Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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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-671-lst671-pkt-707-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-671 (NHHC ship history; archived capture, live page 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-671 entry, full text; Wayback capture 2025-02-02 of history.navy.mil page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS records that LST-671 was laid down 28 March 1944 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania, by American Bridge Co.; launched 11 May 1944; and commissioned 2 June 1944. It records Asiatic-Pacific operations at Leyte in October 1944, Lingayen Gulf in January 1945, and Okinawa from April through June 1945; occupation duty in the Far East through December 1945; decommissioning 25 June 1946; striking 15 August 1946; and sale for scrapping to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 26 September 1947. DANFS credits three World War II battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- American Bridge construction trades (1944); LST-671 crew (1944-1946)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history establishes the stated milestones, service summary, and disposition only. The archived entry contains no asbestos, machinery-material, exposure, causation, complement, or current-location information. The live NHHC URL returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-02; this citation is explicitly an archived copy, not a live source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-671-lst671-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-671 (10/16/160671) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship heading; Specifications: Complement and Propulsion sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource labels USS LST-671 an LST-542-class tank landing ship and gives class specification data of two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, a Falk main reduction gear, two propellers, 1,700 shp, and three diesel-driven 100-kW 230-V DC ship-service generators. Its specification block lists accommodations of 13 officers and 104 enlisted as class data.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- World War II design context
- Population
- LST-542 design and operating personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer archival compilation, not an official registry. Its specification block is class data and does not establish this hull's actual complement, construction materials, asbestos presence, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-671-lst671-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers, LST-671 entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF LST section, LST-671 row: 6/3/1944 to 6/30/1945
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44 indexes deck logs for LST-671 from 3 June 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-06-03 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- LST-671 officers and crew represented in deck logs
- Limitations
- This is an index to deck-log coverage, not an item-level review of the logs. It identifies an archival lead but supplies no material inventory, asbestos finding, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-671-lst671-03
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[5]National Archives, Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA page introductory paragraphs on deck-log purpose, digitization, and availability outside the displayed online list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA states that Navy deck logs are chronological accounts of notable shipboard events and directs researchers to Archives II textual-reference staff for logs not displayed in its online list. LST-671's indexed 1944-1945 log coverage is an open archival lead for operational and maintenance records.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-06-03 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- LST-671 crew and officers of the deck
- Limitations
- Repository guidance only; no LST-671 log was reviewed at item level. Deck logs may not contain material specifications, and this lead establishes no asbestos content, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-671-lst671-04
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[6]Conservative synthesis of the LST-542 specification block and the absence of a hull-specific asbestos document [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource Propulsion section (ev-uss-lst-671-lst671-02); research ledger
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference only: the LST-542 diesel design described in the class specification has no boiler or steam-distribution plant, so a boiler-room or steam-line lagging pathway is not supported. No source reviewed identifies any asbestos-containing product or application aboard LST-671.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- American Bridge construction and fitting trades; LST-671 crew
- Limitations
- Inference only. It does not establish that asbestos was present or absent aboard LST-671, name a product or manufacturer, quantify material, establish condition, identify an exposure pathway for any person, or establish causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-671-lst671-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 authenticated helper and batch search ledger [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-671-lst671-05 through -08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation result was established. The authenticated CourtListener exact-name opinion request for "USS LST-671" did not return within the helper's 30-second network timeout, and the exact-name docket request received the fleet-wide pacing stand-down before an HTTP result. Required hull-number opinion and docket searches were not started after that throttle. This is an incomplete litigation result, not a no-result finding.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Absence of a completed search result does not prove asbestos was absent or that no litigation exists. No anonymous or raw CourtListener request was made. This row establishes no litigation disposition, exposure evidence, legal eligibility, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-671-lst671-06