Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 959-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-attica-pcs1383-pkt-959-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Attica (PCS-1383) - construction, commissioning, Key West Sonar School service, postwar reserve-training and disposal narrative; spec block (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-04) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Attica (PCS-1383) entry, service narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 27 March 1943 at Whitestone, Long Island, N.Y., by the Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp.; launched 23 June 1944; commissioned at the New York Navy Yard 7 August 1944, Lt. Edward M. Castle, USNR, in command. Remained in the Long Island Sound area until late August 1944; arrived Key West, Fla., 26 August; completed shakedown; then served 13 months as a school ship for the Sonar School at Key West, concluding 28 September 1945. Arrived Norfolk 2 October 1945 and reported to the Service Force, Atlantic Fleet; later a Naval Reserve training ship in the 5th Naval District. Decommissioned 28 February 1947; placed in service 31 July 1947; placed out of service 28 February 1950 and berthed with the Norfolk Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet; moved May 1950 to Green Cove Springs, Fla., Florida Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Named Attica 15 February 1956; name struck from the Navy list 19 July 1956. 'Details of her disposal have not been found.' Namesake note: 'A city in western Indiana situated on the banks of the Wabash River and a village in western New York about 30 miles east of Buffalo.' Spec block: dp. 338 (f.) (lim.); l. 136'0"; b. 24'6"; dr. 8'7"; s. 14.1 k. (tl.); cpl. 57; a. 1 40mm.; cl. PCS-1376.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1956 (entry coverage)
- Population
- Wheeler-Whitestone construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-47); Sonar School trainees (1944-45); Naval Reserve training population (1947-50); reserve-fleet caretakers (1950-56)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS does not document the post-Navy disposal chain (states disposal details 'not been found') - the 1957-onward merchant ownership comes from NavSource (see ev-02). The spec-block armament line ('1 40mm.') is abbreviated relative to the NavSource fit - conflict carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-attica-pcs1383-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Sweeper Photo Archive, Attica (PCS 1383) ex-PCS-1383 ex-PC-1383 - designation timeline, specifications, post-Navy merchant ownership chain, NHHC photo credit (live, verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/071383.htm header block, specifications block, NH 85432 photo credit
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 27 March 1943 as PC-1383 at Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, Long Island, NY; reclassified PCS-1383 April 1943; launched 23 June 1944; commissioned USS PCS-1383 7 August 1944 at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY; decommissioned 28 February 1947 at Norfolk, VA; placed in service 31 July 1947 as a Naval Reserve training ship assigned to the 5th Naval District (Norfolk); placed out of service 28 February 1950 at Norfolk, laid up Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk Group; transferred May 1950 to Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs, FL; named Attica 15 February 1956; struck from the Navy Register 19 July 1956; acquired 1957 by the Cape Fear Fish Co. of Wilmington, NC and renamed Cape Fear; acquired 1963 by the Brunswick Navigation Co. of Southport, NC; acquired 1967 by the Standards Products Co., Inc. of Kilmarnock, VA; out of documentation 1979; fate unknown. Specifications: displacement 245 t. (lt), 338 t. (fl); length 136'; beam 24'6"; draft 8'7"; speed 14.1 kts.; complement 57; armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one 20mm gun mount, four depth charge projectors, one depth charge projector (hedgehog), two depth charge tracks; propulsion two 800bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts. Call sign Nan-Tare-Queen-King. Page carries U.S. Navy photo NH 85432 (with USS Lake Champlain (CV-39) at Newport News, 6 June 1948).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1979
- Population
