Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 959-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-hampton-pcs1386-pkt-959-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Hampton (PCS-1386), Vol. III p. 229 - construction, commissioning, Fleet Sound School service, renaming, Baltimore NRTC duty, stricken and sale (verbatim transcription via Haze Gray & Underway; live NHHC DANFS pages 404 on all candidate URLs: hampton.html, hampton-ii.html, hampton-iii.html) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Hampton (PCS-1386) entry, service narrative and spec block; Wayback capture 2024-05-27 of hazegray.org/danfs/patrol/pcs1386.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'PCS-1386 was laid down by Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, N.Y., 15 May 1943; launched 28 September 1944; and commissioned 4 November, Lt. Thomas R. McMahan in command.' Assigned to the Fleet Sound School Squadron after shakedown; from arrival at Key West 25 November 1944 until the end of the war trained officers and enlisted men in submarine detection - students went on to operate the range recorder and attack plotter on hunter-killer destroyers and destroyer escorts. Post-war: continued training operations based at Key West plus exercises in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico, 1946-1956. 'PCS-1386 was named Hampton 15 February 1956 and decommissioned 27 April 1956. Hampton was transferred to the 5th Naval District and assigned to the Naval Reserve Training Center, Baltimore. Hampton operated as a training ship until she was struck from the Navy List 1 July 1959 and disposed of by Navy sale.' DANFS Hampton headnote: 'The first Hampton retained its former name, while the second was named after a county in South Carolina' - the sibling APA-115 transcription carries the transcriber's note '[and the third were]' extending the county namesake to this hull (Hampton County, S.C.); NavalCoverMuseum's name index documents the four-ship lineage (ID-3049, APA-115, PCS-1386, SSN-767). Spec block: dp. 251; l. 136'; b. 25'; dr. 9'; s. 14 k.; cpl. 59; a. 1 40mm., 2 20mm., 2 dcp., 1 dcp. (h.h.), 2 dct.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1959 (entry coverage)
- Population
- Wheeler Shipbuilding construction trades (1943-44); commissioning crew and Fleet Sound School students (1944-45); Key West training cadre (1946-56); NRTC Baltimore reserve trainees (1956-59)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Commissioning year (1944) is inferred from the surrounding sentence dates - the entry says only '4 November'; NavSource and all secondary sources confirm 1944. DANFS spec block conflicts with NavSource on complement (59 vs 57), beam (25' vs 24'6"), draft (9' vs 8'7"), and armament detail - carried in gaps. Entry coverage ends at the 1959 sale; the merchant chain and 1969 abandonment come from NavSource (ev-02). Live page not fetched directly - Wayback capture of the hazegray transcription used and labeled archived.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hampton-pcs1386-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Sweeper Photo Archive, Hampton (PCS-1386) ex-PCS-1386 / ex-PC-1386 - designation timeline, specifications, post-Navy merchant chain and 1969 abandonment (live page verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/071386.htm header block, specifications block, photo captions (Key West c.1955; 20 April 1956)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: planned as PC-1386, reclassified PCS-1386 in April 1943; laid down 15 May 1943 at Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, Long Island, NY; launched 28 September 1944; commissioned USS PCS-1386 4 November 1944; operated as a Naval Reserve Training Vessel at Baltimore, MD after World War II; named Hampton 15 February 1956; decommissioned 27 April 1956; struck from the Naval Register 1 July 1959. Merchant chain: acquired 1961 by Mary D. Hansen of Venice Park, Atlantic City, NJ and renamed Chrisway; acquired 1967 by George S. Harrington of Atlantic City; acquired 1969 by Industrial Trawling Corp. of Hampton, VA and renamed Reliant; abandoned 1969 at Salisbury, MD. Specifications: 245 t. (lt) / 338 t. (fl); 136'; beam 24'6"; draft 8'7"; 14.1 kts; complement 57; armament one 3"/50 DP mount, one 40mm, four 20mm mounts, two K-gun depth-charge projectors, one depth-charge projector (mousetrap), two depth-charge tracks; propulsion two 800bhp GM 8-268A diesels, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts. Call sign November-Tango-Quebec-Tango.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1969
- Population
- Wheeler construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-56); NRTC Baltimore reserve trainees (1956-59); merchant crews Chrisway/Reliant (1961-69); whoever handled the abandoned hulk at Salisbury (1969)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS exactly where DANFS speaks. Its 'Naval Reserve Training Vessel at Baltimore after World War II' compresses the sequence: DANFS places Baltimore NRTC duty after the 27 April 1956 decommissioning, not directly after WWII. The 1961-1969 merchant ownership chain and 'abandoned 1969 at Salisbury, MD' are single-source here - no independent confirmation located. Specs conflict with DANFS on complement, beam, draft, and armament (mousetrap vs hedgehog; four vs two 20mm) - carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hampton-pcs1386-02
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[4]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), Wheeler Shipbuilding, Whitestone NY yard table - PCS 1386 production row; yard history (live page verified 2026-10-04; last update 2021-08-26) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Whitestone yard page: yard-history paragraph and build-table row 'PCS 1386'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Yard-level documentation for this hull's builder: the Whitestone yard was 'a second yard, which operated as Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp.,' of the Wheeler Yacht Company of Brooklyn; it 'started out building minesweepers but went on to build tugs and coastal freighters,' returned to pleasure-craft construction after the war, and closed in 1948. The Whitestone build table lists 'PCS 1386 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 278 (LDT) | 136 (ft) | 4-Nov-44 (delivery) | Named Hampton 1956, struck 1959' among a run of PCS-1376 through PCS-1387+ hulls built at Whitestone.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Wheeler Whitestone construction trades (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary reference (Colton's shipbuilding-history tables), not a primary yard record - but the standard open-source reference for U.S. yard production and consistent with DANFS/NavSource on builder and delivery date. Confirms builder identity and the Whitestone yard's nature (small commercial yard, closed 1948). 'Sub Chaser' is the table's type label for the PCS design; no material or asbestos content. Yard-closure 1948 means no surviving corporate archive pathway was identified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hampton-pcs1386-03
