USS LST-225

Evidence

13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).

1. [1]research packet xy-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-225-lst225-pkt-xy-packet-md

2. [2]DANFS, 'LST-225' (NHHC ship-history entry; live page returned 404 on all candidate URLs this session - Wayback capture 2025-04-01 used and labeled archived) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS LST-225 entry, full text (Wayback capture 2025-04-01)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Ship-specific history per DANFS: 'LST-225 was laid down on 14 April 1943 at Seneca, Ill., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 4 September 1943; sponsored by Miss Mary Oklesen; and commissioned on 2 October 1943.' Asiatic-Pacific operations credited: 'Capture and occupation of Saipan-June and July 1944; Tinian capture and occupation-July 1944; Capture and occupation of the southern Palau Islands-September and October 1944.' Postwar: 'LST-225 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-February 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 30 July 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 28 August 1946. On 16 December 1947, she was sold to the Learner Co., of Oakland, Calif., for scrapping.' DANFS credits 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

   Construction trades (Seneca, 1943); ship's company and embarked troops (1943-46)

   Limitations

   Ship-specific history only; the entry contains no asbestos or material content. DANFS does not mention the 21 May 1944 West Loch disaster damage or the 12 January 1945 Kossol Roads engagement - those come from other rows. Live NHHC page 404s; archived capture cited. Battle-star count conflicts with NavSource (2 vs 3) - see gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-225-01

3. [3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-225 (10/16/160225) - timeline, specification block, commanding-officer table, campaign credits, disposal; verified live 2026-10-02 [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 160225.htm header block, Asiatic-Pacific campaign table, specification block, commanding-officer table, final disposition line

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 14 April 1943 at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, IL; launched 4 September 1943; commissioned USS LST-225, 2 October 1943, LT. Lawrence J. Goddard USNR in command. Asiatic-Pacific assignment under LST Flotilla Thirteen (CAPT. J.G. Sampson USN), LST Group Thirty-Seven (CDR. R.D. Higgins USNR), LST Division Seventy-Three. Campaign table: Marianas operation - capture and occupation of Saipan 15 June-28 July 1944 and Tinian 24-28 July 1944; Western Caroline Islands operation - capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands 6 September-14 October 1944. Occupation service Far East 22 December 1945 - 20 February 1946; decommissioned 30 July 1946; struck from the Naval Register 28 August 1946; sold for scrapping 16 December 1947 to Learner Co., Oakland, CA. NavSource credits THREE battle stars. CO table: LT. Lawrence Jack Goddard USNR (2 Oct 1943 - 1 Aug 1944); LT. Amory Parker USNR (1 Aug 1944 - ?). Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full (sea-going, 1675-t load) / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers + 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; propulsion two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-drive 100kW 230V DC ship's service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders; diesel fuel 4,300 Bbls; ultimate armament design 2 twin 40mm w/Mk.51 directors, 4 single 40mm, 12 single 20mm.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1943-1947

   Population

   Ship's company 1943-46; embarked troops

   Limitations

   NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track DANFS/NVR but the battle-star count (3) conflicts with DANFS (2) and with its own two-campaign table (Marianas + Western Carolines = 2 campaign stars under per-campaign award rules); unresolved, carried in gaps. Spec block is class-standard LST-1 data, not hull-measured. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-225-02

4. [4]Robert J. Cressman, The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, Chapter VI: 1944 (Naval Historical Center / NHHC publication, HyperWar/ibiblio transcription; live-verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]

   Locator

   USN-Chron-1944.html, 21 May 1944 Pacific entry

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official U.S. Navy chronology, 21 May 1944 entry: 'Accidental explosion occurs in tank landing ship LST-353 as she is being loaded with mortar ammunition at West Loch, Pearl Harbor. The cataclysmic blasts result in the loss of LST-39, LST-43, LST-69, LST-179, LST-353, and LST-480; tank landing craft LCT-961, LCT-963, and LCT-983; 17 tracked landing vehicles (LVT); and eight 155-millimeter guns. LST-205 and LST-225 are damaged.' Firefighting tugs Osceola, Hoga, Geronimo, Tamaha, and chartered tug Mikioi suffered varying damage.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-05-21

