Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 658-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS LST-301 (never named; hull designation only; ex-ATL-301 during construction)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-301-lst301-pkt-658-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'LST-301' - live NHHC page (verified 200 live 2026-10-02; identical text confirmed on archived 2010 capture of legacy history.navy.mil/danfs/l15/lst-301.htm) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-301 entry (full short-form LST entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 26 June 1942 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched 15 September 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Margaret A. Caruso; commissioned 1 November 1942. LST-301 performed no active service with the United States Navy; transferred to the United Kingdom 6 November 1942; returned to U.S. Navy custody 20 March 1946; transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposition and struck from the Navy list in December 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1942; USN commissioning crew Nov 1942
- Limitations
- Authoritative service history; contains no asbestos, insulation, or hazardous-material information. Struck date conflicts with NavSource (5 June 1946) - see gaps. Live NHHC URL verified live this session; legacy DANFS text identical on the 2010 Wayback capture.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-301-lst301-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, HM LST-301 - specification block, Royal Navy history, chronology, and captioned photo archive [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 10/16/160301, Royal Navy History block, Specifications block, chronology and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down 26 June 1942 at Boston Navy Yard; launched 15 September 1942; never saw active service with the US Navy; transferred to the United Kingdom under the Lend-Lease Act and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-301 on 14 November 1942. Sailed Halifax in convoy SC 113 on 16 December 1942, arriving UK 1 January 1943. European-theater campaigns: Sicilian occupation (July-August 1943), Salerno landings (September 1943), Reggio (September 1943), Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings (January-March 1944), Invasion of Normandy (June 1944); then shuttle service between Tilbury, Ostend, and Antwerp, with repairs at Cowes, Portsmouth, Thames, and Devonport. Paid off at New York and returned to US Navy custody 20 March 1946. Struck from the Naval Register 5 June 1946; final disposition fate unknown. Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; complement 7 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; armament 2 twin 40 mm + 4 single 40 mm + 12 single 20 mm; 4,300 bbl diesel fuel; 2 GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, Falk main reduction gears, three 100 kW diesel-drive generators, twin propellers 1,700 shp - a diesel plant with no boilers. Photo captions include 'first LST built by Navy Yard Boston', HM LST-301 landing cargo on a Caribbean beach, VLR trials around Portland/Weymouth c.1943, unloading in Italy, and beached at Gold Beach Normandy June 1944 alongside HM LST-406.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- RN wartime crew (~104 enlisted plus officers); embarked troops up to ~163; UK dockyard repair workers (Cowes, Portsmouth, Thames, Devonport)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archival page quoting Navy sources; consistent with DANFS where they overlap. Spec data are equipment descriptions only - no asbestos content stated or implied. Struck date (5 June 1946) conflicts with DANFS (December 1947); a photo caption reads 'launching, 15 November 1942' against the text's 15 September 1942 - both conflicts in gaps. Complement (7 officers) is lower than the class figure (~13 officers) carried on other hull pages - in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-301-lst301-02
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships of WWII - HMS LST 301 (LST 301), LST (Mk 2) class: build/commission/end-service data, commanding-officer roster, convoy events [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net warship page 12247 - data table, Commands section, Notable events (convoys KMS 18A/18B)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net record for this hull under her Royal Navy identity: built by Boston Navy Yard; laid down 26 June 1942; launched 15 September 1942; commissioned 14 November 1942; end of service 20 March 1946, 'decommissioned and returned to the USN'. Commanding officers listed: A/Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) Ronald Frederick Hoyle RNR (April 1943 - 20 January 1945); Lt.Cdr. Thomas Edward Williams DSC RD RNR (20 January - 3 May 1945); T/A/Lt.Cdr. John Bernard McReynolds DSC RNR (3 May - October 1945). Convoy record: HMS LST 301 sailed in convoy KMS 18A (departed the Clyde 20 June 1943, eight LSTs; arrived off Sicily 10 July 1943) and appears in the KMS 18B / KMF 18 narrative onward to Sicily.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- RN wartime commanding officers and crew
- Limitations
- Specialist volunteer-compiled naval reference, not an official archive; corroborates NavSource/DANFS where they overlap and adds RN-specific detail (CO roster, convoy assignments). Contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-301-lst301-03
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[5]Digital Commonwealth (Boston Public Library) - 'LST-301 First LST built by NYBos-completed 11/1/1942', official US Navy photograph, Commandant 1st Naval District, from the Administrative History of the First Naval District in WWII (1946) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Digital Commonwealth object commonwealth:fx71bp78x; series 'Photographs of the First Naval District'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official 1st Naval District construction photograph and caption document that LST-301 was the first LST built by Navy Yard Boston and was completed 1 November 1942 - corroborating the DANFS commissioning date and the builder attribution.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades
- Limitations
- Library-held official photograph: the caption is a primary USN record for the 'first LST' and completion-date claims only; contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-301-lst301-04
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[6]Imperial War Museums collection catalogue - 'HM LST (2) 301 [digital copy]: Summary of service, 1942-1946', UK Ministry of Defence Naval Historical Branch typescript (NHB No. S 7973; IWM cat. LBY [X]SH. 322; acc. 88/1033; produced 1970) [museum_official]
- Locator
- IWM collections object 1504019765; accession 88/1033; NHB No. S 7973
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A ship-specific Royal Navy service summary for HM LST (2) 301 covering 1942-1946 exists in the UK Naval Historical Branch's 'Ships' Histories' typescript series, held by the Imperial War Museums - a primary-source narrative of this hull's RN career that is catalogued but not available online.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946 (record produced 1970)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the catalogue entry confirms the record exists; its contents are not digitized and were not reviewed. Content, condition, and any materials detail unknown; further retrieval would require IWM/NHB access. Contains no confirmed asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-301-lst301-05
