USS Flamingo (AM-32)

Evidence

12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).

1. [1]DANFS, 'Flamingo' (AM-32) entry (Vol. II) plus the repeated 'Viking' III (ARS-1) entry (Vol. VII) - verbatim transcription via the Haze Gray DANFS mirror at losthistory.net; no NHHC-hosted page located (404 at /danfs/f/flamingo-i.html; NHHC 'viking-i' page covers only the yacht Vikings I-II; no NHHC Viking III page found) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS Vol. II 'Flamingo' entry spec block + narrative; DANFS Vol. VII 'Viking' III entry (repeated beneath the Flamingo entry on the mirror page)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS record for this hull (spec block: dp. 950; l. 187'10"; b. 35'6"; dr. 9'10"; s. 14 k.; cpl. 72; a. 2 3"; cl. Lapwing): laid down 18 Oct 1917 at Elizabethport, N.J., by New Jersey Drydock and Transportation Co.; launched 24 Aug 1918; commissioned New York Navy Yard 12 Feb 1919, Lt. F. J. Mayer. Local towing/stores duty, Tompkinsville, Mar-May 1919; collision with a Panama Railroad Co. tug 10 Apr, repaired Port Richmond; departed 18 May for the Orkneys; Kirkwall 5 Jun - North Sea Mine Barrage clearance; night of 15-16 Jul dragged anchor into the minefield, fouled a mine that exploded beneath the stern (rudder damaged, capstan and generator disabled, stern plating dished); towed by Eider (Minesweeper No. 17) to Invergordon for drydock repairs 17 Jul; back at Kirkwall 13 Aug; towed mined sister Pelican (Minesweeper No. 27) to South Shields 15 Aug; operated from Lervic, Stavanger, Haugesund; final barrage sweep late Sep; departed Kirkwall 1 Oct, Tompkinsville 20 Nov; Portsmouth (N.H.) Navy Yard overhaul from 28 Nov; 1st Div., 2d Mine Squadron, Atlantic Fleet 1 Jul 1920; classified AM-32 17 Jul 1920; in reserve at Portsmouth 18 Nov 1920; EO 25 Mar 1922 authorized transfer to Commerce; decommissioned 5 May 1922; to Coast and Geodetic Survey 23 Jan 1923, renamed Guide 1 Mar 1923; converted on the east coast, departed New London for San Diego, transited Panama Canal 8 Dec; first C&GS vessel to use a sonic depth finder underway; San Diego-based West Coast surveying for nearly two decades; returned to the Navy 27 Jun 1941; conversion to salvage vessel began 25 Jul at San Diego Marine Construction Co.; renamed Viking and classified ARS-1 on 5 Aug 1941; placed 'in service' 3 Jan 1942, ready for duty 12 Feb; civilian crew, operated from San Diego by Merritt, Chapman, and Scott under a Bureau of Ships contract; salvage/rescue duty 11th Naval District; assisted grounded YP-267 and YP-269 3-6 Jul 1942; Jan 1943 'Guadeloupe' emergency salvage under Western Sea Frontier, back at San Diego Feb; San Pedro refit 27 Oct-Nov 1944; sailed 31 Dec 1944 with Tenino (ATF-115) for Clipperton Island, joined Seize (ARS-26) freeing grounded LST-563, suffered heavy-seas damage, repaired San Diego; San Diego/San Pedro ops through Aug 1945; tug and tow services into the 1950s incl. SS Aristocratus assist Dec 1949; ops area expanded to Long Beach and Port Hueneme; relieved by Gear (ARS-34); returned to Navy custody by the contractor; authorised for disposal 17 Mar 1953; struck 19 Apr 1953; lay at Naval Supply Depot San Pedro; sold 22 Jul 1953 to Nathan Cohen and Son, Inc., Los Angeles; scrapped soon thereafter.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1917-1953

   Population

   New Jersey Drydock construction workforce (1917-19); wartime minesweeping crew (design complement 72); Portsmouth NY overhaul/in-reserve personnel (1919-22); C&GS Guide crew (1923-41); M-C&S civilian salvage crew (1942-53); 1953 breaking-yard workers

   Limitations

   Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for identity, build dates, service narrative, and administrative fate. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. No live NHHC-hosted page for the Flamingo or Viking III entries was located (404s); text retrieved via the hazegray transcription mirror (losthistory.net) that NavSource links as the DANFS entry. Sponsor name conflicts inside DANFS itself: Vol. II reads 'Miss Louise Hovick,' Vol. VII reads 'Miss Fanny Caroline Moritz' - unresolved, flagged in gaps. 'Guadeloupe' for the Jan 1943 emergency salvage is DANFS orthography; Guadalupe Island (Baja) is the plausible referent given Western Sea Frontier scope - flagged, not resolved.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-flamingo-am32-01

