Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 515-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-belle-grove-lsd2-pkt-515-packet-md
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[2]NHHC DANFS, 'Belle Grove I (LSD-2)' - canonical text live-verified 2026-09-30 (note URL is belle-grove-i.html; the unsuffixed belle-grove.html returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Belle Grove I (LSD-2)' full text (author Timothy L. Francis, 23 Feb 2006; published 24 Jun 2015)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LSD-2 was laid down 27 October 1942 by Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, Calif.; launched 17 February 1943; sponsored by Mrs. George M. Lowry; commissioned at Oakland 9 August 1943, Lt. Comdr. Morris Seavey, USNR, in command. Namesake: the Belle Grove home and plantation in King George County, Va., birthplace of President James Madison. WWII service: Makin Island landings 20 Nov 1943; Kwajalein 31 Jan-8 Feb 1944 (floating drydock/boat pool); Solomons-Emirau cargo lift Mar-Apr 1944; Saipan 15 Jun-28 Jul 1944; Tinian 24-28 Jul 1944; Leyte landings 20 Oct 1944 plus four New Guinea-Leyte supply runs; Lingayen Gulf 9 Jan 1945; Iwo Jima 19 Feb-20 Mar 1945 (repaired 199 small craft); post-surrender Okinawa repair duty at Buckner Bay (163 landing craft docked/repaired); Shanghai-Hong Kong lift Nov-Dec 1945; San Diego 1 Jan 1946; preservation overhaul; decommissioned 30 Aug 1946. Recommissioned 27 Dec 1950; Norfolk-based Atlantic service incl. Baltimore overhaul Jun-Sep 1951, 6th Fleet Med deployment Jan-May 1952 (NATO Exercise Grand Slam), Charleston repairs Jan-Mar 1953; Pacific reassignment May 1953; Operation Barchange Arctic supply May-Sep 1953, then San Diego repairs including 'modifications necessary for operations in a radiation contaminated environment'; Operation Castle at Bikini/Enewetak Jan-May 1954 (boat-pool mother ship, evacuation and LCM decontamination duty); Kwajalein-Guam-Sangley Point lift Sep-Nov 1954; Long Beach Naval Shipyard overhaul 11 Jan-27 Apr 1955; second Alaska resupply May-Oct 1955 incl. Bering Sea ice damage repairs; first postwar WestPac Jan-Oct 1956; Operation Hardtack at Eniwetok/Bikini/Johnston Island Apr-Sep 1958; two further WestPac deployments to mid-1960; Todd Shipyard San Pedro overhaul to 11 Jan 1961; Portland, Oreg. FRAM overhaul Jun-Dec 1961 (crew berthed on APL-4; new mess facilities, communications, engineering/hull/well-deck maintenance); 1962 Laos-crisis Thailand lift with Carter Hall (LSD-3); Cuban Missile Crisis Caribbean station Oct-Dec 1962; fifth Far East deployment Sep 1963-Apr 1964 (boiler repairs); Todd Shipyard Seattle modernization overhaul Jul-Oct 1964 (aging hull, piping systems, cabling); Vietnam 1965 (South Korean Tiger Corps lift, Danang boat haven, Market Time repair support); 1966 Rung Sat PBR/UH-1B support and Operation Jackstay command center (relieved by Tortuga LSD-26, 19 Apr 1966); TF 76 Far East lifts Sep 1966-Jan 1967; Aug 1967-Jan 1968 I Corps amphibious assaults and CH-46 well-deck operations; Long Beach Naval Shipyard overhaul 10 Apr-14 Jul 1968; Bethlehem Steel San Pedro availability Jan 1969; AEC explosives lifts to Johnston Island and Bikini Feb 1969; final Vietnam lifts Mar-Aug 1969. Decommissioned 12 Nov 1969 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register the same day; held at Inactive Ship Facility, San Diego, into 1970; sold that summer to N. W. Kennedy of Vancouver, B.C., and broken up for scrap. Six battle stars for WWII service and eight for Vietnam service. DANFS spec line: dp. 9,375 (f.)(lim.); l. 457'9"; b. 72'2"; dr. 18'; s. 15.4 k.; cpl. 326; a. 1 5"; cl. Ashland.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1970
- Population
- Ship's company ~326 (DANFS figure) plus embarked troops/landing-craft crews across WWII Pacific operations; later crews through 1969
- Limitations
- DANFS is a secondary official synthesis, not a primary record; it contains no asbestos, materials, or insulation information and supports no asbestos claim. Battle-star count conflicts with NavSource (six WWII stars in DANFS vs seven in NavSource) - logged in gaps. DANFS does not record the APM-2 designation; that history comes from NavSource and Shipscribe.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-belle-grove-lsd2-01
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[3]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Belle Grove (LSD-2) page 10/12/1202 (live-verified on navsource.net 2026-09-30; navsource.org is dead) - DANFS mirror, ONI specification block, campaign tables, commanding-officer list [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/12/1202 page header, specification block, campaign and commanding-officer tables
