Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 612-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LST-1007 | Hull: LST-1007 | Designation: LST (landing ship, tank) | Class: LST-542 class (see class note)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-1007-lst1007-pkt-612-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-1007 - construction at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy; launch, commissioning; Asiatic-Pacific service and Tarakan operation; occupation duty; decommission/strike/sale; one battle star (ARCHIVED Wayback capture 2025-02-02; live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-10-02 - standing NHHC link-rot defect per BATCH-01) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-1007 entry, full text (3 paragraphs)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-1007 was laid down 8 February 1944 at Quincy, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched 20 March 1944; commissioned 15 April 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the Tarakan Island operation in April and May 1945; performed occupation duty in the Far East until late October 1945; decommissioned 2 March 1946; struck from the Navy list 12 April 1946; sold 12 September 1946 to the Construction Power & Merchandising Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. Earned one battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew (1944-1946); embarked troops during Tarakan operation
- Limitations
- Verbatim DANFS text recovered from the archived NHHC page (Wayback 2025-02-02); the live NHHC URL 404s. DANFS is a service history - it contains no asbestos, material, or environmental content and establishes nothing about exposure conditions aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1007-lst1007-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1007 (verified live 2026-10-02) - designation, command assignments, campaign dates, CO roster, specifications, disposal [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 161007.htm, full entry incl. specifications block and commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship. Assigned to LST Flotilla Thirty-Seven (CAPT. Riley), LST Group One Hundred Ten (LCDR. C. Alexander), LST Division Two Hundred-Twenty. Asiatic-Pacific campaign: Borneo operation - Tarakan Island operation, 27 April to 5 May 1945. Occupation duty in the Far East 9 September to 25 October 1945. Commanding officers: LT. Burr Richards, USNR (15 April 1944 - December 1945); LT. Charles E. Keim Jr., USNR (December 1945 - 2 March 1946). Final disposition: sold 12 September 1946 to Construction Power & Merchandizing Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., fate unknown. Propulsion: two General Motors 12-567A 900hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, two propellers 1,700shp, twin rudders, three diesel-drive 100kW 230V D.C. ship's service generators. Complement 13 officers, 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers, 147 enlisted. Radio call sign NVQJ. Photograph shows LST-1007 beached with LCT(5) 406 on her main deck (date and location unknown).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (record compiled through 2017 page update)
- Population
- Ship's company 13 officers / 104 enlisted; embarked troops up to 16 officers / 147 enlisted
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained secondary archive, not a primary record; its timeline and specs corroborate DANFS. Contains no asbestos, material, or exposure content. The 'fate unknown' note conflicts with Colton's 'scrapped 1947' - see ev-03 and gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1007-lst1007-02
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[4]Colton, Shipbuilding History, 'Bethlehem Quincy, Fore River Shipbuilding' yard production table (verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- bethquincy.htm production table, hull-number row 1583
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Fore River hull #1583 = LST 1007, Landing Ship, 2,366 LDT, 328 ft, delivered 15 April 1944 to US Navy; disposition listed as 'Scrapped 1947'. Yard context: the Quincy yard began as Thomas A. Watson's Fore River Engine Company (1886), became Fore River Ship & Engine Co., sold to Bethlehem Steel in 1913; ~32,000 wartime peak employment; Bethlehem sold to General Dynamics in 1963.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Construction workforce at Fore River, Quincy (1944); scrapping workforce (1947, location not stated)
- Limitations
- Respected secondary reference compiled from yard records, not a primary scrapping certificate - 'Scrapped 1947' is consistent with (but more specific than) DANFS 'sold 12 Sep 1946, fate unknown'; carried as the best available disposition with secondary-sourcing caveat. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1007-lst1007-03
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[5]Royal Australian Navy, 'Operation Oboe' history page (verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navy.gov.au Operation Oboe page, 'Oboe One' paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Operation Oboe was the series of Allied amphibious landings in Borneo, May-July 1945. Oboe One - the invasion of Tarakan island - commenced 1 May 1945 after heavy naval and air bombardment; the landing was accomplished with marked success. This is the operation in which LST-1007 participated per her DANFS/NavSource campaign record (Tarakan Island operation, 27 April - 5 May 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Operational context only - the RAN page does not name LST-1007 or any individual LST. It establishes what the Tarakan landing was, not what this hull did or carried. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1007-lst1007-04
