Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]DANFS, 'Ransom' (AM-283) - official Naval Historical Center text verified via Wayback capture (2004-11-04) of history.navy.mil/danfs/r2/ransom.htm (live NHHC page 404s - standing link rot), cross-checked against the verbatim NavSource-hosted transcription (navsource.net/archives/11/02283d.htm) - carriers agree [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Ransom' entry, specifications block + service narrative (Wayback capture of official NHC page; mirror: navsource.net/archives/11/02283d.htm)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DANFS record for this hull: name gloss 'a sum paid or demanded for the redemption of a captured person'; spec block 'AM-283: dp. 945; l. 184'6"; b. 33'0"; dr. 9'9"; s. 14 k.; cpl. 104; a. 1 3", 4 40mm., 6 20mm., 2 dcp., 1 dcp. (hh.); cl. Admirable'. Laid down 24 April 1943 by General Engineering & Dry Dock Co., San Francisco, Calif.; launched 18 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Dwight H. Dexter; commissioned 5 August 1944, Lt. Comdr. William N. McMillen, USNR, in command. Shakedown off California; departed for Hawaii 15 October [1944], Pearl Harbor a week later; escort duty to the west coast and to Eniwetok, Ulithi, Kossol Roads (arrived 12 January 1945); ASW screen off Peleliu; 1-18 February harbor entrance station vessel at Kossol; Ulithi staging for Operation 'Iceberg'; sailed 19 March with TU 52.5.3; 25 March - 18 April swept and patrolled around Okinawa under heavy resistance; 6 April shot down three suicide planes while rescuing 52 survivors of Rodman (DMS-21) and Emmons (DMS-22), the third kamikaze's bomb causing minor damage; relieved of sweeping 18 April, AA/ASW patrol; damaged 22 April by a bomb from a 'Val' splashed 10 feet off her port quarter; patrolled through June; resumed minesweeping 4 July, East China Sea, seven mines; 6 August to Leyte for overhaul and repair; returned to Okinawa, then Japan with TG 52.4; sweeping at Nagasaki from 9 September, Bungo Suido from 21 September - 73 enemy mines in the month; departed Kure 20 November; Panama Canal 30 December 1945; New Orleans preinactivation overhaul; decommissioned Orange, Tex., 3 March 1947. Berthed at Orange 4 years; recommissioned 16 March 1951; Atlantic Fleet out of Charleston, Norfolk, Yorktown through 1952, then New England to the Caribbean; decommissioned Charleston June 1953; arrived Orange 22 September, Atlantic Reserve Fleet; reclassified MSF-283 7 February 1955; moved to Florida November 1958; struck from the Navy list 1 May 1962. 'Ransom earned three battle stars for World War II service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1962
- Population
- General Engineering Alameda construction trades (1943-44); wartime crew (design complement 104); Korean-era crew (1951-53)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, builder, dates, service narrative, and awards - not materials or asbestos content. The official text is silent on an ordered date, the post-1962 Mexican career (the entry predates the transfer outcome), and any reef disposition. It prints the builder city as 'San Francisco' - the yard stood in Alameda (ev-05(a)). It does not itemize the April 1945 damage extent beyond 'minor damage' and 'damaged' (the 22 April event).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ransom-am283-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Ransom (MSF 283) ex-AM-283, file 11/02283 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/02283 - 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-Papa; 'Laid down 24 April 1943 by the General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., San FrancIsco, CA' (sic); launched 18 September 1943; commissioned USS Ransom (AM 283) 5 August 1944; 'Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists plan for decommissioning and placing in reserve as December 1945'; 'Decommissioned 3 March 1947 at Orange, TX'; 'Recommissioned 16 March 1951'; 'Decommissioned in June 1953 at Charleston, SC'; 'Reclassfied as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull), MSF-283, 7 February 1955'; 'Struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1962'; 'Fate: Sunk as a wreck in 2000 off the coast of Cancun., Mexico.' 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 depth-charge projector (hedgehog), four K-guns, two depth-charge tracks; propulsion 'Two 1,710shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts.' CO roster: LCDR William Norman McMillen, USNR (5 Aug 1944 - 1 Oct 1945); LT Eddie William Hogan, USNR (from 1 Oct 1945); LCDR Charles H. Bryant, USN (16 Mar 1951 - 1952). Photo credits include NARA 19-LCM-AM283-1 (camouflage 32/22D, NAS Alameda) and wreck photos captioned 'after her transfer to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM DM-12. In 1994, she was renamed ARM Teniente Juan de la Barrera (C55) ... stricken in 2000, and intentionally sunk to make an artificial reef off the coast of Cancun ... hurricane Wilma ... damaged the Ransom ... Depth is approximately 75 feet.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-2005
