Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 911-packet.md (5 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-590-pc590-pkt-911-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, Cutter Accidents list, entry 119 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Entry 119 in the ship-loss list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Coast Guard Historian's Office identifies USS PC-590 as a Coast Guard-manned Navy patrol craft and records that it foundered in a typhoon on 9 October 1945. The same Coast Guard page states that PC-590 was among four Coast Guard-manned patrol craft, all commissioned in 1942.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- This entry establishes vessel identity, Coast Guard manning, commissioning year only (not exact date), and general loss circumstance. It does not give construction particulars, crew complement, asbestos content, or individual exposure information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-590-pc590-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44, Ship Numbers, PC-590 entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 71, PC-590 row (printed list page 70)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's logbook index lists PC-590 deck-log coverage from 5 October 1942 through 31 October 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-10-05 to 1945-10-31
- Population
- PC-590 deck-log holdings
- Limitations
- The index establishes the listed log coverage dates, not the commissioning date, operational history, ship condition, or asbestos content. The underlying deck logs were not retrieved or reviewed for this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-590-pc590-02
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[4]U.S. General Accounting Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979), including Navy response, enclosure I [gao]
- Locator
- Report pp. 1-2; Navy response, enclosure I, pp. 1-3 (PDF pp. 0-2, 10-12)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 report reviewed asbestos use in Navy ships and reported that thermal insulation was the Navy's major shipboard asbestos application. The Navy response in the report described asbestos in shipboard thermal insulation and other applications, including deck tiling, electrical equipment, cable, gaskets, and packing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979 report concerning Navy practices and ships
- Population
- U.S. Navy shipbuilding, ship repair, and shipboard asbestos use
- Limitations
- Fleet-wide and period context only. The report does not identify PC-590 or its class and cannot establish that any listed asbestos application was installed aboard this hull. No hull-specific inference is made from this evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-590-pc590-03
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[5]This record's source search ledger; limited official-source search, with CourtListener and Firecrawl access gaps recorded there [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger entries sl-uss-pc-590-pc590-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazardous-material disclosure, or resolved litigation finding was located in the sources searched for this record. This is a limited search result, not evidence that such records do not exist; the CourtListener litigation sweep was not completed.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- Sources checked through 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The authenticated CourtListener helper refused the first attempted base query before an API request because the shared fleet pacing budget was spent. The remaining three base queries were not run. No asbestos-qualified variants were run. This is not a negative CourtListener result and does not establish absence of litigation or asbestos aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-590-pc590-04