Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]research packet 1031-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-yms-13-yms13-pkt-1031-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YMS-13 - construction timeline, specifications, French transfer and disposal (verified live 2026-10-04); corroborated by uboat.net Allied Warships ship page 9433 (verified live) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19013.htm header block, specifications block, photo table; uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9433.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 21 April 1941 by Rice Brothers Corp., Boothbay, ME (uboat.net and shipbuildinghistory give East Boothbay); launched 2 May 1942; completed 13 August 1942 and commissioned USS YMS-13; 'YMS-13 served the Navies of the United States and France'; transferred to France 9 October 1944 and named Basilic (D 317); sold to France 21 March 1949; struck from the Navy Register 28 April 1949; reclassified D-4 and M-644; decommissioned 28 December 1963; fate unknown. Call sign Nan-Able-Oboe-How. Specifications: 270 t.; length 136'; beam 24'6"; draft 8'; speed 15 kts.; complement 32; one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, two 20mm mounts, two depth-charge projectors; two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts. Sole image: hull photograph dated 3 September 1942, credited to Robert Hurst. Page states no DANFS history exists for YMS-13.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1963
- Population
- Rice Brothers construction trades (1941-42); U.S. Navy crew (1942-44); French Navy crew (1944-63)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track Navy records and are corroborated here by uboat.net, shipbuildinghistory, navypedia, and the French SHD archive entry, but no primary commissioning or transfer instrument was read. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-13-yms13-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List #44 'List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (by Ship Numbers) - YMS-13 rows on PDF page 115 (PDF verified, downloaded and text-extracted 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List #44 by Ship Numbers, PDF page 115, YMS-13 rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 catalogs two U.S. Navy deck-log windows for YMS-13: 8/17/1942 - 12/31/1942 and 1/21/1943 - 10/9/1944 (PDF page 115). The two windows together cover nearly the entire commissioned U.S. career, and the second window's end date coincides exactly with the documented transfer to France on 9 October 1944. A 20-day gap (1/1/1943 - 1/20/1943) sits between the two cataloged logbooks. The list documents that the logs exist at NARA (RG 24 Entry 118 deck-log holdings); individual log pages were not read.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-08-17 to 1944-10-09 (cataloged coverage)
- Population
- YMS-13 crew (1942-44)
- Limitations
- Catalog-level finding: the list confirms logbooks exist for the stated windows, not their contents. The batch brief named only the first window (8/17/1942-12/31/1942); the second window (1/21/1943-10/9/1944) is carried here as cataloged. Whether the January 1943 interval is a surviving-log gap or a cataloging artifact is undetermined. No asbestos content - a deck log documents movements, personnel, and events, not hull materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-13-yms13-02
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[4]NARA file unit 'YMS-13, 8/17/42-10/9/44', NAID 192871146, Container Roll 7978 - RG 24 Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, series Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities (126 digitized images online) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog file unit NAID 192871146 (126 images, Roll 7978, series NAID 594996)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives catalogs a digitized RG 24 muster-roll file unit for this hull spanning 17 August 1942 - 9 October 1944 (126 images, online) - personnel documentation for the complete U.S. Navy service period, opening four days after completion and closing on the documented date of transfer to France. The cataloged span matches the Special List 44 deck-log windows combined (see ev-02).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-08-17 to 1944-10-09
- Population
- YMS-13 crew (1942-44)
- Limitations
- Establishes wartime Navy service and personnel documentation only; muster rolls record crew assignments, not hull materials - no asbestos content. Individual muster pages were not transcribed; roll-level verification only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-13-yms13-03
