Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]DANFS entry, LST-541 (NHHC; live page returns 404 - archived Wayback capture of 2024-05-27 cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-541 entry body text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-541 was laid down 22 November 1943 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 25 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Earl B. Blackman; commissioned 28 February 1944. Assigned to the European theater and participated in the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Decommissioned 9 November 1945 and struck from the Navy list 28 November 1945. Sold 22 March 1948 to Townsend Transportation Co., Bayonne, N.J., and subsequently scrapped. Earned one battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Ship's company (~9 officers/120 enlisted) and embarked troops, 1944-45
- Limitations
- Official Navy history, ship-specific. Contains no asbestos, survey, or material information. Live NHHC URL 404s (standing NHHC link-rot defect per BATCH-01); the archived capture is cited, not the dead live URL. Does not identify the Normandy beach (Juno attribution is NavSource-only) and does not give a scrapping completion date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-541-01
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-541 (page 160541; last updated 15 January 2021) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page 160541 - chronology block, awards ribbons, spec block, commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Per-hull chronology and spec block: LST-491 class; laid down 22 November 1943 at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN; commissioned USS LST-541, 28 February 1944, LT. Louis Silver USNR in command. Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign: Invasion of Normandy (Juno Beach), 6 to 25 June 1944. Decommissioned 9 November 1945; struck from the Naval Register 28 November 1945; sold for scrapping 22 March 1948 to Townsend Transportation Co., Bayonne, N.J. Specs: 328 ft o.a., 50 ft beam; 9 officers / 120 enlisted ship's company plus 14 officers / 131 enlisted troops; two GM 12-567A diesels, Falk reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V D.C. generators, 1,700 shp, twin screws. Commanding officers: LT. Louis Silver USNR (28 Feb 1944 - Aug 1944); LTjg. J. J. Judge USNR (Aug 1944 - 9 Nov 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops, 1944-45
- Limitations
- NavSource is a curated secondary compilation (transcribed DANFS + contributor photographs), not a primary document; its inline 'Launched, 23 January 1944' conflicts with DANFS and the BuShips roster (25 January) - see gaps. The Juno Beach attribution is NavSource-only. No asbestos content on the page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-541-02
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (April 1945), LST roster row for LST 541 (shipscribe.com scan, text layer) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 PDF, LST roster pages (~pp. 168-191 section), LST 541 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official BuShips 1945 roster lists LST 541 under builder 'Missouri Valley B. & I. Co., Evansville, Ind.' with keel 22 Nov 43, launch 25 Jan 44, and commission 28 Feb 44 - the primary-source resolution of the launch-date conflict (25 January, matching DANFS).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945 publication; 1943-44 hull dates
- Limitations
- Roster OCR layout is staggered; the builder is carried by 'do.' (ditto) under the Missouri Valley B. & I. Co. block heading beginning at LST-532 - transcription verified against the surrounding block. The roster is a wartime government compilation; it contains no material or asbestos data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-541-03
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (April 1945), LST design table for group LST491-541 (shipscribe.com scan, text layer) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table, group row LST491-541
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official BuShips design table for design group LST491-541 gives: 328 ft o.a., 50 ft beam, ~2,366 t light / 4,080 t trial displacement, 11.6 kt, propulsion of 2 G.M. Diesel 12-567A engines at 1,700 shp total with Falk main reduction gears, and three 100 kW 230 V D.C. diesel-drive ship's service generators; the boilers column is empty - a diesel plant with no boilers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Design-group data covering hulls LST-491 through LST-541, not a hull-specific survey. Establishes the machinery fit for the group (diesel, no boilers) - relevant to bounding which asbestos applications are era-consistent - but says nothing about insulation materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-541-04
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[5]Consolidated era inference - BuShips SDB-1945 v2 machinery data (diesel plant, no boilers) + era amphibious-ship construction practice; no hull-specific material schedule located [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class technical data; lst-1-class class profile ev-lst-1-class-03 (class-f worktree)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for diesel-powered LSTs: with no boilers aboard, the steam-plant lagging pathway does not apply; asbestos-relevant applications are GM diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, valve packing, electrical insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings - the materials standard to 1943-44 U.S. naval construction.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- MVB&I Evansville construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-45); scrapping-yard workers (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-level asbestos record exists for LST-541 (see negative-finding row). Establishes no quantities, no installation aboard this hull, and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-541-05
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure, covering the use of asbestos in Navy ships, removal costs, and compensation programs; the Navy's 1975 policy removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.
