Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 638-packet.md (2 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-122-lst122-pkt-638-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'LST-122' entry - archived Wayback Machine capture (2014-07-28) of the history.navy.mil DANFS page; the live NHHC DANFS URL returns 404 (verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'LST-122' entry (single-paragraph entry, Vol. VII-era text)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry for this hull: laid down 4 June 1943 at Evansville, Ind., by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 9 August 1943; commissioned 3 September 1943, Lt. Samuel C. Pirie in command. WWII Asiatic-Pacific theater service: Marshall Islands operation (occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, January-February 1944); Hollandia operation (April 1944); Marianas operation (capture and occupation of Guam, July 1944); Okinawa Gunto operation (assault and occupation, May 1945). Post-war: occupation duty in the Far East and service in China until early May 1946. Decommissioned 4 June 1946; struck from the Navy list 3 July 1946; sold 5 December 1947 to Bosey, Philippines. Four battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Limitations
- Official NHHC history text; establishes identity, milestones, and service chronology only. Contains no asbestos, material, overhaul, or condition information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-122-lst122-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History, USS LST-122 page (Amphibious Photo Archive, file 10/16/160122; page last updated 25 June 2021) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST-122 page - specification block, campaign table, commanding-officer table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource compiled record for this hull: LST-1-class tank landing ship; unit assignments LST Flotilla Six, LST Group Eighteen, LST Division Thirty-Six; radio call sign NPPO; campaign dates - Kwajalein and Majuro 31 January-8 February 1944, Hollandia 21-27 April 1944, Guam 21-25 July 1944, Okinawa Gunto 10-20 May 1945; Navy Occupation Service Medal and China Service Medal (extended) periods 7 January-10 May 1946; commanding-officer list (LT Samuel C. Pirie USNR, 3 Sep 1943-17 May 1944; LT George Fabian Champagne USN, 17 May 1944-4 Jun 1946). Specification block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full load / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; two GM 12-567A 900-hp diesels with Falk main reduction gears, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders, three 100-kW diesel-driven DC generators; complement 13 officers/104 enlisted, troop accommodations 16 officers/147 enlisted; armament ultimate design 2 twin 40mm + 4 single 40mm + 12 single 20mm. Primary-captioned photography: NARA RG 111 photo SC 259917 (beached at Finschhaven, New Guinea, April 1944, with LST-38, LST-221, LST-456); Australian War Memorial photos beached at Aitape, New Guinea, circa 22-23 April 1944; a photo captioned Okinawa August 1945 with LST-221 and LST-759 (caption date inconsistent with the ship's documented overhaul period - see correction row).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary archive (primary-captioned photos credited to NARA and the Australian War Memorial); no asbestos information. The commanding-officer relief date (17 May 1944) conflicts with the ship's own Factual History (17 October 1944) - see correction row ev-uss-lst-122-lst122-10.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-122-lst122-02
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[4]NARA, 'USS LST-122 - War History' (WWII War Diaries microfilm, roll A2106; Fold3-scanned, NAID 77706857) - the ship's own 'Factual History of U.S.S. LST 122', forwarded by the commanding officer to the Secretary of the Navy under AlPac #202-45 (received October 1945; continuation forwarded 1 May 1946) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Microfilm roll A2106, images 0295-0304 (10 frames): transmittal letters (Lt. G. F. Champagne CO; Lt.(jg) R. G. Hanson by direction) and 'Factual History of U.S.S. LST 122' narrative
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-authored operational history documenting this hull's yard availabilities: 'the navy yard' at Pearl Harbor for an overhaul 16 September-27 October 1944; return to navy yard, Pearl Harbor, for bow-door repairs completed 4 December 1944; navy-yard entry 6 February 1945 and drydock 22 February-3 March 1945 at Pearl Harbor; and a stateside overhaul at Wilmington Welding and Boiler Works, San Pedro, CA, entered 4 August 1945 and completed 29 October 1945 (crew reduced to 70 per cent wartime complement; followed by a 7-day San Diego training cruise). The document also records: crew and officers went 'as a unit' to Evansville, Indiana, to board and commission the ship, boarding 28 August 1943; departure from the United States 6 January 1944 in a ten-LST convoy; Kwajalein/Roi-Namur and Majuro operations; Aitape landing 21 April 1944; Hollandia; downed a 'Kate' dive bomber off Saipan 15 June 1944; Guam landing 21 July 1944 off Agat under enemy shore-battery fire; engine repairs at Saipan April 1945; Okinawa service 10-20 May 1945 including smoke-screen cover for merchant ships during air attacks, with a floating-mine sighting, submarine contact, and escort depth-charge attack in the 9 May inbound convoy; a submarine attack on the return convoy 23 May 1945 in which a torpedo passed beneath the ship approximately amidships without contact; post-war Task Group 78 repatriation duty (1,128 Korean repatriates Taku to Jinsen; 1,016 Japanese Army repatriates Taku to Sasebo); UNRRA cargo up the Yangtze River to Hankow; reached Shanghai 3 May 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Ship's company (~13 officers/104 enlisted); Pearl Harbor Navy Yard and Wilmington Welding & Boiler Works yard workers during the documented availabilities
- Limitations
- Ship-authored operational narrative; documents the fact and dates of navy-yard and commercial-yard availabilities but names no materials and contains no asbestos content - establishes repair events, not exposures. Narrative gives length as '327 feet' versus the 328 ft specification figure (minor discrepancy noted, not carried).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-122-lst122-03
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[5]NARA Catalog (catalog.archives.gov), records search 'USS LST-122' - WWII War Diaries microfilm series, Fold3-scanned with digital objects attached [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog search '"USS LST-122"'; file units on WWII War Diaries microfilm (rolls incl. A2106), Fold3 scans
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds this hull's monthly War Diaries as digitized file units: catalog search returns the War History file (NAID 77706857, 10 images) plus twenty monthly war-diary units covering November 1943 through November 1945 (e.g., NAID 136042916 Nov 1943, 30 images; NAID 78592420 Jun 1944; NAID 140081409 Nov 1945). This is the fullest ship-specific primary record set located for this hull - deck-log-level operational detail available for any future material-claim verification.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Limitations
