Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]DANFS, Lucid I (AM-259) (builder, dates, full service narrative, transfer; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page returns 404; hazegray.org canonical offline) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: Admirable-class minesweeper (dp. 625; 184'6" x 33' x 9'9"; 14.8 k.; cpl. 104; 1x3", 2x40mm, 6x20mm, 2 dep., 1 dcp. (h.h.), 2 dct.) - 'The first Lucid (AM-259) was laid down by American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, Ohio, 20 February 1943; launched 5 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph S. Mood; and commissioned 1 December 1943, Lt. Charles Bulfinch in command.' After shakedown out of Little Creek, Va., Lucid departed 3 March 1944 for the Caribbean, arriving Guantanamo 7 March; for the next 12 months assigned to escort duty between Trinidad, British West Indies, and Recife, Brazil, protecting convoys from U-boat attacks on eight voyages; reported for duty as a training ship at Miami 28 March 1945; from April to June operated as a schoolship out of Miami training future naval officers in seamanship; 'Following a brief overhaul at Norfolk,' returned to Miami and decommissioned there 28 August 1945 - 'transferred to the Chinese government the same day.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- American Ship Building Co. construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew (design complement 104); trainees embarked Miami 1945
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and characteristics, not materials or asbestos content; the entry ends at the 1945 transfer and does not cover ROC service or disposition. The single repair event - 'a brief overhaul at Norfolk' - names the city, not the performing yard (Norfolk Naval Shipyard vs naval operating base vs private yard unresolved). No battle stars are recorded for this hull; the career was CONUS/Caribbean/South Atlantic escort and training work. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404 and hazegray.org is offline.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lucid-am259-01
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[2]NavSource Online, Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive: Lucid (AM-259) - class data, specifications, chronology, commanding officer listing, and construction/ROC-era photos [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 02259 page, chronology block + specifications block + CO table + photo captions (110225510 construction photo; 110225901 'Yung Ting (AM 45)' ROC photo)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource chronology for this hull: laid down 20 February 1943 by American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH; launched 5 June 1943; commissioned USS Lucid (AM-259) 1 December 1943; decommissioned 28 August 1945 at Miami, FL; 'Transferred to the Republic of China in February 1948 and renamed Yung Ting (AM 45)'; 'Reclassified as a Survey Ship and renamed Yang Ming (AGS 362)'; 'Permanently transferred to the Republic of China 12 March 1948 and struck from the Naval Register the same day'; 'Decommissioned 1 July 1972 and struck from the Chinese Navy list. Fate unknown.' Specifications: 945 t.(fl); 184'6" x 33' x 9'9"; 14.8 kts.; complement 104; one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, two 40mm, six 20mm, one hedgehog, four K-guns, two depth-charge tracks; two 1,710shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesels, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts. Commanding officers: LT Charles Bulfinch USNR (1 Dec 1943); LT William George Dwinell II USNR (23 Sep 1944 - 18 Apr 1945); LT Hugh Samuel Meredith USNR (18 Apr 1945 - 29 Aug 1945).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1972
- Population
- Wartime and postwar engineering crews (context); ROC Navy crew 1945/1948-1972
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-run archive reproducing official characteristics and NVR-derived data; the ROC-name sequence and the 'February 1948' transfer/rename line rest on secondary compilation - DANFS dates the transfer 28 August 1945 (same day as decommissioning), and uboat.net/the DANFS transcriber's note give 'Yung Ming' rather than 'Yung Ting' for the initial ROC name (conflicts logged in gaps and ev-08). The page's lead sentence 'Lance served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China' is a template artifact from the AM-257 page. Confirms dates and machinery type only - says nothing about materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lucid-am259-02
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[3]U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II: Mine Vessels (less CM & DM), Patrol Vessels, Landing Ships and Craft, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (13 April 1945) - shipscribe.com scan [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-011 Vol. II, AM characteristics/machinery table p.34 and build table p.35 (PDF pp. 50-51); ship index p.342 ('Lucid - AM259')
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary BuShips tabulation places this hull in the American Shipbuilding Co. ditto chain (following Lance AM-257 and Logic AM-258): 'LUCID - AM 259' - keel laid 20 Feb 43, launched 5 Jun 43, first commissioned 1 Dec 43. The machinery table lists AM-259 in the same ditto chain under 'C-B GSB-8' (Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel) at '1,710' shaft horsepower with 'Nat. Sup.' (National Supply Co.) reduction gear - a mechanical-reduction twin-screw diesel plant, no boilers, matching sister rows AM-255 through AM-266.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1945 (publication); 1943 (data)
