Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 1056-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-348-yms348-pkt-1056-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YMS-348 - construction, commissioning, transfer, specs (live page verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19348.htm header block and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper; laid down 15 September 1942 by Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL; launched 9 February 1943; completed 8 September 1943 and commissioned USS YMS-348; 'Transferred to Turkey in 1947 and named TCG Karamürsel (M 26)' with the note 'Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists transfer to Turkey in May 1948'; struck from the Naval Register 19 February 1948; fate unknown; call sign NQNM (Nan-Queen-Nan-Mike). Spec block: displacement 270 t.; length 136'; beam 24'6"; draft 8'; speed 15 kts.; complement 32; armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun 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.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Gibbs yard construction trades (1942-43); commissioning crew (Sep 1943); wartime crew 1943-46; Turkish Navy crew (1948-forward)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates track NVR/DANFS-era data and agree with uboat.net here, but the page itself carries a transfer-date inconsistency ('in 1947' vs NVR citation 'May 1948') and its Turkish name (TCG Karamürsel M 26) conflicts with other secondary sources (see ev-10). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-348-yms348-01
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[3]Annex 'L' to Operation Plan No. 2-44, Serial 00144, Communication Plan (ONCOWEST), 3 May 1944 - HyperWar/ibiblio transcription of the Operation Neptune operation-plan annex [other_primary]
- Locator
- Annex L, sheet 4 of 9 'Call Signs - Alphabetically' tables: '1B6 | YMS 348'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Normandy invasion communication plan lists YMS-348 with call sign 1B6 in the alphabetical call-sign tables of Annex 'L' to Operation Plan 2-44 (ONCOWEST), Serial 00144, dated 3 May 1944 - placing this hull in the assigned forces for the Normandy operation alongside transports, bombardment ships, and other minecraft of the Western Task Force.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-05-03 plan date; operation June 1944
- Population
- Crew aboard during Normandy operation (Jun 1944)
- Limitations
- Operational-document transcription: assignment to the operation plan documents intended participation, not after-action performance; the annex lists call signs, not task accomplishments. Source document sheets 1-3 of the annex are missing in the HyperWar copy per its editor's note. HyperWar (ibiblio) is a respected transcription mirror of official Navy documents, not the archive original. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-348-yms348-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS YMS-348 (YMS-348) - milestones table and 'LST return convoy No.3' event record [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 9767, milestones table and 'Notable events - 26 Jan 1945 - LST return convoy No.3' narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net documents for this hull: ordered 13 April 1942; built by Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville FL; laid down 15 September 1942; launched 9 February 1943; commissioned 8 September 1943; stricken 19 February 1948. Ship-specific event: on 26 January 1945 YMS-348 (Lt. H.C. Lavine, USNR) departed Cawsand Bay (Plymouth) in 'LST return convoy No.3' - ten LSTs, seven YMSs (YMS-346, -348, -349, -351, -352, -356, -375), and the Norwegian tanker Chr. Th. Boe, escorted by USS Gillette and USS Henry R. Kenyon with 'Force 26' destroyers joining; all seven YMSs fuelled from the tanker 9 February; the New York section arrived 18 February 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (milestones); 1945-01-26 to 1945-02-18 (convoy event)
- Population
- Crew under Lt. H.C. Lavine, USNR (Jan-Feb 1945 transatlantic passage)
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a curated secondary database (Gudmundur Helgason) compiled from operational records - the convoy event is detailed and internally consistent but not itself a primary document; the deck logs (see ev-04) would be the primary record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-348-yms348-03
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[5]National Archives Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number ordering), PDF page 119 [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf p. 119, entries 'YMS-348 9/9/1943 - 9/6/1945' and 'YMS-348 10/1/1945 - 4/24/1946'; RG 24 Entry 118 / NAID 581208 series per archives.gov logbook pages
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official inventory lists two deck-log entries for YMS-348: coverage 9 September 1943 - 6 September 1945 and 1 October 1945 - 24 April 1946 - spanning essentially her entire U.S. Navy service from commissioning (8 Sep 1943) through spring 1946, including the Normandy, transatlantic-return, and Pacific/Okinawa periods. The logs are held at NARA (Record Group 24, Bureau of Naval Personnel deck-log series).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-09-09 to 1946-04-24
- Population
- Crew (1943-1946); names and daily movements inside the undigitized logs
- Limitations
