Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 932-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: MISMATCH (fully documented exemplar)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-sc-740-sc740-pkt-932-packet-md
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[2]Naval Cover Museum, SC 740, Ship Name and Designation History (live page). [museum_official]
- Locator
- Ship Name and Designation History
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: SC-740 should not be characterized as a PC-461-class patrol craft. Naval Cover Museum identifies the hull as an SC-497-class submarine chaser while recording an initial USS PC-740 designation before the April 1943 redesignation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1943
- Population
- USS SC-740 / USS PC-740
- Limitations
- Corrects vessel identity and class framing only. The initial PC designation is recorded, but does not establish a PC-461-class vessel or any materials/exposure fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-740-sc740-03
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[3]Chief of Naval Operations, The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, 17 June 1943 entry (live ibiblio transcription). [other_primary]
- Locator
- 17 June 1943, Pacific entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Chief of Naval Operations' official 1943 chronology records that on 17 June 1943 submarine chaser SC-740 sank after running aground at 15°32′S, 147°06′E. This corroborates the museum chronology's loss date and grounding description.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-06-17
- Population
- USS SC-740
- Limitations
- Establishes date, loss event, and coordinates only; does not state present wreck condition, recovery, materials, exposure, causation, or eligibility. The cited page is a live transcription, not an NHHC-hosted original.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-740-sc740-02
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[4]CourtListener authenticated search helper, /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py; attempted 2026-10-03. [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-04 through sl-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No CourtListener result was classified. The authenticated helper was invoked for the required four base searches—exact-name opinion, exact-name docket, hull-number opinion, and hull-number docket, each limited to 20—but fleet-wide pacing did not issue a token within the helper's 60-second window. These are blocked searches; no asbestos-qualified variants were run.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- A pacing block establishes neither presence nor absence of asbestos litigation. No pleading, discovery record, finding, judgment, exposure, causation, or eligibility conclusion was received.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-740-sc740-04
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[5]Naval Cover Museum, SC 740, Ship Name and Designation History (live page). [museum_official]
- Locator
- Ship Name and Designation History
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Cover Museum identifies this hull as an SC-497-class submarine chaser, laid down 24 March 1942 and launched 14 July 1942. It records commissioning as USS PC-740 on 13 November 1942, redesignation as USS SC-740 in April 1943, and loss by grounding on 17 June 1943 on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1943
- Population
- USS SC-740 / USS PC-740
- Limitations
- Designation and chronology only; does not identify builder, complement, propulsion, asbestos-containing material, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sc-740-sc740-01