Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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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-973-lst973-pkt-841-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-973 / RFS Golo (L 9008) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull chronology and disposition block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The live NavSource hull record identifies USS LST-973 as an LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 25 November 1944 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts; launched 27 December 1944; commissioned 27 January 1945; decommissioned 24 May 1946 and transferred to U.S. Army custody; reinstated and recommissioned 6 September 1950; decommissioned and transferred to France 7 November 1951 as RFS Golo (L 9008); struck from the U.S. register 20 November 1951; struck from the French Navy in 1960; and sold for scrapping in 1959.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1960
- Population
- U.S. Navy and U.S. Army personnel; French Navy crew
- Limitations
- The live page documents identity, chronology, and disposition; it does not document asbestos content, individual exposure, or the complete material history under U.S. Army or French custody.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-973-lst973-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-973 / RFS Golo (L 9008), specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block: Complement, Troop Accommodations, Speed, Propulsion
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The same live hull record lists the ship's specification block as 328 feet overall length, 50-foot beam, 11.6-knot trial speed, a complement of 13 officers and 104 enlisted personnel, troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted personnel, and two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines driving two propellers through a single Falk Main Reduction Gear for 1,700 shaft horsepower.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-1951
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- The specification block supports the diesel/no-boiler description and crew figures used here; it does not identify insulation or other asbestos-containing products aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-973-lst973-02
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[4]LST-1-class profile background, used only for class/era context; ship-specific NavSource machinery specification [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class-profile context cross-checked against NavSource propulsion block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference only: a 1944-1945 diesel-powered LST-542-class ship could plausibly have asbestos-containing engine or exhaust insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and friction linings. No item in this inference is documented as installed aboard LST-973.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-present
- Population
- 1944-1945 construction trades and ship's company; later maintenance personnel
- Limitations
- This is not a hull finding: no ship-specific material schedule, survey, quantity, present-day status, or exposure pathway is established. The diesel plant means steam-boiler and steam-line lagging claims are not carried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-973-lst973-03
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[5]Batch-7516 search ledger: NavSource hull record, NHHC/DANFS URL check, direct official-source checks, and CourtListener helper attempt [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-973-lst973-01 through -06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public sources reviewed for this record: no hull asbestos survey, construction material schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos litigation record was found. The absence of a located record is reported 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
- CourtListener and Firecrawl coverage were interrupted by fleet/API quota stand-downs, so this negative finding is limited to the sources actually accessible in this session. It does not establish absence of asbestos, defeat an exposure claim, or establish legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-973-lst973-04