Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 868-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-pc-1208-pc1208-pkt-868-packet-md
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[2]National Archives, Special List 44, by Ship Numbers, entry PC-1208 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 PDF, PC-1198 through PC-1218 table, PC-1208 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 identifies PC-1208 in the Navy logbook index and gives 25 November 1943 as the beginning of the listed logbook period and 30 June 1945 as its end.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-11-25 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- PC-1208 crew during indexed logbook period
- Limitations
- The list indexes logbooks; it supports the listed dates and hull identity but does not state construction details, complete service history, asbestos presence, exposure, product identity, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1208-pc1208-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, PC-1208 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PC-1208 page, class/timeline block and launching-image caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's hull page identifies PC-1208 as a PC-461-class submarine chaser, laid down 21 July 1943 by Consolidated Shipbuilding Co. at Morris Heights, New York; launched 15 September 1943; commissioned 25 November 1943; placed in Naval Reserve training service in July 1946 at the 3rd Naval District (New York); decommissioned 9 August 1946; transferred to the Republic of China on 26 July 1954 as Li Kiang (PC 111); and struck from the Navy Register 1 November 1970. The page credits its launching image to National Archives photo 19-N-51902.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1970
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew, 1943-1954; Republic of China Navy crew after transfer
- Limitations
- This is a live photographic archive and its timeline corroborates the NARA logbook index's 25 November 1943 start date; it is not a ship-specific asbestos survey, material inventory, abatement record, or litigation finding. Its listed complement and machinery specifications are not independently verified against a DANFS/NHHC history, which the page says is unavailable.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1208-pc1208-02
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct. 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page for report HRD-80-2; full text not retrieved
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO documented Navy-wide asbestos-insulation use and the Navy's asbestos-protection program; the report provides historical context for a vessel built in 1943, not a hull-specific material finding for PC-1208.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979 report; Navy-wide historical program context
- Population
- Navy workers and ships addressed by the GAO program review; not a PC-1208-specific population
- Limitations
- The live GAO product page was blocked to automated retrieval during this research session, so this row is retained only as a clearly bounded Navy-wide context lead. It does not establish that PC-1208 contained asbestos, identify any product or location aboard, establish exposure or causation, or support legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1208-pc1208-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search, required exact-name sweep for "USS PC-1208" [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py diagnostic: 'COURTLISTENER PACING: the fleet-wide request budget is momentarily spent' (2026-10-03)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No CourtListener result was obtained. The required authenticated exact-name opinion query was denied by the fleet-wide pacing limiter before the API returned a response; the required hull-number query was not sent after that stand-down instruction.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03 litigation research
- Limitations
- Blocked search is not a no-result finding and does not establish the absence of asbestos litigation. No anonymous or non-helper CourtListener request was made; no litigation classification can be assigned until the sweep is completed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1208-pc1208-04