Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 733-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-iredell-county-lst839-pkt-733-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Iredell County (LST-839) - construction, sponsor, commissioning, WWII Pacific service, Okinawa, 1955 naming, 1966 recommissioning and first Vietnam deployment (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down by American Bridge Co., Ambridge, Pa., 25 September 1944; launched 12 November 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Arthur Lehner; commissioned at New Orleans 6 December 1944, Lt. Waldo F. McNeir in command. Shakedown off Florida; departed New Orleans 9 January 1945 via Panama Canal, Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok; reached Saipan 10 March; sailed 12 April for Okinawa; reached Kinmu Wan 17 April and discharged troops/cargo under air raids; returned to Saipan 21 April. Shuttled troops/equipment among Marianas, Philippines, Okinawa; occupation transport Philippines-Japan to mid-November. Embarked 500 veterans at Guam; San Francisco 28 December; Astoria 25 January 1946; decommissioned Vancouver, Wash., 24 July [1946]; Pacific Reserve Fleet. Named Iredell County 1 July 1955 while berthed in the Columbia River. Recommissioned San Diego 18 June 1966; joined 7th Fleet; homeport Guam; arrived Danang 21 October 1966; shuttled petroleum, building materials, rations, troops, equipment between Danang and Chu Lai; more than 7,360 tons of cargo, 12 landings; sailed to Guam 15 December 1966. One battle star for WWII. Spec block: dp. 1,625; l. 328'; b. 50'; dr. 14'1"; s. 12 k.; cpl. 226; a. 8 40mm., 12 20mm.; cl. LST-512.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1966 (entry coverage)
- Population
- American Bridge construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46, 1966-70)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS entry predates her 1970 decommissioning and transfer - post-1967 milestones come from other rows. DANFS spec-block class reads 'LST-512' vs the universal LST-542 classing (see gaps). Complement figure cpl. 226 conflicts with NavSource 13+104 (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-iredell-county-lst839-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Iredell County (LST-839) - designation timeline, WWII flotilla assignment, Vietnam campaign table, awards, specifications, CO list, Indonesian service and 2019 retirement (live page, verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160839.htm header block, campaign tables, specifications block, CO list, final-disposition lines, and photo captions (Danang LST ramp 1967-68; Cua Viet ramp 1968; NHHC photos NH 82548-82553)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship; laid down 25 September 1944, American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA; launched 12 November 1944; commissioned USS LST-839 6 December 1944 at New Orleans, LT. Waldo F. McNeir, USNR. WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LST Flotilla Twenty-Three (CAPT. W.W. Weeden Jr.), LST Group Sixty-Nine (CDR. H.F. Agnen), LST Division One Hundred Thirty-Seven; Okinawa Gunto operation 13 April - 29 June 1945; Occupation service 6-23 September 1945. Decommissioned 24 July 1946, Vancouver WA; Pacific Reserve Fleet, Astoria OR; named Iredell County (LST-839) 1 July 1955; recommissioned 18 June 1966 at San Diego. Vietnam: 'served continuously in country and in contiguous waters, with the exception of overhaul periods, from late 1966 to mid 1970' - campaign table lists Counteroffensive Phases II/III/IV/VI/VII, Tet Counteroffensive, Tet/69 Counteroffensive, Summer-Fall 1969, Winter-Spring 1970. Decommissioned July 1970 and transferred (loaned) under Security Assistance Program to Indonesia, renamed KRI Teluk Bone (LST-511); struck from the Naval Register and sold outright to Indonesia February 1979. KRI Teluk Bone retired at Kommando Armada II base Surabaya 15 August 2019, intended museum ship; 'Known to be abandoned by 2022'; final disposition fate unknown. Awards: Combat Action Ribbon (x3), Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation, Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation, Vietnam Service Medal (9), RVN Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (18), RVN Campaign Medal; one battle star WWII. Specs: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328' oa; 50' beam; 11.6 kts trial; 13 officers + 104 enlisted, troops 16 officers/147 enlisted; 2 x GM 12-567A 900hp diesels, Falk main reduction gears, 3 x 100kW 230V DC ship's service generators, 2 propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders; fuel 4,300 Bbls. CO list includes LT. Edwin Charles Hagedorn Oct 1966-Dec 1967, LCDR. John Frederick Neese 1970-Jul 1970.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-2022
- Population
- American Bridge construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46, 1966-70); embarked troops; Indonesian Navy crew (1970-2019)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track DANFS/NVR but the July 1970 decommissioning is undated and the sale/stricken month rests on secondary sourcing. Contains no asbestos content. The 'overhaul periods' noted for Vietnam service are not located or dated - deck logs (digitized at NARA, see ev-04) are the lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-iredell-county-lst839-02
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[4]NARA, deck log 'Iredell County (LST-839) - October 1966', NAID 175061217, RG 24 'Logbooks of the U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978' (NAID 594258), VA Navy Deck Log (NDL) Batch 0004 - title page verified against scanned image [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 175061217 title page (object ..._0401012547A.jpg), verified by image review 2026-10-03
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary ship record: the October 1966 deck log title page of 'U.S.S. IREDELL COUNTY (LST839)' records the ship commanded by Lieutenant Edwin C. Hagedorn, U.S.N., attached to Landing Ship Squadron THREE, Landing Ship Flotilla ONE, U.S. Pacific Fleet; log commences 0001(K) 1 October 1966 at sea and ends 2400(H) 31 October 1966 'at Da Nang, Republic of Viet Nam' - primary confirmation of her recommissioned administrative assignment and Da Nang presence in her first Vietnam month (DANFS dates arrival 21 October).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- October 1966
- Population
- Crew aboard October 1966 (LT. Hagedorn commanding)
- Limitations
- Establishes administrative assignment, commanding officer, and in-theater presence - a deck-log title page is not an exposure, material, or work record. Only the title page was sampled; daily remarks sheets in the same file unit were not reviewed this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-iredell-county-lst839-03
