Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 865-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-1185-pc1185-pkt-865-packet-md
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[2]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PC-1185 row; commission and end-date columns
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA's Special List #44 ship-number index lists PC-1185 with a commission date of 4/24/1944 and an end-date entry of 6/30/1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The index supports the listed dates but does not state the builder, launch date, wartime movements, decommissioning, transfer, Thai service, target sinking, or asbestos condition. The end-date column is not treated as a complete final-disposition record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1185-pc1185-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, PC-1185 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PC-1185 chronology block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's PC-1185 archive identifies this PC-461-class submarine chaser as laid down 26 March 1943 by Gibbs Gas Engine Co. at Jacksonville, Florida; launched 27 August 1943; commissioned USS PC-1185 on 24 April 1944; transferred to the War Shipping Administration on 8 June 1948; sold to Thailand in 1952 as HTMS Phali (PC-4); and decommissioned on 30 September 1992 and sunk as a target.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- NavSource is a naval-history archive rather than an official Navy service file and states that no DANFS history is available for PC-1185. It does not give the target-sinking location, a U.S. Navy decommissioning date, or any asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1185-pc1185-02
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[4]NavSource Online, PC-1185 specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- PC-1185 specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource lists PC-1185's specifications as 280 tons light displacement and 450 tons full displacement, 173 feet 8 inches length, 23 feet beam, 19 knots, complement 65, and two Hooven-Owens-Rentschler RB-99DA diesel engines driving two shafts through Farrel-Birmingham single-reduction gear.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The specification block is not an asbestos survey or material list. It supports diesel propulsion and complement only; it does not establish insulation composition, asbestos-containing products, exposure, or remaining material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1185-pc1185-03
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights and scope description; published 1979-10-18
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 review concerns asbestos use in Navy ships and the Navy's removal/replacement policies for ship insulation, including a policy to remove and replace damaged insulation or insulation removed for repairs. This is Navy-wide and era-level context, not a finding about PC-1185.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The review studied Navy ship asbestos policy and shipyards, not PC-1185. It does not identify this hull, its products, quantities, locations, crew exposure, or condition in 1943-1948 or after Thai transfer.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1185-pc1185-04
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[6]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research; Historical Notes; RG 19 record-series discussion
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NARA's research guide explains that researchers investigating asbestos aboard U.S. naval vessels through 1961 may consult Bureau of Ships engineering records, including S39 insulation-and-lagging and S48 piping series, but expressly cautions that the identified record series do not themselves provide direct evidence of asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is a research method and archival lead, not evidence that PC-1185 contained asbestos. The relevant hull-level drawings or material records were not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1185-pc1185-05
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[7]Bounded research outcome from the source and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- See search ledger; CourtListener and Firecrawl entries are recorded as blocked, not no-result
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the accessible official and authoritative sources reviewed for this record; no asbestos exposure conclusion is made for PC-1185.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This negative finding is bounded by sources accessible and searches completed. It does not prove absence of asbestos or absence of litigation; the CourtListener sweep was interrupted by the authenticated fleet limiter and Firecrawl was unavailable.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1185-pc1185-06