P.2d 605 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json record 'puget-sound-bridge-dredging'; underlying opinion Lockwood v. AC & S, Inc., 109 Wash. 2d 235, 744 P.2d 605 (1987)
- Finding type
- litigation_product_id
- Finding
- Contract-yard context: the Atlas shipyards dataset carries Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging (the yard that held the AM-236 contract) at evidence_tier 3 with a verified yard-level asbestos product identification - Raymark asbestos products and asbestos pipe insulation on steam turbines documented aboard a large-liner conversion at the yard in 1947-1948, per Lockwood v. AC & S, Inc., 109 Wash. 2d 235 (1987).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1947-1948 (cited record); contract cancelled 1944
- Population
- PSBD yard trades - cited period 1947-1948, after this hull's cancellation window
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull record: the Lockwood finding covers a 1947-48 liner conversion - three-plus years after AM-236's cancellation and an unrelated job. It establishes that asbestos products were handled at this yard in the era, nothing about materials that would have gone into AM-236 (no construction ever occurred).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flame-am236-06