Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]research packet 879-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (strong
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-abingdon-pc1237-pkt-879-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, PC-1237 (NHHC live page, verified via browser-equivalent fetch 2026-10-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS PC-1237 entry, specification block + full service narrative (Raymond A. Mann, updated Robert J. Cressman, 27 November 2023)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull (1943-1956 entry): laid down 14 February 1943 at Morris Heights, N.Y., by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp.; launched 3 April 1943, sponsored by Mrs. David Challinor; commissioned at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y., 26 July 1943, Lt. Joseph F. Weller, Jr., D-V(G), USNR, in command. August 1943 Bureau of Ships tests for the Underwater Sound Laboratory, New London; departed 1 September 1943 for shakedown at Miami; convoy escort Guantanamo Bay-Trinidad until early 1945 (Kingston, San Juan port calls); February 1945 reassigned to Naval Research Laboratory tests at Antigua through war's end and early 1946; Navy Day 1945 port call at Frederiksted, St. Croix; 24 May 1946 departed San Juan via Miami, Norfolk, and the St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes for Ninth Naval District naval-reserve training; placed out of commission, in reserve, October 1949; berthed at Norfolk with the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Specification block: displacement 280; length 173'8"; beam 23'0"; draft 10'10"; speed 20.2 knots (trial); complement 65; armament 1x3-inch, 2x20mm, 2 depth charge projectors, 2 depth charge tracks.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1949
- Population
- Consolidated Shipbuilding construction trades 1943; wartime crew (complement 65); Ninth Naval District reservists trained aboard 1946-49
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Entry's spec block reads 'class PC-451' while the companion Abingdon entry reads 'PC-461' - carried in gaps. Entry prints Guantanamo arrival as '12 September' though its own narrative completes shakedown 'early in October' - internal inconsistency carried in gaps. Entry states reserve-training duty continued until 'placed out of commission, in reserve, in October 1949' while NavSource records 'in service' status from July 1946 - status nuance carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-abingdon-pc1237-01
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[3]DANFS, Abingdon (PC-1237) (NHHC live page, verified via browser-equivalent fetch 2026-10-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Abingdon (PC-1237) entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull's named period (1956-1959 entry): named for Abingdon, Virginia, seat of Washington County, about 15 miles northeast of Bristol. Following a WWII and post-war career 'involved developmental work as well as employment as a convoy escort,' PC-1237 was placed out of commission, in reserve, October 1949 and berthed at Norfolk with the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; 'during that time, in February 1956, she was named Abingdon.' Abingdon was stricken from the Navy Register on 1 April 1959, 'but her subsequent fate is not known.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1949-1959
- Population
- Atlantic Reserve Fleet berthing detail, Norfolk, 1949-1959
- Limitations
- DANFS documents naming, striking, and the explicit absence of a known disposal record - not materials or asbestos content. 'Fate unknown' is the official position; any secondary claim of disposal date or scrapper would need its own source and none was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-abingdon-pc1237-02
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[4]NavSource Naval History, Submarine Chaser Photo Archive: Abingdon (PC-1237) ex-PC-1237 (live page verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource Abingdon (PC-1237) page, timeline block + specifications block + commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser; laid down 14 February 1943 by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY; launched 3 April 1943; commissioned USS PC-1237 26 July 1943 at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY; placed in service July 1946 as a Naval Reserve training vessel assigned to the 9th Naval District (Great Lakes); decommissioned October 1949 and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk Group, Norfolk, VA; named Abingdon 15 February 1956; struck from the Naval Register 1 April 1959; fate unknown. Specifications: displacement 450 t.; propulsion two 1,440 bhp Hooven-Owen-Rentschler R-99DA diesel engines (serial nos. 7021 and 7022), Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts. Commanding officer listed: LT Joseph F. Weller, Jr., USNR, 26 July 1943. Call sign NCLZ.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1959
- Population
- Wartime crew; Naval Reserve trainees 1946-49
- Limitations
- NavSource is a compiled photographic/statistical archive, not a primary records custodian; its dates agree with DANFS except the 15 February 1956 naming day (DANFS gives only the month) and the July 1946 'in service' status (carried in gaps). Displacement 450 t vs DANFS 280 is the full-load-vs-standard distinction (carried in gaps). Documents the hull, not asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-abingdon-pc1237-03
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[5]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'Consolidated Shipbuilding, Morris Heights NY' yard table - Wayback Machine capture 2016-03-03 (archived copy; live shipbuildinghistory.com mirrors the table but the consolidated.htm path 404s on the live host) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wayback capture 2016-03-03, yard table row '3141 ... PC 1237'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Yard production table corroborates this hull's builder identity: row reads '3141 | | PC 1237 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 463d | 173 | 26-Jul-43 | Named Abingdon 1956, struck 1959' - builder's hull number 3141, design 463d, delivered/completed 26 July 1943. Yard history notes Consolidated Shipbuilding (formed by the 1896 merger of Charles L. Seabury Co. and Gas Engine & Power Co.) concentrated work at Morris Heights on Matthewson Road, bought the Robert Jacob yard at City Island after WWII, closed Morris Heights, and ceased boatbuilding in 1958.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- Consolidated Shipbuilding construction trades, Morris Heights, 1943
