Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]NHHC, DANFS, Magpie I (AMc-2) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Final narrative paragraph and post-divider AM-418 note; retrieved via Wayback Machine capture 2021-08-05 (live NHHC URL returns 404)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Magpie was placed out of service at San Pedro 6 October 1944, struck from the Navy list 22 December 1944, and delivered to the War Shipping Administration for return sale to her former owner 5 February 1945. The same DANFS page records the name Magpie assigned to AM-418 on 25 July 1945, with the Defoe Shipbuilding contract canceled 11 August 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Limitations
- Delivery for return sale states purpose, not completed disposition; post-1945 fate is undocumented (NavSource: 'Fate unknown'). No asbestos content. AM-418 note is a name-reuse record, not this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-magpie-amc2-03
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[2]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 3 (1-based), AMC-2 (Magpie) row; column headers on page 1
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List #44 indexes one deck-log segment for 'AMC-2 (Magpie)' covering 27 March 1941 through 31 March 1942.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Limitations
- Finding aid inspected, not the logs themselves. Indexed begin date (3/27/1941) precedes the DANFS placed-in-service date (3/28/1941) by one day - a finding-aid boundary, not a service-date correction. Coverage is a single segment; later-service logs are not in this index. No asbestos information follows from a log listing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-magpie-amc2-04
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[3]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Bureau of Ships correspondence guidance; General Information Books accordion, Entry P 11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's asbestos research guide directs vessel asbestos research to Bureau of Ships (RG 19) correspondence filed by hull designation, and lists Minesweeper and Minelayer General Information Books, 1940-1962 (Entry P 11) - the series where a Magpie information book would sit if one survives.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Limitations
- Generic research guidance; no Magpie-specific correspondence file or information book has been located or inspected. A recommended record series is a research lead, not a source finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-magpie-amc2-05
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[4]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Product-page Highlights
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy ship asbestos use and worker-protection policies, including work at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Limitations
- Navy program background only, decades after Magpie's naval service and concerning shipyard work, not small conversions. Product-page summary reviewed, not full report (gao.gov historically blocks automated full-text fetches). Does not establish asbestos installation, exposure, quantity, or causation aboard Magpie. Tier 2 is retained from the supplied canonical assignment, not newly proved by this context row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-magpie-amc2-06
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[5]NHHC, U.S. Navy Abbreviations of World War II, A [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- AMc entry; retrieved via Wayback Machine capture 2025-12-08 (live NHHC URL returns 404)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's World War II abbreviation list defines AMc as 'Mine Sweeper, Coastal', supporting the vessel-type wording used in this record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Limitations
- Defines the type code only; documents nothing about this hull's construction, machinery, or materials. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-magpie-amc2-07
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[6]NHHC, DANFS, Pipit (AMc-1), via Haze Gray DANFS mirror (live NHHC page 404s); NavSource AMc-2 page concurrence noted [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Pipit characteristics line '(AMc-1: dp. 210; l. 83'11"; b. 22'6"; ...; cl. Pipit)'; NavSource archives/11/03002.htm class label
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The DANFS characteristics line for class namesake Pipit (AMc-1) carries 'cl. Pipit', establishing the class name in official text; secondary compilations (NavSource) label this hull 'Pipit Class Coastal Minesweeper'. Magpie's own DANFS characteristics line omits a class entry. The two ships were different fishing-vessel hulls from different builders (Martinolich, Tacoma vs. Harbor Boat Building, Terminal Island) with different dimensions, so the class is an administrative grouping, not a common design.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Limitations
- Class label sourced from the namesake's DANFS entry plus secondary concurrence; not stated on this hull's own DANFS page. Unlike-hull administrative grouping - no design, machinery, or materials commonality should be inferred. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-magpie-amc2-08
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[7]Batch 1551 research log and search ledger [other_primary]
- Citation URL
- uss-magpie-amc2.research.md
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-magpie-amc2-01 through -20; research log negative findings
