Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 860-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-galena-pc1136-pkt-860-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Galena (PC-1136), Vol. III p. 8 - namesake, spec block, construction, full service narrative, reclassifications, sale (verbatim transcription; live NHHC DANFS pages 404; hazegray.org original dead) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, spec block + full service narrative + closing paragraphs (reclassifications, sale, battle star)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down by Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich., 17 December 1942; launched 5 March 1943; commissioned at New Orleans, La., 16 November 1943, Lt. (j.g.) Aliston Boyer in command. Shakedown and ASW training out of Miami and Key West; departed Key West 1 January 1944 via Panama Canal and Society and Tonga Islands to Noumea (12 March); escorted merchant ships to Guadalcanal (27 March - 1 April) and Shasta (AE-6) to Efate (4 April); convoy escort and ASW patrol Solomons-New Caledonia-New Hebrides; Kwajalein 6 June; TG 58.1 to the Marianas; amphibious control ship during the Guam landings (15-21 July); ~7 months Marshalls-Marianas escort; Pearl Harbor 18 March 1945; 'after overhaul and conversion to a control ship' sailed 21 May; Guam 9 June; Subic Bay 15 August - 'reclassified PCC-1136, 5 days later' (= 20 August 1945); Lingayen Gulf; escorted LSTs to Wakayama, Japan (19 September); Manila; Guam-based ops ~6 months; departed for the US 1 May 1946, arrived Astoria, Ore., 29 May; decommissioned 28 July 1946 into the Pacific Reserve Fleet; berthed Columbia River; classified PC-1136 27 October 1955; named Galena 15 February 1956; sold by the Navy 11 March 1960 to Miami Ports Co. One battle star for WWII. Namesake: cities in Kansas and Illinois; towns in Maryland and Missouri; villages in Ohio and Alaska, named for the lead-sulfide ore. Spec block: dp. 280; l. 173'8"; b. 23'; dr. 10'10"; s. 20 k.; cpl. 65; a. 1 3", 1 40mm., 5 20mm., 2 rkt., 2 dcp., 2 dct.; cl. PC-553.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1960
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-46); Pearl Harbor yard trades during the 1945 overhaul/conversion
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Spec block's 'cl. PC-553' classing conflicts with the standard secondary-literature grouping (PC-461 class) and with NavSource's 'PC-451 Class' header - carried in gaps. Live NHHC DANFS pages returned 404 on all candidate URLs (2026-10-03); hazegray.org is dead - verbatim losthistory.net/hazegray transcription cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-galena-pc1136-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, Galena (PC 1136) ex-PC-1136 ex-PCC-1136 - designation timeline, specifications, commanding officers, call sign, disposal [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/011136.htm header block, timeline bullets, specifications block, commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 17 December 1942 by Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City; launched 5 March 1943; commissioned USS PC-1136 16 November 1943 at New Orleans; 'Reclassified as a Control Submarine Chaser, PCC-1136, 20 August 1945'; 'Decommissioned 15 February 1946 at Astoria, Oregon and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group'; note that 'Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists plan for decommissioning and placing in reserve as January 1947'; reclassified back to PC-1136 27 October 1955; named Galena 15 February 1956; sold 11 March 1960 to Miami Ports Co.; fate unknown. Specs: displacement 295 t. (lt), 450 t. (fl); length 173'8"; beam 23'; draft 10'10"; speed 20.2 kts.; complement 65; armament one 3"/50 DP mount, one 40mm mount, three 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks; propulsion two 1,440 bhp GM 16-258S diesels, Farrel-Birmingham single-reduction gear, two shafts. Call sign November-Golf-Victor-Oscar. COs: LTJG Aliston Boyer (16 Nov 1943), LT R. G. J. Lucas (1945). Photographic record includes four underway/interior views captioned for this hull, among them the 'Battle flag flown during the invasion of Guam' (image 1201113604.jpg).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1960
