USS Hazard (AM-240)

Evidence

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

1. [1]DANFS, 'Hazard' (AM-240) - live history.navy.mil page returns 404 (standing link rot, same as BATCH-01/1169); verbatim text verified against the Wayback capture of the official page (web.archive.org 2024-05-26) and the losthistory.net/hazegray transcription [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS 'Hazard' entry, specifications block + service narrative; Wayback capture 2024-05-26 of history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/h/hazard.html; losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/mine/am240.htm

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official DANFS record for this hull: Admirable-class minesweeper (dp. 530; l. 184'6"; b. 33'; dr. 9'9"; s. 15 k.; cpl. 104; a. 1 3", 2 40mm., 6 20mm., 2 dct., 3 dcp. (h.h.)). Launched 21 May 1944 by Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Co., Winslow, Wash., sponsored by Miss Joanne R. Heddens; commissioned 31 October 1944, Lt. Curtis B. Tibbals, USNR, in command. Shakedown out of San Pedro Bay; departed San Francisco 5 January 1945 screening a convoy to Pearl Harbor (arrived 13 January); escort voyages Pearl Harbor-Eniwetok; screened convoy to Ulithi Atoll and Kossol Roads; reached San Pedro Bay, Leyte. Sortied 19 March 1945 with Admiral Killand's Western Islands Attack Group for the invasion and occupation of Okinawa (14 March-30 June 1945); Transport Screen antisubmarine patrol off Kerama Retto; recovered radar reflector buoys; cleared the Kerama Retto minefields 31 March-30 June ('no sweep, no invasion'). Swept the East China Sea northeast of Okinawa to 14 July; standby at Buckner Bay; sortied 13 August for the East China Sea. Post-war: swept the Yellow Sea and Jinsen, Korea, for occupation shipping; cleared Sasebo; returned to the East China Sea 26 October, cleared it 9 November; departed Sasebo 20 November via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor, arriving San Diego 19 December 1945. Departed San Diego 31 January 1946, transited the Panama Canal, arrived Galveston 17 February; decommissioned there 27 July 1946 and joined the Reserve Fleet; reclassified MSF-240 7 February 1955; Texas Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Orange, Tex. Three battle stars for World War II service.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1944-1955

   Population

   Winslow yard construction trades (1944); wartime crew (design complement 104)

   Limitations

   DANFS documents identity, builder, launch/commissioning dates, sponsor, service narrative, decommissioning, reclassification, and awards - not materials or asbestos content. DANFS prints no laying date. The entry ends with the ship in reserve at Orange, Tex.; the 'sold for scrap 22 October 1968' line appearing in the mirror transcription is a transcriber's annotation, NOT official DANFS text (verified against the Wayback capture of the official page, which lacks it) - flagged in ev-08.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hazard-am240-01

2. [2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Hazard (MSF-240) ex-AM-240, file 11/02240 [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 11/02240 - chronology block, specifications block, propulsion line, CO list, photo credits

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource per-hull record: 'Admirable Class Minesweeper'; laid down 20 February 1944 by Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Co., Winslow, Washington; launched 21 May 1944; commissioned USS Hazard (AM-240) 31 October 1944; Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists plan for decommissioning and placing in reserve as December 1945; decommissioned 27 July 1946 at Galveston, TX, laid up Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group; reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull) MSF-240, 7 February 1955; 'Sold in 1968 for private Oceanographic work'; 'Turned into a museum ship in 1971 at Freedom Park, Omaha, Nebraska.' Spec block: 945 t. (fl); 184'6"; 33' beam; 9'9" draft; 14.8 kts; complement 104; one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, two 40mm mounts, six 20mm mounts, one depth-charge projector (hedgehog), four K-guns, two depth-charge tracks; propulsion 'Two 1,710shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts.' CO list: LT Curtis Benjamin Tibbals USNR (31 Oct 1944 - 26 Oct 1945), LT Howard Erle Carlson USNR (to 23 Nov 1945), LTJG Ernest William Boley Jr. USNR (to 17 Feb 1946). Photo credits include U.S. Navy photo NH 75893 (NHHC).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1944-1971

   Population

   Winslow yard trades (1944); wartime crew; reserve-fleet caretakers Orange TX (1946-1968)

   Limitations

   Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official. Its 'Sold in 1968 for private Oceanographic work' conflicts with the hazegray transcriber's 'sold for scrap' and with 'stricken 1971' printed by Wikipedia/uboat.net/museum site - flagged in ev-08; no struck-from-register line is printed for this hull. Displacement 945 t (fl) vs DANFS 530 vs NHL 900 loaded - different measures, flagged in ev-08. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hazard-am240-02

