Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 663-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-334-lst334-pkt-663-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-334 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, Asiatic-Pacific campaign list, occupation duty, decommissioning, striking, and sale (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS 'LST-334' entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 17 July 1942 at the Norfolk Navy Yard; launched 15 October 1942; sponsored by Mrs. W. M. Thompson; commissioned 29 November 1942, Lt. George Alyward, USNR, in command. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the Vella Lavella occupation (October 1943), occupation and defense of Cape Torokina (November-December 1943), capture and occupation of Guam (July-August 1944), and assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (April-June 1945). Postwar occupation duty in the Far East until mid-October 1945; decommissioned 24 April 1946; struck from the Navy list 5 June 1946; sold 22 April 1948 to the Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA, for scrapping. Earned four battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades (Jul-Nov 1942); crew (1942-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; contains no asbestos or material content. DANFS gives no builder-contract detail beyond 'Norfolk Navy Yard' and no pre-commissioning or repair narrative. Live NHHC page verified 2026-10-02 (unlike the standing NHHC link-rot noted in BATCH-01, this URL resolved).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-334-lst334-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-334 - designation timeline, specifications, campaign dates, commanding-officer list, photo captions (live navsource.net page verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160334.htm header block, specifications block, campaign table, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource page for this hull: LST-1 class; laid down 17 July 1942 at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth VA; launched 15 October 1942; commissioned USS LST-334 29 November 1942, LT. George V. Alyward, USNR. Wartime organization: LST Flotilla Five (CAPT. J. R. Clark), LST Group Fourteen (CDR. R. W. Lejeunesse), LST Division Twenty-Seven. Campaign dates: Vella Lavella occupation 1 October 1943; Cape Torokina 11 November, 3-4 and 15 December 1943; Guam 21 July-5 August 1944; Okinawa Gunto 2 April-30 June 1945; occupation service 22 September-12 October 1945; decommissioned 24 April 1946; struck 5 June 1946; sold 22 April 1948 to Bethlehem Steel Co. Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted, troops 16 officers + 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; two GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, Falk reduction gears, twin screw 1,700 shp. Commanding-officer table: Alyward (29 Nov 1942-4 May 1943), Hawkins (4 May 1943-13 Feb 1944), Reed (13 Feb-13 May 1944), Blieden (13 May 1944-30 Oct 1945), Neuburg (30 Oct-27 Nov 1945), McCoy (27 Nov 1945-24 Apr 1946). NHHC-captioned photos place the hull at Newport News 1 January 1943 (with LST-390), off Norfolk Navy Yard 5 January 1943 (NH 84028, with LCT-481 on deck), Kissing Point Townsville May-July 1943 (with LST-448), Navy Base Seattle circa 3 February 1945 (with LST-887), and beached at Okinawa 1945-46.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades (1942); six wartime crews per CO table (1942-46); embarked troops
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS (all consistent here) and the spec block tracks BuShips class data, but the commanding-officer table rests on contributed research and conflicts with the flotilla war-diary roster on one entry (Reed vs Blieden, July 1944 - see gaps). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-334-lst334-02
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[4]USS LST-334, War Diary July 1944 - ship's own report, signed R. S. Blieden, Lieut., USNR, Commanding (NARA-declassified scan, authority E.O. 13526, NDC 31 Dec 2012; hosted on NavSource; note the NavSource link label 'LST-224 War Diary' is a mislabel - the document is headed USS LST #334) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 160334a.pdf, 3 pp. (heading 'USS LST #334, 1 August 1944, War Diary, July 1944'; signature block 'R.S. BLIEDEN, Lieut., USNR, Commanding')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own war diary for July 1944 (1 August 1944, serial-page scan): sortied from Eniwetok lagoon 15 July 1944 with Task Group 53.16 (Capt. Grayson B. Carter, Commander LST Flotilla Five, USS Stembel DD-644 flagship), LST-334 in convoy section four with LSTs 70, 219, 247, 118; approached Guam 21 July; stood off Asan Point; beached on a coral ledge about three-quarters of a mile offshore between Asan Point and Point Adelup at 0832 on 26 July; retracted; rebeached 27 July and discharged rolling stock; 28 July bulk-cargo unloading by 60 enlisted men of the 59th Naval Construction Battalion; enemy artillery fire forced retraction at about 1938 on the 28th and again late afternoon of the 29th (referencing the ship's separate action report of 1 August 1944); rebeached 30 July 0635; all cargo discharged by 1456 on 31 July.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-07
- Population
- Ship's company (13 officers/104 enlisted spec) + disembarked Lion Six officer and 20 enlisted; 59th NCB unloading detail (60 enlisted + 2 officers)
- Limitations
- Primary ship document, but a scanned image with OCR-assisted reading - minor OCR noise possible in times/positions. Contains no asbestos content; documents combat-zone operations and an underway gyro-compass/steering-engine casualty repaired aboard - ordinary machinery work, not a materials record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-334-lst334-03
