Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 650-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (thin sourcing disclosed)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (thin sourcing disclosed)
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-229-lst229-pkt-650-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-229 (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-02) - construction, sponsor, commissioning, Normandy, occupation/China service, decommissioning, striking, sale; one battle star [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and caption (LCT-583 deck-load description)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-229 was laid down on 27 May 1943 at Seneca, Ill., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 5 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Kenneth E. Sandbach; and commissioned on 3 November 1943, Comdr. Harry R. Hayes in command. During World War II, LST-229 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Following the war, LST-229 performed occupation duty in the Far East and served in China until mid-December 1945. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 12 February 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 31 October 1947. On 7 April 1948, she was sold to the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., of Morris Heights, N.Y., for scrapping. LST-229 earned one battle star for World War II service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- CB&I Seneca construction trades (1943); crew (1943-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. The terse DANFS entry does not name a Pacific flotilla assignment, the SCAJAP Q054 designation, or decommissioning location detail - NavSource carries those (ev-02). 'Returned to the United States' sits unresolved against NavSource's SCAJAP assignment and occupation-service periods extending to 13 Feb 1946 - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-229-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-229 - milestone timeline, theaters, flotilla/group/division assignments, medal periods, SCAJAP Q054, specifications, commanding-officer list, photo record incl. IWM A 23907 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160229.htm header block, campaign/occupation tables, specifications block, CO list, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 27 May 1943 at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, IL; launched 5 October 1943; commissioned USS LST-229, 3 November 1943 (CO list: LT. Gardner L. Boothe Jr., USNR, 3 Nov 1943-1944 and again 1945-?). Assigned to both Europe-Africa-Middle East and Asiatic-Pacific theaters; Europe-Africa-Middle East campaign credit: Invasion of Normandy, 6-25 June 1944. Asiatic-Pacific command: LST Flotilla 35 (CAPT. D. H. Johnston USN), LST Group 103 (CDR. A. L. Warburton USN), LST Division 206. Occupation/China service periods: China Service Medal (extended) 27 Sep-14 Dec 1945; Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp) 15-18 Dec 1945 and 20 Jan-13 Feb 1946. Decommissioned 12 February 1946; assigned to COMNAVFE Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), designated Q054; struck from the Naval Register 31 October 1947; sold for scrapping 7 April 1948 to Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY. Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted, troops 16 officers + 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; 2 x GM 12-567A diesels (900 hp each), single Falk main reduction gear, 3 x 100 kW diesel-driven generators, 2 shafts (1,700 shp), twin rudders; fuel 4,300 Bbls diesel; call sign NZNY. Photo captions document IWM A 23907 (Lt. S.J. Beadell, Admiralty Official Collection): 'Naval craft off Gold Beach assault area, 6 June 1944... USS LST-229 in the background' - placing this hull off Gold Beach on D-Day; and LST-229 moored with USS LST-281 (date/location unknown).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- CB&I Seneca construction trades (1943); crew (1943-46); embarked troops and landing-craft crews; SCAJAP-assigned personnel (1946-47, if exercised); Consolidated Shipbuilding scrapping trades (1948)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track DANFS/NVR but its CO list conflicts with DANFS on the commissioning officer (Boothe vs Hayes - see gaps). Page intermittently 500s to automated fetch; retrieved live via firecrawl 2026-10-02. Contains no asbestos content. IWM A 23907 cited here via the NavSource caption - the IWM catalog object itself was not directly retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-229-02
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[4]NHHC photographic record NH 84718 - 'USS LST-229. With LCT-583 on board, 6 January 1944. Courtesy of D.M. McPherson, 1976' (live NHHC catalog page, verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC catalog page NH 84718 (NH-84000 series)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NHHC-held photograph documents this hull loading practice typical of the type: LST-229 with the 120-ft, 150+ ton LCT-583 secured to her main deck on 6 January 1944, during the pre-invasion workup window for Normandy. The DANFS caption describes the LCT side-launch method (ballast down, slide sideways into the water).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-01-06
- Population
- crew and LCT-583 crew (1944)
- Limitations
