Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet xx-packet.md (6 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-216-lst216-pkt-xx-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-216 (NHHC) - construction, U.K. transfer, loss, and strike [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-216 entry, sole narrative paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- For this hull, DANFS records: laid down 23 January 1943 at Seneca, Ill., by Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 4 July 1943; sponsored by Miss Ruth Curnick; and commissioned 23 July 1943. It states that the tank landing ship never saw active service with the United States Navy, was transferred to the United Kingdom on 4 August 1943, was sunk by an aircraft-launched torpedo off Cherbourg, France, on 7 July 1944, and was struck from the Navy list on 13 November 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Chicago Bridge & Iron construction workers (1943); Royal Navy personnel after transfer (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific historical record only. It contains no asbestos, insulation, product, exposure, repair, or abatement information and does not establish material content aboard the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-216-lst216-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, HM FDT-216 ex HM LST-216 - transfer history, Royal Navy conversion, specifications, and image-caption lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 160216.htm, transfer/Royal Navy history block and specification block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NavSource page identifies the hull as HM FDT-216, ex HM LST-216, says it was transferred to the United Kingdom for the duration of World War II, commissioned into the Royal Navy on 4 August 1943, converted at John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Shipyards at Clydebank, and recommissioned HM FDT-216 on 13 February 1944. It reports Normandy fighter-control service on 6-7 June 1944 and loss to an aircraft-launched torpedo on 7 July 1944, 23 miles west of Le Havre; its specification block gives two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, a Falk reduction gear, two propellers at 1,700 shp, and three diesel-driven 100-kW generators.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Royal Navy crew and John Brown Clydebank conversion workers (1943-44)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer historical compilation, used here as a verification and archival lead rather than a primary registry. The reported location wording differs from DANFS (west of Le Havre versus off Cherbourg); no attempt is made to reconcile those descriptions. The machinery specification documents a diesel arrangement, not asbestos-containing materials, and establishes no exposure or product attribution.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-216-lst216-02
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[4]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard U.S. Naval Vessel up through 1961 - research guidance and archival-series limits [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA asbestos-research guide, 'Beginning Research,' 'General Information Books,' 'Specifications and Standards,' 'Cartographic Branch,' and 'Other Records and their usefulness' sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's guidance identifies 1941-61 Navy-materiel asbestos research as requiring ship-specific archival work and identifies potentially relevant Bureau of Ships holdings, including Amphibious Vessel General Information Books, specifications for ships and machinery, and ship engineering drawings. It identifies S39 (insulation and lagging) and S48 (piping) as frequently reviewed drawing categories, while warning that deck logs and muster rolls do not provide direct evidence of asbestos presence in a ship or component.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1941-1961 (guide scope)
- Limitations
- This is a research guide, not evidence that LST-216 had asbestos or that a responsive LST-216 file survives. No LST-216 S39/S48 drawing, GIB, specification, survey, or abatement record was located and reviewed in this batch. It supplies an archival path only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-216-lst216-03
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[5]DANFS, LST-503 - identity correction for later ROC Navy Chung Kuang (LST-216) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-503 entry, final service/disposition paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS states that USS LST-503 was transferred to the Republic of China on 4 April 1955, where she served as Chung Kuang (LST-216). That later Republic of China Navy vessel is distinct from USS LST-216, which DANFS records as transferred to the United Kingdom in 1943 and sunk in 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1955
- Limitations
- Identity correction only. LST-503/Chung Kuang history, materials, personnel, and litigation cannot be attributed to USS LST-216/HM FDT-216.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-216-lst216-05
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[6]Batch-6765 research ledger: NHHC DANFS; NavSource; NARA asbestos-research guide; Navy/GAO/NARA catalog search attempts; Firecrawl; authenticated CourtListener helper [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-216-lst216-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No public ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, product identification, or qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located in the completed non-CourtListener research. The CourtListener sweep is incomplete because the authenticated fleet limiter did not grant a request token during this session; no CourtListener absence conclusion is made.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02 (research date)
- Limitations
- A non-finding is not proof that asbestos was absent. Firecrawl's keyless quota was exhausted before searching (reported retry_after_seconds 8123); direct live verification was used for accessible pages. CourtListener was never queried anonymously or outside the required helper; the limiter gap means unindexed, unsearched, and CourtListener material remains possible.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-216-lst216-04