Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 993-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-hilo-pg58-pkt-993-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Hilo (PG-58), 1942-1946 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS narrative and specification block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies the yacht Caroline as built in 1931 at Bath Iron Works, renamed Moana, acquired by the Navy from William B. Leeds on 28 November 1941, converted at Craig Shipbuilding in Long Beach, and commissioned as Hilo (PG-58) on 11 June 1942. DANFS gives displacement 2,350 tons, length 278 feet 11 inches, beam 38 feet 3 inches, draft 17 feet, speed 14 knots, and complement 116.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1930-1942
- Population
- Navy crew and conversion personnel
- Limitations
- Supports identity, conversion, dimensions, propulsion-era vessel type, service, and complement only; it contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement and does not establish exposure, quantity, condition, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hilo-pg58-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Gunboat Photo Archive, Hilo (AGP-2), ex-PG-58 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Timeline and specifications blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records this hull's timeline: laid down as Caroline on 18 August 1930; launched 18 July 1931; delivered 23 September 1931; renamed Moana in 1938; acquired by the Navy 28 November 1941; commissioned Hilo (PG-58) 11 June 1942; reclassified AGP-2 on 13 January 1943; decommissioned 3 March 1946; struck 20 March 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission in June 1946; sold 1 July 1946; scrapped in 1958. It lists two Cooper-Bessemer diesel engines and two shafts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1930-1958
- Population
- Navy crew, shipyard personnel, and postwar buyers
- Limitations
- NavSource is a specialist naval-history compilation rather than a Navy registry; it corroborates the DANFS identity and timeline but supplies no asbestos documentation. Its complement and power figures differ from DANFS and are retained as source-specific values rather than merged.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hilo-pg58-02
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[4]Australian War Memorial collection item 302623 [museum_official]
- Locator
- Collection item 302623 description
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Australian War Memorial catalog identifies a wartime photograph of USS Hilo (AGP-2), ex-Moana, ex-Caroline, serving as a motor torpedo boat tender, and notes the 3-inch/50 gun and 20-mm Oerlikon guns visible on the ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- World War II
- Population
- Wartime crew and tendered PT-boat personnel
- Limitations
- Photographic catalog establishes wartime identity and visible configuration only; it contains no asbestos, insulation, survey, or exposure information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hilo-pg58-03
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2; OSHA, Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, 1994 rulemaking [gao]
- Locator
- GAO report highlights; OSHA shipbuilding historical-contact discussion
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy ship asbestos use and reported that asbestos insulation was used aboard Navy ships; the report also identifies continuing shipboard applications including gaskets and pipe-hanger liners. OSHA's historical rulemaking describes extensive asbestos use on American ships in pipe, boiler, tank, machinery-space, bulkhead, ceiling-tile, and fire-resistant-sheet applications.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- World War II through 1979-1994 reporting
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and shipboard personnel generally
- Limitations
- Program and industry context only: neither source names Hilo, Caroline, Moana, PG-58, or AGP-2. The material applications are era context, not proof of installation aboard this hull; no quantity, location, remaining condition, individual exposure, or causation is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hilo-pg58-04
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[6]Batch-8542 source review and CourtListener search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-hilo-pg58-01 through sl-uss-hilo-pg58-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the authoritative sources reviewed: the DANFS entry, NavSource record, Australian War Memorial catalog, GAO Navy asbestos report, and OSHA shipbuilding rulemaking do not identify asbestos aboard Hilo. The required CourtListener sweep could not be completed after the authenticated helper reported the fleet-wide pacing budget was spent; this is an access gap, not a no-litigation finding.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1930-2026
- Population
- Public records searched; potential Navy crew, conversion, repair, and disposal personnel
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard and does not establish or defeat any exposure claim. CourtListener results remain unknown because the helper's fleet pacing stand-down prevented completion; no asbestos-qualified variants were run.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hilo-pg58-05