Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 742-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-899-lst899-pkt-742-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, USS LST-899 hull page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page, timeline and service-history block; live page verified HTTP 200
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's hull page states that LST-899 was laid down on 22 October 1944 at Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh; launched on 2 December 1944; commissioned on 1 January 1945 with Ens. Albert H. Thornton in command; served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and in occupation/China service from September 1945 through 4 April 1946; was decommissioned on 15 July 1946; struck from the Naval Register on 15 August 1946; and sold for scrapping on 5 December 1947 to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-10-22 to 1947-12-05
- Population
- LST-899 crew and embarked military personnel
- Limitations
- Authoritative curated naval-history/photo archive for the hull's timeline; it contains no asbestos survey, material schedule, abatement record, or individual exposure evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-899-lst899-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (13 April 1945), scanned volume [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST-542-931 design table and LST899 roster entry; PDF downloaded and text-extracted; live URL verified
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II roster names LST899 and records Dravo construction, keel laid 22 October 1944, launched 2 December 1944, and first commission 1 January 1945. Its LST-542-931 design table specifies two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines and 1,700 shp for the design group containing LST-899.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Dravo construction trades and commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous official register corroborates identity, dates, and design-group machinery; it does not identify asbestos or confirm installed insulation, gaskets, packing, or other materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-899-lst899-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 58 / text lines 2760-2761, LST-899 entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44, by Ship Numbers, lists LST-899 deck-log coverage from 1 January 1945 through 30 June 1945. The list is an archival locator for the ship's logbook series, not a retrieved deck log and not an asbestos finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-01-01 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- LST-899 crew during the listed logbook period
- Limitations
- The locator identifies the date range of records but the underlying deck logs were not retrieved; it establishes no materials, exposure, or litigation fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-899-lst899-03
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[5]Fleischer, W.E., Drinker, P. et al., 'A Health Survey of Pipe Covering Operations in Constructing Naval Vessels,' Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 28(1) (1946), full text in PubMed Central [other_primary]
- Locator
- Full-text article; live page verified HTTP 200
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- For a WWII naval-vessel construction context, the Fleischer-Drinker industrial-hygiene study documents pipe-covering operations in constructing naval vessels. Combined with the BuShips/NavSource documentation that LST-899 was a 1945 diesel-powered naval vessel, this supports only an era/design inference that asbestos-relevant applications could have included engine or exhaust lagging, gaskets and packing, deck coverings, accommodation or machinery insulation, electrical insulation, and brake linings. No item is confirmed aboard LST-899.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1940s construction era; article published 1946
- Population
- Naval-vessel construction pipe-covering trades; 1945 LST engine-room and shipboard populations as contextual groups
- Limitations
- The study is construction-program/occupational context and does not name LST-899, the Dravo yard, or a material schedule for this hull. It does not establish asbestos content, quantity, present condition, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-899-lst899-04
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[6]Batch-7442 source and litigation search ledger; NavSource, BuShips Ships' Data, NARA Special List 44, direct official-page checks, and authenticated CourtListener helper [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-899-lst899-01 through sl-uss-lst-899-lst899-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the searched public sources: no hull-specific asbestos survey, material schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or museum record naming LST-899 was found. The CourtListener litigation sweep could not be completed because its authenticated helper reported the fleet-shared daily quota exhausted and instructed a stand-down of approximately 8.3 hours; this is a blocked search, not a no-result finding.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. CourtListener is an open litigation gap because the required authenticated service was quota-blocked; no legal conclusion is drawn.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-899-lst899-05