Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, Pintail (AMc-17) - verbatim transcription via hazegray.org DANFS mirror, Wayback capture January 2002 (live NHHC page variants returned 404 at access time) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry body text and spec line; live hazegray unreachable (connection failure) and NHHC /danfs/p/pintail*.html variants returned 404
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS service record (full entry): Pintail (AMc-17), built in 1937 as Three Star by the Kruse and Banks Shipbuilding Co., North Bend, Ore., was purchased by the Maritime Commission from the MacPhister-Van Camp Canning Co., San Pedro, Calif., and transferred to the Navy 1940-11-19; renamed Pintail (AMc-17) 1940-12-07; converted by the Western Boat Building Co., Tacoma, Wash.; placed in service 1941-02-18. The former purse seiner operated as a coastal minesweeper in the 13th Naval District until placed out of service and struck from the Navy List 1945-03-30; redelivered to the Maritime Commission 1945-07-23 and subsequently sold at auction. DANFS spec line: dp 210; 84'9" x 22' x 8'6"; 9 k.; cpl 17; armament 1 machine gun. DANFS gives no name-series numbering - the only USS Pintail.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1937-1945
- Population
- Crew of 17 (DANFS complement figure); conversion-yard workers at Western Boat Building Co., Tacoma
- Limitations
- Administrative service history; contains no asbestos, insulation, materials, or health information. Entry is four sentences - one of the briefest DANFS records; nothing about the conversion scope beyond the yard name is documented. Mirror transcription cited because live official pages were unreachable.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pintail-amc17-01
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[2]NARA Special List #44, Vessel and Station Log Books at the National Archives, by ship number; NARA 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' index page; NARA Catalog search [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL-44 line 'AMC-17 (Pintail) 2/18/1941 8/1/1942'; digitized index https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (no Pintail/AMC-17 entry); catalog.archives.gov proxy title search (0 hits)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List #44 (vessel and station log books, by ship number) lists deck logs for 'AMC-17 (Pintail)' covering 1941-02-18 through 1942-08-01 - from the in-service date forward, but stopping ~31 months before the out-of-service date (1945-03-30). The hull does not appear in NARA's online digitized deck-logs index, and a NARA Catalog title search for Pintail logbooks returns no digitized records (the 'Pintail' hits in the catalog are wildlife photographs).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941-1942 (listed coverage)
- Population
- Officers and enlisted named on log title sheets and muster lists (crew of ~17)
- Limitations
- Holdings confirmed, contents not examined: the logs are paper records at Archives II (College Park, MD), not digitized for this hull. Deck logs record operations, weather, and personnel and are unlikely to document construction materials. Why SL-44 coverage ends 1942-08-01 - ~31 months before the ship left service - is unexplained by the finding aid; later logs may exist under another listing or were never accessioned.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pintail-amc17-02
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[3]NavSource Online vessel page for Pintail (AMc 17), captions citing National Archives photos 19-N-23974/75/76 via NHHC (Wayback capture 2024-05-27; live navsource.org unreachable at access time) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page image table, 'c. May 1941 Off Seattle, Washington' caption block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Still-picture references located: NavSource captions three National Archives photographs of this hull - 19-N-23974, 19-N-23975, 19-N-23976 - dated c. May 1941 off Seattle, Washington, sourced to the Naval History and Heritage Command. The images place the vessel in 13th Naval District waters weeks after entering service. The photo files were not retrieved and their digitization status in the NARA Catalog is unverified.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1941
- Limitations
- Photo-identifier lead only: the images were not examined, and even if retrieved they document appearance and fitting, not material composition. NavSource is a secondary volunteer archive hosting NHHC/NARA material; identifier accuracy is unverified against the catalog.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pintail-amc17-03
