Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 1047-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-289-yms289-pkt-1047-packet-md
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[2]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947, ship-number index. [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 117, entry 'YMS-289 6/14/1943 12/31/1945'.
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- National Archives Special List 44, the ship-number index to U.S. Navy deck logs, lists YMS-289 with deck-log coverage from 14 June 1943 through 31 December 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-06-14 to 1945-12-31
- Population
- Crew during the indexed deck-log period.
- Limitations
- This is a holdings index, not the deck logs. Its coverage dates are not commissioning or decommissioning dates and it identifies no materials, asbestos, repair work, exposure, causation, or individual crew member. The deck-log pages were not examined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-289-yms289-01
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[3]National Archives Catalog, YMS-289, 6/14/43-11/4/46, NAID 193015360; digitized muster-roll images supplied through the NARA-Ancestry partnership. [other_primary]
- Locator
- Catalog API record NAID 193015360; physical occurrence: microfilm Roll 9080; sampled image 32863_255412-00002.jpg (June 1943 cover sheet).
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives Catalog holds a digitized ship-specific personnel file unit titled 'YMS-289, 6/14/43-11/4/46' (NAID 193015360). The Catalog record identifies microfilm Roll 9080 at the National Archives at College Park and exposes 223 digitized images. Sampled image 32863_255412-00002 is a June 1943 muster-roll cover sheet headed 'U.S.S. YMS-289' with a handwritten annotation 'Comm 6-14-43.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-06-14 to 1946-11-04
- Population
- Crew of USS YMS-289 represented in the muster rolls.
- Limitations
- Muster rolls establish a personnel-record holding and support the annotated commissioning date, but they do not document materials, asbestos, repair scope, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility. Only the catalog metadata and one cover sheet were inspected; the 223 images were not transcribed. The unit end date is not treated as a decommissioning date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-289-yms289-02
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979). [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product-page Highlights, including the stated review scope and 1975/1979 Navy insulation policies.
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reported in 1979 that it reviewed the Navy's protection of workers from asbestos exposure at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, including the use of asbestos in Navy ships and the cost of removing it. The report describes a 1975 policy to replace damaged or repair-affected insulation with nonasbestos material and a 1979 policy to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy period; report published 1979
- Population
- Workers at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; Navy ships discussed at program level.
- Limitations
- This is Navy-wide, later-era program evidence, not a survey or material record for YMS-289. It does not establish that asbestos was installed, remained aboard, was disturbed, or exposed anyone on this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-289-yms289-03
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[5]Batch 8914 research ledger: NARA Special List 44, NARA Catalog NAID 193015360, NHHC/DANFS availability check, Naval Vessel Register availability check, GAO HRD-80-2, and CourtListener-helper status (2026-10-04). [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger entries sl-uss-yms-289-yms289-01 through sl-uss-yms-289-yms289-07.
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, product identification, or materials specification naming YMS-289 was located in the authoritative public sources searched. The indexed deck logs and digitized muster rolls are the principal identified ship-specific archival leads.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- Research performed 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- This is a bounded negative search result, not proof that asbestos was absent aboard the hull. The deck logs and most muster-roll images remain unexamined, nonpublic records may exist, and CourtListener coverage is incomplete because the fleet limiter blocked all four base requests before an API response.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-289-yms289-04
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[6]CourtListener authenticated-search helper diagnostics, batch 8914 (2026-10-04); see search_ledger. [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger entries sl-uss-yms-289-yms289-06 through sl-uss-yms-289-yms289-09; helper diagnostics 'COURTLISTENER PACING: the fleet-wide request budget is momentarily spent'.
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The required authenticated CourtListener sweep could not be completed. All four base queries were issued through the required helper: exact-name opinion and docket searches for 'USS YMS-289', and hull-number opinion and docket searches for 'YMS-289'. Each was blocked by the shared fleet pacing limiter before an API request or result page was returned. No asbestos-qualified variants were run because no base query returned a 20-result overflow. Therefore this record makes no finding about the presence or absence of asbestos litigation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- A pacing-blocked search is an access gap, not evidence that no case exists. This row does not establish the presence or absence of asbestos litigation, exposure, causation, liability, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-289-yms289-05