Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 1021-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-jewell-yfb22-pkt-1021-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Jewell (YFB-22) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry narrative and specification heading
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS identifies Jewell (YFB-22) as a steel ferry-launch launched 11 May 1942 by Shain Manufacturing Co., Seattle, delivered to the Navy at Puget Sound Shipyard on 18 August 1942, assigned to the 13th Naval District, and placed in service at Section Base, Kodiak, Alaska, on 4 September 1942. It states that Jewell served as a ferry until 1943, returned to Puget Sound, and was converted to an ammunition carrier; in 1946 she was out of service in reserve and was sold on 5 May 1950.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1950
- Population
- Navy ferry and ammunition-carrier crew; Kodiak and Puget Sound Navy personnel
- Limitations
- The official page appeared in NHHC search results, but direct retrieval returned HTTP 404 at research time; the entry text was cross-checked against the live NavSource page. This row establishes vessel history, not asbestos content, exposure, quantity, condition, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jewell-yfb22-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Jewell (YFB-22), Yard and District Craft Photo Archive [other_primary]
- Locator
- History block and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's live Jewell (YFB-22) page records the YFB-19-class craft as built by Shain Manufacturing Co. in Seattle; laid down 17 March 1942; launched 11 May 1942; delivered 18 August 1942; placed in service at Kodiak 4 September 1942; converted to an ammunition carrier in May 1943; assigned to Naval Ammunition Depot, Puget Sound, June 1943-1946; placed out of service in reserve in 1946; sold 5 May 1950; and later operated under the name Shearwater.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-2020
- Population
- Construction trades; Navy ferry and ammunition-carrier crew; Naval Ammunition Depot personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival photo/history compilation rather than the Navy registry; it corroborates the DANFS timeline and adds later private-vessel details. It contains no asbestos, hazmat, survey, or abatement statement for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jewell-yfb22-02
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[4]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (program-level Navy context) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product-page description of Navy asbestos-insulation program; full report not retrieved
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The available ship-specific sources establish a 1942 steel Navy ferry-launch with diesel propulsion and later ammunition-carrier service, but do not identify asbestos-containing products or insulation aboard Jewell. Period Navy asbestos use is relevant only as general era context; it cannot be converted into a finding for this hull without a material schedule, survey, work package, or other direct record.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1980
- Population
- Navy shipyard and shipboard personnel generally
- Limitations
- Program-level evidence only; it does not name Jewell, YFB-19-class craft, Shain Manufacturing, or this propulsion plant. Full text was not retrieved. It supports no claim that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, nor any claim about present-day condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jewell-yfb22-03
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[5]CourtListener authenticated v4 search via cl-auth-search.py; see search_ledger and batch report [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-jewell-yfb22-cl-01 through -04
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos-litigation finding is carried for USS Jewell (YFB-22). The mandatory authenticated CourtListener sweep was attempted through the helper, but the fleet-wide pacing limiter reported that the shared request budget was momentarily spent before a result was returned. The remaining three base queries were not issued after the required stand-down. No asbestos-qualified variant was run.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- This is an incomplete repository search, not proof that no case exists. The helper reported the fleet-wide pacing budget was spent; one authenticated request was attempted and three required base queries remain open. No pleading allegation would be upgraded to a finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jewell-yfb22-04
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[6]Negative finding from NHHC DANFS, NavSource Jewell page, and source-access checks documented in the batch report [other_primary]
- Locator
- Research ledger rows sl-uss-jewell-yfb22-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the authoritative sources reviewed: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or direct ship-specific asbestos record was found for Jewell (YFB-22).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. Undigitized Navy construction, maintenance, ammunition-depot, and private-vessel records remain possible sources. This finding does not establish or defeat exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jewell-yfb22-05