Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 858-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-carlinville-pc1120-pkt-858-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, Carlinville (PC-1120) ex-PC-1120 - construction/milestone header, specifications block, campaign list, and R. W. Daly (PC-1181) veteran-authored history (verified live, HTTP 200) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/011120.htm header block, specifications block, operation list, and 'History of PC-1120' narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 19 June 1942 by Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI (Defoe hull #205); launched 24 August 1942; commissioned USS PC-1120 on 18 January 1943 at New Orleans after the Great Lakes/Mississippi delivery voyage; commissioned under 'Carl S. Moliter, LCDR, USNR' per the narrative. WWII Asiatic-Pacific service with the Seventh Fleet/Seventh Amphibious Force: Arawe, New Britain (15 Dec 1943; 4-13 Jan 1944); Saidor occupation (listed 2-4 June 1944); Biak Island (18-21 Jun 1944); Noemfoor Island (2-4 Jul 1944); Cape Sansapor; Morotai (15 Sep 1944); Leyte landings (15-25 Oct 1944); Palawan Island landings (28 Feb-3 Mar 1945); Tarakan Island, Borneo (27 Apr-5 May 1945). Veteran history credits six battle stars, three Japanese aircraft downed, Navy Occupation Service (Asia) medal (8 Oct 1945-14 Apr 1946), and V-J Day presence at Subic Bay. Decommissioned January 1947, Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Tongue Point, Astoria, OR; named Carlinville 15 February 1956; struck 1 April 1959; Maritime Commission disposal to Carl Swanson to an Alaskan fisherman (Kodiak); by 1975 Diesel Electric Co. of Seattle as M/V Island Transport; seized by U.S. Marshal in a 1976 bankruptcy ruling and sold to Greenpeace for $70,000 as M/V Ohana Kai (Panama registry, Soviet-whaling harassment south of Hawaii); returned to San Francisco late 1979; grounded on Emeryville mudflats after breaking moorings in a December storm; sold by the City of San Francisco to Claus von Wendel (engine-room equipment removed and sold; live-aboard hulk, Berkeley North Marina Basin); towed to an Alameda scrap yard April 1991. Spec block: 295 t light/450 t full; 173'8" x 23' x 10'10"; 20.2 kts; complement 65; armament 3"/50 DP, 40mm, 3x20mm, rocket launchers, depth-charge projectors and tracks; two GM 16-258S diesels (serials 7796/7797), Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts. Page states 'There is no DANFS history available for Carlinville (PC-1120)'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1991
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); crew (1943-47); civilian operators and crew (1959-91); Alameda shipbreakers (1991)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - the milestone header generally tracks Navy records but the narrative is a veteran's (R. W. Daly, PC-1181) account; conflicts with uboat.net on the commissioning commanding officer and internally conflicts on the naming date (header 15 Feb 1956 vs narrative 1 Feb 1956) - see gaps. Contains no asbestos or material content; does not establish any exposure condition aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carlinville-pc1120-01
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS PC-1120 (PC-1120), Patrol craft of the PC-461 class - build data, commanding-officer list, notable-events listing (verified live, HTTP 200) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/8665 data table, 'Commands listed' block, 'Notable events' (26 Dec 1943 Operation Dexterity)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent corroboration for this hull: ordered 27 February 1942; built by Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Michigan; laid down 19 June 1942; launched 24 August 1942; commissioned 18 January 1943; end of service January 1947; stricken 1 April 1959; sold 1975. Wartime commanding officers: Lt. Edward Peter Foster, Jr., USNR (18 Jan 1943 - early 1943); C. S. Molitor, USNR (early 1943 - 22 Aug 1944); H. T. Smith, Jr., USNR (22 Aug - 1 Dec 1944); Lt. Julian R. Goodrich, USNR (1 Dec 1944 - 15 Aug 1945); Robert T. Burtch, USNR (15 Aug 1945 - late 1945). Notable-events listing includes Operation Dexterity - the Cape Gloucester landings, New Britain, 26 December 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1975
- Population
- Crew (1943-47); five named commanding officers
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary record (Gudmundur Helgason's uboat.net), generally sourced from official patrol-craft records; the CO list conflicts with the NavSource narrative, which names LCDR Carl S. Moliter as the commissioning CO - unresolved (see gaps). Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carlinville-pc1120-02
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[4]NHHC / Navy Department Library, 'Typhoons and Hurricanes: Pacific Typhoon at Okinawa, October 1945' - extract on Typhoon 'Louise' from the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas report on the Surrender and Occupation of Japan, ship-casualty table (verified live, HTTP 200) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC online reading room page, Annex A 'Typhoon Louise' extract, vessel casualty table (PC entries)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official CINCPAC/CINCPOA report extract reproduced by NHHC documents that this hull was caught in Typhoon Louise at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, on 9 October 1945 - the storm that drove hundreds of anchored ships ashore - and lists 'PC 1120 | Grounded' in the casualty table (several nearby PCs are marked 'Beyond economical repair'; PC-1120 carries no such annotation and returned to service, consistent with the class record that she was refloated).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-10-09