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[5]NARA WWII War Diaries (RG 38) - six deck-log operational-remarks file units for USS YMS-13: 4/1-30/43 (NAID 134236653, Roll A388, 33 images); 5/1/43-11/30/43 (NAID 136039696, Roll A733); 12/1-31/43 (NAID 78270023, Roll A787); 1/1-31/44 (NAID 78382669, Roll A906); 2/1/44-9/30/44 (NAID 134370986, Roll A1184); 10/1-9/44 (NAID 134377921, Roll A1195); plus COMTASKFOR 81 Anzio forwarding file (NAID 78458840) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog full-text search 'YMS-13' -> file units listed in citation_value; NAID 134236653 images 0269-0270 (cover and remarks page 1) read directly
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's RG 38 'World War II War Diaries' series holds monthly operational-remarks submissions for USS YMS-13 covering April 1943 through 9 October 1944 - the transfer date - in six digitized file units (digitized microfilm, image counts confirmed at file-unit level). Page-level read of the April 1943 unit (NAID 134236653, images 0269-0270): the N.Pers. 880 'Deck Log Book - Part II, Operational Remarks' records that on 1 April 1943 YMS-13 was underway in the screening group of a Bermuda-to-Oran convoy - 'from N.O.B. Hamilton, Bermuda, B.W.I. to Oran, Algeria' under Amphibious Force LCI(L) Flotilla One Secret Order Serial No. 001 / Operation Order No. 1-43 of 15 March 1943, operating as a unit of Task Force 61 under flagship USS Maumee escorting convoy U.G.S. 6A, in company with sister minesweepers YMS-34, YMS-82, and YMS-226 plus PC and SC escorts, refueling alongside Maumee in mid-Atlantic - documenting the Atlantic crossing that opened her Mediterranean service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-04 to 1944-10-09
- Population
- YMS-13 crew (1943-44); embarked personnel during transatlantic convoy passage
- Limitations
- The 'War Diary' file units are the monthly deck-log operational-remarks forms submitted to CNO, cataloged within the RG 38 war-diary series. Only the April 1943 unit was read at page level (cover sheet and 1 April remarks page); the other five units are verified at catalog-title level - day-by-day contents unverified. No asbestos content. Officer signature blocks appear on the form (commanding-officer and navigator signatures, April 1943); this record makes no exposure claim for any named individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-13-yms13-04
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[6]NARA file unit 'USS YMS-13 - Act Rep, Anzio, Italy, 1/20-31/44', NAID 78309428 (RG 38 WWII War Diaries, Roll A831, 9 digitized images) - the commanding officer's action report for Operation Shingle, dated 16 February 1944 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78309428, image 0365 (report page 1); file unit contains 9 images
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary-source action report read at page level (image 0365): 'U.S.S. YMS-13, 16 February 1944, From: The Commanding Officer, To: The Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet, Via: (1) CTG 81.7 (2) CTF 81 (3) ComNavNaw. Subject: Action Report, 20 January 1944 - 31 January 1944.' At 1700 on 20 January 1944 USS YMSs 13, 27, 28 and 78 sailed from Salerno as part of the minesweeping group of British Force 'Peter' for the Anzio landing operation (Operation Shingle); naval commander Force 'Peter' was Rear Admiral T. H. Troubridge aboard HMS Bulolo. On D-1 (21 January) the minesweeping groups proceeded ahead of the convoy and streamed 'O'-type sweeping gear to sweep the approach channel; the four U.S. YMSs swept a channel one mile wide from the reference vessel toward the 20-fathom line; 'No mines were cut by the YMS's nor were any encountered.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-01-20 to 1944-01-31 (report period); report dated 1944-02-16
- Population
- YMS-13 crew during Anzio operations (Jan 1944)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational documentation, not a material or exposure record: establishes YMS-13's presence and tasking in the Anzio minesweeping group. Only the report's opening page was read; remaining images (9 total) contain the full report and endorsements, unread. No asbestos content. Sister-ship mentions (YMS-27, YMS-28, YMS-78) corroborate the four-YMS minesweeping unit.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-13-yms13-05
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[7]NARA file unit 'USS YMS-13 - Rep of minesweeping ops in the invasion of Southern France, 8/15-25/44', NAID 139972736 (RG 38 WWII War Diaries, Roll A1528, 8 digitized images) - action report for Operation Dragoon, dated 1 September 1944 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139972736, image 0185 (report page 1); file unit contains 8 images