- Archival record of vessel configuration/operations only - a photograph, not a work or material record; contains no asbestos content. Establishes deck-load practice aboard this specific hull in January 1944.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-229-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945), LST design table + roster (shipscribe.com scan, text layer) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table (LST1-490 row) + machinery columns; roster section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official BuShips design table for the LST1-490 group (which includes this hull): length 328 ft oa / 316 ft wl, extreme beam 50 ft, 2,366 tons light / 4,080 tons trial displacement, 11.6 knots trial speed; machinery table: 2 x G.M. Diesel 12-567A engines, 1,700 shp (per the SDB machinery columns). Establishes the class diesel plant - no boilers - for this hull's design group.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945 (data book); design covers 1942-45 construction
- Population
- n/a (design data)
- Limitations
- Class design data, not a hull record - documents the design group this hull belongs to, not this hull's as-built condition. PDF re-verified live 2026-10-02 at its new location (the styles/usnaux/sdb path cited in the class profile now 404s). Staggered OCR text layer; values read from the LST1-490 design and machinery rows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-229-04
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[6]Era inference built on: BuShips SDB 1945 v2 LST1-490 machinery data (ev-04); NavSource specifications (diesel plant, generator count); LST-1-class profile era analysis (lst-1-class class record: diesel plant, no boilers - exposure relevance concentrates in engine-room/exhaust lagging, gaskets, deck coverings, accommodation insulation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST1-490 design row; NavSource specifications block; class-f lst-1-class profile ev-lst-1-class-03
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered tank landing ship built 1943 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a ship of this type and period were diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. As a diesel ship she carried no boilers or steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- CB&I Seneca construction trades (1943); crew (1943-46); any SCAJAP-assigned personnel (1946-47); Consolidated Shipbuilding scrapping trades (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LST-229. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-229-05
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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 construction (1943) and service era (1943-46), though the ship was scrapped in 1948, before the surveyed program era.
- 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 restriction per Batch-01/Batch-98 records) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-229-06
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[8]shipbuildinghistory.com (T. Colton), 'Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca IL' yard page - Navy requisitioned the Seneca facility 1942 ($6M improvement; 'Prairie Shipyard,' 200-acre site); per-hull production table lists LST-229 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com CB&I Seneca page, per-hull production table row 'LST 229'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard-level documentation naming this hull: Chicago Bridge & Iron's requisitioned Seneca yard (the 'Prairie Shipyard,' 200-acre site on the east side of town; Navy invested $6mm in 1942) built LST-229 in a block of sister hulls. The table's per-hull row for LST-229 reads keel 5/20/43, launched 10/5/43, delivered 11/3/43, disposition 'Scrapped 1947.' Two conflicts with DANFS are carried, not resolved: keel date 20 May vs DANFS 27 May 1943; 'Scrapped 1947' vs DANFS struck 31 Oct 1947 / sold for scrapping 7 Apr 1948 (a rounding of the strike year).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- CB&I Seneca construction trades (1942-45 yard operation)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation (shipbuildinghistory.com) - corroborates the builder and documents per-hull yard production, but its keel and disposition dates conflict with DANFS on this hull; DANFS dates carried in the record. Contains no asbestos content. Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca is not an Atlas shipyards.json entry (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-229-07
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[9]Batch-6779 search ledger (this record): live DANFS page; NavSource amphibious archive; NHHC photo catalog; BuShips SDB 1945 v2 (shipscribe); shipbuildinghistory.com CB&I Seneca; NavalCoverMuseum; uboat.net; NARA digitized deck-log index; NVR; CourtListener (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-229-01 through -13
- 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-229 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CAVEAT: CourtListener exact-phrase coverage is a verified negative - quoted "LST-229" returned 0 hits in both opinions (type=o) and dockets (type=r), 2026-10-02; the unquoted 'LST-229' opinion sweep returned 182 hits, all name collisions, none vessel-related. The unhyphenated variant '"LST 229"' was pacing-blocked (fleet budget); residual coverage gap logged in search_ledger sl-13. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material found is law-firm marketing content (elslaw.com, gorilaw.com, mesotheliomaveterans.org listicles listing the Seneca yard / LST type) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. A New York workers' compensation decision naming the builder (Matter of Wilson v. Chicago Bridge & Iron, 2 AD3d 1004 (3d Dept. 2003)) concerns a construction worker's 1967-1989 multi-site exposure, not the WWII Seneca shipyard - excluded as non-pertinent to 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; the litigation repository search is a verified negative for the exact hull phrase with a marginal residual gap (unhyphenated variant unrun). Deck logs (not digitized), CB&I wartime yard records, and any 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-229-08