Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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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-366-lst366-pkt-667-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-366 - construction, sponsor, transfer to UK, return, striking, disposal (live NHHC page verified this session) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-366 entry (single-paragraph entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-366 was laid down on 1 October 1942 at Quincy, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on 11 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Kenneth Blood; and delivered to and commissioned by representatives of the United Kingdom on 21 December 1942. She was returned to United States Navy custody on 26 January 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 5 June 1946. The tank landing ship was sold to N. Block & Co., Norfolk, Va., for scrapping.' The hull was never commissioned into the U.S. Navy - the entire operational career was Royal Navy under Lend-Lease.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Bethlehem Quincy construction trades (Oct-Dec 1942); RN crew (1942-46); N. Block & Co. shipbreakers (post-1946)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS gives no RN service detail, no scrapping date, and no complement figure; 'Bethlehem Steel Co.' is the corporate naming DANFS uses for the Quincy (Fore River) yard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-366-lst366-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, HM LST-366 - RN service narrative, campaign list, specifications, commanding officers, Admiralty Press Division photography (live page verified this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160366.htm header block, Royal Navy History, specifications block, commanding-officers table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 1 October 1942 at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA; launched 11 November 1942; transferred to the United Kingdom 21 December 1942 and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-366 the same day; sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, in convoy SC125, 31 March 1943 (date conflicts with the UK National Archives convoy list - see gaps); sailed from Scotland in convoy KMS18A. Campaigns listed: Sicilian occupation; Salerno landings; Reggio landing (per MacDermott, 'Ships Without Names'); West Coast of Italy operations 1944 - Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings; Invasion of Normandy; shuttle service between Tilbury, Ostend and Antwerp. Paid off and returned to U.S. Navy custody at Norfolk, VA, 26 January 1946; struck from the Naval Register 5 June 1946; sold for scrapping to N. Block and Co., Norfolk, VA, date unknown. Admiralty Press Division photographs document the crew cleaning a 20mm Oerlikon (14 Feb 1945), foc'sle and bridge views (14 and 22 Feb 1945), and unloading vehicles on the ramp at Montgomery Dock, Ostend, Belgium (circa 1945, 'Empty now we can go back'). Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full load; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; 13 officers / 104 enlisted + 16 officers / 147 enlisted troops; 2 LCVP; UK armament fit one 12-pdr AA multi-barrel mount, six 20mm, four Fast Aerial Mine mounts; propulsion two General Motors 12-567A 900hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders, three 100kW diesel-drive generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- RN crew (1942-46, RNVR/RNR officer cadre per uboat.net); Bethlehem Quincy construction trades (1942); N. Block & Co. shipbreakers (post-1946)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS but the campaign list's per-campaign sourcing is not shown on-page (Reggio is attributed to MacDermott's 'Ships Without Names'). The SC125 sailing date stated (31 March 1943) conflicts with the TNA convoy list's official sailing date (8 April 1943) - carried in gaps. Complement is the US-configuration spec; the actual RN wartime complement is undocumented. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-366-lst366-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships, HMS LST 366 (LST 366) - RN service record, commanding officers, and dated convoy movements citing Admiralty (ADM) records (live page verified this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/12274.html data table, 'Commands listed' table, 'Notable events' entries 20 Jun 1943, 24 Jun 1943, 28 Jun 1943, 29 Jul 1943
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- uboat.net record for this hull: built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, MA; laid down 1 Oct 1942; launched 11 Nov 1942; commissioned (RN) 21 Dec 1942; end service 26 Jan 1946 - 'Decommissioned and returned to the USN on 26 January 1946'; former name USS LST 366. Commanding officers: A/Lt.Cdr. Norman Hall, RNR (Apr 1943 - 21 Aug 1943); Lt.Cdr. George Raymond Grandage, RNR (21 Aug 1943 - 16 Mar 1945); T/A/Lt.Cdr. Thomas Herbert Lowe, RNR (16 Mar 1945 - 26 Jan 1946). Dated convoy movements documented from ADM sources: convoy KMS 18A departed the Clyde 20 June 1943 (8 lend-lease LSTs incl. LST 366), arrived Gibraltar 29 June 1943; LST 366 then joined convoy KMS 18B and arrived off Sicily 10 July 1943 (Operation Husky assault window); later joined combined convoy OG 91 / KMS 22 from Bizerta ~13 Aug 1943 and detached for Malta ~14 Aug 1943 (convoy arrived Port Said 20 Aug 1943).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946 (convoy detail Jun-Aug 1943)
