Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 997-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-haste-pg92-pkt-997-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Haste (PG-92) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block and full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS identifies Haste (PG-92) as a Canadian corvette transferred to the Navy and manned by the Coast Guard. It states that she was launched as Mandrake (CN-310) by Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Quebec, Canada, on 22 August 1942; taken over, renamed, and commissioned on 6 April 1943 under Lieutenant W. A. Dobbs, USCG; performed escort voyages to Newfoundland and the Caribbean, then patrol duty from New York during November 1944-May 1945; departed New York for Charleston on 2 July 1945; and decommissioned on 3 October 1945 for return to the Maritime Commission.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Coast Guard-manned Navy crew; convoy and patrol personnel, 1943-1945
- Limitations
- Establishes identity, commissioning, complement, service, and decommissioning; it does not identify asbestos materials, exposure, or an asbestos-containing product aboard this hull. The live page was intermittently unavailable to direct fetch, but the official indexed result reproduced the entry text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haste-pg92-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Gunboat Photo Archive, Haste (PG 92) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Haste (PG 92) chronology and specifications sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's Haste (PG 92) archive identifies the hull as ex-HMS Mandrake (K 287), ex-CN-310; gives a 11 December 1941 laid-down date, 22 August 1942 launch, 6 April 1943 commissioning, 3 October 1945 decommissioning, 24 October 1945 striking, transfer to the War Shipping Administration in September 1947, 1949 sale for Italian ferry/transport service as Porto Azzurro, and scrapping at La Spezia in 1972. It also gives the one-shaft Canadian Vickers machinery summary and complement of 90.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1972
- Population
- Shipyard and Navy personnel; later merchant-ship personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is used for the construction, machinery, and disposal details not stated in the DANFS text; the 1972 scrapping year differs from 1973 in other summaries, so the discrepancy is retained rather than silently resolved. This row does not establish asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haste-pg92-02
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[4]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research; RG 19; Board of Inspection and Survey Reports; Patrol Craft General Information Books sections
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The National Archives guide explains that determining whether a particular U.S. naval ship had asbestos requires ship-specific research and identifies Record Group 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence, ship engineering drawings, inspection reports, and Patrol Craft General Information Books as potential sources. It expressly presents the guide as a starting point rather than a hull-level asbestos finding; no PG-92-specific record from those series was located in this sweep.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1961 records guidance
- Population
- U.S. Navy vessels and researchers of Navy records
- Limitations
- This is an archival-method and scope limitation source, not evidence that asbestos was or was not aboard Haste. The negative finding is limited to the sources and searches documented in this batch.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haste-pg92-03
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page, report title and highlights/full-report description
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO's Navy asbestos review describes Navy use of asbestos insulation and the Navy's policy for repairing, removing, or replacing damaged asbestos insulation. The review concerns Navy-wide worker protection and does not identify Haste, PG-92, the Action class, or a particular installation aboard this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1979; Navy practices discussed through the 1970s
- Population
- Navy shipboard and shipyard workers covered by the 1979 review
- Limitations
- Navy-wide context cannot be converted into a ship-specific Haste finding; no quantity, location, condition, product identity, or individual exposure is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haste-pg92-04
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[6]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Tacoma IV (PG-92) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Tacoma IV DANFS specifications and opening service paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS separately identifies Tacoma IV (PG-92) as an Asheville-class gunboat laid down in 1967 and commissioned in 1969. That later vessel is distinct from the WWII Canadian corvette Haste (PG-92) and is excluded from this record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1967-1979
- Population
- Later Asheville-class gunboat crew, 1969 onward
- Limitations
- This correction resolves a hull-number/name collision only; it provides no asbestos evidence for either vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haste-pg92-05
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[7]Authenticated CourtListener helper diagnostic, cl-auth-search.py [other_primary]
- Locator
- Helper diagnostic on 2026-10-04: fleet-wide request budget momentarily spent
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The required four-query authenticated CourtListener sweep was not completed. The helper was invoked for the exact-name opinion query and reported that the fleet-wide pacing budget was momentarily spent before a result returned; the remaining exact-name docket and hull-number opinion/docket queries were not attempted. This is an access gap, not a no-result finding.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04 search attempt
- Population
- CourtListener indexed opinions and dockets
- Limitations
- No opinion or docket was classified because the required sweep could not proceed; this row must not be read as evidence for or against asbestos litigation involving Haste. No asbestos-qualified variant was run because no base query produced an overflow result.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haste-pg92-06