Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, Shelter (AM-301), Naval History and Heritage Command (verbatim text via Wayback capture of official page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS entry 'Shelter' (published 2015-09-09); live history.navy.mil URL returned 404 on 2026-09-22 - Wayback capture 2023-05-31 carries the verbatim official text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS (NHHC) record for this hull: Admirable-class minesweeper laid down 1943-08-16 by Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Co., Winslow, Wash.; launched 1943-11-14; commissioned 1944-07-09; characteristics dp 530, l 184'6", b 33', dr 9'9", s 14.8 k, cpl 104, one 3-inch and two 40mm guns. WWII service: Iwo Jima pre-invasion sweeps with Mine Division 36 (Feb 1945); Kerama Retto exploratory sweeps and Ie Shima assault sweeps (Mar-Apr 1945); Miyako Jima minefields; post-surrender sweeping of the Arcadia minefields (Yellow Sea), Nagasaki/Sasebo approaches (22 moored mines), and Tsushima Strait (83 + 69 mines) through 1945-12-04. Decommissioned 1946-06-07 at Orange, TX, Texas Group Atlantic Reserve Fleet; reclassified MSF-301 on 1955-02-07; struck 1963-08-01; transferred on loan to the Republic of Vietnam 1964-01-24 under the Military Assistance Program. Six battle stars for WWII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1964
- Population
- Ship's crew (complement 104); minesweeping task units
- Limitations
- Official ship-history record establishing construction data, service chronology, and dispositions through the 1964 loan transfer; contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials information whatsoever - establishes the hull's timeline only. Post-1964 service is outside DANFS coverage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shelter-am301-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, Shelter (MSF 301) ex-AM-301 page; corroborated by Navypedia SAMAR corvettes list and Wikipedia Malvar-class corvette table (decommission 1977, parts hulk) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource hull page 11/02301 - specifications block, CO list, disposition notes
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-USN disposition: transferred to South Vietnam 1964-01-24 and renamed RVNS Chi Linh (HQ-11); escaped to the Philippines in spring 1975 after the fall of South Vietnam; commissioned into the Philippine Navy as RPS Datu Tupas (PS-18) on 1976-04-05; secondary references report decommission in 1977 and use as a parts hulk for sisterships; ultimate fate undocumented. NavSource also carries the ship's commanding-officer roster, call sign November-Quebec-Tango-Quebec, and NARA photo reference K-109092.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1964-c.1977
- Population
- RVN crew (1964-1975); Philippine Navy crew (1976-c.1977)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained secondary archive transcribing official records - consistent with DANFS on all overlapping dates, but not itself an official record. Philippine-era detail (1977 decommission, parts-hulk use) rests on secondary references; final disposition unverified. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shelter-am301-02
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[3]HistoryLink.org file 8276 (Hall Brothers Shipyard, Eagle Harbor history) + Bainbridge Island Review, 'Minesweepers of steel: Kitsap's other shipyard' (2017-06-15) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- HistoryLink file 8276; bainbridgereview.com/2017/06/15/minesweepers-of-steel-kitsaps-other-shipyard/
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder context: the Winslow yard at Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island - founded as Hall Brothers Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Co. (yard relocated there 1903), renamed Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Co. in 1916 - expanded from roughly 300 prewar employees to about 2,300 workers by January 1943 and launched 17 Navy minesweepers between June 1942 and October 1944, Shelter among them. The yard was sold in 1948 as Commercial Ship Repair of Winslow and closed in 1959.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- Winslow yard workforce (~2,300 peak, 1943)
- Limitations
- Yard-level history establishes the construction environment and workforce scale for this hull's builder; says nothing about materials or insulation practices aboard this specific vessel. Construction-contract specifications for hull AM-301 not located. Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding is not an Atlas shipyards.json entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shelter-am301-03
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[4]Savoie v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc., 817 F.3d 457 (5th Cir. 2016), opinion of 2016-03-22 [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion paragraph 5 (factual background, specification requirement)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Specification-era anchor: in Savoie v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc., 817 F.3d 457 (5th Cir. 2016), the Fifth Circuit recorded that 'the specifications for these Navy and Coast Guard vessels required asbestos insulation through at least 1968.' The finding brackets both of this hull's documented construction windows - original build at a Navy-contracted commercial yard (1943-44) and conversion at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (1963-64) - within the period when Navy specifications required asbestos insulation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1968 (specification era)
- Population
- WWII-era Navy construction trades and crews (class context)
- Limitations
- The specification finding was made in litigation over Avondale Shipyard-built Navy and Coast Guard vessels (1952-1976 contracts); it is used here strictly as era/specification-level context and does not establish that asbestos was present aboard this hull, in what quantity, or in what locations. No Admirable-class construction manual or hull contract specification was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shelter-am301-04
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[5]DANFS, Shelter (AM-301) (conversion, strike, and transfer entries; verbatim text via Wayback capture of official page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, penultimate paragraph (1963-1964 events)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented yard period: the hull commenced conversion to a patrol and escort craft at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 1963-07-15, was struck 1963-08-01 during that availability, and was transferred on loan to South Vietnam on 1964-01-24 - the hull's only documented post-construction overhaul, performed at a Navy yard inside the heavy-asbestos era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1963-07-15 to 1964-01-24
- Population
- Philadelphia Naval Shipyard workers (1963-64 conversion)
- Limitations
- The conversion event and yard are documented; the asbestos scope of that work - what insulation was removed, installed, or disturbed - is not public and is inference only. DANFS does not state the conversion's material content. Does not establish exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shelter-am301-05
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[6]Batch-1274 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS; Naval Vessel Register; NARA catalog; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated, throttled); open-web case-law sweep (Justia/govinfo/Google index) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-shelter-am301-01 through sl-uss-shelter-am301-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat or disposal disclosure, and no docketed case naming USS Shelter (AM-301/MSF-301) or her foreign-service identities was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The authenticated CourtListener API was rate-limited at batch time (2,800/day exhausted, ~10-hour reset), so the direct docket-level check remains incomplete; an open-web case-law sweep found no opinion naming the hull - 'Shelter' is a high-collision name and every candidate resolved to unrelated Avondale-yard or generic asbestos litigation. The hull does appear in law-firm marketing minesweeper lists; those are excluded non-qualifying sources, not 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 - WWII Navy construction under asbestos-mandating specifications makes era-typical materials plausible. The litigation screen is incomplete pending a CourtListener retry; docket-level or RECAP filings naming the hull may exist that were not reachable at batch time. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shelter-am301-06
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[7]NARA NextGen Catalog, 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' series (NAID 594258, RG 24); NHHC/NARA photo K-109092 [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search-within series 594258; series confirmed live, hull-level file units not resolved
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 24, 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' (series NAID 594258) holds Navy deck logs covering this hull's 1944-46 commission; hull-level file units could not be resolved via automated fetch of the JS-rendered NextGen catalog. (b) Philadelphia Naval Shipyard work packages for the 1963-64 conversion are the strongest lead for yard-scope documentation of what was removed or installed. (c) NARA still-photo K-109092 documents this hull (referenced by NavSource).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1944-1964 records
- Limitations
- Record-series mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; whether deck logs or yard work packages for this hull contain asbestos-relevant documentation is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shelter-am301-07