- Population
- Crew aboard during the 9-10 Oct 1945 grounding (occupation-era complement)
- Limitations
- Documents a weather casualty event, not material content - establishes the hull was present at Buckner Bay and grounded, not any exposure condition. Refloat detail rests on the PC-461-class secondary record (Wikipedia citing NavSource), not the NHHC table itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carlinville-pc1120-03
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[5]NARA, 'USS PC-1120 - War Diary, 8/1-15/45' - National Archives Identifier 77497490 (National Archives at College Park, Textual Reference; creator: Department of the Navy, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Intelligence Division, Office of Naval Records and Library; Micro Serial 142202, Serial 0888); distributed via DPLA item 582a0a0c35787486773f936ef764fe97 and Wikimedia Commons [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog NAID 77497490; DPLA item 582a0a0c35787486773f936ef764fe97; Commons file 'USS PC-1120 - War Diary, 8-1-15-45 - DPLA'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- This hull's own submitted war diary for 1-15 August 1945 is digitized at NARA College Park - the period covering the tail of her Seventh Amphibious Force service and the approach of V-J Day at Subic Bay. Ship-generated primary documentation exists for this vessel and is publicly accessible.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-08-01 - 1945-08-15
- Population
- Crew, August 1945 (diary author/period)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the catalog record is verified (HTTP 200; NARA catalog page is JS-rendered) and a single page image is on Wikimedia Commons via the NARA/DPLA cooperation project, but the diary's contents were not read for this record - no asbestos, material, or exposure claim is drawn from it. Additional war-diary and deck-log coverage for other periods is an open lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carlinville-pc1120-04
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[6]Chavez Park Conservancy (Berkeley, CA), 'Bad Boy's Goodbye' (22 Sep 2020) - documented history of Claus von Wendel's Berkeley Marina anchorage, reproducing the Patrol Craft Sailors' Association/NavSource narrative for this hull and citing Berkeley Gazette photography, BCDC and city proceedings, and United States v. Claus von Wendel, No. C77-1698 SW (N.D. Cal.) [other_primary]
- Locator
- chavezpark.org 'Bad Boy's Goodbye' (2020-09-22), paragraphs on the 1980 purchase, 1987-91 proceedings, and April 1991 disposal; PCSA blockquote
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Independent corroboration of the post-Navy chain for this hull: von Wendel bought the derelict WWII sub chaser from the City of San Francisco circa 1980 for salvage; the hulk (engine-room equipment removed and sold) was his live-aboard in the Berkeley North Basin; a BCDC cease-and-desist order (1987), a city lawsuit (1988), and BCDC/Santa Fe/city pressure culminated in his February 1991 departure; the ex-PC-1120 was left behind and towed to an Alameda scrap yard in April 1991. The page also documents the real litigation adjacent to the vessel's owner - United States v. Claus von Wendel, No. C77-1698 SW (N.D. Cal., oil-spill cleanup, over his crane barge, not this hull) - and notes a committee briefly raised funds to save the sub chaser as a nautical museum, which failed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979-1991
- Population
- Live-aboard residents at Berkeley Marina North Basin (c. 1980-1991); Alameda shipbreakers (April 1991)
- Limitations
- A civic-conservancy history page - reputable local-history secondary source, not a primary registry; it quotes the PCSA/NavSource narrative verbatim for the sea-service chain and adds independently sourced Berkeley-side detail (Berkeley Gazette photos, BCDC proceedings, the leagle-cited federal case). The wreck visible at low tide in the North Basin is one of von Wendel's smaller scuttled boats, NOT this hull - the page is explicit that the sub chaser was left behind and towed to Alameda. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carlinville-pc1120-05
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[7]Toxic Docs archive: Owens-Illinois, Inc., 'Supplemental Answers to Second Interrogatories under Rule 168,' Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. et al., No. 87-C-1934 (Dist. Ct., Brazoria County, Tex., 23d Jud. Dist., filed 1990) - answer to Interrogatory 9 listing documents admitted in Dube v. Eagle-Picher Industries, No. 83-0224-P (D. Me.) [court_record]
- Locator
- ToxicDocs doc 4ayjMMY2q6pqomB4eDk5Nq9op, Answer to Interrogatory 9, item 9 (Defoe, pp. 3-4 of filing)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- A wartime U.S. government industrial-hygiene inspection of this hull's builder is documented: item 9 of the admitted-document list is 'Re-Inspection Report, Safety and Industrial Health, Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Michigan' dated 20-21 January 1944 - one of the Navy Department/U.S. Maritime Commission surveys (alongside Bath Iron Works 1942, Oregon Shipbuilding 1942, Albina Engine and Machine Works 1945, and others) the asbestos-product defendant cataloged as documents admitted in Dube to show federal awareness of shipyard asbestosis risk. The inspection postdates this hull's construction by ~17 months but covers the same yard, workforce, and wartime PC/DE build program.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944 (survey date); 1990 (filing); 1983-86 (Dube proceedings)
