Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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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-567-lst567-pkt-691-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-567 (archived NHHC page; live history.navy.mil URL returned 404 on 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-567 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-567 was laid down on 20 March 1944 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co; launched on 15 May 1944; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Funkey; and commissioned on 1 June 1944.' WWII Asiatic-Pacific operations: Leyte landings (October and November 1944), Lingayen Gulf landing (January 1945), assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (June 1945). 'Following the war, LST-567 performed occupation duty in the Far East until late January 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 28 January 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 31 October 1947. On 24 May 1948, the ship was sold to the Bethlehem Steel Co., of Bethlehem, Pa., and subsequently scrapped.' Earned three battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- MVB&I construction trades (1944); commissioned crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS asserts the hull 'returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 28 January 1946' - NavSource instead records decommissioning 28 January 1946 with assignment to COMNAVFE SCAJAP as Q032; the two accounts conflict on location/post-decommission disposition (see gaps). Live NHHC page 404s at both current URL patterns; citation is a Wayback capture of the official DANFS text (labeled archived).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-567-lst567-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-567 (10/16/160567) - designation timeline, campaign assignments, commanding officers, specifications, awards, photo record [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160567.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officer table, awards block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 20 March 1944 at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN; launched 15 May 1944; commissioned USS LST-567, 1 June 1944, LT. Paul A. Day, USNR, in command. Campaigns: Leyte operation (Leyte landings, 20 October and 8-29 November 1944); Luzon operation (Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945); Okinawa Gunto operation (assault and occupation, 8-30 June 1945) - for Okinawa she was assigned to LST Flotilla Three (CDR. A. A. Ageton USN), LST Group Eight, LST Division Sixteen. 'Following WWII USS LST-567 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 28 January 1946. Decommissioned, 28 January 1946 and assigned to Commander Naval Forces Far East (COMNAVFE) Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q032. Struck from the Naval Register, 31 October 1947. Transferred to the Maritime Commission (MARAD), 24 May 1948. Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 24 May 1948, to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA.' Three battle stars. Awards block: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3); WWII Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Medal with Asia clasp; Philippines Presidential Unit Citation; Philippine Liberation Medal. Commanding officers: LT. Paul A. Day USNR (1 Jun 1944 - May 1945); LT. John G. Gardner (May - Dec 1945); LTjg. L. F. Morris USNR (Dec 1945 - 28 Jan 1946). Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; endurance 24,000 miles at 9 kt; complement 13 officers, 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers, 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; armament 2 twin 40mm + 4 single 40mm + 12 single 20mm (ultimate design); propulsion 2 GM 12-567A 900hp diesels, single Falk reduction gear, 3 diesel-drive 100kW 230V DC ship's-service generators, 2 shafts 1,700 shp, twin rudders; fuel 4,300 bbls diesel. One photograph: at Okinawa, date unknown (via LCI(M)-1010/1012 officers).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- MVB&I construction trades (1944); ship's company + embarked troops (1944-46); SCAJAP Japanese crews (1946-47, per this source's account); Bethlehem Steel shipbreakers (1948)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track DANFS/NVR. Its SCAJAP/Q032 post-decommissioning assignment conflicts with the DANFS 'returned to the United States and was decommissioned' narrative (see gaps and ev-08). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-567-lst567-02
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[4]Shipbuilding History (Colton), Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. yard roster, Evansville IN - hull-by-hull build table [other_primary]
- Locator
- missourivalley.htm yard table, hull 92 row; page introduction
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The yard's production roster lists this hull as Missouri Valley yard hull #92, FY1943 program: keel laid 3/20/44, launched 5/15/44, delivered 6/1/44 - 56 days on the ways, 17 days fitting out afloat, 73 total days - matching DANFS/NavSource milestones. Yard-level facts documented by the same source: the Evansville plant was purpose-built for the war effort on the Ohio River, built 171 LSTs plus LCTs, lighters and seaplane derricks (LCTs etc. at the Leavenworth, KS plant), closed after the war, and was destroyed by fire in 1946. The roster's disposition column carries 'Scrapped 1947' - a year earlier than the DANFS/NavSource 24 May 1948 sale-for-scrap to Bethlehem Steel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944 (build window); yard 1942-1945
- Population
- MVB&I Evansville construction trades, 1944 (peak yard employment ~19,200 per Clarence Mitchell Papers note - see report)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (well-regarded yard-history reference), not a primary registry - the disposition 'Scrapped 1947' conflicts with the documented 24 May 1948 sale; the 1948 DANFS/NavSource date is carried in the record. Build-time figures (days on ways/fitting out) are yard-compilation data unverified against a primary contract record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-567-lst567-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan) + consolidated era/design inference per the LST class profile (lst-1-class.class.json) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table (328 ft oa, 50 ft beam, 11.6 kt, 2x GM 12-567A 1,700 shp, 13 officers/106 enlisted); NavSource spec block (ev-02)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A tank landing ship built March-June 1944 sits inside the wartime asbestos-use era; the LST-542 design group is diesel-powered (2x GM 12-567A, ~1,700 shp, Falk reduction gears - NO boilers), so the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a diesel LST of this period: diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, winch and crane brake linings; the type's tight internal volume concentrates any lagging disturbance in the machinery spaces.
