Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]research packet 973-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-eagle-no-19-pe19-pkt-973-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'Eagle No. 11 Through Eagle No. 20' (Naval History and Heritage Command, live page verified 2026-10-04) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS page, 'Eagle No. 19' entry and class appendix text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS numerical summary for this hull: 'Eagle No. 19. Keel laid 8/6/18. Launched 1/30/19. Commissioned 6/25/19. Classified as PE-19 7/17/20. Destroyed 8/6/46.' Footnote: 'All Eagle Boats were built at Detroit, Mich., by the Ford Motor Co.' The covering class appendix (DANFS Vol. VI, pp. 744-747) describes the WWI program: Bureau of Construction and Repair design; flat hull plates and steam turbines urged by Ford; 112 boats ordered, cut to 60 at the Armistice; class characteristics 200'9" x 33'1", 615 t., 18.32 kt., complement 5 officers/56 enlisted, Poole geared turbine 2,500 shp on one shaft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- Ford Rouge construction workforce 1918-19; commissioned crew (design complement 61)
- Limitations
- DANFS coverage is a class-level appendix with a per-hull date line only - it establishes build/designation/disposal dates but no ship-specific service narrative (no WWII employment detail) and nothing about materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-19-pe19-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Eagle-Class Patrol Craft Photo Archive, PE-19 page (specifications, designation timeline, Buarque note, commanding officers, photo record) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource PE-19 archive page, specifications block and caption text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down 6 August 1918 by Ford Motor Co., Detroit; launched 30 January 1919; commissioned USS Eagle No. 19, 25 June 1919; designated PE-19, 17 July 1920; on 15 February 1942 picked up survivors from the Brazilian merchant Buarque, torpedoed by U-432 30 nm southwest of Cape Henry, and landed them at Norfolk, VA; struck from the Navy list 10 March 1945; destroyed 6 August 1946. Specifications: 615 t., 200'9" x 33'1", draft 8'6", 18.3 kts., complement 61, two 4"/50 + one 3"/50 + two .50 cal., propulsion two Bureau Express boilers and Poole geared turbine on one shaft. Photo record places her at Boston Navy Yard repeatedly (c. 1919, 11 April 1930 Marine Railway, 24 June 1934, c. 1935), laid up with other PEs at Portsmouth Navy Yard, and in the Straits of Florida in the mid-1940s.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- Crew through 1919-1945 commission
- Limitations
- NavSource is a private ship-history archive used here as the primary timeline/specification source; it documents configuration and dates, not materials or asbestos. Its caption dates the Buarque survivor pickup '15 February 1942' - NOAA dates the pickup 17 February (see correction row). Commanding-officer roster conflicts with MaritimeQuest's roster - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-19-pe19-02
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[4]NOAA Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, shipwreck profile 'Buarque' (official federal source) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NOAA Monitor NMS shipwreck page, 'Historical Background' section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NOAA documents this hull's wartime rescue service: Buarque (Brazilian freighter, ex-Bird City/Scanpenn) was torpedoed by U-432 and sunk on 15 February 1942 while bound Rio de Janeiro to New York; 84 of 85 aboard survived to lifeboats. On 17 February 1942, 16 survivors were picked up by USS Jacob Jones (DD-130) and 21 survivors by USS Eagle 19 (PE-19), all landed at Norfolk, Virginia that evening. Establishes operational U.S. Navy service for PE-19 in February 1942 on the U.S. east coast.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-02
- Population
- PE-19 crew, February 1942; 21 rescued Buarque survivors
- Limitations
- Documents operational employment and a rescue event, not materials or asbestos. NOAA dates the PE-19 pickup 17 February; the sinking was 15 February (NavSource conflates the two - see correction row). Survivor count per NOAA is 21 (uboat.net corroborates 21).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-19-pe19-03
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[5]Robert J. Cressman, 'Historic Fleets - Prepared for the Work of War,' Naval History (U.S. Naval Institute), Vol. 28 No. 4 (July/August 2014) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Naval History magazine article text (firecrawl retrieval; direct fetch returned 403)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- USNI Naval History documentation: as war approached, the Navy earmarked its remaining Eagle boats for naval-district local defense organizations; 'the Eagle 19 (PE-19) was next [after Eagle 38], being placed in reduced commission at Boston on 17 June' 1940 - the second of eight Eagles (PE-19, -27, -32, -38, -48, -55, -56, -57) retained for WWII service. Class context: 60 boats produced on the River Rouge assembly line; Eagle 56 (PE-56) was the only Eagle lost to enemy action, torpedoed by U-853 off Cape Elizabeth, Maine, 23 April 1945; the seven survivors were decommissioned after the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1940-1945
- Population
- Interwar/WWII-era crews of the eight retained Eagle boats
- Limitations
- Reputable naval-history journalism by an NHHC historian, not a primary record - the 'reduced commission' event and WWII Eagle roster are consistent with official sources but ship-specific employment detail (Key West sound-school duty) is not covered here. USNI's own spec box (beam 25'6", complement 73) conflicts with DANFS/NavSource - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-19-pe19-04