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Designation history printed on this hull's page: 'Originally authorized as (APM-2), a Mechanized Artillery Transport. Reclassified Landing Ship Dock (LSD-2), 1 July 1941' - the year is an apparent class-wide typo (identical wording on the Ashland LSD-1 and Carter Hall LSD-3 pages); APM 1-8 were only assigned in late 1941 per Shipscribe, and the reclassification is dated June 1942 there. Specification block 'as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence, 7 April 1944': displacement 4,032 t light / 7,930 t seagoing loaded; 457'9" o.a.; beam 72'2"; speed 17 kts design; endurance 8,000 mi @ 15 kts; ship's company 17 officers + 237 enlisted; troop accommodations 22 officers + 218 enlisted; propulsion two Skinner Uniflow 5-cylinder reciprocating steam engines, two Babcock & Wilcox oil-fired D-type boilers (two-drum, single-furnace, single-uptake, 250 psi), twin screws 7,400 shp; armament 1x5"/38 DP, 2 quad + 2 twin 40mm, 16x20mm. Campaign tables credit the Gilberts (Makin), Marshalls (Kwajalein-Majuro), Marianas (Saipan, Tinian), Leyte, Luzon (Lingayen), and Iwo Jima operations, plus occupation and China service (30 Sep-23 Nov 1945, 24-28 Nov 1945, 24 Jan-8 May 1952 per the printed table) and eight Vietnam campaign entries (Vietnam Advisory, Vietnam Defense, Vietnamese Counteroffensive, Counteroffensive Phases II-III, Tet Counteroffensive, Tet69/Counteroffensive, Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969). Commanding-officer roster runs LCDR Morris Seavey (9 Aug 1943) through CDR William W. Lasley (to 12 Nov 1969). Decommissioned and struck 12 Nov 1969; final disposition 'sold for scrapping 24 July 1970, to N. W. Kennedy Ltd, Vancouver, B.C.'; 'earned seven battle stars for World War II service' - conflicts with DANFS 'six'; logged in gaps.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1970
- Population
- Crew per ONI block: 17 officers + 237 enlisted; embarked troops 22 officers + 218 enlisted
- Limitations
- Volunteer-run secondary archive compiling official records - spec block (ONI 1944) conflicts with DANFS spec line on displacement, speed, and complement; battle-star count conflicts with DANFS; the '1 July 1941' reclassification date conflicts with Shipscribe's 'June 1942' and is internally impossible (APM numbers assigned late 1941). All conflicts logged in gaps; the reclassification is carried here as mid-1942. No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-belle-grove-lsd2-02
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[4]Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts), USS Lakehurst (APM-9) class record (construction/disposition compilation from official records) + USS Ashland (AV-21, ex LSD-1) class record (shipscribe.com/usnaux2/AV/AV21.html) - compiled 2008/2021, special sources incl. NARA RG 19 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe.com/usnaux/APM/APM09.html class notes; shipscribe.com/usnaux2/AV/AV21.html class notes and ship notes
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Designation-history context for this hull: Shipscribe records that hull numbers 'APM 1-8 had previously been used (they were assigned in late 1941 to the ships that in June 1942 were reclassified to LSD 1-8)' - the class containing APM-2, this hull. The Ashland (AV-21, ex-LSD-1, ex-APM-1) class record documents the sister's designation chain ('ex-LSD 1, ex-APM 1') and class machinery - Skinner Unaflow steam reciprocating engines with 2 boilers at 250 psi saturated, 2 screws, 7,400 hp - noting 'LSD 1-8 were unusual in having Skinner Unaflow engines,' the type also fitted in the Casablanca-class CVEs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1941-1943 (designation era)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of official Navy records, authoritative for designation mechanics and dates but not itself a primary document; it documents the class's APM-to-LSD history, not this specific hull's entry, and contains no asbestos or materials information. NavSource's '1 July 1941' reclassification date conflicts with Shipscribe's 'June 1942' - the conflict is logged in gaps and mid-1942 is carried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-belle-grove-lsd2-03
