Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 891-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (with the never-USN caveat; the assigned clutch label matches the hull's standard reference rendering exactly)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (with the never-USN caveat; the assigned clutch label matches the hull's standard reference rendering exactly)
- Evidence ID
- uss-built-in-denmark-as-pc1644-pkt-891-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, PC-1644 page and PC index (navsource.net/archives/12/01idx.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PC-1644 detail page (specifications block, service dates); PC index 01idx.htm lines for PC-1643 through PC-1648
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity record: NavSource catalogs PC-1644 in the submarine-chaser (PC) index as 'built in Denmark as Peder Skram (F 352)' - laid down in 1964 as PC-1644 by Helsingør Verft (Elsinore Ship Yard), Elsinore, Denmark, of Danish design in cooperation with the U.S. Naval Material Command; launched 2 May 1965; commissioned HDMS Peder Skram (F 352) 25 May 1966; decommissioned 5 July 1990; sold 7 April 1992 for use as a museum ship; presently a museum ship at Holmen, Copenhagen; call sign OUEP. NavSource notes there is no DANFS history for PC-1644. The surrounding index block documents the same offshore-procurement pattern: PC-1643 to Turkey (Kochisar P 116), PC-1645 to Denmark (Herluf Trolle F 353), PC-1646-1648 to Chile (Abato P 36, Papudo P 37, Pisagua P 38 - two canceled).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1964-1990 (service); 1992-present (museum)
- Population
- Helsingør Skibsværft construction workforce, 1964-66; Royal Danish Navy crew (~207 design complement), 1966-1988
- Limitations
- Confirms the U.S. Navy PC number was administratively assigned to a foreign-built hull that commissioned directly into the Royal Danish Navy - it was never a USS vessel and has no DANFS entry. NavSource is a volunteer-curated photo archive, not an official register; its dates agree with Danish sources on all points checked except the museum's 1988 lay-up framing and the launch-day conflict carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-denmark-as-pc1644-01
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[3]koldkrig-online.dk (Danish Cold War history site by Jens Perch Nielsen), 'Fregatten Peder Skram' - archived copy, live page no longer resolves; cross-checked against Danish Wikipedia F352 service timeline [other_primary]
- Locator
- koldkrig-online.dk 'Fregatten Peder Skram' article (archived 2020-10-19); da.wikipedia F352 article, lead paragraph and technical data (cross-check)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Danish Cold War history reference states: 'Fregatten var en del af den amerikanske våbenhjælp (Cost Sharing programmet)' - the frigate was part of the American military assistance (Cost Sharing program); it also records that in 1970 the ship joined NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT) as the first Danish warship to do so, describes the frigate's command-ship role (coordinating the Danish and West German fleets' invasion defense and NATO air/missile strikes), and records that the museum opened to the public in August 1996 as Denmark's oldest true Cold War museum, with the support association 'Fregatten Peder Skrams Venner' founded 1996. Danish Wikipedia states the ship was 'Bygget under det dansk-amerikanske cost-sharing-program af 8. maj 1959' (built under the Danish-American cost-sharing program of 8 May 1959). This is consistent with the U.S. Navy's assignment of PC-series hull numbers to this block of allied-yard builds (NavSource PC index).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1959-1966 (funding/construction)
- Limitations
- Secondary Danish sources; the underlying 8 May 1959 U.S.-Denmark cost-sharing agreement text was not reviewed. Establishes funding provenance and the reason a Danish frigate carries a U.S. hull number; does not by itself establish that U.S.-specification materials or equipment were used aboard beyond what the sources state (U.S.-pattern guns, Harpoon/Sea Sparrow missiles, P&W/GM machinery).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-denmark-as-pc1644-02
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[4]Danish Naval History (navalhistory.dk, J. E. Balsved), PEDER SKRAM (1966-1990) ship page and PEDER SKRAM class page - archived copies; sources cited on-page: Pontoppidan, Danske Søofficerer 1933-1982 (1984); Olsen & Storgaard, Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995 (1998) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship page: specifications block, history table, launch photo caption; class page: units-in-class table and specifications
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Danish ship record: frigate, Peder Skram class; built by Helsingør Skibsværft (Elsinore Ship Yard); design by Naval Material Command in cooperation with the yard; launched May 2, 1965 - a Royal Danish Naval Museum photo caption reproduced on-page reads 'launched at Helsingør Skibsværft May 2, 1965'; commissioned May 25, 1966; decommissioned July 5, 1990; pennant F352; call sign OUEP; 2,371 tons (2,425 after conversion); LOA 112.65 m, beam 12.00 m, draught 5.02 m; complement 207 (25 officers, 182 petty officers and men; 180 after conversion) plus 13 staff; propulsion 2 x Pratt & Whitney gas turbines 44,000 hp + 2 x General Motors diesels 4,800 hp, 2 controllable-pitch propellers, CODOG, 28 kt (32.7 kt max on trials); joined STANAVFORLANT 1970, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983; modernized and converted to a guided-missile frigate at Helsingør Skibsværft June 1977 - June 1979; Harpoon missile accidentally launched 6 September 1982, striking Lumsaas in northern Zealand; sold 7 April 1992 to a group represented by Rear Admiral J. F. Bork for preservation as a museum ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1964-1992
- Population
- Helsingør Skibsværft workforce (1964-65 build; 1977-79 conversion); Royal Danish Navy crew ~207/180
- Limitations
- Authoritative Danish secondary reference compiled from Danish naval publications, not an official register; the live site returned HTTP 503 at research date, so 2010/2011 Wayback captures are cited. The May 2 launch date conflicts with a 20 May 1965 variant in other secondary sources (Danish Wikipedia's own service timeline included) - unresolved, carried in gaps. Page lists laid-down date as 'n/a'; the 25 September 1964 keel date carried in this record rests on secondary sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-denmark-as-pc1644-03
