Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]research packet 986-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: collision flagged)
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-asheville-pg101-pkt-986-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Asheville II (PF-1) - construction at Canadian Vickers Montreal, commissioning, convoy escort, ASW and experimental service, decommissioning and disposal [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Asheville II (PF-1)' narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'The second Asheville (PF-1) was laid down on 10 March 1942 at Montreal, Canada, by Canadian Vickers, Ltd.; launched on 22 August 1942; and commissioned at Montreal on 1 December 1942, Lt. Comdr. Robert P. Walker in command.' Service: Saint Lawrence River until 3 January 1943; fitting out at Boston; reported to Commander Eastern Sea Frontier 23 February 1943; New York base 9 March; round-trip convoy escort New York-Guantanamo Bay until transfer to antisubmarine patrol duty 2 September 1943; 17-19 September 1943 escorted a burned-out ammunition ship out to sea from New York and destroyed her; ASW patrols autumn 1943 to spring 1944; May 1944 entered Boston Navy Yard for installation of experimental ASW gear, then tested under COMASDEVLANT; early September 1944 joined hunter-killer group built around Croatan (CVE-25); 15 September moved to Port Everglades (COMASDEVLANT base) until April 1945; 13 April 1945 returned to New York/Eastern Sea Frontier ASW patrols; after 8 May returned to Port Everglades; 19 July 1945 ordered to New York Navy Yard for experimental radar installation; two months in yard, tests at Casco Bay, then Norfolk for the remainder of 1945; 'On 14 January 1946, Asheville was placed out of commission at Norfolk. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 25 February 1946, and she was sold to the United Boat Service Corp. on 15 June 1946.' Spec block: dp. 2,360 (f.); l. 301'6"; b. 36'6"; dr. 13'8"; s. 20.0 k.; cpl. 194; a. 3 3", 8 40mm., 4 20mm., 2 dct., 8 dcp., 1 dcp. (hh.); cl. Asheville.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Canadian Vickers construction trades (1942); crew (1942-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific service history only - no asbestos, material, or insulation content. The DANFS narrative does not state the PG-101 commissioning designation or the 15 April 1943 PF-1 reclassification (those come from NavSource/NavalCoverMuseum rows); the page title and spec block carry PF-1 only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-asheville-pg101-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Patrol Frigate Photo Archive, USS Asheville (PF 1) - designation timeline, Royal Navy origin, specifications, Argentine disposition [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/08001.htm header timeline block and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 10 March 1942 as HMS Adur (K 269) by Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal; launched 22 August 1942; 'Transferred to the United States prior to completion'; commissioned USS Asheville (PG-101) 1 December 1942; reclassified Patrol Frigate PF-1 15 April 1943; decommissioned 14 January 1946 at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA; struck 25 February 1946; 'Sold 15 June 1946 to the United Boat Service Corp. of New York and resold to Argentina'; renamed ARA Hercules (P 31); 'Transferred in 1961 to the Argentine Coast Guard and renamed ARA Juan B. Azopardo (GC 11)'; 'Fate unknown.' Specifications: displacement 2,360 t.; length 301'6"; beam 36'6"; draft 13'8"; speed 20.3 kts.; complement 194; propulsion 'Two 225psi 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500shp Canadian Vickers verticle [sic] triple expansion steam engines, two shaft.' Armament: three 3"/50 dual-purpose mounts, two twin 40mm, nine 20mm, two depth-charge tracks, eight projectors, one hedgehog (Argentine-era rearmament: two 4.1" mounts, eight 40mm, one hedgehog, six depth-charge tracks).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1973 (entry coverage)
- Population
- Canadian Vickers construction trades (1942); USN crew (1942-46); Argentine Navy and Coast Guard crews (1946/48-1969+); disposal workers (post-1969)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS but the Argentine-era portion ('fate unknown', GC-11 numbering) rests on secondary sourcing. Page verified live 2026-10-04. Contains no asbestos content; propulsion line supplies the steam-plant basis for the era-inference row only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-asheville-pg101-02
