Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet xv-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-200-lst200-pkt-xv-packet-md
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[2]DANFS entry 'LST-200', Naval History and Heritage Command (live URL returns HTTP 404; verified via Wayback Machine capture of 2024-05-27 - archived copy cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS LST-200 page, full entry (2 paragraphs)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS: LST-200 laid down 2 July 1942 at Seneca, Ill., by Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 20 February 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Mary Armstrong; commissioned 16 March 1943; 'saw no service with the United States Navy'; transferred to the United Kingdom 25 March 1943; returned to US Navy custody 27 February 1946; struck from the Navy list 17 April 1946; sold to Ships & Power Equipment Corp., Barber, N.J., 26 March 1948; later resold and converted for merchant service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Limitations
- Identity and milestone history only - the entry contains no asbestos, crew-health, or materials content. Live NHHC page is 404 (standing NHHC link-rot defect); text verified against the 2024-05-27 Wayback capture. Transfer date conflicts with NavSource (23 March) - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-200-lst200-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, HM LST-200 page (archives/10/16/160200.htm; verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource LST-200 page - history block and specification block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource: lend-lease transfer to the Royal Navy 23 March 1943; commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-200 on 29 March 1943; sailed Halifax for Liverpool in convoy SC 131, 18 May 1943; campaigns - Sicilian occupation, Salerno landings, west-coast-of-Italy operations 1944 (Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings), invasion of Normandy, shuttle service Tilbury-Ostend-Antwerp; paid off and returned to US Navy custody at New York 27 February 1946; struck 17 April 1946; sold 26 March 1948 to Ships and Power Equipment Corp., Barber, N.J.; resold 1948 to Shell Oil Co.; rebuilt as a shallow-draft tanker for Lake Maracaibo-Aruba/Curacao crude movements as MT Linda, Venezuela flag; scrapped 1957 at Ghent, Belgium. Spec block: 2 x GM 12-567A 900hp diesels, Falk reduction gear, 2 shafts, 1,700 shp, 11.6 kt; complement 13 officers/104 enlisted; troops 16 officers/147 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1957
- Population
- RN crews (lend-lease, 1943-1946); merchant tanker crews (1948/49-1957)
- Limitations
- Photo-archive compilation, not a primary document - campaign list and RN-dates carry small variants against DANFS (transfer 23 vs 25 March; RN commission 29 March vs uboat.net's 20 March) and merchant-sale date conflicts with the Dutch registers (1948 vs 1949). Contains no asbestos content. navsource.net verified live; the defunct navsource.org domain was not used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-200-lst200-02
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[4]Warsailors.com convoy SC 131 cruising order (Arnold Hague database reconstruction) + uboat.net Allied Warships HMS LST 200 record (uboat.net/allies/warships/12228.html) [other_primary]
- Locator
- warsailors.com SC 131 page (station grid + notes); uboat.net HMS LST 200 page (command table + KMS 19 event)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Operational corroboration of the Royal Navy period: convoy SC 131 (Halifax 18 May 1943 - Liverpool 31 May 1943) cruising order lists LST 200 in station 74 per the Hague database (station 75 in the diary reconstruction), among six lend-lease LSTs; uboat.net lists her in convoy KMS 19 (Oversay-Gibraltar, 26 June-6 July 1943) and gives her wartime commanders - J. Hailes RNR (from July 1943), T/Lt. J. Barnie RNR (Aug 1943-Apr 1945), Lt.Cdr. R.M. Naylor RNR (Apr-Sep 1945), H.E.W. Washington RNVR (Sep 1945-27 Feb 1946); uboat.net carries RN commissioning as 20 March 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- RN crews, RNR/RNVR officers
- Limitations
- Secondary convoy/command databases (Hague-based) - authoritative for convoy participation but not government records; establishes that the hull crossed the Atlantic and worked up through the Mediterranean convoy system as claimed. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-200-lst200-03
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[5]Helderline.com Shell-tanker fleet database, 'LINDA' page + Stichting Maritiem-Historische Databank (marhisdata.nl schip id=3745, Lloyd's-register-derived) + shipbuildinghistory.com Chicago Bridge & Iron Seneca yard table [other_primary]
- Locator
- helderline.com/tanker/linda (spec/service table); marhisdata.nl schip?id=3745 (ownership chain); shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/chicagobridge.htm (LST 200 table row)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Merchant/disposal corroboration: helderline records LST-200 returned to US custody 1946, transferred to the US Maritime Commission and laid up April 1946, sold 1949 to Compania Shell de Venezuela and renamed Linda, transferred to Curacaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij (C.S.M.) under Dutch flag in 1956, broken up 1957 in Belgium (call sign PJHI, construction no. 3217, ~3,218 t, home port Willemstad). marhisdata records the ownership chain (Royal Navy 1943 -> US Navy 27 Feb 1946, struck 17 Apr 1946 -> LINDA Jan 1949 Shell Caribbean Petroleum, Maracaibo) and states she was converted to a tanker in New York; it also logs a 15 February 1957 collision with the Norwegian Askvin on Lake Maracaibo (citing Het Vrije Volk). shipbuildinghistory.com's CBI Seneca build table confirms keel 7/2/42, launch 2/20/43, delivery 3/16/43 (233 days on ways / 24 in water / 257 total), disposition 'To Britain 1943, sold 1948 to Shell Venezuela, converted to tanker Linda, scrapped 1957'; the same page documents the yard itself - the Navy requisitioned the Chicago Bridge facility in 1942 and invested $6M in its improvement on a ~200-acre site east of town (the 'Prairie Shipyard', one of the inland 'cornfield' LST yards), sold to Union Mechling in 1949.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1946-1957
- Population
- Merchant tanker crews; New York conversion-yard workers (1948/49); Ghent scrapping-yard workers (1957)
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary registers, not primary documents; the Shell purchase year conflicts (1948 per NavSource/shipbuildinghistory vs 1949 per helderline/marhisdata) and the USMC lay-up detail (Apr 1946) appears only in helderline - carried in gaps. No asbestos or hazmat content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-200-lst200-04