- Wheeler-Whitestone construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-47); Naval Reserve training population (1947-50); merchant crews (1957-79)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestones track DANFS but the post-Navy merchant chain (1957-1979) and the armament fit rest on this compilation alone; DANFS expressly records disposal details as 'not been found.' Armament block conflicts with the abbreviated DANFS spec line - carried in gaps; the listed hedgehog is consistent with the documented sonar-school conversion (ev-05). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-attica-pcs1383-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (1978), 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations' section, book p. 443 (scanned page via ACPL Genealogy Center mirror, verified direct from the page image 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 (1978), symbol-number section, book p. 443; ACPL Genealogy Center scan, display image 472: 'PCS-1383 | Aug. 7, 1944-June 30, 1945 | 2'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 lists 'PCS-1383' with a logbook date span of Aug. 7, 1944-June 30, 1945 and 2 logbooks held. The span begins on the ship's DANFS-documented commissioning date (7 August 1944) and covers her wartime Key West Sonar School service through mid-1945. Entry is under the PCS signal-number designation - she carried no name during the coverage period; the separate 'Ships with Nominal Designations' index contains no Attica entry (she was named in 1956, after the index coverage).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-08-07 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Crew (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: establishes that two logbooks for this hull are held at NARA for the stated span - it is a custody index, not the logs themselves, which are not located in the digitized NARA catalog (see search_ledger). Coverage dates are log-holdings metadata, not commissioning/decommissioning dates; the hull remained in commission to 28 February 1947, so post-June-1945 logs exist under postwar custody not indexed by SL44. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-attica-pcs1383-03
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[5]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), Wheeler Shipbuilding Whitestone NY yard table - PCS 1383 build/delivery record in the Whitestone production run (live, verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wheeler-Whitestone table, PCS 1383 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Wheeler-Whitestone yard table lists 'PCS 1383 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 278 | 136 | 7-Aug-44 | Named Attica 1956, sold as Cape Fear' - corroborating the builder, hull type, delivery-into-commissioning date, naming, and post-Navy merchant disposition. The table shows the Whitestone yard's production run of PCS-1376-class sweepers (PCS 1376 through PCS 1388) plus Coast Guard patrol craft and tugs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1957
- Population
- Wheeler-Whitestone construction trades (1943-44 production window)
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary shipyard reference, not a primary registry - used to corroborate the DANFS builder attribution and the NavSource merchant chain. The delivery date (7-Aug-44) matches the DANFS commissioning date. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-attica-pcs1383-04
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[6]navypedia, 'PCS submarine-chasers (PCS1376) (1943-1945)' class page - modernizations list and per-hull table (live, verified 2026-10-04); corroborated at program level by the Patrol Craft Sailors Association conversions table (ev-06) and by the NavSource hedgehog listing (ev-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia PCS1376 class page, 'Modernizations' list (1944 ASW TS group) and per-hull table PCS1383 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- navypedia names this hull in a 1944 conversion group: '1944, PCS1377, 1378, 1380 - 1387, 1392, 1417, 1423, 1424, 1426, 1431, 1441, 1442, 1445, 1446, 1448, 1449: were converted to ASW TS [anti-submarine warfare training ship]: - 1 x 1 - 76/50; + 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL' - i.e., the 3"/50 gun was removed and a 24-barrel Hedgehog Mk 10 anti-submarine rocket launcher fitted for the sonar-school/training role. PCS-1383 sits inside the listed 1380-1387 range, consistent with her DANFS-documented 13-month assignment as school ship for the Sonar School at Key West and with the hedgehog projector in the NavSource armament block. The navypedia per-hull table row reads 'PCS1383 | 2.1956- Attica | Wheeler, Brooklyn | 3.1943 | 23.6.1944 | 8.1944 | TS 7.1947, stricken 7.1956' - the 'TS 7.1947' entry independently corroborates the July 1947 in-service training-ship date.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1956
- Population
- Conversion-yard trades (1944, yard unidentified); Sonar School trainees (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Rests entirely on a secondary compilation; no conversion order, work order, or yard record for the 1944 ASW-TS conversion was located at primary level. navypedia's builder column says 'Wheeler, Brooklyn' - the corporate-office rendering; the Whitestone yard built this hull (DANFS, ev-01; Wheeler table, ev-04). The conversion-group listing explains the documented Key West school-ship role but does not itself constitute a primary conversion record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-attica-pcs1383-05
