Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]DANFS, 'LST-1024' (Naval History and Heritage Command) - construction dates, theater service, occupation duty, disposal (LIVE page verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'LST-1024' entry, full text (short-form unnamed-LST entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: laid down 26 April 1944 at Quincy, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched 22 May 1944; commissioned 28 May 1944. During World War II LST-1024 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the Leyte landings in October 1944 and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April and May 1945. Following the war she performed occupation duty in the Far East until late December 1945, returned to the United States, and was decommissioned 27 June 1946 and struck from the Navy list 31 July 1946. On 12 March 1948 the ship was sold to Alexander Shipyards, Inc., for operation. LST-1024 earned two battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Construction trades (Bethlehem Quincy, 1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; contains no asbestos or material content. Unusually for this batch series the live NHHC page resolved (HTTP 200) on 2026-10-02 - no mirror or Wayback substitution needed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1024-lst1024-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, 'USS LST-1024' (10/16/161024) - flotilla/group/division assignment, campaign table, occupation-service periods, commanding-officer list, specifications block, photo captions, call sign NKUX (live page verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161024.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officer table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship laid down 26 April 1944 at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA; launched 22 May 1944; commissioned 28 May 1944 with LT. Christopher Lowndes USNR in command; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater under LST Flotilla Fourteen (CAPT. E. Seay USN), LST Group Forty-One (CDR. E. C. Parsons USNR), LST Division Eighty-Two, 'For Okinawa only'. Campaign table: Leyte operations - Leyte landings 20 October 1944; Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 7 May 1945. Navy Occupation Service periods: 20 September-3 October 1945, 15-28 October 1945, 10 November-26 December 1945. Decommissioned 27 June 1946; struck from the Naval Register 31 July 1946; sold 12 March 1948 to Alexander Shipyards, Inc., for commercial operations; two battle stars. Specifications block: two General Motors 12-567A 900 hp diesel engines, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230V D.C. ship's service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders, 11.6 kt trial; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted. Commanding officers: LT. Christopher Lowndes USNR (28 May 1944-December 1944); LT. Vaughn Noble Redding USNR (December 1944-12 January 1946); LTjg. Nicola Don Klein Jr. USNR (12 January-20 February 1946); LTjg. Jack Porter Stephenson USNR (20 February-26 April 1946); LTjg. Jerome K. Holloway Jr. USNR (26 April-27 June 1946). Photo captions place the hull beached at Leyte 22 October 1944 alongside USS LSM-135, beached in the Philippines during re-occupation with LST-550, LST-1090 and LST-1138, and underway probably in San Francisco Bay circa 1946 (NHHC photo NH 84714).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Bethlehem Quincy construction trades (1944); ship's company ~117 per spec block; embarked troops up to ~163
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archival page quoting Navy sources and NHHC photo captions; milestone dates track DANFS where they overlap. The flotilla/group/division block is qualified 'For Okinawa only' on the page itself. Spec data are equipment descriptions - no asbestos content stated or implied. CO dates (e.g., Lowndes through December 1944) conflict with the NHHC 1 May 1945 fleet-organization document which still lists Lt. C. Lowndes - see ev-05 and gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1024-lst1024-02
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (by ship number), p. 36 of PDF [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, PDF page 36, 'LST-1024' row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 inventories Navy deck logs for LST-1024 covering 28 May 1944 through 30 June 1945 (entry 'LST-1024 | 5/28/1944 | 6/30/1945'), confirming that dated contemporaneous Navy records for this hull exist in NARA custody from the commissioning date through mid-1945. The logbooks themselves are not digitized in the National Archives Catalog (a catalog search for '"LST-1024" logbook' returns only the Special Lists 43-44 source document, NAID 178406296).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-05-28 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Crew of record during log coverage (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Log-coverage dates are an inventory of extant records, not commissioning documentation - the 5/28/1944 start matches the DANFS/NavSource commissioning date of 28 May 1944 but is not asserted here as commissioning evidence. The logs were not individually reviewed; their content (weather, positions, personnel entries) is operational, not material-history documentation. No asbestos relevance is claimed from this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1024-lst1024-03
