Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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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-1192-pc1192-pkt-865-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, PC-1192 page (timeline, specifications, propulsion, striking, disposal) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/011192.htm header block, specifications block, and DANFS-availability note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 13 June 1942 by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY; launched 8 August 1942; commissioned 26 November 1942; decommissioned 28 March 1946; struck from the Naval Register 8 May 1946; transferred to the War Shipping Administration 18 June 1948 and sold; 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 mount, five 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, two depth charge tracks; propulsion two 1,440 bhp Hooven-Owen-Rentschler R-99DA diesel engines, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts. Call sign Nan-Queen-Baker-Peter. Page states 'There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-1192.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Consolidated Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); crew (1942-46); any disposal/merchant workforce (1948-forward)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestones are consistent with the primary deck-log record but are themselves secondary. Displacement/speed figures conflict with the HyperWar tabulation (280 t., 18 kts.) - standard vs full-load variants, carried in gaps. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1192-pc1192-01
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[3]HyperWar, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945: USS PC-1192' (transcription of Navy ship-list data; class, builder, commissioning, disposal) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar USN/ships/PC/PC-1192.html ship-list entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Corroborating ship-list entry for this hull: 'PC-461 class Submarine Chaser ... Built at Consolidated Ship Building Corp., New York, and commissioned 26 November 1942. Turned over to the Maritime Commission 18 June 1948.' Tabulated figures: displacement 280 tons; length 173'8"; beam 23'; draft 10'10"; speed 18 knots; armament 1-2 3"/50; complement 65; diesel engines.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Limitations
- Transcribed official ship-list tabulation - corroborates builder, commissioning, and disposal transfer but gives no service narrative. Displacement (280 t.) and speed (18 kts.) conflict with NavSource (450 t., 20.2 kts.) - standard vs full-load variants, carried in gaps. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1192-pc1192-02
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[4]NARA, 'PC-1192, 11/26/42-3/28/46' (NAID 192293002), ship deck log, Textual Records, 383 images, digitized via Ancestry/Fold3-NARA partnership [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog NAID 192293002 (file unit; image set provided by Ancestry partnership, series DD00644)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The complete deck log of this hull - commissioning through decommissioning (26 November 1942 to 28 March 1946), 383 digitized images - is publicly available at the National Archives. This is the primary record set for her full wartime and disposal-era movements; the January-March 1943 portion also appears in the digitized RG 38 war-diary series (see ev-04), which was read page-level for this record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-11-26 to 1946-03-28
- Population
- Crew and any yard/base trades logged across 1942-1946
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the file unit is verified digitized and accessible, but only the Jan-Mar 1943 war-diary duplicate portion was read page-level; the April 1943-March 1946 movements, yard availabilities, and any material/maintenance entries in the remaining images were not reviewed. Deck logs record movements and events, not construction materials - they would not themselves document asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1192-pc1192-03
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[5]NARA, USS PC-1192 deck-log war diaries, RG 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (series NAID 4697018): NAID 134092984 (1/16/43-2/1/43, 18 images, micro serial 46787, roll A237); NAID 134108667 (2/2-28/43); NAID 134129070 (3/1-28/43) - read page-level [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 134092984 images 0370-0387 (16 Jan-1 Feb 1943 entries); NAID 134108667 image 0581 (3 Feb 1943, Trinidad mooring); NAID 134129070 image 0762 (2 Mar 1943, Gulf of Paria patrol/attack)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Primary deck-log narrative read from the digitized images: 16 January 1943 moored Berth A, Pier #2, Miami, Fla., training through Government Cut, outboard of PC-593; 17 January 1943 underway Miami for Key West 'for three days Sound School training in accordance with COMGULFSEAFRON Confidential dispatch 161518,' passing Fowey Rocks, Pacific Reef, Carysfort, Molasses Reef and Alligator Reef lights; 31 January 1943 steaming off Venezuela (Tortuga and Margarita