Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 741-packet.md (3 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-891-lst891-pkt-741-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-891 (archived copy of the official NHHC page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived NHHC DANFS entry, LST-891 service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's DANFS history records that LST-891 was laid down 21 August 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by Dravo Corporation; launched 28 October 1944; sponsored by Miss Edyth Cole; and commissioned 27 November 1944 with Lt. James F. Brown in command. It assigns the ship to the Asiatic-Pacific theater, records participation in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in May 1945, postwar occupation duty in the Far East until early December 1945, decommissioning 2 July 1946, striking 31 July 1946, sale 29 August 1947 to Consolidated Builders, Inc. of Seattle for scrapping, and one World War II battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Dravo construction workers; ship's company; embarked personnel
- Limitations
- The live NHHC URL returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-03; this is a verified Wayback capture of the official text and is labeled archived accordingly. The entry establishes history and disposal only; it contains no asbestos, machinery, complement, condition, or individual-exposure information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-891-lst891-01
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[3]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44, List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947, ship-number listing [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF ship-number list, LST-889 through LST-893 entries; LST-891 appears twice
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 indexes two LST-891 logbook entries, each with a beginning date of 27 November 1944 and ending date of 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-11-27 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's company
- Limitations
- This is an index to logbooks, not the logbooks themselves; duplicate index entries are not treated as two independently reviewed logs. It corroborates a record path and the indexed date range, but does not establish operations, materials, asbestos, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-891-lst891-02
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[4]Fleischer WE and Viles FJ Jr., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 28 (1946): 9-16, PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed PMID 21016030; citation metadata independently verified through NCBI E-utilities
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- A 1946 U.S. Public Health Service industrial-hygiene article documents pipe-covering operations in construction of naval vessels. It is contemporaneous evidence of asbestos-related insulation work in naval-vessel construction, not a record for LST-891.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- Pipe-covering workers in naval-vessel construction
- Limitations
- The study is an era-level occupational source; it does not identify Dravo, Pittsburgh, LST-891, a product aboard this hull, or any crew member. The automated PubMed page was reCAPTCHA-gated, while the NCBI E-utilities metadata endpoint verified the article title, authors, journal, date, and pages. It does not establish exposure, quantity, condition, or causation for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-891-lst891-03
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979-10-18) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product record HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 report concerns Navy efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure and is retained solely as later Navy-wide program context; it does not name LST-891.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy asbestos-protection program
- Limitations
- The live GAO product URL returned HTTP 403 to automated retrieval on 2026-10-03, so the report text was not reviewed and no substantive report finding is attributed here. This row is a bibliographic program-context lead only; it provides no vessel-specific asbestos finding, product identification, exposure evidence, or causation conclusion.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-891-lst891-04
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[6]Batch 7434 search ledger in this record: archived NHHC DANFS LST-891 entry; NARA Special List 44; NCBI/PubMed citation verification; GAO product record; authenticated CourtListener helper [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-891-lst891-01 through sl-uss-lst-891-lst891-06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the official and authoritative sources successfully searched: the archived NHHC DANFS history and NARA Special List 44 contain no asbestos, insulation-material, abatement, survey, or condition statement for LST-891. CourtListener was not searchable because the authenticated helper reported a shared daily-quota wait of about 8.4 hours before results could be returned.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is a finding about the limited public sources searched, not proof that asbestos was absent aboard. The CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweep is incomplete and must not be read as a litigation no-result. No conclusion about individual exposure, causation, legal eligibility, or present condition follows from this negative finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-891-lst891-05