Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, LST-1013 - construction, commissioning, Asiatic-Pacific campaigns, decommissioning/transfer, strike date (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-1013 entry (single-entry ship history)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-1013 was laid down on 13 March at Quincy, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on 16 April 1944; and commissioned on 2 May 1944, Lt. Charles K. Carroll, USNR, in command.' Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the Leyte landings (October 1944), the Lingayen Gulf landings (January 1945), and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (April through June 1945). Post-war: occupation duty in the Far East and service in China until early June 1946; decommissioned 11 June 1946 and transferred to the State Department for disposition the same date; struck from the Navy list 19 July 1946. Earned three battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (Bethlehem Steel Quincy, 1944); crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Laid-down year is implied by the entry (16 April 1944 launch follows 13 March in sequence). Live NHHC page verified this session - no link rot on this entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1013-lst1013-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1013 - campaign table, flotilla assignment, occupation/China service windows, commanding officers, specifications, UNRRA disposition (live page, verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161013.htm header block, campaign table, CO table, photo captions, spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 13 March 1944 at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA; launched 16 April 1944; commissioned USS LST-1013 on 2 May 1944, Lt. Charles K. Carroll USNR in command. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns with dated landings: Leyte operation, Leyte landings 30 October 1944; Luzon operation, Lingayen Gulf landing 9 January 1945; Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation 1 April to 10 June 1945 - for Okinawa the ship was in LST Flotilla Three (CDR A. A. Ageton USN), LST Group Eight (flagship), LST Division Sixteen. Navy Occupation Service and China Service (extended) windows both 22 October 1945 to 11 June 1946. Decommissioned 11 June 1946 and transferred to the State Department the same day; struck from the Naval Register 19 July 1946; three battle stars. Post-Navy: placed under United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) control to transport Chinese refugees between Hankow and Shanghai in October 1946, later used to transport Displaced Persons to Europe; final disposition - scrapped in 1947. Commanding officers: Lt. Carroll (to 4 Nov 1945), Lt.(jg) Ralph A. Williams, Lt.(jg) George L. Hay II, Lt. Tomboy Little (to 11 Jun 1946). Photography places the hull in the Whangpoo River at Shanghai in early 1946 alongside USS LST-910, and en route Japan-China late 1945 repatriating Japanese soldiers. Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; two GM 12-567A 900hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, two screws; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted plus 16 officers / 147 enlisted troop berthing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Bethlehem Quincy construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); UNRRA/merchant crews (1946-47); 1947 shipbreakers
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates here agree with DANFS on every overlapping field. The UNRRA phase and the 1947 scrapping rest on NavSource alone (no corroborating official record located). Contains no asbestos content; no hazmat record for the 1947 breakup was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1013-lst1013-02
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[3]The National WWII Museum, Digital Collections oral history - James Buckley interview series (clips: 'Prewar Life to the USS LST-1013', 'Life Aboard the USS LST-1013', 'Invasion at Okinawa', 'Death by Celebration', 'Returning Home') [museum_official]
- Locator
- ww2online.org James Buckley interview series, clip annotations for 'Life Aboard the USS LST-1013', 'Invasion at Okinawa', 'Death by Celebration'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- First-person crew account naming this hull: James Buckley (later U.S. Senator from New York, 1971-77) reported to Quincy, MA where LST-1013 was being built, arriving just before commissioning, then served aboard as Deck Officer and Stores Officer 'for two years and eight days' - effectively the ship's entire commissioned life. He confirms the Leyte first landing (October 1944), Lingayen Gulf (January 1945), and the Okinawa landing on 1 April 1945; being at Okinawa on a Philippines resupply run when the first atomic bomb dropped; postwar occupation work moving troops to Korea, repatriating Japanese soldiers and Korean laborers, and moving displaced persons along the China coast (longest run Haiphong to Manchuria), with Hong Kong port calls and a Shanghai drydocking. Crew estimate 'about 100 men and eight officers'; 40mm and 20mm antiaircraft fit.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (service); 2015 (interview)
- Population
- Ens./Lt.(jg) James Buckley; LST-1013 crew and embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Oral-history recollection (recorded decades later) - operationally consistent with DANFS/NavSource but a memoir source, not a record document; dates recalled loosely (e.g., Lingayen remembered as 'January'). It is NOT an exposure record - no asbestos, insulation, or material content is discussed; individual service aboard does not establish exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1013-lst1013-03
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945) - LST design table and roster (shipscribe.com scan, text layer extracted this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 Vol. 2, LST design-data table rows LST980-1059 (p. ~168) and vessel roster
