Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 666-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-358-lst358-pkt-666-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-358 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, four European-theater operations, UK transfer, strike, disposal (live NHHC page, verified HTTP 200 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-358 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: laid down 24 October 1942 at the Charleston Navy Yard; launched 15 December 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Robert Arthur Hinners; commissioned 8 February 1943. European-theater operations: Sicilian occupation July 1943; Salerno landings September 1943; Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings January through March 1944; invasion of southern France August and September 1944. Transferred to the United Kingdom 24 December 1944; returned to U.S. Navy custody 27 February 1946; struck from the Navy list 15 August 1946; sold 3 October 1947 to Southern Trading Co., Philadelphia, Pa., and subsequently scrapped. Four battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction workforce (1942-43); ship's company and embarked troops (1943-44)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS gives operation months, not exact beaching dates; the decommissioning wording is implied by the same-day transfer (NavSource states 'Decommissioned and transferred').
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-358-lst358-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, HM LST-358 ex USS LST-358 (10/16/160358.htm) - designation timeline, campaign dates, spec block, CO list, awards, photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160358.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-1-class tank landing ship laid down 24 October 1942 at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.; launched 15 December 1942; commissioned USS LST-358 8 February 1943, LT. F. E. Clerk Jr., USNR, in command (the CO table dates Clerk 9 February 1943 - 11 March 1944, then LT D. E. Carter USNR to December 1944, then LTjg G. H. Sweet Jr. USNR to 24 December 1944). Campaign table with exact dates: Sicilian occupation 9-15 July 1943; Salerno landings 9-21 September 1943; Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings 22 January-1 March 1944; invasion of southern France 15 August-22 September 1944. Decommissioned and transferred to the United Kingdom 24 December 1944; commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-358 the same day, 'no record of service'; paid off and returned to US Navy custody 27 February 1946 at Norfolk, VA; struck from the Naval Register 15 August 1946; sold for scrapping 3 October 1947 to Southern Trading Co., Philadelphia, PA. Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt trial; 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk reduction gear, 2 shafts 1,700 shp, 3 x 100 kW DC generators, twin rudders; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; call sign NZEF. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4), WWII Victory Medal. Photos document the ship at Termini-Imerese, Sicily, 13 September 1943 during Salerno support; unloading in Anzio harbor January-February 1944; beached at Ajaccio, Corsica, 25-26 March 1944 with LST-326, LST-197, LST-377, and LST-360 on a Naples-Ajaccio convoy; as the first ship into Leghorn, Italy, carrying engineer equipment; and among the LSTs concentrated at Bizerte, Tunisia, December 1944 for the UK transfer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Ship's company (~117) plus embarked troops (1943-44); RN crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - construction, campaign, transfer, and disposal dates cross-check cleanly against DANFS. The CO-table commissioning-day discrepancy (8 vs 9 February 1943) is unresolved; the 'first ship into Leghorn' detail and photo captions are NavSource-sourced narrative not corroborated by a primary record this session. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-358-lst358-02
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[4]NARA NAID 139782187, 'USS LST-358 - War Diary, 11/1-30/44' (submitted 1 December 1944, signed D. E. Carter; RG 38 World War II War Diaries; microfilm roll A1318; 33 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139782187, images 0344-0376; SOPA/berthing entries daily 1-30 November 1944; officer list on final page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's November 1944 war diary (all 33 images downloaded and OCR-read this session) documents the transfer-staging month verbatim: moored at Pier 5, Palermo, Sicily, 1 November (SOPA aboard USS BROOKLYN), shifting berths alongside USS LST-659; then moored bow to dock at Berths 7, 6, and 29, Karouba, Tunisia, and anchored in Baie de Bizerte through the month - SOPA Rear Admiral F. J. Lowry aboard USCGC DUANE, later Cmdr. C. F. Swanson aboard USS DELTA - with harbor maneuvering exercises under TG81.2 orders (25 November). The officer list names LT Donald E. Carter, USNR, commanding officer, and LT(jg) George H. Sweet Jr., USNR, navigator. Content is operational mooring/inspection/maneuver entries; the diary contains no asbestos, material, repair-availability, or conversion content.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-11-01 to 1944-11-30
- Population
- Ship's company under LT D. E. Carter USNR; Bizerte-staging amphibious forces
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; documents locations and routine, not material content - no asbestos reference and no yard availability in this month. OCR was clean; daily entries are terse mooring/inspection lines.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-358-lst358-03
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[5]NARA NAID 78176067, 'USS LST-358 - Act Rep, Op "AVALANCHE"' (CO letter 25 September 1943, signed F. E. Clerk Jr.; RG 38 World War II War Diaries; microfilm roll A566; 13 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78176067, images 1132-1144; daily action-report pages 9-16 September 1943; per-attack summary forms; ComPhibFor8 third endorsement 19 October 1943
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's Operation AVALANCHE action report (all 13 images downloaded and OCR-read this session) documents the Salerno assault verbatim: underway in Convoy FSS-2X with Convoy Commodore Captain Adams aboard LST-358; general quarters through repeated enemy air attacks from 9 September; anchored off Red Beach early 10 September; beached at 'Blue Beach I', Golfo di Salerno, 0730 on 10 September - 'In executing this operation we burned out the motor of the stern winch, and thereafter we controlled the stern anchor by means of the bower anchor capstan'; discharged cargo to pontoon causeways (HMS LST-425 beached both sides to shift the causeway) and to DUKWs; engaged Focke-Wulf raiders (11 rounds 20mm 10 September; 43 rounds 40mm and 5 rounds 3"/50 15-16 September); embarked eight seriously wounded for USS ANCON 16 September; departed for Palermo 16 September. Per-attack forms record no hits on ship and no damage beyond the stern-winch motor. Commander Eighth Amphibious Force's third endorsement (19 October 1943) corrects the beach ID ('Blue Beach 1' believed in reality 'Red 1'; no 'Blue Beach 2' existed) and notes a 15 September enemy plane downed by collision with USS LST-347's barrage balloon.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-09-09 to 1943-09-16
