USS Rampart (AM-282)

Evidence

14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).

1. [1]DANFS, 'Rampart' (MSF-282) - official Naval Historical Center text via the losthistory.net verbatim mirror of the hazegray DANFS transcription (live NHHC page 404s - standing link rot; hazegray.org itself DNS-unreachable this session; Wayback Machine temporarily offline - capture verification not possible, flagged in ev-07(h)) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS 'Rampart (MSF-282)' entry, specifications block + service narrative (losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/mine/am282.htm; transcription credited 4/6/1998)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official DANFS record for this hull: name gloss 'A broad embankment, usually surmounted by a parapet, raised as a fortification'; spec block 'AM-282: dp. 945; l. 184'6"; b. 33'; dr. 9'9"; s. 14k.; cpl. 104; a. 1 3", 4 40mm., 6 20mm., 2 dcp., 1 dcp. (hh.); cl. Admirable'. Laid down 24 November 1943 by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Ala.; launched 30 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Frank S. Scott; commissioned 18 November 1944, Lt. Stanley F. Luce in command. After Gulf of Mexico shakedown, departed 8 December, arrived Little Creek, Va. five days later; minesweeping exercises out of Little Creek until 15 January 1945, then Casco Bay, Maine, for ASW training; returned to Hampton Roads, underway 25 January for the Canal Zone, Coco Solo Naval Base 1 February; transited the canal, proceeded via San Diego to Pearl Harbor, arriving 24 February; departed 7 March back to the west coast, Seattle 19 March; departed 7 April for Kodiak, then Cold Bay arriving 15 April; Soviet Navy crew shakedown 24 April - 13 May. 'On 20 May 1945 Rampart was decommissioned and transferred to the Soviet Navy on lease.' Reclassified MSF-282 on 7 February 1955.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1943-1955

   Population

   Gulf Shipbuilding Chickasaw construction trades (1943-44); wartime crew (design complement 104); Soviet trainees at Cold Bay (Apr-May 1945)

   Limitations

   DANFS documents identity, builder, dates, and service narrative - not materials or asbestos content. The official text is silent on an ordered date, battle stars (none recorded - her war was training, transit, and the Cold Bay transfer detail), all Soviet-side history post-1945, and the 1983 striking (the entry predates it). DANFS's 20 May decommission/transfer date conflicts with the NHC-documented simultaneous ceremony of 21 May (ev-05, ev-07(b)). Entry prints a stray punctuation artifact 'sponsored by Mrs. Frank S. Scott,;' - mirror transcription carried as printed.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-rampart-am282-01

2. [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 (1945 edition) - official register, shipscribe.com scan [other_primary]

   Locator

   NAVSHIPS 250-011 Vol. II, mine-sweeper build table p. 37 ('Gulf Shipbuilding Corp.' block, 'RAMPART AM 282' row: 24 Nov 43 / 30 Mar 44 / 18 Nov 44); machinery table (C. B. GSB-8, 1,710 shp, Nat. Sup. gear); index 'Rampart AM282'; abbreviation key 'C. B. = Cooper Bessemer'

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Official 1945 BuShips register names RAMPART, official number AM-282, in the mine-sweeper tables: builder row dittoes 'Gulf Shipbuilding Corp.' (block head at AM-268 NUCLEUS) - making Rampart the LAST hull of the fifteen-hull Gulf Chickasaw block (AM-268 Nucleus through AM-282 Rampart; the table switches to 'General Eng. & D. D. Co.' at RANSOM AM-283); keel laid 24 Nov 43; launched 30 Mar 44; first commission 18 Nov 44. Machinery table row: 'RAMPART ... AM 282 ... 1,710 ... do.' - inheriting block-head 'C. B. GSB-8' (Cooper Bessemer, per the volume abbreviation key) engines, 1,710 shaft horsepower, 'Nat. Sup.' (National Supply) reduction gear, twin shafts - geared diesel, no boilers; ship's service generators 60/20/100 kW, 450/120 A.C./D.C. The same volume's hull index lists 'Rampart AM282 Mine Vessel-Mine Sweeper'.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1943-1945 register

