Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 1034-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERDICT: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-yms-16-yms16-pkt-1034-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YMS-16 - construction milestones, specifications, transfer and disposal (verified live) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19016.htm header block and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 14 March 1942 as YMS-16 by the Rice Brothers Corp., East Boothbay, ME; launched 7 September 1942; completed 15 February 1943; transferred to France 18 October 1944 as Capucine (D 322); sold to France 21 March 1949; struck from the Navy Register 28 April 1949; reclassified D-14 and M-644; decommissioned (French) 12 February 1955; 'Fate unknown.' Specifications: displacement 270 t.; length 136'; beam 24'6"; draft 8'; speed 15 kts.; complement 32; armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 20mm mounts, two dcp; propulsion two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts. Call sign Nan-Able-Victor-Easy. Page states explicitly: 'There is no DANFS history available for YMS-16.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1955
- Population
- Rice Brothers construction trades (1942-43); US Navy crew (1943-44); Marine Nationale crew (1944-55)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates here corroborated by NARA record windows (logs close 18 Oct 1944) and French compilations, but two French sources conflict on laid-down/launch dates and on the M-644/M654 pennant (see gaps). Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-16-yms16-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper (YMS) / British Motor Minesweeper (BYMS) Index - class description and characteristics [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19idx.htm class narrative and characteristics table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class context for this hull: 'The wood-hulled YMS proved to be one of the U.S. Navy's more durable and versatile types'; 481 ships of the type built 'at 35 yacht yards, rather than larger shipyards; 12 on the East Coast; 19 on the West Coast, and four in the Great Lakes.' YMS-1 through YMS-134 (this hull's block) carried two stacks. Originally rated as service craft; used in WWII for inshore sweeping to prepare amphibious assaults; survivors reclassified AMS 1947 and named; MSC(O) 1955. Class characteristics: length 136', beam 24'6", displacement 320 tons, complement 33, designed speed 12 knots, GM 8-268A diesels on two shafts, 880 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1969
- Population
- YMS-1-class crews and builder-yard trades (class context)
- Limitations
- Class-level description, not a hull record. Class-index specifications (320 t, 33 complement, 12 kts) conflict with the ship-page spec block (270 t, 32, 15 kts) - variants logged in gaps. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-16-yms16-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - ship-number index (official NARA-hosted PDF) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf page 115, row 'YMS-16 2/26/1943 10/18/1944' (pdftotext -layout, page 115)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 (ship-number index, PDF page 115) lists US Navy logbooks for YMS-16 covering 2/26/1943 - 10/18/1944. The coverage window matches her documented US service: it opens 11 days after the NavSource completion date (15 Feb 1943) and closes on the exact transfer date to France (18 Oct 1944). Logbooks of this era are held in RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), Entry 118 at Archives II, College Park.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1944 (coverage); 1978 (publication)
- Population
- US Navy crew (1943-44) - logbook subjects
- Limitations
- Finding-aid inventory entry only: it documents that logbooks exist and their coverage window - these are log-coverage dates, NOT commissioning or decommissioning dates, and the row asserts nothing about log content. Digitized muster-roll scans for the identical window are separately cataloged (NAID 192867533, ev-04); the deck-log pages themselves were not individually verified page-by-page this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-16-yms16-03
