Evidence
16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).
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[1]research packet 954-packet.md (2 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-ely-pce880-pkt-954-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Escort Photo Archive, Ely (PCE 880) ex-PCE-880 - designation timeline, specifications, disposal chain through reef sinking, photographs, commanding-officer list (live page verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/02880.htm header block, designation timeline, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down 12 August 1943 by Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR; launched 27 October 1943; commissioned USS PCE-880 29 April 1944; named Ely 15 February 1956; placed in service August 1947 as a Naval Reserve training vessel assigned to the 9th Naval District (Great Lakes); decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register 1 July 1970; transferred 3 September 1970 to the State of Maine (Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute), South Portland, ME, renamed R/V Aqualab II; sold 1972 to Kirks Marine Enterprise, Inc. of Dover, DE; sold 1975 to Norman Industries, Inc. of Lafayette, LA; acquired 1978 by Standard Products Co., Inc. of Kilmarnock, VA, renamed Atlantic Mist; acquired 1989 by Ampro Fisheries, Inc. of Burgess, VA; acquired by Omega Protein, Inc. of Moss Point, MS; 'in service into 1980'; sunk 16 January 2010 as part of an artificial reef approximately 26 miles southeast of Indian River Inlet, DE, equidistant from Cape May, NJ and Ocean City, MD. Specifications: 850 t.; 184'6" x 33'1" x 9'5"; 15.7 kts.; complement 99; one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount and three twin 40mm mounts; propulsion two 900 bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, Falk single reduction gear, two shafts. Call sign November-Xray-Foxtrot-Alpha. Photographic record: Naval Reserve Training Center Sheboygan, WI; NRTC piers Chicago, IL c. 1960 and 17 May 1962; All Hands magazine photo May 1969; HCGL photo. Commanding officers: LT Leroy E. Newell USNR (29 Apr 1944); LT Robert Anthony Kanak USN (1953-Feb 1955); LT Charles W. McComis USN (1958); LT Ross Daniel Barker USN (Apr 1969-Jul 1970).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-2010
- Population
- Albina construction trades (Portland, 1943-44); commissioned and reserve-training crew (1944-1970; complement 99); commercial crews (1970-2010)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its milestone chain is corroborated by HCGL enrollment records (ev-03), the DNREC release (ev-08), and shipbuildinghistory's Albina yard table (ev-05). Contains no asbestos content. WWII service 1944-1947 is not narrated anywhere in consulted sources - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ely-pce880-01
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[3]DANFS, Ely - namesake stub and 1956 naming date (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-04) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Ely' entry - second namesake paragraph and naming-date line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS Ely entry identifies this hull's namesake and naming date: the entry distinguishes two honorees - Lt. Arthur Vincent Ely (born 8 March 1912, Pittsburgh; Naval Academy 1935; Torpedo Squadron 6; shot down 4 June 1942 at Midway; posthumous Navy Cross; honored by DE-309) - and then 'Cities in Minnesota and Nevada. PCE-880 was named in their honor.' The entry states: 'On 15 February 1956 PCE-880 (q.v.) was assigned the name Ely.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1956
- Limitations
- Namesake stub only - the '(q.v.)' cross-reference to a PCE-880 entry resolves to no live NHHC page (danfs/p/pce-880.html and danfs/p/pce880.html return 404 this session), and the archived hazegray DANFS mirror carries only the identical stub. No service narrative, construction data, or asbestos content for this hull exists in DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ely-pce880-02
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[4]Historical Collections of the Great Lakes (Bowling Green State University), vessel file PCE-880 - registry/rig data, enrollment measures, Navy-era and commercial owner/name chains, U.S. Official Number 532093 (live page verified 2026-10-04) [museum_official]
- Locator
- HCGL item 439216 (vessel file): Registry and Rig Information; Vessel History (rebuilds/enrollment); Build Information; Vessel Names items 447449-447451; Vessel Owners items 464406-464409
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- HCGL federal-documentation record for this hull: Name PCE-880, registry U.S., official number U.S. NAVY, steel hull, 184.50 x 33.00 ft; builder 'Albina Engine & Machinery Works', Portland, OR. Vessel history: 'First enrolled in May/June, 1971. Transferred to State Of Maine, on September 3, 1970. Name assigned by U.S. Navy on February 15, 1956. Stricken from Navy List on July 1, 1970. Served on Lakes with Naval Reserve, 1950-1960's.' Enrolled measures May/June 1971: 176.75 x 33 x 14.16 ft, 763 gross / 518 net tons. Name chain (all 'Vessel Name For PCE-880'): ELY (PCE-880) 1956-1970 (ON U.S. NAVY); AQUALAB II 1970-1979 (ON 532093); ATLANTIC MIST 1979- (ON 532093). Owner chain: U.S. Navy 1944-1970; State of Maine (Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute) 1970-1972; Kirks Marine Enterprise, Inc. 1972-1975; Norman Industries, Inc. 1975-.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-1979 (documented chain)