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official BuShips design data for this hull's block: the LST980-1059 group table lists 328 ft overall, 316 ft waterline, 50 ft beam, 2,366 t light / 4,080 t full-load displacement, 11.6 kt trial speed, and 2 x G.M. Diesel 12-567A engines totaling 1,700 shp - confirming the diesel plant and ruling out the 12-278A engine variant carried by the LST932-979 and LST1060-1080 blocks. The roster section lists the LST980-1059 block among the built hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Design/construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Class/block-level design data, not a hull record - documents what the design specified for the 980-1059 block, not materials installed aboard LST-1013 specifically. No asbestos content in the source. Note: the URL cited in the class profile (shipscribe.com/styles/usnaux/sdb/SDB1945v2.pdf) now returns 404; verified current URL is /pubs/SDB1945v2.pdf.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1013-lst1013-04
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[5]Era inference built on: BuShips SDB 1945 v2 machinery data (ev-04: diesel plant, no boilers); NavSource spec block (GM 12-567A diesels); era amphibious-ship construction practice for the class [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table (ev-04); NavSource spec block; LST-1-class class-profile inference framework
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered tank landing ship built March-May 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard asbestos-relevant applications for this type were diesel-exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, valve packing, and winch/windlass brake linings. As a diesel ship she carried no steam plant - the boiler/steam-drum lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the exposure-relevant scope concentrates in machinery spaces and interior finishes.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Bethlehem Quincy construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); UNRRA crews (1946-47); 1947 shipbreakers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, survey, or work package located for LST-1013. Names era-standard applications for the type, not confirmed installed materials on this hull. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1013-lst1013-05
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: per the product-page highlights, the review covered use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removal, and compensation programs; the Navy's 1975 policy removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - i.e., original-era insulation generally remained in place unless a yard period disturbed it. This hull's entire construction (1944) and service era (1944-46) predates even the earliest of these policies.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); policy window 1975-79 postdates this hull
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull - fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. gao.gov blocks direct automated fetch (HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-02); content via firecrawl-rendered product page (live for real users).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1013-lst1013-06
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[7]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' - official research guide to Navy asbestos documentation pathways (live page, verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guided-topics page, 'Beginning Research' and RG 19 correspondence series listing
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's own guide to ship-asbestos research: the relevant holdings are RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships) general/confidential correspondence 1940-1961, filed by hull designation - for this hull the filing code would be 'LST1013', with class-level fallback under the LST-1/LST-542 design series and type-level fallback under 'LST'; the builder's correspondence would file under the private-yard designation 'QM/Bethlehem Steel' or equivalent. These series are the likeliest location of any hull-specific material or asbestos correspondence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1940-1961 (series coverage)
- Limitations
- Research-pathway documentation only - identifies where ship-specific records would live; does not establish that any such records exist for this hull or that they contain asbestos content. The series are undigitized; catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered and its API did not respond to this session's tooling - physical/onsite research at NARA remains the open lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1013-lst1013-07
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[8]Batch-6501 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC (live); NavSource; National WWII Museum oral history; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; NARA asbestos research guide; CourtListener API v4 (four targeted searches); NVR; NARA catalog; uboat.net; uslst.org; Wikipedia; secondary web asbestos sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1013-lst1013-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS LST-1013 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener was searched this session - 'LST-1013' and 'LST 1013' in both the opinion index (type=o) and the docket index (type=r), four authenticated queries, zero hits each. The ship's extremely short life (scrapped 1947) predates the asbestos-litigation era entirely. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing listicles (mesotheliomahope.com, swmwlaw.com, mesotheliomaveterans.org, asbestos.com, simmonsfirm.com, mesotheliomatreatmentcenters.org) asserting or implying asbestos aboard Navy ships without primary sourcing - 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 - a 1944-built hull of this class is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the undigitized RG 19 correspondence and RG 24 deck logs remain open archival leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1013-lst1013-08