Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 670-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-382-lst382-pkt-670-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'LST-382' (archived 2024-06-04) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived NHHC DANFS entry, full text. The original NHHC URL returned HTTP 404 when checked live on 2026-10-02; this citation is explicitly an archived copy.
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS records that LST-382 was laid down 10 December 1942 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched 3 February 1943, sponsored by Miss Emily F. Cass; and commissioned 18 February 1943. It assigns the ship to the European theater and lists the Sicilian occupation (July 1943), Salerno landings (September 1943), and Normandy invasion (June 1944). It further records transfer to the United Kingdom on 29 November 1944, lease to France on 23 January 1948, sale to France on 21 March 1949, striking from the Navy list on 28 April 1949, and three World War II battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1949
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel construction workers; U.S. Navy ship's company and embarked personnel
- Limitations
- Authoritative history and disposition source, but it contains no asbestos, insulation, hazardous-material, crew-complement, or present-condition information. The archived copy is used because the live original is unavailable.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-382-lst382-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, 'Tank Landing Ship LST-382' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Live page, chronology and specification block (lines 24-83); commanding-officer table (lines 126-130).
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies USS LST-382 as an LST-1-class landing ship; gives call sign NCAE; identifies Lieutenant F. M. Perrin, USNR, as commissioning commanding officer; supplies campaign dates for Sicily (9-15 July 1943), Salerno (9-21 September 1943), and Normandy (6-25 June 1944); and gives the transfer chronology through French sale and striking. Its specification block gives two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, Falk reduction gears, three diesel-driven 100-kW generators, twin propellers, 1,700 shp, and ship's company/troop-accommodation figures of 13 officers/104 enlisted and 16 officers/147 enlisted, respectively.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1949
- Population
- U.S. Navy ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archival page, corroborated by the archived DANFS entry where they overlap. The page has no asbestos, insulation composition, survey, abatement, or present-condition documentation; machinery specifications do not establish material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-382-lst382-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF text line 2174: LST-382, 2/19/1943-10/31/1944.
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 indexes deck logs for LST-382 from 19 February 1943 through 31 October 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- U.S. Navy ship's company
- Limitations
- This is a log index, not the logs themselves. It establishes an archival research path but does not establish asbestos use, exposure, repairs, cargo, or the contents of any deck log.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-382-lst382-03
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[5]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 12(4):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DOI landing record; article bibliographic record and abstract. DOI resolved live; publisher full text returned access denial to automated retrieval.
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical scholarship documents extensive asbestos use for fireproofing and insulation in U.S. World War II shipbuilding, the construction era of this 1942-43 hull. In conjunction with the documented diesel plant, this provides class/era context for potential diesel-exhaust and machinery insulation, gaskets, packing, deck-covering, accommodation-insulation, and brake-lining categories, rather than boiler/steam-lagging categories.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1940s construction era; article published 1987
- Population
- World War II shipyard workers and naval crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Era-level evidence only: it does not name LST-382, Bethlehem Steel Quincy, or any material installed on this hull. The listed categories are a constrained diesel-LST inference, not documented products aboard this vessel; no quantity, condition, exposure, or causation is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-382-lst382-04
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[6]Batch-6923 search ledger (this record): archived NHHC DANFS, NavSource LST-382 page, NARA Special List 44, and authenticated CourtListener helper attempts [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-382-lst382-01 through sl-uss-lst-382-lst382-07.
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the reviewed ship-history, photo-archive, and NARA deck-log-index sources: no asbestos survey, abatement record, material schedule, or hazardous-material disclosure was found. The authenticated CourtListener sweep could not be completed because the fleet-wide pacing helper admitted requests but did not return results during this run; it is recorded as a gap, not as a negative litigation finding.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is a limited public-source negative, not proof that asbestos was absent. CourtListener was not completed and state-court, sealed, unindexed, foreign-service, and non-digitized records are outside the completed review. It establishes neither exposure nor legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-382-lst382-05