Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
-
[1]research packet 1033-packet.md (3 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-144-yms144-pkt-1033-packet-md
-
[2]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- Printed page 115, entry YMS-144 (PDF viewer page 115; web text extraction labels the page P114)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives ship-number list identifies YMS-144 with Navy deck-log coverage from 17 March 1943 through 16 May 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-03-17 to 1945-05-16 (log coverage)
- Limitations
- This is a finding aid describing the date coverage of available deck logs, not a transcript of the logs. The coverage dates are not asserted as commissioning, decommissioning, or complete service dates. The finding aid contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-144-yms144-01
-
[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Document section listing YMS 140 through YMS 198; printed page 136
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Navy's 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization lists YMS 144 and identifies Lt. J. W. Lee (USNR) as its commanding officer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Limitations
- This establishes the hull designation and command listing on the document's date only. It does not establish the officer's full service dates, crew size, commissioning date, later disposition, or asbestos conditions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-144-yms144-02
-
[4]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers; cross-checked against NHHC's 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Special List #44, printed page 115; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization, printed page 136
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NARA and NHHC primary records reviewed identify the vessel as YMS-144/YMS 144. They do not identify a builder, construction or commissioning date, detailed operational history, crew figure, or later disposition. No asbestos survey, abatement record, or asbestos-containing product identification for this hull appears in those records.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- Records dated 1943-1945; reviewed 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- This is a bounded negative finding about the cited records, not proof that asbestos was absent or that no other records exist. The records are not asbestos surveys and do not characterize materials aboard the vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-144-yms144-03
-
[5]CourtListener API v4 search performed through cl-auth-search.py; incomplete fleet-limited query results [court_record]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-yms-144-04 through sl-uss-yms-144-07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The successful broad YMS-144 opinion search returned 122 indexed matches, but the captured output was truncated before all 20 first-page results could be classified. The exact-name opinion and docket queries were denied by fleet pacing, and the hull-number docket query was not completed. This search does not establish whether qualifying asbestos litigation names this vessel.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- Search conducted 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- This is a search-process record only, not evidence of a case involving YMS-144. No case is attributed to this hull, and no no-litigation conclusion is drawn. The required asbestos-qualified variant was not run after the limiter stand-down.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-144-yms144-04