Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 974-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-48-pe48-pkt-974-packet-md
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[2]DANFS Vol. VI, Appendix II 'Eagle-Class Patrol Craft (PE)' pp. 744-747 (verbatim transcription via Haze Gray & Underway; live NHHC DANFS page not found for this appendix - Wayback capture used, cited as archived) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Appendix II general characteristics + numerical summary, Eagle No. 48 line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS numerical summary for this hull: 'Eagle No. 48. Keel laid 3/3/19. Launched 5/24/19. Commissioned 10/8/19. Classified as PE--48 7/17/20. Sold on 10/10/46.' Class narrative documents the program: steel 200-foot patrol craft designed by the Bureau of Construction and Repair; Ford contract (initially 100 boats, raised to 112, cut to 60 at the Armistice); assembly plant on the Rouge River on the outskirts of Detroit; machinery and fittings largely built at Ford's Highland Park plant; steam turbines adopted at Ford's urging in place of reciprocating engines; the boats never saw WWI service; a number served as aircraft tenders (Midway 1920, Hawaiian Islands 1921); some transferred to the Coast Guard in 1919; the balance sold in the 1930s and early 1940s. General characteristics: 200'9" oa; beam 33'1"; draft 8'6"; 615 t.; 18.32 k.; complement 5 officers + 56 enlisted; 1 shaft; 2,500 shp Poole geared turbine; armament 2 4"/50, 1 3"/50, 2 .50 cal. mg (1 Y-gun on Eagles 4-7 only).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1917-1946 (entry coverage)
- Population
- Ford Rouge/Highland Park construction workforce (class level); crew (1919-1946)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific for milestones only; DANFS carries no asbestos or material content and no post-1920 service narrative for this hull. The live NHHC DANFS page for this appendix could not be located (NHHC link-rot is a standing batch defect); verbatim transcription via Wayback capture of hazegray.org, cited as archived. DANFS class-level dimensions conflict with the NavSource page's per-ship spec block (beam 33'1" vs 25'9"; draft 8'6" vs 13'6"; displacement 615 t vs 710 t; complement 61 vs 68) - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-48-pe48-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Eagle-Class Patrol Craft Photo Archive, PE-48 page (timeline, specification block, commanding-officer list, photo captions) - live verified [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/0448.htm header block, specifications block, commanding-officer table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 3 March 1919 by Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI; launched 24 May 1919; commissioned USS Eagle No. 48, 8 October 1919; designated PE-48, 17 July 1920; struck from the Naval Register 17 April 1946; sold 10 October 1946; 'fate unknown.' Specification block: 710 t.; 200'9" x 25'9" x 13'6"; 18.32 kts; complement 68; armament one 4"/50, one 3"/50 DP, two .50 cal.; propulsion two Thorny-Croft Bureau Model 250-psi boilers, one 2,500-shp Poole geared turbine, Ford single-reduction gear, one shaft. Commanding officers documented: LT Melvin Hughes Bassett, USN (1934); LT George William Campbell, USN (1936); LCDR Albert Edward Chapman, USN (1940); LT Albion C. Drinkwater, USNR (1942 - 17 Jul 1943); LT Thomas L. Ryan, USNR (17 Jul 1943 - Oct 1944); LT Charlie F. McMichael, USNR (Oct 1944 - May 1945); LT Jack Rabun, USNR (from May 1945). Photo captions document NHHC photo NH 70996 ('Grounded in the fog') and US Navy photo NY2-1371-40: 'EAGLE 27 (PE-27) and EAGLE 48 (PE-48) are tied up abrest at Pier 6 at the Boston Navy Yard, Nov. 1940' (Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-11005).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1919-1946
- Population
- Crew (1919-1946); USNR trainees, 3rd Naval District (1923-1942)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its milestone dates here match DANFS. Its spec block conflicts with the DANFS class characteristics on beam, draft, displacement, complement, and armament count - see gaps; the conflicts may reflect wartime fit vs design spec but are unresolved. Contains no asbestos content. Page verified live 2026-10-04.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-48-pe48-02
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[4]NHHC Modern Biographies research guide, 'George William Campbell' (career summary PDF; live NHHC URL returned 404 - Wayback capture cited as archived) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Campbell career summary, duty entry following detachment from seaplane tender Wright (June 1936)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC's biography of George William Campbell (USNA 1926) documents that in June 1936 he 'assumed command of the USS EAGLE #48, engaged in the training of Naval Reserves in the Third Naval District, with additional duty as Instructor, Eighth Battalion, U.S. Naval Reserve, Perth Amboy' - confirming this hull's commissioned status and Naval Reserve training role in the 3rd Naval District in the mid-1930s, consistent with the MaritimeQuest assignment timeline.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1936
- Population
- Crew and 3rd Naval District USNR trainees (mid-1930s)
- Limitations
- Confirms role and a commanding officer in June 1936 only; no asbestos or material content. The live NHHC PDF URL returned 404 on 2026-10-04 and the Wayback copy is an image-only scan (no text layer); the quoted passage was verified via the search-engine OCR index of the NHHC document - verification_status partial reflects that indirect text verification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-48-pe48-03
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[5]MaritimeQuest, USS Eagle 48 PE-48 ship's-data page (movement timeline, commanding-officer dates, awards) - secondary compilation consistent with official movement-record style; live verified [other_primary]
- Locator
