Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-380 entry (official NHHC page; live URL returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-02 - cited as the verified Wayback Machine capture of 2024-05-26; corroborated by the NavSource DANFS transcription) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- ARCHIVED COPY: Wayback capture 20240526234245 of history.navy.mil .../danfs/l/lst-380.html (live canonical URL 404s under both URL patterns); corroborating transcription at https://www.navsource.net/archives/10/16/160380.htm (live)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-380 was laid down 10 December 1942 at Quincy, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched 10 February 1943, sponsored by Mrs. D. J. Callahan; and commissioned 15 February 1943, Lt. Marcus A. Goodrich, USNR, in command. Assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East theater, she participated in the Sicilian occupation (9-15 July 1943), the Salerno landings (9-24 September 1943), and the invasion of Normandy (6-25 June 1944). She was decommissioned and transferred (loaned) to the United Kingdom 20 November 1944 (HM LST-380), returned to US naval custody 11 April 1946, decommissioned and sold 7 June 1946 to the United States Military Government, Korea, and struck from the Naval Register 19 July 1946. LST-380 earned three battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Limitations
- Archived official page - the live NHHC URL is dead (404) and this record cites the Wayback capture, labeled archived per citation policy. NavSource transcription independently corroborates all dates. Contains no asbestos, materials, or survey information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-380-lst380-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-380 (10/16/160380) - specifications 'as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence-1945', commanding-officer list, and photo captions with NARA/USASC identifiers [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block; Commanding Officers table; photo caption rows 1016038001 (SC206438) and 1016038005 (NARA 193784531)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource reproduces the ship's ONI-1945 specification block: displacement 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full (sea-going, 1,675-ton load) / 2,366 t; 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam; speed 11.6 kt trial; endurance 24,000 nm at 9 kt at 3,960 t; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted plus troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted; propulsion two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesels on Falk reduction gears, twin screws 1,700 shp - a diesel plant with no boilers. Photo record documents the hull loading at Brixham Harbour, England, 1 June 1944 for the cross-channel invasion (US Army Signal Corps SC206438) and unloading onto a floating causeway at Normandy June-July 1944 (US NARA identifier 193784531); a crew photo shows CO Marcus Goodrich circa 1 June 1944 at Brixham. The commanding-officer table lists Lt. Marcus A. Goodrich, USNR (15 February 1943 - 14 April 1944) and Lt. Micken Shipp Beasley, USNR (14 April 1944 - 20 November 1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Limitations
- ONI-1945 figures are design/standard figures, not this hull's measured crew count; NavSource is a volunteer transcription archive (authoritative-adjacent, not a primary repository). The diesel-plant confirmation is relevant to the exposure pathway analysis only (no boiler lagging); the source contains no asbestos statement and supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-380-lst380-02
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[3]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'Landing Ships Tank LST 1 thru LST 400' - yard row for LST-380, hull no. 1541 [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST 1-400 table, row LST-380 / Quincy MA / hull 1541
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder's-table record for hull 1541 at Quincy, MA: keel laid 10-Dec-42, launched 10-Feb-43, delivered 15-Feb-43 (62 days on ways, 5 days in water, 67 total), disposition 'To Britain, to Korea 1946, to Taiwan 1955.' The table lists the yard under 'General Dynamics' - the yard's 1963-and-later owner; the 1942 builder of record is Bethlehem Steel Co. (DANFS/NavSource).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1955
- Limitations
- Reputable specialist secondary reference, not a primary registry; build dates corroborate DANFS but the 'to Taiwan 1955' custody leg is secondary-sourced only and unverified against any registry. Yard column uses later owner name (General Dynamics) - anachronistic for the 1942-43 build; builder of record is Bethlehem Steel Co. The same source's yard-history page (shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/bethquincy.htm) identifies the Quincy yard as the Fore River shipyard - basis for the 'Fore River yard' label in this record's builder field. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-380-lst380-03
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[4]uboat.net Allied Warships, HMS LST 380 (LST 380) ship page - RN CO list and convoy event record; NavSource page citing Ian MacDermott, Ships Without Names (Malaya participation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net HMS LST 380 page - commands table (Richardson 1944-12-10 to 1945-10-01) and 'Notable events' (convoy OS 126/KMS 101, 2 May 1945); NavSource chronology line 'Participated in Malaya invasion (MacDermott Ships Without Names)'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Royal Navy service record: commissioned HM LST-380 on 20 November 1944; RN commanding officer T/A/Lt.Cdr. Kenneth Walter Richardson, RNR (10 December 1944 - 1 October 1945); took passage east in combined convoy OS 126/KMS 101 departing UK 2 May 1945; participated in the Malaya operation (1945) per MacDermott's Ships Without Names as cited by NavSource; decommissioned and returned to the USN 11 April 1946. The uboat.net USS-page data block lists the construction contract order date as 7 August 1942.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- uboat.net is a reputable compiled wartime-reference site, not an archive; the Malaya participation claim rests on MacDermott's print history as quoted by NavSource - the underlying RN operational record (UK National Archives ADM series) was not retrieved. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-380-lst380-04