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[7]Corn JK, Starr J. 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding.' Am J Ind Med 11(3):359-373 (1987), DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311 (PMID 3555021) + BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 2 LST design table (shipscribe.com scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373 (1987), DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311; SDB1945v2.pdf LST design table (https://www.shipscribe.com/pubs/SDB1945v2.pdf - verified live 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. WWII shipbuilding - the era and program under which this hull was built at a Navy yard in 1942. For the LST-1 class per the BuShips 1945 design table, the plant is diesel (2 x GM 12-567A, 1,700 shp, Falk gears) with no boilers, so era-relevant asbestos applications concentrate in diesel exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets and packing, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings rather than boiler/turbine lagging.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (study scope); applied to 1942-1947 hull life
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context); Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1942
- Limitations
- Era-level scholarship plus class design data; neither source names this hull and neither establishes that any specific material aboard this ship contained asbestos. Her near-immediate transfer to the Royal Navy means wartime material history was managed under UK, not USN, practice - undocumented either way. Does not establish presence, absence, quantity, or condition of ACM aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-301-lst301-06
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[8]UK Ministry of Defence, Independent Medical Expert Group (IMEG), Report 3: Mesothelioma Report (2015), chaired by Prof. Sir Anthony Newman Taylor [other_primary]
- Locator
- IMEG Report 3 (2015), Topic 2 PDF - covering letter and Annex paragraphs 1-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- UK government expert report documents that asbestos 'was widely used as an insulation material including for boilers, pipework and bulkheads in Royal Navy ships before, during and after the Second World War until the early 1970s,' that 'the use of asbestos in naval ships increased greatly before and during the World Wars,' and that 'naval service, especially sea-going service and ship re-fitting between 1939 and 1973, was considered a high risk activity.' From 1963 the RN began replacing asbestos insulation with glass fibre and calcium silicate; a dedicated unit studied mesothelioma in the Devonport dockyard workforce. This hull's entire operational career (RN service November 1942 - March 1946, including documented repairs at Devonport among Cowes, Portsmouth and Thames) falls inside the documented high-risk window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1939-1973 (study scope); report 2015
- Population
- Royal Navy crews and RN dockyard refit workers (UK context, 1939-1973)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level UK documentation; the report names no individual vessel and does not establish that asbestos was aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. It documents the service context (RN sea-going service and UK dockyard re-fitting 1942-1946), which for this Lend-Lease hull is more directly relevant than US Navy program documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-301-lst301-07
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[9]In re John Crane, Inc., No. 01-03-00698-CV (Tex. App. 1st Dist., memorandum opinion issued 2003-11-13) - mandamus proceeding on discovery orders [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion 'Factual and Procedural Background' paragraph (Terranova allegation); disposition (petition granted)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Appellate record documents an asbestos claim tied to this hull's builder yard: real party in interest Carl Terranova alleged that while working at the Boston Naval Shipyard in Boston, Massachusetts, he was exposed to John Crane gaskets and sealing materials which contained asbestos. The opinion grants John Crane's mandamus petition against the trial court's orders compelling overbroad discovery - a procedural ruling, not an exposure finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2003 (opinion); underlying exposure period not stated in opinion
- Population
- Boston Naval Shipyard worker (alleged gasket/packing exposure); construction-trades context for the hull's 1942 build
- Limitations
- Discovery-stage litigation record: the appellate opinion establishes that a Boston Naval Shipyard asbestos-exposure claim was pleaded (gaskets/sealing materials), not that exposure occurred - the mandamus ruling turns on discovery breadth, not merits. Yard-level documentation: it does not name this hull or establish any material aboard her. Classified at the less-final stage per batch discipline.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-301-lst301-08
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[10]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 the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when required for repairs, modified in 1979 toward selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place on active Navy hulls for decades.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- US Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review (not this hull)
- Limitations
- Program-level US Navy documentation that never governed this hull: she never served operationally in the USN and left naval custody by December 1947, before either policy existed. Context for the era fleet picture only. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, consistent with prior batches); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-301-lst301-09
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[11]Batch-6837 search ledger (this record): live NHHC DANFS page; NavSource 160301; uboat.net 12247; Digital Commonwealth; IWM collections; NVR; MARAD ShipHistory; NRHP/NPS check; CourtListener API v4 six-query sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-301-lst301-01 through sl-uss-lst-301-lst301-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or museum record naming USS/HM LST-301 was found in the public sources searched. Litigation sweep: authenticated CourtListener API v4 searches for 'LST-301' (opinions and dockets), 'LST 301' (opinions and dockets), 'USS LST-301' (opinions), and 'HM LST-301' (opinions) all returned zero results - no qualifying asbestos litigation or other litigation naming this hull. No NRHP/NHL designation located (hull not extant). No MARAD ShipHistory record located. NVR covers only post-1987 disposals - not applicable.
- 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-built naval hull is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her undocumented RN-service material history and unknown final disposition leave the question genuinely open. 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-301-lst301-10