Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 855-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (build-date gap disclosed)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-edenton-pc1077-pkt-855-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, Edenton II (PC-1077) - verified live [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Edenton II (PC-1077) entry body (single-line naming entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's DANFS entry 'Edenton II (PC-1077)' records: 'On 15 February 1956 PC-1077 (q.v.) was assigned the name Edenton.' This is the official naming record for this hull and confirms the hull-number-to-name correspondence. PC-1077 was in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at the time of naming.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1956-02-15
- Limitations
- The DANFS entry is one line: it establishes the name assignment and hull-number correspondence only. It does not record construction, service events, materials aboard, or asbestos. The 'q.v.' refers to a PC-1077 entry that does not appear as a standalone page on the current NHHC site.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edenton-pc1077-01
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[3]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44, by Ship Numbers, PC-1077 entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 66, row PC-1077; coverage 12/14/1942-6/30/1945
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives' Special List 44, List of Logbooks of the U.S. Navy by Ship Numbers, has a PC-1077 entry covering 14 December 1942 through 30 June 1945. The finding aid establishes that NARA holds logbook records for this hull for that interval; the coverage start aligns with the 14 December 1942 commissioning date reported by secondary sources.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Limitations
- This is a NARA finding aid for logbooks, not the logbooks themselves. Its date range is record coverage, not proof of commissioning, continuous service, or any particular voyage. It says nothing about asbestos, materials aboard, individual exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edenton-pc1077-02
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[4]Naval Sea Systems Command, Ship History, dated 28 June 2011 (archived capture; live URL returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 72, row: PC 1077 | EDENTON | Rmvl Date 23-Aug-60 | Final Disposition MAP
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NAVSEA's inactive-ship history PDF indexes PC 1077 as EDENTON, with removal date 23 August 1960 and final disposition MAP (Military Assistance Program) - consistent with the reported transfer to Venezuela. The document is a post-service inventory/disposition source; it does not address the vessel's operations, materials, or asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1960; inventory dated 2011
- Limitations
- Cited from a 22 December 2016 Wayback capture because the live NAVSEA URL returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch on the access date; the archived copy is labeled as such. 'MAP' records the transfer program, not the recipient; NavSource (secondary) identifies the recipient as Venezuela. Removal date 23-Aug-60 differs from NavSource's 11-Jan-61 striking date - carried in gaps. Establishes no asbestos facts.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edenton-pc1077-03
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[5]NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, Edenton (PC 1077) ex-PC-1077 - verified live on navsource.net [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/011077.htm header block, specifications block, and commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's Submarine Chaser Photo Archive page for Edenton (PC 1077) records the hull's construction and service milestones: laid down 18 February 1942 by Albina Engine and Machinery Works, Portland, OR; launched 29 July 1942; commissioned USS PC-1077 on 14 December 1942 (first CO LT John Worthen Higgins Jr., USNR); decommissioned January 1947 and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group; named Edenton 15 February 1956; struck from the Navy Register 11 January 1961, transferred to Venezuela and renamed ARV Caracol (P 06); fate unknown. Specifications block: displacement 280 t (lt) / 450 t (fl); length 173 ft 8 in; beam 23 ft; draft 10 ft 10 in; speed 20.2 kt; complement 65; armament one 3"/50 DP mount, one 40 mm, three 20 mm, two rocket launchers, four depth-charge projectors, two depth-charge tracks; propulsion two 1,440 bhp Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesels, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts. The page also carries a c.1968 photograph captioned ARV Caracol (P 06).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1960
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1942); wartime crew (design complement 65); Venezuelan crew of ARV Caracol from 1960
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its milestone dates generally track NVR/DANFS but the striking date (11 Jan 1961) conflicts with NAVSEA's removal date (23 Aug 1960) - see gaps. Contains no asbestos content and does not document wartime operations in detail.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edenton-pc1077-04
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[6]The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, NC), 'Warships named after Edenton served in world war era' (George Converse, Museum of the Albemarle volunteer researcher) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Column body, paragraph on 'the second Edenton' (PC-1077)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A Daily Advance column by a Museum of the Albemarle volunteer naval history researcher states that PC-1077, 'classified as a Patrol Chaser, USS PC-1077, was launched in July 1942 by the Albina Engine and Machinery Works of Portland, Oregon' and that, armed per class fit, 'it escorted convoys until decommissioned and placed in-Reserve in 1947. In 1956, all numbered vessels were given names, and although in-Reserve, PC-1077 was renamed as Edenton (PC-1077).' This supports convoy-escort wartime employment and reserve-status naming context for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Wartime crew on convoy-escort employment
- Limitations
- Local-press column authored by a museum volunteer researcher; it is not a primary operational record. It contains no asbestos content, no dates beyond launch month, and its 'all numbered vessels were given names' framing is a simplification of the 1956 naming action.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edenton-pc1077-05
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[7]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct. 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product-page Highlights (Navy use of asbestos in ships; 1975 and 1979 insulation-removal policies)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 review documents Navy-wide use of asbestos in Navy ships and describes Navy policy for removal and replacement of asbestos insulation: the 1975 policy removed and replaced with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for necessary repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas. It is class/era context for a World War II Navy patrol craft, not documentation that asbestos was installed, remained, or was removed aboard Edenton (PC-1077).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy period; report published 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ships reviewed by GAO; not Edenton-specific
- Limitations
- GAO reviewed Navy-wide policy and fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. It does not name Edenton, PC-1077, Albina Engine and Machinery Works, or the PC-461 class, and it cannot establish ship-specific asbestos presence, quantity, condition, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edenton-pc1077-06
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[8]Negative-finding result based on the source searches documented in search_ledger; no affirmative asbestos source located [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger entries sl-01 through sl-11 (NHHC, NARA, NAVSEA, NavSource, GAO, NVR, Pacific Fleet organization, press, and CourtListener)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazardous-material inventory, construction specification, product-identification record, or qualifying litigation finding establishing asbestos aboard Edenton (PC-1077) was located in this research session. Asbestos presence aboard this hull is unknown; no product or material is asserted.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- Research session 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This records the bounded search outcome, not proof that asbestos was absent. The CourtListener litigation sweep was blocked by daily quota exhaustion, the NAVSEA PDF required an archived copy, and DANFS coverage of this hull is a single naming line; class, construction-era, diesel-propulsion, and builder assumptions were not used to infer asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edenton-pc1077-07
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[9]Authenticated CourtListener helper response, 2026-10-03; daily quota exhausted, stand down 14,888 seconds [other_primary]
- Locator
- Helper output for `cl-auth-search.py --query 'PC-1077' --type opinion --limit 20`; no result set returned
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The CourtListener sweep is incomplete. The authenticated fleet-paced helper was invoked for the hull-number opinion query 'PC-1077' and reported daily quota exhaustion with a 14,888-second (~4.1-hour) stand-down instruction. No result set was returned, and no further CourtListener query (exact-name 'USS Edenton'/'Edenton', docket searches) was attempted. No conclusion about litigation presence or absence can be drawn.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is a blocked/incomplete search, not a negative finding. Exact-name, hull-number docket, and opinion-content review remain outstanding. The request was made through the authenticated fleet helper; no anonymous or direct API request was made. 'Edenton' is a low-collision name, but no inference about hits is made without a completed search.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edenton-pc1077-08