3. [3]National Park Service - NHL nomination for USS Hazard (AM-240), NRIS 79003712 (Harry A. Butowsky, NPS, May 1985, 'War in the Pacific Ship Study' federal agency nomination; designated NHL 14 Jan 1986) + NRHP Inventory-Nomination for 'U.S.S. Hazard and U.S.S. Marlin,' NRIS 79001444 (listed 1979) [nps]

   Locator

   npgallery.nps.gov NRIS 79003712 (NHL nomination text + 1985 photo captions) and NRIS 79001444 (NRHP nomination text)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Federal preservation record for this hull. NHL nomination (1985): 'USS Hazard is in excellent condition. The ship was transferred to Omaha with all of her spare parts and equipment intact. The only equipment missing from USS Hazard is the minesweeping cable. All equipment (radio, engines, ovens, electrical systems, plumbing) is fully operational. USS Hazard still retains its original dishes, kitchen utensils, and stationery. USS Hazard is one of the best preserved and intact warships remaining from World War II. USS Hazard is a virtual time capsule dating from 1945.' Ship data: 185 ft, 900 tons loaded, 33 ft beam, 10 ft loaded draft, 15 knots, crew 104 (wartime), one 3"/50 deck gun, one rocket launcher, two depth-charge racks, various AA; Admirable class 'formed the majority of American minesweepers built during World War II.' Owner of record: Hazard Corporation and Greater Omaha Military Historical Society, 2500 N. 24th St. (East), Omaha. NRHP nomination (1979): 'The U.S.S. Hazard was moved from Orange, Texas U.S. Naval Inactive Ship Facility in 1971. Arrived in Omaha 18 June 1971. It is completely equipped and intact as it was during its years of active service. It includes linens, dishes, armament, signal flags, etc. The superstructure is unaltered.' The 1985 NHL photo set documents intact interior spaces: foredeck 3"/50, searchlight platform, wheelhouse, armory, radar room, wardroom, forward berthing, crew's mess, sick bay, galley, scullery.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1979-1986 nominations; condition as documented 1979/1985

   Population

   Museum visitors/staff and volunteers aboard an intact 1945-interior hull (1971-present)

   Limitations

   Authoritative federal documentation of this hull's survival and intact 1945 fabric - but contains no asbestos, insulation-materials, or hazmat information whatsoever; establishes neither presence nor absence of asbestos aboard. The intactness finding is consistent with retained era materials and equally consistent with their absence. NHL-significance dates (1944-1945) concern wartime service, not materials.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hazard-am240-03

4. [4]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton compilation), 'Winslow Marine Railway, Port Blakeley WA / Winslow WA' yard table - AM-240 row + yard history header [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-comm-small/winslow/ - AM-240 row + sisters AM-238/239/241-245 + yard history header

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Yard-table row for this hull: 'Hazard (AM-240) | US Navy | minesweeper | 850d | 31 Oct 1944 | sold 1968, to Omaha NB 1971 as museum.' The Winslow table's Admirable-class block: Garland (AM-238, delivered 26 Aug 1944, scrapped 1960), Gayety (AM-239, 23 Sep 1944, to Vietnam 1962 as Chi Lang II HQ-08, to the Philippines 1975 as Magat Salamat PS-20), Hazard (AM-240, 31 Oct 1944), Hilarity (AM-241, 27 Nov 1944, to Mexico 1962 as D 2), Inaugural (AM-242, 30 Dec 1944, 'to St. Louis MO 1968 as museum, swept from moorings and sank 1993'), with Illusive (AM-243), Imbue (AM-244), Impervious (AM-245) cancelled 1945; the yard also built the earlier AM-294-301 Admirable block and the Auk-class Revenge (AM-110) and Sage (AM-111) at 1250d. Yard history header: founded as Hall Bros. Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Co. (Henry Hall, 1878, Port Blakely); moved 1903 to a new 77-acre yard at Eagle Harbor near Madrone, later renamed Winslow for Hall's brother; sold 1916 to Capt. James Griffiths and renamed Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company; leased 1917 to D.W. Hartzel, Inc. for USSB machinery-installation work; post-WWI primarily a ferry repair facility; 'During WWII, he built steel minesweepers, reaching a peak workforce of 2,300'; sold 1948, renamed Commercial Ship Repair of Winslow, shrank and closed 1959; site divided into a marina, apartments, and a Washington State Ferries maintenance facility.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1944-1971

   Population

   Winslow yard construction workforce (peak ~2,300, 1944)

