Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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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-57-pe57-pkt-974-packet-md
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[2]DANFS Vol. VI pp. 744-747, Appendix II 'Eagle-Class Patrol Craft (PE)' - program history, general characteristics, numerical summary (verbatim transcription via hazegray.org; live NHHC page not located, Wayback capture used) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Appendix II, 'Numerical Summary' - Eagle No. 57 entry; 'General Characteristics' block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull in the DANFS numerical summary: 'Eagle No. 57 - Keel laid 3/25/19. Launched 7/29/19. Commissioned 10/15/19. Classified as PE--57 7/17/20. Sold 3/5/47.' All Eagle boats built at Detroit, Mich., by Ford Motor Co. Class design: Bureau of Construction and Repair, simplified for construction by less experienced shipyards; 112 contracted, cut to 60 after the Armistice (Eagles 61-112 canceled 11/30/18); 7 commissioned 1918, 53 in 1919. Class characteristics: l. 200'9" oa; b. 33'1"; s. 18.32 k.; dp. 615 t.; dr. 8'6"; cpl. 5 officers + 56 enlisted; propulsion 1 shaft, 2,500 shp, Poole geared turbine; armament 2 4"/50, 1 3"/50, 2 .50 cal. mg.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1917-1947 (entry coverage)
- Population
- Ford Rouge construction trades (1919); crew (1919-1945)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific milestone documentation and class history only; no asbestos or material content. hazegray.org unreachable this session - cited via Wayback capture 2025-04-25; no live NHHC DANFS page for this appendix entry was located (history.navy.mil search returned only individual-ship entries). The appendix carries no decommission or strike date for this hull - those come from other rows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-57-01
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[3]NHHC photograph NH 85439, 'USS EAGLE 57 (PE-57)' - caption 'Underway, 12 May 1942'; courtesy of William H. Davis, 1977 (live page verified 2026-10-04) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC photo catalog page NH-85439: title 'USS EAGLE 57 (PE-57)', caption 'Underway, 12 May 1942', original date Tue, May 12, 1942
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy photograph documents this hull underway on 12 May 1942 - commissioned service during World War II. This is wartime-service documentation independent of the 1947 sale record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942
- Population
- Wartime crew (complement 61-73 depending on source - see gaps)
- Limitations
- Establishes the hull underway and in service on a single wartime date; the NHHC caption does not state a location (secondary compilations add 'off the U.S. Pacific Northwest coast' - not attributed to NHHC here). A photograph is presence documentation, not a duty, station, or work record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-57-02
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[4]NHHC photograph NH 85440, 'USS EAGLE 57 (PE-57)' - caption 'In Alaskan waters prior to World War II'; courtesy of William H. Davis, 1977 (live page verified 2026-10-04) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC photo catalog page NH-85440: title 'USS EAGLE 57 (PE-57)', caption 'In Alaskan waters prior to World War II'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy photograph documents this hull operating in Alaskan waters before World War II - interwar Pacific Northwest/Alaska operating area consistent with the NavSource photo record (Taku Glacier, Alaska, circa summer 1923).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- circa 1920s-1930s (undated within interwar period)
- Population
- Interwar crew
- Limitations
- Establishes presence in Alaskan waters at an unspecified pre-war date; 'prior to World War II' is undated within the interwar period. Presence documentation only - not a duty or station record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-57-03
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[5]NavSource Online: Eagle-Class Patrol Craft Photo Archive, PE-57 (12/0457) - designation timeline, specifications, commanding-officer list, photo set (live URL verified 200 OK 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/0457.htm header block, specifications block, commanding-officers table, photo-caption grid
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled record for this hull: struck from the Naval Register 19 December 1945; sold 5 March 1947; 'fate unknown.' Specifications: dp. 710 t.; l. 200'9"; b. 25'9"; dr. 13'6"; s. 18.32 k.; cpl. 68; armament two 4"/50, one 3"/50, two .50 cal.; propulsion two 250psi Thorny-Croft Bureau Model boilers, one 2,500shp Poole geared turbine, Ford single reduction gear, one shaft. Commanding officer list: LCDR H. D. Batterton, USN, November 1940. Photo captions document Taku Glacier, Alaska (circa summer 1923, courtesy LT Raymond F. Farzell USNR); Vancouver, B.C., 27 and 29 May 1933 (Walter E. Frost photographs, City of Vancouver Archives); NHHC photos NH 85440 and NH 85439; a further photo circa August 1942; and U.S. Navy photos published in All Hands magazine (October 1956, September 1967 editions).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1919-1947
- Population
- Crew incl. CO LCDR H. D. Batterton (1940); Ford construction trades (1919)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its keel/launch dates for this hull (29 March / 27 July 1919) conflict with DANFS (25 March / 29 July) and read as transpositions; DANFS dates carried (see ev-10, gaps). Its spec block also conflicts with DANFS class characteristics (displacement, beam, draft, complement - see gaps). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-57-04
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[6]NavalCoverMuseum (U.S.S. Sequoia / Naval Cover Museum wiki), EAGLE 57 PE 57 - designation history, postmarks, covers (live page verified 2026-10-04) [museum_official]
- Locator
- NavalCoverMuseum EAGLE_57_PE_57 'Ship Name and Designation History' and 'Postmarks' sections; covers page 1 (1932-44)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Philatelic record for this hull: keel laid March 25 1919; launched July 29 1919; commissioned October 15 1919 as USS EAGLE No. 57; designated PE-57 July 17 1920; decommissioned December 12 1945; sold March 5 1947. Covers document Seattle WA machine postmarks of 21 June 1938 and a censored wartime (WWII) cover postmarked 16 April 1944 as PE-57 (Locy Type Fz; museum annotation, verbatim: 'Ship had no post office...But device was obtained and used by NMC' - 'NMC' carried verbatim; its expansion is not stated by the source).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1938-1947
- Population
- Crew (1938, 1944)
- Limitations