Island bearings); 1 February 1943 joined a convoy on patrol station 'Dog' and escorted it through the Bocas del Dragones into the Gulf of Paria, securing at Pier 3, Section Base, Trinidad, B.W.I.; February-March 1943 Gulf of Paria anti-submarine patrols from Section Base Trinidad - on 2 March 1943 she made two four-charge depth-charge attacks (50 ft. settings) on a stationary submerged contact in 70 ft. of water, assessed in-log as 'probably indicating object was a coral pinnacle,' then moored alongside PC-495 and later sortied with PC-489 and PC-492 under Escort Vessel Administrator, Trinidad, orders to search for a submarine sighted by an Army plane at 10 deg 59'N 62 deg 05'W. Watch officer signatures include N. M. Goodhue (navigator/approving officer), R. E. Hecht Jr., G. V. Davis, K. L. Graham, D. R. Collar.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-01-16 to 1943-03-28
- Population
- PC-1192 crew (1943); convoy escort population; Section Base Trinidad complement
- Limitations
- Primary-source movements for Jan-Mar 1943 only; the digitized war-diary series for this hull ends 28 March 1943 in the catalog. The 2 March 1943 depth-charge attack was inconclusive per the log itself - it must not be described as a confirmed submarine engagement. Deck logs do not document construction materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1192-pc1192-04
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[6]NHHC, UA 570.28 Susan Freel Collection (accession UA 570) - photographs of the WWII naval service of Ensign Marion Francis Freel aboard USS PC 1192 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC donations catalog page, Description field, accession UA 570 / catalog UA 570.28
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC holds a donated photograph collection for this hull: 'Photographs of Naval service of Marion Francis Freel. Freel served as an Ensign during WWII on USS PC 1192. Images include Freel at various locations onboard ship, group photos of sailors, sailors in review, views of the ship docked, other Patrol Craft (1240, 1199, 1216, 1207) lined up next to one another in dock & group photo of ship's officers and crew. Several photos have notations of individuals and comments on the back.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1946 (service period)
- Population
- Ens. Marion F. Freel and PC-1192 shipmates (WWII)
- Limitations
- Collection-level catalog description only; individual images are not digitized on the page and were not reviewed. Photographs document people and the vessel, not materials - no asbestos content. Page verified live 2026-10-03 (history.navy.mil rejects default curl user-agents but serves browsers normally).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1192-pc1192-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (PC-461 class, diesel plant, 1942 build); NavSource class index (362 WWII-built PCs in the class number series PC-461-496/542-627/776-826/1077-1265, this hull in the last); GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy-wide asbestos insulation use through early 1970s - see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; NavSource submarine chaser class index (12/01idx.htm, PC-461 class paragraph); GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled patrol craft built in 1942 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard asbestos applications aboard a patrol craft of this type and period were thermal insulation, machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, fireproofing, and deck coverings in the confined hull volume. As a diesel-powered vessel 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
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Consolidated Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); crew (1942-46); base/yard trades during Miami, Key West, and Trinidad availabilities
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for PC-1192. 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-1192-pc1192-06
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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 construction (1942) and entire service era (1942-46).
- 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-pc-1192-pc1192-07
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[9]Batch-7688 search ledger (this record): NavSource; HyperWar; NARA catalog (deck log NAID 192293002; war diaries NAIDs 134092984/134108667/134129070); NHHC collections (UA 570.28); NHHC DANFS search; NVR; MARAD trace; Patrol Craft Sailors Association site; CourtListener (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-pc-1192-pc1192-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming PC-1192 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). No DANFS entry exists for this hull. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried - API returned HTTP 429 with ~2.8-hour reset (daily quota exhausted under the shared fleet limiter); logged as blocked, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no law-firm marketing content naming this hull.
- 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). The digitized deck log and any builder or WSA disposition records are unreviewed leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1192-pc1192-08