USS LST-1035

Evidence

10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).

1. [1]research packet 616-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-lst-1035-lst1035-pkt-616-packet-md

2. [2]DANFS, LST-1035 (NHHC, live page verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS LST-1035 entry, full service narrative

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Documented for this hull: laid down 26 June 1944 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched 4 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Ella M. Kelleher; commissioned 1 September 1944, Lt. M. Perry in command. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; operations listed: Palawan Island landings (March 1945), Visayan Islands landings (March and April 1945), Tarakan Island operation (April and May 1945). Postwar occupation duty in the Far East until mid-February 1946; returned to the United States; decommissioned 6 June 1946; struck from the Navy list 3 July 1946; sold 16 December 1947 to the Learner Co., Oakland, Calif., for scrapping. 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

   Population

   Boston Navy Yard construction trades (1944); commissioning and wartime crew (1944-46); embarked troops (1945 operations)

   Limitations

   Ship-specific history only; contains no asbestos or material content. Live NHHC page verified 2026-10-02 (the standing NHHC link-rot defect noted in BATCH-01 does not affect this URL - it rendered fully via Firecrawl; bare scripted fetches to history.navy.mil can return 404/403 to non-browser agents).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-1035-01

3. [3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-1035 (live .net page verified 2026-10-02 - defunct navsource.org domain not cited) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 10/16/161035.htm header block, campaign and occupation tables, specifications block, commanding-officer list

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource detail for this hull beyond the DANFS narrative: LST-542 class; campaign table dates the Palawan landings 1-2 March 1945, Visayan Islands landings 26 March and 2-4 April 1945, and Tarakan Island operation 27 April-5 May 1945; Navy Occupation Service medal periods 15 September-1 December 1945 and 20 September 1945-13 February 1946 (the listed windows overlap - transcription artifact noted in gaps); decommissioned 6 June 1946; struck 3 July 1946; sold for scrapping 16 December 1947 to the Learner Co., Oakland, CA; two battle stars. Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full load / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; two General Motors 12-567A diesels (900 hp each), Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-drive 100 kW ship's-service generators, two shafts (1,700 shp); complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers + 147 enlisted; two LCVP. Commanding officers: Lt. Macon Perry USN (1 Sep 1944 - Dec 1945), Ens. William M. Krider USNR (Dec 1945 - 6 Jun 1946).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-1948

   Population

   Boston Navy Yard construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); embarked troops incl. Americal Division (Mar 1945); Learner Co. shipbreakers, Oakland (1947-48)

   Limitations

   NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates match DANFS on every shared field for this hull. Contains no asbestos content. Spec block is class-typical data; the two listed occupation-service windows overlap, an internal inconsistency carried in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-1035-02

4. [4]NHHC numerical photo index, 80-G-259000 series page - caption for 80-G-259229 (official U.S. Navy photograph) [other_primary]

   Locator

   80-G-259000 series index page, caption block for 80-G-259229

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   An official Navy photograph (80-G-259229, U.S. National Archives / NHHC collections) documents this hull's wartime employment: 'Invasion of Cebu, March 1945. Americal division troops on board USS LST-1035 eating, while enroute to the Cebu landing, on 25 March' - placing Americal Division troops embarked aboard LST-1035 bound for the Cebu (Visayan Islands) landing on 25 March 1945.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1945-03

   Population

   Americal Division troops embarked; ship's crew, March 1945

   Limitations

   Physical-presence documentation only - establishes embarked-troop carriage during the Visayas operation, not materials aboard. The caption appears on the 80-G-259000 series index page (content verified via rendered scrape 2026-10-02); the photo's own detail sub-page returned 404 to automated fetch, and bare scripted requests to history.navy.mil intermittently 404/403 - an NHHC access inconsistency, noted for auditors. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-1035-03

5. [5]National Museum of the U.S. Navy (official Flickr stream, image 35614096284), caption for 80-G-409447: 'USS LST-1035 launching at Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts. Christening, August 4, 1944. Photograph received December 1949. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.' - mirrored on Wikimedia Commons (live page verified 2026-10-02) [museum_official]

   Locator

   Wikimedia Commons file page File:80-G-409447 (35614096284).jpg; source: flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/35614096284 (National Museum of the U.S. Navy)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   A second official Navy photograph documents the hull's launch/christening at Boston Navy Yard on 4 August 1944 - construction-yard imagery consistent with the DANFS launch date, held in National Archives collections and digitized via the National Museum of the U.S. Navy's official Flickr stream.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-08

   Population

   Boston Navy Yard construction trades (1944)

   Limitations

   Archival lead only: the image is verified through the museum's official Flickr caption as mirrored on Wikimedia Commons; the corresponding NARA catalog object page is JS-rendered and could not be independently fetched this session, and no NHHC detail page for 80-G-409447 resolved (404). Confirms construction at BNSY on the documented date; no asbestos or material content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-1035-04

6. [6]Consolidated era inference - BuShips Ships' Data 1945 machinery data (NavSource spec block: 2 x GM 12-567A diesels, Falk reduction gears) + wartime amphibious-ship construction practice (per LST-1-class profile, class-f worktree) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource specifications block (propulsion); class profile ev-lst-1-class-03 (consolidated inference)