   Population

   Gulf Shipbuilding Chickasaw construction trades (1943-44)

   Limitations

   Official register documents builder, dates, and the documented propulsion plant at register level - not materials or asbestos content. The 1,710 figure is the register's shaft-horsepower column (aggregate for the pair); NavSource's per-hull '855shp' print is consistent as a per-engine rating (2 x 855 = 1,710) but NavSource formats it inconsistently across hulls (Method's page prints 'Two 1,710shp') - flagged in ev-07(d). The register predates all post-transfer history; silent on everything after 1945. No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-rampart-am282-02

3. [3]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Rampart (MSF 282) ex-AM-282, file 11/02282 [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 11/02282 - chronology block, specifications block, propulsion line, CO list, photo credits

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource per-hull record: 'Admirable Class Minesweeper'; call sign November-Quebec-Golf-Alpha; 'Laid down 24 November 1943 by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, AL'; launched 30 March 1944; commissioned USS Rampart (AM 282) 18 November 1944; 'Decommissioned 20 May 1945 at Cold Bay, AK; transferred to the Soviet Union and reclassified T-282'; 'Assigned to the Pacific Fleet 5 June 1945'; 'Participated in the landing at Genzan (Wonsan), Korea 8 August 1945'; 'Transferred 7 August 1948 to the Ministry of Transport, converted to a whaling vessel and named Shkval (Squall)'; 'Reclassified by U.S. Navy as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull), MSF-282, 7 February 1955'; 'Scrapped in the early 1960s.' Spec block: 945 t (fl); 184'6"; 33' beam; 9'9" draft; 14.8 kts; complement 104; armament one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, one twin 40mm mount, six 20mm mounts, one hedgehog, four K-guns, two depth-charge tracks; propulsion 'Two 855shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts.' CO roster: LT Stanley Francis Luce, USNR (18 November 1944 - 20 May 1945) - the sole listed CO, matching DANFS 'Lt. Stanley F. Luce.' Photo credits: a NARA-cataloged construction view of the hull at Gulf Shipbuilding, Chickasaw (catalog.archives.gov/id/55249751, /id/45546390, via destroyerhistory.org), and a U.S. Navy/NARA photo scanned from Russell's Project Hula monograph p. 21 showing Rear Admiral Popov speaking aboard an Admirable-class minesweeper during a transfer ceremony, probably 21 or 22 May 1945.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1943-1960s

   Population

   Gulf Chickasaw trades (1943-44); U.S. crew Nov 1944 - May 1945; Soviet trainees Apr-May 1945; Soviet Navy crews 1945-1948; conversion workforce 1948; Shkval crews 1948-ca.1960

   Limitations

   Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official. The Soviet-side chain (Pacific Fleet assignment 5 Jun 1945; Genzan landing 8 Aug 1945; Ministry of Transport 7 Aug 1948; 'early 1960s' scrapping) rests on NavSource alone or NavSource plus Wikipedia/Russell corroboration; the T-282 pennant agrees with the NHC monograph (ev-05). The Genzan/Wonsan date '8 August 1945' precedes the documented start of Soviet-Japanese hostilities (USSR declared war 8-9 August; the Wonsan landing is generally dated late August) - flagged in ev-07(f), not propagated as fact. NavSource prints no U.S. strike date on this page - the 1 Jan 1983 strike rests on Wikipedia alone (citation-needed). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-rampart-am282-03

4. [4]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII - USS Rampart (AM 282), ship 5347 [other_primary]

   Locator

   uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5347.html - data table and CO list

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   uboat.net per-hull record: Admirable-class minesweeper AM 282; 'Built by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp. (Chickasaw, Alabama, U.S.A.)'; ordered 2 May 1942; laid down 24 Nov 1943; launched 30 Mar 1944; commissioned 18 Nov 1944; end of service 20 May 1945; 'Decommissioned 20 May 1945 at Cold Bay, Alaska and transferred to the Soviet Union being renamed T-282.' CO roster: Lt. Stanley Francis Luce, USNR (18 Nov 1944 - 20 May 1945) - corroborates NavSource and DANFS's 'Lt. Stanley F. Luce.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1943-1945

