Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 682-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: USS LST-508 (never named)
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-508-lst508-pkt-682-packet-md
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[2]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), LST-508 (live page verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, full record (short LST-format entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 18 September 1943 at Jeffersonville, Ind., by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched 10 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Alexander Best; commissioned 14 January 1944, Lt. John G. Holmes, USNR, in command; assigned to the European theater and participated in the invasion of Normandy in June 1944; decommissioned 2 August 1946; struck from the Navy list 28 January 1947; transferred to the State Department for disposal 25 March 1947; earned one battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Jeffersonville Boat & Machine construction trades 1943-44; wartime crew and embarked troops
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history, not materials or asbestos content. The live NHHC page carries an OCR-layer typo ('10 Novembed 1943'); November is confirmed by NavSource and the shipbuildinghistory yard table. NHHC returns HTTP 404 to non-browser user agents - page verified live with a standard browser UA on 2026-10-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-508-lst508-01
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[3]NARA, 'USS LST-508 - War History' (NAID 77707430), RG 38, series WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories, Roll A2107 - ship's own history forwarded by the commanding officer 20 November 1945 (3 digitized pages, OCR'd this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77707430, pages 1-3 (letter, Ship's History enclosure A, CO list enclosure B)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Primary-source ship's history for this hull: built by the Jeff Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana; completed 6 January 1944; officers and crew boarded and proceeded down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, La., 'where it was officially commissioned on 14 January 1944'; shakedown cruise in the Gulf of Mexico off Panama City, Fla.; repairs at Galveston, Texas; final outfitting at New York City; sailed 7 March 1944 to Boston and Halifax, Nova Scotia, joined her convoy and proceeded to England; operated for eighteen months based from various south-eastern ports; took part in the Normandy invasion and the following cross-channel shuttle service; visited England, France, Germany, Belgium and Norway; ordered back to the U.S. 9 July 1945; repairs at Norfolk, Va.; ordered to St. Louis, Mo. for the Navy Day program 30 September 1945; returned to Norfolk. Successive commanding officers: LCDR John Grier Holmes, USNR (14 January 1944 - 1 August 1945); LT Blevins 'P' Allen, USNR (1 August 1945 - present [Nov 1945]).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- wartime crew; embarked troops
- Limitations
- Ship's own narrative history - contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos content. Commissioning location (New Orleans per this document) conflicts with a NavSource contributor photo caption implying Jeffersonville commissioning - carried in gaps. A second catalog copy exists at NAID 77561040 (Roll A1947).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-508-lst508-02
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[4]NARA, 'COM 11th PHIBFOR - Report of Operations of Combat Salvage & Firefighting Unit (Pinto, Arikari, ATR-2) Attached to Force "O" during the Assault Phase of the Invasion of Normandy, France Period 6/6-17/44' (NAID 78551862), RG 38, WWII War Diaries series, Roll A1079 (39 digitized pages, OCR'd this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78551862, operations table p. 22 of the scan (image 0176 of roll A1079)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous operational record naming this hull at Normandy: in the report's chronological operations table (D+10 through D+13 section, i.e., 16-19 June 1944 window), a 2250 entry records salvage vessel ARIKARI picking up disabled landing craft LCOT-543 and delivering it 'to LST-508 for towing to UK' - documenting LST-508 on the Normandy shuttle performing salvage-support towing during the assault phase.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-06
- Population
- wartime crew
- Limitations
- Incidental operational mention - establishes the ship's presence and towing assignment off Normandy, not materials or asbestos content. The table's day-column header is not repeated on the page bearing the 508 entry; the entry falls between the D+10 continuation and the D+13 header, so the precise day (D+10/D+11/D+12, i.e., 16-18 June 1944) is ambiguous in the scan.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-508-lst508-03
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[5]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, 'USS LST-508' (live page verified 200 OK 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/10/16/160508.htm - timeline, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Volunteer-compiled vessel record consistent with DANFS on U.S.-side dates, adding: transfer by the State Department to France 25 March 1947 and renaming RFS Orne (L9002); dated photo documentation of French service alongside the transport Pasteur off Vietnam during the French-Indochina War (ca. 1945-1954, one series captioned ca. 1948-1950) and of the ex-ship awaiting and undergoing scrapping probably at La Seyne near Toulon (undated); commanding officer roster adding LTjg A. W. Levey, USNR (December 1945 - 2 August 1946); class specifications (2x GM 12-567A diesels 900 hp each, Falk reduction gear, 2 shafts 1,700 shp, 3 diesel 100 kW generators, 11.6 kt, 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam, complement 13 officers/104 enlisted, troops 16 officers/147 enlisted, 2 LCVP); 'Final Disposition, scrapped by France in 1957.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1964