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[4]NARA, 'USS ASHEVILLE - War History' (NAID 77618257), microfilm roll A-2028 images 0316-0319, series 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (ca. 1942-1946), micro serial 156109 - ship-submitted history and commanding-officer roster, 4 December 1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 77618257 digital objects, images 0316-0319 (transmittal; history narrative; commanding-officer roster; awards)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary ship document (4 pages, digitized, unrestricted): transmittal letter 4 December 1945 from 'The Commanding Officer, U.S.S. ASHEVILLE (PF-1)' to Secretary of the Navy (PubInfo) under Allant 70 November 1945, signed H.C. Owen Jr., Lieut. Comdr. The enclosed history states: 'The U.S.S. ASHEVILLE, built by Canadian Vickers Ltd. in Montreal, Canada was placed in commission amidst a blinding snow storm by Lt. Comdr. R.P. Walker, USN, at 1820 on 1 December 1942, in Montreal, Canada'; maiden voyage Quebec to Boston; reported for duty New York 9 March 1943; first convoy 13 March 1943 New York to Guantanamo Bay 'escorting the convoy of thirty four ships'; six months NY-Gitmo convoy duty; anti-sub patrol 2 September 1943; 17-19 September escorted the remains of a burned ammunition ship to sea and destroyed it 'off the coast of New Jersey'; winter 1943-44 patrols 'in the Cape Hatteras region'; 12 May 1944 ordered to Boston for installation of anti-submarine experimental equipment 'including the British Squid'; exercised at Quonset Point under Commander Anti-Submarine Development Atlantic; September 1944 practice runs with an Italian submarine off Cape Hatteras and joined the Croatan hunter-killer group - 'our first firing run with the Squid'; 15 September 1944 ordered to Port Everglades (AsDevLant surface-ship base); winter 1944-45 experimentation including 'sonar buoys, squid, depth recorder, bearing recorder, depth charges and FXR gear'; 13 April 1945 to New York, Eastern Sea Frontier; 19 July 1945 'ordered to Brooklyn Navy Yard to have installed on board experimental radar. After two months of repair we reported to Commander Task Force 69 for operation at Casco Bay, Maine. Later Commander Task Force 69 was transferred to Norfolk, Virginia.' Awards page: LCDR R.J. Garnaus received the Navy Marine Corp [sic] Medal for prior service aboard USS Pollux.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Ship's company 1942-45; Canadian Vickers and navy-yard trades at stated availabilities
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous ship-authored history - strongest single narrative source for this hull, but written for public-information purposes (Allant 70 compliance) with informal wording; it contains no material, insulation, or asbestos content. 'Two months of repair' at Brooklyn Navy Yard is the ship's own phrasing - it documents a yard availability without specifying work scope.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-asheville-pg101-03
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[5]NARA file unit 'Plans for the Patrol Frigate USS Asheville (PF-1)' (NAID 53483730), RG 19 Records of the Bureau of Ships, Alphabetical Series of Ship Engineering Drawings (1789-1967) - three digitized items: Booklet of General Plans plates (NAID 167816525 main deck/forecastle/inboard profile; 167816527 first platform/hold/outboard profile; 167816529 arrangement with U.S. naval armament) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 53483730 file unit; items 167816525 / 167816527 / 167816529 (each 1 digital object)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Bureau of Ships 'Booklet of General Plans' for this hull survives as three digitized drawings at NARA College Park - Cartographic, unrestricted. Plate set examined this session (NAID 167816527, produced 26 April 1943, 'PF1 EX(PG101) EX(CN334) FINISHED PLAN... NAVY YARD BOSTON', BuShips drawing no. 638018): the hold plan labels ENGINE ROOM, NO. 1 BOILER ROOM, NO. 2 BOILER ROOM, COLD ROOM, COOL ROOM, and COOLING MACHINERY COMPT., confirming the steam machinery arrangement and refrigerated stores spaces. No insulation schedule or material callout appears on the three digitized plates; the prints label compartments, not materials.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- N/A - engineering drawings (as-built configuration evidence)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the digitized plates do not state insulation type anywhere; the compartment labels (boiler rooms, cold/cool rooms) support era-consistent inference only. A complete Booklet of General Plans typically carried additional sheets (e.g., insulation/ventilation diagrams) not present in this three-item file unit - further sheets may exist in RG 19 holdings at College Park but are not confirmed digitized.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-asheville-pg101-04
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[6]NHHC photographic record, catalog 80-G-450238: 'USS ASHEVILLE (PF-1). Taken 3 November 1943 by E.B. Denton. HMS GRANBY pennant no. J264, a Bangor class Minesweeping Sloop, is in the background.' National Archives photograph [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC collections page 80-G-450238; NavSource 12/08001.htm photo captions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC collections page documents NARA photograph 80-G-450238: this hull underway 3 November 1943 with HMS Granby (J 264) in background - wartime configuration evidence (fit after the April 1943 PF-1 reclassification). Additional NARA-captioned photography surfaced via NavSource captions includes a c. February 1944 view and Argentine-era photography (c. 1947 New York departure; 1958/59 and 1960/61 Jane's Fighting Ships images as ARA Hercules; 1969-70 image as Azopardo).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1970 (photographic coverage)
