Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'LST-377' (Naval History and Heritage Command, published 2015) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-377 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS (NHHC): LST-377 was laid down 28 November 1942 at Quincy, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched 1 February 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Edward T. Dobbyn; commissioned 8 February 1943, Lt. A. C. Parks, USNR, in command. World War II European-theater operations: Sicilian occupation (July 1943), Salerno landings (September 1943), Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings (January through March 1944), Invasion of Normandy (June 1944). Post-war occupation duty in the Far East until early February 1946; decommissioned 7 June 1946; struck from the Navy list 31 July 1946; sold 1 April 1948 to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa., and subsequently scrapped. Earned four battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Limitations
- Authoritative official ship history for identity and service. DANFS lists only European-theater operations and Far East occupation duty; NavSource additionally documents Asiatic-Pacific theater assignment (LST Flotilla 36 / Group 107 / Division 214) - a completeness gap, not a conflict. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-377-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-377 (10/16/160377), compiled from official records incl. DANFS, NHHC photography, and war diaries [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST-377 archive page: timeline, campaign table, specifications, commanding-officer and photo sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource per-hull archive page: LST-1-class tank landing ship; laid down 28 November 1942 at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy MA; launched 1 February 1943; commissioned 8 February 1943 with Lt. Arvil C. Parks, USNR, in command; campaign date ranges for Sicily (9-15 July 1943), Salerno (9-21 September 1943), Anzio-Nettuno (22 January-1 March 1944), Normandy (6-25 June 1944); Asiatic-Pacific assignment under LST Flotilla 36 (CAPT. D.F.J. Shea), LST Group 107 (CDR. L.F. Teuscher), LST Division 214; occupation service in the Far East 8 September 1945 to 6 February 1946; decommissioned 7 June 1946; struck 31 July 1946; sold for scrapping 1 April 1948 to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem PA. Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 GM 12-567A 900-hp diesels, Falk main reduction gear, 2 propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders, 3 diesel-drive 100 kW 230V DC generators. Commanding-officer list (Parks; Cunningham; Hynes; Dukes) and award record (American Campaign Medal; EAME Medal with 4 stars; Asiatic-Pacific Medal; WWII Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Medal with Asia clasp). Photographic record: LST-377 beached at Ajaccio, Corsica, 25-26 March 1944 during the Naples-Ajaccio-Nisida convoy (with reference to the LST-326 war diary), and under way in San Francisco Bay early 1946 carrying LCT-531 (NHHC photo NH 79008).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Limitations
- Canonical per-hull compiled archive (volunteer-maintained), not itself an official record - its entries restate official sources (DANFS text, NHHC photo NH 79008, war-diary excerpts). Campaign date ranges and Pacific flotilla assignments add detail beyond the DANFS narrative. No asbestos, materials, or condition content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-377-02
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945), NAVSHIPS 250-011 - LST design table and vessel roster (shipscribe.com scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table (LST1-490 row) and LST roster section (LST377-379 entry)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Bureau of Ships Ships' Data 1945, Vol. 2 (NAVSHIPS 250-011): the vessel roster lists LST377-379 as in service on the Navy List as of January 1945 (no strike/transfer/cancellation annotation), and the LST design table gives the class machinery and characteristics for design group LST1-490 (which includes LST-377): 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam, 2,366 t beaching / 4,080 t trial displacement, 11.6 kt, 2 General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, 1,700 shp - diesel plant, no boilers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Official BuShips document. The roster entry names this hull (in service, January 1945); the machinery/characteristics data is design-group level (LST1-490), not a hull-specific survey. No materials or asbestos content anywhere in the document. Note: prior class-profile work cited this file at shipscribe.com/styles/usnaux/sdb/SDB1945v2.pdf - that path now returns HTTP 404; the live path is /pubs/SDB1945v2.pdf (verified 2026-10-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-377-03
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[4]Consolidated era inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v2 machinery data for group LST1-490 plus Corn & Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' AJIM 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST1-490 design row; Corn & Starr abstract/article (Wiley)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference for this diesel-powered LST-1-class hull: with no boilers, the asbestos-relevant applications are GM diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation-space insulation, machinery packing, and winch/crane brake linings - the era-standard applications documented for WWII shipbuilding generally.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948 construction and service era
- Population
- Construction trades (Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, 1942-43); ship's company and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-level asbestos record exists for this hull. The Corn & Starr paper documents wartime shipbuilding asbestos policy/practice at program level; it does not name this vessel, LSTs, or any specific product installed aboard. Establishes no quantities, no present-day presence (hull scrapped 1948), and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-377-04
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[5]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (published Oct 18, 1979; publicly released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing 1975 policy removed and replaced with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed to accomplish necessary repairs; modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas where repairs would be expected during a ship's next operating cycle - i.e., original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it.