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[5]Commander LST Flotilla FIVE, action-report endorsement package for the 28 July 1944 Japanese artillery/mortar attack on beached LSTs at Asan Beach, Guam (NARA-declassified scan; references 'C.O., USS LST 334 Action Report, dated 1 August 1944' among its enclosures) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 'lst flot 5 action rpt 28 july 1944.pdf', 4 pp. (endorsement serial 0244; references block listing LST-334 action report)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Flotilla-level primary record naming this hull: on the night of 28-29 July 1944, LSTs 343, 29, 71, 244, and 334 were beached at Asan beach, Guam, when concealed Japanese mortar and artillery positions opened fire (about 1800-1900 KING, 28 July 1944); approximately fifty shells fell about the beached LSTs and supporting ships, many near misses; LST-244 was towed clear by USS Apache; all beached LSTs stood out to sea sustaining no appreciable damage. The package lists the commanding officer's own 'USS LST 334 Action Report, dated 1 August 1944' as a referenced document - that report exists in the record set.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-07-28/29
- Population
- Crews of the five beached LSTs incl. LST-334; 59th NCB unloading details; Apache (ATF-67) crew
- Limitations
- Documents combat events aboard/near this hull, not materials. 'No appreciable damage' is the flotilla-level assessment of the 28 July shelling; any repair work it generated is not itemized. The referenced ship action report (1 Aug 1944) is an undigitized NARA lead. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-334-lst334-04
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[6]Commander LST Flotilla FIVE war diaries, May 1944 (111 pp.) and July 1944 (43 pp.) - NARA-declassified scans hosted on NavSource; flotilla organization rosters and Marianas staging narrative name this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- May 1944 diary pp. 1, 25, 29 (roster, Defense Group 2, West Loch entry); July 1944 diary pp. 1, 5-6 (roster, TG 53.16 staging)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Both flotilla war diaries list LST-334 in their organization rosters under LST Group FOURTEEN (Commander R. W. Lejeunesse), LST Division 27, alongside LSTs 166, 341, 390 - matching NavSource's Group Fourteen/Division Twenty-Seven assignment. The May 1944 diary records that 'LST's 71 and 334 were placed in Defense Group No. 2, under CTF 51' for the Marianas staging, and documents the loss of LSTs 39 and 353 'destroyed by fire at Pearl Harbor on 21 May 1944... while loading ammunition' (the West Loch disaster) - LST-334 herself is not named in the flotilla's West Loch entry. The July 1944 diary records that 'LST 29, 71, 244 and 334 had joined Task Group 53.16 in accordance with instructions from CTF 53... reported to this command on July 11' (Defense Group Two), and that TG 53.16/53.17 sortied Eniwetok's Wide Passage 15 July for Guam.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-05/1944-07
- Population
- LST-334 crew; LST Flotilla Five staff and squadron units
- Limitations
- Flotilla rosters list Lt. J. L. Reed as LST-334's commander in both May and July 1944 - stale: the ship's own July 1944 war diary is signed by Lt. R. S. Blieden (relieved Reed 13 May 1944 per NavSource's CO table). Roster error noted in gaps. No asbestos content; scans are OCR-assisted reads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-334-lst334-05
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[7]Bureau of Ships, 'The Bureau of Ships during World War II' (official administrative history, Vol. IV, Chapter XIX landing-craft section), HyperWar/ibiblio transcription - official photo plate of this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips Admin Hist WWII v.4, Ch. XIX '9. Landing Craft' photo plate (~p. 98 of the chapter scan)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Bureau of Ships WWII administrative history illustrates its landing-craft chapter with a builder's photograph captioned 'LST 334 / STBD. BOW VIEW / NORFOLK NAVY YARD, PORTSMOUTH, VA. / PHOT SERIAL 4462 (43) JAN. 5, 1943 / LANDING SHIP TANK' - an official construction/acceptance photograph of this hull at her building yard (same image as NavSource's NH 84028).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-01-05
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades
- Limitations
- Confirms builder and a January 1943 yard photograph only; the chapter's materials discussion (including a passing asbestos-yarn reference in the textiles context) is bureau-wide, not about this hull. No asbestos content attributable to LST-334.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-334-lst334-06
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[8]Oz at War (P. Dunn) USS LST-334 page, reproducing the ship's 'Scuttlebut' veterans-newsletter history - a log-derived cruise narrative (secondary; not independently verified) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ozatwar.com/usnavy/usslst-334.htm, 'History of U.S.S. LST 334' (Scuttlebut reproduction) + photo captions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Secondary ship narrative (consistent with DANFS on all checkable points): post-shakedown Guantanamo (Jan-Feb 1943), Panama Canal transit 23 February 1943, Noumea April 1943; Townsville/Kissing Point May-July 1943 for repairs and loading; Woodlark Island landings 30 June 1943; attacked by Japanese dive bombers beached at Ruravai Beach, Vella Lavella, 1 October 1943 - two direct bomb hits (one unexploded in compartment A-415-W, one rupturing frame 19), one casualty (MoMM2c Rajowski, fractured elbow); drydock repairs at Espiritu Santo 11-23 October 1943; further drydock periods Auckland NZ 23-27 January 1944 and Pearl Harbor 22-30 May 1944 (emergency hull repairs after being moored near LST-353 during the 21 May West Loch explosion); stateside drydock at West Coast Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp., San Pedro, 3 November-1 December 1944; Port Hueneme/Seattle January 1945; six COs consistent with the NavSource table; CO Hawkins later awarded the Silver Star for the 1 October 1943 action.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Crew 1942-45 incl. named men (Michel, Rahall, Rajowski); repair populations at Espiritu Santo, Auckland, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, West Coast Shipbuilding (San Pedro)
