Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 910-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lenoir-pc582-pkt-910-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Lenoir II (PC-582) - construction at Albina Engine & Machinery Works, full service narrative, designations, naming, striking (live NHHC page verified) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, spec block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down as PC-582 by Albina Engine & Machinery Works, Inc., Portland, Oreg., 21 February 1942; launched 15 July 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Andrew Anderson; commissioned 22 October 1942, Lt. Howard C. Duff in command. Shakedown in Puget Sound through December; seven months patrolling off southern California out of San Diego; Aleutian service based at Adak until 1 December 1943; escort/patrol in the Hawaiians; escorted landing-craft reinforcements to Saipan arriving 19 June 1944; resupply convoys from the Marshalls; Marianas patrol from Saipan July-October; Carolines service out of Ulithi; Ulithi-Hollandia convoy escorts November 1944 and January 1945; sailed 9 February 1945 for two months of repairs at San Francisco; escorted convoy to Saipan and Leyte, reaching Okinawa in August 1945. Redesignated PCC-582, Control Submarine Chaser (173), 29 August 1945; sailed 4 September for Jinsen, Korea and China-coast duty; sailed for San Diego 21 November 1945; transited Panama Canal to New York arriving 24 January 1946. Coastal operations from Newport, R.I. through the late 1940s with biennial Charleston, S.C. drydock visits. Decommissioned into reserve at Green Cove Springs, Fla., 1 February 1950; recommissioned 3 October 1952 (Lt. Francis C. Kearney Jr.), Norfolk 5th Naval District; entered Charleston 3 August 1954 for inactivation; decommissioned 15 January 1955; redesignated PC 27 October 1955; named Lenoir (PC-582) 1 February 1956; struck from the Navy list 1 July 1960. Two battle stars for World War II. Spec block: dp. 280; l. 173'8"; b. 28'; dr. 6'6"; s. 22 k.; cpl. 65; a. 1 3", 1 40mm, 5 20mm, 2 dct, 2 dcp, 2 rkt; cl. PC-461. Namesake: a county and town in North Carolina.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1960
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1942); wartime crew (design complement 65); Charleston drydock yard trades (biennial visits, late 1940s)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history and design specifications only - no asbestos or material content. Does not name the San Francisco repair facility or the Charleston drydock facility. Live page verified 2026-10-03 (no link-rot defect for this entry).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lenoir-pc582-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, Lenoir (PC 582) ex-PCC-582 ex-PC-582 - designation timeline, grounding incident, Venezuelan transfer, specifications incl. engine serials, CO list [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/010582.htm header block, timeline, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull adds details beyond the DANFS entry: damaged by grounding 12 July 1945 in Maglagabon Bay, Samar, Philippines; both Green Cove Springs reserve periods identified as Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group; named Lenoir 15 February 1956 (conflicts with DANFS 1 February 1956 - carried in gaps); transferred to Venezuela and renamed Albatross (P 04) (no date stated); struck from Venezuelan register 1978; fate unknown. Specifications: 450 t. displacement; 170'8" length; 23' beam; 10'10" draft; 20.2 kts; complement 65; armament one 3"/50 DP, one 40mm, three 20mm, two rocket launchers, four depth-charge projectors, two depth-charge tracks. Propulsion: two 2,880 bhp Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel engines (Serial Nos. 832373 and 832374), Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts. CO list: LT Howard C. Duff USNR (22 Oct 1942), LT J. N. Davenport USNR (1945). Photography documents the hull under all three designations and as Venezuelan Albatross (P 04), including a c.1966 photo outboard of Petrel (P 05), ex-Minden (PC 1176).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1978
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1942); crew (1942-55); Venezuelan crew (1960-78); scrapping/disposal workforce unknown (fate unknown)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track DANFS but conflict on the naming date (15 vs 1 Feb 1956; DANFS carried) and its spec block conflicts with DANFS on displacement, length, beam, draft, and speed (carried in gaps). Grounding incident appears in no other consulted source. Venezuelan transfer stated without a date. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lenoir-pc582-02
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[4]ShipbuildingHistory.com, Albina Engine & Machine Works hull table (Tim Colton's shipbuilding reference) + Oregon History Project (Oregon Historical Society), 'The Albina Engine & Machine Works office, c.1943' [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/albina.htm, hull-table rows 57-60; oregonhistoryproject.org article, Albina office c.1943
