Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 695-packet.md (1 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-589-lst589-pkt-695-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-589 page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull-data block and disposition lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies USS LST-589 as an LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 8 June 1944 at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, Indiana; launched 26 July 1944; and commissioned 24 August 1944 with Lieutenant Bob J. McGrath, USN, in command. It records Asiatic-Pacific Theater assignment, postwar occupation and China service from 8 September 1945 to 21 July 1946, decommissioning 14 September 1946, striking 23 April 1947, and sale 17 December 1946 to Bosey, Philippines; the ship was last reported as MS I Meng Shan under the People's Republic of China flag, with final fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled archive; it is used here for the ship-specific timeline because the exact page was live and readable. The page contains no asbestos or material-composition information and does not establish final disposition beyond the last reported merchant-service identity.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-589-lst589-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-589 specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications and propulsion blocks
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource reports LST-589 specifications of 328 feet overall length, 50-foot beam, 1,625 tons light displacement, 4,080 tons full-load displacement, 11.6 knots trial speed, 13 officers and 104 enlisted, and troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted. It identifies two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-drive 100-kW 230-volt DC ship-service generators, two propellers producing 1,700 shp, and twin rudders.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- The specification block identifies machinery and accommodations but says nothing about insulation, asbestos content, exposure, or present condition. It supports the diesel/no-boiler description only as a ship-design fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-589-lst589-02
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[4]National Park Service, Evansville, Indiana place page [nps]
- Locator
- World War II shipyard paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Park Service documents that the Department of the Navy constructed the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co. Evansville Shipyard in February 1942; the forty-acre wartime plant built 300-by-50-foot LSTs, produced one ship every four days in 1944, and had produced 167 LSTs by February 1945. LST-589's hull-specific page identifies that yard as its builder.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Evansville wartime shipyard workforce
- Limitations
- Yard-level production context, not a hull-specific materials record. The NPS page does not name LST-589 and contains no asbestos or insulation statement; it does not establish exposure of any worker or crew member.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-589-lst589-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945), LST-542 design-group machinery data; LST-1-class profile background [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST542-931 design-group machinery rows; class profile ev-lst-1-class-03
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference: the LST-542 design group used diesel propulsion rather than boilers. For a 1944 diesel LST, asbestos-relevant applications may have included diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, engine-room thermal or acoustic insulation, deck coverings or tile, accommodation insulation, and winch or windlass brake linings. No source located for this record confirms that any listed application was installed aboard LST-589.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- 1944 construction trades and 1944-1946 ship's company
- Limitations
- Class/design and era inference only. The design data establishes diesel machinery, not asbestos content. It does not establish quantity, location, condition, retention, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility for this hull or any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-589-lst589-04
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[6]U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 review states that the Navy's 1975 policy removed and replaced nonasbestos materials only when insulation was damaged or had to be removed for necessary repairs, and that the policy was modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas. This is program-level context for Navy vessel asbestos management, not a finding about LST-589.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; Navy asbestos program
- Limitations
- GAO reviewed Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, not LST-589 or the Evansville builder yard. The page does not establish what materials were aboard this hull, what was removed, or whether any person was exposed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-589-lst589-05
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[7]Batch-7104 research ledger: NavSource, NPS, BuShips design data, GAO, NHHC/DANFS access attempt, NARA lead searches, and CourtListener helper searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-589-lst589-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the accessible research: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazardous-material disclosure, insulation drawing, material schedule, or museum/registry record naming LST-589 was found. This negative finding is limited by the blocked DANFS fetch, incomplete NARA retrieval, and incomplete CourtListener exact-name sweep.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- A failure to locate a public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. The result is an access- and coverage-limited negative finding, not evidence that the hull was asbestos-free and not evidence that any exposure claim is defeated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-589-lst589-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search via cl-auth-search.py; hull-number queries LST-589, type opinion and docket [other_primary]
- Locator
- Authenticated helper output; exact-name attempts returned fleet pacing stand-down
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener helper searches for hull number LST-589 completed for opinions and dockets. The opinion query returned 105 broad token matches and the docket query returned 3,345 broad token matches; sampled returned records were unrelated cases or tokenization/name collisions, and no qualifying asbestos-litigation hit naming USS LST-589 was identified. Exact-name queries for "USS LST-589" were attempted but throttled by the fleet-wide pacing limiter before completion.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is not a complete litigation clearance: broad token results were not all document-reviewed, and the exact-name opinion/docket searches were not completed because of fleet pacing. No hit is treated as exposure evidence. CourtListener coverage is also incomplete for older state, bankruptcy, and non-indexed records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-589-lst589-07