Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 999-packet.md (2 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-alert-pgm102-pkt-999-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Motor Gunboat Index, PGM-71 Class Motor Gunboat (continued) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PGM-71 Class Motor Gunboat (continued), lines 144-145: 'PGM-102 to Liberia as Alert'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's Motor Gunboat Index lists 'PGM-102 to Liberia as Alert.' This identifies the vessel as Alert in Liberian service; it does not provide construction, service-date, disposition, crew, machinery, or hazardous-material information.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- This index establishes the PGM-102/Alert/Liberia identification only. It does not document asbestos or any other material aboard, exposure, crew service, construction details, or final disposition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alert-pgm102-01
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[3]Norman Friedman, 'Small Combatants—1973,' U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, May 1973 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PGM discussion, paragraphs describing PGM-59-class craft and the list including PGM-102 for Liberia
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- USNI Proceedings describes PGM-102 as one of the PGM-59-class craft supplied under the U.S. Military Aid Program, specifically listing PGM-102 for Liberia. It reports class/era propulsion for subsequent PGM-59-class boats: eight General Motors 6V-71 diesels geared four per shaft and two diesel generator engines.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1973 publication; class/era description
- Limitations
- This is class/era context, not a hull-specific machinery or material list. It does not establish that PGM-102 had particular installed components, asbestos-containing material, exposure, causation, quantity, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alert-pgm102-02
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[4]CourtListener authenticated helper (/Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py), pacing responses for attempted exact-name opinion and docket searches [court_record]
- Locator
- Helper output on 2026-10-04: 'COURTLISTENER PACING: the fleet-wide request budget is momentarily spent'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Required CourtListener base searches were not completed. The authenticated helper stood down before transmitting the attempted exact-name opinion and exact-name docket queries because the fleet-wide pacing budget was momentarily spent. Per helper guidance, no retry loop was used; the exact-name and hull-number opinion/docket sweep remains incomplete.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- This is an access/pacing gap, not a no-result finding. It identifies no case and cannot support any conclusion about litigation, asbestos aboard this hull, exposure, causation, products, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alert-pgm102-03
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[5]Research ledger, authoritative-source review of NHHC, NARA, NPS, NVR, and official museum/archive sources; 2026-10-04 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-alert-pgm102-03 and sl-uss-alert-pgm102-04
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Negative research finding: the completed public authoritative-source review did not locate a ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, maintenance specification, regulatory or environmental record, official museum/archive record, or qualifying litigation document for Alert (PGM-102). Ship-specific asbestos documentation is unknown on the sources reviewed.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- A review result is not proof of absence aboard the vessel. The CourtListener opinion/docket sweep was not completed because the authenticated pacing helper stood down before transmission; the result cannot support a litigation negative or any inference about materials, exposure, causation, products, quantities, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alert-pgm102-04