Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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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-hollidaysburg-pcs1385-pkt-959-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Hollidaysburg (PCS-1385), Vol. III p. 349 - construction, sponsor, commanding officer, Key West Fleet Sonar School service, Chinese-officer training duty, Atlantic Fleet Camera Party photographic-ship assignment, 1956 naming/decommissioning, 4th Naval District reserve training (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block, Vol. III p. 349
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down by Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, Long Island, N.Y., 8 May 1943; launched 26 August 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Beatrice Leonard; commissioned 5 October 1944 at New York, Lt. Wilson W. Tarleton in command. After shakedown out of New York she departed 23 October for Key West, arriving 30 October, assigned to the Fleet Sonar School training officers and men in ASW equipment and submarine-detection tactics off Florida for the rest of WWII; on 1 October (1945) she sailed for Miami and spent six weeks training Chinese officers prior to their command of transferred patrol ships; departing Miami 8 November for Norfolk (arrived 12 November) she was designated photographic ship for the Atlantic Fleet Camera Party and continued East Coast operations until she decommissioned 6 April 1956; named Hollidaysburg 15 February 1956; on assignment to Naval Reserve Training she began training duties in the 4th Naval District out of Cleveland and Toledo, 'which have continued through 1967.' Namesake: 'a borough in south-central Pennsylvania.' Spec block: dp. 251; l. 136'; b. 24'6"; dr. 8'7"; s. 14.1 k.; cpl. 57; a. 1 40mm., 2 20mm., 4 dcp., 1 dcp. (h.h.), 2 dct.; cl. PCS-1376.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1967 (entry coverage)
- Population
- Wheeler-Whitestone construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-56); Fleet Sonar School trainees (1944-45); Chinese officer trainees (Oct-Nov 1945); Naval Reserve training population, Cleveland/Toledo (1956-late 1960s)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Entry coverage ends in 1967 ('continued through 1967') - the striking (1970), sale (1971), and later history come from other rows. The '4th Naval District' attribution for Cleveland/Toledo is carried verbatim; Great Lakes ports were ordinarily other-district territory - unresolved (see gaps). DANFS spec block lists no 3-inch gun (NavSource's fit differs - see gaps). Live NHHC DANFS page returned 404 on 2026-10-04 for all candidate URLs; verbatim transcription used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollidaysburg-pcs1385-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Sweeper Photo Archive, Hollidaysburg (PCS 1385) ex-PCS-1385 ex-PC-1385 - designation timeline, specifications, commanding officers, post-Navy civilian sales, 1967-1969 photography [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/071385.htm header block, timeline, specifications block, commanding-officers table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: planned as PC-1385 but reclassified PCS-1385 in April 1943; laid down 8 May 1943 at Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, Long Island NY; launched 26 August 1944; completed 4 October 1944; commissioned USS PCS-1385 5 October 1944; named Hollidaysburg 15 February 1956; decommissioned 6 April 1956 and placed in service as a Naval Reserve Training ship at Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio; placed out of service in 1967; struck from the Navy Register 1 July 1970; sold in 1971 to Herbert Hansen of Somers Point, NJ and renamed Challenger; sold to B. L. Spencer of Merritt Island, FL; sold in 1973 and operating under British flag, probably the Bahamas or one of the British Colonies in the Caribbean; fate unknown. Commanding officers: LT Wilson W. Tarleton USN (5 October 1944) and LT Robert Martin Collins USN (dates not given - later Rear Admiral, two Silver Stars). Photography: Historical Collections of the Great Lakes image; U.S. Navy photo c. 1967 (Robert Hurst); at Toronto, Canada c. July 1969 (David E. Learn USNR); on Lake Erie near Toledo OH c. August 1969. Call sign November-Tango-Quebec-Quebec. Specifications: displacement 245 t. (lt) / 338 t. (fl); length 136'; beam 24'6"; draft 8'7"; speed 14.1 kts.; complement 57; armament one 3"/50 dual purpose mount, one 20mm mount, four depth charge projectors, one hedgehog projector, two depth charge tracks - with the 1952 modification note 'replaced 3"/50 mount with one Hedgehog depth charge projector and removed one depth charge track'; propulsion two 800bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Wheeler-Whitestone construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-56); Naval Reserve training population, Cleveland/Toledo (1956-late 1960s); civilian crews/owners (1971-73)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestones largely track DANFS but several fields conflict or extend beyond DANFS coverage ('out of service in 1967' vs 1969 photography on the Lakes; armament fit differs from the DANFS spec block; Collins not in DANFS - see gaps). The 1971-73 civilian-sale chain is NavSource-only and unverified against registry records. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollidaysburg-pcs1385-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947, 'Ships with Symbol and Number Designations' section - PCS-1385 entry; plus NARA digitized deck-logs index check [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL-44 ship-number list, PCS block (PDF p. 75: 'PCS-1385 | 10/5/1944 | 12/31/1945'); https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (no PCS-1385/Hollidaysburg entry)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List 44 indexes one logbook run for this hull: 'PCS-1385 | 10/5/1944 - 12/31/1945' - the span begins on her DANFS-documented commissioning date and covers her entire wartime Key West Fleet Sonar School service, the Miami Chinese-officer training duty, and the start of her Norfolk photographic-ship assignment through the end of 1945. The logs are held at NARA but no PCS-1385 or Hollidaysburg entry appears in the NARA digitized deck-logs index - the run is undigitized. She carried no name during the coverage period (named 1956, post-index).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-10-05 to 1945-12-31
- Population
- Crew (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: a custody index of held logbooks, not log content; coverage ends 31 December 1945 - her eleven remaining years in commission (1946-1956) and NRT service postdate SL44's 1801-1947 scope and are unindexed here. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollidaysburg-pcs1385-03
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[5]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), Wheeler Shipbuilding Whitestone NY yard table - PCS 1385 build/delivery record in the Whitestone production run [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wheeler-Whitestone table, PCS 1385 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Wheeler-Whitestone yard table lists 'PCS 1385 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | LDT 278 | 136 ft | delivery 5-Oct-44 | Named Hollidaysburg 1956, struck 1970' - corroborating the builder, hull type, delivery-into-commissioning date, naming, and the 1970 striking. The table shows the Whitestone yard's production run of PCS-1376-class sweepers (PCS 1376 through the 1390s) plus tugs and coastal freighters; yard notes record that the Whitestone plant (the company's second yard, distinct from the Brooklyn Coast Guard patrol-craft plant) returned to 'Sunlounge' pleasure craft after the war and closed in 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1970
- Population
- Wheeler-Whitestone construction trades (1943-44 production window)
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary shipyard reference, not a primary registry - used to corroborate the DANFS/NavSource builder and milestone attribution. The delivery date (5-Oct-44) matches the commissioning date. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollidaysburg-pcs1385-04
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[6]NavalCoverMuseum, HOLLIDAYSBURG PCS 1385 page - designation history, postmark sections, 1967 Windsor Ontario port-visit cover signed by four officers [museum_official]
- Locator
- NavalCoverMuseum wiki page: designation-history table; postmarks section ('Naval Reserve Training 1956 to 1969'); 1967-04-08 Windsor Ontario cover entry with officer signatures
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavalCoverMuseum's designation history corroborates the timeline: USS PCS-1385 commissioned 5 October 1944; USS HOLLIDAYSBURG PCS-1385 named 15 February 1956, decommissioned 6 April 1956, placed in service as a Naval Reserve Training ship at Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio; struck from the Navy Register 1 July 1970; fate unknown. Its postmark section heading runs 'Naval Reserve Training 1956 to 1969' - indicating NRT use to 1969, consistent with NavSource's 1969 Toronto and Lake Erie photographs. A documented cover bears a Canadian slogan machine cancel, Windsor, Ontario, 8 April 1967 - a port-visit cover signed by CO LT S. M. Rosen, XO LT John G. Wolfe, Deck & Gunnery Officer LT(jg) W. R. Schwyhart, and Operations Officer WO1 D. L. Head. Namesake note: 'a borough in south-central Pennsylvania.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-1970
- Population
- NRT-period officers and crew (1956-late 1960s), incl. LT S. M. Rosen et al. (1967)
- Limitations
- Museum volunteer-wiki compilation; corroborative of DANFS/NavSource, not a primary registry. The 1967 cover is a postal artifact documenting a Windsor port visit - it fixes the vessel's presence and names her NRT-period officers but carries no exposure or material content. The '1956 to 1969' heading conflicts with NavSource's 'out of service in 1967' - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollidaysburg-pcs1385-05
