Evidence
16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).
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[1]research packet 1062-packet.md (5 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-yms-39-yms39-pkt-1062-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. 120 (YMS-39: 3/11/1942 - 1/1/1944; 4/1/1944 - 4/30/1945); 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-39 in TWO coverage blocks on p. 120: 3/11/1942 - 1/1/1944 and 4/1/1944 - 4/30/1945. The first window opens four days after her 7 March 1942 commissioning; the second closes 30 April 1945 - roughly two months before she was sunk 26 June 1945. These are log-coverage dates, not asserted commissioning/loss dates. No log block is inventoried for January-March 1944 or for May-June 1945; the absence of a final-weeks block is consistent with logs going down with the ship (or simply not accessioned - the inventory cannot distinguish). YMS-39 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
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Crew and officers keeping the logs (1942-1945)
- 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 batch brief cited only the first block (3/11/1942-1/1/1944); the second block (4/1/1944-4/30/1945) is a verification addition. The January-March 1944 and May-June 1945 breaks in inventoried coverage are unexplained. The deck logs themselves are undigitized; no page-level content reviewed this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-39-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YMS-39 - construction/milestone timeline, specifications, loss, battle-star count (live, HTTP 200 verified via firecrawl) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19039.htm header block, timeline block, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: 'Laid down 23 May 1941 by Robert Jacobs, Inc., City Island, NY; Launched 23 December 1941; Commissioned USS YMS-39, 7 March 1942; Struck a mine off Balikpapan area, Borneo, Netherlands East Indies and sank 26 June 1945.' Header notes 'YMS-39 sank 26 June 1945' and 'YMS-39 earned three battle stars for World War II service.' Call sign Nan-Baker-Uncle-Uncle. Specifications: displacement 270 t.; length 136'; beam 24'6"; draft 6'1"; speed 13 kts.; complement 33; 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-39' and carries a launching-ceremony photo and a Robert Jacobs, Inc. advertisement.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- Construction trades at Robert Jacob Inc. (1941-42); U.S. crew (1942-1945)
- 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). No strike-from-Register date is carried for this hull. Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-39-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS YMS-39 (YMS-39) - build/milestone data block, loss position, event list [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/9459 data block and 'Notable events involving YMS-39' operation order
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net data block: built by Robert Jacob Inc. (City Island, New York, U.S.A.); ordered 1 April 1941; laid down 23 May 1941; launched 23 December 1941; commissioned 7 March 1942; lost 26 June 1945; loss position 01 deg 19' S, 116 deg 49' E; history line 'Mined and sunk off Balikpapan, Borneo, Netherlands East Indies in position 01 deg 19' S, 116 deg 49' E.' The page's 'Notable events' list carries the 10 June 1945 Operation Oboe VI (Allied landings at Brunei) order of battle, in which YMS-39 (Lt. R.M. Sullivan, USNR) is listed in Sweep Unit Three, Task Unit 78.1.53, with YMS-4, YMS-340, and YMS-365. No commanding-officer roster is listed for the hull page itself.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- Crew (1942-1945); Lt. R.M. Sullivan, USNR (commanding officer, June 1945)
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a specialist secondary database compiled from official records - milestone data is consistent with NavSource, Cressman, and the yard table. The commanding officer (Lt. R.M. Sullivan, USNR) is drawn from the embedded operation order-of-battle, not a verified command roster. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-39-03
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[5]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'Yard Minesweepers (YMS)' type table (njscuba.net mirror) - builder's production record [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-navy-small/ym/ type table, YMS-39 row; yard history note via NavSource 11/19idx.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The YMS type table carries the builder's production row: 'YMS-39 | Robert Jacob | City Island NY | 136 | 320 | 7 Mar 1942 | mined off Borneo and lost 1945' - builder, dimensions, tonnage, completion date, and disposition. The Robert Jacob yard produced the adjacent YMS block 38-41 (YMS-38 to the USSR as T-593; YMS-40 and YMS-41 struck 1946) plus YMS-207 through -215 (mostly Lend-Lease BYMS transfers) and others; the NavSource class index notes the Robert Jacob Shipyard was sold to Consolidated Shipbuilding of Morris Heights in 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- Robert Jacob Inc. construction trades (1941-42)
- Limitations
