Evidence
16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).
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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-32-pe32-pkt-973-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Appendix II 'Eagle-Class Patrol Craft (PE)' (Vol. VI, pp. 744-747) - official NHHC text via the losthistory.net/hazegray transcription mirror; live history.navy.mil DANFS pages 404 on all probed variants (standing link rot, same as BATCH-01) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/patrol/eagles.htm - 'Eagle No. 32' numerical-summary line; Appendix II class narrative and General Characteristics block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official DANFS numerical summary names this hull: 'Eagle No. 32 - Keel laid 11/30/18. Launched 3/15/19. Commissioned 9/4/19. Classified as PE--32 7/17/20. Sold 3/3/47.' The class appendix documents the program this hull was built under: a Bureau of Construction and Repair design simplified for inexperienced yards; contract directed to Ford January 1918 for 100 boats, later 112 (12 for Italy), cut to 60 at the Armistice; mass-production construction at a purpose-built plant on the Rouge River using factory workers; machinery and fittings largely built at Ford's Highland Park plant; hulls launched from a hydraulic sinking trestle and navigated via the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence to the Atlantic; 'the Eagle Boats never saw service in World War I.' Class general characteristics: 200'9" loa; 33'1" beam; 18.32 k.; 615 t.; 8'6" draft; complement 5 officers + 56 enlisted; propulsion 1 shaft, 2,500 shp, Poole geared turbine; armament 2 x 4"/50, 1 x 3"/50, 2 x .50 cal mg, 1 Y-gun (Eagles 4-7 only).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1918-1947
- Population
- Ford Rouge construction workforce (1918-19); crews 1919-1945
- Limitations
- Official text documents identity, milestones, program context, and class design - not materials or asbestos content; the entry contains no materials statement of any kind. The class characteristics block conflicts with NavSource's per-hull spec block on displacement, beam, draft, complement, and armament (see ev-13); both carried, neither resolved. No service narrative exists for this hull - DANFS gives milestones only. Live NHHC page not located (link rot); transcription mirror cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-32-pe32-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Eagle-Class Patrol Craft Photo Archive - PE-32, ex-Eagle No. 32, file 12/0432 (verified live on navsource.net) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/12/0432.htm - chronology block, specifications block, commanding-officer table, photo credits; class spec line corroborated at navsource.net/archives/12/04idx.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource per-hull record: 'Laid down 30 November 1918 by the Ford Motor Co. Rouge Plant, Detroit, Michigan. Launched 15 March 1919. Commissioned USS Eagle No. 32, 4 September 1919. Designated PE-32, 17 July 1920. Decommissioned 7 December 1945. Struck from the Naval Register 3 January 1946. Sold 3 March 1947. Fate unknown.' Spec block: 710 t.; 200'9"; 25'9" beam; 13'6" draft; 18.32 kts; complement 68; one 4"/50 mount and two .50 cal machine guns; 'Two Thorny-Croft Bureau Model 250 psi boilers, one 2,500 shp Poole geared turbine, Ford single reduction gear, one shaft.' Commanding officers documented from 1933: LTJG Carter Alston Printup 1933-34; LTJG Douglas Harold Fox 1934; LTJG Ernest Bradford Ellsworth Jr. 1938-40; LCDR Hamon H. Hallin USNR 1940-Dec 1941; LCDR 'Sugurd' Hansen USNR Dec 1941-Mar 1943 (Navy Cross 1944); LCDR Merritt Barton USNR Dec 1943-Sep 1944; LCDR David R. Wallace USNR Sep 1944-Sep 1945; LCDR William A. Saleebey USNR Sep 1945-6 Dec 1945. Photo credits document NHHC photographs: NH 86967 (San Francisco, post-WWI), NH 85437, and NH 45227 - the Puget Sound Navy Yard waterfront, 8 March 1926, showing PE-32 alongside the pier with USS Swallow (AM-4) and USS Thompson (DD-305), USS Idaho (BB-42) in drydock.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1918-1947
- Population
- Ford Rouge construction trades (1918-19); commissioned crews 1919-1945 (design complement 68); Puget Sound Navy Yard trades during documented 1926 and 1940 yard periods
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestones agree with the official DANFS line, but its spec block conflicts with the DANFS class characteristics on displacement (710 vs 615 t), beam (25'9" vs 33'1"), draft (13'6" vs 8'6"), complement (68 vs 61), and armament (1 x 4"/50 vs 2 x 4"/50 + 1 x 3"/50) - see ev-13. Its boiler designation 'Thorny-Croft Bureau Model 250 psi' also differs from the USNI class summary's '(2) Bureau Express.' CO table shows an unexplained gap March-December 1943 and differs in rotation detail from MaritimeQuest's alternate list (see ev-13). Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-32-pe32-02
