Evidence
3 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-3).
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[1]research packet 1004-packet.md (4 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-pgm-45-pgm45-pkt-1004-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Ship Abbreviations and Symbols [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Entry PGM — Motor Gunboat
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC defines the hull classification PGM as motor gunboat. This supports interpreting the target's PGM designation as a motor-gunboat type; it does not identify PGM-45, establish that it was commissioned as USS PGM-45, or confirm its reported transfer and later identifier PGM-403.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- Classification definition only; not a ship-specific history and not evidence of asbestos materials or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pgm-45-pgm45-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) index [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS online index searched for PGM-45 and PGM-403; see search_ledger
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific DANFS entry or asbestos survey, abatement record, or asbestos disclosure for the target hull was located in the official sources searched for this record. Ship-specific asbestos documentation is therefore unknown, not established as absent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04 search
- Limitations
- A search finding is not proof that no record exists or that asbestos is absent. Firecrawl search was unavailable due hosted quota exhaustion; the official NHHC online histories and classification pages were checked using available web access. The four-query CourtListener sweep could not be completed because the authenticated helper reported fleet pacing exhaustion; it is not a negative litigation finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-pgm-45-pgm45-02