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 (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-800-lst800-pkt-728-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, USS LST-800, Amphibious Photo Archive [other_primary]
- Locator
- service, occupation, and disposition bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records that LST-800 served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II and then performed Far East occupation service from 15-29 September 1945 and 21-29 October 1945; it was decommissioned 1 May 1946, struck from the Naval Register 3 July 1946, and sold 22 December 1947 to Humble Oil and Refining Co. of Houston for commercial operations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Establishes the listed service and disposition only. The source does not establish the vessel's later owner, location, scrapping date, surviving fabric, asbestos status, or any exposure claim. The source contains a typographical year error ('147') in the sale bullet; the sale year is rendered as 1947 here because the same disposition is corroborated by the contemporaneous sequence in the record and the intended date is clear, but a second authoritative sale document was not located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-800-lst800-02
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LST-800, image 1016080002; image credited to U.S. National Archives photo 80-GK-5978 [other_primary]
- Locator
- image 1016080002 caption
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The per-hull archive identifies a National Archives photograph, 80-GK-5978, showing USS LST-800 undergoing repairs in Apra Harbor, Guam, at Dock O of the Naval Repair Base on 8 August 1945, alongside the rescue-support scene for USS Indianapolis survivors.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The caption documents location, date, repairs, and archival photo attribution; it does not identify repair materials or asbestos and does not establish individual exposure. The linked NHHC catalog page was not live when checked, so the live NavSource page is cited for the caption.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-800-lst800-03
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[4]NavSource Online, LST-542-class design data on USS LST-800 page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Fuel Capacity and Propulsion section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's LST-542-class design data lists two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-drive ship-service generators, two propellers, and 1,700 shaft horsepower. The same design table contains no boiler or steam propulsion plant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Class/design data, not a hull-level material schedule. It supports the diesel/no-boiler distinction and does not prove that any particular insulation, gasket, packing, cable, deck covering, or friction material was installed aboard LST-800.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-800-lst800-04
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[5]Class/design context from NavSource LST-542-class propulsion data; no hull-specific asbestos specification located [other_primary]
- Locator
- Propulsion section; inference explicitly separated from per-hull history
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: a 1944 U.S. Navy diesel LST could plausibly have used asbestos-containing materials in engine/exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, deck coverings, accommodation/bulkhead insulation, and friction linings. Because the documented design is diesel-powered, boiler and steam-line lagging are not carried as LST-800 applications.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only. No source located in this pass states that asbestos was installed aboard LST-800, gives quantities, identifies locations on this hull, or establishes what remained after service and commercial conversion. It does not establish exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-800-lst800-05
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[6]Batch-7339 search ledger: NavSource per-hull record; NARA Special List #44; NHHC/NARA image lead; CourtListener helper diagnostics [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-800-lst800-01 through sl-uss-lst-800-lst800-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the official and authoritative sources reviewed: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, material schedule, hazmat disclosure, or publicly accessible ship-specific asbestos record was found. The required CourtListener exact-name and hull-number requests were authenticated but halted after the helper reported the fleet daily quota exhausted; therefore the litigation sweep is an access gap, not a negative litigation result.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- A located-record negative does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. CourtListener cannot be classified as no result because the authenticated helper reported a multi-hour daily-quota wait before returning result payloads; no anonymous or raw API retry was made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-800-lst800-06
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[7]NavSource Online, USS LST-800, Amphibious Photo Archive [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's per-hull record identifies USS LST-800 as an LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 29 August 1944 at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana; launched 10 October 1944; and commissioned 2 November 1944 with Lt. Henry G. Chandler Jr., USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Per-hull historical record; the page does not document asbestos, material composition, quantity, present condition, individual exposure, or legal eligibility. NavSource links the DANFS page, but the live NHHC DANFS URL returned 404 during this research pass.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-800-lst800-01