Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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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-395-lst395-pkt-671-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-395 [other_primary]
- Locator
- World War II campaign table; postwar disposition chronology; editorial comment immediately above decommissioning entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records LST-395's Asiatic-Pacific service in the New Georgia, Treasury-Bougainville, Hollandia, Western New Guinea, Southern Philippines, and Borneo operations; Far East occupation service from 25 September through 14 October 1945; striking from the Naval Register on 1 May 1946; and sale for scrapping to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, Maryland, on 26 September 1947, followed by scrapping. It reports six battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation. Its displayed decommissioning date is 10 April 1946, while an editorial note on the same page says “DANFS Decom 19 April 1946”; this discrepancy is not resolved here.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- U.S. Navy ship's company and embarked personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival photo/history compilation rather than a Navy-maintained register. This supports the displayed operational and disposition chronology but not asbestos content, exposure, or causation. The conflicting 10 and 19 April 1946 decommissioning dates are explicitly retained as unresolved; a sold-for-scrapping entry does not provide a material inventory.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-395-lst395-02
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[3]National Archives, Special List No. 44, Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, by ship number; National Archives, Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List No. 44 PDF p. 44, LST-395 entries; deck-log explanation at https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44 lists USS LST-395 deck-log holdings for 10 June-31 December 1943 and 1 February 1944-30 June 1945. NARA explains that Navy deck logs are chronological records of notable events in and around a ship. These listed holdings are ship-specific archival leads.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1945 records
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew and ship operations
- Limitations
- The list establishes holdings and date coverage, not the contents of individual log pages. The logs were not individually inspected and this row is not asbestos documentation or evidence of exposure, causation, or material condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-395-lst395-03
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[4]Batch-6936 search ledger: live NavSource page; NARA Special List No. 44 and deck-log guidance; NHHC/NVR checks; authenticated CourtListener-helper attempts [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-395-lst395-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazardous-material disclosure, material specification, or product identification was located in the public sources searched for USS LST-395/LST-395. The verified NavSource page and the NARA deck-log holdings list contain no asbestos statement. The required CourtListener exact-name and hull-number searches were issued only through the authenticated helper, but each request timed out before a result could be returned; therefore this is not a complete litigation negative finding.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Failure to locate a public record does not prove asbestos was absent aboard. CourtListener classification is incomplete because the mandated authenticated helper did not return results before its API timeout; no anonymous, raw, or v3 request was made. This row establishes neither presence nor absence, individual exposure, causation, legal eligibility, or a litigation disposition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-395-lst395-04
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[5]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-395 [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship chronology and Specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's live archival page identifies USS LST-395 as an LST-1-class tank landing ship laid down 28 September 1942 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia; launched 23 November 1942; and commissioned 19 December 1942. Its specification block reports a ship's company of 13 officers and 104 enlisted, troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted, and two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines with a Falk reduction gear, three diesel-driven ship-service generators, twin propellers, and 1,700 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942
- Population
- Newport News construction workforce; U.S. Navy ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival photo/history compilation rather than a Navy-maintained register. The page supports the stated construction and equipment history but does not identify asbestos, insulation materials, exposure, causation, or present-day material condition. The live NHHC LST-395 URL linked by NavSource returned HTTP 404 during this research.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-395-lst395-01