Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 982-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-beaufort-pf59-pkt-982-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Beaufort III (PF-59), by Raymond A. Mann, updated Robert J. Cressman 2021-10-26 (Wayback capture 2024-05-27; live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Beaufort III (PF-59)' - specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 21 July 1943 at Superior, Wisc., by Globe Shipbuilding Co. under a Maritime Commission contract (M.C. Hull 1466); launched 9 October 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Elma G. Rodgers; accepted by the Navy 8 July 1944 and placed in service for the trip to Boston, arriving 20 July 1944; placed out of service 29 July 1944; converted to a weather station ship at the Boston Navy Yard; commissioned 28 August 1944, Lt. Cmdr. George R. Boyce, USCG, temporarily in command; Lt. B. R. Henry, USCG, took command during fitting-out. Shakedown to Bermuda from 8 September 1944; return to Boston 6 October; nine-day repair, five days training in Hussey Sound near Portland, Maine; then Argentia, Newfoundland - operated out of Argentia as a weather station ship with plane-guard and air-sea-rescue duty for the remainder of WWII and some seven months thereafter; temporarily assigned to the Coast Guard pending inactivation March 1946; reported to Commandant Fifth Naval District 28 March 1946; decommissioned at Norfolk, Va., 19 April 1946; stricken from the Naval Register 21 May 1946; sold to Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa., 11 April 1947 for scrapping. Specifications block: displacement 1,430; length 303'11"; beam 37'6"; draft 13'8" (limiting); speed 20.3 knots (trial); complement 176; class Tacoma; type S2-S2-AQ1.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Globe Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; Boston Navy Yard conversion workers 1944; Coast Guard crew (complement 176) 1944-46; Sun Shipbuilding scrapping workers 1947
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Cited via Wayback capture because the live NHHC page (history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/b/beaufort-iii.html) returns 404 as of 2026-10-04. 'Decommissioned at Norfolk' does not identify the specific facility (naval operating base vs. shipyard).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beaufort-pf59-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History, Beaufort (PF-59) page (Frigate Photo Archive; contributors Wolfgang Hechler and Joe Radigan; page by Gary P. Priolo) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource PF-59 page - timeline block, specifications block, commanding-officer table, casualty listing
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: originally authorized as patrol gunboat PG-167; reclassified patrol frigate PF-59 on 15 April 1943; laid down 21 July 1943 under Maritime Commission contract at Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin; launched 9 October 1943; commissioned 28 August 1944; decommissioned 19 April 1946 at Norfolk, Va.; struck from the Naval Register 21 May 1946; turned over to the State Department Foreign Liquidation Commission and sold for scrap 11 April 1947 to Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Chester, PA. Specifications: 1,430 t.; 303'11" oa; beam 37'6"; draft 13'8"; 20.3 kts.; complement 176; propulsion two 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500 ihp J. Hendy Iron Works steam engines, two shafts; class note records that frigates fitted for weather patrol had the after 3-inch gun removed and a weather-balloon hangar added aft. Commanding officers LCDR George Roland Boyce Jr. USCG (28 August 1944) and LT/LCDR Bernhard Russell Henry USCG (September 1944 - 1945). Casualty listing: four Coast Guardsmen died in service aboard on 17 September 1945 - F1c Luther Jackson Miller USCG, MM3c James Franklin Roberts USCGR, MM2c Frederick Avery Young USCG, S1c Vincent Thomas Zorbo USCG.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Coast Guard crew 1944-46 (complement 176)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained naval-history reference, not a government source; its timeline and specifications corroborate DANFS. The casualty listing names the four men and date but does not state the cause of the 17 September 1945 deaths. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beaufort-pf59-02
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[4]Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Beaufort (PF-59), 1944-1947' (verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio mirror of the NHC page) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHC Online Library page text + photo captions 19-N-70770/71/72
