Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 690-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-56-lst56-pkt-690-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-56 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-56 full entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS records that LST-56 was laid down 17 October 1943 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by Dravo Corp.; launched 27 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Robert G. Appleton; and commissioned 10 January 1944 with Lieutenant Raymond F. Willett in command. It served in the European theater and participated in the Normandy invasion from 6 through 25 June 1944. It was decommissioned 23 May 1946, struck from the Navy list 3 July 1946, sold 5 December 1947 to Ships & Power Equipment Corp. of Barber, New Jersey, and subsequently scrapped.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked forces
- Limitations
- Authoritative ship-history entry for the stated milestones; it contains no asbestos, insulation, hazardous-material, crew-complement, or machinery specification. It supports no ship-specific asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-56-lst56-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command photograph catalog, NH 76089 [museum_official]
- Locator
- NH 76089 title, caption, and catalog metadata
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Naval History and Heritage Command photograph catalog identifies image NH 76089 as USS LST-56 at Evansville, Indiana, during 25-30 October 1945; it attributes the image to C.H. Bogart and records the source as Captain C.W. Stoll, received in 1972.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-10-25 to 1945-10-30
- Population
- Ship's company and observers
- Limitations
- Official photograph metadata corroborates the hull's presence at Evansville in October 1945; it contains no asbestos, condition, machinery, or exposure information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-56-lst56-02
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2, 18 October 1979 [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights; full report pp. 1, 10-12
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO's review of Navy ship asbestos practices states that thermal insulation for machinery, equipment, and piping was the major shipboard asbestos application; the Navy also identified applications in equipment brakes and clutches. The report documents Navy-wide program context relevant to a 1943-44-built vessel, not installation aboard LST-56.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1971-1979
- Population
- Navy ships and shipyard workers in the 1979 review
- Limitations
- Program-level evidence; GAO does not name LST-56, Dravo, or this LST class as having asbestos aboard. It establishes no quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-56-lst56-03
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[5]National Park Service, The Boston Navy Yard during World War II [nps]
- Locator
- LST construction and design paragraphs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Park Service describes WWII LSTs as 328-foot tank landing ships designed to ballast down, enter shallow water, beach, and unload tanks, vehicles, supplies, and personnel through bow doors and a ramp. This supplies general LST platform context for LST-56's documented vessel type.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- WWII LST crews, embarked troops, and construction workforce
- Limitations
- General WWII LST context; the article does not name LST-56 and does not establish its individual dimensions, machinery, asbestos content, or exposure history.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-56-lst56-04
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[6]Batch-7072 search ledger and source review [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-56-lst56-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the authoritative sources searched: NHHC DANFS, the NHHC photograph catalog, NPS historical material, GAO's Navy asbestos report, and the NARA discovery search described in the search ledger. No asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or ship-specific asbestos litigation record was located.
- Verification
- verified
- 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 absence of asbestos aboard. CourtListener exact-name and hull-number API requests were not issued because the required authenticated helper reported the fleet pacing budget spent; state-court, sealed, non-digitized, and unindexed records remain outside this result. This row does not establish or defeat exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-56-lst56-05