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 (2 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-479-pkt-969-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Waxbill II (YMS-479), verbatim transcription; the current NHHC URL was found in search but returned 404 to direct retrieval [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and specification block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies this hull as the wooden-hulled, unnamed motor minesweeper YMS-479: laid down as PCS-1456 on 28 April 1943 at Tacoma by Mojean and Ericson Shipbuilding Corp.; reclassified as YMS-479 on 27 September 1943; launched 30 September 1943; commissioned 20 July 1944. It served in the Hawaiian chain, the Marshall Islands, and postwar Hawaii; was decommissioned 6 August 1946; named Waxbill and reclassified AMS-39 on 18 February 1947; served as a Naval Reserve training ship; operated in Korean waters and swept more than 40 mines; was reclassified AMCU-50 on 1 February 1955 and MHC-50 six days later; went out of commission in reserve 30 June 1958; and was struck from the Navy list 1 November 1959. DANFS says the ultimate fate is unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1959
- Population
- Mojean and Ericson construction trades; YMS-479/Waxbill crew; Korean War minesweeping crew
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; DANFS does not document asbestos, an ACM inventory, abatement, or a hull survey. The cited page is a verbatim transcription because the current NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-10-04.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-479-01
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[3]NavSource Online, USS YMS-479 / Waxbill (AMS-39), U.S. Navy photo archive page; live URL verified [other_primary]
- Locator
- YMS-479 photo page and YMS index/type specifications
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The live NavSource page identifies the photo subject as USS YMS-479, later Waxbill (AMS-39), and identifies the image as U.S. Navy photograph NH 79716. The related YMS index gives the type characteristics: 320-ton displacement, 136-foot length, 24-foot 6-inch beam, 6-foot 1-inch maximum draft, 12-knot designed speed, 33-person complement, and General Motors 8-268A diesel engines on two shafts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1959
- Population
- YMS-class crews and shipyard personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is a photographic compilation and supports identity and type specifications here; it does not document asbestos aboard this hull, an exposure, or a material survey. It is not used to resolve the DANFS-stated unknown ultimate fate.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-479-02
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[4]NIOSH/CDC, Maritime Safety and Health: Shipyards [other_primary]
- Locator
- NIOSH shipyards overview, hazards paragraph
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- NIOSH describes shipyard manufacture, repair, maintenance, and dismantling work as involving hazards including asbestos exposure. This supplies general shipyard-era occupational context for a wooden Navy minesweeper built in 1943-44, but does not identify asbestos material aboard YMS-479 or exposure of any named worker.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- Contemporary overview; no YMS-479-specific period
- Population
- Shipyard workers generally
- Limitations
- Program-level occupational-health context only. The source does not name YMS-479, Mojean and Ericson, or a specific product, quantity, location, exposure event, or remaining material; direct automated retrieval returned HTTP 403, so the official indexed page is retained as an access-limited source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-479-03
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[5]Authenticated CourtListener helper sweep: four required base queries, each limited to 20 results [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yms-479-05 through sl-uss-yms-479-08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No result was returned for each required base query: exact-name opinion ("USS YMS-479"), exact-name docket ("USS YMS-479"), hull-number opinion ("YMS-479"), and hull-number docket ("YMS-479"). No asbestos-qualified variants were run because no base query overflowed its 20-result page. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located in this sweep.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04 search
- Population
- CourtListener-indexed litigation records
- Limitations
- A no-result repository sweep is not proof that no litigation exists. Results were limited to CourtListener's indexed corpus and the four required queries; no variant or repeat query was run. The helper completed all four authenticated requests without a throttle report.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-479-04