   Population

   Ship's company and embarked personnel at West Loch staging

   Limitations

   Official ship-specific record that this hull was DAMAGED (not sunk) in the West Loch disaster of 21 May 1944. The chronology gives no damage extent, casualty count by ship, or repair detail for LST-225. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-225-03

5. [5]U.S. LST Association, 'LST Memories: The Second Pearl Harbor Disaster' (berth disposition, citing the official investigation; live-verified 2026-10-02); corroborated by Gene E. Salecker, 'The Second Pearl Harbor,' Warfare History Network (live content retrieved via Firecrawl; plain fetch returned HTTP 403) [reputable_press]

   Locator

   uslst.org article, Tare-8 berth paragraph; warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-second-pearl-harbor/, Tare-8 escape narrative (paras. 'Eventually, two ships from Tare 8...')

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Secondary West Loch detail naming this hull: the US LST Association article (based on the official investigation and Howard E. Shuman's Naval History account) records that 'LST-69 was berthed in a row identified as T-8, along with LSTs -205, -225, -274, -43, -179, -353, and -39,' staging ammunition and cargo for the Marianas campaign; the ships lost were LSTs -353, -179, -43, -480, and -69. Salecker's account (the standard book-length history of the disaster, University of Oklahoma Press 2014) identifies LST-225 and LST-274 as the number-two and -three ships in Tare 8 that 'managed to move away from the burning vessels and beach themselves on the shores of Walker Bay,' both carrying LCTs on their main decks; per Salecker only two LSTs were 'so severely damaged that they were deemed too unsafe to make the 3,200-mile trip to Saipan.'

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-05-21

   Population

   Ship's company and embarked personnel during West Loch staging

   Limitations

   Veteran-association and specialist-secondary sourcing - not the primary investigation record itself (the court-of-inquiry file is the underlying primary source, not retrieved). Supports berth position, escape beaching at Walker Bay, and LCT deck cargo; the 'no fatalities aboard LST-225' claim that appears in Wikipedia and the internal class profile is not supported by any official source retrieved this session - carried as unverified in gaps. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-225-04

6. [6]Robert J. Cressman, The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, Chapter VII: 1945 (NHHC publication, HyperWar/ibiblio transcription; live-verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]

   Locator

   USN-Chron-1945.html, 1 January 1945 Pacific entry; Operation KONGO entries (I-53 at Kossol Roads)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official U.S. Navy chronology, 1 January 1945 entry: 'Destroyer escort Seid (DE-256), tank landing ship LST-225 and three infantry landing craft (LCI) (TU 94.5.10) land one company of Army troops (321st Infantry) on Fais Island to investigate whether or not it was being used as a midget submarine base and a communication center by the Japanese.' The same chronology documents Operation KONGO - Japanese kaiten human-torpedo deployments including submarine I-53 operating against Kossol Roads, Palau - the context for this hull's 12 January 1945 engagement (see ev-07, ev-08).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1945-01

   Population

   Ship's company; embarked 321st Infantry company

   Limitations

   Confirms the Fais Island reconnaissance-in-force landing (1 Jan 1945) as official history. The chronology does not itself list the 12 January Kossol sinking in its daily entries - that engagement rests on the NARA action-report record and the CO/crew narratives (ev-06/07/08). No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-225-05

7. [7]USS LST-225, 'Action Report - Peleliu Landing and subsequent operations, 15 September 1944 - 23 January 1945' (ship's own action report, serial 01189 per cover page; contributed scan of the NARA-format original hosted on NavSource, contributed by Valerie Reckert-Jacobsen) [other_primary]

   Locator

   160225a.pdf, cover letter (USS LST-225, c/o Fleet Post Office San Francisco, serial 01189) and body paragraphs; signature page (A. Parker)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own action report (10-page scan; signed by the commanding officer - LT. Amory Parker, USNR, who held command from 1 August 1944 per the NavSource CO table): the ship sortied from Guadalcanal 4 September 1944 for Peleliu, disembarked First Marine Division troops in the assault waves early on 15 September 1944 (the report records all vehicles launched in seven minutes fifteen seconds) and discharged combat load by 26 September; she was designated casualty-transfer ship on 17 September and took station 1,500 yards off the landing beaches; she was temporarily detached from cargo operations to carry assault troops to Fais Island 'for purposes of reconnaissance in force and capture' (matching the 1 January 1945 official chronology entry); during the period 'the only event was the battle with a midget submarine as previously reported' (the 12 January 1945 Kossol Roads engagement); 110 tons of ammunition were loaded aboard at Kossol Roads; the ship was detached from the Palau area by CTG order on 23 January 1945 for Peleliu, then Saipan and Pearl Harbor.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-09-15 to 1945-01-23

