Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]DANFS, 'Reedbird' (AMc-30) - official NHHC entry text via hazegray transcription mirror, Wayback capture 2024-05-26 (live history.navy.mil returns 404 across URL patterns this session - reedbird.html, reedbird-i.html, content/nhhc variants; standing link rot, same as BATCH-01/1452) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Reedbird' entry, specifications block + full service narrative (Wayback capture 20240526123553 of hazegray.org/danfs/mine/amc30.htm; live NHHC URL patterns all 404)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DANFS record for this hull (spec block: 'AMc-30: dp. 223 (f.); l. 87'5"; b. 23'10"; dr. 10'3"; s. 10 k.; cpl. 12; a. 2 mg.; cl. Reedbird'). 'The first Reedbird built in 1935 as the wooden purse-seiner Fearless by Al Larson, Terminal Island, Calif. was purchased by the Navy from Tony Marincovich and others 18 November 1940; renamed Reedbird (AMc-30), 30 December 1940; converted to a coastal minesweeper by the Campbell Machine Co., San Diego Calif., and placed in service 29 April 1941.' Departed San Diego 14 May 1941 with Tippecanoe (AO-21) for Pearl Harbor; 'reported for duty in the 14th Naval District 28 May and equipped with acoustical, magnetic, and "O" type gear, operated in Hawaiian waters throughout World War II.' Ordered inactivated, returned to San Diego, stripped, placed out of service 14 January 1946; struck from the Navy list 7 February 1946; delivered to the Maritime Commission for disposal 8 November 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1935-1946
- Population
- Al Larson Boat Shop construction workforce (1935); Campbell Machine Co. conversion workforce (1940-41); ship's company 1941-1946 (complement 12 per DANFS); 14th Naval District minesweeping personnel (1941-45)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, builder, dates, Pearl Harbor basing, and service narrative - not materials or asbestos content. Does not describe conversion scope at Campbell Machine Co., does not expressly state she was present during the 7 December 1941 attack (only 'Hawaiian waters throughout World War II'), and gives no propulsion detail beyond speed. Disposal agency wording ('Maritime Commission') conflicts with NavSource/NVR ('War Shipping Administration') - carried unmerged, see correction row ev-09.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-reedbird-amc30-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Reedbird (AMc 30), file 11/03030 (Wayback capture 2024-11-14) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource file 11/03030 (Wayback 20241114164442): header chronology, spec block, call signs, photo credits
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource per-hull record corroborates and extends DANFS: 'Reedbird Class Coastal Minesweeper'; built 1935 as purse-seiner Fearless by Al Larson Boat Shop, Inc., Terminal Island CA for Paul Biazevich and Anthony 'Tony' Marincovich of San Pedro CA; purchased by the Maritime Commission 16 November 1940, transferred to the Navy 18 November 1940; converted to Naval use at Campbell Machine, San Diego CA; renamed Reedbird 30 December 1940; placed in service as USS Reedbird (AMc 30) 29 April 1941; placed out of service 14 January 1946 at San Diego; struck 7 February 1946; 'Delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) for disposal 8 November 1946 and returned to her owners' (with the note 'Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists transfer to the WSA as October 1946'). Post-Navy chain: registered 1948 to Tony Marinkovich of San Pedro as fishing boat Fearless; acquired 1950 by French Sardine Co. of California, Terminal Island, renamed Star-Kist; operated out of Iquique, Chile in 1954 as Chilean fishing boat Coloradol; fate unknown. Spec block: displacement 223 t. (1948 - 127 t.); length 87'5" (1948 - 78.7'); beam 23'10" (1948 - 23.1'); draft 10'3" (1948 - 11'); 10 kts.; complement 17 (1948 - 13); two .50 cal. machine guns; propulsion 'One 250bhp Enterprise C diesel engine, one shaft.' Call signs Nan-Charlie-Dog-Mike (naval) and William-Oboe-Sugar-Fox (1948 Fearless).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1935-1954
- Population
- Ship's company 1941-1946; commercial fishing crews 1946-1954+; 1948 registration and 1950/1954 transfer documentation personnel (undocumented)
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation, not a federal record - consistent with DANFS on every shared datum except complement (17 vs DANFS 12) and disposal agency (WSA vs Maritime Commission). Sole source for propulsion (250 bhp Enterprise C diesel, one shaft), the call signs, the Maritime Commission purchase date of 16 November 1940, and the post-Navy owner/fate chain - those details are single-source. Contains no asbestos or materials information. 'Reedbird Class' heading is NavSource's grouping label for the heterogeneous AMc conversions, not a design class.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-reedbird-amc30-02
