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-559-lst559-pkt-690-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-559 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Full DANFS entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DANFS history: LST-559 was laid down 14 February 1944 at Evansville, Indiana, by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 18 April 1944; commissioned 9 May 1944; served in the Asiatic-Pacific theater in the southern Palau Islands, Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, and Okinawa operations; performed postwar occupation and China service through mid-May 1946; was decommissioned 1 June 1946, struck 19 June 1946, sold to Bosey in the Philippines on 5 December 1947, and credited with four World War II battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- LST-559 crew and embarked forces; U.S. Navy construction and operating personnel
- Limitations
- Authoritative for the ship's Navy history and awards. The entry does not document asbestos, material composition, individual exposure, or the post-sale final disposition beyond the 1947 sale.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-559-lst559-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-559 [other_primary]
- Locator
- History and specifications sections, lines 23-91; final disposition line 52
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's hull-specific archive identifies LST-559 as an LST-542-class ship; gives a complement of 13 officers and 104 enlisted, troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted, and propulsion by two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines with Falk reduction gears, two propellers, twin rudders, and 1,700 shp. It records the campaign dates, decommissioning, striking, 1947 sale, and reports final disposition as sinking in Subic Bay to extend the breakwater.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- LST-559 ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Hull-specific archive maintained as a naval-history reference, not a Navy adjudicative record. It documents machinery and history but contains no asbestos survey, material schedule, abatement record, or exposure finding; its final-disposition statement is not repeated in the DANFS entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-559-lst559-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 47-48; LST-559 entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44 identifies LST-559 Navy deck-log holdings for 9 May 1944 through 30 November 1944 and 1 January 1945 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LST-559 deck-log record
- Limitations
- The index establishes listed date ranges, not the contents of the logs. Logs were not retrieved in this batch and therefore support no asbestos, exposure, crew, or operational claim beyond the index listing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-559-lst559-03
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2; corroborating Naval Sea Systems Command asbestos reading-room product/specification index [gao]
- Locator
- GAO Highlights; NAVSEA asbestos reading-room product list at https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Contact/FOIA/Reading-Room/Asbestos/
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era context only: GAO reports that the Navy's 1975 policy addressed removal and replacement of damaged or repair-disturbed asbestos insulation and that the 1979 policy added selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. A Navy product/specification archive lists asbestos-fiber thermal insulation, asbestos packing, metallic-asbestos gaskets, and deck-covering materials among Navy-qualified products. These records make period Navy use of asbestos-containing products a relevant context for a 1944 ship, but do not establish installation aboard LST-559.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1979
- Population
- Navy shipbuilding, repair, and maintenance workers; 1944-era naval vessels
- Limitations
- Program and specification context, not an LST-559 record. Does not establish that any listed product was installed aboard this hull, its quantity or condition, present-day presence, or exposure to any person. LST-559's diesel propulsion also means no ship-specific boiler or steam-plant inference is supported.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-559-lst559-04
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[6]Batch-7071 source review and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-559-lst559-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located in the reviewed DANFS entry, NavSource hull archive, NARA deck-log index, GAO Navy asbestos report, or NAVSEA asbestos product/specification index. This is a negative research finding, not a finding that asbestos was absent from LST-559.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. The CourtListener exact-name and hull-number searches were not completed because the authenticated helper reported the fleet pacing budget spent; litigation is therefore an unresolved gap, not a negative finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-559-lst559-05