Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 711-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-daviess-county-lst692-pkt-711-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-692 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, Southern France service, 1946 decommissioning and Green Cove Springs lay-up, 1951 reactivation and Korean service, 1955 renaming, 1964 strike and MSTS transfer, 1976 Philippine transfer, battle stars (live NHHC page, verified HTTP 200 with browser UA 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-692 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: laid down 7 February 1944 at Jeffersonville, Ind., by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched 31 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Alma D. Voelker; commissioned 10 May 1944, Lt. R. B. Carothers, USNR, in command. Assigned to the European theater in World War II and participated in the invasion of southern France in August and September 1944. Decommissioned in 1946 and placed in the reserve fleet at Green Cove Springs, Fla., until reactivated in 1951; performed active service during the Korean War and thereafter. Redesignated Daviess County (LST-692) on 1 July 1955 after counties in Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri. Struck from the Navy list on 1 June 1964 and transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service where she operated as T-LST-692; transferred to the Philippine Navy on 13 September 1976. Earned one battle star for World War II service and two battle stars for Korean service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1976
- Population
- Construction trades (Jeffersonville, 1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46); recommissioned crew (1951-56); MSTS civilian crews (1957-1975); Philippine Navy crew (1976- )
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. The DANFS chronology is compressed: it does not give the second decommissioning date, does not mention the 1956-57 Suisun Bay or 1963-65 Olympia NDRF lay-ups documented by the MARAD status cards (ev-05), dates the first strike 1 June 1964 where NavSource carries a 30 June 1975 Naval-Register strike (both events reconciled by the status-card custody chain - logged in gaps), and dates the Philippine transfer 13 September 1976 vs NavSource's 1 July 1976 - conflict logged, unresolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daviess-county-lst692-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USNS Daviess County (T-LST-692) ex USS Daviess County (LST-692) / USS LST-692 (10/16/160692.htm) - designation timeline, campaign tables, spec block, commanding-officer list, awards, custody milestones, photographic record 1944-2017 (verified live HTTP 200) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160692.htm header block, campaign tables, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 7 February 1944 at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN; launched 31 March 1944; commissioned USS LST-692 10 May 1944, LT Robert B. Carolthers USNR (spelling conflict with DANFS 'Carothers'). WWII assignment Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater: Invasion of southern France 15 August - 10 September 1944. Decommissioned 1 July 1946; Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs. Recommissioned 1951. Korean War campaigns: Second Korean Winter (4 February - 1 March and 20 March - 1 April 1952) and Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952 (9-30 June and 31 July - 24 August 1952). Named USS Daviess County (LST-692) 1 July 1955; second decommissioning date unknown. Custody to Maritime Administration 14 November 1956; custody to Navy 27 December 1965; placed in service by MSTS as USNS Daviess County (T-LST-692) 1 June 1964; struck from the Naval Register 30 June 1975; transferred/sold to the Philippine Navy 1 July 1976 and commissioned BRP Benguet (LT-507). Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt; 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, 2 shafts 1,700 shp, 3 x 100 kW 230 V DC diesel-drive generators; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; radio call sign NFNY. Awards: American Campaign Medal; Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1); WWII Victory Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Korean Service Medal (2); UN Service Medal; ROK War Service Medal. CO list: LT Carothers/Carolthers USNR 10 May 1944 - 31 August 1945; LTjg Chatelain USN to March 1946; LTjg Lowenstein USNR to June 1946; LT Muenster USNR to 1 July 1946; LT Remick 1952. Photographic record: LST-692 loading at Nisida, Italy 9 August 1944 with LST-550 and LST-655 (NARA 80-G-258038); beached San Diego-Coronado 17 June 1951; outbound San Diego (USN 1045692); T-LST-692 at the Chu Lai sand ramp circa 1968; BRP Benguet in Philippine yards 1991, 2000, Zamboanga 2009, relief goods 2014, Colorado Shipyard Cebu April-May 2015; and an 'ex-BRP Benguet' scrap-LCVP photo at a Philippine scrapping facility July 2017 whose caption conflicts with the ship's documented continuing active service through 2026.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Population