- Population
- Wartime engineering crew (context)
- Limitations
- Establishes builder, dates, and machinery type from an official 1945 publication - the strongest non-yard source available. Says nothing about materials or asbestos content. The 'do.' ditto chains run from the HAZARD AM-240 header row; layout-view verification of the LUCID row shows the chain unbroken. Contradicts Wikipedia's class-generic ALCO 539 / Farrel-Birmingham infobox and HyperWar's 'diesel-electric, 1,800 h.p.' fleet-list label (a reduction gear is mechanical drive, not diesel-electric - same mislabel family flagged in batches 1169/1207/1212/1220/1221/1226).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lucid-am259-03
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[4]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 + indexed report text (gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's program review of Navy asbestos exposure records the Navy's position that 'all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables' and that thermal insulation was 'the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships.' Era-level confirmation that WWII-built Navy hulls carried asbestos-containing components; for this diesel minesweeper the thermal-insulation pathway is largely absent by design, leaving the small-component uses (cable insulation, gaskets, clutch/brake linings, exhaust lagging) as the era-consistent candidates.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1979 report; WWII-era construction context
- Population
- Navy personnel and shipyard workers (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull-specific; does not name this vessel, class, or builder and establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, or exposure aboard this hull. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch - content via product-page description and indexed excerpt of the report text (standing issue since batch-01).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lucid-am259-04
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[5]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; DVB Circular 21-88-8 / M21-1 text as recited in BVA decisions
- 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 emergency construction program under which this hull was built at American Ship Building Co., Lorain, in 1943. VA adjudication guidance (DVB Circular 21-88-8, carried into M21-1) likewise recites that chrysotile, amosite, and crocidolite 'were used extensively in military ship construction' during WWII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987; circular 1988
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel, class, or yard and does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lucid-am259-05
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[6]Stockton Maritime Museum, 'Lucid' project page + NavSource MSO-458 archive (11/02458) - identity of the second USS Lucid [museum_official]
- Locator
- stocktonmaritimemuseum.org/lucid (specs block: laid down 16 Mar 1953 as AM-458, Higgins Shipyard New Orleans); https://www.navsource.net/archives/11/02458.htm (chronology)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Name-collision control: the USS Lucid undergoing restoration as a museum ship in Stockton, California, is a different hull - MSO-458, an Aggressive-class wooden-hulled ocean minesweeper laid down 16 March 1953 as AM-458 by Higgins Shipyard, New Orleans; commissioned 4 May 1955; decommissioned 23 December 1970; struck 15 May 1976; donated to the 'Save An MSO Foundation' 13 June 2005 and acquired by the Stockton Historical Maritime Museum for restoration. DANFS itself disambiguates ('The first Lucid (AM-259)...'). Any museum, restoration, houseboat, or Stockton reference to 'USS Lucid' concerns MSO-458, not this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1953-present (MSO-458); disambiguation for 1943-1972 (AM-259)
- Limitations
- Disambiguation only - establishes the identity boundary so that MSO-458 material (including any future restoration hazmat disclosures) is not attributed to AM-259. Contains no asbestos information about either hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lucid-am259-06
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[7]Batch-1231 search ledger (this record): DANFS via losthistory/hazegray mirror (live NHHC 404); NavSource 02259; NAVSHIPS 250-011 via shipscribe; uboat.net 5324; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated); VA BVA index; shipyards.json cross-check; BGSU GLMS-0075 finding aid; NARA catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lucid-am259-01 through sl-uss-lucid-am259-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, specification, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Lucid / AM-259 / Yung Ting / Yang Ming / AGS-362 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). VA BVA index search returned no decision naming this hull. CourtListener API sweep was blocked by shared-quota throttle at session start and remained capped at the queued retry (HTTP 429 both attempts); a web-index collision sweep found only Lucid Group securities/patent party-name collisions - no case naming the vessel. The litigation-surface negative finding is provisional, bounded by the query list in sl-05/sl-06.
