Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]DANFS, 'Gladiator II (AM-319)' - official NHHC entry, verified verbatim from Wayback capture 2022-09-27 (live history.navy.mil page returns 404 - standing link rot, same as BATCH-01); verbatim mirror transcription at losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/mine/am319.htm, which additionally carries the DANFS printed-edition bracketed update '[Stricken 1 July 1972, sold Mexico 19 September 1972 as Santos Degollado.]' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Gladiator II' entry, specifications block + service narrative (Wayback capture 20220927143552 of history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/g/gladiator-ii.html); hazegray mirror losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/mine/am319.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DANFS record for this hull: Auk-class minesweeper (dp. 890; l. 221'2"; b. 32'; dr. 10'; s. 18 k.; a. 1 3"). 'The second Gladiator, originally BAM-6 [HMS Blaze], was launched 7 May 1943 as AM-319 by the General Engineering & Drydock Co., Alameda, Calif.; sponsored by Mrs. Madeline A. Silva; and acquired and simultaneously commissioned 25 February 1944, Lt. Comdr. Robert W. Costello in command.' Service: sailed San Francisco 1 May 1944 with a convoy for Pearl Harbor; four round-trip escort voyages from Hawaii (one Kwajalein, three Eniwetok) 22 May-11 Sep 1944; Ulithi 12 Nov 1944 patrol/escort; voyages to Eniwetok, Kossol Roads, Saipan; sailed Ulithi 19 Mar 1945 for Okinawa; minesweeping/screening from 24 Mar 1945; shot down a bomber 6 Apr with four fighters; second plane splashed 12 Apr close aboard starboard beam; third plane downed 22 Apr - one man killed and five wounded by strafing; continued off Okinawa until 19 May; Saipan/Guam convoy; returned Okinawa 21 Jun; East China Sea minesweeping 8-25 Jul 1945, six mines destroyed; Guam 11 Aug for major overhaul. Departed Guam 24 Nov, San Francisco 15 Dec 1945; San Pedro 30 May 1946; towed to San Diego 2 Oct 1946, decommissioned 4 Oct 1946. Recommissioned 29 Feb 1952 at Long Beach; sailed 2 Sep for Japan; Sasebo; Wonsan, Korea 27 Oct; minesweeping until return to Sasebo 10 Nov; until spring 1953 divided between minesweeping at Wonsan, Inchon, Hungnam and replenishment/training at Sasebo and Yokosuka. Departed Sasebo 19 Mar 1953, Long Beach 10 Apr; overhaul at San Francisco; Acapulco/Balboa cruise 15 Jan-12 Feb 1954; Bellingham cruise 28 Jun-10 Jul 1954; decommissioned Long Beach 15 Mar 1955. Redesignated MSF-319; reserve fleet at Green Cove Springs, Fla.; later transferred to Pacific Reserve Fleet at San Diego. Bracketed edition note: stricken 1 July 1972, sold Mexico 19 September 1972 as Santos Degollado. Two battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1972
- Population
- General Engineering & Dry Dock construction trades (Alameda, 1943-44); wartime and postwar crew (design complement 105); Korean-era crew 1952-55
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, builder, dates, and service narrative - not materials or asbestos content. No laid-down date is given (NavSource supplies 7 Jan 1943). The live NHHC URL 404s - the 2022-09-27 Wayback capture of the official page is cited; the captured page does not itself display the bracketed stricken/sold line, which survives in the hazegray transcription of the printed DANFS edition. The performing yard for the Aug 1945 Guam 'major overhaul' is naval-base Guam, not a U.S. yard; no stateside overhaul yard is named for the 1945-46 return period.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gladiator-am319-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Gladiator (MSF 319) ex-AM-319, file 11/02319 (navsource.org DNS resolution failed and navsource.net intermittently unreachable this session - cited via Wayback capture 2024-12-11) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/02319 - chronology block, specifications block, propulsion line, photo credits (Wayback capture 20241211004227)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource per-hull record: 'Auk Class Minesweeper'; 'laid down 7 January 1943 as HMS Blaze (BAM 6) by the General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, CA' - the only located source giving a laid-down date; 'Renamed and reclassified Gladiator (AM-319) in January 1943'; launched 1 May 1943 (conflicts with DANFS 7 May - flagged in ev-07); commissioned USS Gladiator (AM-319) 23 February 1944 (conflicts with DANFS/Colton 25 Feb - flagged in ev-07); 'Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists plan for decommissioning and placing in reserve as March 1946'; decommissioned 4 October 1946 at San Diego, Pacific Reserve Fleet; recommissioned 29 February 1952 at Long Beach; reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull) MSF-319 7 February 