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[5]Sea History 162 (National Maritime Historical Society), 'Salute to M/V Salvage Chief' - Salvage Chief built as USS LSM-380; plus zh.wikipedia ROCN LST roster (Tai Sheng = ex-LST-237) and NavSource 'fate unknown' note [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Sea History 162 Salvage Chief feature (USS LSM-380, laid 23 Dec 1944, Brown Ship Building Co., Houston); zh.wikipedia Chung Hai-class LST table, LST-237 row ('台生' sunk 1958-08-24); Wikipedia USS LST-380 infobox 'lost 25 August 1958'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposition conflict documented: (a) NavSource records 'Final Disposition, fate unknown' after the 7 June 1946 sale to the U.S. Military Government, Korea; (b) Colton's builder table (also Naval Marine Archive, citing the same references) tracks the hull 'to Korea 1946, to Taiwan 1955'; (c) the Wikipedia infobox asserts 'lost 25 August 1958' - unverified, and the documented ex-US LST sunk in the 24 August 1958 Kinmen (Taiwan Strait) action was the chartered transport Tai Sheng, identified in ROC-Navy LST roster reproductions as ex-LST-237, not LST-380; (d) a Wikipedia mirror version additionally contains a paragraph identifying 'ex-LST-380' as the Astoria, Oregon salvage vessel Salvage Chief - Salvage Chief is documented as ex-USS LSM-380 (Landing Ship Medium, Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, 1945), an LST-vs-LSM name collision.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1946-1958
- Limitations
- The record does NOT assert a final fate: 'to Taiwan 1955' is secondary-only; 'lost 25 Aug 1958' is unverified and rests on a likely conflation with the ex-LST-237 Tai Sheng (sunk 24 Aug 1958, a different hull); the Salvage Chief identification is a documented LST/LSM name collision. Post-Korea custody chain remains an open gap.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-380-lst380-05
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[6]UPI Archives, 'Marcus Goodrich dies at age 93' (22 October 1991); corroborated by NavSource commanding-officer table and New York Times obituary (1991-10-22, access-limited to automated fetch) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- UPI obituary text; NavSource CO table (Goodrich 1943-02-15 to 1944-04-14); nytimes.com/1991/10/22 obituary (HTTP 403 to automated fetch - content via search-index extract)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's first commanding officer, Lt. (later Lt.Cdr.) Marcus Aurelius Goodrich, USNR (15 February 1943 - 14 April 1944), was the novelist author of 'Delilah' (1941), the acclaimed naval novel drawn from his WWI destroyer service, and later the first husband of actress Olivia de Havilland; his obituary records WWII naval service including the Salerno and Sicily campaigns - consistent with LST-380's theater record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1991
- Limitations
- Personnel/biographical context only - vessel-history fact with no exposure significance; the obituary's 'Okinawa' mention describes Goodrich's full WWII service, not this hull (LST-380 departed the European war for RN transfer in November 1944). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-380-lst380-06
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[7]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (13 April 1945, NAVSHIPS 250-011), LST design table - shipscribe.com hosted scan [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2, LST design-table section (NAVSHIPS 250-011); prior class-profile verification at lst-1-class.class.json ev-lst-1-class-01 (accessed 2026-09-16; URL since relocated from /styles/usnaux/sdb/ to /pubs/)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/design record: the Bureau of Ships Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 2 (NAVSHIPS 250-011) LST design table documents the LST-1-series type plant as two General Motors 12-567A diesels (~1,700 shp, Falk gears, twin screws) - a diesel ship with no boiler plant - with accommodations for 13 officers and ~106 enlisted plus embarked troops. Era/design asbestos inference for diesel-powered LSTs concentrates in engine-room and exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, deck coverings, accommodation/bulkhead insulation, and winch brake linings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (Bethlehem Quincy, 1942-43); embarked crews and troops
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation, not a hull record - the table does not name LST-380 and contains no asbestos statement; asbestos applications aboard this hull are era inference only. Establishes no quantities, no individual exposure, no present-day material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-380-lst380-07
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[8]NIOSH Stacks record cdc:184925 - Burgess WA, Ferris BG Jr., Gaensler EA, Murphy RLH Jr., Worcester J, 'Effects of low concentrations of asbestos...' N Engl J Med 1971;285(23):1271-1278 [other_primary]
- Locator
- CDC Stacks record page - NIOSH-provided abstract, subject fields 'Massachusetts; OSHA Region 1', performing organization Harvard University
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/regional trade documentation: a peer-reviewed Harvard/Boston University study (Murphy, Ferris, Burgess, Worcester, Gaensler; NEJM 285(23):1271-1278, 1971) evaluated 101 pipe coverers at 'a private New England shipyard' (Massachusetts, per NIOSH Stacks subject indexing) and found asbestosis markedly elevated among the pipe coverers versus controls at exposure levels then considered low - documenting asbestos-insulation work in period New England ship construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- study published 1971; workforce exposure era 1930s-1960s
