Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]DANFS, 'Notable' (AM-267) - verbatim transcription via hazegray mirror, Wayback capture 2022-09-10 (live NHHC page returns 404 - standing link rot, same as BATCH-01; live hazegray.org does not resolve) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Notable' (AM-267), specifications block + service narrative (Wayback capture 20220910054759 of hazegray.org/danfs/mine/am267.htm)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: Admirable-class minesweeper (dp. 945; l. 184'6"; b. 33'; dr. 9'9"; s. 14.8 k.; cpl. 104; a. 1 3", 4 40mm.; cl. Admirable). Laid down '17 September 1943' per the transcription - internally inconsistent with the 12 June 1943 launch in the same sentence; NAVSHIPS 250-011 prints keel laid 17 Sept 42 (see ev-02), and all secondary sources read 1942. Builder Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama; launched 12 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. John F. Brown; commissioned 23 December 1943, Lt. R. B. Williams, USNR, in command. Shakedown via New Orleans to Little Creek, Va.; minecraft training for precommissioning crews; departed Norfolk 3 May 1944 for Argentia, Newfoundland; embarked Coast Guard meteorologists and sailed 22 June for Davis Strait as a weather patrol ship providing North Atlantic convoys weather data; ordered 27 October to Boston then Norfolk for minesweeping training and overhaul. Departed Norfolk February 1945 for the Pacific via Bermuda, the Panama Canal, and San Diego, arriving Pearl Harbor 5 April; departed 28 April for the Western Pacific; joined TU 94.19.18 for Okinawa 24 May; operated in and around Kerama Retto on antiaircraft patrols 30 May - 4 July 1945, then continuous East China Sea minesweeping - over 100 contact mines swept in two months; occupation duty after the surrender of Japan 2 September; continued Western Pacific sweeping and patrol until decommissioned 29 May 1946 at Shanghai and turned over to the Foreign Liquidation Commission, simultaneously transferred to the Chinese Maritime Custom Fleet. Two battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Gulf Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43); Coast Guard meteorologist detachment (Davis Strait weather patrol, 1944); wartime and postwar crew (design complement 104)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, builder, dates, and service narrative - not materials or asbestos content. The transcription's 'laid down 17 September 1943' postdates the printed launch date (12 June 1943) and is a typo; the contemporaneous NAVSHIPS register (ev-02) prints 17 Sept 42. Live NHHC URL 404s; the 2022-09-10 Wayback capture of the hazegray transcription is cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-notable-am267-01
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II: Mine Vessels (less DM and CM), Patrol Vessels, Landing Ships and Craft, NAVSHIPS 250-011, 13 April 1945 (GPO 1945; scan via shipscribe.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-011, Mine Vessels - Mine Sweepers (AM) tables: AM214-311 class characteristics block; propulsion/generator table (NOTABLE AM 267 row in the C. B. GSB-8 / 1,710 / Nat. Sup. ditto block); builder/date table ('Gulf Shipbuilding Corp ... 17 Sept 42 | 12 Jun 43 | 23 Dec 43 | NOTABLE AM 267')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official 1945 BuShips register names NOTABLE, official number AM 267, in the mine-sweeper tables: builder 'Gulf Shipbuilding Corp.'; keel laid 17 Sept 42; launched 12 Jun 43; date of first commission 23 Dec 43. The propulsion table carries the AM-267 row inside the 'C. B. GSB-8' (Cooper-Bessemer GSB-8) ditto block - shaft horsepower 1,710, 'Nat. Sup.' (National Supply Co.) single reduction gear. The AM214-311 class characteristics block prints: 2 propellers, geared 'Diesel' drive with single reduction gears (the register distinguishes this from 'Diesel elec.'); length 184'6" o.a. / 180'0" w.l.; extreme beam 33'0"; limiting-draft displacement 945 tons; trial displacement 850 tons; trial speed 14.8 knots; limiting draft 9'9"; total accommodations 11 officers + 93 enlisted; armament 1 x 3"/50 cal. D.P. and 2 twin 40mm A.A. mounts (footnote excepts AM214/AM215 only).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (register data as of 13 April 1945)
- Population
- Gulf Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43); wartime crew
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous official register - establishes builder (corporate name only, not the yard city), construction dates, and propulsion for this hull; resolves the DANFS transcription's '1943' keel-year typo (register prints 17 Sept 42) and the engine-make conflict (Cooper-Bessemer GSB-8, contra Wikipedia's class-generic 'ALCO 539 / Farrel-Birmingham' and HyperWar's 'diesel-electric, 1,800 h.p.'). The 1,710 figure is the class-table shaft-horsepower entry and is not labeled per-engine or aggregate. Contains no materials or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-notable-am267-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, Notable (AM 267), file 11/02267 - chronology, specifications, commanding-officer roster, photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/02267 - chronology block, specifications block, propulsion line, CO roster, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource archive record for this hull: 'The first Notable was laid down 17 September 1942 by the Gulf Shipbuilding Co., Chickasaw, AL; launched 12 June 1943; commissioned 23 December 1943; decommissioned 29 May 1946 at Shanghai, China and transferred to the Chinese Customs Fleet; fate unknown.' Call sign Nan-Peter-Roger-Charlie. Spec block: 945 t. full load; 184'6" x 33' x 9'9"; 14.8 kts; complement 104; armament one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, one twin 40mm, six 20mm, hedgehog projector, four K-gun depth-charge projectors, two depth-charge tracks; propulsion 'Two 1,710shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts' - agreeing with the official NAVSHIPS register (ev-02) where they overlap. Commanding-officer roster: LT Ralph Burton Williams, USNR (23 Dec 1943 - 10 Dec 1944); LT Nathaniel William Roe, USNR (10 Dec 1944 - 11 Aug 1945); LT William James Colihan, USNR (11 Aug - 19 Oct 1945); LT William Edward Whaley, Jr., USNR (19 Oct - 4 Nov 1945); LT Daniel Martin Thompson, USNR (from 4 Nov 1945). Photos include NHHC-credited 19-N-55263 and a 5 February 1945 camouflage image at Norfolk (Design 21D/32a discussion).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Gulf Shipbuilding trades (1942-43); Coast Guard meteorologists (1944); crew 1943-46