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[5]NARA Catalog, 'YMS-16, 2/26/43-10/18/44' (NAID 192867533) - digitized US Navy muster rolls, 106 images (Fold3 partnership scan of microfilm; reel 8004, filmed 3 March 1947) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 192867533 digital objects, images 32863_254973-00000 (reel start) and -00050 ('Muster Roll of the Crew ... quarter ending 30 September 1943', page 1)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull's quarterly muster rolls are digitized and were read directly: 'U.S. NAVY MUSTER ROLLS' divider, then quarterly crew rosters on form HNP 605-A covering 26 Feb 1943 - 18 Oct 1944. The roll for the quarter ending 30 September 1943 lists 29 enlisted men by name with service numbers, ratings and dates first received aboard - most received 26 Feb 1943 (her commissioning week), others through April 1943. Ratings present include BM1c, Cox, GM3c, MoMM1c/MoMM2c, EM2c/EM3c, MM1c, QM1c/QM3c, SM2c, SC2c, Y3c, F2c, S1c/S2c - the engine-room and deck ratings of a small diesel minesweeper.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-02-26 to 1944-10-18
- Population
- YMS-16 crew - 29 enlisted named on Sep 1943 roll plus officers (CO Lt.(jg) Donald J. Barnes, USNR)
- Limitations
- Population documentation, not an exposure record: the muster names and rates the crew but contains no asbestos, material, or health information. Officer complement is rostered on separate pages not individually read this session; 29 enlisted counted on the 30 Sep 1943 roll vs spec-block complement 32-33.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-16-yms16-04
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[6]NARA Catalog, 'USS YMS-16 - War Diary, 11/1/43 to 7/31/44' (NAID 78578123, 46 images; WWII War Diaries microfilm, roll A_1102; serial 10, file A12-1) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78578123 digital objects, roll A_1102 images 1391-1436 (Nov 1943: img 1393-1394; Mar 1944 dry dock: img 1410; Apr 1944 Anzio: img 1415; May 1944: img 1420/1425; Jun 1944: img 1430; Jul 1944: img 1435-1436)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship's own war diary, read via OCR: attached to Escort Sweeper Group, Eighth Amphibious Force. November 1943 - based at Cagliari, Sardinia in a unit with YMS-34 (SOPA), YMS-18 and YMS-208 that 'cleared a channel through the Gulf of Cagliari to the harbor entrance'; this ship swept two mines 1 November and four mines 2 November 1943 (positions recorded). Escorted Liberty ship John Breckenridge to Bizerte, Tunisia (with YMS-34, YMS-18); December 1943 column to Oran, Algeria with PC-542, YMS-18, YMS-37. February 1944 convoy work to Naples; dropped out of formation 29 Feb with fuel-oil-line failure. March 1944 - 17 March sank a drifting moored contact mine by small-arms fire off the Palermo approaches, then entered Dry Dock #2 Palermo, remaining 17-20 March 'undergoing minor repairs and having the bottom scraped and painted.' April-May 1944 - Anzio-area patrol and magnetic-acoustic sweeps (Jig and Baker areas), convoy escorts Naples-Pozzuoli-Anzio; magnetic-cable adjustments streamed in Naples Bay 7 April; 31 May convoyed LCT-565 and LCT-229 to Anzio. June 1944 sweep maneuvers out of Salerno/Palermo. 27 July 1944 at Palermo - 'Radar and BN installation completed'; sailed for Cagliari, mooring alongside H.M.S. Empire Dace. Signature block: 'DONALD J. BARNES, Lt.(jg), USNR.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-11-01 to 1944-07-31
- Population
- YMS-16 crew under CO Lt.(jg) Donald J. Barnes, USNR; Palermo dry-dock personnel (Mar 1944); radar/BN installation personnel (Jul 1944)
- Limitations
- Primary ship record read via OCR of Fold3/NARA scans - minor OCR uncertainty on individual words (positions, pennant spellings); all claims here are legible in context. Contains no asbestos or material content; the dry-dock and installation entries document maintenance events, not materials used. Diary coverage begins November 1943 - her March-October 1943 diaries were not located in the catalog.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-16-yms16-05
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[7]NARA Catalog, 'USS YMS-16 - War Diary, 8/1-31/44' (NAID 78634983, 8 images; WWII War Diaries microfilm, roll A_1145; micro serial 86634, file A12-1) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78634983 digital objects, roll A_1145 images 0924-0931 (23 Aug mines: img 0929; transmittal 0924; signed 'DONALD J. BARNES' img 0931)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship's own war diary, read via OCR: August 1944 attached to Officer-in-Charge, Naval Detachment, Cagliari, Sardinia for 'routine sweeping and convoy escorting.' 2-3 Aug clearance 'O'-type and magnetic-acoustic sweeps of Quartu Bay, Gulf of Cagliari with YMS-58; 7-8 Aug exploratory oropesa sweeps of Cagliari harbor approaches (QBB 280); 9-11 Aug escorted merchant ships Corcrest (Br.), Gennespesca (It.) and Apuania (It.) to Maddalena, Sardinia and Ajaccio, Corsica; 14 Aug sonar-screened USS Denebola (AD-12) anchored in Quartu Bay; 16-23 Aug exploratory sweeps of QBB 371/318/280 with YMS-36 (SOPA) - on 23 August four mines were swept at the south edge of QBB 318: 'This ship detonated one and YMS-36 detonated one besides cutting two loose from their moorings. The floating mines were detonated by 30 Cal. rifle fire from this ship, 412 rounds being expended.' 27-28 Aug proceeded to Palermo, reporting to ComNOB Palermo.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-08-01 to 1944-08-31
