Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 671-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-39-lst39-pkt-671-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, NH 105633 USS YF-1079 LST-39 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Catalog description and disposition paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's official photograph catalog identifies NH 105633 as USS YF-1079, ex LST-39 (1943-1946), and states that LST-39 was sunk in the West Loch ammunition explosion at Pearl Harbor on 21 May 1944, raised, converted to a spare-parts issue barge, redesignated YF-1079 in August 1944, stricken in February 1946, and destroyed in August 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- LST-39 crew; salvage and barge personnel
- Limitations
- Official photograph catalog description, not an engineering or asbestos survey; it does not establish material content, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-39-lst39-01
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[3]NavSource Online, YF-1079 ex USS LST-39 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Header timeline and LST-39 service bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The live NavSource hull page records LST-39 as an LST-1-class ship laid down 23 April 1943 at Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, launched 29 July 1943, placed in reduced commission 2 September 1943, and placed in full commission 8 September 1943 under Lieutenant Raymond J. Figaro. It records assignment to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and loss in the West Loch ammunition explosion on 21 May 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Crew and construction workforce
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled reference; used for hull-specific timeline and checked against NHHC catalog records. It contains no asbestos documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-39-lst39-02
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[4]NavSource Online, LST-1-class specification block and LST-39 photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications lines 37-73 and photo captions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The LST-1-class specification block associated with the LST-39 page lists a 328-foot hull, 50-foot beam, 11.6-knot trial speed, 13 officers and 104 enlisted in the ship's company, troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted, two LCVPs, and propulsion by two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines through a Falk reduction gear to two propellers. The page also identifies the ship's photos as National Archives or NHHC collections.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- The specification block is class/type documentation and does not provide an as-built material schedule for LST-39; it supports machinery context only and does not support ship-specific asbestos attribution.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-39-lst39-03
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[5]Naval History and Heritage Command, Pearl Harbor Ablaze Again: The West Loch Disaster [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- USS LST-39 photograph caption and West Loch narrative
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC's official West Loch history identifies 21 May 1944 as the date of the ammunition accident at Pearl Harbor and identifies USS LST-39 in the accompanying photograph caption as an LST afire on 22 May 1944 after the explosion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-05-21 to 1944-05-22
- Population
- West Loch personnel and LST crews
- Limitations
- The official page documents the accident and photograph, not asbestos, occupational exposure, or the exact material condition of this hull after the fire.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-39-lst39-04
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights and Navy policy summary
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's Navy asbestos report states that the Navy reviewed asbestos use in ships, that thermal insulation was a major shipboard use, and that the Navy's 1975 policy removed and replaced nonasbestos materials only when insulation was damaged or had to be removed for repairs. The report is era/program context for a 1943 Navy ship, not a record of LST-39.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ships generally
- Limitations
- Program-level report; it names no LST-39 material, quantity, survey, or exposure. It cannot establish that asbestos remained aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-39-lst39-05
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[7]NAVSEA, S9086-BS-STM-010, Readiness and Care of Inactive Ships [other_primary]
- Locator
- 050-7.2.7 Handling and Removal of Asbestos Materials
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NAVSEA inactive-ship guidance states that past naval shipbuilding programs used asbestos materials in shipboard installations such as thermal insulation and deck tile, and discusses asbestos in forms including pipe covering and gaskets. This supports only a class/era application profile for a WWII-built Navy hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2005 guidance describing past shipbuilding programs
- Population
- Navy inactive-ship personnel and contractors
- Limitations
- General Navy handling guidance, not a LST-39 construction record or survey; it does not prove installation, persistence, quantity, or exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-39-lst39-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search via cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- Search ledger sl-07 through sl-10; hull-number docket response count 0
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos-litigation hit was verified for USS LST-39 in the accessible CourtListener results. The authenticated hull-number docket search for exact "LST-39" returned zero results. The exact-name opinion and docket searches for "USS LST-39" and the exact-hull opinion search were blocked by the shared fleet pacing budget before results could be returned.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- CourtListener search conducted 2026-10-02
- Population
- Potential claimants and defendants associated with the hull
- Limitations
- A zero-result docket search is not proof of no litigation. The exact-name and opinion searches were not completed because the fleet pacing limiter reported its momentary budget was spent; no anonymous or v3 request was made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-39-lst39-07
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[9]Research gap ledger: NHHC, NavSource, GAO, NAVSEA, and CourtListener review [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger sl-01 through sl-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or hull-specific asbestos finding was located in the authoritative sources reviewed. Firecrawl research was not completed because its keyless MCP session reported a 24-hour quota exhaustion after the initial search.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946; research through 2026-10-02
- Population
- LST-39 construction, repair, salvage, and crew records
- Limitations
- This is a search result, not proof that no such record exists. NARA construction, repair, salvage, and Navy-yard records remain archival leads; Firecrawl access should be retried in a later session after quota reset.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-39-lst39-08