Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 876-packet.md (4 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-milledgeville-pc1263-pkt-876-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Milledgeville II (PC-1263) - construction, Normandy service narrative, 1956 naming, 1959 MAP transfer (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, spec block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull (the second Milledgeville): laid down by Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wis., '2 March 1942' [sic - see ev-08]; launched 19 April 1943; commissioned at New Orleans, La., 28 July 1943, Lt. R. S. Stevens, Jr., in command. Shakedown off eastern Florida; operated out of Miami to September 1943, then convoy escort New York-Guantanamo Bay for six months. Departed New York in convoy screen 25 March 1944, arrived Plymouth 19 April. Escorted LSTs and LCIs Plymouth-Falmouth; on D-Day 6 June escorted Convoy B-2 to Utah Beach positions and patrolled off the assault beaches; assigned DesRon 17, ASW and antiair patrols; early 9 June off the Saint-Marcouf Islands watched Meredith (DD-726) explode after a German glide-bomb hit, steamed to her assistance and embarked more than 100 survivors, transferring them to Tuscaloosa (CA-37). Continued patrol/screening off France; departed Europe 6 June, arrived Miami the 21st; New England from 20 October. Boston and Philadelphia 1946-48; Key West homeport from 1 August 1948; named Milledgeville 15 February 1956; decommissioned 16 February 1959; transferred to the Republic of China under MAP 1 July 1959, serving the Chinese Nationalist Navy as To Kiang (PC-125) 'into 1969.' Spec block: dp. 280; l. 173'8"; b. 23'; dr. 10'10"; s. 20 k.; cpl. 60; a. 1 3", 1 40mm., 3 20mm., 2 dct., 4 dcp.; cl. PC-461. One battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1969 (entry coverage)
- Population
- Leathem D. Smith construction trades (Sturgeon Bay, 1943); wartime and postwar crew (spec complement 60)
- Limitations
- Service history and specifications only - no asbestos or material content. The entry text carries 'surrender of Germany 7 May 1946' - a typographical error for 1945 (Germany surrendered 7 May 1945). Its laid-down year (1942) conflicts with this hull's documented order date and the same-yard build sequence - see correction row ev-08. Entry was written circa 1969-70 ('into 1969 serves'), so ROC-service end and final disposition come from other rows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-milledgeville-pc1263-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, Milledgeville (PC-1263) ex-PC-1263 - designation timeline, specifications, commanding officers (live navsource.net page, verified 2026-10-03; navsource.org is dead) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/011263.htm header block, specifications block, commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 2 March 1942 [sic - see ev-08] at Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI; launched 19 April 1943; commissioned USS PC-1263, 28 July 1943 at New Orleans, LA; named Milledgeville 15 February 1956; decommissioned 16 February 1959; transferred 1 July 1959 under the Military Assistance Program to the Republic of China at Key West, FL, renamed To Kiang (PC-125); 'Decommissioned and struck from the Navy list 16 January 1971'; fate unknown. Specifications: displacement 450 t.; length 173'8"; beam 23'; draft 10'10"; speed 20.2 kts.; complement 65; armament one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, one 40mm gun, five 20mm guns, two depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks, two rocket launchers; propulsion two 2,880bhp Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel engines (Serial No. 833285), Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts; call sign N-F-M-Z. Commanding officers listed include LT Ralph Stoddard Stevens, Jr. (28 Jul 1943) and LT Warren Mason Cone (April 1952).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1971
- Population
- Leathem D. Smith construction trades (1943); crew (1943-59); ROC Navy crew of To Kiang (1959-71)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry. Figures differ from the DANFS spec block for this hull: complement 65 vs 60 (class-wide figure vs hull block); armament five 20mm + two rocket launchers vs three 20mm (fits varied over the ship's career - see gaps); displacement 450 t (full load) vs 280 t (light). 'Struck from the Navy list 16 January 1971' is ambiguous between the US Naval Vessel Register and the ROC navy list. Contains no asbestos content; no hazmat or material record for the ROC-era disposal was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-milledgeville-pc1263-02
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[4]Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University - vessel registry record for PC-1263 (build data, service summary, name-ownership ledger, disposition note) [museum_official]
- Locator
- BGSU HCGL item 439205 - Registry and Rig, Dimensions and Tonnage, Vessel History, Vessel Names/Owners tables
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- University maritime-archive registry record for this hull: steel hull, 173.66' x 23' x 8'; built 1943 by Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI; commissioned 28 July 1943; 'Participated in Normandy Invasion, June 6, 1944. Served on East Coast-Caribbean areas, 1945-1959. Name assigned February 15, 1956. Decommissioned on February 16, 1959; transferred to Taiwan, July 1, 1959 under Military Assistance Program.' Vessel-name ledger: PC-1263 (USS Milledgeville) 1956-1959 US Navy; To Kiang (PC 125) 1959- Taiwanese Navy. Disposition: 'Dropped from Jane's Fighting Ships between 1969-1982; ultimate disposition unknown.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1982
