Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 513-packet.md (7 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-inchon-lph12-pkt-513-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, “Inchon (LPH-12)” (archived capture, 2023-10-01). [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Service-history paragraphs beginning “In 1972-1973” and “In February 1973.” Live NHHC URL returned HTTP 404; citation is explicitly an archived copy.
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS states that Inchon circumnavigated the globe in 1972-1973 and joined Task Force 78 for Operation End Sweep in February 1973; it gives the operation's completion date as 18 July 1973.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This records the dates and operation stated in DANFS. The history does not establish asbestos exposure or any material aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-inchon-lph12-05
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, “Inchon (LPH-12)” (archived capture, 2023-10-01). [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Specification block and opening ship-history paragraph. Live NHHC URL returned HTTP 404; citation is explicitly an archived copy.
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS identifies Inchon as an Iwo Jima-class ship, gives the complement as 1,445, and states that it was laid down on 8 April 1968 at Pascagoula by Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding, launched on 24 May 1969, and commissioned on 20 June 1970 at Pensacola.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Archived NHHC DANFS entry; the live NHHC URL was no longer accessible during this review. The complement is the entry's stated figure, not a claim of a constant crew size.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-inchon-lph12-01
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, “Inchon (LPH-12)” (archived capture, 2023-10-01). [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Paragraphs beginning “On 1 March 1995” and “Decommissioned on 20 June 2002.” Live NHHC URL returned HTTP 404; citation is explicitly an archived copy.
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS states that Inchon was reclassified as a mine countermeasures ship (MCS-12) on 1 March 1995, decommissioned on 20 June 2002, stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 24 May 2004, and sunk as a target on 5 December 2004.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The MCS-12 designation refers to this same vessel, not a separate hull. No precise target-sinking location is given in this entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-inchon-lph12-02
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[5]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, “Inchon (LPH-12)” (archived capture, 2023-10-01). [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Service-history paragraph beginning “On 7 October 1981.” Live NHHC URL returned HTTP 404; citation is explicitly an archived copy.
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS reports that Inchon suffered a boiler explosion while preparing to get underway from Norfolk on 7 October 1981.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The source reports a boiler explosion but gives no cause, repair detail, or material composition. This event is not evidence of asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-inchon-lph12-03
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[6]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, “Inchon (LPH-12)” (archived capture, 2023-10-01). [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Review of the accessible DANFS entry; it contains service and ship data but no asbestos survey or asbestos claim.
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, or direct asbestos statement was identified in the accessible NHHC DANFS text reviewed for this record; ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- This is a bounded search finding based on one historical entry, not proof of absence. Firecrawl was quota-blocked, NVR was behind authentication, and CourtListener was denied by its fleet limiter; no class-era inference is converted into a ship-specific claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-inchon-lph12-04