Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 665-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-352-lst352-pkt-665-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-352 (NHHC live page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-352 entry (single-paragraph LST-format entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 9 November 1942 at Norfolk Navy Yard; launched 7 February 1943; sponsored by Miss Virginia Henley; commissioned 26 February 1943. Assigned to the European theater: Sicilian occupation (July 1943); Salerno landings (September 1943); West Coast of Italy operations - Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings (January through March 1944) and Elba and Pianosa landings (June 1944); invasion of southern France (August through September 1944). Transferred to the United Kingdom 24 December 1944; returned to US Navy custody 2 August 1946; struck from the Navy list 29 October 1946; sold to Greece sometime between 21 November 1946 and 6 January 1947. Four battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew
- Limitations
- DANFS documents build dates and service history, not materials or asbestos content. Does not give complement, dimensions, or machinery figures for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-352-lst352-01
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[3]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-352 (10/16/160352) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource USS LST-352 page: awards block, history, Royal Navy history block, specifications, commanding officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: LST-1 class tank landing ship; laid down 9 November 1942 at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA; launched 7 February 1943; commissioned USS LST-352 on 26 February 1943, LT. Joseph Kahrs Jr. USNR in command. Campaign list matches DANFS with per-campaign dates (Sicily 9-15 July 1943; Salerno 9-21 September 1943; Anzio-Nettuno 22 January-4 February and 21 February-1 March 1944; Elba and Pianosa 17 June 1944; southern France 15 August-25 September 1944). Royal Navy service: commissioned as HM LST-352 on 24 December 1944; refit at Rotterdam, The Netherlands; paid off and returned to US Navy custody at Bremerhaven, Germany, 2 August 1946. Struck from the Naval Register 29 October 1946; sold to Greece between 21 November 1946 and 6 January 1947; final disposition unknown. Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full load; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; complement 9 officers/120 enlisted; troop accommodations 14 officers/131 enlisted; 6 LCVP; two General Motors 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. Commanding officers: LT Joseph Kahrs Jr. (Feb 1943-Apr 1944), LT J. C. Breaux (Apr-Nov 1944), LTjg Charles Vincent Lyness (Nov-24 Dec 1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; USN crew 1943-44; RN crew 1944-46
- Limitations
- NavSource is the canonical per-hull reference used across this dataset; its specifications are class-level figures applied to the hull record. Documents history and design; contains no asbestos, materials, or exposure information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-352-lst352-02
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[4]NAVSEA official photo release 190605-N-JC336-002, 'LST Class ship in dry dock at Norfolk Naval Shipyard' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSEA Media Images, photo caption text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NAVSEA statement: 'Among the five classes of ships NNSY built or modernized to support the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, the shipyard built 20 tank landing ships (LSTs), numbered LST-333 though [through] LST-352.' Confirms Norfolk Naval Shipyard (Norfolk Navy Yard during construction) built this hull and that LST-352 closed the yard's 20-ship LST block.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades
- Limitations
- Confirms builder and hull-block membership only; no materials or asbestos information. The caption dates the yard's LST program to the Normandy-support period; this hull's own keel (November 1942) predates that framing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-352-lst352-03
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[5]NARA, RG 38 (Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations), WWII War Diaries/Operational Records - five digitized file units naming this hull: NAID 134302190 (Action Reports, 7/10-11/43); NAID 78421009 (AA Act Rep, 22, 25 & 27 January 1944, Anzio); NAID 78551851 (Rep of Ops 6/16-18/44, Elba and Pianosa); NAID 78477605 (Rep of Ops 6/16-18/44, Assault on Marina Di Campo, Elba); NAID 78622125 (Rep of Ops 8/12-17/44, Invasion of Southern France) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search "LST-352"; NAIDs 134302190, 78421009, 78551851, 78477605, 78622125
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives Catalog holds digitized contemporaneous action reports authored by this hull's command for the Sicily, Anzio, Elba/Pianosa, and southern France operations - the hull's own primary operational records. Deck logs for this hull exist in NARA's logbook holdings but are not digitized in the catalog (paper reproduction only).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Wartime crew (action-report authorship)
- Limitations
- Operational records: they document combat operations and crew activity, not materials or asbestos content. Not reviewed page-by-page; no asbestos-relevant content expected or located. Deck-log retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-352-lst352-04