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[6]NavalCoverMuseum (naval cover/postmark museum wiki), EAGLE 19 PE 19 - ship name and designation history, postmark record [museum_official]
- Locator
- NavalCoverMuseum EAGLE 19 PE 19 wiki page, 'Ship Name and Designation History'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Designation history for this hull: USS EAGLE No. 19 commissioned June 25 1919; USS EAGLE PE-19 designated (PE) July 17 1920; decommissioned January 9 1945; destroyed August 6 1946. Museum postmark record shows shipboard postal service only 25 June 1941 - 19 February 1945 (covers 1935-41 were posted without official postal facilities).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1919-1946
- Limitations
- Museum compilation sourced from cover/postmark evidence - the 9 January 1945 decommissioning is the only located decommission date but rests on this single secondary-museum source (struck 10 March 1945 per NavSource). Does not address materials or asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-19-pe19-05
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[7]NHHC photo catalog, NH 85769 - 'USS EAGLE 19 (PE-19). Photographed circa 1920.' (also NH 54324, Boston Navy Yard early 1920s, referenced via NavSource) [museum_official]
- Locator
- NHHC NH-series catalog page NH 85769; NavSource caption for NH 54324
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NHHC photographic record exists for this hull: NH 85769, USS Eagle 19 (PE-19), photographed circa 1920 (courtesy of Commander D.J. Robinson, USN(Ret), 1977). NavSource additionally catalogs NH 54324 - USS Eagle 46 (PE-46) and USS Eagle 19 (PE-19) at Boston Navy Yard in the early 1920s - confirming period presence at Boston Navy Yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- c. 1920-1925
- Limitations
- Photographic documentation of configuration and location only; no material or asbestos content. NH 54324 itself was not independently re-verified on history.navy.mil this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-19-pe19-06
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[8]The Henry Ford (museum), 'Building Eagle Boats at the Rouge' curated artifact set [museum_official]
- Locator
- thehenryford.org curated set, artifact captions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official museum documentation of the class construction program that built this hull: from May 1918 to October 1919 Ford built 60 Eagle anti-submarine patrol boats at the Rouge; boats moved step-by-step through seven assembly stations in the 1,700-foot 'B' Building, three hulls per track, ~8,000 workers at peak; each boat carried two oil-burning boilers generating steam for a single ~2,000-hp turbine built at the Highland Park plant; the federal government paid $3.5 million for the purpose-built yard. Collection holds a 'Book of USS Eagle 200 Foot Naval Patrol Boat Blueprints, 1918-1919.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1918-1919
- Population
- Ford Rouge Eagle-boat workforce (~8,000 at peak)
- Limitations
- Class/program-level museum documentation; confirms the steam-plant configuration at class level (two oil-fired boilers, single turbine) but names no individual hull and contains no asbestos or insulation-material detail.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-19-pe19-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource/DANFS propulsion specifications (two Bureau Express boilers, Poole geared steam turbine, 2,500 shp, one shaft); The Henry Ford museum record (two oil-burning boilers per boat); WWI-era naval steam-plant insulation practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; DANFS class characteristics; thehenryford.org propulsion captions
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- PE-19 was a steam-plant vessel of the WWI construction era (laid down August 1918). Naval steam plants of this era were typically insulated with asbestos-containing materials - magnesia block and pipe covering (commonly ~85% magnesia finished with asbestos cloth/asbestos-felt lagging), asbestos gaskets at flanges and valves, and asbestos machinery packing. Applications aboard a vessel of this configuration would center on the two Bureau Express boilers, the main and auxiliary steam lines, the geared turbine casing, and associated valves/fittings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- Ford Rouge construction trades 1918-19; fireroom/engine-room crew 1919-1945
- Limitations
- Era-and-type inference, not a hull record: no PE-19 specification sheet, materials list, or insulation schedule was located, and no survey ever documented this hull (destroyed 1946). WWI-era lagging practice is documented generally but not for this vessel; asbestos presence aboard this hull is a reasonable inference consistent with documented propulsion, not a ship-proven fact. No quantity or composition is claimed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-19-pe19-08
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[10]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (HRD-80-2, Oct. 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (blocked to automated fetch 2026-10-04)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the U.S. Navy used asbestos insulation extensively in ship construction and overhaul, and reviewed Navy programs to protect workers from asbestos exposure - the program-level backdrop against which any naval steam vessel's insulation practice sits.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1979 (report); Navy-wide asbestos-era construction
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program scope)
