Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 667-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-364-lst364-pkt-667-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-364 (Naval Historical Center) - construction, sponsor, United Kingdom delivery/commissioning, loss, striking (archived Wayback capture 2010-12-08; live NHHC DANFS page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-364 entry (single paragraph), Wayback capture 20101208022657
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry for this hull, verbatim content: 'LST-364 was laid down on 3 September 1942 at Quincy, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on 26 October 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Harold B. Buse; and delivered to and commissioned by representatives of the United Kingdom on 7 December 1942. She was sunk due to enemy action in February 1945 and struck from the Navy list on 11 July 1945.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Bethlehem Quincy construction trades (Sep-Dec 1942)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; contains no asbestos or material content. The live NHHC DANFS page (history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-364.html) returned 404 on 2026-10-02 - citation is the Wayback capture of the canonical DANFS text, labeled archived. DANFS entry is terse: no operations narrative, no casualty detail.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-364-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, HM LST-364 (10/16/160364) - Lend-Lease timeline, RN campaign list, specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160364.htm header block, Royal Navy History section, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull (page verified live 2026-10-02 on the current navsource.net domain): laid down 3 September 1942 at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA; launched 26 October 1942; 'never saw active service in the US Navy'; transferred to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Act 7 December 1942 and commissioned the same day; sailed from New York 19 March 1943 as a straggler to convoy UGS-6A; European Theater campaigns: Sicilian occupation 9-10 July 1943, Salerno landings September 1943, Anzio-Nettuno advanced landing 22 January 1944, Invasion of Normandy June 1944; shuttle service between Tilbury, Ostend, and Antwerp; sunk in convoy TAM-87 by a German Seehund two-man midget submarine off Margate 22 February 1945; struck from the Naval Register 11 July 1945. Spec block: 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam; 2 x General Motors 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, 3 x 100 kW diesel-drive ship's service generators, 2 propellers, 1,700 shp, 11.6 kt trial; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Bethlehem Quincy construction trades (1942); Royal Navy crew and embarked troops (1942-1945)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestones are consistent with DANFS where they overlap but campaign detail rests on NavSource's compilation. Page contains a typo ('commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-363') - the hull is LST-364 throughout the rest of the page. 'Off Margate' vs other sources' 'off Ramsgate' is a same-area variant (Isle of Thanet) - see gaps. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-364-02
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[4]HMSO, 'British Vessels Lost at Sea, 1939-45' (1947) - official Royal Navy loss list, transcribed at naval-history.net (Western Europe / British Home Waters 1944-45 section) [other_primary]
- Locator
- naval-history.net WW2BritishLossesbyArea06.htm, February 1945 entries (Western Europe and British Home Waters)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official UK government loss list records: 'February 22 - Landing ship tank (Class II) LST No.364 (2,750t, 7/12/42), torpedoed by U-boat off Ramsgate, S England' - confirming the loss date, the U-boat torpedo cause, the off-Ramsgate location, and the ship's UK completion/commissioning date (7/12/42 = 7 December 1942), consistent with DANFS.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-02-22
- Population
- Royal Navy crew and embarked personnel at time of loss (1945-02-22)
- Limitations
- Official-loss-list content transcribed on a private naval-history site - the transcription is faithful and internally consistent but is a mirror of the HMSO publication, not the HMSO original. No casualty figures, no asbestos content. 'Off Ramsgate' vs NavSource 'off Margate' - same Isle of Thanet area; see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-364-03
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[5]National Army Museum (UK) Online Collection, NAM. 1975-03-63-13-32 - photograph 'Landing Ships Tanks (LST), North Africa, 1943' (LCT 113 with LSTs 364 and 417) with catalog history [museum_official]
- Locator
- NAM Online Collection object page, NAM. 1975-03-63-13-32, catalog narrative paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official UK museum record corroborating this hull's Royal Navy service: photograph (Major W. H. J. Sale, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)) shows LCT 113 alongside LSTs 364 and 417 in North Africa, 1943; catalog text records LST 364's transfer to the Royal Navy in December 1942, participation in Operation HUSKY (Sicily, July 1943), the Salerno landings (September 1943), the Anzio landings, and Operation OVERLORD (Normandy, 1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Royal Navy crew; embarked troops during Sicily/Salerno/Anzio/Normandy operations
- Limitations
- Museum catalog content; no asbestos material. The caption says 'Built in the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore' - this conflicts with DANFS, NavSource, and uboat.net (all: Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA); carried as a source defect in gaps, Quincy retained. Campaign list is secondary catalog text consistent with NavSource.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-364-04
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[6]The D-Day Story (Portsmouth) collection, ref. 2014/58/267 - 'My Anglia at war', 7-page typed memoir by Norman Barnes, who served onboard LST 364 during the D-Day landings (LST and Landing Craft Association archive) [museum_official]
- Locator
- D-Day Story collection record 2014/58/267, catalog description
