Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-798 page; Studio-side indexed retrieval reproduced the DANFS history and construction milestones (direct request returned HTTP 406) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST-798 history bullets and DANFS heading
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The LST-798 history reproduced on NavSource records that the hull was laid down 17 August 1944 at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana; launched 26 September 1944; and commissioned 26 October 1944 under Lt. Ronald E. Hurt, USNR.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Jeffersonville construction trades and initial Navy crew
- Limitations
- Ship-specific construction and commissioning history only. Direct Studio-side retrieval returned HTTP 406, so the indexed page result was used; the cited page does not identify asbestos, material content, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-798-lst798-01
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-798 page; Studio-side indexed retrieval (direct request returned HTTP 406) [other_primary]
- Locator
- History bullets, awards, and final-disposition line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records LST-798's Asiatic-Pacific assignment in LST Flotilla 25, LST Group 73, and LST Division 145; postwar occupation and China service from 6-23 September 1945 and 10-21 March 1946; decommissioning 16 July 1946; striking 15 August 1946; and sale for scrapping 17 September 1947 to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Morris Heights, New York.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Navy crew, embarked personnel, and later shipbreakers
- Limitations
- Direct Studio-side retrieval returned HTTP 406; indexed page content was used. Establishes service and administrative disposition, not the conditions of service, scrapping, or any asbestos material aboard the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-798-lst798-02
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945; content verified in Studio-side indexed retrieval (direct request returned HTTP 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LST Group 73 / LST Division 145 table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NHHC Pacific Fleet organization for 1 May 1945 places LST 798 in LST Group 73 and LST Division 145, with Lt. R. E. Hurt (USNR) listed for the hull. This contemporaneous administrative record corroborates the ship's wartime formation assignment and commanding officer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- LST Group 73 and Division 145 personnel
- Limitations
- Direct Studio-side retrieval returned HTTP 404; indexed NHHC content was used. Administrative assignment only; it does not document materials, maintenance work, exposure, or asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-798-lst798-03
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[4]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 54, duplicated LST-798 rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44 lists LST-798 with Navy deck-log coverage from 26 October 1944 through 31 December 1945, providing a primary archival lead for the ship's 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 only. The underlying logs were not retrieved, so no material or exposure finding is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-798-lst798-04
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[5]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-798 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The LST-542-class specification reproduced on NavSource gives 328 feet overall length, 50 feet beam, 11.6-knot trial speed, 13 officers and 104 enlisted in the ship's company, troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted, two General Motors 12-567A diesels, a Falk reduction gear, two propellers, 1,700 shaft horsepower, and three diesel-driven 100-kW 230-V DC generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Engineering crew and construction or maintenance workers
- Limitations
- The specification identifies the vessel design and class machinery but does not establish that any insulation, gasket, packing, cable, covering, or friction material aboard this hull contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-798-lst798-05
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[6]Fleischer et al., A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels, Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 28 (1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed record and article title; full article not retrieved in this session
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era context only: the 1946 U.S. Public Health Service survey is a government survey of pipe-covering operations in naval-vessel construction, and its title and indexing document the wartime naval construction setting in which asbestos-containing pipe-covering work occurred. Applied cautiously to LST-798, a 1944 wartime Navy construction, plausible applications include pipe and machinery insulation, diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, deck coverings, and winch or windlass friction materials.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1940s
- Population
- Wartime naval-vessel construction trades
- Limitations
- Class/era context, not a hull-specific material finding. The source does not name LST-798, identify installed products aboard it, establish quantity or condition, or prove individual exposure or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-798-lst798-06
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[7]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979), indexed in GovInfo [gao]
- Locator
- GovInfo appendix index entry for HRD-80-2; report text not retrieved
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (HRD-80-2) is an official program-level review identified in the federal government publication index. It is relevant as Navy-wide era context for shipboard asbestos management, not as evidence about LST-798.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy workers and Navy asbestos program
- Limitations
- Program-level index evidence only; it does not identify LST-798, any particular material aboard it, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation. Full HRD-80-2 text remains an access gap.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-798-lst798-07
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[8]Batch-7336 source review and search ledger; exact-name and exact-hull CourtListener helper attempts logged separately [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-798-lst798-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the authoritative sources reached this session: the LST-798 history and specifications, NHHC fleet organization, NARA logbook index, and the reviewed era-context sources contain no hull-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or product identification. CourtListener litigation coverage is an access gap rather than a negative result because the authenticated helper was stopped by the fleet-wide pacing limiter before it returned results.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- A negative finding about records located is not proof that asbestos was absent. CourtListener was not completed, underlying NARA logs were not read, and no conclusion about exposure, causation, legal eligibility, or remaining material is supported.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-798-lst798-08