Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 944-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: MISMATCH (name/hull conflict in queue row)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-edenton-pc825-pkt-944-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, PC-825 page 12/010825 - construction, milestones, specifications, command, disposal [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/010825.htm header block, class/milestone block, specifications block, commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: PC-461-class submarine chaser laid down 27 March 1944 by the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Corp., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched 28 May 1944; commissioned 20 September 1944; transferred to the War Shipping Administration in June 1948; fate unknown. Call sign Nan-Uncle-Yoke-Uncle (NUYU). Specifications: displacement 450 t.; length 173'8"; beam 23'; draft 10'10"; speed 20.2 kts.; complement 65; armament one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, one 40mm mount, five 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, two depth-charge tracks; propulsion two 1,440 bhp Hooven-Owen-Rentschler R-99DA diesel engines (serial nos. 7359 and 7360), Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts. Commanding officer listed: LT R. H. Hirshberg, USNR (1945). Builder's-trials photograph circa 1944 (Great Lakes Institute via NavSource). Page header carries no name for the hull and states 'There is no DANFS history available for PC-825.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Leathem D. Smith construction trades (1944); wartime crew (~65)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation that tracks NVR/DANFS milestone data; not a primary registry. Documents identity, milestones, and specifications - contains no asbestos or material content, and gives no decommissioning or stricken date. The 'no DANFS history' note is consistent with the hull never receiving a name (see ev-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edenton-pc825-01
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[3]DANFS, 'Edenton' name entry - 'A city in North Carolina. On 15 February 1956 PC-1077 (q.v.) was assigned the name Edenton.' (verbatim transcription; hazegray.org DNS dead and live NHHC DANFS pages return 404 this session) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Edenton entry on the PC-1077 transcription page; NavSource 12/010825.htm (no-name page header); NavSource 12/011077.htm ('Named Edenton, 15 February 1956')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the name Edenton was assigned to PC-1077 on 15 February 1956 - not to this hull. DANFS's Edenton name entry names only PC-1077 (the other Edentons are cargo ship ID-3696 and salvage ship ATS-1). This hull (PC-825) had already been transferred to the War Shipping Administration in June 1948, so it cannot have carried a name assigned in 1956; NavSource's PC-825 page carries no name and confirms no DANFS entry exists for the hull. The production-queue label 'USS Edenton (PC-825)' descends from the Wikipedia USS Edenton ship-index page, which pairs the name with PC-825 - an error consistent with the Wikipedia USS New Kent article having substituted the name 'Edenton' for the collision escort that the primary record identifies as PC-825. This record documents hull PC-825, which never officially bore the name Edenton.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1956
- Limitations
- Corrects a naming misattribution, not a material claim. DANFS text verified via verbatim transcription (losthistory.net mirror of hazegray.org; hazegray DNS failed and NHHC pages 404 this session). The Wikipedia index error itself is documented for provenance only - Wikipedia is not cited as a factual source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edenton-pc825-02
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[4]USS New Kent (APA-217), 'A Short History' dated 31 December 1945 - the ship's own contemporaneous historical summary (HyperWar/ibiblio transcription; the published DANFS New Kent entry at apa217.html omits the incident) [other_primary]
- Locator
- 'The U.S.S. New Kent (APA 217) - A Short History, 31 December 1945', January 1945 paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous ship history places this hull in Pearl Harbor escort service and documents a collision: on 30 January 1945 USS New Kent (APA-217) sailed from Pearl Harbor for Majuro 'escorted by the PO-825' (transcription artifact for PC-825 - PO was not a hull classification; NavSource's PC-825 command table fits: LT R. H. Hirshberg, USNR, 1945). 'Enroute, the escort in attempting to regain proper station, rammed the New Kent amidships sustaining severe damage to herself but was able to proceed under her own power to Pearl Harbor.' Documents this hull operating as a Hawaii-area escort in January 1945 and sustaining collision damage with self-powered return to Pearl Harbor.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- PC-825 crew (complement 65) at time of collision, January 1945; any repair trades at Pearl Harbor (venue unverified)
- Limitations
- Documents the event only - gives no casualty figures for PC-825, no repair venue or scope (returned to Pearl Harbor under own power; repair location not stated), and no material content. 'PO-825' is a transcription/OCR artifact in the online text; PC-825 is the documented hull (NavSource, uboat.net). The collision is absent from the published DANFS New Kent narrative - it comes from the ship's own 31 December 1945 history.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edenton-pc825-03