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Firsthand crew-account held in an official UK museum collection: Barnes served aboard LST 364; per the catalog summary the ship sailed from Spithead the evening of 5 June 1944 toward Ouistreham, landed on Sword Beach, unloaded soldiers and equipment and got off the beach quickly, made several trips to and from Normandy, and 'before being sunk on their way to Antwerp.' The museum itself flags the memoir's 'shortly after 0600hrs' landing time as incorrect (H-Hour was 0725).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LST 364 crew and embarked soldiers, June 1944 - Feb 1945
- Limitations
- Memoir recollection summarized in a museum catalog record, not a ship's log - the museum annotates one internal error. Corroborates Sword Beach landing, repeat Normandy crossings, and the Antwerp run at time of loss. No asbestos content. Full memoir text is in-store, viewable by appointment - not digitized.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-364-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block for this hull (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, Falk gear, diesel gensets - no steam plant); BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 LST class design table as transcribed in the lst-1-class Atlas profile (ev-lst-1-class-01); Atlas shipyards.json record for Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy/Fore River) documenting asbestos product use at the builder yard [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160364.htm specifications; shipyards.json yard_id bethlehem-shipbuilding; lst-1-class profile ev-lst-1-class-01
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A WWII mass-production tank landing ship built at Bethlehem's Quincy (Fore River) yard in late 1942 sits inside the documented asbestos shipbuilding era; the Atlas yard record for Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. lists documented asbestos products including 85% magnesia block insulation, Marinite board, Transite pipe covering, Aircell pipe covering, Armabestos block, Limpet spray, Unibestos products, Raybestos cloth, asbestos lagging, gaskets and packing. Diesel plant aboard (2 x GM 12-567A, no boilers): the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; era-standard applications for the type are diesel engine/exhaust lagging, gaskets, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch brake linings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Bethlehem Quincy/Fore River construction trades (Sep-Dec 1942); Royal Navy crew (1942-1945); any UK fitting-out/armament-installation trades after arrival
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-level inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-364. The yard record aggregates Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. sites (Fore River, Sparrows Point, Union Iron Works aliases) - product documentation is yard-family level, not proved aboard this hull. No quantity, no individual exposure. Construction window was ~3 months (keel 3 Sep 1942 to UK delivery 7 Dec 1942). Note: the shipscribe.com SDB1945v2.pdf URL verified 2026-09-16 in the lst-1-class profile returned 404 on re-check 2026-10-02 - class machinery data rests on the class profile's verified row, not a fresh fetch.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-364-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships during the WWII era and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s; standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place unless disturbed - program context for the era in which this hull was built.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); WWII-era construction context
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not class- or hull-specific; this hull was built (1942) and lost (1945) entirely inside the documented asbestos-use era. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 - standing limitation); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-364-07
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[9]Batch-6903 search ledger (this record): DANFS via Wayback; NavSource live; HMSO loss list via naval-history.net; UK National Army Museum; The D-Day Story Portsmouth; uboat.net; Naval Vessel Register (out of scope, pre-1987 disposal); NARA catalog (unsearchable this session); CourtListener API v4 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-364-01 through sl-uss-lst-364-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, material schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LST-364 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener API v4 hull-number sweeps completed this session: 'LST-364' opinions count=0, dockets count=0 - no qualifying asbestos litigation located. The hull was sunk in 1945 and was never U.S.-commissioned, so there is no postwar USN availability, overhaul, or disposal record to search.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - 1942 construction at a documented asbestos-era yard makes era-consistent materials plausible but unproven for this hull. The wartime loss means no scrapping/abatement record can exist; the wreck itself is the unresolved end-state (any ACM present went down with the hull). UK-side litigation is outside CourtListener coverage. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-364-08
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[10]uboat.net Allied Warships, HMS LST 364 (warships/12271) + USS LST 364 (ship/11440) - loss record, wreck position, RN commanding-officer list, never-commissioned note [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/12271.html info block and Commands section; uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/11440.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Specialized warship-loss reference for this hull (pages verified live 2026-10-02): USS-side page records 'Never commissioned into the United States Navy. Transferred to the Royal Navy upon completion' and an order date of 7 August 1942; RN page records 'Torpedoed and sunk off Ramsgate on 22 February 1945 while in convoy TAM-87 by a German midget submarine. The wreck is in position 51 deg 18.397'N 01 deg 54.875'E', with a six-officer Royal Navy command list ending with Lt.Cdr. (retired) Cecil Dick Bluett Coventry, DSC, RD, RNR (early 1945 - 22 Feb 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Royal Navy crew at time of loss (1945-02-22)
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a reputable specialized secondary reference, not an official record - used here for loss corroboration (consistent with the HMSO loss list and NavSource) and the wreck position. Its RN commissioning field (30 Nov 1942) conflicts with DANFS/NavSource (7 Dec 1942) - carried as a gap, not adopted. The specific attacking Seehund boat (U-number) is not identified. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-364-09