Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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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-574-lst574-pkt-692-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'LST-574' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (archived copy - live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-574 full entry (Wayback capture 2025-01-23 of NHHC page)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-574 was laid down 16 April 1944 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 5 June 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Earl Koester; commissioned 26 June 1944, Lt. (jg.) Francis Canny, USNR, in command. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater: Leyte landings (November 1944), Lingayen Gulf landings (January 1945), Mindanao Island landings (March 1945). Postwar occupation duty in the Far East and China service until mid-May 1946. Decommissioned 17 June 1946; struck from the Navy list 3 July 1946; sold 5 November 1947 to Bosey, Philippines. Three battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's company (~117 per spec block) plus embarked troops and LST Flotilla 15 staff
- Limitations
- Authoritative service history; contains no asbestos, insulation, or hazardous-material information. DANFS names the CO as 'Lt. (jg.) Francis Canny' - the ship's own war-history roster gives 'Canny, J. Francis, Lieutenant, 175352, USNR' and NavSource gives 'Joseph F. Canny'; consistent identity, name-form variance noted. DANFS coverage ends at the 1947 sale; ROCN service rests on NavSource and press sources. Live NHHC URL 404s; archived Wayback capture cited (published 2015-08-04 per page metadata).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-574-lst574-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-574 / ROCS Chung Yung (LST-210) - specification block, campaign table, CO roster, chronology, and photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 10/16/160574, Specifications block, campaign table, CO roster, chronology, photo captions (AWM OG2807, AWM 109841, US Navy ROCN photo)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-542 class tank landing ship, 99th vessel constructed at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville, IN; commissioned USS LST-574 26 June 1944, Ltjg. Joseph F. Canny USNR in command. Asiatic-Pacific Theater as LST Flotilla Fifteen flagship; campaign table with dates: Leyte landings 5-18 November 1944; Lingayen Gulf landings 4-18 January 1945; Mindanao Island landings 10-11 March 1945. Navy Occupation Service Medal and China Service Medal (extended) periods both 2 September 1945-25 May 1946. Decommissioned 17 June 1946 in the Philippines; struck from the Naval Register 3 July 1946; sold 5 November 1947 to Bosey, Philippines; resold to the Republic of China March 1949 and commissioned ROCS Chung Yung (LST-210); 'Final Disposition, disposed of in 1959' (conflicted - see ev-07). Specification block: 2 General Motors 12-567A diesels (900 hp each), single Falk main reduction gears, 3 diesel-drive 100 kW 230V D.C. ship's service generators, twin propellers 1,700 shp, 11.6 knots trial - a diesel plant with no boilers. Complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted. Call sign NEWU. Photo captions document the hull beached at Morotai 29 May and 19 June 1945 loading Australian vehicles for the Borneo (Oboe Six) landings, and the ex-ship in ROCN service. CO roster: Ltjg. Canny (26 Jun 44-10 Apr 45); Lt. W.F. Krueger Jr. (10-17 Apr 45); Lt. J.D. Shepard USN, temp. (17-25 Apr 45); Lt. A.A. Austen, temp. (25 Apr-7 May 45); Lt. Krueger Jr. resumed (7 May 45-17 Jun 46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1949
- Population
- Ship's company ~117 per spec block; embarked troops up to ~163 per landing; LST Flotilla 15 staff embarked (flagship)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archival page quoting Navy sources; consistent with DANFS where they overlap and more precise on dates and the ROCN transfer. Spec data are equipment descriptions only - no asbestos content stated or implied. The 'disposed of in 1959' final-disposition line conflicts with press-documented ROCN service through 1997 and the 2002 reef sinking (see ev-07) and with the ship's documented Guningtou action (Oct 1949); carried as flagged, not endorsed. Page last updated 19 December 2014.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-574-lst574-02
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[4]NARA, Record Group 38, series 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' - file unit 'USS LST-574 - War History' (NAID 77707661; microfilm serial 159254; Roll A2107; digitized, 6 images; letter LST574/A12-1 serial 284 transmitting the ship's history to SecNav under ALPAC 202, signed W.F. Krueger Jr.) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/77707661 - 6 digitized images (A_2107 frames 0596-0601)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-generated primary history: placed in reduced commission 20 June 1944 at the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron yard, Evansville (keel laid 16 April 1944; launched 5 June 1944, Mrs. Earl Koester sponsor); down the Ohio and Mississippi to New Orleans; fully commissioned 26 June 1944 at Algiers, La.; post-commissioning alterations included radar gear and LCT-launching equipment; shakedown at St. Andrew's Bay, Fla.; officially designated flagship of LST Flotilla FIFTEEN 3 July 1944 with Comdr. Leon J. Manees USN and staff received aboard; drydocked and loaded LCT-697 at New Orleans; departed CONUS 3 August 1944 via Guantanamo, Coco Solo, and the Panama Canal (18 August) to Espiritu Santo and Manus; base at Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea. Documented combat lifts: Leyte Gulf 12 November 1944 beaching at White Beach near Tacloban under air attack (306 Army personnel, 720 tons; guide ship in TG 76.4); Lingayen Gulf 13 January 1945 (228 personnel, 413 tons; convoy attacked twice by aircraft 12 January; engine repairs by USS Rigel AR-11); second Lingayen run reaching 18 February 1945 (341 personnel, 400 tons; LST-577 torpedoed and sunk in the same convoy 11 February); Zamboanga, Mindanao 10 March 1945 (153 personnel, 808 tons; initial-landing day, no hits taken); Borneo lifts from Morotai - 476 Australian personnel/453 tons beached at Muara Island, Brunei Bay, 10 June 1945, and 362 Australians/636 tons unloaded at Labuan Island; Manila discharge 2 August 1945; engine overhaul by USS Culebra Island (ARG-7) at Leyte; Iloilo-to-Korea occupation lift departing 19 September 1945 (189 personnel, 349 tons; floating mines sighted near Okinawa sunk by gunfire); discharging at Jinsen and routed to Fusan, where Comdr. Manees aboard became Seventh Amphibious Force representative; ship's fire party fought the 2 November 1945 Fusan dock fire while her pumps supported salvage of USS Bridge (AF-1); then Chinwangtao, North China, with Manees as Seventh Fleet representative during Nationalist-Communist fighting. CO roster with service numbers appended.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (narrative); document transmitted 1945
- Population
- Ship's company (~117) plus embarked troops per lift (up to 476 documented); flotilla staff aboard
- Limitations
- Primary Navy record in the ship's own words (transmitted to SecNav; unrestricted, digitized from Fold3-scanned microfilm). Narrative coverage runs mid-1944 through the North China period (~December 1945); the 1946 decommissioning and disposal are outside its scope. Contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials information - the value here is platform/operations documentation (beachings, convoy attacks, repair availabilities) and population context, not exposure evidence. 'Maura Island' in the narrative = Muara Island, Brunei Bay.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-574-lst574-03
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[5]NARA, Record Group 38, same series - file unit 'USS LST-574 - Rep of opers in the assualt landings in the Brunei Bay Area, Borneo, 6/10-12/45' (NAID 101737383; serial 195, dated 15 June 1945; microfilm serial 132192; Roll A1744; digitized, 4 images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/101737383 - 4 digitized images (A_1744 frames 0097-0100)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-generated CONFIDENTIAL action report (advance copy to CINCUS Fleet via CTU 78.1.17, ComPhibGru 6, CTF 78, C7F): LST-574 was a member of Task Group 78.1 in the Oboe Six operation, echelon O-6-D, sailing from Morotai Island, Halmahera Group, 4 June 1945 and landing at Red Beach, Muara Island, Brunei Bay, British North Borneo. Cargo: 119 tons bulk + 334 tons mobile cargo (48 vehicles incl. 5 tanks, D.T. wrecker, 26 jeeps); personnel 33 officers + 417 enlisted = 450 - units of the 20th Australian Infantry Brigade, R.A.N. Beach Commando 'C', and R.A.A.F. Air Support Party (B). No enemy action encountered or observed; no casualties. Beached 1614 10 June; unloading complete 1732; retracted 1742; bulk cargo unloaded via pontoon barge to Yellow Beach 11-12 June; departed Brunei Bay for Morotai 1600 12 June with Comdr. LST Flotilla Fifteen aboard as OTC. Damage to vessel: bow anchor lost (capstan inoperative at weighing); a seam in ballast tank B-405-W split on beaching impact, contaminating 20,000 gallons of fresh water with salt-water ballast.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-06-04 to 1945-06-15
- Population
- Ship's company + 450 embarked Australian personnel on this lift
- Limitations
- Primary Navy action report signed by Lt. W.F. Krueger Jr.; documents the combat lift, hull damage (split ballast-tank seam, lost bow anchor), and zero-casualty outcome. Contains no asbestos or materials information; the documented damage/repair events are exposure-relevant context only in the generic sense (hull-structure repair can disturb era materials) - no such disturbance is recorded here as involving insulation or abatement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-574-lst574-04
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[6]Australian War Memorial collection record OG2807 (photograph, accession OG2807, maker John Thomas Harrison; also AWM 109841 via NavSource caption) [museum_official]
- Locator
- awm.gov.au/collection/OG2807 (verified live 2026-10-02); NavSource captions for AWM 109841
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official AWM caption: 'MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-05-29. PARKED IN ORDERLY LINES, THESE RAAF VEHICLES FORMED ONLY A SMALL SECTION OF THE HUNDREDS THAT WERE SPEEDILY LOADED ON LSTS (LANDING SHIP, TANK), SERIAL NOS. 711, 1025, 574, FOR THE INVASION OF LABUAN, BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.' - an official national-archive record naming this hull loading at Morotai for the Labuan/Brunei Bay operation; AWM 109841 (per NavSource caption) shows LST-574 beached at Blue Beach, Morotai, 19 June 1945 loading a 2/35 General Transport Co. truck for Operation Oboe 2.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-05-29 / 1945-06-19