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   A diesel-powered LST-542-class tank landing ship built in 1944 at a Navy yard sits squarely inside the documented asbestos-use era for U.S. naval construction. Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a diesel LST of this period: diesel-engine exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, valve packing, electrical insulation, and winch brake linings. As a diesel ship she carried no boilers - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the exposure-relevant systems concentrate in the machinery spaces and interior finish materials of a small, crowded hull.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-1948

   Population

   BNSY construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); Learner Co. shipbreakers, Oakland (1947-48)

   Limitations

   Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-1035. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials aboard this hull. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-1035-05

7. [7]Franke K, Paustenbach D. 'Government and Navy knowledge regarding health hazards of asbestos: a state of the science evaluation (1900 to 1970).' Inhalation Toxicology 2011 Dec;23 Suppl 3:1-20. doi:10.3109/08958378.2011.643417. PMID 22200078 [other_primary]

   Locator

   PubMed abstract 22200078; article body reference to the 1964 BNSY Occupational Health Hazard report

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   A peer-reviewed review of published and unpublished government documents summarizes Navy asbestos-era knowledge and practice, including a 1964 Occupational Health Hazard report from the Boston Naval Shipyard presenting 'random dust sampling aboard ship' data - i.e., this hull's builder yard was itself conducting documented shipboard dust sampling during the asbestos era. Abstract-level conclusions verified via PubMed: by 1930 occupational asbestos exposure was understood to cause asbestosis; 1938-1965 exposure and epidemiology data were collected by scientific and government organizations; the Navy continued to require asbestos-containing materials aboard ships while recommending handling precautions.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1900-1970 (review scope); 1964 (BNSY report)

   Population

   Boston Naval Shipyard workforce (report era, 1964); Navy shipyard workers generally

   Limitations

   Yard-level and era-level context, not a hull record: the 1964 BNSY report postdates this hull's construction by two decades, does not name LST-1035, and the hull was already scrapped by then. Full text paywalled (tandfonline returned HTML shell to scripted fetch) - the BNSY sampling detail is attributed from the publisher page's indexed body text, and abstract claims are verified via NCBI efetch. The underlying BNSY report itself is not publicly digitized - an open archival lead.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-1035-06

8. [8]In re John Crane, Inc., No. 01-03-00698-CV (Tex. App. 1st Dist., Nov. 13, 2003) - mandamus opinion on discovery scope [court_record]

   Locator

   Opinion, 'Factual and Procedural Background' paragraph 1 (Justia mirror of the official reporter text)

   Finding type

   litigation_product_id

   Finding

   Yard-level litigation context for this hull's builder: the opinion recites that 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.' The appellate matter itself is a mandamus challenging the scope of compelled discovery (John Crane's petition was granted), not an adjudication of the exposure allegation.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   2003 (opinion); exposure period not stated

   Population

   Boston Naval Shipyard workers (unspecified period)

   Limitations

   Pleading-stage allegation only - the opinion decides a discovery dispute and expressly records the exposure claim as alleged; it makes no finding that exposure occurred. Yard-level, not hull-level: it names Boston Naval Shipyard, not LST-1035, and Terranova's work period is not stated in the opinion. Classified at the less-final stage per batch litigation discipline. Justia page verified live 2026-10-02 via rendered scrape (bare curl returned 403 to automated fetch).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-1035-07

9. [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, confirmed 2026-10-02)

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships, standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. For this hull the program context is historical only - she was sold for scrapping in 1947, decades before the reviewed policies.

   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 returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch on 2026-10-02 (standing defect since BATCH-01); content via product-page description.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-1035-08

10. [10]Batch-6523 search ledger (this record): DANFS live page; NavSource; NHHC photo index; NMN Flickr/Commons; CourtListener API v4 (type o + r); NVR; NARA digitized deck-log index; secondary web litigation sweep; PubMed/Crossref [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1035-01 through -14

    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-1035 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener (authenticated API v4, 2026-10-02) returned zero results for 'LST-1035' in the opinion and docket indexes, zero for 'USS LST-1035' opinions, and zero for 'LST 1035' dockets; two lowest-value variant queries ('LST 1035' opinions, 'USS LST-1035' dockets) were deferred by the fleet pacing limiter. The Naval Vessel Register has no entry (hull disposed 1947; NVR excludes ships disposed before 1987). LST-1035 does not appear in NARA's index of digitized Navy deck logs. The only 'asbestos aboard' material located is law-firm marketing content (mesotheliomahelp.org lists LST-1035 on a Boston Navy Yard page; mesotheliomatreatmentcenters.org and similar listicles assert asbestos products aboard LST-542-class ships) - excluded by source policy; none cites primary documentation for this hull.

    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 - construction-era inference remains reasonable but unproven for this hull. Coverage caveat: four of six planned CourtListener query forms completed (all zero); 'LST 1035' opinions and 'USS LST-1035' dockets deferred by the fleet pacing limiter - low marginal risk since the distinctive hull-number form already returned zero in both indexes and the hull was never renamed. The hull was scrapped in 1947-48, before modern ACM-handling records existed, so the 1947 Learner Co. breakup has no hazmat documentation to find. Deck logs survive undigitized at NARA (open lead). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lst-1035-09