USS Accomac (LST-710)

Evidence

10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).

1. [1]research packet 835-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-accomac-lst710-pkt-835-packet-md

2. [2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'Accomac II (APB-49)' - full entry incl. spec block and post-war narrative (live NHHC page verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS 'Accomac II (APB-49)' full entry incl. spec block; Published: Thu Jun 11 07:39:26 EDT 2015

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Documented for this hull: second Accomac (APB-49) laid down 13 May 1944 at Jeffersonville, Ind., by Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co. as LST-710; launched 28 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Maude B. Schricker; commissioned 24 July 1944. Served Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the invasion of Luzon at Lingayen Gulf, January 1945. Returned to San Diego and began conversion to a self-propelled barracks ship; on 1 August 1945 named Accomac and redesignated APB-49. Continued conversion at San Diego until 8 September, then Adak (arrived 21 September; cargo/mail; departed 23 September); anchored Ominato Ko, Japan, 3 October; Aomori Wan for over a month; Yokosuka from 25 November through end of 1945; Sasebo 18 February - 3 March 1946; San Diego 30 March; decommissioned 9 August 1946. Berthed with Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego, over 12 years; sold 7 December 1959 to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., New York City, for scrapping. One battle star for WWII service as LST-710. Spec block: dp. 4,080 (f.); l. 328'0"; b. 50'0"; dr. 14'1"; s. 11.6 k. (tl.); cpl. 119; a. 8 40mm.; cl. LST-542. Namesake: Accomac - a Virginia county and its seat on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-1959

   Population

   JeffBoat construction trades (1944); San Diego conversion workforce (Jun-Sep 1945); ship's company plus up to ~1,226 transient berthing capacity (1945-46); Pacific Reserve Fleet caretakers (1946-59); breakup-yard workers (1959-60)

   Limitations

   Authoritative service history; contains no asbestos, insulation, or hazardous-material information. The entry itself states 'no date for her strike from the Navy list has been found, this probably occurred late in 1959' - NavSource, NavalCoverMuseum, and Shipscribe all give 1 May 1959 (conflict logged in gaps). Sponsor surname spelled 'Schricker' here vs 'Shricker' in the companion LST-710 DANFS entry - variant flagged in gaps. DANFS gives no commissioning officer and no conversion-yard name beyond 'San Diego'.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-accomac-lst710-01

3. [3]DANFS, 'LST-710' - LST-phase entry (live NHHC page verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS 'LST-710' entry, full text

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The LST-designation DANFS entry documents for this hull: laid down at Jeffersonville, Ind., by Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched 28 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Maude B. Shricker [sic - 'Schricker' in the Accomac II entry]; commissioned 24 July 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the Lingayen Gulf landing in January 1945. Redesignated APB-49 and named Accomac on 1 August 1945. Earned one battle star for World War II service.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-1945

   Population

   JeffBoat construction trades (1944); LST crew (1944-45)

   Limitations

   Authoritative service history; contains no asbestos or material content. Terse entry - omits the laid-down date (supplied by the Accomac II entry) and prints sponsor surname 'Shricker' where the companion entry prints 'Schricker' (variant in gaps). The two DANFS entries are mutually consistent on every other shared fact.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-accomac-lst710-02

4. [4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Accomac (APB-49) ex USS LST-710 - designation timeline, APB specification block, campaign/awards tables, CO roster, photographs [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/13/1349.htm header block, APB specifications, campaign and awards tables, CO roster, photo captions

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource timeline for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship / Benewah-class self-propelled barracks ship; laid down 13 May 1944 at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN; launched 28 June 1944; commissioned USS LST-710 24 July 1944, LT. Henry G. Coit, USNR, in command. Asiatic-Pacific campaign: Luzon operation, Lingayen Gulf landing, 4-18 January 1945. Redesignated and converted to a Benewah-class self-propelled barracks ship at San Diego, CA; conversion completed 1 August 1945, named USS Accomac (APB-49). Decommissioned 9 August 1946 at San Diego; laid up Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group; struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1959; final disposition sold for scrapping 7 December 1959 to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., New York City, N.Y., scrapped at Terminal Island, CA by NASSCO. One battle star for WWII service. Awards: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1); WWII Victory Medal; Philippines Presidential Unit Citation; Philippines Liberation Medal (1). APB spec block: 4,000 t.; 328'; 50' beam; 11'2" draft; 12 kts.; complement 12 officers/129 enlisted; troop accommodation 26 officers/1,200 enlisted; armament two quad 40mm AA mounts + twenty .50/.30-cal machine guns; fuel 2,975 Bbls diesel; propulsion two GM 12-567A diesels, double Falk main reduction gears, five diesel-drive 100 kW 120V/240V ship's service generators, twin rudders, two propellers, 1,600 shp. CO roster: LT. Coit, Henry Gwinnell, USNR (24 July 1944 - 9 November 1945); LTjg. Reid, Louis William, USNR (9 November 1945 - 9 August 1946). Call sign NFRR. Photographs: at anchor in Tokyo Bay 1945 (John D. Whiteshirt, USN 1945-46); in reserve in the 1950s showing two Quonset huts on deck and six Welin davits (US Navy photo via Shipscribe).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-1959

