Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 859-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (thin fate detail)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (thin fate detail)
- Evidence ID
- uss-pc-1132-pc1132-pkt-859-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Naval History, Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, PC-1132, live hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- PC-1132 hull page, chronology and specifications blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's PC-1132 hull page identifies PC-1132 as a PC-461-class submarine chaser. It states that Defoe Shipbuilding Corp. of Bay City, Michigan laid the vessel down on 5 November 1942, launched it on 29 December 1942, commissioned it on 10 August 1943, decommissioned it on 31 May 1946, struck it from the Naval Register on 16 September 1947, and destroyed it on 20 May 1948. The same page provides the cited propulsion specification: two 1,440 bhp General Motors 16-258S diesel engines, Farrel-Birmingham single-reduction gear, and two shafts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew and Defoe Shipbuilding workers
- Limitations
- NavSource is a naval-history compilation and the page states that no DANFS history is available for PC-1132. It does not document asbestos, materials aboard, individual exposure, repair scope, legal eligibility, or the circumstances of destruction.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1132-pc1132-01
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[3]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44, by Ship Numbers, PC-1132 entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 67, PC-1132 row; coverage 8/10/1943-6/30/1945
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives' Special List 44, by Ship Numbers, lists PC-1132 with Navy deck-log coverage from 10 August 1943 through 30 June 1945. This is a ship-specific archival lead under the PC-1132 designation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-08-10 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew recorded in deck logs
- Limitations
- The finding aid establishes record coverage, not the contents of the logs. The underlying logs were not retrieved and this row does not establish asbestos presence, a voyage, maintenance work, personnel exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1132-pc1132-02
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy's Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Report summary and Navy's policy/use discussion, pp. 1-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO's Navy asbestos review states that the Navy reported all ships contained some asbestos in components such as clutches and electric cables, and that thermal insulation was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships. PC-1132 was built and commissioned during the period addressed by the report, so this is era-level context for research prioritization only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979 report concerning Navy asbestos policy and use
- Population
- Navy ships and shipyard workers covered by the GAO review
- Limitations
- The GAO report concerns Navy ships and shipyards at program level; it does not name PC-1132, its builder, its class, or any particular installation aboard this hull. It cannot establish ship-specific asbestos presence, quantity, condition, disturbance, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility. Direct automated retrieval of the GAO PDF returned HTTP 403 on the access date; the report text was available in the authoritative web-search result, but direct full-text retrieval remains an access gap.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1132-pc1132-03
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[5]BATCH-7646 search ledger for USS PC-1132 / PC-1132 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-pc-1132-pc1132-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazardous-material disclosure, product-identification record, or completed asbestos-litigation result was located in the authoritative-source searches documented in this record. The CourtListener search is not a negative result because the authenticated helper reported a fleet-shared daily-quota stand-down before the exact-name and hull-number sweep could be completed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is a finding about the public records searched, not proof that asbestos was absent aboard PC-1132. CourtListener litigation status remains an open gap because the required authenticated search was blocked; no litigation classification is inferred from the absence of a returned result.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1132-pc1132-04