Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 979-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-glendale-pf36-pkt-979-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Glendale (PF-36) - text reproduced verbatim on the live NHHC ship photography page (canonical DANFS URL /danfs/g/glendale.html returns 404; verbatim transcription also at ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/PF/pf36.html) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC alphabetical-listing page 'USS Glendale (PF-36)' (DANFS text + spec block); ibiblio HyperWar PF/pf36.html transcription
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 28 May 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Los Angeles, Calif., sponsored by Miss Shirley Schlichtman; commissioned 1 October 1943, Lt. Comdr. Harold J. Doebler, USCG, in command; shakedown off Southern California; sailed San Diego 12 January 1944, reached Cairns, Australia, 17 February; antisubmarine/antiaircraft escort based in New Guinea protecting merchantmen until fall 1944; Morotai assault September 1944 (sailed Humboldt Bay 14 September, returned 24 September); on 5 December 1944 escorting a Hollandia-to-Leyte convoy when Japanese planes sank SS Antoine Saugrain ('Sauprain' in the ibiblio transcription) and severely damaged SS Marcus Daly - convoy brought safely into Leyte; departed Leyte 8 December, moored Boston 24 January 1945; overhaul; Casco Bay 28 March, Seattle 26 April, then Cold Bay, Alaska; decommissioned there (DANFS reads 12 June 1945) and simultaneously transferred to the Soviet Navy (DANFS reads renamed 'EK-42'); returned by the USSR at Yokosuka 16 November 1949; recommissioned 11 October 1950; December 1950 patrols off Hungnam, Pusan, and Inchon, Korea; Korean Presidential Unit Citation; decommissioned 29 October 1951 and transferred to the Government of Thailand as Tachin (PF-1); struck from the Navy List 20 November 1951; five WWII battle stars and four Korean battle stars. Spec block: dp. 1,264; l. 303'11"; b. 37'6"; dr. 13'8"; s. 20.3 k.; cpl. 190; a. 3 3"; cl. Tacoma.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1951 (U.S. Navy service)
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1943); wartime and Korean-era crew - Coast Guard-manned (design complement 190)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Two values in the entry are demonstrably wrong against the NHC's Project Hula monograph and the January 1949 Naval Vessel Register: the decommission/transfer date ('12 June 1945' vs documented 12 July 1945) and the Soviet designation ('EK-42' vs EK-6) - see ev-04. The canonical NHHC DANFS URL returns 404; text carried via the live NHHC photography page and the verbatim ibiblio/HyperWar transcription.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glendale-pf36-01
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[3]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'USS Glendale, PF-36' (article 2549174; sources listed: The Coast Guard At War Vol. V; Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946 pp. 148-149; DANFS Vol. III p. 107; Russell, Project Hula pp. 39-40) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian's Office water-asset article, spec block and history sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official USCG Historian record for this hull: builder Consolidated Steel Corp., Los Angeles, CA; propulsion '2-shaft VTE, 3 boilers' (vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam plant - correcting Wikipedia's 'turbines' rendering); complement 190; draft 12'8" fl; displacement 2,230 tons; range 9,500 nm at 12 knots. Confirms the DANFS service narrative verbatim and identifies the ship as Coast Guard-officered (LCDR Harold J. Doebler, USCG), consistent with the Coast Guard-manned Tacoma-class program.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1951
- Population
- Coast Guard crew, 1943-45 and 1950-51 U.S. Navy commissions
- Limitations
- History text is verbatim DANFS and propagates its two errors (12 June 1945 decommission/transfer; 'EK-42') - corrected at ev-04. No asbestos or materials content. Boiler count (3) conflicts with NavSource's itemization (two 3-drum boilers) - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glendale-pf36-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive, Glendale (PF-36) ex-PG-144 - designation timeline, specifications, commanding-officer list, NHHC-cited photography, and memorial-conversion narrative [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/08036.htm header block, class timeline, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down 6 April 1943 as patrol gunboat PG-144 under a Maritime Commission contract (MC type T. S2-S2-AQ1) by Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Wilmington, CA; redesignated patrol frigate PF-36 on 15 April 1943; launched 28 May 1943; commissioned 1 October 1943; decommissioned at Cold Bay, Alaska (page reads 'Cold Harbor' - sic), transferred under Lend-Lease to the Soviet Union and renamed EK-6, with the note that the Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists the transfer date as July 1945; Pacific Fleet assignment 23 July 1945; returned to U.S. custody 16 November 1949 at Yokosuka and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; recommissioned 11 October 1950; decommissioned 29 October 1951, transferred on loan to Thailand as HTMS Tachin (PF-1); struck 20 November 1951; reclassified PF-411; decommissioned 22 June 2000 and preserved as a memorial. Specifications: 1,430 t light / 2,415 t full; 303'11" x 37'6" x 13'8"; 20.3 kts; complement 214; propulsion two 3-drum express boilers and two 5,500 ihp J. Hendy Iron Works engines on two shafts. Commanding officers: LCDR Harold Joseph Doebler, USCG (1 Oct 1943-1944); LCDR Ambrose Simko, USCGR (1944-12 July 1945). Photography includes NHHC items NH 92997, NH 78998, NH 97102 (transfer ceremony with USS Gallup at Yokosuka, 29 October 1951), NH 102376, NH 96080, NH 102375, and 2006-2008 memorial photos at Nakhon Nayok.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-2001
