Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]research packet 878-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-martinez-pc1244-pkt-878-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Martinez - construction, naming origin, full WWII/postwar service narrative, redesignations, disposal (live NHHC page verified 2026-10-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block (single Martinez entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down as PC-1244 on 20 January 1943 by Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, Tenn.; launched 8 May 1943; commissioned 5 October 1943 at New Orleans, Lt. Comdr. W. W. Bowie in command. Shakedown under Submarine Chaser Training Center, Miami; convoy escort Key West-Galveston-Guantanamo; Eastern Sea Frontier duty from Staten Island (9 February 1944) with escort to Bermuda and Guantanamo until 4 July; Mediterranean via Bizerte to Palermo (arrived 29 July) for 10 months of 8th Fleet patrol/escort; present at the southern France invasion beaches August 1944, primarily Italian coast operations; March 1945 transferred Canadian troops Leghorn to Marseilles. Returned to Key West 18 June 1945; 'an extensive yard period converted her into an amphibious control vessel, and she was redesignated PCC-1244, 20 August, 12 days after she departed for Pearl Harbor.' Caroline Islands service; escorted LCIs carrying Japanese prisoners to Yap; moored Guam until 24 April 1946; San Diego 4 June; brief air-sea rescue duty December; periodic exercises off Coronado Roads; Pearl Harbor October 1949; inactivation begun at Bremerton 7 November; decommissioned 15 February 1950 into Pacific Reserve Fleet; 'redesignated PC-1244, on 27 October 1955 and named Martinez 15 February 1956'; stricken 1 July 1960; sold at Astoria to Ship & Power Corp. 19 May 1961. One battle star for World War II. Spec block: dp. 280; l. 173'8"; b. 23'; dr. 10'10"; s. 20.2 k.; cpl. 65; a. 1 3", 1 40mm., 3 20mm., 2 dct., 4 dcp., 2 rkt.; cl. PC-461. Name origin: 'a city in western California on Suisun Bay.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1961
- Population
- Nashville Bridge construction trades (Jan-Oct 1943); crew (1943-50); inactivation/reserve trades at Bremerton (1949-50); scrapping trades at Astoria (1961)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. The identity of the yard/activity that performed the 1945 PCC conversion is not stated. NavSource conflicts on the PCC-to-PC reversion year (1953 vs DANFS 1955 - see gaps) and on buyer name.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martinez-pc1244-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, Martinez (PC 1244) ex-PCC-1244 ex-PC-1244 - designation timeline, specifications, commanding officer, photographs (live page verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/011244.htm header block, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 20 January 1943 by Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, TN; launched 8 May 1943; commissioned USS PC-1244 5 October 1943 at New Orleans, LA; reclassified Amphibious Control Craft PCC-1244 20 August 1945; decommissioned 15 February 1950 at Bremerton, WA and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; 'Reclassified back to a Submarine Chaser, PC-1244, 27 October 1953' (conflicts with DANFS 1955 - see gaps); named Martinez 15 February 1956; struck from the Navy Register 1 July 1960; sold 19 May 1961 for scrap to the Astoria Ship and Power Co. of Astoria, Oregon; one battle star WWII. Specifications: displacement 450 t. (vs DANFS 280 - see gaps); length 173'8"; beam 23'; draft 10'10"; speed 20.2 kts; complement 65; armament one 3"/50 DP mount, one 40mm, five 20mm, two depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks, two Hedgehog projectors; propulsion two 1,440 bhp General Motors 16-278A diesel engines (Serial No. 14215 and 14216), Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts. Call sign NCVM. CO: LCDR William Wilson Bowie, USNR (5 Oct 1943-1944), awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal (1945). Photographs include PCC-1244 and Martinez at Palermo, Sicily c.1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1961
- Population
- Nashville Bridge construction trades (1943); crew (1943-50); reserve-fleet inactivation trades at Bremerton (1949-50); shipbreakers at Astoria (1961)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track NVR/DANFS but it conflicts with DANFS on the re-redesignation year and displacement, and its armament line differs from the DANFS spec block (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content. The 1961 sale predates modern ACM-handling regulation; no hazmat or material record for the breakup was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martinez-pc1244-02
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[4]ShipbuildingHistory (Colton), Nashville Bridge (Boats), Nashville TN - yard construction table including PC-1244 and sisters (live page verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Nashville Bridge (Boats) table, US Navy sub chaser rows; yard-history header paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard build table records for this hull: 'PC 1244 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 463 GT | delivered 5-Oct-43 | Named Martinez 1956, scrapped 1961.' The table also documents that Nashville Bridge built 16 U.S. Navy hulls in the WWII program: minesweepers Fidelity (AM-96) and Fierce (AM-97) (later reclassified PC-1600/PC-1601), PC-620 through PC-623, and PC-1241 through PC-1250 - sisters of this hull on the same ways. Yard history: Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO), founded in the 1890s as a bridge builder, converted to shipbuilding in 1915; by the 1960s the world's largest builder of inland barges; sold to Trinity Marine Group 1995; Nashville yard closed 1996.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1961
