Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, Rebel (AM-284) (builder, dates, WWII service narrative, disposition; verbatim transcription via Wayback capture of hazegray.org mirror - live NHHC page serves 404 and hazegray.org DNS is dead as of 2026-09-22) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative (Vol. VI 'Rebel')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 10 May 1943 by the General Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Alameda, Calif.; launched 28 October 1943, sponsored by Mrs. C. E. Guiness; commissioned 12 September 1944, Lt. Comdr. E. S. Weymouth in command; shakedown off California, Pearl Harbor 9-18 November 1944; escorted Hawaii-Eniwetok convoys from 16 December; Iwo Jima preinvasion minesweeping and ASW screening under shore-battery and air attack 16-28 February 1945; Kerama Retto/Hagushi approach sweeps from 25 March through 1 April; shot down three Japanese planes 6 April and rescued 34 crewmen from kamikaze-damaged Rodman (DMS-21) and Emmons (DMS-22); Ryukyus and East China Sea for the rest of the war ('Juneau' sweeps: 16 mines; 'Skagway': 12 mines); swept channel into Mutsu Bay ahead of occupation fleet September 1945; 16 September-8 October with 11 other AMs cleared Tsugaru Strait entrances off southern Hokkaido/northern Honshu (21 mines); departed Hiro Wan 20 November, New Orleans 4 January 1946, Orange TX 11 April 1946, decommissioned 12 June 1946 into Atlantic Reserve Fleet; MSF-284 7 February 1955; Green Cove Springs June 1958, Orange 1962; struck 1 May 1962; sold October 1962 to Mexico as escort vessel DM-14. Four battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1962
- Population
- GE&DD construction trades 1943-44; wartime crew (design complement 104)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 and hazegray.org no longer resolves - the cited URL is the Wayback capture (2022-09-10). Minor OCR artifacts in the mirror ('Tsugaro', 'Koehi Eria') normalized to Tsugaru Strait and Kochi area in prose.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rebel-am284-01
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[2]NavSource Online Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, Rebel (MSF-284) ex-AM-284 (specifications block, commanding-officer roster, NVR 1949 note, Mexican striking date; NARA photo 80-G-280673, 18 September 1944 San Francisco Bay) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 11/02284 - 'Admirable Class Minesweeper' chronology + 'Specifications' block + 'Commanding Officers' table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource page for this hull records: displacement 945 t.(fl), length 184'6", beam 33', draft 9'9", speed 14.8 kts, complement 104; armament one 3"/50 DP mount, one twin 40mm, six 20mm, one hedgehog, four K-guns, two depth-charge tracks; propulsion two 1,710-shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single-reduction gear, two shafts - a diesel plant, no boilers or steam system. CO roster: LCDR Edgar A. Weymouth Jr. USNR (1944-09-12 to 1945-01-20), LT Franklyn S. Wooster USNR (to 1946-04-04), LT William G. Gladstone USNR (to 1946-06-12). Notes the Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 listed a December 1945 decommissioning plan (superseded - actual decommissioning June 1946) and 'Fate: Stricken 16 July 2001' (Mexican service).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-2001
- Population
- Wartime crew 1944-46; Mexican Navy crew 1962-2001
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled archive consistent with official data (DANFS/NVR-derived); the Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 machinery spec contradicts generic Admirable-class infobox text (ALCO 539) circulated by Wikipedia - the class carried both engine types by builder, and GE&DD-built hulls are the Cooper Bessemer group per this record. The Mexican-service stricken date is carried from this compilation, not a primary Mexican naval record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rebel-am284-02
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[3]Mexican Navy service/disposition: seaforces.org Mexican Navy vessel list ('DM 14 / E 4 / C 57 ARM Cadete Fernando Montes de Oca - ex USS Rebel / AM 284 (1944/62-2001)'); shipbuildinghistory.com GE&DD production table ('AM 284 | Rebel | ... To Mexico 1962 as Cadete Fernando Montes (C 57)') [other_primary]
- Locator
- seaforces.org Mexican Navy ships list, DM/C-series entries; shipbuildinghistory.com 'General Engineering & Dry Dock' yard table, AM-284 row (yard hull no. 60)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-USN disposition: sold to the Government of Mexico October 1962 (per DANFS); served as escort vessel DM-14; Mexican pennant chain DM 14 / E 4 / C 57 documented by seaforces.org; renamed ARM Cadete Fernando Montes de Oca (C-57) in 1994; stricken from Mexican service 16 July 2001. Ultimate fate (scrapping or other) not reported in the sources consulted.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1962-2001
- Population
- Mexican Navy crew 1962-2001
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations only - no primary SEMAR/Mexican naval record located for the rename or striking; the 1994 rename and 2001 stricken date are consistent across NavSource, seaforces.org, and shipbuildinghistory.com but remain secondary-sourced. shipbuildinghistory.com lists the hull as 'active' - stale data postdating the 2001 striking.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rebel-am284-03
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[4]shipbuildinghistory.com (Colton), 'General Engineering & Dry Dock Company' yard history and production table (AM-284 = yard hull no. 60) + City of Alameda Historic Resource Evaluation, Alameda Marina (2017) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com GE&DD page, production table rows 59-65; alamedaca.gov 'final-hre_alameda-marina_03.30.2017.pdf' (yard history section)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder-yard record: General Engineering & Dry Dock Co. operated the former Barnes & Tibbitts yard at 1805 Clement Ave., Alameda (acquired 1922), rebuilt it in 1940 with U.S. Maritime Commission assistance, and built 7 of the 123 Admirable-class minesweepers (AM-283 Ransom through AM-289 Report, yard hulls 59-65) at the Naval Industrial Reserve Shipyard Alameda site; the yard closed in 1948 and the site is now Alameda Marina. NOTE: this is a different site from the Todd Shipyards Alameda yard (the former Bethlehem 'Alameda Works') - the two Alameda yards are commonly conflated; GE&DD is not in the Atlas shipyards.json dataset.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1916-1948
- Population
- GE&DD Alameda construction trades 1940-48
