Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]research packet 693-packet.md (3 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-579-lst579-pkt-693-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-579 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, campaign credits, decommissioning, MSTS transfer, battle stars (live NHHC page, verified HTTP 200 with browser user-agent 2026-10-02; bare/UA-stripped fetch returns 404 - UA-gated, same standing defect noted in batch-6477) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-579 entry, full text (published Mon Aug 03 2015 per page footer)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: 'LST-579 was laid down on 4 May 1944 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 22 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Mary Ellen Bonk; and commissioned on 21 July 1944, Lt. Hugh B. Severs, USNR, in command.' Asiatic-Pacific operations credited: Leyte landings - November 1944; Lingayen Gulf landing - January 1945; Mindanao Island landings - March and April 1945; Balikpapan operation - June and July 1945. Occupation duty in the Far East until mid-February 1946; decommissioned 24 February 1946; transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service 31 March 1952, operating as USNS LST-579. Four battle stars for World War II.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1952
- Population
- Construction trades (Evansville, 1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46); USNS civil-service crew (1952-forward)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. Entry predates the SCAJAP/Q073 detail, the USNS out-of-service and strike dates, and the Singapore transfer - those milestones come from NavSource and Singapore/Australian government sources. DANFS gives only months for campaign participation; day-level movement comes from the ship's own records (ev-03 through ev-06).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-579-lst579-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-579 (10/16/160579.htm, last updated 15 March 2024) - designation timeline, campaign table, occupation-service windows, CO list, spec block, disposal, USNS-era photo caption [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160579.htm header block, campaign table, occupation window table, CO table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 4 May 1944 at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN; launched 22 June 1944; placed in reduced commission 11 July 1944 at Evansville, LT F. P. Moran USN (Ferry Command) in command; commissioned in full as USS LST-579 21 July 1944 at Algiers, LA, LT Hugh B. Severs USNR in command. Campaign table: Leyte landings 4-29 November 1944; Lingayen Gulf landing 4-18 January 1945; Mindanao Island landings 10-18 March and 17-23 April 1945; Balikpapan operation 26 June-10 July 1945. Navy Occupation Service (Asia clasp) windows: 20 September-2 November 1945, 20 November-10 December 1945, 10 January-24 February 1946. Decommissioned 24 February 1946 and turned over to COMNAVFE Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q073; transferred to MSTS 31 March 1952 and placed in service as USNS LST-579; placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; transferred to Singapore in 1976, named RSN Intrepid (L-203); final disposition, fate unknown. Four battle stars for World War II. Awards line: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation (Asia), Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation Medal (2). Radio call sign NEXP. Photo captions document USNS T-LST-579 beached at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam as a LARC V exits the water after receiving cargo, circa 1966-1968 (US Army Transportation Corps photo via Flickr). CO table: LT F. P. Moran USN (Ferry Command); LT Hugh Barret Severs USNR 21 July 1944-November 1945; LT Floyd Eugene Richards USN November 1945-24 February 1946. Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt trial; 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, 2 shafts 1,700 shp, 3 x 100 kW DC generators; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-2000
- Population
- Ship's company (~117) plus embarked troops (1944-46); SCAJAP operating crew (1946-52); USNS crew incl. Vietnam-era service (1952-1970s); RSN crew (1976/78-2000)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates cross-check cleanly against DANFS and the ship's own NARA-filed war history and action reports. The USNS strike date is given as unknown; the Singapore-transfer date (1976) and 'fate unknown' disposition sit alongside secondary-literature variants (see gaps). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-579-lst579-02
