Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]Naval History Division, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, vol. IV (1969), p. 142, Lorikeet II (AMS-49/YMS-271) entry - verified via Google Books SearchWithinVolume2 verbatim excerpts (book id STuxWUeNzskC); the live NHHC DANFS page 404s on every URL variant tried (standing NHHC link-rot per BATCH-01) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS vol. IV, p. 142, Lorikeet II spec block and construction paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS (vol. IV, p. 142, 'Lorikeet' II entry) spec block and construction paragraph, verbatim via Google Books excerpts: '(YMS-135: dp. 215; l. 136'; b. 24'6"; dr. 8'; s. 13 k.; cpl. 50; a. 1 3", 2 20mm., 2 dct., 2 dcp.; cl. YMS-135) Lorikeet (AMS-49) was laid down as YMS-271 by Bellingham Marine Railway & Boatbuilding Co., Bellingham, Wash., 3 July 1942; launched 17 October; and commissioned 21 April 1943, Lt. Charles E. Scherneck in command from 17 May.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1942-1943
- Population
- Bellingham yard construction workforce (1942); commissioning crew (1943)
- Limitations
- Identity, construction, and class spec block only - the entry contains no asbestos, materials, or insulation information and supports no asbestos claim. Verified via verbatim search-excerpt retrieval from the printed Navy publication hosted by Google Books, not a readable page image; 'Lt. Charles E. Scherneck in command from 17 May' per DANFS vs NavSource's CO roster listing LTJG Charles C. Roberts Jr. at commissioning (21 April 1943) and Scherneck from 17 May 1943 - consistent. Spec figures conflict with secondary compilations (215 t vs 270/278/320; draft 8' vs 6'1") - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lorikeet-ams49-01
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[2]DANFS vol. IV (1969), p. 142, Lorikeet II entry - verbatim text preserved in Wikipedia's public-domain DANFS incorporation and confirmed against Google Books SearchWithinVolume2 excerpts of the printed volume [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS vol. IV, p. 142, postwar service and disposition paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS postwar narrative and disposition: placed in service 1 September 1947 as a Naval Reserve training ship in the 1st Naval District (Quincy-Hingham, MA area), simultaneously reclassified AMS-49 and named Lorikeet; recommissioned 17 March 1950; sailed 29 May from Boston for Mine Squadron 4 at Charleston, S.C.; July shakedown to Guantanamo; coastal exercises Norfolk-Key West; reclassified MSC(O)-49 on 7 February 1955; participated in Operation LANTMINEX, spring 1955, 'the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's largest postwar mine warfare exercises to date'; home port shifted to Panama City, Fla., late 1956; departed for Charleston late August 1957, sailed for New York 3 September, decommissioned 18 September; placed in service 30 October 1959 as a Naval Reserve training ship, 3d Naval District; January 1961 basis of training for two reserve crews at NRTC Jersey City, N.J.; flagship for Commander, Naval Reserve Mine Division 31, Perth Amboy, N.J., 1 July 1964-3 September 1968; 'relieved as flagship and Naval Reserve training ship on 3 September by Limpkin (MSC-195). Placed out of service shortly after, she was struck 1 October from the U.S. Naval Vessel Register and is to be scrapped.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1947-1968
- Population
- Ship's company and Naval Reserve trainees, 1947-1968
- Limitations
- Service/disposition narrative only - no asbestos or materials content. The decommissioning sentence's year (1957) is established by the paragraph's August 1957 anchor, but NavSource's milestone list prints 18 September 1959 - unresolved (gaps). 'Struck 1 October' follows the 3 September 1968 relief, yielding 1 October 1968; the Wikipedia infobox's '1 October 1964' contradicts the article's own DANFS text (gaps). DANFS names Limpkin (MSC-195) as the relieving flagship; NavSource states Meadowlark (MSC-196) relieved her, explicitly correcting DANFS (gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lorikeet-ams49-03