- Population
- wartime crew; French Navy crews 1947-1962
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled reference, not a government record - used for the French-service chain and CO roster where it adds detail beyond DANFS. Its 'scrapped by France in 1957' conflicts with French-side records (Alabordache withdrawal from active service 17 February 1962; shipbuildinghistory/NMA 'scrapped 1964 as Q311') - the disposal-date conflict is carried in gaps. Photo captions are contributor-supplied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-508-lst508-04
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[6]Alabordache (French Navy history association), unit page 'LST Orne' (live page verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- alabordache.fr index + presentation pages for LST Orne (service-date fields)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- French-side service record for the ex-hull: RFS Orne, hull number L9002, built at Jeffersonville (USA) 1943, transferred to France 1947; date admitted to active service 25 March 1947; date withdrawn from active service 17 February 1962.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1947-1962
- Population
- French Navy crews 1947-1962
- Limitations
- Association-compiled unit record, not an official Marine nationale publication; the page set is internally inconsistent (the presentation sub-page shows a 27/05/1947 transfer date against the index's 25/03/1947 admission date). The 17 February 1962 withdrawal agrees with Navypedia's 'stricken 2.1962' and is treated as the French retirement date; scrapping date remains conflicted (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-508-lst508-05
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[7]ShipbuildingHistory.com (Tim Colton yard records), 'JeffBoat - Self-Propelled Vessels' build table (live page verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com jeffboat.htm LST table, LST 508 row + yard-history header
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder-yard table row for this hull: 'LST 508 | US Navy | Landing Ship | 1,625d | 328 | 14-Jan-44 | To France 1947 as Orne (L 9002), scrapped 1964 as Q311.' Same page documents the yard: Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company (JeffBoat), organized 1938 by American Barge Line; the Navy condemned the neighboring Howard Shipyard in 1942 and leased it to JeffBoat for the war; a major LST builder with employment peaking at 13,000; closed permanently 2018.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- JeffBoat construction workforce (wartime peak ~13,000)
- Limitations
- Secondary yard-record compilation - corroborates the French transfer and supplies the 'Q311' hulk designation and 1964 scrapping, which conflict with NavSource's 'scrapped 1957' (carried in gaps). Jeffersonville Boat & Machine is not present in the shipyards.json yard dataset, so the builder is carried in gaps rather than related_shipyards.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-508-lst508-06
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[8]Batch-7016 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live; NARA catalog (war history + operational mention); NavSource; French-side records; CourtListener authenticated sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-508-lst508-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazardous-material disclosure, litigation naming LST-508, or hull-specific materials specification was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Authenticated CourtListener sweeps for 'LST-508', 'LST 508', and 'USS LST-508' across both the opinion index and RECAP docket index each returned zero hits of any kind - a clean negative finding with no collisions to classify.
- 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 1943-44 diesel-powered hull is consistent with era-material use, but no ship-level record establishes presence, absence, or quantity, and none establishes or defeats any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-508-lst508-07
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[9]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Apr 1945), NAVSHIPS 250-011, LST design table (shipscribe.com scan, LST491-541 row verified this session) + lst-1-class.class.json era analysis + GAO HRD-80-2 policy context [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; lst-1-class.class.json; GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for a diesel-powered amphibious ship built 1943-44 at an inland wartime yard: NO boilers or steam plant - the steam-lagging pathway does not apply; plausible asbestos applications on this type concentrate in diesel-engine and exhaust-system insulation, gaskets and packing throughout the engineering spaces, electrical insulation/cable, deck coverings (incl. tank-deck surfaces), accommodation-space insulation, and brake/friction linings on winches and the stern-anchor windlass. BuShips SDB-1945 v2 (LST491-541 design-group row, verified in the live PDF this session) confirms the diesel plant (2x GM 12-567A, 1,700 shp, Falk reduction gears, 3x 100 kW diesel ship's-service generators) and lists total accommodations of 13 officers / 106 enlisted for the group. GAO HRD-80-2 documents that the Navy did not begin systematic asbestos substitution until the early 1970s - decades after this hull left U.S. custody (1947), so that policy context bounds the era rather than any event on this ship.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1964
- Population
- JeffBoat construction trades 1943-44; wartime crew; French Navy crews 1947-1962; French scrapping-yard workers
- Limitations
- Class/era and design inference only - no hull-level material schedule, insulation spec, or survey exists in the public record for this ship; her 1947-1962 French service and scrapping mean original materials were subject to undocumented foreign work. Does not establish presence, absence, or quantity of ACM.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-508-lst508-08