   Population

   Ship's company (12 officers/129 enlisted APB spec) plus up to ~1,226 transient personnel (barracks function); Japan-station occupation-era transients (Oct 1945 - Mar 1946)

   Limitations

   NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; milestone dates track DANFS where both exist. Contains no asbestos content. Struck date 1 May 1959 conflicts with DANFS's 'no date found, probably late in 1959' (gap logged). Complement 141 and draft 11'2" differ from the DANFS spec block's cpl. 119 and dr. 14'1" (variants in gaps). The Tokyo Bay photo is a crew photograph, not an NHHC-cataloged print.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-accomac-lst710-03

5. [5]Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts), 'USS Wythe (APB-41) Class' page - construction/disposition tables, class notes covering the six LST-to-APB conversions, ship note for APB-49 [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipscribe.com/usnaux/APB/APB41.html - construction table (APB 49 row), disposition table, class notes, ship note APB-49

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Shipscribe's APB-41 class data sheet records for this hull: builder 'Jeffersonville Boat & Mach'; keel 13 May 1944; launch 28 June 1944; reclassified 1 August 1945; decommissioned 9 August 1946; struck 1 May 1959; disposed 7 December 1959 (sold). Ship note: 'Ex LST-710 1 Aug 45. Commissioned as LST 24 Jul 44. Converted at San Diego Jun-Aug 45, no service. In USN reserve 1946-59.' Class notes: 'APB 49-50 were converted at San Diego and Long Beach, Cal., between June and September 1945. They appear to have been converted along the same lines as APB 41-44: they each received the same two Quonset huts on the weather deck along with 4 evaporators, 24 refrigerator units, 2 electric generators, and 250 additional bunks on the tank deck. A deficiency in all of these improvised conversions was the lack of a crane for handling stores; the six ships also lacked a large hatch through which pallets of stores could be passed from the weather deck to the tank deck.' Later armament (1945, APB 49-50): 2-40mmT 4-40mmS 8-20mm. Machinery line for the class: G.M. diesels, 2 screws, 1,800 HP; 10 kts.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-1959

   Population

   San Diego conversion workforce (Jun-Aug 1945); ~250 added transient berthing capacity (design intent)

   Limitations

   Shipscribe is a respected private research compilation drawing on official records (Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels, BuShips records) - secondary, not a registry page. The conversion scope is material-relevant context (refrigeration, evaporator, galley and accommodation installation) without material identification. 'Converted at San Diego' is given without a named conversion yard - the facility performing the work is undocumented. Contains no asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-accomac-lst710-04

6. [6]Shipbuilding History (shipbuildinghistory.com), 'Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company (JeffBoat), Jeffersonville IN - Self-Propelled Vessels' - yard history and hull table including LST 710 [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/jeffboat.htm - yard history paragraph; self-propelled vessels table, LST 710 row

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The builder's-yard record names this hull: JeffBoat hull table line 'LST 710 | US Navy | Landing Ship | 1,625d | 328 | 24-Jul-44 | Redesignated Accomac (APB 49), scrapped 1960'. Yard history: Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company was organized in 1938 by American Barge Line (ABL) on the site of the former M. A. Sweeney & Brothers yard (closed 1920); in 1942 the Navy condemned the neighboring Howard Shipyard & Dock Company (closed 1940) and leased it to JeffBoat for the duration of the war, in which it was a major builder of LSTs with employment peaking at 13,000; ABL bought the Howard portion from the Navy in 1947 and merged it, becoming the country's leading builder of towboats and inland barges; the yard closed permanently in 2018.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1938-2018 (yard); 1944 (hull)

   Population

   JeffBoat wartime workforce (peak 13,000); LST-710 construction trades (May-July 1944)

