Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 972-packet.md (4 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-eagle-no-11-pe11-pkt-972-packet-md
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[2]DANFS Vol. VI, Appendix II, 'Eagle-Class Patrol Craft (PE)', pp. 744-747 - numerical summary line for Eagle No. 11 (verbatim transcription via hazegray Wayback capture; live NHHC page returned 404 on all candidate URLs) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. VI pp. 744-747, Appendix II numerical summary (Eagle No. 11) and general characteristics block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS numerical summary for this hull: 'Eagle No, 11 - Keel laid 7/13/18. Launched 11/14/18. Commissioned 5/29/19. Classified as PE--11 7/17/20. Sold 1/16/35.' DANFS class general characteristics: length 200'9"; beam 33'1"; maximum speed 18.32 k; displacement 615 t; draft 8'6"; complement 5 officers, 56 enlisted; propulsion 1 shaft, 2,500 SHP, Poole geared turbine; armament 2 x 4"/50 cal., 1 x 3"/50 cal., 2 x .50 cal. mg., 1 Y-gun (Eagles 4 through 7 only).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1918-1935
- Population
- Ford Rouge plant construction workers (1918-19); crew (1919-1934)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific milestones and class specification only; no asbestos or material content. Live NHHC DANFS page for this entry not located - all candidate URLs 404 on 2026-10-04 (standing NHHC link-rot defect noted since BATCH-01); verbatim transcription via hazegray.org Wayback capture dated 2025-04-25. The numerical summary lists the sale date but no striking date - the 7 September 1934 striking comes from NavSource/Naval Cover Museum (see ev-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-11-pe11-01
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[3]DANFS Vol. VI, Appendix II, 'Eagle-Class Patrol Craft (PE)' - class program narrative (verbatim transcription via hazegray Wayback capture; live NHHC page returned 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. VI pp. 744-747, Appendix II narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS class narrative: in late 1917 the Navy needed steel antisubmarine vessels smaller than destroyers with greater operational radius than the 110-foot wooden submarine chasers; the Bureau of Construction and Repair produced a simplified design for inexperienced yards; Henry Ford accepted the task in January 1918 (contract for 100, raised to 112, cut to 60 after the Armistice; seven commissioned 1918, 53 in 1919); a purpose-built assembly plant on the Rouge River outside Detroit turned out hulls by mass-production methods, with machinery and fittings largely from Ford's Highland Park plant; boats transited the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River to the Atlantic coast; Ford's insistence on flanged plates eased production but produced poor sea-keeping; the boats never saw WWI service; a number served as aircraft tenders (Midway 1920, Hawaiian Islands 1921); a number transferred to the Coast Guard in 1919; the balance sold in the 1930s and early 1940s. 'All Eagle Boats were built at Detroit, Mich., by the Ford Motor Co.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1917-1940s
- Population
- Ford Rouge plant workforce - peaked at 8,000 (1918); Eagle Boat crews across the class
- Limitations
- Class-level program history - contextualizes this hull's builder and disposal era but is not hull documentation. Five boats went to the Coast Guard in 1919; Eagle No. 11 was NOT among them (DANFS numerical summary lists the transfers as Nos. 16, 20, 21, 22, and 30). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-11-pe11-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Eagle-Class Patrol Craft Photo Archive, PE-11 (12/0411) - designation timeline, specifications, commanding-officer list (live fetch verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/0411.htm header block, specifications block, commanding-officer table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 13 July 1918 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI; launched 14 November 1918; commissioned USS Eagle No. 11, 29 May 1919; designated PE-11, 17 July 1920; struck from the Navy list 7 September 1934; sold 16 January 1935; 'Fate unknown.' Specifications: displacement 615 t.; length 200'9"; beam 33'1"; draft 8'6"; speed 18.3 kts.; complement 61; armament two 4"/50 mounts and two .50 cal. machine guns; propulsion 'Two Bureau Express boilers, Poole geared turbine, one shaft.' Call signs: 1919 'George - Cast - Love - Have'; 1924 'Nan - Easy - Jig - Pup'. Commanding officers: LT Simon Luther Shade, USN (3 August 1920); LT John Charles Rickertts, USN (16 June 1921); LT John Franklin Grube, USN (1934).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1918-1935
- Population
- Ford construction trades (1918-19); crew (1919-1934)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS (verified identical) and the 7 September 1934 striking is corroborated by Naval Cover Museum. The commanding-officer list is unattributed but the Shade entry is corroborated by the Dreadnought Project citing Register of Officers 1922 pp. 66-67. Contains no asbestos content. NavSource omits the 3"/50 mount listed in the DANFS class characteristics - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-11-pe11-03
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[5]NHHC Photograph NH 65029, 'USS Lawrence (DD-250)' - official description: 'In San Diego harbor, California, 1933. USS Eagle 11 (PE-11) is in the right background. Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.' (live fetch verified 2026-10-04) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC online photo catalog, NH 65029 description field