- Ship's company (~117) plus embarked troops per lift (1944-46, 1951-56); MSTS crews (1957-1975); Philippine Navy crews (1976- )
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - build/campaign dates cross-check cleanly against DANFS, NARA action reports, and the MARAD status cards; the timeline's conflicting milestones (MSTS in-service 1 June 1964 vs the card's 3 April 1957 Arctic withdrawal; Naval-Register strike 30 June 1975 vs DANFS 1 June 1964; Philippine transfer 1 July vs DANFS 13 September 1976) are carried as logged conflicts reconciled in part by ev-05, not resolved. The July 2017 'ex-BRP Benguet' scrapping caption conflicts with the ship's verified active service into 2026 - treated as a caption error or partial-scrapping event, not disposal. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daviess-county-lst692-02
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[4]NARA NAID 83564478, 'USS LST-692 - Rep of opers in the invasion of Southern France, 8/15-25/44' (serial 120-44, dated 11 September 1944; RG 38, World War II War Diaries; 4 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 83564478 images 0002-0005 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02); serial 120-44; first endorsement serial 0147; Eighth Fleet endorsement
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own Operation DRAGOON action report (all 4 pages OCR-read this session) documents: on 15 August 1944 the vessel carried to the combat area 14 U.S. Army officers and 300 enlisted men, 2 U.S. Navy officers and 12 enlisted (part of a Navy beach battalion), and one civilian war correspondent; at 0645 three LCVPs carried three boat teams of the Headquarters Company, Third Battalion, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Infantry (157th Infantry), plus the war correspondent; at 1348 two LCVPs landed 40 enlisted men of a company of the 120th Engineers Battalion; at 1510 the vessel beached on beach 236B of the Delta area discharging the Navy beach battalion, Army vehicles, and remaining Army personnel, retracting at 1613 with no personnel or materiel casualties, then joined a convoy to Ajaccio, Corsica. On 19 August at 0309 she beached on 263B, Delta operational area, disembarking 23 officers, 393 enlisted personnel, and equipment of the French Army; on 23 August at 0455 she beached on 263C disembarking 14 officers, 347 enlisted personnel, and French Army equipment - each time returning in convoy to Ajaccio. Endorsements: Commander Group TWO, Eighth Amphibious Force (formerly Commander Task Force EIGHTY-FIVE) forwarded the report 21 September 1944 without further comment; the Commander, U.S. Eighth Fleet (forwarding endorsement) records that 'LST 692 was part of Red LST Unit of the Delta Red Beach Assault Group' and that after D-Day she went on the shuttle run from Ajaccio to the assault area. The first endorsement is signed over the initials of her commanding officer (RBC).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-08-15 to 1944-08-25
- Population
- Ship's company (~117); embarked U.S. Army (14 officers + 300 enlisted), Navy beach battalion detachment (2 officers + 12 enlisted), French Army lifts (23 officers + 393 enlisted; 14 officers + 347 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced operational record; documents the assault and shuttle operations, troop lifts, and beach assignments verbatim - no materials, maintenance, or asbestos content anywhere in the four pages read. OCR is clean; key passages re-verified against the displayed scans. The Group TWO endorsement establishes the operational routing chain; the group's published composition does not list LST-692 as an organic member - she was attached for the operation, not organic to it.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daviess-county-lst692-03
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[5]NARA NAID 139737897, 'USS LST-692 - Rep of AA Act off the Coast of Southern France on 8/18/44' (serial 87851; CominCh form F-01 AA-1; RG 38; 2 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139737897 images 1081-1082 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02); microfilm serial 87851
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own CominCh F-01 AA-1 action report (both pages OCR-read this session) documents a night anti-aircraft action off Baie de Cavalaire, southern France, 18 August 1944: four enemy planes observed (none attacking own ship), four taken under fire; seven 40mm and six 20mm guns fired, expending 110 rounds 40mm and 550 rounds 20mm across ~90 seconds; no hits on ship, no strafing, no personnel or materiel damage; signed by the commanding officer (Lt., USNR). The same engagement is cross-referenced in the DRAGOON action report (ev-03) as having been reported on CominCh form F-01AA-1.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-08-18
- Population