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[5]Museet Skibene på Holmen (The Ships at Holmen) official site - 'Our history' and 'Frigate Peder Skram' ship pages [museum_official]
- Locator
- skibenepaaholmen.com/about-the-museum (History section); skibenepaaholmen.com/the-ships/frigate-peder-skram
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Operator record: 'The frigate Peder Skram was decommissioned in 1988, after which it was laid up with the intention of being sold for scrapping' - all usable equipment from berth lamps to weapon systems was dismantled; at an auction on Holmen on 7 April 1992 the frigate was purchased by a consortium that donated it to the Peder Skram Foundation in 1995; the Danish Defence approved its preservation as a museum under its own name and coat of arms; removed objects were progressively re-collected from navy warehouses and other phased-out ships and reinstalled by volunteers. Documented yard periods: May 2001 (bottom treatment), June 2007 (hull and superstructures sandblasted and painted), 2018 (bottom treatment, painting, repairs); on 2 May 2018 one of the frigate's two gas turbines was delivered back from the U.S. Coast Guard and hoisted into the aft machinery space on 10 October. Museum ship page: the two class frigates 'were the first large warships with a combination of gas turbines and diesel engines' (CODOG) and served as the fleet's command ships leading the Danish and West German fleets' planned invasion defense of northwest Germany and Denmark; crew 202 men 1966-77, 172 after the conversion; the 1982 Harpoon misfire destroyed four summer houses and damaged 130 more, no injuries. A themed room commemorates the namesake admiral and the two previous Danish ships named Peder Skram.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1988-present
- Population
- Museum volunteers and technical staff; visiting public; yard workers 2001/2007/2018
- Limitations
- Museum framing 'decommissioned in 1988' reflects the 1988 lay-up (precise striking-of-command date is secondary-sourced - see gaps), versus the formal 5 July 1990 fleet-list removal - both framings are carried in this record. The site contains no asbestos or hazmat content; the three documented yard periods are maintenance events with no disclosed asbestos scope.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-denmark-as-pc1644-04
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[6]U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, art collection record 88-161-NJ: Apollo Dorian oil-on-canvas painting (1976), 'HDMS Peder Skram F352 International Naval Review' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC online exhibit page, object metadata (accession 88-161-NJ, artist, medium, date)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- U.S. Navy collection object documents this hull's participation in the 1976 Fourth International Naval Review (Operation Sail) in New York for the U.S. Bicentennial - the frigate painted at anchor in the harbor with the Manhattan skyline (including the Twin Towers) behind it.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1976
- Population
- Royal Danish Navy crew during the 1976 U.S. visit
- Limitations
- Documents the 1976 New York visit only; contains nothing about materials aboard. The page's own image description reads 'hull number F 353' while its title and accession caption read F352 - an internal NHHC discrepancy noted but not resolved (F353 was sister ship Herluf Trolle).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-denmark-as-pc1644-05
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[7]DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation), 'Ansatte i flåden har arbejdet med asbest i årevis' (Navy employees worked with asbestos for years), 6 Feb 2007 - reporting Defence Minister Søren Gade's written answer to the Danish Parliament's Defence Committee (via politiken.dk) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- DR article body, first four paragraphs (ministerial quotations)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Danish Defence Ministry fleet-level documentation: Navy personnel 'har i årevis arbejdet med skibe isoleret med asbest' (worked for years on ships insulated with asbestos) without systematic health checks; 'Isolering med asbest blev benyttet i skibe, der blev bygget frem til midten af 1960'erne' - asbestos insulation was used in ships built up to the mid-1960s; the ministry 'har siden begyndelsen af 1970'erne været opmærksom på helbredsfaren ved brugen af asbest i skibe' - had been aware of the health hazard of asbestos in ships since the early 1970s and emphasized sealing asbestos-insulating surfaces with regular checks; by end-2006 all asbestos-containing warships had been phased out except icebreakers Isbjørn and Danbjørn, which retained asbestos-insulated surfaces. This hull's construction window (keel Sept 1964 - commission May 1966) coincides with the documented use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1960s-2006 (use/sealing period); 2007 (parliamentary answer)
- Population
- Royal Danish Navy personnel aboard ships built through the mid-1960s; Helsingør Skibsværft build (1964-65) and rebuild (1977-79) workforces
- Limitations
- Fleet-level ministerial statement reported by the national broadcaster - no hull is named. This hull's 1964-66 build coincides with the documented 'through mid-1960s' asbestos-use era, making asbestos insulation aboard plausible and era-consistent but not ship-proven; her 1977-79 mid-life rebuild at the same yard also predates Denmark's asbestos restrictions. Does not establish which products aboard contained asbestos, exposure of any individual, or whether ACM remains aboard the museum hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-denmark-as-pc1644-06
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[8]Batch-7823 search ledger (this record): museum official site and foundation materials; Danish-language asbestos queries ('Peder Skram asbest', 'Fregatten Peder Skram asbest', 'museumsskib asbest Holmen'); Helsingør Skibsværft occupational-health searches; CourtListener vessel-name and hull-number sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-built-in-denmark-as-pc1644-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, museum hazmat disclosure, Danish working-environment filing, or qualifying litigation naming Peder Skram / F352 / PC-1644 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the fleet-level ministerial statement (ev-06) makes era-consistent asbestos insulation plausible but unverified for this hull, and the museum's restoration and three yard periods carry no public hazmat scope. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-built-in-denmark-as-pc1644-07