Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 638-packet.md (3 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-125-lst125-pkt-638-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'LST-125' (Naval History and Heritage Command). Live NHHC URL returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-02; entry text verified via Wayback Machine capture of 2025-02-02. [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry body, LST-125; Wayback capture 20250202151750 of live URL https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-125.html (404 as of 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 8 June 1943 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 23 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. W. R. Durham; commissioned 29 September 1943. WWII Asiatic-Pacific operations: capture and occupation of Guam (July 1944); Leyte landings (October 1944); Lingayen landings on Luzon (January 1945); assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (April 1945). Postwar occupation duty in the Far East and service in China until early June 1946; decommissioned 10 June 1946; sunk as a target by naval gunfire 14 August 1946; struck from the Navy list 25 September 1946. LST-125 earned four battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Ship's company (13 officers / 104 enlisted per NavSource spec block) and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Archived copy of a now-404 live page (NHHC link rot). DANFS says the ship was decommissioned 'upon her return to the United States'; NavSource and a wartime Navy press release place decommissioning at Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I. - an unresolved official-source conflict (see gaps). DANFS does not mention the Operation Crossroads assignment at all. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-125-lst125-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-125 page (160125.htm) - timeline, organization assignments, campaign table, spec block, commanding officers, official Navy Yard Mare Island photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- 160125.htm main page - timeline block, campaign table, spec block, CO table, photo-caption block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: commissioned 29 September 1943, LT William R. Tenney Jr., USNR; wartime organization - LST Flotilla Five / LST Group Fifteen / LST Division Thirty (Marianas, Luzon, Leyte) and LST Flotilla Three / LST Group Seven / LST Division Fourteen (Okinawa); campaign table lists Guam (21-28 July 1944), Leyte landings (20 October 1944), Lingayen landings (4-15 January 1945), Okinawa Gunto (1-9 April 1945); Navy Occupation Service 8-12 November 1945; China Service (extended) 22 December 1945 to 10 June 1946; decommissioned 10 June 1946 at Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I.; assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.2.5 (Target Vessels - Landing Craft Units - LST Group 9) for Operation Crossroads; struck 25 September 1946; sunk as a target by naval gunfire 14 August 1946; four battle stars. Under repair at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA, 23 June - 20 August 1945 (official Navy Yard Mare Island photos 3026-8-45 and 3024-8-45, taken 17 August 1945). CO succession: Tenney to LT Charles S. V. Moore, USNR, on 21 January 1945. Specs: 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 11.6 kt trial; 2x GM 12-567A diesels (900 hp each), Falk reduction gears, 2 shafts 1,700 shp; 3x 100 kW diesel-drive ship's service generators; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted, troop accommodations 16/147.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Ship's company 13 officers / 104 enlisted; embarked troops up to 16 officers / 147 enlisted
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-run naval-history archive, not a government repository; its timeline corroborates DANFS and the official NHHC Crossroads rosters. The Mare Island repair window rests on official Navy Yard Mare Island photo captions (Navy photo numbers given). One caption dates departure photography 17 August 1945 while stating the repair ran to 20 August 1945 - minor internal inconsistency carried as cited. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-125-lst125-02
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[4]NHHC, 'Composition of Joint Task Force One' (Operation Crossroads online reading room) - Task Group 1.2 (Target Vessel Group), Task Unit 1.2.5 (Landing Craft Unit), LST Group 9 [other_primary]
- Locator
- JTF-1 composition page, Task Group 1.2 section, Task Unit 1.2.5 LST GRU 9 list; archive fallback http://web.archive.org/web/20251208181244/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/o/operation-crossroads/composition-of-joint-task-force-one.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NHHC roster of Joint Task Force One for Operation Crossroads lists USS LST-125 under Task Group 1.2 (Target Vessel Group), Task Unit 1.2.5 (Landing Craft Unit), LST Group 9 (LST GRU 9) - one of six LSTs (LST-52, -125, -133, -220, -545, -661) assigned as target vessels for the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll, July 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- JTF-1 target-vessel caretaker/positioning crews (cross-reference DNA-TR-82-05-V1 Table 7-2: crew size 56 for this hull)
- Limitations
- Establishes the hull's assignment to the Crossroads target array only; says nothing about asbestos, materials, or which shot(s) the vessel was present for. Page verified live via browser-rendered fetch (Firecrawl) 2026-10-02; history.navy.mil returns 404 to plain HTTP fetches (bot filtering), not link rot - Wayback capture 20251208181244 exists as fallback.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-125-lst125-03
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[5]NHHC, 'Disposition of Target Vessels' (Operation Crossroads online reading room) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Disposition of Target Vessels page, 'LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank)' section; archive fallback http://web.archive.org/web/20251208181458/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/o/operation-crossroads/disposition-of-target-vessels.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NHHC disposition list for Operation Crossroads target vessels records: 'USS LST-125 sunk off Bikini, 14 August 1946.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1946