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[3]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton compilation), 'Al Larson Boat Shop, Terminal Island CA' yard table - Fearless row; plus Colton's 'Coastal Minesweepers (AMc)' table (navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/minesweepers2.html) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/larson.htm - yard table, O.N. 231372 row; navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/minesweepers2.html - AMc-30 row + program introduction
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent yard-table corroboration naming this hull by official number: 'O.N. 231372 | Fearless | Paul Vasovich | Fishing Vessel | 127 GT | 87 ft | built 1935 | To USN 1940 as Reedbird (AMc 30), to MARAD 1946, later Fearless, Star-Kist, now Colorado (Chile)' - confirming builder (Al Larson Boat Shop, Terminal Island, established 1903), vessel type (fishing vessel), tonnage, build year, naval conversion, and post-Navy alias chain. Colton's separate AMc table corroborates: 'AMc-30 | Reedbird | Larson Boat Shop, Al | 87 | 223 | 1935 | ex-Fearless, acquired 1940, to MARAD 1946', and states the program context: 'a total of 70 wooden-hulled coastal minesweepers... were built in 15 boatyards... In addition, 45 fishing vessels were acquired and converted into minesweepers' - this hull is one of the 45 conversions, not a purpose-built design.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1935-1954
- Population
- Al Larson Boat Shop construction workforce (1935)
- Limitations
- Compiler's yard table, secondary - consistent with DANFS/NavSource on the spine. Owner name printed 'Paul Vasovich' where NavSource prints 'Paul Biazevich and Anthony Marincovich' and DANFS 'Tony Marincovich and others' - surname variants carried unmerged (see correction row ev-09). 127 GT is merchant register tonnage vs 223 t. naval displacement - convention difference, unmerged. No materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-reedbird-amc30-03
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[4]NavSource Naval History compilation 'American Ships In Pearl Harbor, December 7 1941' (Wayback capture 2023-11-29) - Navy-derived ships-present list [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource Naval/pearl.htm, 'Coastal Mine Sweepers' section; cross-checked against usswestvirginia.org and historycentral.com copies of the same Navy-derived list; PHA exhibit list ibiblio.org/pha/pha/misc/ph-ships.html (omits district craft)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy-derived ships-present compilation lists 'Reedbird (AMc-30)' under Coastal Mine Sweepers present at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, alongside Cockatoo (AMc-8), Condor (AMc-14), and Crossbill (AMc-9) - the 14th Naval District coastal-minesweeper unit. Consistent with DANFS's record that she reported for duty in the 14th Naval District on 28 May 1941 and operated in Hawaiian waters throughout the war; listed as undamaged.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1941-12-07
- Population
- Ship's company aboard at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941 (complement 12 per DANFS)
- Limitations
- Secondary maintained compilation (NavSource transcription of the standard Navy/NHHC ships-present list), not a primary combat record: the official Joint Committee exhibit list of ships present (Pearl Harbor Attack Hearings Pt. 12, pp. 348-49) covers Pacific Fleet units and omits the 14th Naval District coastal minesweepers entirely - her presence on the morning of the attack rests on this compilation plus DANFS's district assignment, not on a located hull-level action report or deck-log page. No damage or action is attributed to this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-reedbird-amc30-04
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[5]HyperWar/ibiblio transcription of 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' - 'US Navy Minecraft' index (wartime official publication), AMc-30 Reedbird row [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-dm.html - AMc table row 'AMc-30 Reedbird 1941 ex- Fearless (1935)'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Wartime-era official index entry for this hull: 'AMc-30 | Reedbird | 1941 | ex- Fearless (1935)' - corroborates hull number, name, in-service year, and prior identity from a period Navy publication. The same index lists the AMc group as individually named conversions (AMc-29 Puffin ex-Mary Jane 1936; AMc-35 Road Runner ex-Treasure Island 1939; AMc-11 Sanderling ex-Count di Savoia 1937; etc.) - the AMc 'classes' are administrative series of acquired fishing vessels, each of different origin, not design classes.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Limitations