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[6]Era/design inference built on: NavSource specifications for this hull (2x GM 12-567A 900hp diesels, Falk reduction gear - diesel plant, no boilers); lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) incorporating BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 2 design table; era-standard Navy practice documented by GAO HRD-80-2 (asbestos insulation standard in fleet construction of the period) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 161007 specifications block; class profile ev-lst-1-class-01/-03
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- As a WWII diesel-powered LST-542-class hull, asbestos-relevant applications aboard would have been era-typical: diesel engine and exhaust-system lagging; engine-room and machinery thermal insulation; gaskets and valve/pump packing; deck coverings; accommodation, galley, and mess-space insulation; electrical insulation; brake linings on winches and windlass. The diesel plant (no boilers, no steam turbines) narrows the classic steam-lagging pathway to exhaust lagging and ancillary applications.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Shipyard construction trades (Fore River, 1944); engine-room crew (1944-46); scrapping-yard workers (1947, if Colton disposition holds)
- Limitations
- INFERENCE ONLY - no ship-specific material schedule, survey, or build specification naming asbestos aboard LST-1007 was located. Class/era inference cannot establish presence, quantity, condition, or individual exposure aboard this hull. Diesel propulsion removes the boiler-lagging pathway; remaining pathways are generic to 1944 naval construction.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1007-lst1007-05
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[7]O'Connor v. Raymark Industries, Inc., 401 Mass. 586, 518 N.E.2d 510 (1988) - per shipyard-exposure-map yard record for Fore River Shipyard (yard-level, already cataloged) [other_primary]
- Locator
- 401 Mass. 586 (1988) opinion; shipyard-exposure-map fore-river-shipyard products_documented rows
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The builder yard has litigation-documented asbestos exposure: the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court record for O'Connor v. Raymark documents Raybestos-Manhattan asbestos welding blankets used for welder protection at Bethlehem Steel's Fore River (Quincy) shipyard in the 1940s - the period covering this hull's construction. The yard dataset separately logs Thayer v. Pittsburgh-Corning Corp., 45 Mass. App. Ct. 435 (1998) (Owens-Illinois products during ship construction/overhaul at Fore River, 1948-1952 period).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1940s construction era
- Population
- Fore River construction workforce (1940s)
- Limitations
- YARD-LEVEL documentation, not a hull finding - the cases establish asbestos product use at the Fore River yard generally, not aboard LST-1007 specifically. O'Connor affirmed a judgment for the plaintiff on product-identification grounds; it names the yard and era, not any LST hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1007-lst1007-06
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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
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively in ship construction and overhaul through the period, and that the Navy's 1975-era asbestos-protection policy removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when required for repairs - program-level context for WWII-built hulls like this one.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); WWII-1970s use period
- Limitations
- Program-level context only - the report does not name this hull or any LST; it establishes era practice, not conditions aboard LST-1007. gao.gov returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch on 2026-10-02 (standing access defect per BATCH-01/-98); product-page metadata and prior extractions carry the description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1007-lst1007-07
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[9]Batch-6495 search ledger (this record): archived DANFS entry; NavSource live page; Colton yard list; RAN Operation Oboe; secondary web sweeps for asbestos/litigation naming this hull; CourtListener (blocked - see ledger) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1007-lst1007-01 through sl-uss-lst-1007-lst1007-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or docketed case naming LST-1007 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull and - unlike comparable hulls - not even law-firm listicles single out LST-1007.
- 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 - a 1944 combat-built hull of this class would era-typically have carried asbestos materials. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present, and establishes or defeats no claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener litigation status is OPEN, not negative - the API was fleet-rate-limited this session (see ledger).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1007-lst1007-08
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[10]NARA RG 24 deck logs and war diaries for LST-1007 (1944-1946) - not located in digitized public sources [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search, 'LST-1007' - no digitized deck-log series hit
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- WWII LST deck logs (RG 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel) and LST Flotilla 37 / Group 110 / Division 220 war diaries and operation reports (RG 38) would hold this hull's movements, loadings, and any material remarks for the Tarakan and occupation periods; they are not digitized and were not directly reviewed.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946 records; 2026-10-02 search
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered and no digitized LST-1007 deck log set was located this session. Physical review at NARA would be required; nothing herein asserts the logs' contents.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1007-lst1007-09