Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, New London County (LST-1066), Naval History and Heritage Command; live URL returned 502 to the web fetcher, content cross-checked against the official search result [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, header and full narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-1066 was laid down 18 January 1945 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, launched 21 February 1945, and commissioned 20 March 1945. It served in the Western Pacific and occupation duty, entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet in March 1946, joined ResLSTRon TWO on 19 June 1963, was fully commissioned 21 December 1965, served in Vietnam, was decommissioned 27 February 1967, and continued in Military Sea Transportation Service service through 1969.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1969
- Population
- Ship's company, embarked troops, and shipyard personnel
- Limitations
- Authoritative ship history used for the vessel timeline. The page does not document asbestos, an asbestos product, a survey, abatement, individual exposure, causation, or remaining material. The live page returned 502 at research time, so its content was verified from the official NHHC search result and corroborated by the live NavSource page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-new-london-county-lst1066-01
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[2]NavSource Online, USS New London County (LST-1066), live page verified 2026-10-02 [other_primary]
- Locator
- History, disposition, specifications, and propulsion blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records the Bethlehem-Hingham construction, 20 March 1945 commissioning, January 1947 decommissioning, 1 July 1955 naming, 21 December 1965 recommissioning, 27 February 1967 transfer to MSTS, 10 June 1973 striking, August 1973 sale to Chile as BACH Comandante Hemmerdinger (LST-88), 1984 commercial renaming to M/V Maquiserv, and final disposition as unknown. It also records a 328-foot length, 50-foot beam, 266-person Navy complement summary, and two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines with three diesel-drive ship-service generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1984
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Live naval-history archive used for specifications and disposition corroboration. It conflicts with DANFS on the first decommissioning month (January 1947 versus March 1946); the conflict is preserved in gaps. It does not document asbestos aboard this hull or establish exposure, causation, quantity, condition, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-new-london-county-lst1066-02
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[3]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research; Bureau of Ships General, Confidential, and Secret Correspondence
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives recommends beginning with the ship history and then searching Record Group 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence, ship-specific hull files, class files, and construction or overhaul shipyard records when researching whether a Navy vessel had asbestos material aboard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1941-1961 guidance
- Population
- U.S. Navy vessels and shipyard workers
- Limitations
- Research guidance, not a New London County finding. The page expressly describes a research pathway and does not establish asbestos presence, products, quantity, condition, exposure, or abatement on LST-1066.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-new-london-county-lst1066-03
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page, report description and highlights
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's report concerns Navy-wide asbestos use and worker-protection programs, including policies for damaged or repair-disturbed insulation in the 1970s; it is not a survey or material record for USS New London County.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy vessels
- Limitations
- Program-level context only. The report does not identify LST-1066, a class-specific quantity, a product aboard this hull, individual exposure, or an abatement action. No program-level statement is converted into ship-specific evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-new-london-county-lst1066-04
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[5]Batch-6554 source sweep and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-new-london-county-lst1066-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the accessible production sweep: no asbestos survey, product specification, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum-condition record, or public asbestos litigation record naming USS New London County (LST-1066) was verified.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02 research sweep
- Limitations
- A negative search result does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. Firecrawl was unavailable because its keyless service reported a 27,056-second quota stand-down; CourtListener exact-name and exact-hull requests were attempted through the required authenticated helper but encountered the fleet pacing stand-down before returning usable results. The negative finding therefore excludes only located evidence and is not an exhaustive litigation or archival conclusion.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-new-london-county-lst1066-05