Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 652-packet.md (2 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-25-lst25-pkt-652-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-25 (NHHC, published 30 July 2015; live page returns 404 as of 2026-10-02 - content verified via Wayback Machine capture 2025-12-09, http://web.archive.org/web/20251209184000/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-25.html) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, full record (short LST-format entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 12 October 1942 at Wilmington, Del., by the Dravo Corp.; launched 9 March 1943; sponsored by Miss Dolly Hemphill; commissioned 3 May 1943, Lt. J. B. Holmes, USCG, in command. WWII service in the European and Asiatic-Pacific theaters: Invasion of Normandy (June 1944); Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (May 1945); Navy Occupation Service, Asia (September and October 1945 and March 1946); China Service (October 1945 and March 1946). Decommissioned 2 August 1946; struck from the Navy list 8 October 1946; sold 31 March 1948 to the Kaiser Co., Inc., Seattle, Wash., for scrapping. Two battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Dravo Corp. Wilmington construction trades 1942-43; USCG crew May-August 1943; USN crew 1943-46; embarked troops
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history, not materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC page serves 404 - archived Wayback capture (2025-12-09) is the verified text; citation_url is the canonical (currently dead) NHHC address. DANFS gives no complement figure and no post-commissioning crew detail.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-25-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-25 (160025.htm; live, verified HTTP 200 on 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 160025.htm - history block, awards table, specifications block, commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: manned by a US Coast Guard crew; commissioned 3 May 1943 with LT. John B. Holmes, USCGR, in command; turned over to a US Navy crew at Bizerte, Tunisia, 23 August 1943. Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign: Invasion of Normandy 6 to 25 June 1944. Asiatic-Pacific Campaign: Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto 16 to 20 May 1945, under LST Flotilla Thirty-Five (CAPT. D. H. Johnston), LST Group One Hundred Four (CDR. D. Stubbs), LST Division Two Hundred Five. Navy Occupation Service 18 September to 17 October 1945 and 28 October 1945 to 14 March 1946; China Service Medal (extended) 28 October 1945 to 14 March 1946. Decommissioned 2 August 1946; struck 8 October 1946; sold for scrapping 31 March 1948 to Kaiser Co., Inc., Seattle, WA. Two battle stars. Spec block: 2x General Motors 12-567A 900hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, two propellers 1,700 shp, 11.6 kt trial, diesel fuel 4,300 Bbls, three diesel-drive 100Kw 230V DC ship's service generators; complement 13 officers/104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers/147 enlisted; 2 LCVP. Commanding officers: LT Holmes USCGR (3 May-7 Jul 1943), LT Houlihan USCGR (7 Jul-25 Aug 1943), LT Marcellus USNR (25 Aug 1943-Oct 1945), LCDR Costello USNR (by 1 Jan 1946-).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- USCG crew May-August 1943; USN crew August 1943-August 1946; embarked troops (incl. British RAMC 168 Field Ambulance personnel aboard off Gold beach, 6 June 1944)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled archive, not a primary government source - it is the canonical per-hull amphibious reference and its entries compile official records, but each datum ultimately derives from Navy records. Its dates agree with DANFS except the Bizerte turnover (23 Aug 1943) which post-dates DANFS's scope. Documents service history and spec data, not materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-25-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, 13 April 1945) - LST design table, LST1-490 group row (shipscribe.com scan, live HTTP 200 on 2026-10-02; 433-page PDF, ~16.8 MB) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2.pdf, LST design table (printed p.168-169, PDF page ~184-185)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official BuShips design table for the LST1-490 group (LST-25 falls within this block): length 328 ft oa / 316 ft wl, beam 50 ft, displacement 2,366 t (light/beaching) and 4,080 t (trial), trial speed 11.6 kt, propulsion 2x 'G. M. Diesel, 12-567A' at 1,700 shp on twin propellers - the Boilers column for all diesel LST blocks (1-490, 491-541, 542-931, 980-1059, 1081-1152) is blank; only the later turbine-powered LST1153-1155 show boiler entries (2 drum, 440 psi/740 deg F). Confirms at design level that LST-25's group had no boilers or steam machinery.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Class/design-group document, not a hull-level material schedule: establishes propulsion type and design-group characteristics for LST-25 but says nothing about insulation composition, gaskets, or other materials aboard this specific ship. shipscribe.com is a private archival scan site - the document is an unmodified official BuShips publication (NAVSHIPS 250-011).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-25-03
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[5]NavSource spec block + BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 design row + lst-1-class.class.json era analysis + GAO HRD-80-2 policy context [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 160025.htm propulsion block; SDB1945v2.pdf LST1-490 design row; GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for a diesel-powered amphibious ship built at Dravo Corp., Wilmington DE in the peak asbestos years 1942-43: NO boilers or steam plant - the steam-lagging pathway does not apply; plausible asbestos applications on this type concentrate in diesel-engine and exhaust-system insulation, gaskets and packing throughout the engineering spaces, electrical insulation/cable, deck coverings (incl. tank-deck surfaces), accommodation-space insulation, and brake/friction linings on winches and the stern-anchor windlass. GAO HRD-80-2 documents that the Navy did not begin systematic asbestos substitution until the early 1970s - decades after this hull was sold for scrapping (1948).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Dravo Wilmington construction trades 1942-43; USCG crew 1943; USN crew 1943-46; Kaiser Co. scrapping yard workers 1948