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHC Online Library record for this hull: a 1,430-ton Tacoma-class frigate built at Superior, Wisconsin, commissioned August 1944; crewed by the U.S. Coast Guard; operated off Newfoundland on plane-guard and weather-patrol duties from November 1944 until March 1946; decommissioned April 1946 and sold for scrapping a year later. Three National Archives Bureau of Ships Collection photographs (19-N-70770, 19-N-70771, 19-N-70772) show the ship off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, on 6 September 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Coast Guard crew on Newfoundland weather patrol, 1944-1946
- Limitations
- NHC photo page documents the weather/plane-guard duty window (November 1944 - March 1946) and the Bureau of Ships photographs; contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beaufort-pf59-03
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[5]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton shipyard reference), Globe Shipbuilding (2), Superior WI - Maritime Commission hull production table [other_primary]
- Locator
- Globe Shipbuilding (2) table row: hull 113 / MC 1466 / Beaufort / PF 59
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Shipyard production table for Globe Shipbuilding's second (WWII) yard, Superior, WI: yard hull 113, U.S. Maritime Commission hull 1466, Beaufort, type S2-S2-AQ1 patrol frigate, 1,430 GT, delivered 28 August 1944 - 'PF 59, weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947.' Sister frigates built at the same yard on adjacent MC hulls 1463-1468 (Covington PF-56, Sheboygan PF-57, Abilene PF-58, Charlotte PF-60, Manitowoc PF-61) are listed with the same weather-ship conversion note.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Globe Shipbuilding construction trades, Superior WI, 1943-44
- Limitations
- Independent shipyard production reference; corroborates builder, MC contract, delivery/commissioning date and disposition. 'Delivered 28-Aug-44' coincides with the commissioning date; DANFS records Navy acceptance on 8 July 1944 - the table's delivered date reflects entry-into-service framing. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beaufort-pf59-04
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[6]NavSource propulsion/specifications block for PF-59 (two 3-drum express boilers; two 5,500 ihp J. Hendy Iron Works steam engines; two shafts) and Tacoma-class specification block on the PF-3 page (two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, two 240 psi 3-drum express boilers, two shafts, 5,500 ihp) + Maritime Commission S2-S2-AQ1 emergency shipbuilding context [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource PF-59 specifications block (propulsion line); MC type S2-S2-AQ1 designation per DANFS/NavSource
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: a Maritime Commission type S2-S2-AQ1 patrol frigate built 1943-44 with a steam plant of two 3-drum express boilers and two vertical triple-expansion steam engines (class specification; J. Hendy Iron Works engines on this hull) would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and fireproofing. WWII-era U.S. naval and Maritime Commission steam vessels were insulated with asbestos-containing products as standard shipbuilding practice.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Globe Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; Boston Navy Yard conversion workers 1944; Coast Guard engineering crew 1944-46
- Limitations
- Class/era and plant-type inference only - no hull-specific asbestos record exists for PF-59. No ship-specific finding derives from this row; it contextualizes the exposure pathway, it does not document asbestos aboard. Does not establish quantity, product brands, or present-day presence (hull scrapped 1947).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beaufort-pf59-05
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[7]Atlas shipyard dataset (shipyards.json): 'sun-shipbuilding' record, Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Chester, PA - evidence_tier 3, asbestos products documented in litigation records (Unibestos, Caltemp, Pabco, Kaylo, Garlock gaskets, Raybestos) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json 'sun-shipbuilding' record (yard_id verified resolves); sale documented in DANFS entry (ev-01)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Scrapping-site context: DANFS and NavSource document sale of this hull for scrapping to Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa., on 11 April 1947. The Atlas shipyard dataset documents Sun Ship at tier 3 for asbestos-product exposure of its workers in litigation records. Workers dismantling a 1943-44 steam plant at this yard in 1947 are the exposure-relevant population for the hull's end-of-life.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1947
- Population
- Sun Shipbuilding scrapping workers, Chester, PA, 1947
