Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 891-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (as a cancelled MAP hull; identity
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-build-in-chile-as-pc1647-pkt-891-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Naval History, Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, PC/PCE index (live page verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PC/PCE index, offshore-procurement block, PC-1635 through PC-1648; PC-1647 and PC-1648 lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The live NavSource index places PC-1647 in the postwar offshore-procurement block and lists it as ‘Build in Chile as Abato (P 36)’; the following PC-1648 line is ‘Build in Chile as Pisagua (P 38),’ followed by ‘Construction canceled.’ The index provides no laid-down, launch, delivery, commissioning, builder-yard, or asbestos data for PC-1647.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- postwar offshore-procurement program; date not stated on the index
- Limitations
- NavSource is a photographic/history compilation and is used here as an archival lead, not as proof that construction began or that a hull existed. The index wording supports planned Chilean construction and cancellation, but not a completed vessel, installed materials, crew, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-build-in-chile-as-pc1647-01
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[3]U.S. General Accounting Office, HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (published October 18, 1979; live product page verified 2026-10-03) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page, Highlights and report description; full report linked as PDF
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO reports that its review covered asbestos use in Navy ships and states that Navy officials identified asbestos in components such as clutches and electric cables, with thermal insulation the Navy’s major shipboard use. It also describes the Navy’s October 1975 policy to eliminate asbestos where suitable alternatives had been designated.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1975-1979 (policy/review period)
- Population
- U.S. Navy shipyard workers and Navy ships covered by the GAO review
- Limitations
- Program-level U.S. Navy evidence only: GAO reviewed Long Beach and Norfolk naval shipyards, not Chilean construction or PC-1647. It does not establish that this hull was built, that any asbestos was installed aboard it, or that any person was exposed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-build-in-chile-as-pc1647-02
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[4]NavSource PC/PCE index, cross-check of the PC-1646–PC-1648 sequence (live page verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource PC/PCE index, consecutive PC-1646, PC-1647, and PC-1648 entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The batch label ‘Build in Chile as (PC-1647)’ is incomplete as a historical name. NavSource supplies the projected designation/name ‘Abato (P 36)’ for PC-1647, while the next hull, PC-1648, is the one indexed as ‘Pisagua (P 38).’ A conflicting specialist shipbuilding table assigns Pisagua (P 38) to PCE-1647; that secondary conflict is not resolved here and no projected name is promoted beyond the NavSource wording.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- postwar offshore-procurement planning; dates not stated
- Limitations
- This correction resolves only the index-label discrepancy for recordkeeping. It does not prove that Abato or Pisagua was launched, delivered, commissioned, or operated, and it does not establish asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-build-in-chile-as-pc1647-03
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[5]Authenticated CourtListener base-query sweep attempted through cl-auth-search.py; shared fleet pacing budget stood down the session before usable result bodies were returned. [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-build-in-chile-name-opinion.err; cl-build-in-chile-name-docket.err; cl-pc1647-hull-opinion.err; fourth base query not started after limiter stand-down
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No litigation classification is made. CourtListener access was blocked by the fleet-wide authenticated pacing limiter; this is an access gap, not a no-result finding.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The blocked helper calls do not establish absence of litigation. No asbestos-qualified variants were run because the required base sweep could not be completed and the batch rule prohibits blind variants.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-build-in-chile-as-pc1647-04