Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 699-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-618-lst618-pkt-699-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USAT/USS LST-618 page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Operational and building data; campaign table; occupation/China service; disposition lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies USS LST-618 as an LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 23 February 1944 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, Illinois; launched 19 May 1944; and commissioned 3 June 1944. It records Asiatic-Pacific operations at Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, and Mindanao, postwar occupation and China service through 5 July 1946, transfer to U.S. Army custody on 24 October 1946, strike from the Naval Register on 23 December 1947, and final fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's company, embarked troops, and wartime/occupation personnel
- Limitations
- The live page provides the ship-specific chronology but contains no asbestos or material-composition information. It does not establish the hull's final fate after Army custody.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-618-lst618-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, LST-618 specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications and propulsion blocks
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource reports LST-618 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 accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted. It identifies two General Motors 12-567A 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-618-lst618-02
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[4]NIOSH/CDC, 100 Years of Respiratory Protection History [other_primary]
- Locator
- World War II discussion under respiratory-protection history
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NIOSH states that U.S. Navy use of asbestos increased during World War II for pipe insulation in naval vessels. This provides era context for a 1944-built Navy ship, but it does not identify LST-618 or establish material aboard this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- World War II and postwar period
- Population
- U.S. Navy shipyard and shipboard workers, era context
- Limitations
- The archived CDC page is era-level background, not a survey of LST-618 or the LST-542 class. It does not establish asbestos content, quantity, location, retention, exposure, or causation for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-618-lst618-03
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- Report p. 12; shipboard applications note and thermal-insulation table
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 review describes Navy asbestos controls and states that shipboard asbestos applications included thermal insulation for machinery, equipment, and piping, as well as gaskets and pipe-hanger liners. This is program-level context and does not identify LST-618.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and fleet-maintenance personnel
- Limitations
- GAO reviewed Navy efforts at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, not LST-618 or its builder yard. The report does not establish what materials were installed aboard this hull, what was removed, or whether any person was exposed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-618-lst618-04
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[6]Batch-7137 source sweep: NHHC/DANFS access attempt, live NavSource hull page, GAO, NIOSH/CDC, NARA lead searches, and CourtListener helper attempts [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger rows sl-uss-lst-618-lst618-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the accessible authoritative-source sweep: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazardous-material disclosure, insulation drawing, material schedule, or product identification naming LST-618 was found.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Failure to locate a public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. This 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-618-lst618-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search via cl-auth-search.py; exact-name and hull-number queries for USS LST-618/LST-618 [court_record]
- Locator
- Authenticated helper output: fleet pacing stand-down; no result payload returned
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The required CourtListener exact-name and hull-number searches were attempted through the authenticated helper for opinions and dockets. The helper twice reported that the fleet-wide pacing budget was momentarily spent before returning results; no litigation classification can be made from those incomplete requests.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is not a clean litigation negative. The requests did not return searchable results, and CourtListener coverage is incomplete for older state, bankruptcy, and non-indexed records. No hit is treated as exposure evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-618-lst618-06