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[4]HyperWar, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945: Coastal Minesweepers' - AMc-17 entry and converted-vessel class header (compiled from official USN data); shipbuildinghistory.com coastal-minesweeper tabulation and Kruse & Banks yard list [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar AMc-17_Pintail.html class header ('Converted Vessel Class Coastal Minesweeper', spec ranges, 'ex-Three Star (1937)'); shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/minesweepers2.htm row 'AMc 17 Pintail Kruse & Banks 85 210 1937 Ex-Three Star, acquired 1940, to MARAD 1945' and /shipyards/small/kruse.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Class-level context: the AMc-series 'converted vessel' coastal minesweepers were commercial fishing vessels - mostly draggers and purse seiners, largely tuna clippers from west-coast ports - acquired and converted in 1940-41. Class characteristics ranged 165-270 tons displacement, 76'7"-136' length, 8.5-14 knots, complement 15-47 (class ranges, not this hull). Contemporary tabulations count 45 converted fishing vessels alongside 70 purpose-built 97-ft Accentor-class units in the AMc series; this hull is a conversion (ex-Three Star, Kruse & Banks, 85 ft, 210 t, 1937), not the Accentor design.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1940-1945
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations of class-level USN data, not hull-specific and not materials documents; contain no asbestos information. The Kruse & Banks yard list shows Three Star under official number 236202 (original owner Maskake Kuwabara) and says 'To USN 1942' - a typo against the documented 1940-11-19 transfer; DANFS dates govern.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pintail-amc17-04
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[5]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page metadata (title, report number, date)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Program-level era context: GAO documented the U.S. Navy's asbestos-protection program and its insulation-removal policies (fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards) - establishing that asbestos was in standard use in Navy ship construction and repair of the era. This vessel was built at a private North Bend boatyard, converted at a Tacoma boat shop, and operated in the 13th Naval District; no connection between GAO's surveyed yards and this hull is documented.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1979 (report); WWII-era construction practices
- Limitations
- Program-level document naming yards and policies, not hulls; supports era background only and does not establish materials aboard this vessel. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch - reliance at product-metadata level only (same standing limitation as BATCH-01).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pintail-amc17-05
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[6]In re Magnolia Fleet, L.L.C., No. 17-30923 (5th Cir. May 9, 2018) (per curiam) (unpublished), appeal from E.D. La. No. 2:16-cv-12297 [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion caption and factual recital (vessel identity: 'M/V PINTAIL, its engines, tackle, appurtenances, furniture, etc.'; capsizing 2015-12-30, Mississippi River); retrieved via web-level copies
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Name collision located: litigation web hits for 'Pintail' vessels trace to In re Magnolia Fleet, L.L.C. (5th Cir. No. 17-30923, decided 2018-05-09, per curiam, summary calendar; district court E.D. La. No. 2:16-cv-12297) - a Jones Act / limitation-of-liability matter arising from the 2015-12-30 capsizing of the M/V PINTAIL, a 24-foot commercial workboat on the Mississippi River owned by Magnolia Fleet and operated by River Construction, Inc. (death of deckhand James Swafford). That vessel is unrelated to this hull and the matter is not asbestos litigation. Only one USS Pintail exists in the Navy name series (DANFS assigns no numbering), so unqualified 'Pintail' vessel litigation references are the modern workboat, not AMc-17.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 2015-2018 (litigation); name series
- Limitations
- Disambiguation row only; no asbestos content and no connection to this hull. The M/V Pintail was a small modern workboat; Jones Act/unseaworthiness claims with no asbestos allegations. Reporter/unpublished status per the opinion header; CourtListener confirmation pending - API was quota-blocked at research time.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pintail-amc17-06
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[7]Batch-1518 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC and transcription mirrors; NARA SL-44, digitized-logs index, and Catalog search; NavSource vessel page (Wayback); HyperWar and shipbuildinghistory tabulations; CourtListener API v4 (blocked); web search for litigation naming the vessel [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-pintail-amc17-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, materials specification, museum or hazmat disclosure, or digitized archival file naming this hull was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). The CourtListener litigation sweep (vessel name and hull number, opinions and dockets) could not be completed - the authenticated API was throttled at its daily quota at research time - so litigation status is unverified rather than negative. Web-level litigation triage surfaced only the M/V Pintail name collision (ev-06) and law-firm marketing ship-list pages, excluded per source rules.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 2026-09-22
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard; conversely, this diesel wooden platform lacks the boilers and steam piping where period Navy asbestos use is best documented. The litigation check is incomplete at research time and is flagged in gaps for a re-run.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pintail-amc17-07