Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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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-1005** (never renamed; never reclassified)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-1005-lst1005-pkt-611-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-1005 (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS ship-history entry (entire entry - six sentences)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-1005 was laid down on 2 February 1944 at Quincy, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on 11 March 1944; and commissioned on 6 April 1944. Following World War II, LST-1005 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early 1946. She was decommissioned on 6 April 1946 after removal of all salvageable equipment following damage sustained in beaching operations. Her hulk was later destroyed. The ship was struck from the Navy list on 17 April 1946.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Bethlehem/Fore River construction trades (Feb-Apr 1944); commissioned crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS does not name the other vessel in the beaching casualty, does not give the manner or location of the hulk's destruction, and does not list WWII campaign participation or awards.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1005-lst1005-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1005 (page ID 161005; verified live 2026-10-02; page last updated 27 May 2016) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 161005.htm header block, awards block, occupation-service table, specifications block, commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 2 February 1944 at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA; launched 11 March 1944; commissioned USS LST-1005 on 6 April 1944, LT. George I. North USN in command. WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LST Flotilla Thirty-Seven (CAPT. Riley), LST Group One Hundred Ten (LCDR. C. Alexander), LST Division Two Hundred-Nineteen. Post-war Navy Occupation Service Medal periods listed: 15-25 October 1945 and 18 November 1945-5 May 1946. 'Severely damaged by collision with USS LST-814 during a beaching operation off Sasebo, Japan, 30 December 1945.' Decommissioned 6 April 1946; struck from the Naval Register 17 April 1946; final disposition 'hulk destroyed.' Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (no battle stars listed), World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp. Commanding officers: LT George Irvin North USN (6 Apr 1944 - Mar 1946); LTjg Patrick A. Leon USNR (Mar - 6 Apr 1946). Photo record: USS LST-1005 beached with LCT-1465 loaded on her main deck (date/location unknown).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Bethlehem/Fore River construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates match DANFS but the collision-partner identification (LST-814) rests on NavSource alone; DANFS confirms only 'damage sustained in beaching operations.' The listed occupation-service window (to 5 May 1946) extends past the 6 April 1946 decommissioning - internal inconsistency, see gaps. No asbestos content. NOTE: this page's photo captions for AWM images 131746/131747 misidentify the second Okunoshima hulk as ex-LST-1005 - see ev-uss-lst-1005-lst1005-04.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1005-lst1005-02
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[4]NavSource, USS LST-814 page (collision counterpart entry, verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 160814.htm timeline block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's LST-814 page corroborates the beaching casualty from the other side: 'Severely damaged by collision with USS LST-1005 during a beaching operation off Sasebo, Japan, 30 December 1945.' LST-814 decommissioned 16 April 1946, struck 8 May 1946, final disposition 'sunk, 12 August 1946' - the date and disposition matching the AWM-documented Operation Lewisite scuttling of LST-814 with a chemical-munitions cargo.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Crew of both hulls (casualty event, 30 December 1945)
- Limitations
- Corroborates that an LST-1005/LST-814 collision is carried in the NavSource record for both hulls, but the ultimate source of the pairing is not cited - DANFS for LST-814 confirms only 'severely damaged during a beaching operation off Sasebo, Japan, on 30 December 1945' without naming LST-1005. The AWM caption for the Okunoshima hulks attributes their damage to 'a typhoon which had recently struck the island' - a different damage framing that remains unresolved (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1005-lst1005-03
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[5]Australian War Memorial: photo 131746 caption (Okunoshima, 1946-08-03); photo 131747 caption; photo 131748 caption; and AWM27 501/01 'Disposal Report, Chemical Munitions - Operation Lewisite, BCOF Occupation Zone, Japan, 8 May - 30 Nov 1946' (223-page digitized official report, downloaded and reviewed) [museum_official]
- Locator
- AWM collection pages 131746, 131747, 131748 (Description fields); AWM27 501/01 report, report pp. 68-69 (disposal recommendations; preparations; Phase I beaching narrative and embedded bow-number photograph)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: NavSource captions AWM photographs 131746 and 131747 on its USS LST-1005 page as showing 'ex-USS LST-814 (left) and ex-USS LST-1005 (right)' at Okunoshima being loaded with poison gas for Operation Lewisite scuttling in the Philippine Sea. The primary record contradicts this: the AWM's own caption for 131746 reads 'LANDING SHIPS TANKS 814 (LEFT) AND 128 (RIGHT)'; the official 1946 BCOF disposal report states 'LSTs 814 and 128 (decommissioned) procured from 8th Army for transport to scuttling grounds at sea' and 'LST 814 and LST 128, decommissioned, were beached at North Beach, Okunoshima, 1 June 1946'; a photograph printed in the report itself shows the moored hulk with hull number '128' painted on the bow; AWM 131748 documents 'LST 128 WAS SUNK ON 1946-08-28, LOADED WITH 2600 TONS OF GAS.' Peer-reviewed literature (Browne & Malloy, J. Maritime Archaeology 19(4), 2024) citing this report likewise identifies the hulks as LSTs 814 and 128. The claim that ex-LST-1005 was the second Operation Lewisite disposal hulk is therefore a NavSource caption misattribution; DANFS states only that LST-1005's 'hulk was later destroyed,' with manner and location undocumented.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- BCOF 17 CRE Works and Teikoku Rayon Company disposal labor (1946) - for the 814/128 hulks only
