USS Hunterdon County (LST-838)

Evidence

11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).

1. [1]research packet 733-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-hunterdon-county-lst838-pkt-733-packet-md

2. [2]DANFS, Hunterdon County (LST-838) - construction, sponsor, commissioning, Okinawa campaign, occupation duty, decommissioning, 1955 naming, 1966 recommissioning, Subic Bay arrival 8 March 1967, spec block (live NHHC page, fetched via Firecrawl; bare curl returns 404 - UA-gated, same as sibling LST batches) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS Hunterdon County (LST-838) entry, full text

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS documents for this hull: laid down by American Bridge Co., Ambridge, Pa., 20 September 1944; launched 8 November 1944, sponsored by Miss Margaret Foster; commissioned 4 December 1944, Lt. Allen T. Larkins, Jr., in command. Shakedown off Florida; loaded heavy construction equipment at New Orleans, departed 5 January 1945; troops and cargo at Pearl Harbor; Guam 4 March; Saipan - loaded equipment and embarked units of the 130th Naval Construction Battalion for the Okinawa invasion, departing 25 March. Arrived off southern Okinawa beaches 1 April; on D-day recovered 79 survivors from kamikaze-struck LST-884; stood off Okinawa until 13 April, then approached Green Beach to discharge Seabees and equipment; 'The following day during one of the many raids she splashed a Japanese plane.' Departed Okinawa 16 April, arrived Ulithi six days later; transported men and equipment through the South and Western Pacific for the rest of the war; occupation duty in Japan until departing Yokohama 7 November; embarked 544 Army veterans; arrived San Francisco 23 December 1945. Sailed to Portland, Oreg., 5 March 1946; decommissioned at Vancouver, Wash., 7 August 1946; Pacific Reserve Fleet; named Hunterdon County 1 July 1955; recommissioned at Vallejo, Calif., 10 September 1966 'to help meet the large demands for ships in the Vietnam war'; operated out of San Diego; arrived Subic Bay 8 March 1967 and 'continued to operate off Southeast Asia through mid-1967.' Spec block: dp. 1,625; l. 328'; b. 50'; dr. 11'; s. 12 k.; cpl. 268; a. 12 20mm. One battle star for World War II service.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-03

   Study period

   1944-1967 (entry coverage)

   Population

   Construction trades (Ambridge, 1944); ship's company and embarked troops/passengers (1944-46); recommissioned crew (1966-71)

   Limitations

   Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. The DANFS entry text ends at mid-1967 - the 1967-71 riverine/AGP period, 1971 transfer, and disposal come from other rows. The entry contains an internal misattribution: 'Departing Okinawa on the 16th, LST-884 arrived Ulithi 6 days later' - the departing ship is LST-838 (the subject); LST-884 was the kamikaze-crippled unit she rescued on 1 April. The 'cpl. 268' spec figure is not broken out (ship's company vs embarked).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hunterdon-county-lst838-01