- Population
- RN officers and crew, 1943-45 convoy and assault operations
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not a primary registry - but its convoy events are individually sourced to Admiralty War History files at the UK National Archives (ADM 199/585, ADM 199/975, ADM 199/2101) for the OG 91/KMS 22 segment. CO list covers only WWII duration. Does not document the Normandy phase, the Anzio damage event, or any asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-366-lst366-03
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[5]UK National Archives (Kew), ADM 199/2189/129 - Admiralty: War History Cases and Papers, WWII Convoy Lists (item-level description; live catalog record verified this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- TNA Discovery record C10242889 (ADM 199/2189/129), catalogue description and ship list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- TNA catalog description for ADM 199/2189/129: 'Convoy number SC 125 from Sydney (Cape Breton) or Halifax or New York to UK (slow). Sailing on 8 4 1943 and arriving on 15 4 1943.' The 41-ship list names LST366 (also LST406, LST319) - a primary Admiralty convoy list placing this hull on the spring-1943 transatlantic delivery crossing from North America to the UK. Status: Open Document, held at Kew; not digitised.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- RN crew on the delivery crossing, Apr 1943
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the catalog description (ship list + dates) is verified but the document itself is not digitised - order-at-Kew only. Convoy membership documents the crossing, not ship condition or contents. The 8 April 1943 official sailing date conflicts with NavSource's '31 March 1943' - carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-366-lst366-04
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[6]NHHC, H-Gram 035 (official Naval History and Heritage Command publication PDF) - Operation Shingle / Anzio narrative naming HMS LST-366 (live PDF verified this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- H-Gram 035, 'Operation Shingle: The Allied Landings at Anzio, Italy, January-June 1944' section (PDF p. ~2-4 of the attachment)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NHHC narrative of the Anzio beachhead air attacks: after recounting the 26 January 1944 loss of British LST-422 (mine; 454 U.S. soldiers and 29 British crewmen lost) and LCI-32, the H-Gram states 'At dusk, a German Focke-Wulf fighter damaged HMS LST-366' - a ship-specific combat-damage event off Anzio in the late-January 1944 German air-attack sequence. A secondary account (bmmhs.org) describes a radio-controlled glide bomb exploding on the sea bed alongside - consistent with the Hs 293 attacks of that period but not carried as a record fact.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-01
- Population
- RN crew aboard at the Anzio anchorage, late Jan 1944
- Limitations
- Ship-specific event documented by an official NHHC publication, but the H-Gram's narrative runs several days' events together - the LST-366 damage is positioned in the same dusk sequence as the 26 January 1944 LST-422 loss without its own discrete date line. Extent of damage, casualties (if any), and repair record are not stated. No asbestos content - battle-damage repair (if any) would be an exposure-relevant event type but no repair record was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-366-lst366-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, Falk reduction gears, 2 shafts - diesel plant, no boilers); LST-1 class profile (BuShips Ships' Data 1945 design table); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product list for bethlehem-shipbuilding/Quincy and fore-river-shipyard (incl. asbestos lagging, gaskets, packing, Marinite/Transite, insulation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160366.htm specifications block; class profile lst-1-class.class.json (BuShips SD-1945 v2 design table); shipyards.json product lists for bethlehem-shipbuilding and fore-river-shipyard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST-1-class tank landing ship built Oct-Nov 1942 at Bethlehem's Quincy (Fore River) yard sits inside both the Navy's and that yard's documented asbestos-use era. As a diesel ship she carried no boilers - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Era-standard applications for this ship type were: diesel-engine exhaust lagging and gaskets, thermal insulation in machinery spaces and accommodation areas, valve packing, deck coverings/compounds, and electrical insulation - in a hull whose working spaces (tank deck, engine room, troop accommodations) kept crews in confined proximity to insulated systems.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Bethlehem Quincy construction trades (1942); UK fitting-out trades (1943); RN crew (1942-46); N. Block & Co. shipbreakers (post-1946)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-366. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. UK fitting-out after transatlantic delivery may have used British-supplied materials not captured by U.S. yard documentation. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-366-lst366-06
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[8]Oliver v. General Electric Co. et al., U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, Civ. No. 1:16-cv-01057 (memorandum opinion, 2016; live govinfo PDF verified this session) [court_record]
