Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 643-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity; key dates unavailable
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-173-lst173-pkt-643-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'LST-173,' accessible live transcription at HistoryCentral; current NHHC LST-173 URL returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-02. [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LST-173 entry in History of LST-142-175
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The accessible DANFS transcription states that LST-173 was laid down 24 December 1942 at Evansville, Indiana, by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 24 April 1943; sponsored by Mrs. John McCone; and commissioned 18 June 1943. It states that she served in the European theater, participated in Convoy UGS-36 in April 1944 and the invasion of southern France in August and September 1944, was decommissioned and transferred to the United Kingdom 24 December 1944, returned to U.S. Navy custody 23 April 1946, struck 19 June 1946, and sold to Luria Brothers & Co. of Philadelphia for scrapping 22 October 1947. The transcription states that LST-173 earned two battle stars.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- LST-173 crew and embarked personnel
- Limitations
- The accessible page is a DANFS transcription rather than the current NHHC-hosted page; direct access to the cited transcription returned HTTP 406 in this environment, while the live NHHC candidate URL returned HTTP 404. It supports the listed historical facts, not asbestos content, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-173-lst173-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-173, including archived photographs credited to the National Archives Still Photo Branch. [other_primary]
- Locator
- Timeline, Royal Navy History, campaign table, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The live NavSource archival page identifies USS LST-173 as an LST-1-class tank landing ship, gives the same construction, U.S. Navy commission, transfer, return, striking, sale, and two-battle-star chronology as the DANFS transcription, and says that HM LST-173 was commissioned into the Royal Navy at Bizerta, Tunisia, on 24 December 1944. It records Royal Navy service in the Adriatic and participation in Operation Doomsday on 9 May 1945, the surrender of German forces in Norway. The page's captions identify National Archives Still Photo Branch images of LST-173 at Anzio in 1944 and at Baie de Cavalaire on 15 August 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- U.S. Navy and Royal Navy crews; embarked personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained archival compilation, not an official Navy registry. Its reported facts corroborate the accessible DANFS transcription; photo captions establish only the depicted locations/dates, not work performed, asbestos content, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-173-lst173-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-173 specifications block. [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The live NavSource specifications block for LST-173 reports two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, a Falk main reduction gear, two propellers, 1,700 shaft horsepower, and 11.6 knots. It also displays a complement figure, but that figure is not treated here as a crew count verified against DANFS/NHHC and does not verify a hull-specific material installation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- LST-1-class design and operating personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained archival compilation, not an official Navy registry or a LST-173 construction, repair, or personnel record. It supports the reported machinery description only; it does not establish asbestos presence, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-173-lst173-03
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[5]Conservative synthesis from the live NavSource LST-173 machinery description and WWII naval-shipbuilding asbestos-use context; no hull-specific asbestos document located. [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; class-profile era analysis
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: a 1942-1943 diesel-powered LST could have asbestos-relevant materials in diesel or exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, deck coverings, accommodation or bulkhead insulation, and winch or crane brake linings. The diesel configuration reported by NavSource means boiler and steam-lagging pathways are not supported by that page.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- 1942-1943 construction trades and wartime ship personnel
- Limitations
- Inference only: no cited source names asbestos aboard LST-173 or identifies a product installed on this hull. It does not establish presence, absence, quantity, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-173-lst173-04
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[6]Batch 6732 search ledger: DANFS transcription, NavSource, Bureau of Ships design data, NARA search, Firecrawl attempt, and CourtListener API v4 authenticated-helper outputs. [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-173-lst173-01 through -07; CourtListener helper stderr retained in batch worktree
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, material schedule, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos-litigation record was located in the public sources searched. The accessible DANFS transcription and live NavSource page contain no asbestos statement. CourtListener exact-name opinion and docket searches were started through the required authenticated v4 helper, but the fleet-wide pacing limiter ordered stand-down before results; the hull-number opinion search was likewise stopped after that instruction, and the hull-number docket request was terminated without a result. This is an incomplete litigation search, not a no-result merits finding.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- A negative public-source search does not prove asbestos was absent. CourtListener was incomplete because the shared authenticated fleet limiter expressly required stand-down; no qualifying hit was established and no litigation disposition may be inferred. No-result treatment does not establish or defeat exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-173-lst173-05