   Limitations

   Private research compilation, secondary - its per-hull line is consistent with DANFS/NavSource on every shared fact. The yard-level description (peak employment 13,000, major LST builder) is yard context that does not by itself establish working conditions aboard or during this hull's construction. 'Scrapped 1960' vs the documented 7 December 1959 sale is consistent (breakup followed sale) but the breakup window itself is not dated by this source. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-accomac-lst710-05

7. [7]NavalCoverMuseum, ACCOMAC APB 49 ship page - name/designation history and post-office record [museum_official]

   Locator

   navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/ACCOMAC_APB_49 - 'Ship Name and Designation History' and 'Postmarks' sections

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Independent designation-chain corroboration: LST-542-class tank landing ship; keel laid 13 May 1944; launched 28 June 1944; USS LST-710 commissioned 24 July 1944; redesignated Benawah-class self-propelled barracks ship (APB) and named 1 August 1945; decommissioned 9 August 1946; struck from Naval Register 1 May 1959; sold 7 December 1959 to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., New York City, N.Y. for scrap. Ship's post office established 6 September 1945, disestablished 1 August 1946 - consistent with the Japan-station deployment window.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-1959

   Limitations

   Volunteer-maintained philatelic museum wiki - corroborative secondary source, consistent with DANFS/NavSource/Shipscribe on every shared fact including the 1 May 1959 strike date that DANFS could not document. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-accomac-lst710-06

8. [8]Corn JK, Starr J. 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding.' Am J Ind Med 12(4):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Am J Ind Med 12(4):359-373 (1987), DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700120402

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that WWII-era U.S. shipyards extensively installed asbestos-containing insulation, lagging, and gaskets in naval construction - the era in which this hull was built (1944, at a Navy-expanded inland river yard whose workforce peaked at 13,000) and converted (June-September 1945, San Diego). For a diesel-powered LST with no boilers, the era-relevant applications concentrate in diesel exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets and packing, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings; the documented barracks-ship conversion (refrigeration units, evaporators, Quonset-hut berthing/galley, ~250 added bunks) is a plausible installation/disturbance event for era materials, and the 1959-60 breakup the dispersal endpoint.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1941-1945 (study scope); applied 1944-1960

   Population

   WWII-era shipyard workers (JeffBoat, Jeffersonville, 1944); San Diego conversion workforce (Jun-Sep 1945); wartime crew and embarked transients; breakup-yard workers (era context)

   Limitations

   Era-level scholarship plus class/type inference; the source does not name this hull, class, or yard and does not establish that any specific material aboard this ship contained asbestos. No ship-specific product is verified; the diesel plant (no boilers) narrows the exposure-relevant scope relative to steam vessels. Conversion equipment materials are unverified at material level.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-accomac-lst710-07

9. [9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]

   Locator

   GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when required for repairs, modified in 1979 toward selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. Neither policy could have applied to this hull - she was sold for scrapping 7 December 1959, roughly sixteen years before the first policy issued.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1979

   Population

   Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review (not this hull)

   Limitations

   Program-level Navy documentation for era fleet context only; the policies post-date this hull's disposal entirely, so no hull-specific application was possible. gao.gov has historically returned HTTP 403 to automated fetches in this production program - content reflects the product-page description as verified through the firecrawl path in sibling records.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-accomac-lst710-08

10. [10]Batch-7240 search ledger (this record): DANFS live NHHC entries (both pages); NavSource 1349; Shipscribe APB-41 class page; shipbuildinghistory JeffBoat; NavalCoverMuseum; NVR SHIPSDETAIL_APB_49; NARA catalog; CourtListener API v4 (paced); secondary web sweep; CDC/NIOSH JeffBoat survey check [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-accomac-lst710-01 through sl-uss-accomac-lst710-14

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or qualifying litigation naming USS Accomac / LST-710 / APB-49 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener API v4 returned zero opinions for exact phrase 'USS Accomac' and zero opinions for exact phrase 'APB-49'; the 'LST-710' opinion search and all docket-type searches could not be completed within the shared fleet pacing window this session - logged as blocked in search_ledger, a residual open gap rather than a completed negative. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; asbestos assertions exist only in law-firm marketing listicles (mesotheliomaveterans.org, simmonsfirm.com, mesothelioma.com, sokolovelaw.com, elslaw.com, freeasbestostesting.com) - excluded sources.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-10-02

    Study period

    2026-10-02

    Limitations

    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944-built LST with a documented major conversion is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. CourtListener coverage is partial: opinion-type searches for the two name/hull phrases completed at zero; 'LST-710' opinions and all docket sweeps are unrun open items (fleet pacing). Coverage is opinion- and docket-metadata level; state-court and unindexed filings are outside the sweep. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-accomac-lst710-09