Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 675-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-458-lst458-pkt-675-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-458 - construction, operation list, occupation duty, decommission/strike, 1947 sale, awards [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-458 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 18 September 1942 at Vancouver, Wash., by Kaiser, Inc.; launched 26 October 1942; commissioned 10 February 1943, Lt. F. W. Hinrichs, USNR, in command. Asiatic-Pacific operations: Eastern New Guinea (Lae Sept 1943, Saidor Feb 1944); Bismarck Archipelago (Cape Gloucester Dec 1943-Feb 1944; Admiralty Islands landings Mar 1944); Hollandia Apr 1944; Western New Guinea (Toem-Wakde-Sarmi May 1944; Biak Jun 1944; Noemfoor Jul 1944; Cape Sansapor Aug 1944; Morotai Sep 1944); Leyte Oct-Nov 1944; Mindanao Apr 1945. Occupation duty Far East until mid-Oct 1945. Decommissioned 15 April 1946; struck from the Navy list 3 July 1946; sold 31 October 1947 to Luria Steel & Trading Corp., Philadelphia, and subsequently scrapped. Earned six battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Kaiser Vancouver construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-46); embarked troops
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Live page verified via render-farm scrape 2026-10-02 (full entry text extracted); the same host returns 404 to plain automated requests (bot-blocking), so a repeat fetch may falsely appear dead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-458-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-458 (10/16/160458) - milestone timeline, spec block, campaign-date table, awards ribbons, photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 160458.htm header block, campaign table, spec block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 18 Sep 1942 Kaiser Inc. Vancouver WA; launched 26 Oct 1942; commissioned 10 Feb 1943, Lt. Frederick W. Hinrichs USNR. Spec block: 1,625 t lt / 4,080 t fl / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; 13 officers + 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers + 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; diesel fuel 4,300 bbls; propulsion two GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, twin propellers/rudders, 1,700 shp; ultimate armament 2 twin + 4 single 40mm and 12 single 20mm. Occupation service 29 Sep-21 Oct 1945; decommissioned 15 Apr 1946; struck 3 Jul 1946; sold for scrapping 31 Oct 1947 to Luria Steel & Trading Corp., Philadelphia. Photo captions document: Australian troops disembarking at Lae (NARA photo); beached at Toem unloading scout planes 17 May 1944 (Australian War Memorial); Morotai 15 Sep 1944 (NARA; a second frame shows LST-462, LST-245 and LST-458 beached together, US Army Signal Corps SC 261042); beached at Leyte 20 Oct 1944; and ex-LST-458 'banked' in a nest of seven LSTs on the Sabine River at Orange, TX post-strike. Awards ribbons: NUC; American; Asiatic-Pacific (6); WWII Victory; Navy Occupation (Asia); Philippine Presidential Unit Citation; Philippine Liberation (2).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Kaiser Vancouver trades (1942-43); crew (1943-46); Orange TX lay-up personnel (1946-47)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates/specs here agree with DANFS and BuShips SDB-1945 class data. The 'AA batteries downed four Japanese Zeros' line sources to the personal journal of RM1/c James Albin (crew photo hosted on the page) - a crew claim, not an official tally; the ship's action reports at NARA were not page-reviewed for kill claims. Sabine River lay-up rests on a contributor photo caption, not a disposition record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-458-02
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[4]NARA NAID 77707289, 'USS LST-458 - War History' - RG 38 (Office of the Chief of Naval Operations), series 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (NAID 4697018), microfilm roll A2107; 10-page typescript compiled by Lt.(jg) L. G. Olson, USNR, from the ship's files and deck log; digitized scans read in full [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77707289 digital objects 0185-0194 (catalog.archives.gov/medialz/microfilm-publications/WWII_WarDiaries/0001/A_2107/)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own war history (digitized primary document) records: completion at the Kaiser yard Vancouver 9 Feb 1943 and commissioning next day; departure from CONUS 22 Mar 1943; reporting to Commander Seventh Amphibious Force 13 Jun 1943; Woodlark Island D-Day 30 Jun 1943 (unopposed); the 4 Sep 1943 Lae landing under air attack (one plane credited to the ship's AA; a nine-man fire party boarded a burning LCI and secured its diesel generators and electrical system); towing the torpedo-disabled LST-471 alongside into Morobe Harbor with LST-454 (LST-473 also disabled); the 29 Feb-2 Mar 1944 Hyane Harbor, Los Negros landing inside the reef with 3"/50 counter-battery fire; Hollandia D-Day 22 Apr 1944; Wakde 