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary-source action report read at page level (image 0185): 'U.S.S. YMS-13, C/o Fleet Post Office, New York, 1 September, 1944. From: The Commanding Officer, U.S.S. YMS-13. To: Commander In Chief, U.S. Fleet. Via: Commander YMS SECTION 3; Commander Task Force 84.82 Yellow Sweeping Unit; Commander Task Force 84.8 Minesweeping Group; Commander Task Force 84; Commander U.S. Naval Forces Northwest African Waters. Subject: Action Report, 9 August 1944 - 25 August 1944.' YMS-13 was 'a vessel of the Yellow Minesweeping Unit, under the command of Commander A. A. MARTIN, RNR' and sailed from the Gulf of Pozzuoli, Italy, on 9 August 1944 (D-6) as escort to LCT Convoy ALPHA, Section SS-1B, Task Force 81.14.1 - part of the Alpha Attack Force under Rear Admiral Lowry aboard USCGC Duane - for the invasion of Southern France (Operation Dragoon, D-day 15 August 1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-08-09 to 1944-08-25 (report period); report dated 1944-09-01
- Population
- YMS-13 crew during Operation Dragoon (Aug 1944)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational documentation, not a material or exposure record: establishes YMS-13's assignment to the Yellow Minesweeping Unit and her convoy-escort tasking for the Southern France landings. Only the report's first page was read; remaining images (8 total) unread. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-13-yms13-06
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[8]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), Part IV Section 2 - engagement-star listing for YMS 13 (verbatim HyperWar transcription; corroborated by officialmilitaryribbons.com NAVPERS-derived page, verified live) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar Awards-IV-16, YMS 13 entry block; awards-manual errata note at ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/Awards/changes.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official awards manual credits YMS 13 with six WWII engagement periods, all European-African-Middle Eastern area: Tunisian operations 27 May - 9 Jul 1943 (E1-3); Sicilian occupation 9-15 Jul 1943 (E2); Salerno landings 9-21 Sep 1943 (E3); Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings 22 Jan - 8 Feb 1944 and 27 Feb - 1 Mar 1944 (E4-1, two credits); Invasion of Southern France 15 Aug - 25 Sep 1944 (E7). The listing matches the ship's own action reports for Anzio and Southern France (ev-05, ev-06) and spans the cataloged war-diary coverage.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-05-27 to 1944-09-25
- Population
- YMS-13 crew across six credited engagements (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific campaign-credit documentation, not a material or exposure record. HyperWar is a verbatim transcription of the official manual - the printed original (NAVPERS 15,790 Rev. 1953) was not independently read; a Navy Department memorandum on the same HyperWar page collection notes known errors/omissions in the manual's battle-star lists generally. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-13-yms13-07
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[9]National Museum of the Pacific War / Admiral Nimitz Foundation, Oral History Collection - 'Oral History Interview with Mario Cardillo, May 13, 2015' (catalog description via DPLA item record; canonical record at The Portal to Texas History, UNT Libraries) [museum_official]
- Locator
- Catalog description text, DPLA index record '7e02fd68df4b89658e63d25144704eb3' (aggregated from The Portal to Texas History / NMPW Oral History Collection)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A museum oral-history interview places a named crew member aboard this hull: per the museum's catalog description, Mario Cardillo 'joined the Navy in 1942... was assigned to the USS YMS-13. Beginning late 1942 they traveled through the Mediterranean for two years. They swept mines and participated in four major landings, including Sicily and Anzio in Italy and Marseilles, France. Cardillo served as an airplane spotter. He was honorably discharged in 1946.' The account is consistent with the hull's NAVPERS engagement credits (Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Southern France) and the April 1943 Bermuda-to-Oran transit documented in her deck log.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1946 (interview subject); interview 2015-05-13
- Population
- Mario Cardillo (airplane spotter); YMS-13 crew (1942-46 per interview)
- Limitations
- Vessel-history context only - establishes a named veteran's service aboard, not any exposure. The interview recording/transcript was not read; only the catalog description text is quoted. The cataloged timing ('beginning late 1942... Mediterranean') sits earlier than the deck-log-documented April 1943 transatlantic crossing - recollection vs. record discrepancy flagged in gaps. The canonical Portal to Texas History item page is behind an Altcha bot challenge from this network and the stale DPLA item URL returned 404 live on 2026-10-04; the museum-collection attribution is verified via two independent catalog indexes (DPLA, exa.ai) - verification partial.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-13-yms13-08