- Population
- Nashville Bridge construction trades (1942-44 for the Navy hulls)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Colton's shipbuildinghistory), not a primary registry - used to corroborate the builder, delivery date, and 1961 scrapping disposition, all of which agree with DANFS/NavSource. The table's '110 Ft.' column value for the sub chasers is inconsistent with the documented 173'8" length and was not carried. No asbestos content; no hull-specific material or worker record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martinez-pc1244-03
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[5]Old Dominion University Libraries, ArchivesSpace - 'Folder 01: U.S.S. Martinez (PC-1244/PCC-1244) Patrol Craft (Submarine Patrol Chaser), undated', Box 29, Folder 01, Heflin & Williams collection (live page verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ODU ArchivesSpace record, repositories/5/archival_objects/87901 (collection scope note + repository details)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An undigitized ship-specific data file for this hull exists in a public research collection: Box 29, Folder 01, titled 'U.S.S. Martinez (PC-1244/PCC-1244) Patrol Craft (Submarine Patrol Chaser)', within the Heflin & Williams collection at ODU Community Collections Repository (3000 Perry Library, Norfolk, VA). The parent collection (83.2 linear feet: 30 record cartons of ship data files organized by class/hull number, 25 cartons of Naval Ships Technical Manuals/training manuals/Coast Guard specifications/CFR, and 29 notebooks of detailed design plans obtained from the National Archives) is open to researchers without restriction.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- undated
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the folder's contents are unknown - a ship data file may contain drawings, correspondence, or technical documentation, but nothing has been examined and no asbestos or material content is established. Title confirms the holding names this specific hull (PC-1244/PCC-1244).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martinez-pc1244-04
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[6]NARA Catalog, file unit 'USS PC-1244 - War Diary, 4/1-30/45' (NAID 139984482), RG 38 Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, series WWII War Diaries - 5 digitized images (Fold3), full text read this session [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 139984482, 5 images (cover letter + 4 diary pages); images 0788-0792 read in full
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own April 1945 war diary (submitted 3 May 1945, PC1244/A12-1 Serial 02, signed by CO W. A. Shumate - a second wartime commanding officer not in the NavSource CO list) documents Mediterranean operations day-by-day: moored to USS PC-1168 at NOB Palermo 'finishing availability' 1 April; Bizerte run with PC-1174 (senior ship), PC-1168, and sister PC-1246; LCT-convoy escort under operational order 'Easter Lily' No. 1-45; Naples arrival 5 April reporting to CO USCGC DUANE; escorted USCGC DUANE to Leghorn (7 Apr) and Cannes (9-12 Apr) with nightly harbor-approach patrols; 'Niffy' anti-submarine patrols out of Leghorn mid-month; both main engines failed 18 April 'due to salt water in fuel oil' (anchored, later relieved); relieved PC-1168 on patrol 22 and 26 April, relieved in turn by PC-1246 on 24 April; moored Leghorn through 30 April.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-04
- Population
- PC-1244 crew, April 1945 (in company: PC-1168, PC-1174, PC-1246, USCGC DUANE)
- Limitations
- Primary operational record for one month - it documents movements, availabilities, and a machinery casualty, not materials. No asbestos, insulation, or work-detail content. 'Finishing availability' at NOB Palermo is the only yard-type event named; its scope is not described. The diary predates the June 1945 return to Key West; other months' diaries were not located in the catalog search (file-unit search returned only April 1945 titled for this hull).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martinez-pc1244-05
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[7]NARA Catalog, file unit 'USS PC-1246 - War Diary, 8/1-31/44' (NAID 78607264), RG 38 WWII War Diaries - 6 digitized images; pages 2-3 read this session (sister's diary documenting this hull) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 78607264, diary pages 2-3 (entries of 8, 14, 17-18 August 1944)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Sister PC-1246's own August 1944 war diary documents this hull operating as the SENIOR ship of a two-PC team during the southern-France invasion period: 8 August 'Underway with PC 1244 (Senior), escorting USS YUKON to Bizerte, Tunisia' (PC-1244 detached 0045, relieved by DD-717); 14 August 'Underway with PC 1244 (Senior), escorting convoy "408" of 3 Tankers to Ajaccio, Corsica as follow-up oil reserves in connection with ComNav NAW operation 4-44'; 17 August PC-1246 moored starboard side to PC-1244 alongside DE-794 in Ajaccio Harbor, then 'Underway with PC 1244 and DE 794 (Senior) for A/S sweep (Killer group) off mouth of Ajaccio Bay'; 18 August the pair escorted to Maddalena Island and returned to Palermo together. Independently corroborates and operationalizes DANFS's 'southern France invasion beaches August 1944' line.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-08
- Population
- PC-1244 crew in company with PC-1246, DE-794, DD-717, USS YUKON (Aug 1944)
- Limitations
- Another vessel's record - it documents PC-1244's movements through PC-1246's reporting, not PC-1244's own reporting; corroborative detail, not a PC-1244-generated document. No asbestos or material content. Only pages 2-3 of 6 reviewed (the pages covering the joint operations); remaining pages not read line-by-line.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martinez-pc1244-06
