Evidence
16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).
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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-sc-701-sc701-pkt-927-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, SC-701 (ex-PC-701) - construction, designation, specifications, commanding-officer listing, photo captions, disposal; states 'There is no DANFS history available for SC-701' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/150701.htm - timeline block, specifications block, commanding-officer table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down 18 April 1942 by the Delaware Bay Shipbuilding Co., Leesburg, NJ; launched 17 September 1942; commissioned PC-701 on 10 December 1942; reclassified SC-701 in April 1943; visited Auckland, New Zealand 9-22 October 1944; struck from the Naval Register 19 December 1945; transferred to the Maritime Commission 25 March 1948; fate unknown. Call sign Nan - Xray - Able - Queen. Specifications: 95 t.; 110'10" x 17' x 6'6"; 21 kts; complement 28; one 40mm mount, two .30-cal MG, one Y-gun depth-charge projector; two 800-bhp GM 8-268A diesels, Snow and Knobstedt single-reduction gear, two shafts. Commanding-officer listing: LTJG E. M. Rowlands, USNR, 1945. Photo captions document a WWII crew collection (S. E. 'Buddy' Gibbons) and SC-701 taking on fuel from LST-29, 'which was escorting four or five SC back to the United States' (collection of LST-29 crewmember James E. Funk).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Delaware Bay Shipbuilding construction trades (1942); wartime crew (~28)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestones generally track NVR/Navy data but the source documents service facts only, never materials or asbestos content. 'Fate unknown' is NavSource's own admission of a records gap after the 1948 Maritime Commission transfer. Live URL verified 2026-10-03.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-701-sc701-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser (SC) Index - class framing and the 'ex-PC' designation pattern [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/15idx.htm - index entries SC-699 through SC-710 ('ex-PC' notations) and class header
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's SC index lists this hull as 'SC-701 ex-PC-701' and documents that an entire block of sister boats carried the same pattern: SC-699 ex-PC-699 through at least SC-710 ex-PC-710. The index frames the class as wood-hulled 110-foot submarine chasers tracing their origin to the WWI SC-1-class 'Splinter Fleet,' designed for off-shore patrols and anti-submarine warfare, with 142 hulls used by Allies under Lend-Lease.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Limitations
- Establishes that the PC-701 designation was a temporary commissioning designation on an SC-497-class hull, part of a block-wide reclassification - not evidence of a PC-461-class patrol craft bearing PC-701. NavSource's index header states 'Five hundred eighty SC-497 Class ... Submarine Chasers (SC) were built,' a higher count than the 438-completed figure in secondary literature (which likely separates SC-497 and SC-1466 classes) - variance carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-701-sc701-02
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[4]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton data, Naval Marine Archive mirror): Delaware Bay Shipbuilding, Leesburg NJ - yard profile and full production table [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive Delaware Bay Shipbuilding page - production table row 'SC 701' and yard profile; also the companion small-ships table at /sbh/smallships/pc2.html ('SC 701 ... 10-Dec-42 | To MARAD 1948')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard production record for this hull: 'SC 701 | US Navy | Sub Chaser | 136 | 107 | 10-Dec-42 | Sold 1948' - delivered to the Navy 10 December 1942 and sold in 1948, corroborating the NavSource timeline. Same table documents a contiguous run of Delaware Bay-built sister boats (SC-648, SC-649, SC-698, SC-699, SC-700, SC-701, SC-702, SC-703, ...) with documented fates; notably SC-702 carries a documented merchant official number (O.N. 256466, 'Ruth Ann,' sold 1946) while SC-701 carries none - consistent with NavSource's 'fate unknown.' Yard profile: formed 1920 to build fishing vessels, divided 1929 (Delaware Bay Shipbuilding for larger boats, Debasco Boat Works for smaller); yard on Main Street at Sharpstow Lane, Leesburg.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Delaware Bay Shipbuilding yard workers (1942)
- Limitations
- Shipbuilding History is a specialist secondary compilation (Colton), hosted by the Naval Marine Archive - authoritative for production/disposal tabulations but not a primary registry. The '136 | 107' columns (light-displacement tons vs registered/documented length) differ from NavSource's per-hull figures (95 t.; 110'10") - spec variance carried in gaps. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-701-sc701-03