1955; decommissioned 15 March 1955 at Long Beach, 'laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Long Beach Group'; struck from the Naval Register 1 July 1972; 'Sold to Mexico and renamed ARM Santos Degollado (G 07), 19 September 1972'; reclassified P-106; 'Fate unknown' (stale - superseded by 2022 reef sinking, see ev-04). Spec block: 890 t; 221'2"; 32'2"; 10'9" draft; 18.1 kts; complement 105; one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, two twin 40mm mounts, two 20mm mounts, two depth-charge tracks, five depth-charge projectors; propulsion 'two 1,988shp Baldwin VO8 diesel electric drive engines, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.' Call sign November-Charlie-Mike-Echo. Photos: NARA 19-LCM-AM319-1 (11 Mar 1944, camouflage 32/1M, NAS Alameda); 29 Feb 1952 Long Beach recommissioning views alongside sisters Competent (AM-316) and Devastator (AM-318) (Long Beach Press-Telegram coverage); NARA 80-G-63229 (8 Oct 1952, Sasebo - Gladiator nested with Impeccable AM-320, Shoveler AM-382, Defense AM-317, Devastator AM-318 alongside repair ship Laertes AR-20).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1972
- Population
- General Engineering & Dry Dock trades (1943-44); both commissions' crews (complement 105); Green Cove Springs / San Diego reserve-fleet caretakers (1955-72)
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official. Its launch (1 May 1943) and commissioning (23 Feb 1944) dates conflict with the official DANFS text (7 May 1943 / 25 Feb 1944) and with Colton's 25-Feb-44 delivery - flagged in correction row ev-07, not silently merged. Its caption 'The first Gladiator was laid down...' is a NavSource misprint - the hull was the second Gladiator per DANFS. Its 'Fate unknown' line is stale - superseded by documented 2022 reef sinking (ev-04). Its reserve-berthing statement (Pacific Reserve Fleet, Long Beach Group) conflicts with DANFS's Green Cove Springs, Fla. berthing - flagged. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gladiator-am319-02
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[3]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton compilation), 'General Engineering, Alameda CA' yard table - hull #56 row (AM 319 Gladiator) [other_primary]
- Locator
- general.htm - 'GENERAL ENGINEERING, Alameda CA' table, hull #56 row + yard history header
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard-table row for this hull: yard hull #56, 'AM 319 | Gladiator | US Navy | Minesweeper | 1250 [tons] | Delivery 25-Feb-44 | Intended to be HMS Blaze (BAM 6) but retained, to Mexico 1963 as Santos Degollado (C75), active.' The same yard block lists her contract sisters in the retained BAM (British minesweeper) program - #51 AM 314 Champion (BAM 1), #52 AM 315 Chief (BAM 2), #53 AM 316 Competent (BAM 3), #54 AM 317 Defense (BAM 4), #55 AM 318 Devastator (BAM 5), #57 AM 320 Impeccable (BAM 7), #58 AM 340 Ardent (BAM 8) - confirming a consecutive General Engineering Lend-Lease-retention minesweeper block. Yard history header: the yard began as Barnes & Tibbitts (1916), renamed General Engineering & Dry Dock Company 1922, bought the Hanlon Dry Dock yard in Oakland as a repair yard 1928; both yards closed 1948; the Clement Avenue site is now Alameda Marina.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1972
- Population
- General Engineering & Dry Dock construction workforce (Alameda, CA, 1943-44)
- Limitations
- Compiler's yard table, secondary - consistent with DANFS on builder and the 25-Feb-44 delivery/commissioning. Its '1250' tonnage is a standard table value differing from DANFS's 890-ton figure - measures differ across these compilations; DANFS carried. Its 'to Mexico 1963' conflicts with the official DANFS bracket and NavSource ('sold Mexico 19 September 1972') - a propagated typo in the table's BAM block (the same '1963' repeats across sister rows); 1972 carried per the official record - flagged in ev-07. The '(C75)' pennant agrees with Wikipedia's Mexican-era pennant sequence. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gladiator-am319-03
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[4]KJZZ/Fronteras Desk (Kendal Blust), 'Ship sunk off the coast of San Carlos, Sonora, for artificial reef,' 2022-03-10; corroborated by Tribuna (Sonora), 'Barco de la Marina se convertira en el primer arrecife artificial en el Mar de Cortes,' 2022-03-03; Expreso (Sonora) pre-event notice; Uniradio Informa, 2022-03-02 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- kjzz.org article body (2022-03-10); tribuna.com.mx/sonora 2022-03-03 report; expreso.com.mx pre-event notice; uniradioinforma.com 2022-03-02
