Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 660-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-312-lst312-pkt-660-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-312 (NHHC ship-history entry; live page 404s - archived Wayback capture 2025-04-02 used) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS LST-312 entry, full text (live URL 404, verified 2026-10-02; Wayback capture 2025-04-02)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 7 September 1942 at the New York Navy Yard; launched 30 December 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Mary E. Storin; commissioned 9 January 1943, Lt. Charles L. Haslup, USNR, in command. Assigned to the European theater; participated in the Sicilian occupation (July 1943), Salerno landings (September 1943), and invasion of Normandy (June 1944). Decommissioned 12 July 1946; struck from the Navy list 15 August 1946; sold 13 December 1947 to James A. Hughes, New York, N.Y., 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
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Crew (1943-46); embarked troops
- Limitations
- DANFS is the authoritative identity/history record but contains no asbestos, material, or industrial-hygiene content for this hull. Entry carries no specification block - specs and complement come from NavSource class-standard figures (see ev-02). The Deptford V-1 damage is absent from DANFS and documented separately in ev-03/ev-04.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-312-lst312-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-312 (LST-1-class specifications, CO list, NARA-captioned photo documentation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 10/16/160312, specification block + photo captions + CO table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents: diesel propulsion - two General Motors 12-567A 900hp diesel engines, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100kW 230V DC ship's-service generators, two propellers (1,700 shp), twin rudders; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted, troop accommodations 16 officers + 147 enlisted. Photo record: launching at New York Navy Yard 30 December 1942; at HRPE Newport News 16 April 1943 loading DUKWs and self-propelled artillery with LCT-420 embarked (US Army Signal Corps / Library of Virginia); approaching the beach at Gela, Sicily alongside LST-344 (NARA photo III-SC 181046); among LSTs unloading on Utah Beach shortly after 6 June 1944 (NARA photo 80-G-46817); moored in Chicago 1945 alongside PT-603. CO list: LT Charles L. Haslup (Jan 1943-1944), LT Robert W. Grinnell USNR (1944-3 Apr 1945), LCDR Walter H. Grant USN (3 Apr 1945-12 Jul 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Crew (1943-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a vetted archival aggregator carrying official captions and NARA photo numbers, not a primary source itself. Specifications are LST-1-class-standard figures, not a hull-specific spec block (DANFS carries none for this hull). The Gela photo caption prints '10 June 1943' - a typo; the Sicily landings were July 1943 per DANFS. The Chicago caption says 'probably during a bond drive in 1945' - purpose is hedged in the source itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-312-lst312-02
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[4]Robert J. Cressman, The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II (Naval Historical Center / NHHC; HyperWar transcription), entry for 8 July 1944, Atlantic [other_primary]
- Locator
- USN-Chron-1944, Chapter VI, '8 July, Sat.' Atlantic section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official U.S. Navy chronology entry, 8 July 1944 (Atlantic): 'Tank landing ships LST-312 and LST-384 are damaged by V-1 rocket-bomb while moored at Naval Advance Amphibious Base, Deptford, England.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-07-08
- Population
- Crew; LST-384 crew moored abreast
- Limitations
- Establishes the combat-damage event for this hull; contains no asbestos content. HyperWar is an official-text transcription mirror of the NHHC-published chronology. A circulating web transcription wrongly dates this entry '8 June 1944' (V-1 attacks began 13 June) - the verified date is 8 July 1944.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-312-lst312-03
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[5]Samuel Eliot Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, vol. XI: The Invasion of France and Germany (Little, Brown, 1957), p. 61 (archive.org full text) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Vol. XI, ch. IV 'United States Naval Bases in Britain,' p. 61 (verified against archive.org OCR text)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Morison documents the Deptford base context and loss: Deptford, on the Thames below London, established February 1944 as an advanced amphibious maintenance base for LSTs and other beaching craft; it 'became a main target for German V-1 bombs on and after 13 June. LST-312 and LST-384, when moored abreast, received a direct hit on 8 July, were heavily damaged and lost 14 men killed and 11 badly wounded.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-07-08
- Population
- Crew of both ships; Deptford base personnel
- Limitations
