Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YMS-367 page - construction timeline, specifications, disposal (verified live 2026-10-04; note: navsource.org is dead, navsource.net is the live domain) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19367.htm header block and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper; laid down 16 December 1942 by the Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, NY; launched 15 July 1943; completed 20 September 1943; struck from the Naval Register 21 October 1948 and transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission; sold 27 October 1948; fate unknown. Call sign Nan-Charlie-Tare-King. 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. Page states 'There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-367' and carries no photograph.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Wheeler Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-48)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track official registers but the page cites no underlying document for this hull. 'Completed' vs 'commissioned' terminology for small craft varies across sources. Contains no asbestos content. No image of the vessel is available on the page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-367-yms367-01
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[2]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 - numbered-vessels inventory, 'Special List #44, by Ship Numbers' (live PDF verified byte-identical to cached copy, 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 119, 'Special List #44, by Ship Numbers', YMS-367 line
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's deck-log inventory lists US Navy deck logs for YMS-367 covering 9/22/1943 through 6/30/1945 - documenting Navy service within the 1930-1986 exposure window and confirming that a near-complete wartime deck-log set for this hull exists in NARA custody (coverage begins two days after her 20 September 1943 completion).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (log coverage)
- Population
- Crew (1943-1945); any personnel named in the logs
- Limitations
- The inventory documents the existence and date coverage of the logs, not their contents - the logs themselves are not digitized in this publication and were not reviewed. The 6/30/1945 end date is the inventory's coverage cutoff in this listing, not evidence that logging ceased then; later logs (if any) would appear in other NARA accessions. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-367-yms367-02
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS YMS-367 (YMS-367) page - construction data, commanding-officer roster, Operation Oboe II order of battle and action-report transcription (verified live 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9786.html - vessel data table, commands table, 'Notable events' Oboe II narrative (TG 78.2.9 / TU 72.2.92 order of battle)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: ordered 13 April 1942; laid down 16 December 1942 at Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp. (Whitestone, Long Island, NY); launched 15 July 1943; commissioned 20 September 1943; stricken 21 October 1948; sold 27 October 1948. Wartime commanding officers: Lt. Robert Samuel Salzer, USNR (from 20 Sep 1943), Lt. Thomas E. Lavender, USNR (early 1944), Lt.(jg) Eugene E. Huppenbauer, USNR (late 1944), Lt.(jg) Carleton W. Hanks, Jr., USNR (mid 1945). In the Oboe II (Balikpapan) operation order she is listed in Task Unit 72.2.92 - the 27-YMS minesweeping unit under Lt.Cdr. D.W. Blakeslee, USNR - within TG 78.2.9 (Minesweeping Unit, Lt.Cdr. T.R. Fonick, USNR), TG 78.2 Balikpapan Attack Group (Vice-Admiral D.E. Barbey), with Lt.(jg) E.E. Huppenbauer, Jr., USNR shown in command of YMS-367.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- crew (1943-45); named officers
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a secondary compilation transcribing official operation orders and action reports - content is reliable but derivative of NARA-held primaries not independently consulted here. Command dates are approximate ('early 1944', 'late 1944', 'mid 1945'). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-367-yms367-03
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[4]uboat.net, Oboe II action-report transcription - 'Part I, the pre-landing phase' minesweeping chronology for TU 78.2.9, 15 June - 1 July 1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net Oboe II narrative - 'At 1815I/1, USS YMS-84, USS YMS-224 and USS YMS-367 reported for duty with TU 78.2.9'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The action-report transcription places this hull on station at Balikpapan: 'At 1815I/1, USS YMS-84, USS YMS-224 and USS YMS-367 reported for duty with TU 78.2.9' on Fox day, 1 July 1945 - i.e., the ship's documented in-report appearance is the Fox-day report-in, after the 15-30 June pre-landing sweeping phase in which sister YMS-50, YMS-39 and YMS-365 were mined and lost and YMS-368 and YMS-47 damaged. Whether she had participated earlier in the operation (the order of battle lists her in TU 72.2.92) is not resolved by this transcription.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1945-06-15 to 1945-07-01+
- Population
- crew (1 July 1945)
- Limitations
- Secondary transcription of a primary action report; documents presence on Fox day, not necessarily earlier participation. Does not establish that this hull swept mines before 1 July despite the op-order listing. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-367-yms367-04
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[5]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), Part IV Section 2(16) - authorized Asiatic-Pacific operations and engagements (verbatim transcription at HyperWar/ibiblio) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards-IV-16.html, Asiatic-Pacific Area continued, 'Borneo operations ... Balikpapan operation 15 Jun - 20 Jul 45, P37-3'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Navy register of authorized WWII engagements defines the 'Balikpapan operation' as engagement code P37-3, dated 15 June - 20 July 1945, within 'Borneo operations' P37 (27 Apr - 20 Jul 45; 'Only 1 star for participation in 1 or more of the following'). Combined with the ship-specific op-order/action-report documentation (ev-03, ev-04), this is the official engagement under which her one documented operation falls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1945 (operation window)
- Population
- n/a - register definition
- Limitations
- The NAVPERS register defines the engagement and its dates but does not itself list participating vessels - ship participation rests on the uboat.net transcription (ev-03/ev-04) and a commercial transcription of the ship-participation register (see gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-367-yms367-05
