Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 867-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (hull number, name, and class confirmed by two independent sources).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-pc-1202-pc1202-pkt-867-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, PC-1202 page - class, build, commissioning, Dominican transfer, specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/011202.htm - class heading, milestone list, and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 2 January 1943 by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Co., Morris Heights, NY; launched 27 February 1943; commissioned USS PC-1202 on 23 June 1943; transferred to the War Shipping Administration 10 December 1947, sold to the Dominican Republic and named Capitan Wenceslao Arvelo (P 102); renamed and reclassified Patria (P 202); placed out of service in 1962; fate unknown. Page states 'There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-1202' and 'No image of PC-1202 is available.' Call sign NQHC. Specifications: 450 t.; 173'8" x 23' x 10'10"; 20.2 kts.; complement 65; one 3"/50 DP mount, one 40mm, five 20mm, two rocket launchers, two depth-charge tracks; two 1,440bhp Hooven-Owen-Rentschler R-99DA diesels (Serial No. 7005 and 7006), Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1962
- Population
- Consolidated Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); USN crew ~65 (1943-46); Dominican Navy crew (1947-62)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track NVR/DANFS practice but the page is this hull's most complete single source. No decommissioning or strike date is listed. Contains no asbestos content. The P-202 pennant for Patria conflicts with Jane's 1962-63 (which retains P 102) - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1202-01
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[3]Jane's Fighting Ships 1960-61, Dominican Republic section (Internet Archive scan) - corvette/patrol-vessel list, builder attributions, pennant numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- Jane's 1960-61, Dominican Republic section, '3 Ex-U.S. PC Type' patrol-vessel entry (archive.org full text)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous published fleet listing documents this hull in Dominican service: under '3 Ex-U.S. PC Type' patrol vessels the 1960-61 edition lists 'CAPITAN WENCESLAO ARVELO (ex-PC 1202, 27 Feb. 1943)' alongside 27 DE FEBRERO (ex-PC 613) and CIBAO (ex-PC 1597). Jane's notes: 'Ex-United States patrol vessels (submarine chasers). Launch dates above. Built by Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, Fla.; Consolidated S.B. Corp., Morris Heights, N.Y.; and Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pa., respectively, laid down on 7 July 1942, 2 Jan. 1943, and 26 Feb. 1942, completed ... 23 June 1943 ... Pennant Nos. P 101, P 102, and P 103, respectively.' - confirming ex-PC 1202 identity, builder, laid-down and completion dates, and Dominican pennant P 102 as of the 1960-61 edition.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1947-1961 (listing window)
- Population
- Dominican Navy crew (1947-62)
- Limitations
- Jane's is a secondary published reference, not a registry - but contemporaneous and independent of NavSource. Jane's lists 'ex-PC 1202' explicitly; a later secondary source (naval-encyclopedia.com) misattributes this Dominican ship to ex-PC 1207 (see ev-09). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1202-02
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[4]Jane's Fighting Ships 1962-63, Dominican Republic section (Internet Archive scan) - renamed list entry and discard notice [other_primary]
- Locator
- Jane's 1962-63, Dominican Republic section, '3 Ex-U.S. PC Type' patrol-vessel entry and notes (archive.org full text)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The 1962-63 edition lists the same three-ship Dominican section as '27 DE FEBRERO (ex-PC 613)', 'PATRIA (ex Capitan Wenceslao Arvelo, ex PC 1202, 27 Feb. 1943)', and 'CONSTITUCION (ex Cibas, ex-Engage, ex-PC 1597)'; notes read 'Pennant Nos. P 101, P 102, and P 103, respectively. Patria will be discarded in 1962. Renamed in 1962.' Dominican-service data in that edition: 280 tons standard (450 full load); diesels, 2 shafts, 3,750 bhp = 22 kts; complement 50. Documents the ex-PC 1202 -> Capitan Wenceslao Arvelo -> Patria name chain and that the rename and discard both fell in 1962.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1961-1962 (edition)
- Population
- Dominican Navy crew (to 1962); breakers/disposal workers (1962, undocumented)
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous secondary reference. 'Renamed in 1962' / 'will be discarded in 1962' are Jane's editorial notes - a compilation (shipbuildinghistory.com) instead gives 'Patria 1957, struck 1961'; Jane's 1960-61 still showed the Arvelo name, so the rename postdates that edition's compilation. Dominican-era machinery figures (3,750 bhp/22 kts; complement 50) differ from the US spec block (2 x 1,440 = 2,880 bhp/20.2 kts; complement 65) - re-engining vs Jane's error unresolved, carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1202-03
