Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 718-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-737-lst737-pkt-718-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-737 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Live page, campaign table and service/disposition bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records USS LST-737 service in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: southern Palau Islands, Leyte, Ormoc Bay, Lingayen Gulf, Zambales-Subic Bay, and Okinawa Gunto. It records Far East occupation service from 26 March through 11 November 1946, decommissioning and transfer to the United States Army on 2 November 1946, striking from the Naval Register on 29 September 1947, five World War II battle stars, and final disposition as unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew, embarked troops, and postwar occupation personnel
- Limitations
- The page documents Navy service and administrative disposition through striking, but it does not establish the vessel's later owner, location, scrapping, asbestos status, or exposure history.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-737-lst737-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-737 hull page, specifications section [other_primary]
- Locator
- Live page, Specifications section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource lists this hull's design specifications as 328 feet overall length, 50-foot beam, 11.6-knot trial speed, complement of 13 officers and 104 enlisted, troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted, two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, single Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-drive 100-kW 230-V DC ship-service generators, two propellers, and 1,700 shaft horsepower.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Engineering crew, deck machinery operators, embarked troops, and maintenance workers
- Limitations
- These are equipment and accommodation specifications; the source does not state that any insulation, gasket, cable, covering, or friction material aboard this hull contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-737-lst737-03
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Volume 2 (January 1945), LST design table, accessed through a stable document mirror [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST design table; class profile lst-1-class.class.json used only to identify the LST-542 design grouping
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era context only: Bureau of Ships design data places LST-737 in the diesel-powered LST design group; period asbestos-relevant applications may include diesel-engine and exhaust-system insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation and cable, deck coverings, accommodation-space insulation, and brake or friction linings on winches and windlass.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- 1944 shipyard trades, engineering crew, deck machinery operators, and later maintenance workers
- Limitations
- Class/design context is not a hull-specific material finding. The source does not name LST-737, state asbestos content, or establish presence, absence, quantity, condition, removal history, exposure, or causation aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-737-lst737-04
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[5]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 52, LST-737 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44, by ship number, lists LST-737 with logbook coverage from 6 May 1944 through 30 June 1945. This is a hull-specific archival lead, not a finding about asbestos or exposure.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and wartime operations
- Limitations
- The index confirms coverage dates only. The underlying logbooks were not retrieved, so their contents and any material or repair references remain unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-737-lst737-05
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[6]Batch-7269 source review and search ledger: NavSource, NARA, NHHC DANFS access attempt, Firecrawl access attempt, and authenticated CourtListener helper attempts [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-737-lst737-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the sources searched: the live NavSource hull page and NARA logbook index contain no asbestos, survey, abatement, hazmat, or insulation-material disclosure for LST-737; the current NHHC DANFS URL returned 404; Firecrawl research was unavailable because its keyless quota reported a retry interval of approximately 16.5 hours; and the authenticated CourtListener helper did not return result payloads during the fleet limiter stand-down for the required exact-name and exact-hull queries.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is a negative finding about records located, not proof that asbestos was absent. CourtListener and Firecrawl coverage is incomplete because their access controls prevented result retrieval; no litigation conclusion is inferred from those gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-737-lst737-06
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[7]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-737 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Live page, heading and LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship history bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies USS LST-737 as an LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down on 13 February 1944 at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; launched on 25 March 1944; and commissioned on 6 May 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Dravo construction workers and initial Navy crew
- Limitations
- The live page establishes identity and construction milestones but does not document asbestos content, quantity, condition, removal history, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-737-lst737-01