   Limitations

   Compiler's yard table, secondary - corroborates builder, delivery date (31 Oct 1944 matches DANFS commissioning), type, tonnage class (850d - different measure than DANFS 530, flagged in ev-08), and disposition ('sold 1968, to Omaha NB 1971 as museum'). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hazard-am240-04

5. [5]Consolidated era/design inference - documented propulsion plant (NavSource spec block: two Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesels, National Supply single reduction gear, two shafts - direct drive) + documented builder and construction era (DANFS; NPS; Colton) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 11/02240 propulsion line; DANFS construction/service dates; NPS NRIS 79003712 condition text; Colton Winslow table

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference: this hull is a 1944-built steel Admirable-class minesweeper with a diesel direct-drive twin-screw plant (two Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesels, National Supply single 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 1944 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 or is present: Winslow Marine Railway construction trades (Winslow, 1944; yard peak ~2,300); the wartime U.S. crew (design complement 104) across the Pacific escort and minesweeping tour; reserve-fleet caretakers at Orange (1946-1968); the 1971 tow/preparation workforce; and the museum's volunteer restoration and flood-cleanup population aboard an intact 1945-fabric hull (1971-present, heaviest 2011-2023).

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1944-present

   Population

   Winslow trades (1944); U.S. crew Oct 1944 - Jul 1946; Orange reserve-fleet caretakers 1946-1968; museum volunteers/staff 1971-present

   Limitations

   Inference from documented design, machinery type, and construction era - NOT a hull materials record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming AM-240 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. The diesel (non-steam) plant makes even era-level inference weaker than for steam vessels of the same era. The hull's documented intactness neither proves nor disproves retained asbestos-containing material.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hazard-am240-05

6. [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 Winslow Marine Railway, Winslow, WA. 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 (non-steam) minesweeper than to steam vessels. Establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hazard-am240-06

7. [7]Batch-1215 search ledger (this record): DANFS via Wayback NHHC capture + losthistory/hazegray mirror; NavSource 11/02240; NPS npgallery NRIS 79003712 + 79001444 (nomination PDFs, text extracted); Shipbuilding History Winslow yard table; uboat.net 5305; NVR hull-detail pages; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated); City of Omaha parks page; museum official site; mesothelioma marketing rosters (excluded) [other_primary]

   Locator

   search_ledger rows sl-uss-hazard-am240-01 through sl-uss-hazard-am240-12

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for USS Hazard / AM-240 / MSF-240: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, preservation-environmental record, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The CourtListener sweep did not run this session: the shared authenticated 2,800/day quota was exhausted by prior batch work, the API returned HTTP 429 on every probe from 06:26 to 08:04 (next-slot estimate ran ~5,800s out to ~38,700s as the rolling 24h window refills only when prior batch load ages out), and queries were not retried into a ban per batch rules - logged as a gap, not discounted. Non-authoritative marketing rosters (mesothelioma.com minesweeper jobsites page: 'USS Hazard | AM-240 | Admirable | 10/21/1944 | Museum Ship') carry the name in a generic ship table - excluded per source rules; they carry no hull-specific evidence. 'Hazard' is a high-collision search term (common noun and surname); hull-naming litigation is neither found nor excluded this session.

   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 1944-built vessel is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials even accounting for its lighter diesel insulation load, and this hull survives intact as a museum (NPS: 'a virtual time capsule dating from 1945'), so retained era material remains possible. The litigation sweep is a genuine coverage gap: zero CourtListener queries executed (quota-blocked), so the litigation surface is unexamined rather than confirmed empty. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hazard-am240-07

8. [8]Source-discrepancy resolution - DANFS (Wayback NHHC capture + hazegray mirror) vs NavSource 11/02240 vs NPS NHL/NRHP nominations vs Colton Winslow table vs uboat.net 5305 vs Wikipedia infobox/body vs museum official site vs Douglas County Historical Society [other_primary]

   Locator

   Wayback NHHC capture 2024-05-26; losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/mine/am240.htm; navsource.net/archives/11/02240.htm; npgallery.nps.gov NRIS 79003712/79001444; shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-comm-small/winslow/; uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5305.html; ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/AM/AM-240_Hazard.html; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hazard; usshazardinc.com/freedompark; douglascohistory.org/uss-hazard/; navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/HAZARD_MSF_240

