Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 1053-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-329-yms329-pkt-1053-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YMS-329 page - construction milestones, Tarakan mine damage, striking, destruction, specifications, muster-roll and Subic Bay photographs [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19329.htm header chronology, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- YMS-1 class auxiliary motor minesweeper, call sign Nan-Queen-Fox-Nan: laid down 20 November 1942 by Ballard Marine Railway Co., Inc., Seattle, WA; launched 23 February 1943; completed 3 July 1943; damaged by a mine during sweep operations at Tarakan, Borneo, 28 April 1945; struck from the Naval Register 19 June 1946; destroyed 6 February 1948. Specs: 270 t., 136' x 24' 6" x 8', 13 kts., complement 50; armament one 3"/50 DP mount, two 20mm, one depth-charge projector; propulsion two 880-bhp General Motors 8-268A diesels with Snow and Knobstedt single-reduction gear, two shafts. Page hosts a 31 December 1944 crew muster-roll image and a 27 May 1946 photograph at Subic Bay, Philippines. 'There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-329.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Construction trades, Ballard Marine Railway (1942-43); crew (1943-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track NVR/DANFS convention. No asbestos or material content. 'Completed' wording carried; whether she was formally commissioned is not stated. Complement figure (50) conflicts with the class index (33) - see gaps. Page verified live 2026-10-04.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-329-01
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[3]Robert J. Cressman, The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II (Naval Historical Center, 1999), Chapter VII - entry under '28 April' (HyperWar/ibiblio mirror of the official NHHC publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USN-Chron-1945.html, '28 April, Sat. - Pacific' block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- 'Motor minesweeper YMS-329 is damaged by mine off Tarakan, Borneo, 03deg14'N, 117deg42'E.' - filed under 28 April 1945, Pacific, in the official Navy chronology. This documents combat mine damage during pre-invasion sweeping for Operation Oboe I (Tarakan landings, 1 May 1945); YMS-329 (Lt. W.L. Ballew, USNR) appears in the TG 78.1.5 minesweeping unit of the operation's task organization.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1945-04-28
- Population
- Crew aboard during minesweeping operations, Tarakan approaches (April-May 1945)
- Limitations
- Official published chronology names the hull and gives position; it records damage, not sinking. Severity/extent of damage, casualties, and repair history are not detailed in this source - deck logs and any war-damage report are the undigitized leads (see NARA row). No asbestos content. uboat.net task-organization listing is a secondary transcription; commander's name rests on that transcription.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-329-02
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[4]NARA, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - by-ship-number volume, YMS-329 line item (PDF p. 118) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 118, 'YMS-329' row (begin 7/3/1943, end 6/30/1945)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA inventories deck logs for YMS-329 covering 7/3/1943 - 6/30/1945 (RG 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Entry 118). The full commissioned service period through mid-1945 - including the Tarakan operation and the 28 April 1945 mine damage - is documented in custody. The muster-roll image hosted at NavSource (31 December 1944) is consistent with these records existing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-07-03 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Crew, 1943-1945 (log subjects)
- Limitations
- Coverage dates are log-book holdings, not asserted commissioning/decommissioning dates. These logs are not publicly digitized (catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered and was not independently fetchable this session); logs after 6/30/1945 (postwar period, Subic lay-up, any 1948 disposal paperwork) fall outside Special List 44 coverage and are an untraced lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-329-03
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[5]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), Ballard Marine Railway, Seattle WA build table - 'YMS 329 | US Navy | Minesweeper | 278d | 136 | 3-Jul-43 | Scuttled 1948' [other_primary]
- Locator
- ballard.htm yard table, YMS 329 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The builder's yard table confirms YMS-329 was built by Ballard Marine Railway for the U.S. Navy, delivered/completed 3 July 1943 (278 tons displacement, 136 ft), disposition 'Scuttled 1948'. Carried for the disposition-wording variance: NavSource says 'Destroyed 6 February 1948', the yard table says 'Scuttled 1948' - consistent with scuttling as the destruction method, but no located source states the disposal location.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943; 1948
- Population
- Construction trades, Ballard Marine Railway (1942-43)
- Limitations
- Reputable specialist reference compiling Navy/maritime records; a secondary compilation, not the underlying disposal document. 'Scuttled' vs 'destroyed' wording differs across sources and is carried unresolved per QA note - neither source states place or authority for the 1948 disposal. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-329-04
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[6]National Park Service, NRHP nomination 11000431 for Wild Goose (ex-USS YMS-328), Newport Beach, CA (listed 2011-07-19) - narrative description and staff report [nps]
- Locator