- MaritimeQuest PE-48 data page, 'Ship's History' table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Detailed assignment timeline for this hull: March 1923 assigned to 3rd Naval District for reserve training, home yard Portsmouth, NH; May 1924 home yard shifted to New York; April 1941 still 3rd Naval District; December 1942 assigned to Service Squadron Nine, Service Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Fleet Sound School, Key West, FL; departed Key West 25 June 1944 for California via Coco Solo CZ (1 Jul), Corinto Nicaragua (6 Jul), Salina Cruz (9 Jul) and Manzanillo Mexico (13 Jul); arrived San Diego 19 July 1944 and assigned to 12th Naval District, Fleet Air Wing, Alameda; overhaul at U.S. Naval Frontier Base, Treasure Island, 31 Aug - 29 Sep 1944; based at U.S. Navy Section Base, Monterey, from 30 Sep 1944; repairs at Hurley Marine Dock No. 3, East Oakland, 11-29 Dec 1944; repairs at Bethlehem Steel Corp., Alameda, 21-31 May 1945; homeport shifted to Sausalito between Oct 1945 and Jan 1946; decommissioned 12 March 1946. Awards listed: American Defense Service Medal; World War II Victory Medal.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1923-1946
- Population
- Crew and trainees; yard trades at Treasure Island (Aug-Sep 1944), Hurley Marine Dock No. 3 East Oakland (Dec 1944), Bethlehem Steel Alameda (May 1945)
- Limitations
- MaritimeQuest is a private secondary compilation (not an official archive); the timeline's port-call granularity matches Navy movement-report style but underlying record citations are not given - verification_status partial. Key placements are independently consistent: 3rd ND reserve-training role corroborated by the NHHC Campbell biography; Nov 1940 Boston Navy Yard presence corroborated by the NPS-captioned photo on NavSource; sister boats PE-19 and PE-56 carry identical Fleet Sound School Key West assignments on the same compiler's pages. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-48-pe48-04
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[6]NARA catalog record: 'USS EAGLE 48 - War Diary, 9/1-30/44' (NAID 139741665; Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, WWII War Diaries series; microfilm serial 88370; serial 032; file A12-1/A16-3; dated 10/06/1944; National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference; metadata via DPLA item e2deed9b6f98860ddb70cc234f95ef5c) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 139741665 (catalog.archives.gov); DPLA item e2deed9b6f98860ddb70cc234f95ef5c
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A ship-specific primary record exists: USS Eagle 48's war diary for September 1944 - the month covering the tail of her Treasure Island overhaul (completed 29 Sep) and her arrival at the Monterey Section Base (30 Sep) under Fleet Air Wing Alameda. Contents not reviewed; war diaries of this series typically report daily location, operations, and command information.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-09
- Population
- Crew (September 1944)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the NARA catalog is JavaScript-rendered and could not be fetched directly this session; metadata transcribed via the DPLA partner record. The diary's contents were not reviewed - it may or may not contain material-condition or work detail, and no asbestos content is asserted or implied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-48-pe48-05
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[7]Era inference built on: DANFS class general characteristics (Poole geared turbine, 2,500 shp, 1 shaft); NavSource specification block (two Thorny-Croft Bureau Model 250-psi boilers); The Henry Ford museum research guide ('geared steam turbine, oil burning engines'); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era program documentation (see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS class general characteristics; NavSource spec block; The Henry Ford AskUs research guide (Eagle Boats)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- PE-48 is a steam-driven vessel built 1919 and in service 1919-1946 - inside the Navy's documented asbestos-insulation era. Era-standard applications aboard a steam patrol craft of this type and period were boiler casing and steam-drum insulation, steam-line lagging between boiler room and engine spaces, turbine and machinery lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and electrical insulation. Documented availabilities (Treasure Island overhaul Aug-Sep 1944; Hurley Marine East Oakland Dec 1944; Bethlehem Steel Alameda May 1945) are the kind of yard events at which era insulation systems were disturbed or renewed - but no work package, survey, or material record for this hull was located.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1919-1946
- Population
- Ford Rouge construction workforce (1919); crew and USNR trainees (1919-1946); yard trades at 1944-45 California availabilities
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for PE-48. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution. The boiler-type conflict between secondary spec blocks (Thornycroft Bureau vs Bureau Express) does not change the steam-plant pathway.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-48-pe48-06
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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 (1919) and service era (1919-1946).
- 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, confirmed 2026-10-04) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-48-pe48-07
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[9]Batch-8404 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NavSource (live); NHHC Campbell biography (archived); MaritimeQuest timeline; NARA war-diary catalog record; NVR (no entry); GAO product page; CourtListener (1 of 4 base queries run); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-eagle-no-48-pe48-01 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 Eagle No. 48 (PE-48) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CAVEAT: the CourtListener sweep is incomplete - the exact-name opinion query returned zero results, but the exact-name docket, hull-number opinion, and hull-number docket queries were blocked by fleet-wide pacing this session and are logged as blocked, not as negative results. Secondary web searches surfaced no qualifying case and no asbestos-marketing claims for this hull.
- 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 patrol craft sits inside the documented asbestos era, and the 1944-45 yard availabilities are undocumented at the work-package level. The incomplete litigation sweep is a genuine open gap (throttled, partially run). Deck logs and the September 1944 war diary are unreviewed archival leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-no-48-pe48-08