Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 901-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-sc-517-sc517-pkt-901-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, SC-501 - SC-600, entry for SC-517 (archived 2024-06-16) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS page, SC-517 entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC identifies SC-517 as built at Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City, North Carolina; keel laid 22 May 1941; launched 11 October 1941; commissioned 5 May 1942; and transferred to France 16 March 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1941-1944
- Population
- Elizabeth City Shipyard construction trades (1941-42); U.S. Navy crew (1942-44)
- Limitations
- This is a ship-history identification and milestone record, not a materials record. The live NHHC URL returned HTTP 404 from this environment on 2026-10-03, so the directly verified Wayback capture is cited and labeled archived. It establishes no asbestos presence, exposure, quantity, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-517-sc517-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, SC-401 - SC-500, SC-497 Class Characteristics (archived 2024-06-16) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS page, 'SC-497 Class Characteristics' and 'Class Grouping'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC class characteristics for the SC-497 class list 3 officers and 25 enlisted, two diesel engines, two screws, diesel fuel, and variable 1,540- or 800-hp power plants; SC-517 falls in NHHC's SC-497 class grouping (497-508, 511-522, and later blocks).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- WWII construction and service era
- Population
- SC-497-class crews and construction trades; not SC-517-specific
- Limitations
- Class-level characteristics, including the alternative engine installations, are not a hull-specific machinery list for SC-517. This source contains no asbestos finding and does not establish installed materials, exposure, quantity, or legal eligibility for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-517-sc517-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List 44, Logbooks of the U.S. Navy, 1801-1940, by ship number [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44, PDF p. 105, SC-517 entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's ship-number index lists SC-517 deck-log coverage for 5 March-26 July 1943 and 1 October 1943-16 March 1944, identifying contemporaneous deck logs as an archival lead for this hull's service before transfer to France.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- SC-517 ship's force, 1943-44
- Limitations
- The index establishes catalogue coverage, not the contents of the logs, a work history, or material content. It does not establish asbestos aboard, individual exposure, quantity, or legal eligibility. A separate NARA index cross-reference renders the hull as 'PC-517 (SC-517)'; it is not adopted as a vessel designation because this batch's QA rescope identifies the hull as SC-517 and NHHC lists it as SC-517.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-517-sc517-03
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[5]U.S. 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 inaccessible from this environment)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's official report on the Navy's worker-protection efforts concerning asbestos is Navy-wide context for research on a WWII Navy vessel; it is not a survey or inventory of SC-517.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979 report
- Population
- Navy workers and asbestos-protection program; not SC-517-specific
- Limitations
- Program-level context only. The GAO product page returned HTTP 403 to direct retrieval from this environment on 2026-10-03, so its full text was not relied on for any vessel-specific or quantitative assertion. It does not establish asbestos aboard SC-517, individual exposure, product identity, quantity, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-517-sc517-04
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[6]Batch-7892 research ledger: NHHC/DANFS; NARA Special List 44; GAO product page; authenticated CourtListener helper [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-sc-517-sc517-01 through -05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, product record, or qualifying litigation was located in the authoritative sources completed for SC-517. CourtListener sweep completed 2026-10-06 via the authenticated helper (4 base queries): exact-name opinion 0 hits, exact-name docket 0 hits, hull-number opinion 22 hits (all docket-number/name collisions, e.g. 2007-SC-000517-DG Kentucky Supreme Court case number), hull-number docket 26 hits (all text collisions, e.g. bankruptcy filings). No qualifying asbestos litigation involving SC-517.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 2026-10-03 research
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. Exact-name legs are verified zero; hull-number hits were reviewed and classified as collisions, not vessel litigation. Deck logs, construction specifications, French-service records, and any disposal records remain archival leads. Does not establish or defeat individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-517-sc517-05