Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 658-packet.md (5 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LST-294 (never named; hull designation only)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-294-lst294-pkt-658-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-294 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Live page: timeline, campaign, and final-disposition sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's live USS LST-294 page identifies the vessel as an LST-1-class tank landing ship laid down 12 October 1943 at American Bridge Company, Ambridge, Pennsylvania; launched 15 December 1943; commissioned 20 January 1944; assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; and present in the first wave of LSTs landing on Omaha Beach during the Normandy invasion, 6-25 June 1944. It records decommissioning 18 December 1945, striking from the Naval Register 8 January 1946, transfer to the Maritime Commission 13 October 1947, and sale for scrapping to Luria Bros. and Co. in Philadelphia on 13 October 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- American Bridge construction workforce, 1943-1944; U.S. Navy crew, 1944-1945
- Limitations
- NavSource is a photographic-history compilation rather than an asbestos survey or Navy materials record. This row supports identity, dates, campaign assignment, and disposition only; it does not establish asbestos aboard, component content, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-294-lst294-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-294 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Live page: Specifications section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's specifications for USS LST-294 list 13 officers and 104 enlisted in the ship's complement; troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted; two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines; three diesel-drive 100-kW ship-service generators; two propellers; twin rudders; 1,700 shp; 11.6 knots trial speed; 328 feet overall length; and 50 feet beam.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- The figures are the page's specification block and are not a muster-roll count for a particular voyage. The propulsion and complement details do not establish asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-294-lst294-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF table entry LST-294; printed list page 12 / PDF text entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives' Special List 44, arranged by ship number, lists LST-294 with a commissioning date of January 20, 1944 and a decommissioning date of December 17, 1945. The NARA index therefore corroborates the commissioning date but differs by one day from NavSource's December 18, 1945 decommissioning date; the discrepancy remains unresolved.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew
- Limitations
- This is a NARA logbook-index date, not a full service history and not a materials record. The one-day decommissioning conflict is reported rather than silently reconciled; neither date establishes asbestos aboard or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-294-lst294-03
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[5]National Park Service, World War II Shipbuilding in the San Francisco Bay Area [nps]
- Locator
- Article discussion of LST production and mission
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Park Service describes World War II LST construction and function at a program/class level: LSTs were invasion ships designed to carry tanks, vehicles, supplies, and personnel to shallow-water beachheads, and 982 were completed during the wartime program. This is context for the LST-1 class and wartime role, not a finding about the materials installed aboard LST-294.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- World War II LST construction program
- Limitations
- Program-level context only. The NPS article does not name LST-294 and does not state asbestos content, insulation products, quantities, condition, exposure, or causation for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-294-lst294-04
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[6]Batch-6833 search ledger: NavSource hull page, NARA ship-number index, NPS context page, NHHC/DANFS URL check, authenticated CourtListener helper [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-294-lst294-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the public authoritative sources searched: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazardous-material disclosure, material specification, product identification, or qualifying litigation record was found for LST-294. The public hull history and specification sources contain no asbestos statement. The required authenticated CourtListener exact-name and exact-hull searches were not completed because the shared pacing limiter issued a stand-down before the first query completed.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Failure to locate a public record does not prove asbestos was absent. The litigation component is incomplete because the authenticated fleet limiter blocked the required four-query sweep; this row is not a no-litigation conclusion and does not establish presence, absence, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-294-lst294-05
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[7]National Archives, Department of the Navy Records [other_primary]
- Locator
- Research guidance: Navy records and NARA Online Resources sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Department of the Navy research guidance states that Navy records include both digitized and paper or microfilm holdings and directs researchers to the National Archives Catalog and Navy record series for further research. Ship-specific construction, alteration, overhaul, deck-log, and disposal files for LST-294 were not located or reviewed in this batch; those records remain the appropriate archival lead for any future materials finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1947 records
- Limitations
- Record-location guidance only. No LST-294 asbestos or materials document was retrieved from this page; future archival holdings may or may not contain such information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-294-lst294-06