Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 723-packet.md (4 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-77-lst77-pkt-723-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Tank Landing Ship LST-77 photo/archive page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship history block, lines 27-47 of the live page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's ship-specific archive records USS LST-77 as laid down 20 February 1943 at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., launched 21 April 1943, commissioned 3 July 1943, assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, and credited with Convoy UGS-37 and the invasion of southern France. It records transfer to the United Kingdom on 24 December 1944, Royal Navy service as HM LST-77, return to U.S. custody on 12 May 1946, striking on 19 June 1946, and sale for scrapping on 7 November 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- NavSource is a naval-history archive rather than the Navy's official DANFS publication; the live NHHC DANFS URL for LST-77 returned an HTTP 404/failed fetch during this research. This row supports identity and chronology, not asbestos content, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-77-lst77-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- Table entry for LST-77
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives' Special List 44, by ship number, lists LST-77 with a commission date of 3 July 1943 and a transfer/decommission date of 24 December 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The list corroborates the U.S. commission and 1944 transfer date but does not describe the ship's materials, asbestos, exposure, or later Royal Navy operations.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-77-lst77-02
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, SC 189668, Anzio Campaign, 1944 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Page title and photograph caption
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An official Naval History and Heritage Command photograph page identifies USS LST-77 landing Fifth Army M-4 Sherman tanks at Anzio in 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The photograph identifies an Anzio operation but does not establish asbestos-containing material, individual exposure, quantity, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-77-lst77-03
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[5]NavSource Online, Tank Landing Ship LST-77 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications and propulsion block, lines 50-87 of the live page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship-specific technical summary identifies LST-77 as an LST-1-class vessel with two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, a Falk Main reduction gear, two propellers, 1,700 shaft hp, a 328-foot overall length, and a 50-foot beam; it lists 9 officers and 120 enlisted in the ship's complement.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The specifications establish machinery and crew figures, not insulation composition. They do not support a boiler, steam-line, or ship-specific asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-77-lst77-04
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[6]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights and full-report description; published 18 October 1979
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO's official 1979 review describes asbestos use in Navy ships and states that thermal insulation was removed or replaced under Navy policies; the report also notes asbestos in other applications such as pipe hanger liners and gaskets. This is Navy program/era context only and does not identify asbestos aboard LST-77.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Program-level evidence, not a hull survey or LST-1-class material schedule. It does not establish presence, absence, quantity, condition, location, exposure, or causation aboard LST-77.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-77-lst77-05
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[7]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research; RG 19 engineering drawings and ship specifications guidance
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the authoritative sources reviewed: no LST-77 asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or material schedule was found. The National Archives research guide identifies Navy engineering drawings and Bureau of Ships records as the appropriate archival leads for ship-specific asbestos research.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- A negative public-source search does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. The CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweep was not completed because the authenticated helper reached the fleet pacing limiter; litigation status therefore remains an explicit gap.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-77-lst77-06