Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 691-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-562-lst562-pkt-691-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-562 - construction at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., sponsor, Pacific service, occupation duty, decommissioning, disposal (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-562 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-562 was laid down on 28 February 1944 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 28 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. D. A. Nordeen; and commissioned on 18 May 1944.' Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; 'participated in the Morotai landings in September 1944 and the Tarakan Island operation in April and May 1945.' 'Following the war, LST-562 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-December 1945. She was decommissioned on 21 May 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 3 July that same year. On 19 April 1948, the ship was sold to the Bethlehem Steel Co., of Bethlehem, Pa., and subsequently scrapped.' 'LST-562 earned two battle stars for World War II service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- MVB&I Evansville construction trades (Feb-May 1944); crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content, no complement or machinery figures (the entry carries no spec block). DANFS does not name her commanding officers or flotilla assignment - those come from other rows. Live NHHC page verified 2026-10-02 (the standing NHHC link-rot defect noted in BATCH-01 did not affect this entry).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-562-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945) - LST design table and construction roster (shipscribe.com scan, text layer extracted this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table (design group LST542-931) and LST roster, 'LST 562' row under Missouri Valley B. & I. Co., Evansville, Ind.
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips roster entry for this hull: 'LST 562 ... do. [Missouri Valley B. & I. Co., Evansville, Ind.] ... 28 Feb 44 [keel laid] ... 28 Apr 44 [launched] ... 18 May 44 [first commission]' - matching DANFS on all three milestones. The accompanying design table for design group LST542-931 lists: 328 ft overall / 316 ft waterline, 50 ft extreme beam, 2,366 t beaching displacement, 4,080 t full-load displacement, 11.6 kt trial speed, machinery '2 - G. M. Diesel, 12-567A' rated 1,700 (shp), accommodations 13 officers / 106 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (edition coverage)
- Population
- MVB&I Evansville construction trades; crew (projected complement 13/106)
- Limitations
- Official wartime BuShips data - corroborates milestones and class machinery/complement, but is a design-table/roster source, not a hull-condition or material record; no asbestos content. PDF served from shipscribe.com at a reorganized path: the URL cited in the batch-class file (shipscribe.com/styles/usnaux/sdb/SDB1945v2.pdf) returned 404 on 2026-10-02; the identical file is live at www.shipscribe.com/pubs/SDB1945v2.pdf. Roster row lists only build milestones - the 1945 edition predates her decommissioning and sale.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-562-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-562 (10/16/160562) - designation timeline, flotilla/group/division assignment, campaign table, specifications, commanding-officer list, photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160562.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officer table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 28 February 1944 at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN; launched 28 April 1944; commissioned USS LST-562, 18 May 1944, 'LT. Richard N. Shaw, USNR, in command' (CO conflict - see ev-11). WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LST Flotilla Eight (CAPT. E. Watts, USN), LST Group Twenty Two (CDR. E.H. Pope, USN), LST Division Forty Three. Campaign table: Western New Guinea operation - Morotai landings, 15 September 1944; Borneo operation - Tarakan Island operation, 10-16 May 1945. 'Following World War II USS LST-562 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East 24 September to 20 December 1945.' Decommissioned 21 May 1946; struck from the Naval Register 3 July 1946; sold for scrapping 19 April 1948 to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA; two battle stars. Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; beam 50 ft; 11.6 kt trial; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; propulsion two General Motors 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC ship's service generators, two propellers (1,700 shp), twin rudders; diesel fuel 4,300 bbls. Photo captions place the hull beached at Morotai 30 May 1945 with LST-584 (Australian War Memorial photo 108519, Australian 2/19th Transport Platoon DUKWs loading for Operation Oboe 6 / North Borneo) and under way in San Francisco Bay circa early 1946 (NHHC photo NH 79014).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- MVB&I construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); Bethlehem Steel shipbreakers (1948)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry; milestone dates here match DANFS and the BuShips roster. Contains no asbestos content. The commissioning-CO attribution to LT Richard N. Shaw conflicts with NavSource's own LST-652 page and a Wikipedia editorial note - carried in ev-11 and gaps. The campaign-table window '10-16 May 1945' differs from the ship's own action report, which documents the assault phase 27 April-3 May 1945 (ev-04).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-562-03
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[5]NARA, RG 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (series NAID 4697018) - four digitized ship-specific action reports for USS LST-562: NAID 140054252 (Tarakan invasion, Serial A-01, dated 6 May 1945); NAID 101737377 (Labuan Island, Brunei Bay, 10 June 1945, Serial A-02, dated 12 June 1945); NAID 101716196 (anti-aircraft action, Brunei Bay, 14 June 1945, Serial SA-001, dated 15 June 1945); NAID 101737380 (Lutong, Borneo assault landing, 20 June 1945, Serial A-03, dated 20 June 1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/140054252 (3 images); /id/101737377, /id/101716196, /id/101737380 (2 images each); RG 38, series NAID 4697018
