Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 703-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: UNVERIFIABLE
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-64-lst64-pkt-703-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'LST-64,' Naval Historical Center entry, archived by the Internet Archive (live NHHC successor URL returned 404 on 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived DANFS LST-64 full entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Archived DANFS records that LST-64 was laid down 13 August 1942 at Jeffersonville, Indiana, by Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched 8 January 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Frank H. Buening; and commissioned in the Royal Navy 2 April 1943. It states that the tank landing ship never saw active service with the United States Navy, was returned by the United Kingdom seriously damaged and beyond economical repair in November 1945, was struck from the Navy list 5 December 1945, and was sold 3 July 1946 to Kinaldo de Haag and subsequently scrapped.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Jeffersonville construction workforce (1942-1943); Royal Navy crew (1943-1945); unknown scrap workforce (after 1946 sale)
- Limitations
- Archived official historical entry, not a live page: the current NHHC successor URL https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-64.html returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-02. The entry contains no asbestos, insulation, hazardous-material, crew-strength, damage-cause, damage-location, or breakup-location information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-64-lst64-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945 Edition, volume 2, machinery table (official document scan hosted by ShipScribe; live URL verified) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ships' Data 1945 vol. 2, LST1-490 machinery rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Bureau of Ships machinery table identifies the LST1-490 design group as having two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines rated at 1,700 shp, a Falk reduction gear, and three diesel-driven 100-kW, 230-V DC generators. LST-64 is within the LST1-490 hull-number group. The table lists no boiler plant for that group.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- LST1-490 design-group context
- Limitations
- Class/design-group record, not a hull-specific machinery acceptance record and not an asbestos record. It supports diesel/no-boiler platform context only; it does not establish the equipment actually installed, any insulation or asbestos-containing product, material quantity, individual exposure, or causation aboard LST-64.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-64-lst64-02
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct. 18, 1979) (live product page returned HTTP 403 to direct retrieval) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2; direct retrieval HTTP 403
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 Navy asbestos-program report is a potential federal context source, but it postdates LST-64's 1945 return and 1946 sale for scrapping and does not identify this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy asbestos-program context, not this hull
- Limitations
- This is a source-access and temporal-context finding only. The product page returned HTTP 403 to direct retrieval on 2026-10-02 and Firecrawl's shared keyless quota was exhausted; no report text is attributed beyond the title/date. The report is not evidence that asbestos was aboard LST-64, that any material was removed, or that any person was exposed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-64-lst64-03
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[5]Batch-7161 search ledger: archived DANFS; BuShips Ships' Data 1945; current NVR shell; NavSource as secondary corroborative lead; CourtListener authenticated helper exact-name and hull-number request attempts; NARA deck-log Special List 44 and NARA catalog as archival leads [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-64-lst64-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public sources searched: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, product identification, or qualifying litigation naming USS LST-64 / HM LST-64 was found. CourtListener exact-name and hull-number searches were initiated only through the authenticated fleet helper but the helper imposed a fleet-wide pacing stand-down before results were returned; CourtListener therefore remains an incomplete coverage gap, not a no-result finding.
- Verification
- partial
- 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 establish absence of asbestos aboard. CourtListener opinion and docket result sets were not obtained because the authenticated fleet-wide pacer instructed stand-down; state-court and unindexed records are outside its coverage. No litigation conclusion, exposure conclusion, legal-eligibility conclusion, or material-content conclusion follows from this negative finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-64-lst64-04
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[6]Archival leads: UK National Archives ADM 53 Royal Navy ships' logs; NARA RG 19 Bureau of Ships LST construction/specification records; Jeffersonville/Howard Steamboat Museum LST collections [other_primary]
- Locator
- UK TNA ADM 53; NARA RG 19; Howard Steamboat Museum collections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Because LST-64 was Royal Navy commissioned and did not see active United States Navy service, UK National Archives ADM 53 ships' logs are the lead for operational records. NARA RG 19 Bureau of Ships records and Jeffersonville-area builder collections are the lead tracks for construction and material documentation.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946 (potential records)
- Limitations
- Series- and repository-level leads only; no box, file, log, contract, drawing, or material schedule for LST-64 was retrieved or reviewed. These leads are not asbestos evidence unless a hull-specific record is located and examined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-64-lst64-05