- Independent secondary yard register compiled from yard and government records. Tonnage differs from the NavSource hull page (320 t. vs 270 t. - see gaps). No dedicated Robert Jacob yard page exists on shipbuildinghistory under tested URL variants. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-39-04
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[6]NHHC, Casualties: U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Ships, WWII - ship loss list [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC casualties page, WWII section, YMS-39/YMS-50/YMS-84/YMS-365 entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NHHC WWII ship-casualties list records: 'USS YMS-39 sunk by a mine off Balikpapan, Philippine Islands, 26 June 1945.' The same list carries the companion Balikpapan minesweeping losses: USS YMS-50 sunk by a mine off Balikpapan 18 June 1945; USS YMS-365 sunk by a mine off Balikpapan 26 June 1945; USS YMS-84 sunk by a mine off Balikpapan 8 July 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1945-06-26
- Population
- YMS-39 crew at loss (26 June 1945)
- Limitations
- Authoritative Navy-published loss list. The 'Philippine Islands' theater label is the list's geographic shorthand - Balikpapan is on Borneo in the then Netherlands East Indies (positions per uboat.net/Cressman are 01 deg S off the Borneo coast); the list gives no cause detail beyond 'a mine' and no casualty figures. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-39-05
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[7]Robert J. Cressman, The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II (Naval Historical Center publication, HyperWar transcription mirror), 26 June 1945 entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- USN-Chron-1945.html, 26 June 1945 Pacific paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NHHC-published chronology records for 26 June 1945: 'Off Balikpapan, Borneo, motor minesweeper YMS-39 is sunk by mine, 01 deg 19' S, 116 deg 49' E; motor minesweeper YMS-365, damaged by mine, 01 deg 18' S, 116 deg 50' E, is scuttled by U.S. forces.' Both hulls were lost to mines in the same assault-area sweep on the same afternoon.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1945-06-26
- Population
- YMS-39 and YMS-365 crews (26 June 1945)
- Limitations
- Official Navy-published secondary chronology viewed via the HyperWar transcription mirror - establishes the loss, date, position, and the companion YMS-365 loss, but no casualty or mine-type detail. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-39-06
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[8]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS Newman (DE-205) page - embedded Operation Oboe II minesweeping-force operation-report narrative (TG 74.2 / TU 78.2.9) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/1418 (USS Newman DE-205), Operation Oboe II 'Minesweeping operations pre-Fox day' section, 21-26 June 1945 entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The compiled operation-report narrative for the Balikpapan minesweeping force places YMS-39 in TU 72.2.92 (Lt.Cdr. Blakeslee's YMS group) and records: 22 June - USS Sentry, Scout, YMS-39, YMS-314, YMS-365 and LSM-1 arrived on the objective area, after which Lt.Cdr. Fonick took command of TU 78.2.9; 25 June - 'YMS-39 detonated one influence mine and cut one moored mine in her sweep which was sunk by gunfire'; 26 June at 1547I - 'USS YMS-39 exploded a mine, believed to be an Allied magnetic mine. Her superstructure disintegrated and the vessel capsized and sank in less than one minute. Two additional mine explosions occurred in short succession the first approximately 100 yards abeam and the second near electrode of long log. USS YMS-196 proceeded to rescue the survivors. Three of the crew were killed and one was missing. LCVP's from USS Cofer and USS Schmitt assisted in the rescue of survivors from USS YMS-39 and USS YMS-365.' The TG 74.2 narrative adds that survivors of YMS-365 and YMS-39 were put aboard USS Columbia.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1945-06-21 to 1945-06-26
- Population
- YMS-39 crew - 3 killed and 1 missing per the same-day report; survivors rescued by YMS-196 and LCVPs from Cofer/Schmitt, put aboard USS Columbia
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation quoting the operation-report/war-diary chain - the quoted matter reads as near-verbatim report text (time-stamped, Item-time zone) but is not itself the primary document and carries transcription artifacts ('arroved', 'disintergrated'). The 'Allied magnetic mine' attribution is the report's belief, not a confirmed mine identification. 'Three killed and one missing' is the report's same-day accounting; the BUPERS casualty transcription (ev-11) lists four dead under the hull including one who died of wounds 27 June. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-39-07
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[9]Department of the Navy, Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), Part II, Section 1, Presidential Unit Citation - Task Unit 78.2.9 entry (HyperWar mirror of the official publication, live 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards-II.html, Part II Section 1 (Presidential Unit Citation), 'Task Unit 78.2.9' unit list and '15 Jun - 1 Jul 45 - Balikpapan, Borneo, Netherlands East Indies' period line