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-46); reserve-fleet berth population Astoria/Columbia River Group (1946-60)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry. Two of its lines conflict with DANFS: the decommissioning date (NavSource '15 February 1946' vs DANFS 28 July 1946 - note the NavSource figure duplicates the 1956 naming date, a probable transcription slip) and the 20mm gun count (3 vs DANFS 5); its 'PC-451 Class' header conflicts with both DANFS ('PC-553') and the standard PC-461 grouping; displacement 295 lt vs DANFS 280. The bracketed NVR-of-1949 line is unexplained and internally odd (a 1949 register describing a 'plan' for January 1947). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-galena-pc1136-02
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[4]NavSource digitized manuscript: 'Log Book of John Paul Reynolds, Ship's Navigator, USS PC-1136, 1 January 1944 - 18 October 1945' (7 scanned sections, images 1201113605-1201113611.jpg) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/011136h.htm log-book index; section images 1201113605.jpg (1 Jan - 15 Apr 1944 page) through 1201113611.jpg
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A digitized personal log kept by this hull's navigator, covering her entire active-deployment window (1 January 1944 - 18 October 1945). First-page entries verify the DANFS route at day granularity: '1/1-1/8/44 Key West to Coca Solo'; ASW patrol off the Canal; '1/19 thru canal to Balboa'; departed Balboa 1/28 for Borabora towing SCOTCH CAP, AFD-10 and YOG-23; Borabora 2/21; Tongatabu 2/29; Tongatabu to Noumea 3/6-3/12; 'Noumea to Guadal[canal] via Havannah Passage, AM 82 (Adroit) + 3 merships' 3/27-4/1; 'Guadal to Havannah Hbr, Efate Is, N. Hebrides escorting USS SHASTA' 4/1-4/4; 'Efate to Espiritu Santo' 4/5; 'Espiritu to Guadal with tanker EGG HARBOR' 4/6-4/8; 'Tulagi to Russells' 4/15 with SS LEISHA FERRY. Entries match the DANFS narrative (Panama transit, Noumea 12 March arrival, the 27 March - 1 April Guadalcanal escort, Shasta (AE-6) to Efate, Espiritu Santo 5 April, tanker escort to Guadalcanal 8 April).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-01-01 to 1945-10-18
- Population
- John Paul Reynolds (ship's navigator) and PC-1136 crew, 1944-45
- Limitations
- A crew member's personal manuscript log digitized on a secondary host (NavSource) - not an official deck log; transcription fidelity and provenance rest on NavSource's posting. Manuscript scans only (no machine-readable text); sampled first-page entries cross-checked against DANFS, not exhaustively transcribed. No asbestos or material content. Official RG 24 deck logs for this hull are an open archival lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-galena-pc1136-03
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[5]ShipbuildingHistory (T. Colton compilation), 'Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City MI' production table - yard history and hull-by-hull delivery list [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Defoe page, production table row for Defoe hull 221 (PC 1136) and header history
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder's production-table entry: Defoe hull no. 221, PC 1136, US Navy, 'Sub Chaser', 463d GT, 173 ft, delivered 16-Nov-43 (the commissioning date); disposition column 'Later PCC 1136, named Galena 1956, sold 1960'. Yard history: Defoe Boat & Motor Works founded 1905, renamed Defoe Shipbuilding Company at the start of WWII, closed 1976; site is now a scrapyard. Sister-hull rows show the same 15 Feb 1956 reserve-fleet naming pattern (e.g., PC 1135 -> Canastota, PC 1137).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1943 (build); yard 1905-1976
- Population
- Defoe Shipbuilding workforce, Bay City (1942-43 construction window)
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary compilation of yard production data, not an official registry - corroborates construction and delivery but adds no material content. The yard operated into 1976, but no Defoe-specific industrial-hygiene or asbestos record was located; yard-level asbestos assertions exist only on excluded marketing/law-firm pages. Defoe Shipbuilding is not an Atlas shipyards.json entry - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-galena-pc1136-04
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[6]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block (diesel PC, 'cl. PC-553'); NavSource specifications (2 x GM 16-258S diesels, 2 shafts); PC-461-class secondary-literature grouping; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NavSource specifications block; DANFS Pearl Harbor overhaul passage; shipyards.json record 'pearl-harbor-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled diesel submarine chaser built 1942-43 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a patrol craft of this type and period were engine-exhaust lagging, thermal and machinery insulation, gaskets, valve packing, deck coverings, and electrical insulation in a compact hull volume. Propulsion was diesel - no boilers or steam plant aboard - so the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the small-ship confined-space exposure dynamic applies instead. Her documented March-May 1945 overhaul and control-ship conversion at Pearl Harbor put her inside a documented asbestos-era Navy yard for a material availability (shipyard-exposure-map documents pearl-harbor-naval-shipyard at yard level), but the conversion work package's asbestos scope is inference, not a located record.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1960
