Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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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-iwo-jima-lph2-pkt-513-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, “Iwo Jima I (LPH-2), 1961–1993” (archived capture dated 2023-11-28; current NHHC page returned 404 when checked). [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Entry heading and opening paragraphs; ship specification line; launch and commissioning sentence.
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's DANFS entry identifies Iwo Jima (LPH-2) as an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship, gives dimensions of 592 feet length, 84 feet beam, and 27 feet draft, and states that Puget Sound Naval Shipyard launched her on 17 September 1960 and commissioned her on 26 August 1961. The entry describes her as designed and built from the keel up as an amphibious assault ship carrying helicopters and embarked Marines for vertical-envelopment operations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1960-1962
- Limitations
- Archived official NHHC page; the live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-30. Supports the identity, listed dimensions, launch and commissioning dates, and stated role only. It does not provide the keel-laying date, complement, detailed machinery configuration, asbestos information, or final disposition. The captured page contains an unrelated paragraph about the canceled CV-46; that paragraph is not attributed to LPH-2 here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-iwo-jima-lph2-01
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[3]U.S. Navy, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, “History” (USS Iwo Jima LHD-7 official history page; archived capture dated 2024-10-11; live page returned 403 when checked). [other_primary]
- Locator
- History page, paragraph beginning “The first, LPH-2”.
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official U.S. Navy history page for the later USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) states that the earlier LPH-2 made its first Western Pacific deployment in September 1963; served as the primary recovery ship for Apollo 13 in April 1970; participated in the evacuation of civilians from Beirut during its June 1976 Mediterranean deployment; deployed to the Persian Gulf in August 1990 for Operation Desert Shield; and was decommissioned in 1993 after 32 years of service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1963-1993
- Population
- Crew and embarked personnel; no individual exposure finding
- Limitations
- Archived official Navy page; its live page returned 403 on 2026-09-30. It supports the listed milestones and decommissioning year, not an exact decommissioning date, stricken date, or post-service disposition. The page is hosted under the current LHD-7 command and is retrospective history, not a contemporary LPH-2 command record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-iwo-jima-lph2-02
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct. 18, 1979), including Navy correspondence reproduced in the report. [gao]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 10-12, especially the reproduced Navy correspondence at PDF pp. 10-11 (printed enclosure pp. 1-2); report highlights at PDF p. 0.
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO report HRD-80-2 (1979) reproduced Navy correspondence stating that ships then in service contained some quantity of asbestos and describing thermal insulation as a major shipboard application, alongside other fleet-wide uses. USS Iwo Jima was commissioned and in service during the period covered. This is Navy-wide historical context; it does not identify an asbestos product, component, quantity, location, or exposure aboard this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1973-1979
- Population
- U.S. Navy ships and shipyard workers in the 1970s; fleet-level context
- Limitations
- Fleet-level policy and background, not a USS Iwo Jima survey or ship-specific material record. It cannot establish the presence, condition, location, quantity, disturbance, or exposure associated with any material on this hull. No products are normalized from this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-iwo-jima-lph2-03
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[5]Batch 5795 official-source search ledger and authenticated CourtListener helper attempt, 2026-09-30. [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger entries sl-uss-iwo-jima-lph2-03 through sl-uss-iwo-jima-lph2-07.
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, or official material inventory was located in the limited official-source search conducted for this record. This is a partial negative finding, not evidence that asbestos was absent. CourtListener could not return search results in this session because its authenticated helper's fleet-wide pacing limiter required stand-down; the litigation sweep therefore remains incomplete.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- The search was limited and the CourtListener component was blocked before an API response. Do not interpret this as a no-result CourtListener search, proof of no litigation, proof of no asbestos, or a finding about exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-iwo-jima-lph2-04