Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 611-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS **LST-1001** (never renamed; never reclassified)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-1001-lst1001-pkt-611-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-1001 entry - construction at Boston Navy Yard, sponsor, commissioning, Okinawa Gunto, occupation duty, decommission/strike/sale (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page returned 404 on both candidate URL patterns) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-1001 entry, service narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 18 April 1944 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched 26 May 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Eva B. Rockett; commissioned 20 June 1944, Lt. Comdr. G. C. Masterson, USNR, in command. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto May-June 1945; occupation duty in the Far East until mid-September 1945; decommissioned 26 February 1946; struck from the Navy list 19 June 1946; sold to New Orleans Shipwrecking Corp., Chicago, Ill., for scrapping. One battle star for WWII service. Spec block: dp. 1,490; l. 328'; b. 50'; dr. 8' fwd, 14'4" aft; s. 10.8 k.; a. 6 40mm; 6 20mm; cpl. 211.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); embarked troops
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Live NHHC DANFS page returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-02 for both /research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-1001.html and the /content/history/nhhc/ variant - verbatim HyperWar transcription cited per standing NHHC link-rot practice. The transcription dates the sale '23 October 1946'; NavSource and a second DANFS mirror (historycentral.com) read 23 October 1947 - year conflict unresolved (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1001-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, 15 April 1945) - LST design table and construction roster (shipscribe.com scan, text layer) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2: LST980-1059 design-table rows (LST section) + construction roster entries LST980-LST1002 under 'Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass.'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official BuShips roster lists LST-1001 in the Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. block (ditto continuation of 'Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass.' header) with dates: laid down 18 Apr 44, launched 26 May 44, commissioned 20 Jun 44 - matching DANFS exactly. The design table for group LST980-1059 gives: 328' oa / 316' wl, 50' beam, 2,366 t beaching displacement, 4,080 t at limiting draft (3,960 t trial), 11.6 knots trial, limiting navigational draft 11'2", total accommodations 13 officers / 106 enlisted, and machinery 2 x G.M. Diesel 12-567A, 1,700 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades (1944); crew complement design basis
- Limitations
- Official BuShips publication - primary government source. Confirms builder and milestone dates ship-specifically; the machinery/accommodation figures are design-group (980-1059) values, not per-hull measurements. No asbestos or material content - the volume tabulates dimensions, machinery, armament, and accommodations, not insulation materials. Note: the URL moved this session - the former path /styles/usnaux/sdb/SDB1945v2.pdf returned 404 on 2026-10-02; live file verified at /pubs/SDB1945v2.pdf.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1001-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1001 (10/16/161001) - 542-class timeline, Atlantic/Pacific service narrative, flotilla assignments, campaign table, awards, specifications, photo record incl. NHHC NH 83650 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161001.htm header block, service narrative, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 18 April 1944, Boston Navy Yard; launched 26 May 1944; commissioned USS LST-1001 20 June 1944, LT. George C. Masterson USNR. Atlantic service: cargo to Bristol, ammunition Falmouth to Brest, return to New York; then Panama Canal to San Diego, Marines to Guadalcanal, Army troops to Okinawa. Assignment: LST Flotilla 35 (CAPT D. H. Johnston), LST Group 104 (CDR D. Stubbs), LST Division 208. Campaign: Okinawa Gunto 5 May - 18 June 1945. Occupation service Far East 8-15 September 1945. Decommissioned 26 February 1946; struck 19 June 1946; sold for scrapping to New Orleans Shipwrecking Corp., Chicago, IL 23 October 1947. Awards: American Campaign Medal; Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 star); WWII Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). Specs: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328' oa; 50' beam; 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; ultimate armament 2 twin 40mm w/ Mk.51 directors, 4 single 40mm, 12 single 20mm; two GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three 100 kW 230 V D.C. generators, 1,700 shp, twin rudders. Photos: beached at Okinawa 1945-46 with LCT-1439 and LST-1059; moored Hawaii 1945 with LST-727 and LST-172; San Francisco Bay circa 1945-46 flying Homeward Bound pennant (NHHC photo NH 83650).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Crew (1944-46); embarked Marines/Army troops; occupation-service complement
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track DANFS/BuShips and the ones shown here match both. The service narrative and flotilla assignments are contributed content, partially corroborated by the TNA convoy record (ev-04). Sale year reads 1947 here vs 1946 in the HyperWar DANFS transcription - unresolved (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content. Cited via navsource.net - the old navsource.org domain is dead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1001-03
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[5]The National Archives (U.K.) Discovery catalogue, record C10249976 - 'Convoy number HXM301 from Halifax (later New York) to UK. Sailing on 23 & 25 7 1944 and arriving on 11 8 1944' [other_primary]
- Locator
- TNA Discovery record C10249976, catalogue description (ship names list: 'LST1001')
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The UK National Archives catalogue entry for convoy HXM.301 lists 'LST1001' in the ship-name manifest - the convoy sailed Halifax/New York 23 and 25 July 1944 and arrived in the UK 11 August 1944. This is a primary record of the hull's Atlantic crossing five weeks after commissioning, corroborating the NavSource service narrative (Bristol/Falmouth/Brest leg) and the Europe-Africa-Middle East campaign ribbon. Wikipedia's 'convoy HXM 30' is a truncation - the catalogued designation is HXM.301.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Crew during Atlantic transit (Jul-Aug 1944)
- Limitations
- Establishes the hull's presence in the convoy manifest only - convoy records do not document cargo, casualties, or shipboard conditions. TNA catalogue page is JS-rendered; content verified via the catalogue's search-result transcription of the record's ship list. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1001-04
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[6]Consolidated era inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v2 machinery data (LST980-1059: 2 x GM 12-567A diesels, no boilers) + era amphibious-ship construction practice (class-profile lst-1-class, ev-lst-1-class-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST980-1059 machinery row; class file lst-1-class.class.json ev-lst-1-class-03
