Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]research packet 514-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-catamount-lsd17-pkt-514-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, ‘Catamount (LSD-17),’ NHHC DANFS, archived capture dated 2025-02-08; live NHHC URL returned 404 on 2026-09-30 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS narrative/specifications reviewed; NARA Ship Plan Index search for CATAMOUNT / LSD-17; source-access and litigation-search outcomes are documented in search_ledger
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The accessible authoritative ship history and indexed Catamount records located during this search did not provide ship-specific asbestos identification, survey, abatement, or hazmat disclosure. The result is that no such record was located in the sources searched; it is not evidence that asbestos was absent from the vessel.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The DANFS entry is not designed as a hazardous-materials record, and the NARA engineering drawings were not retrieved. Firecrawl was unavailable because the keyless MCP quota was exhausted. NHHC’s live DANFS page returned 404. CourtListener exact-name and hull-number searches could not be completed because its authenticated helper returned a fleet pacing stand-down; litigation is unsearched, not a negative finding. This limited search cannot establish absence of asbestos or of additional records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-catamount-lsd17-03
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[3]National Archives, Ship Plan Index, Catamount (LSD-17) entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- Index rows for CATAMOUNT / LSD-17; Record Group 19; identifiers 153715287, 175661012, and 175668617
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives Ship Plan Index lists CATAMOUNT (LSD-17) in Record Group 19 for a hull series of ship engineering drawings (National Archives identifier 153715287), aperture cards (175661012), and microfilm (175668617). These holdings are leads for further ship-specific engineering research; their contents were not retrieved or reviewed for this record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The index establishes that indexed engineering drawing holdings exist, not what materials they specify and not asbestos presence, condition, removal, exposure, or causation. The records themselves were not inspected.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-catamount-lsd17-02
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[4]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, ‘Catamount (LSD-17),’ NHHC DANFS, archived capture dated 2025-02-08; live NHHC URL returned 404 on 2026-09-30 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry heading/specifications and service narrative, paragraphs from launch and commissioning through the 1960 Chile mission
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The DANFS entry identifies Catamount as LSD-17 of the Casa Grande class; gives displacement 4,490 tons, length 457 feet 9 inches, beam 72 feet 2 inches, draft 18 feet, speed 15 knots, complement 326 and one 5-inch gun; states she was launched on 27 January 1945 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. at Newport News, Virginia, and commissioned on 9 April 1945. It also records her 1945 Pacific service, arrival in Tokyo Bay on 26 August 1945, Korean War operations including Chinnampo minesweeping support in November 1950, subsequent service through the 1950s, and a 1960 mission carrying landing craft to earthquake-affected southern Chile.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1945-1960 (events in the entry)
- Population
- Ship and crew across the service periods described in the DANFS entry; complement as printed in the entry
- Limitations
- This is a historical summary and specification entry, not an asbestos survey or materials inventory. Its available narrative ends with 1960 activity and does not establish decommissioning, strike, sale, scrapping, current location, asbestos content, individual exposure, or causation. The cited URL is an archived copy because the live NHHC URL returned 404 during research.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-catamount-lsd17-01