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[3]DANFS vol. IV (1969), p. 142 + repository master-hull-list-verify entries (this session's consolidation check) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, designation chain; master-hull-list-verify rows for 'USS Lorikeet'/'USS YMS-271'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity chain confirmed as a single continuous hull across three designations: laid down, launched, and commissioned as YMS-271 (1942-1943) -> named Lorikeet and reclassified AMS-49 while in reserve (1 September 1947) -> reclassified coastal minesweeper (old) MSC(O)-49 (7 February 1955), retaining the Lorikeet name through striking. This record consolidates two tracking entries in the repository's verify-level hull list (origin/master-hull-list-verify, commit e20ea48): 'USS Lorikeet' (hull_number AMS-49, ship_type Motor Minesweeper, ship_class YMS-1, tier 2, done:false) and 'USS YMS-271' (hull_number YMS-271, same class/type, tier 2, done:false) - both describe this same hull under its sequential designations, not two ships. The same list's 'USS Lorikeet' (hull_number AMC-49, ship_class Accentor) is a DIFFERENT hull - the first Lorikeet, an Accentor-class coastal minesweeper in service 1941-1945, already covered by record uss-lorikeet-amc49 (branch batch-1584).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1942-1968
- Limitations
- Corrects the tracking list's two-row split of one hull (AMS-49 and YMS-271 are sequential designations of the same ship, not two vessels) and marks the AMc-49 namesake as a different hull to prevent cross-contamination between the two Lorikeet records. Establishes hull identity only; no asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lorikeet-ams49-04
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[4]NARA, Special List 44, by Ship Numbers, YMS-271 row (sl-44-ship-number.pdf) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 by-ship-number PDF, YMS section, YMS-271 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 (Vessel and Station Log Books index, by ship number) lists 'YMS-271' with log coverage 1 July 1943 through 30 June 1945 - WWII-era deck logs for this hull exist in NARA holdings under the YMS-271 designation. The adjacent 'AMC-49 (Lorikeet)' row (coverage 8 August 1941 - 31 December 1941) belongs to the other Lorikeet hull (uss-lorikeet-amc49), not this vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Ship's company, 1943-1945 (log coverage window)
- Limitations
- Holdings index only - coverage dates are not a commission/decommission span, and log contents were not reviewed. SL-44 is a WWII-era index; post-1945 deck logs for AMS-49/MSC(O)-49 service (1950-1968) are a separate NARA series not enumerated here. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lorikeet-ams49-05
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[5]NHHC, Naval Subjects Collection, catalog L45-168.04.02 'USS Lorikeet (AMS-49)', circa 1965 (verified live 2026-09-24) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC catalog page title/caption/accession block; NavSource photo captions via search index
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC Naval Subjects Collection catalog page L45-168.04.02, 'USS Lorikeet (AMS-49)', circa 1965 - an official Naval History and Heritage Command photograph record naming this hull in its AMS-49 configuration during its 3d Naval District reserve-training period (flagship, Mine Division 31, Perth Amboy era). Corroborates the hull's identity and operational status c. 1965. NavSource photo captions (retrieved via search index; page itself unreachable this session) additionally place the hull at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in 'sales catalog' photographs dated 20 January 1969 - consistent with post-strike disposal, and identifying National Archives photo 80-G-315777 (26 December 1944, 'on sweeping duty in the South Pacific').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1944; 1965; 1969
- Limitations
- Photograph catalog record - establishes the hull's existence and AMS-49 designation c. 1965, nothing about materials or asbestos. The 1969 NISMF sales-catalog caption detail comes via the NavSource page's search-engine index (the page itself returned errors to direct fetch this session) - corroborating detail, not independently re-verified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lorikeet-ams49-06
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[6]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), Bellingham Shipyards yard list, YMS-271 row; corroborated by the SBH-derived minesweepers3 compilation table, AMS-49 row [other_primary]
- Locator
- Bellingham Shipyards build-list table, YMS-271 row; yard-history header paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder corroboration and disposal: the Shipbuilding History yard list for Bellingham Shipyards (Bellingham, WA) carries the row 'US Navy | Minesweeper | YMS | 271 | 278 | 136 | 21-Apr-43 | Reclassified 1947 as Lorikeet (MSC(O) 49), scrapped 1968' - matching DANFS on builder city, hull number, delivery/commissioning date, the 1947 reclassification, and the 1968 scrapping. Yard history per the same page: Bellingham Marine Railway Co. (boat repair, early 20th c.) became Bellingham Marine Railway and Boatbuilding Co. in 1921, merged with Bellingham Iron Works in 1941 to become Bellingham Shipyards, renamed Bellingham Marine after the war, closed 1963. The SBH-derived minesweeper compilation (navalmarinearchive.com minesweepers3) concurs: 'AMS 49 | YMS 271 | Lorikeet | Bellingham SY | 270 | 136 | 21-Apr-43 | U.S. Navy | Scrapped 1968.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1942-1968