- Population
- Australian embarkation personnel and RAAF at Morotai; ship's company
- Limitations
- Photographic collection record; names the hull by serial number at a documented place/date. Contains no asbestos or materials information. Confirms the ship's staging role for Oboe Six independently of the Navy records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-574-lst574-05
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[7]Corn JK, Starr J. 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding.' Am J Ind Med 12(4):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Am J Ind Med 12(4):359-373 (1987), DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700120402
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that WWII-era U.S. shipyards extensively installed asbestos-containing insulation, lagging, and gaskets in naval construction - the era in which this hull was built (1944, at an inland 'cornfield' yard). For a diesel-powered LST with no boilers, the era-relevant applications concentrate in diesel exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets and packing, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings; the undocumented Philippine-commercial (1947-1949), ROCN (1949-1997), and reef-preparation (2002) periods are potential disturbance events.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (study scope); applied 1944-2002
- Population
- WWII-era shipyard workers (Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron, Evansville, 1944); wartime crew; postwar custody-chain crews and yard workers (era context)
- Limitations
- Era-level scholarship plus class/type inference; the source does not name this hull or class and does not establish that any specific material aboard this ship contained asbestos. No ship-specific product is verified; the diesel plant (no boilers) narrows the exposure-relevant scope relative to steam vessels. ROCN-era refits and artificial-reef preparation (which typically strips fuel, fluids, and hazardous materials before scuttling) are undocumented for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-574-lst574-06
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[8]Taiwan News / Taiwan Panorama, 'Beautiful undersea Taiwan - Telling stories through shipwrecks' (12 May 2024), reporting on the PTS documentary series Shipwrecks Taiwan [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Taiwan News 5684833, paragraph on ROCN Zhong Rong (LST-210); ghostarchived dive-operator post (Pingtung Haikou reef, 41.7 m, 2002-11-10)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Press-documented final disposition: 'ROCN Zhong Rong (LST-210, also spelled Chung Yung), a tank landing ship that saw meritorious action during the Battle of Guningtou, was scuttled by the Fisheries Agency off Pingtung's Checheng Township.' Combined with secondary records (Wikipedia: ROCN decommission 16 October 1997, reef sinking 10 November 2002; dive-operator record: LST-210 was the ninth warship reef, placed 2002-11-10 at the Haikou reef site in 41.7 m), this corrects NavSource's 'disposed of in 1959' line - the hull survived in ROCN service for five more decades.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1949-2002
- Population
- ROCN crew (1949-1997); reef-preparation workers (2002)
- Limitations
- Reputable press (Taiwan News syndicating Taiwan Panorama, a government-published magazine) documenting a government Fisheries Agency program; consistent with secondary encyclopedia and dive-site records. No ROC Navy official disposition record retrieved - the 1997 decommission date and 10 November 2002 sinking date rest on secondary sources; the Guningtou participation claim is also secondary. Carried as a correction to the NavSource 1959 line, which is disproven by the photographed and dived 2002 wreck.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-574-lst574-07
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[9]Batch-7088 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC via Wayback; NavSource 160574; NARA catalog (2 ship-specific digitized files + flotilla records); AWM collection; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated, paced); LOC Veterans History Project; NVR; shipyards.json cross-check; Taiwan press [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-574-lst574-01 through sl-uss-lst-574-lst574-17
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LST-574 / ROCS Chung Yung (LST-210) was found in the public sources searched. No qualifying litigation naming the hull located - authenticated CourtListener opinion searches '"LST-574" asbestos' and '"USS LST-574"' each returned 0 hits; unquoted 'LST-574' returned 144 hits consisting entirely of name/citation collisions with no ship reference (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 - a 1944-built LST is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her five-decade ROCN service plus reef-preparation history leave material status undocumented. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Taiwan's reef-preparation practice (hazardous-material stripping before scuttling) is generic program knowledge, not a documented fact for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-574-lst574-08