- Population
- Crew and Naval Reserve trainees, Great Lakes service (1950s-1960s per HCGL note); commercial crews under ON 532093
- Limitations
- Official-registry corroboration of the NavSource chain; HCGL's owner list stops at Norman Industries (1975-) and does not document Standard Products, Ampro, or Omega Protein, and its Atlantic Mist begin date (1979) differs from NavSource's acquisition date (1978) - variance in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ely-pce880-03
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[5]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS PCE-880 (PCE-880) entry (live page verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship page 8456, specification table and commands list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- uboat.net record for this hull: ordered 7 May 1942; built by Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, Oregon; laid down 12 August 1943; launched 27 October 1943; commissioned 29 April 1944. Wartime commanding-officer list: Leroy E. Newell, USNR, 29 April 1944 - April 1945; Lt. Fletch C. Chamberlin, USNR, from April 1945. Independently corroborates builder, build dates, commissioning, and the first wartime CO.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Limitations
- Reputable naval-reference site but a secondary compilation, not a government record; 'ordered 7 May 1942' appears only here. Carries no post-1945 history and no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ely-pce880-04
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[6]shipbuildinghistory.com (njscuba-hosted), Albina Engine & Machine Works Portland yard hull table (live page verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory Albina Engine & Machine Works table, hulls 67-86 (PCE series), row 80
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Albina yard production table entry for this hull: yard hull no. 80, U.S. Official Number 532093, 'PCE-880, US Navy, patrol escort, 795 [tons light], 184 [ft], 29 Apr 1944' with disposition note 'later Ely 1956, to Maine 1970 as Aqualab II, Atlantic Mist 1979, reefed off DE 2010.' Independently corroborates the Albina build, commission date, naming year, Maine transfer, Atlantic Mist identity, and the 2010 reefing; supplies the U.S. Official Number matching the HCGL vessel file.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-2010
- Population
- Albina construction trades (Portland, 1943-44)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (shipbuildinghistory is a long-running private maritime-reference project, not a government record); its 795-ton figure conflicts with NavSource's 850 t - carried in gaps. Yard table carries no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ely-pce880-05
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[7]NavalCoverMuseum, ELY PCE 880 - name/designation timeline, 1964 Port Huron ASW exercise participant list, cover range 1964-1969 (live page verified 2026-10-04) [museum_official]
- Locator
- ELY PCE 880 page - Ship Name and Designation History table; Postmarks 'No Postal Facilities' 1964 ASW Games caption; Covers index (1964-1969)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavalCoverMuseum record for this hull: designation timeline matching NavSource (commissioned 29 April 1944; named 15 February 1956; placed in service August 1947 Naval Reserve training, 9th Naval District Great Lakes; struck 1 July 1970; Aqualab II to Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute 3 September 1970; sold 1972 Kirks Marine Enterprise 'and converted to a fishing boat'; 1975 Norman Industries; renamed Atlantic Mist 1979; in service into 1980; sunk 16 January 2010 as artificial reef). A 18 July 1964 Port Huron MI postmark documents the hull's participation in 'Anti-Submarine War (ASW) Games 1964' alongside USS Runner (SS-476), USS Amherst (PCE(R)-853), USS Havre (PCE-877), USS Farmington (PCE-894), USS Portage (PCE-902) and USS Daniel A. Joy (DE-585). Cover holdings span 1964-1969. No postal facilities aboard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-2010
- Population
- Ely crew, 1964 ASW exercise, Port Huron MI; reserve trainees
- Limitations
- Volunteer philatelic museum, secondary compilation; corroborates the NavSource/HCGL chain and supplies the 1964 Great Lakes ASW exercise detail not found elsewhere. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ely-pce880-06
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[8]NHHC Naval Subjects Collection, catalog record L45-83.07.02 'USS Ely (PCE-880)' - photograph at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, circa 1966; plus insignia record NH 71915-KN (live pages verified 2026-10-04) [museum_official]
- Locator
- NHHC catalog record pages L45-83.07.02 (caption 'USS Ely (PCE-880) at Sheboygan, Wisconsin'; 'Circa this Year: 1966') and NH 71915-KN
