Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]research packet 681-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-5-lst5-pkt-681-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-5 (NHHC live page, verified via rendered fetch 2026-10-02; plain curl is blocked with a 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, full text (three-paragraph LST-format entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-5 was laid down on 12 July 1942 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp.; launched on 3 October 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Wanetta Rose Barker; and commissioned on 22 February 1943.' Assigned to the European theater: Sicilian occupation July 1943; Salerno landings September 1943; Invasion of Normandy June 1944. 'LST-5 was decommissioned sometime after World War II ended and was struck from the Navy list on 1 August 1947. On 7 October 1947, she was sold to the Tung Hwa Trading Co., of Singapore, for scrapping. LST-5 earned three battle stars for World War II.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Crew (1943-1944 U.S. Navy); construction trades at Dravo Neville Island (1942)
- Limitations
- Milestone-level official entry only; contains no asbestos, material, complement, or machinery content, no operational detail, and omits the 1944-46 Royal Navy commission entirely - its 'decommissioned sometime after World War II ended' phrasing obscures the 17 November 1944 U.S. decommissioning and 18 November 1944 transfer (see correction row ev-uss-lst-5-09).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-5-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-5 (160005) - timeline, specifications, commanding officer, campaign ribbons, Royal Navy section, HM LST-5 photo captions (page live 2026-10-02; last updated 21 September 2007) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource file 160005, timeline/specification/CO/photo-caption text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource page for this hull: LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship; laid down 12 July 1942 at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA; launched 3 October 1942; commissioned USS LST-5, 22 February 1943; Europe-Africa-Middle East campaigns - Sicilian occupation July 1943, Salerno landings September 1943, Invasion of Normandy; decommissioned 17 November 1944. Royal Navy history: commissioned into the Royal Navy 18 November 1944 as HM LST-5; Belfast, Northern Ireland machinery refit 22 January - 11 April 1945; sailed for Far East summer 1945; paid off 19 February 1946. Struck from the Naval Register 1 August 1947; sold for scrapping 7 October 1947 to Tung Hwa Trading Co., Singapore; three battle stars. Photo captions document HM LST-5 at Madras, India, 24 November 1945; beached at Madras loading for Batavia, Java, 2 January 1946; en route Madras-Batavia 3 January 1946; anchored off Singapore 2 August 1946. Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft o.a.; beam 50 ft; 11.6 kt trial; endurance 24,000 miles at 9 kt; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers + 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; two GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V D.C. generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders. Commanding officer listed: LT. John F. Lambden Jr., USNR, 'by 1 July 1943 - until at least 4 October 1944'. Call sign NFKO.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Crew (1943-1946); construction trades at Dravo Neville Island (1942)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary compilation consistent with official sources; last updated 2007. The Royal Navy timeline and the Madras/Batavia/Singapore photographs are the only located source for the 1944-46 British period - family-contributed photos, not official UK records. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-5-02
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[4]NARA Catalog, 'USS LST-5 - War Diary, 4/8/43 to 5/31/43' (NAID 134251690, RG 38 WWII War Diaries Roll A403, 58 images; opening and closing pages read in full-resolution microfilm this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog NAID 134251690; digitized pages images 0685-0742 read (opening 8 Apr page and 30-31 May pages)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship's own war diary. Opens 8 April 1943 moored starboard side to Pier 'S', Lambert's Point Docks, Norfolk, Va., commencing the ship's log and war diary per CinC U.S. Fleet letter; same day received 40 mm gun equipment from Chrysler Corporation and equipment from Brooklyn Navy Yard. Closes 30-31 May 1943 moored at Berth 18, Oran Harbor, Oran, Algeria, unloading cargo and ammunition, testing stern anchor, lowering the bow ramp, taking on fresh water - placing her in the Mediterranean staging area weeks before Sicily. Pages approved by Lt. John F. Lambden Jr. (CO) and examined by Lt. John H. Moehle, USN, navigator.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-04-08 to 1943-05-31
- Population
- Crew (April-May 1943)
- Limitations
- The diary begins 8 April 1943 at Norfolk - the interval between commissioning (22 February) and 8 April, including the fitting-out port, Gulf-to-Atlantic transit, and shakedown, is not in the located digitized record. Reading was limited to opening/closing pages; intermediate pages not yet transcribed here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-5-03
