Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet xv-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-205-lst205-pkt-xv-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-205 (NHHC ship-history page; live URL returned 404 on 2026-10-02 - archived Wayback capture of 2025-02-02 used) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative, 'LST-205' page (Wayback capture 20250202221209)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (verbatim): 'LST-205 was laid down on 5 August 1942 at Seneca, Ill., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 13 April 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Doris DeHaven; and commissioned on 15 May 1943.' Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the Gilbert Islands operation (November and December 1943), the Biak Island operation (June 1944), the capture and occupation of Saipan (June and July 1944), and the Leyte landings (October and November 1944). 'Following the war, LST-205 was redesignated LSTH-205 on 15 September 1945. She performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-December 1945. Upon her return to the United States, the ship was decommissioned on 2 April 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 5 June 1946. On 4 June 1948, she was sold to Hughes Bros., Inc., of New York City, N.Y., for scrapping. LSTH-205 earned four battle stars for World War II service as LST-205.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948 (entry coverage)
- Population
- USCG crew (1943-46); CB&I construction trades (1942-43); embarked troops
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS does not mention the 21 May 1944 West Loch disaster or Coast Guard manning - both come from other rows. Live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-10-02 (standing NHHC link-rot pattern); archived capture used and labeled. The Biak Island credit conflicts with the crew-contributed itinerary (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-205-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, April 1945) - LST roster entry and LST design table (shipscribe.com scan, verified live 2026-10-02; prior path /styles/usnaux/sdb/ now 404) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-011 roster, LST entries (LST205 line, Chicago Bridge & Iron block); LST design table p.168
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The contemporaneous official BuShips roster lists this hull as 'LST205 (ex-ATL205)' built by Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, Ill. - keel laid 5 Aug 42, launched 13 Apr 43, first commission 15 May 43, matching DANFS. She falls inside the LST1-490 design block, whose published characteristics are 328 ft overall, 316 ft waterline, 50 ft extreme beam, 2,366 t beaching displacement, 4,080 t full-load, 11.6 knots trial. The document contains no material-content or asbestos data.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- CB&I construction trades (1942-43)
- Limitations
- Primary contemporaneous Navy document, but the roster fields are builder and dates only - it does not establish construction materials. Design-table characteristics apply to the LST1-490 block as a group, not an inspection of this hull. No asbestos content whatsoever in the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-205-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST(H)-205 ex USS LST-205 - designation timeline, USCG manning, campaign table, flotilla assignments, specifications, commanding officers (verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160205.htm header block, awards/campaign table, specifications, commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: 'USS LST-205 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II'; LST-1 class; laid down 5 August 1942 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, Ill.; launched 13 April 1943; commissioned USS LST 205, 15 May 1943, LT. R. J. Buchar, USCG in command. Asiatic-Pacific assignments: LST Flotilla Thirteen, Group Thirty-Nine, Division Seventy-Eight; LST Flotilla Five (CAPT. G.B. Carter), Group Fifteen (CDR. V.K. Busck), Division Thirty; LST Flotilla Fourteen (CAPT. E.E. Seay), Group Forty-Two (CDR. G.E. Artz), Division Eighty-Four. Campaign table: Gilbert Islands (Tarawa 21 Nov - 8 Dec 1943); Western New Guinea (Biak Island 9-13 June 1944); Marianas (Saipan 17 June - 3 July 1944); Leyte (Leyte landings 20 October and 19-29 November 1944). Redesignated Tank Landing Ship (Hospital), LST(H)-205, 15 September 1945; occupation duty Far East 2 September - 14 December 1945; decommissioned 2 April 1946; struck 5 June 1946; sold 4 June 1948 to Hughes Bros., Inc., New York City, for scrapping; four battle stars. Commanding officers (courtesy US Coast Guard Historian's Office): LT Raymond J. Buchar USCG (15 May 1943 - 1944), LTjg. Phillip L. Bean USCGR (1944 - 1945), LT S.F. Regard USCGR (1945 - 2 April 1946). International radio call sign NZQB.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- USCG crew (1943-46); embarked troops and patients after LST(H) conversion
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates track DANFS/NVR but the campaign-subperiod dates (e.g., Biak 9-13 June) are not independently reconciled (see gaps). Page verified live 2026-10-02 (navsource.net, not the dead .org). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-205-03
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[5]U.S. Coast Guard, Daily Chronology of Coast Guard History, November (official uscg.mil history page; live legacy page dead - archived Wayback capture used) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Daily Chronology, November, 20 November 1943 Tarawa entry (Wayback capture 20080519093601)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official USCG chronology entry for 20 November 1943 names this hull at Tarawa: 'Landings made at Makin and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands... Coast Guard-manned LST-20, LST-23, LST-69, LST-169, LST-205, and the USS Arthur Middleton... participated in the bloody assault of Tarawa.' Confirms both the Coast Guard manning of this hull and her Tarawa assault participation from a service-official source.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- USCG crew at Tarawa (Nov-Dec 1943)
- Limitations
- Names the hull at one operation only; the USCG chronology is a day-by-day institutional history, not a ship file - it does not document the rest of her service or any material content. Page reached via Wayback capture; the legacy uscg.mil/history path no longer serves.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-205-04
