Evidence
2 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-2).
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[1]U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 Oct 1979); GAO product page and linked report indexed, direct fetch returned HTTP 403 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page highlights; report HRD-80-2, pp. 1-3 and enclosures (indexed text; direct fetch blocked)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed asbestos use in Navy ships and the Navy's shipyard worker protection efforts at Long Beach and Norfolk. It described the Navy's 1975 policy to remove and replace insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs, and a 1979 modification for selective replacement of asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas. This is Navy-wide shipboard and shipyard context only; it does not identify USS LST-797 or establish that asbestos was aboard this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; Navy ships
- Limitations
- Program-level evidence, not hull-specific. Direct Studio-side fetch of the GAO product page and PDF returned HTTP 403; the GAO page and report text were available in the search index. Does not establish material aboard LST-797, individual exposure, quantity, or present-day ACM.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-797-lst797-01
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[2]Research-session negative finding: no ship-specific asbestos record was verified among the accessible sources searched (see search_ledger); this is not a finding that no such record exists [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-lst-797-lst797-01 through sl-uss-lst-797-lst797-06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, material schedule, or litigation record was verified in the accessible source set during this session. CourtListener searches did not complete because the authenticated helper reported the fleet's daily quota exhausted; therefore this is not a negative litigation result and does not establish that no such records exist.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03 research session
- Limitations
- Search coverage was incomplete: Firecrawl was quota-blocked, the official LST-797 DANFS page returned 404, NARA Catalog API retrieval failed, and CourtListener was blocked by the daily quota. Do not interpret this research-session result as proof of absence of asbestos or litigation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-797-lst797-02