- Limitations
- Confirms place and date of sinking; does not describe the beaching detail or firing ship carried in some secondary sources (e.g., USS Fall River CA-131 gunfire - unverified secondary claim, not asserted here). No asbestos content. Page verified live via browser-rendered fetch (Firecrawl) 2026-10-02; history.navy.mil returns 404 to plain HTTP fetches (bot filtering) - Wayback capture 20251208181458 exists as fallback.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-125-lst125-04
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[6]Delgado, Lenihan & Murphy, 'The Archeology of the Atomic Bomb: A Submerged Cultural Resources Assessment of the Sunken Fleet of Operation Crossroads at Bikini and Kwajalein Atoll Lagoons,' NPS Southwest Cultural Resources Center Professional Papers No. 37 (1991), Appendix I 'Target Vessels at Bikini and Their Disposition' (full-text mirror at npshistory.com) [nps]
- Locator
- Report Appendix I, LSTs table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official National Park Service submerged-cultural-resources assessment of the Crossroads sunken fleet lists under 'LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank)': 'LST-125 - Sunk off Bikini, August 14, 1946.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1946 (sinking); 1989-1990 (survey)
- Limitations
- Corroborates disposal date and place. The cited page is npshistory.com, a non-NPS host carrying the full text of the official 1991 NPS report; live-verified 2026-10-02. No asbestos content; the report surveys the sunken fleet for cultural-resources purposes.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-125-lst125-05
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[7]Weitz et al., 'Analysis of Radiation Exposure for Naval Units of Operation Crossroads, Volume I - Basic Report,' Science Applications Inc. for Defense Nuclear Agency, DNA-TR-82-05-V1 (3 March 1982) - approved for public release; hosted by Defense Threat Reduction Agency [other_primary]
- Locator
- DNA-TR-82-05-V1: Fig 1-3 (Baker target array summary); Table 7-2 (calculated doses, non-remanned target ships)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Official dose-reconstruction report for Crossroads naval units names this hull twice: Figure 1-3 'Summary of Shot BAKER Target Array' places LST-125 in a 'Sunk' category alongside LCI-620, and Table 7-2 'Summary of Calculated Doses for Target Ship Crews' lists USS LST-125 among NON-REMANNED target vessels with a crew size of 56 and a total film-badge dose of 'unk' (unknown).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- Target-vessel crew of 56 (per Table 7-2) - personnel assigned to the hull during Crossroads
- Limitations
- Radiological exposure analysis, not asbestos documentation; included because it is the ship-specific personnel-exposure record this hull's Crossroads service generated. 'Non-remanned' means the crew did not re-man the vessel after the test - consistent with beaching/sinking; the crew-size figure is the target-ship complement used in dose calculation, not the wartime complement. Scanned-document layout makes the Fig 1-3 category ordering approximate. dtra.mil returns 403 to direct automated fetch; full text extracted via Firecrawl 2026-10-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-125-lst125-06
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[8]U.S. Navy press release datelined Jinsen, Korea, 21 February 1946 (ship-history dispatch; NavSource mirror, 160125h.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- 160125h.htm - full text of the 21 February 1946 Jinsen dispatch
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporary Navy press dispatch for this hull: unofficially christened 'DRAGON LADY' by her crew; commissioned September 1943 at New Orleans after the river trip down from the Evansville, Indiana, builder's yard; first duties in the Solomons (Bougainville, Green, Emirau Islands); carried Third Marine Division troops to Guam and landed them on D-Day, 21 July 1944; beached under enemy fire on Leyte D-Day, 20 October 1944; survived a midget-submarine torpedo attack en route to the Lingayen/Luzon landings; beached with Marine troops and tanks on Okinawa D-Day, 1 April 1945; returned to the West Coast for overhaul (the Mare Island repair period); postwar supply runs to Guam, Iwo Jima, Saipan, and Jinsen, Korea; at Shanghai embarked the 71st National Chinese troops for Chinwangtao, China; 'scheduled ... in June ... to be decommissioned at Subic Bay, P.I.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Ship's company (dispatch names SM2/c Jack L. Silady, aboard since 24 August 1944)
- Limitations
- Wartime public-relations dispatch, not an engineering or operational record; useful for operational color (nickname, Solomons service, China deployment) and for corroborating the Subic Bay decommissioning location against DANFS's 'return to the United States' wording. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-125-lst125-07
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[9]Consolidated era inference - NavSource spec block for this hull (diesel plant, no boilers); BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 2 LST design table (per the project class profile; the shipscribe.com scan URL cited there is dead as of 2026-10-02 - see gaps); era amphibious-ship construction practice; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy-wide asbestos documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class technical data; NavSource spec block (160125.htm)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this diesel-powered LST: LST-1-class ships carried no boilers - the steam-lagging pathway does not apply. Asbestos-relevant applications consistent with the 1943 design and era practice: diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets; engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation; valve, flange, and machinery packing and gaskets; deck coverings/tile; bulkhead and accommodation insulation; winch and crane brake linings. GAO documented Navy-wide asbestos insulation aboard ships through the early 1970s, covering this hull's entire service life.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Construction trades at the inland Evansville builder's yard (1943); wartime crew; Mare Island repair-yard workers (1945); Crossroads caretaker crew (1946)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-level asbestos record exists for this hull and none is expected (sunk 1946, predating survey/abatement practice). Establishes no quantities, no exposure for any individual, and no legal eligibility. Must never be read as 'asbestos documented aboard LST-125.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-125-lst125-08
