Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 1063-packet.md (3 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-yms-392-yms392-pkt-1063-packet-md
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[2]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (ship-number list, RG 24 Entry 118 inventory) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 ship-number PDF, page 120, YMS-392 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 inventories U.S. Navy deck logs for YMS-392 covering 6/2/1944 through 7/31/1945 (verified at PDF page 120 of the ship-number list, where the YMS-392 row reads 6/2/1944 - 7/31/1945). The logs are held in Record Group 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel), Entry 118.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-06-02 to 1945-07-31 (inventoried coverage)
- Limitations
- Deck-log coverage dates are NOT service dates: the inventory begins ~8 months after the 11 October 1943 commissioning and ends ~10 months before the 19 June 1946 striking, so NARA holdings for this hull are partial. The logs themselves are not digitized in the National Archives Catalog (a catalog item search for this hull returns only RG 19 photographs, no logbook items) and were not read; their contents - including any material, repair, or refit detail - are unexamined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-392-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YMS-392 page (vessel chronology, class specifications, disposal) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 11/19392.htm, chronology and specifications blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records: laid down 14 November 1942 by Stadium Yacht Basin, Inc., Cleveland, OH; launched 10 June 1943; completed 11 October 1943 and commissioned USS YMS-392; assigned to the Caribbean Sea Frontier, arrived 1 November 1944; struck from the Naval Register 19 June 1946; transferred to the State Department Foreign Liquidation Commission in April 1947; sold to South Korea and named Ganggye (YMS-506); fate unknown. Page states there is no DANFS history for YMS-392. Class specifications listed: displacement 270 t., length 136 ft, beam 24 ft 6 in, draft 8 ft, speed 15 kts, complement 32; armament one 3-inch/50 dual-purpose mount (replaced by one 40mm mount), two 20mm mounts, two depth-charge projectors; propulsion two 880 bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines with Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Wartime crew (complement 32, class figure)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a curated secondary archive, not an official record; its chronology is the fullest located for this hull but is uncorroborated line-by-line by a primary source (no DANFS entry exists). The 'arrived 1 November 1944' Caribbean date is carried verbatim; whether 1944 is correct or a typo for 1943 could not be resolved from located sources. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-392-02
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual (NAVPERS 15,790, Rev. 1953), Part II - Unit Awards, Presidential Unit Citation (Group II) listing [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Part II - Unit Awards, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION - Continued (GROUP II), Task Unit 78.2.9 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Navy awards manual lists USS YMS-392 as a component of Task Unit 78.2.9 (with USS Sentry AM-299, USS Scout AM-296, USS Scuffie AM-298, and twenty other YMS-type minesweepers) under the Presidential Unit Citation for the period 15 June - 1 July 1945, Balikpapan, Borneo, Netherlands East Indies - the pre-invasion minesweeping of Balikpapan Bay ahead of the 1 July 1945 landings (Operation Oboe II).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1945-06-15 to 1945-07-01
- Population
- Crew embarked during the Balikpapan operation (unit-level; individual roster not established)
- Limitations
- Documents unit-level combat service and the award only; contains no asbestos, material, or exposure information and does not describe conditions aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-392-03
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[5]National Archives Catalog, RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships), series 'Photographs of the Construction and Launching of Ships' (NAID 512915): items NAID 505631769 and NAID 505631771, 'YMS-392 Under Construction at Stadium Yacht Basin, Cleveland, Ohio,' dated 16 January 1943, local identifiers 19-LCM-YMS392-46786 and 19-LCM-YMS392-46788 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAIDs 505631769 and 505631771 (https://catalog.archives.gov/id/505631769; https://catalog.archives.gov/id/505631771)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Two Bureau of Ships photographs document YMS-392 under construction at Stadium Yacht Basin, Cleveland, Ohio, on 16 January 1943 (original captions: 'YMS-392. Stadium Yacht Basin, Inc.'), corroborating the builder, build location, and construction period. Digital objects are attached to both catalog records.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-01-16
- Population
- Construction trades at Stadium Yacht Basin (January 1943)
- Limitations
- Construction photographs establish builder, place, and date only; they carry no materials manifest and say nothing about asbestos-containing products used or not used aboard. Catalog metadata verified via NARA API 2026-10-04; photographs not independently examined for content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-392-04
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[6]NavSource YMS-392/YMS-1-class specifications (wooden-hulled auxiliary motor minesweeper; two General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, two shafts) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 11/19392.htm, specifications block; YMS-1 class characteristics
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweepers were wooden-hulled vessels driven by twin General Motors 8-268A diesel engines - a diesel plant with no boilers, steam lines, or turbines. The asbestos-relevant systems aboard such a vessel are the era-standard non-steam applications: diesel exhaust/muffler lagging, machinery gaskets and valve packing, and electrical cable insulation, which in the WWII period were commonly manufactured with asbestos fiber.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Construction trades (Stadium Yacht Basin, 1942-43); engine-room and maintenance crew (era inference)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only: no source located names this hull's materials, and no steam-plant lagging pathway exists on a diesel-driven wooden minesweeper. This row does not establish that asbestos was or was not installed aboard YMS-392, nor quantity, nor any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-392-05
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[7]U.S. General Accounting Office, 'Asbestos: A National Problem - Navy' program report HRD-80-2 (1979), product page [gao]
- Locator
- gao.gov product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the U.S. Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships built during and before the era covered by the report, and that asbestos represented a recognized occupational hazard in naval construction and overhaul - program-level context for the period in which this hull was built and operated.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1979 (report); WWII-era construction period
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and ship crews, era-wide
- Limitations
- Program-level context only: the report addresses Navy-wide asbestos policy and practice, names no individual YMS-class hull, and does not establish asbestos presence aboard YMS-392. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (standing access defect); the product-page description was used and full text was not pulled this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-392-06
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[8]Batch-9028 search ledger (this record): NARA Special List 44 and National Archives Catalog; NHHC online reading room; NavSource; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; Naval Vessel Register; CourtListener API v4; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yms-392-01 through sl-uss-yms-392-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or court opinion naming YMS-392 was found in the public sources searched (CourtListener opinion search returned zero; docket search open - see search_ledger). The ship's 1947 transfer to South Korea and unknown final fate foreclose the post-disposal survey/abatement documentation that generates ship-specific records for museum or scrapped hulls.
- 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 - WWII naval construction of even small diesel vessels commonly included asbestos-containing gaskets, packing, and insulation. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener docket-side status: open, pacing-limited this session (see search_ledger).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-392-07