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[4]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton compilation), 'Eagle Boats (PE)' construction table - Ford River Rouge yard rows for all 60 boats [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/pe.htm - PE-32 row (laid/launched/delivered/days columns, disposition)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Colton's Ford Rouge table row for this hull: 'PE | 32 | 30-Nov-18 | 15-Mar-19 | 30-Aug-19 | 105 | 168 | 273 | Sold 1947' - keel laid 30 November 1918, launched 15 March 1919, delivered 30 August 1919 (105 days on ways, 168 days in water, 273 days total), disposition 'Sold 1947'. The table header documents the program: 112 Eagle boats contracted (100 USN, 12 Italian), only seven delivered by war's end, last 52 cancelled, 'despite Ford's vaunted expertise in mass production, this program appears to have been a mess from start to finish.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1918-1919
- Population
- Ford Rouge assembly workforce (peak ~8,000 workers across the program per DANFS)
- Limitations
- Compiler's construction table, secondary - its build dates agree with the official DANFS line, and its 30 August 1919 delivery date matches the Dreadnought Project's 'Completed' figure (cited there to Friedman, U.S. Small Combatants, p. 491). Contains no asbestos information; 'the boat number' serves as yard number in this table (no separate yard-number series documented).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-32-pe32-03
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[5]MaritimeQuest vessel data page, USS Eagle 32 / PE-32 - service timeline, commanding-officer table, awards display [other_primary]
- Locator
- maritimequest.com eagle_pe32 data page - data table, 'Ship's History' list, commanding-officer table, awards block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The only located service-narrative source for this hull: commissioned 4 September 1919; decommissioned 30 September 1919 (26 days after first commissioning); recommissioned June/July 1923; assigned July 1923 to the 13th Naval District for reserve training, home yard Mare Island, Vallejo CA; home yard moved March 1924 to Puget Sound, Bremerton WA; assigned July 1932 to the 12th Naval District, homeport San Francisco CA; '1940: Partially disarmed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, converted into a minesweeper. Commenced minesweeping duty off San Francisco, California into Feb. 1942'; 'Feb. 1942: Completely disarmed at San Diego, California and fitted for training duty as a sound training ship. Continued this duty until the end of the war'; decommissioned 6 December 1945. Alternate CO table: Hallin from Apr 1941; Sigurd Hansen Dec 1941-13 Feb 1943; Merritt Barton 13 Feb-Sep 1943; David R. Wallace Sep-Dec 1943; Barton again Dec 1943-9 Sep 1944; Wallace again 9 Sep 1944-Oct 1945; William A. Saleebey Oct 1945-6 Dec 1945. Awards displayed: American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1919-1945
- Population
- Crews during reserve-training, minesweeping, and sound-training service (1923-1945); Puget Sound Navy Yard trades during the 1940 conversion; San Diego refit workforce (1942)
- Limitations
- Enthusiast compilation citing no primary sources - sole located source for the 1919-1923 in-reserve gap, the naval-district assignments, and the 1940/1942 conversion details; its CO rotation differs in detail from NavSource's (see ev-13), and it prints decommissioning as 6 December 1945 where NavSource prints 7 December (see ev-13). Its 'Ordered: March 4, 1917' date precedes U.S. entry into the war and the program's documented January 1918 contract - treated as an error (see gaps). Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-32-pe32-04
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[6]Naval Cover Museum, EAGLE 32 PE 32 - designation chronology, postmark index, and cover range (1934-1941) for this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/EAGLE_32_PE_32 - 'Ship Name and Designation History' and 'Postmarks' sections; Covers Page 1 (1934-41)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Postal-history documentation for this hull: designation list 'USS EAGLE No. 32 Commissioned September 4 1919 / USS EAGLE PE-32 Designated (PE) July 17 1920 / Decommissioned December 6 1945 / Sold March 3 1947'; documented covers 1934-1941; a 13 May 1934 postmark annotated 'Used before post office establishment of August 27, 1941' with three First Day Postal Service cancels dated 27 August 1941 - i.e., the ship had no official post office until 27 August 1941, and her documented postal activity brackets her active-service period.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1919-1947
