Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 745-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-920-lst920-pkt-745-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-920 page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, postwar disposition bullets
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource records the post-Navy chain as sale for commercial operations on 17 June 1948 to Standard Oil & Gas Co. as MV Stanolind 55; sale in 1951 to Empreza Internacional de Transportes with the name MV Guarape; modification at Higgins in New Orleans for cargo handling with four main-deck hatches and four derricks; later sale to Companhia Paulista de Commercio Maritimo; and final disposition by sale for scrapping on 23 June 1972.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1948-1972
- Population
- Commercial and Brazilian maritime workers; shipbreakers
- Limitations
- The page records ownership, conversion, and disposition but does not identify asbestos-containing materials or whether any material was removed during conversion or scrapping.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-920-lst920-03
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-920 specifications [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, 542-Class Tank Landing Ship specification block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's LST-542-class specification block identifies two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, single Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-drive 100-kW 230-V DC ship-service generators, two propellers, 1,700 shaft horsepower, a complement of 13 officers and 104 enlisted, and troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1972
- Population
- Engineering crew, shipboard personnel, and maintenance workers
- Limitations
- The specification block describes the recorded design/fit and personnel capacity; it does not establish asbestos content in machinery insulation, gaskets, electrical components, coverings, or friction materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-920-lst920-04
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[4]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 59 / LST-920 rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44, by ship number, lists LST-920 with logbook coverage from 17 June 1944 through 31 December 1945.
- 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, so this row establishes no asbestos or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-920-lst920-05
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[5]Fleischer et al., J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28 (1946), PMID 21016030; GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed record for PMID 21016030; GAO product page highlights
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The 1946 U.S. Public Health Service survey titled 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels' documents the wartime naval-vessel pipe-covering occupational context; GAO later described asbestos use in Navy ships and the Navy's asbestos-removal policies. These sources support era context only for a 1944 Navy vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1979
- Population
- Wartime naval-vessel construction and Navy shipyard workers
- Limitations
- Neither source names LST-920 or establishes a particular product aboard it. The PubMed page provides no abstract; GAO is program-level. No quantity, condition, remaining material, individual exposure, or causation may be inferred for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-920-lst920-06
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[6]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2, published 18 October 1979 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page, Highlights
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 report reviewed the Navy's use of asbestos in Navy ships and its policies for removing or replacing asbestos insulation. This is program-level context for the era, not a finding about LST-920.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ship asbestos program
- Limitations
- Program-level report; it does not name LST-920 or establish a particular product, quantity, condition, remaining material, individual exposure, or causation aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-920-lst920-07
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[7]Authenticated CourtListener helper invocations on 2026-10-03; server response: DAILY QUOTA EXHAUSTED, wait approximately 7.9 hours [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-920-lst920-05 through -08; helper stderr/output
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos litigation record was established in this sweep. The required authenticated CourtListener helper was invoked for exact-name searches ('USS LST-920') and exact-hull searches ('LST-920') across opinion and docket types, but the shared CourtListener server reported daily quota exhaustion and a requested wait of approximately 7.9 hours before returning results. The litigation result is therefore incomplete, not a no-result finding.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is not evidence that no litigation exists. Exact-name and exact-hull litigation searches could not receive CourtListener result pages because of the fleet quota stand-down; no anonymous, raw, v3, or bypass request was made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-920-lst920-08
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[8]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-920 page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, history bullets under USS LST-920
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's LST-920 page records that the LST-542-class hull was laid down on 26 April 1944 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts; launched on 29 May 1944; and commissioned on 17 June 1944 with Ensign Harry N. Schultz USNR in command.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham shipyard workers and initial Navy crew
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival photo/history resource and does not establish asbestos content, quantity, condition, removal history, individual exposure, or causation aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-920-lst920-01
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[9]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-920 page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, campaign/service and administrative-history bullets
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records LST-920's European theater assignment and convoy HXM 30, later reassignment to the Asiatic-Pacific theater, participation in the Okinawa Gunto operation on 7 June 1945, postwar occupation and China service through 5 March 1946, decommissioning at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard on 8 July 1946, and striking from the Naval Register on 14 March 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew and embarked personnel
- Limitations
- The service history establishes operational periods and administrative status only; it does not document asbestos materials or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-920-lst920-02