- Limitations
- Private photo/data archive, not an official source - consistent with DANFS and the NAVSHIPS register where they overlap. One photo caption on the same page asserts the hull 'was built in the American Ship Building Company yards in Lorain, Ohio,' contradicting the page's own chronology line, DANFS, and the official register - logged as a source conflict (ev-04), not adopted. Prints no striking date and no Chinese service name. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-notable-am267-03
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[4]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton compilation), 'Madisonville Shipbuilding, Madisonville LA' page - 'Built by Gulf Shipbuilding' table, yard hull #10 row (AM 267 Notable); cross-check shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/minesweepers1.htm master table [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wayback 20220910054759 hazegray DANFS am267.htm; NAVSHIPS 250-011 AM-table rows; NavSource 11/02267; shipbuildinghistory.com madisonville.htm hull #10 row + smallships/minesweepers1.htm AM 267 row; uboat.net/allies/warships/5332.html; ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/AM/AM-267_Notable.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies logged, not silently merged: (a) Keel-laid year - the hazegray DANFS transcription prints 'laid down 17 September 1943,' postdating the printed 12 June 1943 launch; the contemporaneous NAVSHIPS 250-011 register prints '17 Sept 42' and NavSource/uboat.net/Wikipedia all read 1942. Carried as 1942-09-17; the DANFS '1943' is a typo. (b) Build-yard city - DANFS, the NavSource chronology line, and uboat.net read Gulf Shipbuilding, Chickasaw, AL; Colton's Madisonville yard table files AM-267 under Gulf's Madisonville, LA yard (yard hull #10, in the same table as the AM-126..131 Auk block and sisters AM-268/269/270/271), and his minesweepers master table likewise reads 'Gulf SB, Madisonville LA.' DANFS (official) is carried for builder_location; the Madisonville assignment is documented, not adopted - NAVSHIPS confirms the corporation but prints no city, so the yard-city question remains open pending the contract file. (c) A NavSource photo caption asserts the hull was built at American Ship Building's Lorain, OH yard - contradicting that page's own chronology line, DANFS, and NAVSHIPS; treated as a caption error. (d) Propulsion - NAVSHIPS prints geared 'Diesel' drive, Cooper-Bessemer GSB-8, 1,710 shp, National Supply gear; NavSource agrees; Wikipedia's class-infobox prints 'ALCO 539 / Farrel-Birmingham' and HyperWar's compiled card prints 'diesel-electric, 1,800 h.p.' - both contradicted by the official register. (e) Displacement - DANFS and NavSource 945 t (full/limiting load); HyperWar 625 t; Wikipedia 650 t (standard vs full-load convention). (f) HyperWar prints 'commissioned 1945' - an error; all other sources read 23 Dec 1943. (g) Colton's Madisonville table carries Auk-class boilerplate figures (890d, 221 ft) for the Admirable-class rows - table-formatting artifact, not adopted.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies among the official DANFS text, the contemporaneous NAVSHIPS register, secondary compilations, and a NavSource caption, adopting the better-supported values and flagging the rest. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-notable-am267-04
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[5]Consolidated era/design inference - NAVSHIPS 250-011 AM214-311 class block (geared 'Diesel' drive, twin screws; no boilers) + DANFS specifications block (ev-01) + documented builder and construction era (1942-43, Gulf Shipbuilding commercial yard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-011 AM214-311 class block + AM-267 propulsion row; DANFS spec block and Norfolk overhaul passage
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull is a 1942-43-built steel Admirable-class minesweeper with a geared-diesel twin-screw plant (two Cooper-Bessemer GSB-8 diesels, National Supply reduction gear, per the official register) - no boilers, no steam distribution, no steam turbines. Its insulation load was materially lighter than a steam combatant's, but machinery and construction materials of the 1942-43 wartime era were commonly asbestos-containing: diesel exhaust-system and muffler lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, valve stem packing, electrical-cable insulation, accommodation/galley joiner insulation, winch and windlass brake linings, and deck compositions of the period. Exposure-relevant populations if any such material was present: Gulf Coast construction trades (1942-43); Norfolk availability/overhaul workers (Oct-Nov 1944 - 'Norfolk for minesweeping training and overhaul' per DANFS, facility not named); the wartime crew (design complement 104) across Davis Strait weather patrol, Okinawa/Kerama Retto antiaircraft patrol, and East China Sea mine clearance; and the Chinese Maritime Customs crews after May 1946.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1946+
- Population
- Gulf Shipbuilding trades (1942-43); Norfolk overhaul workers (1944); crew 1943-46; Chinese Maritime Customs crews (1946-?)