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[5]NARA file unit 'PC-1202, 6/23/43-1/10/46' (NAID 192255635), RG 24 Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, series 'Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities' - digitized, 253 images, microfilm Roll 5973 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog NAID 192255635 - file-unit title, dates, and copy-1 microfilm container (Roll 5973)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific primary records exist and are digitized: the hull's muster rolls run continuously from commissioning (23 June 1943) to 10 January 1946 - 253 images, access and use unrestricted, digitized via the NARA-Ancestry partnership. Muster-roll coverage ending 10 January 1946 is consistent with inactivation/decommissioning in early January 1946 (sister PC-1207 decommissioned at Norfolk on that exact date per NavSource); the Navy-side record of this hull ends there even though disposal to the Dominican Republic did not occur until December 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- USN crew of PC-1202 on the rolls, 23 June 1943 - 10 January 1946
- Limitations
- Archival lead: the catalog record establishes that crew muster rolls for this hull exist and end 10 January 1946; individual names, ratings, and final-crew disposition are on the images but were not transcribed this session. The muster-roll end date is strong circumstantial evidence of early-1946 inactivation but is not itself a decommissioning record - the formal decommissioning document was not located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1202-04
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[6]NARA catalog full-text search '"PC-1202"' - matching WWII war-diary file units of Caribbean Sea Frontier commands and escorted-ship diaries [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search '"PC-1202"' (202 file-unit hits, 2026-10-03); NAIDs listed in finding_value
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA catalog indexing (OCR text of digitized microfilm plus metadata) returns 'PC-1202' references inside WWII war diaries of Caribbean Sea Frontier commands: NOB Guantanamo Bay / Guantanamo Sector war diaries for 9/43, 1/44, 9/44, 10/44, 11/44, 12/44, 1/45, 7/45, and 8/45 (NAIDs 78187977, 78286251, 134363858, 78654479, 78692083, 139808792, 139922994, 101761957, 77494787); NOB Trinidad war diaries for 2/44, 5/44, 6/44, and 11/45 (NAIDs 78360304, 78465159, 78507347, 77576236); COMALLFOR Aruba-Curacao Sector 8/44 (NAID 78637012); NOB Key West 8/43 (NAID 78155264); plus escorted-ship or consort diaries - USS E. G. Chase 7/43 (NAID 134303734), USS Breckinridge 9/43 (NAID 78210718), USS Henry R. Kenyon 4/44 and 5/44 (NAIDs 78400360, 78445511), USS Paul Jones 2/45 (NAID 139891760). Pattern is consistent with convoy-escort/ASW employment between Key West, Guantanamo Bay, Trinidad, and the Aruba-Curacao sector across September 1943 - November 1945.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- PC-1202 crew on Caribbean escort duty; crews of escorted shipping
- Limitations
- OCR/index-level evidence: the catalog matched the phrase 'PC-1202' inside these file units; page-level verification of each mention was not performed, and a small number of matches could be OCR misreads. Operating-area reconstruction is inference from which commands' diaries mention the hull - no action, sinking, or specific convoy assignment is asserted. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1202-05
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[7]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS PC-1202 (PC-1202) entry - order date and 'decommissioned in 1947' disposal line [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/8729.html - data table and history line
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- uboat.net's warship database records: 'Ordered 27 Feb 1942; Laid down 2 Jan 1943; Launched 27 Feb 1943; Commissioned 23 Jun 1943; End service 1947. History: Decommissioned in 1947 and transferred to the Dominician Republic being renamed Capitan Wenceslao Arvelo.' Built by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, New York. Adds the contract/order date (27 February 1942) not shown by NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- USN crew (1943-46)
- Limitations
- Secondary specialist database, not a registry. 'Decommissioned in 1947' is a year-only line that conflicts with the NARA muster-roll cutoff of 10 January 1946 - 1947 more likely reflects the disposal/transfer year than the decommissioning date (carried in gaps). No commands or events are listed for this hull. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1202-06
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[8]shipbuildinghistory.com (Colton), Consolidated Shipbuilding / Gas Engine & Power / Charles L. Seabury yard table, Morris Heights NY - hull 3132 entry and yard history [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com consolidated.htm - yard-history paragraph + hull table row 3132
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Yard-table documentation: PC-1202 was Consolidated Shipbuilding yard hull no. 3132, 463-ton-displacement 173-ft sub chaser, delivered/commissioned 23 June 1943, 'To the Dom. Rep. 1947 as Capitan Wenceslao Arvelo (P 202), Patria 1957, struck 1961.' Yard context: Consolidated Shipbuilding was formed in 1920 from Gas Engine & Power Co. (est. 1885) and Charles L. Seabury Co. (est. 1889); the Morris Heights yard stood on Matthewson Road at the southern end of what is now Roberto Clemente State Park; after WWII the firm bought the Robert Jacob and B. F. Wood yards on City Island, closed Morris Heights, and ceased active boatbuilding in 1958. Consolidated built 51 of the 341-ship PC-461 program.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1962 (hull); 1885-1958 (yard)
