Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet xx-packet.md (7 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-217-lst217-pkt-xx-packet-md
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[2]Royal Air Force, RAF Boulmer, 'Fighter Direction Tenders' (5 June 2024) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Lines 58-63 and 89-91
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Royal Air Force records that FDT 217 was assigned to the British landing area for D-Day, operated off Normandy between five and fifteen miles offshore, and was withdrawn to the United Kingdom on 23 June 1944 after seventeen continuous days on station; it was being refitted in London when the war ended.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Royal Navy and RAF personnel assigned to FDT 217
- Limitations
- This operational history establishes a documented service and refit period only. It does not document asbestos work, materials, exposure, causation, or the scope of the London refit.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-217-lst217-02
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[3]U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, vol. 2 (January 1945), LST design table and roster [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST design table and roster; source identified in the matching LST-1 class profile
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The official Bureau of Ships 1945 design data for the LST-1 group describes a diesel, rather than boiler, propulsion plant: two General Motors 12-567A diesels, about 1,700 shp, and two shafts. Accordingly, boiler and turbine insulation are not a supported pathway for this class; any asbestos characterization is limited to unconfirmed class/era candidates such as diesel-exhaust and machinery thermal insulation, gaskets, packing, and non-propulsion insulation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- LST-1-class construction trades, crew, and repair personnel
- Limitations
- This is class-level machinery evidence, not a hull-specific material list. The source's accessible public scan could not be retrieved live in this session; no URL is cited. Candidate applications are not documented aboard LST-217, no quantity is established, and no individual exposure is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-217-lst217-03
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[4]This record's research ledger; Naval Vessel Register coverage statement [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-217-lst217-01 through -05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying public ship-specific asbestos record was located in the completed official-source checks: no survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or material schedule naming USS LST-217/FDT 217 was found. The official NHHC candidate DANFS URLs returned 404; the Naval Vessel Register states that ships disposed before 1987 are not currently included; and the required authenticated CourtListener search did not produce a usable response before the execution environment terminated its request, so litigation status remains an open gap rather than a no-result finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- A failure to locate public documentation does not establish that asbestos was absent. CourtListener was not completed and is specifically not a negative result; no conclusion about litigation, individual exposure, causation, remaining material, or legal eligibility follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-217-lst217-04
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[5]Royal Air Force, RAF Boulmer, 'Fighter Direction Tenders' (5 June 2024) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Lines 26, 29, and 35-40
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Royal Air Force identifies LST 217 as one of three United States-built LSTs allocated under Project BACCY, delivered to the Clyde in late 1943, and converted by John Brown Shipbuilders and RAF Telecommunications Research Establishment personnel into a Fighter Direction Tender (FDT). The conversion added upper-deck antenna masts and Type 15 and Type 11 radar antennae and installed a new operations complex in the lower vehicle deck.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- late 1943-1944
- Population
- John Brown Shipbuilders and RAF Telecommunications Research Establishment conversion personnel; FDT crew
- Limitations
- Official RAF history identifies this hull's conversion and equipment but does not identify asbestos-containing material, an asbestos-control measure, a survey, an abatement action, an individual exposure, or a material quantity.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-217-lst217-01