- Limitations
- Corrects a circulating misidentification, not an asbestos finding. The primary report is dispositive for the two gas-hulk identities but does not state what became of LST-1005's hulk - 'hulk destroyed' (DANFS) is all that is officially documented; whether LST-1005 was broken up in place, scuttled conventionally, or otherwise disposed is an open gap. Report also documents the scuttling ground at Lat. 32-30'N, 134-10'E in '3000 plus fathoms' and loading preparations undertaken 28 June 1946 - those details pertain to LST-814/LST-128, not this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1005-lst1005-04
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[6]NARA, file unit 'USS LSM-144 to USS LST-1005' (NAID 118967604), Record Group 24 logbooks of U.S. Navy ships - digitized, 2,968 images, available online; plus COM LST GR 110 war diaries (e.g., NAID 140087940, Oct-Nov 1945; NAID 77562719, Sep 1945) in the WWII war-diaries microfilm series [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog NAID 118967604 (RG 24 logbooks file unit); NAIDs 140087940, 77562719, 140050567 (COM LST GR 110 war diaries)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The LST-1005 deck logs are digitized and publicly accessible inside NARA file unit NAID 118967604 (the range file ends with this hull). The war diaries of LST Group One Hundred Ten - the group to which NavSource assigns LST-1005 - are likewise digitized. These are the primary records that would document the 30 December 1945 Sasebo casualty, the occupation-duty timeline, and the decommissioning sequence from the ship's own record.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew (1944-46) as authors of record
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the file unit's existence and online availability are verified, but its 2,968 images were not individually reviewed - the ship-level content (including any damage, repair, or material references) is unexamined. NARA's image delivery is application-gated and could not be fetched page-by-page this session. No asbestos content confirmed - deck logs rarely name materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1005-lst1005-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (2 x GM 12-567A 900-hp diesels, Falk reduction gear, twin screws - diesel plant, no boilers); NavSource header class (LST-542 class); shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json asbestos-product list for fore-river-shipyard (Bethlehem Steel, Quincy); GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-uss-lst-1005-lst1005-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 161005.htm specifications block; shipyards.json yard record fore-river-shipyard
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- An LST-542-class diesel tank landing ship built in early 1944 at Bethlehem Steel's Quincy (Fore River) yard sits inside the documented asbestos shipbuilding era; the builder yard has documented asbestos products in the Atlas shipyard registry (fireproofing, gaskets, packing, electrical components, wire insulation, asbestos cement, asbestos-containing paint). Era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a diesel LST of this period were diesel-exhaust and engine-room lagging, gaskets, valve packing, deck coverings, and accommodation insulation; the diesel plant (no boilers) removes the steam-line/boiler lagging pathway of steam vessels.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Fore River construction trades (Feb-Apr 1944); crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-1005. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution. The hull survived barely two years and was stripped before destruction - the period picture of materials aboard is frozen at 1944 construction minus wartime alterations.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1005-lst1005-06
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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 Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented Navy use of asbestos insulation aboard ships and the Navy's asbestos-protection program: the 1975 policy removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas - establishing that asbestos shipbuilding/removal practice spans this hull's 1944 construction era. Product page and PDF live-verified 2026-10-02.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); exposure era back to WWII construction
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull or to the Fore River yard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1005-lst1005-07
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[9]Batch-6493 search ledger (this record): DANFS live page; NavSource 161005/160814; AWM collection 131746/131747/131748 + AWM27 501/01 report (223 pp. digitized); Browne & Malloy JMarA 19(4) 2024 via Springer (paywalled body, footnotes/references read); NARA catalog (hit); NVR detail-page probe (no result); CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1005-lst1005-01 through sl-uss-lst-1005-lst1005-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for this hull: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LST-1005 / LST-1005 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener was searched this session with authenticated quota: '"USS LST-1005"' type=o returned 0; '"LST-1005"' type=o returned 1 noise result (untitled Texas AG opinion, not vessel-related); '"LST-1005"' type=r returned 2 OCR-noise dockets; unquoted 'LST-1005' type=o returned 49 irrelevant BM25 hits - classified no qualifying litigation / no name-collision litigation, a true negative. The hull was destroyed in 1946, so no museum-condition or extant-hull survey track exists.
- 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 - 1944 construction at a documented-asbestos yard in the Navy's asbestos era is consistent with era-standard materials. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. The deck-log and war-diary file units (ev-05) are unread primary records that could still contain material or repair references.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1005-lst1005-08