Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 659-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: **VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-307-lst307-pkt-659-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-307 (NHHC online entry) - construction, sponsor, commissioning, theater assignments, decommissioning, strike, sale for scrapping, battle stars [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-307 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-307 was laid down on 15 September 1942 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 9 November 1942; sponsored by Miss Lauretta Watts; and commissioned on 23 December 1942, Lt. James B. Markham in command.' Assigned to the European theater for the Sicilian occupation (July 1943), Salerno landings (September 1943), and invasion of Normandy (June 1944). Post-war occupation duty in the Far East until early March 1946; decommissioned 13 June 1946; struck from the Navy list 31 July 1946; sold 30 March 1948 to Kaiser Co., Inc., of Seattle, Wash., for scrapping. Earned three battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades (1942); ship's company and embarked troops (1942-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. NHHC page is live (HTTP 200 on GET) but serves 404 to HEAD requests and some non-browser user agents - verified live via full-page render 2026-10-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-307-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-307 - build/milestone timeline, specifications, campaign table, awards block, commanding-officer list, photo captions incl. NHHC photo NH 79004 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 160307.htm header block, specifications block, awards block, commanding-officer table, photo caption NH 79004
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource data for this hull: laid down 15 September 1942 at Boston Navy Yard; launched 9 November 1942; commissioned 23 December 1942 (Lt. James B. Markham, USN). Campaign dates: Sicilian occupation 9-15 July 1943; Salerno landings 9-21 September 1943; invasion of Normandy 6-25 June 1944. Occupation service in the Far East 20 October 1945 - 2 March 1946; decommissioned 13 June 1946 at Green Cove Springs, FL; struck from the Naval Register 31 July 1946; sold for scrapping 30 March 1948 to Kaiser Co., Inc., Seattle, WA. Specifications: displacement 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa; 2 x GM 12-567A 900-hp diesels, Falk single reduction gears, 2 shafts, 1,700 shp, 11.6 kt; 3 diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC ship's service generators; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted. Awards block carries a Purple Heart notation '6 KIA, 14 WIA, Invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944.' Commanding officers listed: Markham (to 14 Aug 1944), Selfridge, Tucker, Cullen, Schneider, Seay (to decommissioning). NHHC photo NH 79004 shows her in San Francisco Bay ca. March 1946 with LCT(6)-622 on the main deck, returning from the Far East.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Construction trades, Boston Navy Yard (1942); crew and embarked troops (1942-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track DANFS/NVR. The Purple Heart notation's 6 June 1944 attribution conflicts with the official Navy chronology and U.S. Navy Memorial entries carrying the group damage under 15 June 1944 (see gaps). Page verified live 2026-10-02. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-307-02
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[4]United States Navy Memorial, Navy Log ship page LST-307 - Normandy damage entry and Lost At Sea casualty log [museum_official]
- Locator
- navylog.navymemorial.org/lst307 - ship designation block and Lost At Sea log
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The U.S. Navy Memorial's ship log records LST-307 'Damaged off coast of France' under date 15 June 1944: 'LST 307, along with LST 2, LST 133, LST 266, LST 331 and LST 360 are damaged by coastal defense guns and mine in the Normandy area.' The page's Lost At Sea log lists three sailors attached to this hull (Sea2c Donald Loos, Sea2c Keith Lowell, Sea2c George Luckman).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Ship's company, June 1944 (casualty event)
- Limitations
- Memorial registry, not an operational record: its 'Date Lost' field (15 June 1944) is a database label - the ship was damaged, not lost - and it does not date the casualties individually or attribute a cause per man. Confirms ship-specific battle damage and named casualties only. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-307-03
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[5]U.S. Navy WWII day-by-day chronology (Pearl Harbor Attack archive series), HyperWar/ibiblio transcription - June 1944 entry 06/15 [other_primary]
- Locator
- chr44-06.html, 06/15 entry block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official-style Navy chronology entry for 15 June 1944 lists: 'United States naval vessels damaged, Normandy area: LST 2, LST 266, LST 307, LST 331, LST 360 by coastal defense guns, and LST 133, by mine' - corroborating ship-specific battle damage during the Normandy campaign.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Ship's company, June 1944
- Limitations
- Transcription on a recognized public archive (ibiblio HyperWar PHA section); page carries no internal provenance statement, so the underlying publication's title is unverified at this row level. The chronology logs the damage report under 15 June - it does not date individual hits, and the NavSource award block attributes the Purple Heart casualties to 6 June (conflict unresolved - see gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-307-04
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[6]After-action report attributed to Commander LST Group 35, Omaha Beach (transcription), corroborated by Commander LST Flotilla 4 (T.W. Greene) report excerpt at pegasusarchive.org - both non-authoritative hosts of primary Navy documents [other_primary]
- Locator
- dday-overlord.com AAR transcript (LST Group 35); pegasusarchive.org repMervilleBattery.htm (Cdr LST Flotilla 4 report excerpt)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The transcribed LST Group 35 action report describes LST-307 taking a 105 mm shell 'in the port side of the ward room, killing six and injuring fourteen men' during an accurate, sustained shelling of the beached LST group by a battery to the eastward of Red Beach 'in the vicinity of the Orne River,' with five direct hits recorded against LST-307 (highest of the group). The Flotilla 4 commander's report excerpt describes the same group (LSTs 331, 2, 307, 266, 347, 356, 360) beaching at Queen Red beach, Sword sector, on 15 June 1944 under shelling.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops, June 1944