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[5]NARA Catalog, USS LST-5 war diary July 1943 (NAID 135911554, RG 38 WWII War Diaries, 53 images; D-Day pages read in full-resolution microfilm this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog NAID 135911554; digitized pages for 9-11 July 1943 read this session
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship's own war diary, Operation Husky (Sicily). 9 July: underway in convoy, air escort of six P-38s; passed Linosa and Gozo. Night 9-10 July: steaming with 13 other LSTs of Task Group 85.1 about 15 miles off Sicily awaiting the landings; observed the initial assault - rockets, artillery and machine-gun fire, enemy searchlights and flares. 10 July: maneuvered between Scoglitti and Cape Scalambri awaiting beach orders; anchored two miles offshore; unloading delayed by conflicting orders between CTG 85.1.2 and the commanding general of II Corps; AA fire and shore artillery flashes observed through the night. 11 July: 1315 German aircraft bomb fell ~75 yards off the port bow; 1345 attacked by a single German plane driven off by 20 mm fire (84 rounds 20 mm and 300 rounds .50 cal expended, the latter fired by machine guns mounted on vehicles on the top deck); 1510 steering gear failed just before the ship struck LST-389 (approach had touched an offshore sandbar ~100 ft short, throwing the bow left and nullifying right rudder); 1515 beached at Blue 2 south of Scoglitti and began unloading vehicles from the tank deck under intermittent air alarms.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-07
- Population
- Crew (July 1943)
- Limitations
- Handwritten deck-log pages; transcription of combat entries verified against legible full-resolution images this session. The diary documents operations, not material conditions - no asbestos content. The LST-389 collision is logged without damage assessment for either vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-5-04
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[6]NARA Catalog, USS LST-5 action report, Operation Avalanche, 5-14 September 1943 (NAID 78186333, RG 38; single-image report read in full this session; companion file unit NAID 78271760 'COMLANCRABNAW - AA Action Reports, USS LST-5, 9/5-14/43, Op. Avalanche') [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog NAIDs 78186333 and 78271760; digitized report image read this session
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- CO-signed action report (Lt. John F. Lambden Jr., dated 10 October 1943, via CTG 85.1 / Commander Northern Attack Force) for Operation Avalanche (Salerno): departed Bizerte 7 September 1943 in convoy FSS-3 (Task Organization 85.1.12); anchored Salerno Bay 1150 on 9 September 1.5 miles off Red Beach; beached Red Beach 1607, completed unloading 1725, retracted 1755, anchored 1848; departed 0914 on 10 September for Bizerte, arriving 1025 on 12 September, reloaded and sailed 2205 the same day for a second Salerno lift. No casualties or ship damage. D-Day conditions: constant shelling from the beaches by 88 mm and 210 mm guns, floating mines sighted, German tanks engaging landing forces, shells falling off both quarters. 1740 on 9 September a German Focke-Wulf 190 attacked from astern out of the sun; the ship's No. 2 and No. 6 20 mm guns and 3-inch/50 cal battery opened fire and the 3-inch/50 scored a direct hit - the plane broke up and crashed into the sea (90 rounds 20 mm and 1 round 3-inch/50 expended). Beach soundings on retraction: 11 ft off each quarter, 7 ft amidships starboard, 7.5 ft amidships port.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-09-05 to 1943-09-14
- Population
- Crew (September 1943)
- Limitations
- Single-page report covers the first Salerno lift only; subsequent lifts not in this document. No material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-5-05
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[7]NARA Catalog, USS LST-5 war diaries June-November 1943 (NAIDs 134275295 June 1943/32 images; 78191307 September 1943/53 images; 134328863 October 1943/36 images; 78233983 November 1943/47 images; opening and month-end pages read this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog NAIDs 134275295, 78191307, 134328863, 78233983; digitized pages read this session
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship's own war diaries document the fall-1943 shuttle period and the start of repositioning to the UK. October entries show repeated runs into Bizerte via the swept channel, anchoring in Bizerte harbor/Lac de Bizerte. 1 November 1943: moored Berth #1 Karuba (Naval Operating Base Bizerte area), took 31,900 gallons of fuel from shore supply lines and embarked five LCMs lashed on the main deck for shipment; mid-November underway west; closes 29 November 1943 anchored at Mers el Kebir, Algeria (35 deg 43'33"N, 00 deg 41'30"W). No December 1943 or 1944 war diary for this hull is digitized in the NARA catalog - the Normandy period is documented only at DANFS campaign level.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-06 to 1943-11
- Population
- Crew (June-November 1943)
- Limitations
