Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 657-packet.md (3 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-293-lst293-pkt-657-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'LST-293' (official NHHC page; search-indexed text retrieved when direct fetch returned 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-293 full entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official DANFS entry records that LST-293 was laid down on 5 October 1943 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania, by American Bridge Co.; launched on 12 December 1943; commissioned on 17 January 1944; served in the European theater during World War II, including the invasion of Normandy in June 1944; was decommissioned on 3 December 1945; struck from the Navy list on 19 December 1945; and sold on 1 June 1949 to James Hughes, Inc., New York, for scrapping. The entry credits one World War II battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1949
- Population
- LST-293 crew and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Supports identity, chronology, theater service, and disposal, not asbestos content, individual exposure, or causation. Direct page fetch returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-02; the official search result preserved the entry text and the live NavSource page independently corroborates the core dates.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-293-lst293-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-293 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource LST-293 chronology, awards, specifications, and propulsion blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies LST-293 as an LST-1-class tank landing ship laid down 5 October 1943 at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, Pennsylvania; launched 12 December 1943; commissioned 17 January 1944; assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East theater; and present at the invasion of Normandy from 6 to 25 June 1944. It records decommissioning on 3 December 1945, striking on 19 December 1945, one battle star, and sale for scrapping on 1 June 1949 to James Hughes, Inc., New York. Its specification block gives a complement of 13 officers and 104 enlisted, troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted, and two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1949
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archival page; it corroborates the official DANFS chronology and supplies machinery and complement details. It contains no asbestos, insulation, or hazardous-material finding and does not establish individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-293-lst293-02
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[4]Library of Congress, Veterans History Project, Thaddeus Maximillian Krajewski Collection, AFC/2001/001/84708 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Service History and Materials sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Library of Congress Veterans History Project identifies Thaddeus Maximillian Krajewski's collection as documenting service aboard USS LST-293 from 1943 to 1946, including the North Atlantic, English Channel, Normandy, and European theater, with a handwritten 1944 diary and wartime photographs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Krajewski and LST-293 wartime personnel
- Limitations
- The collection establishes a ship-specific service and archival lead, not asbestos content, material condition, exposure, or causation. The diary and photographs were not interpreted as asbestos evidence without reviewing their contents.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-293-lst293-03
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[5]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Report introduction and Navy's Policy on Use of Asbestos
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO reported that Navy ships contained asbestos in some components, including clutches and electrical cables, and that thermal insulation was the Navy's major asbestos use; it also described Navy asbestos-removal policies beginning in 1975. Applied only as class/era context, these findings make diesel/exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and brake or friction linings plausible asbestos-relevant locations on a 1944 diesel LST, but do not identify any product aboard LST-293.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1975-1979; applied only as historical context to 1944 construction
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy vessels generally
- Limitations
- Program-level and era-level evidence, not a record for this hull or LST-1-class construction. The source does not establish presence, quantity, condition, or removal of asbestos aboard LST-293, or any person's exposure or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-293-lst293-04
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[6]Batch-6832 search ledger: NHHC DANFS, NavSource, Library of Congress, GAO, NARA web search, and authenticated CourtListener searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-293-lst293-01 through sl-uss-lst-293-lst293-10
- 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 this hull was located. The accessible DANFS, NavSource, and Library of Congress records contain no asbestos statement.
- Verification
- partial
- 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 asbestos was absent aboard a 1944 hull. CourtListener exact-name opinion search returned no results, but the hull-number opinion and docket searches were blocked by the fleet pacing limiter; litigation coverage is therefore incomplete and is not a merits finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-293-lst293-05