- Index-row corroboration only - one line, no narrative; HyperWar is a transcription host, the underlying publication is the wartime official 'Ships of the U.S. Navy' series. No dedicated AMc-30 page exists in the series. No materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-reedbird-amc30-05
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[6]The Fearless, 76 F. Supp. 959 (S.D. Cal. 1948), No. 7885-BH, McCormick, District Judge (CourtListener cluster 8708402, verified via authenticated API v4 this session) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener opinion 8708402; 76 F. Supp. 959 (S.D. Cal. 1948), docket No. 7885-BH, filed 1948-03-31
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published federal admiralty opinion involving this hull in her post-Navy identity: libel in rem against the Oil Screw 'Fearless' - described by the court as 'a purse seine fishing craft, 78.7 feet in length, 23.1 feet in width and 11.0 feet in depth, built in 1935, of 127 gross tons' (matching this hull's 1948 merchant dimensions exactly). On 4 June 1947, while fishing in the Gulf of Lower California, Mexico, she sprang a leak through a slack seam under her port guard rail, flooded her engine room, and was salvaged by the fishing vessels Sea Giant and North Queen, then towed to Guaymas, Mexico; the opinion adjudicates the salvage award. An independently published judicial record that the former USS Reedbird returned to commercial fishing after disposal - the only docketed case located that involves this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1947-1948
- Population
- Fearless fishing crew at the 4 June 1947 casualty (unnamed in opinion); salvage crews of Sea Giant and North Queen
- Limitations
- OTHER LITIGATION, not asbestos: a salvage-award libel in rem; contains no asbestos, exposure, or personal-injury content and names no crew members. Vessel identity rests on the opinion's dimensional/tonnage/build-year description matching NavSource's 1948 merchant figures (127 GT, 78.7' x 23.1' x 11', built 1935) - the opinion does not state her Navy past. Note also a different vessel case 'The Fearless,' 199 F. 400 (9th Cir. 1912), a tug collision matter - name collision, not this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-reedbird-amc30-06
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[7]Consolidated era/design inference - documented vessel type, hull material, and propulsion (wooden purse-seiner per DANFS; fishing vessel O.N. 231372 per Colton; one 250 bhp Enterprise C diesel on one shaft per NavSource) applied to WWII-era marine practice; no class design document exists because the AMc series was 45 individually acquired fishing vessels of different design [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block (propulsion); DANFS (wooden hull, conversion event, sweep gear); Colton O.N. 231372 row (vessel type); GAO HRD-80-2 (substitution-era bound, ev-08)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference, deliberately weaker than the steam-vessel pattern: this hull is a 1935-built wooden purse-seiner (223 t., 87'5") converted at a commercial boat yard, propelled by a single 250 bhp diesel on one shaft - so the heaviest era asbestos applications aboard naval vessels (boiler casing, fireroom insulation, steam-line lagging) do not apply. Plausible era-typical asbestos applications on a small diesel naval craft of her period: diesel exhaust/muffler lagging; engine gaskets and packing; electrical wiring insulation; brake linings on the anchor windlass and on the minesweeping-gear winches (acoustical, magnetic, and 'O' type sweep gear documented by DANFS); possibly insulation board around the engine space. The documented conversion event at Campbell Machine Co., San Diego (November 1940 - April 1941) is the likeliest point at which naval-specification materials were added to this hull, but no conversion contract, work order, or material schedule was located.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1935-1954
- Population
- Al Larson construction workforce (1935); Campbell Machine conversion workforce (1940-41); ship's company 1941-1946 (complement 12 per DANFS); commercial fishing crews 1946-1954+
- Limitations
