Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-701 [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship history bullets and campaign table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's live USS LST-701 hull page identifies an LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down on 1 April 1944 at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana; launched on 18 May 1944; and commissioned on 13 June 1944. It records Asiatic-Pacific participation at Lingayen Gulf (9 January 1945), Nasugbu (31 January 1945), and Okinawa Gunto (1 April-24 June 1945); decommissioning on 13 July 1946; striking on 28 August 1946; sale for scrapping to Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, California, on 27 October 1947; and three World War II battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Construction trades, ship's company, and embarked personnel
- Limitations
- This archive page supports identity, milestones, service, and disposition only. It does not identify asbestos-containing material, quantity, condition, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-701-lst701-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-701 specifications [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, Specifications section; research ledger negative-source review
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era context only: the documented LST-542 diesel design has two General Motors diesel engines and no documented boiler plant. No source reviewed identifies any asbestos-containing application aboard USS LST-701.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Construction, engineering, maintenance, and deck-machinery personnel
- Limitations
- This is a design-context inference, not a ship-specific asbestos finding. The source states machinery specifications, not asbestos content; it does not establish presence, absence, quantity, condition, removal history, individual exposure, or causation aboard LST-701.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-701-lst701-04
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[3]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF ship-number table, LST-701 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44, by ship number, lists LST-701 with logbook coverage from 13 June 1944 through 30 June 1945, an archival lead for the vessel'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 coverage dates, not the contents of the logs. No underlying logbook was retrieved; this row does not establish asbestos content, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-701-lst701-03
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[4]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py; batch research ledger [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-701-lst701-04 through -06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the sources reviewed. The authenticated CourtListener exact-name opinion query for "USS LST-701" returned zero results; the required exact-hull and docket queries were not completed because the fleet-wide authenticated pacing limiter issued a stand-down.
- 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 the records located, not proof that asbestos was absent. The CourtListener sweep is incomplete after the authenticated fleet limiter's stand-down, so no no-litigation conclusion is drawn. No anonymous or raw CourtListener request was made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-701-lst701-05
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[5]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-701 specifications [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, Specifications section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's live USS LST-701 hull page gives LST-542-class specifications of a 328-foot overall length, 50-foot beam, 11.6-knot trial speed, complement of 13 officers and 104 enlisted, troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted, 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
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Construction and engineering personnel
- Limitations
- The page presents LST-542-class specifications with the hull history. These design specifications provide context only and do not establish that any insulation, gasket, packing, cable, deck covering, or other material aboard LST-701 contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-701-lst701-02