- Limitations
- Yard-history documentation names the builder and this hull's production slot, not hull materials. The City of Alameda HRE PDF is access-restricted to automated fetch (403) - content verified via search-index excerpt; shipbuildinghistory.com fetched directly. Absence of the yard from shipyards.json is carried in gaps; no asbestos claim attaches to the builder linkage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rebel-am284-04
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[5]NAVSEA FOIA Reading Room, Asbestos-related military specifications (incl. INSULATION FELT, THERMAL, ASBESTOS FIBER QPL-15091; PACKING ASBESTOS, SHEET, COMPRESSED QPL-46; asbestos gaskets and pipe-covering specs) + Rushworth, 'The Navy and asbestos thermal insulation,' Naval Engineers Journal 117(2):35-48 (2005) (EPA HERO 3584926) + GAO HRD-80-2 (1979) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSEA FOIA reading room, asbestos product-specification list; Rushworth NEJ 117(2) abstract (EPA HERO 3584926); GAO HRD-80-2 pp. on 1973 spec change and May 1978 deliveries
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: official Navy sources document that asbestos was the standard shipboard thermal-insulation material through the WWII era - NAVSEA's reading room lists military specifications for asbestos insulation felt, pipe covering, gaskets, and packing; Rushworth (Naval Engineers Journal, 2005) documents asbestos use in Navy pipe and machinery thermal insulation aboard ships built during and after WWII; GAO HRD-80-2 records that product specifications were not revised to asbestos-free materials until 1973 and ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978. For a diesel-propelled Admirable-class hull the era-typical applications would be engine/exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, winch/windlass brake linings, deck coverings, and bulkhead insulation board - NOT boiler or steam-line lagging, which this hull's Cooper Bessemer diesel plant did not carry.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1978
- Population
- GE&DD construction trades 1943-44; crew 1944-46; Mexican Navy crew 1962-2001
- Limitations
- Class/era and specification-level inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No document names AM-284; no asbestos quantity, location, or exposure aboard this hull is established. The diesel plant eliminates the largest asbestos categories of steam ships (boiler and steam-line insulation).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rebel-am284-05
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[6]NPS National Historic Landmark nomination, USS Hazard (AM-240), NRHP ref. 79003712 (Federal Agency Nomination, 'War in the Pacific Ship Study') [nps]
- Locator
- NPS NHL nomination 79003712, item 7 (description/condition) and item 8 (significance)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Class-survival record: the NPS NHL nomination for USS Hazard (AM-240) - an Admirable-class sister built by Winslow Marine Railway, Washington - describes the class ('basic minesweepers... fitted for both wire and acoustic sweeping,' the largest class of American minesweepers ordered during WWII) and documents that Hazard 'was transferred to Omaha with all of her spare parts and equipment intact,' 'all equipment (radio, engines, ovens, electrical systems, plumbing) is fully operational,' and she is 'a virtual time capsule dating from 1945' - establishing that original-era Admirable-class fabric demonstrably survives aboard the class's sole intact survivor.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- nomination circa 1979-1986; fabric 1944-45
- Population
- Museum staff/visitors, USS Hazard
- Limitations
- Documents a sister ship, not AM-284, and contains NO asbestos or insulation-material statement - it must not be read as asbestos evidence. It establishes intact 1945 fabric aboard the class generally; whether AM-284's materials contained asbestos remains undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rebel-am284-06
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[7]Batch-1258 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS transcription; NavSource; NPS NPGallery; CourtListener API (blocked); web-search litigation check; shipyard-dataset and yard-history checks [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-rebel-am284-01 through sl-uss-rebel-am284-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for AM-284: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract, no custodian hazmat disclosure, and no qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS Rebel or AM-284/MSF-284 was found in the sources searched. CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries could not be executed - the authenticated API was at its 2,800/day shared cap (HTTP 429, ~10.6-hour reset) - so the litigation check is logged as blocked, not as a clean negative; the web-search litigation check returned only marketing listicle ship-lists (excluded as sources).
- 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 - WWII-era materials could have persisted through Mexican service until the 2001 striking. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. The blocked CourtListener query leaves the litigation check formally incomplete.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rebel-am284-07
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[8]NARA archival leads (unretrieved): RG 24 deck logs USS Rebel 1944-46; RG 19 Bureau of Ships records / Navy construction-contract files for the GE&DD Admirables (NObs-344 per secondary compilations); NVR status cards; Mexican SEMAR disposition file for DM-14/C-57 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 24 (deck logs) and RG 19 (BuShips) finding aids; SEMAR disposition records
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Unretrieved primary records that could establish hull-level material or disposition facts: NARA RG 24 deck logs for the commissioned period (September 1944 - June 1946); RG 19 Bureau of Ships files and contract NObs-344 construction documentation for General Engineering & Dry Dock's Admirable-class run (yard hulls 59-65); Naval Vessel Register status cards for the reserve-fleet period (Orange TX, Green Cove Springs FL); and Mexican SEMAR service/disposal records for DM-14 / C-57 covering 1962-2001.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-2001
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - not retrieved, no spend authorized. Existence of responsive records is expected from record-group scope, not confirmed; nothing in this row establishes asbestos content aboard the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rebel-am284-08