Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]DANFS, LST-1047 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, occupation duty, decommissioning, Army transfer, strike (live NHHC page, fetched via Firecrawl; verified HTTP 200 with browser UA 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-1047 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: laid down 9 December 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp.; launched 17 February 1945, sponsored by Mrs. J. W. Deist; commissioned 28 March 1945, Lt Charles G. Wood in command. 'Following World War II, LST-1047 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-December 1945.' Decommissioned 6 May 1946; 'transferred to the Army on 25 June that same year'; struck from the Navy list 29 September 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (Pittsburgh, 1944-45); ship's company and embarked troops (1945-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; very brief entry - no campaign narrative, no asbestos or material content, no WWII operational detail beyond the occupation-duty sentence. Decommissioning location not stated; the Army-era and post-Army disposition are not covered by DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1047-lst1047-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USAV FS-751 ex USS LST-1047 (10/16/161047.htm, last updated 19 June 2020) - designation timeline, unit assignments, spec block, commanding-officer list, awards, post-Army and scrapping disposition [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161047.htm header block, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 9 December 1944 at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA; launched 17 February 1945; commissioned USS LST-1047 28 March 1945, LT. Charles G. Wood USNR in command. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LST Flotilla Thirty-Three (CAPT. C. A. Legg USN), LST Group Ninety-Nine (CDR. W. W. Johnson USN), LST Division One Hundred Ninety-Seven. Occupation service in the Far East 21 September to 12 December 1945; decommissioned 6 May 1946; transferred to US Army custody 25 June 1946; struck from the Naval Register 29 September 1947; commissioned USAV FS-751; converted, date unknown, to a floating hotel at Bordighera, Italy; scrapped at Ancona, Italy in 1969. Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt; 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk reduction gear, 2 shafts 1,700 shp, 3 x 100 kW DC generators; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; radio call sign NAAT. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp) - no battle stars listed. CO table: LT Wood USNR 28 Mar 1945 - 4 Dec 1945; LTjg Wilburn C. Parker USNR 4 Dec 1945 - 6 May 1946. Photo captions include the ship at Okinawa in 1947 (post-transfer, Army service) and ex-LST-1047 being scrapped at Ancona in 1969.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1969
- Population
- Ship's company (~117) plus embarked troops (1945-46); Army Transportation Corps-era crew (1946-?); later civilian operators
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates cross-check cleanly against DANFS and the NARA group war diaries. The 1947 Okinawa caption is labeled 'USS LST-1047' but postdates the Army transfer; treated as USAV FS-751 in Army service. The hotel conversion date and the sale chain from Army custody to Italian owners are not documented by this source. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1047-lst1047-02
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[3]NARA NAID 139994416, 'COM LST GR 99 - War Diary, 4/12-30/45' (serial 26 (mn), 2 images; RG 38, World War II War Diaries; digitized) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139994416, images 1-2 (downloaded and image-verified 2026-10-02); Div 197 CO list on p.1, departure table on p.2
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The parent unit's April 1945 war diary (both pages image-verified this session) names this hull and her commander verbatim: '1047 - Lieut. C. G. WOOD' in the Division 197 commanding-officer list, under LST Group 99 (Comdr. W. W. Johnson USN, flag in LST-1066), Flotilla 33 (Capt. C. A. Legg USN, flagship LST-1040), ships 'attached to ComPhibTraLant, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, and are in various stages of building, shakedown and availability.' Page 2: 'Division 197 of Group 99 reported by orders of Com LST Shakedown Group, St. Andrew Bay, Fla., to ComEight for post-shakedown availability and loading. Approximate departure from ComEight is as follows: ... LST 1047 - 10 May.' - documenting this hull's St. Andrew Bay shakedown and a post-shakedown availability/loading under the Eighth Naval District with a planned ~10 May 1945 departure.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-04-12 to 1945-05-10
- Population
- Ship's company (~117) plus shakedown-group and ComEight-area yard trades (Apr-May 1945)
- Limitations
- Documents the shakedown/availability events and dates verbatim for this hull, not their work content: the diary does not name the ComEight availability yard, does not itemize materials, and does not say 'asbestos.' Parent-unit record describing the member ship - generated by the group commander, not the hull's own diary (no ship-titled LST-1047 war diary surfaced).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1047-lst1047-03
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[4]NARA NAID 77464508, 'COM LST GR 99 - War Diary, 6/1-30/45' (serial 78, dated 1 July 1945, signed W. W. Johnson; 5 images; RG 38 war-diaries series; digitized) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77464508, images 1-5 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02); Div 197 disposition list on image 0134
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The parent unit's June 1945 war diary (all 5 pages OCR-read this session) reports this hull verbatim in the Division 197 disposition list: 'LST 1047 - Operating in forward area,' i.e., already deployed to the Pacific combat zone by end-June 1945. The diary confirms the organizational chain for this hull's unit - LST Group 99 (Comdr. Warren W. Johnson USN), part of Flotilla 33 (Capt. C. A. Legg USN), attached to Fifth Amphibious Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet - and narrates the flagship's Balboa-Pearl Harbor-Eniwetok-Saipan/Ulithi transit (TU 13.11.39), though LST-1047 herself is not in the transit narrative.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-06-01 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's company (~117) plus embarked personnel (1945)