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the reviewed official material and web searches recorded in this batch: no hull survey, conversion specification, material list, product identification, abatement record, or exposure finding for AMc-2 / City of San Pedro. Exact-name CourtListener searches returned zero opinion and zero docket hits for 'USS Magpie'. Ship-specific asbestos status remains unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Limitations
- Bounded research result, not proof of absence of asbestos or litigation. CourtListener docket coverage is partial (20 of 389 broad-query records reviewed, all token collisions); unreturned pages and non-digitized proceedings are unreviewed. Does not determine individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-magpie-amc2-09
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[8]CourtListener API v4 searches via mandated authenticated helper, 2026-09-23; representative collisions: New Skies Satellites v. Home2US (D.N.J. 2014, cluster 7305537, AMC-2 satellite); Municipality of Anchorage cases (AMC = municipal code); Faye Crump v. American Multi-Cinema (Fla. App. 2024, cluster 9488727); USG Corp. v. Brown (N.D. Ill. 1992, cluster 8715728, environmental indemnification) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion search count=26, both pages reviewed, next=null; docket search count=389, page 1 of 20 reviewed; exact-name opinion/docket searches count=0
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CourtListener exact-name searches returned zero hits for 'USS Magpie' in both opinions (count=0) and RECAP dockets (count=0). The broad OR query '"USS Magpie" OR "AMc-2" OR "AMC-2"' returned 26 opinions - all 26 reviewed and classified as name/token collisions (SES Americom 'AMC-2' satellite litigation, Anchorage Municipal Code 'AMC' citations, American Multi-Cinema 'AMC' party names, a USG environmental-indemnification dispute, and unrelated civil matters); none names the vessel or concerns asbestos aboard a ship. Broad docket search reported 389 matches; the 20 returned records are all token collisions with no 'Magpie' token present.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Limitations
- All reviewed hits are collisions, not qualifying litigation for this hull; classification rests on returned metadata/snippets, not full-text review of every record. Docket corpus pagination incomplete (369 records unreviewed) and unindexed/non-digitized proceedings cannot be excluded. A zero-hit exact-name result covers the phrase 'USS Magpie' only; bare 'Magpie' or 'AMC-2' tokens in unindexed text are outside this bound.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-magpie-amc2-10
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[9]NHHC, DANFS, Magpie II (YMS-400) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Full entry; retrieved via Wayback Machine capture 2015-09-19 (live NHHC URL returns 404)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents a second, different Navy vessel named Magpie: YMS-400, a YMS-1-class motor minesweeper built by Henry B. Nevins Inc., City Island, N.Y., commissioned 15 May 1943, named Magpie and reclassified AMS-25 on 17 February 1947, and sunk by a mine off Chuksan, Korea on 1 October 1950 with 21 crew lost. This is the high-collision namesake: any account of a sunken or Korean-War USS Magpie refers to AMS-25, not this AMc-2 record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Limitations
- Disambiguation row for a different hull; carries no information about AMc-2 beyond establishing that the name was reused. AMS-25 has no separate Atlas record in this batch; no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-magpie-amc2-11
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[10]NHHC, DANFS, Magpie I (AMc-2) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Characteristics line, namesake note, and first narrative paragraph; text retrieved via Wayback Machine capture 2021-08-05 (live NHHC URL returns 404)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The first Magpie (AMc-2) was built as City of San Pedro in 1936 by Harbor Boat Building Co., Terminal Island, Calif.; acquired by the Navy 18 October 1940; converted from a fishing vessel by Harbor Boat Building Co., Terminal Island; renamed Magpie 29 October 1940; and placed in service 28 March 1941. DANFS characteristics: dp. 210; l. 85'4"; b. 23'4"; s. 10 k.; a. 2 .30 cal. mg.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Limitations
- History only; no asbestos materials, machinery detail, complement, or individual exposure documented. 'Placed in service' is not a formal commissioning. The official characteristics line omits propulsion and class; secondary compilations (NavSource) add 'diesel, one shaft' unverified here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-magpie-amc2-01
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[11]NHHC, DANFS, Magpie I (AMc-2) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Second narrative paragraph; retrieved via Wayback Machine capture 2021-08-05 (live NHHC URL returns 404)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Assigned to the 15th Naval District, Magpie departed San Pedro 10 May 1941 for the Panama Canal Zone, arriving 22 May. She performed minesweeping and patrol operations out of Balboa until 7 August 1944, then departed for the west coast, arriving San Diego 26 August 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Limitations
- Operational history only; no asbestos information and no crew or machinery detail. Does not establish any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-magpie-amc2-02