Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 736-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-kent-county-lst855-pkt-736-packet-md
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[2]National Archives and Records Administration, Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog, Kent County (LST-855) entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- Kent County (LST-855) monthly catalog links, 1956-1958; January 1958 catalog item 203638000
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: NARA's index links digitized deck logs for Kent County (LST-855) from January 1956 through January 1958, including the final decommissioning period. These are ship-specific operational records that may be reviewed for maintenance, overhaul, or material references.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1956-1958
- Population
- Ship's company, 1956-1958
- Limitations
- The index demonstrates availability, not the contents of each log. No page-by-page review was performed and no inference about asbestos, repairs, materials, exposure, or disposal may be drawn until a relevant entry is retrieved and evaluated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kent-county-lst855-05
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Kent County (LST-855), ex USS LST-855 (page verified live on navsource.net) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Header history block and LST-542 specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's live LST-855 page reports that the LST-542-class hull was laid down 6 September 1944 at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, Illinois; launched 27 November 1944; commissioned as USS LST-855 on 21 December 1944; decommissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 15 February 1950; recommissioned 3 November 1950; named USS Kent County (LST-855) on 1 July 1955; finally decommissioned 22 January 1958; and sunk as a target 19 March 1958. Its LST-542 specifications list two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, no boilers, and a complement of 13 officers and 104 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Chicago Bridge & Iron construction trades (1944); ship's company (1944-1958)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer historical/photo compilation, not a Navy registry or primary construction record. Its dates, specifications, complement, and disposition were not independently corroborated by a readable DANFS entry or NVR record in this pass. It contains no asbestos, material-survey, abatement, or litigation information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kent-county-lst855-02
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[4]Era inference based on the live NavSource LST-855 construction and diesel-machinery description and the LST-1/491/542 design-series class-profile background; no hull material list located [other_primary]
- Locator
- ev-uss-kent-county-lst855-02; class-f/lst-1-class.class.json used as background only
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference: a wartime-built LST with the documented diesel plant falls within the period of Navy asbestos use in shipbuilding. Potential applications for a diesel LST of this era include diesel-exhaust and engine-room lagging, gaskets, valve packing, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, electrical insulation, and winch or windlass brake linings. The documented diesel machinery does not support boiler or steam-propulsion lagging as an application for this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Construction trades (1944) and crew, especially machinery-space ratings (1944-1958)
- Limitations
- This is not ship-specific documentation. No builder specification, insulation schedule, work package, survey, or sample identifies any asbestos-containing product aboard LST-855/Kent County. The applications are possible type-and-era pathways, not confirmed installations, quantities, locations, conditions, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kent-county-lst855-03
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[5]Batch-7398 search ledger (this record): NARA deck-log index; NavSource LST-855; NHHC DANFS live URL and Wayback fallback; authenticated CourtListener helper [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-kent-county-lst855-01 through -05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the completed public-source review: the NARA deck-log index and NavSource page contain no asbestos, insulation-material, survey, abatement, or hazmat disclosure. The live NHHC DANFS URL for LST-855 returned 404; its available Wayback capture rendered only a fragment and did not provide usable vessel-history or materials text. CourtListener results are unavailable because the authenticated fleet helper reported a 32,845-second daily-quota wait before returning any results.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of located material records does not prove asbestos was absent. This completed negative is limited to the listed non-Court sources; no CourtListener opinion or docket result was obtained, so it makes no litigation-negative finding. It does not establish or defeat exposure, causation, legal eligibility, or present material condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kent-county-lst855-04
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[6]National Archives and Records Administration, Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog, Kent County (LST-855) entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- Kent County (LST-855) accordion, commission/decommission lines and 1956-58 monthly catalog links; January 1958 catalog item 203638000
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog identifies Kent County (LST-855) with a December 1944 commission and February 1950 decommissioning, a November 1950 recommissioning and January 1958 decommissioning, and links digitized monthly deck logs for January 1956 through January 1958.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1956-1958
- Population
- Ship's company, 1956-1958 deck-log period
- Limitations
- NARA's index supplies month/year milestones and catalog links, not day-level commissioning or decommissioning dates, construction details, materials, asbestos information, or litigation evidence. Individual deck-log pages were not reviewed for materials content in this pass.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kent-county-lst855-01