Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet cg-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-hawk-ams17-pkt-cg-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Hawk III (YMS-362), Naval History and Heritage Command (verified live 2026-10-05) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Hawk III service narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: the third Hawk (YMS-362) was launched as YMS-362 by Robert Jacob, Inc., City Island, Bronx, N.Y., 22 May 1943; sponsored by Miss Marilyn Miller; commissioned 4 October [1943], Lt. J. W. Starbuck, Jr., in command. She spent her first year training on the U.S. east coast; departed Norfolk 19 October 1944; arrived Pearl Harbor 25 November [1944]; swept mines in support of the Iwo Jima invasion 17 February 1945, destroying two enemy machine-gun emplacements ashore; minesweeping patrols continued around the Japanese home islands until 28 December [1945], when she began passage back to Charleston, S.C., arriving late May 1946. After overhaul and refitting she served the Atlantic Fleet attached to the U.S. Naval Mine-craft Base at Charleston; during a second refitting on 17 February 1947 she was renamed and redesignated Hawk (AMS-17); reclassified MSC(O)-17 on 7 February 1955; served as a minesweeping training ship until struck from the Naval Register 17 October 1957. Four battle stars for WWII. Spec block: dp. 245 t.; l. 136'; b. 22'9"; dr. 6'3"; s. 14.5 k.; a. 1 3".
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1942-1957
- Population
- Robert Jacob yard trades (1942-43); crew (1943-57); Charleston naval-complex trades during refits
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS omits the laid-down and completion dates (supplied by NavSource, ev-02), does not name the facility that performed the Charleston overhaul/refittings, and documents striking (1957-10-17) but not a separate decommissioning date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hawk-ams17-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, Hawk (MSC[O] 17) ex-Hawk (AMS 17) ex-YMS-362 (verified live 2026-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19362.htm timeline, specifications block, photo captions, commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 24 November 1942 as YMS-362 by Robert Jacobs Inc., City Island, NY; launched 22 May 1943; completed 30 September 1943; commissioned USS YMS-362 4 October 1943; present in Tokyo Bay during the Japanese surrender ceremony in September 1945; named Hawk and reclassified Motor Minesweeper AMS-17 on 17 February 1947; reclassified Coastal Minesweeper (Old) MSC(O)-17 on 7 February 1955; struck from the Navy Register 17 October 1957 and sold; fate unknown. Specifications: 270 t.; 136' x 22'9" x 6'3"; 14.5 kts.; complement 50; one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, two 20mm mounts, two depth-charge projectors; propulsion two 880 bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts. Photo captions document the hull underway off Iwo Jima during the February 1945 invasion (National Archives photo 80-G-303838, photographed from USS Nevada BB-36) and an NHHC photo (NH 89229); a commanding-officer list runs from LT John W. Starbuck, Jr. (4 Oct 1943) through LT Franklin Peter Faughman (May 1952).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1942-1957
- Population
- Yard trades at Robert Jacob (1942-43); crew (1943-57)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates track DANFS on every shared point, but its spec block conflicts with DANFS on displacement (270 t. vs DANFS 245 t. - see gaps) and its complement figure (50) is not DANFS-verified. Laid-down and completed dates come from this source alone among those searched. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hawk-ams17-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper (YMS) / British Motor Minesweeper (BYMS) class index (verified live 2026-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19idx.htm class narrative and Robert Jacob Shipyard photo caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class documentation for this hull's type: the wood-hulled YMS design originated with YMS-1, designed and built by Henry B. Nevins, Inc., City Island, NY (keel laid 4 March 1941; completed 25 March 1942). A total of 561 of the type were built at 35 yacht yards (12 East Coast, 19 West Coast, 4 Great Lakes); all 481 U.S. Navy ships of the type shared the same general characteristics, the significant visible variation being stack count - YMS-1 through -134 had two stacks, YMS-135 through -445, -480, and -481 had one, and YMS-446 through -479 had none (placing YMS-362 in the single-stack subgroup). Surviving YMSs were reclassified AMS in 1947, given names, and rerated mine-warfare ships; in 1955 they received the type symbol MSC(O). A photo caption on the page documents the Robert Jacob Shipyard, City Island, c. July 1944 with YMS minesweepers under construction, and notes the yard's 1946 sale to Consolidated Shipbuilding of Morris Heights.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1941-1969
- Population
- Yacht-yard construction trades nationwide (1941-45); YMS-class crews
- Limitations
- Class-level documentation - describes the type and the builder yard, not this specific hull's outfit. No asbestos content. The '561 built' figure includes BYMS lend-lease units; the USN count is 481.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hawk-ams17-03
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[5]Hobart Hughes, 'Saga of a YMS,' U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Vol. 74/1/539 (January 1948) - firsthand account of YMS-238 (verified live 2026-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Proceedings 74/1/539, text of 'Saga of a YMS'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A firsthand officer's account of a sister ship documents the YMS class's machinery fit: 'The power plant consisted of two General Motors Diesels for main propulsion which were electro-pneumatically controlled from the bridge. There was a similar Diesel direct-connected to a generator for magnetic minesweeping, while two Hercules 30-KW Diesels furnished electric power for the galley, for ventilating, and for other auxiliary equipment.' Crew is described as thirty enlisted men and four officers; quarters cramped with an 'inadequate ventilating system.' Sweep gear documented in the narrative includes the magnetic-sweep generator and an acoustic hammer ('the acoustic hammer broke' during a typhoon). The article documents a diesel-only plant - no steam machinery - on a wooden hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (narrated period)
- Population
- YMS-class engineering crews (enginemen, motor machinist's mates) - class context
- Limitations
- Describes sister ship YMS-238, not this hull - class-representative detail only. No asbestos content and no material list; it establishes the diesel-only machinery fit (no boiler/steam lagging pathway) and the small crew space, not what insulation products were installed aboard any particular boat.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hawk-ams17-04