- Population
- Crew, 1942-46 (wartime configuration)
- Limitations
- Photographic records establish configuration and presence only - no material or asbestos content. Argentine-era images document continued steaming of the 1942 plant well past the U.S. disposal, relevant only as era context.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-asheville-pg101-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource propulsion block (2 x 225-psi 3-drum express boilers; 2 x 5,500-shp Canadian Vickers vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts); NARA hold plan machinery/refrigerated-space labels; River-class frigate design lineage (British 1941-42 escort construction); GAO HRD-80-2 program documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; NARA plan 167816527 (hold plan compartment labels); GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steam-powered frigate built in 1942 to the British River-class design sits inside the documented asbestos-use era of Allied warship construction. Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a steam escort of this type were boiler and steam-pipe lagging around the two 3-drum boilers and twin triple-expansion engines, machinery insulation, flange gaskets and valve packing, electrical cable insulation, and insulation of refrigerated stores (the digitized hold plan labels COLD ROOM, COOL ROOM, and COOLING MACHINERY COMPT.).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1970s
- Population
- Canadian Vickers construction trades (1942); USN crew (1942-46); navy-yard trades at Boston (1944), New York/Brooklyn (1945), Norfolk (1945-46) availabilities; Argentine crews and dockyard trades (1946/48-1969+); scrappers (post-1969)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, survey, or work package located for PF-1. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution. Built in a Canadian yard (Canadian Vickers, Montreal) - U.S.-yard documentation does not directly cover the builder. Asbestos aboard is a reasonable era-consistent inference, not a ship-proven fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-asheville-pg101-06
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[8]shipyard-exposure-map yard dataset (shipyards.json): norfolk-naval-shipyard (EPA Superfund VA1170024813 listed 1999; documented product list incl. Thermobestos, Marinite, Transite, Kaylo, Unibestos, gaskets/packing, pipe and boiler/turbine insulation; 1979 Shop 56 inspection finding asbestos-laden dust); brooklyn-navy-yard (Kaylo/Owens-Illinois documented; consolidated asbestos litigation record, In re Eastern and Southern Districts Asbestos Litigation, 772 F. Supp. 1380 (S.D.N.Y. 1991)); boston-naval-shipyard (John Crane gaskets documented via litigation_product_id, In re John Crane Inc. Tex. App. 2003) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS narrative (Boston fitting out; Boston Navy Yard May 1944; New York Navy Yard Jul 1945; Norfolk decommissioning); NARA war history image 0317 ('Brooklyn Navy Yard... two months of repair'); shipyards.json yard records
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Yard-level context for this hull's documented availabilities: the ship's own war history and DANFS place her at Boston Navy Yard (fitting out Jan-Feb 1943; experimental ASW installation May 1944 - the BuShips plan is stamped 'NAVY YARD BOSTON'), New York Navy Yard/Brooklyn (July-September 1945 experimental radar installation - 'two months of repair' per the ship's war history), and Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth (late-1945 base; decommissioning 14 January 1946). All three yards carry documented asbestos product and exposure records in the Atlas yard dataset - placing work on this hull inside documented asbestos-era industrial environments.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard, New York Navy Yard, and Norfolk Navy Yard trades interacting with this hull (1943-46)
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull record: none of these yard records names PF-1, and presence at a documented yard does not establish that asbestos work was performed on or aboard this hull. Work scope at each availability is unspecified (experimental equipment/radar installations; 'repair' per ship history). No asbestos claim is made from these yard associations.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-asheville-pg101-07
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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 U.S. service era (1942-46) and most of its Argentine service (to 1969).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, standing defect from BATCH-01/BATCH-98) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-asheville-pg101-08