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: both passages are web transcriptions on non-authoritative sites of primary Navy action reports (originals at NARA, WWII action-report series) - content matches NavSource's 6 KIA/14 WIA award note and the chronology's 15 June group listing, but this row is not itself an authoritative-source citation. Internally, the group-35 account's beach references (Orne River/Red Beach) are consistent with the 15 June Sword event; NavSource's 6 June attribution remains the unresolved variant. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-307-05
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[7]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945) - LST design table (shipscribe.com scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table and roster section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 design table for the LST-1/491/542 design series documents the class machinery standard this hull was built to: 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam, ~11.6 kt, two General Motors 12-567A diesels totaling ~1,700 shp on two shafts - a diesel plant with no boilers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Class design data, not a hull record - the table establishes what the class design specified, not this hull's as-built outfit, and carries no insulation-material detail. Confirms only the diesel (non-steam) propulsion pathway for exposure inference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-307-06
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[8]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications and BuShips SDB-1945 v2 design table (diesel plant, no boilers) for this class; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos documentation (ev-uss-lst-307-08); builder-yard litigation record (ev-uss-lst-307-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications; SDB1945v2 LST design table; GAO HRD-80-2; In re John Crane Inc. (Tex. App. 2003)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered landing ship built in 1942 inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era plausibly carried era-standard asbestos applications aboard: machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, thermal insulation in accommodation spaces, and deck coverings. The diesel plant (no boilers) removes the boiler/turbine steam-lagging pathway that dominates steam-vessel exposure estimates.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades (1942); crew and embarked troops (1942-46); Kaiser Co. shipbreakers, Seattle (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or litigation product-ID located for LST-307. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-307-07
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published Oct 18, 1979; released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 highlights block
- 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) and service era (1942-46). The Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with non-asbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs; this was modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (review); context for 1942-46 service
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull - LST-307 was stricken and scrapped before either policy existed. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, not Boston. Product page verified live 2026-10-02; full report PDF reachable at gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf (26 pp).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-307-08
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[10]In re John Crane, Inc., No. 01-03-00698-CV (Tex. App. - Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 13, 2003) (mandamus; memorandum opinion) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion 'Factual and Procedural Background' section (Terranova allegation); disposition: petition for writ of mandamus granted
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Yard-level litigation context for this hull's builder: plaintiff Carl Terranova alleged that while working at the Boston Naval Shipyard he was exposed to John Crane gaskets and sealing materials which contained asbestos. The appellate opinion addresses only the scope of compelled discovery - the court granted John Crane's mandamus petition in part on overbreadth grounds; it makes no finding on the alleged exposure.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2003 (opinion); exposure allegation undated
- Population
- Boston Naval Shipyard workers (period unstated in opinion)
- Limitations
- Litigation-stage discipline: this is a pleading allegation preserved inside a discovery-scope mandamus ruling - the exposure allegation was never adjudicated on the merits in this opinion. Documents the builder yard's asbestos-litigation history only; does not name this hull, does not establish asbestos aboard LST-307, and does not establish or defeat any individual claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-307-09
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[11]CourtListener API v4 (authenticated, batch helper): 'LST-307', 'USS LST-307', 'LST 307' opinion searches - 0 results each; 'LST-307' and 'LST 307' RECAP docket searches - 1 shared result, Federal Housing Finance Agency v. Nomura Holding America, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 1:11-cv-06201, filed 2011-09-02); 'USS LST-307' and 'LST 307' asbestos docket searches - 0 results [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-307-07 through sl-uss-lst-307-09b
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located in CourtListener's opinion or docket indexes across exact-name, hull-number, and asbestos-qualified queries. The single docket hit is a name collision: 'LST-307' appears inside FHFA v. Nomura (S.D.N.Y. 2011), a residential-mortgage-backed-securities enforcement case, where the token denotes a non-vessel securities/loan identifier - not USS LST-307.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record does not prove absence of litigation - CourtListener indexes published opinions and RECAP dockets; PACER/MDL-875 filings and state-court pleadings are not fully indexed. Queries were run under fleet-wide pacing; coverage achieved: all four name variants in both indexes plus the asbestos-qualified variant in the docket index (the same query in the opinion index is logically subsumed by the 0-result 'LST 307' opinion query).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-307-10
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[12]Batch-6843 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS; NavSource; Naval Vessel Register; NARA logbook series 594258; U.S. Navy Memorial navylog; HyperWar/ibiblio chronology transcription; action-report transcriptions; BuShips SDB-1945 v2; GAO HRD-80-2; CourtListener (partial); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-307-01 through sl-uss-lst-307-14 (15 rows, incl. -09b)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, NIOSH evaluation, or verified litigation naming USS LST-307 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- 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 1942 construction and 1948 scrapping both predate asbestos survey and abatement-documentation practice. Deck logs, BuShips work packages, and the Kaiser scrapping contract are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-307-11