Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 1055-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-34-yms34-pkt-1055-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 ordering [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List #44 ship-number PDF, p. 119 (YMS-34: 6/29/1942 - 12/31/1942; 2/4/1943 - 10/5/1944); digitization status per https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 inventories deck logs held for YMS-34 in TWO coverage blocks: 6/29/1942 - 12/31/1942 and 2/4/1943 - 10/5/1944 (p. 119). The first window opens two days after her 27 June 1942 commissioning; the second closes on 5 October 1944 - the exact day she transferred to France. These are log-coverage dates, not asserted commissioning/decommissioning dates. No log block is inventoried for January - early February 1943. YMS-34 does not appear on NARA's list of digitized deck logs in the National Archives Catalog (the digitized YMS entries are the hulls later named under the AMS/MSCO program); the logs are an undigitized primary record held in RG 24 at College Park.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- Crew and officers keeping the logs (1942-1944)
- Limitations
- Inventory listing only - establishes that deck logs exist and their date coverage, not their content. Log coverage is not proof of commissioning/decommissioning dates. The January-early February 1943 break in inventoried coverage is unexplained (unaccessioned span vs. out-of-service period cannot be distinguished from the inventory alone). The deck logs themselves are undigitized; no page-level content reviewed this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-34-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YMS-34 - construction/milestone timeline, specifications, disposal (live, HTTP 200 verified via firecrawl) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19034.htm header block, specifications block, photo caption (c. 1954 Anemone M 665)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: 'Laid down 13 May 1941 as YMS-34 by the C. Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston, NY; Launched, 21 October 1941; Completed, 27 June 1942; Commissioned USS YMS-34; Transferred to France 5 October 1944 as Anemone (D 311); Sold to France, 21 March 1949; Struck from the Navy Register 28 April 1949; Reclassified D-25 and M-665; Decommissioned 12 May 1964. Fate unknown.' Call sign Nan-Baker-Peter-Easy. Header: 'YMS-34 served the Navies of the United States and France.' Specifications: displacement 270 t.; length 136'; beam 24'6"; draft 8'; speed 15 kts.; complement 32; armament one 3"/50 dual purpose mount, two 20mm mounts, two depth charge projectors; propulsion two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts. Page states 'There is no DANFS history available for YMS-34' and carries a c. 1954 photo of Anemone (M 665) credited to Robert Hurst.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1964
- Population
- Construction trades at C. Hiltebrant Dry Dock (1941-42); U.S. crew (1942-1944); French Navy crew (1944-1964)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track NVR-style data. The 'two 880bhp' engine phrasing reads as a per-engine rating but conflicts with class-level data (880 shp total designed; 440 bhp per engine - see gaps). Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-34-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS YMS-34 (YMS-34) - build/milestone data block [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/9455 data block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net data block: built by Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co. (Kingston, New York); ordered 1 April 1941; laid down 13 May 1941; launched 21 October 1941; commissioned 27 June 1942; end service 5 October 1944; history line 'Transferred to France on 5 October 1944 being renamed Anemone.' The page lists no commanding officers and no wartime events for this hull ('We don't have any commands listed for USS YMS-34').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1944
- Population
- Crew (1942-1944)
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a specialist secondary database compiled from official records - the milestone data is consistent with NavSource and the yard tables, but the absence of events/commands reflects the site's coverage gaps for small craft, not a documented quiet career. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-34-03
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[5]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'Hiltebrant Dry Dock, Kingston NY' yard vessel list + 'Yard Minesweepers (YMS)' type table (njscuba.net mirror) - builder's production record [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Hiltebrant yard table, YMS-34 row; shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-navy-small/ym/ type table, YMS-34 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The builder's production table lists YMS-34 as US Navy minesweeper, 278 tons, delivered 27-Jun-42, disposition 'To France 1944 as Anemone (D 311), decom. 1964'. The YMS type table carries the same row with naming detail: 'to France 1944 as D 311, renamed Anemone (D-25) 1947, M 665 1951'. The Hiltebrant yard was in operation in WWI and was still building minesweepers in the 1950s; it stood on the south side of Rondout Creek in Kingston between Spring Street and Plantasie Avenue (site of the present Rondout Yacht Basin). The same yard built the adjacent YMS block 32-37 (YMS-32 struck 1946; YMS-33 to the USSR 1945 as T-603; YMS-34, -36, -37 to France 1944; YMS-35 struck 1946) plus later YMS-195 through -206 and YMS-442 through -445.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1964