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[5]HyperWar, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - Submarine Chasers' (ibiblio transcription of the official list) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ships-sc.html, 'US Navy Sub Chasers, 1940-1945' table, SC-701-708 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official-derived list places SC-701 in commission 1942-44 ('SC-701-708 | 1942-44'), matching the commissioned/late-1945 strike window; loss annotations appear beside other hulls (SC-700 burned at Vella Lavella 10 Mar 44, SC-709 grounded, etc.) but not beside SC-701 - consistent with a hull that survived the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1944 (list window)
- Limitations
- HyperWar is a transcription of official Navy listings - reliable for in-commission windows but a compiled window (1942-44), not a day-level record. Absence of a loss note corroborates survival but does not document the hull's final disposition. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-701-sc701-04
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[6]J. F. Hamrick, 'TBF #125's Crash' (private research report, rev. 8 Oct 2023) - verbatim transcription of the USS Skylark (AM-63) confidential war diary, July 1943, plus documentation that SC-701's own deck log was procured from NARA College Park [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hamrick report pp. ~4-5: 'Verbatim Skylark War Diary Transcription,' entries 7-8 July 1943; 'USS Submarine Chaser 701 (SC-701) Deck Log' section (NARA College Park procurement)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Places this hull on the inshore anti-submarine screen at Guadalcanal in July 1943: the Skylark war diary entries for 7-8 July 1943 record SC-701 patrolling off Lunga Point, then '1430 Upon arrival S.C. 701 ceased patrolling area off Lunga Point, proceeding to Koli Point at various courses, speed 10 knots. 1540 Commenced patrolling area off Koli Point, Beacon "A" approximately 6000 yards' (8 July 1943, 1200-1600 watch). The report documents that SC-701's own deck log was ordered from and supplied by NARA College Park (February 2022) - it provided no patrol distances, consistent with an inner-screen assignment.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 7-8 July 1943
- Population
- SC-701 crew on Guadalcanal ASW screen (July 1943)
- Limitations
- The underlying records are primary (Skylark confidential war diary; SC-701 deck log, NARA College Park) but were accessed here only through a private researcher's transcription - verification_status partial, role archival_lead. The 1430 entry records SC-701's movement as logged by Skylark. Not an asbestos or materials record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-701-sc701-05
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[7]M. Dolan, 'Repairs to the subchaser, SC-701' (REMNANTS, 28 July 2013) - crewmember-family transcription of the USS Vestal (AR-4) July 1943 war diary repair list; same blog's 'July's routine repairs' post [other_primary]
- Locator
- marksremnants.blogspot.com 28 July 2013 post and 'July's routine repairs' post - sources line ('USS Vestal War Diary, July 1943; USS SC-701 War Diary 1943-1944; The Splinter Fleet; Patrol Craft Sailor Association')
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Documents that the repair ship USS Vestal (AR-4) performed 'routine not alongside repairs' on SC-701 at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, beginning 28 July 1943 (the post's 'beginning on today's date' on the 70th anniversary), with SC-640 also worked early that month. The companion post lists Vestal's July 1943 repair slate - Saint Louis, HMAS Hobart, HMNZS Leander for battle damage plus routine work on YP-515, YFD-21, Montpelier, Columbia, SC-640, YMS-97, Honolulu, Boreas, APC-34, Taurus, Denver, Cleveland, Pyro, Saugatuck, Balsam, and SC-701. The author further reports (citing the 'USS SC-701 War Diary 1943-1944' among his sources - an undigitized NARA record) that SC-701 was based out of Espiritu Santo and patrolled New Hebrides shores/harbors and escorted cargo ships in 1943-1944.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- July 1943 (repair event); 1943-44 (patrol/escort claim)
- Population
- SC-701 crew; Vestal repair trades (July 1943)
- Limitations
- Personal blog quoting primary records (Vestal war diary July 1943; SC-701 war diary 1943-44) - the war diaries are the primary documents, at NARA; this is a lead, not the record itself (partial). 'Routine not alongside repairs' does not identify what work was performed aboard or whether it touched insulation. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-701-sc701-06
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[8]DANFS, Vestal (AR-4) (ibiblio HyperWar verbatim transcription; live NHHC page 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vestal entry, Espiritu Santo paragraphs (Nov 1942 arrival; '5,603 jobs on 279 ships'; 18 Nov 1943 departure)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents the repair ship's stationing that brackets SC-701's July 1943 repair: Vestal 'departed [Noumea] on 13 November [1942]; reached Espiritu Santo three days later; and began a year's schedule of repair service. During the next 12 months, Vestal tackled some 5,603 jobs on 279 ships and 24 shore facilities.' DANFS then records 'On 18 November 1943, Vestal departed Espiritu Santo, bound for the Ellice Islands' - so the entire July 1943 repair window falls inside her documented Espiritu Santo tour.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-11-16 to 1943-11-18
- Population
- Vestal crew and serviced-ship populations at Espiritu Santo (Nov 1942 - Nov 1943)
- Limitations