17 May; the 8 Jun 1944 Biak convoy air attack; Noemfoor 2 Jul 1944; Morotai 15 Sep 1944; Leyte 20 Oct 1944 (632nd Tank Destroyer Bn 'A' Co.; three failed beach approaches under fire; causeway unloading day two; S2c J. J. Fahrenkopf wounded - Purple Heart); the 12 Nov 1944 Leyte reinforcement under massed kamikaze-era attacks (Liberty ships hit off Yellow Beach); the 17 Apr 1945 Illana Bay, Mindanao landing; and Tientsin, China via Okinawa, arriving Taku 3 Oct 1945. It also documents repair availabilities: a month-long overhaul by shore-based forces at Brisbane from 1 Dec 1943; a main-engine overhaul the last week of March 1944; ~10 days mid-July 1944 alongside tenders USS Dobbin (AD-3) and USS Rigel (AR-11) at Alexishafen; drydocking in ARD-12 at Alexishafen 10 Aug 1944 for 'a complete job on the hull'; a cracked port main-engine flywheel ~27 Dec 1944 (repaired after three one-engine trips); and a major overhaul at the Navy Repair Base, Lombrum Point, Los Negros (Manus), 22 May-c.5 Aug 1945. COs: Hinrichs (commissioning-7 Aug 1944), R. L. Cooper (to 6 Nov 1945), W. H. McManus. Totals: 67,500+ miles, 250+ beachings, ~15,000 troops.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (compiled late 1945; received Office of Public Relations 1 Mar 1946 per stamp)
- Population
- Crew (1943-45); embarked units incl. 632nd Tank Destroyer Bn, 91st Seabees, HQ Co. 1st Marine Air Wing; tender/repair-base trades at Brisbane, Alexishafen (Dobbin, Rigel, ARD-12), Manus Lombrum Point (1943-45)
- Limitations
- Ship's own narrative - the strongest available operational record for this hull, but it records operations and repair events, not materials: 'overhaul', 'complete job on the hull', and drydocking are logged without any statement of what insulation or materials were disturbed or replaced. No asbestos content. Microfilm-derived typescript; minor OCR-era typographic noise in the scan does not affect the facts carried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-458-03
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[5]NARA RG 38, series 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (NAID 4697018) - six war diaries and five action reports for USS LST-458, digitized [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search 'LST-458' - file units under series NAID 4697018
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA catalog holds twelve digitized file units naming this hull: war diaries covering 26 Jun-29 Oct 1943 (NAID 135968616), 2 Jan-30 Apr 1944 (78508722), 1-25 May 1944 (78516603), 1-30 Jun 1944 (78529077), 1 Jul-4 Aug 1944 (78577315), and 4 Aug-21 Sep 1944 (139757477); action reports for the Admiralty Islands operation 29 Feb-2 Mar 1944 (78367881), AA action off Biak 8 Jun 1944 (78483150, roll A1019), Morotai landing ops 9-18 Sep 1944 incl. AA action 22 Sep (139746573), Leyte landing ops 13-22 Oct 1944 incl. AA action 20 Oct (139760295), and the Leyte reinforcement landing of 12 Nov 1944 incl. AA actions (139788882); plus the war history (77707289). A spot-read page of the Jun 1943 war diary (NAID 135968616, image 0063) is a genuine CONFIDENTIAL deck record: 'USS LST-458, Saturday 26 June 1943', underway Townsville for Operation Chronicle (CTF 76) in company with LSTs 452, 454, 456, 457, 459, Comdr. R. M. Scruggs aboard LST-452; beached on schedule 0856 30 Jun 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1944 (diaries/reports digitized so far)
- Population
- Crew; flotilla staff; participants in the documented operations
- Limitations
- Catalog records and object counts verified via the NARA catalog API; the war history was read in full and one war-diary page spot-read - remaining pages were not reviewed line-by-line. War diaries are operational logs (movements, sea detail, contacts); they do not carry material-content data. Coverage gaps: no digitized war diary located for Feb-Jun 1943, Oct-Dec 1943, or Oct 1944-Apr 1946. RG 24 deck logs for this hull not located in the digitized catalog.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-458-04
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[6]NHHC, Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual (Rev. 1953), Part II - Unit Awards, Navy Unit Commendation listing [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards Manual Rev. 1953, Part II, Navy Unit Commendation table, 'USS LST 458' entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official awards record for this hull. The manual lists verbatim: 'USS LST 458: 4 Sept 43 - 14 Feb 44 - Eastern New Guinea. 26 Dec 43 - 18 Mar 44 - Bismarck Archipelago. 21 Apr - 15 Sept 44 - Western New Guinea. 20 Oct 44 and 12 Nov 44 - Leyte Landing.' - i.e., the Navy Unit Commendation covered four operating periods spanning the ship's combat career.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Ship's company across the cited periods
- Limitations
- Official award-period documentation only; contains no material or asbestos content. The award periods corroborate the operational record (they match the DANFS operation list and the war history).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-458-05