2. [2]shipscribe.com (Stephen S. Roberts), 'US Navy Rescue and Salvage Ships - VIKING (ARS-1) class' page: class construction/disposition tables plus narrative class notes compiled from official Navy records (CNO/BuShips correspondence, Navy List, Executive Orders) [other_primary]

   Locator

   usnaux.shipscribe.com/ARS/ARS01.html - class construction table (ARS-1 row), disposition table (ARS-1 row), class notes paragraphs 3-4, ship notes ARS-1 row

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Shipscribe's compiled official-record detail for this hull: construction ordered 20 Aug 1917 under the Naval Emergency Fund act of 4 Mar 1917; EO of 25 Mar 1922 directed transfer to the Dept. of Commerce; used by the C&GS as survey ship GUIDE; transferred back to the Navy 27 Jun 1941 under EO of 19 Jun 1941 in exchange for USS ANDRADITE (PYc-11), accepted 25 Jul 1941; converted to a salvage ship by San Diego Marine Construction Co. between 1 Aug 1941 and 12 Feb 1942; placed in service 3 Jan 1942 and delivered to Merritt-Chapman & Scott for operation by a civilian crew under BuShips contract; carried on the Navy List as 'Not in Commission'; served the West Coast primarily as salvage vessel for the 11th Naval District; relieved by GEAR (ARS-34, also M-C&S operated) ca. 13 Mar 1953; disposition table lists strike 9 Apr 53 (conflicts with DANFS 19 Apr - flagged in gaps) and disposal 22 Jul 53 'Sold.' Class notes establish the contract framework: 21 Mar 41 CNO approved the contract method; BuShips negotiated with M-C&S; the firm's salvage division operated as the 'Navy Salvage Service' (formally created 11 Dec 41) responsible for all salvage in U.S., Gulf, and Caribbean areas; ARS 1-3 and 11-12 were M-C&S-operated while ARS-4 got a Navy crew; the 'Birds' were 'satisfactory for civilian operation in coastal waters' but 'not especially suitable for towing' and lacked accommodations for Navy manning.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1917-1953; compiled 2002-2011

   Population

   M-C&S civilian salvage crews (1942-53); Navy Salvage Service contract personnel

   Limitations

   Specialist secondary compilation of official records (Stephen S. Roberts) - detailed and consistent with DANFS on overlapping points, but a transcription layer, not the primary document; contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim. Strike-date conflict with DANFS (9 Apr vs 19 Apr 1953) logged in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-flamingo-am32-02

3. [3]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - 'USS Viking (ARS 1), ex-USC&GS Guide, ex-USS Flamingo (AM 32), ex-Minesweeper No. 32,' file 11/02032 [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 02032: chronology block, specifications block, photo captions (NH 93531; NOAA Photo Library)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource chronology corroborates DANFS and adds the specification block: laid down 18 Oct 1917 by New Jersey Drydock and Transportation Co., Elizabethport, NJ; launched 24 Aug 1918; commissioned USS Flamingo, Minesweeper No. 32, 12 Feb 1919; designated AM-32 17 Jul 1920; decommissioned 5 May 1922; transferred to the Coast and Geodetic Survey 23 Jan 1923; renamed USC&GS Guide 1 Mar 1923; returned to U.S. Navy custody 27 Jun 1941, converted to a Salvage and Rescue Vessel ARS-1 at San Diego Marine Construction Co., San Diego, and renamed Viking; placed in-service 3 Jan 1942, 'civilian manned and operated under contract to the Merritt, Chapman and Scott Salvage Co., San Diego'; placed out-of-service and returned by the contractor to Naval custody 17 Mar 1953; struck from the Navy Register 19 Apr 1953; sold for scrap 22 Jul 1953 to Nathan Cohen and Son Inc. of Los Angeles. Spec block: displacement 950 t. (1,180 t. in 1933); length 187'10" (180' in 1933); beam 35'5"; draft 8'10" (12.6' in 1933); speed 14 kts; complement 78 (69 in 1933 - conflicts with DANFS cpl. 72, flagged in gaps); armament two 3"/50 dual-purpose mounts and two machine guns (1941: one 3"/23); propulsion two Babcock & Wilcox 200 psi boilers, Harlan and Hollingsworth Corp. 1,200 shp triple-expansion engine, one shaft (1,400 hp listed for 1933). Call signs George-Tare-Sail-Jig (1919), William-Easy-Tare-George (1933). Photo record includes NHHC photo NH 93531 (underway off San Diego 2 Nov 1951, on Navy lease) and NOAA Photo Library images of Guide at Dutch Harbor 1939-40 alongside Discoverer and Pioneer.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1917-1953