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC's official photographic catalog holds two records for this hull: L45-83.07.02, 'USS Ely (PCE-880) at Sheboygan, Wisconsin,' circa 1966 (Naval Subjects Collection), and NH 71915-KN, 'Insignia: USS ELY (PCE-880).' The Sheboygan photograph independently documents the hull's Great Lakes Naval Reserve training station in the mid-1960s.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1966
- Population
- Ely crew and Naval Reserve trainees, Sheboygan WI, c. 1966
- Limitations
- Catalog records document the hull's location and existence c. 1966; they carry no service narrative, no materials description, and no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ely-pce880-07
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[9]Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Delaware Reef Guide 2023-2024 - Site 13 Del-Jersey-Land deployment table (live PDF verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Delaware Reef Guide 2023-2024, Site 13 Del-Jersey-Land deployment history table (row 7, 1/16/10) and reef-material/waypoint table
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The official Delaware Reef Guide documents this hull's reef sinking: Site 13 (Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Reef) deployment table row 7 reads '1/16/10 - 185' Menhaden Vessel: Atlantic Mist' at 38 31.063' N, 74 30.271' W, and the Site 13 reef-material table lists 'Atlantic Mist' at the same position alongside the ex-USS Arthur W. Radford (deployed 8/10/11) and the menhaden vessels Gregory Poole, Shearwater, and John S. Dempster, Jr. The guide confirms the hull's final documented state: deployed reef material under a permitted state reef program.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2010 (deployment); guide coverage through 2023-2024
- Population
- Reef deployment and tow crews, Dominion Marine Group contract (2010)
- Limitations
- The guide identifies the vessel only as 'Atlantic Mist' (185-ft menhaden vessel) - the identity chain to PCE-880/USS Ely is supplied by NavSource, HCGL (ON 532093), njscuba (IMO 7534347), and the DNREC news release caption 'The Atlantic Mist, a k a USS Ely' (ev-09). The deployment table documents the sinking event, not pre-sinking remediation scope; it contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ely-pce880-08
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[10]DNREC news release, 'Two retired vessels sent down to Delaware's artificial reefs in run-up to Radford sinking,' Vol. 40, No. 14, Jan. 16, 2010 (archived capture 2010-01-17 verified this session; live dnrec.delaware.gov page no longer resolves) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Archived release body - photo caption; paragraphs 2-4 (sinking, Tinsman quote); Ely background paragraph; Dominion Marine Group/USCG cleaning paragraph
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife release names this hull outright - photo caption 'The Atlantic Mist, a k a USS Ely, a submarine escort and patrol boat, in the 1960s at Sheboygan Naval Reserve. USNavy photo' - and documents the sinking: 'The Atlantic Mist went down onto the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Reef, Delaware's newest artificial reef ... a 180-foot menhaden boat, [which] joined a sister ship from the menhaden fishing fleet, the Gregory Poole, in the ocean depths 26 miles off the Delaware, New Jersey and Maryland coasts.' On the Navy career: 'Before becoming a menhaden ship, the Atlantic Mist entered service in the 1950s as the USS Ely, a submarine escort and coastal patrol craft based out of Sheboygan, Wisc. As the Ely, it was one of the first ships to transit the new St. Lawrence Seaway and also was the last Navy ship homeported at the Sheboygan Naval Reserve Center, which closed in 1995.' On preparation: 'Both vessels were cleaned and prepped, then towed to the reef sites and sank by the Dominion Marine Group of Norfolk, Va., under contract with DNREC's Division of Fish and Wildlife Delaware Reef Program, and primarily funded through the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The vessels were cleaned by Dominion Marine Group to remove all greases and buoyant materials that might be harmful to the marine environment. The U.S. Coast Guard inspected and approved the boats prior to transport to the reef site.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2010-01
- Population
- Dominion Marine Group reef-prep/tow crew (2009-2010); USCG inspectors (2010)
- Limitations
- Archived official state release (Wayback capture 2010-01-17; live page dead - access gap, archive labeled). The release's claim that Ely 'entered service in the 1950s' is imprecise - she was commissioned 29 April 1944 and shifted to reserve training 1947; and its 'Sheboygan Naval Reserve Center closed in 1995' is tangential. The documented cleaning scope is 'greases and buoyant materials' - the release does not state whether asbestos-containing material was removed before sinking; asbestos scope is not established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ely-pce880-09
