Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 969-packet.md (5 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: MISMATCH
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-yms-478-pkt-969-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Thomas E. Fraser (DM-24), service history section. [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Paragraph beginning 'While anchored in Wakanoura Wan'; casualty account of YMS-478.
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC's DANFS history for USS Thomas E. Fraser states that YMS-478 had broached and capsized at Wakanoura Wan during a typhoon in September 1945, and that Fraser's crew removed confidential gear and publications from it after the storm.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- The entry establishes casualty condition and location, not the exact date of loss, cause beyond the reported typhoon context, crew casualties, final disposal, or asbestos/material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-478-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers, row YMS-478. [other_primary]
- Locator
- Table row YMS-478; dates 8/21/1944 and 10/24/1945.
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List #44 lists YMS-478 with dates 1944-08-21 and 1945-10-24 in its ship-number table. The list is a finding aid for deck-log coverage; the second date is not treated here as a confirmed decommissioning or stricken date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- This finding aid does not label the meaning of each date in the row; it establishes the dates recorded in the log coverage listing, not commissioning or formal disposal status by itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-478-02
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[4]Negative finding from review of NHHC DANFS Thomas E. Fraser entry and NARA Special List #44 ship-number entry for YMS-478. [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS casualty paragraph; NARA Special List #44 row YMS-478.
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC and NARA sources reviewed identify the vessel as YMS-478. They do not document asbestos aboard this hull; therefore ship-specific asbestos documentation is unknown on this evidence set.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- This is a bounded search finding, not proof that asbestos was absent. Neither source is an asbestos survey, material inventory, or exposure record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-478-03
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[5]Naval History and Heritage Command, S-139 Vice Admiral Calvin Durgin Photo Collection catalog record. [museum_official]
- Locator
- Collection description, September 1945 typhoon damage at Wakanoura paragraph.
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC catalog describes September 1945 typhoon damage at Wakanoura, including YMS-478 among vessels grounded or washed ashore.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- Catalog description establishes that the collection includes relevant photographs and identifies YMS-478 as grounded or washed ashore; it is not itself a vessel log, exact casualty chronology, crew casualty report, final disposition record, or asbestos record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-478-04