USS LST-1033

Evidence

11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).

1. [1]research packet 615-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: LST-1033 → VERIFIED — real identity: USS LST-1033. Type: LST-542-class tank landing ship.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-lst-1033-lst1033-pkt-615-packet-md

2. [2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'LST-1033' - verbatim transcription, 'History of LST-1001-1150' page at historycentral.com; the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 on all candidate URLs (standing NHHC link-rot defect, first logged BATCH-01) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   LST-1033 entry within 'History of LST - 1001-1150' DANFS transcription

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS entry for LST-1033: laid down 9 June 1944 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched 9 July 1944, sponsored by Miss Mary Theresa O'Donnell; commissioned 12 August 1944, Lt. J. W. Robinson, USNR, in command. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945 and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from April through June 1945. Postwar: occupation duty in the Far East and service in China until mid-July 1946; redesignated LSTH-1033 on 15 September 1945; decommissioned 1 August 1946; struck from the Navy list 28 August 1946; sold 5 December 1947 to Bosey, Philippines. Earned two battle stars for World War II service.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-1947

   Limitations

   DANFS transcription mirror verified live this session; canonical NHHC URL unlocated (404). Establishes identity, construction, campaign service, milestones, and disposal only - contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information and supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-1033-01

3. [3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST(H)-1033 ex USS LST-1033 (navsource.net archive 10/16/161033) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Main page: designation block, campaign tables, disposition list, specifications, commanding-officer table, photo captions

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive record for USS LST(H)-1033: LST-542 class; laid down 9 June 1944, Boston Navy Yard; launched 9 July 1944; commissioned 12 August 1944 under LT. James W. Robinson USNR. Unit assignments: LST Flotilla Twenty-One, LST Group Sixty-One, LST Division One Hundred Twenty-One. Campaigns: Iwo Jima operation, assault and occupation at Green Beach, 19-28 February 1945; Okinawa Gunto operation, 1 April-30 June 1945; Combat Action Ribbon retroactive for Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945. Occupation and China service 29 October 1945-15 July 1946. Decommissioned 1 August 1946; struck 28 August 1946; two battle stars. Sold 5 December 1947 to Bosey, Philippines; resold to the Republic of China December 1947 as ROCS Chung Sheng (LST-211), later renumbered LST-222; ran aground at Yehiliu Promontory, Taiwan, 5 October 1984; sank 5 February 1985 about 2,500 yards off Yehiliu Promontory. Photo record: US Navy photo (Commandant 1st Naval District) underway off Boston Navy Yard 13 August 1944; contributor photo beached at Subic Bay, P.I., 18 July 1945. Specifications block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; two GM 12-567A diesels, Falk reduction gear, 1,700 shp; 13 officers/104 enlisted plus 16 officers/147 enlisted troop accommodations.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-1985

   Limitations

   Volunteer-curated archival photo archive reproducing official data; consistent with DANFS on every overlapping point. Contains no asbestos or materials information. ROC-era events (grounding 1984, sinking 1985, renumberings) rest on NavSource's compilation - secondary-source conflicts logged in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-1033-02

4. [4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, 15 April 1945), LST design table + List of Naval Vessels roster (shipscribe.com scan of the GPO edition) [other_primary]

   Locator

   LST design table (group LST980-1059) and roster rows LST1028-1035; NB the superseded /styles/usnaux/sdb/ URL in the class profile now 404s - document relocated to /pubs/

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Bureau of Ships official roster confirms the hull's milestones: LST-1033 laid down 9 June 1944, launched 9 July 1944, commissioned 12 August 1944, in the Boston Navy Yard builder block (ditto chain under 'Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass.'). The design table places LST-1033 in group LST980-1059: 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam, 2,366 t light / 4,080 t full, 11.6 kt trial, 2 x GM Diesel 12-567A at 1,700 shp.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-1945

   Limitations

   Official BuShips publication; the roster row is hull-specific (dates and builder ditto chain) but characteristics and machinery figures are stated at design-group level (LST980-1059), not measured for this hull. Contains no asbestos or materials information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-1033-03

5. [5]Consolidated era inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v2 machinery data (diesel plant) + documented WWII naval-vessel construction practice (see ev-05, ev-06); consistent with the LST-1/542-series class profile (separate class worktree, corroboration only) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB 1945 v2 LST980-1059 machinery row; LST(H) redesignation per DANFS/NavSource

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference for diesel-powered LSTs of group LST980-1059: the GM 12-567A diesel plant means there is no boiler or steam-turbine lagging pathway aboard; asbestos-relevant applications for the type concentrate in diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, valve and machinery packing, and winch/crane brake linings. The 15 September 1945 redesignation to LST(H)-1033 (hospital landing ship) implies interior rework of berthing and medical spaces of a kind that, in era practice, used asbestos-containing insulation - though no work package for this hull is located.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-1946

   Population

   Construction trades (Boston Navy Yard, mid-1944); wartime crew and embarked patients/troops (inference only)

   Limitations

   Inference only - no hull-specific bill of materials, insulation schedule, survey, or conversion work package located. Does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-1033-04

6. [6]Fleischer WE, Viles FJ Jr, Gade RL, Drinker P, 'A Health Survey of Pipe Covering Operations in Constructing Naval Vessels,' Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 28:9-16 (January 1946), PMID 21016030; later critique: 'When errors become etched in stone: The U.S. Navy's deeply flawed, never retracted World War II asbestos epidemiology study' (2026, doi:10.1177/10482911261446696) [other_primary]

