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-315-lst315-pkt-660-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-315 entry - construction, sponsor, commissioning, European-theater operations, UK transfer, striking, sale (archived copy; live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-315 entry text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 15 October 1942 at the New York Navy Yard; launched 28 January 1943, sponsored by Miss Helen Clair Leuteritz; commissioned 3 February 1943. European theater operations: Sicilian occupation July-August 1943, Salerno landings September 1943, invasion of Normandy June 1944. 'The tank landing ship was transferred to the United Kingdom on 9 December 1944 and returned to United States Navy custody on 16 March 1946 and decommissioned. She was struck from the Navy list on 26 February 1946 and sold, on 5 December 1947, to Bosey, Philippines.' Three battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- New York Naval Shipyard construction trades (1942-43); wartime crew (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS gives no USN decommissioning date at transfer - it dates the UK transfer 9 December 1944 and attaches 'decommissioned' to the 16 March 1946 custody return; NavSource and uboat.net carry a 20 November 1944 decommissioning (see gaps). Live NHHC page 404 on 2026-10-02 - archived Wayback capture (2024-05-27) cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-315-lst315-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-315 - timeline, specifications, commanding officers, Royal Navy service summary, photo captions (live page verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160315.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 15 October 1942 at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn; launched 28 January 1943; commissioned USS LST-315 3 February 1943, Lt. R. W. Tucker in command. Campaign table dates the Sicilian occupation 9-15 July 1943, Salerno landings 9-21 September 1943, and invasion of Normandy 6-25 June 1944. History line reads 'Decommissioned and transferred to the United Kingdom, 20 November 1944' and 'Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-315, 30 November 1944'; the page's own commanding-officer table runs the last USN CO, Lt. Joseph B. Kirby, to 9 December 1944. Royal Navy summary: relief of southern Norway; 'W' Task Force work down the Arakan coast of Burma and the recapture of Rangoon; Malaya landings at Morib and Port Swettenham; Singapore and Bangkok relief work repatriating ex-POWs; paid off at Singapore and returned to USN custody at Subic Bay 16 March 1946. Struck 26 February 1946; sold 5 December 1947 to Bosey, Philippines, fate unknown. Specs: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft o.a.; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; two GM 12-567A 900-hp diesels, Falk reduction gears, two shafts, 1,700 shp; complement 13 officers/104 enlisted, troop accommodations 16 officers/147 enlisted; two LCVPs. Photo captions document LST-315 with LST-373 unloading Seabees at Salerno (September 1943), unloading troops and equipment at Normandy, and HM LST-315 underway on the Clyde, Scotland, December 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- New York Naval Shipyard construction trades (1942-43); USN crew (1943-44); RN crew (1944-46); troops carried
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestones generally track DANFS but the page is internally inconsistent on the transfer (history line 20 Nov/30 Nov 1944 vs CO table ending 9 Dec 1944; see ev-08 correction and gaps). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-315-lst315-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945) - LST design table and 'TRANSFERRED TO UNITED KINGDOM' roster section (shipscribe.com scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2, 'TRANSFERRED TO UNITED KINGDOM' roster (LST-315: 9 Dec 1944); LST design table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official BuShips roster section 'TRANSFERRED TO UNITED KINGDOM' lists LST-315 with transfer date 9 December 1944 - corroborating DANFS over NavSource's 20 November 1944 history line. The LST design table documents the class machinery: 328 ft o.a., 50 ft beam, two General Motors 12-567A diesels totaling ~1,700 shp, 11.6 kt, two shafts - a diesel plant with no boilers; accommodation figure 13 officers/106 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Limitations
- Official BuShips compilation - the roster line names this hull (ship-specific for the transfer date); the design table is class-level. Scan text layer is staggered OCR; the LST-315 roster line and its date were read in table context. No asbestos or material content. shipscribe.com reorganized its paths - the class profile's older /styles/usnaux/sdb/ URL now 404s; verified live at /pubs/ on 2026-10-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-315-lst315-03
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[5]uboat.net Allied Warships, USS LST 315 (ship/11391) and HMS LST 315 (ship/12253) - order date, USN end-of-service, RN commanding officers (live pages verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/11391 (USN) and ship/12253 (RN) pages
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net records: ordered 20 May 1942; USN end of service 20 November 1944 ('Decommissioned on 20 November 1944 for transfer to the Royal Navy'); RN page lists HMS LST 315 commissioned 20 November 1944 and decommissioned/returned to USN 16 March 1946, with RN commanding officers T/A/Lt.Cdr. Harry Stanley Clune, RNR (5 Dec 1944 - 10 Feb 1945) and A/Cdr. John Fox Clement, DSC, RD, RNR (10 Feb 1945 - 16 Mar 1946); sold 5 December 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- RN crew under Clune and Clement (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (Helgason's Allied Warships) - corroborates the 20 November 1944 decommissioning and supplies the RN CO chain and order date; its RN commissioning date (20 Nov) conflicts with NavSource (30 Nov), and its USN/USN-RN dates conflict with DANFS's 9 December 1944 transfer - discrepancy disclosed in gaps, not resolved. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-315-lst315-04
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[6]Era inference built on: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 LST design table (diesel plant, no boilers); Atlas lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree) noting exposure relevance concentrated in engine-room/exhaust lagging, gaskets, deck coverings, and accommodation insulation [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table; class-f lst-1-class.class.json class_notes