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Reputable-press documentation of this hull's final disposition: the ex-USS Gladiator / ARM Santos Degollado (Mexican pennant rendered P-106/PO-106/FO-106 in Mexican coverage) was scuttled by demolition charges on 3 March 2022 off San Carlos, Nuevo Guaymas, Sonora - the first artificial reef on Sonora's Sea of Cortez coast. Sonoran Gov. Alfonso Durazo triggered the detonation sequence; the site lies approx. 2.8 nautical miles off Marina San Carlos at Punta El Cautin, on sandy bottom. Per KJZZ the vessel 'was used by the U.S. Navy during World War II and sold to Mexico in the 1970s' and 'in 2014, it was decommissioned and donated to Sonora.' Per Tribuna the hull was moored at Guaymas from 2018, donated by the Secretaria de Marina (SEMAR) to the state government via the tourism commission, and hull preparation for sinking began 26 September 2020 with private-sector, tourism, environmental-organization, and diving-community participation. SEMAR Secretary Rafael Ojeda Duran attended the ceremony (Uniradio).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1972-2022 (Mexican service to disposal)
- Population
- Mexican reef-preparation workers and SEMAR personnel (2020-2022); recreational divers thereafter
- Limitations
- Disposition documentation only - none of the press coverage states what hazardous-material remediation (if any) was performed during the 2020-2022 hull preparation; reef-prep hazmat scope for this hull is undocumented. KJZZ's 'decommissioned [2014] and donated to Sonora' compresses the timeline - donation mechanics and Mexican decommissioning date are not officially documented in located sources (pennant-history detail per NavSource/Wertheim is secondary). Does not speak to asbestos content, condition, or any exposure question. Establishes that the hull rests sunken off Sonora - no present-day survey or abatement pathway aboard the intact hull survives.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gladiator-am319-04
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[5]Consolidated era/design inference - documented propulsion plant (NavSource spec block; HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' AM-319 page: 'Diesel engine or diesel engine with electric drive, twin screws, 3,500 h.p.') + documented builder and construction era (DANFS; Colton) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/02319 propulsion line (Wayback 20241211004227); HyperWar AM-319_Gladiator page spec list; DANFS construction/service dates
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull is a 1943-44-built steel Auk-class minesweeper with a diesel-electric twin-screw plant (two Baldwin VO-8 diesels with electric drive, Westinghouse reduction gear) - no boilers, no steam distribution. Its insulation load was materially lighter than a steam combatant's, but machinery and construction materials of the 1943-44 wartime era were commonly asbestos-containing: exhaust-system and muffler lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, electrical-cable insulation, accommodation/galley joiner insulation, winch and windlass brake linings, and deck compositions of the period. Exposure-relevant populations if any material was present: Alameda construction trades (1943-44); the wartime crew (design complement 105) across the Hawaii escort, Ulithi, Okinawa, and East China Sea campaigns; the 1945 Guam overhaul workforce; the 1952-55 second-commission crew (Korean waters minesweeping); Green Cove Springs and San Diego reserve-fleet caretakers (1955-72); Mexican Navy crews and maintenance workers (1972-c.2014); and the 2020-22 reef-preparation workers at Guaymas/San Carlos.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-2022
- Population
- General Engineering & Dry Dock trades (1943-44); crews 1944-46 and 1952-55; reserve-fleet caretakers 1955-72; Mexican Navy crews/yard workers 1972-c.2014; reef-prep workers 2020-22
- Limitations
- Inference from documented design, machinery type, and construction era - NOT a hull materials record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming AM-319/MSF-319 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. The diesel-electric plant makes even era-level inference weaker than for steam vessels of the same era. HyperWar's compilation page is class-generic (it even misnames the builder 'General Shipbuilding Co.') - used only for plant-type corroboration.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gladiator-am319-05
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[6]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); and Fleischer, W.E., et al., '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
- AJIM 11(3):359-373 (article); PubMed PMID 21016030