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation only - the Sun Ship asbestos record is about the yard's workforce and products in litigation generally; it does not document asbestos aboard this specific hull, and the actual break-up location within Sun's operation is not documented in carried sources. Scrapping-era exposure is plausible context, not a finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beaufort-pf59-06
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[8]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office webcutters index (archived 2008 capture), listing 'BEAUFORT, USS; PF-59' with a dedicated cutter-history page (PF59_Beaufort.html) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Archived uscg.mil/history/webcutters/cutterlist.asp index entry 'BEAUFORT, USS; PF-59'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office maintained a dedicated webcutters page for USS Beaufort (PF-59), indexed in the archived 2008 cutter list - official USCG historiography exists for this hull as a Coast Guard-manned vessel. The page itself was not retrievable this session: the live history.uscg.mil site returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches and no Wayback capture of the target page was located.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- Index-level evidence only - the index confirms the Historian's Office covered this hull, but the page content was not retrieved and its substance is unverified. Live site blocked (HTTP 403); target page capture not found in Wayback as of 2026-10-04.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beaufort-pf59-07
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[9]U.S. Coast Guard Enlisted Memorial online roll - 'Miller, L. J. | F1 | USS Beaufort | 9/17/1945' [other_primary]
- Locator
- cgenlistedmemorial.org fallen roll, 'M' section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Independent corroboration of the 17 September 1945 in-service deaths aboard this hull: the Coast Guard Enlisted Memorial roll lists F1 Luther J. Miller, USS Beaufort, 9/17/1945 - matching one of the four Coast Guardsmen in the NavSource casualty listing (ev-02).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- USS Beaufort Coast Guard crew, September 1945
- Limitations
- Corroborates the death of one listed crewmember aboard this hull on the stated date; does not state cause of death and does not name the other three men. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beaufort-pf59-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search, base queries for this hull (see search_ledger) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-beaufort-pf59-08 through sl-uss-beaufort-pf59-11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located in CourtListener: the 'USS Beaufort' opinion and docket searches each returned zero results (count=0) - no opinion text or docket index names any Navy hull called Beaufort. The 'PF-59' hull-number opinion search returned three hits, all non-ship name collisions (Allen, Court of Appeals of Texas 2015; State of NY v. Westwood-Squibb Pharmaceutical Co., W.D.N.Y. 1997; Fox v. Koplik, S.D.N.Y. 2013 bankruptcy) - the string appears as a compound/exhibit/code reference in those records, not a vessel. The 'PF-59' docket search returned 33 hits, all non-ship name collisions - the string surfaces in RECAP docket text as exhibit/product/compound/docket codes across unrelated litigation (e.g., FTC v. Meta, Pitcher v. Merck, Oracle v. Rimini Street); no asbestos, vessel, or maritime reference among them.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- Zero results and collision-only hits establish that CourtListener's indexed corpus contains no located qualifying case for this hull - they do not prove no case exists anywhere (state dockets and non-indexed filings are outside the corpus). 'USS Beaufort' is shared by AK-6, PCS-1387, PF-59, and ATS-2; the zero exact-name result covers all four. 'PF-59' collides with non-ship strings (pharmaceutical compound codes, ACDelco oil-filter part numbers, docket exhibit codes).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beaufort-pf59-09
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[11]Batch-8465 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404 / Wayback capture), NavSource, NHC Online Library via ibiblio, shipbuildinghistory.com Globe table, USCG Historian index, CourtListener base queries, law-firm listicles reviewed and excluded [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-beaufort-pf59-01 through sl-uss-beaufort-pf59-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming PF-59 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The only 'asbestos' assertions naming this hull are law-firm marketing listicles (Throneberry Law Group frigate pages; mesothelioma.net patrol-boats page), excluded by source policy.
- 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 - a 1943-44 steam plant is era-consistent with asbestos insulation, but that is inference, not documentation. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beaufort-pf59-10