   Locator

   PubMed record PMID 21016030; scan text at toxicdocs.org MZaNa784kEm3b2XxZ1L70jka (document content, not cited as URL)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   U.S. Navy/U.S. Public Health Service industrial-health survey of pipe-covering operations during WWII naval vessel construction: amosite asbestos documented as an important ingredient of pipe covering used on U.S. Navy vessels; 1,074 pipe coverers X-rayed across two government navy yards and two contract yards (anonymized in print as Yards A-D); only 3 asbestosis cases found, and the authors' erroneous 'not a dangerous occupation' conclusion later drew sustained criticism for contributing to decades of inadequate protection of insulation workers.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-1945 (survey); article January 1946

   Population

   WWII pipe coverers/insulators in naval vessel construction (program context)

   Limitations

   Yards anonymized in the publication - the survey cannot be attributed to the Boston Navy Yard specifically on this record. Program-level documentation contemporaneous with this hull's mid-1944 construction; does not name this vessel and establishes no hull-level exposure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-1033-05

7. [7]U.S. General Accounting Office, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]

   Locator

   GAO product page description; Wayback capture http://web.archive.org/web/20250402135701/https://www.gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy from 1975 removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1950s-1979 (program period)

   Population

   Navy shipyard and shipboard workforce (program context)

   Limitations

   gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch (standing defect since BATCH-01); product-page description used, archived copy located. Program-level Navy-wide documentation - no hull named, and this hull left Navy custody in 1947-1948, before the surveyed period; relevant only as era/program context.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-1033-06

8. [8]National Archives and Records Administration, RG 38 WWII War Diaries series, item 'USS LST-1033 - Report of operations...' (catalog.archives.gov/id/77558809), surfaced via Digital Public Library of America [other_primary]

   Locator

   DPLA item page (catalog.archives.gov/id/77558809 is JS-rendered; DPLA metadata transcribed)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   A ship-authored primary document exists in NARA RG 38, 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories': 'USS LST-1033 - Report of operations in support of the occupation of Kyushu & Honshu, Japan, 9/10/45-11/3/45' (NARA catalog ID 77558809; microfilm serial 149195, serial 159). An undigitized primary source for this hull's postwar occupation operations - a live archival lead for movement/condition detail.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1945

   Limitations

   Catalog record verified via DPLA; the NARA catalog page is JS-rendered and was not independently rendered, and the document itself is not digitized - content unexamined. No asbestos content asserted; the report is operational, not a materials survey.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-1033-07

9. [9]In re John Crane, Inc., No. 01-03-00698-CV (Tex. App. 1st Dist. 2003) - archived copy (live Justia URL returns 403 to automated fetch) [court_record]

   Locator

   Wayback capture 20151007193337 of law.justia.com/cases/texas/first-court-of-appeals/2003/79799.html; yard record: shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json, yard_id 'boston-naval-shipyard'

   Finding type

   litigation_product_id

   Finding

   Yard-level litigation context for the builder: a Texas appellate opinion records a worker's allegation of exposure to John Crane gaskets and sealing materials while working at Boston Naval Shipyard - the yard that built this hull. The shipyard-exposure-map dataset carries Boston Naval Shipyard at evidence_tier 3 on the strength of this record.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   not stated in opinion

   Population

   Boston Naval Shipyard workers (allegation-level context)

   Limitations

   Pleading/appellate-stage allegation, not a trial finding of exposure; documents the builder yard, not this hull. No fiber counts, survey, or hull reference. Kept as yard-level context only.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-1033-08

10. [10]Batch-6521 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NavSource; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; NARA/DPLA; PubMed; GAO; CourtListener opinion + docket sweeps; web sweep for asbestos/mesothelioma + LST-1033 [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1033-01 through sl-uss-lst-1033-10

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LST-1033 / LST(H)-1033 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero opinion hits and zero docket hits for the hull-number searches run this session.

    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 - era-consistent materials aboard a 1944 amphibious hull remain a reasonable inference, not a ship-proven fact. The hull sank in Taiwan service in 1985 and was never recovered or surveyed on public record; WWII-era construction records that might settle material content are not located in digitized sources.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lst-1033-09

11. [11]Conflict check: Wikipedia 'USS LST-1033' vs DANFS transcription (historycentral.com) and NavSource 10/16/161033 [other_primary]

    Locator

    Wikipedia infobox + prose vs NavSource designation/disposition block and DANFS text

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Secondary-source conflicts corrected, not propagated: (a) Wikipedia's infobox reverses the milestone order - 'Decommissioned 28 August 1946 / Stricken 3 July 1946' - against DANFS and NavSource, which both carry decommissioned 1 August 1946 and struck 28 August 1946 (the struck-after-decommission order is also internally consistent); (b) Wikipedia's Taiwan narrative (grounding 5 October 1995, decommissioned 5 February 1996) conflicts with its own 'Sunk, 5 February 1985' fate field and with NavSource's account (grounded 5 October 1984 at Yehiliu; sank 5 February 1985); (c) sponsor given as 'Mrs.' (Wikipedia) vs 'Miss' Mary Theresa O'Donnell (DANFS). DANFS/NavSource values carried throughout.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-10-02

    Study period

    1946-1985

    Limitations

    Wikipedia is not cited as a record source; conflicts are logged so the corrected primary-tier values govern. ROC-service chronology (acquisition 1947 vs commissioning 1 May 1949 per Wikipedia; renumberings LST-222/LST-686) could not be fully reconciled from authoritative sources - residual uncertainty carried in gaps.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lst-1033-10