Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]DANFS, LST-267 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, campaign list, occupation duty including China service, decommissioning, striking, sale, battle stars [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-267 entry (full text); Wayback capture web.archive.org/web/20240526023743 as fallback
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 21 November 1942 at Ambridge, Pa., by the American Bridge Co.; launched 6 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. D. L. See; commissioned 9 August 1943. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; operations listed: capture and occupation of Saipan (June-July 1944), Tinian (July 1944), southern Palau Islands (September-October 1944), Lingayen Gulf landing (January 1945), assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (March-June 1945). Postwar occupation duty in the Far East including China service until January 1946; returned to the United States, decommissioned 25 June 1946, struck from the Navy list 31 July 1946, sold 24 September 1947 to William E. Skinner for scrapping. Five battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- American Bridge Ambridge construction trades (1942-43); ship's company (1943-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. The live page returned the full entry via a browser-engine scrape (firecrawl) on 2026-10-02; plain fetch returns 404 for this NHHC URL family (standing NHHC link-rot defect). A Wayback capture of the same page (2024-05-26) carries identical text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-267-lst267-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-267 - build/disposition timeline, organization assignment, commanding officers, awards, occupation-duty windows, specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160267.htm - header block, commanding-officer table, awards block, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Corroborates the DANFS milestone set and adds detail: organization LST Flotilla Thirteen (CAPT. J.G. Sampson), LST Group Thirty-Eight (LCDR. M.F. Stiling), LST Division Seventy-Six; campaign windows with dates (Saipan 15 Jun - 28 Jul 1944; Tinian 24 - 28 Jul 1944; southern Palaus 9 Sep - 14 Oct 1944; Lingayen Gulf 9 Jan 1945; Okinawa Gunto 25 Mar - 24 Jun 1945); commanding officers LT. Everett O. Sprung USNR (9 Aug 1943 - 13 Oct 1944), LT. Roy A. Vitousek Jr. USNR (13 Oct 1944 - Aug 1945), LTjg. F. J. Byzet Jr. USN (Aug 1945 - 24 Jun 1946); Navy Occupation Service Medal windows 2 Sep 1945 - 7 Jan 1946 and 26 Jan - 7 Feb 1946; awards include Philippine Presidential Unit Citation and Philippine Liberation Medal. Spec block (LST-1 class): 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 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 GM 12-567A diesels 900 hp each, single Falk main reduction gears, 3 diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC ship's service generators, 2 propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Ship's company (1943-46); embarked troops (capacity 16 officers/147 enlisted)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestones here match DANFS exactly. Specification block is class-standard LST-1 data displayed on this hull's page, not a hull survey. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-267-lst267-02
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[3]NHHC, U.S. Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 - LST Division 76 roster naming LST-267 and her commanding officer [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LST Division 76 table, LST Group 38 section, Amphibious Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1 May 1945
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An official NHHC fleet-organization document places this hull in LST Division 76 (under LST Group 38, consistent with NavSource) as of 1 May 1945, commanded by Lt. R. A. Vitousek, Jr. (USNR) - matching the NavSource commanding-officer table (Vitousek, 13 Oct 1944 - Aug 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Ship's company under LT. Vitousek (May 1945)
- Limitations
- Order-of-battle record only - confirms assignment and command as of that date; contains no asbestos or material content. Retrieved via browser-engine scrape of the live NHHC page on 2026-10-02 (plain fetch returns 404 for this NHHC URL family).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-267-lst267-03
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[4]NARA, Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (RG 38), WWII War Diaries/Operational Records - five digitized combat action reports naming USS LST-267 [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov records 83562199, 78532871, 139974699, 139969055, 83522455 (phrase search 'USS LST-267', RG 38, series WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Five ship-specific action reports for this hull are cataloged and digitized at NARA College Park (scans hosted on catalog.archives.gov via the Fold3 microfilm collaboration): NAID 83562199, report of operations in the invasion of Saipan, 15-24 June 1944 (5 images); NAID 78532871, anti-aircraft action report, 17 June 1944, southeast of Saipan; NAID 139974699, report of operations in the invasion of Tinian, 24-28 July 1944; NAID 139969055, report of operations in the invasion of Peleliu, Palau Islands, 15-28 September 1944; NAID 83522455, report of operations in the invasion and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April - 24 June 1945. Dates align with the DANFS/NavSource campaign list.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company in each named operation
- Limitations
- Operational records only - they document the ship's presence and actions in named campaigns; catalog metadata verified and digital objects confirmed live, but page contents were not OCR-read this session. No asbestos or material content expected in an action report; none observed in metadata. NAID 83562199 cited as representative record URL.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-267-lst267-04
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[5]NARA (RG 38), USS LST-267 war diary series - 21 digitized monthly diaries, December 1943 through October 1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov phrase search 'USS LST-267' - War Diary records; NAID 78380960 cited as representative
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own monthly war diaries are cataloged and digitized at NARA (scanned from WWII War Diaries microfilm under the Fold3 collaboration, images hosted on catalog.archives.gov): a 21-record run covering 12/1943; 1/1944 - 12/1944 (including a 5/25-6/30/44 variant and a 10/14-31/44 partial-month filing); and 1/1945 - 10/1945. Representative records: NAID 78380960 (12/1943, 30 images), NAID 78293926 (1/1944, microfilm Roll A814), NAID 139926137 (1/1945). HyperWar's official history 'The Amphibians Came to Conquer' (Marine Corps FMFRP 12-109-II) cites 'LST-267 War Diary, 25 Jul. 1944' in its source notes, independently confirming the series.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Ship's company, 1943-1945
