Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 651-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-24-lst24-pkt-651-packet-md
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[2]DANFS entry 'LST-24', Naval History and Heritage Command (published 2015-06-01) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-24 entry, full text (page live-verified 2026-10-02 via both /research/ and /content/history/nhhc/ URL variants)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS: laid down 19 November 1942 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp.; launched 17 April 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Marguerite E. Davis; commissioned 14 June 1943. Asiatic-Pacific operations: Marianas (capture and occupation of Guam, August 1944); Western New Guinea (Morotai landings, September 1944); Leyte landings (October-November 1944); Okinawa Gunto (assault and occupation, March-June 1945). Decommissioned 26 February 1946; struck from the Navy list 5 June 1946; sold 23 December 1947 to the Humble Oil & Refining Co., of Houston, Tex., and converted for merchant service. Earned five battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops, 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Authoritative but terse DANFS entry: does not record the Coast Guard manning, the 3 May 1943 reduced-commission river transit and New Orleans fitting out, or the Luzon/Lingayen Gulf campaign (all documented by NavSource and the USCG ship file). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-24-lst24-01
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[3]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-24 page (last updated 2024-03-22) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160024.htm: header, campaign table, photo captions, specifications block, commanding-officer table (page live-verified 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records: manned by the US Coast Guard during WWII; laid down 19 Nov 1942 at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA; launched 17 Apr 1943; reduced commission 3 May 1943 for transit to fitting-out at New Orleans; recommissioned 14 Jun 1943 under LT Arnold I. Sobel, USCGR; assigned to LST Flotilla Five (CAPT G.B. Carter), Group Fifteen (CDR V.K. Busck), Division Thirty, and later Flotilla Six (CAPT Laidlaw), Group Seventeen (CAPT E. Watts), Division Thirty-Three; five campaigns including Lingayen Gulf, Luzon (4-18 Jan 1945). At Okinawa she was one of nine LSTs of LST Group 74, the ammunition-delivery squadron, and the only one loaded with 16"/45 ammunition - photographed transferring shells and charges to USS Maryland (BB-46) at Kerama Retto 31 March 1945 (NARA photo 76402 A.C.; USS Maryland report of operations, NARA ID 139992991). CO roster: LT Sobel USCGR 14 Jun 1943-?; LT Donald J. Ellsworth USCGR ?-22 Jan 1946; LTjg Richard A. Ekblom 22 Jan-26 Feb 1946. Specs: 2 x GM 12-567A 900-hp diesels, Falk reduction gears, twin screws/rudders, 1,700 shp, 11.6 kt; complement 13 officers/104 enlisted; troops 16 officers/147 enlisted; 2 LCVP. Awards: 5 battle stars; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5); American Campaign Medal; WWII Victory Medal; Philippine Presidential Unit Citation; Philippine Liberation Medal (2). Call sign NYVM.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- USCG crew 1943-1946; embarked troops; USS Maryland transfer crews 1945
- Limitations
- Reputable volunteer-run archival aggregator (NARA-photo-derived), not an official record - corroborated where possible by DANFS and the USCG ship file; the Group 74 ammunition-squadron detail and 16-inch transfer to USS Maryland rest on the cited NARA photo and the Maryland operations report transcribed on the page. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-24-lst24-02
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office ship-history file, 'USS LST-24' (3-page PDF; live uscg.mil URL dead - ARCHIVED copy via Wayback Machine, captured 2017-05-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian LST-24 PDF, pp. 1-3 (Wayback capture 20170507163757 of uscg.mil/history/cutters/USN/LST/LST_24.pdf)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USCG Historian ship file: 'The Coast Guard-manned USS LST-24 was laid down at the Dravo Corporation's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania yard on 19 November 1942,' launched 17 April 1943 sponsored by Mrs. Marguerite E. Davis, entered commissioned service 14 June 1943 under LT Arnold I. Sobel, USCGR; assigned LST Flotilla 5, Group 15, Division 30. Itinerary: New Georgia 1-6 Feb 1944; Guadalcanal 7-28 Feb 1944 (cargo/personnel runs, Russell Islands and Solomons); Tutuila, Samoa, 4 Apr 1944; Guam invasion August 1944; Finschhafen 11 Sep 1944; Morotai landings Sep 1944; Leyte Oct-Nov 1944; Ulithi 25 Feb 1945; Manila; Hollandia 24 Mar 1945; Okinawa Gunto Mar-Jun 1945; departed Okinawa area 24 Jun 1945 for San Francisco via Pearl Harbor (arrival given as 9 Dec 1945), then to Galveston via San Diego and the Canal Zone. 'She was decommissioned and her Coast Guard crew removed on 16 February 1946' (narrative) - header block gives decommissioned 26 February 1946. Struck 5 June 1946; sold 23 December 1947 to Humble Oil & Refining Co., Houston, for merchant conversion; 'No further historical information is available.' Specs: 2 x GM 12-567 diesels; complement 111; troops 163; initial armament 7 x 40mm + 6 x 20mm + machine guns. Sources cited: LST files, CG Historian's Office; The Coast Guard At War, Vol. V (1949); DANFS Vol. VII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- USCG crew 1943-1946 (Coast Guard-manned hull); merchant conversion workers 1947-48