- Population
- General Engineering Alameda trades (1943-44); U.S. crews 1944-47 and 1951-53; Mexican Navy crews 1962-2000
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official. The Mexican-era chain (DM-12 pennant, 1994 rename, 2000 striking, reef sinking) rests on NavSource's photo captions (text credited to Wikipedia) and dive-industry sources, not a Mexican primary record; the sinking month varies by source (May vs October 2000 - ev-05(e)). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ransom-am283-02
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[3]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton compilation), 'General Engineering, Alameda CA' yard table - hull #59 row (AM 283 Ransom) + yard history header [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/general.htm - hull #59 row (AM 283 Ransom); block rows #59-65 (AM 283-289); yard history header
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard-table row for this hull: General Engineering & Dry Dock yard hull #59, 'AM 283 | Ransom | US Navy | Minesweeper | 850 | 5-Aug-44 | To Mexico 1962 as Teniente Juan de la Barrera (C 55), active.' Block context: consecutive Alameda rows carry the yard's entire Admirable block #59-65 (AM-283 Ransom, AM-284 Rebel, AM-285 Recruit - all 'To Mexico 1962'; AM-286 Reform and AM-287 Refresh - 'To China'; AM-288 Reign - 'Never [completed/delivered]'; AM-289 Report - 'To Korea'). Yard history: Barnes & Tibbitts, formed 1916, renamed General Engineering & Dry Dock Co. in 1922; bought the Hanlon Dry Dock yard in Oakland in 1928 as a repair yard; both yards closed 1948; the Alameda yard stood on Clement Avenue between Grand and Chestnut, now the Alameda Marina. Corroborating: Wikipedia's General Engineering & Dry Dock article assigns yard #59-65 to the seven Admirable-class minesweepers (Ransom, Rebel, Recruit, Reform, Refresh, Reign, Report) after 16 Auk-class (#43-58) and 4 Aloe-class net layers (#39-42).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1962
- Population
- General Engineering Alameda construction workforce (Alameda, 1943-44)
- Limitations
- Compiler's yard table, secondary - corroborates the builder yard (Alameda), yard hull number (#59), delivery month (Aug-44 matches the 5 Aug 1944 commissioning), type, tonnage class (850), and the Mexico-1962 disposal path; its trailing 'active' note is stale (compiled before the 2000 scuttling - page last updated 2016). The table's tonnage (850) is a third figure alongside DANFS/NavSource 945 (fl) and HyperWar/Wikipedia 625/650 - spec variance flagged in ev-05(c). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ransom-am283-03
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII - USS Ransom (AM 283), ship 5933 [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5933.html - data table and CO list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net per-hull record: Admirable-class minesweeper AM 283; 'Built by General Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Alameda, California, U.S.A.)'; ordered 2 May 1942; laid down 24 Apr 1943; launched 18 Sep 1943; commissioned 5 Aug 1944; end of service Jun 1953; history lines: decommissioned 3 March 1947 at Orange, Texas; recommissioned 16 March 1951; decommissioned June 1953 at Charleston, South Carolina; struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1962. CO roster: Lt. William Norman McMillen, USNR (5 Aug 1944 - Oct 1945) - corroborates NavSource and DANFS's 'Lt. Comdr. William N. McMillen.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1953
- Population
- Wartime crew (secondary roster)
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - corroborates the Alameda yard, dates, and striking; prints no Mexican-era detail. The 'ordered 2 May 1942' date is secondary-only and unverified against a primary contract record - not carried into record fields. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ransom-am283-04
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[5]Source-discrepancy resolution - official DANFS (Wayback NHC capture + NavSource-hosted transcription) vs NavSource 11/02283 vs Colton General Engineering #59 vs uboat.net 5933 vs HyperWar stub vs NavalCoverMuseum vs Wikipedia vs dive-industry wreck sources (mexicodivers, cthulhudivers, scubatotal, pocna, pacificwrecks) [other_primary]
- Locator