- Population
- Construction trades, Sturgeon Bay (1943); crews 1943-1971
- Limitations
- Archival registry summary, not a material record - corroborates milestones and confirms ultimate disposition unknown. Contains no asbestos content; 'Date Built 1943' is consistent with either laid-down variant (see ev-08) and does not resolve it.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-milledgeville-pc1263-03
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[5]NARA Catalog, RG 24 Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations (VA Blue Water Navy deck-log digitization) - approx. 280 file units titled 'Milledgeville (PC-1263)' covering 1956-1959; example NAID 181885393 (February 1959, the decommissioning month) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search "PC-1263" deck log (280 file units); NAID 181885393 verified live 2026-10-03
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized deck logs for this hull are publicly accessible in the NARA Catalog: approx. 280 file units under 'Milledgeville (PC-1263)' spanning January 1956 - February 1959 (Key West training-service era), scanned under the VA Blue Water Navy deck-log project, with page images online. Example verified live: NAID 181885393, 'Milledgeville (PC-1263) - February 1959.' Deck logs can bracket dates when the ship underwent work and are the narrowing tool NARA itself recommends before pulling Bureau of Ships correspondence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1956-1959
- Population
- Crew and any yard trades during 1956-59 Key West operations (as bracketed by logs)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only. NARA's own asbestos-research guide states deck logs and muster rolls 'do not provide any information on the use of or presence of asbestos in Navy ships or ship components' - they can date work periods but contain no material content. Observed coverage is 1956-59; whether the WWII-era (1943-45) logs are also digitized was not confirmed. Page-level content was not reviewed; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-milledgeville-pc1263-04
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[6]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' - official research guide identifying the record series where hull-level material documentation could exist [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov asbestos guided-topic page, 'General Information Books' and 'Material Inspection Reports' sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official asbestos-research guide treats 'the use of asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel from 1941-1961' as an established research topic - a window covering this hull's entire USN career - and identifies the record series for patrol craft specifically: RG 19, Entry P 12, Series: Patrol Craft General Information Books [Item S-68], 1902-1955 (NAID 1275932); and RG 38, Entry P 1-E, Series: Patrol Craft Material Inspection Reports and Related Documentation, 1940-1978 (NAID 2092723). Bureau of Ships correspondence for the private builder would file under QM/<contractor> in RG 19.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1940-1978 (series coverage)
- Population
- Not a population record - identifies where construction/material records for this hull could exist
- Limitations
- Research-pathway documentation - names record series, not contents. The guide itself notes the GIBs are incomplete ('there is not a GIB for each ship'); whether a GIB or material-inspection file survives for PC-1263 specifically is unverified. None of these series is digitized; all remain open archival leads requiring on-site pull at NARA College Park.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-milledgeville-pc1263-05
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[7]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block (PC-461 class); NavSource specifications (two Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesels, Westinghouse reduction gear, 2 shafts); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide asbestos-use documentation (see ev-07); NARA asbestos research guide 1941-1961 framing (see ev-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NavSource specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; NARA asbestos guide
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1943-built 173-ft steel patrol craft with a diesel plant sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small combatant of this type and period were thermal insulation around engines, diesel exhaust manifolds and muffler/uptake runs, machinery gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and brake linings on winches and windlass gear. As a diesel craft she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of larger combatants does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1971
- Population
- Leathem D. Smith construction trades (1943); USN crew (1943-59); yard/base trades at availabilities; ROC Navy crew (1959-71); unknown disposal workforce
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, General Information Book, work package, or material list located for PC-1263. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution, no present-day relevance (hull's ultimate disposition unknown).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-milledgeville-pc1263-06
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[8]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 (1943) and USN service era (1943-59).
