Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 379-packet.md (5 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-guinevere-ix67-pkt-379-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'Guinevere II (IX-67)' - Naval History and Heritage Command entry (live page verified this session); hazegray/losthistory mirror concurs verbatim [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Guinevere II (IX-67)' - complete entry (specification block plus two-paragraph service narrative)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull (verbatim): 'Guinevere (IX-67), an auxiliary schooner, was built by George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Mass., in 1921, and acquired from her owner, Edgar Palmer of New York, 24 March 1942. She commissioned 16 June 1942 at Brooklyn, Lt. Henry H. Anderson in command. After brief shakedown, Guinevere performed harbor patrol at Boston, escorted newly formed convoys out to sea, and periodically sailed to patrol off the coast of Greenland. She decommissioned 2 August 1945 and her name was struct [sic; struck] from the Navy List 13 August. She was transferred to the Maritime Commission for sale into private ownership 25 April 1946.' Specification block: dp. 503; l. 195'; b. 32'6"; dr. 15'. Second Navy ship of the name.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1921-1946
- Population
- Wartime crew (Lt. Henry H. Anderson commanding at commissioning)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, builder, acquisition/commissioning/striking/disposal dates, and the service outline only - nothing on machinery, complement, conversion yard, or materials. The entry establishes no asbestos fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guinevere-ix67-01
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[3]Pacific Marine Review, 'The Winton Diesel Engine' (June 1921), p. 60 - archive.org full-text scan [other_primary]
- Locator
- Pacific Marine Review vol. 18 (1921), p. 60, 'The Winton Diesel Engine' - Guinevere passage
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous trade-press description of the yacht as built: 'The Diesel electric drive yacht Guinevere... was built for Edgar Palmer by George Lawley & Sons of Neponset, Massachusetts. She is a three-masted schooner yacht with a length of 195 feet, a beam of 32 1/4 feet, and displacement of 642 tons. Her auxiliary drive consists of two 350 B.H.P. Winton Diesel engines each driving a direct connected Westinghouse electric generator... Power from these generators is delivered to a 555 horsepower Westinghouse motor directly connected to the yacht's propeller. This drive will produce a maximum speed of 11 1/2 knots, or the vessel can be run at about 8 knots with one generating unit only in operation. The Guinevere was launched on April 21.' Documents a diesel-electric plant with no boilers or steam machinery aboard this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1921
- Population
- Yacht construction trades (Lawley yard, 1920-21); yacht crew 1921-1942
- Limitations
- Establishes the propulsion plant as built, from a contemporaneous trade journal. Contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials information; its asbestos relevance is bounding only - a diesel-electric plant lacks the boiler/steam-line insulation surface typical of steam vessels. Single-motor description conflicts with the register compilation's '2 screws, 650 HP' note (discrepancy carried in gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guinevere-ix67-02
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[4]shipscribe.com (Stephen S. Roberts compilation of CNO/BuShips/Maritime Commission correspondence and registers), 'Small IX: Auxiliary Schooners etc. (2)' - IX-67 construction, disposition, class-notes, and ship-notes rows [other_primary]
- Locator
- IX-67 row in Construction and Disposition tables; Class Notes paragraph 'IX 66-67'; Ship Notes row for GUINIVERE
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official-records compilation (Stephen S. Roberts, 'U.S. Navy Auxiliary Vessels - Small IX') for this hull: ex yacht GUINEVERE, auxiliary 3-masted schooner, steel hull, 710 tons light / 503 tons gross, 195.0' oa x 32.5' x 15.0'; diesel-electric, 650 HP, 11.5 kts; crew 54 (1944). CNO asked the Maritime Commission on 14 Mar 1942 to acquire MIGRANT and GUINEVERE; VCNO designated them IX-66/67 on 8 Apr 1942; designed by A. L. Swasey and Raymond Page; owned by Edgar Palmer, built to replace the earlier GUINEVERE (S.P. 512) the Navy purchased in 1917 and lost. Converted by Marine Basin Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. (retained all three masts); assigned Eastern Sea Frontier Apr 1942, based Boston, reassigned 1st Naval District Apr 1944; initially patrolled off Newfoundland and Labrador, occasionally to Iceland; 1942 armament 1-3"/50SP and 4-20mm with depth-charge tracks/projectors, two Mousetrap ASW rocket launchers, sonar and radar (reduced to 4-20mm by 1945); later turned over to an all-Black crew for rescue duty off Boston; Nov 1944 Com-1 reported her duties as protection of shipping in Boston approaches and sea rescue; 5-6 Apr 1945 assisted the torpedoed tanker ATLANTIC STATES off Cape Cod; sold to Dave Johnson of East St. Louis, Ill., April 1946; disappeared from merchant ship registers 1949; last reported in the Mediterranean, probably in the 1950s. 'Navy records consistently spelled the name of IX-67 as GUINIVERE, although the correct spelling was probably GUINEVERE.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1921-c.1950s
- Population
- Wartime crew of 54 (1944 figure); Marine Basin Co. conversion yard workers, Brooklyn 1942