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[4]NARA Catalog, RG 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (series NAID 4697018) - three USS LST-1024 action/operations report file units, digitized (Fold3 scans) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search '"LST-1024"' file units under series NAID 4697018; NAIDs 139760306, 77485368, 101747913
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives Catalog holds digitized contemporaneous operational reports filed by USS LST-1024: 'Rep of Landing Ops in the Invasion of Leyte Is, Philippines, 10/10-24/44' (NAID 139760306; micro serial 92238, serial 126, dated 10/30/44; 7 images), 'Rep of opers in the occupation of the Wakayama Area, Honshu, Japan, 9/25-27/45' (NAID 77485368), and 'Rep of opers in the invasion and occupation of Okinawa Jima, Ryukyu Islands 4/1/45 - 5/17/45' (NAID 101747913). These ship-filed reports independently corroborate the Leyte, Okinawa, and Far East occupation service listed by DANFS and NavSource (the Wakayama dates fall inside the first Navy Occupation Service period, 20 September-3 October 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-10 to 1945-09
- Population
- Crew of record (1944-45); embarked troops during landings
- Limitations
- Archival lead: file units were verified to exist in the catalog and are digitized, but the page-level contents were not reviewed this session; action reports are operational narratives - they document movements and landings, not hull materials. No asbestos content expected or claimed. The catalog search also surfaces related unit records (e.g., COM LST FLOT 3 Leyte operations report, NAID 78672884) that may reference this hull indirectly.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1024-lst1024-04
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[5]NHHC Online Reading Room, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' - LST Group 41 / LST Division 82 assignment listing (live page verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- US Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, LST Group 41 / LST Division 82 table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official fleet-organization document for 1 May 1945 - during the Okinawa Gunto operation - lists 'LST 1024, Lt. C. Lowndes (USNR)' under LST GROUP 41 (ComLSTGrp 41, Comdr. E. C. Parsons USNR), LST DIVISION 82. This independently corroborates NavSource's 'For Okinawa only' unit assignment (Flotilla 14 / Group 41 / Division 82) and places the hull in the Okinawa theater on a documented date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Ship's company under Lt. C. Lowndes per document (May 1945)
- Limitations
- Establishes unit assignment and presence, not material condition; contains no asbestos content. The document lists Lt. C. Lowndes as commanding officer on 1 May 1945 although NavSource's commanding-officer table has Lowndes relieved by LT. Vaughn N. Redding in December 1944 - the org document's CO field is likely stale; discrepancy noted in gaps, not resolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1024-lst1024-05
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan) + NavSource LST-1024 specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table; NavSource 10/16/161024.htm specifications block; lst-1-class.class.json class analysis (BuShips design grouping, LST-542 group)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this diesel-powered hull: LST-1024 carried two General Motors 12-567A diesel engines (900 hp each, 1,700 shp total, Falk main reduction gear, two shafts - NavSource spec block matching the BuShips SDB 1945 v2 class design for the LST-542 group). With no steam plant aboard, the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; era-standard asbestos-relevant applications for a 1944 amphibious hull of this type were diesel-exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, machinery gaskets and valve packing, deck coverings/tile including tank-deck surfaces, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and brake linings on winches/cranes.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948+
- Population
- Bethlehem Quincy construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); any commercial operators/shipbreakers post-1948
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or conversion work package located for LST-1024. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The BuShips table documents the class machinery plant; it does not itself enumerate insulation materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1024-lst1024-06
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[7]Corn JK, Starr J. 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding.' Am J Ind Med 12(4):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Am J Ind Med 12(4):359-373 (1987), DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700120402
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that WWII-era U.S. shipyards extensively installed asbestos-containing insulation, lagging, and gaskets in naval and merchant construction - the era and program context in which this hull was built (1944, Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (study scope); applied 1944-1948
- Population
- WWII-era shipyard workers and crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Era-level scholarship only; the source does not name this hull or class and does not establish that any specific material aboard this ship contained asbestos. The diesel plant (no boilers) narrows the exposure-relevant scope relative to steam vessels. Correct citation per batch-318 verification: 12(4):359-373, DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700120402.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1024-lst1024-07