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[7]Patrol Craft Sailors Association, 'Information on WWII PCSs' - class specifications and program conversion data (live, verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ww2pcsa.org patrol-craft-sweeper.html specifications table and 'US Navy Conversions (51)' list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- PCSA class data for the 136-foot PCS type: 136' length, 24'6" beam, 251 tons displacement, two 900-bhp geared diesel engines, 14 knots, 3,000 nm at 12 knots, complement 57, one 3"/50 DP main battery, one 40mm and two single 20mm secondaries, six 600-lb depth charges with 4 K-guns; program cost $723,000 each. Conversions table (51 total): 13 to PCSC; 28 to sonar-school/training ships ('removed 3-inch/50, replaced with Hedgehog launcher'); 4 to AGSC hydrographic survey; 2 to AMC special mine hunter; 4 to dan buoy layer. The 28-ship sonar-school conversion count frames this hull's documented Key West Sonar School assignment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (program coverage)
- Population
- PCS-class crews (1943-45 program context)
- Limitations
- Class-level data only - no per-hull entry for PCS-1383 on the page. The 251-ton figure and 900-bhp engine rating differ from the NavSource hull page (245 lt / 800 bhp) - variances carried in gaps. The conversion count is program-level context for the navypedia per-hull listing (ev-05), not an independent hull record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-attica-pcs1383-06
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[8]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block (PCS-1376 class); NavSource specifications (two GM 8-268A diesels, two shafts - diesel plant, no steam); wooden hull documented at class level (navypedia project history: 'wood was chosen as construction material'; the class's 136-ft patrol-minesweeper design derives from the YMS-1 program family); PCSA class data; shipbuildinghistory Wheeler-Whitestone production record; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NavSource specifications; navypedia project history; PCSA class data; shipbuildinghistory Wheeler-Whitestone table; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A wooden-hulled, diesel-powered 136' patrol craft sweeper built 1943-44 for the U.S. Navy sits inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era but at the low end of its material intensity: no boilers, no steam lines, no turbine lagging - the dominant shipboard asbestos pathways do not exist on this hull type. Era-standard diesel-craft applications aboard a boat of this type and period were engine and exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets, valve packing, electrical/wiring insulation, and interior joiner/deck materials in a small wooden hull volume.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1979
- Population
- Wheeler-Whitestone construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-47); reserve-training population (1947-50); merchant crews (1957-79)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for PCS-1383. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The wooden-hull type plausibly carried materially less asbestos than steel steam vessels of the same era - an inference about degree, not an exemption claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-attica-pcs1383-07
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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 (1943-44), service era (1944-50), reserve-fleet lay-up (1950-56), and post-Navy merchant career (1957-79).
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, standing restriction confirmed in prior batch sessions 2026-09/10) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-attica-pcs1383-08
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[10]Batch-8301 search ledger (this record): live DANFS; NavSource; NHHC photo NH 85432; NARA Special List 44 scanned page (direct verification); NARA digitized-logs index; NVR; shipbuildinghistory Wheeler-Whitestone table; navypedia; PCSA; HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945' roster; CourtListener (4 authenticated base queries); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-attica-pcs1383-01 through -17
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS Attica or PCS-1383 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener was searched this session - all four base queries ("USS Attica" opinion, "USS Attica" docket, "PCS-1383" opinion, "PCS-1383" docket) returned zero results - a genuine negative within index scope, not a blocked search. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only generic marketing listicles (law-firm 'Navy ships with asbestos' pages); the mesothelioma.net patrol-boat listicle that names sister hull PCS-1376 was checked and does not name PCS-1383.
- 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 - the era inference stands on its own terms. The CourtListener negative covers indexed opinions and RECAP dockets for the exact phrases searched; unpublished, settled, or differently-captioned claims cannot be excluded. The two NARA-held logbooks (1944-45) are undigitized and remain the primary open archival lead; Wheeler yard work packages and any post-1957 merchant-registry records are undocumented. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-attica-pcs1383-09