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan) + consolidated era amphibious-ship construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table; class profile lst-1-class.class.json (ev-lst-1-class-01, ev-lst-1-class-03)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference for this diesel-powered LST-1-class hull: the BuShips 1945 design table documents 2 x GM 12-567A diesels (~1,700 shp, 2 shafts, Falk reduction gears) - a diesel plant with no boilers, which narrows the steam-lagging pathway. Asbestos-relevant applications for the type were engine/exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, electrical insulation, and brake linings on winches and windlass. US Navy construction of this era routinely used asbestos-containing insulation, gaskets, and packing.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; USN crew 1943-44; RN crew 1944-46
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation and era inference only - no source located names this hull's materials, and no per-hull material schedule was found. Does not establish asbestos presence aboard this specific hull, quantities, or any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-352-lst352-05
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[7]NAVFAC Norfolk NSY Environmental Restoration site descriptions + EPA Superfund listing VA1170024813 (Norfolk Naval Shipyard, listed 1999); Atlas shipyards.json record 'norfolk-naval-shipyard' (tier 2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVFAC Norfolk NSY Site Descriptions page; EPA Superfund site profile VA1170024813
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The builder yard is a documented asbestos site: EPA listed Norfolk Naval Shipyard as a Superfund site (VA1170024813) in 1999, and NAVFAC site descriptions record that wastes disposed at yard sites 'included various solid wastes generated by NNSY, salvage waste, abrasive blast material (ABM), fly ash, and asbestos'; the 1927 Landfill (used 1927-1941) and Paradise Creek disposal area (1945-1983) both received asbestos-containing material. This hull was built at this yard November 1942-February 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1927-1999 (yard contamination record); 1942-1943 (this hull's build window)
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard workers 1942-43 (construction environment)
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation of asbestos use and disposal at the construction site - not a hull record. Establishes that the yard handled and disposed of asbestos in the era, not that specific materials went aboard this hull; the 1927 Landfill's documented window actually closes before this hull's keel date. Does not establish crew exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-352-lst352-06
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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 to automated fetch, HTTP 403; content via product-page description)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: extensive asbestos insulation use in naval shipbuilding and repair was the standing condition through the era covered by the report, with a 1975 policy removing insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); 1942-46 (this hull's relevant window)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program scope)
- Limitations
- Program-level context for the era in which this hull was built; the report postdates this hull's US custody (ended 1946) by three decades and does not mention this vessel or class. Does not establish materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-352-lst352-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 searches, 2026-10-02: "LST-352" (type=o: 0 results; type=r: 1 result) and "USS LST-352" (type=o: 0; type=r: 0); "LST 352" asbestos (type=o: 0; type=r: 0). Sole docket hit: Martin L. Veitz and Bonnie S. Veitz, No. 19-21434 (Bankr. W.D. Pa.), Chapter 13 bankruptcy - the string 'LST-352' appears inside a scanned debtor pay-stub exhibit, not as a party, claim, or exposure site [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search results; Veitz docket 19-21434, ECF No. 21 (employee income records)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located. The single CourtListener docket hit for 'LST-352' is an incidental string match inside an income-records exhibit in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy - a name collision, not litigation involving the vessel. No opinion or docket names USS LST-352 or ties the hull to asbestos exposure.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02 (search date)
- Limitations
- Absence of a located docket does not prove no claim was ever filed - RECAP coverage is incomplete for older state-court asbestos filings and MDL-875 service lists are not exhaustively indexed by hull number. The Veitz hit is classified as a name collision (incidental OCR string in a pay exhibit), not litigation involving the ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-352-lst352-08
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[10]Batch-6891 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS; NavSource; NAVSEA; NARA catalog; Naval Vessel Register; CourtListener opinion and docket indexes; Atlas shipyards.json; secondary web [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-352-lst352-01 through sl-uss-lst-352-lst352-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, materials schedule, or docketed case naming LST-352 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- 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-consistent construction argues for its presence, but that is inference, not ship-proven documentation. This hull's early disposal (foreign transfer 1944, sold 1946/47) shortens the window in which US-era abatement or survey records could have been generated. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-352-lst352-09