- Inference from documented vessel type, hull material, machinery type, and construction/conversion era - NOT a hull materials record. No survey, specification, work order, or material schedule naming Fearless/AMc-30 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, condition, or individual exposure. The conversion is a documented event, not a documented material disturbance. Does not establish or defeat any claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-reedbird-amc30-07
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2; Justia mirror gao.justia.com/department-of-defense/1979/10/; indexed PDF excerpts
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - so every materials event on this hull (1935 Al Larson construction; 1940-41 Campbell Machine conversion; wartime maintenance 1941-45) predates the substitution era. The Department of the Navy's comments incorporated in the report enumerate shipboard asbestos in thermal insulation for machinery and equipment, piping-system gaskets and packing, and equipment brakes and clutches, and state that all ships then in service contained some asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1979 report on earlier practice
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and crews (program-level context)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation decades after this hull was disposed of; GAO fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards and the report does not name AMc-30 or any small craft. Supports era context for insulation practice at build and conversion, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved - gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (product-page description, Justia GAO mirror summary, and search-indexed PDF excerpts used, same constraint as BATCH-01/1452).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-reedbird-amc30-08
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[9]Identity and designation clarifications, documented not resolved: DANFS 'Reedbird' wording vs secondary renderings; NHHC Courser I (AMC-32) entry for AMc service status; NavSource/DANFS 'Reedbird class' label; complement and disposal-agency variants; YMS-291 disambiguation [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Reedbird entry ('placed in service') vs Wikipedia/derivative renderings ('commissioned'); NHHC Courser I (AMC-32) live entry ('in service' status); NavSource complement 17 vs DANFS 12; NavSource WSA note vs DANFS Maritime Commission; hazegray DANFS yms291.htm for the second Reedbird
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Corrections and collision map applied: (1) Service status - secondary sources (Wikipedia infobox, derivative pages) render 29 April 1941 a 'commissioning'; DANFS's own wording for this hull is 'placed in service,' and NHHC's Courser (AMC-32) entry states expressly that 'The first Courser (AMC-32) served in an "in service" status from 1941 to 1945' - AMc coastal minesweepers carried in-service status, not full commissions; 'in service' carried. (2) 'Reedbird class' - the DANFS spec block ('cl. Reedbird') and NavSource heading ('Reedbird Class Coastal Minesweeper') are administrative labels; AMc-30 is the label's single member, and the program was 45 heterogeneous fishing-vessel conversions (Colton) - not a design class; no class design record exists to infer materials from. (3) Complement - DANFS 12 vs NavSource 17; DANFS controls, variant logged. (4) Disposal agency - DANFS 'delivered to the Maritime Commission for disposal 8 November 1946' vs NavSource 'War Shipping Administration ... returned to her owners' with NVR-1949 listing October 1946; both carried unmerged (WSA was still winding down Nov 1946; agency wording differs across official records). (5) Owner names - Vasovich (Colton) / Biazevich + Marincovich (NavSource) / Tony Marincovich and others (DANFS) - surname variants unmerged. (6) Second USS Reedbird - ex-YMS-291, renamed Reedbird (AMS-51) 1 September 1947, later MSC(O)-51, stricken 1 October 1968, built by Associated Shipbuilders Seattle - a different, purpose-built hull with WWII battle stars; post-1947 'Reedbird' references may concern her, not AMc-30.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1935-1968
- Limitations
- This row asserts the existence of the imprecisions/collisions and the resolution rules applied (DANFS wording controls for service status and complement; the AMc 'classes' are administrative groupings; YMS-291 is a different hull), not an independent adjudication. No primary document was located for the commissioning-vs-in-service point on this specific hull beyond DANFS's own 'placed in service' phrasing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-reedbird-amc30-09