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[7]ShipbuildingHistory.com (Colton), Kaiser Vancouver shipyard construction table - yard number 162 / MC hull 978 row for LST-458 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/kvancouver.htm, LST block, yard no. 162 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Kaiser Vancouver yard table lists yard no. 162 = 'LST 458', MC hull 978, laid down 18-Sep-42, launched 26-Oct-42, delivered 10-Feb-43, 38 days on the ways / 107 fitting out / 145 total, disposition 'Scrapped 1947' - all consistent with DANFS and NavSource, and corroborating the Maritime Commission contract-hull identity.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1943
- Population
- Kaiser Vancouver construction trades (1942-43)
- Limitations
- Secondary industry-history compilation (standard yard reference, the same source Wikipedia's 'Kaiser Vancouver 2010' cite resolves to); dates independently confirmed against DANFS/NavSource. Not an official record; the MC-hull attribution rests on this table's transcription of USMC records. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-458-06
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[8]Era inference built on: Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table (shipscribe scan - note: URL moved from /styles/usnaux/sdb/ to /pubs/ since the class profile's 2026-09-16 access); NavSource spec block for this hull (GM 12-567A x2, Falk gear, 1,700 shp, twin screws); DANFS/NavSource build dates (Kaiser Vancouver, Sep 1942-Feb 1943); GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-uss-lst-458-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table and roster (staggered OCR layout); NavSource 160458 spec block; GAO HRD-80-2 full text
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST-1-class amphibian built at Kaiser Vancouver in the peak-war 1942-43 window sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era: GAO reported that every Navy ship carried asbestos-containing materials and that thermal insulation 'for machinery, equipment and piping systems' was the major shipboard application, with asbestos-free insulation specifications adopted only in 1973. Era-standard applications aboard a ship of this type: engine-room and diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery insulation, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, and deck and accommodation-space materials. The diesel plant carries no boilers or steam turbines - the boiler/steam-lagging pathway of steam warships does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Kaiser Vancouver construction trades (1942-43); crew (1943-46); repair personnel at Brisbane, Alexishafen, Manus (1943-45); Orange TX lay-up (1946-47); Luria Steel shipbreakers (1947)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-458. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The BuShips design table documents machinery/dimensions, not insulation composition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-458-07
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[9]GAO, Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - full text extracted [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 full text (gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf) - transmittal letter and 'Use of Asbestos in Navy Ships' section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented (full report text): 'although all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables ... thermal insulation ... was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships'; '[e]ach ship has several types of asbestos containing materials installed; however, thermal insulation for machinery, equipment and piping systems has been the major application of asbestos'; product specifications for thermal insulation were changed in 1973 to asbestos-free materials, yet purchased asbestos materials were still installed in ships under construction, and 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978'; and the Navy's October 1975 policy was remove-and-replace only for damaged insulation or insulation removed for necessary repairs (modified 1979 for high-maintenance areas).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); asbestos era covered spans this hull's 1942-47 life
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program review)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation for era context only - fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; LST-458 is not named and amphibious auxiliaries are not separately treated. Supports the era baseline (Navy-wide asbestos use across this hull's entire existence), not any ship-specific fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-458-08
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[10]National Park Service, 'Working Women at Vancouver's Kaiser Shipyards' (Vancouver National Historic Reserve collection) [nps]
- Locator
