Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 1043-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-259-yms259-pkt-1043-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, YMS-259 individual history page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Individual history bullets under YMS-259
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- YMS-259 was laid down 16 May 1942 by South Coast Co., Newport Beach, California; launched 21 August 1942; and completed 5 March 1943. The page records minesweeping operations in Borneo in May/June 1945, striking from the Naval Register on 16 September 1947, sale by the State Department Foreign Liquidation Commission in April 1948, and fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- YMS-259 crew and maintenance personnel
- Limitations
- The page is an individual hull history and corroborates identity and the listed events, but it does not provide a commissioning date, decommissioning date, asbestos information, or a final disposition after the planned sale.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-259-yms259-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 117, YMS-259 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- National Archives Special List 44 lists YMS-259 with Navy deck-log coverage from 3/5/1943 through 5/13/1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-03-05 through 1946-05-13
- Population
- YMS-259 shipboard operations recorded in deck logs
- Limitations
- This is a record-availability and log-coverage entry, not a commissioning or decommissioning record and not evidence of asbestos materials, exposure, or a particular event aboard the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-259-yms259-02
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[4]NavSource Online, Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper index and YMS class overview [other_primary]
- Locator
- YMS class overview and YMS-259 entry in the auxiliary motor minesweeper index
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The YMS class overview describes the type as wooden auxiliary motor minesweepers, generally 136 feet long with 320 tons displacement, a nominal complement of 33, and two General Motors 8-268A diesel engines on two shafts; it lists YMS-259 in the class index without a documented alternate name or later named designation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- World War II era
- Population
- YMS auxiliary motor minesweeper class
- Limitations
- Class-level background does not establish the exact equipment, complement, materials, or asbestos content of YMS-259. The index is not a substitute for a hull-specific engineering or hazmat record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-259-yms259-03
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[5]Primary-source search ledger for YMS-259: NARA Special List 44; NavSource individual and class/index pages; DANFS/NHHC searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-yms-259-yms259-01 through sl-uss-yms-259-yms259-06
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos documentation was located: no survey, abatement contract, product identification, hazmat disclosure, or primary-source record documenting asbestos aboard YMS-259. No documented designation alias matching this hull was located in the primary sources searched.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04 research sweep
- Limitations
- This is a negative finding about the sources located, not proof that asbestos was absent. Class, construction era, diesel machinery, and wooden construction cannot establish ship-specific asbestos exposure or present-day material status.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-259-yms259-04