- Population
- Hiltebrant Dry Dock construction trades (1941-42)
- Limitations
- Independent secondary yard register compiled from yard and government records. Tonnage differs from the NavSource hull page (278/320 t. vs 270 t. - see gaps). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-34-04
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[6]Marines de Guerre et Poste Navale (French naval postal-history society), 'ANÉMONE (1944/1964)' ship fiche - French-service history; corroborated by Jane's Fighting Ships 1962-63 French section (archive.org scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- postenavalemilitaire.com ANÉMONE fiche (HISTORIQUE/CARACTÉRISTIQUES blocks); Jane's Fighting Ships 1962-63, French Navy section, '7 Ex-U.S. YMS Type' table + notes (archive.org/stream/JanesFightingShips196263)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- French-service arc for this hull: transferred to the Royale as D 311 in October 1944 and assigned to the 31ème Division de Dragueurs de Mines; joined the 39ème Division de Dragueur-Patrouilleurs at Saigon in 1947 and was christened Anémone; left Vietnam in 1950 for Oran; returned to Toulon in 1952 where she served as a bâtiment d'expérimentation; was bâtiment de servitude of the port of Saint-Tropez 1958-1961; désarmé 12 May 1964. Hull symbols D311 (1944), D25 (1948), M665 (1951). Jane's Fighting Ships 1962-63 lists 'ANEMONE (ex-D 311, ex-YMS 34)' among seven surviving ex-U.S. YMS in French inshore-minesweeper service and notes 'Anémone is an experimental vessel, fitted with an A/S torpedo tube aft,' the group re-rated as service vessels (the five others training ships for École Navale midshipmen).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-1964
- Population
- French Navy crews - 31e/39e divisions, Indochina 1947-50, Toulon experimental service, Saint-Tropez utility service (1944-1964)
- Limitations
- postenavalemilitaire is a specialist society compilation (naval postal-history), not an official archive - its milestone dates are consistent with NavSource, the yard table, and Jane's, but the Indochina/Oran/Toulon narrative rests on that single compilation. Jane's is a contemporaneous authoritative secondary reference. Neither carries asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-34-05
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[7]Service Historique de la Défense (SHD) Châtellerault plans catalog, AA 661 5 I (November 2017 edition, published by AAMM) - 'ANEMONE - Dragueur côtier ex YMS 34' holdings [other_primary]
- Locator
- aamm.fr SHD Châtellerault plans catalog PDF, carton 84, ANEMONE entries (pp. per catalog); verified via pdftotext -layout
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official French naval archive's plan holdings for this hull: 'ANEMONE - Dragueur côtier ex YMS 34 - Réparations: 1955, R 21456 - Relevé et positions des trous de tarets - bordage à changer' (survey of teredo-worm holes - hull planking to be replaced); 'Modifications - Transformation en bâtiment de servitudes pour St Tropez: 1958 - Calculs du poids, du centre de gravité, de l'assiette, de la stabilité et de la durée des oscillations'; plus 1957-1958 'Plans R' (18 plans between R 8 and R 23703). Documentary proof of the wooden-hull maintenance burden (teredo repair) and of the 1957-58 conversion to a Saint-Tropez harbor utility vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1955-1958
- Population
- French Navy dockyard/drafting personnel (1955-1958)
- Limitations
- Catalog finding-aid entries only - establishes that plans exist and their subjects, not their content; no plan reviewed this session. Held at SHD Châtellerault; undigitized in located sources. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-34-06
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[8]dvrbs Camden History, 'The Sinking of the LST-422' compilation quoting the YMS-43 war diary and Capt. Broadhurst's report; same narrative at peacememorial101.org (Lt. Ralph Rankin, 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion, KIA); Wikipedia HM LST-422 article citing the DVRBS compilation [other_primary]
- Locator
- dvrbs.camdenhistory.com/wars/ww2/lst-422/ (narrative + YMS-43 war diary extract); en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_LST-422 (cites DVRBS); peacememorial101.org Rankin page (same narrative)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Secondary compilations place this hull in the Mediterranean at Anzio: on 26 January 1944 HM LST-422 (British-manned, carrying the U.S. 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion) drifted into a minefield off the Anzio anchorage in gale conditions, burned and broke in two; LCI-32 struck a mine and sank while assisting. The compiled accounts list 'the minesweepers USS Pilot, USS Strive, LST-16, YMS-34, YMS-43, and other YMS craft' as effecting the rescues - 150 survivors of LST-422 and LCI-32 pulled from storm-tossed water. The compilation quotes the YMS-43 war diary for that morning ('0700 Underway to pick up survivors... Survivors were drowning all around us while we were picking up some of their shipmates').