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[7]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII - USS PCS-1385 (PCS-1385), ship 9272 - builder, ordered date, wartime COs, conflicting 1952 decommissioning date [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9272.html data table and commands table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net corroborates the milestone record: built by Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp. (Whitestone, Long Island, New York); ordered 16 November 1942; laid down 8 May 1943; launched 26 August 1944; commissioned 5 October 1944. Wartime commanding officers: W. W. Tarleton USNR (5 Oct 1944 - mid 1945) and D. A. Lynch USNR (mid 1945 - late 1945). CONFLICT: uboat.net gives 'End service 6 Apr 1952' and 'Decommissioned on 6 April 1952' - a four-year discrepancy against the 6 April 1956 date carried unanimously by DANFS, NavSource, NavalCoverMuseum, and the Wheeler delivery table (see gaps; 1956 carried).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1942-1952 (table coverage)
- Population
- Wartime crew under Tarleton and Lynch (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation used for corroboration and conflict-surfacing only. Its 1952 decommissioning date contradicts the primary-derived consensus (1956) and is not carried; its 'ordered 16 Nov 1942' figure has no primary anchor and is treated as secondary-only; its USNR rank for Tarleton conflicts with NavSource's USN. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollidaysburg-pcs1385-06
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[8]Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection - Wheeler Shipbuilding Corporation Whitestone yard photographs, January-April 1944 (yard scenes 1984.187.59431, 1944-01-29; 1984.187.59877, 1944-04-10; work yard hull nos. 70, 1984.187.59433) [museum_official]
- Locator
- Mystic Seaport mobius catalog records 409560 (1984.187.59877), 409553 (1984.187.59431), 409556 (1984.187.59433)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Mystic Seaport's Rosenfeld Collection holds January-April 1944 photographs of the Wheeler-Whitestone yard documenting the builder's physical plant inside this hull's exact construction window (laid down 8 May 1943, launched 26 August 1944): yard scenes dated 1944-01-29 (1984.187.59431) and 1944-04-10 (1984.187.59877, showing a Manitowoc speed crane placing parts on the stocks), and a work-yard image with hull nos. 70 under construction (1984.187.59433). An archival lead for construction-period conditions at the builder.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1944-01-29 to 1944-04-10
- Population
- Wheeler-Whitestone construction trades (Jan-Apr 1944)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the photographs document the yard and its production line during this hull's build window; this hull is not identified in any frame, and the images carry no material or asbestos content. Catalog records verified live via mobius.mysticseaport.org (HTTP 200, 2026-10-04).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollidaysburg-pcs1385-07
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[9]Patrol Craft Sailors Association collection archives, Bay County Historical Society museum (Bay City, MI) - collection inventory PDF listing '1385 USS Hollidaysburg' under PATROL CRAFT SWEEPER (WOOD HULL) - PCS [museum_official]
- Locator
- PCSACollectionArchives.pdf, PATROL CRAFT SWEEPER (WOOD HULL) - PCS listing ('1385 USS Hollidaysburg'); SHIPBUILDERS section (Wheeler Shipbuilding)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The PCSA collection inventory hosted by the Bay County Historical Society museum indexes '1385 USS Hollidaysburg' in its patrol-craft-sweeper (wood hull) holdings - a veterans-association archive of patrol-craft records (shipbuilder files, photographs, workbooks, newsletters, and ship-specific material). The collection also holds a Wheeler Shipbuilding file under its SHIPBUILDERS section. The 'WOOD HULL' section header corroborates the class's wooden-hull construction left unasserted by the primary sources.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- collection inventory, accessed 2026-10-04
- Population
- Patrol-craft veterans' records depositors
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: an inventory line proving a Hollidaysburg file exists in the PCSA collection, not the file's contents - unexamined; may hold ship-specific material (including any hazmat/condition records) not visible in the index. The wooden-hull attribution is collection-metadata level, consistent with class literature. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollidaysburg-pcs1385-08