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[5]Defense Nuclear Agency, DNA 6035F, 'Operation CASTLE - 1954' (United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review), Table 78 'USS Belle Grove (LSD-2) operational activities during the CASTLE test series' and Bikini Boat Pool narrative (OSTI OpenNet copy; identical DTRA copy at dtra.mil .../1954_DNA_6035F.pdf returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DNA 6035F, Bikini Boat Pool / TE 7.3.7.0 narrative (~pp. 365-368), Table 78 per-shot activities; BRAVO fleet-position table (~p. 218); personnel-exposure index entries (Tables 21, 23, 32, 59, 78)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Official radiological-service record naming this hull: as Task Element 7.3.7.0, Belle Grove and the Bikini Boat Pool (TE 7.3.7.1; 15 LCMs, 5 LCUs, 2 LCPRs, an LCPL, a motor whaleboat, an Air Force crash boat, and barge YFN-934) made up the Bikini Harbor Unit; she also carried shot devices from Enewetak to Bikini as the Special Devices Transport Element within TU 7.3.9, the Transport Unit (element sub-number illegible in the scanned text). For each shot she embarked the 15 Navy LCMs and AVR in her well deck and took aboard Navy, H&N, and radsafe personnel - 'one of the last ships to leave the lagoon and one of the first to reenter'; after reentry she put both boat pools into operation while her personnel began decontaminating craft left in the lagoon. The report states these assignments 'created a far greater possibility of radiological exposure than for most other units,' and records that 49 boat-pool members and 2 Belle Grove crewmen received exposures over 3.9 R; separately, three boat-pool men working off/alongside Belle Grove presented badges reading 85-96 R after BRAVO (investigation concluded a badging/wearing discrepancy; clinical studies at Tripler were negative). At BRAVO (1 Mar 1954) she steamed in assigned operating area 40 nmi SE of ground zero with 18 LCMs and 1 AVR in her well deck, set gas-tight envelope, and ran washdown systems.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1954-01 to 1954-05 (CASTLE series); report published 1982-1983 era (KT-82 series)
- Population
- Belle Grove ship's company; Navy and Holmes & Narver boat-pool personnel embarked for shot operations
- Limitations
- This is a radiological-exposure record, not an asbestos record - it documents ionizing-radiation environment and decontamination work aboard/near this hull during a nuclear test series; it says nothing about asbestos-containing materials and supports no asbestos claim. Film-badge figures are reconstructed historical dosimetry; the 85-96 R badges were officially adjudged a badging anomaly. A related NCBI Bookshelf dose-assessment appendix (NBK224990, NTPR dosimetry review) uses the case of a veteran transferred from USS Belle Grove to LST-762 - the page blocks automated extraction; content verified via search index only, disclosed as an access gap.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-belle-grove-lsd2-04
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[6]Defense Nuclear Agency, DNA 6038F, 'OPERATION HARDTACK I - 1958' (United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review, technical report KT-82-042(R)) - dedicated USS Belle Grove (LSD-2) section and Table 34 personnel-exposure data (govinfo copy verified live) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DNA 6038F, USS Belle Grove (LSD-2) section (~pp. 296-298) and Table 34 row ('USS Belle Grove (LSD-2): 254 persons badged'); Reference C.3.3.3 ship's log extracts
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Official radiological-service record naming this hull: Belle Grove 'was present in the EPG [Enewetak Proving Ground] for 21 of the 35 HARDTACK shots' (Apr-Sep 1958), shuttling LCUs and cargo among Pearl Harbor, Johnston Island, Enewetak, and Bikini; in the second tour (15 Jul-19 Aug 1958) she was assigned TE 7.3.5.9 (Event Evacuation Element) for emergency evacuation of Johnston Island for the high-altitude TEAK and ORANGE shots, her commanding officer served as CTE 7.3.5.1, and the TG 7.5 boat pool was stationed aboard 17 Jul-11 Aug 1958. 'The crew was badged and the exposure data appear in Table 34' - 254 Belle Grove personnel badged. Her commanding officer formally complained to CTG 7.3 that Belle Grove twice returned to Enewetak on shot days without holding the Op Order, 'leading to considerable uncertainty as to the nature of the radiological safety precautions required,' and recommended positive control of radsafe instructions for ships entering the Danger Area.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1958-04 to 1958-09 (HARDTACK I); report published 1982
- Population
- Belle Grove ship's company (254 badged) plus stationed TG 7.5 boat pool
- Limitations
- Radiological-exposure record, not an asbestos record - documents ionizing-radiation duty and personnel badging, says nothing about asbestos-containing materials aboard, and supports no asbestos claim. Per-person dose values exist in Table 34 but the scanned tabulation is partially illegible in OCR; only the verified figures (254 badged; 21-of-35-shots presence; TE assignments) are carried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-belle-grove-lsd2-05