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[6]LST-1 class profile (class-f/lst-1-class.class.json): BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 2 design data + consolidated era inference for diesel-powered LST construction [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST-1 class profile, ev-lst-1-class-03 and class_notes
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for diesel-powered LSTs: no boilers - asbestos-relevant applications aboard the LST-1 design are GM diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings. LST-200 was built inside the wartime window (laid down July 1942) when asbestos was a standard shipyard insulation material reserved for shipbuilding supply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1957
- Population
- Construction trades at the Seneca yard (~27,000 workforce per the Seneca LST memorial marker); RN crew 1943-1946; merchant crews 1948/49-1957; conversion and scrapping yard workers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no member of the class has a located ship-level asbestos record, and none was found for this hull. Establishes no quantities, no locations aboard, and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-200-lst200-05
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[7]ATSDR/Illinois Dept. of Public Health, Health Consultation: Union Mechling Company site, Seneca, Grundy County, Illinois (EPA Facility ID ILD984775460), 23 February 2005 (full text retrieved) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Health Consultation PDF, 'Site History' section, pp. 2-4
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Government environmental record for the builder's site: the ~66-acre former industrial site on the Illinois River at Seneca includes a ~15-acre 'Chicago Bridge and Iron (CBI) Company section' with production rails and mooring piers; contaminants addressed were petroleum hydrocarbons, pesticides, PCBs, and lead (2,192 tons of contaminated soil excavated from CBI locations in 1999; Illinois EPA 'no further remediation' letter May 2001 with industrial-use restrictions). Asbestos is not addressed anywhere in the consultation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1997-2005
- Population
- Post-war site workers/trespassers (scope of the consultation)
- Limitations
- Yard-site record, not a hull record - does not name LST-200 and does not establish asbestos presence or absence at the yard or aboard any hull. The consultation describes the CBI section as former 'barge-building operations'; the parcel's exact overlap with the 1942-45 LST construction footprint is not established by this document.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-200-lst200-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 Oct 1979) - product page [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - confirming asbestos insulation was standard aboard WWII-era Navy construction and typically remained for decades unless disturbed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program scope)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull- or class-specific; postdates this hull's departure from US custody by three decades - relevant only as era/program context. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch (standing access limitation); product-page description used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-200-lst200-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 searches (authenticated, 2026-10-02): opinion index queries "LST-200" and "LST 200" - zero results each; RECAP docket index query blocked by fleet pace limiter (see search_ledger sl-uss-lst-200-lst200-05) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search API v4, type=o, queries run 2026-10-02
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No CourtListener opinion names this hull under either hull-number form. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming LST-200 was located in any searched source. The class-level 'USS LST' sweep (LST-1 class profile) found only an incidental reunion-notice mention of USS LST-579 in Gitto v. A.W. Chesterton (S.D.N.Y. 1:07-cv-04771) - no asbestos docket names a specific LST hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Opinion-index coverage is a real negative; the RECAP docket index was not fully searched (pace-limited - logged blocked, not a negative result). LSTs carried hull numbers only until 1955, and this hull never had a name, so name-based sweeps are inherently narrow; docket-level pleadings could still exist unindexed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-200-lst200-08
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[10]NARA RG 24 (WWII deck logs) for the nine-day USN commission window (16-25 March 1943) + UK National Archives ADM series Royal Navy logs for HM LST-200 (1943-46) - archival leads [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog search 'LST-200' (JS-rendered, unverifiable); TNA ADM series (not queried)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Original logbooks are the plausible repository for any construction-period or transfer-period detail: the USN deck log would cover only ~9 days (commissioned 16 March to transfer 25 March 1943); wartime RN logs for HM LST-200 would be in TNA ADM series. catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered and returned no verifiable digitized record this session; no digitized log located for either navy.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Lead only - neither repository's holdings for this hull were verified; absence from digitized catalogs does not prove the logs do not exist in physical custody.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-200-lst200-09
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[11]Batch-6748 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live + Wayback), NavSource, NVR, NARA catalog, CourtListener (opinion + docket), warsailors.com, uboat.net, helderline.com, marhisdata.nl, shipbuildinghistory.com, ATSDR/IDPH, GAO, secondary web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-200-lst200-01 through sl-uss-lst-200-lst200-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or docketed case naming LST-200 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was scrapped in 1957, predating asbestos-survey practice.
- 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 - 1942 wartime construction is consistent with era-standard insulation. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility; the docket-index gap is logged honestly in the ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-200-lst200-10