Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 941-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-803-pc803-pkt-941-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, PCC-803 (ex-PC-803) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser timeline and Specifications blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's PC-803 page identifies this hull as a PC-461-class submarine chaser laid down 16 August 1943 by Commercial Iron Works at Portland, Oregon; launched 2 October 1943; commissioned 23 January 1945; reclassified PCC-803 on 20 August 1945; and transferred to the War Shipping Administration in July 1948, with fate unknown. It gives a complement of 65 and diesel propulsion specifications.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This historical-archive page supplies vessel chronology and specifications, not an asbestos survey, material inventory, abatement record, or exposure finding. Its transfer date does not by itself establish a decommissioning or strike date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-803-pc803-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of the U.S. Navy, 1801-1940s, by ship number [other_primary]
- Locator
- PC-803 entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists PC-803 logbooks from 23 January 1945 through 30 June 1945, providing an archival lead for contemporaneous operational records for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The list establishes the listed logbook date range, not the contents of the logbooks, any material aboard, or asbestos exposure. The underlying logs were not retrieved in this research pass.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-803-pc803-02
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, Underhill (DE-682) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Final paragraphs describing rescue and sinking after the 24 July 1945 attack
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's DANFS history of USS Underhill records PC-803 and PC-804 aiding Underhill survivors after the 24 July 1945 attack; after the survivors were removed, the remaining hulk was sunk by 3-inch and 40-millimeter fire from patrol craft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is an official history of Underhill, not a material record for PC-803. It corroborates PC-803's role in the event but does not establish PC-803's equipment, asbestos content, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-803-pc803-03
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[5]CourtListener authenticated-helper sweep, required four base queries: pending due to fleet-wide pacing on 2026-10-03; NHHC, NARA, and NavSource source review [court_record]
- Locator
- Research ledger entries sl-uss-pc-803-pc803-01 through -04
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the reviewed authoritative sources: no public survey, abatement record, material inventory, or qualifying asbestos litigation naming PC-803/PCC-803 was identified. The required CourtListener sweep could not be completed because the authenticated fleet helper remained held by shared pacing; this is an access gap, not a no-result conclusion for CourtListener.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The negative finding is limited to the sources actually reviewed. It does not prove absence of asbestos aboard, absence of exposure, or absence of litigation. CourtListener is specifically incomplete and must not be read as a negative search result.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pc-803-pc803-04