- Limitations
- War diaries are operational narratives - no asbestos or material content expected; page images were not OCR-read this session. No August-November 1943 diaries appear in the catalog hits (commissioning 9 Aug 1943) - the run begins December 1943; whether earlier diaries were never filed or are separately cataloged is unresolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-267-lst267-05
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[6]NARA, motion picture NAID 77568 - 'Marines Load Equipment at Pavuvu for Palau Invasion' (RG 428, local ID 428-NPC-5573) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/77568; NavSource 10/16/160267.htm photo captions (Pavuvu, 23 Aug 1944)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A NARA-held Marine Corps film (National Archives ID 77568, local ID 428-NPC-5573) contains footage of USS LST-267 beaching at Macquitti Bay, Pavuvu, Russell Islands, 23 August 1944, during staging for the Palau invasion - frames captioned on NavSource show the hull approaching the beach and being assisted by a bulldozer to open her bow doors, with LCT(6)-926 beached alongside; NavSource's caption cites the USS LST-267 War Diary, 8/1-31/44, as verification reference (that diary is NAID 78604476, digitized).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-08-23
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked Marines, Pavuvu staging (Aug 1944)
- Limitations
- The film record (NAID 77568) is verified live in the NARA catalog; the hull's appearance in it is documented by NavSource frame captions, not by the catalog metadata itself - catalog title does not name individual vessels. Operational imagery only; no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-267-lst267-06
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[7]Naval Marine Archive, 'Landing Ships Tank LST 1 thru LST 400' (Colton-derived yard-production table) - hull row for LST 267 [other_primary]
- Locator
- navalmarinearchive.com lstpart1.html, LST 267 row; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/americanbridge.htm, LST 267 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Yard-production table row for this hull: LST 267, American Bridge, Ambridge PA, FY1942 contract, keel 21-Nov-42, launched 6-Jun-43, delivered 9-Aug-43 - 197 days on the ways, 64 fitting out, 261 total - matching DANFS/NavSource dates - with disposition 'Scrapped 1947'. The parallel American Bridge yard table at shipbuildinghistory.com (Colton's own site, live 2026-10-02) shows the same row: delivered 9-Aug-43, 'Scrapped 1947'.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Scrapping trades (1947, undocumented yard)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Colton-derived yard tables), not an official registry - useful as a disposition lead corroborating the 1947 scrapping; no scrapping-yard detail, hazmat record, or material content. 'Scrapped 1947' vs DANFS 'sold for scrapping 24 Sep 1947' are consistent but the actual dismantling is not documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-267-lst267-07
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource LST-1-class spec block on this hull's page (2 GM 12-567A diesels, Falk gears, 1,700 shp - diesel, no boilers); BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 2 LST design table (class profile ev-lst-1-class-01); era amphibious-ship construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160267.htm specifications block; class file ev-lst-1-class-01 (SDB1945v2, URL now 404)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1942-43 diesel-powered LST carries no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway does not apply. Era-standard asbestos-relevant applications for the type were: diesel exhaust lagging and manifold gaskets on the GM 12-567A engines; engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation; gaskets and packing throughout auxiliary machinery and piping; deck coverings and tile; bulkhead and accommodation-space insulation; and brake linings on winches and windlass. Wartime shipbuilding placed asbestos insulation, gasket, and packing products across hull types of this era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- American Bridge Ambridge construction trades (1942-43); ship's company (1943-46); any 1947 scrapping trades
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-267. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities, no individual exposure established. The BuShips SDB-1945 v2 scan (shipscribe.com) cited by the class profile returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-02 - link rot; inference here relies on the NavSource on-page spec block.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-267-lst267-08
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[9]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 (1942-43) and Navy service era (1943-46). Standing policy documented from 1975 removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.
- 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, not ship-specific - supports era context only and establishes no fact about materials aboard 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-267-lst267-09
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[10]Batch-6803 search ledger (this record): DANFS (live via browser-engine scrape); NavSource 160267 + NARA film reference; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization 1 May 1945; NARA catalog (war diaries + action reports, digitized); NVR; Naval Marine Archive/shipbuildinghistory yard tables; secondary web litigation sweep; CourtListener via authenticated helper [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-267-lst267-01 through -16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, material schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming USS LST-267 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener sweeps for "LST-267", "USS LST-267", and "LST 267" returned zero hits across both the opinion and RECAP docket indexes (five authenticated queries). Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm listicle material asserting asbestos aboard LSTs generally - excluded by source policy - and no qualifying case.
- 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 - era-consistent materials aboard a 1942-43 amphibious hull are a reasonable inference, but no ship-proven record exists. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. RECAP indexes docket metadata rather than full pleading text - a complaint naming this hull only inside an unindexed attachment would not surface.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-267-lst267-10