Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 740-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-889-lst889-pkt-740-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-889 (archived copy of the official NHHC page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived NHHC DANFS entry, LST-889 service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's DANFS history records that LST-889 was laid down 3 September 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by Dravo Corporation; launched 14 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Sylvester Hohl; and commissioned 18 November 1944 with Lt. Lon Hocker, Jr., USNR, in command. It assigns the ship to the Asiatic-Pacific theater, records participation in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from April through June 1945, postwar occupation duty in the Far East until early December 1945, decommissioning 28 May 1946, striking 19 July 1946, sale 13 February 1948 to Bosey, Philippines, and one World War II battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Dravo construction workers; ship's company; embarked personnel
- Limitations
- The live NHHC URL returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-03; this is a verified Wayback capture of the official text and is labeled archived accordingly. The entry establishes history and disposal only; it contains no asbestos, machinery, complement, condition, or individual-exposure information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-889-lst889-01
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[3]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947, ship-number listing [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF ship-number list, LST-888 through LST-890 entries; LST-889 appears twice
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 indexes two LST-889 logbook entries, each with a beginning date of 18 November 1944 and ending date of 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-11-18 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's company
- Limitations
- This is an index to logbooks, not the logbooks themselves; duplicate index entries are not treated as two independently reviewed logs. It corroborates a record path and the indexed date range, but does not establish operations, materials, asbestos, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-889-lst889-02
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[4]Fleischer WE and Viles FJ Jr., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 28 (1946): 9-16, PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed PMID 21016030; citation metadata independently verified through NCBI E-utilities
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- A 1946 U.S. Public Health Service industrial-hygiene article documents pipe-covering operations in construction of naval vessels. It is contemporaneous evidence of naval-vessel construction work, not a record for LST-889.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- Pipe-covering workers in naval-vessel construction
- Limitations
- The study is an era-level occupational source; it does not identify Dravo, Pittsburgh, LST-889, a product aboard this hull, or any crew member. The automated PubMed page was reCAPTCHA-gated, while the NCBI E-utilities metadata endpoint verified the article title, authors, journal, date, and pages. It does not establish exposure, quantity, condition, or causation for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-889-lst889-03
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979-10-18) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product record HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 report concerns Navy efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure and is retained solely as later Navy-wide program context; it does not name LST-889.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy asbestos-protection program
- Limitations
- The live GAO product URL returned HTTP 403 to automated retrieval on 2026-10-03, so the report text was not reviewed and no substantive report finding is attributed here. This row is a bibliographic program-context lead only; it provides no vessel-specific asbestos finding, product identification, exposure evidence, or causation conclusion.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-889-lst889-04
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[6]Batch 7432 search ledger in this record: archived NHHC DANFS LST-889 entry; NARA Special List 44; NCBI/PubMed citation verification; GAO product record; authenticated CourtListener helper [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-889-lst889-01 through sl-uss-lst-889-lst889-06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the official and authoritative sources successfully searched: the archived NHHC DANFS history and NARA Special List 44 contain no asbestos, insulation-material, abatement, survey, or condition statement for LST-889. CourtListener was not searchable because the authenticated helper reported a shared daily-quota wait of about 8.4 hours before results could be returned.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is a finding about the limited public sources searched, not proof that asbestos was absent aboard. The CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweep is incomplete and must not be read as a litigation no-result. No conclusion about individual exposure, causation, legal eligibility, or present condition follows from this negative finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-889-lst889-05