Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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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-202-lst202-pkt-xv-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-202 (NHHC ship-history page, published 2015-07-30). Live NHHC URL returned 404 on 2026-10-02; cited via Wayback Machine capture of 2024-05-26. [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LST-202 entry, full text (archived NHHC page)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS records that LST-202 was laid down on 15 July 1942 at Seneca, Illinois, by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 16 March 1943, sponsored by Mrs. P. I. Birchard; and commissioned on 9 April 1943. It records World War II assignment to the Asiatic-Pacific theater with operations at Cape Gloucester (December 1943, January and February 1944), the Admiralty Islands (February-March 1944), Saidor (January-February 1944), Hollandia (April-May 1944), Toem-Wakde-Sarmi (May 1944), Noemfoor (July 1944), Cape Sansapor (July-August 1944), Morotai (September 1944), and Leyte (October-November 1944); occupation duty in the Far East until early November 1945; decommissioning on 11 April 1946; striking from the Navy list on 28 August 1946; and sale to the Bethlehem Steel Co. of Seattle, Washington, on 16 April 1948 for scrapping. LST-202 earned five battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- LST-202 wartime ship's company (Coast Guard-manned) and embarked troops
- Limitations
- The cited URL is an archived copy of the official DANFS entry, not the live NHHC page (live page verified 404). It supports identity, construction, campaign, and disposition facts only; it contains no asbestos, materials, or insulation statement and supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-202-lst202-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-202 (archives/10/16/160202.htm), last updated 2025-02-21 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page header (construction/command), campaign table, commanding-officer list, awards ribbon block, specifications block, photo-caption series
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive page for USS LST-202 documents: the ship was manned by the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; commissioned 9 April 1943 with LT Benjamin Ayesa, USCGR, in command; assigned to LST Flotilla Seven, LST Group Twenty-One, LST Division Forty-Two; a campaign table with detailed date ranges matching the DANFS campaign list; occupation service in the Far East 15 October-3 November 1945; decommissioned 11 April 1946; struck 28 August 1946; sold for scrapping 16 April 1948 to Bethlehem Steel Co., Seattle. The commanding-officer list (five officers, all USCGR: Ayesa, Edge, Kelley, Gaillard, Elliot) is credited to the U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Awards listed: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with five stars; World War II Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp; Philippines Presidential Unit Citation; Philippine Liberation Medal with one star. The specification block lists 328 ft overall, 50 ft beam, two GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, Falk main reduction gear, two propellers, 1,700 shp, 11.6 knots, 13 officers and 104 enlisted, troop accommodations of 16 officers and 147 enlisted, and two LCVP. Photo captions document the hull at Oro Bay (24 December 1943), Cape Gloucester (26-30 December 1943, January 1944), Cape Sudest (12 March 1944), Wakde-Sarmi (May 1944), Maffin Bay and Cape Opmarai (30 July 1944), and Leyte (20 October 1944), several with NARA identifiers (e.g., NAID 205586919, 205584302; III-SC 261034, 261039, 261053; USMC 69080).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- USCGR officers and crew; embarked troops
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled archive transcribing official sources (NHHC, USCG Historian's Office, NARA); it names this hull throughout. The specification block is the class-typical LST-1 design block, not a hull-specific crew or material record. The page contains no asbestos, insulation, or abatement statement and supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-202-lst202-02
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[4]The National WWII Museum, Digital Collections (ww2online.org), 'Marines debarking from LST-202, Cape Gloucester,' accession 2010.177.003, gift of Lucille M. Farella [museum_official]
- Locator
- Item description transcribing the official photo stamp
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The National WWII Museum digital collection holds an official U.S. Coast Guard photograph of 1st Marine Division Marines debarking from USS LST-202 at Cape Gloucester, New Britain (accession 2010.177.003). The official stamp transcribed on the museum page reads: 'LST 202 "Debarking at Cape Gloucester" / Out of the jaws of a U.S. Coast Guard manned LST (Landing ship, tanks) at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, come the Marines... 'Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo.' / LST 202 Built By: / Chicago Bridge & Iron Company / Shipbuilding Division / Seneca, Illinois. / Launching Date: March 16, 1943 / Sponsored by: Mrs. Alice Birchard.' The stamp independently corroborates Coast Guard manning, the builder, the launch date, and identifies the sponsor as Mrs. Alice Birchard (consistent with DANFS's 'Mrs. P. I. Birchard').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- USCGR crew; 1st Marine Division embarked personnel
- Limitations
- Museum page transcribes the official Coast Guard photo stamp on the print; it corroborates builder, launch date, sponsor, and Coast Guard manning for this hull. It contains no asbestos or materials information and supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-202-lst202-03