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own action reports survive digitized at NARA. Tarakan report (3 images, OCR'd this session): LST-562 joined Task Group 78.1 for the OBOE-ONE operation 27 April 1945; took station fourth in the outboard column bound for Tarakan Island; at 0634 on 1 May 1945 a torpedo wake was sighted 350 yards off the port bow and the torpedo 'passed under the ship from port to starboard'; a second torpedo passed ~50 yards off the port quarter at 0635; a submerged disturbance consistent with a possible midget submarine was reported (not confirmed) at 0637; she launched 5 LCVPs and 6 LVTs for the assault wave at 0640; mortar rounds fell ~50 yards off on 3 May; 'no casualties... the ship was never hit'; signed FRED P. LAWRENCE, commanding officer. AA action report (2 images, OCR'd): at 2240 (I) on 14 June 1945 at Victoria Town, Labuan Island, Brunei Bay, Borneo, one aircraft (220 kt, 1,000 ft) closed to ~1,200 yards; LST-562 expended 138 rounds of 20 mm and 60 rounds of 40 mm; no hits, no bombs or torpedoes on the ship, no confirmed shoot-down. Catalog entries for the Labuan (A-02) and Lutong (A-03) reports confirm digitization, serials, and dates.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-04-27 to 1945-06-20
- Population
- LST-562 ship's company and embarked troops, May-June 1945
- Limitations
- Primary ship documents - they establish operations and positions, not material content; no asbestos, insulation, or material references appear in the OCR'd text (expected for action reports). The June 1945 North Borneo reports (Labuan/Brunei Bay/Lutong - Operation Oboe Six) document operations that DANFS compresses into a single 'Tarakan Island operation' line. OCR text is machine-extracted; minor transcription noise possible. All four file units are unrestricted and digitized.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-562-04
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[6]Legiontown U.S.A. (American Legion), 'A letter home from Japan' - transcribed 1 October 1945 letter of Donald Craig, sailor aboard USS LST-562, posted 'Offshore, Yokohama, Japan' [other_primary]
- Locator
- legiontown.org/ownwords/5366 - letter text and author note
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A first-person artifact places this hull on occupation duty: sailor Donald Craig's letter datelined 'Air Mail From USS LST-562, Offshore, Yokohama, Japan 1 October 1945' describes coming off the beach unloaded at Yokohama, a 40-LST convoy in the anchorage, and liberty in Tokyo. The hosting page's note states LST-562 'was assigned the duty of delivering units of the 13th Air Force to Japan after the surrender.' Consistent with the documented occupation-service window (24 September - 20 December 1945).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- LST-562 crew, Yokohama anchorage, 1 October 1945
- Limitations
- Veteran's personal letter transcribed on an American Legion community site - a primary artifact but not an official record; transcription and the 'about the author' framing are the site's. Vessel-history detail only - no asbestos or material content; makes no exposure claim for Craig or any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-562-05
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[7]National Park Service, 'Places of WWII History in Evansville, IN' - Evansville Shipyard / Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company documentation [nps]
- Locator
- NPS article, 'Evansville Shipyard' section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS documents this hull's builder: the Navy built Evansville Shipyard on 40 acres on the city's west side; within four months of the February 1942 announcement the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company began production of the yard's first LST; 'by February 1945, Evansville Shipyard produced 167 LSTs' at a 1944 pace of one ship every four days, plus 13 ammunition lighters and 17 oceangoing barges - the 'world's largest inland producer of ocean-going ships.' The last ship launched 12 December 1945; a fire destroyed the yard in January 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Evansville Shipyard / MVB&I workforce (1942-45)
- Limitations
- Yard-level context: documents the builder and production environment, not this specific hull and not any material content. No asbestos or material data for the yard was located in this or any other source this session. The NPS '167 LSTs by February 1945' and secondary '171 LSTs total' counts differ slightly (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-562-06
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[8]Woolsey v. Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., 119 Ind. App. 391, 88 N.E.2d 54 (Ind. App. 1949) (No. 17,878, filed 17 October 1949, Royse, J.) [court_record]
- Locator
- 119 Ind. App. 391 / 88 N.E.2d 54; No. 17,878 (Ind. App. 1949)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- OTHER LITIGATION (non-asbestos) against this hull's builder: the estate of Elbert Woolsey, employed by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron 'as a pipe fitter in the compartment of ships from June 21, 1944 to November 11, 1944' at the Evansville yard, sought compensation under the Indiana Workmen's Occupational Diseases Act alleging poisoning from 'inhaling fumes and gases from galvanized metal being welded.' The Industrial Board (two members dissenting) found he 'was not exposed to nor did he contract an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his employment'; the Court of Appeals affirmed the award for the employer. Woolsey died 29 October 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1949
- Population
