Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 1033-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-yms-143-yms143-pkt-1033-packet-md
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[2]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers, PDF p. 115 (YMS-143 entries) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 115; table entries for YMS-143
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44, by ship number, lists U.S. Navy deck-log coverage for YMS-143 from 1943-02-16 through 1943-08-31. The list also separately records coverage from 1944-01-01 through 1945-05-16. These are log coverage dates only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- This is an index of deck-log coverage, not the deck logs themselves. Coverage dates do not establish commissioning, decommissioning, or uninterrupted service dates, and the index contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-143-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YMS-143 page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page heading and lines 13-22
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's individual YMS-143 history identifies the hull as YMS-143 and describes it as an auxiliary motor minesweeper. This corroborates the hull identity used for the NARA log entry.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- Used only as corroboration of hull identity and vessel type. NavSource is a secondary volunteer-maintained archive; its detailed dates, technical specifications, and Soviet service history are not adopted as findings in this record. It supplies no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-143-02
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[4]Authenticated CourtListener helper searches; see search_ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yms-143-03 through sl-uss-yms-143-06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Four authenticated CourtListener searches through the fleet helper returned no visible hit records for the exact-name opinion query, exact-name docket query, hull-number opinion query, or hull-number docket query. No asbestos-qualified variants were run because no base search showed a 20-result overflow. No qualifying YMS-143 asbestos litigation record was identified in this sweep.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- The helper output contained authentication notices but no visible result payload; no results were surfaced by these searches. This does not prove that no relevant case exists, and this is not an adjudication about exposure. No hit is classified as an exposure allegation or finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-143-03
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[5]Search ledger for this record: NARA Special List 44, NHHC official ship-history resources, and primary-source hull/designation searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yms-143-01 through sl-uss-yms-143-02
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos record was located in the sources searched for this record. Asbestos aboard USS YMS-143 is unknown; no asbestos product, exposure, survey, abatement, or absence finding is asserted.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- A search result is not proof that records do not exist. Firecrawl quota exhaustion constrained web searching; this negative finding is bounded by the repositories and searches in the ledger and does not establish presence or absence of asbestos aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-143-04