Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 1027-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (service-status nuance recorded)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-yms-102-yms102-pkt-1027-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YMS-102 page (11/19102) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/11/19102.htm - chronology block and specifications table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: laid down 26 June 1941 by the Astoria Marine Construction Co., Astoria, OR; launched 1 August 1942; completed 22 August 1942; struck from the Naval Register 10 June 1947; transferred to the War Shipping Administration November 1947; fate unknown. Specifications: 270 t., 136', beam 24'6", draft 8', 15 kts., complement 32; armament one 3"/50 DP mount, two 20mm mounts, two depth-charge projectors; propulsion two 880bhp GM 8-268A diesels, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts. Call sign Nan-Able-George-How. Page states explicitly: no DANFS history available for YMS-102.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1947
- Population
- Wartime crew (complement 32)
- Limitations
- Timeline and specifications only - contains no asbestos information; 'fate unknown' leaves postwar disposition undocumented. NavSource is a volunteer reference archive, not a government source; dates corroborated against uboat.net warship file (ordered 1 Apr 1941; commissioned 22 Aug 1942).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-102-yms102-01
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[3]National Archives, file unit 'YMS-102, 8/22/42-4/1/46' (NAID 193168563), series Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, RG 24, microfilm Roll 8066; digitized via NARA-Ancestry partnership (139 images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog file unit NAID 193168563; digital objects 32863_255801-00000 through -00138 (139 images)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Complete wartime muster-roll set for this hull: commissioning muster 30 September 1942 forwarded via Fleet Post Office, Seattle, WA; muster of 30 June 1944 forwarded from Nawiliwili, Kauai, Territory of Hawaii; Reports of Changes for months ending 30 April and 31 May 1945 show personnel received under Commander, Hawaiian Sea Frontier (ComSeaForHawSeaFron) authority; quarterly recapitulation sheets show ~29 enlisted aboard at quarter ending 1 July 1945 and a final recapitulation of 25 aboard against an operating allowance of 24 at quarter ending 1 April 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-08-22 to 1946-04-01
- Population
- Enlisted crew of YMS-102, 1942-1946 (named individuals on quarterly musters)
- Limitations
- Documents the enlisted crew by name and the ship's administrative locations over time - it establishes who was aboard and roughly where the ship was; it contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information. Spot-check of catalog frames -00002, -00060, -00096, -00097, -00100, -00136; names of individual crewmen read but not enumerated in this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-102-yms102-02
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[4]University of North Texas Oral History Collection, interview OH 1451 - Curre, Frank, Jr. (U.S. Navy WWII veteran; USS Tennessee, USS YMS-102, USS Petrof Bay), interviewed 19 April 2002 [other_primary]
- Locator
- UNT Oral History OH 1451 interview description (125 pp. transcript)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Crewman Frank Curre, Jr. (Pearl Harbor survivor off USS Tennessee) reported aboard YMS-102 at Bremerton, Washington, in 1942; the ship operated around Midway Island during his tour; he transferred to USS Petrof Bay in February 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1944 (interview 2002)
- Population
- YMS-102 crew member, 1942-1944
- Limitations
- Oral-history recollection cataloged by a university archive - corroborates operating areas for 1942-early 1944 but is a memory source, not an operational record; contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-102-yms102-03
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[5]NHHC 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' - Minecraft section, YMS (Motor Minesweepers) class page (HyperWar/ibiblio transcription) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- YMS section of ships-dm.html; YMS-102 table row 'Comm. 1942-5'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The wood-hulled YMS type proved durable and versatile; all 481 ships of the type shared general characteristics (YMS-1 through -134 carried two stacks - YMS-102 is in this group). Originally rated service craft, they were used during World War II for inshore sweeping to prepare the way for amphibious assaults. Class table lists YMS-102, commissioned 1942.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- YMS-class crews generally
- Limitations
- Class-level description - describes the type and its role, not this hull's materials or condition; contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-102-yms102-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (diesel propulsion, wood-hulled type per NHHC class page) + GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-use era [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications (propulsion line); NHHC class page (wood-hulled type); GAO HRD-80-2 (era)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- As a wooden-hulled diesel motor minesweeper, YMS-102 carried no steam plant - the boiler/steam-line insulation pathway that dominates WWII shipboard asbestos documentation does not apply. Era-consistent asbestos applications for a craft of this type: engine exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (Astoria, 1941-42); wartime engine-room crew
- Limitations
- Inference from propulsion configuration and era practice only - no materials specification, survey, or maintenance record for this hull (or the YMS-1 class) was located; this does not establish that asbestos was or was not present aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-102-yms102-05
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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 that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction and service era (1941-47).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-04) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-102-yms102-06
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[8]Batch-8778 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NARA catalog + muster-roll images; UNT oral history; HyperWar/NHHC class page; GAO product page; uboat.net; Shipbuilding History (Wayback); CourtListener via fleet helper (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yms-102-yms102-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS YMS-102 was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener coverage is partial - two of the four base queries ran - 'YMS-102' opinion index (100 hits) and 'USS YMS-102' docket index (1,470 hits) - all name collision on the '102' token, no asbestos, minesweeper, Navy, or vessel content, classified no-qualifying-result; the remaining two base queries were deferred by the fleet pacing helper on every attempt (hourly budget momentarily spent), retried four times ~2026-10-04; logged in search_ledger. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; asbestos material naming YMS-class boats is law-firm marketing content asserting class-wide asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - and the litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (2 of 4 base queries run with no qualifying result, 2 paced/blocked). WWII deck logs at College Park are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-102-yms102-07