Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, Strategy (AM-308), Naval History and Heritage Command (verbatim text via Wayback capture 2024-05-26; live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-22) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS page 'Strategy' (published 2015-09-24), full entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Laid down 1943-10-04 by Associated Shipbuilders, Seattle, WA; launched 1944-03-28 (sponsor Mrs. J. E. Kelley); commissioned 1944-09-22, Lt. V. A. Brown, USNR. Shakedown San Pedro/Los Angeles Harbor; Mine Division 36; swept for the Iwo Jima landings (Feb 1945) and the Okinawa approaches (from 25 Mar 1945); during the 6 Apr 1945 kamikaze attacks helped down two aircraft and rescued 48 survivors from SS Logan Victory; postwar occupation sweeping at Kii Suido, Nagoya, and Sasebo (Kyushu-Korea minefields) into early Dec 1945. Returned via San Diego; pre-inactivation overhaul Galveston Feb 1946; Orange, TX 10 May 1946; decommissioned four days later (14 May 1946), assigned to the 16th Fleet; redesignated MSF-308 on 1955-02-07 while in reserve; struck from the Navy list 1967-10-01; four battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1967
- Population
- Wartime crew (complement ~104 per DANFS spec block)
- Limitations
- Operational/administrative history only - the entry contains no asbestos, materials, insulation, or survey content and establishes neither presence nor absence of asbestos aboard this hull. Decommission date resolved to 14 May 1946 per DANFS ('four days later' after 10 May arrival at Orange); Wikipedia's infobox date of 10 May 1946 is the arrival date, not the decommission date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-strategy-am308-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, 'Strategy (MSF 308) ex-AM-308' (spec block, Naval Vessel Register note, fate, commanding-officer roster, crew-photo collection) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 11/02308, spec block + service notes + CO table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Propulsion spec: two Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts (14.8 kt, 945 t full load). Notes the Naval Vessel Register of 1 Jan 1949 listed a plan to decommission and place in reserve as of Dec 1945; gives decommissioning 14 May 1946 at Orange, TX; MSF-308 reclassification 7 Feb 1955; struck 1 Oct 1967; scrapped 1969. Two captains listed (Lt. Vernon A. Brown, Lt. William P. Keats) plus crew-donated photographs.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1969
- Population
- Wartime crew
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary archive, not an official repository - machinery and disposal details rest on NavSource's transcription and are corroborated by uboat.net but not yet against a primary source (BuShips Ships' Data, MARAD/Navy disposal record). Horsepower is inconsistently expressed across references (2 x 855 shp vs 2 x 1,710 shp) - unresolved. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-strategy-am308-02
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[3]Consolidated era inference - documented diesel machinery plant (NavSource spec block) plus wartime Bureau of Ships construction practice for steel-hulled minesweepers [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class technical data; era construction practice
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this hull: Admirable-class minesweepers were built 1942-44 at peak wartime asbestos consumption under Navy specifications that made routine use of asbestos materials. Because the class was diesel-powered (no boilers or steam lines), the asbestos-relevant applications are diesel exhaust lagging, engine gaskets and packing, thermal/acoustic hull insulation, electrical insulation, deck coverings, and winch/windlass brake linings rather than boiler and steam-pipe lagging.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (Associated Shipbuilders/PSB&D Harbor Island, 1943-44); wartime crew (104); Galveston pre-inactivation yard workers (1946)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no construction specifications, material schedules, or survey naming AM-308 were located. Does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, in what quantity, or that any remains; does not establish or defeat any individual exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-strategy-am308-03
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[4]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when required for repairs, modified 1979 toward selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - so original-era insulation typically remained aboard reserve-fleet hulls unless a yard period disturbed it. Strategy spent 1946-1967 continuously in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet (16th Fleet, Orange, TX) with no postwar reactivation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1979 (report); reserve period 1946-1967
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; reserve-fleet maintenance personnel
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull- or class-specific; Strategy was struck in 1967, before the period the report addresses, and no yard asbestos work on this hull is documented. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-strategy-am308-04
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[5]National Park Service, National Register/NHL nomination for USS Hazard (AM-240), NRHP 79003712 (Freedom Park, Omaha, NE) [nps]
- Locator
- NPS NPGallery asset 79003712 + nomination PDF (GetAsset 07eab538-f63e-48e6-8d0c-5377c2450426)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Admirable class's sole surviving U.S. hull, USS Hazard (AM-240, Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding, Winslow, WA), was described in its 1979 National Register nomination as 'completely equipped and intact as it was during its years of active service' - superstructure unaltered, wartime fittings retained - documenting that the class carried its wartime fabric into museum custody. Hazard was moved from the same Orange, TX inactive-ship facility where Strategy was laid up.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1979 (nomination); NHL designation 1986
- Population
- Museum visitors/volunteers (context only)
- Limitations
- Sister-ship record, not this hull; the 1979 nomination predates modern ACM survey practice and contains no asbestos determination - it documents fabric survival, not material content. Hazard's current museum condition does not establish what was or was not aboard AM-308.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-strategy-am308-05
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[6]Batch-1281 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live + Wayback; NavSource; NPS NPGallery; MARAD vessel-history references; open web/legal-document indexes; CourtListener (blocked - quota) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-strategy-am308-01 through sl-uss-strategy-am308-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for AM-308: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or docketed case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched. The hull was scrapped in 1969, before modern ACM documentation practice, and spent 1946-1967 in reserve. The litigation portion of the sweep is incomplete: CourtListener API queries by name and hull number could not be executed because the authenticated daily quota was exhausted (HTTP 429, 2,800/day, ~9.8 h to reset at run time).
- 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 ship was scrapped before survey practice existed and era-consistent materials are a reasonable inference. The incomplete CourtListener sweep means litigation naming this hull cannot be ruled out; retry is pending.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-strategy-am308-06