Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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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-893-lst893-pkt-741-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (archived Wayback capture dated 17 September 2024; live NHHC page returned 404) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST Division 149 entry, near page section beginning '--60--'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NHHC's 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization lists LST 893 in LST Division 149 and identifies Lt. J. J. Ermenc (USNR) as its commanding officer. The entry marks LST 893 (FF).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- LST-893 command and crew as listed on 1945-05-01
- Limitations
- Organizational snapshot only; does not establish the ship's construction, commissioning or decommissioning dates, full service history, asbestos aboard, or an individual's exposure. The source does not define the parenthetical FF abbreviation in the excerpt used here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-893-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44 by Ship Numbers (Navy deck-log holdings list) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 58, LST-893 rows (printed page numbering may differ)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's ship-number list identifies deck-log coverage for LST-893 from 5 December 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-12-05 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's administrative and operational log records
- Limitations
- This is a finding aid for log coverage, not a deck-log review. The first listed log date is not treated as the commissioning date. Log contents were not retrieved or reviewed; the entry says nothing about asbestos or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-893-02
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[4]U.S. General Accounting Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page highlights, HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy asbestos protections and asbestos use in Navy ships, with fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. The report summary states that the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace damaged insulation or insulation that had to be removed for repairs, and that the policy was modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ships covered by the program review
- Limitations
- Navy-wide and shipyard program context; neither LST-893 nor its class is identified. Does not show that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, what materials it carried, or whether any person encountered asbestos. Used only as class/era context, never as a hull-specific finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-893-03
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[5]Targeted source review documented in this record's search_ledger; not an affirmative primary-source asbestos record [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger entries sl-uss-lst-893-01 through sl-uss-lst-893-06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, Navy material record, or qualifying asbestos litigation record for LST-893 was established in the accessible sources reviewed for this batch. The lack of a located record is not evidence that asbestos was absent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- A bounded negative search result, not proof of absence. CourtListener could not be searched: its authenticated helper returned a multi-hour daily-quota Retry-After on the first exact-name opinion query, so the exact hull-number query and remaining opinion/docket queries were not sent. NARA log contents and non-digitized records were not reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-893-04