Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 633-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-117-lst117-pkt-633-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'LST-117' (NHHC page published 2015-08-04; live URLs return 404 - cited via Wayback capture 2021-12-04) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry text, LST-117 page (Vol. VII legacy entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official DANFS entry for this hull: 'LST-117 was laid down on 28 April 1943 at Jeffersonville, Ind., by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched on 10 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Robert B. Sutherland; and commissioned on 27 August 1943.' WWII assignment to the Asiatic-Pacific theater with operations: Marianas operation - capture and occupation of Guam, July 1944; Leyte landings, October 1944. Post-war: 'redesignated LSTH-117 on 15 September 1945,' occupation duty in the Far East until mid-February 1946; 'decommissioned on 16 February 1946; redesignated LST-117 on 6 March 1952; and transferred to MSTS for service as USNS LST-117 (T-LST-117) on 31 March 1952. She was struck from the Navy list on 10 June 1973. LST-117 earned two battle stars for World War II service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Jeffboat construction trades (1943); WWII crew and embarked troops (1943-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only - contains no asbestos or material content. DANFS does not cover the SCAJAP/Q063 loan, the reported Singapore transfer, or final fate; coverage ends at the 1973 striking. Live NHHC page returned HTTP 404 on both candidate URL forms (2026-10-02); the Wayback capture is cited and labeled archived - same standing NHHC link-rot defect as BATCH-01.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-117-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USNS T-LST-117 / USS LST(H)-117 / USS LST-117 (page last updated 2023-06-09) - milestone timeline, flotilla assignments, specifications, commanding-officer roster, captioned photography incl. NARA-identified images [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160117.htm header block, milestone timeline, specifications block, and commanding-officer roster
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 28 April 1943 at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville IN; launched 10 July 1943; commissioned 27 August 1943, LT. Stanley Pras USN in command. WWII Asiatic-Pacific assignments as listed by NavSource: 'LST Flotilla Five CAPT. G. B. Carter, USN; LST Group Fifteen CDR. V. K. Busck, USN; LST Division Seventy-Nine and LST Group Eight; LST Division Fifteen' (ordering/phasing not stated); campaigns - Marianas: capture and occupation of Guam 21-28 July 1944; Leyte: Leyte landings 20 October 1944. Redesignated Landing Ship Tank (Hospital) LST(H)-117 on 15 September 1945; Far East occupation service 26 October 1945 - 16 February 1946; decommissioned 16 February 1946, reserve; reverted to LST-117 6 March 1952; withdrawn from reserve and placed in service by MSTS as USNS T-LST-117 on 31 March 1952; loaned to COMNAVFE Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), date unknown, redesignated Q063; returned to Military Sealift Command, date unknown; out of service, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 10 June 1973; two battle stars for WWII; 'Transferred to the Republic of Singapore in 1973. Final Disposition, fate unknown.' CO roster: Pras (to 23 Aug 1944), LTjg. W. L. Sharpe (to Aug 1945), LTjg. R. S. Thaman (to Dec 1945), LTjg. C. H. Maschmeyer (to 16 Feb 1946). Specs: 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam, 11.6 kt, complement 13 officers/104 enlisted, troops 16 officers/147 enlisted; two GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, two shafts 1,700 shp, three 100 kW diesel-drive generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Jeffboat construction trades (1943); crew and embarked troops (1943-46); occupation-duty crew and casualties handled (1945-46); MSTS civil-service crew (1952-c.1973); SCAJAP-contract Japanese crew (period disputed); any foreign crews post-1973
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its milestone dates corroborate DANFS where they overlap. The SCAJAP/Q063 loan and the 1973 Singapore transfer rest on NavSource alone among English-language sources (Q063 corroborated by Japanese compilation uswarships.jounin.jp, which however dates the SCAJAP period to the 1945-46 occupation window - conflict in gaps). 'Transferred to the Republic of Singapore' and 'sold 1976' (navalmarinearchive.com) are unverified secondary claims; no official record of final disposition located. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-117-02
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[4]USS LST-117, Action Report LST 117 Tractor Group 53.16 June 17, 1944, Serial 0152 (27 June 1944), signed Stanley Pras, Lieut. USN(T), Commanding - with Enclosure (A) Anti-Aircraft Action form and LST Flotilla Five first endorsement of 5 July 1944; NARA-declassified scan (E.O. 13526, NDC stamp Dec 31, 2012) hosted by NavSource [other_primary]
- Locator
