Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 689-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-552-lst552-pkt-689-packet-md
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[2]National Archives, Special List 44, by ship number (Navy logbooks), LST-552 entry. [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 47, row 'LST-552 4/19/1944 6/30/1945'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 identifies logbook coverage for LST-552 from 19 April 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-04-19 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- USS LST-552 personnel during the listed logbook period
- Limitations
- This finding identifies the archived logbook date range, not the ship's complete service history or any onboard material. The online list is an access lead; the underlying logbooks were not reviewed in this pass and the entry does not establish asbestos presence or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-552-lst552-01
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LST-552 page, reproducing a DANFS history and vessel data. [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource USS LST-552 page, LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship history block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The live NavSource page labels USS LST-552 an LST-542-class tank landing ship and reports Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co. as builder; 19 January 1944 laying down; 14 March 1944 launch; 19 April 1944 commissioning; 19 April 1946 decommissioning; 1 May 1946 striking; and sale for scrapping on 3 November 1947. It also states a four-battle-star total. These are source-reported vessel-history details, retained only as an unverified lead pending official-record confirmation.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- USS LST-552 personnel, 1944-1946
- Limitations
- NavSource is a non-government historical archive page even though it reproduces a DANFS history; no official primary source confirming these details was retrieved in this pass. This row does not establish asbestos content, materials, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility, and none of its details are treated as verified evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-552-lst552-03a
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[4]Authenticated CourtListener API v4 docket search for exact query "USS LST-552" (0 results). [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 response: count 0; document_count 0; accessed through /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener API v4 docket search for the exact name "USS LST-552" returned zero results; no qualifying asbestos docket was identified by that completed exact-name search.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02 search
- Limitations
- A zero-result search is not proof that no litigation exists. The scheduled exact hull-number opinion search for "LST-552" was not completed because the fleet pacing limiter did not return a payload within the session command window; it is recorded as a gap. No litigation or exposure inference is made from either result.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-552-lst552-05
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[5]Authoritative-source research sweep: NHHC/DANFS, NARA logbook and ship-plan indexes, NVR discovery, and official museum/archive search queries for USS LST-552 / LST-552. [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger entries sl-01 through sl-05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific official asbestos survey, abatement record, material inventory, or product-identification record for USS LST-552 was located in the completed authoritative-source sweep.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02 research
- Limitations
- This is a bounded research finding, not proof of absence. NARA's underlying LST-552 logbooks and any unindexed Navy engineering/procurement records were not reviewed; they remain the principal archival leads. The completed sweep does not establish asbestos absence, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-552-lst552-06