- web.archive.org capture of history.navy.mil/danfs/r2/ransom.htm and navsource.net/archives/11/02283d.htm vs navsource.net/archives/11/02283.htm; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/general.htm hull #59; uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5933.html; ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/AM/AM-283_Ransom.html; navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/RANSOM_AM_283; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ransom; mexicodivers.com/c-55-mine-sweeper-shipwreck; pacificwrecks.com/ship/usn/AM-283.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies logged, not silently merged: (a) Builder city - 'San Francisco' in the official DANFS text and NavSource's chronology block vs 'Alameda' in uboat.net, Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Commons construction-photo credit, and Colton's yard table; the General Engineering & Dry Dock yard physically stood on Clement Ave, Alameda - 'San Francisco' carried as the metro/mailing-city print, Alameda as the build location. (b) Propulsion - NavSource's 'two 1,710shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesels, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts' (direct drive) is carried, consistent with sibling Admirable records; Wikipedia's infobox prints '2 x ALCO 539 diesel engines, 1,710 shp, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear' and the HyperWar stub prints 'Diesel-electric engines, twin screws, 1,800 h.p.' - both flagged as compilation variances (the HyperWar 'diesel-electric' is contradicted by the documented reduction gear). (c) Spec variances - displacement 945 t (DANFS/NavSource full load) vs 850 (Colton) vs 625 (HyperWar) vs 650 long tons (Wikipedia); speed 14 kts (DANFS) vs 14.8 (NavSource) vs 15 (HyperWar/Wikipedia); draft 9'9" (DANFS/NavSource/Wikipedia) vs 10' (HyperWar); armament design-spec (1 3", 4 40mm, 6 20mm, 2 dcp, 1 hh - DANFS) vs wartime fit (twin 40mm, 6 20mm, hedgehog, 4 K-guns, 2 dct - NavSource). (d) Second decommissioning - June 1953 at Charleston (DANFS, NavSource, uboat.net) vs Wikipedia infobox 'Decommissioned 22 September 1953' - a conflation of the Orange arrival date in the same DANFS sentence. (e) Reef sinking - '2000 off the coast of Cancun' (NavSource fate line, Wikipedia) with dive-industry sources splitting May 2000 (mexicodivers, scubatotal) vs 27 October 2000 (pocna, pacificwrecks 'October 2000'), and pacificwrecks uniquely placing the site off the west coast of Cozumel Island in the Parque Marino Arrecifes de Cozumel vs the Cancun/Isla Mujeres consensus (~6 mi SW of Isla Mujeres, ~75-82 ft); Wilma damage Oct 2005 consistent across sources. (f) Minor print defects - NavSource 'San FrancIsco' typo, 'MSF 238' slip in its own DANFS link text; pacificwrecks '16 March 1945 recommissioned' typo (correct: 1951); HyperWar builder 'General Shipbuilding Co.' (vs General Engineering & Dry Dock).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-2005
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies among the official DANFS text, secondary compilations, and dive-industry wreck sources, adopting the better-supported values and flagging the rest. Mexican-era detail and reef-scuttling specifics rest on compilations and dive operators - Mexican naval/park records are the archival resolution path. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ransom-am283-05
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[6]Consolidated era/design inference - documented propulsion plant (NavSource spec block: two 1,710shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesels, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts - direct drive) + documented builder and construction era (DANFS; NavSource; Colton; uboat.net) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/02283 propulsion line; DANFS construction/service dates; Colton general.htm hull #59
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull is a 1943-built steel Admirable-class minesweeper with a diesel direct-drive 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: General Engineering Alameda construction trades (Apr 1943 - Aug 1944); the U.S. wartime crew (design complement ~104) across shakedown, the Pacific escort/patrol run, Okinawa sweeping and combat damage (Apr 1945), the Leyte and New Orleans overhauls (Aug 1945 - early 1946), and preinactivation work; the 1951-53 recommissioned Atlantic crew; reserve-fleet caretaker and reactivation/maintenance personnel (Orange 1947-51, Orange/Florida 1953-62); Mexican Navy crews (1962-2000); and the 2000 reef-scuttling strip-out workforce.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-2000
- Population
- General Engineering Alameda trades (1943-44); U.S. crews 1944-47 and 1951-53; reserve-fleet personnel 1947-62; Mexican Navy crews 1962-2000; scuttling workforce 2000
- Limitations
- Inference from documented design, machinery type, and construction era - NOT a hull materials record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming AM-283 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 Mexican-period material history (1962-2000) and the reef-prep strip-out are undocumented in located sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ransom-am283-06