   Population

   M-C&S civilian crew photographed in service 1951; 1953 breaking-yard workers at Nathan Cohen and Son

   Limitations

   Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; consistent with DANFS on all overlapping points. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim. Complement figure conflicts with DANFS (78/69 vs 72) logged in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-flamingo-am32-03

4. [4]NOAA Ocean Exploration, 'Timeline: The Age of Electronics (1923-1945)' - federal agency history of Coast and Geodetic Survey technological work naming this hull as USC&GS Guide [other_primary]

   Locator

   oceanexplorer.noaa.gov timeline, 'The Age of Electronics 1923-1945' - 1923 Guide echo-sounder entry, 1924 RAR entry, Gulf of Alaska tracklines entry

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NOAA documents the C&GS career of this hull as Guide: in 1923 'the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship Guide was equipped with a Hayes echo sounder and proceeded to the North Pacific Ocean via the Panama Canal and the west coast of Mexico,' comparing wireline and acoustic soundings in depths of 100 to 4,617 fathoms - work that 'laid the basis for early work in determining accurate values for the velocity of sound in seawater'; in 1924 the C&GS 'conducts the first RAR (radio acoustic ranging) navigation operations on the West Coast'; and systematic C&GS trackline surveys across the Gulf of Alaska (1925-1939) discovered numerous seamounts including the flat-topped 'guyots.' Corroborates DANFS's account of Guide's two decades of San Diego-based surveying and establishes this hull's scientific-service identity between its two Navy careers.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1923-1941

   Population

   C&GS Guide officers and crew (1923-1941)

   Limitations

   Federal-agency historical timeline - authoritative for the C&GS period; does not address asbestos, materials, or crew conditions; establishes identity and scientific service only. The 1924 RAR first-operations entry does not name Guide in this source (association is era-level); Guide's role in RAR development is stated by secondary compilations - flagged in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-flamingo-am32-04

5. [5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, 1945), alphabetical vessel index - entries 'Guide (now Viking) ... ARS1' and 'Viking (ex-USC & GS Guide) ... Auxiliary-Salvage Vessel' (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v2 alphabetical index: 'Guide (now Viking) ARS1' and 'Viking (ex-USC & GS Guide) - Auxiliary-Salvage Vessel' entries (PDF text-verified)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The Navy's own official wartime Ships' Data volume indexes this hull twice - 'Guide (now Viking)' pointing to ARS1 and 'Viking (ex-USC & GS Guide)' classified 'Auxiliary - Salvage Vessel' - confirming the hull's official wartime administrative identity as ARS-1 and its dual-name indexing across the C&GS and Navy identities.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1945

   Limitations

   Index-level official record only - the volume carries Viking in the alphabetical index; no ARS-1 characteristics/machinery table row was located in the extractable OCR text (the volume's ARS section may exist only as scanned table images). Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-flamingo-am32-05

6. [6]California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region - Cleanup and Abatement Order No. R9-2012-0024 and Draft Technical Report (Shipyard Sediment Site, San Diego Bay): Finding 5, 'San Diego Marine Construction Company' sections 5.3-5.8 [other_primary]

   Locator

   CAO R9-2012-0024 adopted order (Finding 1 note: SDMC defunct, no corporate successor identified) + Draft Technical Report MasterVolume1 sections 5.3-5.8 (facility description, activities, materials used)

   Finding type

   environmental_record

   Finding

   Regulatory record characterizing the yard that performed this hull's 1941-42 salvage-ship conversion: San Diego Marine Construction Company (Star & Crescent) 'owned and operated a full service ship construction, modification, repair, and maintenance facility' at the foot of Sampson Street, San Diego, operating from approximately 1915 through 1972, with two floating dry docks and three marine railways; industrial processes included surface preparation/paint removal, paint application, tank cleaning, mechanical/structural/electrical/hydraulic repair, engine repair, steel fabrication and machining, shipfitting, and carpentry. The report's materials inventory for the yard lists abrasive grit, anticorrosive/antifouling paints, oils, solvents, and related categories - no asbestos entry appears in the inventory, and the document addresses sediment pollutants (metals, organotins, solvents), not asbestos.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   c.1915-1972 (facility); order 2012

