Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 615-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: LST-1032 → VERIFIED — real identity: USS Monmouth County (LST-1032), originally USS LST-1032. Type: LST-542-class tank landing ship. Named for Monmouth County, New Jersey — the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-monmouth-county-lst1032-pkt-615-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Monmouth County (LST-1032), Naval History and Heritage Command; archived 2024-12-09 because the current NHHC URL returned 404 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, full narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Monmouth County (LST-1032) was laid down 9 June 1944 at Boston Navy Yard, launched 9 July 1944, and commissioned 1 August 1944. It was named 1 July 1955, decommissioned 14 October 1955, recommissioned 28 May 1963 according to DANFS, served in Vietnam, was decommissioned at Vallejo in 1970, struck from the Navy list 12 August 1970, and sold for scrap 11 September 1971.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1971
- Population
- Ship's company, embarked troops, and shipyard personnel
- Limitations
- Authoritative ship history and disposition record. It contains no asbestos, material, survey, abatement, or individual-exposure finding. The archived citation is used because the current NHHC page returned 404 at research time.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-monmouth-county-lst1032-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Tank Landing Ship LST-1032 Monmouth County, live page verified 2026-10-02 [other_primary]
- Locator
- History and specifications blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies this as a 542-class tank landing ship and records the ship's 328-foot length, 50-foot beam, 11.6-knot trial speed, 13-officer/104-enlisted complement, 2,366-ton beaching displacement, two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, three diesel-drive ship-service generators, Vietnam service, 12 August 1970 striking, and 11 September 1971 sale for scrapping.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1971
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled naval-history archive used for specifications and corroboration. It does not document asbestos aboard this hull and does not establish exposure, causation, quantity, condition, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-monmouth-county-lst1032-02
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[4]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research; Specification Files; Other Specifications and Standards Series
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives identifies Navy ship engineering drawings and S39 insulation-and-lagging and S48 piping records as relevant archival series for vessel asbestos research, while expressly warning that the series do not themselves provide direct evidence of asbestos presence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1941-1961 guidance
- Population
- Navy ships and shipyard records through 1961
- Limitations
- Research guidance, not a Monmouth County finding. It identifies a records pathway for ship-specific research and expressly does not establish that asbestos was aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-monmouth-county-lst1032-03
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[5]U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2, 1979 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page, Highlights
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy ship asbestos use, removal costs, and worker-protection programs, and reported the Navy's 1975 and 1979 policies for removing or replacing damaged or repair-disturbed insulation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy vessels
- Limitations
- Navy-wide and shipyard-program context, not a Monmouth County or LST-542-class finding. The page was retrievable through web search but automated direct fetch returned HTTP 403; no class-specific quantity is carried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-monmouth-county-lst1032-04
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[6]NHHC Vietnam command operations reports index; archived 2025-12-12 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Vietnam index, M entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NHHC Vietnam command-operations-reports index lists USS Monmouth County (LST-1032) reports for 1966 and 1967, providing a ship-specific archival lead for operational history and possible maintenance context.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1966-1967
- Population
- Monmouth County crew and Vietnam-era operations
- Limitations
- An index listing is not the report text and contains no asbestos finding. The individual PDFs were not treated as evidence of asbestos without direct review.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-monmouth-county-lst1032-05
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[7]Batch-6520 source sweep and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-monmouth-county-lst1032-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum-condition record, or public asbestos litigation record naming USS Monmouth County (LST-1032) was verified in the sources searched.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02 research sweep
- Limitations
- A negative search result does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. The hull was a 1944 Navy landing ship, but class/era possibility is not converted into a ship-specific finding. CourtListener returned no opinions and one unrelated/name-collision docket hit; the exact-hull docket request was blocked by the fleet pacing budget, so litigation coverage is not fully exhaustive.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-monmouth-county-lst1032-06