Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 928-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-709-sc709-pkt-928-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'SC-701 - SC-800' (archived capture). [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- SC-709 entry; batch fact-QA rescope dated 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- CORRECTION: this record identifies the vessel as USS SC-709, an unnamed SC-497-class submarine chaser, and does not treat 'PC-709' as an official prior designation. The archived NHHC entry identifies the vessel as SC-709; the batch fact-QA rescope establishes that PC-709 never existed as a PC vessel.
- Verification
- disputed
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1943
- Limitations
- The cited entry establishes SC-709, but does not itself enumerate every possible PC number. This correction also relies on the batch fact-QA rescope. A live NavSource index's contrary 'ex-PC-709' label is excluded as non-authoritative. This correction addresses nomenclature only and supplies no asbestos evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-709-sc709-05
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44, 'List of Logbooks of the United States Navy, 1801-1947, by Ship Number.' [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 108, entry SC-709
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 identifies a SC-709 deck-log holding covering 16 November 1942 through 31 December 1942.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-11-16 to 1942-12-31
- Limitations
- The finding is an index to a logbook, not the logbook itself. It does not establish the contents of the log, asbestos presence, personnel exposure, or the circumstances of the January 1943 loss.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-709-sc709-02
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[4]U.S. Navy, U.S. Naval Vessels Lost During World War II (December 1945). [other_primary]
- Locator
- Submarine chasers table, SC-709
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's wartime-loss list records SC-709 as a grounding loss at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, on 21 January 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-01-21
- Limitations
- The loss list gives cause, place, and date only. It does not identify the precise grounding site, weather, salvage/disposition, crew consequences, vessel equipment, or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-709-sc709-03
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (October 18, 1979). [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product-page highlights; full report link
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 Navy-wide review examined use of asbestos in Navy ships, removal costs, and compensation programs; its highlights describe Navy policy for removal and replacement of asbestos insulation. This supplies Navy/era context only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy review
- Population
- Navy ships and shipyard workers covered by GAO review
- Limitations
- This is a 1979 Navy-wide review, focused on Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; it does not name SC-709, her builder, or any material aboard this hull. It cannot establish ship-specific asbestos presence, quantity, condition, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-709-sc709-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search via cl-auth-search.py; completed query: exact-name docket 'USS SC-709' (limit 20). [other_primary]
- Locator
- Authenticated helper response: count 0, next null; remaining-query status in search_ledger
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the completed authoritative searches. CourtListener exact-name docket query for 'USS SC-709' returned zero results. The other three required CourtListener base searches were initiated through the authenticated fleet helper but had not completed before the research cutoff because of fleet-wide pacing; they are an open litigation gap, not zero-result findings.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- One zero-result docket search does not prove that no litigation, asbestos-containing material, exposure, causation, or legal claim exists. Exact-name opinion and hull-number opinion/docket queries were pending behind the fleet-wide pacer at cutoff and must be completed before treating CourtListener as a full negative sweep.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-709-sc709-06
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[7]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'SC-701 - SC-800' (archived capture). [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- SC-709 entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The archived NHHC DANFS entry identifies SC-709 as built at Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City, North Carolina; laid down 10 June 1942; launched 15 July 1942; commissioned 16 November 1942; and lost as a result of grounding 21 January 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1943
- Limitations
- This is a concise registry entry. It does not describe the grounding, the crew, machinery, materials, asbestos, or any later administrative disposition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-709-sc709-01