- Decommission date (12 December 1945) rests on this single source - DANFS and NavSource carry only struck 19 December 1945 / sold 5 March 1947. Philatelic evidence establishes postal handling associated with the ship, not operations; the 1944 censored cover corroborates wartime commissioned status. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-57-05
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[7]Robert J. Cressman, 'Historic Fleets - Prepared for the Work of War,' U.S. Naval Institute Naval History magazine, Vol. 28 No. 4 (July/August 2014) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Naval History 2014 article, paragraphs on reduced-commission program and Eagle 56 loss
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Professional naval-history journal documents this hull's prewar reactivation: as war approached, the Navy earmarked the surviving Eagles for naval districts' local defense organizations; 'the Eagle 57 (PE-57) went into reduced commission at Seattle' later in 1940 (after PE-38 on 31 May 1940 at Puget Sound Navy Yard and PE-19 on 17 June at Boston; PE-27 Boston, PE-32 Puget Sound, PE-56 Norfolk followed; PE-48 and PE-55 placed in full commission 16 September 1941). Class context: 60 Eagles produced at Ford's Rouge River facilities; Eagles 61-112 canceled on Armistice Day 1918 per this source; sister boat Eagle 56 (PE-56) torpedoed by U-853 south-southeast of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, 23 April 1945 - the only Eagle lost to enemy action.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1940-1945
- Population
- Reduced-commission crew, Seattle local-defense organization (1940); wartime crew (1941-45)
- Limitations
- Secondary professional-journal account, not a primary record - the 'reduced commission at Seattle, later in 1940' detail is not independently verified against a Navy register or deck log. 'Reduced commission' status is a partial-crew district-defense status; the article does not establish where she operated during the war. Cancellation date conflicts with DANFS (11/11/18 vs 11/30/18 - see gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-57-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource propulsion specifications for this hull (two 250psi Thorny-Croft Bureau Model boilers, one 2,500shp Poole geared turbine, one shaft - ev-04); DANFS class propulsion line (1 shaft, 2,500 shp, Poole geared turbine - ev-01); WWI-era naval steam-plant construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/0457 specifications block; DANFS class general characteristics (propulsion line)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled patrol craft built 1919 with a documented steam plant - two 250-psi water-tube boilers and a geared steam turbine in a 200-foot hull - carried the machinery configuration that era naval practice insulated and sealed: boiler and steam-line thermal lagging, flange and valve gaskets, machinery packing, and insulation felts. Insulation products of the WWI-era naval steam plant were commonly manufactured with asbestos fiber (magnesia-asbestos lagging was standard naval boiler practice of the period).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1919-1947
- Population
- Ford construction trades (1919); engine-room and maintenance crew (1919-1945); any yard trades at availabilities
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, construction drawing, or work package located for PE-57, and no Eagle-class design document stating insulation materials was located. The inference basis is the documented steam plant of this hull plus general WWI-era naval practice - thinner than records carrying a class manual (cf. the EC2-S-C1 manual row in ss-jeremiah-obrien). Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-57-07
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[9]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 - program-level context bounding the Navy's asbestos-use era within which this hull's 1919 construction and 1919-45 service fall.
- 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. The report's practical focus is mid-20th-century construction and overhaul - applying it to original 1919 construction is itself inference. Full text not retrieved: gao.gov blocks automated fetch (HTTP 403, re-confirmed 2026-10-04); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-57-08
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[10]Batch-8408 search ledger (this record): DANFS Appendix II (hazegray/Wayback); NHHC photo catalog NH 85439 + NH 85440 (live); NavSource 12/0457 (live); NavalCoverMuseum; USNI Naval History; GAO product page; NVR; NARA deck-log lead; CourtListener base queries; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-eagle-57-01 through -10
- 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. 57 / PE-57 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case AND no law-firm marketing pages asserting asbestos aboard this hull - even the marketing-source layer does not list this vessel. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the fleet-wide pacing budget was spent for the whole session (8 attempts over ~50 minutes, helper exit 2; one attempt reached the API but read-timed-out). Logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result.
- 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 - era inference for a 1919 naval steam plant remains reasonable but is not ship-proven. The litigation-repository search is a genuine open gap (paced off, not run). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-57-09
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[11]Date cross-check: NavSource 12/0457 timeline (29 March / 27 July 1919) vs DANFS Appendix II numerical summary (3/25/19 keel; 7/29/19 launch) vs NavalCoverMuseum (March 25 / July 29) vs Dreadnought Project citing Silverstone 'The New Navy' p.108 (25 Mar / 29 Jul; completed 30 Sep 1919 per Friedman 'U.S. Small Combatants' p.491) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/0457 header block vs DANFS Appendix II Eagle No. 57 line; dreadnoughtproject.org U.S.S. Eagle 57 (1919) footnotes
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: NavSource carries keel-laid 29 March 1919 and launched 27 July 1919 for this hull; DANFS, NavalCoverMuseum, and Silverstone/Friedman-derived secondary entries all carry 25 March 1919 and 29 July 1919. The NavSource figures read as digit transpositions of the DANFS dates (25->29, 29->27). DANFS dates carried in this record. Friedman additionally supplies a 'completed' date of 30 September 1919 that no primary source consulted displays.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1919
- Limitations
- Corrects a milestone-date transposition in a secondary compilation, not a material claim. DANFS is the authoritative anchor; the Friedman 'completed' date rests on secondary citation only. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-eagle-57-10