Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 703-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-640-lst640-pkt-703-packet-md
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[2]Naval Historical Center, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-640 entry (archived copy of official Navy page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived DANFS entry, operations and disposition paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official DANFS entry states that LST-640 served in the Asiatic-Pacific theater, took part in the Palawan Island landings in March 1945 and the Visayan Island landings in March and April 1945, performed service in China in March and April 1946, was decommissioned on 30 April 1946, and was struck from the Navy list on 19 July 1946. It also states that LST-640 earned one battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- U.S. Navy personnel
- Limitations
- The entry is a concise operational history and does not establish any material aboard, repair history, asbestos condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-640-lst640-02
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[3]Australian War Memorial, collection item C208135 (photograph 108914) [museum_official]
- Locator
- Collection item description
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Australian War Memorial catalog describes a 10 June 1945 photograph at Labuan, North Borneo, showing a jeep of the 24th Infantry Brigade moving ashore from United States Landing Ship, Tank (LST) 640 during the Oboe 6 operation landings.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-06-10
- Population
- LST-640 personnel and Australian 24th Infantry Brigade personnel
- Limitations
- This official museum catalog record documents the captioned event only. It does not identify the vessel's materials, maintenance history, asbestos content, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-640-lst640-03
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[4]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF text row for LST-640
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44, by ship number, lists LST-640 with logbook coverage from 18 September 1944 through 30 June 1945, providing an archival lead for the vessel's commissioning and wartime record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and wartime operations
- Limitations
- The index confirms logbook coverage dates, not the contents of the logs. No underlying logbook was retrieved; this row makes no asbestos or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-640-lst640-04
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[5]U.S. Government Printing Office, United States Government Publications Monthly Catalog, December 1942 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Supplies and Accounts Bureau entry, catalog page 6474-6476 in extracted text; N 20.6/2:32 A 2d
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era context only: a December 1942 Government Publications Monthly Catalog entry records a Navy Department specification titled "Asbestos, block, cellular (heat insulation)," dated 2 November 1942. LST-640 was constructed in 1944, after that publication.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- Navy procurement and shipbuilding era
- Limitations
- This is Navy-era procurement context, not a LST-640 specification, bill of materials, survey, or installation record. It does not establish presence, absence, quantity, condition, removal, disturbance, individual exposure, or causation aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-640-lst640-05
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[6]Batch-7162 source review and authenticated CourtListener helper attempt [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-640-lst640-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public authoritative sources searched. The archived DANFS entry, NARA logbook index, and Australian War Memorial catalog contain no asbestos survey, abatement, hazmat, insulation-material, or litigation disclosure for LST-640. The retrieved official DANFS entry also provides no crew figure or detailed machinery specification. Authenticated CourtListener exact-name and exact-hull opinion requests were not completed because the fleet-wide pacing limiter stopped each before an HTTP result response.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is a negative finding about records located, not proof that asbestos was absent. Litigation coverage is incomplete: CourtListener returned fleet-pacing stand-downs before the exact-name and exact-hull opinion queries received results, and the required docket searches were not started; no conclusion about qualifying litigation may be drawn from the blocked sweep.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-640-lst640-06
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[7]Naval Historical Center, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-640 entry (archived copy of official Navy page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived DANFS entry, opening paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official DANFS entry states that LST-640 was laid down on 27 May 1944 at Seneca, Illinois, by Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 31 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Mary Frances Fox; and commissioned on 18 September 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Chicago Bridge & Iron construction workers and initial Navy crew
- Limitations
- The live NHHC DANFS URL returned 404 on 2026-10-02; this verified Wayback capture is explicitly archived. The entry establishes construction milestones, not asbestos content, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-640-lst640-01