Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, Flamingo (III) entry: 'On 17 February 1947 YMS-238 (q. v.) was named Flamingo and redesignated AMS-11' (verbatim transcription via hazegray mirror - live NHHC page returned 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- hazegray DANFS mirror, /danfs/mine/ams11.htm, Wayback capture 2024-05-26
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS names this hull directly: YMS-238 was named Flamingo and redesignated AMS-11 on 17 February 1947, the third U.S. Navy ship named for the flamingo.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1947
- Limitations
- DANFS entry is a one-line stub - no construction dates, service narrative, or decommission/struck data. Date conflicts by one day with NavSource's NVR-derived 18 February 1947; discrepancy logged. Live history.navy.mil page unavailable (404); cited via hazegray Wayback transcription. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flamingo-ams11-01
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[2]Commander Naval Base, Manus, Admiralty Islands - War Diary extract and loss report for USS Mount Hood (AE-11), 10 November 1944, with correction letter of 14 December 1944 (official Navy records, HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar 'Loss of USS Mt. Hood (AE-11)' - damage/casualty table, YMS-238 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy war-diary loss report lists YMS-238 among vessels damaged by the Mount Hood explosion in Seeadler Harbor on 10 November 1944: estimated 10,000 man-hours to effect repairs; 1 known dead, 1 missing, 13 injured - among the most heavily damaged surviving small craft (Mount Hood carried ~3,800 tons of explosives).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1944-11-10
- Population
- YMS-238 crew (1 dead, 1 missing, 13 injured in the explosion)
- Limitations
- Documents battle damage and casualties aboard this hull on a specific date; contains no asbestos information and does not establish exposure. Casualty figures reflect the war diary as corrected 14 December 1944.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flamingo-ams11-02
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[3]Hobart Hughes, 'Saga of a YMS,' U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Vol. 74/1/539 (January 1948) - firsthand account by a crew member (Motor Machinist's Mate 1/c, USNR; 23 of 39 months active service aboard YMS-238) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Proceedings, January 1948 issue, article landing page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Firsthand crew account documents YMS-238's service: transit from Cleveland via the St. Lawrence and down the Maine coast to fitting out at Charlestown Navy Yard (Boston); duty at Bora Bora, New Caledonia, and Guadalcanal; staging via Espiritu Santo and Tulagi, where she embarked a hydrographic unit that took soundings in Kossol Passage three days before the Palau landings; pre-invasion minesweeping at the Palau Islands and Leyte Gulf; moored alongside repair ship USS Mindanao (ARG-3) with Mount Hood in the next berth when the explosion occurred at 0859, leaving YMS-238 looking 'mortally wounded.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (service); 1948 (publication)
- Population
- YMS-238 crew (author Hobart Hughes, MoMM1c USNR)
- Limitations
- Memoir-style firsthand account published in a professional naval journal - ship-specific and detailed but anecdotal; dates/positions are the author's recollection. Article body is member-gated on usni.org; quoted passages verified via the published page and indexed excerpts. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flamingo-ams11-03
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[4]NavSource Online Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, Flamingo (MSC[O]-11) page - compilation of Naval Vessel Register data (1 Jan 1949 edition noted) + USNI Photo Archive print 439093, 'U.S. Navy Minesweeper USS Flamingo (AMS-11), 1956' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource archive 11/19238 (chronology block, CO list); photos.usni.org object 439093
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR-derived timeline for this hull: laid down 11 May 1942 by Stadium Yacht Basin Inc., Cleveland, OH; launched 12 September 1942; commissioned USS YMS-238 23 November 1942; named Flamingo and reclassified AMS-11 (18 February 1947 per NavSource); NVR of 1 January 1949 lists decommissioning and placement in reserve as of February 1947; reclassified Coastal Minesweeper (Old) MSC(O)-11 on 7 February 1955; struck from the Naval Register 1 November 1959; fate unknown. Commanding officers listed through September 1952. USNI archive photo confirms the hull in service as AMS-11 in 1956.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1942-1959
- Limitations
- NavSource is a secondary compilation, not an official source - its dates trace to NVR/DANFS but the underlying register page for this hull was not directly retrieved (NVR online covers post-1987 dispositions; 1949 print edition at generalstaff.org blocked automated fetch). Decommission/reserve status is ambiguous ('plan for decommissioning' vs. effected) and the 17 vs 18 February 1947 naming date conflicts with DANFS. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flamingo-ams11-04
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[5]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 the Navy's asbestos-protection program and the extensive use of asbestos-containing insulation in WWII-era naval shipbuilding and shipyard overhaul - the construction era of this hull (1942, naval shipyard fitting out at Charlestown).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; WWII-era naval crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level documentation only - does not name this hull or this class and does not establish what, if any, asbestos was installed aboard a small wooden diesel minesweeper. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description. Does not establish individual exposure, quantity, or present-day presence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flamingo-ams11-05
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[6]Batch-1682 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404; hazegray/ibiblio transcriptions); HyperWar official loss report and Manus war diary; USNI Proceedings and USNI Photo Archive; NavSource NVR compilation; CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP docket searches under all designations; NARA catalog (archival lead) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-flamingo-ams11-01 through sl-uss-flamingo-ams11-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming YMS-238 / USS Flamingo / AMS-11 / MSC(O)-11 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). All CourtListener hits were name collisions.
- 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 - era construction practice is consistent with some asbestos-containing components even on small diesel minecraft. Does not establish that asbestos is or was present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flamingo-ams11-06