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[5]NARA Catalog search, 'Iredell County (LST-839)' within RG 24 series 594258 'Logbooks of the U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978' - 50 monthly file units digitized under the VA Blue Water Navy Deck Log Project [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog, RG 24/594258, 'Iredell County (LST-839)' query - 50 monthly file units June 1966-July 1970; NAID 86178
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific archival series located: 50 monthly deck-log file units for Iredell County (LST-839), June 1966 through July 1970, fully digitized (e.g., NAIDs 175060977 June 1966, 174228543 November 1969, 220784463 July 1970) - the ship's complete recommissioned career. Separate catalog hit NAID 86178 'USS IREDELL COUNTY (LST-839) IN COMBAT SUPPORT OPERATIONS CUA VIET, VIETNAM' (format unverified, likely still/motion picture record). These logs are the primary leads for her Vietnam 'overhaul periods' (undated in NavSource) and any in-port maintenance/availability record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1966-1970
- Population
- Crew and any shipyard trades during availabilities logged (1966-70)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: catalog metadata and one sampled title page verified; the daily remarks sheets were not reviewed. Deck logs rarely name materials; they are the avenue for locating yard availabilities, not an asbestos record in themselves. WWII-era (1944-46) deck logs are a separate series and were not located in this search.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-iredell-county-lst839-04
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[6]CNO letter to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Akaka enclosing the NHHC-compiled list of 713 Navy ships earning the Vietnam Service Medal or Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, 1962 onward (April 2010; veteran-organization-hosted mirror of an official Navy document) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Enclosure ship list, 'IREDELL COUNTY LST-839' line entry (alphabetical I-J section)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- This hull is named in the Navy's official ship list: 'IREDELL COUNTY LST-839' appears in the 713-ship compilation prepared by the Naval History and Heritage Command at Senate request - the roster underlying VA review of ships 'that served off the coast of Vietnam' for herbicide-exposure presumption. Ship-specific government documentation of qualifying Vietnam service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1966-1970
- Population
- Crew 1966-1970 (Vietnam Service Medal qualifying service)
- Limitations
- HERBICIDE (Agent Orange) exposure context, NOT asbestos - this row documents a separate exposure-recognition program and must not be read as asbestos evidence. The list establishes Vietnam Service Medal service only; in-country/inland-waterway status for any given claimant is determined by VA from deck logs. URL is a veteran-organization mirror of the official Navy letter - the live VA shiplist page (publichealth.va.gov) returned an empty page on fetch and the official NHHC-hosted copy was not located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-iredell-county-lst839-05
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[7]Asia Pacific Defense Journal, 'Indonesia decommissions two ex-US Navy Landing Ship Tanks' (Sep 2019); corroborated by TNI-AL statements carried in Indonesian press (pontas.id, 13 Aug 2019) and TNI-AL source page cited by Wikimedia Commons file 'KRI Teluk Bone (511).jpg' [reputable_press]
- Locator
- APDJ article body; pontas.id 2019-08-13 article
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- End-of-service documentation for this hull: KRI Teluk Bone (511), ex-USS Iredell County (LST-839), was retired with KRI Teluk Ratai (509, ex-USS LST-678/USS Presque Isle) in ceremonies at Kommando Armada II base, Surabaya, 15 August 2019 - the last WWII-era LSTs in Indonesian service, used for military sealift and humanitarian/disaster-relief operations. Indonesian press (pontas.id, quoting Kolinlamil commander Laksda Heru Kusmanto) records the 15 July 1970 renaming at San Diego, TNI-AL receipt 12 December 1970, and assignment to Kolinlamil Satlinlamil Surabaya from January 1990; intent to retain the ships was stated.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1970-2019
- Population
- Indonesian Navy crew to 2019; any preservation/abatement trades if museum conversion proceeds
- Limitations
- Defense-trade press and Indonesian media, not official records - the underlying TNI-AL source pages (tnial.mil.id) were not independently fetched. Confirms disposition only; no asbestos, hazmat, survey, or demolition content. 'Abandoned by 2022' status rests on NavSource alone.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-iredell-county-lst839-06
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[8]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block (diesel LST, no boilers); NavSource specifications (2 x GM 12-567A 900hp diesels, Falk reduction gears, 2 shafts); BuShips Ships' Data Book 1945 Vol. 2 LST design table (via lst-1-class class profile, ev-lst-1-class-01/03); GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications; BuShips SDB-1945 v2 design table via class profile; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST-542-group tank landing ship built September-November 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era (through the early 1970s per GAO) - spanning her entire 1944 construction, 1944-46 WWII service, 1946-66 reserve layup, and 1966-70 recommissioned service. As a diesel ship she carried no boilers; the era-standard asbestos applications aboard a ship of this type and period were diesel exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, deck coverings, and accommodation insulation in a shallow-draft hull where crew spaces adjoin machinery spaces.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-2019
- Population
- American Bridge construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46, 1966-70); embarked troops; Indonesian Navy crew (1970-2019); any abatement/preservation trades post-2019
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or demolition record located for LST-839. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-iredell-county-lst839-07
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[9]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 1944 construction and both U.S. service periods (1944-46, 1966-70).