- Ship's company (1944)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced operational record; documents the engagement and the ship's wartime armament employment verbatim - no materials or asbestos content. Handwritten form entries OCR partially; expenditure figures and ship-counts re-verified against the displayed scan.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daviess-county-lst692-04
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[6]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - DAVIESS COUNTY (LST-692), Ship History Detail 1219: vessel particulars (built 1944 Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co.; hull no. 0542; 328 ft; missions World War II / Korean War / Vietnam War), milestone table (entry/acquisition 11/14/1956), digitized status cards (Form MA-303 front and back, USMC Form MC-7146a) and two status-card PDFs [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 1219, milestone table; status card images 1219_2223AF.jpg (Suisun Bay MA-303, entered 11-14-56 / withdrawn 4-3-57) and 1219_2223BF.jpg (Olympia MA-303, entered 10-18-63 / withdrawn 12-27-65); MC-7146a custody-chain card image
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- MARAD primary records document this hull's custody chain verbatim (status cards read at full resolution this session): entered the Suisun Bay reserve fleet 14 November 1956, 1400 PST, service prior to lay-up 'MSTS - Ready Status Arctic,' title Navy; withdrawn 3 April 1957, 1215 PST, 'MSTS for use in Arctic - Ready Status.' The same card records the ship's Arctic fit: 'Wood sheathing on bows and sides; Reinforced bow doors; Reinforced hull,' draft figures, 'Two 900 HP G.M. Diesels, Two screws,' LOA 328 ft, beam 50 ft 1.5 in, speed 11.5 knots, cross-referenced to 'Navy ltr. Aug. 28, 1956 - Ready Status Arctic.' The card reverse records the second lay-up: entered the Olympia (Wash.) reserve fleet 18 October 1963, 1218 PDST, temporary custody reimbursable, service prior '(Navy) MSTS,' arrival draft fwd 3 ft 0 in / aft 8 ft 9 in; the USMC Vessel Status Card completes the chain - 'Maritime Administration (Permanent Transfer),' Olympia, 1 June 1964 (the event DANFS records as the Navy-list strike), then 'Dept. of Navy, MSTS (Permanent Transfer),' Olympia, 27 December 1965 (the event NavSource records as Navy custody that date). The ShipHistory page lists the hull's mission tags as World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War; fate 'Transferred - U.S. Govt.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1956-1965
- Population
- NDRF lay-up and reactivation work crews (Suisun Bay 1956-57; Olympia 1963-65); MSTS civilian crews (1957-63, 1965-75)
- Limitations
- Authoritative custody/milestone record; reconciles the DANFS 1 June 1964 strike and NavSource 27 December 1965 Navy-custody milestones as permanent-transfer events, and establishes two distinct strike-era dates (1964 to MARAD; NavSource's 30 June 1975 Naval-Register strike ahead of the 1976 sale). Handwritten card annotations partially legible; 'P.T.' read as permanent transfer. Contains no asbestos, insulation, or hazmat content - the Arctic 'wood sheathing' entry is a structural fit note, not an insulation record. A second PDF card ('BENGUET') is a 1941 Maritime Commission card for a different, unrelated vessel - misfiling noted, not used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daviess-county-lst692-05
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[7]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan, verified live HTTP 200); NavSource LST-692 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; NavSource 160692.htm specifications block; MARAD status card propulsion entries
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference for this hull: the LST-542 design group ran a diesel plant (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, 1,700 shp total, Falk reduction gear, twin screws - BuShips design table and this hull's NavSource spec block and MARAD status card) with no boilers, so the steam-plant lagging pathway of boiler vessels does not apply. Asbestos-relevant applications aboard a 1944 diesel landing ship of this type were the era-standard set - diesel-exhaust and machinery-space lagging, gaskets and packing, accommodation thermal insulation, deck coverings - and this hull's long documented service (WWII Mediterranean operations, Korean War reactivation, two NDRF lay-up/reactivation cycles, Arctic-hardened MSTS service, Vietnam-era MSTS operations, and 50 years of Philippine Navy operation) spans the Navy's entire asbestos-use era and decades of undocumented maintenance thereafter.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Population
- Jeffersonville Boat & Machine construction trades (1944); ship's company (1944-46, 1951-56); NDRF reactivation crews (1951, 1957, 1965); MSTS civilian crews (1957-1975); Philippine Navy crews and Philippine shipyard workers (1976- )
