Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 692-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-571-lst571-pkt-692-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'LST-571' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command - ARCHIVED COPY: live NHHC URL returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-02; text verified from the 2 Feb 2025 Wayback capture of the canonical NHHC page [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'LST-571' entry (NHHC ship-histories DANFS L-section)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-571 was laid down 14 April 1944 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 25 May 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph H. Hayes; and commissioned 14 June 1944, Lt. Walter A. Raleigh in command. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the Lingayen Gulf landing in January 1945 and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from April to June 1945. Postwar, occupation duty in the Far East until early December 1945. Decommissioned 12 March 1946; struck from the Navy list 12 April 1946. Sold 17 August 1948 to Port Houston Iron Works, Inc., of Houston, Tex., for non-self-propelled operation. Earned two battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's company 1944-1946 (13 officers/104 enlisted plus embarked troops per class spec)
- Limitations
- Establishes construction milestones, wartime service, and disposal only. Contains no asbestos, material, crew-exposure, or product information; 'non-self-propelled operation' implies post-sale conversion to barge or pontoon service but the buyer's use and the hull's final disposition are not documented by DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-571-01
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[3]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-571 page (verified live 2026-10-02): campaign table, flotilla assignment, commanding officers, specifications, awards, Lingayen Gulf photograph [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160571 - awards block, timeline, specifications table, CO list, photo caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents: LST-542 class tank landing ship; laid down 14 April 1944 at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN; launched 25 May 1944; commissioned 14 June 1944. Campaigns: Luzon operation (Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945) and Okinawa Gunto operation (assault and occupation, 1 April-18 June 1945), for which she was assigned to LST Flotilla Sixteen (CAPT N. W. Sears), LST Group Forty-Seven (CDR L. A. Drexler), LST Division Ninety-Four. Navy Occupation Service Medal periods 25 October-5 November 1945 and 30 November-5 December 1945. Decommissioned 12 March 1946; struck 12 April 1946; sold 17 August 1948 to Port Houston Iron Works, Inc.; final disposition 'fate unknown'. Commanding officers: LT Walter A. Raleigh Jr. USNR (14 Jun 1944-5 Jul 1945); LT Robert I. Shrader USNR (5 Jul-24 Nov 1945); LTjg Allen B. Lewis USNR (24 Nov 1945-12 Mar 1946). Specifications: 2 x GM 12-567A diesels (900 hp each), Falk main reduction gear, two propellers 1,700 shp; 13 officers/104 enlisted; troops 16 officers/147 enlisted. A US Navy photograph shows LST-461, LST-277, LST-917, and LST-571 beached unloading across pontoon causeways, probably at Lingayen Gulf, circa January 1945. Awards include Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation and Philippine Liberation Medal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops 1944-1946
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled photo archive, not an official repository - used here for timeline, specifications, CO roster, and photographic documentation consistent with DANFS. Specifications are class-level values for the LST-542 design group, not measured values for this hull. Contains no asbestos information. 'Fate unknown' after the 1948 sale is the archive's own characterization.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-571-02
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[4]Commander Transport Squadron TWELVE, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CTG 54.3, Commodore H. B. Knowles, USS Cambria flagship), Action Report, Landings at NAGASAKI, 18-24 September 1945, Serial 0473 dated 30 September 1945 - scanned original hosted by NavSource (contributed by Douglas Gritzinger); text extracted via OCR [other_primary]
- Locator
- Action report task-organization section (LST Group 13 temp list); daily log entries of 26-28 September 1945; 'Daily Unloading Percentage LSTs' annex table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ComTransRon 12 action report for the Nagasaki occupation landings names LST-571 in its task organization under LST Group Thirteen (temp), annotated '(PB)' - pontoon barges on board - and in the daily movement log: on 26 September 1945 'LST's 571 and 1073 ordered to launch pontoon barges ... for use of Port Director'; on 27 September 1945 LST 1073, 571, and 887 were directed to proceed with LCS 104 as escort to SASEBO, on arrival reporting to C.T.G. 54.1 and ComLSTGroup 14. The report's unloading-percentage table records LST-571's discharge progress at Nagasaki (0% then 40% then 100% across the late-September window).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-09-18 to 1945-09-28
- Population
- Ship's company September 1945
- Limitations
- Primary USN operational record confirming this hull's presence and tasking at the Nagasaki occupation landings; extracted by OCR from a 52-page scan (150-dpi pass) - hull number '571' appears clearly in three log entries and the unloading table, but surrounding typewritten text is degraded and exact page positions are approximate. Documents operational presence and cargo-handling activity only; contains no asbestos or material information. Post-war occupation service is the relevant exposure-relevant context (routine harbor/cargo operations, not combat).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-571-03
