Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 866-packet.md (1 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (never received a name)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-pc-1199-pc1199-pkt-866-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, PC-1199 page (timeline, specifications, propulsion, striking, disposal) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/011199.htm header block, specifications block, and DANFS-availability note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 24 October 1942 by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY; launched 2 January 1943; commissioned 17 May 1943; decommissioned 10 January 1946; struck from the Naval Register 19 June 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-George-Baker. Page states 'There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-1199' and no image of the vessel is held in the archive.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Consolidated Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-46); any disposal/merchant workforce (1948-forward)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestones are corroborated at commissioning/end points by the NARA muster-roll file-unit title (5/17/43-1/10/46) but are themselves secondary. The 450 t./20.2 kts. figures are full-load/service values; other compilations tabulate lighter standard figures for the class. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1199-pc1199-01
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[3]NARA, 'PC-1199, 5/17/43-1/10/46' (NAID 192254874), RG 24 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' (series NAID 594996), Container Roll 5970, microfilm reel 120-4139 (filmed 3 Mar 1947); 280 images digitized via Ancestry/Fold3-NARA partnership [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog NAID 192254874 (file unit); images read page-level: reel leader (START OF REEL NO. 120-4139, dated 3-3-47), BNP 605-B Report of Changes for month ending 17 May 1943 (pp. 1, 4), BNP 605-A Muster Roll of the Crew (pp. 1-2), Report of Changes for month ending 31 May 1943 (p. 1)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The complete muster-roll file unit of this hull - commissioning through decommissioning (17 May 1943 to 10 January 1946), 280 digitized images - is publicly available at the National Archives. Read page-level for the commissioning period: the Report of Changes for the month ending 17 May 1943 ('from commissioning') records 29 enlisted men received aboard 17 May 1943, each annotated 'RS Brooklyn, NY. to PC 1199 for duty.'; the Muster Roll of the Crew for the commissioning date 17 May 1943 lists the ship's enlisted complement (approx. 60 names over two pages, all received 17 May 1943); and the Report of Changes for the month ending 31 May 1943 records one transfer to RS Pier 92, New York, NY (25 May) and three receipts - from RS New York, NY (19 May), NTSch (QM) Newport, R.I. (22 May), and RS San Francisco, Cal. (22 May).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-05-17 to 1946-01-10
- Population
- PC-1199 crew (1943-1946); commissioning draft drawn principally from Receiving Station Brooklyn, NY
- Limitations
- Muster rolls are personnel rosters, not deck logs: they document who was aboard and when, not movements, operations, or construction materials - they do not themselves document asbestos. Only the commissioning-month and May 1943 month-end pages were read page-level; the June 1943-January 1946 rolls (the majority of the 280 images) were not reviewed and hold the full crew-turnover record. Officer names on the muster roll's officers' page were not extracted this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1199-pc1199-02
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[4]NARA catalog full-text search, '"PC-1199"' - 226 file-unit hits, predominantly RG 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (series NAID 4697018) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search '"PC-1199"' result list (226 results) and '"PC-1199" war diary' (112 results); page-level format check: NAID 78131513 images 1100 (17 Jul 1943 repairs page), 1115 (27 Jul 1943 arrivals/departures)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA catalog full-text indexing returns 'PC-1199' in the extracted text of more than 100 RG 38 war-diary file units, concentrated in Caribbean Sea Frontier / Gulf Sea Frontier commands: NOB Guantanamo Bay (monthly parts across Jul 1943-Dec 1945), NOB Key West (Jul 1943), NOB Trinidad Sector (Jun 1944; Sep and Oct 1945), COMALLFOR Aruba-Curacao (Jun 1944), COM 10 / COMCARIBSEAFRON (Feb and Apr 1945), plus vessel diaries CGC SPENCER (11/43-2/44), USS BRECKINRIDGE (Jul, Aug, Sep, Nov 1943), USS BARNEY (Jun 1944), USS LST-468 (Jul 1944). The pattern is consistent with Caribbean convoy-escort and patrol service from mid-1943 through 1945. Format verified page-level on the NOB Key West July 1943 diary (NAID 78131513), which logs daily vessel arrivals/departures and ship-repair/upkeep items by hull number.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (hit-date range)
- Population
- PC-1199 crew on Caribbean/Gulf stations (1943-1945)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the catalog's OCR index establishes that the string 'PC-1199' appears in these file units' extracted text; the matching pages were NOT read page-level (except format verification on NAID 78131513), so the operational detail behind each mention is unverified, and OCR hits can include misreads. No PC-1199-authored war diary file unit surfaced in the title field of results - the hits are mentions inside other commands' diaries. This is presence/movement evidence, not materials or asbestos documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1199-pc1199-03
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[5]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, including images of this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC donations catalog page, Description field, accession UA 570 / catalog UA 570.28
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC's catalog description of the donated Freel collection states the images include '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' - i.e., NHHC holds at least one photograph physically depicting this hull (PC-1199) docked alongside sister patrol craft, taken during Ensign Freel's WWII service aboard PC-1192.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (service period)
- Population
- Crew depicted during a wartime port call alongside PCs 1192/1240/1216/1207
- Limitations
- Collection-level catalog description only; the individual image(s) depicting PC-1199 are not digitized on the page and were not reviewed. Photographs document the vessel's physical presence, not materials - no asbestos content. Page verified live 2026-10-03 (history.navy.mil rejects default curl user-agents but serves browsers/firecrawl normally).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1199-pc1199-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications and PC-461 class index (362 WWII-built 173' steel-hulled PCs across PC-461-496 / PC-542-627 / PC-776-826 / PC-1077-1265, this hull in the last series; twin diesel, ~18 kts., dual-purpose 3"/50 and 40mm armament); GAO HRD-80-2 full text (see ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/011199.htm specifications block; NavSource submarine chaser class index (12/01idx.htm, '173' Steel Hull' / PC-461 class paragraphs); GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled patrol craft built in 1942-43 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 (1942-43); crew (1943-46); base/yard trades during stateside and Caribbean availabilities
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for PC-1199. 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-1199-pc1199-05
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[7]GAO, Navy's Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (B-163375, issued Oct 18, 1979; released Oct 22, 1979) - full text retrieved via gao.gov PDF extraction [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 transmittal letter and 'NAVY'S POLICY ON USE OF ASBESTOS' section (pp. 1-4 of the report PDF)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented Navy-wide shipboard asbestos use spanning this hull's construction and entire service era: 'although all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables, most ships delivered in the last several years or now under construction have little or no asbestos as thermal insulation, which was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships.' Product specifications for thermal insulation were changed in 1973 to asbestos-free materials, but 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978.' The Navy's removal policy was issued October 1975 (remove/replace only damaged or repair-required insulation), modified January 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas; a one-time fleet-wide removal program was rejected on an estimated $2 billion cost.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards fieldwork); asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull - PC-1199 (sold 1948) predates the survey's frame entirely. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to default curl user-agents; full text was retrieved this session via firecrawl extraction of the official PDF (gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1199-pc1199-06
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[8]Batch-7695 search ledger (this record): NavSource (hull page + class index); NARA catalog (muster-roll file unit NAID 192254874 read page-level at commissioning; RG 38 war-diary full-text hits); NHHC collections (UA 570.28); NHHC DANFS/site search; HyperWar ship list; NVR; MARAD trace; ww2pcsa.org; CourtListener (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-pc-1199-pc1199-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming PC-1199 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 ~2.5-hour server-requested wait (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 muster-roll remainder (Jun 1943-Jan 1946), the war-diary mentions (index-level only), builder records, and any WSA disposition file are unreviewed leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1199-pc1199-07