Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 732-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-830-lst830-pkt-732-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, USS LST-830, ship-history and specifications page; page live and accessed 2026-10-03 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource USS LST-830 page, service-history bullets and DANFS link
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-830 was laid down 15 August 1944 at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, Pennsylvania; launched 30 September 1944; commissioned 28 October 1944 under Lieutenant Gordon Rowe, USCGR; served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the Okinawa Gunto operation from 2 through 29 April 1945; performed Far East occupation duty 15-20 September and 22 October-15 November 1945; was decommissioned 29 April 1946; struck from the Naval Register 3 July 1946; and sold for commercial operations on 8 July 1947 to Compania, Naviera, Argentina, Buenos Aires. The page states one World War II battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- American Bridge construction workers; USCG-manned Navy crew; embarked troops; Far East occupation personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is a secondary historical archive and identifies its page as DANFS-linked; the live NHHC/DANFS hull page could not be fetched during this research session. This history record does not document asbestos, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-830-lst830-01
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LST-830, specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource USS LST-830 page, specifications and propulsion sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The specifications block gives a 328-foot overall length, 50-foot beam, 11.6-knot trial speed, 13 officers and 104 enlisted ship's company, troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted, two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-drive 100-kW ship-service generators, two propellers, and 1,700 shaft horsepower.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops; engineering and maintenance personnel
- Limitations
- These are ship-page specifications and identify a diesel plant; they do not establish the composition of insulation, gaskets, packing, deck coverings, or other materials aboard this hull. The complement figures are reproduced from the secondary page and should be rechecked against a directly retrievable DANFS or Navy source if one becomes available.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-830-lst830-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945), LST design table, as reproduced in the LST-1 class profile [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table; matching class-profile context for LST-542 group
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The LST-542 design group was diesel-powered and had no boilers. Era/design context therefore points to possible asbestos relevance in diesel exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal or acoustic insulation, gaskets and packing, deck coverings or tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch or crane brake linings. This is class/era context only.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- WWII LST construction trades, crew, maintenance personnel, and conversion or commercial-service workers
- Limitations
- The design table establishes machinery and dimensions, not material composition on LST-830. No class inference may be read as proof that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, in what quantity, or where; no individual exposure or legal eligibility follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-830-lst830-03
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[5]Public-source review of the live NavSource hull page and its DANFS-linked material [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource hull page reviewed in full; Firecrawl and NHHC access gaps documented in search_ledger
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or ship-specific asbestos material inventory was identified in the ship-history material reviewed for LST-830.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is a negative finding about the public material reviewed, not proof that asbestos was absent. Firecrawl was unavailable because its keyless session reported a multi-hour quota stand-down; the live NHHC hull page returned a fetch error; and the authenticated CourtListener sweep was interrupted by fleet pacing before usable results were returned. The search gap is carried in the ledger and report.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-830-lst830-04
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[6]Authenticated CourtListener helper attempts for exact name and hull-number queries [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-uss-lst830-name-opinion.json; cl-uss-lst830-name-docket.json; cl-lst830-hull-opinion.json; cl-lst830-hull-docket.json (helper output empty after pacing stand-down)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The required authenticated helper was invoked for exact-name queries ("USS LST-830") and hull-number queries ("LST-830") against opinions and dockets. The fleet limiter reported that the momentary request budget was spent and the returned files contained no usable result payload; no hit can be classified from this interrupted sweep.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is an access-gap record, not a no-result finding. The queries were not retried into the limiter. No qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, or name collision can be ruled in or out until the exact-name and hull-number sweep can complete.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-830-lst830-05