   Population

   Wartime crew (secondary roster)

   Limitations

   Specialist secondary compilation - corroborates the Chickasaw yard, dates, and the Cold Bay transfer; prints the single-date decommission/transfer (20 May) against the NHC-documented simultaneous 21 May ceremony (ev-05, ev-07(b)). The 'ordered 2 May 1942' date is secondary-only and unverified against a primary contract record - not carried into record fields (same treatment as sibling Method). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-rampart-am282-04

5. [5]Russell, Richard A., 'Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan,' Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C., 1997 (official Navy historical monograph; ISBN 0-945274-35-1) - full-text PDF via HyperWar/ibiblio [other_primary]

   Locator

   Project Hula (NHC 1997) Appendix pp. 38-39, AM table row p. 39 'Rampart (AM 282) T-282' (verified directly from the monograph PDF this session); narrative pp. 37-38 (return negotiations, witnessed destruction, settlements); glossary (tralshik); transfer-ceremony photo p. 21

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Official NHC publication resolves this hull's transfer: appendix row 'Rampart (AM 282) | T-282 | [21 May ditto] | [1960-scrapped ditto]' - i.e., transferred 21 May 1945 under Project Hula, Soviet designation T-282, disposition 1960-scrapped. The same table assigns the surrounding 21 May AM group: T-272 Fancy (AM 234), T-274 Marvel (AM 262), T-275 Measure (AM 263), T-276 Method (AM 264), T-277 Mirth (AM 265), T-278 Nucleus (AM 268), T-282 Rampart (AM 282); then 22 May: T-271 Disdain (AM 222), T-273 Indicative (AM 250), T-279 Palisade (AM 270, '1957-stricken'). Glossary: 'T (tralshik) - minesweeper.' Program context documented in the same volume: transfers staged at Cold Bay/Fort Randall, Alaska, to ready Soviet crews for the war against Japan; the U.S. sought return of 480 of 585 transferred combatants (SecNav Forrestal to State, 8 May 1947); the Navy ultimately accepted Soviet 'witnessed destruction' (59 vessels sunk near Murmansk and 20 near Nakhodka in 1956); a settlement on 343 vessels was reached in spring 1957; the comprehensive Lend-Lease settlement followed 18 October 1972 - the framework explaining why unreturned hulls like this one stayed nominally on the Naval Register until 1983.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1945-1972 program; row entry 21 May 1945 / 1960

   Population

   Soviet Navy crews (1945 onward)

   Limitations

   Official NHC historical monograph - the strongest located source for the transfer date, Soviet pennant, and disposition; Russell's appendix draws on Soviet-era records unavailable during the Cold War (his cited sources include NAVSHIPS 250-012 Ships Data Vol. II (1949) and Berezhnoi's Flot SSSR lendliz reference). The appendix tabulates transfer date and end disposition only; it does not document the intermediate Soviet career (Pacific Fleet assignment, the claimed Genzan operation, the 1948 Ministry of Transport conversion, the Shkval rename - the NavSource-only chain) or any striking mechanics. '1960-scrapped' is the register-level disposition; scrap site and process undocumented. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-rampart-am282-05

6. [6]Naval Marine Archive, Minesweepers AM Pre-War/WWII table - AM 282 row; HyperWar/ibiblio 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' AM-282 stub; NavalCoverMuseum RAMPART AM 282 designation stub; hullnumber.com AM-282 stub [other_primary]

   Locator

   navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/minesweepers1.html AM 282 row; ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/AM/AM-282_Rampart.html; navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/RAMPART_AM_282; hullnumber.com/AM-282

