Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 1074-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-yms-58-yms58-pkt-1074-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YMS-58 (page 11/19058) - milestone timeline, specifications, US/French flag service, disposition [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19058.htm - header block, timeline, specifications block; 'no DANFS history' note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 19 June 1941 as YMS-58 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL; launched 22 December 1941; completed 16 April 1942; transferred to France 20 October 1944 as Armoise (D 313); sold to France 21 March 1949; struck from the Naval Register 28 April 1949; reclassified D-02 and M-642 (dates unknown); Armoise decommissioned 23 November 1959, fate unknown. Call sign November-Echo-Victor-Oscar. Specifications: 270 t.; 136'; beam 24' 6"; draft 8'; 15 kts; complement 32; one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20 mm, two dcp; propulsion two General Motors diesel engines, two shafts. Page explicitly states no DANFS history exists for YMS-58.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1941-1959
- Population
- Gibbs Gas Engine construction trades (1941-42); US Navy crew (1942-44); Marine Nationale crew (1944-59)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track BuShips/NVR records but are not independently verified against them here; the 'completed' 16 Apr 1942 date is corroborated by uboat.net's commissioned date and Shipbuilding History's delivery date. Contains no asbestos content. 'Fate unknown' means final disposition after the November 1959 disposal is undocumented in this source (French lists record scrapping as Q 177).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-58-yms58-01
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII - USS YMS-58 (YMS-58), minesweeper of the YMS class (ship 9481) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship 9481 - specification/event table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net record for this hull: built by Gibbs Gas Engine Co. (Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.); ordered 1 April 1941; laid down 19 June 1941; launched 22 December 1941; commissioned 16 April 1942; end of US service 20 October 1944 - 'Transferred to France on 20 October 1944 being renamed Armoise.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1941-1944
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a high-quality secondary reference (editor-compiled warship database), not a primary registry; its dates corroborate NavSource exactly. 'Ordered 1 Apr 1941' appears in no other consulted source - carried as uboat.net-attributed. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-58-yms58-02
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[4]National Archives Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (comp. Claudia Bradley, Michael Kurtz, et al., NARA 1978) - printed page 510, 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations' (scanned image via Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL44 printed p. 510, row 'YMS-58' (ACPL display image 542, section 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations')
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA inventory entry for this hull: 'YMS-58 - May 12, 1942-Oct. 20, 1944 - 9' - nine deck logbooks spanning 12 May 1942 through 20 October 1944, covering essentially her entire US Navy service (completed/commissioned 16 Apr 1942; transferred to France 20 Oct 1944). The log end-date matches the French transfer date exactly; sibling hull YMS-43 on the same page shows the identical end date of 20 Oct 1944 (also transferred to France that day), corroborating the section's fidelity.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1942-1944 (log coverage)
- Population
- US Navy crew, May 1942 - Oct 1944 (32 complement)
- Limitations
- This is an inventory entry establishing that logbooks exist in NARA custody - it is not the logs themselves and contains no operational or material content. Logbook contents (positions, availabilities, exposures) unexamined - retrieval requires NARA College Park access. These logs are not digitized in the National Archives Catalog's digitized-deck-log listing (checked 2026-10-05). Scan hosted by ACPL mirror; the authoritative original is the 1978 NARA publication.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-58-yms58-03
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[5]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton, njscuba.net mirror), 'Gibbs Gas Engine Works, Jacksonville FL' yard table - YMS-58 build row [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-comm-small/gibbs/ - yard intro + build table row 'YMS-58'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Gibbs yard-table row for this hull: 'YMS-58 | US Navy | minesweeper | 278d | 136 | 16 Apr 1942 | to France 1944 as Armoise (D-313/D 02/M 642), condemned 1959' - corroborates builder (Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville FL), completion date 16 April 1942, French transfer and pennant sequence (D-313, D 02, M 642), and condemnation in 1959. Yard history: founded 1911, prolific builder of gas engines and small wooden/steel vessels; renamed Gibbs Corporation after WWII; sold to Aerojet-General Shipyards 1964, later folded into Jacksonville Shipyards; yard closed 1992.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1941-1959
- Population
- Gibbs Gas Engine construction trades, Jacksonville FL (1941-42)
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled yard list, not a builder's or Navy registry document; 'condemned 1959' tracks the French hors-service/pennant-Q disposal and is consistent with French secondary lists. The yard-table displacement column (278d) and NavSource's 270 t differ - a unit/basis variation noted in gaps. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-58-yms58-04
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[6]World War II campaign participation credited to YMS-58, transcribed from Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953) ship-by-ship battle-star listing (vendor transcription page) [other_primary]
- Locator
- officialmilitaryribbons.com 'USS YMS 1 to YMS 200' listing, row 'YMS 58' (sourcing note: 'Information obtained from Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953)')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Campaign-star credits attributed to this hull: European-African-Middle Eastern Area code E2 - Sicilian occupation, 9-15 July 1943; and code E4-1 - Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings, 22 January-3 February 1944. These place the ship in the Mediterranean inshore sweep forces supporting the Sicily and Anzio amphibious operations; her US Navy service ended with the October 1944 transfer to France (transfer location not stated in consulted sources).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- US Navy crew, Jul 1943 and Jan-Feb 1944