3. [3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Hunterdon County (AGP-838) ex USS Hunterdon County (LST-838) ex USS LST-838 (10/16/160838.htm) - designation timeline, unit assignments, campaign tables, awards, spec block, CO list, transfer/disposal, photo documentation incl. a Subic Bay drydock image [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/16/160838.htm header block, campaign tables, specifications block, CO table, and photo captions (1016083805 drydock; 1016083810-12 recommissioning; 1016083815 HAL-3 helo)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship; WWII assignment to LST Flotilla Twenty-Five (CAPT H.E. Richter), LST Group Seventy-Four (CDR J.G. Farnsworth), LST Division One Hundred Forty-Eight; Asiatic-Pacific campaign table: Okinawa Gunto assault and occupation 1-3 April 1945; Navy Occupation service 6-23 September and 29 October-9 November 1945. Decommissioned 7 August 1946 at Vancouver, WA; Pacific Reserve Fleet; named USS Hunterdon County (LST-838) 1 July 1955; recommissioned 10 September 1966 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA (recommissioning-ceremony photos from Vallejo Naval and History Museum collections, file names 'LST 838 74535-9-66'/'74536-9-66'); reclassified Patrol Craft Tender (AGP-838), 'date unknown.' Vietnam: 'served continuously in country and in contiguous waters, with the exception of overhaul periods, from late 1967 to early 1971' - ten campaign stars (Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phases III-VII, Tet Counteroffensive, Tet\69 Counteroffensive, Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969, Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970, Sanctuary Counteroffensive). Awards: Combat Action Ribbon (3), Presidential Unit Citation (2), Navy Unit Commendation, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific (1), WWII Victory, Navy Occupation (Asia clasp), National Defense (2), Vietnam Service (10), RVN Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (10), RVN Campaign Medal. 'Decommission, Struck from the Naval Register and transferred to Malaysia, 1 August 1971, under the Security Assistance Program, renamed Sri Langkawi (A-1500)'; final disposition 'scrapped in the 1980s.' Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt trial; 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 ship's-service generators; complement 13 officers/104 enlisted; troops 16/147; 2 LCVP; radio call sign NHTO. CO table: ENS Larkins 4 Dec 1944-Jun 1946; ENS Stocks USNR Jun-7 Aug 1946; LT Jaye 10 Sep 1966-20 Dec 1967; LT Fred 20 Dec 1967-6 Aug 1968; LCDR Cox 6 Aug 1968-29 Oct 1969; LCDR Fischer 29 Oct 1969-18 Nov 1970; LCDR Wells 18 Nov 1970-1 Aug 1971. Photo captions document: launching at American Bridge Ambridge 8 Nov 1944; anchorage on the Ham Luong River 1967 and March 1971 (My Tho River split); 'drydocked at Naval Base Subic Bay, Philippine Islands in 1968 for repair of battle damage from B 40 rocket attack on the Ham Loung River' (contributor Anthony Mongi); HA(L)-3 'Seawolves' UH-1E Huey aboard for refuel/rearm May 1970 (caption cites the official U.S. Navy paper 'The Jackstaff News,' 15 July 1970).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-03

   Study period

   1944-1980s

   Population

   Ambridge construction trades (1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46); MINSY reactivation trades (1966); crew and embarked PBR/helo detachments (1967-71); Malaysian crew (1971-80s); breakers (1980s)

   Limitations

   NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates cross-check cleanly against DANFS and NARA deck logs, but two attributions conflict with primary records: (1) 'AGP-838' designation 'date unknown' and AGP-labeled photo captions from 1967 onward vs the ship's own deck-log headers, which read 'LST-838' through at least March 1970 (ev-04) - the official reclassification date is unresolved (gaps); (2) the drydock photo's '1968' date vs the ship's own logs showing continuous riverine anchorage through 1968 and a documented AFDM-6 Subic drydock 25 Apr-2 May 1969 (ev-03) - the photographed dock is plausibly the documented 1969 event with a contributor-dated caption, unconfirmed. 'Scrapped in the 1980s' is unspecific and unsourced. Contains no asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hunterdon-county-lst838-02

4. [4]NARA NAID 6058195, 'Hunterdon County (LST-838) - April 1969' deck log (RG 24, Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations; 62-page digitized PDF, read in full this session) and NAID 6058196, 'Hunterdon County (LST-838) - May 1969' (62 pages, OCR + image-read) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NAID 6058195 daily remarks sheets 17-30 April 1969 (arrival 18 Apr; cold-iron nest 24 Apr; AFDM-6 entry 25 Apr); NAID 6058196 daily remarks sheets 1-2 May (flooding/undocking), 8 May (departure 'STANDING OUT OF SUBIC BAY HARBOR'), 9-10 May (steaming); cover page (Subic Bay -> Tien Giang River)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The ship's own deck log documents a Naval Base Subic Bay upkeep availability with drydocking, verbatim: arriving Subic 18 April 1969 on passage 'FROM HONG KONG, BCC TO SUBIC BAY, REPUBLIC OF PHILIPPINES' (steaming per CTF 76 OP ORDER 201-YR); moored starboard side to USS LUCERNE COUNTY (LST-928) in a two-ship nest, 'SHIP IS AT COLD IRON' (24 April); 25 April: '0622 HARBOR PILOT EMBARKED. 0624 YTB 298 MADE UP TO PORT QUARTER, YTB 420 MADE UP PORT BOW. 0641 ALL SHORE SERVICES DISCONNECTED. 0645 ALL LINES CAST OFF, UNDERWAY ... MOVING AT COLD IRON TO DRYDOCK AFDM 6. 0723 BOW CROSSED THE SILL. ... 0901 THE SHIP IS RESTING ON THE KEEL BLOCKS. 0919 SHIP IS RECEIVING ALL SERVICES FROM THE DRYDOCK.' Drydocked days 26 April-1 May inclusive ('RESTING ON KEEL BLOCKS IN AFDM #6 AT U.S. NAVAL BASE SUBIC BAY ... RECEIVING MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES FROM THE DRY DOCK'). 2 May: '0710 COMMENCED FLOODING THE DRYDOCK ... 0759 SHIP OFF THE KEEL BLOCKS. ... 0855 STERN OVER THE SILL. UNDERWAY COLD IRON ... 0915 MOORED STARBOARD SIDE TO USS BULLOCH COUNTY (LST-509) IN A NEST OF THREE SHIPS ... USS LUCERNE COUNTY (LST-928), USS BULLOCH COUNTY (LST-509) AND USS HUNTERDON COUNTY (LST-838) ... RECEIVING MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES FROM THE PIER.' Moored alongside in the LST nest at Subic through 8 May ('RECEIVING MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES FROM THE PIER. SOPA IS COMMANDER NAVAL BASE ... PHILIPPINES'); 8 May '1047 SET SPECIAL SEA AND ANCHOR DETAIL ... 1108 UNDERWAY CAPTAIN HAS THE CONN, NAVIGATOR ON THE BRIDGE M/U/C/S STANDING OUT OF SUBIC BAY HARBOR. 1138 YTB #775 DEPARTED'; steaming independently 9-10 May 'ENROUTE FROM SUBIC BAY ... TO VUNG TAU, REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM' per CTF 76 OP ORDER 201-YR (course 252T, ~10 kts, 9 May firing drill expending 40mm and 81mm mortar rounds); May log ends 31 May at Tien Giang River, Republic of Vietnam.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-03