- 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, not ship- or class-specific. The report postdates this hull's scrapping (sold March 1948) by three decades - its standing-policy findings never applied to LST-541; it is context for the Navy asbestos era only. Full-text PDF not fetched; content via the live product-page description (curl fetch returns 403 - known standing defect since BATCH-01; page verified live via render path this session).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-541-06
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[7]Woolsey v. Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., 119 Ind. App. 391, 88 N.E.2d 54 (Ind. Ct. App. 1949), CourtListener opinion 3428445 [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, 88 N.E.2d 54 at 55-56 (facts and Board finding); affirmed in banc
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- An Indiana appellate opinion in an occupational-disease claim by the estate of Elbert Woolsey, a pipe fitter who worked 'in the compartment of ships' at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron from 21 June 1944 to 11 November 1944, alleging poisoning from inhaled fumes and gases from welding galvanized metal. The Industrial Board found no occupational disease arising from employment; the denial of compensation was affirmed. Documents that the builder yard has a docketed occupational-disease litigation history during LST-541's exact build-and-commissioning era - but a metal-fume claim, not an asbestos claim.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944 (employment); 1949 (opinion)
- Population
- MVB&I Evansville shipyard trades, 1944
- Limitations
- Yard-level litigation, not ship-specific: Woolsey's employment window (Jun-Nov 1944) postdates LST-541's delivery (Feb 1944), so he worked on later hulls; the case alleges metal-fume injury, never mentions asbestos, and names no vessel. Classified context_only and classified DOWN to the pleading/Board-finding level - a non-asbestos occupational-disease proceeding, not exposure evidence for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-541-07
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[8]Library of Congress, Veterans History Project, Charles Hardy Outlaw Collection (AFC/2001/001/66893) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LOC item afc2001001.66893 - Veterans History Project service summary
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Library of Congress Veterans History Project holds the Charles Hardy Outlaw Collection: service summary records Navy service aboard USS LST 541 (and Task Unit 125-20), 1943-1946, with service locations Maryland, New Jersey, Florida, England, and France; highest rank Seaman First Class. Includes an interview recording, photo album, and honorable discharge document.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Ship's company (S1c Charles H. Outlaw, USN)
- Limitations
- Archival collection documentation naming this hull - establishes a crew member's service aboard, nothing more. Contains no asbestos information; interview content not reviewed. The 1943 enlistment date precedes the hull's commissioning (Feb 1944), consistent with pre-commissioning crew assembly.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-541-08
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[9]Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library, 'Evansville in WWII' digital collection (source institution: Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science), 15 cataloged photographs for 'LST 541' incl. items 10957-10975 (launch), 10803 (broom raising), 10806 (commissioning) [museum_official]
- Locator
- Indiana Memory records EVPL_evawwii-10957 et seq.; collection alias evawwii
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The EVPL 'Evansville in WWII' collection (Evansville Museum source photographs by yard photographer Jack Rusche) catalogs 15 items naming LST 541 / yard hull #66: launch photographs showing sponsor 'Mrs. Blackman' / 'Mrs. Ehrle B. Blackman' christening the ship (metadata-dated 23 January 1944), a 'broom raising' photograph dated 19 February 1944, and a commissioning photograph ('Officers and men at attention, commissioning LST 541') dated 20 February 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944 (events)
- Population
- MVB&I launch/commissioning attendees; shipyard workforce
- Limitations
- Museum metadata, not a contemporaneous document - the collection's launch date (23 Jan 1944) conflicts with DANFS/BuShips (25 Jan) and its commissioning-photo date (20 Feb 1944) precedes the official commissioning date (28 Feb 1944); the conflicts are carried in gaps, and neither EVPL date is asserted in the record fields. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-541-09
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[10]shipbuildinghistory.com (T. Colton), Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company, Evansville IN yard production table [other_primary]
- Locator
- MVB&I Evansville LST table, row '66 | No name | LST | 541'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The yard production table lists yard hull 66, LST 541: laid 11/22/43, launched 1/25/44, commissioned 2/28/44 - dates matching DANFS and the BuShips roster exactly - with disposition 'Scrapped 1947'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary reference (not a primary source); useful corroboration of build dates and yard hull number. Its 'Scrapped 1947' disposition predates the DANFS-documented sale date of 22 March 1948 and is an unresolved conflict carried in gaps - DANFS disposition carried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-541-10
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[11]Batch-7052 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS (Wayback), NavSource, BuShips SDB-1945 v2, CourtListener API v4 (4 hull-number queries), Library of Congress VHP, EVPL digital archive, shipbuildinghistory.com, GAO, NARA catalog, Naval Vessel Register, general web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-541-01 through sl-uss-lst-541-16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming LST-541 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener returned zero results on authenticated searches for 'LST-541' and 'LST 541' across both opinion and docket indexes (see search_ledger).
- 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 in the peak Navy asbestos era (1943-44) and scrapped in 1948, decades before record-keeping regimes that would document material content. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-541-11
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[12]USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc. (Evansville, IN) - Amphibious Archives collection holds deck logs, action reports, and shipyard-related material for WWII LSTs; archivist contact archives@lstmemorial.org [museum_official]
- Locator
- lstmemorial.org virtual-exhibits page; EVPL 'USS LST 325 Memorial Museum Collection' description
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The USS LST Ship Memorial's archival program (with the EVPL digitization partnership) holds deck logs, action reports, and shipyard materials for WWII LSTs and the shipyards that built them - the likeliest non-NARA lead for LST-541 construction and service documents, including any yard-era material schedules. Holdings specific to LST-541 unverified.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Lead only - the museum's public virtual exhibits are LST-325-centric; whether LST-541-specific material exists in the collection is unverified. NARA RG 24 deck logs for this hull are likewise not verified as digitized (catalog.archives.gov is JS-rendered; no API result obtained this session).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-541-12