- Documents the repair ship's location and workload, not SC-701 itself - context corroborating the archival-lead repair row (ev-06). DANFS does not itemize the 5,603 jobs by vessel. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-701-sc701-07
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[9]USS Denver (CL-58) deck log & war diary transcription, December 1943 (hazegray.org; ARCHIVED COPY - live domain fails DNS; Wayback capture 28 Dec 2024) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Denver CL-58 December 1943 deck log, Wednesday 1 December 1943, 00-04 and 04-08 'Ships present' lists
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Places this hull in Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo Island, New Hebrides, on 1 December 1943: the Denver log's 00-04 and 04-08 watch sections for Wednesday 1 December 1943 enumerate 'Ships present,' which include 'SC-1046, SC-701, SC-722, SC-1269' and 'ATR-45, SC-701, SC-722, SC-1046 ... SC-730.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1 December 1943
- Population
- SC-701 crew at Espiritu Santo (1 Dec 1943)
- Limitations
- Presence documentation only - establishes the hull was anchored/berthed in Segond Channel on that date, not what work (if any) was being done aboard. hazegray.org fails DNS from this network (2026-10-03); cited via the Wayback capture and labeled archived. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-701-sc701-08
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[10]Australia @ War (P. Dunn), 'Subchaser SC 648, 7th Fleet, U.S. Navy in Australia during WW2' - trans-Pacific SC convoy composition [other_primary]
- Locator
- ozatwar.com/usnavy/sc-648.htm, opening paragraph (convoy composition, Noumea arrival end March 1943)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Places this hull in the trans-Pacific deployment: SC-701 'travelled across the Pacific Ocean to Australia in convoy with SC 518, SC 641, SC 698, SC 701, SC 730, SC 739, SC 751, SC 760, SC 761 and SC 982,' attached to a larger convoy, all arriving in the Noumea area by the end of March 1943; four boats then went to the Guadalcanal/Tulagi area and the others - including SC-701 - to Brisbane and the west coast of Australia.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- early 1943 (transit); March 1943 (Noumea)
- Population
- SC-701 crew in trans-Pacific convoy (early 1943)
- Limitations
- Enthusiast-researcher compilation (Peter Dunn, drawing partly on Treadwell's 'Splinter Fleet') - secondary; the underlying records would be the boats' war diaries at NARA. The claimed initial Brisbane assignment is not corroborated by any primary record located; by July 1943 the hull is documented on the Guadalcanal screen instead. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-701-sc701-09
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[11]New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center, Veteran's Oral History Project - 'Ellis Rowlands, Lieutenant Commander, US Navy, World War Two' (video interview); index entry: unit 'SC-701', theater 'Pacific', hometown 'Pulpit, VT' [museum_official]
- Locator
- museum.dmna.ny.gov Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - R, 'Rowlands, Ellis' row; linked YouTube video fJPXZmuIIdM (title verified via YouTube oEmbed 2026-10-03)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A state-museum oral-history video exists for an SC-701 veteran: the museum's interview index lists 'Rowlands, Ellis - Video - Male - World War 2 - US Navy - SC-701 - Pacific - Pulpit, VT,' and the linked video's title is 'Ellis Rowlands, Lieutenant Commander, US Navy, World War Two.' This is the same individual NavSource lists as commanding officer in 1945 (LTJG E. M. Rowlands, USNR) - the museum title reflects his later rank (Lieutenant Commander).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (service); interview undated in index
- Population
- Ellis Rowlands; SC-701 crew (1945 command window per NavSource)
- Limitations
- The museum index documents the veteran and his unit; it does not state he was commanding officer, and this record makes no exposure claim for any individual. The video content itself was not transcribed - the index entry and title are what is cited. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-701-sc701-10
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[12]NavSource SC index (ex-PC block) + NHHC/Naval Historical Center photo page, 'ROK Navy Ships - Pak Tu San (PC-701, 1950-1960)' (ibiblio transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/15idx.htm (ex-PC-701 entry, block pattern); ibiblio Pak Tu San (PC-701) photo page (NH 97002 caption, ex-PC-823)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION (two-direction disambiguation of 'PC-701'): (1) This hull commissioned as PC-701 on 10 December 1942 and was reclassified SC-701 in April 1943 - part of a block of SC-497-class subchasers (SC-699 through at least SC-710) that all carried ex-PC designations. PC-701 was never a PC-461-class patrol craft: the PC-461 enumeration is closed (341 completed + 60 cancelled; PC-679-720 appear in neither list). (2) A different, later 'PC-701' exists in the record: the Republic of Korea Navy's Pak Tu San / Baekdusan (PC-701, 1950-1960) was the former USS PC-823, a genuine PC-461-class boat sold via the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (as 'Ensign Whitehead') and purchased by the ROKN in 1949. Sources citing 'PC-701' must resolve which hull is meant - post-1949, it is the Korean vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1943 (this hull's PC designation); 1950-1960 (ROK PC-701)
