Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 915-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-weatherford-pc618-pkt-915-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Weatherford (EPC-618), official NHHC entry; entry indexed by live web search, direct page retrieval returned HTTP 502 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry narrative and PC-618 specification block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies PC-618 as laid down 29 April 1942 at Neponset, Massachusetts, by George Lawley & Sons; launched 1 August 1942; commissioned 7 September 1942; reclassified EPC-618 in April 1947; named Weatherford on 14 February 1956; decommissioned and struck 1 November 1965; used as a salvage training hulk for three years; and sunk as a target on 1 November 1968. DANFS lists a complement of 65 and PC-461 class.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1968
- Limitations
- Historical facts only; DANFS does not document asbestos or exposure. NHHC page appeared in live search results but direct open returned 502; page was not independently retrieved, so this citation has an access limitation. No inference about asbestos is drawn from the class or construction date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-weatherford-pc618-01
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[3]National Archives, Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog, Weatherford (EPC/PC-618) listing [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship-name index entry, Weatherford (EPC/PC-618)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives deck-log guide lists Weatherford (EPC/PC-618), commission September 1942 and decommission November 1965, and provides indexed log years. The listing corroborates the identity and broad commission/decommission period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1965
- Limitations
- Catalog guide only, not the ship's deck logs; it gives months rather than exact dates and says nothing about asbestos, material condition, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-weatherford-pc618-02
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[4]NavSource Online, Weatherford (EPC-618), live ship page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Timeline and specifications, lines 15-33
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The live NavSource page lists PC-618's keel-laying, launch, commissioning, April 1947 EPC reclassification, February 1956 naming, 1965 decommissioning/striking, and 1968 target sinking; it identifies a PC-461-class submarine chaser with two Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines and a complement of 65.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1968
- Limitations
- NavSource is a secondary photo archive and is used here as a cross-check, not as asbestos evidence. Its naming date (15 February 1956) differs by one day from DANFS (14 February); DANFS is retained. Its displacement also differs from DANFS and is not carried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-weatherford-pc618-03
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[5]Search ledger for asbestos documentation and litigation repositories; see search_ledger entries [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-weatherford-pc618-01 through -06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation record was verified during this research. This is a search-result limitation, not proof that asbestos was absent aboard.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03 research session
- Limitations
- CourtListener hull-number docket search returned 26 mixed results; its first-page output exceeded the tool display limit, so every hit could not be classified, and the page-2 request was stopped by the helper's pacing guidance. Exact-name docket and hull-number opinion attempts returned pacing stand-down; exact-name opinion was attempted once and interrupted while pacing. Firecrawl searches were blocked by keyless quota. No asbestos-negative conclusion is supported.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-weatherford-pc618-04