Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 728-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-80-lst80-pkt-728-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-80 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-80 entry, service paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS documents that LST-80 was laid down on 16 March 1943 at Jeffersonville, Indiana, by Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched on 18 May 1943; sponsored by Miss Jane G. Bonnie; commissioned on 12 July 1943; transferred to the United Kingdom on 19 July 1943; lost in Royal Navy service in March 1945; and struck from the Navy list on 11 July 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Jeffersonville construction trades; U.S. Navy and Royal Navy personnel
- Limitations
- Supports identity and U.S. Navy milestones only. DANFS says the ship was lost in Royal Navy service in March 1945 but does not give the loss date, location, complement, machinery, or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-80-lst80-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, HM LST-80 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource HM LST-80 history bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies the vessel as HM LST-80 and records transfer to the Royal Navy on 19 July 1943, assignment to the 9th LST Flotilla, Mediterranean and United Kingdom service, participation in the Normandy invasion in June 1944, shuttle service between London, Ostend, and Antwerp, and sinking after striking two mines in convoy ATM97 off Ostend on 20 March 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Royal Navy crew; Allied landing-force and transport personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer compilation; it supplies the loss date and operational details not present in the DANFS paragraph. It contains no asbestos, survey, abatement, or hazmat disclosure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-80-lst80-02
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[4]NavSource Online, HM LST-80 specifications, attributed to Office of Naval Intelligence 1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource reports the LST-1-class/ONI-1945 specification block for this page: 328-foot length, 50-foot beam, 12-knot maximum speed, 24,000-mile endurance at 9 knots, 9 officers and 120 enlisted in the complement, 14 officers and 131 enlisted in troop accommodations, six LCVPs, and two General Motors 12-567 900-hp diesel engines on two shafts with twin rudders.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- LST-1-class crews and embarked troops
- Limitations
- The page labels the figures as ONI-1945 specifications but does not identify a hull-specific fitting or muster source; complement figures conflict with other LST references. No asbestos or insulation content is stated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-80-lst80-03
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[5]Fleischer et al., A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels, J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28 (1946): 9-16, PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed title, bibliographic record, and MeSH terms
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- A 1946 U.S. Public Health Service survey is titled A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels and documents the wartime naval-vessel pipe-covering occupation; its PubMed record identifies the article, authors, journal, and publication date. This establishes era occupational context, not material aboard LST-80.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- Naval-vessel pipe-covering workers
- Limitations
- PubMed provides no abstract for this item and does not name LST-80 or establish a specific product, quantity, location, exposure, or causation aboard this hull. It is retained as era context only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-80-lst80-04
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[6]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page, Highlights and Full Report description
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 review states that it examined asbestos use in Navy ships and describes Navy policy in 1975 and 1979 for removing or replacing damaged asbestos insulation and insulation in selected high-maintenance areas. This is Navy program context only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy asbestos program
- Limitations
- Program-level source, not an LST-80 record. The full report was not retrieved in this session; only the live GAO product page was verified. It does not establish that asbestos was aboard this sunken hull or that any person was exposed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-80-lst80-05
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[7]Batch-7338 source review and authenticated CourtListener helper status [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-80-lst80-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the authoritative sources reviewed: the NHHC DANFS entry and NavSource page contain no asbestos, insulation-material, survey, abatement, or hazmat disclosure. CourtListener could not be searched because its authenticated helper reported the shared daily quota exhausted and a roughly 10.6-hour reset; this is an open litigation gap, not a no-result finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. The CourtListener exact-name and hull-number searches remain unperformed because of the authenticated quota block; no litigation conclusion is drawn.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-80-lst80-06