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual lists Task Unit 78.2.9 - comprising USS Sentry (AM-299), USS Scout (AM-296), USS Scuffle (AM-298, printed 'Scuffie' in the manual), and twenty-one motor minesweepers including USS YMS-39 - for '15 Jun - 1 Jul 45 - Balikpapan, Borneo, Netherlands East Indies' in the Presidential Unit Citation roster. YMS-39 is a named unit in the PUC list for the Balikpapan minesweeping force; she was sunk on 26 June, inside the cited period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1945-06-15 to 1945-07-01
- Population
- YMS-39 crew members attached during 15 June - 1 July 1945 (unit-award coverage)
- Limitations
- An official Department of the Navy publication (viewed via the HyperWar transcription mirror) naming the hull in a unit award roster. Establishes unit membership and the PUC-covered period only - it does not describe YMS-39's individual actions and does not establish the number of personnel decorated. Contains no asbestos, material, or exposure information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-39-08
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[10]Department of the Navy, Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), Part IV 'Campaign and Service Medals', Asiatic-Pacific operation-code table and 'List of Ships and Units Eligible for Engagement Stars' - YMS 39 entry (HyperWar mirror, live 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards-IV-16.html, ship-list row 'YMS 39:' (three date/code pairs) and the Asiatic-Pacific operation-code definitions (P31-1, P37-2, P37-3) in the same document
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official engagement-star list credits YMS-39 with three dated participation periods under three distinct Asiatic-Pacific operation codes: 14 Oct - 23 Oct 1944 under P31-1 (Leyte landings, operation window 10 Oct - 29 Nov 44); 7 Jun - 17 Jun 1945 under P37-2 (Brunei Bay operation, window 7 Jun - 15 Jul 45); and 20 Jun - 26 Jun 1945 under P37-3 (Balikpapan operation, window 15 Jun - 20 Jul 45). The three credits correspond to the three battle stars NavSource records for this hull; the Balikpapan credit window closes on the day she was sunk.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- YMS-39 crew during the credited operation periods (1944-45)
- Limitations
- An official Department of the Navy publication (viewed via the HyperWar transcription mirror) documenting credited combat participation for medal purposes - establishes participation credit, not a narrative of the ship's actions. The 'one star per operation' rule maps the three distinct codes to three engagement stars, consistent with NavSource's 'three battle stars.' Contains no asbestos, material, or exposure information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-39-09
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[11]Robert J. Cressman, The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II (Naval Historical Center publication, HyperWar transcription mirror), 10 November 1944 entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- USN-Chron-1944.html, 10 November 1944 Pacific paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NHHC-published chronology records that on 10 November 1944 the ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE-11) was destroyed by an accidental ammunition explosion in Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands, and that 'the cataclysmic blast damages nearby' ships including 'motor minesweepers YMS-1, YMS-39, YMS-49, YMS-52, YMS-71, YMS-81, YMS-140, YMS-238, YMS-243, YMS-286, YMS-293, YMS-319, YMS-335, YMS-340, YMS-341, and YMS-342.' YMS-39 was therefore present in Seeadler Harbor and damaged in the Mount Hood explosion - her first documented location after the Leyte operation credit closed 23 October 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-11-10
- Population
- YMS-39 crew at Seeadler Harbor, Manus (10 November 1944)
- Limitations
- Official Navy-published chronology viewed via HyperWar mirror - establishes presence and damage in the blast but not the degree of damage to this hull (the entry's damage range runs from extensive to 'superficial' or 'insignificant' across the listed ships), no casualty attribution to her crew, and no repair record. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-39-10
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[12]naval-history.net transcription of the BUPERS WWII casualty lists (1945, by date) - USS YMS-39 entries at Balikpapan operations [other_primary]
- Locator
- naval-history.net WW2UScasaaDB-USNBPbyDate1945.htm, 26-27 June 1945 Balikpapan operations entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The transcribed BUPERS casualty list records four men under 'USS YMS-39, Balikpapan operations': BARRY, George J, MOMM3 (8365846) - killed in combat 26 June 1945; BISHOP, Jay R, PHM1 (6385125) - killed in combat 26 June 1945; LINDSLEY, Howard G, Jr, MOMM2 (8000247) - killed in combat 26 June 1945; and HARPER, Alex V N, STM1 (8475619) - died of wounds 27 June 1945. Two further same-day 'Balikpapan operations' entries print the hull as 'USS YMS-36' - LINDSLEY (duplicated, same service number 8000247) and MCGILL, Joseph J, Jr, CMOMMP (2742634), killed in combat 26 June 1945 - a transcription/source misattribution, since YMS-36 was in French service in 1945; MCGILL is a possible fifth YMS-39 fatality pending primary verification.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1945-06-26 to 1945-06-27