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[7]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. Ransom was laid down in April 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-283 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-ransom-am283-07
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[8]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 General Engineering's Alameda 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-283.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ransom-am283-08
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[9]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 - the same Orange reserve-fleet facility where this hull lay 1947-51 and 1953-58. 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-283. 'Unaltered' is the nomination's characterization; no ACM survey of Hazard is public. Hazard is a Winslow-built sister, not an Alameda-built one - same class, different yard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ransom-am283-09
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[10]Batch-1257 search ledger (this record): official DANFS via Wayback NHC capture + NavSource-hosted transcription; NavSource 11/02283; Colton General Engineering #59; uboat.net 5933; NavalCoverMuseum RANSOM AM 283; NVR SHIPSDETAIL_AM_283 (302); NARA catalog (JS shell); archive.org advancedsearch; degraded site:courtlistener.com and site:va.gov indexed queries [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-ransom-am283-01 through sl-uss-ransom-am283-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for USS Ransom / AM-283 / MSF-283 / ARM DM-12 / ARM C-55: 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 37902 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. batch-1236). Degraded indexed queries surfaced only name collisions ('Ransom' as surname) and generic asbestos filings - no hit naming this hull - and marketing-roster name mentions (mesothelioma.com's minesweeper jobsites page lists 'USS Ransom | AM-283 | Admirable | 8/5/1944 | To Mexico, 1962' and mesotheliomahelp.org lists 'USS Ransom' in a generic 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-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 Mexican career (1962-2000) and reef-scuttling prep are undocumented at materials level. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ransom-am283-10
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[11]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 Ransom 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-ransom-am283-11
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[12]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 both commissions (Aug 1944 - Mar 1947; Mar 1951 - Jun 1953) - sibling Admirable-class hulls are demonstrably indexed, so coverage for AM-283 is expected but unconfirmed this session; (b) NARA RG 24 deck logs for the same windows; (c) NARA RG 19 BuShips records / General Information Books and the Navy contract file for the General Engineering Alameda Admirable block (yard hull #59; block #59-65 = AM-283-289) - the plausible home of hull-level material schedules; (d) NARA still-photo holding 19-LCM-AM283-1 (NAS Alameda camouflage 32/22D view - credited via NavSource/usndazzle); (e) WWII action/war-damage reports for the April 1945 Okinawa events (the 6 April kamikaze action and the 22 April bomb near-miss) - repair scope is the materials-relevant surface; (f) Mexican Navy service and disposal records for DM-12 / Teniente Juan de la Barrera C-55 (1962-2000) and any SEMARNAT / marine-park reef-scuttling environmental file for the 2000 sinking - reef prep typically includes a hazardous-materials strip-out, but whether an ACM survey or removal was performed is undocumented; (g) General Engineering & Dry Dock yard records / successor archives. [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov RG 19/24 group guides; Colton general.htm; NavSource 11/02283 photo credits
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Record-group mapping only: the archival repositories most likely to hold hull-level material, repair, or disposal-condition documentation for AM-283, keyed to the documented events of her career (Alameda construction 1943-44; U.S. commissions 1944-47 and 1951-53 incl. the April 1945 battle damage and 1945-46 overhauls; reserve-fleet layups Orange 1947-51 and Orange/Florida 1953-62; Mexican Navy service 1962-2000; the 2000 reef scuttling off Cancun; Wilma damage 2005).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-2005 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for AM-283 is unknown until surveyed in person. Muster rolls, deck logs, contract files, photo files, war-damage reports, 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-ransom-am283-12