Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 869-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-1217-pc1217-pkt-869-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, PC-1217 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PC-1217 page, class/history bullets and specifications
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies PC-1217 as a PC-461-class submarine chaser built by Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, Connecticut; laid down 26 May 1943; launched 26 September 1943; and commissioned 27 April 1944. It gives a 450-ton displacement, 65-person complement, two Hooven-Owen-Rentschler R-99DA diesel engines, and two shafts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- PC-1217 crew and construction personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is a naval-history photo archive and does not document asbestos content, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility. Its technical figures are not a shipboard asbestos inventory.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1217-pc1217-01
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[3]HyperWar transcription, Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945, USS PC-1217 [other_primary]
- Locator
- USS PC-1217 entry, specifications and final bullet
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy vessel record transcription identifies PC-1217 as a PC-461-class patrol craft, built at Luders Marine Construction, commissioned 27 April 1944, with a 65-person complement, diesel engines, and two screws.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- PC-1217 crew
- Limitations
- This is a historical transcription rather than a current NHHC-hosted page and does not document asbestos materials, quantities, remaining material, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1217-pc1217-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF table entry for PC-1217
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's ship-number list records PC-1217 with a commission date of 4/27/1944 and a 5/31/1945 service-date entry.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- PC-1217 ship records
- Limitations
- The list is a logbook finding aid and does not describe the ship's asbestos materials, service activities, decommissioning, or final disposition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1217-pc1217-03
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[5]NavSource Online, PC-1217 disposition record [other_primary]
- Locator
- PC-1217 page, disposition bullets and image captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records PC-1217 struck from the Naval Register on 28 March 1946, scheduled as a bombing target but never used, transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 24 March 1948, and sold for scrap to Whitte Brothers Marine Scrap Yard at Rossville, Staten Island. It reports the hull still at the former scrap yard, then called Donjon Marine Yard, in February 2008.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946-2008
- Population
- PC-1217 hull after naval service
- Limitations
- The February 2008 location report does not establish present-day existence or location. It does not document asbestos condition, removal, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1217-pc1217-04
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[6]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guide, 'Beginning Research' and 'Historical Notes' sections
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No public ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or product record was located for PC-1217 in the non-litigation research pass. CourtListener litigation status remains blocked. NARA identifies S39 insulation-and-lagging and S48 piping records as research leads but states that the cited ship-engineering drawing series do not provide direct evidence of asbestos use or presence.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1961; research reviewed 2026-10-03
- Population
- Publicly accessible PC-1217 asbestos documentation
- Limitations
- This is a documented research negative, not proof that PC-1217 never contained asbestos. The guide identifies archival leads that were not retrieved here; absence from the searched public material does not establish absence aboard the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1217-pc1217-05
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[7]OPNAVINST 5100.19F, Asbestos Management [other_primary]
- Locator
- OPNAVINST 5100.19F, Section B, Chapter 1, paragraph 1(a)-(e)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Navy afloat safety guidance states generally that asbestos has been used aboard ships in thermal and acoustical insulation, pipe lagging, gaskets, electrical insulation, and packing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- historical Navy use; instruction dated 2019
- Population
- U.S. Navy shipboard operations
- Limitations
- General Navy guidance is context only and does not establish that any listed product was installed aboard PC-1217, in what quantity, at what location, or whether it remained aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1217-pc1217-06