Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 680-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (sourcing thin
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (sourcing thin
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-49-lst49-pkt-680-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-49 (NHHC live page verified 2026-10-02): construction, sponsor, commissioning, campaigns, decommission/stricken, sale, battle stars [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-49 entry, full text (published 2015-08-03)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-49 was laid down on 17 August 1943 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp.; launched on 9 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Kathryn Saban; and commissioned on 20 November 1943.' Assigned to the European theater: Normandy invasion 6-25 June 1944; invasion of southern France 16 August - 25 September 1944. Transferred to the Asiatic-Pacific theater: Okinawa assault 8-30 June 1945. Postwar occupation duty in the Far East and service in China until mid-March 1946. 'Upon her return to the United States, the ship was decommissioned on 11 June 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 3 July 1946. She was sold to Bosey, Philippines, on 4 December 1947. LST-49 earned three battle stars for World War II.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Dravo/Neville Island construction trades (1943); ship's company and embarked troops (1943-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; the entry contains no asbestos or material content, no specification block, and no crew figure. Does not state the decommissioning location or the buyer's line of business beyond the name 'Bosey, Philippines.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-49-lst49-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-49 (10/16/160049.htm) - specifications, commanding-officer list, campaign table, flotilla assignment, disposition, and contributed photo captions (verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160049.htm header block, specifications block, commanding-officer table, and photo captions (last updated 2025-08-08)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline and detail for this hull: laid down 17 August 1943 at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA; launched 9 October 1943; commissioned USS LST-49, 20 November 1943, LT. H. B. Field, USNR, in command. Campaigns: Invasion of Normandy 6-25 June 1944; invasion of southern France August-September 1944; Okinawa Gunto assault and occupation June 1945. Pacific command chain: LST Flotilla Thirty-Six (CAPT. R. F. J. Shea), LST Group One Hundred Seven (CDR. L. F. Teuscher), LST Division Two Hundred Thirteen. Specifications: 1,625 t. light / 4,080 t. full / 2,366 t. beaching; 328 ft o.a., 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; complement 7 officers, 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers, 147 enlisted; propulsion two General Motors 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V D.C. ship's service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders. 'Final Disposition, sold, 4 December 1947, to Bosey, Philippines, fate unknown.' Seven commanding officers tabulated (Field, Strickland, Sceery, Strickland, Jones, Flournoy, Stapleton). Contributed captions further place the hull at: Dart River, Dartmouth, England, 2 June 1944 (NARA 80-G-252243); Omaha/Utah beach landings incl. Sugar-Red and Fox, D-Day casualty reception; 'first ship on Green Beach' near St. Raphael at H+4 hr, 15 August 1944; Oran, Algeria, Aug-Nov 1944; New York City, December 1944; Davisville, R.I., 23 February 1945; LCT-562 loaded at Brooklyn Navy Yard 13 March 1945; FDR memorial service aboard 15 April 1945; typhoon off Okinawa 5 June and Buckner Bay 7 June 1945; grounded on a reef at Okinawa 26 June 1945; LCT-1233 loaded at West Loch, Pearl Harbor, 22 August 1945; Yangtze River transit and Shanghai 22-29 September 1945 (ship painted bow-to-stern, topside and below decks to the bilges, by Chinese painters); Typhoon 'Louise' evasion 8 October 1945; Taku, Pohai Wan, North China, 1 November 1945 - 15 March 1946 as area Fleet Post Office.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Dravo construction trades (1943); ship's company (~111) plus embarked troops (~163) 1943-46; Chinese civilian painters at Shanghai, Sept 1945
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS but caption detail is contributor-supplied (LST-49 Association) and not independently verified. Specifications disagree with the BuShips class table on complement (7 vs 13 officers - see gaps). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-49-lst49-02
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[4]NARA Catalog: RG 24 Muster Rolls 'LST-49, 11/20/43-5/1/46' (NAID 126554990, Roll 4293, 322 images digitized); plus RG 38 WWII War Diaries file units for this hull (NAIDs 139787733, 101729368, 140057622, 83536267, 77490426, 77542509) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/126554990 (RG 24 muster rolls); catalog.archives.gov/id/139787733 and /id/101729368 (RG 38 war diaries/action reports); query 'LST-49' (336 results)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized primary records exist for this hull: the complete muster-roll run (20 November 1943 - 1 May 1946, 322 images) naming every crew member aboard, and RG 38 operational records including 'USS LST-49 - Rep of Ops in the Invasion of Normandy, France 6/5-17/44' (NAID 139787733, 7 images) and 'USS LST-49 - Rep of action with enemy aircraft off Okinawa Jima, Ryukyu Islands, 6/22/45' (NAID 101729368), plus monthly war diaries for May, July, August-September (to 9/3), and September 1945. NARA catalog search 'LST-49' returns 336 archival descriptions dominated by these file units.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Ship's company, 1943-46 (individually named in muster rolls)
- Limitations
- Archival lead: these are personnel-name and operations records, not material or asbestos records - no insulation content is expected in muster rolls or war diaries. Metadata verified in the live NARA catalog 2026-10-02; individual page content not reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-49-lst49-03
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[5]US National Archives photographs identifying this hull: 80-G-252243 (Dart River, Dartmouth, 2 June 1944); 80-G-46817 (LSTs landing supplies on Utah Beach shortly after D-Day - LST-49 identified among the ships on the beach); III-SC 192909 (LSTs incl. LST-49 unloading tank destroyers, southern France, 15 August 1944, Signal Corps photo by Stubenrauch, 163rd Signal Photo Co.) - photo numbers as captioned on NavSource [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160049.htm photo table; NARA 80-G-252243, 80-G-46817, III-SC 192909
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official wartime photography places this hull at the invasion marshaling area (Dartmouth, 2 June 1944), on the Normandy beachhead in the days after D-Day (80-G-46817), and on the southern France landing beach (III-SC 192909, 15 August 1944). These images visually document the ship's wartime configuration and operations.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops during June-August 1944 operations
