Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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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-462-lst462-pkt-675-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-462 - construction, Asiatic-Pacific operations list, decommission/strike/disposal dates (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-462 entry, single-paragraph service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-462 was laid down on 4 October 1942 at Vancouver, Wash., by Kaiser, Inc.; launched on 6 November 1942; and commissioned on 21 February 1943, Lt. C. K. Ragan in command.' Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater: Hollandia operation May 1944; Western New Guinea operations - Biak Island May-June 1944, Noemfoor Island July 1944, Cape Sansapor July-August 1944, Morotai landings September 1944; Leyte landings October 1944; Lingayen Gulf landing January 1945; Balikpapan operation July 1945. 'Following the war, LST-462 returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 21 March 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 1 May that same year. On 15 December 1948, she was sold to Hughes Bros., Inc., New York, N.Y., and subsequently scrapped. LST-462 earned four battle stars for World War II service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Kaiser Vancouver construction trades (1942); ship's company and embarked troops (1943-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Battle-star count conflicts with NavSource's five-star display - DANFS 'four' carried, conflict logged in gaps. The DANFS entry is terse (standard for LST hull entries) and omits pre-April-1944 detail covered by the Flotilla Seven history row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-462-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-462 - milestone timeline, specifications block, commanding-officer list, NARA-captioned photography (live page verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160462.htm - header timeline, specifications block, commanding-officer table, awards-ribbon display
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource for this hull: laid down 4 October 1942 at Kaiser, Inc., Vancouver, WA; launched 6 November 1942; commissioned 21 February 1943, LT. Cooper K. Ragan USNR in command; decommissioned 21 March 1946; struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1946; transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal; sold for scrapping 15 December 1948 to Hughes Brothers., Inc., New York, N.Y. Displays Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with five stars ('earned five battle stars') and Philippine Presidential Unit Citation and Philippines Liberation Medal (2) ribbons; call sign NFOZ. Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; 24,000 mi at 9 kt at 3,960 t; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; ultimate armament 2 twin 40MM + 4 single 40MM + 12 single 20MM; diesel fuel 4,300 bbls; propulsion two GM 12-567A 900hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100kW 230V DC ship's-service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders. Commanding officers: LT Ragan (to 18 June 1944), LT Walter D. Gregory USNR (to December 1945), LTjg Norman Winton Schaefer USNR (to 21 March 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Kaiser Vancouver trades (1942); crew and embarked troops (1943-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestones agree with DANFS but its five-battle-star display conflicts with DANFS's 'four' (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content. Spec block generally tracks BuShips class data; per-hull spec sheets were not located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-462-02
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[4]'History of LST Flotilla Seven,' wartime compilation by LTjg. Phineas Stevens, LST Flotilla Seven, c/o Fleet Post Office San Francisco (NavSource-hosted scanned document) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource PDF 160018a - pp. 1-2 (organization, 24 Apr 1943 departure, Toorbul assignment), Morotai paragraph, Balikpapan paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A wartime-compiled unit history names this hull as an original member of LST Flotilla SEVEN (organized Panama City, FL, February 1943). Named movements: 'On 24 April 1943, Commander LST Flotilla SEVEN in LST 470, with LSTs 462, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, and 471 departed from San Francisco, California,' arriving Tutuila, Samoa 14 May 1943, Wellington, New Zealand 29 May 1943, and Sydney, Australia 8 June 1943. 'On 1 January 1944... LST 462 was at Toorbul, Australia at this time, having been temporarily assigned as a training ship'; 'LST 462 returned to operations with the Flotilla in April 1944 after completing a period of temporary duty to Australia as an amphibious training ship.' 'On 11 September 1944, LSTs 458(F), 181, 245, 452, 456, 459, 462, 467, 468, 470, 472, 474... departed from Maffin Bay and arrived for the initial landings at Morotai on 15 September 1944.' 'On 28 June 1945, LSTs 66, 171, 181, 206, 245, 456, 462, 466(FF), 470, 471, and 474(GF) departed from Morotai for Balikpapan... landed at Balikpapan on 3 July 1945 as the first support echelon.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Flotilla Seven crews and embarked troops (1943-45)
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous unit history - ship-specific for movements but contains no asbestos or material content. Leyte and Lingayen participation is credited at flotilla level ('all ships of Flotilla SEVEN... participated'), not by individual hull name; DANFS carries the per-hull credit.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-462-03
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[5]U.S. Maritime Commission shipbuilding contracts table (shipscribe.com compilation of MC records): MC hulls 966-995 = S3-M2-K2, KAISER VANCOUVER WA, builder hulls 150-179, contract MCc-7467; Kaiser Vancouver yard list (navalmarinearchive.com mirror) maps yard hull 166 / MC 982 to LST 462 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe MC hull-number-sorted contract table, row 'MC 966 -995 ... KAISER VANCOUVER WA'; navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/emergencylarge/kvancouver.html row 166