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[6]Shipbuilding History (Colton), 'Wheeler Shipbuilding, Whitestone NY' yard production table - YMS-367 row and yard history [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wheeler Shipbuilding (Whitestone) table, YMS-367 row; yard narrative paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard-table documentation for this hull: YMS-367, US Navy minesweeper, 278 LDT / 136 ft, completed/delivered 20 September 1943, 'to China 1948, struck 1976'. Yard context: Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp. operated the Whitestone NY yard (distinct from the founding Wheeler Yacht Company Brooklyn yard); the Whitestone yard built the YMS-363-through-YMS-370 group of motor minesweepers before going on to tugs and coastal freighters; closed 1948. Sister dispositions in the table document the 1948 China-transfer cohort: YMS-339 (to China 1948, struck 1963), YMS-346 (to China 1948, struck 1976), YMS-367 (to China 1948, struck 1976), YMS-393 (to China 1948, struck 1976), BYMS-17 (to China 1948, struck 1976).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1976
- Population
- Wheeler Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43); foreign-service crew post-1948
- Limitations
- Secondary industry reference (standard yard-production source). 'Struck 1976' refers to removal from a foreign (Chinese) naval list, not the US Naval Register - the US strike was 21 Oct 1948. The buyer identity and Chinese-service name/pennant are not documented in the table. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-367-yms367-06
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[7]Navypedia, 'YMS motor minesweepers (YMS-1) (1942-1945)' class page - hull disposition table and class construction notes [other_primary]
- Locator
- Navypedia YMS page - YMS367 table row; class characteristics block; design-history narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Corroborating secondary listing for this hull: 'YMS367 ... Wheeler ... 12.1942 (laid down), 15.7.1943 (launched), 9.1943 (completed), to China 10.1948' - consistent with the NavSource October 1948 FLC sale. Class notes document wooden hull construction ('wood was chosen as construction material'), standard displacement 270 t / full load 320 t, and the class design history (evolved from the 110-ft SC hull requirement to carry a diesel-generator for magnetic sweep).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1948+
- Population
- crew and foreign-service crew
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation; lists builder as 'Wheeler, Brooklyn' while NavSource and shipbuildinghistory place the hull at the Whitestone yard - minor yard-city variant (see gaps). Wooden-hull and design statements are class-level, not hull-specific documentation. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-367-yms367-07
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[8]'Three Flags' (MEF YMS-339 memoir, ch. 9), hosted by the Navy League Westport-Weston council - sister-hull account of the 1948 group transfer to China [other_primary]
- Locator
- MEF YMS 339 Chap 9E.pdf, pp. 1-2 (postwar disposition narrative)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A sister-hull memoir (drawing on annual Jane's Fighting Ships editions) documents the cohort into which this hull's 'to China 1948' disposition falls: YMS-339 'was transferred in June 1948 along with three other YMS's and one British YMS to the National Chinese navy, then fighting in a civil war against the Chinese communists'; after the 1949 Nationalist withdrawal to Formosa the communists 'acquired any left, which included all five ex-YMS's, and put them in the new Red navy as minesweepers or gunboats'; 339 was decommissioned 1963, 'the other Chinese YMS's were decommissioned by 1977.' Shipbuilding History's table identifies exactly four US YMS (339, 346, 367, 393) plus BYMS-17 as the 1948 China cohort - matching the memoir's group of five.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1948-1977
- Population
- foreign-service crews (Chinese navies, 1948-1977)
- Limitations
- Class/cohort-level documentation only: the memoir names YMS-339 but not the other four hulls; YMS-367's membership rests on matching shipbuildinghistory's explicit 'to China 1948' rows to the memoir's group size and year. The memoir dates the transfer 'June 1948' while NavSource/Navypedia document October 1948 - likely reflects FLC paperwork vs. physical turnover; unresolved (see gaps). Secondary private memoir, not an official record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-367-yms367-08
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (twin GM 8-268A diesels, no steam plant); Navypedia class notes (wooden hull; diesel-generator for magnetic sweep); shipbuildinghistory class table (278 LDT motor minesweeper); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide asbestos documentation (ev-10) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; Navypedia class notes; shipbuildinghistory YMS table; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A wooden-hulled diesel-driven motor minesweeper built 1942-43 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel craft of this period were diesel exhaust lagging, machinery-space insulation, gaskets and valve packing, and electrical insulation in the confined machinery compartment. As a diesel vessel she carried no boilers or turbines - the steam-plant lagging pathway does not apply, and wooden-hull construction narrowed the structural fireproofing scope relative to steel combatants, though the small auxiliary propulsion and electrical systems still followed era Navy practice.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1976
- Population
- Wheeler Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-48); Chinese-service crews (1948-1976); breakers (post-1976)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or yard record located for YMS-367. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-367-yms367-09
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[10]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 US Navy service era (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; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed in prior batches) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-367-yms367-10
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[11]Batch-9000 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 PDF (live-verified); NavSource; uboat.net; NAVPERS 15,790 via HyperWar; shipbuildinghistory Wheeler table; Navypedia YMS list; YMS-339 memoir PDF; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated, fleet-paced); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yms-367-yms367-01 through -17
- 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-367 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener (all via authenticated fleet helper): '"USS YMS-367"' opinions = 0; 'YMS-367' opinions = 49 hits, all name collisions/OCR noise in unrelated cases (bankruptcy, commodities, prisoner suits); '"USS YMS-367"' dockets = 570 hits, all token noise; 'YMS-367' dockets = 3,476 hits, all token noise (e.g., 'PL.AJVFH 016-367'); '"YMS-367" asbestos' opinions = 0 - no qualifying case. The docket-side asbestos variant could not be run - fleet pace budget saturated (logged blocked in search_ledger). Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing 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. The hull-number searches are inherently noisy ('367' matches OCR fragments and docket fragments); the asbestos-qualified opinion variant returned zero but the docket-side variant went unrun (fleet pace blocked) - residual coverage caveat stands. Deck logs (RG 24) and Foreign Liquidation Commission sale records are undigitized leads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-367-yms367-11