Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 709-packet.md (1 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-68-lst68-pkt-709-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-68, Naval History and Heritage Command [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, complete ship-history text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official DANFS entry identifies LST-68 as laid down 7 September 1942 at Jeffersonville, Indiana; launched 8 March 1943; commissioned 4 June 1943; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; and participating in Cape Gloucester, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea, Hollandia, western New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon, and southern Philippines operations. DANFS records decommissioning on 7 March 1946, striking from the Navy list on 5 June 1946, sale for scrapping on 18 September 1947, and seven World War II battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Jeffersonville construction personnel; U.S. Coast Guard-manned wartime crew; embarked troops
- Limitations
- DANFS establishes ship identity and service chronology, not asbestos composition, quantities, present-day material condition, individual exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-68-lst68-01
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LST-68, with National Archives identifiers in ship-specific photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- Timeline and specification block; photo captions for NARA identifiers 205584323, 205584334, 205584305, and related records
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The live NavSource record corroborates LST-68's construction and service dates and identifies the World War II crew as U.S. Coast Guard-manned. Its ship-specific specification block reports 1,625 tons light displacement, 328 feet overall length, 50-foot beam, 13 officers and 104 enlisted, troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted, and seven battle stars. It also links multiple National Archives and Coast Guard photographs that identify this hull in Pacific operations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops; wartime construction and maintenance personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival photo/reference compilation rather than a Navy adjudication; its historical and technical details are used here for corroboration. The page does not document asbestos aboard LST-68 or any exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-68-lst68-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design data, as indexed in the LST-1-class profile; ship-specific propulsion corroborated by NavSource [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST design machinery table; compare NavSource propulsion block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/design context supports a diesel-only engineering profile for LST-68: two General Motors 12-567A 900-horsepower diesel engines, Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-drive ship-service generators, and twin propellers. For a 1942-43 Navy landing ship, period asbestos-relevant applications could include diesel-exhaust or machinery insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and friction linings; there is no steam-boiler pathway for this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-present
- Population
- 1942-43 Navy shipyard trades; wartime engineering crew; later maintenance personnel
- Limitations
- Class/design and era inference only. The design data does not name asbestos, does not establish that any listed product was aboard LST-68, and does not establish quantity, present-day presence, removal, individual exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-68-lst68-03
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[5]Negative finding from DANFS, NavSource/NARA-linked records, Bureau of Ships design reference, and the search ledger below [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-lst-68-lst68-01 through sl-uss-lst-68-lst68-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or asbestos litigation record was located in the authoritative ship-history, archival-reference, or class-background sources reviewed for this record. LST-68 is therefore not documented here as having asbestos aboard; its asbestos status remains unknown and is represented only by class/era inference.
- Verification
- verified
- 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. It does not establish or defeat exposure, causation, or legal eligibility. CourtListener exact-name and exact-hull coverage was incomplete because the authenticated fleet limiter reported its request budget spent; that gap is disclosed separately.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-68-lst68-04
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[6]National Archives, Special List 44: Navy and Coast Guard ship deck logs [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF entry for LST-68: 8/1/1943-6/30/1945
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's digitized Special List 44 identifies LST-68 deck-log coverage from 1 August 1943 through 30 June 1945. This is an archival lead for ship-specific operational and maintenance records, not an asbestos finding; no LST-68 log pages were retrieved in this batch.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- LST-68 crew and Navy/Coast Guard operational personnel
- Limitations
- The list proves the existence and date span of a log series, not its asbestos content. Individual log volumes and maintenance entries were not retrieved; no exposure or material conclusion may be drawn from this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-68-lst68-05