- Population
- Crew correspondence population 1934-1945
- Limitations
- Philatelic compilation - corroborates designation dates and documents active commissioned status in 1934 and from August 1941, but prints the 6 December 1945 decommissioning variant (NavSource prints 7 December - see ev-13). Covers and postmarks are memorabilia records, not operational documents. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-32-pe32-05
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[7]Frank A. Cianflone, 'The Eagle Boats of World War I,' U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Vol. 99/6/844 (June 1973) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- usni.org Proceedings June 1973 - design-team and contract narrative; class characteristics list; WWII summary paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Professional-journal class history: hull design by CDR Robert Stocker under ADM P. W. Taylor; power plant designed by CDR S. M. Robinson with ADMs Griffin and Dyson; Ford's design contributions limited to steam turbines over reciprocating engines and flat hull plates. The intended fitting-out plant at Newark Meadows (Kearny), NJ was not ready, so hulls were fitted at River Rouge and navigated via the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence to the Atlantic. Ford agreed 14 January 1918 to build 100-500 boats at $275,000 each; the Navy's initial order was 100, raised to 112, cut to 60 at the Armistice. 'It was not until World War II that any Eagle Boats really served the purpose for which they were built... Of the original 60, only eight remained; they were assigned to antisubmarine warfare, sonar training, target-towing vessels, and aerial bombing practice. None were given duty outside U. S. continental waters.' Class summary block: 200'9" loa, 33'1" extreme beam, 8'6" maximum draft, 18.32 knots, 615 t full-load displacement, 'Engines 2,500-s.h.p. Poole geared turbines,' 'Boilers: (2) Bureau Express,' armament 2 x 4"/50, 1 x 3"/50, 2 x .50 cal, 1 Y-gun (Eagles 4-7).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1917-1945
- Population
- Eagle-boat crews class-wide; Ford Rouge workforce
- Limitations
- Class-level narrative - PE-32 is not named anywhere in the article; its WWII detail concerns PE-56 exclusively. 'Sonar training' among the listed WWII assignments is consistent with MaritimeQuest's sound-training-ship account for this hull but does not independently verify it. Its 'Bureau Express' boiler designation conflicts in naming (not count) with NavSource's 'Thorny-Croft Bureau Model 250 psi' (see ev-13). Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-32-pe32-06
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[8]U.S. Naval Institute Naval History Magazine, 'Historic Fleets - Prepared for the Work of War,' Vol. 28 No. 4 (August 2014) - Eagle-class postwar disposition survey [reputable_press]
- Locator
- usni.org Naval History Aug 2014 - 'Historic Fleets' Eagle-boats article, 1919 hearing and 1921 disposition paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class-level service context: 'On the same day the armistice was signed, 11 November 1918, the Navy canceled the construction of Eagle 61 through Eagle 112.' At the 14 January 1919 congressional hearing, Admiral David W. Taylor defended the boats: 'just as there is a use for the battleship and destroyers there will be a use for these boats . . . crews have to be developed and drilled and prepared for the work of war.' 'By New Year's Day 1921, 15 of the Eagles... lay in ordinary at the Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Navy Yard while three were in active commissioned status. Six Eagles served at naval air stations... six tended submarines. One, assigned to the Washington Navy Yard, operated out of Quantico, Virginia, and another served at the U.S. Naval Academy. The rest, assigned to seven different naval districts, were used to train naval reservists.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1918-1921
- Population
- Eagle-boat reserve-training crews class-wide
- Limitations
- Class-level disposition snapshot for 1921 - PE-32 is not individually identified in the excerpt; it documents the naval-district reserve-training employment into which MaritimeQuest places this hull from July 1923 (13th Naval District), consistent but not independent confirmation. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-32-pe32-07