- 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, confirmed 2026-10-03) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-milledgeville-pc1263-07
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[9]Laid-down date cross-check: uboat.net warship record for USS PC-1263 (ordered 18 May 1942; laid down 2 Mar 1943; launched 19 Apr 1943; commissioned 28 Jul 1943) vs DANFS/NavSource '2 March 1942'; NavSource sister-hull record PC-1262 (same yard: laid down 21 Jan 1943, launched 27 Mar 1943, commissioned 29 Jun 1943) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/8790.html data table; navsource.net/archives/12/011262.htm (PC-1262) header block; DANFS milledgeville-ii entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the laid-down year carried by DANFS and NavSource - 2 March 1942 - is assessed as a typographical error. uboat.net records the hull ordered 18 May 1942 and laid down 2 March 1943, an internally consistent timeline (order precedes laying). The same-yard build sequence supports 1943: adjacent hull PC-1262 was laid down 21 January 1943, launched 27 March 1943, commissioned 29 June 1943 - running almost exactly one month ahead of PC-1263 on every milestone. A March-1942 laying would precede the order date itself and imply a ~13.5-month build for a craft type the yard was completing in roughly 2-4 months (PC-1262: ~2 months lay-to-launch). Date carried in this record: 1943-03-02.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1943
- Limitations
- Corrects a construction date, not a material claim. The 1943-03-02 value rests on uboat.net secondary sourcing corroborated by the sister-hull sequence and order-date logic; no primary construction record (builder's ways record, contract file, NVR) was located to settle it definitively. DANFS remains the official-source variant.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-milledgeville-pc1263-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 sweep (4 base queries + 3 asbestos-qualified variants, authenticated, 2026-10-03): "USS Milledgeville" o=1/r=41; "PC-1263" o=937/r=6118; asbestos variants "USS Milledgeville asbestos" r=11, "PC-1263 asbestos" o=34/r=425. Asbestos-docket hits include Krik v. Crane Co., No. 1:10-cv-07435 (N.D. Ill., '28:1332 Diversity-Asbestos Litigation', filed 2010-11-18, terminated 2015-08-25) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 /search/ responses, --limit 20: "USS Milledgeville" opinion count 1 / docket count 41; "PC-1263" opinion count 937 / docket count 6118; "USS Milledgeville asbestos" docket count 11; "PC-1263 asbestos" opinion count 34 / docket count 425 (raw JSON responses retained in worktree cl-results/, not committed per batch precedent; classification table in BATCH-7758-REPORT.md)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation sweep outcome for this hull: ZERO qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS Milledgeville or PC-1263 located. Every base-query hit is a name collision, not a vessel reference - 'Milledgeville' matches the Georgia city (Central State Hospital recital in Hittson v. GDCP Warden, 11th Cir. 2014, the sole name-opinion hit; the 41 name-docket hits are Georgia bankruptcies, habeas matters, and Oconee Regional - the Milledgeville hospital), and 'PC-1263' matches cause/docket-number fragments (the 937 opinion hits are dominated by Bexar County, Texas probate cause '2001-PC-1263' in the Estate of Johnnie Mae King orders; the 6,118 docket hits are number fragments across unrelated matters). The asbestos-qualified variants surface genuine asbestos dockets (MDL-875; Krik v. Crane Co., N.D. Ill.; Siegfried v. 3M, C.D. Cal.) in which the literal token 'PC-1263' occurs in indexed docket text - whether it appears as a vessel name in a complaint ship-list or as a number fragment is unverified; the public index does not expose the match context.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03 (search date)
- Population
- Unverified from index
- Limitations
- Litigation-stage discipline applied: base-query collisions are fully classified; the variant hits are at most unverified indexed-text occurrences - even if a complaint ship-list named this hull, that would be a pleading-stage allegation, not a finding. The Krik docket is the same N.D. Ill. asbestos docket a prior batch logged for USS Laffey (DD-724); a veteran's vessel-list containing 'PC-1263' is plausible but unconfirmed - RECAP/PACER pull of the underlying entries is the open lead. 'USS Milledgeville' ambiguity: any genuine vessel naming would also need disambiguation from PF-94 (Tacoma-class, the first Milledgeville). No merits-stage exposure record for this hull exists in the sources searched.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-milledgeville-pc1263-09
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[11]Batch-7758 search ledger (this record): live DANFS page; NavSource.net archive; BGSU HCGL registry; uboat.net warship record; NARA catalog (280 digitized deck-log file units); NARA asbestos research guide; shipbuildinghistory.com build list; NVR (pre-1987 exclusion); GAO product page (403-blocked full text); CourtListener authenticated sweep (7 queries, all hits classified); secondary web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-milledgeville-pc1263-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum or government material record, or verified litigation naming USS Milledgeville (PC-1263) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener was fully swept this session: all returned hits are name collisions (Georgia city; probate/docket-number fragments) or unverified indexed-text tokens in unrelated asbestos dockets - no qualifying case names this hull. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying record; only law-firm marketing listicles assert asbestos aboard patrol craft generally, without primary sourcing - 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 - a 1943 steel combatant built inside the Navy's documented asbestos era reasonably carried era-standard materials, and her wartime crew worked those spaces; this record simply found no public documentation either way. Undigitized leads remain (RG 19 P 12 patrol-craft GIBs, RG 38 P 1-E material inspection reports, builder's QM correspondence, RECAP docket text). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-milledgeville-pc1263-10