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or yard work package was located for LST-692/Daviess County/Benguet. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution. The documented lay-ups, reactivations, and half-century of foreign-navy service make material disturbance and churn plausible but do not establish asbestos content, removal, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daviess-county-lst692-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's construction (1944), her WWII and Korean service, both NDRF lay-up/reactivation cycles, and essentially all of her U.S. Navy and MSTS career through 1975.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, reconfirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daviess-county-lst692-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated, fleet-paced helper), opinion and docket indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-daviess-county-lst692-11 through -14
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located: exact-phrase "LST-692" returned 0 opinion hits and 1 docket hit - Auxier Financial Group, LLC v. Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, 2:10-cv-02070 (W.D. Wash., filed 2010), a mortgage-services diversity case and a clear name collision. "LST 692" + asbestos returned 0 opinion hits. "Daviess County" + asbestos returned 2 opinion hits, both name collisions on the county name: Kortz v. Kimberlin (Ky. App. 1914) and Gecker v. Flynn (In re Emerald Casino, Inc.) (N.D. Ill. 2014) - neither names the vessel and neither is an asbestos case.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- CourtListener indexes published opinions and RECAP dockets - state-court filings, unreported settlements, MDL-875 pleading-level vessel lists, and non-digitized dockets are outside coverage. A zero result means no located docketed case/opinion naming this hull, not proof none exists. Supplementary queries ("USS Daviess County", "T-LST-692", "Davies County" misspelling, docket-level asbestos) were queued behind the fleet pacing gate this session - logged in the search ledger; absence from this finding's coverage is disclosed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daviess-county-lst692-08
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[10]Batch-7219 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NHHC photo catalog (USN 1045692); NavSource; NARA catalog + 11 primary images read in full (2 action reports + COM LST GR 2 diary); MARAD ShipHistory + 3 status cards; muster-roll series search-within; deck-log title checks; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO product page; CourtListener API (opinion + docket); NIOSH/CDC stacks; shipyards.json; NVR; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-daviess-county-lst692-01 through -18
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or qualifying case naming LST-692 / Daviess County / T-LST-692 / BRP Benguet was found in the public sources searched. The strongest ship-specific documentation is operational and custodial (action reports, MARAD status cards) - it confirms a long, maintenance-intensive career inside the asbestos era plus 50 years of foreign-navy service whose material history is undocumented in authoritative English-language 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 - construction at a wartime inland yard and repeated documented lay-up/reactivation cycles sit squarely inside the Navy's asbestos-use era, and post-1976 Philippine maintenance is undocumented. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daviess-county-lst692-09
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[11]NARA catalog searches ('USS LST-692', 'LST-692', 'Daviess County (LST-692)', 'Daviess County'); COM LST GR 2 war diaries (NAIDs 78627475 Jul-Aug 1944 read in full, 139737027 Sep 1944, plus Jan 1944-Jun 1945 monthly set); muster-roll series NAID 594996 search-within; BuPers range unit NAID 118967604; 1945 ship's cruise book (commercial reprint exists) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov 'USS LST-692' (80 results) and 'Daviess County (LST-692)' (6 results) sets; search-within NAID 594996 'LST-692' (49 results, no ship unit); NAID 78627475 images 0812-0816; NAID 118967604 record page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary archive coverage for this hull is thin and stops early: only two ship-titled digitized file units exist - the DRAGOON action report (NAID 83564478) and the 18 August 1944 AA action report (NAID 139737897) - both read in full this session. No ship-titled monthly war diary surfaced (Mediterranean LSTs reported through group channels); no Korea-era or 1950s-60s deck-log file unit surfaced under either 'LST-692' or 'Daviess County (LST-692)' titles though sibling-hull units (e.g., LST-914, Chesterfield County LST-551, Meeker County LST-980) are digitized; no 'LST-692' unit surfaced in the RG 24 muster-roll series search-within (49 fuzzy results; sibling units LST-551, LST-32, LST-642, LST-263 located). The parent-unit bridge exists: COM LST GR 2 diaries are digitized for Jan 1944-Jun 1945, and the Jul-Aug 1944 diary (5 pages, read in full) covers the DRAGOON build-up and assault period - its composition list does not include LST-692 as organic, consistent with the action-report endorsement routing via Commander Group TWO. A 1945 ship's cruise book exists (commercial reprint; NavSource quotes its page 29 for the 1945 Palermo-to-Oran LCT(5)-136 tow). BuPers range file unit 'USS LSM-144 to USS LST-1005' (NAID 118967604) may contain personnel records - not exhaustively searched.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1976