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[10]Hedley-Whyte J, Milamed DR. 'Asbestos and Ship-Building: Fatal Consequences.' Ulster Med J. 2008 Sep;77(3):191-200. PMCID: PMC2604477; PMID: 18956802 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PMC2604477, 'Logistics of Asbestos' section (Tables I-II; conservation-order paragraphs)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed medical-historical documentation of the wartime asbestos regime covering this hull's exact build window and flag-of-order: 'In 1922 the US Navy specified asbestos use in new submarines. South African chrysotile asbestos was specified for gaskets, insulation, packing and tape'; 'At the outset of World War II the British Admiralty took over control of merchant ship-building and the allocation of asbestos'; 'On January 20, 1942... the first Asbestos Conservation order was issued. FDR's presidential order essentially banned the use of asbestos for non-military purposes; priority was given to merchant and US and Royal Navy ship-building. In December 1942, with an acute asbestos shortage, these regulations were further tightened and not relaxed until December 1944.' This hull was ordered by Britain (6 Oct 1941 per uboat.net) as a Royal Navy River-class frigate and built March-December 1942 at Canadian Vickers - inside the conservation-order window and the Admiralty-controlled allocation regime the article documents.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- Allied naval and merchant shipbuilding trades, 1941-45
- Limitations
- Era/regulatory context only: documents that asbestos was specified, controlled, and prioritized for Allied naval and merchant shipbuilding in 1942 - it does not name this hull, this class, or Canadian Vickers, and does not establish installed materials aboard PF-1. Narrative article (Ulster Medical Journal), not a shipyard survey.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-asheville-pg101-09
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[11]histarmar.com.ar (Historia y Arqueologia Maritima), 'Fragata HERCULES 1948' page - Argentine naval-history reference citing Argentine archival sources (OO.GG.; OO.DD.; B.N.P.; A.G.M. 1948/1962). Live site unreachable this session (DNS failure); verified via Wayback capture 2020-02-20 (labeled archived). Cross-checked: NavSource disposition lines; es.wikipedia 'ARA Hercules (P-31)' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/08001.htm disposition lines; es.wikipedia 'ARA Hercules (P-31)' history section; navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/ASHEVILLE_PF_1 designation table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-USN disposition for this hull: sold 15 June 1946 to United Boat Service Corp. of New York and resold to Argentina (NavSource, matching DANFS sale date; uboat.net and NavalCoverMuseum carry a 13 June 1946 variant). Argentine record verified at source (histarmar, archived copy): purchased under decree 12.235-46; named by decree 24.121 of 4 August 1947 (O.G. 224/47) in memory of Admiral Guillermo Brown's independence-era frigate - fourth ship of the name; disarmed and refitted at Hoboken, NJ; Argentine flag raised there 18 February 1948; arrived Base Naval Rio Santiago 13 March 1948; División Fragatas 1948-1960, homeported Puerto Belgrano; 1949 antisubmarine training force; 1950 Antarctic Campaign No. 14; June 1955 revolution - CO Capitan de Fragata Francisco Manrique mutinied and was imprisoned; September 1955 Revolucion Libertadora service with the fleet; 1956 Buenos Aires-Rio de Janeiro regatta escort; 1957 Operativo Foca; 1959 Operativo Neptune II; by Navy-secretariat resolution of 31 May 1961 ceded to the Prefectura Nacional Maritima for sea-training duty and renamed Azopardo, classified guardacostas. Argentine spec block: 92.72 m, 2,360 t, triple-expansion machinery with 2 Admiralty-type boilers, 5,500 HP, crew 150. Beyond 1961: NavSource records rename to ARA Juan B. Azopardo (GC 11) and 'Fate unknown'; es.wikipedia (histarmar/other-attributed) reports withdrawal from active service 5 September 1969 and subsequent sale for scrap; en.wikipedia infobox carries stricken 1973.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1946-1969+
- Population
- Argentine Navy crews (1948-1961); Prefectura Naval Argentina crews and training cadets (1961-1969); Argentine disposal/scrapping workers (post-1969)
- Limitations
- Argentine Navy era (1948-1961) now verified at source level via the archived histarmar page (which cites Argentine naval archives). Disposition after the 1961 PNA transfer remains secondary/unresolved: histarmar's Hercules page does not state a disposal; 'retired 5 Sep 1969, sold for scrap' is es.wikipedia-level sourcing; 'stricken 1973' (en.wikipedia) vs NavSource 'fate unknown' unreconciled - all in gaps. GC-11 vs CG-11 pennant spelling varies. histarmar carries her origin name as 'ex H.M.C.S. Adur (canadiense)' - see identity row for the HMS/HMCS conflict.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-asheville-pg101-10
