Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 668-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-373-lst373-pkt-668-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'LST-373' (Naval Historical Center) - ARCHIVED COPY: live history.navy.mil DANFS URLs 404 (checked 2026-10-02); text via Wayback capture 2004-12-27 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS l16/lst-373.htm entry (full text)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (DANFS): laid down 14 November 1942 at Quincy, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched 19 January 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Louis P. Davis; commissioned 27 January 1943. Assigned to the European theater; participated in the Sicilian occupation (July 1943), Salerno landings (September 1943), and invasion of Normandy (June 1944). Transferred to the United Kingdom 9 December 1944; returned to United States Navy custody and decommissioned 16 March 1946; struck from the Navy list 26 February 1946; sold to Bosey, Philippines, 5 November 1947. Earned three battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Ship's company (13 officers / 104 enlisted per NavSource spec block) and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Official but terse DANFS entry - contains no material, machinery-detail, or asbestos content; establishes identity, milestones, campaigns, and disposal only, not conditions aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-373-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-373 (10/16/160373) - timeline, specifications, commanding-officer roster, Royal Navy service note, NARA-captioned photography (verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page top: timeline, spec block, CO table, 'Royal Navy History' block, photo captions incl. NARA 80-G-231248
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource page for this hull carries: the DANFS-derived timeline; specification block (1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft o.a.; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; two General Motors 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gears, three 100 kW 230 V D.C. ship's-service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted); commanding officers LT. Robert F. Jay, USNR (27 Jan 1943 - Aug 1943) and LT. P. B. Hellman, USCG (Aug 1943 - 9 Dec 1944); a 'Royal Navy History' note describing HM LST-373 with 'W' Task Force on the Arakan coast of Burma, the recapture of Rangoon, the Malaya landings at Morib and Port Swettenham, then Singapore and Bangkok on ex-POW repatriation, paying off at Singapore and returning to U.S. Navy custody at Subic Bay 16 March 1946; and NARA-captioned photographs placing this hull at Salerno unloading Seabees (September 1943), in the D-Day invasion force off Omaha Beach (photo 80-G-231248, from USS Ancon), and unloading across Omaha beach alongside USS LST-535 on 28 August 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops; RN crew (1944-1946)
- Limitations
- NavSource is the canonical volunteer per-hull archive quoting DANFS and Navy-captioned photos; the 'Royal Navy History' block is unattributed - the original RN source is not identified. Photo captions document operational presence only. Contains no asbestos content. Headnote 'turned over to the United Kingdom in November 1944' is looser than the dated 9 December 1944 transfer (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-373-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, 15 April 1945) - lend-lease transfer roster + LST design table (ShipScribe scan of official BuShips publication; verified live 2026-10-02 at corrected /pubs/ path - former /styles/ path 404s) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 lend-lease roster (LST373 row, 'Transferred to United Kingdom', 9 Dec 1944); LST1-490 design table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official BuShips lend-lease roster ('Vessels transferred to foreign governments under lend lease - Transferred to United Kingdom') lists 'LST373 - LST373 - do. - 9 Dec 1944', confirming this hull's transfer to the Royal Navy by name and date. The same volume's LST design table gives the LST1-490 design group covering this hull: 328 ft o.a., 50 ft beam, 2,366 t / 4,080 t, 11.6 kt, 2 x G.M. Diesel 12-567A engines (1,700 shp), Falk single reduction gears, 3 x 100 kW 230 V D.C. ship's-service generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945 (publication); 1944 (transfer event)
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Official registry and design data - confirms the transfer and the class machinery fit but contains no material or asbestos content. Design-table values are group-level (LST1-490), not a hull-specific machinery record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-373-03
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[5]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 LST1-490 machinery table (2 x GM 12-567A diesels; no boilers) + era amphibious-ship construction practice (class profile lst-1-class, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class technical data (SDB 1945 v2 LST1-490 table); lst-1-class class profile
