Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 1052-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-322-yms322-pkt-1052-packet-md
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[2]National Archives and Records Service, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number ordering) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, p. 118 (YMS section); NARA 'Logbooks of the US Navy' RG 24 Entry 118 (NAID 581208)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA inventories deck logs for this hull covering 1 December 1943 through 30 June 1945 (Special List 44, by-ship-number listing, p. 118: 'YMS-322 12/1/1943 6/30/1945'). The logs sit in RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Entry 118). Coverage begins days after her 20 November 1943 commissioning - i.e., the inventoried series covers essentially her entire wartime commissioned service through mid-1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Crew (~32) and officers, December 1943 - June 1945 log window
- Limitations
- An inventory entry, not the logs themselves: establishes that logs exist and their coverage window, not what they record. Logs for July 1945 - April 1946 (her final months through decommissioning) are not in this inventory entry. The hull's logs are not in NARA's publicly digitized deck-log set (check of the navy-online list 2026-10-04 - only renamed/AMS-ex-YMS sisters such as Grouse/YMS-321 and Gull/YMS-324 appear). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-322-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YMS-322 page - designation timeline, specifications, commanding officers, photo captions, post-Navy career [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19322.htm header block, specifications block, commanding-officers table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 11 January 1943 by Al Larson Boat Shop Inc., Terminal Island, CA; launched 31 May 1943; completed 19 November 1943; commissioned USS YMS-322, 20 November 1943; decommissioned 8 April 1946; struck from the Naval Register 17 April 1946; transferred to the War Shipping Administration 5 February 1947 and sold. Post-Navy: acquired 1948 by the San Francisco Bar Pilots Benevolent and Protective Association for use as pilot boat Golden Gate; acquired 1978 by Golden Gate Fisheries, Inc. as a fishing boat; later to Pellinen Engineering of Livermore, CA as a recreational vessel; out of documentation 1993; fate unknown. Photo captions document the ship anchored at Guam and in dry dock. Spec block: 270 t.; 136' x 24'6" x 8'; 15 kts.; cpl. 32; one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, two 20mm mounts, two depth-charge projectors; two 880bhp GM 8-268A diesels, Snow and Knobstedt single-reduction gear, two shafts. COs: LT Charles D. Griffin USNR (20 Nov 1943), LTJG George B. Harrison USNR (1945). Call sign Nan-Peter-Yoke-Jig. Page states 'There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-322.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1993
- Population
- Larson yard workers (1943); crew (~32, 1943-46); post-Navy pilot-boat/fishing crews (1948-1993)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track the Naval Register but are unverified against it; uboat.net gives a 19 November commissioning (vs. NavSource's completed-19-Nov/commissioned-20-Nov split). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-322-02
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[4]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953) - WWII operation/engagement star list (as transcribed by officialmilitaryribbons.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- officialmilitaryribbons.com YMS-207-to-361 page, YMS-322 entry; errata caveat via ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/Awards/changes.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NAVPERS 15,790 ship listing for YMS-322 credits two Asiatic-Pacific engagement stars: '22 Jul 44 - 15 Aug 44, P29-7, Capture and occupation of Guam' and '4 Jan 45 - 18 Jan 45, P32-2, Lingayen Gulf landing.' Consistent with NavSource's photographic record placing this hull at Guam.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew (~32) during Guam and Lingayen operations, July 1944 - January 1945
- Limitations
- Transcription source, not the manual itself: officialmilitaryribbons.com is a commercial vendor transcribing NAVPERS 15,790; the transcription was not independently verified against the manual page. NAVPERS 15,790 itself carries a documented-error caveat - the Naval History Division found hundreds of apparent errors/omissions in its Leyte Gulf and Lingayen awards and recommended the manual not be relied on without action-report checking (HyperWar transcription of the 1953 errata memorandum). The undigitized RG 24 deck logs (ev-01) are the verification path for the ship's actual positions. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-322-03
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[5]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton), Al Larson Boat Shop, Terminal Island CA - build table row for O.N. 253722 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/larson.htm, Al Larson build table, YMS 322 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard build-table row for this hull: official number 253722, owner US Navy, type minesweeper, 320d displacement, 136 ft, built 19-Nov-43, disposition 'Later pilot boat Golden Gate, then f/v, NLD' (no longer documented). Same yard table lists Larson-built sisters YMS-86, -87, -320, -321 (later Grouse AMS-15), -323 (to Korea as Ku Po), -324 (later Gull AMS-16), and -325.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- Al Larson Boat Shop construction trades (1943)
- Limitations
- Independent maritime-history compilation, secondary sourcing; consistent with NavSource on build identity and post-Navy conversion. 'Built 19-Nov-43' corresponds to completion/delivery, not commissioning (20 Nov per NavSource). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-322-04
