Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 707-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-670-lst670-pkt-707-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-670 (live page verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship timeline, campaigns, specifications, and merchant-service sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies USS LST-670 as an LST-542-class tank landing ship, laid down 22 March 1944 at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, Pennsylvania; launched 6 May 1944; and commissioned 29 May 1944. Its specifications block states 13 officers and 104 enlisted; two GM 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines; Falk reduction gears; two propellers; 1,700 shp; and three diesel-drive 100-kW 230-V DC ship-service generators. It lists Leyte (20 October 1944), Mindoro (12-18 December 1944), and Okinawa (21 March-28 June 1945); decommissioning 30 April 1946; striking 19 June 1946; three battle stars; merchant names Macoris and Santa Madalena; and a fire on 16 October 1953 off Sao Joao Light, Maranhao.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1953
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked personnel, 1944-46
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer naval-history compilation rather than an official Navy registry; its statements are carried as ship history and require independent confirmation where available. It contains no asbestos, survey, abatement, hazmat, or material-content disclosure and does not establish exposure or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-670-lst670-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 50, row LST-670
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44 lists USS LST-670 with Navy logbook coverage from 29 May 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-05-29 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's company during the listed logbook interval
- Limitations
- The Special List establishes available logbook coverage, not the log contents; it does not identify asbestos, a work task, exposure, disease, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-670-lst670-02
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[4]CDC/NIOSH, Maritime Safety and Health: Shipyards [other_primary]
- Locator
- Overview, chemical-hazards paragraph
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- CDC/NIOSH identifies asbestos among chemical hazards in shipyard work. This is general shipyard context only; it does not identify any asbestos-containing material aboard USS LST-670 or at its builder.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- General occupational-safety context
- Population
- Shipyard workers generally
- Limitations
- General occupational-health context, not a vessel, builder-yard, product, work-practice, exposure, disease, or causation record for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-670-lst670-04
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[5]CourtListener authenticated v4 search via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [other_primary]
- Locator
- Helper diagnostics: request timeout; subsequent 'COURTLISTENER PACING' stand-down
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The required authenticated CourtListener sweep could not be completed: requests for the exact ship name and hull-number forms were initiated through the required helper, but the helper first timed out without a result and then reported that the fleet-wide pacing budget was momentarily spent. No CourtListener search result is classified as a litigation hit or as a negative result.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is an access/pacing gap, not a litigation negative. It establishes neither the presence nor absence of any qualifying asbestos litigation, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-670-lst670-05
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[6]Batch-7195 source review: NARA Special List No. 44; CDC/NIOSH Shipyards; NavSource USS LST-670 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Evidence rows ev-01, ev-02, ev-04, ev-05 and search ledger
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos product, survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or material schedule was located in the reviewed NARA, CDC/NIOSH, and NavSource sources. The vessel's documented diesel configuration supports only class/era prioritization of potential insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation/cable, deck covering, accommodation insulation, and friction linings; no such material is documented aboard this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- A limited public-source review is not proof that asbestos was absent. The CourtListener sweep is incomplete, and NARA logbook contents, builder construction files, maintenance records, surveys, and abatement files were not reviewed. This finding does not establish exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-670-lst670-06