- Inventory entry only - the logbooks themselves are not digitized on the National Archives 'Navy Deck Logs Available Online' listing (checked 2026-10-04; only named ex-YMS vessels appear there), so their contents are an unexamined primary source. A 25-day gap (6 Sep - 1 Oct 1945) separates the two logbooks; the Okinawa grounding (9 Oct 1945) falls inside the second logbook. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-348-yms348-04
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[6]NHHC, 'Typhoons and Hurricanes: Pacific Typhoon at Okinawa, October 1945' - Appendix III, Typhoon Damage at Okinawa, extract from Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas report on the Surrender and Occupation of Japan [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Reading Room page, Appendix III damage table row 'YMS 348 | Grounded'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC-hosted extract of the CinCPac/CinCPOA report on Typhoon 'Louise' - the 9 October 1945 storm that caught the fleet in Buckner Bay (Nakagusuku Wan), Okinawa with 80-knot winds and 30-35-foot seas - lists 'YMS 348' with damage entry 'Grounded' in Appendix III ('Typhoon Damage at Okinawa. Based Upon Progress Reports to 19 November'), among 12 ships and craft sunk, 222 grounded, and 32 severely damaged.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1945-10-09 (storm); reporting through 1945-11-19
- Population
- Crew aboard at Okinawa (Oct 1945)
- Limitations
- Documents that this hull was present at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, and grounded in the 9 October 1945 typhoon - it does not record the extent of damage, salvage outcome, or casualties aboard. 'Grounded' is the least-severe listed outcome short of 'damaged/afloat'; other YMSs in the same list were abandoned or beyond economical repair while some were refloated - the listing does not say which outcome applied to YMS-348. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-348-yms348-05
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[7]Secondary reproduction of U.S. Navy WWII campaign/battle-star data (officialmilitaryribbons.com, 'Navy Ship World War 2 Campaign Battle Stars, YMS 207 to YMS 361') [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page block 'YMS 348:' - two credit rows (E5 Normandy 6 Jun-25 Jun 44; P39-2 Visayan Island landings 29-30 Mar 45)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A secondary compilation of Navy WWII campaign-credit data lists two engagements for YMS-348: E5 'Invasion of Normandy (including bombardment of Cherbourg)', 6 June - 25 June 1944 - consistent with her assignment in the Op Plan 2-44 Annex L call-sign table (ev-02) - and P39-2 'Visayan Island landings', 29-30 March 1945.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-06-06 to 1945-03-30
- Population
- Crew (1944 Normandy; 1945 Philippines if credit accurate)
- Limitations
- Commercial vendor page reproducing official Navy battle-star data - not itself an authoritative source; the underlying campaign-credit list is official but the reproduction is unverified against the OPNAV source document. The E5 credit is corroborated by ev-02 (operation-plan assignment); the P39-2 Visayan credit (29-30 Mar 1945) sits in tension with the documented 18 Feb 1945 arrival in New York (ev-03) - an under-40-day transit New York-to-Philippines for a 136-ft minesweeper - and is flagged in gaps pending the undigitized deck logs. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-348-yms348-06
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[8]The Salem News (Salem, MO), '70th anniversary: D-Day remembered,' 3 June 2014 - interview with Edward A. Gill, wartime Engineering Officer of YMS-348 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Article body, paragraphs on Gill's YMS-348 service
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- First-person crew account: Edward Gill served as Engineering Officer aboard USS YMS-348; the ship carried 38 crew members and four officers; a 98-ship convoy departed for England 13 December 1943 and the ship docked at Plymouth; minesweeping gear was temporarily removed for intended tug duty and reinstalled weeks before the invasion; the ship swept the minefields at Utah Beach so the 4th Infantry Division could go ashore, and swept for some 90 days until the port approaches were cleared.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (events recounted)
- Population
- Engineering Officer Edward A. Gill; wartime crew (~42 per account)
- Limitations
- A 2014 local-press veteran interview - a human-memory account 70 years after the events, useful for texture (crew size, Utah Beach assignment, the tug-duty episode) but not a primary record; the Utah Beach assignment is consistent with the operation-plan listing (ev-02). The '38 crew and four officers' figure conflicts with the 32-man spec complement (see gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-348-yms348-07
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - product-page highlights [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section (full report PDF blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, including 'the use of asbestos in Navy ships'; the product-page highlights document that the Navy's 1975 policy was to 'remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed to accomplish necessary repairs,' modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas - i.e., asbestos insulation was present and managed (not systematically removed) aboard Navy ships through the era covering this hull's construction (1942-43) and U.S. service (1943-48).