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[6]NavSource Online: Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper (YMS) index - class overview; corroborated by Shipbuilding History 'Yard Minesweepers' table (shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/ym.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19idx.htm class overview paragraph; shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/ym.htm program summary
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class context: the YMS-1 type was a wood-hulled 136-foot auxiliary motor minesweeper designed by Henry B. Nevins, Inc.; 481 built for the U.S. Navy (561 hulls including BYMS Lend-Lease boats) at 35 yacht yards spring 1942 - spring 1945. YMS-135 through -445 were the single-stack Mk. II variant - this hull (YMS-322) is within that range. Surviving YMSs were reclassified AMS and given names in 1947; YMS-322, sold to the War Shipping Administration 5 February 1947, left Navy service just before the naming round and was never renamed or reclassified.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1969 (class span)
- Population
- Class-wide construction and crew populations (1942-1945)
- Limitations
- Class-level context only - establishes design type (wood hull, diesel plant) shared by this hull, not hull-specific materials or conditions. No asbestos content in the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-322-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource YMS-322 spec block (diesel plant, wood-hulled YMS-1 class); NavSource class index; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide asbestos-use documentation (ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19322.htm specifications; NavSource 11/19idx.htm; GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-07)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A wood-hulled diesel motor minesweeper built in 1943 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Era-standard applications for a small diesel combatant of this period were diesel-exhaust and machinery lagging, gaskets and valve/flange packing, electrical cable insulation, and friction materials such as winch and windlass brake linings - consistent with the Navy's own 1979 statement that all ships contained some asbestos in components such as clutches and electric cables.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1993
- Population
- Larson construction trades (1943); crew (1943-46); post-Navy conversion/maintenance crews (1947-93)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for YMS-322. Names era-standard application categories, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution, no individual exposure. The wooden hull limits (does not eliminate) the structural lagging envelope typical of steel steam vessels.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-322-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 full report, 'Navy's Policy on Use of Asbestos' section (PDF text via product page Full Report link)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO full text (retrieved 2026-10-04): per the Navy, 'all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables'; thermal insulation 'was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships.' Product specifications for thermal insulation were changed in 1973 to specify asbestos-free materials, but asbestos materials already purchased continued to be installed and 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978.' The 1943 construction of this hull predates every asbestos-elimination step the report documents - its whole service era falls within the Navy asbestos-use period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1979 (report); policy era 1943-1978
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; Navy asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; a yacht-yard-built wooden minesweeper's actual material set is not enumerated. Does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, or quantity.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-322-07
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[9]Batch-8951 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS (none exists); NARA Special List 44 and digitized-log list; NVR; NavSource; shipbuildinghistory Larson yard table; uboat.net; NAVPERS 15,790 transcription; GAO HRD-80-2 full text; CourtListener 4-query sweep (completed); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yms-322-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming USS YMS-322 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The mandated four-query CourtListener sweep completed 2026-10-04: both opinion searches returned zero and both docket searches returned a single name-collision hit (Johnson v. C/O Hicks, D. Del. 1:07-cv-00394, a prisoner civil-rights case whose scanned complaint contains the token as an OCR artifact - no vessel reference, not asbestos litigation). No DANFS entry exists for this hull (NavSource states it; the candidate NHHC URL returns a not-found page). The Naval Vessel Register excludes vessels disposed of before 1987, so no NVR entry exists. Unlike surviving YMS hulls in institutional hands (e.g., YMS-328, still in excursion service as Wild Goose), this vessel left federal documentation in 1993 and her fate is unknown - no museum or restoration-body asbestos disclosure exists. The asbestos web sweep surfaced no law-firm or marketing content naming this hull - a genuinely thin record.
- 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 inference supports the standard small-craft applications. The undigitized RG 24 deck logs, any Al Larson yard records, and the 1947 WSA sale file are open archival leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-322-08