- Limitations
- Class/era and design inference only - no hull-level material schedule, insulation spec, or survey exists in the public record for this ship. Does not establish presence, absence, or quantity of ACM aboard; because the hull was scrapped in 1948, no present-day survey question exists. GAO HRD-80-2 is program-level documentation (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetchers - product-page description used, consistent with BATCH-01 treatment).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-25-04
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[6]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'Historic Ships' roster (history.uscg.mil) - LST-25 listed under 'LST (LANDING SHIP, TANK; World War II)' among Coast Guard-manned Navy landing ships [other_primary]
- Locator
- Historic Ships page, 'LST (LANDING SHIP, TANK; World War II)' roster section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official USCG Historian's Office roster lists LST-25 among the WWII tank landing ships manned by Coast Guard crews (roster headnote: no commission date is given for 'commissioned U.S. Navy warships or U.S. Army vessels manned by Coast Guard crews,' confirming these remain USN vessels with USCG personnel). Confirms the Coast Guard-manned population segment for this hull, consistent with DANFS's 'Lt. J. B. Holmes, USCG, in command' and NavSource's Bizerte turnover entry.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- USCG crew May-August 1943
- Limitations
- The roster is a list-level entry - it establishes CG manning but gives no dates, crew size, or ship-detail. history.uscg.mil blocks automated fetch (HTTP 403); LST-25's roster presence verified via Wayback Machine capture 2019-04-21 (web.archive.org/web/20190421135806/https://www.history.uscg.mil/Historic-Ships/). The NavSource CG-manned LST index (navsource.net/archives/16/cg16idx.htm, live) adds that LST-25's CG crew 'cross-decked' with the Navy crew of USS LST-381 in August 1943.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-25-05
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[7]Imperial War Museums object record A 23997 (IWM collections, object 205187112): 'American troops crowd the deck as the landing ship tank LST 25 goes in to unload its cargo of men and trucks between St Laurent and Vierville' - Operation Overlord, June 1944; creator Lt. J. E. Russell, Royal Navy official photographer [museum_official]
- Locator
- IWM object 205187112 (catalogue no. A 23997), object description + associations
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Museum-catalogued photograph naming this hull: LST-25 unloading troops and trucks between St Laurent and Vierville during the Normandy landings, June 1944. St Laurent/Vierville are in the Omaha assault sector - complements the Gold-sector photos (A 23890/A 23894, documented on NavSource and in IWM object 205187086). IWM catalogues the object under 'Royal Navy, LST 25' because the photographer was a Royal Navy official photographer - the vessel itself was USS LST-25.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-06
- Population
- USN crew and embarked American troops, June 1944
- Limitations
- Photographic documentation of location/activity only - no material content. iwm.org.uk returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; object 205187112 content verified via Wayback Machine capture 2026-05-14. Companion object 205187086 (A 23894: troops and US sailors at 20mm positions aboard USS LST-25, Gold assault area, 6 June 1944) has no Wayback capture - verified via live search-index extraction 2026-10-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-25-06
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[8]Batch-6795 search ledger (this record): archived NHHC DANFS page; NavSource per-hull page and CG-manned index; BuShips SDB 1945 v2 design table; USCG Historian's Office roster; IWM collection objects; CourtListener opinion and RECAP sweeps; NVR probe; web asbestos search [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-25-01 through sl-uss-lst-25-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, builder's material schedule, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LST-25 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion-index queries ('LST-25', 'LST 25', 'USS LST-25') each returned zero hits; the RECAP docket queries ('LST-25' and 'LST 25') returned the same 27 dockets that on inspection are all name collisions (the string appearing incidentally inside scanned attachments in unrelated criminal, patent, securities, and bankruptcy matters - none references a Navy vessel or asbestos). A web-level search for LST-25 + asbestos/mesothelioma returned only law-firm marketing pages - none ship-specific, none citable. NVR has no detail page for this hull (disposed of in 1948, predating the register's coverage horizon).
- 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 - a 1942-43 diesel-powered hull is consistent with era materials, but no hull-level schedule or survey is digitized. Because the hull was scrapped in 1948, no surviving-structure survey question exists; the undocumented exposure-relevant windows are wartime service (1943-46, including the USCG-manned segment) and scrapping at the Kaiser Co. Seattle yard (1948). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-25-07