- Locator
- Oliver v. GE memorandum opinion, BACKGROUND section (citing Compl. para. 3, ECF No. 2)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Yard-level litigation record for this hull's builder: the court's background section states 'Oliver worked as a pipefitter's and drafting apprentice at Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts from 1967 to 1970' and that he was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2015, 'which he alleges was caused by exposure to the defendants' products that contained asbestos.' Documents that asbestos-disease litigation attaches to the Quincy (Fore River) yard where LST-366 was built - for a 1967-70 apprenticeship window, 25 years after this hull's construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1967-1970 (alleged exposure); 2015-2016 (litigation)
- Population
- Fore River Shipyard trades, 1967-70 (yard-level, not this hull)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage content: the opinion restates complaint allegations (Compl. para. 3) for a remand ruling - it is not a merits finding that asbestos exposure occurred at the yard, and it does not name this hull. Yard-level only: Fore River employment in 1967-70, a quarter-century after LST-366's 1942 construction; does not establish materials aboard this hull. Classified at the pleading stage per litigation-stage discipline.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-366-lst366-07
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[9]Selikoff IJ, Hammond EC, 'Asbestos-associated disease in United States shipyards,' CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians 1978 Mar-Apr;28(2):87-99 (PMID 417776, verified via NCBI efetch) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PMID 417776 (CA Cancer J Clin 1978;28(2):87-99)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The landmark Selikoff/Hammond epidemiological survey documented asbestos-associated disease (including mesothelioma and lung-cancer excess) across the U.S. shipyard industry; Bethlehem Steel shipyards were among the surveyed populations. Yard-industry-level documentation that U.S. shipyard work of this hull's construction era carried substantial asbestos exposure - the industry context for her 1942 construction at Bethlehem's Quincy yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1940s-1970s (survey coverage); 1978 (publication)
- Population
- U.S. shipyard workers, WWII era and after (industry-level)
- Limitations
- Industry-level epidemiology: the survey covers U.S. shipyard populations generally and Bethlehem yards among them; it does not name the Quincy yard specifically in the record carried here, does not name this hull, and does not establish materials aboard or individual exposure. PubMed record verified via NCBI efetch this session; the live pubmed page returned HTTP 203 (anti-bot response) - canonical URL carried, PMID is the stable anchor.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-366-lst366-08
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[10]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section (live page verified 2026-10-02; full report PDF linked on page)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, covering 'the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing asbestos from Navy ships, and compensation programs for asbestos-related disabilities.' Navy policy (1975) was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs; modified 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas. Documents that asbestos insulation was in general shipboard use through this hull's entire construction and service era (1942-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); Navy asbestos-use era covering 1942-46
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - not this hull's builder and not sites this hull is documented to have used. The hull left U.S. custody for the UK in 1942, before the review's period of Navy industrial-hygiene concern.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-366-lst366-09
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[11]Batch-6905 search ledger (this record): live DANFS; NavSource; uboat.net; TNA Discovery ADM 199/2189/129; NHHC H-Gram 035 PDF; NVR (no entry); CourtListener authenticated API v4 (type=o and type=r); GAO product page; Wikipedia (no article); secondary web/law-firm sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-366-lst366-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS/HM LST-366 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener was fully searched this session via the authenticated helper (API v4): '"USS LST-366"' = 0 hits, '"HMS LST-366"' = 0 hits, '"LST 366" asbestos' = 0 hits, '"LST-366" asbestos' = 0 hits (type=o); '"LST-366"' dockets (type=r) = 0; the unquoted 'LST-366' opinion query returned 124 loose-token hits, all name collisions (no ship or asbestos content). The only 'asbestos aboard' material surfaced in secondary web sweeps is law-firm marketing content (gorilaw.com, asbestos-ships.com, mesotheliomatreatmentcenters.org generic LST-class pages) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy; none names this hull.
- 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. RN deck logs and fitting-out records sit in the UK National Archives ADM series (largely undigitised); U.S. NARA RG 19 builder records for the Bethlehem contract were not identified at item level. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-366-lst366-10