Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 673-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-41-lst41-pkt-673-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, LST-41 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS postwar service, disposition, and awards paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS records that LST-41 was redesignated LSTH-41 on 15 September 1945, performed occupation duty in the Far East until late November 1945, was decommissioned on 25 April 1946, struck from the Navy list on 19 June 1946, and sold to J. C. Berkwit & Co. of New York City on 8 October 1947. DANFS states that LSTH-41 earned five battle stars for World War II service as LST-41.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1947
- Population
- U.S. Navy occupation-duty crew and postwar disposition personnel
- Limitations
- Supports redesignation, postwar service, Navy disposition, and battle-star count; it does not state the subsequent scrapping or final physical location and does not establish asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-41-lst41-03
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, Normandy: Operation Neptune Wreck Sites (1944), LST machinery context [other_primary]
- Locator
- Navy underwater-archaeology discussion comparing GM 6-71 engines with the 12-cylinder GM 12-567 engines used by World War II LSTs
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era context: official Navy historical material identifies World War II LSTs as using two GM 12-cylinder 12-567 diesel engines, and the LST-1 design is a 1943-era diesel landing-ship configuration. Diesel/exhaust insulation, gaskets, packing, deck coverings, accommodation or bulkhead insulation, and brake linings are therefore reasonable archival search targets, but this row does not identify asbestos aboard LST-41.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- 1943 LST construction trades and wartime ship personnel
- Limitations
- Class/era and design context only. The cited Navy material does not say that asbestos was installed aboard LST-41, does not identify products or locations on this hull, and does not establish quantity, condition, present-day presence, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-41-lst41-04
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[4]Batch-6944 search ledger: NHHC DANFS, NavSource, NARA/NPS-targeted searches, and authenticated CourtListener attempts [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-41-lst41-01 through sl-uss-lst-41-lst41-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public sources searched: no asbestos survey, material schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation record naming LST-41 was found. The available official DANFS history contains no asbestos statement.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- A negative public-source search does not prove asbestos was absent aboard a 1943 hull. CourtListener exact-name and hull-number requests were authenticated but interrupted by the fleet pacing queue, so the litigation component is not exhaustive; no located record is not a merits finding and does not establish or defeat exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-41-lst41-05
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[5]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, LST-41 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry opening paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official DANFS entry records that LST-41 was laid down on 24 May 1943 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by Dravo Corporation; launched on 17 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Mary Spisak; and commissioned on 24 September 1943 under Lieutenant W. B. Dundon, USNR.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- Dravo construction personnel and initial U.S. Navy crew
- Limitations
- Supports identity and construction chronology only; the page was returned in official search results but direct automated retrieval returned a gateway error during this session. It does not establish asbestos content, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-41-lst41-01
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[6]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, LST-41 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS operations list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS records LST-41's World War II assignment to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and lists participation in the Marshall Islands operation (occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls), Hollandia, Marianas (capture and occupation of Guam), Western Caroline Islands (capture and occupation of the southern Palau Islands), and Luzon (Lingayen Gulf landing).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LST-41 crew and embarked personnel during Pacific operations
- Limitations
- Supports the listed operations and theater assignment; it does not establish asbestos presence or exposure conditions aboard the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-41-lst41-02