- Population
- Four named dead under the YMS-39 heading (3 KIA 26 Jun, 1 DOW 27 Jun); possible fifth (MCGILL) under the misprinted 'YMS-36' heading
- Limitations
- Transcription of the official BUPERS casualty lists on a private naval-history site - consistent with the operation report's 'three killed and one missing' (three 26-June KIA plus a fourth who died of wounds 27 June), but the transcription itself carries a YMS-36/YMS-39 hull-number anomaly (LINDSLEY duplicated under both; MCGILL only under YMS-36). Not independently verified against muster rolls or DPAA accounting. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-39-11
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[13]NavSource Online: Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper (YMS) / British Motor Minesweeper (BYMS) Index - class description and class-level specifications (live, HTTP 200 verified) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19idx.htm class narrative and specifications table
- 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. Class-level specs: 136' x 24'6", 320 tons, 6'1" max draft, complement 33, designed speed 12 knots, GM 8-268A diesels at 880 designed shaft horsepower on two shafts. Surviving YMS were reclassified as AMS and given bird names in 1947 - YMS-39, sunk June 1945, never re-entered the classification system. The index also notes the Robert Jacob Shipyard was sold to Consolidated Shipbuilding of Morris Heights in 1946.
- 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 39 beyond her place in the two-stack production group. Spec figures differ from hull-page values (320t/33/12 kts/880 shp class-level vs 270t/33/13 kts/'two 880bhp' hull page - see gaps). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-39-12
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[14]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-14) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19idx.htm class description; NavSource 11/19039.htm propulsion spec; GAO HRD-80-2 product page (ev-14)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A wood-hulled, diesel-driven minesweeper completed in March 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, electrical insulation, and brake linings on the sweeping winch and windlass. 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. She was damaged by the Mount Hood explosion at Manus in November 1944 and sunk in action at Balikpapan in June 1945, so no postwar survey, overhaul, or abatement paper trail exists.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- Robert Jacob construction trades (1941-42); engine-room and maintenance crew (1942-1945); ship's force and yard workers handling her November 1944 blast-damage repairs (scope undocumented)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for YMS-39, and none is realistically extant for a hull sunk in action in 1945. 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. Whether the Mount Hood blast damage disturbed any installed insulation is undocumented - repair scope unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-39-13
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[15]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 service era (1942-1945).
- 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, re-confirmed 2026-10-04 - same standing defect as Batches 01/98/8970) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-39-14
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[16]Batch-9025 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 and digitized-log list; NHHC DANFS (no entry exists) and NHHC casualties list; NavSource hull page and class index; uboat.net hull page and USS Newman operation-report narrative; shipbuildinghistory YMS type table; Cressman Official Chronology 1944/1945; NAVPERS 15,790 Parts II and IV; naval-history.net BUPERS transcription; HyperWar USN ships page; NVR; NARA catalog; VA Board of Veterans' Appeals search; CourtListener; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yms-39-01 through sl-uss-yms-39-20
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, VA/BVA decision, or court opinion naming YMS-39 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger) - including zero CourtListener opinion hits on both name forms. The CourtListener docket channel could not be completed this session (fleet-pacer throttle) and is a disclosed open gap, not a negative result. No asbestos record is realistically expected for a wooden diesel combatant sunk in action in 1945 - no postwar survey or disposal paper trail exists. 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). Undigitized deck logs (RG 24), RG 38 war diaries/action reports, muster rolls, builder records, and the unsearched CourtListener docket channel remain open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-39-15