- Limitations
- Program-level context only: the report's fieldwork and period focus is on mid-20th-century ships/yards, not WWI-era patrol craft; it does not name this hull or the Eagle class and establishes nothing about PE-19's material content. gao.gov returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch this session - product-page citation per batch discipline; full text not re-verified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-19-pe19-09
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[11]MaritimeQuest, USS Eagle 19 PE-19 data page (private compilation - commanding officers, assignment chronology, awards) [other_primary]
- Locator
- MaritimeQuest PE-19 data page, Ship's History and Commanding Officers tables
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Secondary compilation carrying a plausible service chronology: assigned 1st Naval District, Portsmouth, N.H., March 1923 for reservist training; homeport changed to Boston 1933; assigned November 1942 to Service Squadron Nine, Service Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Fleet Sound School, Key West, FL; continuous Key West service 1942-1945 as training ship, harbor guard and patrol duties. Awards listed: American Defense Service Medal, WWII Victory Medal. Commanding-officer roster 1939-1945 includes Lt.(j.g.) K.C. Walpole, Lt. Cmdr. J.P.B. Barrett, Lt. Cmdr. V.B. Davis USNR, Lt. Cmdr. F.D. Giambattista, Lt. A.M. Shantz USNR, Lt. J.M. Maloney USNR.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1923-1945
- Population
- PE-19 crew, Key West assignment 1942-1945 (if confirmed)
- Limitations
- Private enthusiast compilation, not an official source - chronology and CO roster are consistent with official anchors (USNI Boston 1940 event; NavSource Florida-straits mid-1940s photo; documented WWII sound-school employment of Eagle boats) but conflict in detail with NavSource's own CO roster and carry internal errors (an 'Ordered: March 4, 1917' date that predates the program). Treated strictly as an archival lead pending deck-log/command-history confirmation at NARA (RG 24); establishes nothing about materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-19-pe19-10
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[12]The Henry Ford collection artifact: 'Book of USS Eagle 200 Foot Naval Patrol Boat Blueprints, 1918-1919' (THF digital collection, Eagle boat set) [museum_official]
- Locator
- thehenryford.org Eagle boat set, artifact 'Book of USS Eagle 200 Foot Naval Patrol Boat Blueprints, 1918-1919'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Henry Ford holds the class blueprint book for the USS Eagle 200-foot naval patrol boat (1918-1919) - the design drawings for the very class of hull this record covers, which could contain material and insulation specifications not available in any published secondary source.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1918-1919
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the blueprint set is referenced in the museum's curated set but drawings were not examined this session; whether they specify lagging/insulation materials is unknown. Class-level drawings, not a hull-specific outfitting record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-19-pe19-11
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[13]NavSource PE-19 caption text vs. NOAA Monitor NMS Buarque page [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource timeline line vs. NOAA 'Historical Background' paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Date-precision correction: NavSource states 'On 15 February 1942 picked up survivors from the Brazilian merchant Buarque.' The sinking was 15 February 1942; the survivor recovery by PE-19 was 17 February 1942 (NOAA Monitor NMS: 'On February 17, 1942 ... 21 survivors by USS Eagle 19 (PE-19)'; uboat.net entry for Buarque corroborates 17 February and 21 survivors). PE-19 did not 'pick up survivors' on the 15th.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-02
- Limitations
- Two-source agreement (NOAA + uboat.net) on 17 February vs. NavSource's compressed 15 February - the recovery date carried in this record is 17 February 1942; NavSource's timeline otherwise corroborated. Does not affect the asbestos assessment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-19-pe19-12
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[14]Batch-8396 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live page; NavSource PE-19 archive; NOAA Monitor NMS; USNI Naval History; NavalCoverMuseum; The Henry Ford; NVR; GAO (blocked); NARA deck-log lead; CourtListener (see ledger rows) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-eagle-no-19-pe19-01 through sl-uss-eagle-no-19-pe19-17
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no survey, specification sheet, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Eagle No. 19 / PE-19 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener base queries completed 2026-10-04: zero hits on the commissioned name in opinions; the single docket hit and all hull-number hits are name collisions (exhibit labels, Pecos-division case numbers), not the vessel and not asbestos. The hull was destroyed in 1946, so no extant-vessel documentation path (museum disclosure, NDRF card, survey) exists.
- 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 - a 1919 steam-plant patrol craft is era-consistent with asbestos lagging, but no ship-proven documentation exists and none is claimed. CourtListener coverage caveat: the 423-hit 'PE-19' docket collision set was reviewed on the first page only; the asbestos-qualified variant was deferred by fleet pacing (sl-17). Does not establish or defeat any individual exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-19-pe19-13