Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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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-18-lst18-pkt-xt-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, LST-18 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Postwar disposition and final sentence
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS records that LST-18 was decommissioned on 3 April 1946, struck from the Navy list on 17 April 1946, and sold to Suwannee Fruit & Steamship Co. of Jacksonville, Florida, on 31 October 1946 for conversion to merchant service. DANFS credits seven World War II battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Supports Navy disposition and awards only; later merchant-service history and final scrapping date were not established from an authoritative source in this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-18-lst18-03
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[3]NHHC/National Archives photograph records 80-G-57464, USMC-69080, and 80-G-251401 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Photograph captions; related Cape Gloucester records linked from NHHC
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NHHC and National Archives photograph records identify LST-18 at Cape Gloucester in December 1943 and at Hollandia, New Guinea, on 22 April 1944. These records independently corroborate the DANFS campaign chronology and the hull identity.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Photograph captions corroborate presence and operation context, not asbestos content, crew exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-18-lst18-04
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, Coast Guard military muster rolls 1941-49 [other_primary]
- Locator
- 1945 ship list entry for USS LST-18
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The U.S. Coast Guard's official muster-roll finding aid lists USS LST-18 among Coast Guard-manned LST records for 1945. This supports Coast Guard manning context but does not provide LST-18's individual crew count in the accessible finding aid.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Finding-aid entry only; no muster-roll image or individual names were retrieved. It does not establish a complement or asbestos exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-18-lst18-05
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945), LST design table [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST-1-class design table, pp. 168-169
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Bureau of Ships design data for the LST-1 group specifies two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, approximately 1,700 shaft horsepower, about 11.6 knots, and design accommodations of 13 officers and 106 enlisted. These are class/design figures, not a verified LST-18 crew complement.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Class/design data, not an as-built hull record. It establishes the design machinery and accommodations only; it does not establish asbestos presence, quantity, condition, or exposure aboard LST-18.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-18-lst18-06
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[6]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights and full-report discussion of asbestos insulation aboard Navy ships
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The 1979 GAO review documents Navy use of asbestos in ship insulation and Navy policies for replacing asbestos insulation. Combined with the LST-1 design's diesel plant, this supports only class/era context for possible diesel or exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and brake linings; it does not identify an LST-18 installation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Program-level evidence and class/design inference only. It does not name LST-18 or establish that any listed product was installed aboard this hull, remains present, or caused exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-18-lst18-07
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[7]Batch-6739 source review and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-18-lst18-01 through sl-uss-lst-18-lst18-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public sources searched: no asbestos survey, material schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or ship-specific asbestos finding was found. The accessible DANFS, NHHC image records, Coast Guard finding aid, and BuShips design data contain no LST-18 asbestos statement.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- A negative public-source search does not prove asbestos was absent aboard a 1943 hull. CourtListener and Firecrawl access gaps limit the sweep; this is not a merits finding and does not establish or defeat exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-18-lst18-08
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[8]CourtListener API v4 via required authenticated helper; exact-name and hull-number opinion/docket requests attempted 2026-10-02 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-18-lst18-05 through sl-uss-lst-18-lst18-08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener litigation classification is unresolved because the required authenticated helper reached the fleet-wide pacing stand-down after the first request and the session was stopped. No qualifying asbestos hit was established; the attempted exact-name and hull-number searches are recorded as blocked rather than as no-result searches.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- The helper reported the fleet-wide pacing budget was spent and instructed stand-down; no anonymous or raw API retry was made. This is an access gap, not a conclusion that no litigation exists.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-18-lst18-09
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[9]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, LST-18 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS opening paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS records that LST-18 was laid down on 1 October 1942 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by Dravo Corporation; launched on 15 February 1943; sponsored by Miss Ruth Watt; and commissioned on 26 April 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Supports identity and construction milestones only; the DANFS entry contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement and does not verify a crew complement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-18-lst18-01
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[10]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, LST-18 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- World War II operations and postwar duty paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS records LST-18's Asiatic-Pacific operations: Finschhafen; Cape Gloucester; Admiralty Islands; Hollandia; Toem-Wakde-Sarmi; Biak; Noemfoor; Cape Sansapor; Morotai; Leyte; Lingayen; Palawan; and the Visayan Islands. It performed Far Eastern occupation duty until early November 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Supports the listed operations and occupation duty; it does not describe shipboard materials, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-18-lst18-02