- Reading sampled to month-open/month-close pages, not a full transcription of every day; the December 1943-June 1944 primary-record gap (including the Normandy operation) is a located gap, not an absence claim about undigitized RG 38 holdings. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-5-06
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[8]NARA Catalog, USS LST-5 muster rolls 2/22/43-11/11/44 (NAID 126613176, RG 24, 299 images; opening pages verified this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog NAID 126613176, RG 24 muster rolls
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific personnel record located: muster rolls covering the entire U.S. Navy commission from 22 February 1943 through 11 November 1944 (299 images), approved by CO John F. Lambden Jr., with pages forwarded from N.O.B. Bizerte - a name-level roster of who served aboard across her U.S. service, including the Sicily, Salerno, and Normandy periods.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-02-22 to 1944-11-11
- Population
- All hands aboard, 1943-02-22 to 1944-11-11
- Limitations
- Opening pages verified; the full 299-image run was not transcribed. Coverage ends 11 November 1944 - six days before the 17 November U.S. decommissioning; the final week and the Royal Navy crew period are not covered by this RG 24 file unit.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-5-07
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[9]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels 1945, Vol. 2 (shipscribe.com scan, verified live 200 this session; LST design-group table read in text layer) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 Vol. 2, LST design-group table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips design table for the LST1-490 design group: two General Motors 12-567A diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, two propellers, twin rudders, diesel-drive ship's-service generators - a diesel plant with no boilers. Confirms the propulsion basis for narrowing the asbestos-relevant pathways aboard this hull type (no boiler or steam-line lagging).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945 edition, covering the LST1-490 design group
- Limitations
- Class/design-group table, not a hull-specific material schedule; it establishes machinery type only and says nothing about insulation materials aboard LST-5 specifically.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-5-08
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[10]Cross-source discrepancy: DANFS vs NavSource on decommissioning and Royal Navy service [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry final paragraph vs NavSource file 160005 Royal Navy section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS states only that LST-5 'was decommissioned sometime after World War II ended' and does not mention Royal Navy service. NavSource records U.S. Navy decommissioning 17 November 1944, transfer and Royal Navy commissioning as HM LST-5 on 18 November 1944, a Belfast machinery refit 22 January-11 April 1945, Far East service from summer 1945, and RN paying-off 19 February 1946 - corroborated by dated HM LST-5 photographs (Madras 24 November 1945 and 2-3 January 1946; Singapore 2 August 1946). The NavSource RN timeline is adopted in this record; the DANFS phrasing is carried as a loose summary of the RN paying-off, not the U.S. decommissioning date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew (1944-1946, both navies)
- Limitations
- The Royal Navy timeline rests on a secondary compilation (NavSource) plus family-contributed photographs; UK Admiralty records (ADM series) were not searched and could supply the authoritative transfer/return documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-5-09
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[11]GAO HRD-80-2, report on Navy asbestos protection (verified live via rendered fetch 2026-10-02; full PDF at https://www.gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 landing page and full text
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented asbestos thermal insulation as the Navy's major shipboard use of asbestos; the review covered Navy asbestos protection at Long Beach and Norfolk shipyards, the 1975 policy removing/replacing damaged or repair-disturbed insulation, and its 1979 modification to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas - with asbestos-free specifications adopted in 1973. Places a hull built 1942 and in service 1943-46 squarely inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1940s-1979 program scope
- Population
- Navy ship crews and shipyard workers of the era
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation of Navy-wide asbestos use, not a hull-specific record; it establishes era context for the LST-1 class and does not document material aboard LST-5.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-5-10
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[12]LST-1 class profile (class-f/lst-1-class.class.json) - era-level asbestos application mapping for the diesel LST type; no class-wide asbestos survey or material schedule located in class research [other_primary]
- Locator
