Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 905-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (thin on key dates)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (thin on key dates)
- Evidence ID
- uss-pc-550-pc550-pkt-905-packet-md
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[2]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers, PC-550 row [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 72, PC-550 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA Special List #44 lists PC-550 with indexed logbook coverage beginning 16 January 1943 and ending 15 June 1944. These are indexed-logbook dates, not independently verified commissioning, decommissioning, or transfer dates.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The index supplies logbook coverage only. It does not establish construction, commissioning, decommissioning, transfer, specifications, complement, or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-550-pc550-01
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[3]DANFS, Sentinel III (AM-113), Sicily narrative naming PC-550 (archived 2025-04-01; live NHHC URL returned 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- 10 July 1943 narrative paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS's Sentinel III (AM-113) narrative identifies PC-550 among the craft sent to assist USS Sentinel after Sentinel was bombed and mortally damaged off Licata during the Sicily landings on 10 July 1943. The narrative attributes evacuation of seriously wounded to LCI-33 and SC-530, not PC-550.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The live NHHC URL returned 404 this session; a Wayback capture was verified and is cited as archived. This cross-vessel passage is not a basis to claim PC-550 evacuated survivors or to establish material conditions aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-550-pc550-02
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[4]NavSource Online, PC-550 hull page and PC/SC class index [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull header/timeline; class index https://www.navsource.net/archives/12/01idx.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's live PC-550 compilation identifies a PC-461-class submarine chaser built at Sturgeon Bay; reports dates of 6 June 1941 laying down, 8 March 1942 launch, 28 April 1942 commissioning, 15 June 1944 transfer to France as Le Vigilant (W 62), and 1959 scrapping; and its class index describes a 173-foot steel-hulled, twin-diesel, two-shaft type with complement 65.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- NavSource is a specialist archival compilation, not a primary naval registry. It documents research context only and does not establish asbestos, products, quantities, crew exposure, legal eligibility, or a primary transfer/disposition record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-550-pc550-03
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[5]U.S. General Accounting Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page, report summary and Navy policy description
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 report reviewed Navy asbestos-use and worker-protection policy, including asbestos insulation in ship components and thermal insulation as a major shipboard use. It is Navy-wide context only and neither names PC-550 nor establishes asbestos aboard this hull or class.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The product page was live but the PDF returned HTTP 403 to automated retrieval. Program-level context cannot prove hull-level asbestos presence, product identity, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-550-pc550-04
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[6]Research ledger for USS PC-550 (PC-550), 2026-10-03 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger entries sl-01 through sl-06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, material inventory, or qualifying asbestos litigation record was verified. The CourtListener sweep was not completed because the authenticated helper could not acquire a fleet pacing token on the first base query; litigation status is unknown, not negative.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- A limited search is not proof that no record exists. CourtListener stopped at an explicit pacing stand-down before a result page returned. This row makes no finding about asbestos presence, individual exposure, causation, litigation merits, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-550-pc550-05