Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 862-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-pc-1167-pc1167-pkt-862-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, PC-1167 page - construction, service, disposal timeline; specifications; call sign; 'no DANFS' statement [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/011167.htm header block, specifications block, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: 'PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down 3 April 1943 by the Sullivan Dry Dock and Repair Co., Brooklyn, NY; Launched 3 July 1943; Commissioned USS PC-1167, 3 December 1943; Decommissioned in January 1947 and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group; Transferred to South Vietnam and named RVNS Van Kiep (HQ-03); Scrapped in 1965.' Spec block: displacement 280 t (lt), 450 t (fl); length 173'8"; beam 23'; draft 10'10"; speed 20.2 kts; complement 65; armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one 40mm gun mount, three 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks; propulsion two 1,440bhp General Motors 16-278A diesel engines (Serial No. 14236 and 14237), Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts. Call sign Nan-Peter-Jig-Queen. A photo caption places the hull in the Atlantic & Caribbean Sea Frontier on 26 February 1944. Page states outright: 'There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-1167.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1965
- Population
- Sullivan construction trades (1943); USN crew 1943-47 (complement 65); French crew 1951-56; RVN crew 1956-65
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track NVR/DANFS-era records but the 'Transferred to South Vietnam' line compresses the chain: NAVSEA records a MAP disposal 2 March 1951 and French lists document a 1951-56 Ardent interlude before RVN service (see ev-05, ev-06, ev-07). Contains no asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1167-pc1167-01
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[3]NHHC online photo catalog, NH 85477 - 'USS PC-1167' (World War II photo; courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1977) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC NH Series catalog, NH 85477 record page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Naval History and Heritage Command holds catalog photograph NH 85477 titled 'USS PC-1167,' captioned 'World War II photo' (date bracketed 1939-1945), accessioned courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1977 - official confirmation of hull identity and wartime service window. NHHC holds no DANFS entry for PC-1167; this catalog record is the only NHHC web presence for the hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (photo bracket)
- Population
- Wartime crew (1939-1945 bracket)
- Limitations
- Identity and service-window documentation only - a catalog photograph establishes the hull existed in USN service during WWII; it documents nothing about materials, asbestos content, yard work, or exposure. No DANFS narrative exists to extract further detail from.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1167-pc1167-02
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[4]NARA file unit NAID 192287976, 'PC-1167, 12/3/43-1/1/47' - microfilmed muster rolls of the crew of USS PC-1167, Roll 5939, National Archives at College Park (Ancestry-partnership scan, collection online) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 192287976; Roll 5939; images 32862_252125-00000.jpg (reel leader, filmed 3-3-47) and -00001.jpg (Q4-1943 muster roll cover)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized primary record for this hull: NARA file unit NAID 192287976 contains the ship's muster rolls for the full commissioned span, 3 December 1943 - 1 January 1947 (roll title handwritten 'comm. 12-3-43 to 1-1-47 final'). Direct image inspection this session: the 31 December 1943 quarterly roll cover sheet ('MUSTER ROLL OF THE CREW OF THE U.S.S. PC-1167') is certified by Executive Officer Ens. Charles E. Godfrey, USNR, and approved by Commanding Officer Richard A. Dow; forwarded 2 January 1944 from 'U.S.S. PC-1167, Fleet Post Office, New York, N.Y.' The roll corroborates the secondary-source command listing (uboat.net: Dow CO from 3 Dec 1943, Godfrey aboard as XO before assuming command mid-1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- All enlisted crew on rolls 12/1943-1/1947; plankowners incl. CO Richard A. Dow and XO Charles E. Godfrey
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the reel contains personnel muster rolls, not materials or maintenance records - it can support service-attribution for named individuals but contains no asbestos or materials content itself. Full span not page-inspected; only the 1943 quarterly cover and reel leader were image-verified. WWII deck logs for this hull were not located as a separate digitized NARA unit this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1167-pc1167-03