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST-1-class ship built October 1942 - February 1943 sits inside the WWII naval-construction asbestos era; era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were machinery and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, deck coverings, and accommodation insulation. As a diesel ship she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, which narrows but does not eliminate the era-exposure pathways (the class's mass-production program ran 1942-1945 across 17 yards).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- New York Naval Shipyard construction trades (1942-43); USN crew (1943-44); RN crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, or work package located for LST-315. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-315-lst315-05
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[7]Fleischer WE, Viles FJ Jr, Gade RL, Drinker P. 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels.' J Ind Hyg Toxicol. 1946 Jan;28:9-16 (PMID 21016030) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed PMID 21016030; J Ind Hyg Toxicol 1946 Jan;28:9-16
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed 1946 industrial-hygiene survey documents that an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels was amosite (a fibrous asbestos mineral), with asbestos cloth and asbestos cement likewise used in naval work; 1,074 pipe coverers were x-rayed across two Government Navy Yards and two Navy Contract Yards, finding 3 asbestosis cases and elevated dust counts in cutting, mixing, and installation operations during the wartime construction era that covers this hull's build.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1946 (survey/publication); wartime construction era
- Population
- WWII naval-vessel pipe coverers and insulation trades (class/era context)
- Limitations
- Era/program-level documentation: the survey anonymizes the four yards (Navy Yards A & B, Contract Yards C & D) and does not name the New York Navy Yard or LST-315; the 3/1,074 figure is a four-yard aggregate. Documents the wartime Navy pipe-covering product and exposure environment generally - does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, quantity, or present-day presence. PubMed record verified live 2026-10-02 (no abstract; bibliographic record).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-315-lst315-06
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[8]In re Eastern & Southern Districts Asbestos Litigation (S.D.N.Y., opinion filed 1991-08-30 - the consolidated-proceedings decision reported at 772 F. Supp. 1380, Weinstein, J., per the Atlas shipyards dataset's verified identification) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener opinion 1821121 (caption/court/date via API search 2026-10-02); shipyards.json ev-brooklyn-navy-yard-04
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Consolidated asbestos-tort litigation documentation for this hull's builder: the Eastern & Southern Districts consolidated asbestos proceedings before Judge Weinstein include the opinion reported at 772 F. Supp. 1380 (S.D.N.Y. 1991), which the Atlas shipyards dataset records as naming Brooklyn Navy Yard workers among exposed plaintiffs and addressing asbestos product liability and worker exposure claims arising from naval shipyard work. The same dataset carries the yard at evidence_tier 3 with Kaylo (Owens-Illinois) among documented asbestos products (shipyards.json brooklyn-navy-yard, flagship ev-brooklyn-navy-yard-04, verified there 2026-07-24).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1991 (opinion); WWII-era exposure window
- Population
- Brooklyn Navy Yard workers and their estates (yard-level litigation context)
- Limitations
- Yard-level context only: documents asbestos litigation touching the yard that built this hull - the opinion does not name LST-315 or establish that she carried asbestos products; consolidated-proceedings rulings are not adjudicated findings about any specific vessel. CourtListener opinion ID 1821121 was returned by authenticated API search for this caption/court/date; the cluster-level reporter-citation confirmation call was rate-limited this session, so the 772 F. Supp. 1380 mapping rests on the shipyards dataset's prior verification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-315-lst315-07
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[9]Batch-6852 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live/Wayback; NavSource; uboat.net; BuShips SDB1945v2 (shipscribe); CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP docket searches; MARAD ShipHistory; NARA catalog; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-315-lst315-01 through -10
- 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-315 / HM LST-315 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener authenticated API v4 searches returned zero opinion hits for "LST-315", "LST 315", and "USS LST-315"; docket (type=r) searches for both string variants returned a single hit each - the same 2007 S.D.N.Y. marine-contract case (Ocean Trade, S.A. v. Ziogas, 1:07-cv-07762), a name collision unrelated to this WWII hull. A secondary web sweep for 'LST-315 asbestos' returned no qualifying result and no marketing-listicle hit naming this hull at all.
- 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 - it records the outcome of this session's search. WWII-era deck logs (RG 24) and New York Navy Yard construction records for this hull are undigitized archival leads; NARA's catalog API was key-gated this session. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-315-lst315-08
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[10]Transfer-date cross-check: DANFS (9 Dec 1944) and BuShips SDB-1945 v2 'TRANSFERRED TO UNITED KINGDOM' roster (9 Dec 1944) vs NavSource history line (decommissioned/transferred 20 Nov 1944, RN commissioned 30 Nov 1944) and uboat.net (USN end service and RN commissioned both 20 Nov 1944); NavSource's own CO table ends the last USN command 9 Dec 1944 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 160315.htm history line and CO table; DANFS entry; SDB1945v2 UK-transfer roster; uboat.net ship/11391 and ship/12253
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION on the 1944 handover dates: NavSource's history line (decommissioned and transferred 20 November 1944; RN commissioned 30 November 1944) conflicts with the official record - DANFS and the BuShips roster both date the transfer to the United Kingdom 9 December 1944, and NavSource's own commanding-officer table runs Lt. Kirby's USN command to 9 December 1944, corroborating the official date. uboat.net places both the USN end of service and the RN commissioning on 20 November 1944. This record carries 20 November 1944 as the USN decommissioning date (NavSource/uboat) and 9 December 1944 as the formal transfer date (DANFS/BuShips), with the knot disclosed in gaps.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Corrects/discloses a date conflict, not a material claim. The reconciliation (decommission 20 Nov vs formal transfer 9 Dec) is inference from the pattern of dates, not a stated finding of any source. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-315-lst315-09