- Population
- Shipyard pipe coverers / insulation trades (New England, pre-1971)
- Limitations
- The study yard is unnamed in the source ('a private New England shipyard') - this record does NOT assert it was the Bethlehem Quincy/Fore River yard. Shipyard-trade era context only; establishes nothing about this hull, its outfit, or any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-380-lst380-08
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[9]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch - standing access gap; content via product-page description)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy since 1975 removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - program-level confirmation that the Navy used and managed asbestos insulation fleet-wide, including in the private yards that built the LST program's ships. Irrelevant to this hull's post-disposal fate (sold foreign 1946) but documents the construction-era material environment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program review)
- Limitations
- Program-level Navy documentation, not hull- or yard-specific; covers naval shipyard practices, not the private Fore River yard. Establishes nothing about asbestos aboard LST-380.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-380-lst380-09
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[10]Batch-6921 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket sweeps for 'LST-380' / 'LST 380'; class-profile prior sweep found only an incidental 'USS LST 579' reunion-notice mention (Gitto v. A.W. Chesterton, S.D.N.Y.) across all LSTs [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-380-lst380-06 through -08; collision docket 67622293 verified 2026-10-02
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: CourtListener opinion search '"LST-380"' returned 0 results; opinion search '"LST 380" asbestos' returned 0 results; RECAP docket search '"LST-380"' returned one name collision (Southeast Development Partners, LLC v. St. Johns County, Florida, M.D. Fla. 3:23-cv-00846, a civil-rights land-use case with no vessel connection). No asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or published decision naming LST-380 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 located public records is not proof of absence - RECAP coverage of state-court and pre-2000 maritime filings is incomplete, LSTs carried hull numbers only (no name) until 1955 making name-based litigation sweeps impractical, and unindexed MDL-875 complaint exhibits are not searchable. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-380-lst380-10
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[11]National Archives, Special List 44 - Logbooks of the U.S. Navy, 1801-1945, ship-number index (LST-380 row); plus record-group mapping (RG 24 deck logs / RG 38 war diaries / UK NA ADM) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL-44 ship-number table, LST-380 row (2/15/1943-11/20/1944) - verified live HTTP 200
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 (Logbooks of the U.S. Navy, 1801-1945, by ship number) indexes an LST-380 deck-log run covering 15 February 1943 through 20 November 1944 - the full USN commission period to RN transfer. Additional leads not retrieved (research-room or reproduction order required): NARA RG 38 WWII war diaries and amphibious action reports covering the Sicily, Salerno, and Normandy operations; UK National Archives ADM-series logs for HM LST-380 (1944-46); Bethlehem Steel / Fore River yard contract and outfitting records for hull 1541 (Quincy, MA local-history collections hold Fore River Shipyard materials).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1944 (indexed log range); 1942-1946 records generally
- Limitations
- The index hit is verified, but it is an index to logbooks, not the logbooks themselves - the indexed material was not reviewed and may not be digitized. Establishes an archival lead and date range only; no asbestos, maintenance, exposure, or causation finding. The RG 38 / ADM / yard-record leads are record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-380-lst380-11
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[12]Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 'Occupational Exposure to Asbestos,' 59 Fed. Reg. 40964 (Aug. 10, 1994) - historical-contact discussion, 'Shipbuilding and repairing - historical contact with asbestos in shipyard work' [federal_register]
- Locator
- OSHA FR page, shipbuilding historical-contact section; live URL returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch - text obtained via live web extraction; an independently verified archival capture remains desirable before publication (carried from the earlier committed scaffold record)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- OSHA's asbestos rulemaking historical discussion states that asbestos products were used extensively on American ships from the early 1940s through the late 1970s - including insulation for steam and hot-water pipes, boilers, and machinery-space tanks; ceiling tile; and fire-resistant sheets in bulkheads - and records OSHA's belief that ships delivered before 1975 contain extensive asbestos insulation materials.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- early 1940s-late 1970s (historical discussion); rulemaking 1994
- Population
- American shipbuilding, repair, and overhaul workers (industry context)
- Limitations
- Era/industry-level regulatory history, not a hull record - does not establish that any cited product was installed, retained, disturbed, or present aboard LST-380, nor individual exposure, disease, causation, quantity, or legal eligibility. Note the diesel LST design has no boiler/steam-pipe plant, narrowing which listed applications could apply.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-380-lst380-12