Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 861-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-glenwood-pc1140-pkt-861-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Glenwood (PC-1140) - construction, commissioning, WWII service narrative, reserve-fleet naming, striking, disposal, spec block (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Glenwood entry, service narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down by Defoe Shipbuilding Corp., Bay City, Mich., 8 February 1943; launched 14 June; commissioned 22 January 1944, Lt. F. H. Beardsley, Jr., in command. After shakedown at Miami, escorted convoy runs in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean until early June; following an overhaul at Norfolk sailed 4 July for the Mediterranean, arriving Bizerte on the 23d; patrol duties along the coast of Italy until 14 August, when she departed Ajaccio, Corsica, to escort a convoy en route to the invasion of Southern France; patrolled the assault area on the 15th, then convoyed rear echelon and service troops, returning to Naples 17 August. Operated on patrol and escort duty off the Italian and French coasts for the rest of the war. After VE-Day sailed for the United States, arriving Key West 14 June; scheduled for Pacific operations but the war ended first. Following training exercises off Florida, arrived Norfolk 6 November; decommissioned January 1947 and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; while berthed at Green Cove Springs, Fla., named Glenwood (PC-1140) 15 February 1956; struck from the Navy List 1 July 1960; disposed of by Navy sale March 1961. Received one battle star for World War II service. Spec block: dp. 280; l. 173'8"; b. 23'; dr. 10'10"; s. 22 k.; cpl. 65; cl. PC-553. Named for cities in Mills County, southwest Iowa, and Pope County, west-central Minnesota.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1961
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1943-44); crew and ship's company (Jan 1944-Jan 1947); reserve-fleet caretaker personnel (1947-1960)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS gives no year for the 6 November Norfolk arrival (her own war diary fixes it at 1945 - see ev-03) and no day in January 1947 for decommissioning. Bizerte arrival reads 'on the 23d' on the live NHHC page; the hazegray transcription of the same entry carries 'the 28th' - NHHC carried, variant logged in gaps. No citation for the one battle star beyond this entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glenwood-pc1140-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, Glenwood (PC 1140) ex-PC-1140 - designation timeline, specifications, post-sale merchant identity and 1983 photograph (live page, HTTP 200 verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/011140.htm header block, specifications block, and Daniel L. Harris III photo caption (archives/12/1201114001.jpg)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull (PC-553 Class Submarine Chaser; call sign November-Golf-Whiskey-November): laid down 8 February 1943 at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Michigan; launched 14 June 1943; commissioned USS PC-1140, 22 January 1944; decommissioned January 1947 at Norfolk, VA and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs; named Glenwood 15 February 1956; struck from the Navy Register 1 July 1960; sold March 1961 and renamed M/V Daniel L. Harris III; fate unknown; earned one battle star for WWII service. Specifications: displacement 280 t. (lt), 450 t. (fl); length 173'8"; beam 23'; draft 10'10"; speed 20.2 kts; complement 65; one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one 40mm, three 20mm, two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks; propulsion two 1,440 bhp General Motors 16-278A diesel engines (Serial No. 14229 and 14230), Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts. A photograph credited to George R. Schneider documents the hull as M/V Daniel L. Harris III on the Miami River, Miami, FL, 28 September 1983 - merchant-service survival to at least that date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1983
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1943); crew (1944-1947); reserve-fleet caretakers (1947-1960); merchant crew/owners of M/V Daniel L. Harris III (1961-at least 1983)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; milestone dates track DANFS where both cover them. Speed 20.2 kts conflicts with the DANFS spec block's 22 kts - unresolved (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content. Post-sale merchant record is a single 1983 photograph; subsequent fate is explicitly 'unknown' and unverified beyond that date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glenwood-pc1140-02
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[4]NARA, USS PC-1140 War Diary 11/1-30/45, NAID 77593473, RG 38 (Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations), WWII War Diaries series, HMS/MLR P 17 - digitized microfilm, 3 images, read in full 2026-10-03 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77593473, enclosure (A) war diary pages 1-2 (entries 1 Nov through 30 Nov 1945); submission letter PC1140/A12-1 Serial 17 of 1 December 1945
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION + ship's own operational record: the war diary resolves the year of DANFS's 'arrived Norfolk 6 November.' 1 November 1945 she was underway from Brownsville, Texas, to Norfolk, Virginia (ComServLant dispatch 092148/10/45), in company with USS PC-1200; fueled at Key West 2 November; slowed by heavy seas ('one day late reaching Norfolk'); 6 November 1945 anchored 0132 off Virginia Beach, entered Thimble Shoal Channel 0645, and '1001 Moored at N.O.B., Norfolk.' She remained 'moored at N.O.B., Norfolk, Virginia ... in availability status' through 30 November. Command changes logged in the diary: on 9 November the commanding officer (Lt. Ashley B. Calhoun, D, USNR - signature block) 'was relieved of command by Lieut. Louis J. Navarro, D, USNR, 190085'; on 29 November Navarro was relieved by Lt.(jg) John R. O'Day, D, USNR, 227958, who signed the 1 December 1945 submission letter. The correct year is therefore 1945; the '6 November 1946' carried in secondary sources (Wikipedia) is contradicted by the ship's own war diary.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-11
