Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 713-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-707-lst707-pkt-713-packet-md
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[2]Naval Historical Center, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-707 entry (archived official Navy page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived DANFS entry, service and disposition paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The archived official DANFS entry states that LST-707 served in the Asiatic-Pacific theater in the Leyte landings in November 1944, Lingayen Gulf in January 1945, Zambales-Subic Bay in January 1945, and Mindanao in April 1945; performed Far East occupation duty until late December 1945; was decommissioned on 28 May 1946; struck from the Navy list on 3 July 1946; and sold for scrapping to Bethlehem Steel Co. on 7 May 1948. It earned four battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew, occupation personnel, and later scrapping workers
- Limitations
- DANFS establishes service and disposition only. It does not identify asbestos, insulation materials, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-707-lst707-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-707 page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, LST-542 class history and Specifications section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's live LST-707 page identifies the hull as an LST-542-class tank landing ship and gives 328-foot overall length, 50-foot beam, trial speed of 11.6 knots, complement of 9 officers and 120 enlisted, troop accommodations for 14 officers and 131 enlisted, two General Motors 12-567A 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
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Engineering crew and construction/maintenance workers
- Limitations
- The page was live-verified at research time and supplies design and machinery specifications. It does not establish that any insulation, gasket, cable, covering, or friction material aboard LST-707 contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-707-lst707-03
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[4]NavSource LST-707 specifications and LST-1-class profile used only to establish design context [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource Specifications section; class-profile cross-check
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design context only: LST-707 was a 1944 LST-542-class diesel-powered landing ship. Period shipboard applications associated with diesel machinery, exhaust systems, electrical systems, deck coverings, accommodation spaces, and deck machinery may have included insulation, gaskets, packing, cable insulation, coverings, or friction materials, but no cited source identifies asbestos content for this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- 1944 shipyard trades, engineering crew, deck-machinery operators, and maintenance workers
- Limitations
- This is not a ship-specific material finding. The cited source does not state asbestos content and does not establish presence, absence, quantity, condition, removal history, individual exposure, or causation aboard LST-707.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-707-lst707-04
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[5]Batch-7236 source review: archived DANFS, live NavSource, NARA Special List No. 44, and authenticated CourtListener helper attempt [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-707-lst707-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public sources searched: the archived DANFS entry and live NavSource page contain no asbestos, survey, abatement, hazmat, or insulation-material disclosure for LST-707. The required authenticated CourtListener search was stopped by the fleet-wide pacing limiter before a result response, so no litigation conclusion is drawn.
- 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 records located, not proof that asbestos was absent. CourtListener coverage is incomplete because the authenticated fleet limiter returned a stand-down; no anonymous or raw request was used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-707-lst707-05
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[6]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 49 / text line for LST-707
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44, by ship number, lists LST-707 with logbook coverage from 13 July 1944 through 30 June 1945, providing 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 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-707-lst707-06
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[7]Naval Historical Center, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-707 entry (archived official Navy page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived DANFS entry, opening paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The archived official DANFS entry states that LST-707 was laid down on 1 May 1944 at Jeffersonville, Indiana, by Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched on 16 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Lorine C. Deleuil; and commissioned on 13 July 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Jeffersonville Boat & Machine construction workers and initial Navy crew
- Limitations
- The live NHHC URL returns 404; the cited Wayback capture is explicitly archived. This row establishes identity and construction milestones, not asbestos content, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-707-lst707-01