Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 863-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-minden-pc1176-pkt-863-packet-md
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[2]Naval Sea Systems Command, Ship History (28 June 2011), PC-1176 entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 73, row 'Hull ID PC 1176 | Hull Name MINDEN | Rmvl Date 10-May-62 | Final Disposition MAP'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NAVSEA's inactive-ship history list identifies hull PC-1176 as MINDEN and records removal on 10 May 1962 with final disposition 'MAP.' This establishes the hull/name association in a Navy source, but the list does not state the receiving navy, a transfer date, or any asbestos information.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2011 list; historical removal date 1962
- Limitations
- The document was located and its indexed text reviewed, but NAVSEA returned HTTP 403 to direct retrieval on the verification date. It is a vessel-history source only: it does not document construction dates, disposition details beyond the MAP label, asbestos-containing material, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-minden-pc1176-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, Minden (PC 1176), ex-PC-1176 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser chronology and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's live PC-1176 page identifies the craft as Minden (ex-PC-1176), reports construction at Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co. in Sturgeon Bay, commissioning as PC-1176 on 20 November 1943, decommissioning on 23 May 1946, naming as Minden on 15 February 1956, striking on 1 July 1960, transfer to Venezuela in October 1960 as Petrel (P 05), and scrapping in 1978.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1978 reported vessel chronology
- Limitations
- The live page was verified, but it is a historical archive rather than an official Navy record. It does not document asbestos-containing material, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility. Its 1960 transfer chronology is not reconciled with the NAVSEA list's 1962 removal/MAP entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-minden-pc1176-05
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 Oct. 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product-page highlights; full report HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 review describes the Navy's asbestos-protection program, including removal and replacement policy for asbestos insulation in Navy ships. This is Navy-wide era documentation, not evidence that PC-1176/Minden contained asbestos or any particular product.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy review
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy asbestos-protection program reviewed by GAO
- Limitations
- The official GAO product page was located through the available search index, but direct retrieval returned HTTP 403 on the verification date. Its Navy-wide discussion does not name PC-1176, the PC-461 class, or Minden; it cannot support a ship-specific asbestos finding, quantity, location, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-minden-pc1176-02
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[5]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Sections 'Beginning Research,' 'Specification Files,' and 'Cartographic Branch (Includes Blueprints & Engineering Drawings)'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Navy asbestos research guide identifies the records and research methods needed to document whether a particular pre-1961 Navy vessel had asbestos material aboard, including RG 19 engineering drawings and insulation-and-lagging material group S39. No PC-1176 record was retrieved from those series in this batch.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1941-1961 Navy materiel research scope
- Limitations
- This is an archival research guide, not a record about Minden. It identifies potential repositories and does not establish material aboard PC-1176, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-minden-pc1176-03
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[6]CourtListener authenticated-search helper, quota response for exact-name search "USS Minden" [court_record]
- Locator
- 2026-10-03 helper response: 'DAILY QUOTA EXHAUSTED: server asked to wait 11203s (~3.1h). Do NOT retry CourtListener until after the reset.'
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos-litigation result was determined because the required authenticated CourtListener searches for the exact name and hull number could not complete: the helper reported the fleet-wide daily quota exhausted and directed a 11,203-second stand-down on the initial exact-name request. This is a research gap, not a finding that no litigation exists.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03 search attempt
- Limitations
- This documents an incomplete search caused by quota exhaustion; it is not a litigation disposition, no-result finding, or evidence about asbestos aboard the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-minden-pc1176-04