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled yard list - corroborates builder/hull-number/dates already in DANFS; adds no asbestos information and no disposal detail beyond 'struck 1959.' Archived copy cited per citation-hygiene rules because the live consolidated.htm path does not resolve.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-abingdon-pc1237-04
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[6]Library of Congress, Veterans History Project, Irving L. Burrows Collection (AFC/2001/001/111305) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LOC VHP service summary block (dates of service 1945-1946 Navy; unit USS Abingdon PC 1237)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official federal-archive record of an identifiable crew member aboard this hull: Irving L. Burrows, U.S. Navy service 1945-1946, highest rank Seaman First Class, service unit 'USS Abingdon (PC 1237)', locations of service including Puerto Rico - consistent with the hull's documented Guantanamo Bay-Trinidad escort duty and San Juan port calls. Collection contains an interview/personal narrative (video) not yet transcribed for ship-detail content.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- One documented crew member (Irving L. Burrows, S1c, 1945-46)
- Limitations
- Confirms an individual's presence aboard in 1945-46 only; the interview's contents were not reviewed for ship-detail or exposure-relevant statements. Makes no exposure claim for Burrows or any other crew member.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-abingdon-pc1237-05
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[7]NARA, NAID 192146414: 'PC-1237, 7/26/43-8/15/46' - RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), series Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities (NAID 594996); 257 images digitized (microfilm Roll 6008; images via Ancestry partnership) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 192146414, file unit 'PC-1237, 7/26/43-8/15/46' (257 images, Roll 6008, unrestricted)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Muster rolls for this hull span 26 July 1943 - her commissioning day - through 15 August 1946, effectively her entire commissioned career plus the opening of the Great Lakes reserve-training period. Muster rolls name every officer and enlisted man aboard by reporting date, the authoritative population roster for any individual service or exposure claim tied to this hull. Image-level spot check confirms content: interior 'REPORT OF CHANGES of U.S.S. PC-1237' pages roster named USNR/USN ratings received aboard 7/26/43 from Receiving Station, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- All hands aboard PC-1237, 1943-07-26 to 1946-08-15 (design complement 65)
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the rolls document who was aboard, not what materials were aboard or what any individual was exposed to. 257 images digitized; spot check of sample images (title frame + interior roster pages) confirmed hull identity and legibility, but pages were not exhaustively read for this record - individual names not systematically extracted here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-abingdon-pc1237-06
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[8]NARA, NAID 78203889: 'USS PC-1237 - War Diary, 9/1-30/43' - RG 38 (Office of the Chief of Naval Operations), series World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories (NAID 4697018); 30 images digitized (microfilm Roll A596, Micro Serial No. 57074; images via Fold3 partnership) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78203889, file unit 'USS PC-1237 - War Diary, 9/1-30/43' (30 images, Roll A596, unrestricted)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A ship-submitted war diary for this hull survives for September 1943 - the month of her southward transit from New London through Miami shakedown to Guantanamo Bay duty. Image-level spot check confirms content: the 1 September 1943 page (form 'CONFIDENTIAL / PART III') records her moored at Fort Trumbull, New London, underway 0812, navigating Long Island Sound (Southwest Ledge light, Cornfield Lightship, Stratford Shoal Light), completing speed runs, and mooring alongside sister PC-1232 at Tompkinsville, Staten Island - matching the DANFS narrative verbatim. Signature block shows J. F. Weller Jr. as commanding officer with C. S. Munson and H. I. Linn signing as watch officers - independently corroborating the uboat.net command roster.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-09
- Population
- Crew of PC-1237, September 1943
- Limitations
- Archival lead: 30 images digitized; spot check of the opening page confirmed hull identity, transit detail, and officer names, but pages were not exhaustively read for this record. Only September 1943 surfaced in the digitized catalog for this hull - the rest of her war-diary coverage (Oct 1943 - early 1945 escort period, if submitted) is undigitized or unfiled under this name.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-abingdon-pc1237-07
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[9]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS PC-1237 (PC-1237) warship record (live page verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship 8764 page, data table + commands section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net record for this hull: patrol craft of the PC-461 class; built by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp. (Morris Heights); ordered 21 November 1942; milestones agree with DANFS/NavSource (laid down 14 Feb 1943, launched 3 Apr 1943, commissioned 26 Jul 1943, end service Oct 1949, stricken 1 Apr 1959). WWII commanding-officer roster: Lt. Joseph F. Weller, USNR (26 Jul 1943 - early 1944); Charles S. Munson, Jr., USNR (early 1944 - late 1944); H. I. Linn, USNR (late 1944 - early 1945); David C. Hume, USNR (early 1945 - early 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1959
- Population
