Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet xy-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-223-lst223-pkt-xy-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Tank Landing Ship LST-223 / LST(H)-223 (live page verified 2026-10-02) [museum_official]
- Locator
- NavSource vessel history and specifications sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The live vessel record states that LST-223 was laid down 31 March 1943 at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, Illinois; launched 24 August 1943; commissioned 17 September 1943; served in the Asiatic-Pacific theater in the Kwajalein/Majuro, Saipan, and Leyte operations; was redesignated LST(H)-223 on 15 September 1945; decommissioned 1 May 1946; transferred to France in 1948 as RFS Rance; decommissioned by the French Navy 8 March 1961; and was ultimately scrapped on an unknown date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1961
- Population
- Chicago Bridge & Iron construction trades (1943); U.S. Navy crew and embarked troops (1943-46); French Navy crew (1948-61)
- Limitations
- Ship-history and specification record only; it does not document asbestos content, a material schedule, an abatement action, or individual exposure. The page states that the Naval Register strike date is unknown and does not provide a final scrapping date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-223-lst223-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945), LST-1 design-group table (live PDF verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB-1945 v2, LST design-group machinery and accommodations rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The LST-1 design-group data documents a diesel propulsion arrangement of two GM 12-567A engines, 1,700 shaft horsepower total, and two propellers, with no boilers listed. The design-group accommodation row lists 13 officers and 106 enlisted, while the ship-specific NavSource record lists 13 officers and 104 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- LST-1 design group
- Limitations
- Design-group data is not a hull-specific construction or material schedule. It supports the diesel/no-boiler design context only and does not establish asbestos presence, product identity, quantity, or remaining material aboard LST-223. The enlisted complement discrepancy is carried as unresolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-223-lst223-02
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[4]Class/era inference based on the verified LST-1 design-group diesel plant and WWII construction chronology; no hull-specific material record located [other_primary]
- Locator
- Derived from the SDB-1945 v2 design-group machinery row and the ship-specific NavSource chronology; inference deliberately labeled class_or_era
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- For a diesel-powered LST-1-class ship built in 1943, asbestos-relevant applications are plausible in diesel exhaust and engine-space thermal or acoustic insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and winch or windlass brake linings. These are class/era possibilities, not materials documented aboard LST-223.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1961
- Population
- 1943 construction trades; U.S. and French crews; maintenance personnel
- Limitations
- Inferred only from design and era. No LST-223 insulation specification, shipyard material schedule, survey, abatement record, or product manufacturer record was located. No quantity, fiber content, present-day condition, or individual exposure is established; boiler and steam-line lagging are not applicable to the documented diesel/no-boiler design.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-223-lst223-03
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[5]Batch 6773 source sweep: live NavSource history/specification page, NHHC DANFS URL check, NARA catalog search, and CourtListener helper attempts [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-lst-223-lst223-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or product-identification record was located in the sources searched. The available ship-specific record documents history and machinery but does not mention asbestos.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- A negative public-source finding does not prove that asbestos was absent or present aboard this hull. CourtListener litigation coverage is incomplete because the authenticated helper repeatedly enforced a fleet-wide pacing stand-down before the requested exact-name and hull-number sweep could finish; therefore no clean litigation negative is claimed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-223-lst223-04