Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 634-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (with thin sourcing disclosed
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (with thin sourcing disclosed
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-118-lst118-pkt-634-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-118 (NHHC live page; construction, sponsor, CO, campaign list, LSTH redesignation, occupation duty, disposal) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative (full entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 21 April 1943 at Jeffersonville, Ind., by Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched 21 July 1943; sponsored by Miss Dorothy Korrell; commissioned 6 September 1943, Lt. Clarence W. Lundberg in command. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the Hollandia operation (April 1944), the Marianas operation (capture and occupation of Guam, July 1944), and the Leyte landings (October 1944). Redesignated LSTH-118 on 15 September 1945; performed occupation duty in the Far East until early February 1946; 'upon her return to the United States' decommissioned 8 February 1946; struck from the Navy list 29 September 1947; sold 28 April 1948 to Dulien Steel Products, Inc., of Seattle, Wash., and subsequently scrapped. Earned three battle stars for WWII service as LST-118.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Jeffboat construction trades (1943); crew (1943-46); embarked troops
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; contains no asbestos, insulation, or material content. DANFS's 'return to the United States' conflicts with NavSource's same-date in-theater decommissioning and SCAJAP transfer - see correction row. Live page verified 200 on GET 2026-10-02 (HEAD requests return 404 via bot mitigation).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-118-lst118-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST(H)-118 ex USS LST-118 (flotilla assignments, campaign dates, occupation windows and landings, SCAJAP/Q048 transfer, specifications, CO list, awards) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160118.htm - timeline block, campaign table, occupation table, specifications block, CO table, photo caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull adds: assigned LST Flotilla Five (Capt. G. B. Carter), LST Group Fifteen (Cdr. V. K. Busck), LST Division Seventy-Nine, and LST Flotilla Three (Cdr. A. A. Ageton), LST Group Eight, LST Division Fifteen; campaign dates Hollandia 21-27 April 1944 (page misprints the year '1844'), Guam 21-28 July 1944, Leyte landings 20 October 1944. Navy Occupation Service Medal windows 23-29 September 1945 and 28 October 1945 - 8 February 1946, including occupation-service landings at Wakayama (K+2) 27 September 1945 and Sasebo, Kyushu (A+40) 2 November 1945. Decommissioned 8 February 1946 and transferred to COMNAVFE Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q048. Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; complement 13 officers/104 enlisted; troops 16 officers/147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; armament (ultimate design) 2 twin 40 mm, 4 single 40 mm, 12 single 20 mm; propulsion 2 x GM 12-567A diesels (900 hp each), Falk main reduction gears, 3 x diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V D.C. generators, 2 propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders; fuel 4,300 bbl diesel. COs: LT Clarence W. Lundberg (6 Sep 1943-1945), LT George D. Ferrare, USNR (1945-8 Feb 1946). One photograph documents LST(H)-118 underway off the coast of Japan in November 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Jeffboat construction trades (1943); crew (1943-46); occupation-service crew (1945-46); SCAJAP-era operating complement (1946-47)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; its milestone dates generally track DANFS/NVR but the in-theater decommissioning/SCAJAP transfer conflicts with DANFS's 'return to the United States' framing (see correction row). Contains no asbestos content. Live page verified 200 2026-10-02; page last updated 9 June 2023.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-118-lst118-02
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[4]Source-conflict record: DANFS LST-118 entry (history.navy.mil, live) vs NavSource 10/16/160118.htm timeline (live) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS entry final paragraph; NavSource timeline 'Decommissioned...' line and occupation table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- SOURCE CONFLICT documented, unresolved: where U.S. Navy custody of this hull ended. DANFS narrates occupation duty 'in the Far East until early February 1946' then 'upon her return to the United States, the ship was decommissioned on 8 February 1946.' NavSource records 'Decommissioned, 8 February 1946 and transferred to Commander Naval Forces Far East (COMNAVFE) Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q048,' with the Navy Occupation Service Medal qualifying window running to that same date - consistent with the hull remaining in the Far East under the Japanese repatriation-shipping authority, a documented disposition path for postwar LSTs, rather than returning to the United States before decommissioning. Both sources agree on the decommissioning date (8 February 1946), the striking (29 September 1947), and the 28 April 1948 sale to Dulien Steel Products, Seattle.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1946-02 to 1947-09
- Limitations
- Corrects/locates a documentary conflict, not a material or asbestos claim. If NavSource is correct, the hull was decommissioned in Japan and operated under SCAJAP as Q048 until struck; if DANFS's 'return' language is correct, the SCAJAP transfer followed a U.S. decommissioning. Deck logs and BuShips custody correspondence (NARA RG 19/RG 24) would resolve it; neither retrieved. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-118-lst118-03
