USS YMS-271

Name
USS YMS-271
Hull designation
YMS-271
Vessel class
YMS-1
Evidence tier
Tier 2
Evidence entries
12
Record ID
uss-yms-271-yms271
Dataset version
2026.10.12-rc.1
Canonical URL
https://asbestosatlas.org/ships/uss-yms-271-yms271

Evidence

12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).

  1. [1]research packet 1045-packet.md [other_primary]
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Evidence ID
    uss-yms-271-yms271-pkt-1045-packet-md
  2. [2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'Lorikeet II (YMS-271)' entry - Naval History and Heritage Command; verbatim text via Wayback capture 2021-02-26 (live NHHC page returns 404 - standing link-rot defect); corroborated verbatim by hazegray.org DANFS transcription (danfs/mine/yms271.htm via Wayback) [nhhc_danfs]
    Locator
    DANFS entry 'Lorikeet II (YMS-271)', spec block + full service narrative (NHHC canonical via Wayback capture 2021-02-26; hazegray yms271.htm verbatim check)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    DANFS record for this hull: second Lorikeet, laid down as YMS-271 by Bellingham Marine Railway & Boatbuilding Co., Bellingham, Wash., 3 July 1942; launched 17 October 1942; commissioned 21 April 1943, 'Lt. Charles E. Scherneck in command from 17 May.' After shakedown, departed Seattle 21 August 1943 for antisubmarine-warfare training at San Diego; sailed two months later for the Solomon Islands via Samoa and New Caledonia, arriving 5 November 1943; operated as screening and escort vessel in the Solomons until 21 July 1944. Steamed to the Fiji Islands to sweep American mines; slightly damaged 8 October (1944) while towing a wind-driven, rudderless New Zealand corvette; repaired at Auckland, then resumed sweeping at Noumea, New Caledonia, and Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. For the Okinawa Gunto invasion: practice exercises near Tulagi 17 February - 15 March 1945, then convoy escort to the Ryukyus; swept the eastern bays of Okinawa 2 April - 12 May 1945 during Operation Iceberg ('15 percent of all naval casualties during this operation were suffered by minecraft, YMS-271 emerged unscratched'). After a brief overhaul at Saipan, swept the Kerama Retto Passage and conducted preinvasion sweeps around Kume Shima; 4 July operations in the East China Sea, then post-surrender sweeping off Wakayama, Japan. Rotated home 25 February 1946, proceeded to Boston, decommissioned 19 July 1946. Placed in service 1 September 1947 as a Naval Reserve training ship, simultaneously reclassified AMS-49 and named Lorikeet; served the Quincy-Hingham, Mass., reserve program until recommissioning 17 March 1950 (Lt.(j.g.) William J. O'Brien). Sailed 29 May (1950) for MinRon 4 at Charleston, S.C.; shakedown at Guantanamo in July; coastal exercises and cruises between Norfolk and Key West. Reclassified MSC(O)-49 on 7 February 1955; participated in Operation LANTMINEX, the Atlantic Fleet's largest postwar mine warfare exercise to date, spring 1955; shifted home port to Panama City, Fla., late 1956. Departed Panama City for Charleston arriving late August 1957 [year as printed]; sailed for New York 3 September and decommissioned 18 September [year not printed - 1957 by narrative continuity; NavSource/NCM read 1959, see ev-08]. Placed in service 30 October 1959 as a Naval Reserve training ship for the 3d Naval District; in January 1961 provided the training basis for two reserve crews at NRTC Jersey City, N.J. Flagship for Commander, Naval Reserve Mine Division 31 at Perth Amboy, N.J., 1 July 1964 - 3 September 1968; DANFS states she was relieved 'by Limpkin (MSC-195)' [NavSource corrects to Meadowlark (MSC-196), see ev-08]. Struck 1 October (1968) 'and is to be scrapped.' Three battle stars for World War II service. Spec block: dp. 215; l. 136'; b. 24'6"; dr. 8'; s. 13 k.; cpl. 50; a. 1 3", 2 20mm., 2 dct., 2 dcp.; cl. YMS-135.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-10-04
    Study period
    1942-1968
    Population
    Construction trades (Bellingham Marine Railway & Boatbuilding Co., 1942-43); crews and Naval Reserve trainees 1943-1968
    Limitations
    DANFS documents identity, construction, service, designation changes, and striking - not materials or asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim. The entry elides the first commanding officer (Roberts, April-May 1943, per NavSource roster). It prints no year on the second decommissioning: narrative continuity reads 1957 after 'late August 1957,' while NavSource and NavalCoverMuseum print 1959 - unresolved (ev-08). Its relief claim ('Limpkin MSC-195') is contradicted by NavSource ('Meadowlark MSC-196') - flagged in ev-08, not adopted. The closing 'is to be scrapped' was written before disposition; the documented post-sale chain (Clayton 1969, Calico 1972, out of documentation 1990, fate unknown) comes from NavSource/NCM, and 'scrapped' survives only as an unresolved variant. Does not establish where the Saipan overhaul or the reserve-era availabilities occurred. Live NHHC URL serves 404; Wayback capture of the canonical page cited.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-yms-271-yms271-01