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[5]Era inference built on: NavSource PCS-1386 specifications (GM 8-268A diesels, reduction gear, 2 shafts - diesel, no steam plant); PCS-1376-class design history (British 105-ft Admiralty-type motor-minesweeper lineage; wood chosen as hull construction material to counter magnetic mines - navypedia class design notes; wheeleryachts.com on Wheeler's wooden-hulled patrol-craft production); ww2pcsa.org class summary (136-ft class characteristics); GAO HRD-80-2 era window (see ev-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/071386.htm specifications; navypedia.org/ships/usa/us_sc_pcs.htm design notes; wheeleryachts.com Wheeler history; ww2pcsa.org patrol-craft-sweeper class page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A wooden-hulled, diesel-driven 136-ft patrol craft sweeper built 1943-44 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos era but at the low end of asbestos-relevant scope. No steam plant aboard - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway does not apply. Era-standard asbestos applications for a small diesel craft of this period: diesel exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and minor accommodation/galley insulation. The wooden hull (chosen for magnetic-mine protection) removes the steel-hull structural-insulation scope as well.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1969
- Population
- Wheeler Whitestone construction trades (1943-44); crew and rotating Fleet Sound School/NRTC trainees (1944-59); merchant crews (1961-69)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for PCS-1386. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Wooden-hull construction is class-design-level documentation from secondary sources (navypedia, builder's heritage site), not a hull survey of this craft. Does not establish asbestos presence aboard, individual exposure, or any legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hampton-pcs1386-04
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[6]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 (1943-44) and service era (1944-59).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- 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 2026-10-04) - content via product-page description. Aboard this wooden diesel craft the program-level finding's applicability is limited to small-craft applications (see ev-04).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hampton-pcs1386-05
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[7]Archival leads: NARA RG 24 deck logs for USS PCS-1386 / Hampton (1944-1959); U.S. Coast Guard merchant-vessel documentation for Chrisway (1961) and Reliant (1969); DANFS Vol. III p. 229 printed original [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov query 'PCS-1386' (JS-rendered, no usable result); archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (digitized-log availability list); NavSource merchant-chain entries (unverified)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary records for this hull exist but were not reachable in digitized form this session: RG 24 deck logs covering the Key West Fleet Sound School era and the Baltimore NRTC era would document operating locations, availabilities, and any yard periods; Coast Guard vessel-documentation records could confirm or correct the NavSource-only merchant chain (Hansen/Chrisway 1961, Harrington 1967, Industrial Trawling/Reliant 1969) and the Salisbury abandonment. NARA's online catalog is JavaScript-rendered and did not return a usable query result for 'PCS-1386' from this session; the WWII-era Navy deck-log digitization program's published availability list does not include this hull.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-1969 (record coverage sought)
- Population
- crew and trainees (1944-59) if logs are pulled; merchant crews (1961-69) via documentation records
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - establishes that likely-relevant records exist in known series, not that they were reviewed. No asbestos content; deck logs rarely record materials, but yard-availability entries would bound where work could have occurred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hampton-pcs1386-06
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[8]Batch-8304 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription via Wayback; NavSource live page; shipbuildinghistory Wheeler table; CourtListener authenticated API (4 base queries, all returned); NARA catalog (JS-blocked); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-hampton-pcs1386-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS Hampton (PCS-1386) or USS PCS-1386 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener ran clean this session - all four mandated base queries returned: 'USS Hampton' opinions 0; 'PCS-1386' opinions 0; 'PCS-1386' dockets 0; 'USS Hampton' dockets 3 hits (two docket objects of United States v. Burke, D.D.C. 2024, criminal; Northwest Territorial Mint LLC bankruptcy, W.D. Wash. 2016) - all classified name collisions, none naming this vessel. The only 'asbestos aboard' material found is law-firm marketing content: mesothelioma.net lists both 'USS Hampton (PCS-1386)' and 'USS PCS-1386' in a patrol-boat listicle asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - 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 - it documents that no qualifying public record was found. Deck logs, Wheeler yard work packages, and the 1959 Navy-sale file are undigitized leads (see ev-06). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hampton-pcs1386-07