- Limitations
- Inference from documented design, machinery type, and construction era - NOT a hull materials record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming AM-267 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. The geared-diesel plant makes even era-level inference weaker than for steam vessels of the same era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-notable-am267-05
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[6]Fleischer WE, Viles FJ Jr, et al., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 1946 Jan;28:9-16 (PMID 21016030) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed citation record PMID 21016030; J Ind Hyg Toxicol 1946;28:9-16
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The wartime federal industrial-hygiene survey of pipe-covering operations in naval vessel construction (conducted during WWII naval shipbuilding, published January 1946) documents that insulation work on ships under construction used asbestos-containing materials - the standard practice environment in which this hull was built at a Gulf Shipbuilding yard in 1942-43.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (survey/publication)
- Population
- WWII naval-vessel pipe coverers and insulators (class context)
- Limitations
- Industry-wide wartime survey, not a hull record - does not name this vessel, Gulf Shipbuilding, or the Admirable class; its reassuring conclusion ('not a dangerous occupation') is itself now criticized as deeply flawed (Kelly, New Solut 2026;36:138-150, PMID 42307414). Establishes era context only - that asbestos insulation work was performed in WWII naval vessel construction - not materials aboard AM-267.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-notable-am267-06
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[7]Marr WT, 'Asbestos exposure during naval vessel overhaul,' Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 1964 May-Jun;25:264-8 (PMID 14168424) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed citation record PMID 14168424; Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 1964;25:264-8
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Published industrial-hygiene study documenting asbestos exposure during naval vessel overhauls - the era pathway relevant to shipyard-side repair work generally; this hull had one documented stateside overhaul period (ordered to Boston then Norfolk 'for minesweeping training and overhaul,' late October-November 1944, per DANFS).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1964 (publication)
- Population
- Naval shipyard insulation workers (class context)
- Limitations
- Study period (early 1960s) post-dates this hull's documented Norfolk overhaul by two decades and does not name AM-267 or the Norfolk facility. Documents the era overhaul-exposure pathway only, not work on or materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-notable-am267-07
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[8]Agee v. Chesterton, No. 1:06-cv-00668-SLR (D. Del.), Complaint, ECF No. 1 (filed 2006-10-30, 97 pp.) - RECAP mirror gov.uscourts.ded.37303 (Internet Archive); transferred to MDL-875 (E.D. Pa.), D. Del. docket closed 2007-04-03 under Administrative Order No. 11 [court_record]
- Locator
- Complaint, ECF No. 1, pp. 20-21 (para. 17, plaintiff John M. Brown); docket sheet - JPML/MDL-875 transfer entries (letter 2007-01-05; certified transfer 2007-03-20; Admin. Order No. 11 closed 2007-04-03); archive.org item gov.uscourts.ded.37303, file gov.uscourts.ded.37303.1.0.pdf
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The only litigation document located naming a 'USS Notable' is a name collision, not a hit on this hull: the Agee v. Chesterton mass-joinder asbestos complaint (D. Del., filed 30 Oct 2006) alleges plaintiff John M. Brown of Birmingham, Alabama 'was also in the United States Navy as a mine sweeper from 1965 to 1967 on the USS Notable' (Complaint p.20-21, para. 17; asbestosis diagnosis 27 May 1998). During 1965-1967 the only commissioned USS Notable was the second ship of the name - MSO-460 (ex-AM-460, Aggressive-class, Higgins Inc., in commission 1955-1971); this record's hull, AM-267, had been decommissioned and transferred to the Chinese Maritime Customs at Shanghai on 29 May 1946. The case was transferred to MDL-875 (E.D. Pa.) with the D. Del. docket closed 3 April 2007; the allegation was never adjudicated.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1965-1967 (alleged exposure, other hull); 2006-2007 (litigation)
- Population
- John M. Brown (USN minesweeper sailor 1965-67 aboard MSO-460 - different hull; asbestosis dx 1998)
- Limitations