- 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 only - and it POSTDATES this hull, which was sold for scrapping in 1948; the 1975/1979 in-service policies never applied to LST-377. GAO fieldwork covered Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. Value here is confirming WWII-era Navy hulls carried asbestos insulation that the service managed in place - it does not establish that asbestos was aboard this specific vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-377-05
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[6]Thigpen, Laura, 'LST 377: Long ago, but not forgotten,' Washington Times-Herald (Washington, Indiana), 24 October 2005 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Article body
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Reputable-press veteran account (Washington Times-Herald, 2005): crewman Tom Graham Sr. recalled beaching LST-377 on Juno Beach on 6 June 1944 and making multiple trips to the Normandy beaches; the article reports '75 crewmen and five officers' guiding the ship in 1944 and describes ongoing crew reunions. It also records that crewman Bob Hirt obtained the ship's logs about 15 years after the war - indicating the wartime deck logs existed in private hands circa 1960.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2005 article; 1944 events recalled
- Population
- LST-377 crew (1944)
- Limitations
- Veteran recollection as reported by local press, not a Navy operational record. The '75 crewmen and five officers' figure is a 1944 operational recollection that differs from the design complement (13 officers / 104 enlisted) - carried as a discrepancy, not merged (see gaps). The Juno Beach detail is consistent with the Normandy campaign credit but beach-level detail is not in DANFS. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-377-06
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[7]Batch-6917 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS, NavSource 160377, BuShips SDB 1945 v2, NVR, MARAD ShipHistory, CourtListener API v4, NARA record-group guidance [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-377-01 through sl-uss-lst-377-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming LST-377 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener opinion search on the exact hull string 'LST-377' returned zero results, and the RECAP docket index returned a single non-qualifying name collision - Perozo-Rangel v. Noem, S.D. Tex. 5:26-cv-00358 (2026), a federal habeas corpus petition (alien detainee) whose RECAP-indexed document text matched the string; the case has no connection to the vessel or to asbestos. The unhyphenated 'LST 377' opinion variant could not be swept - the fleet request budget was exhausted this session (see search_ledger). The hull was scrapped in 1948, before modern asbestos-records regimes, and has no museum-preservation track that would generate hazmat documentation.
- 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 - a 1943 hull built to standard LST-1-class practice is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. The CourtListener sweep is partial: opinion index queried and empty; RECAP docket index returned one incidental name collision (habeas exhibit string); the 'LST 377' (unhyphenated) opinion variant could not be completed under fleet pacing this session and remains open. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-377-07
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[8]NARA record-group guidance: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel - deck logs), RG 38 (Office of the Chief of Naval Operations - war diaries), RG 19/RG 181 (BuShips/naval-district records); NavSource link to Fold3 scan of LST-326 war diary [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Guide to Federal Records RG 24; Fold3 link embedded at navsource.net/archives/10/16/pdf/160326a.pdf
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 24 WWII deck logs for LST-377, digitized via NARA's Fold3 partnership - a related Fold3 scan (LST-326 war diary) linked from the NavSource page documents the shared Naples-Ajaccio convoy of 25-26 March 1944; (b) NARA RG 38 ship war diaries (LST Flotilla 36 / Group 107 / Division 214 records would cover her Pacific service); (c) Bethlehem Steel Fore River yard construction records (hull-level outfitting specifications) via NARA RG 19 / RG 181 Boston Navy Yard district files; (d) the 2005 press account indicates a crewman held the ship's logs privately ~15 years postwar - current whereabouts unknown.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documentation for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Fold3 scans sit behind a subscription. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-377-08