- 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 1943 combatant hull is era-consistent with asbestos-containing components, and this hull's undocumented ROC-era maintenance history (1945-1972, including the 1964 survey-ship conversion) means the phases where such records would exist are unmapped. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lucid-am259-07
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[8]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS Lucid (AM 259) entry + Wikipedia USS Lucid (AM-259) - secondary compilations for the ROC-service half (name/date variants) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5324.html; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lucid_(AM-259); NavSource 02259
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- ROC-service source variants documented: uboat.net gives 'Renamed Yung Ming (AM 45)' with decommissioning 1 July 1972; NavSource gives 'Yung Ting (AM 45)' then survey-ship rename 'Yang Ming (AGS 362)' with a 'February 1948' transfer line; Wikipedia gives ROCS Yung Ting (AM-45), renamed ROCS Yang Ming (AGS-362) in 1964, decommissioned/struck 1 July 1972, fate unknown. Carried: Yung Ting (AM-45) → Yang Ming (AGS-362, 1964) per NavSource/Wikipedia majority; the 'Yung Ming' initial-name variant and NavSource's Feb-1948 rename line are logged, not adopted. All agree on permanent transfer/stricken 12 March 1948 and ROC decommissioning 1 July 1972.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1945-1972
- Limitations
- All located sources for the ROC half are secondary compilations - no ROC naval register or SEMAR-equivalent record was located; romanization variants (Yung Ting / Yung Ming / Yang Ming) may reflect Wade-Giles vs pinyin rendering as well as outright error. 1964 rename year rests on Wikipedia alone. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lucid-am259-08
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[9]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel - deck logs), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships - design and construction records), RG 38 (Office of the Chief of Naval Operations - war diaries and operational records), RG 181 (naval district/shipyard records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/038.html ; /groups/181.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Lucid, 1943-45 (RG 24, NARA College Park - WWII deck logs for this period are in the digitized series but hull-level retrieval not performed); operational records for the Trinidad-Recife escort assignments and Miami training-ship duty (RG 38); BuShips design records and Booklet of General Plans material for AM-259 / the Admirable class (RG 19) - the design records are the only realistic path to a materials schedule for this hull; the unnamed 1945 Norfolk overhaul facility may be identifiable via Norfolk district/yard records (RG 181); lend-lease and 1948 permanent-transfer documentation (State/Defense records). ROC Navy records (Yung Ting / Yang Ming service file, 1964 survey conversion, 1972 disposal) are a parallel lead outside NARA.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1972 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. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding. NARA catalog API returned HTML, not queryable records, in-session (same limitation as batches 1154/1227).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lucid-am259-09
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[10]Bowling Green State University, Center for Archival Collections / Historical Collections of the Great Lakes: American Ship Building Company and Predecessors records, GLMS-0075 (1867-1989; 569 cubic feet + 60 reels microfilm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BGSU University Libraries finding aid, GLMS-0075 resource page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The builder's surviving corporate archive: BGSU holds the American Ship Building Company and Predecessors records (GLMS-0075), whose primary component is naval architectural drawings covering Great Lakes-built vessels including warships, plus corporate records such as minutes, correspondence, specifications, reports, and financials. The Lorain yard built this hull within the AM-255 through AM-266 Admirable block; a hull-level drawing or specification set for AM-259, if present in the collection, could resolve the materials questions the public record does not.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-43 construction records
- Limitations
- Finding-aid level confirmation only - the collection is unindexed to hull in public description; whether AM-259 drawings or specs survive is unverified until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lucid-am259-10