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[8]NARA Catalog, file unit 'PC-1244, 10/5/43-1/1/49' (NAID 192145375, Roll 6015), RG 24 Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, series Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities - 223 digitized images (Ancestry partnership) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 192145375 (223 images, Roll 6015, image set via Ancestry partnership)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized primary crew records exist for this hull: muster rolls of PC-1244 covering 5 October 1943 (commissioning) through 1 January 1949 - essentially her entire active career - are digitized at NARA (223 images, scanned via the Ancestry partnership; transcription not started). Muster rolls name every crew member aboard by reporting period - the population record for any future ship-specific exposure research or claim verification.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1949
- Population
- All hands aboard PC-1244/PCC-1244, 1943-10-05 through 1949-01-01 (roster-level)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the images were located and metadata verified but the rolls were not transcribed or reviewed page-by-page. Muster rolls document who served aboard, not materials aboard - they contain no asbestos, insulation, or occupational-hazard information. Rolls for January 1949 through the February 1950 decommissioning were not located in this search.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martinez-pc1244-07
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[9]NARA Special List No. 44, 'U.S. Navy Ship Logs... by Ship Numbers' (deck-log holdings index, PDF p. 68) - live PDF fetched and text-extracted this session [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf p. 68, PC-1244 row: '10/5/1943 - 12/31/1945' (verified via pdftotext -layout)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official deck-log holdings index lists a PC-1244 row: deck logs held covering 5 October 1943 (commissioning) through 31 December 1945 - the complete wartime log set including the Mediterranean service and the PCC conversion period. Sister-hull rows in the same list corroborate the Nashville Bridge group (PC-1241 through PC-1247 all present).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Limitations
- Holdings index only - the logs themselves are paper/microfilm at NARA (not reviewed). The index window ends 31 December 1945; postwar deck logs (1946-50, including PCC conversion aftermath and inactivation) fall outside this list's coverage and were not located. Deck logs record events, not materials - no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martinez-pc1244-08
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[10]NARA, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' - official research guide naming the record series where hull-level material documentation lives (live page verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Guide sections: RG 19 Entry P 12 (Patrol Craft GIBs, NAID 1275932); RG 38 Entry P 1-E (Patrol Craft Material Inspection Reports, NAID 2092723); Hull Series S39/S48 drawing codes
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives' own asbestos-research guide - which frames Navy-vessel asbestos 1941-1961 as an established research topic - identifies record series relevant to a patrol craft: RG 19 Entry P 12, 'Patrol Craft General Information Books [Item S-68], 1902-1955' (NAID 1275932); RG 38 Entry P 1-E, 'Patrol Craft Material Inspection Reports and Related Documentation, 1940-1978' (NAID 2092723); and the cartographic Hull Series arranged by hull number, where filing codes S39 'Insulation and Lagging' and S48 'Piping' drawings are the asbestos-relevant sheets (noted as relatively rare in the paper series; a microfilm series holds more detailed drawings). These are the named series where any hull-level material documentation for PC-1244 would reside.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- A research-methods guide, not a hull record: it identifies record series and filing codes; it does not identify PC-1244, prove that a listed record survives for this hull, or establish asbestos content, quantity, location, disturbance, or exposure aboard this vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martinez-pc1244-09
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[11]NARA Catalog, RG 19 file units for this hull: 'Plans for the Submarine Chaser U.S.S Martinez (PC-1244)' (NAID 153715657, Ship Engineering Drawings, S0103 Booklet of General Plans, 7 drawings) and 'USS MARTINEZ PC-1244' (NAID 175669821, Microfilm of Ship Engineering Drawings, 1945-1955 series) - both verified live this session [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 153715657 (7 drawings, S0103) and NAID 175669821 (microfilm series file unit); both 'Not Yet Available Online', College Park - Cartographic
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA catalogs engineering drawings for this specific hull - the record series the NARA asbestos guide names as the repository for hull-level material documentation: (1) a 7-drawing 'Booklet of General Plans' (category S0103) titled for USS Martinez PC-1244 in the paper Ship Engineering Drawings series (RG 19, NAID 153715657, unrestricted, paper copy at NARA College Park - Cartographic, not yet online); and (2) a file unit titled 'USS MARTINEZ PC-1244' in the Microfilm of Ship Engineering Drawings series (RG 19, NAID 175669821, parent series compiled 1945-1955 - spanning the PCC conversion era - unrestricted, College Park - Cartographic, not yet online). Per the NARA asbestos guide (ev-08) the microfilm series holds the more detailed drawings, where filing code S39 'Insulation and Lagging' sheets are the asbestos-relevant content.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-1955 (microfilm series compilation); hull era 1943-1961
