Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 985-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-hotham-pf75-pkt-985-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Frigate Photo Archive, PF-75 / HMS Bahamas (K503), ex-Hotham, ex-PG-183 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page heading and construction/disposition bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The record identifies this hull as originally authorized as PG-183, reclassified PF-75 on 1943-04-15, laid down under a Maritime Commission contract at Walsh-Kaiser Co. in Providence, Rhode Island, launched on 1943-08-17, transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned as HMS Bahamas (K503) on 1943-12-06, returned to U.S. custody on 1946-06-11, and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Shipyard workers and Royal Navy crew; no asbestos-specific population identified
- Limitations
- Ship-history and disposition record only; it does not document asbestos content, a survey, abatement, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility. NavSource reports the contract yard as 'Welsh-Kaiser'; other historical references use Walsh-Kaiser. The contract-yard name is carried as shown in the cited record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hotham-pf75-01
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[3]NavSource Online, PF-75 specification block [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 'Specifications' block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The cited specification block lists 1,246 tons displacement, 304 feet length, 37 feet 6 inches beam, 14 feet draft, 20-knot speed, complement 190, three 3-inch/50 gun mounts, and propulsion by three boilers, two 5,500 iHP turbines, and two shafts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Ship's complement and engineering personnel; no asbestos-specific population identified
- Limitations
- Specifications establish the propulsion arrangement but do not establish that any insulation, lagging, gasket, packing, deck covering, or other material aboard this hull contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hotham-pf75-02
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[4]NHHC DANFS, Hotham II (PF-75), official page URL tested but not retrievable during this session [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Direct URL fetch returned HTTP 502 in the research session
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NHHC DANFS page was identified as the expected primary history source but returned a fetch failure during research; no additional DANFS text is asserted from that inaccessible page.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- This is an access finding, not evidence that the DANFS entry lacks asbestos information. NavSource is used for the carried ship-history facts; the official page remains an open verification gap.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hotham-pf75-03
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[5]Authenticated CourtListener helper sweep: four required base queries attempted; the fleet limiter did not return usable result JSON in this session [court_record]
- Locator
- Required queries: 'USS Hotham' opinion; 'USS Hotham' docket; 'PF-75' opinion; 'PF-75' docket; helper diagnostics showed authenticated request and fleet pacing contention
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos-litigation hit is carried because the four required base searches were attempted through the authenticated helper but their result payloads were not recovered after fleet-pacing contention. This is an incomplete sweep, not a no-litigation conclusion.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04 search session
- Limitations
- The search was not completed to the required hit-by-hit classification standard. Exact-name and hull-number asbestos variants were not run because base-query overflow was not established. Do not treat this row as proof that no litigation exists.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hotham-pf75-04
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[6]NavSource ship record used as the ship-specific source for the history and specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource class/propulsion lines and archive title
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The hull was a 1943 Tacoma-class/Colony-class patrol frigate with a three-boiler steam plant. That construction-era and propulsion context is relevant to archival prioritization, but no asbestos product or installation is attributed to USS Hotham from it.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- 1943 construction and 1943-1946 Royal Navy service populations
- Limitations
- Class/era context only; it does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, a product identity, quantity, location, exposure, or abatement. No asbestos product is normalized from this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hotham-pf75-05