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[10]Service historique de la Défense (French Ministry of Armed Forces), 'Collection de documents relatifs a des batiments de la Marine Nationale' - carton 255 dossier inventory for 'BASILIC: Dragueur côtier ex D 317 ex YMS 13' (archived capture 2024-12-20; live SHD site returned a maintenance page on 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SHD inventory PDF pages 10 (index) and 178 (carton 255 BASILIC dossier contents), Wayback capture 20241220055231
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The French national defense archives' ship-file inventory confirms the identity chain 'BASILIC: coastal minesweeper, ex-D 317, ex-YMS 13' and catalogs a surviving technical dossier (carton 255) on this hull's French career: C.L.E. proces-verbaux 1949-53; 1954 'Mise en conservation (appareil SUC)' preservation/mothballing record with compartment hygrometry measurement charts; generator/electric-motor/starter characteristics; 1953 degaussing circuit; Plan R drawings including 1949 sweep-engine coupling, 1950 'transformation en baliseur' (conversion to buoy tender), 1952 mast modification for submarine-base dock entries, and 1961 freshwater-tank installation drawings (noted as common to sister Clematite).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1949-1962 (dossier contents)
- Population
- French Navy crew and dockyard trades aboard/handling Basilic (1949-62), including 1954 preservation workers
- Limitations
- French archival inventory, not the dossier itself: establishes that a technical file on the hull survives at SHD and itemizes its contents (1949-62), but no document inside the carton was read. 'Mise en conservation' records document preservation work, not material composition - no asbestos statement either way. Live SHD site served a maintenance page on access date; archived capture cited and labeled. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-13-yms13-09
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[11]Poste Navale Militaire (French naval postal-history society), Basilic (1944/1963) ship history - verified live; corroborated by navypedia.org D201-class page and the warsailors.com French-YMS compilation [other_primary]
- Locator
- postenavalemilitaire.com/t4639 (historique and caracteristiques blocks); navypedia.org/ships/france/fr_mw_d201.htm D317 row; warsailors.com forum French-YMS list (YMS-13 = D317 = Basilic, D04 = M644 line)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- French-service record for this hull: transferred to the French Navy and designated D 317, entering service 9 October 1944 (matching NavSource); renamed Basilic and assigned to the 31st Minesweeper Division, then the Brest Minesweeper Group in 1947, then the 30th Division at Lorient in January 1948; finished her career at the Ecole Navale (the page styles her 'dragueur de mines - batiment ecole'); pennants D317, BA, D04, M644; disarmed (desarme) 28 December 1963. Navypedia's French D201-class table independently carries 'D317 (ex-YMS13), 1947- Basilic, M644, Rice Bros East Boothbay, stricken 12.1963'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-1963
- Population
- French Navy crew, 31st Minesweeper Division / Brest group / 30th Division Lorient / Ecole Navale (1944-63)
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary sources, not official French records: the unit assignments rest on postal-history/naval-reference compilations (Poste Navale Militaire cites official Cols Bleus announcements; navypedia is a private database). The SHD dossier inventory (ev-09) is the authoritative anchor for the French career's existence and dates. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-13-yms13-10
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[12]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (2 x GM 8-268A diesels, Snow and Knobstedt reduction gear, 2 shafts; wooden hull); YMS-1 class documented as wooden-hulled auxiliary motor minesweepers designed by Henry B. Nevins Shipyard and built across 35 U.S. yacht yards, 561 completed 1942-45 (NavSource YMS index; shipbuildinghistory.com YMS master list); GAO HRD-80-2 era finding (ev-13); NARA asbestos research guide archival pathway (ev-12) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19013.htm specifications block and 11/19idx.htm class header; shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-navy-small/ym/ YMS-13 row; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; NARA asbestos guided-topic page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-driven wooden minesweeper completed in August 1942 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a diesel yard craft of this period were engine exhaust and muffler lagging, compressed-asbestos sheet gaskets, valve and machinery packing, electrical insulation, brake linings, and insulation board in machinery and accommodation spaces. As a diesel vessel she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the wooden hull reduces but does not eliminate the era application set (machinery, exhaust, joiner/insulation, electrical).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1963
