Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet xt-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-179-lst179-pkt-xt-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-179 (archived capture; the current NHHC route returned 404 during verification) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, opening paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-179 was laid down on 7 February 1943 at Evansville, Indiana, by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 30 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Milford M. Miller; and commissioned on 3 July 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943
- Limitations
- Archived official history supports the listed construction and commissioning facts only; it contains no asbestos, insulation, exposure, or material-condition finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-179-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, ‘Pearl Harbor Ablaze Again: The West Loch Disaster’ (archived capture) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- West Loch Disaster account, paragraph beginning ‘But the ammunition depot now stood in the way’
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC West Loch account identifies LST-179 among the burning LSTs involved in the Pearl Harbor disaster on 21 May 1944; the account describes the ship as shuddering and lifting out of the water during the explosions.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-05-21
- Population
- Personnel aboard or working near the West Loch LSTs
- Limitations
- This is an operational-loss account, not a casualty roster or asbestos record. It does not establish individual exposure, material content, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-179-02
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-179 (archived capture) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, second and third paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official history states that during World War II LST-179 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the Gilbert Islands operation during November and early December 1943; it was struck from the Navy list on 18 July 1944 and, in November 1945, the hulk was raised, stripped, and sunk by torpedo fire in an ordnance test. The history also records one World War II battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- The source does not state a decommissioning date, ordnance-test location, or any asbestos-related fact. ‘Sunk by torpedo fire’ is retained as stated and is not expanded into a more specific location or cause.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-179-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships’ Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, January 1945), LST1-490 design-group tables [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST1-490 characteristics, propulsion, complement, and ship-service-generator tables
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The LST1-490 design group is listed at 328 feet overall, 50 feet beam, 2,366 tons light displacement, 4,080 tons trial displacement, 11.6 knots, and two General Motors 12-567A diesels producing 1,700 horsepower. The same tables list 13 officers and 106 enlisted for the group and three 100-kW Falk diesel-driven ship-service generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945 reference data for wartime design group
- Population
- LST1-490 design group
- Limitations
- Design-group data, not a hull-specific inspection or crew list. It establishes a direct diesel plant with no listed boilers or steam-distribution system, but it does not establish asbestos content or installed insulation on LST-179.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-179-04
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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
- GAO product page, Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO’s product-page highlights state that its review covered the use of asbestos in Navy ships and that the Navy’s 1975 policy addressed removal and replacement of damaged insulation, modified in 1979 to include selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy history
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy asbestos-control program
- Limitations
- Program-level evidence from fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; it does not name LST-179, establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, identify products or quantities, or establish exposure or causation. The GAO page was live but direct automated fetch returned 403; the full-report PDF was not relied on for a hull-specific claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-179-05
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[7]National Park Service, Places of WWII History in Evansville, Indiana [nps]
- Locator
- Evansville Shipyard section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS describes the Evansville Shipyard as a World War II inland producer of ocean-going ships and states that Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company began producing LSTs there after the yard was established.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Evansville Shipyard wartime production
- Limitations
- Yard-level context only. It does not identify LST-179’s specific work, materials, insulation, or asbestos condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-179-06
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[8]National Archives, Special List 44, U.S. Navy logbooks by ship number [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44, ship-number table, LST-179 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA’s ship-number list includes LST-179 with a commissioned date of 3 July 1943 and a recorded logbook end date of 12 June 1944, creating an archival lead for the ship’s deck logs before and around the 21 May 1944 loss.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-07-03 to 1944-06-12 catalogue span
- Population
- LST-179 officers and crew represented in retained logs
- Limitations
- Catalogue/list evidence, not a reviewed deck-log entry and not an asbestos record. The list’s end date is retained without inferring why it precedes the later official disposition history.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-179-07
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[9]Batch-6738 source sweep: NHHC DANFS, NHHC West Loch account, NHHC casualty/final-report pages, NPS Evansville article, Bureau of Ships Ships’ Data, GAO HRD-80-2, NARA Special List 44 and deck-log guidance, NavSource corroboration, and CourtListener helper attempts [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-179-01 through sl-uss-lst-179-11
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located: no survey, abatement contract, material schedule, hazmat disclosure, museum condition report, or verified asbestos-litigation record naming USS LST-179 was found in the sources searched. The record therefore remains class/era context only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02 research sweep
- Limitations
- A negative public-source result does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. NHHC live routes were unavailable or returned 404 and were handled with verified archived captures; Firecrawl reported a multi-hour quota wait; CourtListener helper work stopped after the fleet pacing limiter reported the request budget spent. NARA deck logs and Navy construction or repair files remain archival leads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-179-08