- Limitations
- Researcher-compiled transcription of official records (CNO, BuShips, Maritime Commission files) - a standard authoritative reference but not itself a primary document. Contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guinevere-ix67-03
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[5]Ringle, Ken, 'The Last Man of War,' Washington Post, 17 June 2001 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Washington Post feature article - Kelly service narrative and postwar tracing passages
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Published crew memoir documents service detail and postwar tracing: signalman Tom Kelly joined IX-67 at Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, around March 1943; crew of 55; commanding officer Lt. Cmdr. Donald Moffett, USNR. Convoy-flank antisubmarine patrol out of Boston - stationed ~30 miles off convoy flanks, convoys handed off mid-ocean, return under sail with sonar running; patrols off Newfoundland, Labrador, and to Iceland in winter storms; routine depth-charging of sonar contacts, no confirmed kill. 'Late in the fall of 1943... the Guinevere was retired from convoy duty... turned over to an all-black crew, one of the first Navy ships so manned, and shifted to rescue duty closer off the Atlantic Coast.' Postwar tracing: 'Lloyd's Register of American Yachts lists her in 1947 and 1948 as owned by a D. Johnson in East St. Louis, Ill., but she's not listed in 1949'; unconfirmed rumors (Greece refugee supplies; loss in a storm off the Jersey coast - 'the New York Times index lists no such article'; banana boat off South America per the original owner's family).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-2001
- Population
- Wartime crew including all-Black rescue-duty complement from late 1943
- Limitations
- Published personal recollection checked against Lloyd's register listings by the newspaper; memoir machinery details ('two 300-horsepower diesel engines... 12 1/2 knots') conflict with the contemporaneous 1921 trade-press plant description, so specifications rely on the primary-era source. Kelly believed 'the Guinevere had sunk' - refuted by the documented 1947-48 Lloyd's listings. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guinevere-ix67-04
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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) [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 yacht was acquired, converted at Marine Basin Co. (Brooklyn), and maintained under the Eastern Sea Frontier and 1st Naval District.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- 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 and repair generally; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. The documented focus is production/repair yards - relevance to a small acquired-yacht auxiliary with a diesel-electric (non-steam) plant is indirect.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guinevere-ix67-05
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[7]Najolia v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc., 883 F. Supp. 2d 646 (E.D. La. 2012) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion text at *654 (S39-1 '85 per cent magnesia' passage; Gate affidavit on enforced specs); CourtListener cluster 8718087
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Published federal opinion reviewing record evidence in an asbestos case documents the Navy specification regime applicable to machinery work of this era: the Navy's General Specifications for Machinery, subsection S39-1 'Heat insulation and lagging for piping and machinery,' required insulation of '85 per cent magnesia' - a pipe covering and block-form insulation documented in that record as containing 12-18% asbestos fiber - and Chapter 39 of the Bureau of Ships Manual required thermal insulation on machinery and encouraged asbestos use; record evidence states military specifications 'affirmatively required the use of asbestos-containing thermal insulation.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- WWII-era specifications; opinion 2012
- Population
- Navy contract/maintenance workers; engine-room crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Documents the Navy specification regime, not this hull: the opinion's record evidence concerned a different vessel; Guinevere was a 1921 yacht acquired (not Navy-built) in 1942, so the spec regime would attach only to whatever Navy-ordered conversion/upkeep was actually performed - itself undocumented; and her documented plant is diesel-electric with no boilers or steam distribution, a narrower insulation surface than the S39-1 piping context. Establishes era practice, not presence aboard this hull, remaining material, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guinevere-ix67-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 opinion search, queries "USS Guinevere" and "Guinevere" (fleet-paced authenticated helper, cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-guinevere-ix67-08 through -11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener authenticated sweep for this hull: exact-name opinion query "USS Guinevere" returned 0 hits; opinion-index query "Guinevere" returned 81 hits of which the top-relevance page (15 results) is entirely name collisions - Guinevere Real Estate Corp. (Ind. App. 1998), People v. Garcia (defendant Guinevere A. Garcia, Ill. 1995), an attorney named Guinevere Elizabeth Moore, a Guinevere Womack/Byers family dispute, etc. - none involving any vessel. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS Guinevere / IX-67 identified.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Sweep is partial: exact-name opinion query "USS Guinevere" returned zero (the strongest negative); the bare "Guinevere" opinion query returned 81 hits of which the top 15 were reviewed and classified as name collisions; the "IX-67" hull-number queries (opinions and RECAP dockets) and a RECAP "Guinevere" docket query were blocked mid-session by the fleet-wide request budget and remain open. A name match is not a case; none of the reviewed hits involves a vessel. Does not establish the absence of undocketed or unindexed litigation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guinevere-ix67-07