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Maritime Commission contract record places this hull inside the Kaiser Vancouver block: MC hulls 966-995 (30 hulls), design S3-M2-K2, Kaiser at Vancouver WA, builder hull numbers 150-179, Military program, under contract MCc-7467 (contract-table dates: order 1942-05-25, action 1942-06-11). The Kaiser Vancouver yard list maps builder hull 166 = MC hull 982 = LST 462, laid 4-Oct-42, launched 6-Nov-42, delivered 21-Feb-43 - dates identical to DANFS/NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1943
- Population
- Kaiser Vancouver construction trades (1942-43)
- Limitations
- Registry data - construction contract and hull identity only; no material content. The yard table's last column prints 'Scrapped 1946' for this and several neighboring hulls, conflicting with DANFS's 15-Dec-1948 sale; DANFS carried, conflict logged in gaps. MC contract blocks are authoritative for build identity; per-hull material schedules were not part of the contract record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-462-04
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[6]Consolidated era inference - NavSource ship-specific machinery spec (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, no steam plant) + LST-1-class design data (BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2, cited in lst-1-class class profile) + era amphibious-ship construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block (diesel plant); lst-1-class class profile evidence rows
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for a diesel-powered LST built at Kaiser Vancouver in late 1942: with no boilers, the asbestos-relevant applications aboard a ship of this type and period were diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. The confined tank-deck/engine-room spaces typical of the type concentrate any such materials below deck.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1949
- Population
- Kaiser Vancouver construction trades (1942); crew and embarked troops (1943-46); 1948-49 scrapping workforce (unlocated yard)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LST-462. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-462-05
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[7]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)
- 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 - covering the WWII construction era in which this hull was built.
- 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; supports construction-era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. The report's shipyard-protection findings address the 1970s policy era, after this hull was scrapped (sold December 1948). Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, same standing access gap as prior batches) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-462-06
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[8]U.S. Army (army.mil), 'LST in WWII' - official article on the LST type's design and production [other_primary]
- Locator
- army.mil article 10067, design-history paragraphs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official U.S. Army class context for the type this hull belongs to: the LST was designed at a British-American conference in November 1941; the first keel was laid 10 June 1942 and 1,051 were built by war's end; the ship was 328 ft long, carried armored vehicles on a tank deck 230 ft x 30 ft x 12 ft, cargo capacity 2,100 tons, approximately 200 soldiers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Class-level design/production context only; does not name this hull and contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-462-07
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[9]NARA-held photography of this hull, identifiers transcribed in NavSource captions: NARA identifiers 193806591 (in convoy, Middleburg Island/Cape Sansapor lift, July 1944) and 193806055 (beached, Middleburg Island, 1 August 1944); U.S. Army Signal Corps photos SC 261042 (Morotai, 15 September 1944) and SC 200015 (White Beach, Luzon, 21 January 1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160462.htm photo table (NAIDs 193806591, 193806055; SC 261042, SC 200015)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA-held Army Air Corps and Signal Corps photographs place this hull at documented operation sites in mid-1944 through January 1945 - physical-presence documentation corroborating the operational narrative. WWII deck logs for this hull (NARA RG 24) are an obvious further lead and are not in the publicly digitized deck-log catalog.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops at documented landings (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: photographs establish presence at named beaches on named dates, not material content or work records. NAIDs and Signal Corps numbers transcribed via NavSource captions; NARA catalog pages are JS-rendered and could not be independently fetched this session. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-462-08
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[10]Batch-6966 search ledger (this record): DANFS live page; NavSource; LST Flotilla Seven history PDF; shipscribe MC contract table + Kaiser Vancouver yard list; U.S. Army LST article; NARA photo identifiers; NVR; GAO product page; CourtListener (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-462-01 through sl-uss-lst-462-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or verified litigation naming LST-462 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated helper returned the fleet-wide pacing stand-down (shared request budget momentarily spent) on repeated attempts; logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. The secondary web sweep surfaced no qualifying case and, unusually, no law-firm marketing page for this hull either - returns were registry/history pages only.
- 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 - and the litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (blocked, not run). Deck logs, Kaiser Vancouver work records, and the 1948-49 scrapping-disposal file are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-462-09