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- 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 wartime construction program under which this hull was built at General Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Alameda. The USMC-commissioned 1944-45 industrial-hygiene survey of pipe-covering operations at Navy and contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; articles 1946/1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding and naval-vessel construction generally; neither source names this vessel, class, or builder yard. Pipe-covering findings are less applicable to a diesel-electric minesweeper than to steam vessels. Establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gladiator-am319-06
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[7]Source-discrepancy resolution - official NHHC DANFS text (Wayback 2022-09-27) + hazegray mirror vs NavSource 11/02319 vs Colton yard table vs Wikipedia infobox [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wayback 20220927143552 NHHC DANFS 'Gladiator II' entry; losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/mine/am319.htm; NavSource 11/02319 (Wayback 20241211004227); shipbuildinghistory.com general.htm hull #56; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Gladiator_(AM-319)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies logged, not silently merged: (a) Launch date - DANFS and Wikipedia read 7 May 1943; NavSource prints 'Launched 1 May 1943' - DANFS carried. (b) Commissioning date - DANFS reads 'acquired and simultaneously commissioned 25 February 1944' and Colton's yard-table delivery reads 25-Feb-44; NavSource prints '23 February 1944' - 25 Feb carried. (c) Sale to Mexico - the DANFS printed-edition bracket and NavSource both read 'sold Mexico 19 September 1972'; Wikipedia reads 'Sold to Mexico, 1973' and 'Acquired 1973' (consistent with a 1972 sale followed by 1973 Mexican acquisition/entry into service); Colton's yard table prints 'to Mexico 1963' - a propagated typo across its BAM-block rows; 19 Sep 1972 carried. (d) Propulsion rating - NavSource 'two 1,988shp Baldwin VO8' vs Wikipedia 'two 2,976shp Baldwin V08' vs HyperWar class-generic '3,500 h.p.' - NavSource carried (most plausible for an 890-ton, 18-knot hull); variance flagged. (e) Reserve-fleet berthing - DANFS reads Green Cove Springs, Fla. then transferred to Pacific Reserve Fleet at San Diego; NavSource reads 'Pacific Reserve Fleet, Long Beach Group' - both carried as written; not reconciled. (f) NavSource's caption calls this 'The first Gladiator' - misprint; DANFS establishes she was the second. (g) Mexican pennant sequence - Wikipedia (after Wertheim) reads C75 -> G07 -> P106 (1993); NavSource reads G 07 -> P-106; Mexican press writes P-106/PO-106/FO-106 - carried as NavSource+Wikipedia sequence with press variance noted. (h) Complement - DANFS spec block omits a figure for this hull; NavSource/HyperWar/Wikipedia all read 105 - carried. (i) Armament - DANFS abbreviates 'a. 1 3"'; NavSource lists 1x3"/50 + two twin 40mm + two 20mm + 2 dct + 5 dcp - NavSource detail carried as supplemental. (j) Mexican decommissioning - KJZZ reads 'in 2014, it was decommissioned and donated to Sonora'; Wertheim 2007 lists her active; no official SEMAR date located.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-2022
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies among the official DANFS text, its hazegray transcription, secondary compilations, and press coverage, adopting the better-supported values and flagging the rest. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gladiator-am319-07
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[8]Air & Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries, 586 U.S. 446 (2019), CourtListener 4601080 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener opinion 4601080
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No case located names this hull (see negative_finding row and search_ledger). Doctrinal context only for the vessel's type: claims arising from WWII-era Navy-vessel asbestos exposure ran under maritime law against equipment manufacturers, and the Supreme Court's DeVries decision settled the 'bare-metal defense' framework - manufacturers that supplied bare equipment had a duty to warn where their products required asbestos-containing parts. It illustrates the litigation posture claims arising from service aboard a WWII diesel-electric minesweeper would have faced; no such claim naming Gladiator was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 2019 decision
- Limitations
- Doctrinal context only - the cited case does not name or involve this hull, and DeVries addressed manufacturers' duty to warn for asbestos-containing components on Navy vessels generally. Classification note: a complaint's vessel list would be a pleading allegation, not a finding; no pleading naming this hull was located. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gladiator-am319-08
