Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]DANFS, Report (AM-289) (builder, dates, service narrative, spec block; verbatim DANFS text via Wayback capture 2025-01-25 of the official NHHC page - live page returns 404; hazegray transcription mirrored at losthistory.net corroborates the text) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Report' (AM-289), specifications block + service narrative (Wayback capture 2025-01-25 of history.navy.mil .../danfs/r/report.html; mirror losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/mine/am289.htm)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 14 December 1943 by General Engineering & Drydock Co., Alameda, Calif.; launched 8 July 1944 (as printed - the contemporaneous NAVSHIPS register and NavSource print 8 August 1944; see correction row); sponsored by Miss H. Williams; completed 12 July 1946 (as printed - NavSource prints delivered 12 July 1945; unresolved, carried in gaps). 'Never commissioned, Report was laid up, in reserve at San Diego. Reclassified MSF-289 on 7 February 1955, she was struck from the Navy list 1 April 1963 and loaned to the Army that same month. Returned to the Navy in early 1967, Report was transferred to the Korean Navy, on loan, commissioned as Kojin (PCE-50), and continues that service into 1970.' Spec block: dp. 650; l. 184'6"; b. 33'; dr. 9'9"; s. 14.8 k.; cpl. 104; a. 1 3", 1 40mm.; cl. Admirable.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1970 (DANFS coverage window)
- Population
- General Engineering & Dry Dock (Alameda) construction trades 1943-45; Army crew 1963-67; ROK Navy crew 1967-c.1970
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, service outline, and specifications - not materials or asbestos content. Its printed launch date (8 July 1944) and completion date (12 July 1946) conflict with the contemporaneous official register (8 Aug 1944 launch) and NavSource (delivered 12 Jul 1945); variants carried in the correction row and gaps rather than silently reconciled. Live NHHC page returns 404 (standing link rot); official text verified via the 2025-01-25 Wayback capture of the NHHC page plus the hazegray/losthistory mirror transcription.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-report-am289-01
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[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, 13 April 1945 (GPO 1945; scan via shipscribe.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-011, Mine Vessels - Mine Sweepers (AM) tables: builder/date table (REPORT AM289 row: '14 Dec 43 | 8 Aug 44', no commission entry, under 'General Eng. & D. D. Co.'); propulsion/generator table (REPORT AM289 row); AM214-311 class characteristics block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official 1945 BuShips register names REPORT, official number AM289, in the mine-sweeper tables: builder row under 'General Eng. & D. D. Co.' (the AM283-AM291 builder block); keel laid 14 December 1943; launched 8 August 1944; no commission date printed - consistent with the hull never commissioning. The propulsion/generator table row dittoes the block's 'C. B. GSB-8' (Cooper-Bessemer GSB-8) engine entry at 1,710 shaft horsepower with 'Nat. Sup.' (National Supply Co.) reduction gear. The AM214-311 class characteristics block (which includes AM-289) prints: 2 propellers, geared 'Diesel' drive with single reduction gears (the register distinguishes this from 'Diesel elec.'); length 184'6" o.a. / 180'0" w.l.; extreme beam 33'0"; limiting-draft displacement 945 tons; trial displacement 850 tons; trial speed 14.8 knots; limiting draft 9'9"; total accommodations 11 officers + 93 enlisted; armament 1 x 3"/50 cal. D.P. and 2 twin 40mm A.A. mounts (footnote excepts AM214/AM215 only).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (register data as of 13 April 1945)
- Population
- General Engineering & Dry Dock (Alameda) construction trades 1943-45
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous official register - establishes identity, builder, construction dates, and propulsion for this hull; contains no materials or asbestos information. The class block prints geared 'Diesel' drive for AM214-311 - this class carried no boilers. The register is dated 13 April 1945, before this hull's delivery, so no completion/commission entry exists for AM-289. The register's 8 Aug 1944 launch date contradicts DANFS's printed '8 July 1944' - the register is carried (see correction row). The 1,710 figure is the class-table shaft-horsepower entry and is not labeled per-engine or aggregate. Secondary compilations conflict: Wikipedia prints 'ALCO 539 / Farrel-Birmingham' - contradicted by this register row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-report-am289-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, Report (MSF 289) / USAS Report (AGP 289) ex-AM-289 (photo/data archive page incl. firsthand ex-crew account; read via Wayback capture 2025-01-25) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource AM-289 archive page, ship history block + specifications block + ex-crew comment 'Report 1966-1967' (Wayback capture 2025-01-25); corroboration uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5353.