Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 685-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: **VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-catahoula-parish-lst528-pkt-685-packet-md
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[2]NHHC/DANFS LST-528 entry, archived capture linked from the live NavSource record; archived because the current NHHC URL returned HTTP 404 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-528 entry, full archived page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS records that LST-528 was laid down 13 November 1943 at Jeffersonville, Indiana, by Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched 11 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Madge Medlock Watt; commissioned 29 February 1944; served in the European theater and participated in the Normandy invasion in June 1944; was decommissioned in March 1954; was named Catahoula Parish (LST-528) on 1 July 1955; was struck from the Navy list on 21 November 1960; and earned one World War II battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1960
- Population
- Jeffersonville construction trades; Navy crew and embarked personnel; European-theater personnel
- Limitations
- DANFS documents Navy history and milestones, not ship materials, asbestos content, individual exposure, or commercial disposition. The source is an archived capture because the current NHHC page was not live at research time.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-catahoula-parish-lst528-01
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[3]NavSource Online, USS Catahoula Parish (LST-528) page, verified live [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 160528, history and specifications sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource identifies the hull as an LST-491-class tank landing ship and supplies the same construction and Navy dates as DANFS, plus specifications of 328 feet length, 50 feet beam, 1,625 long tons light displacement, 11.6-knot trial speed, two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, 13 officers and 104 enlisted in the ship's company, and troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted. It records layup in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs, Florida; the 1 July 1955 naming; the 21 November 1960 striking; and the later commercial conversion history.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1979
- Population
- Jeffersonville construction trades; Navy crew; embarked troops; reserve-fleet personnel; commercial conversion and operating personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-curated archive rather than a government publication. It is used for vessel-specific detail and corroboration, not as proof of asbestos content. Its commercial-history narrative ends with an unknown final disposition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-catahoula-parish-lst528-02
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[4]NavSource ship-specific machinery and configuration record [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications; inference explicitly limited to design/era context
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The hull's documented propulsion was diesel, not a steam boiler/turbine plant. For this 1943-44 LST, machinery/exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and friction materials are possible era/design application categories, but no cited source documents asbestos or any one of those products aboard LST-528.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-present
- Population
- 1943-44 LST construction and Navy maintenance personnel
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only. The source establishes the diesel configuration, not asbestos composition, quantities, locations, disturbance, remaining material, or exposure. No product is normalized as documented for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-catahoula-parish-lst528-03
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[5]Authenticated CourtListener v4 search through cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-catahoula-parish-lst528-05 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The exact-name opinion search for USS Catahoula Parish returned zero results. No qualifying asbestos-litigation hit was identified in that completed query.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is a search result, not proof that no case exists. The exact-name docket request and both LST-528 requests were blocked by the fleet-wide authenticated pacing limiter after the completed exact-name opinion request; they are logged as blocked, not negative results. No litigation stage is assigned.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-catahoula-parish-lst528-04
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[6]Batch-7037 source and litigation search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-catahoula-parish-lst528-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the searched authoritative sources: no hull survey, abatement contract, construction material schedule, hazmat disclosure, or asbestos-specific case naming LST-528/Catahoula Parish.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not establish absence of asbestos aboard. The ship-specific asbestos status remains unknown; no individual exposure, causation, quantity, remaining material, or legal eligibility is inferred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-catahoula-parish-lst528-05