Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 742-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lincoln-county-lst898-pkt-742-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Lincoln County (LST-898) and LST-898 entries [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Lincoln County entry, construction, service, and disposition paragraphs; live URL returned 404 during verification, content confirmed in NHHC indexed result
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's DANFS entries identify LST-898 as laid down on 15 October 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by Dravo Corporation; launched on 25 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. J. B. Mawhinney; and commissioned on 29 December 1944 under Lieutenant D. W. Kallock. The entry records Okinawa service, postwar Far East and Philippines operations, decommissioning on 9 May 1946, Army transfer on 25 May 1946, Navy return in 1950, recommissioning on 28 August 1950, the 1955 naming as Lincoln County, decommissioning on 24 March 1961, and transfer to Thailand on 31 August 1962.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1962
- Population
- Dravo construction trades; U.S. Navy, Army, MSTS, and Royal Thai Navy personnel
- Limitations
- NHHC is authoritative, but the cited live URL returned HTTP 404 at research time; the entry text was recovered from the NHHC indexed result and corroborated against live NavSource. This row establishes history, not asbestos content, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lincoln-county-lst898-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, Tank Landing Ship LST-898 Lincoln County [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page heading, history bullets, campaign/award tables, specifications, and final-disposition line; HTTP 200 verified
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's live hull page identifies USS Lincoln County (LST-898), ex-USS LST-898 and USNS T-LST-898; records the 1944 construction and commissioning milestones, Okinawa and Korean War campaigns, the 1955 naming, 1961 decommissioning, transfer to Thailand and Thai name Chang, later hull number LST-712, and an earlier planned use as a Royal Thai Navy firefighting-training hulk. Its specification block gives 1,625 tons light displacement, 4,080 tons full-load displacement, 328 feet overall length, 50-foot beam, 11.6-knot trial speed, 13 officers and 104 enlisted, troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted, and the diesel machinery summarized above. A NavSource photo caption states that the former HTMS Chang (LST-712) was sunk as an artificial reef in Mu Koh Chang National Park, Thailand, on 22 November 2012.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1962 and later Thai service
- Population
- Ship's company, embarked troops, maintenance personnel, and later Thai Navy personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival photo/history resource and was live-verified. The artificial-reef date and location come from a photo caption; the page also contains an earlier firefighting-hulk plan, so the caption is carried as the later reported disposition. It does not document asbestos or individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lincoln-county-lst898-02
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[4]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44 by Ship Numbers; Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List No. 44 row for LST-898; NARA Navy deck-log index entry for Lincoln County
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List No. 44 by ship number lists LST-898 with Navy deck-log coverage from 29 December 1944 through 30 June 1945. NARA's Navy deck-log page separately lists Lincoln County (LST-898) with commission December 1944, decommission May 1946, recommission August 1950, and decommission March 1961.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and wartime operations
- Limitations
- The indexes confirm that records exist and identify coverage dates; no underlying deck-log volume was retrieved. This row makes no asbestos or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lincoln-county-lst898-03
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[5]National Archives / Naval History and Heritage Command image catalog, USN 1046017 USS Lincoln County (LST-898) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Catalog title, accession/catalog number, caption, and medium fields
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Navy image catalog carries a ship-specific photograph record titled USS Lincoln County (LST-898), catalog USN 1046017, identifying the original medium as a black-and-white photograph and the National Archives as copyright owner.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- undated image record
- Limitations
- The catalog page supports image identity only; the image record contains no asbestos, material, condition, or exposure statement. The page timed out in one direct fetch but was returned by NHHC search and remains a documented archival lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lincoln-county-lst898-04
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[6]U.S. General Accounting Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Report opening and Navy's policy-on-use discussion; product page https://www.gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's HRD-80-2 reports that, according to the Navy, ships contained asbestos in components such as clutches and electric cables and that asbestos thermal insulation was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships; the report describes the Navy's 1975 policy to eliminate asbestos where suitable alternatives were designated. This is Navy-wide program evidence relevant to the era, not a finding about LST-898.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy and review period
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ships generally
- Limitations
- Program-level Navy evidence; it does not name LST-898, establish installed products aboard this hull, quantify material, establish present condition, individual exposure, or causation. The GAO product page and indexed report text were available; the PDF returned HTTP 403 to direct automated retrieval.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lincoln-county-lst898-05
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[7]Corn and Starr, Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding (1987); Fleischer et al., A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels (1946), PubMed records [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed abstract/metadata for PMID 3555021; related 1946 survey PMID 21016030 at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21016030/
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A historical review indexed by PubMed documents extensive use of asbestos as fireproofing and insulating material in 1940s shipbuilding, while the 1946 U.S. Public Health Service survey identified asbestos-related pipe-covering operations in naval-vessel construction. Applied cautiously as era context, those sources support researching insulation, machinery, electrical, gasket/packing, deck-covering, and friction-material records for a 1944 diesel LST; they do not identify any product installed aboard LST-898.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1940s shipbuilding; publications 1946 and 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard trades and naval-vessel construction workers
- Limitations
- Era-level occupational and shipbuilding context, not a hull record. No asbestos product, quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation is attributed to LST-898.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lincoln-county-lst898-06
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[8]Batch-7441 source review and search ledger: NHHC DANFS, NavSource, NARA deck-log/index records, NARA image catalog, and authenticated CourtListener helper attempts [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lincoln-county-lst898-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the authoritative sources searched: the NHHC DANFS material, live NavSource hull page, NARA deck-log indexes, and NARA image record contain no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or material schedule. The required authenticated CourtListener exact-name and exact-hull searches were started through the fleet helper but remained blocked by the fleet-wide pacing limiter; therefore litigation status is an open gap, not a negative result.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove asbestos was absent aboard the hull. CourtListener is incomplete because the authenticated fleet limiter did not return results; no anonymous or raw API request was made. This row does not establish or defeat exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lincoln-county-lst898-07