Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 841-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-970-lst970-pkt-841-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-970 [other_primary]
- Locator
- page lines 22-25; construction and commissioning block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies USS LST-970 as an LST-542 class tank landing ship laid down 14 November 1944 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts; launched 16 December 1944; and commissioned 13 January 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades; commissioning crew
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer historical compilation; the linked NHHC/DANFS page was unavailable for live verification. This row establishes identity and milestones, not asbestos content, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-970-lst970-01
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LST-970 campaign and occupation tables [other_primary]
- Locator
- page lines 26-46; campaign and postwar service block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records LST-970's Asiatic-Pacific assignment and participation in the Okinawa Gunto operation, assault, and occupation from 21 May through 30 June 1945; it also records occupation-service periods in September and October-November 1945 and China service from 29 January through 26 February 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew and embarked personnel
- Limitations
- The source documents service periods and awards, not individual crew exposure, cargo-specific conditions, or asbestos materials aboard the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-970-lst970-02
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[4]NavSource Online, USS LST-970 merchant-service and disposition chronology [other_primary]
- Locator
- page lines 44-55; merchant service and current disposition block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records decommissioning on 10 July 1946, striking from the Naval Register on 15 August 1946, one World War II battle star, sale on 25 April 1947, and post-Navy names and operators: MV Albany, M/V Old Point Comfort, and M/V Atlantico. It reports the former hull laid up and abandoned near San Nicolás, Argentina, circa 1993-1994.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946-1994
- Population
- Navy crew; merchant crews and passengers; later lay-up personnel
- Limitations
- The reported final disposition is a historical web-page account; no official wreck or scrapping record was located. It does not establish whether asbestos-containing material remained at any later date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-970-lst970-03
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[5]NavSource Online, USS LST-970 specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- page lines 57-78; specifications block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship-specific NavSource specification block gives 13 officers and 104 enlisted in the complement, troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted, 328 feet overall length, and 50 feet beam. These are specification or accommodation figures, not a verified LST-970 muster-roll count.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- The block presents class/specification data and does not prove the actual complement on a particular voyage. No asbestos or exposure information is provided.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-970-lst970-04
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[6]NavSource Online, USS LST-970 propulsion specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- page lines 87-94; fuel and propulsion block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NavSource specification block identifies two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, a Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-driven 100-kW 230-V DC ship-service generators, two propellers producing 1,700 shp, and twin rudders. It does not list a boiler or steam plant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Engine-room and ship's-force personnel
- Limitations
- The absence of a boiler listing in this specification block is not proof that no steam equipment existed elsewhere on the hull; it supports only the documented diesel propulsion summary. It does not establish asbestos-containing components.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-970-lst970-05
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[7]Fleischer, Viles, Gade, and Drinker, A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels, Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 28 (1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed record, title, publication date, and subject indexing
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- A 1946 U.S. Public Health Service survey indexed by PubMed studied pipe-covering operations in constructing naval vessels; the record identifies the article and naval-vessel pipe-covering subject. A contemporaneous Navy-era source therefore documents asbestos-insulation work in naval construction, but not LST-970 or Bethlehem-Hingham specifically.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- Naval-vessel pipe-covering workers
- Limitations
- Era/program evidence only. PubMed provides no hull-specific finding and the abstract is unavailable on the page; this row cannot establish asbestos aboard LST-970, quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-970-lst970-06
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[8]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 full-report link
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's HRD-80-2 reviewed Navy ship asbestos use and protection efforts, describing asbestos use in Navy ships, thermal insulation, and later Navy replacement/removal policies. The report supplies program-level context for a 1944-1945 Navy-built vessel, not a material survey of LST-970.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy asbestos-program personnel
- Limitations
- Program-level evidence; the reviewed shipyards and policies do not identify LST-970. It does not establish installation, quantity, remaining material, individual exposure, or causation for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-970-lst970-07
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[9]Inference from NavSource propulsion/construction record, PubMed PMID 21016030, and GAO HRD-80-2 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource construction/propulsion blocks; PubMed record; GAO product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The evidence supports only a class/era inference: LST-970 was constructed during World War II naval shipbuilding, while the 1946 naval-vessel survey and GAO Navy program review document asbestos-related insulation work and use in Navy ship contexts. Potential applications listed for this diesel LST are pipe and machinery insulation, exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and brake linings; none is ship-specific documentation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1994
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades; Navy crew; merchant crews; later maintenance and lay-up personnel
- Limitations
- This is not proof that any listed product was installed aboard LST-970. No quantity, manufacturer, location, condition, removal history, exposure, or causation is established; the record remains Tier 2.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-970-lst970-08
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[10]CourtListener authenticated API helper output for exact-name and exact-hull searches [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-970-lst970-04 and -05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CourtListener exact-name and exact-hull-number searches were attempted through the authenticated helper, but the service reported the shared daily quota exhausted and required a stand-down of approximately 6.9 hours. No litigation hit could be classified from those blocked requests.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is a blocked search, not a no-result finding. Litigation status remains open; no conclusion about asbestos litigation, other litigation, name collision, exposure, or merits may be drawn until the authenticated quota resets.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-970-lst970-09
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[11]Batch-7513 source review: live NavSource ship page; GAO HRD-80-2; PubMed PMID 21016030; NHHC/DANFS URL check; CourtListener search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-970-lst970-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, material list, hazmat disclosure, or other hull-specific asbestos record was located in the authoritative/public sources reviewed. The absence of a located record is recorded as a negative finding, not as proof that asbestos was absent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The NHHC/DANFS page was unavailable and CourtListener was quota-blocked, so the negative finding is limited to the accessible/reviewed sources. It does not establish absence of asbestos, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-970-lst970-10