Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 683-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-517-lst517-pkt-683-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-517 (Naval History and Heritage Command) - construction, sponsor, Normandy service, decommission/strike, MARAD disposal [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-517 entry, full text (single-paragraph entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS: LST-517 was laid down 10 September 1943 at Seneca, Ill., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 15 January 1944; sponsored by Miss Onita Watland Walker; commissioned 7 February 1944. Assigned to the European theater; participated in the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Decommissioned 21 December 1945; struck from the Navy list 21 January 1946; transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal and sold for scrap to National Metal and Steel Corp. on 17 January 1947. One battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Limitations
- Identity/milestone record only - contains no asbestos or material-composition information. NHHC page verified live 2026-10-02 via browser-rendered fetch (plain curl fetch returned 404 - a user-agent filter, not link rot).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-517-lst517-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-517 (page 160517) - designation timeline, specifications, campaign credit, CO list, crew photo [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource USS LST-517 page: hull-data block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officer list, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource: LST-491-class tank landing ship; laid down 10 September 1943 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL; launched 15 January 1944; commissioned 7 February 1944 with LT. James T. Schermerhorn, USN, in command. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; campaign credit 'Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944.' Decommissioned 21 December 1945; struck from the Naval Register 21 January 1946; transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal January 1947. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1), World War II Victory Medal; one battle star. Specs: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full load; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt trial; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted, troop accommodations 16 officers + 147 enlisted; 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC ship's-service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders; 2 LCVP. CO list: LT Schermerhorn (7 Feb 1944-Aug 1945), LT Henry H. Raymond (Aug 1945-21 Dec 1945). Crew photo captioned 27 November 1944 in an English port.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled photo archive; all dates consistent with DANFS. NavSource's disposition line reads 'transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal, January 1947, fate unknown' - the 'fate unknown' is superseded by DANFS and the MARAD status card (both document the 17 January 1947 sale/delivery for scrap). Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-517-lst517-02
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[4]NARA, U.S. Army Signal Corps photographs naming LST-517 at Utah Beach: NAID 176888142 (local ID 111-SC-192468) and NAID 176888728 (local ID 111-SC-332472) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov NAID 176888142 and NAID 176888728, description/original-caption fields
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Two NARA-cataloged Signal Corps photographs name this hull at Utah Beach delivering the French 2nd Armored Division: NAID 176888142, original caption 'Tanks of a French armored division leave an LST to go ashore somewhere on the beachheads of Normandy. 2nd French Armored Division, Utah Beachhead from LST 517,' produced August 1, 1944; NAID 176888728, caption 'French tankers of the 2nd French Armored Division look over at Utah Beach from the deck of LST #517,' original field number ETO-HQ-44-49649, photographer Crabtree, produced August 1, 1944. NavSource carries the same series (also SC 199797, SC 199796) captioned 2 August 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-08
- Limitations
- Operational photographic record - documents the ship's Normandy service, not material composition; no asbestos content. One-day caption variance: NARA 'produced' date is August 1, 1944 while NavSource captions the beaching August 2, 1944 (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-517-lst517-03
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[5]MARAD Vessel History Database, entry 'LST-517 (9999)' (Detail/9416) incl. vessel status card image 48H_01.png [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov Detail/9416; status card image https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/cards/48H_01.png
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD VHD entry for LST-517 lists fate 'Sold - No Further Info' and carries one vessel status card reading 'Surplus - Department of Navy'; the operator line records 'Sold to Comp. Nav. Commercial Peros / National Metal & Steel Corp'; form of agreement 'SPAct 1936 Pur.'; date delivered '1-17-47'. The card confirms the DANFS-documented 17 January 1947 disposal and the National Metal & Steel end buyer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1947
- Limitations
- Disposal index card only - no hazmat, survey, or material-composition content; the pre-regulation-era scrapping generated no asbestos documentation. The card's two-name purchaser line (Comp. Nav. Commercial Peros / National Metal & Steel Corp) is not fully resolved against DANFS's single-buyer phrasing - consistent with a broker/scrappy sale structure, but unproven. Database 'Year Built 9999' is a placeholder, not data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-517-lst517-04
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[6]Class/era inference built on NavSource LST-517 specifications (GM 12-567A diesel plant) and LST-1-class profile findings (BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 machinery data; wartime asbestos-shipbuilding practice) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class technical data; NavSource spec block for this hull
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this diesel-powered LST: no boilers aboard, so no boiler/steam-lagging pathway. Asbestos-relevant applications standard for the type in 1943-44: diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead/accommodation insulation, valve packing, winch and windlass brake linings. The class was mass-built 1942-45 at 17 yards including the Navy-requisitioned 'Prairie Shipyard' at Seneca, inside the period when federal specifications reserved asbestos supply for shipbuilding.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Construction trades at Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca (1943-44); wartime crew; scrapping-yard workers (1947)
- Limitations
- Inference from class design and era practice - no ship-specific material schedule, survey, or hull record located for LST-517. Establishes no quantities, no present-day presence (hull scrapped 1947), and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-517-lst517-05
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - i.e., era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. Program-level context for the fleet this hull belonged to (though LST-517's 1947 scrapping predates the documented program).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program review)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not ship- or class-specific; LST-517 was scrapped in 1947, decades before the surveyed period - the row is fleet-era context only. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch (standing block since Batch 01); product-page description used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-517-lst517-06
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[8]Matter of Wilson v. Chicago Bridge & Iron, 2 A.D.3d 1004 (3d Dept 2003), 2003 NY Slip Op 19363 - NY State Law Reporting Bureau official text [court_record]
- Locator
- nycourts.gov Reporter, Matter of Wilson v. Chicago Bridge & Iron, 2003 NY Slip Op 19363
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Affirmed workers' compensation award (merits-level disposition): the Appellate Division, Third Department affirmed a Workers' Compensation Board ruling that claimant Robert Wilson sustained a causally related occupational disease (asbestosis). Claimant identified Chicago Bridge & Iron - the corporate builder of this hull - as his last employer (1980-81, 1986-89), with asbestos exposure on 'various construction sites' 1967-1989 per his treating physician's C-4 report.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1967-1989 (exposure); decided 2003-12-11
- Population
- Robert Wilson (claimant); CB&I construction workforce, 1980s
- Limitations
- Builder-level context ONLY: the documented exposure was on 1980s construction sites, not at the wartime Seneca 'Prairie Shipyard' (whose shipbuilding ran 1942-1945), and the opinion does not concern shipbuilding, this hull, or any vessel. Included as the only asbestos-adjudicated record located that names the builder corporation; it supports no ship-level finding. Page verified live via rendered fetch 2026-10-02; plain curl returns 403.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-517-lst517-07
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[9]Batch-7025 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC live page; NavSource 160517; NARA catalog NAIDs 176888142/176888728; MARAD VHD Detail/9416; shipbuildinghistory.com CB&I yard table; CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket sweeps (phrase and loose); VA/BVA web sweep; NARA deck-log and war-diary catalog searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-517-lst517-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for LST-517: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, docketed case, or VA/BVA opinion naming this hull was found in the sources searched. CourtListener phrase searches '"LST-517"', '"LST 517"', and '"USS LST-517"' returned zero opinions and zero dockets; loose-match sweeps (146 opinion hits, 4,768 docket hits) were reviewed and are tokenization noise - no opinion or docket names the vessel.
- 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 - wartime construction practice makes era-consistent materials plausible. CourtListener/RECAP coverage of pre-1990s state and bankruptcy dockets is incomplete. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-517-lst517-08