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[6]U.S. LST Association, 'LST Memories: The Second Pearl Harbor Disaster' by Mel Barger (LST-555) - West Loch berth assignments and survivor account (verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uslst.org article, T-8/T-9 berth listing paragraphs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The veterans'-association account places this hull inside the explosion nest: 'LST-69 was berthed in a row identified as T-8, along with LSTs -205, -225, -274, -43, -179, -353, and -39' - i.e., LST-205 was one of the eight combat-loaded LSTs at berth T-8, West Loch, Pearl Harbor, on the afternoon of 21 May 1944, loading ammunition, gasoline, and cargo for the Saipan invasion when the explosions began. The ships lost at T-8 were LSTs -353, -179, -43, -69, and -39.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- USCG crew and embarked troops aboard at West Loch (21 May 1944)
- Limitations
- Veterans'-association secondary account (drawing on the Shuman USNI article and official inquiry), not the official record itself - berth placement is ship-specific and consistent across accounts, but the extent of damage to this hull specifically is not stated here. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-205-05
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[7]Howard E. Shuman, 'The Other Pearl Harbor Disaster,' U.S. Naval Institute, Naval History Magazine, Vol. 2 No. 3 (July 1988) - account based on the declassified 29 June 1944 court of inquiry, 14th Naval District, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, and NAD reports (verified live via fetch 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Naval History 2(3), 'The Disaster Strikes' / 'The Six Doomed Ships' / 'Conclusions' sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The documented account of the event this hull survived: at 1508 on 21 May 1944 an explosion aboard LST-353 (where mortar ammunition was being unloaded from LCT-963) ignited gasoline drums and ammunition across the nested, combat-loaded LSTs at West Loch berths T-5 through T-10; six LSTs and three LCTs were lost, 163 men killed and 396 injured. 'The three inboard ships [at T-8], although fighting serious fires, were not in critical condition. Each was able to get under way or was towed windward into the immediate safety of Walker Bay.' The court of inquiry report was classified secret and not declassified until 1 January 1960; 'nine of the 29 LSTs' failed to make the Saipan voyage, which sailed only one day late.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- 163 dead, 396 injured (all-ship totals); USCG crew of this hull among the T-8 survivors
- Limitations
- Event-level documentation: the article names the destroyed ships but does not name LST-205 - her T-8 berth comes from the US LST Association account and her abandon-ship entry from the crew log. The court of inquiry itself (NARA) remains the unexamined primary source for per-ship damage. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-205-06
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[8]'The First Cruse of USS LST 205,' contributed by Harold Hansen (crew member) - NavSource-hosted veteran itinerary May 1943 - March 1945 (verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160205h.htm itinerary table (arrived/place/departed rows and interleaved combat notes)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A crew-compiled port-by-port itinerary for this hull: Seneca departure 7 May 1943; New Orleans, Panama City, Colon CZ, San Diego, San Francisco; Kodiak and Adak; Kiska 16-23 August 1943; return via San Francisco and Port Hueneme; Pearl Harbor from 5 October; Ellice Islands; Tarawa 21 November - 11 December 1943; Apamama, Makin; Pearl Harbor 12-28 May 1944 with the entry 'Abandon Ship May 21' (the West Loch disaster); Kwajalein 8-10 June; Saipan 17 June - 3 July 1944 (bombed June 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30); Pearl Harbor 22 July - 27 August; Eniwetok, Manus; Leyte 20-26 October ('LST 205 Downed 4 planes' 26 October); Humboldt Bay November; Leyte 23 November - 19 December; Mindoro and Mindanao December (28 December 'LST 769 sunk'; 30 December 'Jap plane crashed on deck of LST 205'); Philippine waters through January 1945; Manus, Purvis Bay, Guadalcanal to March 1945 (contributor left the ship).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- USCG crew (1943-45)
- Limitations
- Veteran-contributed compilation hosted on NavSource, not an official deck log - dates carry partial verification (several typo'd entries, e.g., 'Pamama City,' '05-Jan-44' for 1945). The 'Abandon Ship May 21' line is the ship-specific West Loch corroboration; combat notes ('downed 4 planes,' 'Jap plane crashed on deck') are crew-record claims not independently verified. Its itinerary cannot be reconciled with the official Biak credit (see gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-205-07
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[9]Era inference built on: BuShips SDB 1945 v2 LST1-490 design table (diesel plant, no boilers); NavSource specifications (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, Falk gears, 2 shafts); documented era amphibious-ship construction practice; GAO HRD-80-2 program context (see ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips SDB v2 LST design table; NavSource specifications block; class-era synthesis
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST-1-class amphibious ship built 1942-43 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a ship of this type and period were engine and diesel-exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, gaskets, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings. As a diesel ship she carried no boilers - the steam-lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Her September 1945 redesignation as LST(H) (hospital conversion) is the kind of interior rework that in the era typically disturbed or added insulation, though no conversion work record for this hull was located.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- CB&I construction trades (1942-43); USCG crew (1943-46); Pearl Harbor repair trades (May-June 1944); LST(H) conversion trades (1945); Hughes Bros. shipbreakers (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, survey, or work package located for LST-205. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution. The LST(H) asbestos-rework implication is inference from conversion type, not documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-205-08
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[10]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 (1942-43) and service era (1943-46).
