Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-793. The current live NHHC URL returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-03; this is an archived Wayback capture of the official page. [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived DANFS LST-793 entry, full narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS records that LST-793 was laid down on 23 July 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by Dravo Corporation; launched 2 September 1944; commissioned 5 October 1944 with Lt. George A. Miller, USCG, in command; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in March and April 1945; performed Far East occupation duty until mid-September 1945; decommissioned 29 April 1946; struck 3 July 1946; and sold 16 December 1947 to Tex-O-Kan Flour Mills Co. of Dallas, Texas, for operation. DANFS credits one World War II battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Dravo construction workers; Coast Guard-manned ship's company; embarked personnel
- Limitations
- This official historical narrative establishes milestones and service only. It contains no asbestos, insulation, product, condition, exposure, or causation information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-793-lst793-01
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[2]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers (PDF), LST-793 entries. [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF text rows 2656-2657, LST-793
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44, a ship-number index to Navy deck logs, lists two LST-793 entries with the date range 5 October 1944 through 30 June 1945. This identifies a federal archival path for operational records during the ship's commissioned service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-10-05 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's company
- Limitations
- The index identifies date coverage, not the contents of the logs. Individual logs were not retrieved or reviewed, and the index itself provides no material, asbestos, exposure, or causation finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-793-lst793-02
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[3]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, CG Military Muster Rolls 1941-49 finding aid (RG 26, Entry 108A). [other_primary]
- Locator
- Finding-aid entries for USS LST-793 under 1944, 1945, and 1946
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The U.S. Coast Guard's folder-level finding aid for RG 26, Entry 108A, lists USS LST-793 in its military muster-roll holdings for 1944, 1945, and 1946. The finding aid identifies an official personnel-record path covering this Coast Guard-manned vessel's service period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- U.S. Coast Guard personnel assigned to LST-793
- Limitations
- A folder-level finding aid, not a review of the underlying rolls. It does not establish crew size, individual exposure, materials, or asbestos aboard the vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-793-lst793-03
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979). [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product-page Highlights
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 review states that it examined Navy use of asbestos in Navy ships and the costs of removing it, and describes the Navy's 1975 and 1979 asbestos-insulation replacement policies. This is Navy-wide context, not a record for LST-793.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy period
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ships generally
- Limitations
- This review concerned Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards decades after LST-793's 1946 decommissioning. It neither names nor establishes asbestos aboard LST-793, and establishes no exposure, quantity, product, condition, or causation for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-793-lst793-04
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[5]Batch-7331 search ledger: NHHC DANFS, NARA Special List 44, U.S. Coast Guard RG 26 muster-roll finding aid, and GAO HRD-80-2. [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-793-lst793-01 through sl-uss-lst-793-lst793-05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, material list, or product identification was located in the official historical, NARA log-index, and Coast Guard finding-aid sources searched for this batch.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03 research
- Limitations
- This is a bounded search result, not proof that asbestos was absent aboard the hull. CourtListener exact-name and hull-number searches were not completed because its authenticated API instructed a 10.6-hour daily-quota stand-down; litigation is therefore not included in this negative finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-793-lst793-05
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[6]CourtListener authenticated-search helper output, 2026-10-03. [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger row sl-uss-lst-793-lst793-05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The required CourtListener sweep for exact name USS LST-793 and hull number LST-793 could not be performed. The authenticated helper returned DAILY QUOTA EXHAUSTED for opinion and docket requests and directed a 38,216-second (about 10.6-hour) stand-down; no further requests were made.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is an API-access result, not litigation evidence and not a search result. It does not support a no-result conclusion or any inference about asbestos litigation, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-793-lst793-06