Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 641-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (hull identity and type confirmed; key dates unconfirmed) — real identity: USS LST-160
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-160-lst160-pkt-641-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'LST-160' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-160 single-paragraph entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-160 was laid down 21 July 1942 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 30 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Basil T. Kehoe; commissioned 18 February 1943. Per DANFS the tank landing ship 'never saw active service with the United States Navy': decommissioned 4 March 1943, transferred to the United Kingdom 6 March 1943, returned to U.S. custody 1 June 1946, struck from the Navy list 3 July 1946, and sold 5 December 1947 to Bosey, Philippines.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Construction trades at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron, Evansville (1942); USN transit crew (Feb-Mar 1943); RN crew (1943-1946)
- Limitations
- Identity and milestone record only - contains no asbestos information. Page verified live via Firecrawl 2026-10-02; history.navy.mil returns HTTP 404 to non-browser user agents, so automated checks without a browser UA report a false dead link.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-160-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History, Amphibious Photo Archive, HM LST-160 page (160160.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160160.htm - Royal Navy history block, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Royal Navy service record: commissioned HM LST-160 on 10 March 1943; sailed from New York in convoy USG 8A on 14 May 1943; Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater service including the Salerno landings and invasions of Reggio (September 1943) and the invasion of Normandy (June 1944) - NavSource flags Sicily and Anzio participation as uncertain; shuttle service between Tilbury, Ostend and Antwerp; prepared for Far East service at Antwerp March-April 1945; Malayan operations per MacDermott, Ships Without Names; repatriated Australian troops and former POWs to Brisbane - photographed at Borneo in 1945 with HM LST-324 and HM LST-321, and pierside at Brisbane 15 November 1945 with HM LST-419, the first two LSTs of the 12th Flotilla into that port; paid off 4 May 1946 at Subic Bay. Specifications: two GM 12-567A 900hp diesels, single Falk reduction gear, twin screws, 1,700 shp - no steam plant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- RN crews (1943-1946); embarked troops and repatriated POWs (1945)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained archival photo index, not a government record - the canonical per-hull reference for LSTs and consistent with DANFS on all overlapping dates; RN operational detail is sourced within the page to MacDermott and photo captions. Contains no asbestos information. RN-side service detail corroborated by uboat.net Allied Warships entry (cross-check only, not cited).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-160-02
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[4]National Park Service, 'Evansville, Indiana' (American World War II Heritage City page) [nps]
- Locator
- NPS Evansville page, 'World War II' narrative block, Evansville Shipyard paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- In February 1942 the Department of the Navy constructed the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. Shipyard, also called the Evansville Shipyard, on a forty-acre site along the Ohio River. The plant built LSTs at a wartime pace of one ship every four days in 1944, producing 167 LSTs by February 1945 plus 13 ammunition lighters and 17 oceangoing barges, making it the 'largest inland producer of oceangoing ships.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Evansville Shipyard construction workforce (1942-1945)
- Limitations
- Yard-level context: the page documents the builder's existence and production volume but does not name LST-160 (the hull-yard linkage comes from DANFS) and contains no asbestos or materials information. Asbestos claims about this yard currently appear only on law-firm marketing lists, which are excluded by source policy.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-160-03
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[5]Class/era inference - LST-1-class machinery data (NavSource specifications; BuShips Ships' Data Book 1945 v2 design grouping per LST-1 class profile) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block (propulsion); class-design inference per lst-1-class profile ev-lst-1-class-03
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for diesel-powered LSTs: with no boiler plant, asbestos-relevant applications aboard LST-1-class hulls were diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, valve packing, and winch/crane brake linings. Construction at a Navy-built wartime emergency yard (1942-43) falls inside the period when asbestos insulation was standard practice in American shipbuilding.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (Evansville, 1942-43); USN transit crew; RN crew
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no material schedule, survey, or hull record names this vessel. Establishes no quantities, no individual exposure, and no present-day condition. 'Typical of the class' is not 'installed on this hull.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-160-04
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[6]U.S. National Archives, Army Signal Corps photos III-SC 182816 and III-SC 182819 (Box 187) - transcribed via NavSource captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA III-SC 182816 and III-SC 182819, Box 187, RG 111 - via NavSource 160160.htm photo table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA-held U.S. Army Signal Corps photographs show HM LST-160 beached beside the breakwater at Termini Imerese, Sicily, on 13 September 1943 with USS LST-392, loading reinforcements for the U.S. Fifth Army during the Salerno landing campaign - a primary photographic record tying this hull to a documented amphibious operation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-09-13
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: photo identifiers transcribed from NavSource captions; direct verification in the NARA catalog was not completed this session (catalog is JS-rendered; the records-proxy endpoint intermittently returned the shell page rather than results). Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-160-05
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights block
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: the 1975 policy removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when removal was required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades absent a yard period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program review)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull-specific; fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk. Marginal relevance here - this hull left U.S. custody in 1946 and was sold in 1947, so post-1975 Navy policy barely applies; retained for era/program context only. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches; content via live product page (Firecrawl, 2026-10-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-160-06
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[8]Batch-6718 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC, NavSource, NPS, NARA catalog, CourtListener opinion+docket indexes, and open-web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-160-01 through sl-uss-lst-160-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or museum/operator record naming LST-160 was found in the public sources searched, and CourtListener returned zero opinion hits and only incidental docket collisions for the exact hull designation (see search_ledger). The only asbestos content associated with the builder's yard is law-firm marketing list material, excluded by source policy.
- 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 prove absence of asbestos aboard - the hull was built in a wartime emergency yard in 1942-43, squarely in the asbestos era. UK-side records (MOD/TNA) were not searched. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-160-07