Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 737-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-865-lst865-pkt-737-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-865 page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, history bullets at lines 30-45
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records LST-865's Asiatic-Pacific Theater assignment, postwar occupation and China service periods, decommissioning on 30 December 1947, transfer that day to the Philippine Navy as BRP Albay (LT-39), striking from the Naval Register on 22 January 1948, and final disposition as unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-1948 and later Philippine service
- Population
- U.S. and Philippine naval personnel
- Limitations
- The page does not provide a complete Philippine Navy service history or a confirmed final disposal record; neither service history nor disposition establishes asbestos aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-865-lst865-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-865 specification block [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, Specifications section at lines 47-72
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's specification block identifies this page's subject as a 542-class tank landing ship with a complement of 13 officers and 104 enlisted, troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted, and cargo capacity varying between 1,600 and 1,900 tons depending on mission.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- These are design and operating specifications presented on the hull page; they do not identify asbestos-containing products or prove that any listed space or system contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-865-lst865-03
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-865 propulsion specification block [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, Propulsion section at lines 79-84
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource identifies two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-drive 100-kW 230-V DC ship-service generators, two propellers, and 1,700 shaft horsepower for the LST-865 page's propulsion description.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Engineering crew and construction/maintenance workers
- Limitations
- The machinery description establishes a diesel plant and does not establish asbestos in engine insulation, exhaust lagging, gaskets, packing, or any other material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-865-lst865-04
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[5]National Park Service, Constructing a Navy at War [nps]
- Locator
- Article passage on wartime ship interiors and asbestos
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- National Park Service documentation about WWII ship construction states that materials handled inside wartime ships included asbestos, while describing shipboard machinery, pipes, ducts, and compartments. This is era and ship-construction context relevant to LST-865's 1944 construction, not a finding that asbestos was installed aboard this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- WWII shipbuilding era
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and shipboard personnel generally
- Limitations
- The NPS article is not about LST-865, Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., or the LST-542 class. It does not establish presence, quantity, condition, removal, individual exposure, or causation aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-865-lst865-05
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[6]Batch-7408 source review; NARA Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers; authenticated CourtListener helper attempt [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA PDF entry for LST-865; search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-865-lst865-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the sources reviewed: the LST-865 history/specification page and the NARA ship-number logbook index contain no asbestos survey, abatement, hazmat disclosure, or material schedule for this hull. The CourtListener exact-name and exact-hull sweep was initiated through the authenticated helper but stopped at the fleet pacing limiter before an HTTP result was returned.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Limitations
- This is a finding about records located, not proof that asbestos was absent. The CourtListener component is incomplete because the fleet limiter held the authenticated request; no litigation conclusion is drawn from that gap.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-865-lst865-06
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[7]NAVSEA Standard Item 009-010, Asbestos-Containing Material (ACM); control [other_primary]
- Locator
- Section 3.1, FY26 NAVSEA Standard Item PDF
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NAVSEA's current standard item directs shipyard personnel to treat shipboard insulation, lagging, deck tile, underlayment, gaskets, and mastic as asbestos-containing material until laboratory analysis or another reliable method establishes otherwise. This provides Navy terminology and control context only; it does not establish that any of those materials were aboard LST-865.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2024-2026 standard; historical application unknown
- Population
- Navy shipyard and maintenance personnel generally
- Limitations
- This is a current Navy maintenance standard, not a 1944 LST-865 material record. It cannot establish historical installation, asbestos content, quantity, condition, or exposure aboard this ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-865-lst865-07
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[8]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-865 page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, history bullets at lines 26-29
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's LST-865 page records that the hull was laid down on 19 October 1944 at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana; launched on 22 November 1944; and commissioned on 16 December 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Jeffersonville shipyard workers and initial Navy crew
- Limitations
- NavSource supplies the hull chronology; it does not document asbestos, material content, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-865-lst865-01