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this hull's design group: the diesel plant (no boilers) removes the boiler/steam-lagging pathway; asbestos-relevant applications aboard a ship of this type and period were diesel-exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. Built mid-1944 at a Navy yard inside the documented asbestos-use era of U.S. naval construction.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-1001. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. The absence of boilers narrows but does not eliminate the exposure-relevant surface area.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1001-05
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[7]US EPA CERCLA record, BOSTON NAVAL SHIPYARD (FORMER), EPA ID MA2170024259, Boston (Charlestown), MA - NFRAP (site does not qualify for the NPL); internal yard record shipyards.json yard_id 'boston-naval-shipyard' (tier-3, litigation product-identification rows incl. John Crane gaskets) [other_primary]
- Locator
- EPA cumulis csitinfo.cfm?id=0100959 (site info table); shipyard-exposure-map/client/src/data/shipyards.json 'boston-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The builder yard is a documented asbestos-relevant site: EPA holds a CERCLA/Superfund record for the former Boston Naval Shipyard (Charlestown), evaluated to NFRAP status, and the project shipyard dataset carries it as a tier-3 yard with litigation product-identification rows (John Crane gaskets and sealing materials). LST-1001's construction there April-June 1944 places her build inside a yard with documented asbestos-product presence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- EPA record current 2026; construction window 1944
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard wartime workforce (~50,000 peak) and construction trades on this hull (1944)
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull record: the EPA record is a post-closure environmental evaluation (NFRAP - no NPL listing) and the yard's litigation rows name the yard, not this ship. Establishes site context for construction-era exposure plausibility only - no asbestos content aboard or installed in this hull is documented by these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1001-06
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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 - program-level context for the era in which this hull was built (1944) and served (1944-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- 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 - which was scrapped before the period GAO surveyed. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1001-07
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[9]NARA WWII War Diaries collection (RG 38, Office of the CNO) - digitized on Fold3 ('US, World War II War Diaries, 1941-1945', 2,038,066 images, sourced from The National Archives); DPLA-indexed NARA items exist for sister LSTs (e.g., LST-649, LST-343, LST-1033 same Boston block) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Fold3 publication 750 (NARA WWII War Diaries); DPLA items for USS LST-649, LST-343, LST-1033, LST-399 war diaries (NARA College Park, Textual Reference)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- WWII LST war diaries and deck logs are held at NARA College Park (war diaries in the CNO Intelligence Division series; deck logs in RG 24). The Fold3/NARA digitized war-diary collection and DPLA-indexed NARA items confirm coverage for sister hulls of the same class and builder block; LST-1001's own war diary/deck-log items were not verified digitized this session but are the documented archival lead for any future ship-specific work-record research.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (record creation window)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: establishes that the record series exists for the class - not that this hull's specific items were located or digitized. catalog.archives.gov's retired v1 API returned the SPA shell and the v2 endpoint could not be rendered this session; DPLA item pages are JS-rendered. No asbestos content; deck logs rarely carry material data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1001-08
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[10]Batch-6489 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription (HyperWar); BuShips NAVSHIPS 250-011 full text; NavSource 10/16/161001; UK TNA Discovery C10249976; EPA CERCLA MA2170024259; GAO product page; Fold3/NARA war-diary collection; CourtListener (fleet-quota blocked at session time); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1001-01 through -10 incl. 08b
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LST-1001 was found in the public sources searched. The hull was scrapped 1946-47, predating Navy asbestos documentation programs. CourtListener opinion search '"USS LST-1001"' returned zero hits this session; remaining hull-specific queries ('"LST-1001"' opinions, both docket-type queries) were fleet-quota blocked and are logged as blocked, not as a negative result. The class-level CourtListener sweep for the LST-1 class (2026-09-16) found no asbestos docket naming any LST hull. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; only law-firm marketing content asserting asbestos aboard LSTs generically - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - era construction practice makes asbestos-containing materials aboard a reasonable inference, unproven for this hull. CourtListener coverage is partial: one opinion query completed clean (0 results), the rest blocked by the shared request budget - an open gap, not a completed negative. Deck logs, war diaries, and any scrapping-contract records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1001-09
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[11]Cross-source date check: DANFS (HyperWar transcription) vs NavSource 10/16/161001 vs Wikipedia USS LST-1001 vs hazegray Boston Naval Shipyard production record [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wikipedia USS LST-1001 (prose vs infobox); HyperWar DANFS lst1001; NavSource 10/16/161001; hazegray.org/shipbuilding/bnsy.htm; navalmarinearchive.com Boston yard list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION/flag: (a) The Wikipedia article is internally inconsistent - its prose says 'laid down 26 February 1944... launched 27 March 1944' while its infobox and DANFS/BuShips agree on laid down 18 April 1944, launched 26 May 1944; the prose dates are wrong for this hull. (b) The scrapping-sale year conflicts: HyperWar's DANFS transcription reads 23 October 1946; NavSource, historycentral's DANFS mirror, and Wikipedia read 23 October 1947 - DANFS-primary transcription carried with the conflict logged. (c) Yard records give delivery-date variants: hazegray's Boston Naval Shipyard production list shows 29 June 1944 and navalmarinearchive 25 June 1944, vs DANFS commission 20 June 1944 - delivery vs commissioning distinction, noted not resolved.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Limitations
- Corrects circulated date errors/variants, not a material claim. Wikipedia is not a cited source anywhere in this record - used only to document the defect. The 1946-vs-1947 sale year remains genuinely unresolved between two DANFS-derived transcriptions and NavSource.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1001-10