Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 741-packet.md (4 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-897-lst897-pkt-741-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-897 page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, campaign/service bullets and final-disposition line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records LST-897's assignment to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, participation in the Okinawa Gunto operation from 29 May through 10 June 1945, postwar occupation and China service from 2 September 1945 through 20 March 1946, decommissioning on 23 July 1946, striking from the Naval Register on 28 August 1946, and sale for operation to Steel Powers on 15 June 1948 with fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-1948
- Population
- U.S. Navy personnel and later operators
- Limitations
- The page establishes service and administrative disposition through the 1948 sale; it does not document post-sale fate, asbestos, or individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-897-lst897-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-897 specifications [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, Specifications section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's LST-542-class specification block identifies LST-897 as a 328-foot tank landing ship with a 50-foot beam, 11.6-knot trial speed, two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, Falk main reduction gears, two propellers, 1,700 shaft horsepower, and three diesel-drive 100-kW 230-V DC ship-service generators; it lists accommodation figures of 13 officers and 104 enlisted plus troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted.
- 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 page presents LST-542-class specifications alongside the hull history. It does not establish that any particular insulation, cable, clutch, covering, gasket, or packing aboard LST-897 contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-897-lst897-03
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST Flotilla Thirty-One; LST Group 91; LST Division 182 roster
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Naval History and Heritage Command Pacific Fleet organization document dated 1 May 1945 places LST 897 in LST Flotilla Thirty-One, LST Group 91, LST Division 182.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- LST-897 crew and Pacific Fleet organization
- Limitations
- This roster confirms organization on 1 May 1945 but does not provide a complete service history or any asbestos/material finding. Direct automated retrieval was UA-gated; the official page was verified through the web retrieval fallback.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-897-lst897-04
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[5]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p.58 / lines for LST-897: 12/22/1944 to 8/31/1945, repeated twice
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44, by ship number, lists LST-897 twice in the Navy logbook index, with both entries showing coverage from 22 December 1944 through 31 August 1945; the index itself does not describe the contents of the underlying volumes.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and wartime operations
- Limitations
- The index confirms two entries and their listed coverage dates, but not the contents of the underlying volumes. No logbook volume was retrieved and this row makes no asbestos or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-897-lst897-05
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[6]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page highlights and linked 26-page report description
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's Navy asbestos review reported that Navy ships contained some asbestos in components such as clutches and electric cables and that asbestos thermal insulation was the Navy's major shipboard asbestos use; it also described Navy policies issued in 1975 and modified in 1979.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ship personnel
- Limitations
- Program-level and fleet-level context, not a hull-specific finding. It does not establish that LST-897 contained any listed material, does not quantify material, and does not establish individual exposure or causation. The linked PDF returned HTTP 403 to direct automated retrieval; the official product page and indexed report text were used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-897-lst897-06
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[7]Batch-7440 source review and search ledger; negative finding limited to records located [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-897-lst897-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the authoritative sources reviewed: the NavSource hull page, NHHC image/catalog and fleet-organization records, NARA logbook index, and GAO program report contain no LST-897 asbestos survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or material schedule. The required exact-name and exact-hull CourtListener litigation searches were blocked by the authenticated shared daily quota before results could be returned.
- 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 records located, not proof that asbestos was absent. CourtListener coverage is incomplete because the authenticated helper reported the shared daily quota exhausted; no litigation conclusion should be drawn from the blocked searches. Firecrawl was also quota-exhausted, so permitted direct/web-index fallback was used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-897-lst897-07
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[8]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-897 page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, history bullets and launching caption; exact .net URL verified in indexed live result
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's LST-897 history page records that the hull was laid down on 19 September 1944 at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; launched on 25 November 1944; and commissioned as USS LST-897 on 22 December 1944 under Lieutenant Peter K. Peterson, USNR.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Dravo construction workers and initial Navy crew
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival photo/history resource; command-line retrieval was ModSecurity-blocked, but the exact .net page was live-indexed and its complete text was inspected through the web retrieval fallback. This row establishes identity and construction milestones, not asbestos content, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-897-lst897-01