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Naval Marine Archive row: 'AM 282 | Rampart | Gulf SB | Chickasaw AL | 185 | 945 | 1942 | 18-Nov-44 | To USSR 1945 as T 282' - corroborates the Chickasaw yard, FY1942 program year, commissioning date, and Soviet transfer with the correct T-282 pennant; the adjacent rows show the same yard boundary as NAVSHIPS (AM-281 Quest and AM-282 Rampart at Gulf SB Chickasaw; AM-283 Ransom and AM-284 Rebel at General Eng., Alameda). NavalCoverMuseum's RAMPART AM 282 page is a designation stub listing the name chain 'USS RAMPART AM-282 / T-282 (Soviet Union Naval Service) / SHKVAL / RAMPART MSF-282' plus the DANFS namesake gloss - no covers or postmarks reported. hullnumber.com's AM-282 page is a crew-roster stub with no deployments or events listed. The HyperWar compilation stub for AM-282 reproduces three outright errors: 'Diesel-electric engines, twin screws, 1,800 h.p.' (contradicted by the documented National Supply reduction gear - geared diesel, not diesel-electric), 'commissioned 1945' (the hull commissioned 18 November 1944), and 'Transferred to U.K. under Lend-Lease, 1945' (wrong nation - the hull went to the U.S.S.R. at Cold Bay in May 1945) - flagged in ev-07(g).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1943-1945

   Limitations

   Secondary compilations - corroborate dates, yard, and the transfer path only; none reports Soviet-side detail beyond the transfer, and none contains asbestos information. The HyperWar stub's errors are flat compilation defects carried here only as flagged defects; the same generator-family errors (U.K. transfer, diesel-electric, 1,800 h.p.) appear on sibling AM stubs (cf. Method AM-264).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-rampart-am282-06

7. [7]Source-discrepancy resolution - official DANFS (losthistory/hazegray mirror) vs NAVSHIPS 250-011 vs NavSource 11/02282 vs uboat.net 5347 vs navalmarinearchive vs NavalCoverMuseum vs HyperWar stub vs Wikipedia (itself citing Russell, Project Hula, NHC 1997, p. 39, and the DANFS Fancy entry) [other_primary]

   Locator

   losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/mine/am282.htm vs shipscribe.com SDB1945v2.pdf (AM-282 rows) vs navsource.net/archives/11/02282.htm vs uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5347.html vs navalmarinearchive.com minesweepers1.html AM 282 row vs navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/RAMPART_AM_282 vs ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/AM/AM-282_Rampart.html vs en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Rampart_(AM-282) vs NHC Project Hula PDF p. 39

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Source discrepancies logged, not silently merged: (a) Soviet pennant - T-282 is consistent across NHC appendix, NavSource, uboat.net, navalmarinearchive, and NavalCoverMuseum; no competing print located (unlike sibling Method's T-274/T-276 chain). (b) Decommission/transfer date - 21 May 1945 carried per Russell (Hula ships were decommissioned, transferred, and Soviet-commissioned in a single simultaneous ceremony; Wikipedia's own footnote documents this resolution explicitly); DANFS prints 20 May for decommission-and-transfer; NavSource prints 'Decommissioned 20 May 1945 at Cold Bay ... transferred' on the same line; uboat.net prints end of service/decommission 20 May. (c) Propulsion - NAVSHIPS 250-011 (official register) prints C. B. GSB-8 (Cooper Bessemer) engines, 1,710 shp, National Supply reduction gear; NavSource prints 'Two 855shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear' (per-engine print, consistent with the 1,710 aggregate); Wikipedia's infobox prints class-generic '2 x ALCO 539 diesel engines, 1,710 shp, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear' - contradicted by the official register for this hull (same class-generic-vs-register conflict resolved identically in sibling Quest AM-281). (d) Spec variances - displacement 945 t (DANFS/NavSource/navalmarinearchive full load) vs 650 t (Wikipedia infobox) vs 625 t (HyperWar); speed 14 kts (DANFS) vs 14.8 (NavSource/Wikipedia) vs 15 (HyperWar); draft 9'9" vs 10' (HyperWar); armament design-spec (1 3", 4 40mm, 6 20mm, 2 dcp., 1 dcp. hh.) vs wartime-fit (twin 40mm, hedgehog, 4 K-guns, 2 dct - NavSource). (e) Soviet-side conversion descriptor - NavSource prints 'converted to a whaling vessel and named Shkval (Squall)' (Ministry of Transport, 7 Aug 1948); Wikipedia prints 'converted to a naval trawler in 1948 and renamed Shkval' (both fields citation-needed) - whaler vs trawler split flagged, carried as 'Ministry of Transport conversion, renamed Shkval.' (f) Genzan/Wonsan claim - NavSource-only 'Participated in the landing at Genzan (Wonsan), Korea 8 August 1945'; the printed date precedes the documented start of Soviet-Japanese hostilities and the generally dated late-August Wonsan landing - flagged, not propagated. (g) HyperWar stub flat errors - 'Transferred to U.K. under Lend-Lease, 1945' (wrong nation), 'commissioned 1945' (wrong year), 'Diesel-electric ... 1,800 h.p.' (contradicted by NAVSHIPS). (h) DANFS verification path - live NHHC 404s; hazegray.org DNS-unreachable this session; Wayback Machine temporarily offline - the DANFS text rests on the losthistory.net verbatim hazegray mirror without a second capture this session.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   correction