   Population

   San Diego Marine Construction Co. yard workforce (era context for the 1941-42 conversion)

   Limitations

   Yard-level regulatory record for the conversion facility - does not name this vessel, does not document the 1941-42 conversion work package, and its materials inventory contains no asbestos entry (the document's scope is bay-sediment contamination, not insulation). Confirms only that a documented full-service repair yard performed the conversion during the period the report covers; supports no asbestos claim about this hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-flamingo-am32-06

7. [7]Consolidated era/design inference - NavSource spec block and shipscribe class table for this hull's documented steam plant (2 Babcock & Wilcox 200 psi boilers; Harlan & Hollingsworth 1,200-shp vertical triple-expansion engine; single shaft), with era literature (Fleischer et al. 1946; Corn & Starr 1987) for the WWII-period conversion [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 02032 spec block (propulsion line); shipscribe ARS-1 class table ('1 screw, vert. triple expansion, 1,200 HP'); disturbance events per DANFS chronology; PMID 21016030; DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference: this hull is steam-powered - two Babcock & Wilcox 200 psi boilers feeding a vertical triple-expansion engine - built 1917-19, so the boiler/fireroom and steam-line lagging pathway documented for steam vessels applies in principle. Period-typical asbestos applications for a steam minesweeper of this era concentrate in boiler and steam-drum insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, electrical cable insulation, bulkhead fireproofing, deck coverings, winch/windlass brake linings, and paints/cements. Documented disturbance-phase events for this hull: 1917-19 construction at New Jersey Drydock, Elizabethport (a yard leasing part of the former Crescent Shipyard from Bethlehem Steel); July 1919 drydock repairs at Invergordon after mining damage to stern, rudder, capstan, and generator; 1919-20 Portsmouth Navy Yard overhaul; 1923 conversion to C&GS survey ship on the east coast; the 1941-42 salvage-ship conversion at San Diego Marine Construction Co.; 1944-45 refit at San Pedro and heavy-seas repairs; and 1953 breaking at Nathan Cohen and Son, Los Angeles.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1917-1953

   Population

   New Jersey Drydock construction trades (1917-19); Invergordon repair workers (1919); Portsmouth NY workers (1919-22); C&GS conversion yard (1923); San Diego Marine Construction conversion workers (1941-42); M-C&S civilian crew (1942-53); breaking-yard workers (1953)

   Limitations

   Inference from the documented machinery plant and construction/conversion eras - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, material schedule, or work package naming this hull was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation. WWI-era (1917-19) insulation practice for this class is asserted at inference level only - no era-specific or class-level materials document for the Lapwing class was located. Whether the 1923 C&GS conversion or the 1941-42 ARS conversion replaced or added insulation is undocumented.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-flamingo-am32-07

8. [8]Fleischer, W.E., Viles, F.J. Jr., Gade, R.L., and Drinker, P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]

   Locator

   PubMed record PMID 21016030; article pp. 9-16 (pipe covering material section)

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   The U.S. Maritime Commission-commissioned industrial-hygiene survey of WWII pipe-covering operations at two Navy yards and two Navy contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite' - i.e., asbestos insulation was standard material in naval-vessel construction and conversion work of exactly the era in which this hull was converted to a salvage ship (Aug 1941-Feb 1942) at a Navy contract yard.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   survey ~1944-45; published 1946

   Population

   WWII pipe coverers and insulators at Navy and contract yards (era context)

   Limitations

   Era-level documentation of asbestos use in wartime naval construction and conversion generally; does not name this vessel, the conversion yard (whether San Diego Marine Construction work involved pipe-covering operations is unverified), or this contract; establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure. The study's exculpatory 'not a dangerous occupation' conclusion has since been heavily criticized.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-flamingo-am32-08

9. [9]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) [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 hull underwent its 1941-42 salvage-ship conversion at a Navy contract yard - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in shipbuilding.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   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, class, or conversion yard and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull (scrapped 1953), nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. Addresses the 1941-42 conversion era; the 1917-19 original construction predates the study's WWII focus.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-flamingo-am32-09

10. [10]Sabol v. Merritt Chapman & Scott Corp., 241 F.2d 765 (2d Cir. 1957) (LHWCA assignment defense to a harbor-worker's admiralty injury libel on an M-C&S vessel); with Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp. v. Willard, 188 F.2d 957 (2d Cir. 1951) (crew-member vs. harbor-worker classification of an M-C&S derrick-barge employee litigated under the LHWCA) [court_record]