- Logged to prevent misattribution: a 'USS Notable' litigation hit of this vintage and service window (1965-67) is MSO-460, not AM-267. Even for MSO-460 the complaint is a pleading-stage allegation only - it alleges, but does not adjudicate, exposure, and the docket shows transfer to MDL-875 rather than any merits finding. Establishes nothing about materials aboard either hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-notable-am267-08
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[9]Batch-1239 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live site + hazegray/Wayback mirror; NAVSHIPS 250-011 (shipscribe scan); NavSource; Naval Vessel Register; CourtListener opinion + RECAP indexes (via Atom feeds; API throttled); archive.org RECAP mirror gov.uscourts.ded.37303; Colton shipbuildinghistory yard tables; UNTS vol. 70 No. 895; HyperWar; NARA catalog; MARAD; Atlas shipyards.json; class-profile worktrees [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-notable-am267-01 through sl-uss-notable-am267-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for USS Notable / AM-267: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, preservation record, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener sweeps (public search UI + Atom feeds after the authenticated API hit its shared-key daily quota): type=o 'USS Notable' 0, 'U.S.S. Notable' 0, 'AM 267' minesweeper 0, 'MSO-460' 0; 'AM-267' returned 16 opinion hits - all token collisions verified against case names (insurance/ERISA/debt-collection matters incl. Myers v. Anthem Life, Seneca Insurance v. Western Claims, Las Vegas Sands v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct.; no vessel association). RECAP (type=r): 'USS Notable' 1 hit - Agee v. Chesterton, resolved to a name collision (MSO-460; see ev-08); 'AM-267' 20 hits and 'Notable' minesweeper 20 hits - all collisions (debt collection, insurance, NYT v. Microsoft, CNN v. Perplexity, etc.); 'MSO-460' 0. The vessel left U.S. custody at Shanghai 29 May 1946 and its fate is unreported - no museum or abatement record can post-date a disposal whose outcome is itself unknown.
- 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 1942-43-built vessel is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials even accounting for its lighter geared-diesel insulation load. The hull's post-1946 whereabouts and disposition are unknown, foreclosing any present-day survey pathway. CourtListener coverage was completed via the public search UI and Atom feeds rather than the authenticated API (HTTP 429, shared key at quota) - result counts and case names are verified; the docket-text review of Agee was performed against the archive.org RECAP mirror of ECF No. 1. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-notable-am267-09
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[10]Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 deck logs for AM-267 (1943-46); NARA RG 19 Bureau of Ships General Information Books and the Navy contract file for the Gulf Shipbuilding minesweeper block (ordered 2 May 1942 per uboat.net); Foreign Liquidation Commission / Department of State disposal file for the May 1946 Shanghai transfer; Chinese Maritime Customs Service records (Chinese service name and fate); NARA muster-rolls series (scope covers 1939-1949, spanning the commission) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov RG 19/24 group guides; NARA deck-log series NAID 594258; UNTS vol. 70 Agreement No. 895 Schedule A (absence of AM-267 verified, lines listing AM 260/266/273/274/276 only)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved): (a) NARA RG 24 deck logs, 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations 1941-1978' (series NAID 594258), for the December 1943 - May 1946 commission - the resolution path for exact operating, port-call, and availability dates; (b) NARA RG 19 BuShips records / General Information Books and the Navy contract file for the Gulf Shipbuilding minesweeper program - the plausible home of hull-level material schedules, and the resolution path for the Chickasaw-vs-Madisonville build-yard conflict (the contract file names the performing yard); (c) Foreign Liquidation Commission and Department of State records for the 29 May 1946 Shanghai transfer - the hull passed via FLC surplus disposal to the Chinese Maritime Customs, not via the December 1947 P.L. 512 naval-transfer agreement (UNTS No. 895 Schedule A lists sisters AM-266/273/274/276 in the Philippines but NOT AM-267, consistent with the earlier FLC pathway); (d) Chinese Maritime Customs / Republic of China customs records - the only plausible source for the vessel's post-1946 name and fate.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1948 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for AM-267 is unknown until surveyed in person. Deck logs and muster rolls are personnel/operations records, not materials documentation. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-notable-am267-10