- Population
- YMS-16 crew; YMS-36/YMS-58 sweep partners; convoyed merchant crews
- Limitations
- Primary ship record read via OCR - all claims legible in context. No asbestos or material content; mine-sweep operations are occupational-hazard context, not material evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-16-yms16-06
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[8]NARA Catalog, 'USS YMS-16 - War Diary, 9/1-30/44' (NAID 139749455, 4 images; WWII War Diaries microfilm; micro serial 90899, serial 13, file A12-1) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139749455 digital objects, images 0233-0236 (Toulon departure: img 0236)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship's own war diary, read via OCR - her last complete month under the US flag: 1-29 September 1944 attached to ComNOB Palermo, Sicily 'for temporary duty consisting of routine sweeping' - exploratory magnetic-acoustic and oropesa sweeps of the channel approaches (QBB 351) to Palermo, all negative, in company with YMS-62 (1-14 Sept, this ship guide 5-7 Sept), YMS-36 and YMS-64 (15-28 Sept). At 0955 on 29 September 1944 'this ship underway for Toulon, France, pursuant to orders received from COMNOB Palermo,' in column with YMS-64 (SOPA) and YMS-36. Diary dated 1 October 1944, signed by the commanding officer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-09-01 to 1944-09-30
- Population
- YMS-16 crew; YMS-62/YMS-36/YMS-64 sweep partners
- Limitations
- Primary ship record read via OCR. The diary ends at 30 September at sea en route Toulon; the 18 October transfer itself is outside surviving diary coverage (no October 1944 diary located). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-16-yms16-07
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[9]US Navy WWII campaign/battle-star listing for YMS-16 - transcription attributed to Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953) (verified live) [other_primary]
- Locator
- officialmilitaryribbons.com YMS 1-200 battle-star table, 'YMS 16' rows; page attributes data to NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Campaign-credit transcription lists YMS-16 for two European-African-Middle Eastern operations: '9 Jul 43 - 15 Jul 43 | E2 | Sicilian occupation' and 'Oct 43 - Nov 43 | E226 | Minesweeping operations in Bay of Cagliari.' The Cagliari credit is directly corroborated by her own war diary (six mines swept 1-2 Nov 1943); the Sicilian-occupation credit places the hull in the Mediterranean by mid-July 1943.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- YMS-16 crew (Jul-Nov 1943 award windows)
- Limitations
- Secondary transcription of NAVPERS 15,790 - not verified against the manual itself this session; the source site is a commercial ribbon vendor compiling official data. Award windows are ship-eligibility dates, not proof of individual crew entitlement. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-16-yms16-08
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[10]French-service compilations: navypedia D201-class page (D322 ex-YMS16) + Memorial national des marins morts pour la France (Capucine biography page) + netmarine Capucine page (search-result extraction) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia.org/ships/france/fr_mw_d201.htm D322 row; memorial-national-des-marins.fr/l/184477-le-dall-jean-marie 'Capucine' event block; netmarine.net/f/bat/capucine/ancien.htm (via search extraction)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- French career after the 18 Oct 1944 transfer: D322 assigned to the 32nd Minesweeper Division (32e DIDRA) at Toulon; named Capucine from 1947 (navypedia: 'D322 (ex-YMS16), 1947- Capucine | M654 | stricken 2.1955'). Deployed to Indochina - reached Saigon 7 March 1948 (netmarine); coastal surveillance off Annam, Cochinchina, the Gulf of Siam and the Mekong with quarterly in-port periods at Saigon (Memorial biography of QM Jean Le Dall, killed in action 11 Jul 1951 off Capucine's whaleboat); February 1951 fired 88 rounds of 76mm supporting the besieged post at Bahon, Gulf of Siam. Declared unavailable 22 Aug 1954, placed in reserve special B, and condemned at Saigon 12 February 1955 (condemnation no. Q41).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-1955