- Archival lead - the war diaries are operational reports; located but not exhaustively read. No asbestos, material, or repair-scope content was identified in the documents sampled; absence of asbestos mention in operational records is expected and proves nothing either way.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-122-lst122-04
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[6]Library of Congress, Veterans History Project - Robert Shields Collection, AFC/2001/001/90096 [other_primary]
- Locator
- LOC VHP service summary + interview transcript
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A named crew member's oral-history collection exists at the Library of Congress: Robert Shields served aboard USS LST-122 (and USS LSM-450), 1943-1945, reaching Lieutenant; service record lists Guam, Marshall Islands, and Hollandia campaigns - matching the 'Ensign Robert Shields' named as a damage-control officer in the ship's Factual History (NARA NAID 77706857). Includes an interview transcript (recorded 20 August 2012).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2012 (interview); 1943-45 (service)
- Population
- One crew member (Robert Shields, ENS-LT, 1943-45)
- Limitations
- Crew oral history - a first-person service account; archival lead only. The collection contains no documented asbestos claim and makes no exposure finding for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-122-lst122-05
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[7]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, April 1945), LST design table - shipscribe.com scan; consolidated era/design inference [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 Vol. II, LST design table
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this LST-1-class diesel hull: the BuShips 1945 design data document the class machinery plant (two GM 12-567A diesels, ~1,700 shp, two shafts via Falk reduction gears, 11.6 kt) - a diesel plant with no boilers, so the steam-lagging pathway does not apply. Asbestos-relevant applications for the type are engine exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, valve packing, and winch/windlass brake linings. The hull's four documented yard availabilities (Pearl Harbor Navy Yard Sep-Oct 1944, Nov-Dec 1944, Feb-Mar 1945 incl. drydock; Wilmington Welding Aug-Oct 1945) are the kind of repair periods during which era insulation was disturbed or renewed.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Construction trades at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron (Evansville); ship's company; yard workers at documented availabilities
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-level asbestos record exists for this hull; the SDB documents the machinery plant, not materials content, and the war history names no materials. Establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-122-lst122-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (October 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - program-level context for the asbestos era aboard WWII-built Navy hulls. This hull was sold out of service in December 1947, decades before the program period, so the document provides era context only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program review period)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not class- or ship-specific; postdates this hull's disposal. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (confirmed 2026-10-02) - product-page description used; full text not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-122-lst122-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 opinion search '"LST-122"' (authenticated, type=o) - 0 results [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-122-lst122-05, -06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion-text search for the exact hull number '"LST-122"' returned zero hits - no reported judicial opinion naming this hull was located in the opinion index (authenticated API, 2026-10-02). The RECAP docket index could not be completed this session (fleet-wide request pacing) - logged as blocked in the search ledger, not as a negative result.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Zero opinion-index hits is a limited negative: it covers published/reportable opinion text only. It does not rule out unreported dockets, settled claims, bankruptcy-trust claims, or VA claims naming this hull - none of which are indexed here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-122-lst122-08
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[10]Batch-6692 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC (archived), NavSource, NARA Catalog, Naval Vessel Register, Library of Congress VHP, GAO, CourtListener opinion index, general web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-122-lst122-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, shipyard material schedule naming this hull, hazmat disclosure, scrapping-yard record, or verified case naming LST-122 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). A general web sweep for '"USS LST-122" asbestos/mesothelioma' surfaced no ship-specific claims - top results were authoritative records (LOC, NavSource, uboat.net), with no law-firm page uniquely naming 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 - a 1943-built hull with documented navy-yard overhauls is consistent with era-standard materials. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-122-lst122-09
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[11]NARA NAID 77706857 (ship's Factual History) vs. NavSource compiled CO table and photo caption [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA roll A2106 image 0301 ('relieved ... on 17 October 1944'); NavSource page CO table + photo caption block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CONFLICT/CORRECTION: (a) NavSource's commanding-officer table lists LT George F. Champagne relieving LT Samuel C. Pirie on 17 May 1944; the ship's own Factual History states 'Lt. George F. Champagne relieved Lt. Samuel C. Pirie as Commanding Officer on 17 October 1944' during the Pearl Harbor navy-yard overhaul - the contemporaneous ship-authored document is given precedence (17 October 1944). (b) A NavSource photo caption dates an LST-122 beach photograph (with LST-221 and LST-759) 'Okinawa, August 1945', but the Factual History places this hull in overhaul at Wilmington Welding, San Pedro, 4 August-29 October 1945 - the documented Okinawa beaching was 10-20 May 1945, so the August 1945 caption date is inconsistent with the primary record.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Partial resolution: the primary document supports 17 October 1944 for the CO change and May (not August) 1945 for the Okinawa beaching; the NavSource table/captions remain as compiled. Neither conflict affects asbestos status.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-122-lst122-10