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[5]National Park Service, 'Places of WWII History in Evansville, IN' (Evansville an American World War II Heritage City, designated 2022) - Evansville Shipyard section [nps]
- Locator
- NPS article, 'Evansville Shipyard' section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS documents that the Navy built Evansville Shipyard on 40 acres on Evansville's west side; the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company began production of the yard's first LST within four months of the February 1942 announcement; by February 1945 the yard had produced 167 LSTs at a 1944 rate of one ship every four days, plus 13 ammunition lighters and 17 oceangoing barges; the last ship launched 12 December 1945 and a January 1946 fire destroyed the yard. This is the yard where LST-571 was built.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Evansville Shipyard construction workforce, 1942-1945 (70,000+ total workers per related secondary accounts; NPS text gives no count)
- Limitations
- Yard-level production history only - does not name LST-571 and contains no asbestos, material, or workforce-exposure information. Establishes the construction setting (an inland 'cornfield' yard mass-producing LSTs on a four-day cycle during this hull's April-June 1944 build) but nothing about materials installed aboard this or any hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-571-04
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[6]Woolsey v. Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., 119 Ind. App. 391, 88 N.E.2d 54 (Ind. App. 1949) - occupational-disease workmen's-compensation appeal decided 17 October 1949 [court_record]
- Locator
- Ind. App. LEXIS 196 (1949); opinion summary via secondary legal directory
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The Indiana Appellate Court affirmed a denial of occupational-disease compensation to the estate of Elbert Woolsey, a pipe fitter employed by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. working in the compartments of ships June-November 1944 - the yard's LST production window that includes LST-571's construction. The claim alleged poisoning from inhaling fumes and gases of galvanized metal being welded; the Industrial Board found no occupational disease contracted in the employment, and the award denying compensation was affirmed.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944 (exposure period); 1949 (decision)
- Population
- Evansville Shipyard construction trades, 1944
- Limitations
- NOT an asbestos case: the alleged agent was galvanized-metal welding fumes, and the claim failed on causation. No hull is named. Included strictly as yard-context documentation that occupational-disease claims arising from LST hull-compartment work at this builder were litigated in the period; it establishes nothing about asbestos aboard LST-571 or at the yard. Reporter citation from secondary legal-directory listing (88 N.E.2d 54; 119 Ind. App. 391) - opinion text not independently re-verified on CourtListener this session (fleet pacing limit); classify as directory-level verification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-571-05
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[7]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (April 1945), LST design table and roster (shipscribe.com scan, verified live 2026-10-02 at its current /pubs/ path) - official BuShips machinery/dimension data for the LST-542 design group [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table + roster section
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for the LST-542 group: BuShips' official data documents the diesel plant - 2 x General Motors 12-567A diesels, ~1,700 shp, twin screws - with no boilers. The asbestos-relevant applications aboard a diesel LST of this era were therefore the era-standard set: diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, valve packing, and brake linings on winches and cargo gear. Navy-wide, asbestos insulation was standard-era shipbuilding practice for this period.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948 (hull lifecycle)
- Population
- Construction workforce (Evansville, 1944); engine-room crew 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Class/design inference, not a hull record: BuShips data confirms the machinery fit of the design group but does not name LST-571 and contains no asbestos schedule. No asbestos product is proven installed aboard this hull; no quantity, condition, or removal history is established. The diesel plant narrows (does not eliminate) the exposure-relevant system set relative to steam-driven contemporaries.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-571-06
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[8]Batch-7085 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (archived), NavSource live page + hosted action report, NPS Evansville heritage article, Naval Vessel Register, NARA catalog API, CourtListener API v4 (authenticated, opinion + docket indexes), and open-web sweeps for asbestos/litigation naming the hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-571-01 through sl-uss-lst-571-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming LST-571 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener authenticated searches returned zero opinions and zero dockets for 'LST-571'/'USS LST-571' and zero opinions for the spaced variant 'LST 571'. The only ship- and yard-level litigation located is non-asbestos (see ev-05).
- 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 - LST-542-group construction predates asbestos-era documentation practice of recording materials by hull, and the hull was scrapped or converted after a 1948 commercial sale with fate unknown, foreclosing museum/NDRF survey tracks. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. A Woolsey opinion-text verification on CourtListener remained fleet-pace-blocked at drafting - disclosed in the search ledger (sl-07).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-571-07