Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 1043-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (thin sourcing
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (thin sourcing
- Evidence ID
- uss-yms-26-yms26-pkt-1043-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YMS-26 detail page (live URL verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Timeline paragraph, live detail page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- YMS-26 was laid down 15 December 1941 as YMS-26 by Greenport Basin and Construction Co., Long Island, NY; launched 28 February 1942; completed 16 June 1942; transferred to France 10 March 1944 as Pimpernelle (D-211); sold to France 21 March 1949; reclassified D-352 in 1947, D-09 in August 1948, M-649 in 1951, and Q-320; decommissioned 12 June 1962, struck from the French Navy list, and scrapped.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1962
- Population
- U.S. and French crews; shipyard and disposal workers
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-run naval-history archive and is not an official Navy record. It establishes this hull's identity and reported disposition, but provides no asbestos information and does not establish a U.S. commissioning ceremony or the method/date of scrapping beyond the statements on the page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-26-yms26-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44 by Ship Numbers (live PDF verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 117, YMS-26 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives Special List 44 entry for YMS-26 records Navy deck-log coverage from 17 June 1942 through 10 March 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-06-17 to 1944-03-10
- Population
- U.S. Navy ship's company and deck-log personnel
- Limitations
- This is a log-coverage entry, not a commissioning, decommissioning, construction, or asbestos finding. It establishes the date range of the retained deck-log records only; the log contents were not treated as evidence of asbestos materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-26-yms26-02
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[4]NavSource YMS-26 specification block (live URL verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications paragraph, live detail page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The YMS-26 page reports 270 tons displacement, 136 feet length, 24 feet 6 inches beam, 8 feet draft, 15 knots speed, complement 32, one 3-inch/50 dual-purpose gun mount, two 20mm mounts, two depth-charge projectors, and two 880-bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines on two shafts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1944 U.S. service; later French service
- Population
- Ship's company and maintenance trades
- Limitations
- Specification data is reported by NavSource and is not independently cross-checked against an official Navy specification sheet. The diesel machinery establishes no steam plant is documented on this page; it does not establish asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-26-yms26-03
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[5]NavSource Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper index (live URL verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class description and YMS-1 through YMS-134 characteristics
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The YMS index describes the type as wood-hulled auxiliary motor minesweepers using diesel engines and identifies YMS-1 through YMS-134 as the two-stack subgroup that includes YMS-26.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- World War II era
- Population
- YMS-class construction trades and crews
- Limitations
- Class/type context only. The index does not name asbestos products, does not document an installation aboard YMS-26, and cannot support a ship-specific asbestos exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-26-yms26-04
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[6]Batch-8890 primary-source search and CourtListener search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-yms-26-yms26-05 through sl-uss-yms-26-yms26-08; primary-source review rows 01-04
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS YMS-26, YMS-26, or the documented French designations was located in the four required authenticated CourtListener base queries. No matching hull or documented designation alias was found in the primary-source research reviewed; no ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or product record was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04 research sweep
- Limitations
- CourtListener returned no hits for the four base queries, but absence of a located case is not proof that no litigation exists. The negative finding does not prove absence of asbestos aboard and does not establish or defeat exposure, causation, or legal eligibility. Asbestos-qualified variants were not run because no base query overflowed its 20-result page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-26-yms26-05