   Population

   Ship's company; embarked First Marine Division troops and casualties

   Limitations

   Primary ship-generated document, but accessed only as a contributed image scan - OCR is legible but imperfect, so content is described rather than quoted at length, and serial/page details were read from the rendered images. The report's own enclosure sequence (references a-d) was not fully legible; the separately-indexed NARA micro-serial 111884 (ev-08) is the engagement report it cross-references. No asbestos or material content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-225-06

8. [8]'How LST-225 Sunk a Japanese Submarine' - oral history of SM2/c William Edwin Reckert (contributed scan hosted on NavSource, contributed by Valerie Reckert-Jacobsen; printed compilation pages 1053-1054 visible in scan) [other_primary]

   Locator

   160225b.pdf, pp. 1-2 of scan (printed pp. 1053-1054)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   First-person crew account of the 12 January 1945 Kossol Passage/Roads engagement: the ship left the secured Fais Island operation, returned to Peleliu 7 January 1945, and anchored at Kossol Passage 10 January; about 0800 on 12 January while going to general quarters a lookout spotted a periscope; the submarine paralleled the bow then circled in toward the bridge on the starboard side while the ship engaged with 20mm and 40mm fire; 'it blew up about 150 yards away from us. His number was on there it was number 72. He came from a fleet Sub I-53' - sunk about 0805. Reckert recounts three such submarines loose in the anchorage that day (one blew up on the coral reef; another stalked an inbound freighter without success), eleven ships inside the atoll at the time. Post-engagement itinerary per the same narrative: left Kossol 12 January for Peleliu (arrived 23 January per report / departed for Saipan, arrived 27 January, departed 31 January), Eniwetok 6 February, Pearl Harbor mid-February (reassigned to West Loch), then San Diego.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1945-01-12

   Population

   Ship's company at general quarters

   Limitations

   Crew oral history recorded decades later - a first-person narrative, not an official record; minor internal date inconsistencies exist (e.g., 'January 7th of '44' for a January 1945 event). The 'number 72' / 'fleet Sub I-53' identification is the sailor's account; official attribution of the contact as one of I-53's Operation KONGO kaiten human torpedoes is consistent with the NHHC chronology but not formally resolved - see gaps. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-225-07

9. [9]NARA (National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference) records via Digital Public Library of America/Digital Pasifik: 'USS LST-225 - Rep of AA action off Saipan Island, Marianas, 6/17/44' (Micro Serial 139365, Serial 0138-44, dated 12 July 1944); 'USS LST-225 - Rep of engagement & sinking of enemy midget submarine in Kossol Roads, Palau Is on 1/12/45' (Micro Serial 111884, dated 14 January 1945) [other_primary]

   Locator

   digitalpasifik.org/items/479223 (Micro Serial 139365); digitalpasifik.org/items/384932 (Micro Serial 111884); companion record digitalpasifik.org/items/377378 (USS LST-131, serial 127718)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA holds two ship-generated action reports for this hull indexed in the DPLA aggregation: (1) the report of AA action off Saipan on 17 June 1944 - which places this hull under air attack off Saipan two days after the 15 June landings, confirming she WAS repaired and present for the Saipan operation following her 21 May West Loch damage; (2) the report of engagement and sinking of an enemy midget submarine in Kossol Roads, Palau Islands, on 12 January 1945 - the official engagement report behind the crew narrative in ev-07. A companion NARA record shows USS LST-131 filed a parallel report on the same Kossol action (consistent with Reckert's 'three submarines loose' account).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-02

   Study period

   1944-06-17; 1945-01-12

   Population

   Ship's company; embarked troops

   Limitations

   Archival leads only - record titles and micro-serial metadata from the DPLA/Digital Pasifik aggregation; the underlying report texts were not retrieved this session (NARA catalog is JS-rendered/unfetchable). Titles alone cannot support engagement details beyond presence and subject matter; the Saipan AA report's title IS sufficient to establish the ship's presence off Saipan on 17 June 1944. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lst-225-08

