Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 1046-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-288-yms288-pkt-1046-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YMS-288 (live page verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19288.htm: timeline, specifications, and commanding-officers blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies this hull as YMS-288, a YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper; gives laid-down date 12 August 1942 by Associated Shipbuilders, Seattle, Washington; launched 28 November 1942; completed, delivered and commissioned as USS YMS-288 on 19 March 1943; transferred to the Soviet Union on 17 August 1945 and reclassified T-600; assigned to the Pacific Fleet 31 August 1945; placed out of service 17 October 1955 and laid up; sunk in the Sea of Japan between 28 and 30 June 1956 in agreement with the United States; and struck from the Naval Register 29 October 1956. Its specification block lists 270 tons, 136 feet, 24 feet 6 inches beam, 8-foot draft, 15-knot speed, complement 32, armament of one 3"/50 dual-purpose gun mount, two 20mm mounts and two depth-charge projectors, and two 800bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines with Snow and Knobstedt single-reduction gear on two shafts. The page lists 1945 commanding officers LT J. R. Mackie, USNR, and LTJG J. E. Killip, USNR, and states that no DANFS history is available for YMS-288.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1956
- Population
- Associated Shipbuilders construction workforce (1942-43); U.S. Navy crew (1943-1945); Soviet service and disposal personnel (1945-1956)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer photo-archive compilation rather than a Navy registry or archival finding aid. It establishes the page's reported timeline and specifications, but does not document asbestos, material condition, individual exposure, or legal eligibility; Russian secondary sources carry variant launch, commissioning, and Soviet-acceptance dates (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-288-yms288-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers, PDF (live source verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List #44, by Ship Numbers, YMS-288 entry: PDF p. 117 (verified)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List #44 lists YMS-288 with Navy deck-log coverage from 1 February 1944 through 16 August 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-02-01 to 1945-08-16
- Population
- YMS-288 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. Coverage begins roughly ten months after the reported 19 March 1943 commissioning; whether earlier logs are held under other entries is not established by this index. The final log day (16 August 1945) immediately precedes the reported 17 August 1945 Soviet transfer. The entry was verified at PDF page 117, matching the batch brief.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-288-yms288-02
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[4]Richard A. Russell, Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, The U.S. Navy in the Modern World Series No. 4, Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, Washington, 1997 (HyperWar/ibiblio mirror of the NHC publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Project Hula (Russell, NHC 1997), Appendix vessel table, YMS288 row (PDF p. 45 of scan)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Naval Historical Center's Project Hula monograph appendix lists YMS288 with Soviet designation T-600, a transfer date carried as 17 August (1945) in the dated group, and disposition '1956-destroyed'. The monograph documents Project Hula as the secret Cold Bay, Alaska program under which the U.S. Navy transferred vessels to the Soviet Union in 1945 and trained some 12,000 Soviet personnel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1945; disposition 1956
- Population
- U.S. Navy transfer crews and Soviet receiving crews at Cold Bay (1945)
- Limitations
- Official Navy historical publication naming this hull, but an appendix-level entry: transfer date is presented by ditto marks under the 17 August group rather than a per-row repeated date, and '1956-destroyed' carries no month or location detail (the June 1956 Sea of Japan sinking date comes from NavSource). The PDF is an OCR scan; minor text-extraction artifacts are present. Does not document asbestos, individual exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-288-yms288-03
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[5]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-288 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-288-yms288-04
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2; direct retrieval blocked HTTP 403
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The GAO product description and indexed report text state that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships, that thermal insulation was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships, and that the Navy did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s, providing Navy-wide era context that includes YMS-288's 1942-1956 life span.
- 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 and report PDF returned HTTP 403 to direct retrieval on 2026-10-04; the official product-page description and search-indexed report excerpts were used. It does not establish any material aboard YMS-288, quantity, remaining material, exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-288-yms288-05
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[7]Batch 8913 source review and litigation sweep ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yms-288-yms288-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos record was located in the sources reviewed: no YMS-288 asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, product identification, or primary record documenting asbestos aboard this hull was found. No matching hull or documented designation alias was located in the primary sources reviewed beyond the NARA YMS-288 index entry and the NHC Project Hula appendix row; T-600 is corroborated by both NavSource and the NHC monograph as the post-transfer Soviet designation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04 research cutoff
- Limitations
- This is a negative search result, not proof that asbestos was absent. NARA's RG 19 pathway remains an open archival lead. CourtListener status: three of four base queries returned zero results ("USS YMS-288" opinion and docket; "YMS-288" docket); the "YMS-288" opinion query was blocked by the fleet-wide pacing limiter after 10 spaced retries, so this row does not assert that no qualifying litigation exists under the bare hull-number form in the opinion index. No asbestos-qualified variants were run - no base query overflowed its 20-result page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-288-yms288-06