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[7]Yard-level asbestos documentation for facilities tied to this hull - Atlas shipyards.json records: moore-dry-dock-oakland (dataset tier 2; flagship evidence = Fleischer WE, Viles FJ, 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (1946), PMID 21016030 - USMC-commissioned survey of Navy contract yards incl. Moore Dry Dock operations; W.A. Simons Asbestos Trust California Site List Sep. 2020 lists MOORE DRY DOCK-OAKLAND (ADELINE ST) at Exposure Level H) + long-beach-naval-shipyard (dataset tier 1) + charleston-naval-shipyard (dataset tier 2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json yard_id moore-dry-dock-oakland, long-beach-naval-shipyard, charleston-naval-shipyard; PMID 21016030
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Builder and overhaul-yard context: Moore Dry Dock, Oakland (builder, Oct 1942-Aug 1943) is a dataset tier-2 yard - the 1946 Fleischer-Viles USMC-commissioned survey documented amosite pipe covering and boiler block insulation in confined engine-room/boiler spaces at Navy contract yards of the type Moore operated during WWII peak (~37,000 workers), and a 2020 asbestos-trust site list independently rates the Adeline St. site Exposure Level H (High). DANFS documents hull availabilities at Long Beach Naval Shipyard (11 Jan-27 Apr 1955 overhaul; 10 Apr-14 Jul 1968 overhaul - dataset tier 1) and at 'Charleston, S.C.' Jan-Mar 1953 (facility not named; the naval shipyard is the likely site - carried as inference). Additional documented yard periods with facilities absent from the dataset: Todd Shipyard San Pedro (1960-61 overhaul), Portland Oreg. FRAM overhaul (Jun-Dec 1961), Todd Shipyard Seattle (1964 modernization), Bethlehem Steel San Pedro (Jan 1969 availability), and Baltimore (Jun-Sep 1951 overhaul, facility unnamed). Yard events of this kind are where installed insulation is disturbed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1969 (yard events); survey 1946; trust list 2020
- Population
- Moore Dry Dock trades 1942-43 (build); overhaul-yard trades at Long Beach NSY (1955, 1968), Charleston (1953), Todd San Pedro (1960-61), Portland FRAM (1961), Todd Seattle (1964), Bethlehem San Pedro (1969)
- Limitations
- Yard-level records only - they document asbestos conditions at facilities where this hull was built and overhauled, not aboard this hull. The Fleischer-Viles survey covered multiple Navy contract yards as a group; Moore-specific dust counts were not separately published; the paper is contested (Kelly, New Solut 36(2), 2026, calls for retraction for understatement - noted in the yard dataset). No element of this row is evidence of asbestos aboard LSD-2. Note: the shipyards.json flagship citation points to PMC1525949, which resolves to an unrelated 1951 tuberculosis-nursing article; the verified PubMed record for the Fleischer-Viles paper is PMID 21016030 - dataset defect flagged to the batch report.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-belle-grove-lsd2-06
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[8]Consolidated era/design inference - Corn JK, Starr J, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' Am J Ind Med 11(3):359-373 (1987), doi:10.1002/ajim.4700110311; ONI machinery spec block for this hull via NavSource (two B&W D-type boilers 250 psi, two Skinner Unaflow engines) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373; NavSource ONI spec block on the LSD-2 archive page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- This hull was built 1942-43 at Moore Dry Dock, Oakland, with an oil-fired steam plant (two 250-psi B&W boilers feeding two Skinner Unaflow reciprocating engines) - construction era and machinery type for which peer-reviewed historical literature documents extensive asbestos use as standard shipbuilding insulation (boiler and machinery insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, accommodation insulation, brake linings). The builder yard carries tier-2 asbestos evidence in the Atlas dataset (Fleischer-Viles 1946 survey; Simons Trust Level H).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1969 era documented; literature 1987
- Population
- Construction trades (Moore Dry Dock, Oakland, 1942-43); Navy crew (1943-46, 1950-69); overhaul-yard trades (1951-1969 availabilities)
- Limitations
- Era/design and yard-level inference only - no hull-specific record: no bill of material, insulation spec, survey, or abatement record for this vessel was located. The Fleischer-Viles survey documents yard-trade conditions, not this hull's materials. Does not establish presence, quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation aboard LSD-2.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-belle-grove-lsd2-07
