Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 927-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: PHANTOM
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-pc-702-pc702-pkt-927-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, SC-702 (ex-PC-702) page - build timeline, reclassification, disposition/loss chain, commanding-officer listing, and per-hull specification table [other_primary]
- Locator
- SC-702 per-hull page, timeline block, Specifications table, Commanding Officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Laid down 2 May 1942 by Delaware Bay Shipbuilding Co., Leesburg, NJ; launched 10 October 1942; commissioned PC-702, 21 December 1942; reclassified SC-702 in April 1943; decommissioned 28 December 1945; struck from the Naval Register 21 January 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 16 December 1946; acquired 1948 by Charles D. Pilling of Seattle, WA as fishing boat Ruth Ann; acquired 1954 by S. E. Alaska Marine Transport Co. of Seattle; acquired 1958 by William C. Schlothan of Ketchikan, AK; foundered 22 October 1959 off 'Wornosky Island,' AK. Per-hull specifications: 148 t displacement, 110'10" length, 17' beam, 6'6" draft, 15.6 kt speed, complement 28, one 40mm mount plus two .50-caliber machine guns, two Y-gun depth charge projectors and two depth charge tracks, two 880 bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines with Snow and Knobstedt single-reduction gear on two shafts. Commanding officers: LT Russ M. Bradley, USNR (21 December 1942); LTJG C. O. Robinson, USNR (1945). Call sign Nan-Xray-Able-Victor.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1959
- Population
- Wartime crew (complement 28)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained photographic and records archive, not an official Navy publication; its per-hull tables are compiled from official lists and veteran submissions and are the standard reference for numbered small craft that lack DANFS entries. Contains no asbestos information. Armament/speed/specification figures differ from class-generic tables (see gaps); 'Wornosky Island' is a NavSource spelling variant of Woronkofski Island.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-702-pc702-01
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[3]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII, USS SC-702 (SC-702) warship record [other_primary]
- Locator
- Allied Warships > USS SC-702 (SC-702), ship 8919
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Specialist warship database record: USS SC-702, SC-497-class submarine chaser; built by Delaware Bay Shipbuilding Co. (Leesburg, New Jersey); ordered 16 February 1942; laid down 2 May 1942; launched 10 October 1942; commissioned 21 December 1942.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942
- Limitations
- Adds the 16 February 1942 order date - a detail not stated by NavSource; uboat.net is a specialist database, not an official source, so this detail rests on secondary compilation. uboat.net lists no events, commands, or end-service data for this hull. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-702-pc702-02
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[4]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton), 'Patrol Craft, Sub Chasers and Mine Vessels Built or Acquired During WWII' - SC roster row [other_primary]
- Locator
- pc2.htm SC roster rows (SC 702; PC 799 Korean-transfer row)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipbuilding-industry roster of WWII SC/PC construction: row 'SC 702 | Delaware Bay SB | Leesburg NJ | 148 | 110 | 21-Dec-42 | To MARAD 1946' - lists the hull as SC-type 702, Delaware Bay Shipbuilding build, commissioned/delivered 21 December 1942, disposed to MARAD in 1946. Same table independently records the separate Korean-collision hull: 'PC 799 | Commercial IW | Portland OR ... To Korea 1950 as Kum Kang San (PC-702).'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Limitations
- Industry-compiled roster (Colton's shipbuildinghistory, drawing on construction/disposal lists), not an official Navy source; delivery/commission column carries the 21 Dec 1942 milestone consistent with NavSource. 'To MARAD 1946' corroborates the Maritime Commission transfer without giving the exact 16 December 1946 date. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-702-pc702-03
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[5]Naval Marine Archive (Canada), Delaware Bay Shipbuilding yard history and build table, Leesburg NJ [other_primary]
- Locator
- delawarebay.html yard history paragraph and build table row 'SC 702'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder-yard history and output table: Delaware Bay Shipbuilding Co., Inc., formed 1920 by Dr. Malcolm Sharp to build fishing vessels, later divided with Debasco Boat Works; yard stood on Main Street at Sharpstow Lane, Leesburg (now Yank Marine's repair yard). Build table entry: 'SC 702 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | O.N. 256466 | 136 LDT | 107 ft | 21-Dec-42 | Sold 1946 as Ruth Ann' - records the hull's U.S. Official Number 256466 under post-Navy merchant documentation and the Ruth Ann fishing-vessel disposition.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1959
- Population
- Post-sale fishing-vessel crews (1948-1959)
- Limitations
- Museum-compiled yard register (Naval Marine Archive), not an official record; the O.N./tonnage figures are merchant-register values (136 LDT, 107 ft) measured differently from Navy figures (148 t, 110'10") - consistent but not identical. 'Sold 1946' compresses the documented 1946 Maritime Commission transfer and 1948 private sale. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-702-pc702-04