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource archive record for this hull: laid down 14 December 1943 at General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, CA; launched 8 August 1944; delivered 12 July 1945 and placed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group; 'Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists plan for decommissioning and placing in reserve as December 1945'; reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull) MSF-289 on 7 February 1955; never commissioned in the U.S. Navy; struck from the Naval Register 1 April 1963 and loaned to the Army; reclassified by the Army as Motor Torpedo Boat Tender AGP-289; returned to U.S. Navy custody early 1967; transferred on loan to South Korea, renamed Kojin (PCE-50), served into 1970; scrapped 1973. Call sign Nan-Queen-King-Love. A firsthand 1966-67 ex-crew account describes the hull as mother ship of a small U.S. Army Intelligence flotilla at Inchon, Korea (Report plus the experimental PT boat PT-812 plus 65' aviation-rescue boats), administratively supported by the 111th Military Intelligence Battalion, Seoul; occasional Yellow Sea voyages including secure-venue use for high-level meetings; harbor-entrance security at Inchon during President Johnson's Seoul visit; and describes Report as 'the only commissioned man-of-war in the U.S. Army,' captained by an Army warrant officer of the Transportation Corps. uboat.net's secondary entry corroborates the flotilla outline (AGP-289 plus a 109' experimental PT boat and two 65' AVR boats; sorties between Korea and Japan; Inchon security during the LBJ visit).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1973 (compiled)
- Population
- Army Intelligence flotilla crew 1963-67; ROK Navy crew 1967-c.1970
- Limitations
- Private photo/data archive plus a single firsthand anecdote - the Army-flotilla detail is unverified against an official record (the account prints PT-812 as '104'' where uboat prints '109''; three ASRs vs two), and 'scrapped 1973' is unverified against a disposal instrument (uboat prints 'possibly scrapped'). Dates agree with DANFS/NAVSHIPS where they overlap; the delivered-1945 date conflicts with DANFS's printed 'completed 12 July 1946' - carried as an unresolved variant. No materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-report-am289-03
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[4]City of Alameda, 'Final Historic Resources Evaluation - Alameda Marina' (30 March 2017), property-history section (municipal planning document, alamedaca.gov) [other_primary]
- Locator
- City of Alameda 'Final HRE - Alameda Marina' (2017-03-30), property-history narrative
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Municipal historic-resources evaluation documenting this hull's builder yard: the site was developed as the Barnes & Tibbitts shipyard in 1917; General Engineering & Dry Dock Co. of San Francisco bought and expanded it in 1922, adding piers, shops, and slipways; the yard was entirely rebuilt in 1940 with U.S. Maritime Commission financial assistance, adding a dry dock and approximately 30 new shops, warehouses, and office buildings; General Engineering & Dry Dock kept the yard open until 1948, after which smaller operators managed it; Pacific Shops acquired the property in 1962 and removed most WWII shipbuilding infrastructure to construct the Alameda Marina.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1917-2017 (survey coverage); yard operation 1922-1948
- Population
- General Engineering & Dry Dock yard workforce (context)
- Limitations
- Documents the yard facility and corporate history - not this hull, and contains no materials or asbestos information. Asbestos-era builder context only: marketing-level sources claim extensive asbestos exposure at the yard (e.g., mesowatch.org's yard page) but no qualifying court record or government survey naming the yard was located in completable searches, so no yard-level asbestos finding is carried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-report-am289-04
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[5]Fleischer WE, Viles FJ Jr, et al., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 1946 Jan;28:9-16 (PMID 21016030) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed citation record PMID 21016030; J Ind Hyg Toxicol 1946;28:9-16
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The wartime federal industrial-hygiene survey of pipe-covering operations in naval vessel construction (conducted during WWII naval shipbuilding, published January 1946) documents that insulation work on ships under construction used asbestos-containing materials - the standard practice environment in which this hull was built at General Engineering & Dry Dock's Alameda yard in 1943-45.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (survey/publication)
- Population
- WWII naval-vessel pipe coverers and insulators (class context)
- Limitations
- Industry-wide wartime survey, not a hull record - does not name this vessel, the General Engineering yard, or the Admirable class; its reassuring conclusion is itself now criticized as deeply flawed (Kelly, New Solut 2026;36:138-150, PMID 42307414). Establishes era context only - that asbestos insulation work was performed in WWII naval vessel construction - not materials aboard AM-289.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-report-am289-05
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[6]Marr WT, 'Asbestos exposure during naval vessel overhaul,' Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 1964 May-Jun;25:264-8 (PMID 14168424) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed citation record PMID 14168424; Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 1964;25:264-8