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[5]uboat.net, Allied Warships of WWII, 'USS LST 202 (LST 202)' (ship/11300) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship data table (built/laid/launched/commissioned/end service/history) and notable-events log
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net Allied Warships entry for USS LST 202 (LST 202), LST (Mk 2) class, corroborates: built by Chicago Bridge and Iron Co. (Seneca, Illinois); laid down 15 July 1942; launched 16 March 1943; commissioned 9 April 1943; end of service 11 April 1946; sold 16 April 1948. It adds an order date of 23 March 1942 and a detailed operational event log for the Cape Gloucester and subsequent New Guinea-area operations consistent with the DANFS campaign list.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- wartime ship's company
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a privately compiled warship database (secondary reference), used here as corroboration against DANFS and NavSource, not as an official source. The 23 March 1942 order date rests on this source alone. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-202-lst202-04
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945), LST design table and roster (shipscribe.com scan). Note: the URL cited in the prior class-profile session (shipscribe.com/styles/usnaux/sdb/SDB1945v2.pdf) now returns 404; the file is live at the /pubs/ path. [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST design table and LST roster section (Vol. 2)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Bureau of Ships design data for the LST design group specifies two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, approximately 1,700 shaft horsepower, about 11.6 knots, and accommodations of 13 officers and 106 enlisted; the roster lists hull blocks including the block containing LST-202. This supports the diesel machinery description used for LST-202; it does not verify the hull's actual crew complement or any hull-specific material installation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- LST-class design and operating personnel
- Limitations
- Class/era design data, not an LST-202 construction or crew record. It establishes the diesel configuration (no boilers) and design accommodations only; it does not establish asbestos presence, quantity, condition, or exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-202-lst202-05
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[7]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II, the era and emergency program under which this 1942-43 LST was mass-produced, and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard Navy and merchant hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-202-lst202-06
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[8]Conservative synthesis from BuShips LST design data (SDB-1945 v2) and the 1942-1945 Navy asbestos-use-era context; no hull-specific asbestos document located [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST design table; class-profile era analysis
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: a 1942-43 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 windlass brake linings. The diesel configuration documented in the BuShips design record means boiler and steam-lagging pathways are not supported for this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- 1942-1943 construction trades (Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca); USCGR wartime crew; 1948 scrapping-yard workers (Bethlehem Steel, Seattle)
- Limitations
- Inference only: no cited source names asbestos aboard LST-202 or identifies a product installed on this hull. Does not establish presence, absence, quantity, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-202-lst202-07
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[9]Batch-6750 search ledger (this record): archived DANFS, NavSource, WWII Museum, uboat.net, USCG Historian index, NVR, CourtListener opinion/docket searches, shipscribe BuShips scan, official-source web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-202-lst202-01 through sl-uss-lst-202-lst202-12
- 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 qualifying litigation record naming LST-202 was found. CourtListener authenticated searches completed this session returned zero opinion hits for "LST-202" and for "USS LST-202" OR "LST 202"; the docket search returned two unrelated mortgage/foreclosure matters classified as name collisions, not asbestos litigation. The archived DANFS entry, NavSource page, WWII Museum record, and uboat.net entry contain no asbestos statement.
- Verification
- verified
- 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 that asbestos was absent aboard a 1942-43 hull. CourtListener coverage was completed (not throttled) and the docket hits are name collisions; 'no result' here is a search outcome, not a merits finding, and does not establish or defeat exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-202-lst202-08
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[10]NARA record-group framework (RG 24 deck logs; RG 26-G/III-SC still pictures per NavSource captions); USCG Historian's Office Coast Guard-manned vessels index listing LST-202 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 24 guide page; NavSource photo-caption NAIDs; history.uscg.mil CG-manned vessels index
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved): NARA RG 24 deck logs for LST-202 and any Chicago Bridge & Iron Seneca construction/contract records were not located in digitized public sources; NavSource photo captions identify surviving NARA still-picture records for this hull (26-G Coast Guard series and III-SC Signal Corps series, e.g., NAID 205586919). The U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office maintains a Coast Guard-manned Navy vessels file series that lists LST-202 and may hold a hull-specific history sheet.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-202-lst202-09