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An official NHHC photograph places this hull in San Diego harbor, California, in 1933 - physical-presence documentation during her final active period (NARA logbook coverage runs 8 September 1924 - 31 August 1934). The photograph's named subject is USS Lawrence (DD-250); PE-11 appears in the right background.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1933
- Population
- Crew at San Diego (1933)
- Limitations
- A dated photograph establishes presence at San Diego in 1933, not the duration of any West Coast assignment or what work (if any) was performed there. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-11-pe11-04
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[6]NARA Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947' (RG 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Entry 118, NAID 581208) - ship-name list entries for Eagle 11 (live fetch verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 ship-name list, 'Eagle 11' entries (two rows: 5/29/1919-7/11/1922; 9/8/1924-8/31/1934)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's comprehensive logbook inventory records two runs of logs for Eagle 11: 5/29/1919 - 7/11/1922 and 9/8/1924 - 8/31/1934. The second run documents the ship still carrying Navy logs into late August 1934 - consistent with the NavSource command entry of LT John Franklin Grube, USN, in 1934 - and ends one week before she was struck from the Navy list (7 September 1934). The July 1922 - September 1924 coverage gap is consistent with a laid-up period. These logbooks are held at the National Archives (Washington, DC, for this era) and are the primary archival lead for her movements, availabilities, and daily population.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1919-1934 (coverage inventory)
- Population
- Crew across both active periods (1919-1922; 1924-1934)
- Limitations
- The Special List is an inventory of surviving logbook runs, not the logs themselves - it documents that coverage exists for these date ranges, not ship status within them. The 1922-1924 coverage gap is consistent with a decommissioned/in-reserve period but the list does not state status; Naval Cover Museum records the decommissioning date as unknown. Logs are undigitized - contents unverified. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-11-pe11-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (two Bureau Express boilers, Poole geared turbine, one shaft - a steam plant); DANFS class characteristics (Poole geared turbine, 2,500 SHP); build date 1918-19 inside the Navy's documented asbestos-insulation era (see ev-07, GAO HRD-80-2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/0411 specifications block; DANFS class characteristics; GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steam-driven patrol craft built 1918-19 sits squarely inside the era in which marine steam plants were insulated with asbestos-containing products; era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type were boiler casing lagging, steam-line insulation between boiler room and engine room, flange gaskets, valve and turbine packing, and thermal insulation in machinery spaces. With a 615-ton steel hull and a single-shaft 2,500-shp plant, the confined engineering spaces of this class concentrate the exposure pathway.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1918-1935
- Population
- Ford construction trades (1918-19); crew (1919-1934); any yard trades at availabilities; 1935 buyers/scrappers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or construction work package located for Eagle No. 11; Ford Rouge plant records for the Eagle program are not located in public sources. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull. WWI-era construction is well before the peak documented asbestos era but inside the period when magnesia/asbestos marine lagging was standard - inference strength noted, not upgraded.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-11-pe11-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1918-19) and service era (1919-1934).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved - gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed this session; content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-11-pe11-07
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[9]Batch-8395 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription via hazegray/Wayback (NHHC live 404); NavSource; NHHC photo catalog NH 65029; NARA Special List 44; NVR (no entry - predates coverage); Naval Cover Museum; Dreadnought Project; GAO product page; CourtListener (paced all session); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-eagle-no-11-pe11-01 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 Eagle No. 11 / PE-11 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sold 16 January 1935 - decades before asbestos-survey or abatement documentation regimes existed, so absence of such records is expected, not informative. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the fleet pacing budget was spent on every attempt; logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos' material is law-firm marketing content (mesotheliomalawyercenter.org patrol-boat listicle mentioning the Eagle class generically and misdating the class as built 'after World War I') - 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 - for a 1935-disposed hull no documentation regime ever applied. The litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (paced, not run). The NARA RG 24 logbooks (1919-1934 coverage) are the primary undigitized lead. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-11-pe11-08