Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 839-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-960-lst960-pkt-839-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-960 (archived official page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived DANFS entry, service, disposition, and awards paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Archived official NHHC/DANFS history states that LST-960 served in the Asiatic-Pacific theater, participating in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April and May 1945; performed Far East occupation duty and China service until early April 1946; decommissioned on 2 July 1946; was struck from the Navy list on 15 August 1946; and was sold on 4 April 1948 to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Seattle, Washington, for scrapping. DANFS credits one World War II battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Navy ship's company and embarked personnel
- Limitations
- The official history records operations and disposition, not material composition, repair scope, asbestos abatement, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-960-lst960-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-960 [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, history bullets and Specifications section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The live NavSource hull page identifies USS LST-960 as an LST-542-class tank landing ship and repeats the construction, Okinawa, occupation/China-service, decommissioning, striking, and 1948 scrapping chronology. Its specifications block gives a complement of 13 officers and 104 enlisted and identifies two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesels, Falk reduction gears, two propellers, and 1,700 shaft horsepower.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is a live archival photo/history source; its class specifications conflict with the BuShips LST-932–979 engine grouping and accommodation figure, so the official BuShips table controls the design-context fields. This page does not document asbestos or individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-960-lst960-03
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[4]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, Logbooks of the U.S. Navy, by Ship Number [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF ship-number index, LST-960 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44, indexed by ship number, lists LST-960 with logbook coverage from 2 December 1944 through 30 June 1945, providing an archival lead for commissioning-era and wartime records.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-12-02 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's company and wartime operations
- Limitations
- The index confirms a date range for logbook coverage, not the contents of any logbook. No logbook volume was retrieved; this row makes no asbestos or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-960-lst960-04
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945), Landing Ship, Tank design table (Shipscribe scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Landing Ship, Tank table: LST-932–979 engine row and accommodation table
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- BuShips Ships' Data 1945 groups LST-960 in LST-932–979 and specifies two General Motors 12-278A diesel engines and 1,700 shaft horsepower for that block. Era/design context for a 1944 diesel landing ship, not a hull-specific material finding, includes possible diesel-engine and exhaust-system insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation/cable, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and deck-machinery friction materials; it has no boilers.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- 1944 shipyard trades, engineering crew, deck-machinery operators, and later maintenance workers
- Limitations
- The BuShips table establishes the design block and diesel machinery, not asbestos content. The application list is era/design inference only and does not establish presence, absence, quantity, condition, removal history, individual exposure, or causation aboard LST-960.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-960-lst960-05
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[6]Batch-7503 source review and search ledger: DANFS, NavSource, NARA Special List No. 44, BuShips Ships' Data, and CourtListener authenticated-helper attempt [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-960-lst960-01 through -06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public sources reviewed: archived official DANFS, live NavSource, NARA's logbook index, and the BuShips design table do not disclose an asbestos survey, abatement, hazmat record, material schedule, or asbestos product for LST-960. CourtListener exact-name and hull-number coverage was not completed because the required authenticated helper reported a 24,703-second multi-hour quota wait before the first result response.
- 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. Litigation coverage is incomplete because the fleet-wide CourtListener quota required a multi-hour stand-down; no anonymous or raw API request was made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-960-lst960-06
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[7]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-960 (archived official page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived DANFS entry, opening paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Archived official NHHC/DANFS history states that LST-960 was laid down on 11 October 1944 at Hingham, Massachusetts, by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc.; launched on 8 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Helen Grande; and commissioned on 2 December 1944.
- 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
- The live NHHC URL returned HTTP 404; the cited Wayback capture is explicitly archived. This row establishes construction milestones only, not asbestos content, quantity, condition, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-960-lst960-01