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - photographs establish presence and appearance, not materials or work performed. Photo numbers transcribed from NavSource captions (NHHC/Signal Corps credited); the NARA catalog pages for the individual stills were not separately fetched this session. 80-G-46817 is captioned Utah Beach in the NARA record but circulates widely mislabeled as Omaha (Heinz History Center blog among them) - beach attribution carried as Utah per NARA caption and NavSource's explicit note.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-49-lst49-04
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[6]Era inference built on: Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945) LST design table (shipscribe.com scan) + LST-1 class profile (class-f worktree) consolidated era applications list [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table; lst-1-class.class.json ev-lst-1-class-01/-03
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- This hull sits inside the mass-production LST-1 design (BuShips SDB-1945 v2: 328 ft o.a., 50 ft beam, 2 x GM 12-567A diesels, 1,700 shp) built during the period when the federal government had reserved asbestos supply for shipbuilding. As a diesel ship she carried no boilers - the steam-lagging pathway does not apply - but era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a diesel LST of this 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 type's ballast, vent, and auxiliary piping carried era-standard insulation, gasket, and packing materials.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (design/build window)
- Population
- Dravo/Neville Island construction trades (1943); ship's company (1943-46); any post-sale commercial or scrapping workforce (1947-forward, undocumented)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LST-49. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. Does not establish exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-49-lst49-05
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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 - spanning this hull's entire construction (1943) and service era (1943-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); Navy-wide WWII-1970s use window
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description. The Navy program described postdates this hull's 1947 disposal, so its removal/repair policy never applied aboard her.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-49-lst49-06
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[8]Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, Vol. VII, doc. 1013 - American Consul at Shanghai reporting on Pacific surplus-property disposal: the Central Bank of China's 25 November 1947 contract with Bosey for sale of surplus property on Pacific islands (General P. Kiang, Chief of Bosey) [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.state.gov FRUS 1947 v07 d1013 (dispatch 2013 channeling d1013); sister-hull outcomes per their DANFS entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Context for this hull's 'sold to Bosey, Philippines' disposition: FRUS documents Bosey as the Manila firm contracted by China's Central Bank/Board of Supplies to dispose of U.S. surplus property on Pacific islands in late 1947 - the same disposal channel and week (4-5 December 1947) in which LST-49 and sister hulls (LST-2, LST-406, LST-408, LST-947) were sold to Bosey. Documented outcomes for sister hulls range from scrapping (LST-408) to resale into commercial service (LST-406, reported as Chung 116 in People's Republic of China service as late as 1978).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1947
- Population
- Post-sale commercial or scrapping workforce (unidentified)
- Limitations
- Context only - the FRUS document predates the 4 December 1947 sale by days and does not name LST-49 or any vessel; it identifies who Bosey was, not what became of this hull. Sister-hull outcomes are illustrative range, not evidence of this hull's fate, which remains officially 'unknown.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-49-lst49-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 sweeps (authenticated helper, 2026-10-02): 'USS LST-49' opinions - 0 hits; '"LST-49" asbestos' opinions - 0 hits; '"LST 49" asbestos' opinions - 0 hits; '"LST-49"' RECAP dockets - 5 hits, all name collisions [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-49-lst49-05 through -11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located. The five 'LST-49' docket hits are name collisions - the string appears incidentally in unrelated matters (United States v. Google LLC, D.N.H.; United States v. Microsoft Corp., D.N.H.; SEC v. Nationwide Automated Systems, C.D. Cal.; In re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation, E.D. La.; Carter Bryant v. Mattel, C.D. Cal.) and no case caption names the vessel. A bare 'LST-49' opinion query returns 469 hits of indexing noise (docket/exhibit strings), none reviewed as vessel-related. Coverage caveat: one variant ('USS LST 49', unhyphenated) was blocked by fleet pacing and remains open (search_ledger sl-11).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Classified at the lowest stage: no pleading, docket, or opinion naming this hull surfaced - this is a search-result negative, not a merits finding, and does not prove no claim was ever filed. Hull-number-only ships are systematically under-indexed in litigation text (the class-level 'USS LST' sweep found only an incidental reunion-notice mention of LST-579 in Gitto v. A.W. Chesterton, S.D.N.Y. 1:07-cv-04771). Full-text PACER/ship-name coverage is incomplete.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-49-lst49-08
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[10]Batch-6996 search ledger (this record): live NHHC DANFS page; NavSource ship page; NARA catalog; Naval Vessel Register; CourtListener API v4; shipyards.json yard_id check; secondary litigation/abatement web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-49-lst49-01 through -14
- 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 USS LST-49 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The only 'asbestos aboard LST-49' material surfaced is law-firm/marketing content asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. Sister-ship museum leads (LST-325, LST-393) produced no public asbestos abatement record usable even as class corroboration.
- 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 - 1943 amphibious construction is inside the documented asbestos-use era and a diesel LST carried era-standard insulation and friction materials. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Undigitized leads remain: Dravo/Neville Island build records (Detre Library & Archives, MSP 288), the sold-ship disposal file, and any Bosey-side resale/scrapping record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-49-lst49-09