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[12]CORRECTION keyed to the ship's own commanding-officer roster (NARA NAID 77618257, image 0318, submitted 4 December 1945) vs the NavSource CO table on 12/08001.htm [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 77618257 image 0318 (COMMANDING OFFICERS page) and image 0316 signature block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the ship-submitted roster lists Commander Robert P. Walker, USN 'Commissioning to 15 June 1943'; Lieutenant Commander Russell J. Garnaus, USNR '15 June 1943 to 1 March 1945'; Lieutenant Commander Kipling W. Wise, USNR '1 March 1945 to 17 November 1945'; and Lieutenant Commander Harry C. Owen, USNR '17 November 1945' (Owen also signs the 4 December 1945 transmittal as commanding officer). NavSource's table diverges: Walker to 'December 1943'; Garnaus 'December 1943 - 2 March 1945'; Wise '2 March 1945 - 17 November 1945'; and a final 'LT Charles R. Young, USNR, 17 November 1945 - 8 January 1946' - Young does not appear in the ship's document and Owen does not appear in NavSource. The contemporaneous ship document is carried; NavSource's end-of-war line is treated as a transcription error pending deck-log confirmation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Limitations
- Corrects a secondary-source personnel table against a primary document; not a material or exposure claim. The exact command end-date for Owen (through decommissioning 14 January 1946) is not stated in the document - open point for RG 24 deck logs.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-asheville-pg101-11
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[13]Identity disambiguation keyed to NavSource index pages: Patrol Gunboat index (12/09idx.htm: 'PG-21 Asheville'; 'PG-101 Asheville Reclassified PF-1') and Motor Gunboat index (12/11idx.htm: 'PGM / PG-84 Asheville' Asheville-class motor gunboat; 'PGM / PG-101 Green Bay') [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/09idx.htm (PG index) and 12/11idx.htm (PGM index); NavSource 12/08001.htm header ('ex-USS Asheville (PG 101) / ex-HMS Adur (K 269)')
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- IDENTITY CORRECTION / collision control: this record's hull is the 1942 Canadian Vickers River-design patrol frigate commissioned PG-101 and reclassified PF-1. Three collisions are live in the source record: (1) USS Asheville (PG-21), a WWI-era gunboat - different hull (NavSource PG index, 12/09021.htm); (2) USS Asheville (PG-84/PGM-84), a 1966 Asheville-class motor gunboat - different hull (NavSource PGM index 12/11084.htm), and the hull that asbestos-marketing ship lists actually enumerate ('USS Asheville (PG-84)' on mesotheliomaveterans.org and lungcancergroup.com); (3) USS Green Bay (PGM/PG-101), which REUSED the PG-101 hull number in the 1960s Asheville-class series (NavSource PGM index 12/11101.htm) - a literal hull-number collision with this record's commissioning designation. Two origin sub-conflicts: (a) flag-of-order - NavSource and uboat.net carry 'HMS Adur' (Royal Navy) while NavalCoverMuseum and histarmar carry 'HMCS Adur' / 'canadiense' (Canadian Navy); both variants circulate, unresolved; (b) pennant number - NavSource, NavalCoverMuseum, histarmar, and uboat.net all carry 'K-269'; Wikipedia prose carries 'K296' - K-269 carried, variant in gaps.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- identity control
- Limitations
- Identity-control row only - no exposure content. Demonstrates that marketing/listicle asbestos coverage naming 'USS Asheville (PG-84)' refers to a different hull and provides no evidence for this one; also guards the PG-101 number reuse.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-asheville-pg101-12
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[14]Batch-8491 search ledger (this record): live DANFS; NavSource (ship page + PG/PGM indices); NARA catalog (war history NAID 77618257 digitized; RG 19 plans file unit NAID 53483730 digitized; deck-log search); NHHC photo page 80-G-450238; NavalCoverMuseum; uboat.net; es.wikipedia (histarmar-attributed); shipyards.json yard records; GAO product page; CourtListener base queries (see ledger status); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-asheville-pg101-01 through -19
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS Asheville (PG-101/PF-1) was found in the public sources searched. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing listicles - which enumerate 'USS Asheville (PG-84)', the later motor gunboat, not this hull - all excluded by source policy. No asbestos claim is made for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - construction at Canadian Vickers in 1942 inside the documented asbestos era, plus steaming to 1969 in Argentine service, leaves the era-consistent inference intact but unverified. Undigitized leads remain: complete BuShips booklet sheets (insulation/ventilation diagrams) at NARA College Park; RG 24 deck logs; Canadian Vickers yard records; Argentine post-1961 disposal documentation (histarmar PNA Azopardo page not yet located). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-asheville-pg101-13