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[4]NARA NAID 77707683, 'USS LST-579 - War History' (micro serial 159256; RG 38, World War II War Diaries; 3 images; digitized via Fold3; downloaded and OCR-read this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77707683, images 1-3 (Roll A2107, frames 0620-0622)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's consolidated war history (typescript, OCR-read in full) documents: crew reported aboard 11 July 1944 at Evansville under reduced commission, 'the ship in command of Lieutenant F. P. MORAN, USN, of the ferry crew'; departed Evansville 16 July for New Orleans; 'commissioned as a ship of the U. S. Navy' 21 July; fitted for LCT skids 22-29 July; shakedown Panama City, FL 1-13 August; loaded 750 tons pontoon steel at Gulfport 15-17 August; 'entered Pendleton Ship Yards for final repairs, fitting out, and to receive the 5 parts of two LCTs as top-side cargo' 18-26 August (sic, dates overlap in text); Panama Canal transit 6 September; Leyte landings (arrived Leyte Gulf 12 November); Lingayen (air action 12 January 1945 - 'one Kamakaze [sic] pilot splashed when he headed for this ship', claim for a second attacking another LST; arrived 13 January; unloaded at White Beach 19 January); submarine actions off Leyte 11 February (one LST sunk) and off Mindoro 24 February; ComLSTFLOT 15 broke his flag aboard as temporary flagship of Task Unit 78.1.11 on 4 March; Zamboanga 10 March 'acting as a target for Japanese mortar and artillery fire. They missed us.'; Polloc Harbor/Parang lifts 17-19 and 28-29 April; Morotai upkeep periods; 7th Australian Division loaded 25 June; Balikpapan Green Beach unload 2-4 July and Brown Beach 16-18 July (back-loaded two Australian light tanks); 'Docked in ARD-16' 24-26 August at San Pedro Bay; 'Alongside U.S.S. SIERRA receiving tender repairs' 26-31 August; Annual Inspection of Material from ComLSTGr.44 on 8 September; occupation lift to Wakayama, Honshu as part of TG 54.25 'Eastern Occupation Group' (arrived 25 September, beached Yellow Beach 29 September); returned via Manila and Lingayen Gulf; document ends mid-sentence at '17 Beached at Agoo and loaded' (October 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-07 to 1945-10-17 (document coverage)
- Population
- Ship's company (~117) plus yard trades at Pendleton Ship Yards New Orleans (Aug 1944), ARD-16 and USS Sierra (Aug 1945); embarked Army/Australian units each lift
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; OCR extraction is good but the typescript has degraded in places - quoted phrases verified against the images. The file unit's 3 images end mid-narrative at 17 October 1945; the continuation covering October 1945-February 1946 (decommissioning) is not in this file unit. No asbestos or material content - yard events are documented as events, not work content: the diary names Pendleton Ship Yards, ARD-16, and USS Sierra but does not itemize materials or scope.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-579-lst579-03
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[5]NARA NAID 633402755, 'USS LST-579 - Rep of ops in the invasion of Zamboanga, Mindanao Is, Philippines 3/10/45' (ship's serial 139, 12 March 1945; RG 38; 1 image; digitized via Fold3; downloaded and OCR-read this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 633402755, image 1 (Roll A1531, frame 0534)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Action report (Serial No. 139, signed by the CO) for the Victor-Four Zamboanga assault: under Commander Amphibious Group Six attack order A602-45 the ship participated as part of T.U. 78.1.11; 'we were the first LST to beach' - beached 1244 on 10 March 1945 in Slot #1 on Yellow Beach #2 and unloaded until 2121, retracting at 2140; 'explosive shells, believed to be mortars and 75 [mm] shells, continued to land around us from the time we beached until about 1800'; the ship sighted an enemy field piece and at 1647 sent a target report to DD 445 - 'the DD came very close to the target with the first salvo and apparently hit the target with the second salvo'; no hits taken, no casualties, no ammunition expended.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-03-10