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[5]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, 1953, Part IV, Section 19 - Navy Occupation Service Medal eligible-units table (verbatim transcription, HyperWar/ibiblio) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards Manual Part IV Section 19, eligible-ships table, PC block ('PC 1167 ... A')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official awards documentation places this hull in the Pacific at war's end: the Navy Occupation Service Medal eligibility table lists 'PC 1167 | 7 Sep - 19 Oct 45 | A' - the ship's crew qualified for the medal in the Asiatic-Pacific area (column 'A'; duty 'in such parts of Japan and in such territories recognized as sovereign to Japan, and in such parts of Korea and such adjacent Islands as are recognized to be Korean' or supporting waters) for 7 September - 19 October 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Crew aboard 7 Sep - 19 Oct 1945
- Limitations
- Documents qualifying occupation-area presence, not port calls, combat, or itinerary - the table gives eligibility windows only and does not name a station or operation. No asbestos or materials content. Transcription mirror (ibiblio/HyperWar) of the official 1953 manual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1167-pc1167-04
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[6]NAVSEA SEA21 Inactive Ships, 'Ship History' tabulation (28 June 2011 edition) - PC block disposal entries [other_primary]
- Locator
- ship_history_28june2011.pdf, PC block, row 'PC 1167 | 2-Mar-51 | MAP'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's official inactive-ships disposal tabulation records: 'PC 1167 ... 2-Mar-51 ... MAP' - the hull left U.S. custody on 2 March 1951 under the Military Assistance Program. This is the U.S.-side disposal date; the MAP recipient was France (see ev-06), where she served as the escorteur cotier Ardent 1951-1956 before passing to the Republic of Vietnam Navy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1951
- Limitations
- Disposal-line entry only - gives date and program (MAP), not the recipient nation or a separate Naval Register strike entry; the France attribution comes from the escorteur lists at ev-06. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1167-pc1167-05
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[7]Wikipedia, 'List of escorteurs of France' (PC-461 block: 'Ardent (ex-USS PC-1167) 1951-1956'); corroborated by fr.wikipedia 'Classe PC-461' ('L'Ardent (ex-PC-1167) 1951-1956'), French veterans' forum anciens-cols-bleus (Ardent in Indochina, poster aboard through 1954), and Wikipedia 'List of ships of the Republic of Vietnam Navy' (RVNS Van Kiep HQ-03 ex-USS PC-1167, scrapped 1965, citing NavSource) [other_primary]
- Locator
- en.wikipedia List of escorteurs of France, PC-461 block; fr.wikipedia Classe PC-461 navy list; en.wikipedia List of ships of the RVN Navy, submarine-chaser table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Foreign-service chain for this hull (secondary sources, mutually consistent): France operated ex-PC-1167 as the escorteur cotier Ardent from 1951 to 1956 - the SECOND French Ardent of the type (the first, ex-PC-473, served 1944-45); French veteran recollections place Ardent in Indochina in 1955 and record her transfer to the Vietnamese navy circa 1956. The Republic of Vietnam Navy commissioned her as RVNS Van Kiep (HQ-03); she was scrapped in 1965. NavSource's 'Transferred to South Vietnam' compresses this US-France-RVN chain.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1951-1965
- Population
- French crew (1951-56); RVN crew (ca. 1956-65)
- Limitations
- All foreign-service detail rests on secondary compilations (Wikipedia lists, veterans' forums) - no French Navy roster page or RVN transfer document was located as a primary anchor; exact handover date (1955 vs 1956) unresolved, carried in gaps. Verification_status partial accordingly. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1167-pc1167-06
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[8]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), 'Sullivan Dry Dock, Brooklyn NY' yard construction table - PC-1167 row; mirrored at navalmarinearchive.com/sbh [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Sullivan yard table, PC-1167 row; yard-history paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION plus construction corroboration: the Sullivan yard table corroborates the build record (PC-1167, US Navy sub chaser, 280 LDT, 174 ft, delivered 3-Dec-43 - matching NavSource's commissioning date) and documents the yard (Fred Sullivan leased the former Todd repair yard at the head of Tebo Yacht Basin in 1937; 16 PC-461s built; closed 1947). BUT its disposition cell - 'To Free French 1944 as L'Ardent (P 535), to Vietnam 1953' - is wrong on dates: the Navy's own awards manual lists this hull in U.S. service through October 1945, NavSource records a January 1947 U.S. decommissioning, and NAVSEA records the MAP disposal on 2 March 1951. The 1944 Free French 'L'Ardent' conflates this hull with ex-PC-473 (the earlier French Ardent, 1944-45); 'P 535' is unverified and clashes with P635, the pennant of the later French-built Ardent (1958-79).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943 (build); 1944-1953 (erroneous disposition cell)
