Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 662-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-326-lst326-pkt-662-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'LST-326' (NHHC) - construction, sponsor, commissioning, theater service, transfer, disposal (ARCHIVED COPY: live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-10-02; Wayback capture 2024-05-26) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-326 entry (full text, 3 paragraphs)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'laid down on 12 November 1942 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched on 11 February 1943; sponsored by Miss Mildred E. Kelly; and commissioned on 26 February 1943.' Assigned to the European theater; participated in the Sicilian occupation (July 1943), the Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings (January-February 1944), and the invasion of Normandy (June 1944). 'On 9 December 1944, LST-326 was transferred to the United Kingdom and returned to United States Navy custody on 25 February 1946. She was decommissioned the following day and struck from the Navy list. She was sold to France on 5 April 1946.' Earned three battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Philadelphia Navy Yard construction trades (1942-43); USN crew (Feb-Aug 1943); USCG crew (Aug 1943-Dec 1944)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Transfer/decommission framing differs from NavSource and uboat.net (see ev-09 correction row and gaps). The DANFS entry does not mention the 25 August 1943 USCG crew swap - that event is documented by NavSource and the official USCG monograph (ev-02, ev-03).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-326-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-326 (10/16/160326) - milestone timeline, USCG crew-swap note, RN and French service, specifications, commanding officers, photo captions (verified live, HTTP 200) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160326.htm header block, campaign table, Royal Navy history block, specifications block, commanding-officers table, photo captions incl. war-diary pointer PDF 160326a.pdf
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 12 November 1942 at Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched 11 February 1943; commissioned USS LST-326, 26 February 1943, LT. S. J. O'Brien, USNR, in command; on 25 August 1943 the officers and crew of USS LST-175 exchanged places with the Navy officers and crew of USS LST-326 and she became a Coast Guard-manned vessel. Assigned Europe-Africa-Middle East theater, LST Flotilla Eleven / LST Group Thirty-Two; campaigns: Sicilian occupation 9-15 July 1943, Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings 22 January - 2 February 1944, invasion of Normandy 6-25 June 1944. 'Decommissioned and transferred to the United Kingdom, 18 December 1944'; commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-326 the same day. RN history block: as part of 'W' Task Force she worked down the Arakan coast of Burma, participated in the recapture of Rangoon, proceeded to the invasion of Malaya at Morib and Port Swettenham, then Singapore and Bangkok on relief work repatriating ex-POWs; paid off at Singapore and returned to US Navy custody at Subic Bay, Philippines, 16 March 1946. Struck from the Naval Register 26 February 1946; sold 5 April 1946 to France, commissioned RFS LST-326, renamed RFS Liamone (date unknown); final disposition 'reportedly destroyed by a typhoon in the South China Sea, date unknown.' Commanding officers listed: LT S. J. O'Brien USNR (26 Feb - Jun 1943), LT E. J. Fitzgerald USNR (Jun - 25 Aug 1943), LT John C. Saussy USCGR (25 Aug 1943 - 18 Dec 1944). Photo record places her off Anzio 15 April 1944 (US National Archives image), beached at Ajaccio, Corsica 25-26 March 1944 with LST-358/197/377/360, and on Omaha Beach, Normandy, circa 1944 with LST-292 and LST-543; RN-era photos show her launching LCT(3)-2483 at Bombay in early 1945 and beached in Malaya; a farewell-dinner menu documents Force W paying off at Singapore 9 February 1946 under her RN CO LCDR Leonard George Pilcher RNVR. Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; complement 9 officers/120 enlisted + troops 14 officers/131 enlisted; propulsion two GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC ship's-service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders; diesel fuel 4,300 bbls; 6 LCVP.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1956
- Population
- Philadelphia Navy Yard construction trades (1942-43); USN crew (Feb-Aug 1943); USCG crew (Aug 1943-Dec 1944); RN crew (Dec 1944-1946); French crew (1946-1950s)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track DANFS/NVR but conflict with DANFS on the transfer/return/decommission sequence (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content. The 'destroyed by a typhoon' disposal is NavSource's own hedge ('reportedly... date unknown') and conflicts with secondary French-service sources (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-326-02
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard, 'The Coast Guard at War: Sicily-Italy Landings X' (Historical Section, Public Information Division, USCG Headquarters, 1 June 1946) - 'COAST GUARD MANNED LST-326' section (HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG-X-3.html, 'ANZIO LANDINGS' section, 'COAST GUARD MANNED LST-326' photo caption and narrative pp. ~168-170