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-01-26
- Population
- YMS-34 crew (Jan 1944, if present); LST-422/LCI-32 casualties and rescued survivors
- Limitations
- Attribution rests on secondary chain: the quoted primary document (YMS-43 war diary) documents the rescue but does not name YMS-34; the vessel list naming YMS-34 is the compiler's, and Wikipedia's LST-422 article cites the same compilation - not independent corroboration. Consistent with the hull's documented transfer to France (Med-sweeping YMS hulls were the transfer pool), and sister YMS-30 was mined off Anzio in 1944 - but no primary source naming YMS-34 at Anzio was directly verified this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-34-07
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[9]NavSource Online: Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper (YMS) / British Motor Minesweeper (BYMS) Index - class description and class-level specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19idx.htm class narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class context for this hull: 'The wood-hulled YMS proved to be one of the U.S. Navy's more durable and versatile types' - 561 yard minesweepers were built at 35 U.S. yacht yards (12 East Coast, 19 West Coast, 4 Great Lakes) beginning with YMS-1, laid down 4 March 1941 at Henry B. Nevins, Inc., City Island, NY. YMS-1 through -134 (which includes this hull) carried two stacks; YMS-135 through -445, 480 and 481 had one; YMS-446 through -479 had none. Records show YMS' were used to sweep mines laid by enemy submarines as early as 1942 off Jacksonville, FL and Charleston, SC. Surviving YMS were reclassified as AMS and given bird names in 1947 - YMS-34, in French service from October 1944, never re-entered the U.S. classification system.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1947
- Population
- Class-wide construction and crew populations (1941-1969)
- Limitations
- Class-level description only - names the type's shared characteristics, not anything specific to hull 34 beyond her place in the two-stack production group. Spec figures on the index differ from hull-page values (320t/33/12 kts class-level vs 270t/32/15 kts hull page - see gaps). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-34-08
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[10]Era inference built on: NavSource class index (wood-hulled YMS type); NavSource/uboat.net hull data (two GM 8-268A diesels, reduction gear, two shafts - no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide asbestos-use documentation (ev-10) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19idx.htm class description; NavSource 11/19034.htm propulsion spec; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; SHD Châtellerault plans catalog (ev-06)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A wood-hulled, diesel-driven minesweeper delivered in June 1942 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications on a small wooden diesel combatant of this type and period were diesel-exhaust and muffler lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, machinery gaskets and valve packing, and electrical insulation. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply - and her wood hull and small machinery spaces imply a substantially smaller insulation footprint than a steam combatant. Her twenty-year second career under the French flag (1944-1964) extends the era context across two navies' maintenance regimes without adding hull-specific documentation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1964
- Population
- Hiltebrant Dry Dock construction trades (1941-42); engine-room and maintenance crew (1942-1944 U.S.; 1944-1964 France); French dockyard trades (1955 repairs, 1957-58 conversion)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for YMS-34/Anémone in either navy's records. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution, no ship-proven presence. The small craft's reduced systems footprint makes the inference weaker than for steam-powered hulls of the same era; French-era modification records (1958 servitude conversion) exist only as plan-catalog entries, materials not described.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-34-09
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[11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- 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 (1941-42) and U.S. service era (1942-1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Covers the U.S. Navy program only - says nothing about French Navy practice during her 1944-1964 second career. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, re-confirmed 2026-10-04 - same standing defect as Batches 01/98/8948) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-34-10
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[12]Batch-8970 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 and digitized-log list; NHHC DANFS (no entry exists); NavSource hull page and class index; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory yard table and YMS type table; postenavalemilitaire Anémone fiche; SHD Châtellerault plans catalog; Jane's Fighting Ships 1962-63; LST-422 secondary sources; HyperWar USN ships page; NVR; VA Board of Veterans' Appeals search; CourtListener; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yms-34-01 through sl-uss-yms-34-18
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, VA/BVA decision, or docketed case naming YMS-34 or Anémone was found in the public sources searched - including a complete CourtListener base sweep (all four queries, zero hits). The only 'asbestos aboard' material for YMS-class hulls is law-firm marketing listicle content asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - it is consistent with both genuinely light insulation fit and simple non-digitization of small-craft records (this hull's own logs are undigitized, and the French-archive trail exists only as a plan-catalog listing). Undigitized deck logs (RG 24), SHD Châtellerault plans, and builder records remain open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-34-11