Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 723-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-769-lst769-pkt-723-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-769 entry [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Official DANFS entry, service and disposition paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NHHC DANFS entry states that LST-769 served in the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from April through June 1945; performed occupation duty in the Far East until late November 1945; was decommissioned on 29 April 1946; was struck from the Navy list on 3 July 1946; and was sold to California Co. for operation on 11 December 1947. The entry credits one battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-1947
- Population
- U.S. Navy and occupation-service personnel
- Limitations
- DANFS does not document the later commercial operating history or final disposition and provides no materials or exposure evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-769-lst769-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-769 page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page heading, history, campaigns, command, and final-disposition sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's live LST-769 page identifies the hull as an LST-542-class tank landing ship, records the same construction, Okinawa, decommissioning, striking, and sale milestones, identifies Coast Guard manning during World War II, and records the Okinawa Gunto operation from 1 April through 10 June 1945 and Far East occupation service from 20 September through 30 November 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and occupation-service personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival photo/history resource and supplies detail beyond DANFS; it does not document asbestos content, abatement, individual exposure, or causation. The query parameter is retained only because the bare URL was blocked by the host's ModSecurity response while the same page loaded live with it.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-769-lst769-03
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-769 specifications [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, Specifications section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's specifications identify LST-769 as having a 328-foot 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, Falk main reduction gears, two propellers, 1,700 shaft horsepower, and three diesel-drive 100-kW 230-V DC ship-service generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Engineering crew, construction trades, and maintenance workers
- Limitations
- The specifications describe the hull/design and machinery but do not establish that any particular insulation, gasket, cable, covering, or friction material aboard LST-769 contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-769-lst769-04
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945), digitized copy [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST design table and machinery data
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design context only: the LST design data identifies a diesel-powered landing ship with two GM 12-567A engines and no boilers; period naval-ship applications that may have used asbestos-containing materials included engine and exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation or cable, deck coverings, accommodation-space insulation, and brake/friction linings.
- 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/era context, not a hull-specific material finding. The design source does not state asbestos content and does not establish presence, absence, quantity, condition, removal history, individual exposure, or causation aboard LST-769.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-769-lst769-05
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[6]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 61 / LST-769 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44, by ship number, lists LST-769 with logbook coverage from 9 October 1944 through 30 June 1945, providing an archival lead for the commissioning and wartime record.
- 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 logbook coverage dates, not the contents of the logs. No volume was retrieved and this row makes no asbestos or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-769-lst769-06
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[7]CourtListener API v4 via cl-auth-search.py; batch source review [other_primary]
- Locator
- Authenticated helper invocation for exact-name opinion search; search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-769-lst769-05 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation result was established in this batch. The required authenticated CourtListener helper was invoked for the exact-name search, but the fleet-wide pacing limiter returned a stand-down before an HTTP result; the exact-name docket search and exact-hull-number searches were not completed. The DANFS, NavSource, and NARA sources reviewed also contain no litigation, asbestos, survey, abatement, hazmat, or insulation-material disclosure for LST-769.
- 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 in the sources actually reviewed, not proof that asbestos was absent and not a conclusion that no litigation exists. CourtListener coverage is incomplete because the authenticated fleet limiter stopped the sweep; no anonymous, raw, or v3 request was made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-769-lst769-07
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[8]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-769 entry [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Official DANFS entry, opening paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NHHC DANFS entry states that LST-769 was laid down on 28 July 1944 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania, by American Bridge Co.; launched on 12 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Emma Farrah; and commissioned on 9 October 1944 under Lieutenant Edwin B. Bertini.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- American Bridge Co. construction workers and initial Navy crew
- Limitations
- Establishes identity and construction milestones only; it does not identify asbestos-containing materials, quantities, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-769-lst769-01