Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 912-packet.md (4 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-599-pc599-pkt-912-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, PC-599 page (Joe Radigan/Tom Bateman) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/12/010599.htm, PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser data block + specifications + commanding officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down 2 August 1942 by the Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR; launched 26 September 1942; commissioned 15 May 1943; struck from the Naval Register 3 January 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 14 April 1948 and sold to the John I. Hay Co.; fate unknown. Specifications: 295 t (lt) / 450 t (fl); length 173'8"; beam 23'; draft 10'10"; speed 20.2 kts; complement 65; armament one 3"/50 dual-purpose mount, one 40mm mount, three 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, four depth-charge projectors, two depth-charge tracks; propulsion two 1,440 bhp General Motors 16-258S diesel engines (serials 10855, 10858), Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts. Call sign Nan-Able-William-Nan. Page notes 'There is no DANFS history available for PC-599' and lists LT J. M. Kindt, USNR, as commanding officer 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1941-1948
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew (complement 65)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a privately maintained volunteer archive compiling official records - accurate secondary transcription, not a contemporaneous primary document. Documents dates, specs, and disposal; contains no asbestos or materials information. No decommissioning date is given; the disposal buyer's subsequent disposition is unrecorded ('fate unknown').
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-599-01
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS PC-599 (PC-599) entry (compiled from patrol reports/war diaries and official listings) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/8576.html, ship data block, commands table, notable events list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net record for this hull: ordered 20 September 1941; built by Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; laid down 2 August 1942; launched 26 September 1942; commissioned 15 May 1943; stricken 3 January 1946. Commanding officers: Lt. Cmdr. Kenneth J. Barclay, USNR (15 May 1943 - early 1944); Lt. George N. Stembridge Jr., USNR (early-mid 1944); Lt. Judson M. Kindt, USNR (mid 1944, and again late 1944 - mid 1945); Lt. Joe Y. Law, USNR (mid-late 1944); Lt.(jg) Vance R. Haswell, USNR (mid-late 1945). Documented operations: repeated ASW training exercises off Pearl Harbor with U.S. fleet submarines, 7 February - 30 April 1945 (with USS Chub, Ramsay, Bugara, Pruitt, Spearfish, Icefish, Cabrilla, Florikan, Bonefish, Billfish, Whitman, Cero, Skate, Pipefish, J. Douglas Blackwood), including the 25-26 April 1945 convoy-escort exercise against a simulated 18-transport convoy led by USS Chew.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1941-1946 (record coverage); exercises Feb-Apr 1945
- Population
- Wartime crew under six successive commanding officers, 1943-1945
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a reputable independent research database whose event entries compile submarine war diaries and patrol reports; the exercise entries record the submarines' logs, not PC-599's own war diary. The 'End service' field is blank - movements before February 1945 and after April 1945 are not covered. No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-599-02
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[4]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR' yard table (yard hull no. 48: PC-599, US Navy subchaser, delivered 15-May-1943, sold 1948) and 'Sub Chasers Built During WWII' table (http://shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/pc2.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/commercial.htm, yard hull table row 48; shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/pc2.htm, PC-599 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder-yard record naming this hull: Commercial Iron Works hull no. 48 = PC-599, delivered 15 May 1943, disposition 'sold 1948' - consistent with NavSource's commission date and the 14 April 1948 Maritime Commission sale. Yard context: Commercial Iron Works was founded November 1916 on a 30-acre site just south of the Ross Island Bridge, Portland; it built 188 boats during WWII, closed in 1946, and the site was sold to Zidell Marine as a ship-dismantling facility.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works trades 1942-43
- Limitations
- Independent maritime-history compilation built from official registers; corroborates build/disposal dates, not a contemporaneous record. Contains no asbestos or materials information. 'Delivery' date coincides with the commissioning date on this build series.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-599-03
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[5]Library of Congress, Veterans History Project, John Altus Russell Collection, AFC/2001/001/37269 (oral history interview, collected 2005-11-17; Tyler Junior College contributors) [other_primary]
- Locator
- loc.gov/item/afc2001001.37269, service history block (unit_of_service, location_of_service, battles_campaigns)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Federal archival record documenting a named crew member of this hull: Petty Officer Second Class John Altus Russell (b. Van, Texas), U.S. Navy 1943-1946, lists USS PC 599 (Patrol Craft) among his service units alongside USS Springfield (CL 66). His recorded service locations include Portland, Oregon; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; San Francisco and Los Angeles, California; Trinidad; Norfolk, Virginia; Boston, Massachusetts; Panama Canal; Philippines; Nagasaki, Japan; China; Korea; and the Okinawa campaign.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (service); 2005 (interview)
- Population
- One named crew member (USN PO2, 1943-1946)
- Limitations
