Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 616-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (with mirror-sourced caveat)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (with mirror-sourced caveat)
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-1034-lst1034-pkt-616-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-1034 (NHHC page published 4 Aug 2015; live URL 404s on 2026-10-02 - Wayback capture 2024-05-26 cited and labeled archived) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'LST-1034' (single-paragraph entry, published 2015-08-04)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-1034 was laid down on 26 June 1944 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 4 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Edith A. Gannon; and commissioned on 26 August 1944, Lt. (jg.) Paul C. Greenwell, USNR, in command. During World War II, LST-1034 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the Mindanao Island landings in April 1945. Following the war, she performed occupation duty in the Far East until early September 1946. The ship was decommissioned on 8 October 1946 and sold to the Netherlands East Indies on 28 October that same year. She was struck from the Navy list on 29 October 1946. LST-1034 earned one battle star for World War II service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades (Jun-Aug 1944); commissioning and wartime crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Live NHHC page returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-02 (standing NHHC link-rot noted since BATCH-01); the Wayback capture of 26 May 2024 is cited as an archived copy, not presented as the live source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1034-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1034 (10/16/161034) - designation/disposition timeline, campaign table, occupation-service periods, commanding-officer list, specifications (verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161034.htm header block, campaign/occupation tables, commanding-officer list, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull (LST-542 class): laid down 26 June 1944 at Boston Navy Yard; launched 4 August 1944; commissioned 26 August 1944, LTjg. Paul C. Greenwell USNR in command. Asiatic-Pacific campaign: Luzon operation, Mindanao Island landings 17-23 April 1945. Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp) periods: 10 Sep-26 Oct 1945 and 18 Nov 1945-1 Sep 1946. Decommissioned 8 October 1946; struck from the Naval Register 29 October 1946; one battle star. Sold to the Netherlands East Indies 28 October 1946, commissioned LST-5, later named Woedni; NATO hull A832 from October 1950; served as Dutch Royal Marines training ship in the 1950s-60s; 'decommissioned and struck off charge, 28 August 1972'; final disposition sold to breakers Van Castricum & Co, Rotterdam, 14 November 1972. Commanding officers: Greenwell (Aug 1944-Dec 1945), LTjg Harvey L. Spaunburg Jr. (Dec 1945-Jun 1946), LTjg Crawford W. Pickle Jr. (Jun-Sep 1946), LCDR Robert T. Hanley (Sep-8 Oct 1946). Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; endurance 24,000 nm @ 9 kt; 13 officers / 104 enlisted plus troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; 2x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, Falk reduction gear, 3x 100 kW diesel-drive generators, 2 shafts, 1,700 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1972
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard trades (1944); USN crew (1944-46); Dutch crew and Royal Marines trainees (1946-72); Rotterdam breakers (1972-73)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track DANFS/NVR but Dutch-service detail is compressed and partially conflicts with Dutch sourcing (NavSource 'decommissioned and struck off charge 28 Aug 1972' merges the 1952 decommissioning ceremony and the 1972 striking; 'Woedni' is a misspelling of Woendi - see gaps). Verified live via navsource.net 2026-10-02. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1034-02
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[4]Stephen Carlson, 'Charlestown Navy Yard: Historic Resource Study' (National Park Service / Boston National Historical Park, 2010; digitized by Internet Archive) - Appendix B 'Ships Built By The Navy Yard' and 'The LST: A Gallery' [nps]
- Locator
- Appendix B, 'Ships Built By The Navy Yard' (p. 1159 ff., LST-1034 row); 'The LST: A Gallery' sidebar
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS Appendix B (columns: Keel Laid / Launched / Commissioned / Fate) lists 'LST-1034 - 1944 Jun 26 / 1944 Aug 4 / 1944 Aug 26 - No Name - Tank Landing Ship,' corroborating DANFS dates with an official NPS source. The study documents that 47 of the 1,154 ordered LSTs were allocated to Charlestown, built in pairs on the yard's shipways, and that 'the sponsors of the LSTs were either female yard workers or the wives of workers who had received awards for their contributions to the war effort.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard workforce (WWII peak ~50,128 per yard dataset)
- Limitations
- Construction-record corroboration only - the HRS contains no asbestos or materials content. Confirms builder and dates at an official source; does not address materials aboard this or any hull. The sponsor detail is consistent with the cruise book (Mrs. Gannon was the daughter of a yard quarterman shipfitter) - 'wife of worker' vs 'daughter' is a minor framing variation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1034-03
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[5]USS LST-1034 first-anniversary cruise book, 'First Anniversary, August 26, 1945' (contemporaneous crew-produced pamphlet; scanned copy hosted by NavSource, contributed by Mike Reade; verified live, full text extracted 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource PDF 161034a.pdf, pp. 1-12 (captain's message; departure/arrival route list pp. 4-5; sponsor note p. 11-12)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous ship document. The crew nucleus - 'the original 104 men and 7 officers' - first met 6 July 1944; the ship was commissioned 26 August 1944 in Boston. Shakedown Boston-Little Creek; route list documents Norfolk-New York-Guantanamo-Coco Solo (Sep-Oct 1944), Espiritu Santo (Nov), Seeadler Harbor Manus (Nov-Dec), Hollandia (Dec-Jan), Biak, Mios Woendi, San Pedro Bay Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, and the Mindanao operations: Manila-Mangarin Bay Mindoro (3-4 Apr 1945), Mindoro-Malabang Iligan Bay (14-17 Apr), Mindoro-Parang/Polloc Harbor (25-28 Apr), Parang-Zamboanga (30 Apr), Davao, Morotai, then Manila/Subic/Leyte/Hollandia shuttle runs through July 1945. 'The LST 1034 was the first ship to successfully hit the beach at Malabang, Mindanao after two other LSTs were driven off.' Crossed the equator eight times; 31,000+ miles steamed by Aug 1945; 'eighty-nine of the original one hundred four enlisted men and... eight of the original nine officers' still aboard at one year. Sponsor Mrs. Edith A. Gannon of East Weymouth, daughter of John O. Holmberg, quarterman shipfitter at the Charlestown Navy Yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- LST-1034 crew: 104 enlisted + 7-9 officers (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous crew-produced pamphlet (1945) - a genuine ship-specific primary source, but OCR of the scanned pages is noisy; quoted figures read from the clearest text. Contains no asbestos or materials content. 'First ship to beach at Malabang' is the crew's own account (attributed to Joe Lepley's telling within the pamphlet), not an after-action record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1034-04
