Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 651-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (hull identity; dates not established)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-240-lst240-pkt-651-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-240 (NHHC live page, verified 2026-10-02): laid down 7 March 1943 at Evansville, Ind., by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 25 June 1943, sponsored by Mrs. S. D. Bechtel; commissioned 27 July 1943; WWII Asiatic-Pacific operations (Marshall Islands - Kwajalein/Majuro Jan-Feb 1944, Eniwetok Feb-Mar 1944; Saipan Jun-Jul 1944); decommissioned 3 May 1946; struck from the Navy list 23 June 1947; sold 1 June 1948 to Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pa., for scrapping; two battle stars [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS L section, LST-240 entry (single-page entry, no subdivisions)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- DANFS establishes the hull's construction at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron (Evansville, IN), commissioning 27 July 1943, assignment to the Asiatic-Pacific theater with Marshall Islands (Kwajalein, Majuro, Eniwetok) and Marianas (Saipan) operations, decommissioning 3 May 1946, striking 23 June 1947, and sale for scrapping to Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, PA, on 1 June 1948. Two battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops (1943-1946)
- Limitations
- Vessel-history record only - DANFS contains no asbestos, material, or exposure information. DANFS spells the commissioning CO 'Lt. John K. Alges'; NavSource's commanding-officer roster carries 'LT. Algeo, John Kennedy, USN' - orthographic variant unresolved (see ev-uss-lst-240-08).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-240-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-240 (10/16/160240, page verified live 2026-10-02): LST-1 class; unit assignments LST Flotilla Five (CAPT J.R. Clark), LST Group Fourteen (LCDR K.L. DeForest USNR), LST Division Twenty-Eight; campaign table and dates; occupation service in the Far East 4-24 September 1945; award ribbons (American Campaign; Asiatic-Pacific w/2 stars; WWII Victory; Navy Occupation, Asia clasp); full specification block; four-officer commanding-officer roster; NARA-captioned photography [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive 10/16/160240 - awards, chronology, specifications, commanding officers, photo captions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource provides the ship-specific administrative and technical record: amphibious-force unit assignments (Flotilla Five / Group Fourteen / Division Twenty-Eight), campaign dates matching DANFS, Far East occupation service 4-24 September 1945 not present in DANFS, the machinery/electrical spec block (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, Falk reduction gears, 3 x diesel-driven 100 kW generators, 2 shafts/1,700 shp, twin rudders, 11.6 kt), complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted plus troop accommodations 16 officers + 147 enlisted, and the four-officer CO roster spanning 27 July 1943 - 3 May 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Ship's company (13 officers/104 enlisted design complement) + embarked troops (16 officers/147 enlisted accommodations)
- Limitations
- NavSource is the standard per-hull reference but is not itself a primary government source; entries transcribe official records. No asbestos content on the page. Complement figures are the design/spec block, not muster-roll data. The spec block is design-level for the class and is not a hull survey.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-240-02
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[4]NARA (catalog.archives.gov) NAID 78501587, 'USS LST-240 - AA Act Rep, 6/24/44, off Saipan Is, Marianas' - an anti-aircraft action report in Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, series 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories', micro serial 77689, held by National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference; metadata surfaced via DPLA/Digital Pasifik aggregation (digitalpasifik.org item 480331) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/78501587; digitalpasifik.org/items/480331; NavSource photo-caption block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A ship-specific wartime operational record exists at NARA: an anti-aircraft action report filed by LST-240 dated 24-25 June 1944 off Saipan, Marianas - placing the hull under air attack conditions during the Saipan assault. Separately, eight NARA-captioned photographs transcribed on the NavSource page document LST-240 ferrying Army Air Forces bomber-command headquarters personnel and equipment from Tarawa to Kwajalein (captions dated January-May 1944), grounding on the reef at Tarawa overnight 27-28 March 1944, and transferring water to an Army DUKW off Saipan in 1944 (NAIDs 193851864, 193851855, 193851269, 193837112, 193836369, 193836375, 193837109, 193837115).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Crew under air-attack conditions, Saipan June 1944
- Limitations
- Archival leads, not digitized content: NAID 78501587 resolves HTTP 200 but the NARA catalog is JS-rendered and could not be read directly this session; title/date/series metadata verified only via the DPLA/Digital Pasifik aggregation layer. The AA report's contents (ordnance expended, damage) are unread; it contains no asbestos information. Photo NAIDs are transcribed from NavSource captions, not directly verified in the catalog.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-240-03