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official USCG wartime monograph documents this hull at Anzio under Coast Guard manning: 'There were four Coast Guard LST's at Anzio - the 16, 326, 327, and 381.' On D-day, 22 January 1944, LST-326, operating with Task Force SHINGLE PETER, anchored at 0010A, discharged all troops and DUKWs on schedule, and remained under enemy battery fire all day with shells falling as close as 30 feet; her request to open fire with the 3-inch/50 gun was denied. She moored at outer anchorage, was ordered to Sector X-ray at 1600, anchored at 1830, beached at 1130 the next day, and completed discharging vehicles via pontoon causeway by 1340. On the 24th she returned to Naples in convoy; on the 25th at Baia she embarked 6 officers and 168 enlisted men of the 1st Armored Division with tanks and vehicles and sailed again for Anzio.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-01-21 to 1944-01-25
- Population
- USCG crew of LST-326; embarked 1st Armored Division troops (6 officers, 168 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous official service narrative drawn from the ship's own reports - ship-specific operational history only; contains no asbestos or material content. The monograph is a first-draft circulation edition ('submitted in first draft' per its own front matter). Covers only the USCG-manned Anzio operation, not the whole commission.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-326-03
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[5]Era inference built on: Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table + roster (shipscribe.com scan); NavSource ship-page specifications for this hull; LST-1 class profile (lst-1-class) consolidated era research [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table; NavSource 10/16/160326 specifications block; lst-1-class class profile
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST-1-class tank landing ship built November 1942 - February 1943 at Philadelphia Navy Yard sits inside the documented asbestos-use era for U.S. naval construction. BuShips Ships' Data 1945 documents the class machinery fit (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, ~1,700 shp, Falk reduction gears, 11.6 kt) - a diesel plant with no boilers, so the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a landing ship of this type and period were diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, winch/crane brake linings, and electrical insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1956
- Population
- Construction trades at Philadelphia Navy Yard (1942-43); USN/USCG/RN/French crews; any repair-yard trades during availabilities
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-326. 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-326-04
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[6]Taylor v. Celotex Corp., 393 Pa. Super. 566, 574 A.2d 1084 (Pa. Super. 1990) (full opinion verified live); companion yard-level citations in the Atlas shipyards record for philadelphia-naval-shipyard: Junge v. Garlock, Inc., 427 Pa. Super. 592 (1993); Gross v. Johns-Manville Corp., 410 Pa. Super. 486 (1991); OSHA inspection 17999079 (1989) [court_record]
- Locator
- Taylor v. Celotex Corp., 393 Pa. Super. 566 (opinion text, introduction and procedural history); shipyards.json entry 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard' (products_documented, evidence rows)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- This hull's builder yard is a litigation-documented asbestos site: the Pennsylvania Superior Court's published opinion in Taylor v. Celotex describes 'long term occupational exposure to asbestos during approximately forty years of employment in the shipbuilding industry at the New York Shipyard in Camden, New Jersey, and the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard,' with a jury verdict against manufacturers including Celotex, Eagle-Picher, Keene, Owens-Illinois, and Pittsburgh-Corning. The Atlas shipyard record for Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (evidence_tier 3) further documents named asbestos products 'used throughout the shipyard and on ships' across 1941-1974 (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill, Carey, Kaylo, Garlock gaskets/packing, Johns-Manville, Unibestos, Ruberoid et al., per Taylor/Junge/Gross), a window that covers this hull's November 1942 - February 1943 construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1941-1990 (exposure window litigated; opinion 1990)
- Population
- Philadelphia Naval Shipyard civilian trades, shipbuilding employment ~1940-1980 (Taylor); yard workforce peak 47,695 (1944)
- Limitations
- Yard-level litigation documentation, not a hull record: the litigated exposures concern Philadelphia Naval Shipyard employment generally (Taylor's own product identifications centered on a 1960s USS Sailfish availability) - LST-326 is not named in any located opinion. Establishes that the builder yard used and litigated asbestos products during the era spanning this hull's construction; does not establish materials installed aboard this hull, individual exposure, quantity, or present-day presence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-326-05
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[7]GAO, Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) - full report text retrieved via gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 full report (26 pp.), 'Navy's Policy on Use of Asbestos' and thermal-insulation sections; product page https://www.gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that 'the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships' was thermal insulation, that 'all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables,' that military specifications were changed in 1973 to eliminate asbestos for thermal insulation, and that the Navy's October 1975 policy removed and replaced with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for necessary repairs - modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. Fieldwork was performed at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. For a hull transferred out of U.S. custody in 1944-46, this program documentation establishes era context only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program review population, 1979)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull- or yard-specific to this vessel; fieldwork yards (Long Beach, Norfolk) were not this hull's builder. GAO's 1979 snapshot postdates this hull's U.S. service by three decades - it describes the policy environment the ship missed, not any condition aboard her.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-326-06