  3. [3]NavSource Online, Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Lorikeet (MSC[O] 49) ex-AMS-49 ex-YMS-271 (live page verified 2026-10-04; milestone list, spec block, commanding-officer roster, photo captions with NARA 80-G-315777, disposition chain) [other_primary]
    Locator
    NavSource 11/19271.htm - milestone list, specifications block, commanding-officers table, photo caption credits, disposition note
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    NavSource record for this hull adds detail DANFS omits and supplies the documented post-Navy chain: 'Completed and commissioned USS YMS-271, 21 April 1943'; 'Decommissioned 19 July 1946 at Boston, MA'; 'Placed in service 1 September 1947 as a Naval Reserve training ship in the 1st Naval District (Boston) assigned to Quincy-Hingham, MA, reclassified as a Motor Minesweeper and named Lorikeet (AMS 49)'; 'Recommissioned 17 March 1950'; 'Reclassified as a Coastal Minesweeper (Old), MSC(O)-49, 7 February 1955'; 'Decommissioned 18 September 1959 at New York' [1959 - conflicts with the DANFS narrative's implied 1957, see ev-08]; 'Placed in service 30 October 1959 as a Naval Reserve training vessel at Jersey City, NJ'; 'Transferred to Perth Amboy, NJ in 1964'; 'Placed out of service in October 1968'; flagship for Commander, Naval Reserve Mine Division 31 at Perth Amboy 1 July 1964 - 3 September 1968; 'relieved as flagship and Naval Reserve training ship by Meadowlark (MSC 196), not by Limpkin (MSC 195) as stated in her DANFS entry'; laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Philadelphia Navy Yard Group; 'Struck from the Navy Register 1 October 1968'; 'Sold 10 December 1969 to John B. Clayton of Marietta, GA'; 'Sold in 1972 to Port Canaveral Scallops, Inc. of Port Canaveral, FL and renamed Calico'; 'Out of documentation in 1990. Fate unknown.' Specifications: 215 t., 136', 24'6" beam, 8' draft, 13 kts., complement 32, one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, two 20mm mounts, two depth-charge projectors; two 880-bhp General Motors 8-268A diesels, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts; call sign N F Q G. CO roster: LTJG Charles C. Roberts, Jr., USNR (21 Apr 1943); LT Charles E. Scherneck, USN (17 May 1943); LTJG Carl J. Verplank, USNR (1945); LTJG William J. O'Brien, USN (17 Mar 1950 - Dec 1950); LTJG Thomas Frank Gerecke, USN (Dec 1950 - Dec 1951); LT William Haley Rogers, USN (Dec 1951 - Aug 1952); LTJG Robert L. Scott, USN (Aug 1952 - 1953); LT Orlie Gordon Baird, USN (1956); LCDR Alvin Masterson, Jr., USN (1962-1965, OIC). Photo captions document: pre-launch view October 1942; YMS-271 with YMS-94 and YMS-183 alongside an unidentified tender; '26 December 1944, on sweeping duty in the South Pacific' (National Archives photo 80-G-315777); 22 June 1946 at Naval Air Station Colon, Panama Canal Zone; the U.S. Navy Minecraft Base, Charleston, S.C., pier view; and a 20 January 1969 series at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, showing Lorikeet berthed in a nest with sister MSC(O)s Linnet (MSC[O] 24), Siskin (MSC[O] 58), Reedbird (MSC[O] 51), Plover (MSC[O] 33), and Fulmar (MSC[O] 47), with cruiser Portsmouth (CL 102) visible - official shipyard photos taken for the sales catalog.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-10-04
    Study period
    1942-1990
    Population
    Crews and trainees 1943-1968 (complement 32 per NavSource vs 50 per DANFS); Jersey City/Perth Amboy Naval Reserve populations 1959-1968
    Limitations
    Volunteer-maintained archival compilation, not an official registry - consistent with DANFS on the main milestone sequence but conflicts on (a) second decommissioning year (1959 vs implied-1957), (b) complement 32 vs DANFS 50, and (c) the relieving ship (Meadowlark vs DANFS's Limpkin) - all carried in ev-08/gaps. Its pre-launch and service photo captions are contributor-submitted; the 80-G-315777 caption establishes presence 'on sweeping duty in the South Pacific' 26 December 1944, not the specific operation. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-yms-271-yms271-02
  4. [4]NavalCoverMuseum wiki, 'LORIKEET MSC(O) 49' page (live source verified 2026-10-04; designation milestone list, awards note, postal-facility note) [other_primary]
    Locator
    navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/LORIKEET_MSC(O)_49 - Names and Designations chronological list; Other Information awards note
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    NavalCoverMuseum's milestone list independently prints 'Decommissioned 18 September 1959' and repeats the documented disposition chain: 'Placed out of service in October 1968; Struck from the Navy Register 1 October 1968; Sold 10 December 1969 to John B. Clayton of Marietta, GA; Sold in 1972 to Port Canaveral Scallops, Inc. of Port Canaveral, FL and renamed CALICO; Out of documentation in 1990; Fate unknown.' It corroborates the full designation sequence (YMS-271 commissioned 21 April 1943; LORIKEET AMS-49 placed in service/reclassified/named 1 September 1947; recommissioned 17 March 1950; MSC(O)-49 on 7 February 1955; placed in service 30 October 1959 as a Naval Reserve training vessel), notes 'The ship had no postal facilities,' and records that 'USS LORIKEET earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ three battle stars and the WWII Victory Medal.'
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-10-04
    Study period
    1942-1990
    Limitations
    Corroborating milestone compilation that shares NavSource's data community - not a fully independent authority; its 1959 decommissioning may share NavSource's source rather than confirm it separately (the 1957-vs-1959 conflict stays open). 'No postal facilities' explains the absence of postal covers, not any operational detail. Contains no asbestos information.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-yms-271-yms271-03
  5. [5]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers, PDF (live source verified 2026-10-04; entry read from extracted table text via pdftotext -layout) [other_primary]
    Locator
    Special List #44, by Ship Numbers, YMS-271 entry: PDF p. 117 (table row 'YMS-271 7/1/1943 6/30/1945')
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    NARA's Special List #44 lists YMS-271 with Navy deck-log coverage from 1 July 1943 through 30 June 1945.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-10-04
    Study period
    1943-07-01 to 1945-06-30
    Population
    YMS-271 crew and Navy activities represented in the deck logs
    Limitations
    This is an archival custody/index entry and establishes log coverage only; it does not by itself establish commissioning or decommissioning dates, operations on particular days, asbestos content, crew exposure, or legal eligibility. The coverage window begins 1 July 1943 - about ten weeks after the 21 April 1943 commissioning, so the ship's earliest weeks are outside the indexed span - and ends 30 June 1945, inside the Okinawa-to-Japan operations period but before the postwar milestones; the underlying logs were not examined in this batch.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-yms-271-yms271-04
  6. [6]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton compilation), 'Bellingham Shipyards' yard table - YMS 271 row + yard history header (live source verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
    Locator
    bellingham.htm - 'Bellingham Shipyards, Bellingham WA' table, YMS 271 row + yard history header
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    The yard table lists this hull as 'YMS | 271 | US Navy | Minesweeper | 278 [tons] | 136 [ft] | 21-Apr-43 | Reclassified 1947 as Lorikeet (MSC(O) 49), scrapped 1968.' The yard history header records that Bellingham Marine Railway Co. was a boat-repair business dating to the early 20th century, became Bellingham Marine Railway and Boatbuilding Co. in 1921, merged with Bellingham Iron Works in 1941 to become Bellingham Shipyards, was renamed Bellingham Marine after the war, and closed in 1963.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-10-04
    Study period
    1942-1968
    Population
    Bellingham Marine Railway & Boatbuilding Co. construction workforce (1942-43)
    Limitations
    Compiler's yard table, secondary - consistent with DANFS/NavSource on builder, location, and delivery/commissioning date (21-Apr-43), and on the 1947 Lorikeet reclassification. Its 'scrapped 1968' conflicts with the documented sale chain (Clayton 1969, Calico 1972, out of documentation 1990, fate unknown) and repeats the DANFS closing line's 'to be scrapped' expectation - the end-of-life method is unresolved (ev-08/gaps). Its 278-ton figure differs from the 215-ton spec block (DANFS and NavSource agree on 215). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-yms-271-yms271-05
  7. [7]Designation/milestone cross-check: NavSource milestone list (18 September 1959, Meadowlark relief) vs DANFS narrative ('late August 1957' continuity, 'Limpkin (MSC-195)') vs NavalCoverMuseum milestone list (18 September 1959) vs uboat.net ship/9691 ('Decommissioned on 18 September 1957'; ordered 14 March 1942) vs Colton yard table ('scrapped 1968') [other_primary]
