Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 976-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-bangor-pf16-pkt-976-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Bangor (PF-16), Vol. 1 p. 91 (verbatim transcription - no live NHHC page exists for this entry; hazegray.org unreachable at research time) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (Vol. 1, p. 91)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: Tacoma class; dp. 1430; l. 303'11"; b. 37'6"; dr. 13'8"; s. 20.3 k.; cpl. 214; a. 3 3". Launched 6 November 1943 by American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, Ohio; sponsored by Mrs. Ruth R. Hutchins, wife of the Mayor of Bangor; commissioned 22 November 1944, Lieutenant Commander F. J. Statts, USCG, in command; reported to the Atlantic Fleet. Between 23 January and 2 June 1945 the Coast Guard-manned Bangor made two trans-Atlantic escort crossings to North Africa; late June 1945 transited the Panama Canal and took part in submarine exercises off Saboga Island, Panama Bay; September 1945 cruised in waters off Alaska; later assigned to weather station duty off Pearl Harbor. Decommissioned and loaned to the Coast Guard 15 April 1946; returned by the Coast Guard 16 August 1946; sold to Mexico 24 November 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- American Shipbuilding Lorain construction trades 1943-44; Coast Guard-manned wartime crew (complement 190-214 by source)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents specifications and service history, not materials or asbestos content. The live NHHC site carries no Bangor DANFS entry (multiple URL variants 404; no Wayback capture) - verbatim transcription mirror cited; hazegray.org itself failed to connect at research time (a second hazegray transcription carries '16 April 1946' - a transcription variant; all other sources read 15 April).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bangor-pf16-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Frigate Photo Archive, Bangor (PF 16) - build/timeline block, specifications, commanding officers, NHHC photo NH 78996 caption [other_primary]
- Locator
- Bangor (PF 16) page - timeline block, specifications block, commanding officers table, photo NH 78996 caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: originally designated patrol gunboat PG-124, reclassified patrol frigate PF-16 on 15 April 1943 (PG-124 and PF-16 are the same hull); laid down 20 May 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, Ohio (MC type T. S2-S2-AQ1); launched 6 November 1943; delivered 22 August 1944; commissioned 22 November 1944; decommissioned 15 April 1946 at Pearl Harbor and transferred on loan to the Coast Guard; returned to U.S. Navy custody 16 August 1946; transferred to the State Department Foreign Liquidation Commission 24 November 1947, sold to Mexico and renamed ARM General Jose Maria Morelos; renamed ARM Golfo de Tehuantepec; scrapped 1964. Specifications: 1,430 t.; 303'11" x 37'6" x 13'8"; 20.3 kts.; complement 214; armament three 3"/50 dual-purpose mounts, two twin 40mm mounts, nine 20mm guns, one Hedgehog, eight Y-gun depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks; propulsion two 240psi 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500ihp vertical triple-expansion Diamond Iron Works engines, two shafts. Commanding officers: LCDR Frederick John Statts, USCG (22 Nov 1944-1945); LT Warren B. Dodd, USCGR (1945-15 Apr 1946); LT Vernon A. Johnson, USCGR (16 Aug 1946). NHHC photo NH 78996 shows the ship in 1945-46 configured as a weather reporting ship with a balloon hangar aft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1964
- Population
- Construction trades (Lorain, 1943-44); wartime Coast Guard crew; USCG weather-ship crew (1946); Mexican Navy crew (1947-64); 1964 shipbreakers
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained naval-history archive - a high-quality secondary compilation, not a federal record; its specifications match DANFS and its timeline matches DANFS and the USCG Historian's Office where they overlap. No asbestos or materials content. 'Delivered 22 August 1944' conflicts with a 25 August 1944 secondary variant - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bangor-pf16-02
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'USS Bangor, PF-16' cutter/asset history page (sources cited: The Coast Guard At War, Vol. V; Conway's 1922-1946; DANFS Vol. 1 p. 91; Russell, Project Hula) [museum_official]
- Locator
- USCG Historian's Office asset article 2160615, specifications block + History narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USCG Historian's Office record for this hull: shakedown exercises off Bermuda; anti-submarine screen of fast convoys between the U.S. and North African ports; first convoy duty 23 January 1945 - second day out, rescued a boatswain's mate who had fallen overboard from USS Ericsson (DD-440); convoy reached Mers-el-Kebir, Oran, 8 February 1945; on the return leg took part in a coordinated depth-charge attack after a convoy ship was torpedoed; 28 March 1945 investigated a drifting lifeboat; 25 April 1945 crew extinguished a fire near the galley stove; reached Mers-el-Kebir 9 May 1945, VE-Day at anchor in Oran, return convoy 17 May; after overhaul arrived Canal Zone 21 June 1945, month of submarine training near Saboga Island; sent to San Pedro mid-July; VJ-Day under repair at Smith's Cove, Seattle; September 1945 proceeded with USS Annapolis (PF-15) to Cold Bay, Alaska, returning to Bremerton by month's end; decommissioned and loaned to the Coast Guard 15 April 1946, served on weather station duty off Hawaii; returned 16 August 1946; sold to Mexico 24 November 1947. USCG specs: displacement 2,230 tons; draft 12'8" fl; complement 190; propulsion '2-shaft VTE, 3 boilers'; range 9,500 nm at 12 knots; top speed 20 knots.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Coast Guard-manned crew 1944-46; USCGC Bangor weather-ship crew Apr-Aug 1946
