Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 743-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-907-lst907-pkt-743-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-907 entry (live official Navy page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Live DANFS LST-907 page, service and disposition paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The live official DANFS entry states that during World War II LST-907 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the invasion of southern France in September 1944; that she was decommissioned on 18 October 1946; and that on 25 November 1946 the ship was delivered to and commissioned in the Venezuelan Navy and struck from the Navy list that same date. DANFS credits LST-907 with one battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew; embarked troops
- Limitations
- DANFS gives the campaign at month granularity (September 1944); NavSource's campaign-credit table gives the assault window 15 August - 25 September 1944. DANFS contains no asbestos or material information and does not name the Venezuelan successor or her fate.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-907-lst907-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-907 / ARBV Capana page (updated 24 February 2023) [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page: history bullets, campaign table, awards strip, commanding-officer table, and photo captions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's live LST-907 page records: Europe-Africa-Middle East campaign credit 'Invasion of southern France 15 August 1944 to 25 September 1944'; decommissioned 18 October 1946 and laid up in the Reserve Fleet; struck from the Naval Register and transferred to Venezuela 25 November 1946, commissioned as ARBV Capana; commanding officers Lt. Dale O. Morgan USNR (30 April 1944 - December 1945) and Lt. Edwin J. Cantelope USN (December 1945 - 18 October 1946); call sign NVQA; one WWII battle star. Contributed photo captions document LST-907 loading the USAAF 523rd Fighter Squadron's ground crew and equipment at Civitavecchia, Italy, circa 13 July 1944, alongside LST-988 for sealift to Corsica, and show bow damage from a collision with another ship at anchor off NAB Little Creek, Virginia (undated).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew; transported USAAF personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained archival photo/history resource; photo-caption details (Civitavecchia 13 July 1944; Little Creek collision damage) rest on contributor attribution and are undated where stated. The page contains no asbestos or material information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-907-lst907-03
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, LST-907 specifications block [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, Specifications section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's specifications for LST-907 as a 542-class tank landing ship: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full load; 328 ft overall length; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial speed; complement 13 officers and 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers and 147 enlisted; two LCVPs; two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines with single Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-drive 100-kW 230-V DC ship-service generators, two propellers, 1,700 shaft horsepower, twin rudders.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Engineering crew and construction/maintenance workers
- Limitations
- The page presents class/design specifications on the hull page; it does not establish that any particular insulation, gasket, cable, covering, or friction material aboard LST-907 contained asbestos. BuShips Ships' Data 1945 gives 106 enlisted (vs 104 here) - variant unresolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-907-lst907-04
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[5]Armada Bolivariana de Venezuela / Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Cultura, 'Efemerides y cotidianidad naval venezolana' (Caracas: Fundacion Editorial El perro y la rana, 2022), dated entries [other_primary]
- Locator
- Dated entries: 31 January (1944 'botadura' of Capana LST-907); February section (1946 arrival, first CO Lt. Rafael Rosales); 1947 marine-training voyage; 1951 cadet cruise; 1983 launch/assignment and 1984 arrival of Capana T-61
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Venezuelan Navy's official naval-history yearbook (Efemerides y cotidianidad naval venezolana, Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Cultura / Armada, 2022) records for the transport Capana, explicitly identified as LST-907: arrival in Venezuela in 1946 as a 4,060-ton LST-type transport with first Venezuelan commander Lt. Rafael Rosales; a 1947 voyage carrying Venezuelan marines to training at Norfolk, Parris Island, and Camp Lejeune; and a 1951 cadet cruise to New York under CC Leoncio Navas Acevedo. The same volume documents a second, distinct ship of the same name - transport Capana (T-61), launched 1983 at Sanyong Corporation yards, South Korea, arriving Puerto Cabello 1984 - confirming the WWII-era Capana (ex-LST-907) had left Venezuelan service before the name was reused.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946-1951 (documented entries); service end bounded before 1983
- Population
- Venezuelan Navy crew, cadets, and embarked marines
- Limitations
- Official government-published naval history; entries are one-line chronicle items without citations. The 1944 'botadura' (launch) entry is filed under 31 January - the documented keel-laying date - so the source conflates laying-down with launching (the true launch was 18 March 1944). No decommissioning, striking, or disposal entry for the ex-LST-907 Capana appears in the volume; its final disposition remains undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-907-lst907-05