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[9]Batch-5808 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live page; NavSource archive page; Shipscribe APM-9 and AV-21 class records; DNA 6035F/6038F NTPR reports; HyperWar spec page; NARA Special List 44 logbook inventories; NVR check; CourtListener opinion and docket sweeps; open-web banned-source sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-belle-grove-lsd2-01 through sl-uss-belle-grove-lsd2-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, insulation specification, bill of material, or museum/hazmat disclosure naming USS Belle Grove, LSD-2, or APM-2 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull does appear on multiple law-firm 'Navy ships with asbestos' marketing listicles (Simmons Firm, MesotheliomaHelp, Sokolove Law, ELSM, freeasbestostesting.com, californiamesothelioma.com) - marketing presence, not documentation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1943 steam-plant hull is era-consistent with installed ACM, and repeated yard overhauls are the disturbance pathway. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-belle-grove-lsd2-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket sweeps (authenticated via cl-auth-search.py, fleet-paced): 'USS Belle Grove' asbestos (opinions: 0); 'Belle Grove' asbestos (opinions: 0; dockets: 14 - all name collisions); 'Belle Grove' (opinions: 18 - all name collisions); 'USS Belle Grove' (dockets: 1 - United States v. QTC Medical Services, C.D. Cal. 2014, False Claims Act - non-asbestos name match); 'LSD-2' navy/ship (opinions: 60 - all drug-prosecution collisions) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-belle-grove-lsd2-07 through sl-uss-belle-grove-lsd2-09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming the vessel was located. Every hit classified: 'Belle Grove' opinion hits are locality/plantation/surname matches (Louisiana successions, Maryland property cases, St. John the Baptist Parish matters); 'Belle Grove' asbestos-tagged dockets are corporate bankruptcies and civil dockets where the string is a street/site name (e.g., W.R. Grace bankruptcy - an asbestos bankruptcy, but the match is a Grace site/property reference, not the vessel; Motors Liquidation, PG&E, Tribune Media, Winn-Dixie et al.); the single 'USS Belle Grove' docket is a 2014 False Claims Act matter (QTC Medical Services, VA disability-exam contractor context); 'LSD-2' hits are LSD-drug prosecutions. No docketed case or opinion naming the ship was found.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- CourtListener coverage is not exhaustive - RECAP index misses some state courts and unindexed dockets; unreported settlements and state-court matters outside RECAP are not excluded by these sweeps. A name match is not a finding; here even name matches were collisions, not the vessel. Fleet pacing limited sweep depth - queries run are logged in search_ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-belle-grove-lsd2-09
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[11]Archival leads (not retrieved - no research-room visit or reproduction order): Belle Grove deck logs for the 1943-46 and 1950-69 commission periods would be in RG 24 Entry 118 at NARA College Park; Bureau of Ships construction/insulation records in RG 19 (Shipscribe's LSD research cites RG 19 Entry P 61 Box 37 'Landing Ship Dock Conversion' among special sources); NHHC photo NH 107618 documents the hull on sea trials 16 Aug 1943 (page verified live); MARAD ShipHistory holds no record (Navy disposal, not Maritime custody) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA logbooks guidance page; SL-44 ship-number PDF (no LSD entries); RG 24 Entry 118; RG 19 Entry P 61 per Shipscribe AV-21 special sources; NHHC NH-107618 photo page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival-lead mapping only: Special List 44 ship-number and ship-name logbook inventories searched - no LSD-2/Belle Grove listing located in the printed inventory (the SL-44 number list contains no LSD section); RG 24 Entry 118 deck-log collection remains the lead for commission-period logs; RG 19 BuShips files are the lead for construction/insulation documentation; NHHC still photography (NH 107618, NH 104370-KN Iwo Jima views) is digitized and live. Disposal record: ship sold by the Navy 24 Jul 1970 - a Navy sale outside MARAD custody, so no MARAD ShipHistory card is expected or located.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1942-1970 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull (insulation specs, yard work packages) is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-belle-grove-lsd2-10