- Population
- Ship's company under COs Calhoun, Navarro, O'Day (Nov 1945); N.O.B. Norfolk availability personnel
- Limitations
- Corrects a circulating date variant, not a material claim; covers 1-30 November 1945 only. 'Availability status' at Naval Operating Base Norfolk is the diary's term - the performing facility and scope of work are not named (N.O.B. is the naval base, not the Naval Shipyard at Portsmouth). Her activity between December 1945 and decommissioning in January 1947 is outside this record. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glenwood-pc1140-03
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[5]NARA, USS PC-1140 Report of Operations in the Invasion of Southern France, 8/12-15/44, NAID 134366922, RG 38, WWII War Diaries series - the commanding officer's action report, PC1140/A12-1 Serial 001, 14 September 1944; digitized microfilm, 3 images, read in full 2026-10-03 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 134366922, report pages 1-3 (Part I narrative; Part II chronological log; Parts III-VI remarks; CO signature block p.3)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship's own action report for the operation that produced her battle star: from Commanding Officer F. H. Beardsley, Jr., to Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet via CTF 84 / Commander Eighth Amphibious Force / Commander Eighth Fleet. Duties 'primarily escorting assault convoy units to and from beachhead area, liaison patrol and standby (for anti-submarine and anti-E-boat, human torpedo, aircraft, etc.) duty.' Chronology: 12 Aug underway 0725 from Salerno Bay anchorage as part of Task Unit 80.6.2 escorting assault convoy section SF-2B to Ajaccio, Corsica; 13 Aug moored alongside British ship EMPIRE THACKERY, Ajaccio; 14 Aug fueled at St. Joseph's Pier, conferred with USS LCI(L) 943, moored alongside USS PC-1174, then 1740 took station on starboard bow of convoy section SF-2B for the assault area; 15 Aug (D-day) 0509 departed with six LCI(L)s for Alpha Area; reported to USS PC-1226 ('CY' vessel) and CTG 80.6 aboard USS JOUETT (DD-396); delivered a passenger to USS PC-626; patrolled within visual distance of CTG 80.6; 1907 ordered to stand by, reported to HMS BICESTER for escort duty with convoy SRF-1 bound for Naples; ~2040 observed five enemy aircraft engaged ~9 miles off (Lat 43-02N, Long 06-53E) - one fell in flames; out of range, she did not fire; 2048 screening on port quarter of SRF-1, departing the assault area during darkness. Later build-up convoys SF-3 and SRF-5 escorted without action. No ammunition expended; no battle damage received or inflicted; no personnel casualties.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-08-12 to 1944-08-15 (report dated 1944-09-14)
- Population
- Ship's company (~65 complement) during Operation Dragoon; embarked/transferred personnel (e.g., passenger MARTIN, Lawrence, S2c, delivered to USS PC-626)
- Limitations
- Primary operational record of one 4-day period; corroborates the DANFS battle-star narrative at document level. Names consorts and flag organizations but contains no material, maintenance, or asbestos content. Microfilm is third-generation imagery; a handful of redacted/illegible words (e.g., the destination in op-order references marked 'S France' by hand) are noted as read.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glenwood-pc1140-04
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[6]ShipbuildingHistory (Tim Colton compilation, njscuba.net mirror), Defoe Shipbuilding production table - Defoe hull number and delivery line for this hull; corroborated at scale by National Museum of the Great Lakes, 'Fighting Ships from Bay City' (Inland Seas, July 1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory Defoe table row '225 ... PC-1140'; NMGL 'Fighting Ships from Bay City - July 1945' (Inland Seas Online reproduction)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The builder's production table assigns this hull Defoe hull no. 225: 'PC-1140, US Navy, subchaser, 463d, 173 [ft], 22 Jan 1944, later Glenwood 1956, sold 1961 as Daniel L Harris III' - consistent with DANFS milestones and confirming her merchant rename. Yard context from a July 1945 trade-press account reproduced by the National Museum of the Great Lakes: since Pearl Harbor Defoe built 'fifty-four 173-foot patrol craft (PC) or submarine chasers' among ~135 vessels with some 4,000 employees, using its 'roll-over' hull method (pioneered August 1941 on a 173-foot PC; six Navy 'E' awards); completed hulls were delivered via the Great Lakes, the Chicago drainage canal and the Illinois/Mississippi rivers to New Orleans, ~2,100 miles, where they were 'refitted, handed over to the Navy and commissioned.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (yard operations); hull row covers 1943-1961
- Population
- ~4,000 Defoe employees (wartime peak); civilian delivery crews (Capt. William H. Booth, Sr.'s lakes crews)
- Limitations
- ShipbuildingHistory is a respected secondary compilation (Colton data), not an official registry - the '463d' contract/type code is carried uninterpreted. The NMGL article names no individual hull and makes no material or asbestos statement; it documents the yard and program this hull was built under. No asbestos content in either source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glenwood-pc1140-05
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[7]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS PC-1140 (PC-1140), PC-461 class - commanding-officer and July 1944 Atlantic convoy-transit entries (secondary compilation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/8684.html - events table, July 1944 convoy/fuelling entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Corroborating detail for the DANFS Mediterranean transit: uboat.net lists PC-1140 (Lt. F.H. Beardsley, USNR) among ten patrol vessels (with PC-1168, PC-1169, PC-1173, PC-1174, PC-1244, PC-1246, PC-1595, PC-1597 and the Free French Dague) that crossed to the Mediterranean in a July 1944 convoy, fueled en route by USS Escalante - matching DANFS's 'sailed 4 July for the Mediterranean, arriving Bizerte on the 23d.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-07