    Locator
    DANFS narrative (Charleston arrival 'late August 1957'; 'decommissioned 18 September'; 'relieved ... by Limpkin'); NavSource 11/19271.htm milestone list ('18 September 1959 at New York'; Meadowlark correction); NCM LORIKEET_MSC(O)_49 milestone list; uboat.net ship/9691; Colton bellingham.htm YMS 271 row
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    CORRECTIONS AND CONFLICTS documented, not reconciled: (a) Second decommissioning year - NavSource prints '18 September 1959 at New York' and NavalCoverMuseum prints '18 September 1959,' while the DANFS narrative prints 'late August 1957' for the Charleston arrival and no year on the decommissioning itself (1957 by continuity), and uboat.net explicitly prints '18 September 1957.' Both variants are recorded; the field carries the conflict. (b) Relieving ship - DANFS states Lorikeet was relieved as flagship/training ship 3 September 1968 'by Limpkin (MSC-195)'; NavSource explicitly corrects this to Meadowlark (MSC-196). The NavSource correction is adopted in prose as the better-sourced statement, with the DANFS text preserved verbatim in ev-01. (c) Complement - DANFS spec block 50 vs NavSource 32; unresolved. (d) Displacement - 215 t. (DANFS and NavSource) vs 278 t. (Colton table); the 215 value is carried. (e) Disposal - 'is to be scrapped' (DANFS, written before disposition) and 'scrapped 1968' (Colton) vs the documented chain Sold 1969 -> Calico 1972 -> out of documentation 1990 -> fate unknown (NavSource, NCM); the sale chain is carried and 'scrapped' survives only as an unresolved variant.
    Verification
    partial
    Role
    correction
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-10-04
    Study period
    1955-1990
    Limitations
    Source-discrepancy record, not a materials claim. On (a) the decommissioning year, NavSource/NCM share a data community and may not be independent of each other; DANFS was compiled close to the events and uboat reads the same narrative - no primary deck-log or NVR page resolves it here. On (b), the Meadowlark correction is asserted on the Lorikeet NavSource page only: Meadowlark's own NavSource page (11/05196, checked 2026-10-04) does not mention relieving Lorikeet or any Mine Division 31 flagship role, so the correction rests on the editors' research and is adopted here over DANFS's Limpkin as the better-maintained statement - not independently verified against a primary source. None of these conflicts affects any asbestos question; none is resolved by this record.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-yms-271-yms271-06
  8. [8]U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 74/1/539 (January 1948), 'Saga of a YMS' by Hobart Hughes - first-person account of YMS-class machinery and habitability by a YMS-238 officer (full text retrieved 2026-10-04 via firecrawl; direct curl returns 403) [reputable_press]
    Locator
    Proceedings 74/1 (Jan 1948), p.539 - 'power plant' and quarters passages
    Finding type
    asbestos_application
    Finding
    YMS-class machinery fit documented by a serving officer: wooden hull ('a wooden one at that'); two General Motors diesels for main propulsion; a similar diesel direct-connected to a generator for magnetic minesweeping; two Hercules 30-kW diesels for auxiliary power. No boilers and no steam distribution - the plant type that carried the era's dominant asbestos application (thermal insulation of boilers and steam piping) is absent from this class, including this hull, whose documented plant is the same two-GM-diesel fit (ev-02).
    Verification
    inferred
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-10-04
    Study period
    1942-1948
    Population
    YMS-class crews; construction trades at the type's 35 yacht yards (class context)
    Limitations
    Class/era inference, not a hull record: describes sister ship YMS-238 and the type generally; never mentions asbestos. The conclusion that this hull lacked steam-plant insulation is structural inference from the documented plant; it does not establish presence or absence of residual ACM (gaskets, clutch facings, cable insulation, deck coverings) aboard YMS-271.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-yms-271-yms271-07
  9. [9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
    Locator
    GAO product page HRD-80-2; full page retrieval blocked HTTP 403
    Finding type
    gov_survey
    Finding
    The GAO product description states that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s, providing Navy-wide era context that includes this hull's 1942-43 construction and 1943-1968 service life.