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[8]NavSource-hosted pointer PDF to the ship's war diary scans on Fold3 (image IDs 273593517 / 273593524 / 273593525), Fold3's digitization of the NARA RG 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' series; plus NARA-derived ship photography credited in NavSource captions ('US National Archives image,' off Anzio 15 April 1944) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/pdf/160326a.pdf (Fold3 image links); NavSource photo captions crediting US National Archives imagery
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A war diary for this hull exists and is digitized: NavSource's linked PDF points to Fold3 scans of the LST-326 war diary (the series is NARA RG 38 WWII War Diaries). NavSource photo captions credit U.S. National Archives imagery for this hull off Anzio (15 Apr 1944) and the Ajaccio beaching series (25-26 Mar 1944). These are archival leads for construction-era and operational detail - document existence and physical-presence documentation, not asbestos records.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Crew (1943-44 diary period)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: the Fold3 scans sit behind a paywalled viewer (page loads but full-text extraction was not performed); NARA's catalog is JS-rendered and could not be searched programmatically this session, so no NAID was assigned or verified. A war diary is an operational document - it is not expected to contain material/composition data. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-326-07
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[9]Batch-6863 search ledger (this record): DANFS (Wayback); NavSource; USCG official monograph; BuShips SDB v2 class data; shipyards.json yard record; GAO HRD-80-2 full text; CourtListener API v4; NVR; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-326-01 through sl-uss-lst-326-11
- 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-326 / HM LST-326 / RFS Liamone was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion search for 'LST-326' returned zero hits; the docket-side search could not be completed this session (fleet-wide pacing budget exhausted - logged as blocked, not a negative result). Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; 'asbestos aboard LSTs' material found is law-firm marketing (gorilaw.com class-level landing-ship page and similar) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - 1942-43 Navy-yard construction at a litigation-documented asbestos yard is consistent with era-standard materials. The litigation search is partially open (docket index unsearched); deck logs, Philadelphia Navy Yard work packages, and French-service disposal records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-326-08
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[10]Milestone cross-check: DANFS (transferred 9 Dec 1944; returned to USN custody 25 Feb 1946; decommissioned + struck 26 Feb 1946); NavSource ('decommissioned and transferred to the United Kingdom, 18 December 1944'; returned at Subic Bay 16 March 1946; struck 26 February 1946); uboat.net (decommissioned 9 Dec 1944 for transfer; returned to USN 16 March 1946); Wikipedia infobox ('Decommissioned 1 May 1946' - contradicts its own narrative) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS entry; NavSource 10/16/160326.htm U.S./RN/French blocks + menu-photo caption; uboat.net ship/11402; Wikipedia USS_LST-326 infobox vs narrative; alabordache.fr LST Liamone page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION/CONFLICT LOG: (1) Transfer/decommission dates diverge - DANFS has transfer to UK on 9 December 1944 and decommissioning on 26 February 1946 after return to U.S. custody, while NavSource's U.S. block says 'decommissioned and transferred 18 December 1944' (the RN commissioning date) and uboat.net says 'decommissioned on 9 December 1944 for transfer'; (2) return-to-custody date diverges - DANFS 25 February 1946 vs NavSource RN history and uboat.net 16 March 1946 at Subic Bay, with the Force W farewell dinner aboard at Singapore on 9 February 1946 (NavSource menu photo); (3) sponsor styling - 'Miss Mildred E. Kelly' (DANFS, NavalCoverMuseum) vs 'Mrs.' (Wikipedia); (4) French final disposition - 'reportedly destroyed by a typhoon in the South China Sea, date unknown' (NavSource) vs 'out of service in 1951 and later sold for scrap' (Wikipedia), while NavSource's own photo caption shows her as a decommissioned depot ship on the Saigon River by April 1956; (5) a French secondary source (alabordache.fr) misattributes her builder to 'Bethlehem, Quincy' - DANFS and NavSource agree Philadelphia Navy Yard.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1956 (conflict window)
- Limitations
- Records a documentation conflict, not a resolved fact. DANFS values are carried in the record fields with NavSource/uboat variants preserved here and in gaps; the '1 May 1946' Wikipedia infobox figure is internally inconsistent (her narrative says 18 December 1944) and is a displayed-data defect, not a candidate date. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-326-09