Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 726-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-791-lst791-pkt-726-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Coast Guard, The Coast Guard at War, Volume II: Transports, LST-791 entry (official historical publication, hosted by HyperWar) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST-791 entry, pp. 108 / HTML lines 5027-5046
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Coast Guard historical account identifies this as Coast Guard-manned LST-791, commissioned at New Orleans on 27 September 1944 with Lt. A. W. Duncan, Jr., USCGR, as first commanding officer. It records shakedown at St. Andrews Bay, loading at Theodore, Alabama, departure from Mobile on 3 November 1944, arrival at Pearl Harbor on 10 December, and departure for Leyte on 29 December via Eniwetok and Kossol Passage. It records Okinawa service from D-day through 11 April 1945, a further call on 19 May, departure on 22 June for Leyte and then Subic Bay and Manila, arrival at Manila on 25 August, occupation voyages to Tokyo Bay and Leyte, return to San Francisco on 16 December 1945, and decommissioning there on 28 May 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is a ship-specific historical account, not an asbestos survey, repair record, or material schedule. It supports the stated chronology but does not identify asbestos, products, or individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-791-lst791-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-791 (160791.htm; live page verified) [other_primary]
- Locator
- header chronology and specifications, lines 26-67; photo captions, lines 94-98
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's LST-791 page identifies the LST-542 class; gives construction by Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (laid down 16 July 1944, launched 26 August 1944); commissioning on 27 September 1944 under Lt. Andrew W. Duncan, USCGR; assignment to LST Flotilla 29, Group 86, Division 172; Okinawa Gunto operation participation from 1 April to 22 June 1945; occupation-service periods of 6-23 September and 20 October-15 November 1945; decommissioning 28 May 1946; striking 3 July 1946; one World War II battle star; and sale for scrapping to Walter W. Johnson Co. on 4 June 1948. The page lists two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, a Falk reduction gear, two propellers, and twin rudders.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- NavSource is a secondary compilation and photo archive; its dates and design information were cross-checked against the Coast Guard historical account where overlapping. It is not a ship-specific asbestos record and does not establish asbestos aboard the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-791-lst791-02
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, CG Military Muster Rolls 1941-49 finding aid [other_primary]
- Locator
- Box 328 list, USS LST-791, 1945
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Coast Guard Historian's finding aid lists USS LST-791 in Box 328 of the Coast Guard military muster rolls for 1945, identifying a ship-specific personnel-record path.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The finding aid establishes the existence of a relevant 1945 muster-roll record path, but the roll pages were not reviewed or counted. It does not verify complement, asbestos, exposure, or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-791-lst791-03
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 Oct. 1979), pp. 1-2 [gao]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 1-2; GAO product page summary
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO HRD-80-2 reports that, according to the Navy, ships contained asbestos in components including clutches and electric cables, and that thermal insulation was the Navy's major shipboard asbestos use; it states that the Navy's policy to eliminate asbestos where suitable alternatives existed was issued in October 1975 after specifications had been revised. LST-791's 1944-46 life predates that policy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This Navy-wide, post-service program report is context only. It does not identify a product, location, quantity, condition, or exposure event aboard LST-791 and cannot support a hull-specific asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-791-lst791-04
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[6]CourtListener authenticated helper, /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py, 2026-10-03 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Helper output: DAILY QUOTA EXHAUSTED; server-requested wait 38212 seconds (~10.6 hours); no completed query result
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No conclusion on qualifying CourtListener litigation can be made. The required authenticated helper was invoked for the exact ship name and then returned the fleet daily-quota stand-down message before any completed result; it requested a wait of about 10.6 hours. Per limiter guidance, no further CourtListener requests were made.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is an access limitation, not a no-result finding. It establishes neither the absence nor presence of asbestos litigation, and no case-stage classification is possible.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-791-lst791-05
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[7]Batch 7329 documented source sweep, 2026-10-03 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-791-lst791-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or qualifying litigation record was located in the accessible public sources searched. The source set included the Coast Guard historical account and muster-roll finding aid, NavSource, NHHC/DANFS link check, GAO HRD-80-2, NARA catalog search, and CourtListener attempted through the authenticated helper. The DANFS URL linked by NavSource returned HTTP 404; Firecrawl's shared keyless quota was exhausted; NARA's API/search returned its JavaScript application shell to automated fetches; and CourtListener was quota-blocked before a completed query.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. CourtListener coverage is incomplete, and unreviewed archival records, state-court filings, settlements, and non-digitized Navy records may contain additional material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-791-lst791-06