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[10]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block (PCS-1376 class); NavSource specifications (two GM 8-268A diesels, two shafts - diesel plant, no steam); shipbuildinghistory Wheeler-Whitestone production record (Sub Chaser type); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation and Corn & Starr WWII shipbuilding asbestos scholarship (see ev-10, ev-11) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NavSource specifications; shipbuildinghistory Wheeler-Whitestone table; GAO HRD-80-2; AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A small diesel-driven patrol craft sweeper built 1943-44 for the U.S. Navy sits inside the documented Navy and WWII shipbuilding asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a small diesel combatant of this period were machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and interior joiner/deck materials - with a lighter insulation load than steam combatants and a wooden hull per the PCSA collection's section metadata. As a diesel plant she carried no boilers or steam turbines - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Her disposal pathway also differs from her scrapped sisters: struck 1970 and sold civilian (renamed Challenger), she was never documented in a breaking yard, so no scrapping-era exposure event applies - and any surviving fabric would carry whatever era materials remained at sale.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Wheeler-Whitestone construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-56); Naval Reserve training population, Cleveland/Toledo (1956-late 1960s); civilian owners/crews (1971-73)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for PCS-1385. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The civilian-sale endpoint means no shipbreaking-era documentation exists; present-day material status is unknown (fate unknown after 1973).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollidaysburg-pcs1385-09
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[11]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 Navy career: construction (1943-44), commissioned service (1944-56), Naval Reserve training duty (1956-late 1960s), and disposal (1970-71).
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-10-04) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollidaysburg-pcs1385-10
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[12]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987); PMID 3555021 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373; PubMed record 3555021
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II - the era and program under which this hull was built (1943-44 at Wheeler-Whitestone).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (subject era)
- Population
- WWII shipbuilding workers (program level)
- Limitations
- Era scholarship, not a hull record: documents WWII shipbuilding asbestos use and Navy/contractor protective-measure policy generally - Wheeler Shipbuilding and PCS-1385 are not named. Does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, quantity, or present-day presence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollidaysburg-pcs1385-11
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[13]Batch-8303 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NavSource; NARA Special List 44 PDF (direct text extraction) + digitized-logs index; shipbuildinghistory Wheeler-Whitestone table; NavalCoverMuseum; uboat.net; Mystic Seaport mobius catalog; PCSA collection inventory (BCHS); CourtListener (2 of 4 base queries run, 2 blocked by pacing); secondary web litigation sweep; NVR; GAO (blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-hollidaysburg-pcs1385-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS Hollidaysburg or PCS-1385 was found in the public sources searched. On litigation coverage: the CourtListener exact-name opinion query ('USS Hollidaysburg', type=o) ran this session and returned zero hits; the exact-name docket query (type=r) returned 27 dockets - every one a name collision on Hollidaysburg the Pennsylvania borough (municipal, bankruptcy-creditor, and unrelated civil dockets), none naming the vessel or any asbestos claim; the two hull-number queries ('PCS-1385', opinion + docket) were declined by the helper's fleet-wide pacing (~58/hr shared) - logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as negative results. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and - unlike several sister hulls - no law-firm listicle was found asserting asbestos aboard this hull.
- 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 - a 1943-44 Navy-built vessel is era-consistent with asbestos-containing machinery fittings even accounting for the lighter diesel/wooden-hull insulation load. The litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (hull-number queries unsearched). The NARA-held logbook run (Oct 1944-Dec 1945) is undigitized; the PCSA '1385 USS Hollidaysburg' file is unexamined; Wheeler yard work packages are undocumented; the hull's civilian sale chain (1971-73) and current status are unknown - a surviving hull would carry undocumented material condition. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollidaysburg-pcs1385-12