Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]research packet 690-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-556-lst556-pkt-690-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-556 (official NHHC entry; archived capture dated 2025-12-09 because the live Navy page returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, opening paragraph and service/disposition paragraphs; archived 2025-12-09 capture
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official DANFS entry states that LST-556 was laid down on 4 February 1944 at Evansville, Indiana, by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 7 April 1944; and commissioned on 1 May 1944. It lists service in the Asiatic-Pacific theater, including southern Palau, Leyte, Ormoc Bay, Mindoro, Zambales-Subic Bay, and Okinawa operations; decommissioning on 14 March 1946; striking on 12 April 1946; sale on 26 April 1948 to Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; subsequent scrapping; and five World War II battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Limitations
- Historical ship identity and service only. This entry makes no statement about asbestos, materials installed aboard, or individual exposure. The citation is an archived copy of the official Navy page; the live page returned 404 when checked.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-556-lst556-01
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[3]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Research guide, sections describing recommended ship-record series and records that do not directly establish asbestos presence
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives research guide identifies ship-record series that may assist research into asbestos aboard an individual U.S. naval vessel, including S103 (Booklets of General Plans), S39 (Insulation and Lagging), and sometimes S48 (Piping). The guide cautions that other listed record series do not provide direct evidence of asbestos use or presence aboard ships or components.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- Records through 1961
- Population
- U.S. naval vessels through 1961; archival research guidance
- Limitations
- This is a research guide, not evidence that asbestos was present aboard LST-556. No LST-556-specific plan, insulation, piping, or asbestos record was located in this research. The guide provides archival directions, not a completed search of those records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-556-lst556-02
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[4]Research outcome: no qualifying public ship-specific asbestos record located in the sources and searches listed in this record; no asbestos material attribution made [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger entries sl-uss-lst-556-lst556-02 through -05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, Navy installation record identifying asbestos aboard LST-556, or qualifying asbestos-litigation record was verified in the research completed for this batch. Ship-specific asbestos documentation is unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- Research conducted 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is a bounded search result, not proof that asbestos was absent. Official historical and archival sources do not establish absence, and the CourtListener check was incomplete because the authenticated helper stopped at the fleet-wide pacing limit before returning search results. Exact hull-number searching was not completed. See search_ledger and gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-556-lst556-03