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[6]NARA, 'Activity Number 0204 0017 - HAWK (YMS-362 / AMS-17 / MSCO-17) - 1952,' RG 24 Muster Rolls and Personnel Diaries of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities (NAID 99921624; 154 digitized images via Fold3 microfilm USNMR_0268; verified live 2026-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/99921624 file unit; Fold3 file 312636602, quarterly rolls beginning 01-JAN-1951
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A digitized NARA file unit names this exact hull across all three designations - 'HAWK (YMS-362 / AMS-17 / MSCO-17)' - and holds 154 images of her 1951-1952 muster rolls and personnel diaries, listing crew members by name, rate, and service number (extracted text shows enlisted ratings including boatswain's mate chief, engineman, and seamen). This is a ship-specific personnel record for the postwar AMS-17 period at Charleston.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1951-1952
- Population
- Hawk (AMS-17) ship's company, 1951-1952 (names and rates on the rolls)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: muster rolls document who served and their ratings, not materials aboard - not an exposure record and no asbestos content. Individual exposure claims would additionally need service records and material documentation. Covers the early 1950s; WWII-era (YMS-362) rolls live in a separate NARA series.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hawk-ams17-05
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[7]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block and NavSource specifications (diesel propulsion fit, GM 8-268A x2); NavSource YMS class index (wood-hulled construction); USNI Proceedings machinery description (ev-04); GAO HRD-80-2 product page (ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ev-01 through ev-04 (machinery fit and construction); ev-07 (Navy-wide use era)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A wood-hulled, diesel-powered auxiliary motor minesweeper built 1942-43 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a diesel small craft of this period were engine exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, and electrical insulation. She carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply - and the wood hull reduces the structural fireproofing scope relative to steel combatants. The magnetic-minesweep generator diesel and auxiliary diesels documented for the class add machinery-insulation surface area typical of the type.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1942-1957
- Population
- Robert Jacob yard trades (1942-43); crew (1943-57); Charleston naval-complex refit trades (1946-47, and later availabilities)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, construction specification, or work package located for YMS-362/AMS-17. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. Wood hull and diesel plant make the application scope narrower than a steam-driven steel vessel - the inference direction is toward less asbestos aboard, but nothing ship-specific proves or disproves presence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hawk-ams17-06
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[8]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (published Oct 18, 1979; released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, covering the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing asbestos from Navy ships, and compensation programs for asbestos-related disabilities; per the product-page highlights, the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas. This documents asbestos-insulation carriage as an acknowledged fleet condition extending well past this hull's 1943-57 service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1979 (report); policy window 1975-79
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; Navy asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk - neither is documented as having worked this hull. Full report PDF blocked to automated fetch (Akamai HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-05); content above is from the GAO product-page highlights only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hawk-ams17-07
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[9]DANFS, Hawk II (AM-133) - and cross-check DANFS Hawk I (IX-14) at .../hawk-i.html plus the AM-400 cancellation note appended to the Hawk III entry (all verified live 2026-10-05) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS hawk-i.html, hawk-ii.html, hawk-iii.html (AM-400 note at foot of Hawk III entry)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- DISAMBIGUATION: the name 'USS Hawk' attaches to four distinct hulls in DANFS. Hawk I (IX-14) was a converted yacht (built as Hermione, 1891; Navy service 1898-1940). Hawk II (AM-133) was a converted trawler (built as Gale by Bethlehem Shipbuilding, Quincy, MA, 1937; acquired 1 January 1942; commissioned 23 May 1942; decommissioned 1 May 1944 and sold) - a different vessel from this record and the flagged same-name candidate. Hawk III - this hull - was YMS-362/AMS-17/MSC(O)-17 (1943-1957). Hawk IV (AM-400), under construction by Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI, was cancelled 12 August 1945. No event, citation, or litigation hit for 'Hawk' should be attributed to this hull without checking which Hawk is meant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1898-1957
- Limitations
- Resolves name collision only - it is an identity control, not an asbestos finding. Hawk II (AM-133) was in commission May 1942 - May 1944 while this hull was still unnamed YMS-362, so contemporaneous wartime references to 'USS Hawk' between May 1942 and May 1944 denote AM-133, not this vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hawk-ams17-08
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[10]Batch-1689 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (Hawk I/II/III); NavSource ship page and YMS class index; NARA catalog (NAID 99921624); NVR; GAO product page; CourtListener API v4 via cl-auth-search.py; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-hawk-ams17-01 through sl-uss-hawk-ams17-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming YMS-362 / USS Hawk (AMS-17 / MSC(O)-17) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). A secondary-web sweep surfaced no qualifying case or ship-specific documentation; no law-firm marketing listicle naming this hull was found in the searches run.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 2026-10-05
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era-consistent applications (exhaust lagging, gaskets/packing, electrical insulation) remain plausible and undocumented either way. CourtListener coverage for this record is stated per-query in the search ledger; any query logged as blocked there is an open gap, not a negative result. Robert Jacob yard construction records and the ship's 1946-47 Charleston refit work packages are undigitized leads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hawk-ams17-09