Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 709-packet.md (2 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-679-lst679-pkt-709-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-679 page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, campaign, postwar service, administrative disposition, and final disposition bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records LST-679's Leyte operation in November 1944, Mindanao Island landings in April 1945, Far East occupation service from 15 September 1945 to 10 April 1946, decommissioning on 24 June 1946, striking from the Naval Register on 31 July 1946, and sale for scrapping to Bethlehem Steel Co. on 25 May 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew, embarked forces, and shipyard workers
- Limitations
- The page establishes service and disposition only; it does not establish asbestos materials, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-679-lst679-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-679 specifications [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, Specifications section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource identifies LST-679 as an LST-542-class tank landing ship and lists 13 officers and 104 enlisted in the complement, accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted troops, two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, Falk 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
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Engineering crew and construction/maintenance workers
- Limitations
- The page presents LST-542-class specifications for the hull page; it does not state that any insulation, gasket, cable, deck covering, or friction material aboard LST-679 contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-679-lst679-03
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-679 LST-542-class specifications [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, LST-542 class designation and Propulsion specifications
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era context only: LST-679's documented LST-542-class diesel machinery identifies an asbestos-relevant shipboard design context, but no authoritative source located in this review identifies an asbestos product or material aboard this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- 1944 shipyard trades, engineering crew, and later maintenance workers
- Limitations
- This is design context, not a ship-specific asbestos finding. It does not establish asbestos presence, absence, product identity, quantity, condition, removal history, exposure, or causation aboard LST-679.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-679-lst679-04
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[5]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 50 / LST-679 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44 lists LST-679 with logbook coverage from 15 July 1944 through 30 June 1945, providing an archival lead for the ship's 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 logbook coverage dates, not the contents of the logs. No logbook volume was retrieved and this row makes no asbestos or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-679-lst679-05
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[6]Batch-7204 source review and search ledger: NavSource, NHHC DANFS URL check, NARA Special List No. 44, Firecrawl MCP, and authenticated CourtListener helper attempts [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-679-lst679-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or qualifying litigation finding was located in the public sources searched. This is a records-located negative finding, not proof that asbestos was absent from LST-679.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- The NHHC URL was unavailable to direct verification, Firecrawl was blocked by an approximately 18-hour keyless quota wait, and CourtListener's exact-name opinion search returned zero results but the remaining exact-name/exact-hull docket and hull searches were stopped by fleet pacing. The incomplete litigation sweep cannot support a definitive no-litigation conclusion.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-679-lst679-06
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[7]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-679 page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship history bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's LST-679 page records that the ship was laid down on 2 May 1944 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania, by American Bridge Co.; launched on 20 June 1944; and commissioned as USS LST-679 on 15 July 1944 under Lt. Nairn A. Nelmes, 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
- The live page establishes identity and construction milestones but does not document asbestos content, quantity, condition, removal, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-679-lst679-01