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[5]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), Sturgeon Bay yard table - Bay Shipbuilding / Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding / Christy Corp. build list [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Sturgeon Bay yard table, row for hull 296 / PC 825
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard build-table row for this hull: yard hull no. 296, PC 825, U.S. Navy sub chaser, 284 (light tons) / 174 (feet), delivered 20 September 1944, 'To MARAD 1948.' Corroborates the NavSource milestones (commissioned 20 Sep 1944) and the War Shipping Administration/Maritime Administration disposal path in 1948. Neighboring hulls' fates are tabulated for context (PC 823 to Korea 1949 as Pak Tu San; PC 824 to Mexico 1948 as GC-33).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Leathem D. Smith construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Reference-work yard table, not a primary registry: consistent with NavSource on dates and disposal. 'To MARAD 1948' gives year only - NavSource's June 1948 WSA transfer is the more specific milestone. No asbestos or material content; post-1948 merchant fate untraced here ('fate unknown' stands).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edenton-pc825-04
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[6]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS PC-825 (PC-825) entry (ship ID 8652) - order date and wartime command list [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net warship entry 8652, data block and Commands table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary warship database for this hull: ordered 23 August 1942; built by 'Leatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Co.' (Sturgeon Bay); laid down 27 March 1944; launched 28 May 1944; commissioned 20 September 1944 - consistent with NavSource. Wartime commanding officers: LT R. H. Hirschberg, USNR, 20 September 1944 to mid/late 1945; R. C. Hiller, USNR, mid/late 1945 to late 1945 (WWII section only).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Wartime crew; named officers
- Limitations
- Secondary database (Guethlein/Hellbusch Allied Warships) consistent with NavSource on all shared fields; command-roster spellings differ between sources (Hirshberg per NavSource vs Hirschberg per uboat.net - carried in gaps). 'End service' and 'History' fields are blank - no disposal detail beyond NavSource. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edenton-pc825-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource PC-825 specifications block (twin H-O-R diesel plant, 20.2 kt, complement 65); PC-461-class program scope (341 steel-hulled diesel patrol craft built 1941-44, 13 builders); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era finding (ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/010825.htm specifications; PC-461-class program description; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled diesel patrol craft built March-September 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a combatant of this type and period were thermal insulation on machinery and exhaust runs, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and interior finishes/deck coverings in the confined hull volume. As a diesel-only craft she carried no boilers or steam turbines - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the confined-space exposure dynamic of a 173-foot patrol craft does.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Leathem D. Smith construction trades (1944); wartime crew (~65); any post-transfer operators (1948+, unverified)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for PC-825. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edenton-pc825-06
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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 (1944) and naval service era (1944-48).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches - standing access defect since Batch 01); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edenton-pc825-07
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[9]Batch-8196 search ledger (this record): NavSource; DANFS transcription (losthistory.net); contemporaneous New Kent ship history (HyperWar/ibiblio); uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory.com; CourtListener via cl-auth-search.py; secondary web litigation sweep; NHHC DANFS (404); NARA catalog (unreachable) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-edenton-pc825-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming PC-825 or 'USS Edenton' in connection with this hull was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener base queries: 'USS Edenton' opinions returned zero results; 'USS Edenton' dockets, 'PC-825' opinions, and 'PC-825' dockets could not be completed this session - the fleet-wide pacing limiter denied a request token (budget ~58/hr shared across sessions), logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos' content found is law-firm marketing material (including a Norfolk Naval Shipyard marketing page pairing the Edenton name with an unrelated hull number 'DD-772') asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - and the docket-side litigation search is a genuine open gap (paced, not run). Deck logs (RG 24), the January 1945 collision report (RG 38), and any WSA/MARAD disposal file for this hull are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edenton-pc825-08