Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]research packet 1057-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-355-yms355-pkt-1057-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, row YMS-355 (also verified by live PDF text extraction).
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 inventories U.S. Navy deck logs for YMS-355 covering 11/29/1943 through 6/30/1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-11-29 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Officers and crew who prepared deck logs during the covered period
- Limitations
- This is an inventory entry, not the logs themselves. The dates are the inventory's log-coverage dates, not evidence of commissioning, decommissioning, construction, asbestos content, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-355-yms355-01
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[3]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct. 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page, Highlights, live verified 2026-10-04.
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy-ship asbestos use and Navy policies for removing and replacing asbestos insulation; its product page states that the 1975 policy addressed insulation damaged or removed for necessary repairs, and the 1979 policy added selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy asbestos-protection program reviewed by GAO
- Limitations
- Navy-wide program documentation from 1979, not hull-specific evidence. It does not establish that asbestos-containing material was installed, disturbed, removed, or retained aboard YMS-355, and does not establish exposure, causation, quantity, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-355-yms355-02
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[4]Batch 8987 search ledger: NARA Special List 44; GAO HRD-80-2; CourtListener authenticated helper; Firecrawl research access [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yms-355-yms355-01 through -04
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos document was located in the reviewed official sources. The NARA inventory identifies deck logs but does not describe their contents; GAO's Navy-wide review does not name YMS-355.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- This is a limited research finding, not proof that asbestos was absent. The deck logs remain an archival lead and were not reviewed page by page. CourtListener searches were blocked by fleet pacing and Firecrawl was rate-limited, so litigation and broader web-search status remain open rather than negative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-355-yms355-03