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1943); USCG-manned crew 1943-45 and 1950-51; Soviet crew 1945-49; Royal Thai Navy crew 1951-2000; memorial-conversion workers 2000-01
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - milestone dates generally track NVR/DANFS; its own timeline and CO table conflict (12 June vs 12 July 1945 for the transfer/Simko relief - resolved by ev-04 to 12 July). Complement 214 conflicts with DANFS/USCG 190; boiler count (two) conflicts with USCG (three); 'Cold Harbor' is a page typo for Cold Bay. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glendale-pf36-03
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[5]Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan (U.S. Navy in the Modern World No. 4; Naval Historical Center / GPO, 1997) - full-text PDF via HyperWar/ibiblio, narrative p. 24 and Appendix transfer table pp. 39-40 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Project Hula PDF, p. 24 (Escort Division 25 narrative) and Appendix pp. 39-40 (transfer table row 'Glendale (PF 36) EK-6', date '12 Jul.', disposition '1949-returned')
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION of two DANFS errors using the Naval Historical Center's own monograph (compiled with access to Soviet-era records): (1) Glendale's Soviet designation was EK-6 - the Appendix table 'U.S. Navy Combatant Ships Transferred to the USSR Under Project HULA' reads 'Glendale (PF 36) EK-6', not 'EK-42' as DANFS/USCG print; (2) the decommission/transfer date was 12 July 1945, not 12 June - Glendale arrived at Cold Bay 14 June 1945 among the first nine frigates (with Charlottesville PF-25, Long Beach PF-34, Belfast PF-35, San Pedro PF-37, Coronado PF-38, Allentown PF-52, Machias PF-53, Sandusky PF-54), Soviet 10th Frigate Division crews began training 14 June, and the first group of ten frigates (including Ogden PF-39, arrived 27 June) was transferred on 12 July 1945, departing Cold Bay 15 July. Narrative detail: Glendale sailed as part of Escort Division 25 (Long Beach flagship; Ogden, San Pedro, Glendale, Belfast, Coronado) which got underway 28 March 1945 for Seattle via the Canal Zone. Disposition in the Appendix: '1949-returned.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1945 (transfer); 1949 (return)
- Population
- USCG crew preparing the ship for transfer; Soviet 10th Frigate Division trainees; transfer crews at Cold Bay, June-July 1945
- Limitations
- Russell documents the transfer program, not shipboard materials - no asbestos content. The monograph's table settles the Soviet designator and transfer date against DANFS; the January 1949 Naval Vessel Register listing 'July 1945' (noted by NavSource) independently corroborates the July transfer.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glendale-pf36-04
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[6]NHHC photographic record NH 97102 (captioned on the live NHHC Glendale page): 'USS Glendale (PF-36) and USS Gallup (PF-47) fly the flags of Thailand during transfer ceremonies' at Yokosuka Naval Base, 29 October 1951; also listed: NH 92997 (c. 1944) and NH 78998 (moored Far Eastern port, 5 June 1951) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC alphabetical-listing page 'USS Glendale (PF-36)', item-level entries NH 97102 / NH 92997 / NH 78998
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NHHC photography independently corroborates the 29 October 1951 Thailand transfer: NH 97102 shows this hull with USS Gallup (PF-47) flying Thai flags during the Yokosuka transfer ceremonies on that date, matching DANFS's decommission/transfer date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1951
- Population
- U.S. and Thai transfer personnel, Yokosuka, 29 October 1951
- Limitations
- Photographic record only - establishes the dated event, not materials or conditions aboard. The NHHC item page for NH 97102 (legacy /content/history/nhhc/... URL) returns 404; the caption is carried from the live alphabetical-listing page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glendale-pf36-05
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[7]Era inference built on: Maritime Commission contract designation S2-S2-AQ1 and April-October 1943 build window (NavSource); USCG spec block '2-shaft VTE, 3 boilers'; NavSource machinery itemization (3-drum express boilers, J. Hendy Iron Works engines); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG spec block; NavSource specifications and MC-contract line; GAO HRD-80-2 PDF (see ev-07)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Maritime Commission-contract steam frigate built April-October 1943 - peak wartime asbestos era - with a two-shaft vertical triple-expansion steam plant and boilers would have carried era-standard shipboard asbestos applications: boiler and steam-line insulation/lagging, machinery lagging, gaskets and valve packing, fireproofing, deck coverings, and electrical insulation. The GAO-documented Navy asbestos era covers this hull's entire U.S. service (1943-45, 1950-51) and its construction window.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-2001
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades (1943); USCG-manned crews 1943-45, 1950-51; Soviet crew 1945-49; Royal Thai Navy crew 1951-2000; memorial-conversion workers 2000-01
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, specification, or work package located for PF-36. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution. Consolidated Steel Corp. (Wilmington) is absent from the Atlas shipyards dataset, so no yard-level documentation attaches; NARA RG 19 General Information Books (per-vessel material specifications) are the unfetched archival lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glendale-pf36-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 / B-163375 (Oct 18, 1979) - full text PDF [gao]
