Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]research packet 877-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-1253-pc1253-pkt-877-packet-md
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[2]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Search-result excerpt for table entry PC 1253; verify against the live NHHC page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NHHC fleet organization listing dated 1 May 1945 includes PC 1253 and identifies Lt. (jg) R. B. Bell (USNR) with the entry.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Limitations
- An organization listing is a dated snapshot; it does not establish the vessel's full operational history, construction particulars, or asbestos content. The page was discoverable in NHHC search results but its content could not be opened through the available page reader during this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1253-pc1253-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List No. 44, Logbooks of the U.S. Navy, by Ship Number [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 67, table row PC-1253
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's ship-number logbook list includes PC-1253 with dates 4/1/1943 and 6/30/1945, identifying a ship logbook coverage interval in the finding aid.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-04-01 to 1945-06-30 (listed logbook coverage)
- Limitations
- The list is an archival finding aid, not the logbook contents. Its date fields describe listed logbook coverage and are not used here as commissioning or decommissioning dates. The underlying logs were not retrieved in this session; this record says nothing about asbestos aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1253-pc1253-02
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[4]Session research log: official-source web searches for USS PC-1253 / PC-1253 asbestos, NHHC/DANFS, and NARA; no primary ship-specific asbestos record retrieved [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger entries ledger-01 through ledger-04
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the sources retrieved for this session. Asbestos status aboard USS PC-1253 remains unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is a bounded search result, not proof that no such records exist. NHHC DANFS content could not be retrieved, Firecrawl search was quota-blocked, and CourtListener was throttled before its search could be completed. No inference is made from class, construction era, or propulsion type.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-1253-pc1253-03