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[11]njscuba.net dive-site record, 'Atlantic Mist PCE-880,' DelJerseyLand Artificial Reef - GPS, depth, IMO 7534347, identity chain (live page verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- njscuba.net Atlantic Mist PCE-880 page - fact block (Type/Sunk/GPS/Depth/IMO) and history paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- njscuba.net record for this hull's reef identity: 'Atlantic Mist PCE-880 ... formerly PCE-880 / USS Ely,' sunk Saturday 16 January 2010 on the DelJerseyLand Artificial Reef at 38 31.063' N / 74 30.271' W in 100 ft; IMO 7534347; type 'artificial reef, purse seiner, formerly Navy patrol craft'; built 1943 Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland OR; specs 185 x 33 ft, 850 tons; repeats the full owner chain (State of Maine/SMVTI 1970, Kirks Marine 1972, Norman Industries 1975, Standard Products 1978, Ampro Fisheries 1989, Omega Protein Moss Point MS).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-2010
- Population
- Reef deployment crew (2010); recreational divers (2010-present)
- Limitations
- Enthusiast dive-site compilation, secondary; corroborated by the official Delaware Reef Guide (ev-08) and DNREC release (ev-09). Supplies the IMO number and dive-site detail not in official sources. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ely-pce880-10
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[12]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (two 900 bhp GM 12-567A diesels, two shafts); Albina yard build date 1943-44 (shipbuildinghistory, HCGL); GAO HRD-80-2 program-era documentation (ev-12) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications; shipbuildinghistory Albina table; GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-12)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled patrol craft built 1943-44 for the U.S. Navy sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this period were thermal insulation around machinery and piping, diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, fireproofing, and deck coverings. Her twin GM diesel plant means no steam boilers - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the small-hull confined-space exposure dynamic of escort types applies instead.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-2010
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1943-44); crew and Naval Reserve trainees (1944-1970); fishing-vessel conversion and commercial crews (1970-2010); Dominion Marine Group reef-prep crew (2009-10)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, specification sheet, or work package located for this hull. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ely-pce880-11
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[13]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979), incl. the Navy's letter response on asbestos applications in shipbuilding/repair (full report text extracted via firecrawl, 2026-10-04) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page https://www.gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2; full report https://www.gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf (Navy letter response, 'major application' passage, applications itemization, 1971/1973 spec-change chronology, May 1978 delivery note; Conclusions section)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Navy program-era documentation spanning this hull's construction (1943-44) and entire Navy service (1944-1970). The Navy's own letter to GAO states 'thermal insulation for machinery, equipment and piping systems has been the major application of asbestos' aboard ships, that 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos,' and itemizes non-insulation shipboard applications: asbestos fibers in the plastic-like body of electrical resistors in Navy electronic equipment, deck tiling on Navy ship decks, electric cabling in Navy galley ranges, piping-system gaskets and packing in Navy shipboard piping, and asbestos in Navy ship equipment brakes and clutches - 'nearly impossible to build a Navy ship free of the mineral.' Insulation specifications were revised to eliminate asbestos as early as 1971 and moved to asbestos-free in 1973, yet ships already insulated 'continued through to delivery as late as May 1978 with asbestos insulation.' The Navy's October 1975 policy removed/replaced only damaged insulation, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1979 (report); ship-delivery window described to May 1978
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyard fieldwork); asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull - a 1943-44 diesel patrol craft is not enumerated in the report. Product page and full report PDF both retrieved live via firecrawl this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ely-pce880-12
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[14]Albina Engine & Machine Works v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, No. 09-70592 (9th Cir., decided December 10, 2010) - LHWCA death-benefits appeal (live FindLaw opinion verified 2026-10-04) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion Part I 'BACKGROUND' - employment chronology and stipulations; holding paragraph