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Albina yard's production table lists 'PC 582, U.S. Navy, Sub Chaser, 284 [tons], 174 [ft], 22-Oct-42' with disposition note 'Named Lenoir 1956, to Venezuela 1960 as Albatross (P 04)' - corroborating the Venezuelan transfer year (1960) that NavSource leaves undated and matching the strike year (1960). Sister-row entries show the same disposal pattern for sister PCs (PC 580 to Indonesia as Hiu, PC 581 to Indonesia as Torani, PC 1077 to Venezuela, all 1960). Oregon History Project (Oregon Historical Society) documents that Albina Engine & Machine Works, formed 1904 on the Willamette River in Portland, was building and repairing ships when the wartime boom reached Portland in 1942 and expanded its workforce accordingly - the builder's wartime-production context.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1978
- Population
- Albina yard workforce incl. wartime hires; Venezuelan Navy crew (1960-78)
- Limitations
- ShipbuildingHistory is a respected secondary reference, not a primary registry - its 'to Venezuela 1960' corroborates but does not document a transfer date or mechanism (sale vs MAP loan/grant unstated). OHP documents yard history only - no vessel or material content. Neither contains asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lenoir-pc582-03
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[5]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (Fairbanks Morse 38D8 diesel plant); DANFS spec block (PC-461 class, 1942 construction); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-05); shipbuildinghistory yard table (wartime Albina production) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; DANFS spec block; shipbuildinghistory Albina table
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A PC-461-class patrol craft built in 1942 sits squarely inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. This hull's plant was diesel (two Fairbanks Morse opposed-piston engines, reduction gear, two shafts) - there is no steam plant, so the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Era-standard asbestos applications for a 1942 diesel combatant of this size were: diesel engine and exhaust-manifold/muffler lagging, machinery-space thermal insulation, gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, and fireproofing/accommodation finishes (deck tile, bulkhead panels) as fitted in U.S. combatant construction of the period.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1978
- Population
- Albina construction trades (1942); U.S. crew (1942-55, incl. wartime Pacific/Aleutian service); Charleston drydock trades (biennial, late 1940s); San Francisco repair trades (Feb-Apr 1945); Venezuelan crew (1960-78); disposal workforce unknown
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, survey, or work package located for PC-582. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The 1956 naming and 1960 transfer postdate heavy asbestos-use construction but the material record is silent.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lenoir-pc582-04
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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 (1942) and U.S. service era (1942-1955, reserve to 1960).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- 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, consistent with prior-batch findings) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lenoir-pc582-05
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[7]Batch-7957 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live); NavSource; shipbuildinghistory Albina table; Oregon History Project; Naval Vessel Register; CourtListener (4 base queries, status below); secondary web litigation sweep; NIOSH survey sweep for Portland yards; NARA RG 24 deck-log lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lenoir-pc582-01 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 PC-582/PCC-582/Lenoir was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CAVEAT on the litigation sweep: of the 4 mandated CourtListener base queries, only "USS Lenoir" (type=o) ran - zero opinions returned; the other three ("USS Lenoir" type=r, "PC-582" type=o and type=r) were attempted repeatedly across ~90 minutes and never got a fleet pacing token - logged as blocked in search_ledger, NOT as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing listicles - and nearly all of those name the OTHER USS Lenoir (AKA-74, the Tolland-class attack cargo ship), not this hull - excluded by source policy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the hull's wartime construction is consistent with retained era materials, and its post-1960 Venezuelan disposition is undocumented. Deck logs, builder work packages, and any transfer/disposal material records are undigitized archival leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lenoir-pc582-06