- Semi-official operational history (USN-sponsored Morison series); casualty figures are combined for the two moored ships, not separable by hull. Contains no asbestos content - battle-damage record only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-312-lst312-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specification block (diesel GM 12-567A plant, no steam); Atlas shipyards.json record for brooklyn-navy-yard (Tier 3, documented asbestos products incl. Kaylo; litigation-documented worker exposure); GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block (ev-02); shipyards.json brooklyn-navy-yard entry; GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-07)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST-1-class tank landing ship built 1942-43 at the New York Navy Yard sits inside that yard's documented asbestos-use era. Era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were thermal insulation around engine-room and exhaust spaces, diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, and electrical insulation. As a diesel ship she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- New York Navy Yard construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-46); Deptford repair workers (1944); 1947-48 shipbreakers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LST-312. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-312-lst312-05
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[7]Atlas shipyards.json, brooklyn-navy-yard record (Tier 3): In re Eastern and Southern Districts Asbestos Litigation, 772 F. Supp. 1380 (S.D.N.Y. 1991) (Weinstein, J.); Fleischer WE, Viles FJ Jr, Gade RL, Drinker P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (1946) [court_record]
- Locator
- shipyards.json ev-brooklyn-navy-yard-04, ev-brooklyn-navy-yard-05
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The builder yard for this hull is a documented asbestos-exposure site: consolidated federal asbestos litigation (MDL-era, Weinstein, J.) names Brooklyn Navy Yard workers among exposed plaintiffs, and the 1946 Fleischer/Drinker industrial-hygiene survey documents asbestos pipe-covering operations in WWII naval-vessel construction yards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1943 (build window); litigation 1991
- Population
- Brooklyn Navy Yard construction trades (WWII)
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not hull evidence: neither source names LST-312 or ties any exposure to this hull's construction. Fleischer/Drinker covers four anonymized yards (2 Navy, 2 contract) - no yard is identified by name in the primary text. Opinion URL not carried: law.justia.com mirror blocked automated fetch (403); live CourtListener link not pulled this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-312-lst312-06
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[8]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 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, standing since 2026-09-14) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-312-lst312-07
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[9]NPS National Register of Historic Places, USS LST 325 nomination (NRHP 09000434, listed 24 June 2009; 92-page registration form, full text reviewed) [nps]
- Locator
- NPGallery NRIS 09000434, registration-form PDF (856 KB); grep 'asbestos|insulat|lagging' = 0 hits
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NRHP nomination for LST-325 - a surviving LST-1-class sister built at Philadelphia Navy Yard - contains zero occurrences of 'asbestos,' 'insulation,' or 'lagging' across its 92-page full text: the nomination documents the ship's machinery, tank deck, and spaces in detail without recording asbestos materials. Class-level negative: even a documented class sister's nomination is silent on asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2009 (nomination); 1942-43 (period of significance)
- Limitations
- Silence in a nomination is not proof of absence - NRHP forms document significance and integrity, not hazardous materials, and LST-325's fabric was altered by Greek Navy service and museum restoration. Class-sister documentation only; establishes nothing about this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-312-lst312-08
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[10]Batch-6849 search ledger (this record): DANFS (Wayback); NavSource; Cressman Official Chronology (HyperWar); Morison vol. XI (archive.org); NVR (coverage exclusion); CourtListener opinion + docket; NPS NPGallery LST-325 nomination; Atlas shipyards.json; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-312-lst312-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS LST-312 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned zero hits for 'LST-312' in both the opinion (type=o) and docket (type=r) indexes, and zero opinion hits for the spaced variant 'LST 312', authenticated API v4, 2026-10-02. The 'LST 312' docket query remained pace-limited (fleet budget) at session end - logged as blocked. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case naming this hull.
- 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 - LSTs were mass-built inside the Navy's asbestos era. One CourtListener query ('LST 312', type=r) remained pace-limited at session end - an open ledger item, not a result. Undigitized leads: RG 24 deck logs, BuShips work/damage-repair files for the July 1944 Deptford repair, 1947 scrapping contract records. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-312-lst312-09