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[6]Onze Marine Vloot (Dutch naval-history compilation), 'Hr.Ms. Woendi A 832' - Royal Netherlands Navy service chronology (verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- onzemarinevloot.weebly.com/woendi-a-832.html specification and service block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Dutch-service chronology for this hull: taken over by the Dienst Van Scheepvaart as 'LST V,' later 'Steven van der Hagen'; taken over by the Koninklijke Marine 13-10-1946 as transport ship, name Woendi; served as mother ship to minesweeper divisions 1, 9 and 17 from 21-11-1949; hull designation A832 from 10-1950 (ex-HL 2); stationed as accommodation ship at Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, 07-1951 to 06-1952; out of service to first reserve as stores ship 12-08-1952; temporary accommodation ship 22-01-1955; struck from strength (afgevoerd) 28-08-1972; sold 14-11-1972 to Van Castricum & Co, Rotterdam.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1946-1972
- Population
- Dutch crew, Royal Marines trainees, minesweeper divisions 1/9/17; Hollandia accommodation-ship population (1951-52)
- Limitations
- Dutch-language enthusiast fleet compilation - secondary sourcing, not an official RNN register; used only to expand NavSource's compressed Dutch timeline (which merges the 1952 decommissioning with the 1972 striking) and is consistent with the English Wikipedia HNLMS Woendi article. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1034-05
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[7]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (2x GM 12-567A diesels, diesel-drive generators, no steam plant); BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 2 LST design table (class profile, shipscribe.com scan); class-profile era analysis for diesel LSTs [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; BuShips SDB-1945 v2 LST design table; class profile lst-1-class
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST-542-class tank landing ship built mid-1944 at a U.S. Navy yard sits inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era; era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a diesel amphibious ship of this type and period were engine and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, thermal and acoustic insulation in accommodation and machinery spaces, deck coverings/tile, and winch/crane brake linings. As a diesel ship she carried no boilers or steam propulsion plant - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1972
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades (1944); USN crew (1944-46); Dutch crew (1946-72); Rotterdam breakers (1972-73)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, survey, or work package located for LST-1034. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1034-06
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[8]In re John Crane, Inc., No. 01-03-00698-CV (Tex. App. Houston 1st Dist., Nov. 13, 2003; 2003 WL 22682613) - mandamus opinion in Terranova asbestos litigation (opinion text via exa.ai aggregator; Justia copy returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion text, facts section (Terranova allegation); No. 01-03-00698-CV
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Builder-yard-level asbestos litigation record: in the underlying suit, plaintiff Carl Terranova alleged that 'while working at the Boston Naval Shipyard in Boston, Massachusetts, he was exposed to John Crane's gaskets and sealing materials which contained asbestos.' John Crane's petition challenged discovery scope; the First Court of Appeals granted mandamus relief on three discovery items. The opinion confirms a docketed asbestos exposure claim tied to this hull's builder yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2003 (opinion); underlying exposure period not stated
- Population
- Boston Naval Shipyard workers (alleged-exposure venue)
- Limitations
- Yard-level pleading allegation, not a finding: the claim asserts exposure to John Crane gasket/packing products at the Boston Naval Shipyard generally - it does not name LST-1034 or any hull, is unadjudicated on exposure (opinion decides a discovery dispute by mandamus), and establishes only that the yard was a claimed asbestos-exposure venue. Aggregator citation - the opinion is also carried in the Atlas shipyards.json Boston Naval Shipyard record via law.justia.com (that URL returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch 2026-10-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1034-07
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[9]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 1944 construction and 1944-46 U.S. service era (and the subsequent Dutch service through 1972).
- 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 - standing access defect since BATCH-01); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1034-08
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[10]Batch-6522 search ledger (this record): DANFS via Wayback (live 404); NavSource page + cruise-book PDF (live); NPS Charlestown Navy Yard HRS via archive.org; Onze Marine Vloot Dutch chronology; CourtListener 'LST-1034' and 'LST 1034' = 0 on opinions and dockets/RECAP (Dutch-name queries stood down by fleet pacing - see ledger); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1034-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LST-1034 (or Dutch identities LST V / Steven van der Hagen / Woendi A832) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero hits on both the opinion index and the docket/RECAP index for 'LST-1034' and 'LST 1034' on 2026-10-02. The only 'asbestos' material surfacing in secondary sweeps is law-firm marketing content asserting asbestos at the Boston Navy Yard generally (mesotheliomahelp.org jobsite listicle naming yard-built hulls; mesothelioma.com) - banned source class, excluded.
- 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 - the hull was built in 1944 inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era and scrapped at Rotterdam in 1972-73 predating modern ACM-handling disclosure norms. NARA RG 24 deck logs and any Dutch disposal/survey records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1034-09