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[9]Batch-1290 search ledger (this record): DANFS via NHHC Wayback capture + hazegray mirror; NavSource 11/02319 via Wayback; HyperWar ships compilation; Shipbuilding History General Engineering yard table; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated - throttled) + Google-indexed CourtListener content; Shipscribe; NVR; DPLA aggregator; Mexican press corpus (KJZZ/Tribuna/Expreso/Uniradio) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-gladiator-am319-01 through sl-uss-gladiator-am319-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for USS Gladiator / AM-319 / MSF-319 / BAM-6 / Santos Degollado: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, preservation record, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener coverage caveat: the authenticated API was rate-limited this session (shared key exhausted its 2,800/day cap; reset ~9.4h out) and the web UI returned 403 to automated fetch, so the sweep ran through Google-indexed CourtListener content - 'site:courtlistener.com "Gladiator" asbestos minesweeper' and '"USS Gladiator"' surfaced only name collisions (Bridgewater v. GES Gladiator Energy Services Texas, W.D. Tex. 5:15-cv-00975 - FLSA labor case; Bell v. FCA US, E.D. Mich. 5:25-cv-10583 - Jeep Gladiator product-liability complaint; Barrick v. Edge OFS Holdings/Gladiator Energy, W.D. Tex. 4:24-cv-00334 - FLSA). No hull-naming opinion or docket surfaced. A fully authenticated re-sweep of opinions and RECAP dockets remains an open verification step. Non-authoritative marketing listicles (mesothelioma.com minesweeper table lists 'USS Gladiator | AM-319 | Auk | 2/25/1944 | To Mexico, 1973'; mesotheliomahelp.org minesweeper roster) name the ship in generic rosters - excluded per source rules; they carry no hull-specific evidence.
- Verification
- verified
- 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 1943-44-built vessel is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials even accounting for its lighter diesel-electric insulation load. The hull's documented 2022 scuttling as an artificial reef forecloses any present-day survey pathway, and the 2020-22 reef-prep hazmat scope is undocumented. The CourtListener throttle means the litigation sweep, while negative across the indexed material reached, was not exhaustive - logged honestly rather than claimed complete. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gladiator-am319-09
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[10]Archival leads - DPLA-indexed NARA Bureau of Ships item 'AM 318 Booklet of General Plans' (Ship Engineering Drawings, plans for the Minesweeper USS Devastator (AM-318) - the adjacent same-yard sister, hull #55); NARA RG 24 deck logs; NARA RG 19 General Information Books / Navy contract file for the General Engineering BAM block; Pacific Reserve Fleet (Green Cove Springs / San Diego) custody records; SEMAR/Gobierno de Sonora reef-donation and sinking file [other_primary]
- Locator
- dp.la item 36b116f11e565c093115978dfab466e2 ('AM 318 Booklet of General Plans', Bureau of Ships Ship Engineering Drawings series); archives.gov RG 19/24 group guides
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized; NARA catalog API requires a key this session; DPLA item pages render JS-only to automated fetch): (a) NARA RG 19 'Ship Engineering Drawings' demonstrably holds a digitized 'Booklet of General Plans' for the adjacent same-yard sister USS Devastator (AM-318, General Engineering hull #55) via the DPLA aggregator - a Gladiator (AM-319, hull #56) booklet plausibly exists in the same series, and such booklets are the standard home of a hull's insulation/material schedule; (b) NARA WWII muster-rolls series covers same-class hulls (items for Heed AM-100 and Dipper AM-357 are indexed) - an AM-319 muster-roll item was not surfaced in this session's Google-indexed DPLA queries but the series' hull coverage makes one likely; (c) NARA RG 24 deck logs for the commissioned periods (1944-46, 1952-55); (d) the Navy contract file for the General Engineering BAM program (yard hulls 51-58) - the plausible home of hull-level material specifications; (e) Pacific Reserve Fleet custody records (Green Cove Springs 1955, San Diego to 1972) and the Navy foreign-sale file for the 19 Sep 1972 transfer; (f) SEMAR / Gobierno de Sonora documentation of the 2020-2022 Santos Degollado reef-preparation - the resolution path for the undocumented hazmat scope of the hull strip-out before scuttling.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-2022 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for AM-319/MSF-319 is unknown until surveyed. Muster rolls and deck logs are personnel/operations records, not materials documentation; a Booklet of General Plans could carry insulation schedules but the AM-319 copy's existence is unconfirmed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gladiator-am319-10