10. [10]Consolidated era inference - BuShips Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels Vol. 2 (Jan 1945) LST machinery data (via class profile lst-1-class.class.json, retrieved 2026-09-16; the shipscribe.com PDF URL it used now returns 404) + era amphibious-ship construction practice [other_primary]

    Locator

    class-f/lst-1-class.class.json ev-lst-1-class-03 (consolidated inference) + ev-lst-1-class-01 (BuShips SDB v2 machinery data)

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Era/design inference for a diesel-powered LST-1-class ship built in 1943: no boilers - asbestos-relevant applications aboard a ship of this type and period were GM diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. Wartime construction at an inland 'cornfield' yard (Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca - 157 LSTs built 1942-45) used standard LST drawings, so the application profile tracks the class.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-10-02

    Study period

    1943-1948

    Population

    CB&I Seneca construction trades (1943); ship's company (1943-46); breakup trades at Learner Co. (1947-48)

    Limitations

    Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-225. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; establishes no quantities and no individual exposure. The class profile's explicit caveat applies: no member of the class has a located ship-level asbestos record.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lst-225-09

11. [11]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 (1943-46).

    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. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, confirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description. LST-225 was scrapped in 1947-48, before the review period's findings were written; the row speaks to construction-era practice, not this ship's disposal.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lst-225-10

12. [12]Batch-6775 search ledger (this record): archived DANFS; NavSource live page + hosted primary scans; Official USN Chronology 1944/1945; NARA action-report metadata via DPLA/Digital Pasifik; US LST Association; Salecker/WHN; GAO product page; CourtListener API v4 (type=o and type=r); secondary web litigation sweep; shipyards.json yard check; NVR coverage check [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-225-01 through -16

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming USS LST-225 / LST-225 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener authenticated searches on 2026-10-02 returned count=0 for "LST-225" (opinions and dockets) and "USS LST-225" (opinions); the "USS LST-225" docket variant was fleet-pacing-blocked and is logically subsumed by the completed "LST-225" docket search (any text containing 'USS LST-225' contains 'LST-225'). Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case - the only 'asbestos' material naming landing ships is law-firm marketing content (e.g., gorilaw.com landing-ships listicle) 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 - WWII-era deck logs (RG 24), CB&I Seneca work packages, BuShips correspondence, and the 1947-48 Learner Co. scrapping records are undigitized leads. The LST-1 class profile likewise reports no ship-specific asbestos record for any member. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lst-225-11

13. [13]Cross-source conflict set: archived DANFS LST-225 entry; NavSource 160225.htm; NARA Saipan AA-action report title (DPLA serial 139365); Official USN Chronology 1944; Salecker 'The Second Pearl Harbor' (WHN); Wikipedia USS LST-225 (secondary) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Source set as cited per item; Wikipedia article used only to identify the claims being corrected, not as a record source

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    CORRECTIONS: (1) Wikipedia states LST-225 was one of four LSTs that 'could not be repaired in time for the invasion' after West Loch - contradicted by the ship's own records: NARA holds her report of AA action off Saipan on 17 June 1944 (D-Day was 15 June), DANFS credits the Saipan operation, and Salecker documents that only TWO LSTs were too damaged for the Saipan trip; she was repaired and in action off Saipan within four weeks of the disaster. (2) Wikipedia's narrative locates her construction at 'Seneca, Indiana' - the builder town is Seneca, ILLINOIS (DANFS, NavSource). (3) Sponsor styling: DANFS 'Miss Mary Oklesen' vs Wikipedia 'Mrs. Mary Oklesen' - DANFS carried. (4) Battle stars: DANFS two vs NavSource three (NavSource's own table groups service into two campaigns, consistent with two campaign stars) - DANFS carried, variant in gaps. (5) Callsign NYWV (NavSource) vs NYWZ (Wikipedia) - NavSource carried, variant in gaps.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-10-02

    Study period

    1944 (events); 2026-10-02 (conflict check)

    Limitations

    Corrects circulating secondary-source defects; the Saipan correction rests on the NARA record TITLE (AA action 6/17/44), which establishes presence, not the extent of her participation vs a substitute hull in the assault echelon - she may still have missed her originally assigned assault role. No asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lst-225-12