Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 664-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-341-lst341-pkt-664-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-341 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, campaign list, occupation duty, disposal, awards (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-10-02 at both /research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-341.html and the /content/history/nhhc/ variant - archived copy cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'LST-341' (single-paragraph LST-format entry); Wayback capture 2014-10-19 of history.navy.mil/danfs/l15/lst-341.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 21 August 1942 at the Norfolk Navy Yard; launched 8 November 1942, sponsored by Miss Elizabeth R. Bisset; commissioned 28 December 1942. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; operations: New Georgia Group (New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, June-July 1943; Vella Lavella occupation, August 1943); occupation and defense of Cape Torokina, November 1943; Marianas operation (Saipan, June-July 1944; Guam, July-August 1944); Leyte landings, October-November 1944. Post-war occupation duty in the Far East, September-October 1945; decommissioned 14 March 1946; struck from the Navy list 12 April 1946; sold 12 September 1946 to the Construction Power & Merchandising Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., for conversion to merchant service. 'LST-341 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
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades (1942); crew (1942-46); embarked troops (16 officers/147 enlisted capacity)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Live NHHC DANFS page for this hull does not resolve (404 on both current URL patterns, 2026-10-02) - archived 2014-10-19 capture cited; the live page is part of the standing NHHC DANFS link-rot noted in Batch 01.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-341-lst341-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-341 page (10/16/160341) - timeline, unit assignment, specifications, commanding-officer list, awards rack, photo, war-diary links (verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160341.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officer table, awards rack
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down 21 August 1942, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth VA; launched 8 November 1942; commissioned 28 December 1942, LT. F. S. Barnett USN in command. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LST Flotilla Five, LST Group Fourteen, LST Division Twenty-Seven. Campaign table with dates: New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu 30 June and 4 July 1943; Vella Lavella 31 August 1943; Cape Torokina 6 and 17 November 1943; Saipan 15 June-30 July 1944; Guam 31 July-12 August 1944; Leyte 18 October-29 November 1944. Occupation service in the Far East 27 September-23 October 1945. Decommissioned 14 March 1946; struck from the Naval Register 12 April 1946; sold 12 September 1946 to Construction Power and Merchandizing Co., Brooklyn NY, for conversion to merchant service. Commanding officers: LT F. S. Barnett (1942-12-28 to 1944-04-09); LTjg Seymour Epstein USNR (1944-04-09 to May 1945); LT Noel F. Bahrenburg USNR (May 1945 to 1945-12-23); ENS James A. Hess USNR (1945-12-23 to 1946-03-14). Specification block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt trial; endurance 24,000 mi at 9 kt; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers + 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; propulsion 2 x GM 12-567A 900-hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gears, 3 x diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC ship's-service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders; ultimate armament 2 twin 40 mm w/ Mk.51 directors, 4 single 40 mm, 12 single 20 mm; fuel 4,300 bbl diesel. International radio call sign NYVW.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades (1942); ship's company 13 officers/104 enlisted + embarked troops (1942-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS where both exist. Page prose states 'five battle stars' but its own ribbon display shows the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with (4) - matching DANFS's four; carried as a correction (ev-09) and gap. Flotilla commander shown as CAPT. J. R. Clark USN, while the primary flotilla war diary names Captain G. B. Carter USN in that office in mid-1944 (ev-03) - likely an earlier-period attribution. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-341-lst341-02
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[4]LST Flotilla FIVE war diary, July 1944 (serial 00154, 1 August 1944; NARA-declassified scan - NDC declassification stamp Dec 31, 2012 - hosted by NavSource); companion volume: war diary May 1944, same series [other_primary]
- Locator
- July 1944 diary p.1 'FLOTILLA ORGANIZATION' / LST DIVISION 27 roster; May 1944 diary p.1 + p.29 (restated organization list) same listing; https://www.navsource.net/archives/10/16/pdf/lst%20flot%205%20war%20diary%20may%201944.pdf
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary operational record naming this hull: the Flotilla Organization roster in the LST Flotilla FIVE war diary for July 1944 lists under LST GROUP FOURTEEN / LST DIVISION 27: 'LST 341 - Lt. S. Epstein, USNR' (alongside LST 166, LST 334, LST 390 in the division). The May 1944 diary carries the identical listing in its roster (p.1) and a restated organization list (p.29). The July diary also names the flotilla command - Commander LST Flotilla FIVE Captain G. B. Carter, USN, and Commander LST Group FOURTEEN Commander R. W. Lajeunesse, USN - covering the period in which LST-341 participated in the Saipan (through 30 July) and Guam (from 31 July) operations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-05 / 1944-07
- Population
- Crew of LST-341 under Lt. S. Epstein USNR (mid-1944); flotilla/group staff
- Limitations
- Documents unit assignment and commanding officer at a point in time - an organizational roster, not an engineering, material, or exposure record; contains no asbestos content. The July diary's daily narrative does not otherwise mention hull 341 in the OCR-reviewed text (43 pages, image-scan OCR at 150 dpi - low-confidence negative; the May diary's 111 pages were OCR-checked for hull mentions). The Carter-vs-Clark flotilla-commander difference versus NavSource is noted in gaps. Diaries are contributed scans (William L. Williams) hosted on navsource.net; provenance is NARA (declassification stamp visible) but the NARA catalog identifiers were not independently verified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-341-lst341-03
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[5]U.S. Naval Institute Photo Archive, catalog image 436245: 'Landing Ship Tank LST-341 beached on Segi Point, New Georgia, in 1943' (verified live 2026-10-02); same image carried on NavSource with December 1943 date, credited 'US Navy photo' via HyperWar 'US Navy in WWII' [other_primary]
- Locator
- USNI photo catalog 436245 (photos.usni.org/content/436245jpg); NavSource 10/16/160341.htm image row 1016034101