- Limitations
- The citing page is a commercial transcription which states it is drawn from NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953); the underlying official manual page was not independently inspected this session, so verification is partial. Battle-star credit documents campaign participation, not the ship's location or action on any specific day; it contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-58-yms58-05
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[7]French-service pennant and disposal timeline: warsailors.com forum 'French YMS minesweepers' list (contributor Alain); corroborated by francois.delboca.free.fr 'YMS58 Armoise D02' ship page and postenavalemilitaire.com 'ARMOISE (1944/1959)' file [other_primary]
- Locator
- warsailors.com read.php-1,39076,39077 row 'YMS 58'; francois.delboca.free.fr/port/fsarmois.html; postenavalemilitaire.com/t394-armoise-1944-1959
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- French-phase record assembled from three consistent secondary sources: transferred to France 20 October 1944 as D 313 and assigned to the 32e/31e Divisions de Dragueurs de Mines; renamed Armoise with letter pennant AR in 1947, joining the Groupe de Dragage de Brest; reassigned to the 30e Division de Dragueurs de Mines at Lorient from 1 January 1948; pennant D 02 from August 1948; NATO pennant M 642 from 1951; purchased outright by France 21 March 1949; hors service 23 November 1959 under disposal pennant Q 177 (warsailors lists the scrap entry 20 November 1959).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944-1959
- Population
- Marine Nationale crews, 31e/32e/30e Divisions de Dragueurs de Mines and Groupe de Dragage de Brest (1944-59)
- Limitations
- Enthusiast-grade secondary/tertiary sources only - a forum list, a personal genealogy/naval page, and a naval postal-history association file agree with each other and with NavSource on all major dates, but no primary French record (Service Historique de la Defense ship dossier) was consulted, so verification is partial. Delboca's line 'Avril 1944, arme par la marine Francaise' conflicts with the 20 Oct 1944 transfer (all other sources and the NARA log span) - treated as an error in that source, not adopted. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-58-yms58-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (wooden-hulled YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper; two General Motors diesel engines, two shafts); USNI Proceedings 'Saga of a YMS' (Jan 1948) first-person account of the standard plant - two GM propulsion diesels, a third diesel driving the magnetic-sweep generator, two Hercules 30-kW diesel auxiliaries, no steam; NavSource class index and Shipbuilding History YMS overview (561 wooden-hulled boats built at 35 US yacht yards 1941-45); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-use era (see ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 11/19058.htm specifications; NavSource class index 11/19idx.htm; usni.org Proceedings 'Saga of a YMS' (Jan 1948); shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-navy-small/ym/
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A wooden-hulled diesel-driven minesweeper completed April 1942 at a US yacht yard sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a diesel auxiliary of this type and period were engine-exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation within the confined hull volume. As a diesel boat she carried no steam plant - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of larger combatants does not apply - and the wooden hull had no structural fireproofing requirement of a steel hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1941-1959
- Population
- Gibbs Gas Engine construction trades (1941-42); US Navy crew (1942-44); Marine Nationale crew (1944-59)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for YMS-58. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The absence of a steam plant materially narrows the likely application set relative to steam vessels but does not eliminate asbestos presence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-58-yms58-07
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[9]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 and US service era (1941-44) and its French naval service (1944-59).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch (confirmed 2026-10-05, same standing block noted in BATCH-01/BATCH-98); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-58-yms58-08
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[10]Batch-9138 search ledger (this record): NavSource archive page + class index; uboat.net warship record; NARA Special List 44 scan (ACPL mirror) + digitized-deck-log listing check; NHHC DANFS check; NVR check; Shipbuilding History Gibbs yard table; NAVPERS-derived battle-star listing; French secondary sources (warsailors list, delboca, postenavalemilitaire); shipyards.json yard check; secondary web asbestos/litigation sweep; CourtListener (3/4 base queries complete, one pacing-blocked and logically subsumed) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yms-58-yms58-01 through -16
- 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-58 / D 313 / Armoise / M 642 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener (authenticated API v4, paced): '"YMS-58"' type=o zero; '"YMS-58"' type=r zero; '"USS YMS-58"' type=o zero - no published opinion or RECAP docket names the hull string. CAVEAT: '"USS YMS-58"' type=r was attempted repeatedly and never received a fleet pacing token - logged as blocked, though the narrower quoted phrase can only ever match a subset of the completed '"YMS-58"' docket search's zero hits, so the docket index is effectively verified negative. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard minesweepers' material is generic law-firm marketing content that does not name this hull (mesothelioma.com minesweeper class page and similar) - excluded by source policy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 2026-10-05
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a wooden-hulled 1942 diesel sweeper would carry era-standard gasket/packing/lagging materials. Deck logs (9 logbooks, NARA RG 24 custody per SL44), builder work orders, the French purchase file (21 Mar 1949), and French disposal records (1959) are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yms-58-yms58-09