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1943-1983

   Limitations

   Resolves publication-level discrepancies among the official DANFS text, the official NAVSHIPS register, the NHC monograph, secondary compilations, and reference tables, adopting the better-supported values and flagging the rest. Soviet-side history (1945-ca.1960) rests on NavSource's detailed chain corroborated in outline by Wikipedia/Russell - Russian-side naval and fishing-fleet records are the archival resolution path. No asbestos content in any of these sources.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-rampart-am282-07

8. [8]Consolidated era/design inference - documented propulsion plant (NAVSHIPS 250-011 machinery table: C. B. GSB-8 Cooper Bessemer diesels, 1,710 shp, National Supply single reduction gear, twin shafts - geared diesel, no boilers) + documented builder and construction era (DANFS; NAVSHIPS; NavSource; uboat.net; navalmarinearchive) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NAVSHIPS 250-011 machinery table (AM-282 row); DANFS construction/service dates; NavSource 11/02282; NHC Project Hula appendix

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference: this hull is a 1943-44-built steel Admirable-class minesweeper with a diesel twin-screw plant (two Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesels, National Supply single reduction gear) - no boilers, no steam distribution. Its insulation load was materially lighter than a steam combatant's, but machinery and construction materials of the wartime era were commonly asbestos-containing: exhaust-system and muffler lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, electrical-cable insulation, accommodation/galley joiner insulation, winch and windlass brake linings, and deck compositions of the period. Exposure-relevant populations if any material was present: Gulf Shipbuilding Chickasaw construction trades (Nov 1943 - Nov 1944); the U.S. wartime crew (design complement ~104) across shakedown, Little Creek minesweeping exercises, the Panama transit, Pearl Harbor, and the Cold Bay transfer detail (Nov 1944 - May 1945); the Soviet trainees embarked for familiarization (Apr-May 1945); Soviet Navy crews of T-282 in the Pacific Fleet (1945-1948, including the claimed Genzan operation); the Ministry of Transport conversion workforce (1948); Shkval crews (1948-ca.1960); and the early-1960s scrapping workforce.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1943-1960

   Population

   Gulf Chickasaw trades (1943-44); U.S. crew Nov 1944 - May 1945; Soviet trainees Apr-May 1945; Soviet Navy crews 1945-1948; conversion workforce 1948; Shkval crews 1948-ca.1960; scrapping workforce early 1960s

   Limitations

   Inference from documented design, machinery type, and construction era - NOT a hull materials record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming AM-282 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. The diesel (non-steam) plant makes even era-level inference weaker than for steam vessels of the same era. The entire Soviet-period material history (1945-ca.1960, including the conversion) is undocumented in located sources.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-rampart-am282-08

9. [9]Declaration of Peter Neushul, Ph.D., Siegfried v. Owens-Illinois, No. 2:18-cv-01575 (C.D. Cal.) (RECAP gov.uscourts.cacd.702384.52.0) - WWII Navy/USMC fireproof-insulation requirements and Navy QPLs [court_record]

   Locator

   RECAP document 52-0, declaration paragraphs on WWII shipbuilding insulation requirements and Kaylo QPL listings

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Expert declaration documents that during WWII the U.S. Navy and U.S. Maritime Commission required fireproof insulation on military and civilian vessels, and that asbestos-containing thermal insulation products (e.g., Owens-Illinois Kaylo block and pipe insulation) appeared on Navy Qualified Products Lists under military specifications Mil-I-2819 and Mil-I-2781. Rampart was laid down in November 1943 inside this procurement regime.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1941-1945 (era); 2018 (filing)