- Limitations
- Documents the ship's forward-area status and unit chain, not her specific location or cargo; 'forward area' is the diary's own phrase and is not further localized for this hull. No material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1047-lst1047-04
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan, verified live HTTP 200 2026-10-02); NavSource LST-1047 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; NavSource 161047.htm specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference for this hull: the LST-542 design group ran a diesel plant (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, 1,700 shp total, Falk reduction gear, twin screws - BuShips design table and this hull's NavSource spec block) with no boilers, so the steam-plant lagging pathway of boiler vessels does not apply. Asbestos-relevant applications aboard a 1944-45 diesel landing ship of this type were the era-standard set - diesel-exhaust and machinery-space lagging, gaskets and packing, accommodation thermal insulation, deck coverings - and the documented April-May 1945 post-shakedown availability under ComEight (group diary, ev-03) added yard rework aboard this hull inside the Navy's asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1969
- Population
- Dravo construction trades (1944-45); ship's company/embarked troops (1945-46); ComEight-area yard trades (1945 availability); Army crews (1946-?); 1969 Ancona shipbreakers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or availability work package was located for LST-1047/FS-751. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution; the ComEight availability yard is unnamed in the diary and its scope is unitemized.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1047-lst1047-05
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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 construction (1944-45), her Pacific service and post-shakedown availability, her Army career from 1946, and her 1969 scrapping.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, reconfirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1047-lst1047-06
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[7]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated, fleet-paced helper), opinion and docket indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1047-lst1047-08 through -11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located: exact-phrase "LST-1047" returned 0 in the opinion index and 0 in the docket index, and '"LST 1047" asbestos' returned 0 in opinions (all completed authenticated, 2026-10-02). Variant queries ('"FS-751"', '"USS LST-1047"') could not be completed - the shared fleet pacing budget stayed saturated through session end; logged as pending in the search ledger, not treated as negatives.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- CourtListener indexes published opinions and RECAP dockets - state-court filings, unreported settlements, MDL-875 pleading-level vessel lists, and non-digitized dockets are outside coverage. A zero qualifying result means no located docketed case/opinion naming this hull, not proof none exists. The two incomplete variant queries are a documented coverage caveat, not a result.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1047-lst1047-07
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[8]Batch-6535 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NavSource; NARA catalog + three Group-99 war-diary/operation-report file units read in full; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO product page; CourtListener API (opinion + docket); NIOSH HHE search; NVR; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-1047-lst1047-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or qualifying case naming LST-1047/USAV FS-751 was found in the public sources searched. The strongest ship-specific documentation is operational (parent-unit war diaries) and confirms a documented April-May 1945 post-shakedown availability under ComEight - a relevant yard event - but no primary source read names asbestos aboard 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 at a wartime inland yard and a documented 1945 availability sit squarely inside the Navy's asbestos-use era. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1047-lst1047-08
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[9]NARA catalog, "LST-1047" - 111 file units (fuzzy relevance; no ship-titled war diary or deck log surfaced; ship-named hits are the COM LST GR 99 diaries of Apr and Jun 1945 plus full-text mentions inside COM 14 diaries, Army ops reports, and Individual Deceased Personnel Files); RG-24 Index to Muster Rolls file unit 'USS LST-1006 to USS PC-566' (NAID 118967605, 1,599 images) covers this hull's muster index [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov "LST-1047" and "USS LST-1047" result sets; NAIDs 118967605, 77599111, 77599128, 77507279 (COM 14 8/45), 77576756 (COM 14 9/45)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary archive coverage for this hull is thinner than for combat LSTs: no ship-titled war diary or deck-log file unit surfaced in the digitized catalog - the hull appears through its parent unit's records (COM LST GR 99 diaries, Apr and Jun 1945, read in full; the group's Matsuyama/Hiro Wan occupation operation reports, NAIDs 77599111/77599128, were also read and do NOT name LST-1047 among the lifting ships). COM 14 (14th Naval District, Pearl Harbor) war diaries for Aug and Sep 1945 contain indexed 'LST-1047' mentions not yet read. The muster-roll index file unit (NAID 118967605) is the lead for crew-identity questions; several RG-407 Individual Deceased Personnel Files match the string (personnel associated with the hull) but were not opened.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Ship's company (1945-46); researchers
- Limitations
- Archival-lead row: the COM 14 diary mentions, IDPF files, muster index cards, and any ship-titled paper records (BuPers casualty files, RG 181 availability work packages for the ComEight period, Army Transportation Corps records for FS-751) were not read or confirmed; absence from digitized results is not proof of absence from paper holdings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-1047-lst1047-09