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[5]ShipbuildingHistory.com (T. Colton), Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron (Evansville, IN) yard list, row 28: LST-240, program year 1942, laid 3/7/43, launched 6/25/43, delivered 7/27/43 (110 days on the ways, 32 fitting out, 142 total); disposition noted 'scrapped 1947' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron yard table, row 28 (navalmarinearchive.com mirror corroborates)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The builder's yard list independently corroborates the DANFS build milestones - laid 7 March 1943, launched 25 June 1943, delivered/commissioned 27 July 1943 - and identifies the hull as Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron hull no. 28 in the Evansville 'cornfield yard' LST production line.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron construction trades, Evansville IN (1943)
- Limitations
- Private reference work (not a government source); build dates corroborate DANFS but the yard list's 'scrapped 1947' disposition is imprecise - DANFS dates the stricken 23 June 1947 and the sale for scrapping 1 June 1948 (see ev-uss-lst-240-08). Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-240-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, diesel-driven generators - diesel plant, no boilers); LST-1-class design context (wartime Type II LST, 1942-45 mass production); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era program documentation (ev-uss-lst-240-06); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product list for the disposal yard sun-shipbuilding-chester (litigation product IDs, postdating the 1948 breakup) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; shipyards.json sun-shipbuilding-chester record
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered amphibious ship built March-July 1943 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were diesel exhaust lagging, gaskets and valve packing, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. As a diesel ship she carried no boilers - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; exposure-relevant scope concentrates in the engine room and interior fittings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Construction trades (Evansville, 1943); ship's company and embarked troops (1943-46); Sun Shipbuilding breakers (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-240. 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-240-05
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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).
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-240-06
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[8]shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json, yard_id sun-shipbuilding-chester (Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Chester, PA): tier-3 yard record with litigation product-identification testimony documenting asbestos products at the yard (Unibestos, Caltemp/Pabco, Kaylo, Garlock gaskets, Raybestos, Careytemp) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyard-exposure-map client/src/data/shipyards.json, yard_id sun-shipbuilding-chester (note: dataset carries a duplicate slug 'sun-shipbuilding' for the same yard)
- Finding type
- litigation_product_id
- Finding
- The yard that scrapped this hull in 1948 (Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, PA - DANFS) is itself a tier-3 documented asbestos-litigation yard in the companion shipyards dataset: litigation product-ID testimony identifies multiple asbestos products in use at Sun Ship (e.g., pipe insulation, boiler insulation, gaskets).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1948 (breakup); documented testimony 1950s-70s
- Population
- Sun Shipbuilding shipbreakers (1948)
- Limitations
- Yard-level litigation documentation, not a hull record: the documented product-ID testimony windows at Sun Ship postdate this hull's 1948 breakup (principally 1950s-70s exposures). No ACM-handling, survey, or shipbreaking work-package record for LST-240's dismantling was located; nothing here establishes asbestos conditions during the 1948 scrapping.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-240-07
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[9]Source-conflict reconciliation: DANFS spelling 'Lt. John K. Alges' vs NavSource commanding-officer roster 'LT. Algeo, John Kennedy, USN' (27 July 1943 - 16 January 1944); shipbuildinghistory.com yard-list disposition 'scrapped 1947' vs DANFS struck 23 June 1947 / sold for scrapping 1 June 1948 [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS entry text; NavSource CO table; shipbuildinghistory.com yard row 28
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Two propagated defects are flagged rather than propagated: (a) the commissioning CO's surname reads 'Alges' in DANFS and 'Algeo' in NavSource's CO roster - the NavSource full-name roster is carried in this record's prose, with the variant unresolved absent a service record; (b) the shipbuildinghistory yard list's 'scrapped 1947' conflates the stricken date (23 June 1947) with the scrapping - the record carries DANFS's precise dates: struck 23 June 1947, sold 1 June 1948.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Limitations
- Correction row records the conflict; neither source's full provenance (service record for the CO name; yard list methodology for the disposition) could be directly examined. Orthographic variant unresolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-240-08
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[10]Batch-6787 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live page; NavSource 10/16/160240 live page; NARA catalog NAID 78501587; shipbuildinghistory.com yard list; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated, five queries); NVR; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-240-01 through sl-uss-lst-240-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LST-240 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero hits across five authenticated queries ('LST-240' opinions and dockets; 'USS LST-240' opinions; 'LST 240' opinions and dockets). The secondary web sweep surfaced no asbestos-specific assertion for this hull beyond reference-data pages.
- 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 construction inside the documented Navy asbestos era is consistent with era-standard materials. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-240-09