- Limitations
- SECONDARY SOURCE - a veterans' newsletter narrative hosted on a hobbyist site; it reads as a deck-log extract but no primary scan is attached. Used for itinerary/repair-history detail only; every load-bearing claim was cross-checked against DANFS/NavSource/primary diaries where possible. Internal date noise exists (e.g., '30 September' vs '1 October' for the bombing; scrambled dates in the late-July Guam paragraph) - the ship's own war diary controls where they conflict. No asbestos content, though the documented battle damage + four drydock periods mark heavy material-disturbance windows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-334-lst334-07
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[9]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table + roster (shipscribe.com scan, Google-source copy; URL verified live 2026-10-02 - the class profile's older /styles/usnaux/sdb/ path is dead post-site-reorganization) - class-level machinery/design data; cross-checked against NavSource's LST-334 spec block [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table (328 ft oa, 2x GM 12-567A, 1700 shp); NavSource 160334.htm specifications; class profile lst-1-class
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this diesel-powered LST-1-class hull (built mid-1942 at a Navy yard inside the Navy's asbestos era): no boilers - the asbestos-relevant applications standard to the type were engine and diesel-exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets and valve packing, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. The hull's documented history adds disturbance-relevant context: two direct bomb hits in October 1943 and at least four drydock/yard periods (Espiritu Santo 1943, Auckland 1944, Pearl Harbor 1944, San Pedro 1944) - battle-damage repair and yard work are the classic disturbance pathways for installed insulation, but no material content is documented for any of it.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades (1942); crew (1942-46); repair trades at Espiritu Santo, Auckland, Pearl Harbor, San Pedro drydocks (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, or work package located for LST-334. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The diesel plant eliminates the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-334-lst334-08
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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 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).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- 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, same standing defect as BATCH-01/98) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-334-lst334-09
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[11]Batch-6872 search ledger (this record): live DANFS + NavSource; NARA-declassified ship/flotilla war diaries and action report via NavSource; BuShips admin history (ibiblio); NARA digitized deck-log index; secondary web litigation/asbestos sweeps; CourtListener API v4 (all five queries completed, zero hits) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-334-lst334-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LST-334 was found in the public sources searched. All five planned CourtListener queries returned zero hits - '"USS LST-334"' opinions, '"LST-334"' opinions and dockets, '"LST 334"' opinions and dockets (authenticated API v4, 2026-10-02; several attempts waited out fleet pacing). Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case or survey; asbestos assertions for this hull exist only as generic law-firm listicle coverage of 'LSTs' (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 - the hull is a WWII Navy-yard-built amphibious ship squarely inside the asbestos era. The litigation repository search is complete for the hull-number variants searched; unindexed filings and cases naming her only in attachments remain possible. Deck logs, the 1943 war-diary series, her 1 Aug 1944 action report, and 1948 scrapping-contract records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-334-lst334-10
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[12]Document-identity check: NavSource link text 'LST-224 War Diary, July 1944' (160334a.pdf) vs. the document's own heading 'USS LST #334 ... War Diary, July 1944' (R. S. Blieden signature block) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 160334.htm 'Additional Resources' link text vs. 160334a.pdf p.1 heading and p.3 signature
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the PDF hosted at NavSource's LST-334 page as 'LST-224 War Diary, July 1944' is in fact USS LST-334's own July 1944 war diary - the document heading, serial-page format, and commanding-officer signature (Blieden) all identify hull 334; the link label is a cataloging slip. Also flagged: the flotilla May and July 1944 rosters carry 'Lt. J. L. Reed' as LST-334's commander although Reed had been relieved by Blieden on 13 May 1944 - a stale roster entry.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Corrects a source-labeling error, not a material claim. The underlying document is a NARA-declassified scan; the NavSource link text is the only element in error.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-334-lst334-11