- Locator
- HRD-80-2 PDF, p. 1 (Navy statements on shipboard asbestos) and 'Navy's Policy on Use of Asbestos' section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reported that, according to the Navy, all ships contain some asbestos in components such as clutches and electric cables, and that thermal insulation was the Navy's major shipboard asbestos use; thermal-insulation specifications were changed to asbestos-free in 1973, the Navy's October 1975 policy removed/replaced insulation only when damaged or needed for repairs, and a January 1979 modification added selective replacement in high-maintenance areas (ships were still being delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978). The Navy-wide asbestos era documented here spans this hull's entire construction (1943) and U.S. service (1943-45, 1950-51).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1973-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation from GAO fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text retrieved via firecrawl (direct curl to gao.gov returns HTTP 403 - standing access defect).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glendale-pf36-07
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[9]NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive, Glendale (PF-36) - Thai decommissioning and memorial-conversion narrative (corroborated by museumships.us memorial entries, content via search index - the site returns 403 to automated fetch) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/08036.htm memorial-conversion paragraph and 2006-2008 Nakhon Nayok photos; museumships.us HTMS Tachin entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented post-service disposition touching the asbestos-relevant spaces: HTMS Tachin (PF-1/PF-411) decommissioned 22 June 2000 at Sattahib Naval Base and was converted to a waterline memorial display - her lower hull and machinery were removed, the remaining structure was cut into blocks for transport by truck roughly 150 km inland to the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School at Nakhon Nayok, and she was re-welded; on display there since 9 July 2001 with original armament retained.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2000-2001
- Population
- Royal Thai Navy and memorial-conversion workers, 2000-01
- Limitations
- Establishes that machinery and lower hull - the spaces carrying the era inference's principal asbestos pathway (boilers, VTE plant, lagging) - were removed before display, but no hazmat, abatement, or materials record for the 2000-01 dismantling was located; Thai memorial-conversion work predates any public ACM disclosure. Does not establish what was removed or its condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glendale-pf36-08
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[10]U.S. Naval War College Archives, Thomas N. Burke papers (MSC-200), Series II 'Ships' histories': item 'USS Glendale (PF-36)', undated, Box 7, Folder 3 (archival_object 204168) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NWC Archives top_container 1857 listing; item archival_objects/204168 (Box 7, Folder 3)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Naval War College Archives catalog lists an undated item titled 'USS Glendale (PF-36)' in the Thomas N. Burke papers, Series II Ships' histories, Box 7, Folder 3 - a per-ship history file. The collection's content description covers photographs, prints and negatives, and histories of U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, foreign, and merchant ships.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- undated
- Limitations
- Catalog-level confirmation only - the item's contents, date range, and any bearing on construction materials or asbestos are unverified because the item itself was not retrieved. A ship's-history file is likelier to hold narrative/photographic material than a material specification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glendale-pf36-09
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[11]Batch-8440 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS; USCG Historian's Office; NavSource; Russell Project Hula (NHC monograph, full text); NARA catalog series 594258 (digitized Navy logbooks); NHHC photography listing; Naval War College Archives catalog; GAO HRD-80-2 full text; CourtListener (see sl-06 for final status); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-glendale-pf36-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS Glendale (PF-36 / PG-144 / EK-6 / Tachin) was found in the official and authoritative public sources searched. The four required CourtListener base queries completed (see sl-06): exact-name opinion and docket searches returned zero; hull-number searches returned only name collisions ('PF 36' as legal-citation paragraph refs and filing/document codes, none naming a vessel), confirmed by the sanctioned 'PF-36 asbestos' variant on the overflowed docket query. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no museum/military hazmat disclosure for the 2000-01 dismantling; marketing listicles asserting asbestos aboard this hull (untraceable, no primary sourcing) are excluded by source policy.
- 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. Open leads: NARA RG 24 deck logs (no Glendale-titled file units located in digitized series 594258 - logs of other ships mention her), RG 19 General Information Books material specifications, and Thai Navy maintenance/disposal records (not public). CourtListener covers RECAP-indexed federal dockets and scraped opinions only - state-court and non-indexed litigation are outside its corpus. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glendale-pf36-10