- Population
- Bellingham Shipyards construction workforce, 1942-1943
- Limitations
- Yard-history compilation, not a primary document - but it is the builder-side record, independently confirming the hull's construction data and 'scrapped 1968' disposition. Displacement figures (278 t here, 270 t in the derived table, 215 in DANFS, 320 full in HyperWar) conflict across sources - carried in gaps. No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lorikeet-ams49-07
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[7]Class specification synthesis: YMS-1-class/YMS-135-subclass design particulars (diesel propulsion, wooden hull; DANFS spec block 215 t / 136 ft) applied as era/design inference; no hull-specific material record located [other_primary]
- Locator
- YMS-1-class design particulars (class-level reference); no hull-specific document
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos record located for this hull. Class/era inference only: as completed, this hull is a YMS-1-class (YMS-135 subclass) wooden-hulled motor minesweeper with diesel propulsion on twin screws, not a steam plant. Era-typical asbestos applications for a WWII-built diesel-powered motor minesweeper of this type include diesel exhaust lagging, engine-room and machinery-space insulation, gasket and packing material at engine, piping, and valve joints, insulation felts in machinery and berthing spaces, and friction material such as winch/windlass brake linings - materials commonly manufactured with asbestos fiber during the WWII period, when Navy procurement commonly specified asbestos-containing insulation and packing. Whether any asbestos-containing material was actually installed aboard this specific hull, in what quantity, or whether any remained through her 1968 disposal, is unproven.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1942-1968
- Population
- Bellingham construction workforce (1942-43); ship's company and reserve trainees 1943-1968
- Limitations
- Inference from documented class/design and construction era - NOT a hull materials record. No survey, specification, or work order naming YMS-271/AMS-49/MSC(O)-49/Lorikeet was located. Establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, condition, or individual exposure; does not establish or defeat any claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lorikeet-ams49-08
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[8]NARA, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' (archives.gov guided topic, verified live); GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979), product-page description [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guided-topic page, introduction and Beginning Research/RG 19 sections; GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- NARA's own research guidance identifies 'the use of asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel from 1941-1961' as an established research topic and routes hull-level investigation through Record Group 19 (Bureau of Ships) correspondence, which is filed by ship designation and hull number - i.e., files for this hull would be indexed under YMS-271/AMS-49/MSC(O)-49 and under the Bellingham yard's QM contractor code. This hull's entire Navy career (1942-1968) overlaps that documented asbestos-use window. GAO HRD-80-2 separately documents that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - after this hull's disposal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1941-1961 (NARA window); 1979 (GAO report)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and crews (program-level context)
- Limitations
- Program-level and research-methodology documentation only - neither source names this hull or any minesweeper. Supports era context and identifies the archival route (RG 19 hull-number correspondence, QM yard files); establishes no fact about material aboard this hull. GAO full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches - standing issue documented since BATCH-01); product-page description used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lorikeet-ams49-09
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[9]CourtListener API v4 (courtlistener.com), Opinion (type=o) and Docket (type=r) search indices - authenticated queries via the mandated helper script, 2026-09-24 [court_record]
- Locator
