Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, LST-1018 - construction, WWII campaign list, occupation duty, decommissioning, striking, sale (live NHHC page retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative, LST-1018 entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-1018 was laid down on 31 March 1944 at Quincy, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on 6 May 1944; and commissioned on 14 May 1944.' Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the Morotai landings (September 1944), Leyte landings (November 1944), Lingayen Gulf landing (January 1945), Mindanao Island landings (April 1945), and Balikpapan operation (June and July 1945). 'Following the war, LST-1018 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-January 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 16 August 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 23 June 1947. On 24 June 1948, the ship was sold to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Seattle, Wash., for scrapping.' Earned five battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel Quincy construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Live NHHC page verified retrievable via Firecrawl 2026-10-02 (plain-curl HEAD returns 404 to automated requests - bot filtering, not a dead page).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1018-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1018 - LST-542 class; construction, flotilla organization, campaign dates, CO list, specifications, disposal (live page retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161018.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down 31 March 1944 at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA; launched 6 May 1944; commissioned USS LST-1018 14 May 1944, LT. Peter F. Williams USNR in command. Asiatic-Pacific Theater service in LST Flotilla Eight (CAPT. E. Watts USN), LST Group Twenty-Three flagship (CDR. T. C. Linthicum USN), LST Division Forty-Six. Campaign table: Morotai landings 15 September 1944; Leyte landings, Tacloban, San Pedro Bay, 5-18 November 1944; Lingayen Gulf landing 4-18 January 1945; Mindanao Island landing 17-23 April 1945; Balikpapan operation 26 June - 9 July 1945. Occupation service in the Far East 30 November 1945 - 15 January 1946. Decommissioned 16 August 1946; struck from the Naval Register 23 June 1947; sold for scrapping 24 June 1948 to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Seattle, WA. Five battle stars. Commanding officers: LT. Peter F. Williams USNR (14 May 1944 - 24 Nov 1945); ENS. George P. Griffith USN (24 Nov 1945 - June 1946); ENS. Edwin Bosecker Jr. USNR (June 1946 - 16 Aug 1946). Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t; 328 ft o.a.; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers + 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; two GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, 1,700 shp, twin rudders; 3 diesel-driven 100 kW 230 V D.C. generators; radio call sign NVPV.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Bethlehem Quincy construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); embarked troops (up to 16 officers / 147 enlisted); Consolidated Builders shipbreakers, Seattle (1948)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates here match DANFS exactly. Contains no asbestos content. The 1948 scrapping predates modern ACM-handling regulation; no hazmat or material record for the breakup was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1018-02
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[3]Australian War Memorial collection item OG1904 (photograph, negative, maker John Thomas Harrison) - LST No. 1018 beached at Mindoro, Philippine Islands, 1944-12-15 [museum_official]
- Locator
- AWM collection OG1904 item page (accession OG1904; copyright expired - public domain)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Australian government archive record naming this hull: 'MINDORO ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-12-15. MEMBERS OF NO. 3 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON RAAF LOST NO TIME IN PUTTING IN A RAMP FROM THE BEACH TO THE OPEN BOWS OF THE LST (LANDING SHIP, TANK), NO. 1018, TO UNLOAD PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE ALLIED LANDING. THERE ARE THREE BULLDOZERS OPERATING.' Documents the ship's bow-open beached configuration during the Mindoro operation between the Leyte and Lingayen Gulf campaigns.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-12-15
- Population
- LST-1018 crew and embarked/unloading personnel; No. 3 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF working alongside (15 Dec 1944)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: a photograph documents physical presence and configuration at Mindoro on one date - no asbestos, material, or work content. Catalog record verified live 2026-10-02 (HTTP 200).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1018-03
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[4]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block for this hull (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, Falk reduction gear, diesel ship's-service generators - no steam plant); class-profile design data (LST-1/491/542 series, BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 grouping); EMD 'History and Development of the 567 Series General Motors Locomotive Engine' (1951): the 567A crankcase 'was first used on the 12 cylinder LST engines which started in production early in 1942' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161018.htm specifications block; EMD 567 history PDF (verified HTTP 200 on 2026-10-02); lst-1-class.class.json design data
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST-542-class tank landing ship built in 44 days (laid 31 March - commissioned 14 May 1944) at a Bethlehem Steel yard sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a ship of this type and period were diesel-exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets, valve packing, deck coverings/tile, and accommodation insulation in berthing and galley spaces. As a diesel ship she carried no boilers or steam turbines - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, but the confined engine-room and accommodation spaces remain the relevant exposure geometry.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Bethlehem Quincy construction trades (1944); engine-room and berthing-space crew (1944-46); shipbreakers (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, or work package located for LST-1018. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. EMD document corroborates the engine model's LST application, not asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1018-04
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[5]Oliver v. Campbell-McCormick, Inc. et al. (incl. General Electric Co.), U.S. District Court D. Maryland, Civ. No. 1:16-cv-01057, Memorandum (ECF 105, filed 18 July 2016) - sever-and-remand ruling [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF 105 memorandum, pp. 1-2 (Background: employment and diagnosis allegations)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Yard-level litigation context for this hull's builder: the memorandum recounts that plaintiff Wayne Oliver 'worked as a pipefitter's and drafting apprentice at Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts from 1967 to 1970' and was diagnosed with mesothelioma in spring 2015, which he alleged was caused by exposure to defendants' asbestos-containing products. Establishes that asbestos-disease litigation naming Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, reached federal court - the same yard where this hull was built 23 years earlier.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2015-2016 (litigation); 1967-1970 (alleged exposure window)
- Population
- Fore River Shipyard trades, Quincy (1967-70 window litigated); WWII-era yard workforce not addressed by this record
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation recounted in a procedural (sever-and-remand) memorandum - NOT an adjudicated finding of asbestos conditions at the yard, and the exposure window (1967-70) postdates this hull's 1944 construction. Yard-level record: does not establish any material, condition, or exposure aboard LST-1018 or any specific hull. PDF full text verified 2026-10-02 (HTTP 200).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1018-05
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[6]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 entire construction (March-May 1944) and service era (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. 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-1018-06
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[7]Batch-6506 search ledger (this record): DANFS (live); NavSource (live); NVR (not covered - disposed pre-1987); Australian War Memorial OG1904 (live); CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket indexes, exact string "LST-1018" (0 results each); shipyards.json yard cross-check; govinfo court PDF (verified); GAO product page; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1018-01 through -14
- 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-1018 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero results on 2026-10-02 for "LST-1018" (opinion and docket indexes), "LST 1018" unhyphenated (opinion index), and "USS LST-1018" (opinion index) - a true negative on the indexes searched; the two docket-index variants could not be run before report time (fleet-wide pacing throttle) and are logged as a residual coverage gap, not a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying litigation - only law-firm marketing listicles asserting asbestos aboard LSTs generically, excluded by source policy (one misattributes 'boiler room'/'steam pipes' asbestos to the diesel-powered LST-542 class).
- 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 mass-production amphibious ship is era-consistent with retained asbestos materials. Deck logs, Bethlehem Quincy work packages, 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-1018-07