Evidence
3 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-3).
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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-555-lst555-pkt-689-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), LST-555 (NHHC page captured by the Internet Archive on 2024-12-09; live NHHC URL returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry text headed LST-555; archived capture dated 2024-12-09
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS states that LST-555 was laid down on 5 February 1944 at Evansville, Indiana, by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 22 March 1944; and commissioned on 28 April 1944. It served in the Asiatic-Pacific theater in the southern Palau Islands, Leyte, Zambales-Subic Bay, and Okinawa operations; sustained serious damage after grounding off Wakayama, Japan, on 18 September 1945; performed occupation duty in the Far East until early January 1946; was decommissioned on 6 January 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 21 January 1946; and had its hulk destroyed by gunfire on 26 January 1946. DANFS states that it earned four battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- The cited NHHC DANFS page is available here only through its archived 2024 capture; the live NHHC URL returned 404 on 2026-10-02. This historical entry contains no asbestos survey, asbestos product identification, abatement, or individual exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-555-lst555-01
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[3]Scope-limited negative finding based on review of the archived NHHC DANFS entry for LST-555 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Full ship-history text reviewed; absence of asbestos terms or asbestos findings
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The reviewed NHHC DANFS entry for LST-555 contains no asbestos-specific finding. No ship-specific asbestos documentation is established by the sources reviewed for this record; the vessel's asbestos status remains unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is a bounded finding about the one historical entry reviewed, not proof that asbestos was absent or that no other records exist. CourtListener exact-name searches returned no results, but the hull-number opinion search returned a broad set of 169 results; only the first 20 were inspected and their captions were unrelated case names, so a complete hull-number screen remains unfinished. The hull-number docket search was blocked by the helper's pacing limiter. Firecrawl searching was unavailable because its keyless MCP quota was exhausted. No asbestos exposure should be inferred from the vessel's class, age, or machinery.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-555-lst555-02