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[6]National Archives, Special List #44 - List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947, by ship number (RG 24 logbook holdings finding aid) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, SC numeric sequence, row 'SC-702 | 12/21/1942 | 12/28/1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's own finding aid to its Navy logbook holdings lists SC-702 with coverage 12/21/1942 - 12/28/1945. The coverage window begins on the documented commissioning date (21 December 1942) and ends on the documented decommissioning date (28 December 1945), corroborating both milestones in a primary archival record; the matching Catalog file unit is titled 'SC-702, 12/18/42-12/28/45' (NAID 192250852).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (coverage); 2026-10-03 (verified live)
- Population
- Crew (1942-1945)
- Limitations
- Finding-aid coverage dates describe log holdings, not service events per se - though here they bracket the commissioned career exactly. The three-day difference between the SL-44 start (12/21/42) and the Catalog file-unit title start (12/18/42) likely reflects rough-vs-smooth log coverage and is logged in gaps rather than reconciled. Log contents were not examined; deck logs document operations and personnel, not material composition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-702-pc702-05
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[7]NARA Catalog file units for this hull: NAID 192250852 'SC-702, 12/18/42-12/28/45' (deck log); war diaries - NAID 134068947 (1/3-31/43), 134152231 (2/1/43 to 3/31/43), 134204495 (4/1-30/43), 134255989 (5/1-31/43), 134297355 (6/1-30/43), 78172188 (7/6/43 to 7/30/43), 135962555 (8/4/43 to 9/30/43), 78240482 (10/1/43 to 11/29/43) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/192250852; war-diary NAIDs listed in citation_value; catalog search 'SC-702'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives Catalog indexes a complete-career deck-log file unit for SC-702 (12/18/1942 - 12/28/1945) and eight war-diary file units for 'USS SC-702' covering 3 January 1943 through 29 November 1943. These are the hull's primary operational records; the war-diary series documents a vessel keeping combat-zone diaries through most of 1943.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (coverage); 2026-10-03 (search)
- Population
- crew (1942-1945); later researchers
- Limitations
- Archival leads: file-unit titles verified via NARA Catalog records search (API intermittently returned the SPA shell - deeper result pages unverified, so later war-diary units covering the Sep-Oct 1944 Palau operation may exist unsurfaced). Contents not examined; the December 1943 - August 1944 gap between diary coverage and the Palau credit is undocumented here. War diaries and deck logs document operations, not material composition. No asbestos content as cataloged.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-702-pc702-06
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[8]Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), Part II - WWII battle/campaign star ship list (scanned official manual, hosted on officialmilitaryribbons.com mirror; compiled transcription at the same site) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVPERS 15,790 Part II scan, '(A) UNITED STATES SHIPS' S-section, line 'SC 702: 6 Sept 44-14 Oct 44 P30-2'; mirror transcription page us_navy_ships_world_war_2/uss_sc_692_sc_1004_world_war_2.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official awards manual credits 'SC 702' with one WWII engagement: 6 Sept 44 - 14 Oct 44, code P30-2 - the capture and occupation of the southern Palau Islands (Peleliu/Angaur phase of the Western Carolines operation). OCR-verified directly against the scanned manual page (SC section); the site's compiled transcription lists the identical line. This documents Pacific combat service in September-October 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Crew aboard during the Palau operation (Sep-Oct 1944)
- Limitations
- Single engagement credit; establishes presence in the southern Palau operation area 6 Sep - 14 Oct 1944, not the hull's detailed movements or role within the operation. The cited URL is a commercial mirror hosting the scanned official manual - the underlying document is authoritative, the host is not a government site. Operation name for code P30-2 taken from the manual's own code key as transcribed by the mirror. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-702-pc702-07
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[9]NavalCoverMuseum wiki, SC 702 designation-history page (postal-history record) [museum_official]
- Locator
- SC 702 wiki page, 'Ship Name and Designation History' and postmark table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Postal-history record for this hull: designation list 'USS SC-702, Commissioned December 21 1942; Transferred to Maritime Commission December 16 1946; Fate unknown'; a censored wartime postmark dated 1943-11-29 (Locy Type 2z*, posted from another ship or station - the ship had no post office) documents the SC-702 designation in postal use in November 1943, consistent with the April 1943 reclassification.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Museum-compiled wiki for naval cover collectors; corroborates commissioning and Maritime Commission transfer dates but lists fate as 'unknown' - less complete than NavSource's documented disposal chain. The 1943 postmark is designation evidence, not a location record. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-702-pc702-08
