Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]U.S. Coast Guard, The Coast Guard at War, vol. 5, part 2, Transports, USS LST-796 section (online transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Review of the USS LST-796 service narrative; no asbestos-specific statement
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The consulted ship-specific Coast Guard history contains no asbestos material inventory, asbestos application record, abatement record, or individual exposure finding for USS LST-796. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03 source review
- Limitations
- A historical service narrative is not an asbestos survey. Absence of an asbestos statement in this source is not evidence that asbestos was absent from the vessel. No inference is made from class, construction era, or propulsion.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-796-lst796-05
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[2]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page 54, entries for LST-796
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's ship-number index lists USS LST-796 deck logs spanning 19 October 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-10-19 to 1945-06-30
- Limitations
- The index establishes the listed log coverage, not the contents of the logs, asbestos aboard, or individual exposure. The underlying logs were not reviewed for this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-796-lst796-03
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[3]U.S. Coast Guard, The Coast Guard at War, vol. 5, part 2, Transports, USS LST-796 section (online transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Section headed USS LST-796, lines under COMMISSIONED and AT OKINAWA
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Coast Guard-manned USS LST-796 was commissioned at New Orleans on 19 October 1944. Lt. Edward A. Dunton, USCGR, was its first and only commanding officer. Following shakedown at St. Andrews Bay, Florida, it sailed from Gulfport on 21 November 1944 for Pearl Harbor, arriving 21 December 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- This is a live online transcription of a Coast Guard wartime history, hosted by HyperWar/ibiblio rather than the Coast Guard's own site. It supports only the stated service facts and does not document asbestos materials, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-796-lst796-01
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard, The Coast Guard at War, vol. 5, part 2, Transports, USS LST-796 section (online transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Section headed USS LST-796, lines under AT OKINAWA through DECOMMISSIONED
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The history records LST-796's Pacific service through Leyte, Okinawa, Saipan, Manila, Jinsen (Korea), Taku and Tsingtao (China), and Sasebo (Japan), then its return to New Orleans on 22 March 1946 and decommissioning there on 17 April 1946. The source expressly says its records do not indicate participation in the 1 April 1945 D-day invasion of Okinawa.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Limitations
- The source states that records do not indicate participation in the Okinawa D-day invasion; this is not a claim that the ship had no Okinawa-area service. It provides no asbestos inventory or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-796-lst796-02