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[5]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block for this hull (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, no boilers); DANFS documentation of the 15 September 1945 LST(H) redesignation; LST-1-class design group per BuShips SDB-1945 v2 (class profile lst-1-class) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block + redesignation line; class design group per class profile (BuShips SDB-1945 v2, shipscribe.com scan now 404 - see gaps)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST-1-class tank landing ship built April-September 1943 sits inside the documented WWII naval-shipbuilding asbestos era; era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were thermal insulation and lagging on engine-room machinery and diesel exhaust runs, gaskets and valve packing, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and electrical insulation. As a diesel ship she carried no boilers - the boiler/steam-pipe lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply - and the documented September 1945 LST(H) conversion (fixed hospital facility on a refitted tank deck) constitutes an era interior-rework event for this hull, material scope undocumented.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Jeffboat construction trades (1943); crew (1943-46); conversion/occupation-era workforce (1945-46); shipbreakers at Dulien Steel (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, work package, or inspection report located for LST-118. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The LST(H) refit's disturbance/introduction of insulating material is plausible but undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-118-lst118-04
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[6]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and mass-production program under which this LST-1-class hull was built - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization across naval and merchant construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or this class and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. DOI resolves to the correct Wiley article; the publisher page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch (verified 2026-10-02) - access via DOI in a normal browser.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-118-lst118-05
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[7]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 service era (1943-48).
- 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.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-118-lst118-06
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[8]NARA, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessels up through 1961' (guided-topic page mapping the record groups for hull-specific asbestos research) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guided-topic page sections: RG 19 correspondence; GIBs (P 10); InSurv reports (P 1-G); hull-series drawings (S39/S48); RG 24 caveat. NavSource links: 160118a.pdf (action report scan), lst flot 5 war diary PDFs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official asbestos-research guide maps where ship-specific documentation for this hull would sit (none retrieved): RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) General Correspondence 1940-1946 filed by hull designation ('LST118'), by class ('LST1 Class'), and by builder ('QM/Jeffersonville Boat & Machine'); RG 19 Entry P 10, Amphibious Vessel General Information Books, 1940-1962; RG 38 Entry P 1-G, Amphibious Vessel Material Inspection Reports (Board of Inspection and Survey), 1940-1978 - pre-commissioning trial and pre-decommissioning survey reports; RG 19 cartographic 'Hull Series' engineering drawings arranged by hull number, including S39 Insulation and Lagging and S48 Piping; and RG 24 deck logs/muster rolls, which NARA notes contain no asbestos content but date major work periods. NavSource also hosts contributed scans of ship-specific records for this hull - the 17 June 1944 action report and AA-action report (image-only PDF, 7 pages, no text layer) and LST Flotilla Five war diaries (May, July 1944).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- records coverage 1940-1978
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping and located-but-unextracted scans only - no box-level retrieval performed; whether asbestos-specific documents for this hull exist is unknown until surveyed in person. The action-report scan was downloaded and confirmed to carry no text layer. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-118-lst118-07
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[9]Batch-6668 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live page; NavSource LST(H)-118 page; NARA asbestos guide; CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket searches; NIOSH HHE database; GAO product page; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-118-lst118-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming LST-118/LST(H)-118 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener exact-phrase searches for "LST-118", "LST 118", and "LST(H)-118" in opinions returned zero qualifying hits; the two RECAP docket hits for 'LST-118' are name collisions (a RICO life-settlements case and a diversity contract case - neither involves the vessel or asbestos); a 'USS LST-118' opinion variant was repeatedly attempted but denied a fleet pacing token - logged as attempted, and any qualifying hit is improbable since the subsuming 'LST-118' phrase returned zero. NIOSH HHE searches for the builder yard (Jeffboat/Jeffersonville) returned no reports. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing content (mesotheliomahope.com, asbestos.com, mesotheliomahub.com ship-list pages) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - a 1943 mass-production amphibious hull is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the hull was scrapped in 1948, decades before modern abatement documentation. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-118-lst118-08