- Limitations
- Official USCG ship file but only an archived copy survives (live uscg.mil URL dead; labeled archived per citation policy). Internal discrepancy: narrative reports crew removal/decommission 16 Feb 1946 while the file's own header and DANFS give 26 Feb 1946. Complement figures (111/163) differ in convention from NavSource (117 ship's company + 163 troops). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-24-lst24-03
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[5]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'Cutters (65 ft or greater)' index - 'LST (LANDING SHIP, TANK; World War II)' roster listing LST-24; plus official biography of Rear Admiral Arnold I. Sobel, USCGR [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.uscg.mil Cutters index, LST section (LST-24 listed between LST-23 and LST-25); Sobel bio Article 1911664 - both live-verified 2026-10-02
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The USCG Historian's official cutters index lists 'LST-24' among the World War II Coast Guard-manned LSTs. The office's biography of RADM Arnold I. Sobel records that he served aboard LST-24 first as Executive Officer and then as Commanding Officer in the amphibious landings at Guam, Morotai, and Leyte (entered USCGR as LTjg 2 May 1942; later XO of USS Eridanus AK-92 until August 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- USCG officers and crew of LST-24
- Limitations
- The index is an unlinked hull-number roster - no dedicated LST-24 cutter page exists on the live site. The Sobel biography's date string is typographically damaged in the source ('June 9143 to February 1954'); the bio is used for role and campaign attribution only, not dates. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-24-lst24-04
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[6]NARA catalog (catalog.archives.gov), search 'LST-24': file units in Record Group 38 WWII War Diaries series - 'USS LST-24 - War Diary, 6/12/43 to 11/30/43' (NAID 78368782, 199 images); 'USS LST-24 - Rep of Ops in the Invasion of Leyte Is, Philippines, 10/23-26/44' (NAID 78650357); 'USS LST-24 - Rep of act with enemy aircraft off west coast of Luzon Is, Philippines on 1/12/45' (NAID 139881031); COM LST GR 74 war diaries Mar-Jul 1945 (NAIDs 140001573, 101705322, 101755838, 101766455); plus LST-24 entries in the digitized Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships series [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search 'LST-24' (966 hits incl. loose matches); NAIDs 78368782, 78650357, 139881031 verified live; muster-roll hits at series level
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized ship-specific primary records exist at NARA: the ship's own war diary covering commissioning through November 1943, a Leyte-invasion operations report (23-26 Oct 1944), a report of action against enemy aircraft off Luzon (12 Jan 1945), four LST Group 74 (Okinawa ammunition-squadron) war diaries covering Mar-Jul 1945, and muster-roll series entries for the hull. These name the hull and document its WWII operations at primary-source level.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- USCG crew 1943-1946 (muster rolls); operations staff (war diaries)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: record existence and titles verified in the NARA catalog (digitized, unrestricted); page-image content was not transcribed this session. War diaries/action reports document operations - none is known to contain asbestos or material-condition content. Muster rolls are personnel records useful to exposure-claim research but are not exposure documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-24-lst24-05
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[7]MARAD Vessel History Database, vessel detail 9302 for LST-24 (incl. scanned status card 43A_01) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov Detail/9302 - live-verified 2026-10-02
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Maritime Administration's vessel-history entry for LST-24 (Naval Combatant / LST Tank Landing Ship / MARAD type Military) records fate as 'Sold - No Further Info', with no historical narrative, milestones, documents, or plans; a status-card image exists. Consistent with the DANFS/USCG record that the hull was sold to Humble Oil in December 1947 and that the post-sale trail is undocumented in public records.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1947+
- Population
- Post-sale merchant crews (unidentified)
- Limitations
- Card is near-empty (year built shown as 9999 placeholder; shipyard blank) - it confirms only that MARAD tracked the hull to sale and no further. Does not identify the merchant name, service, or scrapping. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-24-lst24-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block for this hull (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, Falk gears, 1,700 shp - diesel plant, no boilers); USCG Historian ship file propulsion line (2 x GM 12-567); LST-1-class design profile (mass-production wartime construction at inland 'cornfield' yards incl. Dravo Neville Island); era shipbuilding practice during federally reserved asbestos supply [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; USCG ship file propulsion line; class-level design profile