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for diesel-powered LST-1-class hulls built 1942-43: with no boiler plant, the asbestos-relevant applications aboard were diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/davit brake linings - products of the period commonly manufactured with asbestos fiber.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, 1942-43); ship's company and embarked troops; RN crew (1944-1946)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no member hull of this class has a located ship-level asbestos record, and this hull is no exception. Establishes no quantities, no condition, and no exposure for any individual; does not establish that asbestos is or is not present aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-373-04
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[6]Campbell-McCormick, Inc. v. Oliver, 874 F.3d 390 (4th Cir. 2017), No. 16-1895 (official ca4.uscourts.gov opinion PDF); underlying docket Oliver v. Campbell-McCormick, Inc., No. 1:16-cv-01057 (D. Md.) [court_record]
- Locator
- 874 F.3d 390 opinion (procedural history of D. Md. 1:16-cv-01057); shipyard registry row fore-river-shipyard
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Builder-yard asbestos-litigation context: the yard that built this hull (Bethlehem Steel, Quincy - Fore River Shipyard) is an Atlas-documented asbestos-litigation site. In the Oliver litigation, plaintiff Wayne Oliver alleged asbestos exposure including shipyard work 1967-1970 (yard identified as Fore River in the Atlas shipyard registry attribution); the case was removed to the District of Maryland (1:16-cv-01057) on federal-officer grounds, plaintiff's claims severed and remanded to state court (July 18, 2016), and the Fourth Circuit dismissed the appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction (874 F.3d 390).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2015-2017 (litigation); 1967-1970 (alleged shipyard work period)
- Population
- Shipyard construction trades (context only, later era)
- Limitations
- Yard-level litigation context only - names no vessel. The shipyard-exposure allegation is pleading-stage and was never adjudicated; the appellate disposition is jurisdictional, not a merits or exposure finding; the alleged shipyard period (1967-1970) postdates this hull's 1942-43 construction by two decades; the published opinions do not name the yard (Fore River attribution is from the underlying complaint as recorded in the shipyard registry). Establishes nothing about this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-373-05
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[7]NARA still-picture records via NHHC/HyperWar Online Library caption data: photo 80-G-231248 (Normandy invasion force off Omaha Beach, photographed from USS Ancon (AGC-4), 'USS LST-373 is at right'); photo 80-G-46817 (LSTs on the beach post-D-Day incl. LST-373) - official U.S. Navy photographs, NARA collections [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar Online Library photo-data pages 80-G-231248 (verified live) and 80-G-46817 (captioned via NavSource); RG 24 deck logs not digitized
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA-held official Navy photographs document this hull at Normandy: 80-G-231248 shows LST-373 in the invasion force off Omaha Beach on D-Day (6 June 1944), and 80-G-46817 shows her among LSTs on the beach shortly after the assault. U.S. Navy deck logs for the hull's USN period (1943-1944; RG 24) exist in NARA custody but are not digitized.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944 (photos); 1943-1944 (deck-log coverage)
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Photographs document operational presence only - no material content. The RG 24 deck logs are an open archival lead: unexamined records that could contain machinery, maintenance, or inspection detail. catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered and its API requires a key, so the photo records were verified via NHHC-mirrored caption data rather than the catalog entries directly.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-373-06
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[8]Batch-6913 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404 / Wayback capture); NavSource 160373; BuShips SDB-1945 v2; NVR; NARA catalog; CourtListener API v4 (type=o and type=r, 'LST-373'); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-373-01 through sl-uss-lst-373-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LST-373 / HM LST-373 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero hits for 'LST-373' in both the opinion index and the RECAP docket index.
- 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 - a 1942-43 amphibious hull retains era-consistent materials as an inference, not a ship-proven fact. CourtListener variant queries ('LST 373', 'USS LST-373', 'HM LST-373') could not be completed this session (fleet pacing budget) and are logged as blocked, not negative. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-373-07