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Institutional photograph record placing this hull beached at Segi Point, New Georgia, in 1943 - consistent with her documented New Georgia Group operation service (occupation phase, late 1943). The physical print is held in the USNI Photo Archive (Mildred M. Mario Photo Archive Room, Annapolis MD).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- Crew and embarked personnel at Segi Point, New Georgia (late 1943)
- Limitations
- Physical-presence documentation only - a beached-ship photograph, not a work or material record; no asbestos content. Caption dating differs in granularity between sources (USNI 'in 1943'; NavSource 'December 1943'). The underlying US Navy photo number (likely 80-G series, NARA RG 80) is not stated on either page - open archival lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-341-lst341-04
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[6]Consolidated era inference - NavSource specification block for this hull (diesel propulsion: 2 x GM 12-567A, Falk gears, diesel-driven generators) + BuShips Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels 1945 Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011) LST design table (shipscribe.com scan, https://www.shipscribe.com/pubs/SDB1945v2.pdf - verified live 2026-10-02 at relocated URL) + LST-1-class profile record (class-f) asbestos-application note [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160341.htm specifications block; SDB1945v2 LST design table (shipscribe.com/pubs/SDB1945v2.pdf); class profile lst-1-class.class.json ev-lst-1-class-03
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this diesel-powered LST built 1942: no boilers, so the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway does not apply; asbestos-relevant applications for a WWII diesel amphibious hull of this type were GM diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, valve packing, and winch/crane brake linings. The BuShips 1945 design table documents the class machinery fit (2 x GM 12-567A, ~1,700 shp, 2 shafts) consistent with this hull's NavSource spec block.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades (1942); engine-room and maintenance ratings (1942-46); disposal/merchant-conversion workers (1946)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LST-341. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution. The BuShips scan is class-level (LST design table, all groups), not a hull document.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-341-lst341-05
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[7]EPA, NPL Site Narrative for Norfolk Naval Shipyard (Federal Register notice July 22, 1999; conditions at proposal March 6, 1998) + EPA Superfund Site Profile, NNSY Portsmouth VA, EPA ID VA1170024813, NPL status Final (verified live 2026-10-02) [federal_register]
- Locator
- semspub.epa.gov/work/HQ/184041.pdf (NPL narrative); cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0302841 (site profile)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Federal documentation for this hull's builder yard: Norfolk Naval Shipyard (Portsmouth VA) is an NPL-listed Superfund site; the NPL narrative records that industrial shops at the yard generated wastes including 'scrap metal; waste oils... spent cleaners and solvents; paint and paint sludges; thinners; residues from sandblasting; asbestos; battery electrolytes; plating wastes,' and that in the past waterfront maintenance wastes were 'frequently either dumped overboard or onto the ground.' Documents that asbestos was among the yard's industrial waste streams - the venue where this hull was built in 1942.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1998-1999 (listing documentation); historical waste practices referenced
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard/NNSY industrial trades across the yard's operating history
- Limitations
- Yard-level environmental documentation, not a hull record - the ship is not named. The narrative describes waste streams as assessed at NPL listing (1998-99) and does not itself date asbestos use to this hull's 1942 construction window; 1942 relevance is era inference. Does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, or quantity.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-341-lst341-06
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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 and service era (1942-46).
- 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 this session - gao.gov blocks automated fetch (HTTP 403, same standing block noted in Batch 01); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-341-lst341-07
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[9]Batch-6880 search ledger (this record): DANFS via Wayback; NavSource live page + flotilla war-diary PDFs; USNI photo archive; NVR; EPA Superfund; BuShips SDB v2 (shipscribe); GAO product page; CourtListener; secondary web litigation sweep; hazegray mirror check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-341-lst341-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or docketed case naming USS LST-341 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion search ('USS LST-341', type=o) returned 4 hits, all token-level noise (hyphen-split 'LST'/'341' matching unrelated text - a Navy-Marine Corps Court of Military Review sentencing case, a Louisiana asbestos-appeal caption, a 1951 Texas AG opinion, a Texas criminal appeal); none names the vessel. Secondary sweeps surfaced no asbestos-specific content for this hull - only ship-directory and veteran-roster pages (uboat.net, Together We Served), none asserting exposure with primary sourcing.
- 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 - era materials are consistent with the ship's 1942 construction, and her post-sale merchant conversion and subsequent fate are undocumented. CourtListener opinion coverage was completed (no qualifying result); the RECAP docket search remained blocked by fleet pacing at end of session - see search_ledger sl-09. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-341-lst341-08
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[10]Award-count cross-check: DANFS 'four battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation' vs NavSource prose 'five battle stars' (NavSource's own ribbon display shows Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4); engagement listing P21/P24/P29/P31 = four campaigns) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS award sentence (Wayback capture); NavSource 10/16/160341.htm award prose vs ribbon rack
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: NavSource's prose states 'USS LST-341 earned five battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation,' but DANFS - the authoritative award source - records four battle stars plus the NUC, and NavSource's own awards rack displays the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with (4), matching the four campaigns in its own campaign table (New Georgia Group; Treasury-Bougainville; Marianas; Leyte). The DANFS figure of four battle stars is carried; NavSource's 'five' is a transcription inconsistency on that page.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Limitations
- Corrects a circulating award-count error, not a material claim. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-341-lst341-09