- Wartime crew under four successive commanding officers, 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary database, not a primary records custodian; the CO roster is fuller than NavSource's single entry. Partial corroboration: the September 1943 war-diary signature block (NAID 78203889) shows Weller as CO and Munson and Linn signing as watch officers - the Munson and Linn roster entries are thus primary-verified as officers aboard; the tour-boundary dates remain uncorroborated. 'Ordered 21 Nov 1942' is uncorroborated - carried in gaps. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-abingdon-pc1237-08
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[10]HyperWar/ibiblio, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Submarine Chasers (PC)' official wartime vessel list (verbatim transcription of a Navy Department list) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar ships-sc.html, PC table row 'PC-1237'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official wartime vessel list corroborates this hull's US service: row reads 'PC-1237 | 1942-44' with no transfer notation - unlike sisters PC-1234 (Uruguay), PC-1235 (France), and PC-1236 (Brazil), she remained in US service through the war period, consistent with the DANFS Caribbean escort narrative.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1944 (list window)
- Population
- Wartime crew
- Limitations
- Tabular corroboration of service period only; the '1942-44' column reflects fiscal-year authorization windows, not exact service dates. No materials or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-abingdon-pc1237-09
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[11]Kenosha Evening News (Kenosha, WI) - contemporaneous local-press items, 16 May 1947 (p.1), 25 Aug 1947 (p.7), and 11 Jun 1949 (p.5), via NewspaperArchive OCR'd search snippets (full pages paywalled) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Kenosha Evening News pages of 1947-05-16, 1947-08-25, 1949-06-11 (NewspaperArchive OCR snippets)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous Kenosha press places this hull at the Kenosha Naval Reserve Training Center during her Great Lakes duty: 16 May 1947 - 'The PC 1237 - a naval patrol craft will visit Kenosha for a public open house on Wednesday May 21' (p.1); 25 Aug 1947 - reservists offered a cruise aboard 'pc 1237 on August 30 and 31' (p.7); 11 Jun 1949 - 'Kenosha's naval reservists left at noon today aboard the pc-1237, headed for their third weekend cruise on Lake Michigan' (p.5). Establishes Kenosha as her operating station for the Ninth Naval District reserve-training period documented by DANFS.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946-1949
- Population
- Ninth Naval District reservists training aboard at Kenosha, 1946-49
- Limitations
- Snippet-level verification only - NewspaperArchive full pages are paywalled; the three dated items are internally consistent and contemporaneous. Community-history claims that PC-1237 remained at Kenosha 'until 1959' conflict with the official record (decommissioned October 1949, berthed Norfolk) and are not adopted - see gaps. No materials or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-abingdon-pc1237-10
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[12]NavSource specifications block (PC-461 class; diesel propulsion) + GAO HRD-80-2 program finding (Navy asbestos era) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block (propulsion lines); GAO HRD-80-2 product description
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: a 1943-built diesel-powered PC-461-class submarine chaser carried no steam plant, so no boiler/turbine lagging pathway applies; period-standard asbestos applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this era were machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, thermal insulation of engine spaces, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. These applications are documented as standard Navy practice in the ship's era (GAO HRD-80-2: Navy used asbestos insulation extensively and did not begin substitution until the early 1970s) - not documented aboard this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1959
- Population
- Construction trades 1943; crew 1943-49
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-specific finding. No survey, plan, or litigation record identifies asbestos-containing products aboard PC-1237; diesel propulsion narrows but does not eliminate the plausible product set.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-abingdon-pc1237-11
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[13]Batch-7733 search ledger (sl-uss-abingdon-pc1237-01 through -15): DANFS, NavSource, NVR, NARA catalog, shipbuildinghistory, LOC VHP, uboat.net, HyperWar, Kenosha press, LVA FromThePage, general web, CourtListener [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-abingdon-pc1237-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum ACM inventory, government report naming this hull, or verified litigation naming USS Abingdon / PC-1237 was found in the sources searched. Digitized NARA holdings (muster rolls, September 1943 war diary) document the crew population and operations but contain no materials content. Absence of documentation is recorded, not asserted as absence of asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03 (search date)
- Limitations
- A no-result finding bounded by the sources searched (see search_ledger): it does not prove the hull carried no asbestos-containing material, only that no public ship-specific record was located. CourtListener: 1 of 4 base queries executed (exact-name opinion - 2 hits, both name collisions, no qualifying case); the other 3 were blocked by the fleet hourly pacing limiter all session - litigation status is OPEN, not negative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-abingdon-pc1237-12
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[14]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Asbestos: An Erasable Problem' (product page only - gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches; product-page description used) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page abstract
- 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 construction (1943) and entire service life through its 1959 striking.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- through early 1970s
- Population
- Navy-wide, program level
- Limitations
- Program-level finding, not hull evidence; names no vessel. Full text unreachable (HTTP 403 to automated fetch) - product-page description cited. Does not establish what was aboard PC-1237.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-abingdon-pc1237-13