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan); class background used for design context only [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST design table; class profile lst-1-class.class.json corroborates the LST-542-group machinery grouping
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference only: the BuShips Ships' Data 1945 LST design table identifies this design group (LST-542/931 within the LST-1 series) as diesel-powered with two GM 12-567A engines and no boilers; period asbestos-relevant applications for this type may include diesel-engine and exhaust-system insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation and cable, deck coverings, accommodation-space insulation, and brake/friction linings on winches and windlass.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-design era
- Population
- 1944 shipyard trades, engineering crew, and later maintenance workers (US and Venezuelan eras)
- Limitations
- Class/design inference, not a ship-specific material finding. The source does not state asbestos content and does not establish presence, absence, quantity, condition, removal history, individual exposure, or causation aboard LST-907. Venezuelan-era refits could have changed the material load and are undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-907-lst907-06
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[7]Wikipedia, USS LST-907 article infobox (claim cited there to NavSource, which does not state the date); cross-checked against DANFS, NavSource page text, and Armada efemerides [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wikipedia infobox, Venezuela section; NavSource page text; efemerides 1983-1984 entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Secondary-source claim bounded, not verified: Wikipedia's infobox gives the Venezuelan Capana a 'T-11 FNV' hull symbol and 'Decommissioned 1957 / fate unknown.' Neither DANFS, NavSource, nor the official Venezuelan naval-history yearbook states a decommissioning or disposal date for the ex-LST-907 hull. The 1957 figure is consistent with NavSource's cadet-training-ship photographs (circa 1952) but is not corroborated; the only firm bound is that the name was reused for a South Korean-built transport launched 1983.
- Verification
- disputed
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946-1983
- Limitations
- Classifies the '1957 decommissioning' claim as unverified secondary data rather than fact; also corrects possible conflation of the ex-LST-907 Capana with the South Korean-built Capana T-61 (launched 1983, still in Venezuelan service - a different hull).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-907-lst907-07
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[8]Batch-7450 source review and search ledger: live DANFS, live NavSource, Armada efemerides, NARA Special List No. 44, authenticated CourtListener helper attempt; class-level sweep result (lst-1-class.class.json ev-lst-1-class-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-907-lst907-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public sources searched: the live DANFS entry, live NavSource page, and official Venezuelan naval-history yearbook contain no asbestos, survey, abatement, hazmat, or insulation-material disclosure for LST-907; the CourtListener litigation sweep could not be run because the fleet-shared daily API quota was exhausted at research time (helper returned stand-down, ~8 h reset); the earlier class-level CourtListener sweep located no asbestos docket naming any LST hull (only an incidental 'USS LST 579' mention inside a reunion-notice exhibit in Gitto v. A.W. Chesterton, S.D.N.Y.).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Negative finding about records located, not proof that asbestos was absent. CourtListener coverage for this hull is a gap, not a result: the daily quota was exhausted before any query completed, so no litigation conclusion should be drawn. A 1944 hull transferred to Venezuela in 1946 is era-consistent with retained asbestos-containing materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-907-lst907-08
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[9]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship-number index, LST-907 rows (4/30/1944 - 6/30/1945)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44, by ship number, lists LST-907 with surviving logbook coverage from 30 April 1944 (the commissioning date) through 30 June 1945 - the vessel's commissioning and WWII service period, including the southern France operation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and wartime operations
- Limitations
- The index confirms logbook coverage dates, not log contents. No logbook volume was retrieved; coverage ends 30 June 1945, so postwar and decommissioning-period logs are outside this index range. This row makes no asbestos or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-907-lst907-09
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[10]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-907 entry (live official Navy page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Live DANFS LST-907 page, opening paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The live official DANFS entry states that LST-907 was laid down on 31 January 1944 at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc.; launched on 18 March 1944; sponsored by Miss Rosemary Leonard; and commissioned on 30 April 1944, Lt. Dale O. Morgan, USNR, in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction workers and initial Navy crew
- Limitations
- Establishes identity and construction milestones only; the entry contains no asbestos, material, survey, or exposure information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-907-lst907-01