- class profile asbestos-documentation section; product mapping consistent with prior same-yard records (uss-lst-48)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a diesel-powered WWII LST-1-class hull, carried as inference only: diesel-engine exhaust lagging and exhaust gaskets; engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation; deck coverings and accommodation/bulkhead insulation; winch, windlass, and crane brake linings; electrical cable insulation; gaskets and packing in piping and machinery. The boiler/steam-plant lagging pathway does not apply - this hull had no boilers (BuShips machinery data).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Crew and shipyard workers, era-level
- Limitations
- Inference, not ship-proven fact: no ship-specific survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, or material schedule was located for LST-5, and the class research located no class-wide asbestos survey either. Does not establish material aboard this hull, individual exposure, quantity, remaining material, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-5-11
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[13]NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation / industrial hygiene survey, Dravo Corporation Engineering Works Division, Neville Island, PA (CDC Stacks index record verified live via rendered fetch 2026-10-02; plain fetch returns 403) [other_primary]
- Locator
- CDC Stacks record cdc/233199, NIOSH-provided citation/abstract
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The only located government industrial-hygiene record for this hull's builder: NIOSH surveyed the Dravo Neville Island yard in July 1981 - evaluating occupational exposure from painting and coating processes during barge and towboat construction; sampling covered organic/paint solvents, metals (lead over the OSHA standard), and nuisance dust. The survey does not address asbestos, and its scope is 1981 barge work, not 1942 LST construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1981 survey (39 years after this hull's construction)
- Population
- Dravo Neville Island painters/coaters, 1981
- Limitations
- Yard-level record that does not document asbestos - carried as a searched-source result (negative for asbestos scope), not evidence of yard asbestos conditions. A 1981 survey says nothing about 1942 conditions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-5-12
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[14]United States v. Horton, 77 F. Supp. 701 (N.D. Ill. 1947), No. 43 C 617 - CourtListener opinion 8709138 (located via authenticated exact-phrase opinion search this session) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener opinion 8709138; F. Supp. reporter text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Litigation naming this hull, classified OTHER LITIGATION (admiralty collision, not asbestos): on the night of 15-16 February 1943 - one week before commissioning, during the transit down the Mississippi from the builder - LST-5 anchored by the bow near Lee Light, mile 100 below Cairo, Illinois; at about 0030 on 16 February the towboat Horace E. Horton, pushing a four-barge tow (464 ft overall), attempted to pass and one barge struck the LST's bow, damaging it and stoving in a gasoline barge whose cargo spilled into the river. The United States sued as libelant; the opinion was decided 19 November 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943 collision; 1947 decision
- Limitations
- An admiralty collision case - it names the vessel but contains no asbestos allegation, no product identification, and no exposure finding; classified at its actual stage (trial-level admiralty disposition) as other litigation. The opinion's '337 feet long' description is approximate court shorthand against the class's documented 328 ft overall.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-5-13
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[15]Batch-7006 search ledger (this record): DANFS live page; NavSource 160005; NARA catalog 'LST-5' (war diaries NAIDs 134251690/134275295/135911554/78191307/134328863/78233983 pages read; action report NAIDs 78186333/78271760 read; muster rolls NAID 126613176 opening pages verified); BuShips SDB1945v2; GAO HRD-80-2 full text; CDC Stacks Dravo record; CourtListener API v4; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-5-01 through sl-uss-lst-5-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS LST-5 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener exact-phrase opinion searches returned one genuine ship-specific case - United States v. Horton (admiralty collision, other litigation, ev-13) - plus unrelated/noise hits classified as name collisions; the unhyphenated opinion variant and the docket index were repeatedly blocked by the shared fleet pacing budget this session - logged as blocked where not run, not as negative results. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; 'asbestos aboard' content consists of law-firm marketing pages asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - the hull was built inside the Navy's documented asbestos-insulation era and sold for scrapping in 1947, before modern ACM-handling records. Undigitized NARA material (remaining war-diary months, deck logs, Dravo work packages), UK Admiralty records for the 1944-46 HM LST-5 period, and the 1947 scrapping file are unfollowed leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-5-14