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked assault troops for Zamboanga lift
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record establishing combat-zone beaching operations; no asbestos or material content. The via-line lists ComLSTFlot 15 aboard LST-574 for this report - the war history separately records the flotilla commander's flag aboard this hull 4 March 1945; unit-flag detail noted, not material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-579-lst579-04
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[6]NARA NAID 139998102, 'USS LST-579 - Rep of opers in the assault landing in Polloc Harbor, Mindanao Is, 4/17-19/45' (ship's serial 182, dated 4/22/1945; RG 38; 2 images; digitized; downloaded and OCR-read this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139998102, images 1-2 (Roll A1589, frames 0175-0176)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Action report (Serial No. 182, signed H. B. SEVERS, Lieut., U.S.N.R.) for the Victor-5 Polloc Harbor assault: loaded 450 officers and enlisted men of X Corps plus 462 tons mobile-loaded and 143 tons bulk-loaded cargo from Catmon Hill beach, Leyte, 11-12 April 1945; sailed 14 April in T.U. 78.2.13 (convoy V5-A, OTC and screen commander USS Dyson DD-572); transferred to T.U. 78.2.5 within T.G. 78.2 (convoy V5-B, OTC/formation guide USS Wasatch AGC-9) 16 April; stood into Polloc Harbor 0733 on 17 April; the ship's #2 LCVP served as a smoke-making boat; moored bow and stern anchors 1533 and unloaded by lighterage with LCMs and LCTs taking cargo from the ramp, complete 1630 on 18 April; placed under ComLSTGroup 66; departed 19 April in T.U. 78.2.19 (convoy V5-H); arrived Catmon Hill LST beaches, Leyte, 22 April. 'No contact with the enemy was made'; no battle damage; AA practice expenditure 1,383 rounds 40MM and 3,301 rounds 20MM en route.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-04-14 to 1945-04-22
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked X Corps troops (450 officers and enlisted)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; no asbestos or material content. Ammunition-expenditure figure reads 1,383 rounds 40MM in both the narrative and the Part III summary (first-page OCR rendered 1,363 - image check confirms 1,383).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-579-lst579-05
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[7]NARA NAID 83572589, 'USS LST-579 - Rep of opers in resupply echelon to Polloc Harbor, Mindanao Island, Philippines, 4/25/45 - 5/2/45' (ship's serial 193, dated 5/2/1945; RG 38; 2 images; digitized; downloaded and OCR-read this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 83572589, images 1-2 (Roll A1860, frames 0885-0886)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Action report (Serial No. 193, signed Hugh B. SEVERS, Lieut., U.S.N.R.) for the Victor-5 Polloc resupply echelon: loaded 302 officers and men and 529 tons of cargo of the 90th Field Hospital and attached units of Tenth Army Corps at Leyte 23-24 April 1945; sailed 1440 on 25 April in T.U. 78.2.21 (Victor 5 Lima resupply convoy); anchored in Polloc Harbor 28 April; beached bow-on at the jetty 29 April and completed unloading 1755; departed in T.U. 78.2.32 (Victor 5 Peter release of shipping convoy) for Morotai; anchored off Morotai 1042 on 2 May 1945. No enemy contact, no battle damage, 'performance of all personnel satisfactory.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-04-23 to 1945-05-02
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked 90th Field Hospital personnel (302 officers and men)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; no asbestos or material content. The jetty name is partially legible in the scan (rendered 'Poctoc jetty'/similar) - left unrendered rather than guessed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-579-lst579-06
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[8]Singapore Ministry of Defence press release, 'County Class Landing Ship Tanks Retire from Service', 23 November 2000 (National Archives of Singapore, archivesonline) [other_primary]
- Locator
