Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 844-packet.md (2 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-998-lst998-pkt-844-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-998, timeline and service block (page links the DANFS entry). [other_primary]
- Locator
- Header timeline; World War II and occupation/China-service blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's LST-998 page reports that the LST-542-class vessel was laid down at Boston Navy Yard on 8 April 1944, launched 14 May 1944, and commissioned as USS LST-998 on 29 May 1944, with Lt. Robert W. Harter, USNR, in command. It assigns the ship to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II and to Far East occupation and China service from 12 December 1945 to 31 March 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades (1944); ship's crew (1944-1946)
- Limitations
- The live NavSource page was verified, but it is a curated photo archive rather than the underlying Navy register or a hull material record. This history evidence contains no asbestos information and does not establish exposure or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-998-lst998-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-998, postwar and foreign-service timeline. [other_primary]
- Locator
- Timeline paragraphs following occupation-service table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The same ship-specific timeline reports decommissioning on 26 June 1946, striking from the Naval Register on 31 July 1946, sale on 4 November 1948 to Northwest Merchandizing Service as Don Ernesto, Argentine service as BDT3, the name ARA Cabo San Francisco de Paula on 24 February 1959, reserve status in 1964, disposal listing in 1966, and sale for scrapping in 1968.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946-1968
- Population
- U.S. crew (through 1946); Argentine naval personnel (post-sale); unknown shipbreakers (reported 1968 disposal)
- Limitations
- This is a ship-history/disposition record, not a demolition or hazardous-material record. It does not identify the scrapper, material handling, asbestos content, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-998-lst998-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-998, specifications block. [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications: Complement and Propulsion
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource lists two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, single Falk main reduction gears, three 100-kW ship's-service generators, two propellers, and 1,700 shp for LST-998; it also lists a complement of 7 officers and 104 enlisted personnel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's crew; machinery-space personnel
- Limitations
- These operational specifications are not a material specification or asbestos survey. A diesel propulsion description cannot establish that any insulation, gasket, packing, or other asbestos-containing material was installed aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-998-lst998-03
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[5]Research search ledger for this record: live NHHC/DANFS candidate URL, NARA Catalog, Naval Vessel Register availability, CourtListener, and source-policy review. [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger entries sl-uss-lst-998-lst998-01 through -05
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No qualifying public ship-specific asbestos documentation was located for USS LST-998: no hull survey, abatement contract, material list, or authoritative litigation record was obtained in this research pass. The record therefore labels asbestos documentation for this hull unknown rather than inferring it from class, construction period, or propulsion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- A public-record search negative does not prove absence of asbestos or absence of exposure. CourtListener was not completed because the authenticated helper reported a multi-hour daily-quota wait; this is a litigation-search gap, not a no-result. Undigitized Navy, Argentine, and shipbreaking records may contain additional evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-998-lst998-04