Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet xt-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (thin construction sourcing
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (thin construction sourcing
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-180-lst180-pkt-xt-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, ex-USS LST-180 / HM-180 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull history and disposition section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's hull history identifies LST-180 as laid down 8 February 1943 at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company, Evansville, Indiana; launched 3 June 1943; commissioned as USS LST-180 on 29 June 1943; decommissioned and transferred to the Royal Navy in July 1943; returned to U.S. Navy custody at New York on 17 December 1945; struck from the Naval Register on 21 January 1946; sold on 10 March 1948; rebuilt as the Venezuelan-flag tanker MT Leona; and sunk in Lake Maracaibo in 1955.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1955
- Population
- U.S. Navy and Royal Navy crews; merchant conversion and tanker personnel
- Limitations
- The live hull page supports identity, dates, transfer, conversion, and disposition; it contains no asbestos or material survey information and does not establish individual exposure or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-180-lst180-01
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[3]Royal Navy historical record, HMS LST 180 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Identity, service, and end-service fields
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The accessible Royal Navy history identifies LST 180 as a U.S.-built tank landing ship from Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company, commissioned into Royal Navy service in July 1943, involved in the Normandy invasion in June 1944, prepared for the Far East in 1945, and returned to U.S. custody at New York on 17 December 1945; the planned Andaman Islands operation was canceled.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Royal Navy crew and transfer personnel
- Limitations
- This accessible naval-history record corroborates Royal Navy service and return date but is not a current Navy registry page; it contains no asbestos information and does not establish a shipboard material installation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-180-lst180-02
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[4]NavSource LST-180 hull specifications, cross-checked against the LST-1-class profile's Bureau of Ships design background [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications: complement and propulsion; class-profile BuShips design table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The LST-1-class design context identifies two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, a Falk reduction gear, two propellers, approximately 1,700 shaft horsepower, and class accommodations of 13 officers and 106 enlisted. The hull page gives the same diesel configuration and lists no boiler or steam plant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- LST-1-class design and operating personnel
- Limitations
- The machinery and accommodation figures are design/class context and do not verify LST-180's actual crew or any hull-specific material installation. The source supports a diesel configuration, not asbestos presence or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-180-lst180-03
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[5]Conservative synthesis from the LST-180 hull specifications and LST-1-class profile background; no hull-specific asbestos document located [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull specifications and class-profile era analysis
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Conservative era/design inference for a 1943 diesel LST: plausible asbestos-relevant applications include diesel or exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, deck coverings, accommodation or bulkhead insulation, and winch or windlass brake linings. The available design record does not support a boiler or steam-lagging pathway.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1955
- Population
- 1943 construction trades, wartime ship personnel, Royal Navy crews, and later conversion workers
- Limitations
- Inference only: no cited source names asbestos aboard LST-180 or identifies a product installed on this hull. Does not establish presence, absence, quantity, condition, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility; the 1948 tanker conversion further obscures surviving materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-180-lst180-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py; batch search ledger [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-180-lst180-05 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos litigation record was established in the completed portion of the authenticated CourtListener sweep. The exact-name opinion query for "USS LST-180" returned zero results. The exact-name docket query and the exact hull-number opinion and docket queries were interrupted by the fleet-wide pacing limiter before completion.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is an incomplete litigation sweep, not a clean negative. The helper authenticated the requests but repeatedly reported the fleet pacing stand-down. No merits finding, exposure finding, or legal-eligibility conclusion is drawn from the partial result.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-180-lst180-05
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[7]Batch-6740 search ledger: NavSource, Royal Navy history, NHHC URL check, class profile, CourtListener helper, and Firecrawl access result [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-180-lst180-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public sources searched: the accessible hull history, Royal Navy history, and LST-1-class background contain no asbestos survey, material schedule, abatement contract, or hazmat disclosure naming LST-180. Firecrawl source retrieval was unavailable because its hosted keyless service reported a multi-hour quota wait; direct live-page and accessible authoritative-mirror fallback was used.
- 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 aboard a 1943 hull. Firecrawl and CourtListener access gaps reduce coverage; the record therefore remains class/era inference only and does not establish or defeat exposure or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-180-lst180-06