Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 947-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-brattleboro-pcer852-pkt-947-packet-md
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[2]National Archives, Special List 44, by Ship Numbers, PCE-852 entry, p. 73. [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 73, PCE-852 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- National Archives Special List 44 lists Navy deck-log coverage for PCE-852 from 26 May 1944 through 31 December 1945. This establishes the span of log holdings for the numbered vessel; these are not inferred commissioning or decommissioning dates.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-05-26 to 1945-12-31
- Population
- PCE-852 deck-log holdings
- Limitations
- This is an archival finding aid that lists logbook coverage, not the underlying logs. The dates describe records held and do not establish ship commissioning, decommissioning, or continuous operation on every date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brattleboro-pcer852-01
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[3]The Pullman State Historic Site, “Pullman Goes to War — PCE(R) 852,” narrative by Martin J. Hacala, CAPT USNR (Ret.). [museum_official]
- Locator
- Narrative paragraphs 1-16
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Pullman State Historic Site history identifies the 852 as a Pullman-built rescue patrol craft, recounts casualty-care service at Leyte and Okinawa, states that the experimental designation was added after World War II, and identifies the ship as USS Brattleboro by the 1950s. It also recounts transfer to South Vietnam as Ngoc Hoi (HQ-12) in 1966 and subsequent escape to the Philippines, where it became Miguel Malvar (PS-19).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1976 (narrative coverage)
- Population
- PCE(R)-852 crew; wartime casualties handled aboard
- Limitations
- This museum-site narrative is useful historical context but is not a Navy operational record. Its rounded casualty totals and general dates are not treated as exact dates or independently adjudicated facts. It contains no asbestos finding and does not establish the vessel's current location or status.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brattleboro-pcer852-02
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[4]National Archives, “Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives.” [other_primary]
- Locator
- “Our Holdings” and “Post-1941 Logbooks” sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives explains that Special List 44 is an item-level list of Navy logbooks and that post-1941 logs are held at the National Archives at College Park. This identifies the archival context for PCE-852's listed log coverage.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- Records through 1947; post-1941 custody information
- Population
- Navy logbook records
- Limitations
- This page describes NARA logbook holdings generally; it does not add a ship-specific service event or describe the contents of PCE-852's actual logs.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brattleboro-pcer852-03
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[5]Limited-source negative finding from review of National Archives Special List 44 and the Pullman State Historic Site PCE(R)-852 narrative; this is not a finding that the underlying deck logs or all archival collections were examined. [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Special List 44, PCE-852 entry; Pullman State Historic Site narrative, paragraphs 1-16
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the sources reviewed. The available ship-history narrative and NARA logbook finding aid do not identify asbestos aboard PCE-852. Asbestos documentation for this hull remains unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-2026 (source-review scope only)
- Population
- PCE-852 personnel; no asbestos-specific population information in the reviewed sources
- Limitations
- This limited negative finding records only that the sources cited here provide no ship-specific asbestos finding. The deck logs themselves, Navy material specifications, shipyard work packages, surveys, abatement files, and complete litigation files were not examined. It does not prove asbestos was absent aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brattleboro-pcer852-04
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[6]The Pullman State Historic Site, “Pullman Goes to War — PCE(R),” PCE(R) 852 entry. [museum_official]
- Locator
- PCE(R) 852 entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Pullman State Historic Site's PCE(R) 852 entry gives the builder as Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co. of Chicago, with keel laid 28 October 1943, launch 1 March 1944, and commissioning on 26 May 1944. It records transfer to South Vietnam on 11 July 1966 as Ngoc Hoi (HQ-12).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1944; 1956; 1966
- Population
- PCE(R)-852 construction and Navy service chronology
- Limitations
- The site identifies this as a published historical account, originally by CDR F. S. Bayley, Jr., USNR. It lists the decommissioning and experimental-redesignation dates as unknown. It gives the spelling 'Battleboro' for a 1956 name entry, while the individual history uses 'Brattleboro'; the exact dated entry is not relied on here. The source supports the construction and commissioning dates carried here but does not replace the missing official DANFS page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brattleboro-pcer852-05