- 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 - the ship was scrapped in 1948, before the surveyed policy period. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-205-09
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[11]Batch-6753 search ledger (this record): DANFS (Wayback), BuShips SDB v2 roster, NavSource ship + crew-log pages, USCG chronology, US LST Association, USNI Naval History 1988, CourtListener (3 opinion + 1 docket queries), NVR, NARA catalog, secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-205-01 through sl-uss-lst-205-16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LST-205 / LST(H)-205 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener was searched this session via the authenticated helper: opinion queries 'LST-205', 'USS LST-205', and 'LST 205' all returned zero hits; the RECAP docket query 'LST-205' returned two hits - Revstone Industries, Inc. (Bankr. D. Del. 12-13262) and Sorenson Communications Holdings, LLC (Bankr. D. Del. 14-10453) - both bankruptcy cases where 'LST-205' appears inside 534-page creditor-matrix attachment scans: name collisions, not cases naming the ship. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos' material found is law-firm marketing content (asbestos-ships.com and similar) asserting asbestos aboard WWII-era ships and the Seneca CB&I yard 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 - the hull was scrapped in 1948, long before modern hazmat documentation regimes, so a ship-specific survey may never have existed. Deck logs, the West Loch court-of-inquiry per-ship damage reports, and the scrapping contract are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-205-10
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[12]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, WWII Pacific Theatre bibliography - 'Nine Planes and Six Invasions Record of LST [205].' Coast Guard Magazine (Jun 1946), p. 20 (live page blocked automated fetch 2026-10-02; verified via Wayback capture 20260930084056) [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.uscg.mil Pacific Theatre bibliography, LST entries (Wayback capture 20260930084056)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official USCG Historian's bibliography documents a ship-specific period article: 'Nine Planes and Six Invasions Record of LST [205],' Coast Guard Magazine (June 1946), p. 20 - a near-contemporaneous service-account record of this hull's combat service (consistent with the crew log's aircraft-kill notes). The magazine issue itself is not digitized in located sources - an archival lead for the service-level record.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1946 (publication); 1943-45 (subject period)
- Limitations
- Bibliographic reference only - article content unexamined; nothing in the citation establishes material content aboard. The live history.uscg.mil page blocked automated fetch (403); content verified via Wayback capture of 2026-09-30.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-205-11
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[13]NARA-held photography and operation-report citations for this hull, transcribed in NavSource captions: COM9thPHIBFOR Report of 'Cottage' Operation, Occupation of Kiska (6 Oct 1943), NARA Identifier 78186893; Saipan photography NARA Identifiers 193831526, 193832647, 193831496, 193831508, 193831493, 193831490 (US Army Air Corps photos); film 4157 / local ID 188-CS-1790 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160205.htm photo captions (image IDs 1016020530, 1016020529, 1016020531, 1016020524, 1016020528, 1016020525, 1016020526, 1016020527); NARA catalog (JS-rendered, unverified)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA-held materials place this hull at named operations: a photograph caption documents her beached on the Northern Beachhead during the Kiska landings, 21 August 1943 (final phase of Operation Cottage), citing the COM9thPHIBFOR operation report NARA ID 78186893; and a series of US Army Air Corps photographs document her at Saipan 20-21 June 1944 - launching tank landing craft LCT(6)-1062, beached on the reef, and landing men of the 804th Engineer Aviation Battalion. These are physical-presence archival leads for two documented operations.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Crew and embarked units (Kiska Aug 1943; 804th Engineer Aviation Bn at Saipan Jun 1944)
- Limitations
- Archival leads only: photographs establish presence, not work or material records; NARA identifiers transcribed from NavSource captions - the NARA catalog is JS-rendered and could not be independently fetched this session, so direct catalog verification is open. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-205-12