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference for a diesel-powered LST-1-class hull: no boilers, so the steam-lagging pathway is absent; era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard the type were diesel engine and exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, flange/valve gaskets, machinery packing, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead/accommodation insulation, and brake linings on winches and landing-craft hoists. Built 1942-43 inside the window when federal asbestos supply was reserved for shipbuilding.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948+
- Population
- Dravo Neville Island construction trades (1942-43); USCG engine-room ratings and maintenance crews (1943-46); Humble Oil merchant-conversion workers (1947-48); any later commercial-service crews and breakers (untraced)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or construction specification for LST-24 located. Names era-typical applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution, no individual exposure. The BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 scan used in the class profile (shipscribe.com) is link-dead as of 2026-10-02 - machinery claim rests on the NavSource spec block and USCG ship file instead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-24-lst24-07
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[9]Robert Erwin Johnson, 'Coast Guard-Manned Naval Vessels in World War II,' Coast Guard Historian's Office / Commandant's Bulletin insert, Feb 1993 (media.defense.gov) [other_primary]
- Locator
- CGMANNEDVESSELS.PDF, LST section (live-verified via Firecrawl 2026-10-02; direct curl blocked by Akamai)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official USCG publication documents the program context for this hull's crewing: under a Commandant-CNO agreement beginning 1943 the Coast Guard manned 37 early LSTs (13 in Europe, 24 to the Pacific - LST-24 among the Pacific CG-manned hulls per the Historian's roster and ship file), plus 36 more in the 29th Flotilla commissioned 1944 - 77 LSTs in all, earning 10.5% of the fleet's battle stars. CG-manned LSTs remained commissioned US Navy vessels.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Coast Guard LST crews program-wide
- Limitations
- Program-level context: the publication's narrative discusses the CG-manned LST program generally and names specific hulls only in photo captions/incidents (LST-792, LST-203, LST-69, LST-167, LST-67) - the ship-specific listing for LST-24 is supplied by the Historian's separate roster and ship file. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-24-lst24-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 searches (authenticated, fleet-paced): q='LST-24' type=o -> 1 hit; q='LST-24 asbestos' type=o -> 0 hits; q='USS LST-24' type=o -> 0 hits (2026-10-02) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search API results; Stearns opinion page 8211406
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming LST-24 located in the CourtListener opinion index. The single 'LST-24' hit is Stearns v. Islamic Republic of Iran (D.D.C., Civil Action No. 2017-0131, opinion filed 2022-10-03, Judge Lamberth) - a Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act terrorism-damages case; the token match occurs inside a scanned multi-document opinion PDF (which also contains unrelated medical-malpractice text) and has no connection to the vessel or to asbestos: name collision. The asbestos-qualified query and the 'USS LST-24' opinion query each returned zero hits.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Opinion index only. CourtListener docket-index (type=r) and the unhyphenated 'LST 24' variant were pending when the fleet pacing budget was exhausted this session - recorded as pending in the search ledger, not as searched-and-clean. MDL-875 pleading lists and state dockets are not indexed by the opinion search at all - absence here does not prove no filing ever named the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-24-lst24-09
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[11]Batch-6786 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC; NavSource; USCG Historian ship file (Wayback) + cutters index + Sobel bio; NARA catalog; MARAD vessel history; NVR; CourtListener (partial - fleet pacing); NavSource-hosted Flotilla 5 war diary PDF; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-24-lst24-01 through sl-uss-lst-24-lst24-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, donation-condition hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or government report naming LST-24 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sold to commercial service in 1947 - never preserved, so no museum disclosure track exists; the post-sale merchant hull is untraced in MARAD public records.
- 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 - wartime LST construction inside the reserved-asbestos window is consistent with era materials installed. NARA-digitized deck logs and BuShips/Dravo construction records remain untapped leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-24-lst24-10