- Limitations
- Catalog records only - the drawings themselves are not digitized and were not examined; the catalog does not state which sheet types either file unit contains, so whether S39 'Insulation and Lagging' sheets exist for this hull is unverified. A 7-sheet general-plans booklet typically covers arrangement/outfitting rather than insulation schedules. Proximity to asbestos documentation does not establish asbestos content, quantity, or location aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martinez-pc1244-10
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[12]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block (PC-461 class, diesel patrol craft); NavSource specifications (two GM 16-278A diesels, Farrel-Birmingham gear, 2 shafts); PC-461-class design literature (steel hull, twin diesel mains + two auxiliary diesel-generator sets); GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-12) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NavSource specifications; PC-461-class design description (secondary); shipyards.json (yard absent)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled diesel patrol craft built at Nashville Bridge in 1943 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard small-combatant applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were thermal insulation on hot machinery and exhaust runs, diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation in the confined machinery spaces and berthing hull volume. As a diesel-powered vessel she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam ships does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1961
- Population
- Nashville Bridge construction trades (1943); crew (1943-50); inactivation trades at Bremerton (1949-50); Astoria shipbreakers (1961)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, construction specification, or work package located for PC-1244. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. Nashville Bridge Co. has no Atlas shipyards.json entry and no located yard-level asbestos survey.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martinez-pc1244-11
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[13]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - product page and highlights (firecrawl fetch verified live; direct curl returns HTTP 403; full-report PDF blocked) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (highlights; full text PDF blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, covering use of asbestos in Navy ships, removal cost, and compensation programs; it documented Navy asbestos-insulation use with a 1975 policy of removing/replacing only damaged insulation or insulation removed for necessary repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - spanning this hull's entire construction (1943) and service era (1943-50, reserve to 1960) before substitution began.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979 (review covering use/policy era)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk - neither is associated with this hull's construction or documented availabilities. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to direct fetch; product page + highlights obtained via firecrawl).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martinez-pc1244-12
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[14]Batch-7740 search ledger (this record): live NHHC DANFS; NavSource; shipbuildinghistory yard table; ODU ArchivesSpace collection; NARA catalog (war diary NAID 139984482 read in full; muster rolls NAID 192145375; Special List 44 deck-log index); NARA asbestos research guide; GAO product page; NVR (no entry); CourtListener (all four base queries run - no qualifying case); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-martinez-pc1244-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS PC-1244 / PCC-1244 / Martinez was found in the public sources searched. Ship-specific primary records DO exist and are verified (ev-05 through ev-10): the hull's own April 1945 war diary plus a sister's August 1944 diary documenting this hull as senior ship (both read - operational detail, no material content), muster rolls 1943-49, WWII deck logs 1943-45 per the official holdings index, cataloged hull engineering drawings (S0103 general-plans booklet + microfilm set - the series where S39 insulation sheets would live, contents unverified), and named NARA series where further hull material documentation would reside (Patrol Craft GIBs; Patrol Craft Material Inspection Reports) - none examined for material content. CourtListener was searched this session (all four base queries, authenticated): "USS Martinez" returned 0 opinions and 0 dockets; "PC-1244" returned 0 opinions and 23 docket hits - every returned hit classified as a name collision or other litigation (18 consumer-bankruptcy dockets matching 'PC'+'1244' fragments such as addresses/firm names, the Roundup glyphosate MDL, and Alves v. Murphy); none name the vessel. 3 hits beyond the first page unexamined; the asbestos-qualified variant was pacing-denied and not run (see gaps). A secondary web sweep surfaced no qualifying case - only name collisions ('Martinez' is a high-collision name).
- 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 - and the litigation repository was searched and returned no qualifying case (3 page-2 docket hits unexamined; asbestos variant unrun - see search_ledger sl-03). The strongest unexploited leads for hull-level material documentation are the Patrol Craft Material Inspection Reports (RG 38 P 1-E) and S39 insulation/lagging drawings; the ODU data file, Nashville Bridge construction records, and scrapping-contract records are also undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-martinez-pc1244-13