Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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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-708-lst708-pkt-713-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-708 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry; current URL returned 404 to direct fetch, but the indexed NHHC result reproduced the entry text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC/DANFS entry identifies LST-708 as laid down on 9 May 1944 at Jeffersonville, Indiana, by Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched on 20 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Charlotte R. Sherman; and commissioned on 17 July 1944.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- The current NHHC URL was not live at research time; the indexed result was cross-checked against the live NavSource hull page. This row establishes identity and dates, not asbestos content, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-708-lst708-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-708 [museum_official]
- Locator
- History and specifications sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's LST-708 page records LST-708 as an LST-542-class tank landing ship, commissioned 17 July 1944, assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, and participating in the Okinawa Gunto operation from 1 April through 30 June 1945. It records occupation service in the Far East, decommissioning on 28 May 1946, striking on 3 July 1946, and sale for scrapping on 21 May 1948 to Basalt Rock Co., Napa, California.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- NavSource is a photographic/history archive and corroborating source; the final disposition wording is consistent with the NHHC/DANFS indexed entry. This row does not document asbestos or individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-708-lst708-02
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[4]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-708 specifications [museum_official]
- Locator
- Specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's LST-708 specification block lists 1,625 tons light displacement, 328 feet length, 50 feet beam, 11.6 knots trial speed, and a complement of 9 officers and 120 enlisted personnel, with troop accommodations for 14 officers and 131 enlisted personnel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- The specification block is presented for the LST-542 class and is not an individual surviving-hull engineering record; complement figures are not stated in the NHHC/DANFS entry. It supports vessel context only and does not establish asbestos aboard LST-708.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-708-lst708-03
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[5]CDC/NIOSH, Shipyards, Maritime Safety and Health [other_primary]
- Locator
- Overview and hazards section
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The CDC/NIOSH shipyard overview identifies asbestos as a chemical hazard in shipyard manufacture, repair, maintenance, and dismantling work. This establishes a general shipyard-era hazard context relevant to a 1944 naval vessel built during World War II, not a finding about LST-708.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- General occupational-health guidance does not name Jeffersonville Boat & Machine, the LST-542 class, or LST-708 and does not establish a product, location, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-708-lst708-04
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[6]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page highlights; full report not retrieved because the live page returned HTTP 403
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO report HRD-80-2 describes a review of asbestos use in Navy ships and Navy efforts to protect workers at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, including removal and replacement policies for damaged or repair-displaced insulation. The report is Navy-program context and does not identify LST-708.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- The product page supports only the stated program scope and highlights; the full report was not retrieved. It does not establish asbestos aboard LST-708, any particular product, remaining material, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-708-lst708-05
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[7]Batch-7237 public-source search ledger; sources listed in ledger rows [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-708-lst708-01 through sl-uss-lst-708-lst708-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public sources searched: the NHHC/DANFS entry, verified NavSource hull page, CDC/NIOSH shipyard material, and GAO Navy-asbestos product page contain no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or asbestos-material identification for LST-708.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- A failure to locate a public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard a 1944 naval vessel. It neither establishes nor defeats an exposure claim or legal eligibility. NHHC link rot, GAO access denial, Firecrawl quota exhaustion, and unreviewed archival holdings limit the negative finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-708-lst708-06
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[8]CourtListener authenticated helper status output [other_primary]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py: authenticated broad LST-708 opinion query returned 103 broad results; quoted USS LST-708 opinion query then stopped at the pacing limiter; hull-number docket query remains pending
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- One authenticated broad CourtListener opinion search for LST-708 returned 103 results dominated by citation/name collisions; no result was treated as a qualifying ship case. The required quoted exact-name search for USS LST-708 then reached the fleet-wide pacing budget, and the hull-number docket search was not completed. No litigation conclusion is drawn.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This remains an access gap, not a no-result finding. The broad unquoted result set was not a ship-specific hit and was not exhaustively classified; quoted exact-name and docket searches remain pending. No pleading, discovery record, trial finding, or judgment is inferred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-708-lst708-07
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[9]National Archives, Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives; NHHC DANFS resource path [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Navy logbook holdings overview; specific LST-708 record not identified
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: Navy deck logs and Bureau of Ships construction/outfitting records may provide additional hull-specific operational or material documentation, but no LST-708 archival file was retrieved in this batch.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Record-path lead only. No box-level or digitized LST-708 record was retrieved, and this row is not evidence of asbestos, exposure, or a litigation position.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-708-lst708-08