    Verification
    partial
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-10-04
    Study period
    1979 review; historical Navy-use context through the early 1970s
    Population
    Navy ships and Navy workers covered by the program review
    Limitations
    Program-level context only, not a hull-specific finding. The GAO page returned HTTP 403 to direct retrieval on 2026-10-04 (standing defect since Batch 01); the product-page description was available through indexed search. It does not establish any material aboard this hull, quantity, remaining material, exposure, or legal eligibility.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-yms-271-yms271-08
  10. [10]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 (live source verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
    Locator
    NARA guided-topic page, archival-series discussion for ship-specific asbestos research
    Finding type
    regulatory
    Finding
    NARA's research guide identifies RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence, ship/general information books, specifications, engineering drawings, and related Navy records as the archival pathway for determining asbestos in Navy vessels built or operated through 1961.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    archival_lead
    Documentation level
    context_only
    Accessed
    2026-10-04
    Study period
    1941-1961
    Population
    Navy ship construction and maintenance records, 1941-1961
    Limitations
    This is a research pathway, not a YMS-271 material record. The cited guide does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, remained aboard, was disturbed, or exposed any person. The identified RG 19 records were not examined in this batch.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-yms-271-yms271-09
  11. [11]Batch-8901 search ledger (this record): DANFS via NHHC-Wayback + hazegray mirror; NavSource live; NavalCoverMuseum live; NARA SL-44 PDF direct extraction; Colton yard table live; uboat.net ship/9691; NARA asbestos research guide live; GAO product page (403); USNI Proceedings via firecrawl; CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket searches (authenticated helper); VA BVA indexed sweep; hull-list-verify master list; shipyards.json slug lookup [other_primary]
    Locator
    search_ledger rows sl-uss-yms-271-yms271-01 through -19
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, product identification, or primary material record naming YMS-271, Lorikeet, AMS-49, or MSC(O)-49 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). All four CourtListener base queries returned zero hits: 'USS Lorikeet' opinion (count 0) and docket (count 0); 'YMS-271' opinion (count 0) and docket (count 0). Asbestos-qualified variants were not run because every base query returned a zero count - a zero base means a zero variant per batch rules. An indexed web sweep across va.gov returned no BVA decision naming this hull; the only litigation material surfaced by secondary sweeps was law-firm listicle content naming other vessels - excluded under batch source rules.
    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 - era materials in a 1942-43 diesel minesweeper would still be consistent with class inference, and the hull's post-1990 fate is unknown (the hull may or may not survive to be surveyed). CourtListener coverage is not exhaustive for unreported or settled matters; undocketed litigation naming this hull could exist. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-yms-271-yms271-10
  12. [12]Archival leads (not yet retrieved): NARA Special List #44 indexed deck logs for YMS-271 (1 Jul 1943 - 30 Jun 1945, RG 24 series); National Archives photo 80-G-315777 (26 Dec 1944 sweeping duty, captioned in NavSource); Bureau of Ships RG 19 design/contract files for the Bellingham build; NISMF Philadelphia sales-catalog photo series (20 Jan 1969) and Navy sale file for the 1969 Clayton sale; U.S. Coast Guard vessel-documentation file for Calico (1972-1990) [other_primary]
    Locator
    NARA SL-44 (p.117); NARA photo 80-G-315777; RG 19 design files; NISMF Philadelphia photo series (NavSource captions); USCG documentation (Calico, post-1972)
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Archival leads where a hull-level material or exposure record would live: the indexed deck logs for the wartime period (Solomons escort, Fiji/Noumea sweeping, the Okinawa Gunto operation, East China Sea and Wakayama post-surrender sweeping) - the surviving logs would document availabilities, yard periods, and any material-disturbing evolutions; the NARA-held 80-G-315777 photograph and the 1969 NISMF sales-catalog photo series (official shipyard photography) document the hull's physical state at those dates; RG 19 Bureau of Ships files for the YMS-1 type and the Bellingham contract are the design-level material pathway per NARA's asbestos research guide; and the Navy sale file plus the USCG documentation file for Calico are the record class most likely to resolve the disputed scrapped-vs-sold end detail and any residual-material handling at transfer.
    Verification
    unverified
    Role
    archival_lead
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-10-04
    Study period
    1942-1990 records
    Limitations
    Leads only - existence of these record classes follows standard NARA/agency practice for the period, but no hull-level material document was located, retrieved, or verified; the underlying deck logs were not examined, and deck logs are chronological event records that would not themselves identify asbestos content. The 1969 sales-catalog photos establish external appearance, not material inventories. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-yms-271-yms271-11

Attribution

Compiled by
Paul Danziger; Rod de Llano
Publisher
Danziger & De Llano, LLP
License
CC-BY-4.0
Citation
Danziger, P., and De Llano, R. (2026). AsbestosAtlas Navy Vessel Asbestos Exposure Dataset. Danziger & De Llano, LLP. DOI: not yet assigned
Dataset version
asbestosatlas-ships-2026.10.12-rc.1
DOI
not yet assigned