   Study period

   1969-04-18 to 1969-05-31

   Population

   Hunterdon County ship's company (~117 class-typical); AFDM-6 floating-drydock crew; Naval Base Subic Bay pier/yard trades; harbor pilot and YTB tug crews (25 Apr, 2 May 1969); crews of nested LST-509 and LST-928

   Limitations

   Primary ship-produced record documenting the availability event and its dates verbatim, not the work content: the log says only 'MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES' from drydock and pier - it does not itemize scope, does not say 'asbestos,' and names no contractor or work package. Entry into AFDM-6 was 0645-0901 on 25 April; total on keel blocks 25 Apr-2 May (~7 days). The NavSource B-40 battle-damage repair caption dated '1968' (ev-02) may describe this documented 1969 dock or a separate unconfirmed one - the two sources cannot be reconciled from what was read.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hunterdon-county-lst838-03

5. [5]NARA deck logs, Hunterdon County (LST-838) monthly file units (RG 24 Logbooks): March 1968 (NAID 6058182, 63 pp., OCR + image-read), April 1968 (NAID 6058183, 63 pp.), monthly covers read May-Dec 1968, Jan-Aug 1969 (NAID series 6058176-6058199), and March 1970 cover (NAID 6266836) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NAID 6058182 cover + remarks sheets (Mar 1968, Game Warden entries incl. 20 Mar); NAID 6058183 cover (Apr 1968); cover pages for NAIDs 6058184-6058191 (May-Dec 1968), 6058192-6058199 (Jan-Aug 1969); NAID 6266836 cover (Mar 1970)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The ship's own deck logs document continuous riverine operations, verbatim: March 1968 - anchored in the Ham Luong River, R.V.N., 'THE SHIP IS OPERATING AS TASK UNIT 116.3.6 IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION GAME WARDEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH CTF 116 OP-ORDER 201-67. EMBARKED UNITS ARE RIVPATSEC 532 AND HAL3-DET 5. SOPA AND OTC IS CTU 116.3.6 IN U.S.S. HUNTERDON COUNTY (LST-838),' with LCVP picket-boat patrol, PBR departures/returns, U.S. Navy helo launches/landings, Condition of Readiness III (Modified) with Material Condition 'YOKE,' and gunfire into designated strike and free-fire zones (caliber not legible in scan); April 1968 Ham Luong River to Nha Trang, R.V.N. Month-cover stationing: Ham Luong River (May, Jun, Jul 1968), Bassac River (Aug, Nov, Dec 1968; Jan-Apr 1969), Vung Tau (end Oct 1968), Upper Bassac to Upper Mekong River (Aug 1969), Gulf of Thailand vicinity Rach Gia to Bassac River vicinity Long Xuyen (March 1970). Headers read 'U.S.S. HUNTERDON COUNTY LST-838,' attached LANDING SHIP FLOTILLA ONE / LAND SHIP FLOT ONE, SEVENTH Fleet (March 1970, approved LCDR W.H. Fischer) - i.e., the ship's own logs still identify her as LST-838 through at least March 1970.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-03