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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 - spanning this hull's entire construction (1944) and Navy service era (1944-46). The hull left Navy custody on 12 March 1948, decades before the documented management policies; no Navy asbestos-management action ever applied to this vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review (not this hull)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull - she was out of Navy custody before any of the documented policies existed. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 - standing defect); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1024-lst1024-08
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[9]shipbuildinghistory.com LST production table (LST 1001-1150 block) and Bethlehem Quincy production record (mirrored at navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/large/bethquincy.html) - compiled from 'List of Ships Built at the Quincy Yard,' Central Technical Department, Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding Division [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lstpart3.htm, LST-1024 row; navalmarinearchive.com Bethlehem Quincy table, hull 1600 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Secondary yard-production record for this hull: Quincy (Fore River) yard hull no. 1600, LST-1024, FY 1943, keel 26 April 1944, launched 22 May 1944, delivered 28 May 1944 (26 days on ways, 6 days fitting, 32 days total) - matching DANFS/NavSource build milestones exactly and fixing the build site at the main Quincy yard rather than the Bethlehem-managed Hingham emergency yard (whose hull numbers ran in the 3xxx series). The same table records disposition 'Scrapped 1947' - a date preceding the documented 12 March 1948 sale to Alexander Shipyards, Inc. - carried as a documented source discrepancy; DANFS controls the Navy-side disposition.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Quincy yard construction workforce (1944); potential commercial-era workforce post-1948
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary record, not a primary source - used for the yard/hull-number confirmation (consistent across two mirrors of the same underlying Bethlehem list) and to document the fate discrepancy. 'Scrapped 1947' is likely a table error or conflation with sister hulls scrapped that year, but a brief post-sale commercial layup followed by scrapping cannot be excluded; no disposal instrument located. Not an authoritative source for asbestos claims.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1024-lst1024-09
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[10]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 19 (Bureau of Ships - contract/specification files), RG 24 (Navy deck logs), RG 38 (war diaries/operational reports) - record-group mapping only [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/019.html ; .../groups/024.html ; .../groups/038.html ; catalog.archives.gov NAIDs 139760306, 77485368, 101747913
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): the undigitized LST-1024 deck logs inventoried by Special List 44 (28 May 1944-30 June 1945) sit in NARA custody; RG 19 Bureau of Ships contract and specification files cover the LST program and could contain the Quincy hull-1600 outfitting/insulation specifications - the single most promising ship-specific asbestos lead if any exists; the three digitized RG 38 action reports could be read in full for any repair/availability narrative; post-sale records (Alexander Shipyards work/resale/scrapping) would fix the commercial-era material fate.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1024-lst1024-10
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[11]Batch-6512 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 via fleet helper - exact-phrase '"LST-1024"' opinion search 0 results, exact-phrase '"LST-1024"' docket (RECAP) search 0 results, '"USS LST-1024"' opinion 0 results, '"LST 1024"' opinion 0 results (all 2026-10-02); unquoted 'LST-1024' opinion sweep returned 37 loose-token collisions naming no vessel; class-level 'USS LST' asbestos sweep of 2026-09-16 (lst-1-class profile) located no asbestos docket naming any specific LST hull [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1024-lst1024-10 through -12
- 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-1024 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero exact-phrase results at both opinion and docket (RECAP) level for '"LST-1024"', and zero opinion results for '"USS LST-1024"' and '"LST 1024"'; the unquoted 'LST-1024' opinion sweep returned 37 loose-token results, all token collisions naming no vessel (top hit: Penn v. Carepoint Partners of Louisiana, La. App. 2015, a medical-malpractice appeal). Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; only generic law-firm marketing copy asserting asbestos aboard LSTs as a class - 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 - 1944 construction inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era makes installed asbestos plausible, but nothing ship-specific is located. CourtListener coverage is limited to its indexed opinions and RECAP dockets; unindexed state-court and PACER filings are outside the sweep. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1024-lst1024-11