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[10]HyperWar / Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - USS SC-497 (SC-497 class Submarine Chaser, 'Wooden Hull') class page; Patrol Craft Sailors Association class spec sheet (ww2pcsa.org/subchaser.html) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SC-497 class record; ww2pcsa.org/subchaser.html spec table (98 t, GM diesel twins, 3 officers + 25 enlisted)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The SC-497 class is documented as a wooden-hulled 110-foot diesel submarine chaser type - no boilers and no steam plant aboard. On a wooden diesel craft of 1942 the era-consistent asbestos applications were limited to non-steam machinery items: diesel exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, and electrical insulation, if present at all. The PCSA program table records 438 hulls delivered of 475 ordered (37 cancelled).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942
- Population
- Construction trades at small boat yards (Delaware Bay SB, 1942); engine-room crew
- Limitations
- Class/design context, not a hull record - the sources document the type as wooden-hulled and diesel-powered but name no asbestos product; the listed applications are era inference for a diesel craft, not ship-proven items. Does not establish that asbestos was or was not present aboard SC-702, nor in what quantity or condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-702-pc702-09
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[11]GAO HRD-80-2, review of Navy efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards (published 1979-10-18, released 1979-10-22) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section (page unreachable 2026-10-03, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's use of asbestos insulation in ships, the cost of removal, and compensation programs; the product page documents that asbestos insulation was in service across the fleet and that the Navy's 1975 policy was remove-and-replace only when damaged, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979 (report); WWII-1970s usage window
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program level)
- Limitations
- Program-level context only - the review centered on steam-era insulation and post-war shipyard abatement at two named yards; it does not address wooden diesel subchasers, this hull, or any vessel of this class by name. gao.gov returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch this session (standing defect since Batch 01); row rests on the known product-page description. Does not establish asbestos aboard SC-702.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-702-pc702-10
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[12]Designation cross-check: NavSource designation line ('Commissioned PC-702, 21 December 1942; Reclassified SC-702 in April 1943'); NavSource SC index ex-PC markings; HyperWar ships-sc PC-461-class block (173'8" steel); shipbuildinghistory roster (hull listed as SC-type; separate PC-799 -> Korea Kum Kang San (PC-702) row) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/150702.htm designation line; NavSource 12/15idx.htm ex-PC index; ships-sc.html class blocks; pc2.htm roster rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: this hull carried a PC-series designation at commissioning (PC-702, December 1942 - April 1943) but was never a PC-461-class patrol craft. PC-461-class vessels were 173-foot steel-hulled craft and the class enumeration does not include PC-702; this hull was a 110-foot wooden SC-497-class subchaser throughout, and the Navy corrected the series prefix to SC-702 in April 1943. Separately, the Republic of Korea Navy operated a different vessel under pennant PC-702 - Kum Kang San, ex-USS PC-799, a genuine PC-461-class patrol craft transferred in 1950 - so 'PC-702' records from the Korean era denote a different hull entirely.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1943 (designation window); 1950s (Korean collision)
- Limitations
- Corrects a designation/series artifact and flags a name collision, not a material claim. The April 1943 reclassification month is NavSource's; the precise day and order reference are not stated in located sources. The Korean pennant reuse is documented in the shipbuildinghistory roster; any 'PC-702' hit dated 1950 or later should be presumed the Korean hull until proven otherwise.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-702-pc702-11
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[13]Batch-8076 search ledger (this record): NavSource SC-702 page (states no DANFS history available); NHHC ship-histories candidate URL (404); HyperWar SC roster and SC-497 class page; uboat.net; shipbuildinghistory; navalmarinearchive; NARA SL-44 PDF and Catalog records search; NavalCoverMuseum; ww2pcsa.org; NVR; Wikipedia; CourtListener opinion and docket queries for 'SC-702' and 'PC-702' (paced, not executed); shipyards.json yard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-pc-702-pc702-01 through sl-uss-pc-702-pc702-17
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no DANFS entry exists for this hull (NavSource states it; NHHC candidate URL 404s), and no asbestos survey, construction specification, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming SC-702 or PC-702 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener queries could not be executed this session (fleet pacing budget spent at every attempt) - litigation status is open, not negative.
- 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 - 1942 construction-era materials on a diesel craft were simply never documented for this hull. The hull survives as a wreck off Woronkofski Island (sunk 1959), so no modern survey or abatement record should be expected. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-702-pc702-12