Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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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-867-lst867-pkt-737-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, USS LST-867 hull record [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull record lines 37-39
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-867 was decommissioned on 1946-07-02 at San Francisco, struck from the Naval Register on 1946-07-31, and sold for scrapping on 1947-09-25 to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946-1947
- Limitations
- The source records sale for scrapping; it does not provide a later dismantling certificate, asbestos survey, or material-disposition record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-867-lst867-03
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LST-867 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull record lines 55-77
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull record lists a complement of 13 officers and 104 enlisted personnel, troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted personnel, and a propulsion plant of two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-driven 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
- Limitations
- These are the page's specification figures. They do not identify insulation materials, asbestos products, maintenance work, or any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-867-lst867-04
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[4]National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 100 Years of Respiratory Protection History [other_primary]
- Locator
- World War II section: Navy asbestos use for pipe insulation and post-1946 controls
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NIOSH's historical respiratory-protection account states that U.S. Navy use of asbestos increased during World War II for insulation of pipes in naval vessels and that the Navy continued using asbestos after 1946 with controls for pipe-covering operations. This establishes Navy-era context, not installation aboard LST-867.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- World War II and post-1946
- Population
- U.S. Navy shipyard and shipboard personnel, era context
- Limitations
- Navy-wide historical context; the page does not name LST-867, the LST-542 class, Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., or any particular product aboard this hull. It does not establish quantity, condition, retention, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-867-lst867-05
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights and report description
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- GAO's Navy asbestos review explains that the Navy's 1975 policy addressed removal and replacement of damaged asbestos insulation, and its 1979 review concerned asbestos use in Navy ships and protection of shipyard workers. The report is Navy-wide and does not identify LST-867.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ships, program context
- Limitations
- Program-level evidence focused on Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; neither facility is identified here as LST-867's construction or maintenance site. It does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-867-lst867-06
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[6]Batch-7410 source search ledger: NavSource hull record; NARA Special List 44; authenticated CourtListener exact-name and hull-number searches (pacing stand-down); official Navy/GAO/NIOSH searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-867-lst867-01 through sl-uss-lst-867-lst867-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the accessible hull record, NARA's digitized ship-number logbook finding aid, or the searches performed for an asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, material test, or qualifying litigation naming USS LST-867/LST-867. This is a negative research finding, not proof that asbestos was absent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The negative result is limited by Firecrawl keyless-quota exhaustion, the inaccessible NHHC DANFS page, and CourtListener's fleet pacing stand-down before a completed response. Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard and does not establish or defeat exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-867-lst867-07
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[7]National Archives, Special List No. 44, Merchant Vessel and Naval Vessel Logbooks by Ship Number [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST-867 entries in the ship-number table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's ship-number finding aid lists LST-867 logbooks covering 1944-12-26 through 1945-12-31. These records are an archival lead for voyage and crew research, not an asbestos finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-12-26 to 1945-12-31
- Population
- Ship's company and voyages
- Limitations
- The finding aid confirms the listed logbook date range but does not itself provide the logbooks' contents or any asbestos information. No reproduction or box-level review was performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-867-lst867-08
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[8]NavSource Online, USS LST-867 hull record [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull record lines 22-25
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS LST-867 was an LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down on 1944-10-23 at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana; launched on 1944-12-01; and commissioned on 1944-12-18 with Ensign Vincenzo Lopresti, USN, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- The live NavSource page is a naval-history photo archive and reproduces the ship-history data; the NHHC DANFS page was not retrievable in this session. This row establishes identity and construction milestones, not asbestos content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-867-lst867-01
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[9]NavSource Online, USS LST-867 hull record [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull record lines 26-36
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- During World War II, LST-867 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LST Flotilla Thirty-One, LST Group Ninety-Two, and LST Division One Hundred Eighty-Three. The record lists Far East occupation-service windows of 1945-09-07 to 1945-12-08, 1946-01-11 to 1946-01-24, and 1946-02-23 to 1946-03-03.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked personnel
- Limitations
- The accessible record gives theater, unit assignments, and occupation windows but does not provide a complete voyage or landing-by-landing narrative. It supports service history only and does not establish asbestos exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-867-lst867-02