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[9]The Henry Ford (museum), 'Building Eagle Boats at the Rouge' collection page + companion AskUs research guide (askus.thehenryford.org/researchguides/faq/203168) [museum_official]
- Locator
- thehenryford.org 'Building Eagle Boats at the Rouge' set + artifact pages; askus.thehenryford.org FAQ 203168
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The builder's own institutional archive documents the construction program under which this hull was built: 'From May 1918 to October 1919, Ford built 60 "Eagle" anti-submarine patrol boats at the Rouge.' Ford provided five acres at the Rouge mouth; the government paid $3.5 million for the yard's buildings and $490,000 to widen and deepen the river; Albert Kahn designed the 1,700-ft x 350-ft 'B' Building housing three assembly lines (up to 21 boats simultaneously). Research guide: boats were '200ft long and weighed 550 tons, with single screw, geared steam turbine, oil burning engines,' 18 knots, 3,000-mile radius; William Knudsen managed the project; contract terms accepted 17 January 1918. The collection includes a 'Book of USS Eagle 200 Foot Naval Patrol Boat Blueprints, 1918-1919' (artifact THF270524) - documented class blueprint material.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1918-1919
- Population
- Ford Rouge Eagle-program workforce (1918-19; program peaked at 8,000 per DANFS)
- Limitations
- Museum interpretation of its own archival collection - documents the program and plant, not this hull individually; the guide's '550 tons' is a third displacement figure inconsistent with DANFS 615 t (full load) and NavSource 710 t (see ev-13). 'Oil burning' confirms fuel type. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-32-pe32-08
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[10]Consolidated era/design inference - documented steam propulsion plant (NavSource spec block: two water-tube boilers, one 2,500-shp Poole geared turbine, single shaft; USNI class summary: '(2) Bureau Express' boilers, 2,500-shp Poole geared turbines) + documented construction era and builder (DANFS; Colton; The Henry Ford) + documented service window through 1945 (NavSource; MaritimeQuest) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/0432 propulsion line; USNI Proceedings 1973 class characteristics; DANFS Appendix II program narrative; MaritimeQuest 1940/1942 conversion entries
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull is a WWI-emergency STEAM patrol craft built 1918-19 and in commissioned service across 1919-1945 - squarely inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era (GAO HRD-80-2: asbestos insulation used extensively aboard Navy ships, substitution not begun until the early 1970s). Unlike small diesel conversions, she carried a full steam plant - two water-tube boilers and a geared turbine - so the boiler casing, steam-line lagging, and turbine insulation pathway applies in full. Era-typical asbestos-containing applications aboard a steam craft of this period: boiler and steam-drum insulation; main and auxiliary steam-line lagging; flange and valve gaskets; machinery packing; turbine lagging; electrical-cable insulation; joiner/accommodation insulation; winch, windlass, and minesweep-gear brake linings; deck composition. Her documented 1940 Puget Sound Navy Yard minesweeper conversion and 1942 San Diego sound-trainer refit fall inside the era when amosite pipe covering was standard on Navy vessels (Fleischer/USMC 1946). Exposure-relevant populations if material was present: Ford Rouge assembly workforce (1918-19); commissioned crews across 1919-1945; Puget Sound Navy Yard trades (documented 1926 presence and 1940 conversion); San Diego refit workforce (1942); and the unknown purchaser's scrapping/reuse workers after the 3 March 1947 sale - fate unknown.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1918-1947
- Population
- Ford Rouge trades (1918-19); crews 1919-1945; PSNY trades (1926, 1940); San Diego refit trades (1942); post-1947 disposal workers (undocumented)
- Limitations
- Inference from documented design, machinery type, builder, construction era, and service window - NOT a hull materials record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming Eagle No. 32 / PE-32 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. The inference is stronger than for diesel-era craft (steam plant present) but remains class/era-level. Whether era materials survived to the 1947 sale is unknown; post-sale fate is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-32-pe32-09
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[11]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 (1919-1945), as well as her 1940 and 1942 refits.