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Source discrepancies logged, not silently merged: (a) Commissioning - 31 October 1944 (DANFS, NPS nominations, NavSource, uboat.net, Colton delivery column, NavalCoverMuseum) vs '21 October 1944' (Wikipedia infobox, mesothelioma.com roster) vs '30 December 1944' (Wikipedia body text, Douglas County Historical Society page) - DANFS carried; the 21-Oct and 30-Dec variants flagged as secondary-source errors. (b) Launch - 21 May 1944 (DANFS, NPS, NavSource, uboat, Colton) vs '1 October 1944' (museum official site) - DANFS carried. (c) Disposition chain - 'sold for scrap 22 October 1968' (hazegray transcriber's note - NOT official DANFS text, verified absent from the Wayback NHHC capture; also NavalCoverMuseum 'Sold for scrap October 22 1968 ... salvaged and turned into a museum ship') vs 'Sold in 1968 for private Oceanographic work' (NavSource) vs 'sold 1968, to Omaha NB 1971 as museum' (Colton) vs 'stricken from the Navy Register/records in 1971' (Wikipedia, uboat.net, museum site). The consistent core: Navy sale 1968; physical move from the Orange TX Naval Inactive Ship Facility to Omaha completed 18 June 1971 (NPS NRHP nomination). Scrap-sale vs oceanographic-sale characterization and the exact striking date remain unresolved; no live NVR record exists. (d) Displacement - 530 t (DANFS standard) vs 850d (Colton) vs 900 t loaded (NPS NHL) vs 945 t fl (NavSource) - different measures; not merged. (e) Armament - DANFS '1 3", 2 40mm., 6 20mm., 2 dct., 3 dcp. (h.h.)' vs NavSource 'one 3"/50 DP + two 40mm mounts + six 20mm mounts + hedgehog + four K-guns + two DC tracks' vs NHL 'one 3"/50 + one rocket launcher + two DC racks + various AA' - variances flagged, design-spec vs wartime-fit unresolved. (f) Propulsion label - NavSource documents two Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesels through a National Supply single reduction gear (mechanical direct drive); the HyperWar per-hull page (ibiblio AM-240_Hazard.html) prints 'Diesel-electric engines, twin screws, 1,800 h.p.' - a reduction gear is mechanical drive, so 'diesel-electric' is a compilation slip (same slip flagged in the batch-1169 Admirable record); NavSource carried. (g) Survivor count - museum site/Wikipedia 'only Admirable-class minesweeper left in the United States' vs NPS 2011 'one of two surviving Admirable class minesweepers' - the second hull unidentified; sister Scuffle (AM-298, Winslow-built) survives as a scuttled Cozumel dive reef (1999) and ex-Harlequin remained in Mexican service into the 2000s, but NPS's referent is unstated.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   correction

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1944-2026

   Limitations

   Resolves publication-level discrepancies among the official DANFS text, federal nominations, and secondary compilations, adopting the better-supported values and flagging the rest. The 'sold for scrap' line is a mirror-site annotation misread by some downstream sources as DANFS text. No asbestos content in any of these sources.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hazard-am240-08

9. [9]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 naming this hull was identified in the public sources searched; the CourtListener sweep itself was quota-blocked this session (see negative_finding row and search_ledger), so the litigation surface is unexamined rather than confirmed empty. 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 minesweeper would have faced; whether any such claim naming Hazard exists is unchecked this session (quota-blocked sweep).

   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; whether any pleading names this hull is unchecked (quota-blocked sweep - see sl-uss-hazard-am240-05). Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hazard-am240-09

10. [10]NPS, 'NHL Owners Rise to Missouri River Flood Challenges' (2011 flood documentation for this hull) + WOWT 6 News (23 Sep 2020; 2 Jun 2023), KETV (FEMA leveling funding), KFAB (4 Jan 2020 relocation study), Omaha World-Herald (reopening 2015-10-07 per Wikipedia cross-check) [nps]

    Locator

    nps.gov/articles/nhl-owners-rise-to-missouri-river-flood-challenges.htm; wowt.com 2020-09-23 and 2023-06-02; ketv.com Freedom Park recovery article; kfab.iheart.com 2020-01-04

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Documented museum-era flood events aboard this hull: the ship normally 'floats' in a cradle of soil in landlocked Freedom Park. In the June 2011 record Missouri River flood the river at Omaha exceeded 35 feet (6 feet above flood stage), the park flooded completely, and Hazard floated in several feet of water and shifted off her cradle; volunteers removed her mast and gangplank and offloaded valuable artifacts beforehand; a leak was found at a propeller-shaft seal and water pumped out; FEMA coordinated Navy, Coast Guard, Civil Air Patrol, and Army Corps support; the park then closed four years, reopening 7 October 2015 after volunteer cleaning, scraping, and repainting (FEMA funded re-leveling the ship, $86,000 federal / $13,000 city, per KETV). The park spent most of 2019 under water across four floods March-September (WOWT, quoting volunteer Duane Gallagher, who also reports the 1993 flood floated the ship); FEMA approved cleanup funding September 2020; the city studied relocating artifacts out of the floodplain (KFAB, Jan 2020); a $600,000 FEMA-reimbursed repair bid went before the city council June 2023 (WOWT).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-22