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[10]Batch-1566 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404 across patterns; hazegray mirror + Wayback capture); NavSource hull and Pearl Harbor pages (Wayback); Colton Al Larson and AMc tables; HyperWar ships-dm index; NARA Special List 44 ship-number inventory (hit); NVR; PHA Joint Committee exhibit list (omits district craft); CourtListener API v4 (all sweeps completed); general web-index substitute; disambiguation cross-checks (cross-check sources not cited as evidence) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-reedbird-amc30-01 through sl-uss-reedbird-amc30-16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, conversion work order, preservation record, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Reedbird / AMc-30 / AMC-30 / Fearless (O.N. 231372) / Star-Kist / Coloradol was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The authenticated CourtListener sweep was COMPLETED this session: 'Reedbird' opinion index = 1 hit (Koester Bakery Co. v. Poller, Md. 1946 - Reedbird Avenue, Baltimore / party-name collision); 'AMc-30' opinion index = 4 hits (all 'A.M.C.' American Maritime Cases reporter-citation collisions - LeBlanc v. Two-R Drilling, Vermeulen v. Renault, United States v. Hangar One); 'USS Reedbird' = 0; 'Reedbird' RECAP docket index = 11 dockets (all Reedbird Avenue, Baltimore / unrelated entities - Dorsey v. Housing Authority, Hopkins, Griffin, Thomas, Sears Holdings bankruptcy, et al.). The only hull-relevant docketed case anywhere is the post-Navy admiralty matter The Fearless (ev-06) - other litigation, not asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 2026-09-23
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the vessel returned to commercial fishing in 1946 and her fate is unknown after 1954, with material content undocumented throughout. 'Reedbird' is a low-collision ship name but collides with a Baltimore street, an unrelated second Navy hull (YMS-291/AMS-51), and the 'A.M.C.' reporter abbreviation; the Fearless-era identity collides with at least one other vessel case (The Fearless, 199 F. 400, 9th Cir. 1912). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-reedbird-amc30-10
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[11]Archival leads, headed by a verified NARA inventory hit: NARA Special List 44 (official inventory of U.S. Navy logbook holdings, 1801-1947) lists 'AMC-30 (Reedbird) 4/29/1941 - 9/30/1945' - the hull's logbooks survive covering her entire service period; plus 14th Naval District records, the Campbell Machine conversion file, the Maritime Commission/WSA disposal file, MVUS documentation for O.N. 231372, and Al Larson yard records [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/files/research/military/logbooks/sl-44-ship-number.pdf - line 'AMC-30 (Reedbird) 4/29/1941 9/30/1945' (pdftotext-extracted); archives.gov logbook guides; shipindex.org ship page for Reedbird AMc-30 (deck logs not digitized)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads: (a) NARA Special List 44 ship-number inventory (sl-44-ship-number.pdf, retrieved and text-extracted this session) expressly lists 'AMC-30 (Reedbird) 4/29/1941 - 9/30/1945' - deck logs for this hull exist in NARA's holdings covering April 1941 through September 1945, including the 7 December 1941 page that would settle the Pearl Harbor presence question at primary level; WWII-era logs are at Archives II College Park and this hull's logs are not among the digitized sets; (b) 14th Naval District war diary, minesweeping-operation and Pearl Harbor action-report records (NARA RG 181 / RG 38) - operations context for the 1941-45 Hawaiian service; (c) the Navy acquisition/conversion contract file for this hull (RG 19 Bureau of Ships / 11th Naval District records) - the plausible home of any material or specification detail for the Campbell Machine conversion; (d) the Maritime Commission/WSA custody-and-disposal file (November 1946) - would resolve the disposal-agency wording; (e) Merchant Vessels of the United States annual entries for O.N. 231372 (Fearless/Star-Kist) - official documentation chain; (f) Al Larson Boat Shop records (Terminal Island maritime collections - fragmentary).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1941-1945 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed. The Special List 44 entry verifies that logs for this hull EXIST in the inventory (that fact is verified); their contents, including whether the 7 December 1941 page confirms harbor presence, are unsurveyed. Deck logs are personnel/operations records, not materials documentation - existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-reedbird-amc30-11