   Study period

   1968-03-01 to 1970-03-31

   Population

   Ship's company; embarked River Patrol Section (RIVPATSEC) PBR crews; HAL-3 Det 5 helo detachment; troops/passengers

   Limitations

   Deck-log coverage was sampled, not exhaustively read: two months (Mar, Apr 1968) fully OCR'd, the Apr-May 1969 Subic window image-read, and remaining months located by cover-page station fields (some handwritten entries OCR-degraded; September 1968 cover fields blank). Operational record only - no material, insulation, or asbestos content. The 'LST-838' header evidence bears on the AGP-838 reclassification-date question (unresolved; see gaps) but does not itself date the change.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hunterdon-county-lst838-04

6. [6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan); NavSource LST-838 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB 1945 v2 LST design table (verified live 2026-10-03); NavSource 160838.htm specifications block; evidence rows ev-02, ev-03

   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) 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. Ship-specific events place rework aboard this hull inside the Navy's asbestos-use era: construction at a wartime yard (Ambridge, 1944); a 20-year reserve-fleet layup (1946-66) in which era materials were largely retained, followed by a Mare Island Naval Shipyard reactivation; and the documented April-May 1969 Subic Bay AFDM-6 drydock and pier availability (ev-03) - the same era pattern for AGP conversion/fitting as the class's other riverine tenders.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-03

   Study period

   1944-1971

   Population

   Ambridge construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops/detachments (1944-46, 1966-71); MINSY reactivation trades (1966); Subic Bay/AFDM-6 yard trades (Apr-May 1969) and any earlier unlocated availabilities; breakers (1980s)

   Limitations

   Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, conversion work package, or abatement record was located for LST-838/Hunterdon County in any service period. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution. The 1966 MINSY reactivation scope and 1969 Subic availability scope are unitemized in the sources located; whether era materials were retained, disturbed, or removed at either event is unknown.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hunterdon-county-lst838-05

7. [7]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), Pacific service, 20-year reserve layup, 1966 reactivation, Vietnam service including the documented 1969 Subic availability, and 1971 foreign transfer.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-03

   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 2026-10-03) - content via product-page description.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hunterdon-county-lst838-06

8. [8]Mobile Riverine Forces Association, 'History of the USS Hunterdon County (LST-838)' (mrfa.org, dated April 18, 1999; reproduces DANFS text with added in-country detail) [other_primary]

   Locator

   mrfa.org Hunterdon County history page, final two paragraphs and awards paragraph

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The ship's veterans-association history page reproduces the DANFS narrative and adds in-country detail: 'The USS Hunterdon County continued to operate offshore and on the inland waters of the Mekong and Bassac Rivers of Southeast Asia through March 1971. Her crew was nicknamed the "Bastards of the Bassac".' Award list as given: Combat Action Ribbon, two Presidential Unit Citations, eight Navy Unit Commendations, RVN Gallantry Cross with Palm, RVN Civil Action Medal First Class with Palm, RVN Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with eight battle stars. Confirms the riverine operating areas (Mekong and Bassac) matching the deck-log stations (ev-04).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-03

   Study period

   1967-1971

   Population

   Ship's company ('Bastards of the Bassac' crew nickname), 1967-71

   Limitations

   Veterans-association secondary source - narrative largely reproduces DANFS (which it silently 'corrects' at the LST-884 typo, printing LST-838). Award counts differ from NavSource's ribbon table (8 NUC and 8 VN battle stars vs NavSource's NUC(1), VSM(10), plus RVN Gallantry Cross unit citations (10)) - unresolved variant, neither is an official award register. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hunterdon-county-lst838-07

9. [9]CourtListener API v4 via authenticated fleet-paced helper cl-auth-search.py: query "LST-838" type=o - request ABORTED before dispatch, server-reported daily quota exhausted (wait ~34,781 s / ~9.7 h to reset). Secondary web sweep (Firecrawl search) run as fallback [other_primary]