    Study period

    2011-2023

    Population

    Museum volunteers, city parks crews, FEMA/contractor remediation workers (2011-2023)

    Limitations

    Documents physical disturbance events (flotation, shifting, seal leak, volunteer cleanup/restoration work aboard) for this hull - relevant as a potential disturbance pathway for any retained era materials, but none of these sources mentions asbestos, insulation, or hazmat; they establish no materials content. The 1993 float is a volunteer recollection in 2020 press, not contemporaneous documentation. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hazard-am240-10

11. [11]U.S.S. Hazard Inc. official site - Freedom Park page + Our History page [museum_official]

    Locator

    usshazardinc.com/freedompark and usshazardinc.com/history

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Museum-operator record: Freedom Park serves as a U.S. Naval Museum on the Missouri River, home to USS Hazard (AM-240) and USS Marlin (SST-2) plus aircraft and an anchor/propeller garden; admission free, self-guided tours most Saturdays 10am-3pm May through October. 'The USS Hazard was decommissioned in 1946 and struck from Navy records in 1971. Hazard was then purchased in 1971 by a group of Omaha businessmen and placed on display in Freedom Park. It is the only Admirable-class minesweeper left in the United States.' History page: U.S.S. Hazard Inc. formed by south Omaha businessmen (majority Navy veterans) in the early 1970s; created Freedom Park with Sandpiper Cove Marina and the Anchor Inn; 'purchased the U.S.S. Hazard ship from a U.S. Navy surplus in Orange, Texas'; the ship 'was restored while being pushed by a barge up the Missouri River' and now rests landlocked at Freedom Park.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-22

    Study period

    1971-present

    Population

    Museum visitors and volunteer staff (1971-present)

    Limitations

    Operator self-description - useful for current status and the acquisition narrative, but its 'launched on 1 October 1944' conflicts with DANFS's 21 May 1944 (flagged in ev-08) and its 'struck from Navy records in 1971' conflicts with the documented 1968 sale (flagged in ev-08). 'Only Admirable-class minesweeper left in the United States' vs NPS 2011 'one of two surviving' - the second survivor unidentified. Direct fetch of the site failed this session; text verified via search-index extraction. Contains no asbestos information.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hazard-am240-11

12. [12]Archival leads - NARA WWII muster rolls and RG 24 deck logs for this hull's October 1944 - July 1946 commission; NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) General Information Books and the Navy contract file for the Winslow Admirable-class block; NHHC/NARA photographs (NH 75893 per NavSource credits); the 1985 NHL photo documentation set (npgallery NRIS 79003712 asset 52285eff); City of Omaha Parks & Recreation and FEMA project files for the 2011-2023 flood remediations; U.S.S. Hazard Inc./GOMHS museum records [other_primary]

    Locator

    archives.gov RG 19/24 group guides; npgallery.nps.gov NRIS 79003712 photo asset; NavSource 11/02240 photo credits; WOWT/KFAB coverage of city FEMA files

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized; NARA catalog returns only its JS application shell to automated fetch): (a) NARA's WWII muster-rolls series should cover this hull for her Oct 1944 - Jul 1946 commission - sibling Admirable/Auk-class hulls are demonstrably indexed (prior batches noted Heed AM-100 via a DPLA item), so coverage for AM-240 is expected but unconfirmed this session; (b) NARA RG 24 deck logs, Oct 1944 - Jul 1946; (c) NARA RG 19 BuShips records / General Information Books and the Navy contract file for the Winslow Admirable-class block - the plausible home of hull-level material schedules; (d) NHHC/NARA photographs - NH 75893 (per NavSource credits) and the 1985 NHL nomination photo set documenting interior spaces (wheelhouse, armory, radar room, wardroom, berthing, mess, sick bay, galley, scullery); (e) City of Omaha Parks & Recreation and FEMA project files for the 2011-2023 flood remediations and any relocation/mitigation study - the likeliest repository of environmental or hazmat documentation generated in the museum era; (f) U.S.S. Hazard Inc. / Greater Omaha Military Historical Society museum records (the NHL nomination cites original documents retained aboard: quartermaster logbooks, blueprints).

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-22

    Study period

    1944-2023 records

    Limitations

    Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for AM-240 is unknown until surveyed in person. Muster rolls, deck logs, and museum files are personnel/operations records, not materials documentation. FEMA/city flood-remediation files are the most plausible museum-era hazmat lead but were not retrieved. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hazard-am240-12