- The VHP summary aggregates the veteran's service across both listed units: Russell also served aboard USS Springfield (CL-66), a ship that did conduct Okinawa and Western Pacific occupation operations, so the Philippines/Nagasaki/China/Korea/Okinawa entries cannot be attributed to PC-599 from this source alone. Pearl Harbor service is independently corroborated for PC-599 by the uboat.net exercise log. Contains no asbestos information; establishes personnel presence aboard the hull, not exposure. Access note: loc.gov item page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch (bot-block, not dead - record content verified via the LOC JSON endpoint at ?fo=json).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-599-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource PC-599 specifications (twin GM 16-258S diesels, no steam plant); HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Submarine Chasers' PC-461 class block (284 tons, 173'8", complement 65, diesel engines); Patrol Craft Sailors Association PC-461 class page (ww2pcsa.org) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar ships-sc.html PC-461 class specification block; ww2pcsa.org PC-461 class page; NavSource spec block (ev-01)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steel-hulled diesel patrol craft built 1942-43 sits inside the documented Navy asbestos era. Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a patrol craft of this type and period were machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets and valve packing in the engine and fuel systems, electrical insulation, bulkhead insulation and interior fireproofing, and deck coverings/linoleum - materials uniformly documented in wartime naval small-craft construction. Because the class is diesel-powered with no boilers or steam turbines, the heavy boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the residual exposure pathway is machinery-space insulation, gaskets/packing disturbed by maintenance, and interior finish materials.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Commercial Iron Works construction trades 1942-43; crew 1943-46 (complement 65); 1948 disposal/scrapping workers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for PC-599. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-599-05
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1942-43) and service era (1943-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-03) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-599-06
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[8]Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, 'Zidell Waterfront Property Cleanup' community presentation (2012, Scott Manzano) + OPB 'Portland's Toxic Graveyard for World War II Ships' reporting on the Zidell/Commercial Iron Works site [other_primary]
- Locator
- oregon.gov DEQ ph-ZidellCAG.pdf (site history bullets; contaminants list; abatement scope); opb.org/news/series/battleready/shipbuilding-ship-breaking-clean-up-willamette-river/
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Site-level government environmental record for this hull's builder yard: the former Commercial Iron Works property on the Willamette River at Portland was purchased by Zidell in 1946 and used to dismantle 336 ships over 30 years, with scrap waste used as site fill; DEQ's cleanup program listed asbestos among the contaminants of concern alongside metals, PCBs, PAHs, and butyltins; a 2005 Record of Decision directed hot-spot removal/capping, and a certified asbestos-abatement project with air monitoring and bulk ACM disposal was executed. OPB reporting describes shipbreaking debris on the site - insulation, wiring, linoleum, paint - as 'full of contaminants' including asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946-2013 (dismantling era through cleanup completion)
- Population
- Zidell shipbreaking workforce 1946-1970s; Willamette River environmental receptors
- Limitations
- Yard-site record, not a hull record: the documented asbestos contamination derives primarily from Zidell's 1946-onward ship-dismantling operations and site fill, not from this vessel's 1942-43 construction; PC-599 is not named in the environmental record. Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure to any individual, or quantity - it corroborates only that WWII-era vessels processed at this Portland site carried asbestos-bearing materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-599-07
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[9]NARA reference: WWII-era U.S. Navy deck logs and war diaries (RG 24 Logs of U.S. Naval Ships and Stations; RG 38 war diaries) - undigitized holdings for PC-599 at the National Archives, College Park [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/research/military/logbooks (NARA logbook research guidance); NARA Catalog search for 'PC-599' returned no digitized item
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary-source lead not yet retrieved: PC-599's deck logs (RG 24) and any filed war diary (RG 38) are held at the National Archives, College Park - the standard repository for WWII patrol-craft operational records. Retrieval could resolve the undocumented passages in this record: the shakedown-to-Pearl-Harbor transit (mid-late 1943), the reported 13 November 1943 Pearl Harbor repair arrival, operations May-December 1945, and the missing decommissioning date.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Crew 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - holdings are not digitized for this hull and were not pulled this session; existence of the records at NARA is standard for WWII Navy hulls but the specific PC-599 content is unverified. No asbestos finding can be inferred from deck logs, though engineering-plant and repair entries could corroborate machinery work.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-599-08
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[10]Batch-7974 search ledger (this record): NavSource PC-599 page; uboat.net Allied Warships entry; shipbuildinghistory.com yard and sub-chaser tables; NHHC DANFS (no entry - 404 verified); hazegray DANFS mirror (no file); LOC Veterans History Project AFC/2001/001/37269; Oregon DEQ Zidell cleanup documentation; NARA catalog; CourtListener (pacing-blocked - see search_ledger) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-pc-599-01 through sl-uss-pc-599-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, shipboard-materials sampling study, or docketed case naming PC-599 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). No DANFS history exists for this hull (NavSource statement; NHHC URL 404 verified; hazegray mirror has no file).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era-consistent materials aboard a 1942-43 diesel patrol craft are a reasonable inference, not a ship-proven fact. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not (was) present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener litigation sweep is pacing-blocked at drafting time; if it completes before commit, its result is logged in the search_ledger - a blocked or negative litigation result must not be read as proof no case exists.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-599-09