   Population

   WWII Navy construction trades and crew (class context)

   Limitations

   Plaintiff-side expert declaration in asbestos litigation, not a court finding; describes Navy-wide procurement requirements and never names this hull. Pipe-covering findings are less applicable to a diesel (non-steam) minesweeper than to steam vessels. Asbestos presence aboard AM-282 is era inference only - does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard, nor quantity, nor any individual exposure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-rampart-am282-09

10. [10]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); and Fleischer, W.E., et al., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]

    Locator

    AJIM 11(3):359-373; J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16

    Finding type

    gov_survey

    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 wartime construction program under which this hull was built at Gulf Shipbuilding's Chickasaw yard. The USMC-commissioned 1944-45 industrial-hygiene survey of pipe-covering operations at Navy and contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite.'

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-22

    Study period

    1941-1946 (survey era)

    Population

    WWII shipbuilding workforce (era context)

    Limitations

    Program/era-level documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding and naval-vessel construction generally; neither source names this vessel, class, or builder yard. Pipe-covering findings are less applicable to a diesel (non-steam) minesweeper than to steam vessels. Does not establish asbestos presence aboard AM-282.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-rampart-am282-10

11. [11]NPS National Register/National Historic Landmark nomination, USS Hazard (AM-240), NRHP ref. 79003712 - class-exemplar cross-check [nps]

    Locator

    NPS NRHP/NHL nomination form 79003712, items 4-7 (condition, description); NRIS asset page

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    The sole surviving Admirable-class hull is a documented unaltered museum ship and a class sister of this hull: the NHL nomination for USS Hazard (AM-240) - Winslow-built, delivered 31 October 1944 - records her as 'completely equipped and intact as it was during its years of active service' with 'the superstructure ... unaltered,' moved from the Orange, Texas U.S. Naval Inactive Ship Facility to Omaha in 1971. For materials purposes the class's only preserved exemplar survives essentially as-built, but no public asbestos survey or hazmat disclosure for Hazard was located either.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-22

    Study period

    1944; nomination circa 1979

    Population

    Museum staff/visitors at the surviving sister (class context)

    Limitations

    Class-level context only - the nomination documents the sister hull's significance and condition circa 1979, not materials or asbestos content, and says nothing about AM-282. 'Unaltered' is the nomination's characterization; no ACM survey of Hazard is public. Hazard is a Winslow-built sister, not a Chickasaw-built one - same class, different yard.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-rampart-am282-11

12. [12]Batch-1256 search ledger (this record): official DANFS via losthistory/hazegray mirror; NAVSHIPS 250-011 Ships' Data 1945 (shipscribe scan); NavSource 11/02282; Colton Chickasaw yard table; uboat.net 5347; NHC Project Hula PDF; navalmarinearchive; NavalCoverMuseum; HyperWar stub; NVR SHIPSDETAIL_AM_282 (302); NARA catalog (JS shell); archive.org advancedsearch; hullnumber.com; destroyerhistory.org Gulf page; degraded site:courtlistener.com and site:va.gov indexed queries [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-rampart-am282-01 through sl-uss-rampart-am282-16

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for USS Rampart / AM-282 / MSF-282 / T-282 / Shkval: 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). The CourtListener API v4 sweep could not run this session - the authenticated request returned HTTP 429 ('Request was throttled. Rate limit exceeded: 2800/day. Expected available in 38216 seconds') on the first attempt; the shared daily quota was exhausted by prior batch work on this machine, so the opinion/docket sweep is logged as blocked, not retried, per batch rules (same wall hit by sibling batches today incl. batches 1229 and 1236). Indexed-web substitute queries surfaced only name collisions and generic asbestos filings - no hit naming this hull - and marketing-roster name mentions (mesothelioma.com's minesweeper jobsites page lists 'USS Rampart | AM-282 | Admirable | 11/18/1944 | To Soviet Union, 1945' in a generic table; mesotheliomahelp.org's minesweeper page lists USS Rampart in a name roster; excluded per source rules, no hull-specific evidence).