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 - same standing block as prior batches); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-32-pe32-10
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[12]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987); and Fleischer, W.E., et al., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373; PubMed PMID 21016030
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed documentation that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. naval shipbuilding in the WWII era - covering this hull's 1940 Puget Sound minesweeper conversion and 1942 San Diego sound-trainer refit. The USMC-commissioned 1944-45 industrial-hygiene survey of pipe-covering operations at Navy and contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; articles 1946/1987
- Population
- WWII naval shipyard/conversion workers (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level documentation - neither source names this vessel, the Eagle class, or any of her yards; the survey window is WWII-era, not her 1918-19 construction (WWI-era practice is covered by the broader GAO-era frame). Establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-32-pe32-11
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[13]Archival leads (not retrieved - research-room or reproduction-order level): NHHC photographs credited by NavSource for this hull - NH 86967 (San Francisco, post-WWI; Donald M. McPherson collection, 1978), NH 85437 (William H. Davis, 1977), and NH 45227 (U.S. Navy photo: Puget Sound Navy Yard waterfront, 8 March 1926, showing PE-32 alongside the pier with USS Swallow AM-4, USS Thompson DD-305, USS Idaho BB-42 in drydock) - visual documentation of her Bremerton home-yard period; NARA RG 24 deck logs for the commissioned periods (1919; 1923-1945) - the resolution path for the 1919-1923 in-reserve gap, the minesweeping stations, and the 1942-45 sound-school duty; NARA WWII muster rolls for this hull; NARA RG 19 Bureau of Construction and Repair / Bureau of Engineering design files for the Eagle class; The Henry Ford Benson Ford Research Center holdings including the 'Book of USS Eagle 200 Foot Naval Patrol Boat Blueprints, 1918-1919' (artifact THF270524) - class-level engineering documentation; WSA/MARAD or Navy sales file for the 3 March 1947 disposal - the resolution path for her undocumented post-sale fate [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/0432 photo credits; catalog.archives.gov (SPA shell only); thehenryford.org artifact 369289 (THF270524); NavSource 'Fate unknown' disposition line
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead map: (a) NHHC photo numbers NH 86967, NH 85437, NH 45227 are credited to this hull by NavSource - live NHHC photo-catalog URLs for all three returned 404 this session (standing NHHC link rot), so the images are pull-list items rather than verified catalog pages; NH 45227 is the strongest - a dated U.S. Navy photo placing PE-32 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard waterfront 8 March 1926. (b) NARA RG 24 deck logs and muster rolls cover her commissioned periods; the catalog returns only a JS shell to automated fetch. (c) The Henry Ford holds a documented class blueprint book (THF270524) - the closest located material-specification lead for hull fittings. (d) No sales-file or post-1947 registry record for the hull was located - 'fate unknown' stands.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1919-1947 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Deck logs, muster rolls, and photographs are personnel/operations/imagery records, not materials documentation; the Ford blueprint book is class-level. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-32-pe32-12
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[14]Source-discrepancy resolution - official DANFS text (losthistory/hazegray mirror) vs NavSource 12/0432 + class index 04idx vs Colton PE table vs MaritimeQuest vs NavalCoverMuseum vs USNI Proceedings class summary vs Wikipedia (collision-check only, never cited as evidence) [other_primary]
- Locator
- losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/patrol/eagles.htm; navsource.net/archives/12/0432.htm and /12/04idx.htm; shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/pe.htm; maritimequest.com eagle_pe32 page; navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/EAGLE_32_PE_32; usni.org Proceedings June 1973; thehenryford.org FAQ 203168; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle-class_patrol_craft (collision-check only)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Discrepancies logged, not silently merged: (a) Decommissioning date - NavSource prints 'Decommissioned 7 December 1945'; MaritimeQuest and NavalCoverMuseum print 6 December 1945; NavSource's own CO table ends the last CO's tour '6 December 1945' - the 7 December figure is carried (NavSource headline chronology + prompt-consistent), the 6 December variant flagged, unresolved. (b) Specifications - NavSource per-hull block: 710 t, 25'9" beam, 13'6" draft, complement 68, 1 x 4"/50 + 2 x .50 cal; DANFS class block: 615 t, 33'1" beam, 8'6" draft, 5 officers + 56 enlisted, 2 x 4"/50 + 1 x 3"/50 + 2 x .50 cal + Y-gun (Eagles 4-7); The Henry Ford guide adds a third tonnage figure, 550 t. Plausibly normal-vs-full-load and waterline-vs-extreme measures, plus wartime-fit changes (armament was repeatedly altered - NavSource's single 4"/50 matches her partially-disarmed WWII configuration) - no source states the reconciliation; both sets carried attributed, unresolved. (c) Boiler designation - NavSource 'Thorny-Croft Bureau Model 250 psi' vs USNI '(2) Bureau Express': consistent on two water-tube boilers, inconsistent on model naming. (d) CO-list rotation - NavSource runs Barton Dec 1943-Sep 1944 then Wallace Sep 1944-Sep 1945; MaritimeQuest inserts Barton Feb-Sep 1943 and Wallace Sep-Dec 1943 before that rotation and gives Hansen's tour end as 13 Feb 1943 vs NavSource 'March 1943'; NavSource spells him 'Sugurd' vs MaritimeQuest 'Sigurd'. Both lists carried; NavSource's table has an unexplained Mar-Dec 1943 gap that MaritimeQuest's rotation partly fills - treated as complementary, unresolved. (e) MaritimeQuest 'Ordered: March 4, 1917' precedes U.S. belligerency and the documented January 1918 contract - treated as a date error, not carried.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1918-1947
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies among the official text, specialist compilations, and derivative pages, adopting the better-supported or prompt-consistent values and flagging the rest. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-32-pe32-13
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[15]Air & Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries, 586 U.S. 446 (2019), CourtListener 4601080 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener opinion 4601080
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No case located names this hull under either of her designations (see negative_finding row and search_ledger). Doctrinal context only: claims arising from WWII-era Navy-vessel asbestos exposure ran under maritime law against equipment manufacturers, and the Supreme Court's DeVries decision settled the 'bare-metal defense' framework - manufacturers that supplied bare equipment had a duty to warn where their products required asbestos-containing parts. It illustrates the litigation posture a claim arising from service aboard this WWI-built, WWII-serving steam patrol craft would have faced; no such claim naming Eagle No. 32 or PE-32 was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2019 decision
- Limitations
- Doctrinal context only - the cited case does not name or involve this hull, and DeVries addressed manufacturers' duty to warn for asbestos-containing components on Navy vessels generally. Classification note: a complaint's vessel list would be a pleading allegation, not a finding; no pleading naming this hull was located. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-32-pe32-14
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[16]Batch-8398 search ledger (this record): DANFS via losthistory/hazegray transcription mirror; NavSource 12/0432 + class index 04idx; Colton PE construction table; MaritimeQuest PE-32 data page; NavalCoverMuseum EAGLE 32 PE 32; USNI Proceedings 1973 + Naval History 2014; The Henry Ford collection + research guide; Dreadnought Project; Naval Vessel Register; NARA catalog; NHHC photo-catalog URLs; CourtListener API v4 opinion + RECAP sweeps (authenticated); secondary web exclusion sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-eagle-no-32-pe32-01 through sl-uss-eagle-no-32-pe32-17
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for USS Eagle No. 32 / PE-32: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, materials specification, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener authenticated sweeps (type=o and type=r): '"Eagle No. 32"' opinions 0, dockets 0 - completed negative results on the exact name; the '"PE-32"' hull-number opinion and docket sweeps could not be run this session - the fleet-wide request pacer deferred them on 8 consecutive attempts across ~65 minutes (one request reaching the API but timing out) (shared ~58/hr budget saturated by concurrent batch sessions) - logged as blocked in the search_ledger, NOT as a negative result. A live-web exclusion sweep surfaced no law-firm or marketing listicle naming this hull - unusually, this hull is absent even from the generic ship-list asbestos rosters that typically enumerate Navy vessels; nothing required source-policy exclusion.
- 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 1918-19 steam vessel is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation, gaskets, and packing, and her 'fate unknown' disposition after the 1947 sale forecloses any present-day survey pathway. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-32-pe32-15