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Appellate-level asbestos record for this hull's builder: all parties stipulated that decedent James R. McAllister, a shipyard carpenter, 'died of mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos during his work as a carpenter for three shipyard employers, one of which was Albina'; he worked first for Willamette Iron & Steel (WISCO) and then for Albina in Portland in 1956, doing 'essentially identical work' at both, and WISCO admitted he was exposed to asbestos in its employ. The Ninth Circuit granted Albina's petition for review and held Lockheed Shipbuilding liable under the burden-of-proof/last-employer analysis - the holding concerned liability allocation, not the fact of asbestos exposure, which was stipulated.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1956-1957 (exposure); 2004-2010 (litigation)
- Population
- Albina Engine & Machine Works shipyard carpenter, 1956
- Limitations
- Shipyard-level record for the builder, not a hull record - the decedent's Albina employment was in 1956, thirteen years after this hull's 1943-44 construction, and the opinion names no vessel. The exposure stipulation covers the three shipyards jointly; the opinion does not isolate Albina's asbestos conditions in 1943-44. Establishes that the builder's yard was a documented asbestos exposure site in the mid-1950s, not that asbestos was aboard PCE-880.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ely-pce880-13
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[15]NARA guided topic, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' - RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence filed by hull designation; Ship Engineering Drawings 'Hull Series' arranged by hull number and Material Group (S39 Insulation and Lagging, S48 Piping); microfilm series 19-Micro (1945-1955); private-yard files under QM/<builder> (live page verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guided-topic page sections: Bureau of Ships correspondence; QM private-yard filing; Cartographic Branch (Hull Series / S39 / S48 / 19-Micro); 'Other Records' (deck logs limitation)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's own asbestos-research guide identifies where a hull-specific record for this vessel would live: RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) general/confidential correspondence filed under the hull designation (PCE-880 files, or class correspondence under 'PCE-842 Class,' or type correspondence under 'PCE'); private-builder correspondence under QM/Albina Engine & Machine Works; RG 19 Ship Engineering Drawings 'Hull Series' (local identifier 19-Hull) arranged by ship hull number and Material Group - including S39 Insulation and Lagging and S48 Piping drawings; and microfilm series 19-Micro covering 1945-1955. RG 24 deck logs and muster rolls can date work periods but, per NARA, 'do not provide any information on the use of or presence of asbestos.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1961 (guide coverage window)
- Population
- Archival researchers; VA-claim researchers (guide's stated audience)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - establishes where hull-specific asbestos records would be found, not that they exist or what they contain. No RG 19 retrieval was performed; the NARA catalog is JS-rendered and not directly fetchable. Nothing here is evidence of asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ely-pce880-14
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[16]Batch-8268 search ledger (this record): live NHHC DANFS Ely stub; NavSource 12/02880; HCGL vessel file 439216; shipbuildinghistory Albina table; uboat.net 8456; NavalCoverMuseum; NHHC photo catalog (L45-83.07.02, NH 71915-KN); Delaware Reef Guide PDF; DNREC 2010-01-16 release (Wayback); njscuba.net; NARA asbestos guide; GAO HRD-80-2; FindLaw Albina opinion; NVR (no entry); CourtListener API v4; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-ely-pce880-01 through -25
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum/conservancy disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Ely / PCE-880 / Aqualab II / Atlantic Mist was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener - 8 authenticated queries completed: base 'USS Ely' opinion (62 hits) and docket (5,139) and base 'PCE-880' opinion (52) and docket (836) are all high-collision token-noise results (Ely surname/cities; PCE = perchloroethylene and consumption-expenditures token); asbestos-qualified variants 'USS Ely asbestos' (opinion 5; docket 539) and 'PCE-880 asbestos' (opinion 7; docket 136) returned only collisions - Ely Valley Mines citations, 'ely' substrings, and perchloroethylene cases. No query names this hull. Lead-gen ship-list sites (navyshipexposure.com, asbestos-products.com) list 'USS Ely (PCE-880)' in generic asbestos-exposure pages - excluded per source rules; they assert nothing hull-specific. NVR carries no entry (hull disposed 1970, before NVR's pre-1987 coverage floor).
- 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 1943-44 Navy steel combatant sits squarely inside the documented use era. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-ely-pce880-15