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[10]Mare Island repair window documented by official Navy Yard Mare Island photo captions on the NavSource page (photos 3026-8-45, 3024-8-45); yard asbestos-product inventory per the companion Atlas shipyard record 'mare-island-naval-shipyard' (which cites the Navy/City of Vallejo 1998 disposal EIS documenting asbestos-containing material at the yard and Collins v. Plant Insulation Co., 185 Cal. App. 4th 260 (2010)) [other_primary]
- Locator
- 160125.htm photo-caption block; shipyards.json yard_id 'mare-island-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- This hull was under repair at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA, from 23 June to 20 August 1945 (post-Okinawa overhaul, per the 1946 press release). Mare Island is a documented asbestos yard: its Atlas record lists documented products including Unibestos, Marinite boards, Transite pipe, Kaylo, Careytemp, Gold Bond, Super 66, pump/valve packing, gaskets, bonnet insulation, and refractory materials.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Mare Island Naval Shipyard repair workforce, June-August 1945
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not hull documentation: establishes only that the ship was physically at a yard with documented asbestos products during a repair availability. Does not establish that asbestos materials were installed on or disturbed aboard this hull during that repair, and establishes no exposure for any individual. The Collins litigation documents a worker whose Mare Island period was 1976-1994 - after this hull's visit; it evidences the yard, not this ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-125-lst125-09
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[11]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation until the early 1970s - a program-level finding that covers this hull's construction and service era (1943-1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); era covered includes 1943-1946
- Population
- Navy shipboard personnel and shipyard workers, WWII-1970s (program level)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull-specific; does not name LST-125 or the LST program specifically. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (standing block noted since Batch-01); the product-page description was used and full-text pull remains an open lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-125-lst125-10
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[12]NavSource-hosted primary documents for this hull: deck-log excerpts (5-11 January 1945 Lingayen; 15-18 June 1944; 19-24 October 1944 Leyte), ship's War Diary June 1944, LST Flotilla Five War Diaries May and July 1944, and two wartime action reports (Serial 030 of 20 January 1945 covering the 7 January 1945 air attack on TU 78.1.3 en route Lingayen Gulf; Serial 074 of 4 April 1945 covering 27 February - 4 April 1945 including the Green Beach loading and Okinawa approach) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 160125.htm document links (160125l.htm, 160125l1.htm, 160125l2.htm, 160125a.pdf, 160125a2.htm, 160125a3.htm, 160125ar.htm; LST Flot 5 war diary PDFs) - all verified live 2026-10-02
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Substantial primary documentation survives for this hull: transcribed deck-log excerpts, the ship's June 1944 war diary, two numbered action reports addressed to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, and LST Flotilla Five war diaries - all hosted on NavSource; the underlying originals are NARA holdings (WWII deck logs, RG 24 lineage; action reports, RG 38 lineage). This is the record class where any wartime material-mention or postwar inspection evidence for this hull would surface.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops, 1944-1945
- Limitations
- The hosted documents were transcribed/photographed for crew families and describe operations and damage only - none mentions asbestos, insulation, or materials. The complete deck-log run (1943-1946) at NARA is the open archival lead; it has not been searched for this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-125-lst125-11
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[13]Batch-6695 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS (live 404, archived capture verified); NavSource main page and primary-document subpages; NHHC Operation Crossroads JTF-1 composition and target-disposition pages; NPS Delgado et al. 1991 Appendix I; DNA-TR-82-05-V1; Naval Vessel Register; CourtListener opinion and docket searches for 'LST-125' and 'USS LST-125'; gao.gov HRD-80-2 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-125-lst125-01 through sl-uss-lst-125-lst125-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS LST-125 (or 'LST-125') was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion search for 'LST-125' and 'USS LST-125' returned zero hits; the 'LST-125' docket search returned three hits, all name collisions (the string appears as an exhibit/Bates label in unrelated bankruptcy and insurance dockets - no maritime or asbestos content). One docket-form query ('USS LST-125', type=r) could not be completed - the fleet pacing limiter was spent; logged as pending, not as a negative result.
- 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 during service - the hull's 1943 build era and diesel-plant design are consistent with era-standard asbestos applications, and the hull was sunk in 1946 before survey or abatement regimes existed. This row establishes search scope and negative results only; it establishes neither the presence nor absence of shipboard asbestos, nor any exposure or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-125-lst125-12