- Population
- Sullivan Dry Dock construction trades (1943)
- Limitations
- Builder's-yard secondary compilation - reliable for hull/delivery columns but demonstrably wrong in this row's disposition cell; cited specifically to record and correct the error, not to propagate it. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1167-pc1167-07
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[9]uboat.net Allied Warships database, USS PC-1167 (PC-1167) entry - order date and wartime commanding-officer list [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/8695.html - data block and commands table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary warship database entry for this hull: ordered 20 November 1942; laid down 3 April 1943; launched 3 July 1943; commissioned 3 December 1943 at Sullivan Dry Dock and Repair Co., Brooklyn. Wartime CO list: Lt.(jg) Richard A. Dow, USNR (3 Dec 1943 - mid 1944); Lt.(jg) Charles E. Godfrey, USNR (mid 1944 - mid 1945); Lt.(jg) Thomas V. Nichols, Jr., USNR (mid 1945 - Sep 1945); Lt.(jg) Wilbur H. Huber, USNR (Sep 1945 - early 1946). The Dec-1943 muster-roll cover (ev-03) independently shows Dow as CO and Godfrey as XO, partially corroborating the list.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Four named wartime COs; crew under their command
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained secondary database; the CO list is not primary-sourced on the page, and only the 1943 portion is corroborated by the muster roll inspected this session - later transitions rest on uboat.net alone. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1167-pc1167-08
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[10]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (two GM 16-278A diesels, reduction gear, two shafts - no steam plant); PC-461 class construction-era documentation (Wikipedia class article - 341 built 1941-44 across fourteen small yards incl. Sullivan); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era context (ev-10) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; PC-461 class construction program (secondary); GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel submarine chaser built April-December 1943 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a diesel small combatant of this type and period were engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, diesel exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and deck coverings, in a 174-foot hull with a complement of about 65 in confined spaces. She carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1965
- Population
- Sullivan construction trades (1943); USN crew 1943-47; French crew 1951-56; RVN crew 1956-65; 1965 shipbreakers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for PC-1167. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1167-pc1167-09
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[11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights block
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, including 'the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing asbestos from Navy ships, and compensation programs for asbestos-related disabilities'; the Navy's 1975 policy removed only damaged or repair-disturbed insulation, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - program-level documentation that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships through this hull's entire U.S. construction and service era (1943-47), and that asbestos-abatement policy was still being worked out decades later.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979 (report); Navy-era context 1940s-70s
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull - PC-1167 left U.S. custody in 1951 and the 1975/79 policies postdate her. Content via verified product-page highlights text; the 26-page full report PDF exists at gao.gov/assets but direct automated fetch of the PDF was not exercised this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1167-pc1167-10
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[12]Batch-7664 search ledger (this record): NavSource; NHHC photo catalog NH 85477; NARA catalog + image inspection; Navy & Marine Corps Awards Manual (HyperWar); NAVSEA ship_history; shipbuildinghistory.com; French/RVN ship lists; uboat.net; secondary web litigation sweep; CourtListener (blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-pc-1167-pc1167-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, donation condition, or verified litigation naming USS PC-1167 (or her French/RVN identities Ardent / Van Kiep HQ-03) was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated helper hit HTTP 429 with a multi-hour Retry-After (fleet-shared daily quota exhausted, ~3.2 h to reset); logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and, unusually, no law-firm ship-page content specific to this hull either.
- 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 search is a genuine open gap (throttled, not run). Deck logs (if digitized), French/RVN disposal records, and any 1965 scrapping record are unlocated leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1167-pc1167-11