Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 640-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-140-lst140-pkt-640-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-140 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, European-theater service, disposal, battle stars [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-140 entry, full text (short entry, no spec block)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 10 November 1943 at Ambridge, Pa., by the American Bridge Co.; launched 8 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Hugh Robertson; commissioned 9 February 1944, Lt. Richard W. Mickelsen in command. During World War II assigned to the European theater and participated in the UGS-36 convoy operation in April 1944 and the invasion of southern France in August and September 1944. On return to the United States decommissioned 5 January 1946; struck from the Navy list 12 March 1946; sold 18 September 1947 to the Southern Shipwrecking Co., of New Orleans, La., for scrapping. Earned two battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- American Bridge construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-46); shipbreakers, Southern Shipwrecking Co. (1947-48)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; contains no asbestos or material content. Live NHHC DANFS page verified fetching successfully 2026-10-02 (unlike the 2026-09-14 Batch-01 link-rot defect on other hulls).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-140-lst140-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-140 - timeline, campaign table, specifications, commanding officers, awards, photographic record [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160140.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officers table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource page for this hull (LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship): laid down 10 November 1943 at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA; launched 8 January 1944; commissioned USS LST-140, 9 February 1944, LT. Richard W. Mickelsen in command; assigned Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater; campaign table lists Convoy UGS-36 (1 April 1944) and Invasion of southern France (15 August - 22 September 1944); decommissioned 5 January 1946 at Mobile, AL; struck from the Naval Register 12 March 1946; sold 18 September 1947 to Southern Shipwrecking Co., New Orleans, LA, for scrapping; two battle stars. Awards shown: American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2), World War II Victory Medal. Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam; 11.6 kts trial; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; armament 2 twin 40mm w/ Mk.51 directors, 4 single 40mm, 12 single 20mm; propulsion two GM 12-567A 900hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100kW 230V DC ship's-service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders. Photo captions document: 713th Railway Operating Battalion gondola car unloading (c.1943-44); loading at Naples August 1944 alongside LST-526, LST-74, LST-174; beached unloading at Gulf of St. Tropez 25 October 1944 with LST-120 and LST-77; loading railroad cars at Oran for Marseilles; docked Mobile, AL October and December 1945. Commanding officers: LT. Richard W. Mickelsen (9 Feb 1944 - 1945); LTjg. T. R. Ashton, USNR (1945 - 5 Jan 1946). International radio call sign NGQG.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- American Bridge construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-46); embarked troops; shipbreakers, Southern Shipwrecking Co. (1947-48)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestones here match DANFS exactly. Contains no asbestos content. Specification block is class-level data applied to this hull (standard NavSource practice); complement 104 differs from the BuShips class table's 106 (see gaps). The 1947 scrapping predates modern ACM-handling regulation; no hazmat or material record for the breakup was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-140-lst140-02
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[4]NARA file unit 139787741: 'USS LST-140 - Rep of Ops in the Invation of Southern France, 8/15-25/44' (sic), RG 38 Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, series 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (NAID 4697018) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog file unit NAID 139787741
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- This hull's own Report of Operations for the invasion of southern France, dated 25 August 1944, survives in NARA: file unit NAID 139787741, micro serial 100523, serial 130-44, 5 images, unrestricted, digitized and available online in the National Archives Catalog. A ship-produced primary operational document covering her Dragoon participation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-08-15 to 1944-08-25 (report coverage)
- Population
- LST-140 crew and embarked troops during Operation Dragoon, 15-25 August 1944
- Limitations
- Archival lead: catalog metadata verified (RG 38, series NAID 4697018, micro serial 100523, serial 130-44, 5 images, date 8/25/1944); image content not yet OCR'd or inspected - the report's internal detail (beach assignments, unloading performance, casualties) is unverified here. No asbestos content expected - wartime action reports do not address materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-140-lst140-03
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[5]History of the Naval Armed Guard Afloat, World War II (USN admin history, HyperWar/ibiblio transcription), chapter on Mediterranean convoys - Convoy UGS-36, April 1, 1944 [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar transcription, 'Convoy UGS-36, April 1, 1944' subsection (pp. 147-148 of original)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The convoy operation in which DANFS documents this hull participated was attacked en route: enemy planes (estimates six to fifty) attacked convoy UGS-36 between Oran and Algiers at about 0400 on 1 April 1944; the Liberty ship Jared Ingersoll took a torpedo at 0412 after downing one plane, was temporarily abandoned, re-boarded, and towed to Algiers where she was beached; Marion McKinley Bovard and other merchantmen claimed additional aircraft. This was the only ship carrying Armed Guards confirmed hit.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-04-01
- Population
- UGS-36 merchant crews, Armed Guard detachments, and escort/amphibious participants including this hull's crew
- Limitations
- Convoy-level event documentation - the Armed Guard history does not name LST-140; her participation in UGS-36 is established by DANFS and NavSource (ev-01, ev-02). The history documents the operational context of her April 1944 transit, not this hull's specific actions. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-140-lst140-04
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[6]Consolidated era inference built on: Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945) LST design table (shipscribe.com scan, text layer) + DANFS/NavSource machinery data for this hull + era amphibious-ship construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table + roster section; class profile lst-1-class ev-lst-1-class-03
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST-1-class hull built 1943-44 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era, but the diesel plant narrows the pathway: no boilers means no boiler or steam-line lagging. Era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a hull of this type and period were GM diesel-exhaust lagging and engine gaskets, machinery-space thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings. LSTs were built to emergency specifications at 17 yards including inland 'cornfield' yards such as American Bridge, Ambridge, during the period when federal asbestos supply was reserved for shipbuilding.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- American Bridge construction trades (1943-44); crew and embarked troops (1944-46); shipbreakers (1947-48)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-140. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials aboard this hull. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull. Does not establish individual exposure or present-day presence (hull scrapped 1947-48).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-140-lst140-05
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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 existence (built 1943-44, scrapped after September 1947).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- 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 - standing defect since Batch-01) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-140-lst140-06
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[8]Batch-6711 search ledger (this record): DANFS live page; NavSource live page; NARA catalog file unit NAID 139787741; NHHC History of Convoy and Routing; USN Armed Guard admin history (HyperWar); BuShips SDB-1945 v2; GAO product page; NVR; NARA deck-log index; secondary web sweep; CourtListener opinion + docket indexes (no qualifying hit) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-140-lst140-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LST-140 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion index: zero hits for 'LST-140', 'USS LST-140', 'LST 140', and '"LST-140" asbestos'; bare 'LST-140' returned 258 loose matches, all acronym collisions in the returned set (none ship-related). CourtListener docket index: one hit, LST Group, LLC v. Spatz (M.D. Fla. 8:26-cv-01036, Defend Trade Secrets Act) - name collision, not this vessel. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no ship-specific marketing-source asbestos assertions naming LST-140.
- 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 - the hull's 1943-44 construction inside the documented asbestos era makes presence plausible. CourtListener coverage limitation: RECAP-indexed text only; hull-number-only ships (no name until 1955, this hull never named) produce weak recall in text search - plaintiffs may describe service as 'aboard LSTs' without the hull number. RG 38 action report (NAID 139787741) is digitized but not yet content-inspected; deck logs, builder work packages, and 1947 scrapping-contract records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-140-lst140-07