Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 919-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: PHANTOM
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-sc-643-sc643-pkt-919-packet-md
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[2]HyperWar, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945,' SC Submarine Chasers (Wooden Hull) table [other_primary]
- Locator
- SC Submarine Chasers (Wooden Hull) table, SC-628-669 range
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Range-level ship-list evidence places SC-643 within the wooden-hulled SC submarine-chaser listing, in the SC-628-669 sequence. The listing supports hull identity and class grouping only; it supplies no individual narrative, crew figure, material record, or asbestos information for SC-643.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1940-1945
- Limitations
- Range-level roster evidence only. It does not establish individual construction dates, a PC-461 identity, operations, transfer, disposition, materials, asbestos presence, exposure, quantity, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-643-sc643-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data 1945, volume II (Shipscribe mirror), SC-497-type machinery/specification tables [other_primary]
- Locator
- SC submarine-chaser machinery/specification tables
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference: a WWII small diesel submarine chaser may have used insulation or lagging around diesel machinery and exhaust systems, gaskets, packing, and electrical insulation. These are possible era-standard applications, not documented materials aboard SC-643.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- World War II era
- Population
- Possible construction, maintenance, and crew populations for SC-497-class craft
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only. No insulation survey, material list, work package, or other source identifies any asbestos-containing product aboard SC-643. No quantity, individual exposure, or present-day condition is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-643-sc643-02
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[4]CourtListener API v4 authenticated helper, cl-auth-search.py; fleet pacing response [court_record]
- Locator
- 2026-10-03 helper stderr: 'COURTLISTENER PACING: the fleet-wide request budget is momentarily spent'
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos litigation result is recorded. The required authenticated CourtListener sweep did not execute: the helper rejected the first base query, exact-name opinion search for USS SC-643, because the fleet-wide pacing budget was momentarily spent. The remaining base queries were not sent, so litigation status remains open rather than negative.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is a procedural negative finding, not a litigation negative: no search result was returned and no conclusion about litigation, exposure, causation, products, or legal eligibility may be drawn. No anonymous or non-helper CourtListener request was made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-643-sc643-03
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[5]Batch-8018 search ledger for USS SC-643 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-sc-643-sc643-01 through -05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos record was located in the sources reviewed: no survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, material list, or qualifying litigation result is retained for USS SC-643. The public record used here remains class/era or range-level only.
- 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. CourtListener is incomplete because fleet pacing prevented execution; archival personnel and technical records remain leads. This finding does not establish or defeat exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-643-sc643-04