    Locator

    241 F.2d 765 (2d Cir. 1957), Justia F2/241/765; Willard, 188 F.2d 957 (2d Cir. 1951)

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    Published appellate litigation establishes the compensation framework under which Merritt-Chapman & Scott marine employees' injury claims ran: Sabol (241 F.2d 765) shows M-C&S defending a vessel-injury libel via the LHWCA section 933 assignment doctrine, and Willard (188 F.2d 957) litigates whether an M-C&S barge worker was vessel 'crew' or a covered harbor worker under LHWCA section 903. Because Viking's 1942-1953 complement was a civilian M-C&S contract crew (Navy List 'Not in Commission'), any injury or occupational-disease claim from service aboard this hull would have run through these maritime employer channels - not the Navy-veteran VA channel.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-22

    Study period

    1951, 1957 opinions; underlying incidents 1946, 1954

    Population

    M-C&S marine employees (era context for Viking's civilian crew)

    Limitations

    Context only - neither case names this hull (Viking/Flamingo/Guide), neither involves asbestos, and both concern traumatic injury, not occupational disease; they establish only the legal posture of M-C&S marine employment. Reporter citation for Sabol verified via Justia opinion text (241 F.2d 765); Willard cited as 188 F.2d 957 per secondary reference - CourtListener verification could not be completed this session (API rate-limited); reporter cites should be re-verified before production use.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-flamingo-am32-10

11. [11]Batch-1291 search ledger (this record): DANFS via losthistory.net/hazegray mirror + NHHC/Wayback; NavSource 02032; shipscribe ARS-1 class page; BuShips SDB 1945 v2 index; NOAA oceanexplorer timeline; CA Waterboards CAO R9-2012-0024 technical report; CourtListener (blocked); indexed-web litigation checks; VA BVA index; NVR; MARAD ShipHistory; NARA record-group guides [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-flamingo-am32-01 through sl-uss-flamingo-am32-13

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Flamingo / AM-32 / Minesweeper No. 32 / USC&GS Guide / USS Viking / ARS-1 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Both 'Flamingo' and 'Viking' are high-collision names - indexed litigation hits were all non-qualifying: M/V STX Flamingo (S.D.N.Y. marine contract suit), MSC Flaminia casualty litigation (S.D.N.Y.), Viking Theatre Corp. v. Paramount, and non-asbestos Merritt-Chapman & Scott cases (Sabol, Willard, Fredin, Fredelos, Bassett - admiralty and LHWCA matters). The later Flamingo hulls (AMc-22, AMS-11) were excluded from scope per batch instruction. No law-firm marketing page naming this hull was located in indexed results.

    Verification

    partial

    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 - a 1917-19 steam vessel converted in a 1941-42 Navy contract yard is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her construction, two conversions, repair periods, and 1953 breaking are all undocumented disturbance phases. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. Litigation coverage is incomplete this session: the CourtListener API returned HTTP 429 (2,800/day shared quota exhausted by prior batch work; expected available ~33,949 s) and the courtlistener.com web UI returned 403 - the negative litigation finding rests on indexed-web checking only, and the mandated exact-name + hull-number CourtListener sweep is logged as blocked, not as a completed negative.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-flamingo-am32-11

12. [12]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships - ship plans, Booklets of General Plans, General Information Books, conversion records); plus NOAA Archives / RG 23 (Coast and Geodetic Survey records) for the Guide period, and Navy disposal files for the 1953 sale [other_primary]

    Locator

    https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/023.html ; NARA ship-plan index (archives.gov/research/cartographic/ship-plans)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Flamingo 1919-1922 (RG 24, NARA); BuShips records for the Lapwing/AM-1 design incl. Booklet of General Plans and General Information Books (RG 19) - the GIB material-specification entries are the most promising hull-level insulation/materials lead for the 1917-19 build; the 1941-42 San Diego Marine Construction conversion contract and work packages and the Bureau of Ships-Merritt-Chapman & Scott 'Navy Salvage Service' contract file (RG 19 / successor records) - the operative documents for conversion material scope and civilian-crew maintenance responsibility; NOAA Archives / RG 23 C&GS records for Guide's 1923 conversion and refit history; and the Navy disposal file for the 22 Jul 1953 Nathan Cohen and Son sale - the most promising scrapping-era materials lead.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-22

    Study period

    1917-1953 records

    Limitations

    Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-flamingo-am32-12