Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 704-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-65-lst65-pkt-704-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-65 entry (archived Naval Historical Center page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived DANFS entry, single service-history paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The archived DANFS entry states that LST-65 was laid down on 14 August 1942 at Jeffersonville, Indiana, by Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched on 7 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Elsie Middleton Love; commissioned in the Royal Navy on 15 March 1943; never saw active service with the United States Navy; returned from the United Kingdom on 5 January 1946; was struck from the Navy list on 20 March 1946; and sold to Northern Metals Co. on 4 May 1948 for subsequent scrapping.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Jeffersonville shipyard workers; Royal Navy personnel; U.S. custody and scrapping workers
- Limitations
- The cited page is an archived copy because the original live DANFS URL is no longer available. DANFS gives 15 March 1943 for Royal Navy commissioning; NavSource gives 18 March, so the date conflict is preserved. This row establishes history, not asbestos content, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-65-lst65-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, LST-65 page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, heading, Royal Navy History list, and final-disposition line
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's live LST-65 page identifies the hull as transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease, records Royal Navy service in the Sicily occupation, the Vibo Valentia landing on 8 September 1943, Anzio advanced landings in January-March 1944, the Normandy invasion in June 1944, damage during Operation Ferdy, conversion for carriage of rolling stock, relief work in Norway, reduction to Care and Maintenance on 18 July 1945, return to U.S. custody at New York on 5 January 1946, striking on 20 March 1946, and sale for scrapping on 4 May 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Royal Navy crew, Allied landing-force personnel, and later maintenance/scrapping workers
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival photo/history resource and was fetched live at research time. Its commission date differs from archived DANFS; the operational narrative does not document asbestos or individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-65-lst65-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, LST-65 specifications [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, Specifications section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's LST-65 page gives the design specifications as 328 feet overall length, 50 feet beam, 11.6-knot trial speed, 7 officers and 104 enlisted in the design complement, troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted, two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-driven 100-kW 230-V DC ship-service generators, two propellers, 1,700 shaft horsepower, and twin rudders.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Engineering crew, shipyard trades, and maintenance workers
- Limitations
- These are design specifications presented on the hull page; they do not establish that any particular insulation, gasket, cable, covering, or friction material aboard LST-65 contained asbestos. The design complement is not a verified Royal Navy crew figure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-65-lst65-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945), LST design table [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST design table and machinery grouping
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference only: Bureau of Ships design data places the LST series in a diesel-powered configuration using two GM 12-567A engines. Period asbestos-relevant applications for this type may include diesel-engine and exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation and cable, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and brake or friction linings on deck machinery.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- 1942 Jeffersonville construction trades, Royal Navy engineering crew, and later maintenance workers
- Limitations
- Class/design context, not a ship-specific material finding. The cited design data does not state asbestos content and does not establish presence, absence, quantity, condition, removal history, individual exposure, or causation aboard LST-65.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-65-lst65-04
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[6]Batch-7172 source review: archived DANFS, live NavSource LST-65 page, NARA Special List No. 44, and authenticated CourtListener helper attempt [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-65-lst65-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the sources searched: the archived DANFS entry and live NavSource page contain no asbestos, survey, abatement, hazmat, or insulation-material disclosure for LST-65; the NARA Special List No. 44 ship-number index produced no LST-65 entry, consistent with the hull being Royal Navy-manned during wartime; and the authenticated CourtListener request for the exact name was stopped by the fleet pacing limiter before a result response. Exact hull-number litigation searching was not completed.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is a finding about records located, not proof that asbestos was absent. CourtListener coverage is incomplete because the authenticated fleet limiter returned a stand-down before the exact-name request returned; the exact hull-number search was not attempted afterward. No litigation conclusion should be drawn from the incomplete search.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-65-lst65-05
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[7]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- Full PDF text search for LST-65; no matching entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NARA Special List No. 44 by-ship-number index contains no LST-65 entry. Because DANFS and NavSource document that this hull was transferred to the United Kingdom and never saw active U.S. Navy service, the absence is an archival coverage result rather than evidence that no wartime logs existed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Royal Navy ship's company and wartime operations
- Limitations
- The index's omission does not establish the absence of Royal Navy logs or any material aboard the vessel. UK archival service records were not searched and this row makes no asbestos or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-65-lst65-06