    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 1943-44-built vessel is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials even accounting for its lighter diesel insulation load. IMPORTANT: the CourtListener sweep did not run (throttled, shared quota) - 'no qualifying case located' reflects the non-litigation repositories and degraded indexed queries only; a differently-phrased hull reference may exist in the opinion/docket indexes. The hull's entire Soviet career (1945-ca.1960) and scrapping are undocumented at materials level, so no survey pathway exists in located sources. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-rampart-am282-12

13. [13]Air & Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries, 586 U.S. 446 (2019), CourtListener opinion 4601080 - bare-metal-defense doctrinal context [court_record]

    Locator

    CourtListener opinion 4601080

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    No case located names this hull (see negative_finding row and search_ledger - CourtListener sweep blocked this session). Doctrinal context only for the vessel's type: claims arising from WWII-era Navy-vessel asbestos exposure ran under maritime law against equipment manufacturers, and the Supreme Court's DeVries decision settled the 'bare-metal defense' framework - manufacturers that supplied bare equipment had a duty to warn where their products required asbestos-containing parts. It illustrates the litigation posture claims arising from service aboard a WWII diesel minesweeper would have faced; no such claim naming Rampart was located.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-22

    Study period

    2019 decision

    Limitations

    Doctrinal context only - the cited case does not name or involve this hull, and DeVries addressed manufacturers' duty to warn for asbestos-containing components on Navy vessels generally. Classification note: a complaint's vessel list would be a pleading allegation, not a finding; no pleading naming this hull was located in the searches performed. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-rampart-am282-13

14. [14]Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized; NARA catalog returns only its JS application shell to automated fetch): (a) NARA's WWII muster-rolls series should cover this hull for her Nov 1944 - May 1945 commission - sibling Admirable-class hulls are demonstrably indexed, so coverage for AM-282 is expected but unconfirmed this session; (b) NARA RG 24 deck logs, Nov 1944 - May 1945 (an unusually short run, ~6 months - shakedown through Cold Bay); (c) NARA RG 19 BuShips records / General Information Books and the Navy contract file for the Gulf Shipbuilding Chickasaw Admirable block (AM-268 through AM-282 per NAVSHIPS) - the plausible home of hull-level material schedules; (d) NARA still-photo holdings catalog.archives.gov/id/55249751 and /id/45546390 (Chickasaw construction views credited via NavSource/destroyerhistory.org) and the transfer-ceremony photo printed at Russell p. 21; (e) Project Hula Cold Bay transfer records for the 21 May 1945 group (NHC 1997 cites operational files) - the authoritative resolution of the 20-vs-21 May date split; (f) Soviet-side records for T-282's Pacific Fleet service (1945-1948, including the claimed Genzan/Wonsan operation), the Ministry of Transport conversion (1948), Shkval service (1948-ca.1960), and the early-1960s scrapping - Lutsenko's 'Buran-type whale catcher' list (soviet-trawler.narod.ru, cited by Wikipedia for sibling hulls) is the hobbyist-level lead, not an authoritative source; (g) Gulf Shipbuilding/Waterman Steamship yard records. [other_primary]

    Locator

    archives.gov RG 19/24 group guides; catalog.archives.gov/id/55249751 + /id/45546390; NHC Project Hula (1997) source apparatus; NavSource 11/02282 photo credits

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Record-group mapping only: the archival repositories most likely to hold hull-level material or transfer-condition documentation for AM-282, keyed to the documented events of her career (Chickasaw construction 1943-44; U.S. commission Nov 1944 - May 1945; Project Hula transfer 21 May 1945; Soviet minesweeper service 1945-1948; Ministry of Transport conversion and Shkval service 1948-ca.1960; scrapping early 1960s; administrative NVR retention to 1983).

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-22

    Study period

    1943-1983 records

    Limitations

    Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for AM-282 is unknown until surveyed in person. Muster rolls, deck logs, contract files, photo files, transfer files, and disposal records are personnel/operations/disposal records, not materials documentation. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-rampart-am282-14