Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]research packet 517-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced)
- Evidence ID
- uss-anchorage-lsd36-pkt-517-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Anchorage I (LSD-36), archived copy of NHHC page (live NHHC URL returned 404 on 2026-09-30) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived DANFS entry, specifications block; construction paragraph; 1969 post-shakedown and 1982 overhaul paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies Anchorage (LSD-36) as an Anchorage-class dock landing ship, laid down 13 March 1967 at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.; launched 5 May 1968; and commissioned at Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 15 March 1969. Its specifications block gives a 397-person complement and 20-knot speed. The account records post-shakedown availability at Mare Island Naval Shipyard beginning 1 November 1969 and a 1982 San Diego overhaul that included general repairs, propulsion-plant work, communications modernization, and defensive-capability upgrades.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1967-1982
- Population
- Construction trades (1967-1969); ship's company (design complement 397); yard workers during recorded availabilities
- Limitations
- This is an archived copy because the live NHHC page returned 404 when checked. DANFS documents hull history and selected yard periods, not asbestos content, product identity, quantities, worker exposure, or conditions during the listed work.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anchorage-lsd36-01
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[3]U.S. Pacific Fleet, 'Sailors Weather Alaskan Cold to Commission USS Anchorage,' 4 May 2013 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Article paragraphs 89-90
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy retrospective distinguishes the first USS Anchorage, LSD-36, from the 2013-commissioned USS Anchorage (LPD-23): it states that LSD-36 was commissioned in 1969, served in Vietnam, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom, and was decommissioned in 2003.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1969-2003
- Population
- LSD-36 crew, 1969-2003
- Limitations
- The retrospective supplies only the year of decommissioning and a high-level service summary. It does not establish an exact decommissioning date, final disposition, asbestos content, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anchorage-lsd36-02
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[4]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guide: 'Beginning Research'; 'General Information Books'; 'Continuing Research' (deck logs and muster rolls)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's asbestos-research guide identifies ship history, Bureau of Ships records, General/Ship Information Books, specifications, and inspection records as research avenues; it identifies RG 19 Entry P 10 as amphibious-vessel General Information Books and states that deck logs and muster rolls do not themselves provide direct evidence of asbestos. Anchorage's 1967 construction is outside the guide's stated 1941-1961 focus, so this is a methodology and archival lead only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- NARA guide scope: 1941-1961
- Population
- Not applicable; archival-research methodology
- Limitations
- NARA's guide neither names LSD-36 nor documents asbestos aboard it, and its stated 1941-1961 scope does not cover Anchorage's construction. No responsive LSD-36 record was retrieved in this batch; this row cannot support an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anchorage-lsd36-03