Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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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-558-lst558-pkt-690-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-558 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Full DANFS entry, postwar disposition and awards paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DANFS records that LST-558 was decommissioned 13 February 1946, struck from the Navy list 16 September 1947, and sold 24 May 1948 to Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for scrapping. It also records four battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1946-1948
- Population
- Navy personnel; scrapping and custody personnel
- Limitations
- Supports the recorded disposition and awards only. It does not provide a scrapping yard record, final physical survey, or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-558-lst558-02
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[3]National Park Service, Role of the LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) in World War II Amphibious Operations; LST-1-class profile used as background only [other_primary]
- Locator
- NPS historical context report; class profile cross-check identifies LST-558 in the LST-542 group
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era context: LST-558 was a World War II LST in the LST-542 class / LST-1 design series, built in 1944 during wartime U.S. naval shipbuilding. That context makes asbestos-containing materials a plausible possibility in period shipboard insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical materials, deck coverings, and friction materials, but no cited source identifies any such product aboard this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- World War II LST construction trades and crews
- Limitations
- Class/era context is not a ship-specific finding. It does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard LST-558, where it was located, whether it survived scrapping, quantity, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-558-lst558-03
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[4]Authenticated CourtListener helper searches; query and result details in search_ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-558-lst558-01 through sl-uss-lst-558-lst558-06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation record naming this hull was located in the authenticated CourtListener searches. Exact-name and hull-number searches were run for "USS LST-558", "LST-558", "USS LST 558", and "LST 558" with asbestos terms in opinions, plus exact-name docket searches for "USS LST-558" and "LST-558". The helper returned no result records and no collision requiring classification.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- A no-result index search does not prove that no unindexed pleading, docket filing, or non-digitized record exists; it establishes only that no qualifying indexed hit was located. It does not establish or defeat exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-558-lst558-04
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[5]Batch-7070 source and search ledger; NAVSEA Naval Vessel Register scope statement [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-558-lst558-01 through sl-uss-lst-558-lst558-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the public sources searched: the official DANFS entry contains no asbestos or material-survey statement, CourtListener returned no qualifying indexed litigation hit, and no NPS, NARA, museum, or NVR hull-specific asbestos record was located. The NVR itself states that ships disposed of before 1987 are generally not included, which limits the value of a missing NVR entry for this 1948 disposal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard during service. The record supports only an unknown ship-specific asbestos status and does not establish exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-558-lst558-05
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[6]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-558 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Full DANFS entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DANFS identifies LST-558 as laid down 11 February 1944 at Evansville, Indiana, by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 14 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Henry Goodman; and commissioned 8 May 1944 with Lt. (jg.) H. A. Bisonet in command. The entry records Pacific operations including southern Palau, Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, Zambales-Subic Bay, and Okinawa, followed by occupation duty in the Far East and service in China until early February 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Evansville shipyard workers; Navy crew; embarked troops
- Limitations
- Establishes identity, construction, commissioning, and service history. The entry does not establish asbestos content, individual exposure, quantity, condition, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-558-lst558-01