Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]research packet 1010-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-argus-py14-pkt-1010-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, History of the Coast and Geodetic Survey During World War II (1946), p. 20 (digitized NOAA historic document) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Printed page 20; PDF text: 'The vessel ARGUS, Navy PY-14, was transferred from the Navy September 17, 1941, renamed PIONEER, and returned to the Navy March 16, 1942.'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Survey history states that ARGUS, Navy PY-14, was transferred from the Navy on 17 September 1941, renamed PIONEER, and returned to the Navy on 16 March 1942.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1942
- Limitations
- This source documents the Coast and Geodetic Survey interval and its transfer dates only. It does not establish commissioning dates, recommissioning date, decommissioning date in 1946, construction details, asbestos materials, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-argus-py14-01
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[3]National Archives, Executive Order 9072 disposition entry, signed 24 February 1942, 7 FR 1531 (26 February 1942) [federal_register]
- Locator
- Executive Order 9072 entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives identifies Executive Order 9072 as concerning transfer of Pioneer (ex Argus), Guide (ex Andradite), Pratt (ex YP-96), and certain Coast and Geodetic Survey personnel from the Survey to the War and Navy Departments; it was signed 24 February 1942.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942
- Limitations
- The disposition table establishes the order's title and signing date, not the vessel's actual return date or recommissioning. NOAA's history separately gives Argus's return date as 16 March 1942.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-argus-py14-02
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[4]Research log: NHHC DANFS Argus II (PY-14) page, direct live check returned HTTP 404; Firecrawl MCP search/scrape unavailable due keyless quota exhaustion. Official NHHC content appeared in search index but was not treated as a live citation. [other_primary]
- Locator
- NOAA CGS WWII history, pp. 19-20; National Archives EO 9072 disposition entry; see search_ledger
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was verified in the accessible primary sources reviewed for this record. This is a scoped search result, not proof that no such record exists.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- Research conducted 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- NHHC DANFS was inaccessible live and no archived copy was located during this session. NOAA's wartime history and NARA's EO 9072 disposition entry do not address asbestos. CourtListener research stopped after the authenticated helper reported its fleet-wide pacing limit; no litigation negative finding is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-argus-py14-03