- Population
- Ship's company (1944-46, 1951-56); researchers
- Limitations
- Archival-lead row: the homeward-passage period (post-August 1944), the 1946 decommissioning, the entire 1951-56 recommissioned period, MSTS-era logs, and muster rolls for this hull were not located in digitized form; paper records at NARA II are the follow-on lead. The Sep 1944 and later COM LST GR 2 diaries were identified but not read for LST-692 mentions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daviess-county-lst692-10
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[12]USNI News, 'Philippine Navy Ship Avoids Collision During Chinese Frigate Harassment in South China Sea' (Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, 27 March 2026, verified via Firecrawl extraction - direct fetch blocked); The Maritime Executive, 'World War II LST Warns Off Chinese Warship in S. China Sea' (15 October 2023, verified live HTTP 200) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI News article body (Firecrawl extraction); maritime-executive.com article body
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Reputable press documents this hull's continuing active service as BRP Benguet (LS-507) into 2026: the USNI report describes 'the 82-year-old landing ship tank' harassed by PLAN frigate Binzhou (532) near Thitu Island on 25 March 2026 during Spratly rotation-and-resupply operations, and references earlier Benguet encounters with a Type 056A corvette and a Type 051B destroyer; the Maritime Executive reported Benguet's 2023 warning-off of PLAN corvette Panzhihua (621) to within 80 yards on the same Thitu/Rizal Reef resupply run. Manila 'relies on older World War II-era ships such as Benguet for these efforts' (USNI). The ship carries Philippine Navy pennant LS-507 (current; LT-507 in earlier sources and on NavSource).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2023-2026
- Population
- Philippine Navy crews (1976- ); embarked rotation personnel
- Limitations
- Confirms active status, pennant, and mission profile only - no asbestos, material, or maintenance content. Resolves against reading NavSource's July 2017 'ex-BRP Benguet ... scrapping facility' photo caption as a disposal: the hull demonstrably remained in service through at least March 2026. Philippine Navy official site (navy.mil.ph) was unreachable this session - the PN 'New Skipper Takes Charge of BRP Benguet' article could not be verified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daviess-county-lst692-11
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[13]Jeffboat, Inc. v. Director, OWCP (Chaffers), No. 24-2234 (7th Cir., decided June 23, 2026), petition for review of Benefits Review Board orders denied - LHWCA occupational lung-disease claim by a 2005-2017 ship painter at the Jeffboat yard, Jeffersonville, Indiana; NIOSH In-Depth Survey Report, 'The Effect of Weld Process and Ventilation Method on Physical Work Load, Weld Fume Exposure, and Weld Performance in a Confined-Space Welding Task at Jeffboat Shipyard, American Commercial Barge Lines (ACBL), Jeffersonville, Indiana' (Nov 2000, CDC Stacks cdc/174863) [court_record]
- Locator
- Justia mirror of 7th Cir. slip opinion No. 24-2234 (PDF read in full); CDC Stacks record cdc/174863
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Builder-yard occupational-respiratory record, modern era: the Seventh Circuit in 2026 affirmed LHWCA disability benefits for a Jeffboat ship painter (2005-2017) whose lung impairment was found contributed to by workplace exposure to paint fumes, paint thinner, sandblasting/charcoal-slag abrasives, welding and gouging particles - the opinion contains no mention of asbestos. NIOSH conducted an in-depth confined-space welding-fume survey at the same yard in 2000 (report focuses on weld-fume exposure and ventilation, not asbestos). These establish that respiratory-hazard exposures and benefits litigation are documented at the yard that built this hull - in the modern era, not the 1944 construction period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2000-2026
- Population
- Jeffboat shipyard workers (2000-2017 era documented)
- Limitations
- Yard-level context only: neither source names this hull, covers the 1944 construction era, or documents asbestos. The LHWCA case concerns chemical irritants, not asbestos - it is classified 'other litigation,' not a qualifying asbestos case, and no inference is drawn from it about 1944 conditions. A CourtListener index check for 'Jeffboat' could not be completed this session (fleet pacing gate) - the Justia mirror of the published opinion is cited pending a CL opinion ID.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-daviess-county-lst692-12