- MVB&I Evansville ship-compartment trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Litigation-stage discipline: this is NOT an asbestos case and NOT exposure evidence - it is a merits-level defense win on a galvanized-fume occupational-disease claim, and it names the builder, not this hull. Included because it is the only litigation naming the builder's Evansville ship operation located this session and it documents a contemporaneous occupational-disease exposure dispute among yard ship-compartment workers during this hull's production era. Reporter citation verified via secondary index (hallapproved case list) - the aggregator link is NOT cited; no CourtListener-hosted copy was located this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-562-07
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[9]Era inference built on: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 LST542-931 design table (diesel machinery, accommodations); NavSource specifications block (GM 12-567A diesels, Falk gears, diesel-drive generators); NPS Evansville yard documentation (ev-06); LST-1-class profile class notes (diesel LST exposure-relevant applications) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST542-931 design rows; NavSource 10/16/160562.htm specifications; class profile lst-1-class class_notes
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered tank landing ship built February-May 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a diesel LST of this period were diesel-exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. She carried no boilers or steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the exposure-relevant spaces are the engine room, machinery spaces, and accommodation areas.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- MVB&I construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); Bethlehem Steel shipbreakers (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, construction specification, or work package located for LST-562. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. No manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-562-08
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[10]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 (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 (1944) and service era (1944-46). The Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs; modified 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- 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 plain automated fetch, HTTP 403 via curl, confirmed 2026-10-02; product-page highlights retrieved via firecrawl). By the policy period described (1970s) this hull had already been scrapped (1948).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-562-09
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[11]Batch-7075 search ledger (this record): DANFS live page; BuShips SDB-1945 v2; NavSource; NARA RG 38 catalog (four digitized action reports, two OCR'd); NPS Evansville; Legiontown; NHHC photo NH 79014; GAO product page; CourtListener (opinions searched, dockets blocked); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-562-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LST-562 was found in the sources searched. CourtListener searches completed this session: opinion phrase query 'USS LST-562' returned 0 hits; loose query 'LST-562' returned ~120 hits, all name collisions on review (no opinion text mentions the hull); docket-index query '"LST-562"' returned 0 hits. The only 'asbestos aboard' content surfaced is law-firm marketing material (e.g., veterans/mesothelioma listicles) asserting asbestos on WWII LSTs generally 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. RG 24 deck logs, MVB&I build specifications, and any Bethlehem Steel scrapping-contract records are undigitized or unlocated leads; two of her own action reports were OCR'd and contain no material-content references (expected for action reports). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-562-10
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[12]Designation/disposition cross-check: NavSource LST-562 page (Shaw CO listing) vs NavSource LST-652 page (LT Richard Nesbitt Shaw, USNR, commissioning CO of LST-652, 1 January 1945); Wikipedia LST-562 editorial note; navalmarinearchive.com / shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net LST table rows [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160562.htm vs 10/16/160652.htm CO tables; Wikipedia USS_LST-562 service-history note; NARA NAID 140054252 signature block; navalmarinearchive sbh/smallships/lstpart2.html row 562
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION (two propagating secondary-source errors): (1) Commanding officer - NavSource's LST-562 page lists 'LT. Richard N. Shaw, USNR' in command at commissioning (18 May 1944), but NavSource's own LST-652 page lists the same officer as commissioning CO of LST-652 (1 January 1945 - 12 December 1945), and a Wikipedia editorial note asserts Shaw 'was the first Captain of LST 652; not LST 562.' The ship's own Tarakan action report (ev-04) is signed by FRED P. LAWRENCE as commanding officer in May 1945, and NavSource/Wikipedia list LT F. P. Lawrence, USNR, as a wartime CO - Lawrence is confirmed in command by May 1945 on a primary document; whether Shaw ever actually commanded LST-562 is unresolved. (2) Disposition - secondary shipbuilding tables (navalmarinearchive.com, shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net) print LST-562's fate as 'To Indonesia 1970 as Teluk Kau (L 504)' - that is LST-652's documented post-MSTS Indonesian transfer (NavSource LST-652 page photographs KRI Teluk Kau ex-USNS T-LST-652). DANFS, NavSource, and BuShips-era records all show LST-562 sold to Bethlehem Steel for scrapping 19 April 1948.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Limitations
- Corrects two circulating errors; the correction of the Indonesia-transfer misattribution is firm (documented to LST-652), while the commissioning-CO question is genuinely unresolved - NavSource lists Shaw on both hulls, and dual commissioning commands were possible. The Wikipedia note is an unsigned editorial assertion without citation. The Lawrence signature on the 6 May 1945 action report is primary evidence of his command only from that date, not of the full tour. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-562-11