- Limitations
- Designation-history correction, not a material claim. The ROK ship's history is well documented (NHHC photo page); this hull's own PC designation rests on NavSource's compilation consistent with the block-wide pattern. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-701-sc701-11
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[13]Era inference built on: NavSource per-hull spec block (wooden-hulled SC-497 class; two GM 8-268A diesels, no steam plant); NavSource SC index (class design lineage); PCSA 110-foot SC specification table (class systems) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/150701.htm specifications block; NavSource 12/15idx.htm class header; PCSA class spec table (via Wayback)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A wooden-hulled, diesel-engined submarine chaser built at a small commercial boatyard in 1942 sat inside the era when the Navy used asbestos extensively aboard ships, but this hull type carried a far smaller machinery load than a steam combatant: no boilers, no turbines, no steam lines. Any asbestos aboard would have been confined to the machinery spaces - era-standard diesel exhaust lagging, machinery insulation, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation - not the steam-plant lagging typical of larger warships.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Delaware Bay construction trades (1942); crew (1942-45), esp. engine-room ratings in the confined machinery space; Vestal/base trades at Espiritu Santo (1943)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or specification was located for SC-701. Names era-standard applications possible aboard a craft of this type, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution exists for this hull. A wooden hull also reduces - but does not eliminate - the fireproofing-pathway applications seen on steel vessels.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-701-sc701-12
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[14]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 blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1942) and service era (1942-45).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, consistent with prior batches) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-701-sc701-13
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[15]Patrol Craft Sailors Association, 'Information on WWII SCs' - 110-foot wood-hull subchaser specifications, program totals, and loss/damage list (ARCHIVED COPY via Wayback, 8 May 2018) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PCSA subchaser.html - spec table, 'WWII Subchaser Program' totals, lend-lease table, 'SCs Lost or Damaged' list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Class program data for context: 475 ordered, 37 cancelled, 438 delivered at ~$500,000 each; lend-lease transfers totaled 142 (50 France, 78 USSR, 8 Brazil, 3 Norway, 3 Mexico); spec table for the 110-foot wood-hull SC (98 t.; 110'10" x 17'11.5"; GM diesels; 19 kts; 3 officers + 25 enlisted). SC-701 does NOT appear on the association's 'SCs Lost or Damaged' list - consistent with a hull that survived the war and went to Maritime Commission disposal rather than a war loss.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1941-1948
- Population
- Class-wide construction/crew population (1941-45)
- Limitations
- Veterans'-association compilation - class-level context only; spec figures differ in detail from NavSource's per-hull block (19 vs 21 kts; 98 vs 95 t.) and are carried in gaps. Absence from the casualty list corroborates but does not document post-1948 fate. Live ww2pcsa.org fetch unverified this session - archived copy cited and labeled. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-701-sc701-14
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[16]Batch-8075 search ledger (this record): NavSource ship page + SC index; Shipbuilding History yard table + small-ships table; HyperWar ships-sc list; Hamrick research report (Skylark war diary + SC-701 deck-log lead); Vestal war-diary blog transcription + DANFS Vestal; Denver deck-log transcription; ozatwar; NYS Military Museum oral-history index + video; Pak Tu San photo page; PCSA (archived); NARA catalog (JS-blocked); MARAD (no card located); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-sc-701-sc701-01 through -19
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for SC-701: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, industrial-hygiene study, or verified litigation naming USS SC-701 (or PC-701) was found in the public sources searched. Secondary sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no marketing-listicle coverage - this hull is obscure enough that it does not appear even in law-firm vessel lists. The hull's own war diary (1943-44) and deck logs exist at NARA College Park (undigitized) and are the open leads for day-level detail.
- 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 status is recorded in the search ledger (see sl-uss-sc-701-sc701-16) - if the litigation search completed with no qualifying hit this is a negative result; if blocked, litigation remains an open gap rather than a negative finding. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-701-sc701-15