- Population
- Marine Nationale crew, 32e DIDRA Toulon (1944-48) and Indochina (1948-54)
- Limitations
- Secondary French compilations, not French archival records: navypedia is an independent reference, the Memorial page is a national-memorial association biography, and netmarine content was read via search-result extraction (direct fetch failed this session - access gap, logged in ledger). Conflicts: pennant M654 (navypedia/netmarine) vs NavSource M-644; laid-down 13 vs 14 Mar 1942 and launch 7 Dec vs 7 Sep 1942 between French and US sources. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-16-yms16-09
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[11]Era inference built on: NavSource YMS-16 spec block (GM 8-268A diesel pair, no steam plant); NavSource class index (wood-hulled, yacht-yard construction); NARA war diaries (maintenance events: Dry Dock #2 Palermo Mar 1944, radar/BN installation Jul 1944); GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation (ev-11) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19016.htm spec block; NavSource 11/19idx.htm class narrative; NARA NAID 78578123 (dry-dock and installation entries); GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1942-43 wood-hulled diesel minesweeper sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era, but the asbestos-relevant systems aboard a vessel of this type are limited compared with steam combatants: era-standard applications were thermal insulation and lagging around engine exhaust and machinery spaces, gaskets and valve packing in machinery and fuel/seawater systems, and electrical insulation/fireproofing. She carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Her documented maintenance events (bottom scraped and painted in Dry Dock #2 Palermo, March 1944; radar and BN installation at Palermo, July 1944) are the kind of work that disturbs installed materials, noted as pathway context only.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1955
- Population
- Rice Brothers construction trades (1942-43); YMS-16 crew incl. engine-room ratings (MoMM/MM/EM) (1943-44); Palermo dry-dock/installation trades (1944); French crew and yards (1944-55)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for YMS-16, and her own war diaries/muster rolls name no materials. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution. Wood hull reduces (does not eliminate) expected asbestos extent versus steel steamships.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-16-yms16-10
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[12]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 (1942-43), US service (1943-44) and French service (1944-55) era.
- 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, reconfirmed 2026-10-04) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-16-yms16-11
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[13]Batch-8829 search ledger (this record): NARA SL44 PDF; NARA Catalog digitized muster rolls + 3 war diaries (read via OCR); NavSource ship page + class index; uboat.net; navypedia; Memorial national des marins; netmarine (extraction); NAVPERS 15,790 transcription; NHHC/DANFS; NVR; CourtListener (partial - fleet-paced); GAO (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yms-16-yms16-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material list, or verified litigation naming USS YMS-16 / Capucine was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). No DANFS entry exists for the hull (NavSource states this; NHHC URLs 404). NVR carries no entry (pre-1987 disposal). The digitized primary records (muster rolls, three war diaries) contain operational and personnel detail but no material or asbestos content. CAVEAT: CourtListener was only partially searched this session - the exact-name opinion query returned zero results while the remaining base queries were blocked by the fleet-wide rate limiter; logged as blocked, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing content asserting asbestos aboard YMS-class craft 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. The litigation search is a genuine open gap (partially run, then fleet-throttled). French naval archives (Service historique de la Defense) hold her 1944-55 records - not searched remotely; French-side exposure documentation is entirely open. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-16-yms16-12