- Population
- Crew during the July 1944 Atlantic transit
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation of convoy records, not an official registry - used for corroborative operational texture only. No asbestos content. Convoy composition lists are transcribed operational data; individual-vessel presence is consistent with the DANFS transit narrative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glenwood-pc1140-06
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[8]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block (PC-553 class, diesel small combatant, built 1943); NavSource specifications (two GM 16-278A diesels, Farrel-Birmingham gear, 2 shafts); WWII-era U.S. Navy construction norms; GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NavSource specifications; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered submarine chaser built in 1943 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small steel combatant of this type and period were thermal insulation on hot machinery and piping runs, diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in the engineering and interior spaces. As a diesel vessel she carried no boilers or turbines - the steam-plant lagging pathway of larger combatants does not apply, and asbestos usage aboard a 173-foot diesel patrol craft would have been materially lighter than aboard steam-driven hulls.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1961 (construction/service era)
- Population
- Defoe construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-1947); availability/yard personnel at Norfolk (1944 overhaul; Nov 1945-Jan 1947 inactivation period); reserve-fleet personnel (1947-1960); merchant crew/shipbreakers post-1961
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or any asbestos statement naming this hull or the PC-461/PC-553 class was located. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution. The inference runs weaker here than for steam vessels precisely because the propulsion plant is diesel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glenwood-pc1140-07
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[9]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 (1943) and service era (1944-1947 active; reserve fleet through 1960).
- 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-glenwood-pc1140-08
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[10]NARA catalog search 'PC-1140' - 193 archival descriptions, 188 available online: monthly war diaries June 1944-November 1945 (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series), the Southern France operations report (NAID 134366922, read - ev-04), and file unit 'PC-1140, 1/22/44-7/1/46' (NAID 192463607) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search 'PC-1140' - file units listed; NAIDs in finding_value
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull's operational record is digitized at NARA beyond the two documents read for this record: roughly twenty monthly war-diary file units covering June 1944 through November 1945 (examples: 6/20-30/44 NAID 78591453; 7/44 NAID 78591456; 8/44 NAID 78630114; 9/44 NAID 134377737; 10/44 NAID 78665808; 11/44 NAID 78711349; 12/44 NAID 139793269; monthly through 11/45), plus a consolidated file unit 'PC-1140, 1/22/44-7/1/46' (NAID 192463607). These are the authoritative sources for her patrol/escort employment, port calls, availabilities, and command chronology - and the natural repository for any maintenance references a future pass would mine. RG 24 deck logs for this era are not publicly digitized (College Park lead).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-06 to 1945-11 (digitized diary coverage)
- Population
- Crew (1944-1945 diary period); any personnel referenced in unread diaries
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: file units beyond the two read this session (ev-03, ev-04) were catalog-verified but not image-read; their contents are not represented here. War diaries record operations, not materials - asbestos-relevant content (yard availabilities, material issues) is possible but unestablished. Deck logs undigitized.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glenwood-pc1140-09
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[11]Batch-7654 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live page; NavSource; NARA catalog + two documents image-read; NVR (no entry); shipyards.json dataset check; shipbuildinghistory; NMGL; uboat.net; GAO product page; CourtListener (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-glenwood-pc1140-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation material list, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS PC-1140 / USS Glenwood was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - API returned HTTP 429 with a ~3.6-hour Retry-After (daily 2,800/day account quota spent across the fleet); logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material naming the hull is a law-firm marketing listicle (mesothelioma.net patrol-boats page lists 'USS PC-1140' among asbestos-era patrol craft) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. Separately: no yard-level government asbestos survey was located for Defoe Shipbuilding (contrast: NIOSH HETA 78-135-1333 exists for Electric Boat/Groton); yard-era asbestos documentation for this builder is a genuine open gap, not a negative.
- 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 (throttled, not run). War diaries, Defoe work packages, reserve-fleet inactivation records, and the post-1961 merchant history are undigitized/unmined leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-glenwood-pc1140-10