- MINDEF_20001123242.pdf, press release text (2-page PDF)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Singapore MINDEF documents the RSN side of this hull's disposal chain: 'The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) decommissioned the last of the remaining County Class Landing Ship Tanks (LST), the RSS Excellence (L202) and RSS Intrepid (L203) at the Tuas Naval Base this evening' (23 November 2000), retired 'after 22 years of service'; 'Acquired from the US Navy, RSS Excellence and RSS Intrepid were commissioned under the 191 Squadron on 28 Oct 1978, in Brani Naval Base.' The ships were used for overseas training deployments, Midshipman training, and disaster relief/humanitarian missions, replaced by the locally built Endurance class.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1978-2000
- Population
- RSN ship's company, 191 Squadron (1978-2000)
- Limitations
- Government primary source for the RSN identity RSS Intrepid (L203) - it does not name ex-LST-579 explicitly; the ex-LST-579 = Intrepid (L-203) identity chain rests on NavSource and consistent secondary literature (see also ev-10 for the sister-hull distinction with RSS Excellence/ex-LST-629). RSN commissioning date (28 Oct 1978) conflicts with secondary 'acquired 1975/1976' transfer dates - carried as documented, variants in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-579-lst579-07
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[9]David Stevens, 'Strength Through Diversity: The Combined Naval Role in Operation Stabilise', Sea Power Centre - Australia, Working Paper No. 20 (2007), INTERFET naval-contribution table (archived copy - navy.gov.au direct fetch failed this session; Wayback capture 2023-04-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Working Paper 20, p. 14, 'Period allocated to INTERFET' table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Australian government naval-history documentation places this hull (as RSS Intrepid, LST 203) on East Timor deployment with INTERFET: the coalition-contribution table lists Singapore's 'Intrepid (LST 203)' allocated to INTERFET 10 October - 13 December 1999, alongside sister 'Excellence (LST 202)' 10 October - 27 November 1999.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1999-10-10 to 1999-12-13
- Population
- RSN ship's company and embarked SAF troops, East Timor lift (Oct-Dec 1999)
- Limitations
- Official Australian publication listing the RSN hull by her Singapore identity - ties deployment dates to Intrepid (LST 203) but does not name ex-LST-579. Cited from a Wayback capture because navy.gov.au was unreachable at research time; the document is a history working paper, not an operational record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-579-lst579-08
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[10]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan, verified live 2026-10-02); NavSource LST-579 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; NavSource 160579.htm specifications block; NAID 77707683 war history narrative
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference for this hull: the LST-542 design group ran a diesel plant (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, 900 hp each, 1,700 shp total, single Falk main reduction gear, twin screws - BuShips design table and this hull's NavSource spec block) with no boilers, so the steam-plant lagging pathway of boiler vessels does not apply. Asbestos-relevant applications aboard a 1944 diesel landing ship of this type were the era-standard set - diesel-exhaust and machinery-space lagging, gaskets and packing, accommodation thermal insulation, deck coverings. Documented yard events aboard this hull inside the Navy's asbestos-use era: Pendleton Ship Yards final repairs/fitting-out (19-26 August 1944), ARD-16 drydocking (24-26 August 1945), and USS Sierra tender repairs (26-31 August 1945) per the ship's own war history (ev-03).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-2000
- Population
- Missouri Valley B&I construction trades (1944); Pendleton Ship Yards trades (Aug 1944); ARD-16/USS Sierra repair crews (Aug 1945); ship's company (1944-46); USNS crew (1952-1970s); RSN crew (1978-2000); any eventual scrapping/disposal trades
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package was located for LST-579. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution. The documented yard events are recorded as events in the war history; their material scope is unitemized.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-579-lst579-09
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[11]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 and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's construction (1944), her WWII Pacific service, her documented 1944-45 yard availabilities, SCAJAP service (1946-52), and MSTS era (1952-1970s).