- Population
- Ship's company under LT F. E. Clerk Jr. USNR; embarked Fifth Army cargo/wounded (September 1943)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; documents combat operations and the stern-winch casualty, not material content - no asbestos reference. The CO's beach naming ('Blue Beach I/II') is corrected by the force commander's endorsement (actual 'Red 1'); both readings are in the record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-358-lst358-04
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[6]NARA NAID 78318290, 'USS LST-358 - Act Rep, 1/22/44 to 2/6/44, Anzio, Italy' (RG 38 World War II War Diaries; microfilm roll A840; 18 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78318290, images 1016-1033; readable per-attack summary forms (items 11-26) on images 1023-1033; narrative pages ribbon-degraded
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's Anzio action report (18 images downloaded and OCR-attempted this session) covers 22 January-6 February 1944. The narrative pages are ribbon-degraded and largely illegible in this scan; the per-attack summary forms are readable and document multiple enemy air attacks with, on each form, 'Hits on ship: No/None', strafing absent or minor (one 50-cal. incident), near bomb misses with 'Casualties from near misses: None', and 'Damage: None'.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-01-22 to 1944-02-06
- Population
- Ship's company (January-February 1944)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; the degraded narrative pages mean daily operational detail was not captured - only the repeated no-hit/no-damage form entries are carried. No asbestos or material content in the legible pages.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-358-lst358-05
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[7]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan, verified live 2026-10-02); NavSource LST-358 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; NavSource 160358.htm specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference for this hull: the LST-1 design group ran a diesel plant (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, 1,700 shp total, Falk reduction gear, twin screws - BuShips design table and this hull's NavSource spec block) with no boilers, so the steam-plant lagging pathway of boiler vessels does not apply. Asbestos-relevant applications aboard a 1942-43 diesel landing ship of this type were the era-standard set - diesel-exhaust and machinery-space lagging, gaskets and packing, accommodation thermal insulation, deck coverings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard construction trades (1942-43); ship's company/embarked troops (1943-44); RN crew (1944-46); 1947 shipbreakers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package was located for LST-358. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-358-lst358-06
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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 to automated fetch, reconfirmed 2026-10-02)
- 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 construction (1942-43), her Mediterranean service and the December 1944 Royal Navy transfer, and her 1947 scrapping.
- 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 (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-358-lst358-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated, fleet-paced helper), opinion and docket indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-358-lst358-08 through -11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located: exact-phrase "LST-358" returned 0 in the CourtListener opinion index and 0 in the docket index; "LST 358" asbestos and "USS LST-358" opinion queries also returned 0 (authenticated helper, HTTP 200). No asbestos case naming this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- CourtListener indexes published opinions and RECAP dockets - state-court filings, unreported settlements, MDL-875 pleading-level vessel lists, and non-digitized dockets are outside coverage. A zero qualifying result means no located docketed case/opinion naming this hull, not proof none exists.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-358-lst358-08
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[10]Batch-6897 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NavSource; NARA catalog + three ship-titled file units read (November 1944 war diary in full; AVALANCHE and Anzio action reports); BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO product page; CourtListener API (all 4 queries completed, zero hits); NARA deck-log index; NVR; NIOSH HHE search; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-358-lst358-01 through -16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or qualifying case naming LST-358/HM LST-358 was found in the public sources searched. The strongest ship-specific documentation is operational (war diary and action reports read in full or part this session) and contains no asbestos or material-content references; no repair or conversion availability appears in the records read.
- 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 - wartime construction at a navy yard inside the Navy's asbestos-use era makes class/era inference reasonable but not ship-proven. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-358-lst358-09
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[11]NARA catalog "LST-358" result set (18 ship-titled file units of 276 fuzzy hits); NARA Navy Deck Logs index page [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov "LST-358" result set; archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online LST index
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: NARA carries a near-complete digitized war-diary run for this hull - monthly file units July and September-December 1943 and January-November 1944 (NAIDs 135906138, 78206582, 135971515, 136014702, 78271446, 78305440, 78329734, 78371123, 78426397, 78448703, 78498273, 78557703, 78623048, 134374440, 78681328, 139782187), plus the AVALANCHE (NAID 78176067) and Anzio (NAID 78318290) action reports, all digitized via Fold3 on RG 38 microfilm. An August 1943 ship-titled diary and any December 1944 transfer-month diary were not surfaced in catalog results. WWII deck logs proper are not in NARA's digitized deck-log program (its LST index begins at LST-1032). Charleston Navy Yard work-package and builder's records (RG 181) and Royal Navy transfer/return documentation are unfollowed leads.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946 records
- Population
- Ship's company (1943-44); researchers
- Limitations
- Record-location lead only. Unread diaries and yard records may or may not contain asbestos-relevant information; no such content is represented as found.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-358-lst358-10