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Published industrial-hygiene study documenting asbestos exposure during naval vessel overhauls - the era pathway relevant to this hull's undocumented work events: the 1963 Army activation/refit after roughly eighteen years in reserve, and maintenance under Army (1963-67) and ROK Navy (1967-c.1970) custody.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1964 (publication)
- Population
- Naval shipyard insulation workers (class context)
- Limitations
- Era study, not a hull record - does not name AM-289; the hull's U.S. Navy custody was entirely reserve status with no documented overhaul, and no activation-refit, Army-period, or ROK-period work record was located. Documents the overhaul-exposure pathway generally, not work on or materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-report-am289-06
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program and its 1975/1979 insulation-removal policies covering the WWII-built fleet - program-level confirmation that Navy ship construction of Report's era incorporated asbestos insulation and that the material was managed as a known hazard aboard Navy vessels.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull-specific; relevance here is thin - this hull was never commissioned, sat in reserve 1945-63, and left Navy custody entirely in 1963, years before the documented removal policies operated. Establishes era context for WWII Navy construction, not materials aboard AM-289; does not establish individual exposure, quantities, or presence at any time. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-report-am289-07
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[8]Source-discrepancy resolution - NAVSHIPS 250-011 register row vs DANFS (Wayback capture of official NHHC page + hazegray/losthistory mirror) vs NavSource 11/02289 vs Wikipedia infobox/body vs uboat.net ship 5353 vs derivative class tables (usnavy.skyrocket.de, historycentral) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Comparative read across cited sources; uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5353.html; usnavy.skyrocket.de/data/am-136__admirable.htm class table; historycentral.com/navy/Minelayer/report.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies logged, not silently merged: (a) Launch date - DANFS prints '8 July 1944' (followed by historycentral and the skyrocket class table); the contemporaneous official NAVSHIPS 250-011 register row and NavSource print 8 August 1944 - register carried. (b) Completion/delivery - DANFS prints 'completed 12 July 1946' (followed by uboat.net 'completed by her builder on 12 July 1946' and derivative tables); NavSource prints 'delivered 12 July 1945 and placed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group' (followed by Wikipedia) - same month/day, one-year variance, unresolved; both carried. (c) MSF reclassification - DANFS and NavSource print 7 February 1955; Wikipedia infobox '7 July 1955' is a typo - 7 February carried. (d) Propulsion - Wikipedia prints 'ALCO 539 / Farrel-Birmingham' class boilerplate, contradicted by NAVSHIPS (C.B. GSB-8, 1,710 shp, Nat. Sup. gear) and NavSource (Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 / National Supply) - register carried. (e) ROK name - DANFS-era sources print 'Kojin (PCE-50)'; modern romanization prints 'Geojin (PCEC-50)'; historycentral's transcription misprints 'Kodin'. (f) Army flotilla detail - firsthand NavSource account (PT-812 '104'', three 65' rescue boats initially) vs uboat secondary ('109'' PT boat, two AVR boats) - detail-level variance carried at context level.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 2026-09-22 (review date)
- Limitations
- Correction row consolidates source conflicts so no secondary-source error propagates; it establishes the contemporaneous-register version for launch date and propulsion, but does not itself document materials or asbestos conditions aboard the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-report-am289-08
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[9]Batch-1263 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404 + Wayback capture of official page + mirror transcription), NAVSHIPS 250-011 Ships' Data 1945, Naval Vessel Register, NavSource archive, City of Alameda municipal HRE, CourtListener opinion index (blocked - quota), web-index spot checks, uboat.net, PubMed, shipyard dataset (shipyards.json), general web index [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-report-am289-01 through sl-uss-report-am289-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or qualifying docketed case naming USS Report / AM-289 / MSF-289 / AGP-289 / Kojin was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The CourtListener authenticated API sweep could not be run - the shared 2,800/day quota was already exhausted at the first query (HTTP 429, 'expected available ~37,331s'), so neither the opinion index nor the RECAP docket index was searched; indexed site:courtlistener.com queries surfaced only English-word 'report' collisions and unrelated dockets.
- 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 - the hull was built 1943-45 in a wartime commercial yard, spent roughly eighteen years in reserve, was reactivated under the Army (1963-67) with no refit record located, served the ROK Navy to c.1970, and was scrapped in 1973, none of which carries materials documentation. Does not establish that asbestos is or was not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener docket-level sweep remains open - logged as a gap, not a clean negative; 'Report' is an extreme name-collision term requiring hull-number confirmation on any future hit.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-report-am289-09