Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 708-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-672-lst672-pkt-708-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-672 [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, campaign, occupation-service, disposition, and award bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's live LST-672 page records Leyte landings in October 1944, assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in June 1945, Far East occupation service from 24 September 1945 to 10 April 1946, decommissioning on 26 June 1946, striking from the Naval Register on 31 July 1946, two World War II battle stars, and sale on 2 January 1947 to Suwannee Fruit and Steam Ship Corp. of Jacksonville, Florida. It reports the final disposition as unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- U.S. Navy personnel and later commercial owner
- Limitations
- This source documents operational and administrative history only. It does not document materials aboard, asbestos, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-672-lst672-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-672 specifications [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, Specifications and Propulsion sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's class specifications identify LST-672 as an LST-542-class tank landing ship with two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, single Falk main reduction gears, two propellers, 1,700 shaft horsepower, and three diesel-drive 100-kW 230-V DC ship-service generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Engineering crew and construction or maintenance workers
- Limitations
- The page presents class/design specifications alongside hull history. It does not identify asbestos or establish that any particular insulation, gasket, packing, cable, covering, or friction material aboard LST-672 contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-672-lst672-03
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Volume II (15 April 1945), LST section; used only for design context [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF, LST section (pages 168-191); NavSource LST-672 propulsion specifications
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design context only: Bureau of Ships Ships' Data identifies the LST type as a landing ship category, and the LST-672 specifications identify its diesel machinery. Potential asbestos-relevant applications cannot be attributed to this hull from these design sources; no ship-specific material finding is made.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- 1944 shipyard trades, engineering crew, deck machinery operators, and later maintenance workers
- Limitations
- Class/design context, not a hull-specific material finding. Neither cited source states asbestos content; this row does not establish presence, absence, quantity, condition, removal history, exposure, or causation aboard LST-672.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-672-lst672-04
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[5]Batch-7197 source review and search ledger: NavSource, NARA Special List No. 44, authenticated CourtListener helper, and Firecrawl MCP [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-672-lst672-01 through -06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public sources searched: the live NavSource hull page contains no asbestos, survey, abatement, hazmat, or insulation-material disclosure; NARA's ship-number index identifies LST-672 logbook coverage but not logbook contents or asbestos; the authenticated CourtListener exact-name request was rate-limited before a result response; and the required Firecrawl search was quota-blocked.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is a negative finding about public records located, not proof that asbestos was absent. CourtListener coverage is incomplete because the fleet pacing limiter stopped the authenticated exact-name query before results, and Firecrawl was quota-blocked; no anonymous or raw CourtListener request was made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-672-lst672-05
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[6]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 50 / LST-672 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44, by ship numbers, lists LST-672 with logbook coverage from 5 June 1944 through 30 June 1945, providing an archival lead for its commissioning and wartime record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and wartime operations
- Limitations
- The index confirms coverage dates, not the contents of the logs. No logbook volume was retrieved; this row makes no asbestos or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-672-lst672-06
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[7]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-672 [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, LST-542-Class Tank Landing Ship bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's live LST-672 page states that the vessel was laid down on 3 April 1944 at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, Pennsylvania; launched on 14 May 1944; and commissioned on 5 June 1944 under Lieutenant Ralph S. McKelvey, USNR.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- American Bridge construction workers and initial Navy crew
- Limitations
- This is a hull-history record, not a material record. It does not establish asbestos content, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-672-lst672-01