- 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); SCAJAP Japanese crews (1946-47, if applicable); Bethlehem Steel shipbreakers (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-567. Names era-standard applications for the type, not confirmed installed materials. No quantities. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. BuShips SDB-1945 v2 documents the design table (machinery, dimensions, accommodations) but does not itemize insulation materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-567-lst567-04
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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 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships of this hull's construction era and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire build (1944), commissioned service (1944-46), and the 1946-48 postwar custody window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); era context 1940s-1970s
- 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 - same standing defect as Batch-01/98); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-567-lst567-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 sweeps (authenticated): 'LST-567' type=o -> 0 results; 'LST-567' type=r -> 0 results; 'LST 567' type=o -> 0 results; 'LST 567' type=r -> 0 results [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-567-lst567-03, -04, -05
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located: authenticated CourtListener searches across the opinion index (type=o) and RECAP docket index (type=r) for 'LST-567' and 'LST 567' returned zero hits on all four sweeps. No appellate opinion, trial order, or docketed case naming USS LST-567 was found.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Coverage limits: CourtListener indexes only a fraction of state trial dockets; unindexed state-court filings, workers' compensation claims, settled cases without docketed opinions, and trust-fund claims would not appear. LSTs were hull-number-only, so litigants naming this ship would use the 'LST-567' string covered by the sweeps - but OCR variance in scanned filings (e.g., 'L.S.T. 567', 'LST- No. 567') could evade exact-phrase matching. A zero hit means no indexed litigation located, not that none exists.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-567-lst567-06
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[8]Batch-7080 search ledger (this record): DANFS via Wayback (live NHHC 404); NavSource live; shipbuildinghistory yard roster; BuShips SDB-1945 v2; GAO product page; MARAD Vessel History Database; NARA deck-log digitization list; USNI + SCAPIN-1162 (SCAJAP program); CourtListener authenticated sweeps; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-567-lst567-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation material schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, deck-log-derived repair record, or verified litigation naming USS LST-567 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The only 'asbestos aboard LSTs' material surfacing in general web sweeps is law-firm marketing content listing ship classes (e.g., simmonsfirm.com navy-ship listicles) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. No source located that documents the actual breakup location (Bethlehem Steel purchase was 'of Bethlehem, Pa.' per DANFS - the scrapping site is unverified).
- 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 - era-standard insulation practice and this hull's early scrapping (1948, predating any documented abatement regime) make both presence-at-construction plausible and present-day status moot. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-567-lst567-07
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[9]U.S. Naval Institute (USNI News/Proceedings), 'The Strange Navy That Shipped Millions of Japanese Home' - SCAJAP repatriation program history; corroborating primary: SCAPIN-1162 'Repatriation Ships' (GHQ SCAP, 28 Aug 1946, Nagoya University SCAPIN database) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI article (85 LSTs + 100 Liberty ships to SCAJAP; Kanji remarking); SCAPIN-1162 para. 2 (Q074/Q076/Q091/Q094)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The SCAJAP program that NavSource's 'redesignated Q032' line invokes is documented: the U.S. Navy established the Shipping Control Authority, Japanese Merchant Marine under COMNAVFE and 'gave Japan 85 LSTs and 100 Liberty ships that had been slated for decommissioning,' operated by Japanese crews for the mass repatriation effort; instruments and hatches were remarked with Kanji. SCAPIN-1162 (a primary GHQ memorandum) shows the Q-designation in operational use for ex-US LSTs: 'United States Landing Ships, Tank Q074, Q076, Q091 and Q094' ordered to sail from Sasebo. The program context makes NavSource's Q032 assignment for this hull plausible - though it conflicts with the DANFS return-to-US narrative and remains unresolved.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1947
- Population
- Japanese SCAJAP crews (1946-47 era)
- Limitations
- Program-level corroboration only: documents that decommissioned US LSTs did go to SCAJAP under Q-designations with Japanese crews - it does not name this hull and cannot resolve whether LST-567 specifically served as Q032 or returned to the US as DANFS states. USNI is a reputable professional-journal source; SCAPIN-1162 is a primary SCAP document cited for Q-designation usage, not this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-567-lst567-08
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[10]Woolsey v. Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., 119 Ind. App. 391, 88 N.E.2d 54 (Ind. Ct. App. Oct. 17, 1949), No. 17,878 - affirmed denial of occupational-disease compensation at this hull's builder [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, 119 Ind. App. at 391-92 (facts recited); posture: Industrial Board denial affirmed en banc
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Yard-level occupational-disease litigation at this hull's builder, decided against the claimant: the survivors of Elbert Woolsey, a pipe fitter employed by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron 'in the compartment of ships' from 21 June 1944 to 11 November 1944 (he died 29 October 1945), sought compensation under the Indiana Workmen's Occupational Diseases Act alleging death from 'poisoning from inhaling fumes and gases from galvanized metal being welded.' The Industrial Board majority (two members dissenting) found the decedent 'was not exposed to nor did he contract an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his employment, but that his death was caused solely by other causes'; the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the denial en banc (Royse, J.).
- 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
- Builder-yard context only, not a hull finding: Woolsey's June-November 1944 employment post-dates this hull's 1 June 1944 delivery, and the alleged agent was galvanized-metal welding fume, not asbestos. Per litigation-stage discipline this is an affirmed judgment AGAINST the claimed exposure - it is documentation that occupational-disease litigation at this yard litigated metal fumes and was resolved on the merits against the claimant, not evidence of toxic exposure aboard any hull. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-567-lst567-09