   Locator

   search_ledger rows sl-uss-hunterdon-county-lst838-13 (blocked) and -17 (fallback sweep)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Litigation status NOT DETERMINED: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated helper aborted on the fleet-wide daily quota (~9.7 h to reset); logged as blocked in the search ledger, not as a negative result. Fallback secondary-web sweep surfaced no qualifying asbestos case or opinion naming this hull: results were law-firm/marketing ship-list pages (mesotheliomasymptoms.com, freeasbestostesting.com, hillandponton.com - excluded per source policy) and one unverifiable social-media claim (a Facebook group post asserting 'I removed asbestos from her for about 2 years' - excluded as unverifiable, noted as a lead). An MRFA obituary entry initially appearing to attribute 'asbestos related' cancer to this ship's crew resolved on reading to an adjacent-entry name collision - the cancer death was a USS Benewah (APB-35) sailor, not a Hunterdon County crewmember.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   negative_finding

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-03

   Study period

   2026-10-03

   Limitations

   The CourtListener opinion and docket indexes were NOT searched - the litigation picture for this hull is an open gap, not a negative result. The secondary sweep cannot substitute for docket indexes (state filings, MDL-875 pleading vessel lists, unreported settlements are invisible to it). Re-run '"LST-838"', '"Hunterdon County" asbestos', '"AGP-838"' (types o and r) when quota resets.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hunterdon-county-lst838-08

10. [10]Batch-7380 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NavSource; NARA catalog + five deck-log months read/checked (Mar, Apr 1968 full; Apr, May 1969 availability window; covers May-Dec 1968, Jan-Aug 1969, Mar 1970) + WWII war-diary file units; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO product page; NVR; MRFA; shipyards.json yard check; CourtListener (blocked); secondary web sweep [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-hunterdon-county-lst838-01 through -19

    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-838/Hunterdon County/AGP-838 was found in the public sources searched. The strongest ship-specific documentation is operational (deck logs) and confirms a documented 25 April-2 May 1969 AFDM-6 drydock and Subic pier availability plus a 1966 Mare Island reactivation after 20 years in reserve - relevant refit events - but no primary source read names asbestos aboard this hull.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-10-03

    Study period

    2026-10-03

    Limitations

    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - wartime construction, a two-decade layup, and documented yard availabilities sit squarely inside the Navy's asbestos-use era, and the deck logs' 'miscellaneous services' does not itemize the work. CourtListener unsearched this session (throttled) - see ev-08. The unverifiable social-media claim of crew asbestos removal is a lead, not a record. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hunterdon-county-lst838-09

11. [11]NARA catalog, "USS LST-838" / "Hunterdon County (LST-838)" result sets: WWII war diaries Feb-Dec 1945 (10 file units, microfilm scans online) + 'Rep of action with enemy aircraft off Okinawa Jima ... 4/14-15/45' (NAID 101748246); Vietnam-era monthly deck logs December 1966 through 1970+ (RG 24 Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, extensive digitized run) [other_primary]

    Locator

    catalog.archives.gov "USS LST-838" (53 file units) and "Hunterdon County (LST-838)" (426 results, fuzzy) result sets; NAID 101748246 record; NAID 175436395 record

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Primary archive coverage for this hull is digitized and unusually deep: (1) WWII war diaries for every month February-October 1945 plus November-December 1945 (NAIDs 139895420, 139971684, 633432303, 633441780, 101706724, 83565447, 77490224, 77553821, 140081720, 140084320 - microfilm roll scans online) covering the Okinawa campaign and occupation period; plus a dedicated action report 'with enemy aircraft off Okinawa Jima, Ryukyu Islands, 4/14-15/45' (NAID 101748246) - the primary source for the 14 April plane-splash event DANFS summarizes. (2) RG 24 deck logs: monthly file units December 1966 (NAID 175436395) and spanning 1967-1970+ (Apr, Jul, Nov, Dec 1967; Jan-Dec 1968 months located; Jan-Aug and Dec 1969; Feb, Mar, May-Nov 1970 months located) - the in-country operating record for the riverine tender period; a 1971 tail-end run (Jan-Jul, through the 1 Aug 1971 decommission/transfer) is probable but unverified.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-10-03

    Study period

    1944-1946, 1966-1971

    Population

    Ship's company (1944-46, 1966-71); researchers

    Limitations

    Archival-lead row: of this coverage only the months itemized in ev-03/ev-04 were actually read (Mar, Apr 1968 in full via OCR; Apr-May 1969 availability window image-read; other months cover-checked only). The WWII war diaries were enumerated, not read. Muster/personnel records, BuShips/RG 181 work-package files for the 1966 MINSY reactivation and 1969 Subic availability, and any Malaysian-service records are undigitized open leads.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hunterdon-county-lst838-10