- NPS article text (Vancouver yard paragraphs)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS documents the builder: one of seven Kaiser shipyards, on the Columbia River at Vancouver, Washington; employment peaked at 'well over 30,000 workers' at the beginning of 1943 - exactly this hull's fitting-out window - and the yard launched over 130 ships by war's end; the three Vancouver/Portland Kaiser yards produced over 700 ships, 30% of US Maritime Commission wartime production.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Kaiser Vancouver workforce (peak >30,000, early 1943)
- Limitations
- Builder-yard background only - documents the yard's existence, scale, and wartime tempo at LST-458's build window; says nothing about materials, processes aboard specific hulls, or asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-458-09
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[11]Washington State Dept. of Ecology cleanup-site record, Kaiser Shipyard Debris Pile (Cleanup Site ID 1831, Facility Site ID 15550), Vancouver, Clark County [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ecology Sitepage csid=1831, Site Description + Contaminants table (7 contaminants)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- State environmental record for the builder's site: a 38.4-acre cleanup site adjoining the former Kaiser Vancouver Shipyard, where shipyard operations debris was reportedly used as fill 1940-1946 (lumber, metal, glass, slag, firebrick, batteries, fabric). Remediation included soil caps, excavation, and environmental covenants (2015/2016); Ecology's 2024 periodic review found the caps protective. Listed contaminants: priority-pollutant and other metals, lead, PCBs, petroleum products, non-halogenated solvents - asbestos is NOT a listed contaminant on this record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1940-1946 (fill); 2007-2024 (record)
- Population
- Former shipyard site environs (postwar)
- Limitations
- Documents the builder yard's waste ground, not any ship: the fill debris is yard operations debris, not vessel material, and the contaminant list does not include asbestos - an honest datum, neither evidence for nor against asbestos in hulls built there. Shipyard operations stopped 1948 per the record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-458-10
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[12]Batch-6961 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NHHC awards manual; NavSource; NARA RG 38 digitized war history/war diaries/action reports; NVR; CourtListener (authenticated, quoted + unquoted, opinions + RECAP dockets); secondary web sweep; WA Ecology; NPS; GAO full text; shipbuildinghistory; shipscribe SDB [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-458-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, material schedule, abatement contract, or hazmat disclosure naming LST-458 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned zero hits for 'USS LST-458', for 'LST-458' with asbestos, and for the spaced 'LST 458' variant; unquoted hull-number searches returned only token/docket-number collisions (125 opinion hits, 4,033 docket hits - reviewed results contain no reference to the vessel). Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying litigation; unlike better-known LSTs, no law-firm listicle even asserts asbestos aboard this specific hull.
- 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 1942-43 Kaiser hull scrapped in 1947 predates hazmat documentation practice, and undigitized leads remain (RG 24 deck logs, BuShips/BuDocks work files, Luria scrapping contract, MARAD disposal card). CourtListener coverage: quoted-name ('USS LST-458', 'LST 458') and asbestos-qualified opinion searches verified at zero; the unquoted 125-opinion and 4,033-docket result sets were reviewed at the first result page only (all collisions). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-458-11
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[13]Operation-list cross-check: DANFS operation list vs Wikipedia service-record list (not cited as a source) vs NavSource campaign table [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-458 operation list; Wikipedia USS LST-458 service-record table; NavSource campaign table; NARA war history pp. 9
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: Wikipedia's service-record table adds a 'Visayan Island landings (26 March, 2, 10-11 and 20 April 1945)' entry that does not appear in the DANFS operation list or the NavSource campaign table. The ship's own war history records her in Lingayen Gulf loading 25 March 1945, a convoy forming at Mindoro, and the 17 April 1945 Illana Bay (Mindanao) D-Day - with Mindoro stops that could have been misread as Visayan landings. The DANFS operation list is carried as controlling.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Corrects a secondary-source operation-list discrepancy, not a material claim. The underlying NHHC battle-star campaign list was not separately pulled; the war history (primary) supports the DANFS list. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-458-12