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-46); Pearl Harbor Navy Yard trades (Mar-May 1945 availability); reserve-fleet/caretaker and disposal personnel (1946-60)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or abatement record located for PC-1136. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. The Pearl Harbor availability is documented as an event (DANFS); any asbestos scope in that event is unverified inference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-galena-pc1136-05
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[7]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 (1942-43) and active service era (1943-46).
- 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 blocks automated fetch (HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-03); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-galena-pc1136-06
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[8]Batch-7650 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NavSource main + log-book pages; shipbuildinghistory Defoe table; GAO product page; CourtListener (blocked); NVR; NARA catalog; secondary web litigation sweep; PCSA; shipyards.json cross-check; class-worktree check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-galena-pc1136-01 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 Galena / PC-1136 / PCC-1136 was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated search helper reported the daily quota exhausted (~3.8 h to reset); logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material naming this hull is a law-firm marketing listicle (mesothelioma.net patrol-boat page lists USS PC-1136 among dozens of PCs) - 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 litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (quota-blocked, not run). Official deck logs, the Pearl Harbor conversion work package, reserve-fleet maintenance records, and any Miami Ports Co. disposal documentation are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-galena-pc1136-07
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[9]Date/designation conflict cross-check: DANFS service narrative (decommissioned 28 July 1946; 'reclassified PCC-1136, 5 days later' after Subic Bay arrival 15 August 1945) vs NavSource timeline ('Decommissioned 15 February 1946'; 'PCC-1136, 20 August 1945') vs Wikipedia infobox (PCC '27 October 1945'; decommissioned 28 July 1946) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS closing paragraphs + spec block; NavSource 12/011136.htm header bullets; Wikipedia USS PC-1136 infobox (cross-check only)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTIONS carried: (1) Decommissioning - NavSource's '15 February 1946' is wrong: DANFS dates decommissioning 28 July 1946 after arrival at Astoria 29 May 1946, and NavSource's own figure duplicates the 15 February date of the 1956 naming - a probable transcription slip. DANFS's 28 July 1946 is carried. (2) PCC reclassification - DANFS's '5 days later' after the 15 August 1945 Subic Bay arrival resolves to 20 August 1945, matching NavSource's '20 August 1945'; the '27 October 1945' date circulating in secondary sources is unsupported - 27 October (1955) was actually the PC-1136 reclassification-back date. (3) Class label - three-way conflict: DANFS spec block 'cl. PC-553', NavSource header 'PC-451 Class' (PC-451 was the 163-ft experimental prototype Defoe built - a different hull), standard secondary-literature grouping 'PC-461 class' (173'8" hull form, which PC-1136 matches). PC-461 class is carried with the conflict documented.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-1956 (designation window)
- Limitations
- Corrects circulating date/classing variants, not a material claim. DANFS's own 'cl. PC-553' spec-block classing is unexplained - sister hull PC-1119's DANFS spec block reads 'cl. PC-461', so PC-553 may be a DANFS typesetting or subclassing quirk; unresolved but disclosed. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-galena-pc1136-08