- Population
- Rice Brothers construction trades (1941-42); crew (1942-44); French Navy crew and dockyard trades (1944-63, incl. 1954 preservation and 1950 baliseur conversion documented in SHD dossier)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or plan was located for YMS-13. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-13-yms13-11
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[13]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' - official research guide to the RG 19 Bureau of Ships records documenting asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel 1941-1961 (verified live 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov guided-topic page; RG 19 entries A1 1266-A..P, UD 1001-1015, UD 1027 (S-18), PI-133 1273; RG 143 A1 90, A1 8 series
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- NARA's official guide states 'the use of asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel from 1941-1961 is a frequently requested topic' and documents the archival pathway for hull-level determination: RG 19 Bureau of Ships general/confidential/secret correspondence filed by hull designation (this hull: 'YMS13'; class: 'YMS1 Class'; type correspondence as last resort), Ship/General Information Books covering propulsion, auxiliary machinery, piping, ventilation, heating and air-conditioning systems, shipbuilding-yard QM correspondence files, specification files (RG 19 S-18/S-19 series; RG 143 specification indexes), and cartographic engineering drawings (19-Hull, 19-Micro) - i.e., the records by which this hull's material content could be proven exist in undigitized archival series.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1961 (guide scope)
- Population
- Navy construction/maintenance trades 1941-1961 (research-scope population)
- Limitations
- Research-pathway documentation, not a hull record: the guide confirms that asbestos content is an archival research question answerable only via undigitized RG 19/RG 143 records - none of those series were consulted for this hull. Does not establish or negate materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-13-yms13-12
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[14]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 U.S. construction (1941-42) and U.S. service era (1942-44), and the wartime construction era of her wooden-hulled class generally.
- 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-13-yms13-13
-
[15]Batch-8808 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NARA Special List 44 (PDF extracted); NARA catalog (muster-roll file unit + six war-diary units + two action-report units + TF81 forwarding file, two reports read at page level); NAVPERS 15,790 via HyperWar; NMPW oral-history catalog record (canonical record behind Altcha); SHD French archive inventory via Wayback; shipbuildinghistory YMS list; uboat.net; navypedia; postenavalemilitaire; NARA asbestos guide; GAO product page (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep; CourtListener via cl-auth-search.py helper [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yms-13-yms13-01 through -15
- 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-13 / Basilic (D317) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull's wooden construction and diesel plant bound the plausible era application set to machinery/exhaust lagging, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, brake linings, and joiner insulation - no boiler/turbine lagging pathway applies. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying asbestos case or asbestos-specific page naming this hull - not even the law-firm listicle coverage larger Navy types attract.
- 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 - the NARA guide documents undigitized RG 19 series where hull-level material records could exist, and the French SHD dossier (carton 255) holds 1949-62 technical records unread for this purpose. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener status per search_ledger at research time.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-13-yms13-14