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, reconfirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-579-lst579-10
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[12]CourtListener RECAP docket 4331985, Gitto v. A.W. Chesterton Co., Inc., S.D.N.Y. 1:07-cv-04771 (filed 2007-06-05, closed 2007-10-23; suitNature '368 Asbestos personal injury - Prod. Liab.') - located via CourtListener API v4 type=r search for exact token 'LST-579' [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener docket 4331985 (S.D.N.Y. 1:07-cv-04771); index match inside Document 17 exhibit set; search_ledger sl-uss-lst-579-lst579-10
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The token 'LST-579' occurs inside the RECAP filing text of one genuine asbestos personal-injury case: Gitto v. A.W. Chesterton Co., Inc., S.D.N.Y. (removed/transferred to MDL-875, E.D. Pa., by conditional transfer order 15 October 2007). The match sits inside the plaintiff-side Jerome H. Block declaration exhibit set (Document 17, attachment 20 per index data - part of a ~25-attachment set including the Arnold P. Moore naval-architecture expert declaration on WWII-vintage Navy ship asbestos usage). No published opinion names this hull (0 hits in the opinion index for 'LST-579').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2007 (docket window)
- Population
- Plaintiffs Salvatore and Phyllis Gitto; ~50 corporate defendants incl. A.W. Chesterton, Crane Co., Carrier Corp., Buffalo Pumps
- Limitations
- Classified at the LESS-final stage: a docket-document reference is a filing-level allegation/reference, not a judicial finding - which specific document names 'LST-579', and whether as a plaintiff vessel-list allegation or as incidental text inside an attached reference document (e.g., the Moore declaration's ship-type appendices), could not be resolved from index data and the underlying RECAP PDFs were not opened this session. An MDL-875 transfer establishes posture, not exposure. Does not establish exposure aboard this hull or legal eligibility for anyone.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-579-lst579-11
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[13]Batch-7093 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NavSource; NARA catalog + four ship-titled file units read in full (war history + three action reports); muster-roll file unit located but hull section unfound; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO product page; Singapore MINDEF/NAS; RAN Working Paper 20; NIOSH HHE search; NVR; CourtListener (opinion + docket completed; variant queries fleet-paced); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-579-lst579-01 through -18
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or case naming USS LST-579 / USNS T-LST-579 / RSS Intrepid was found in the public sources searched, beyond the single document-level docket reference at ev-11 (a filing-stage reference inside an asbestos PI docket - not a finding). The strongest ship-specific documentation is operational (the ship's own war history and three action reports) and confirms documented yard work aboard this hull - Pendleton Ship Yards fitting-out (Aug 1944), ARD-16 drydocking and USS Sierra tender repairs (Aug 1945) - but no primary source read names asbestos aboard this hull.
- 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 - construction at a wartime inland yard plus documented wartime repair events sit squarely inside the Navy's asbestos-use era. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-579-lst579-12
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[14]Designation/identity cross-check: NavSource designation history and campaign table; DANFS LST-579; ship's own war history and action reports; Wikipedia USS LST-579 article (secondary, used for conflict detection only - NOT a record source) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wikipedia USS LST-579 infobox and narrative vs DANFS/NavSource/NAID 77707683; NavSource CO table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the Wikipedia USS LST-579 article carries sister-ship data and misread milestones for this hull. (a) Its infobox prints 'LST-629' and builder 'Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois' - data belonging to sister LST-629 (later RSS Excellence L-202); DANFS, NavSource, and the ship's own war history all document Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville, IN. (b) Its narrative places construction 'at Leavenworth, Kansas' - the company's home city, not the build site; Evansville, IN is documented. (c) It reports commissioning as 11 July 1944 - that was the reduced (ferry) commission at Evansville; full commissioning was 21 July 1944 at Algiers/New Orleans (DANFS; NavSource; war history 'commissioned as a ship of the U. S. Navy' 21 July). (d) NavSource's own CO table prints Moran's command ending '21 July 1945' - a typo for 1944, when Severs assumed command (his signature appears on the March-May 1945 action reports). None of these variants is carried in this record.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1976 (identity/milestone window)
- Limitations
- Corrects circulating identity/milestone errors, not a material claim. Wikipedia variants 'decommissioned 15 June 1973' (USNS), 'on loan since 1 July 1971', 'sold 5 December 1975' remain unverified secondary claims - logged in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-579-lst579-13