- NRHP 11000431 nomination, 'Narrative Description' and 'Staff Report' sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official documentation of construction materials for the consecutive sister hull: YMS-328 was built by the same yard (Ballard Marine Railway, Seattle) under Navy contract as a yard-class wooden-hulled minesweeper - double-planked Douglas-fir hull (1 in. inner, 2 in. outer) on double steam-bent white-oak frames, Douglas-fir decks, two GM8-268 diesels on twin screws exhausted through a single stack amidships. The full-text nomination (a detailed material description of the class) contains no mention of asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943 (as-built description); 2011 (nomination)
- Population
- Class context: construction trades; crew
- Limitations
- Documents a sister hull (YMS-328), not YMS-329 - class/era context only. The nomination describes the vessel as extensively altered for yacht use (1948 onward), so it is not a pure as-built Navy material schedule, and its silence on asbestos is not evidence that no asbestos-bearing materials (gaskets, exhaust lagging, brake linings, electrical insulation) were present in service. The nomination text renders the builder 'Ballard Maritime Railway Company' - a spelling variant of Ballard Marine Railway Co.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-329-05
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[7]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953) ship/operation award listings, vendor-hosted reproduction at officialmilitaryribbons.com [other_primary]
- Locator
- officialmilitaryribbons.com 'YMS 207 to YMS 361' page, 'YMS 329:' block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Award-listing data attributed to NAVPERS 15,790 credits YMS-329 with participation in: Mindoro landings (P32-1, 12-18 Dec 1944); Lingayen Gulf landing (P32-2, 4-18 Jan 1945); Mariveles-Corregidor (P41-3, 14-28 Feb 1945); Visayan Island landings (P39-2, 17-30 Mar 1945); Zambales-Subic Bay (P41-1, 24 Feb-15 Apr 1945); Tarakan Island operation (P37-1, 27 Apr-6 May 1945); and postwar mine clearance under Minesweeping Operations Pacific (P207, 21 Nov-17 Dec 1945), Yangtze River Approaches (P207-28, 15 Feb-21 Mar 1946) and East Hainan Area (P207-27, 1-2 Mar 1946).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew (Dec 1944 - Mar 1946)
- Limitations
- Vendor-hosted reproduction of official NAVPERS awards data - the underlying manual is authoritative but this transcription was not independently verified against a Navy-hosted copy (NHHC does not publish the per-ship award tables online). Participation windows only - does not detail her specific actions, damage, or repair at Tarakan. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-329-06
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[8]USNI News, 'Disney Insignia from World War II' (31 July 2013) - YMS-329 entry (via Wayback capture; live page 403 to automated fetch) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI News article, YMS-329 paragraph (Wayback timestamp 20251231095821)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: USNI News states 'A Japanese mine sunk her off of Borneo on June 16, 1946.' This is erroneous on all three elements: she was damaged - not sunk - by a mine off Tarakan on 28 April 1945 (official chronology); she was photographed afloat at Subic Bay 27 May 1946 and struck from the Naval Register 19 June 1946 (not 16 June); and she was destroyed/scuttled 6 February 1948. The article does verify she carried a Disney-designed insignia (turtle with broom, telescope, fuel, and mousetrap).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2013 (article); 1945-1948 (events misstated)
- Limitations
- Intern-authored journalism roundup, not a ship-history source - its sunk-off-Borneo claim appears to garble the 19 June 1946 striking date with the April 1945 mine damage. Recorded so the circulating 'sunk 1946' claim is flagged rather than propagated. Verified via Wayback capture 2025-12-31; live usni.org returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-329-07
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1942-43) and service era (1943-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1979 (report); era coverage to early 1970s
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and crews, 1940s-1970s (program level)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 - standing restriction documented since Batch-01) - content via product-page description. For a wood-hulled diesel craft the documented-era applications are the limited set in asbestos_products_documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-329-08
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[10]Batch-8958 search ledger (this record): NavSource ship and class pages; NHHC Official Chronology (HyperWar mirror); NARA Special List 44 PDF; shipbuildinghistory.com Ballard yard table; NPS NRHP nomination 11000431 (sister hull); USNI Proceedings Jan 1948 class account (paywalled preview); USNI News via Wayback; uboat.net; NVR; CourtListener base queries; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yms-329-01 through sl-uss-yms-329-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, war-damage material report, or qualifying litigation naming YMS-329 was found in the public sources searched. No DANFS entry exists (NHHC URL 404; NavSource confirms no DANFS history). NVR carries no entry (disposed pre-1987 vessels are outside the register). The hull was destroyed in 1948 - decades before asbestos surveys or abatement regulation - so no present-day ship-specific documentation can exist. Secondary sweep surfaced no law-firm claims specific to this hull.
- 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-standard materials (exhaust lagging, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, brake linings) remain a reasonable class/era inference for a 1943 diesel craft. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener: 3 of 4 mandated base queries returned zero hits (authenticated); the fourth stayed fleet-paced and is logged blocked - entailed by the zero bare-hull docket result, not claimed as a run.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-329-09