- Queries logged in search_ledger sl-uss-lorikeet-ams49-07 through sl-uss-lorikeet-ams49-09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos or other litigation record located for this hull under any of its identifiers. Authenticated CourtListener API v4 searches returned: Opinion index - 'USS Lorikeet' 0, 'Lorikeet' 0, 'YMS-271' 0, 'MSC-49'/'MSC(O)-49' 0, 'AMS-49' 2 hits both being United States v. Killion, 75 M.J. 209 (C.A.A.F. 2016), an Air Force court-martial appeal in which the token 'AMS-49' does not refer to the vessel (name collision, not a case about the ship). Docket index - 'USS Lorikeet' 0, 'YMS-271' 0, 'Lorikeet' 16 hits all name collisions (person named Lorikeet Jamia Spence; aviculturist/pet-trade and unrelated commercial dockets matching the bird name), 'AMS-49' 15 hits all collisions (the token appears in unrelated criminal, bankruptcy, and product-liability dockets). Zero qualifying hits: no asbestos case, no vessel case, no maritime case naming this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Absence of a located docketed case does not prove absence of exposure aboard this hull - it reflects only what is indexed and searchable in CourtListener's Opinion and Docket collections as of this session. The RECAP Document index (type=rd, attachment-level text) was not queried - logged as a scope limitation; the collision pattern observed (bird-name persons/businesses, unrelated acronyms) makes hull-specific hits unlikely. The two 'AMS-49' opinion-cluster hits are the same case (Killion, duplicate clusters); 'AMS-49' does not appear in the opinion's plain text - the match is in a secondary indexed field. Does not establish or defeat any claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lorikeet-ams49-10
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[10]Record-group mapping only; no NARA catalog retrieval performed this session [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov RG 19 correspondence series list + SL-44 index (not queried at box level this session)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved this session - require research-room access or a reproduction order): NARA Record Group 19 (Bureau of Ships) general correspondence 1940-1946 and unclassified correspondence 1947-1961, filed under the hull's designations (YMS-271, AMS-49, MSC(O)-49) and the Bellingham yard's QM contractor code - the plausible home of any hull-level material/insulation schedule per NARA's asbestos research guide; NARA deck logs for YMS-271, coverage 1 July 1943 - 30 June 1945 (SL-44); post-1945 deck logs and muster rolls for AMS-49/MSC(O)-49 service (1950-1968) including the NRTC Jersey City and Mine Division 31 flagship periods; NISMF disposal/sales-catalog file for the stricken hull (photographed there 20 January 1969).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1942-1969 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person or via the NARA catalog. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lorikeet-ams49-11
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[11]DANFS vol. IV (1969), p. 142, Lorikeet II entry - verbatim text preserved in Wikipedia's public-domain DANFS incorporation and confirmed against Google Books SearchWithinVolume2 excerpts of the printed volume [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS vol. IV, p. 142, WWII service paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS WWII service narrative for YMS-271: departed Seattle 21 August 1943 for antisubmarine warfare training out of San Diego; sailed for the Solomon Islands via Samoa and New Caledonia, arriving 5 November; screening and escort duty in the Solomons until 21 July 1944; steamed to the Fiji Islands to sweep American mines; slightly damaged 8 October while taking the wind-driven, rudderless New Zealand corvette HMNZS Arbutus (K403) under tow; repaired at Auckland; resumed sweeping around Noumea, New Caledonia, and Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. For the Okinawa Gunto invasion she ran practice exercises near Tulagi 17 February-15 March 1945, then sailed as convoy escort to the Ryukyus, helping prepare the eastern bays 2 April-12 May; 'Though 15 percent of all naval casualties during this "Operation Iceberg" were suffered by minecraft, YMS-271 emerged unscratched.' After a Saipan overhaul she swept the Kerama Retto Passage, ran preinvasion sweeps around Kume Shima, entered the East China Sea 4 July, and after the surrender ceremonies shifted to the passage off Wakayama, Japan. Rotated home 25 February 1946; decommissioned at Boston 19 July 1946. 'Lorikeet received three battle stars for World War II service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Ship's company, 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Service history only - no materials, insulation, or asbestos content. The battle-star count is DANFS's summary; individual campaign/star attribution was not retrieved. Damage sustained towing HMNZS Arbutus is described as 'slight'; no repair-yard materials detail given. Establishes where and when the hull operated, not what it was made of.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lorikeet-ams49-02