- 160117a.pdf, pp. 1-2 (action narrative), pp. 3-6 (Enclosure A AA-action form), pp. 7-8 (Flotilla Five endorsement 5 July 1944)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own action report documents this hull under air attack while en route from Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 'to perform a mission according to operation plan...CTF 53,' in company with convoy Tractor Group THREE and screen vessels, CTG 53.16 (CAPT. G. B. Carter, USN) in command: on 17 June 1944 at 13 deg 17' N, 148 deg 05' E, three enemy torpedo planes attacked. One plane 'making approach for the head of the convoy and directly for LST 117' released a torpedo at about fifty feet altitude, about 700 yards away, three points off the starboard bow; the torpedo 'pass[ed] clear of all ships ahead of the convoy,' and the attacking plane, hit by LST and escort fire, landed on the water about six miles ahead of the convoy. Enclosure (A) is the ship's completed Anti-Aircraft Action by Surface Ships form.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-06-17 (report 1944-06-27; endorsement 1944-07-05)
- Population
- LST-117 ship's company (13 officers, ~104 enlisted) under fire, June 1944
- Limitations
- Combat/vessel-history document - contains no asbestos or material content. Scanned typescript OCR'd for this record; the scan is of a NARA-declassified original (declass stamp 2012) hosted on NavSource - the Naval Source copy is a mirror of the archival document, and the underlying original sits in the WWII action-report records (RG 38) at NARA. Ship name and serial legible; minor OCR uncertainty in fine numerical fields, none material to the documented event.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-117-03
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[5]LST Flotilla Five War Diary, July 1944 (Third Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet; SECRET at origin, NARA-declassified scan hosted by NavSource) - operational log of TG 53.16 during the Guam assault [other_primary]
- Locator
- flot5_jul diary: roster page (Division 79); daily entries 22-27 July 1944; ammunition-supply, beaching, unloading-percentage, medical-party, and retirement entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Flotilla Five war diary names this hull repeatedly during the Guam operation: the flotilla roster lists 'LST 117 - Lt. S. Pras, USN' under 'LST GROUP FORTY / LST DIVISION 79.' Entries record LSTs including 117 transferring ammunition to destroyers (22 July); 'The LST 117 unloaded all of her mobile equipment on the LCT 982 for movement to the beaches' (entries of ~22-24 July); 'the following LST's were beached - LST's 117, 123, 70, 125...' in the early hours of 24 July; unloading progress logged at 60% on 25 July; the 26 July entries record 'LST's 117 and 123 sent medical parties to beaches to assist in caring for the wounded,' LSTs being used as casualty dressing stations off Asan Beach; LSTs 117 and 118 delivered 8-inch ammunition to combatant ships; and LST-117 joined the evening retirement formation on 25 July. Documents direct participation in the 21-28 July 1944 Guam operation credited by DANFS.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-07
- Population
- LST-117 crew; embarked Army troops/casualties handled; beach medical parties (July 1944)
- Limitations
- Operational history only - no asbestos or material content. The diary is a unit-level document: it records the hull's movements and tasking, not conditions aboard this specific ship beyond the quoted entries. Dates inferred from the diary's running day-headers in OCR of a scanned SECRET-era typescript (day-level confidence; exact-hour entries transcribed conservatively). Roster header OCR'd as 'LST GROUP FORTY / LST DIVISION 79' - consistent with the division~2x-group numbering convention, while NavSource's assignment line pairs Division 79 with 'Group Fifteen'; ambiguity noted, both transcribed as found. A second NavSource-hosted diary ('LST Flotilla Five War Diary May 1944', 111 pp., scanned) is an unexamined archival lead covering the marshaling period.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-117-04
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[6]NARA-held photographs of this hull: NAID 193853603 and 193853606 (U.S. Army Air Corps photos 67769A.C./B-67769A.C.) - LST-117 beached at an advanced base in the Solomon Islands loading equipment of the U.S. Army 12th Detachment, 20th Army Airways Communications System for the Green Islands ('Square Peg') movement, February 1944; NAID 80662621 (Signal Corps photo 254880, local ID 111-SCA-2857) - LST-117 among LSTs 269/486/270/704 on the Orange/Blue beaches at Leyte, 21 October 1944; NHHC photo NH 86196 - USNS T-LST-117 at anchor off Wellington, NZ, early 1970s. Deck logs: NARA RG 24 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' (series NAID 594258). [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160117.htm photo captions citing NAIDs 193853603, 193853606, 80662621; NHHC photo NH 86196; NARA series NAID 594258
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads: NARA photo IDs and the NHHC photograph establish documented physical presence of this hull at named wartime locations (Solomons Feb 1944; Leyte beaches 21 Oct 1944) and in postwar MSTS service (Wellington NZ, early 1970s). The RG 24 deck-log series (NAID 594258) is the repository for this hull's WWII deck logs; NARA also holds the underlying action-report and war-diary originals (RG 38) mirrored by the NavSource scans.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-02; 1944-10; c.1970-73; 1943-46 (deck-log coverage)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: photographs document presence, not materials, work performed, or conditions aboard. NAIDs and local IDs transcribed from NavSource captions; the NARA catalog is JS-rendered/API-gated and could not be independently queried this session - individual NAID landing pages were not fetched, and digitization status of this hull's deck logs within NAID 594258 is unconfirmed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-117-05
