Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet 708-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-yolo-lst677-pkt-708-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Yolo (APB-43), 1944-1959, reproduced on the verified live NavSource hull page (official NHHC endpoint was located but direct automated fetch returned 404 during this run) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, full history and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies this hull as LST-677, laid down 25 April 1944 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania, launched 16 June 1944, and commissioned at New Orleans on 3 July 1944. It reached Pearl Harbor on 19 September 1944, entered conversion at Waipio Point on 19 October, completed conversion by 21 January 1945, was reclassified APB-43 and named Yolo effective 31 March 1945, served at Okinawa from 1 April to 28 June 1945, performed Far East occupation duty, was decommissioned 9 August 1946, struck from the Navy list 1 May 1959, and sold for scrapping in February 1960. DANFS credits one World War II battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1960
- Population
- American Bridge construction trades; Navy crew and embarked Seabee/boat-pool personnel; Okinawa and occupation-service personnel
- Limitations
- This is a service-history record, not a materials or asbestos survey. The official page was discoverable in the live NHHC DANFS index/search, but direct automated retrieval returned 404; the same DANFS text is reproduced on the live NavSource page cited in ev-uss-yolo-lst677-02. It does not establish asbestos presence, absence, quantity, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yolo-lst677-01
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[3]NavSource Online, USS Yolo (APB-43), ex USS LST(M)-677 and USS LST-677; page reproduces DANFS history and APB specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page, lines/sections for history, APB specifications, and propulsion
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The live hull page identifies Yolo as ex LST(M)-677 and LST-677; records the LST-542/Benewah designation, Okinawa campaign, postwar occupation duty, decommissioning, striking, and sale for scrapping. Its APB specification block gives 328 feet length, 50 feet beam, 11 feet 2 inches draft, complement of 10 officers and 141 enlisted, troop capacity of 40 officers and 300 enlisted, and two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines with Falk reduction gears, five 100-kW ship-service generators, and two propellers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1960
- Population
- Wartime crew, embarked troops and boat-pool personnel, and shipyard/conversion workers
- Limitations
- NavSource is a naval-history archive and the page attributes its history to DANFS; it is used here to verify the live page and provide the accessible transcription. It documents identity, specifications, and service only; it contains no asbestos survey, abatement record, or material schedule for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yolo-lst677-02
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's Navy asbestos-program review provides era context for a 1944-built Navy vessel: systematic Navy asbestos-substitution and worker-protection efforts described in the report postdate Yolo's construction and wartime service. This supports research priority for original-era insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical materials, deck coverings, and friction materials, but does not identify any product aboard Yolo.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy personnel covered by the asbestos program
- Limitations
- Program-level and era-level evidence only, not hull-specific. The GAO full text was not retrieved during this run; the official product-page record was used. It does not establish presence, absence, quantity, or condition of asbestos aboard Yolo.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yolo-lst677-03
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[5]Batch-7202 source sweep and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yolo-lst677-01 through sl-uss-yolo-lst677-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located for USS Yolo/LST-677: no hull asbestos survey, abatement contract, Navy material schedule, museum/hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation record was found in the sources searched. The accessible DANFS/NavSource history contains no asbestos statement.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- A failure to locate a public record does not prove that asbestos was absent aboard this 1944 Navy hull. CourtListener litigation searching was halted after the authenticated helper reported a fleet pacing stand-down; exact-name and hull-number searches therefore remain incomplete. Firecrawl was also unavailable because its keyless service reported an approximately 18-hour quota wait. This negative finding does not establish asbestos presence or absence, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yolo-lst677-04