- Limitations
- Official USCG historical-office page - authoritative for the Coast Guard-manned service narrative. Specs differ from DANFS/NavSource on displacement (2,230 vs 1,430 t - light vs full load basis), draft (12'8" fl vs 13'8"), complement (190 vs 214), and boiler count (3 vs 2) - carried attributed, conflicts logged in gaps. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bangor-pf16-03
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[5]Richard A. Russell, Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan (U.S. Navy in the Modern World Series No. 4; Naval Historical Center/GPO, 1997, ISBN 0-16-049376-5) - verbatim transcription [other_primary]
- Locator
- Project Hula, 'The End of the Pacific War' section (stop-order dispatch and Cold Bay arrival paragraphs; print pp. 39-40)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC-published history names this hull in the Cold Bay episode: on 5 September 1945 a dispatch ordered 'CEASE FURTHER DELIVERY OF VESSELS UNDER HULA AGREEMENT'; 'The two remaining frigates, Annapolis (PF 15) and Bangor (PF 16), arrived at Cold Bay after the program had ended, but were used to transport American personnel from Cold Bay to Seattle.' Bangor and Annapolis were the only two patrol frigates scheduled for Project Hula transfer not to be transferred.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Crew and transported U.S. personnel, Cold Bay-Seattle, September 1945
- Limitations
- Official Naval Historical Center publication (print, pp. 39-40 per the USCG Historian's source list) cited via a verbatim transcription mirror - no live NHHC-hosted full text was located; the USCG Historian's Office independently cites this work. Establishes the Cold Bay episode, not any materials or asbestos fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bangor-pf16-04
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[6]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) and U.S. service era (1944-47).
- 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 - same standing block noted in Batch-01) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bangor-pf16-05
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[7]Era inference built on: DANFS and NavSource spec blocks (MARCOM S2-S2-AQ1 steam plant); NavSource propulsion line (two 240psi 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500ihp VTE engines); USCG Historian specifications; GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation (ev-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS/NavSource specification blocks; NavSource propulsion line; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Maritime Commission steam escort built 1943-44 sits inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a vessel with this plant (two 240psi 3-drum express boilers, vertical triple-expansion engines, two shafts) were boiler and machinery insulation, steam-line lagging between boiler and engine spaces, valve and flange gaskets, and machinery packing - plus the era's fireproofing and deck-covering norms for a combatant escort.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1964
- Population
- American Shipbuilding Lorain construction trades 1943-44; wartime Coast Guard crew; USCG weather-ship crew 1946; Mexican Navy crew 1947-64; 1964 shipbreakers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for PF-16. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull. Mexican-era (1947-64) and scrapping-era (1964) materials are entirely undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bangor-pf16-06
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[8]Batch-8419 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NavSource; USCG Historian's Office; Russell/Project Hula; GAO product page; MARAD Vessel History Database; NARA RG 24 deck-log lead; shipyard asbestos documentation sweep; CourtListener (blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-bangor-pf16-01 through sl-uss-bangor-pf16-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS Bangor (PF-16/PG-124) was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the fleet-wide authenticated request budget was spent at every attempt across the research window (paced ~58/hr fleet-wide); logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing content (mesothelioma.net, mesothelioma.com AmShip yard pages and generic listicles) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. No NIOSH evaluation of American Shipbuilding Lorain was located; the only yard-adjacent records found are 1973-74 OSHA inspections with zero health violations (post-dates construction by 30 years).
- 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 - and the litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (blocked, not run). NARA deck logs (RG 24), MARCOM/USMC design files for S2-S2-AQ1, Lorain yard records, and Mexican Navy disposal records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bangor-pf16-07