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[7]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, Jan 1945), LST design/roster section (shipscribe.com scan, live 2026-10-02) + NavSource specification block for this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 Vol. II, LST design table and roster (shipscribe.com scan); NavSource 10/16/160117.htm specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this diesel-powered LST-1-class hull built April-August 1943: the plant is two GM 12-567A diesels on two shafts with diesel-driven ship's-service generators - no boilers, so the steam-plant lagging pathway does not apply. Era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a 1943 landing ship of this type were diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead/accommodation insulation, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and winch/windlass brake linings; her September 1945 LST(H) hospital conversion implies interior rework (medical spaces, accommodation alterations) of undocumented material scope.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Jeffboat construction trades (1943); crew, embarked troops, and casualties aboard (1943-46); MSTS/SCAJAP crews (1952-c.1973)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - the SDB design table and NavSource spec block document the machinery fit and hull parameters for the type, not installed materials aboard this hull; neither source says 'asbestos.' No hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or conversion work package located. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-117-06
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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 (1943) and U.S. service era (1943-46; MSTS 1952-c.1973).
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description, same standing access gap as BATCH-01/BATCH-98.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-117-07
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[9]Batch-6658 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (archived); NavSource hull page + hosted NARA-declassified primary documents (action report, Flotilla Five war diary); BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO product page; NARA series/NAID leads; CourtListener API v4; MARAD Vessel History Database; NIOSH bibliography (Jeffboat); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-117-01 through sl-uss-lst-117-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or qualifying litigation naming USS LST-117 / LST(H)-117 / T-LST-117 / Q063 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion search ('LST-117' OR 'LST 117') returned zero hits; the RECAP docket search was attempted under the fleet-wide rate limiter (status recorded per-query in search_ledger). Unlike better-known hulls, this hull attracts no law-firm 'asbestos aboard' marketing content at all - the secondary sweep found none. The only CourtListener document-level LST hit known to this project (Gitto v. A.W. Chesterton, S.D.N.Y. 1:07-cv-04771, found by the class-profile sweep) is a scanned reunion-notice compilation naming other hulls - incidental, and it does not name LST-117.
- 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 construction makes asbestos use plausible, and the hull's post-U.S. disposition is unresolved. Deck logs, the LST(H) conversion work package, MSTS maintenance records, and any Singapore-side disposal record are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-117-08
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[10]Disposition cross-check: NavSource 10/16/160117.htm ('Transferred to the Republic of Singapore in 1973. Final Disposition, fate unknown'; SCAJAP/Q063 placed after the 1952 MSTS entry) vs uswarships.jounin.jp/lsth.htm (confirms Q063 but places the SCAJAP period ending mid-February 1946) vs navalmarinearchive.com per-hull table ('To MSTS 1952, sold 1976') vs globalsecurity.org LST-1 unit list (MSTS transfer and 1973 stricken only, no disposition) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160117.htm timeline; uswarships.jounin.jp/lsth.htm LSTH-117 row; navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lstpart1.html row 117; globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/lst-1-unit.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- DISPUTED, unresolved: the post-striking fate of this hull rests on conflicting secondary compilations. NavSource reports a 1973 transfer to the Republic of Singapore with fate unknown; a second compilation reports 'sold 1976'; the Japanese compilation confirms the Q063 SCAJAP number but dates the loan to the 1945-46 occupation window, not post-1952. DANFS ends at the 10 June 1973 striking. No Republic of Singapore Navy LST pennant list located that maps this hull to a named RSN unit (the RSN's known ex-U.S. WWII LSTs are accounted to other hulls), so the Singapore-transfer claim is unverified.
- Verification
- disputed
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1973-1976 (disposition window)
- Limitations
- All four sources are secondary compilations; none is an official registry or transfer document. The discrepancy is flagged rather than resolved - the record carries the NavSource version (most detailed) with the conflict stated here and in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-117-09