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, standing since batch 01) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-iredell-county-lst839-08
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[10]Carnegie Mellon Steinbrenner Institute brownfields case study, 'The Moltoni and Nardelli Development in Ambridge Area'; corroborating EPA Superfund profile USX CORP AMERICAN BRIDGE DIV, PAD004372975 (NFRAP - site does not qualify for NPL) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- CMU case-study PDF 'Contaminants' line; EPA Superfund profile PAD004372975
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Builder-yard site record: the CMU brownfields case study for redevelopment of former American Bridge/industrial sites at Ambridge, PA lists 'Oil, Asbestos, Debris, PCBs' as documented contaminants, and the EPA holds a Superfund (CERCLIS) profile for the USX American Bridge Division site at Ambridge (PAD004372975, NFRAP status). Post-industrial documentation that the hull's construction site later required contaminated-site management.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- post-1983 redevelopment era (site record); wartime operations 1941-45 context
- Population
- American Bridge yard workers; redevelopment trades
- Limitations
- Post-closure site-redevelopment documentation, NOT a wartime shipyard record: it does not establish what materials were handled in 1944 LST construction, and the inventoried contaminants may post-date shipbuilding (American Bridge operated at Ambridge into the 1980s). No NPL listing; NFRAP means no federal Superfund action on existing information. Yard-level context only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-iredell-county-lst839-09
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[11]Mobile Riverine Force Association, 'Iredell County (LST-839)' history page (DANFS-derived history + first-person crew account by John R. Swofford, EM2, recounting November 1969 events) [other_primary]
- Locator
- MRFA page body, 'John R. Swofford's recollections' section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Veteran-association account of ship-specific events: crew member John R. Swofford (EM2) recounts the November 1969 crew swap with USS Caddo Parish (LST-515) - the Caddo Parish crew took over Iredell County in-country while the 839 crew sailed the 515 to turnover in the Philippines - and a subsequent grounding of Iredell County on a Mekong Delta sandbar, refloated by USS Current (ARS-22). The page also reproduces the DANFS history and a Vietnam award list consistent with NavSource (Combat Action Ribbon, PUC, NUC, MUC, RVN awards, VSM with 9 stars).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- November 1969 - early 1970
- Population
- Crew 1969-70; USS Caddo Parish (LST-515) and USS Current (ARS-22) crews
- Limitations
- Self-reported veteran recollection hosted by a veteran association - not an official record; the grounding and crew-swap events were not independently verified against deck logs this session (deck logs are digitized - see ev-04). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-iredell-county-lst839-10
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[12]Batch-7381 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC live page; NavSource 10/16/160839; NARA Catalog (50 digitized deck-log units + NAID 86178); NHHC 713-ship Vietnam list; Indonesian press (APDJ, pontas.id, TNI-AL); CMU brownfields + EPA Superfund; MRFA; secondary web litigation sweep; CourtListener (blocked); NVR (no entry); VA publichealth shiplist (empty page) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-iredell-county-lst839-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, demolition/shipbreaking record, or verified litigation naming USS LST-839 / USS Iredell County / KRI Teluk Bone was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - authenticated helper returned daily-quota exhausted (server-requested wait ~34,710 s, ~9.6 h) and was not retried; logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only generic law-firm LST marketing (gorilaw.com 'Asbestos on Landing Ships') asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. A prior class-level CourtListener sweep (lst-1-class profile, 2026-09-16) found only an incidental LST mention in an unrelated docket (Gitto v. A.W. Chesterton, S.D.N.Y. 1:07-cv-04771).
- 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 - and the litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (quota-blocked, not run). Deck logs (digitized), BuShips work packages, and Indonesian disposal records are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-iredell-county-lst839-11