Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 658-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LST-295 (never named; hull designation only)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-295-lst295-pkt-658-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-295 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Full DANFS entry; page retrieved through indexed NHHC result after direct automated fetch returned 404
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS records that LST-295 was laid down on 19 October 1943 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania, by American Bridge Co.; launched on 24 December 1943; sponsored by Miss Virginia Helen Valenta; commissioned on 7 February 1944; served in the European theater and participated in the Normandy invasion in June 1944; was decommissioned on 28 December 1945; struck from the Navy list on 12 April 1946; and sold on 12 September 1947 to C. W. Edwards for conversion to merchant service. DANFS credits one World War II battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Official ship history establishes identity, dates, service, and disposition through the 1947 sale, but contains no asbestos, insulation, material, survey, or exposure statement and does not establish the vessel's later merchant-service fate.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-295-lst295-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-295 [museum_official]
- Locator
- Ship history and specifications sections, lines 20-72 in live page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's ship-specific LST-295 page corroborates the 19 October 1943 keel, 24 December 1943 launch, 7 February 1944 commissioning, Normandy campaign, 28 December 1945 decommissioning, 12 April 1946 striking, and 12 September 1947 sale to C. W. Edwards Co. It gives the LST-1-class specification as 13 officers and 104 enlisted, accommodations for 16 officers and 147 troops, two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, a Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100-kW generators, twin propellers, and 1,700 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- NavSource corroborates operational and specification facts but does not document asbestos content, an asbestos survey, abatement, present condition, or individual exposure; the page states subsequent fate as unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-295-lst295-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table; ship-specific NavSource specification block [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST design table; NavSource LST-295 specifications
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The LST-1-class design used two GM 12-567A diesels, approximately 1,700 shp, twin screws, and no boilers. For a wartime diesel landing ship, period asbestos-relevant applications are reasonably limited to engine and exhaust insulation, machinery gaskets and packing, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, electrical insulation or cable, and friction linings on winch or windlass equipment.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Class/design inference only. Neither the BuShips table nor NavSource says that asbestos was installed aboard LST-295; no product, quantity, location, condition, remaining-material, exposure, or causation finding follows from this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-295-lst295-03
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product-page description; full report not retrieved because automated access returns HTTP 403
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's Navy asbestos-program review documents that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s. That program-level chronology places LST-295's 1943-1945 construction and service in the documented Navy asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Program-level evidence, not LST-295 evidence. The product page supports only broad Navy-era context; it does not identify this hull or establish asbestos aboard it.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-295-lst295-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches through fleet-paced helper: exact-name and hull-number queries [court_record]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-lst-295-lst295-05 through -10
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Partial authenticated CourtListener sweep: the exact-phrase LST-295 opinion query returned HTTP 200 with count 0 and no results. The remaining exact-name and spaced-hull opinion/docket variants could not be completed because the helper reported the fleet-wide pacing budget was momentarily spent; no qualifying, other-litigation, or name-collision hit was identified in the completed query.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Only the exact LST-295 opinion query completed with zero results. The exact-name and spaced-hull opinion/docket variants remain unsearched because the authenticated helper's fleet-wide limiter required stand-down. CourtListener coverage also excludes some state filings, settlements, non-digitized records, and unindexed pleadings; no exposure or legal-eligibility conclusion is implied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-295-lst295-05
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[7]Batch-6834 source sweep: NHHC DANFS, NavSource, NARA catalog search, NPS search, Naval Vessel Register search, and authenticated CourtListener searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-lst-295-lst295-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located in the authoritative public-source sweep: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, museum record, or NARA item naming LST-295 was found. The completed CourtListener opinion query returned no result; the remaining CourtListener variants were blocked by fleet pacing. The located ship-specific sources document history and machinery only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. A 1943 diesel landing ship is era-consistent with possible asbestos-containing materials, but this record does not establish their presence, absence, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-295-lst295-06
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[8]National Archives, Ship Plan Index and Catalog search [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Plan Index; NARA catalog search for LST-295
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: NARA's ship-plan index and catalog are the appropriate next sources for LST-295's construction drawings, machinery specifications, and possible hull files. No LST-295-specific digitized asbestos or insulation record was located in the public catalog sweep performed for this batch.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is a research path, not a hull finding. Box-level and drawing-level retrieval was not performed; the existence of asbestos-specific documents for LST-295 remains unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-295-lst295-07