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[9]Batch-4859 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live), hazegray/losthistory mirror, shipscribe Small IX compilation, NavSource 09/46/46067, NavalCoverMuseum, Pacific Marine Review 1921 (archive.org), Washington Post 2001, MARAD ShipHistory, CourtListener opinion index, competitor/law-firm sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-guinevere-ix67-01 through sl-uss-guinevere-ix67-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for USS Guinevere / IX-67: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). One commercial asbestos-advocacy page (mesothelioma.net 'Patrol Boats and Asbestos Exposure') lists 'USS Guinevere (IX-67)' on a patrol-boat list without citing any primary record; excluded under the no-law-firm-source rule and noted in the batch report.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1942 Navy conversion and upkeep under the era spec regime is consistent with era materials even accounting for the diesel-electric plant's narrow insulation surface, and undocketed or unindexed litigation could exist. The hull passed to undocumented private ownership in 1946 and vanished from registers by 1949, so no museum/NDRF hazmat-disclosure regime ever attached to it. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guinevere-ix67-08
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[10]Cross-source discrepancy log - shipscribe IX-67 rows vs DANFS vs Pacific Marine Review 1921 vs Washington Post 2001 vs uboat.net/aukevisser Atlantic States records [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe IX-67 ship-notes row; DANFS IX-67 entry; PMR 1921 p. 60; Washington Post 2001; uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/3484.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies logged, not silently reconciled: (a) Name spelling - Navy records 'consistently spelled the name of IX-67 as GUINIVERE, although the correct spelling was probably GUINEVERE' (Roberts compilation); DANFS and the Naval Cover Museum use GUINEVERE. (b) Propulsion - Pacific Marine Review (1921, contemporaneous) describes a single 555-hp Westinghouse propulsion motor; the register compilation lists '2 screws, Winton diesel electric, 650 HP'; crew memoir recalls 'two 300-horsepower diesel engines' and 12 1/2 knots; the contemporaneous trade-press plant description is carried. (c) Displacement - DANFS/NavSource 503 t; PMR 1921 642 tons; Roberts 710 t light / 503 t gross - the register figures are carried (503 = gross register, 710 = light displacement; DANFS's 'dp. 503' conflates the two). (d) Crew - Roberts 54 (1944) vs memoir 'a crew of 55'; both carried. (e) Wartime commanding officers - DANFS names Lt. Henry H. Anderson at commissioning (1942); memoir names Lt. Cmdr. Donald Moffett (1943); ericwiberg.com names Lt. Edward L. Bergin, USNR at the April 1945 Atlantic States rescue - successive wartime COs, all carried. (f) Kelly's recollection that 'the Guinevere had sunk' is refuted by the documented 1947-48 Lloyd's listings and the later Mediterranean report; fate remains unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1921-2001
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies between official-records compilations, contemporaneous trade press, and later memoir; none affects identity or the Navy service outline. No asbestos content in any source compared.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guinevere-ix67-09
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[11]NARA record-group mapping: RG 24 deck logs; RG 178 Maritime Commission records; RG 181 naval district records; RG 19 Bureau of Ships records [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Guide to Federal Records RG 178; catalog.archives.gov RG 24 deck-log series; archives.gov research guidance for Navy records
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Unretrieved archival path: IX-67's deck logs for the in-service period (June 1942-August 1945) sit in NARA RG 24 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' (partially digitized via the NARA-Fold3 collaboration; hull-specific logs for IX-67 not located in catalog search). The vessel was acquired and disposed through the Maritime Commission - RG 178 (Records of the U.S. Maritime Commission) holds acquisition/disposal files including the April 1946 sale to David Johnson; RG 181 (1st Naval District / Boston) records would carry base-period correspondence; BuShips records (RG 19) would document the 1942 Marine Basin Co. conversion - the likeliest repository for any materials-level documentation, including whether insulation work was performed.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946 (records); unsurveyed
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping is not evidence about this hull; no box-level retrieval performed and no spend authorized. Whether any of these holdings contain conversion scope, materials specifications, or asbestos references for IX-67 is unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guinevere-ix67-10