- 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 from the product-page highlights; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull - the reviewed fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk, not Gibbs. Full report text not retrieved (gao.gov/assets PDF returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-10-04).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-348-yms348-08
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[10]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (2 x GM 8-268A diesels, 880 bhp; wooden YMS-1-class hull per class description on the NavSource YMS/BYMS index - built at 35 yacht yards); uboat.net class page; GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19348.htm spec block and 11/19idx.htm class description; uboat.net YMS class data
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A wooden-hulled diesel-powered motor minesweeper built 1942-43 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this type and period were exhaust-system lagging, machinery and engine gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and brake linings on winch and sweep gear. As a diesel vessel she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply - and her wooden hull lacked the pipe runs and hull insulation typical of steel steam ships, narrowing (not eliminating) the era-typical asbestos applications.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Gibbs construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-48); Turkish Navy crew and yard trades (1948-forward)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for YMS-348. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-348-yms348-09
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[11]CORRECTION cross-check: shipbuildinghistory.com Gibbs Gas Engine yard table ('YMS 348 ... 8-Sep-43 ... To Turkey 1947 as Kulluk (M 516), struck 1965'); Wikipedia 'List of mine warfare vessels of the Turkish Navy' (Conway's 1947-1995-derived: Kozlu = ex-USS YMS-348; Karamürsel = ex-Küllük = ex-USS YMS-375); Turkish-service compilation (ex-YMS-348 to Turkish Navy 1948 as KÜLLÜK, renamed KARAMÜRSEL 1954, M 516, decommissioned 1974); NavSource YMS-348 page (TCG Karamürsel M 26) and NavSource YMS-375 page (TCG Kozlu M 513) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Gibbs yard table row for YMS 348; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mine_warfare_vessels_of_the_Turkish_Navy ex-US YMS table; NavSource 11/19348.htm and 11/19375.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CONFLICT NOTED: secondary sources disagree on this hull's Turkish Navy identity. NavSource's YMS-348 page gives TCG Karamürsel (M 26), transferred '1947' with NVR of 1 Jan 1949 listing May 1948; shipbuildinghistory's Gibbs table and a Turkish-service compilation give Küllük/Kulluk (M 516), renamed Karamürsel in 1954, decommissioned/struck 1965-1974; Conway's-derived listings give Kozlu. Meanwhile NavSource's own YMS-375 page attributes Kozlu (M 513) to YMS-375 - the M 516 pendant and the Küllük->Karamürsel 1954 rename sequence reconcile NavSource's 'Karamürsel' with shipbuildinghistory's 'Kulluk' for YMS-348, but the 348/375 mapping differs between NavSource and Conway's-derived sources and cannot be resolved from authoritative records here.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1948-c.1965/1974
- Population
- Turkish Navy crew and yard trades (1948 onward)
- Limitations
- Resolves part of the naming tangle (Küllük renamed Karamürsel in 1954 plausibly reconciles two of the three names) but cannot fix which YMS hull carried which name - NavSource and the Conway's-derived list disagree on the 348/375 mapping, and no Turkish official register was located. Transfer date likewise conflicts (1947 vs May 1948 vs sold 10 May 1948). Disposal year conflicts (1965 vs 1974). All variants retained in gaps; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-348-yms348-10
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[12]Batch-8979 search ledger (this record): NavSource; uboat.net; HyperWar Op Plan 2-44 Annex L; NARA Special List 44 PDF; NARA digitized-deck-log listing; NHHC Pacific Typhoon extract; NHHC DANFS probe; NVR live probe; NavalCoverMuseum; battle-star compilation; shipbuildinghistory Gibbs table; Salem News; secondary web litigation sweep; CourtListener (status per search_ledger) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yms-348-yms348-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS YMS-348 was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the fleet-wide pacing budget stayed spent through repeated spaced retries over ~55 minutes (helper exit 2; shared ~58/hr cap under fleet load) - logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing content (mesothelioma.net, mesotheliomaguide.com, mesotheliomaveterans.org, asbestos-ships.com minesweeper listicles) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. No asbestos documentation was located for the builder yard either (the only Gibbs Gas Engine asbestos material found is a marketing page).
- 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 - and the litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (throttled, not run). Deck logs (NARA, undigitized), Gibbs work packages, and Turkish-service records are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-348-yms348-11