- Population
- Consolidated Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); Dominican crew (1947-62)
- Limitations
- Independent secondary compilation by a recognized shipbuilding-history researcher. Its Dominican dates for this hull ('Patria 1957, struck 1961') conflict with Jane's editions (Arvelo still listed 1960-61; 'Renamed in 1962 ... will be discarded in 1962') - carried in gaps; Jane's is given more weight as a contemporaneous source. The yard is a private WWII-program builder; no government asbestos survey of Consolidated Morris Heights was located (only law-firm marketing pages exist - excluded). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1202-07
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[9]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (Hooven-Owen-Rentschler R-99DA diesels, Westinghouse gear); PC-461-class design record (diesel drive, hull-side exhausts, 173-ft steel hull); GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-08); WWII Navy material standards of the 1942-43 construction window [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; PC-461 class design record; GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-08)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 173-ft diesel submarine chaser built January-June 1943 sits squarely inside the Navy's asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a patrol craft of this type and period were thermal insulation and lagging on diesel engine exhaust lines and silencers, asbestos-fiber gaskets and valve/stem packing in fuel, lube, and water systems, electrical insulation and arc-resistance materials, and insulation in accommodation and messing spaces. As a diesel vessel she carried no steam plant - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam ships does not apply; the relevant exposure surface is machinery-space exhaust lagging, gaskets, packing, and hull-wide insulation in a small, crowded hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1962
- Population
- Consolidated Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); USN crew ~65 (1943-46); Dominican Navy crew (1947-62); 1962 disposal workers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, shipyard work package, or survey located for PC-1202. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1202-08
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[10]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 entire construction (1943) and US/Dominican service era (1943-62).
- 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 - standing defect noted in batches 01 and 98); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1202-09
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[11]Cross-check of Dominican transfer identity: Jane's 1960-61 ('ex-PC 1202') and NavSource (PC-1202 -> Capitan Wenceslao Arvelo) vs naval-encyclopedia.com ('ex-PC 1207'); NavSource PC-1207 page (Sea Belle disposition) [other_primary]
- Locator
- naval-encyclopedia.com Dominican Republic section; NavSource 12/011207.htm (PC-1207 disposition); Jane's 1960-61 and 1962-63 Dominican lists
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: at least one secondary compilation (naval-encyclopedia.com, 'Minor cold war & Modern Navies') renders the Dominican Patria as 'ex-Capitan Wenceslao Arvelo, ex-PC 1207, 1947, discarded 1962'. That is a hull-number error: Jane's Fighting Ships 1960-61 and 1962-63 explicitly give 'ex-PC 1202', NavSource documents PC-1202 -> Capitan Wenceslao Arvelo (P 102) -> Patria (P 202), and NavSource separately documents PC-1207 as the ship sold to Wilson Lines in 1948 and converted to the excursion vessel Sea Belle - never Dominican. The correct chain is PC-1202 -> Capitan Wenceslao Arvelo -> Patria.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1947-1962
- Limitations
- Corrects a circulating identity error, not a material claim. Jane's and NavSource agree on PC-1202; the naval-encyclopedia figure is a lone secondary misreading. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1202-10
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[12]Batch-7698 search ledger (this record): NavSource page; DANFS/NHHC (404, none exists); NVR (pre-1987 disposal, none exists); NARA catalog (muster rolls + war-diary hits); Jane's 1960-61 and 1962-63; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory.com; PCSA; secondary web litigation sweep; CourtListener (blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-pc-1202-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS PC-1202 / Capitan Wenceslao Arvelo / Patria was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated helper reported daily-quota exhaustion (server Retry-After ~2.4h, which the helper treats as the daily quota); logged as blocked in search_ledger, not a negative result. The only 'asbestos' web material naming the builder yard is law-firm marketing content (levylaw.com 'Asbestos Exposures: Consolidated Shipbuilding' and similar) - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - WWII-construction PCs of this class were built in the Navy's asbestos-use era. The litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (throttled, not run). NARA muster rolls and Caribbean war diaries are the open archival leads; Dominican-era records are not in US repositories. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1202-11