Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 840-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-961-lst961-pkt-840-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-961 entry (live official Navy page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Live DANFS LST-961 page, service and disposition paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The live official DANFS entry states that LST-961 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater during World War II; participated in the Palawan Island landings in March 1945 and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in May and June 1945; performed occupation duty in the Far East and service in China until mid-April 1946; was decommissioned on 23 July 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 28 August 1946; and was sold for scrapping on 10 December 1947 to The Learner Co., Oakland, California. DANFS credits two World War II battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew and embarked personnel
- Limitations
- DANFS provides campaign and service summary rather than deck-log detail and does not identify a decommissioning site. It contains no asbestos or material information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-961-lst961-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-961 page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, LST-542 Class heading and Specifications section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's LST-961 page identifies the ship as an LST-542-class tank landing ship and gives class-standard specifications of two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, 1,700 shp, two propellers, and twin rudders; it also states a 13-officer/104-enlisted complement and troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Engineering crew and construction/maintenance workers
- Limitations
- The specifications are a class-standard block on an archival hull page, not an inspected hull-specific machinery or manning record. The crew figures are not carried in the record because they were not verified against DANFS/NHHC. This source contains no asbestos-content information and supports no asbestos conclusion.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-961-lst961-03
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[4]National Archives, Special List No. 44, List of Logbooks of the U.S. Navy, 1801-1947, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 61, LST-961 entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44 indexes deck-log coverage for LST-961 from 6 December 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-12-06 to 1945-06-30
- Limitations
- This is an index to deck-log coverage, not the logs themselves; the underlying volumes were not retrieved or read. It does not establish any operational event, asbestos material, exposure, or condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-961-lst961-04
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[5]U.S. Maritime Administration, Vessel History Database, LST-961, Detail 9573 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Detail 9573, identity, fate, historical narrative, milestones, and documents sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD's Vessel History Database identifies LST-961 as a military LST tank landing ship and records its fate as 'Sold - No Further Info'; the detail page supplies no narrative, milestones, historical documents, or post-sale disposition detail.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- post-Navy disposition
- Limitations
- The database corroborates only the broad sold/no-further-information disposition. It does not identify buyer, sale date, post-sale fate, asbestos, materials, survey, or exposure information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-961-lst961-05
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[6]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard U.S. Naval Vessel up through 1961; U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- NARA guide, Beginning Research and Bureau of Ships correspondence sections; GAO product page https://www.gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2, Highlights
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NARA's Navy asbestos research guide identifies asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel from 1941 through 1961 as a complex research topic and directs researchers to Bureau of Ships records arranged by individual hull designation, class, type, and private-yard correspondence. GAO's 1979 Navy asbestos review states that it reviewed asbestos use in Navy ships and describes the Navy's 1975 policy of removing or replacing asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified in 1979 for selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1941-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and ship crews (program context)
- Limitations
- These are Navy-program and archival-pathway sources, not records naming LST-961. They establish neither asbestos presence nor absence aboard this hull, and establish no product, quantity, condition, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-961-lst961-06
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[7]Authenticated CourtListener helper, /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py, batch research attempt [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lst-961-lst961-06 and sl-uss-lst-961-lst961-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying litigation result is recorded. The required authenticated CourtListener helper was attempted for hull-number query 'LST-961' (opinion search), but the fleet-wide pacing limiter returned a stand-down before any search response. The earlier exact-name attempt for 'USS LST-961' did not return a result before the session command timed out. No anonymous, raw, or v3 CourtListener request was made.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- A rate-limiter block and an incomplete request are not no-result findings. This row establishes no litigation, no absence of litigation, no exposure, and no causation; both exact-name and hull-number searches must be rerun after pacing capacity returns.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-961-lst961-07
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[8]Batch-7504 search ledger (this record) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lst-961-lst961-01 through sl-uss-lst-961-lst961-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public sources searched: the live DANFS entry, MARAD Detail 9573, NavSource archival hull page, NARA Special List No. 44 index, NARA asbestos-research guide, and GAO product page contain no LST-961-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or exposure finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove that asbestos was absent aboard LST-961. CourtListener work is incomplete and is separately disclosed; this finding does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-961-lst961-08
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[9]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-961 entry (live official Navy page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Live DANFS LST-961 page, opening paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The live official DANFS entry states that LST-961 was laid down on 13 October 1944 at Hingham, Massachusetts, by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc.; launched on 11 November 1944; and commissioned on 6 December 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction workers and initial Navy crew
- Limitations
- Establishes identity and construction milestones only. DANFS contains no asbestos, material, survey, exposure, machinery, or crew-complement information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-961-lst961-01