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding trades, Bay City (wartime survey window)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the filing establishes that the Defoe re-inspection report existed and was treated in litigation as federal shipyard-asbestosis-awareness evidence; it does not reproduce the report's content, does not say 'asbestos' about Defoe specifically, and does not name PC-1120 or any hull. The underlying report is the NARA-era BuShips/BuMed record to pull. Toxic Docs is an academic litigation-document archive; the cited document is a defendant interrogatory answer - litigation-stage material classified as discovery record, not a judicial finding about this yard's conditions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carlinville-pc1120-06
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[8]GAO, Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - product page and full report PDF text retrieved via firecrawl this session [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 report text, 'Navy's policy on use of asbestos' section (report pp. 9-10 region)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that 'thermal insulation ... was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships,' that product specifications for thermal insulation were changed in 1973 to specify asbestos-free materials, that 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978,' and that 'all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables' - spanning this hull's entire construction (1942) and service era (1943-47) plus reserve (1947-59) and civilian life.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979 (report); policy/era described 1940s-1978
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; Navy asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation only: fieldwork was Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; the report never names this hull or class. Supports era context that Navy vessels of the WWII build period carried asbestos materials - it does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, quantity, or fate of any installed material during the 1959-91 civilian years.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carlinville-pc1120-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (two GM 16-258S diesels, two shafts, no steam plant); NavSource/NMGL class and yard context (PC-461-class steel-hulled diesel patrol craft; Defoe wartime production ~135 Navy vessels including 54 PCs); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos era); Dube-list Defoe re-inspection (ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/011120.htm specifications; nmgl.org 'Fighting Ships from Bay City' (July 1945 Inland Seas); ev-06, ev-07 rows
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A PC-461-class submarine chaser built in mid-1942 at Defoe Shipbuilding sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era and inside a yard that the wartime government inspected for industrial-health hazards. Era-standard applications aboard a diesel patrol craft of this type and period were thermal insulation, machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings within a small, enclosed hull volume. As a diesel vessel she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1991
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1942); crew (1943-47); reserve-fleet maintenance (1947-59); civilian operators incl. Diesel Electric Co. and Greenpeace crews (1959-79); live-aboard residents (c.1980-91); Alameda shipbreakers (1991)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for PC-1120. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. Her four-decade civilian career (fishing vessel, transport, activist ship, live-aboard) included undocumented refits and an engine-room equipment removal that may have stripped original material - unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carlinville-pc1120-08
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[10]Batch-7634 search ledger (this record): NavSource; uboat.net; NHHC DANFS and Pacific Typhoon pages; NARA catalog/DPLA; ToxicDocs; GAO; Chavez Park Conservancy; NMGL/Inland Seas; CourtListener (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-carlinville-pc1120-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS Carlinville, PC-1120, Island Transport, or Ohana Kai was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated API reported the daily quota exhausted (~14,058 s / ~3.9 h to reset) and per fleet rules no retry was attempted; logged as blocked, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing content (mesothelioma.net lists USS Carlinville in a patrol-boat asbestos table without primary sourcing) - excluded by source policy.
- 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 hull remained substantially a WWII-era-built vessel through 1991 and its civilian refits are undocumented. The litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (quota-blocked, not run). Deck logs, the full war-diary series, the 1944 Defoe survey report itself, the Maritime Commission disposal file, and any Alameda scrapping-contract records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carlinville-pc1120-09