Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 695-packet.md (2 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-592-lst592-pkt-695-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-592 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, Lingayen Gulf/Mindanao/Okinawa campaigns, occupation duty, decommissioning, strike, disposal (live NHHC page, fetched via Firecrawl; bare curl returns 404 - UA-gated, re-verified HTTP 200 with browser UA 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-592 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: laid down 24 June 1944 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 5 August 1944, sponsored by Mrs. John Dixon; commissioned 1 September 1944. Asiatic-Pacific operations: Lingayen Gulf landing (January 1945), Mindanao Island landings (April through May 1945), assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (June 1945). Occupation duty in the Far East until late November 1945; returned to the United States; decommissioned 11 June 1946; struck from the Navy list 31 July 1946; sold 23 October 1947 to the Boston Metals Corp., Baltimore, Md., for scrapping. Three battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (Evansville, 1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. Decommissioning location not stated; the campaign list is summary-level (the ship's own action report supplies Legaspi detail, ev-04).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-592-lst592-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-592 (10/16/160592.htm) - class, commanding-officer table, dated campaign table, occupation-service periods, spec block, awards, disposal, call sign, photographic record incl. a crew-compiled cruise-map itinerary (image 1016059208) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160592.htm header block, campaign table, occupation-service table, specifications block, CO table, image 1016059208
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 24 June 1944 at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville, IN; launched 5 August 1944; commissioned USS LST-592 1 September 1944, LT. William R. Finger, USN, in command (CO table: LT. Finger, William Ralph, USN, 1 Sep 1944 - 11 Jun 1946). Campaign table: Lingayen Gulf landings 4-18 January 1945; Mindanao Island landings 17-23 April 1945; assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto 12-27 June 1945. Navy Occupation service periods 20 September-12 October 1945 and 25 October-30 November 1945. Decommissioned 11 June 1946; struck from the Naval Register 31 July 1946; sold for scrapping 23 October 1947 to Boston Metals Corp., Baltimore, MD. Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt; 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, 3 x 100 kW 230V DC diesel-drive generators, 2 propellers 1,700 shp; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; radio call sign NEYX. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3 battle stars), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp), Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, Philippines Liberation Medal (2). A crew-compiled cruise map (image 1016059208) logs the ship's itinerary 12 October 1944 - 13 January 1946, including Panama Canal transit, occupation calls at Wakayama, Japan, and arrival San Pedro harbor 13 January 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's company (~117) plus embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates cross-check cleanly against DANFS and the ship-produced NARA records. The cruise map is a crew artifact hosted on NavSource, legible but partially so; it corroborates, never overrides, the official chronology. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-592-lst592-02
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[4]NARA NAID 77707753, 'USS LST-592 - War History' (letter LST592/A12-1, Serial 17, CO to Secretary of the Navy, stamped 12 February 1946, signed W. R. Finger; RG 38, World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories; micro serial 159265; 1 image; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77707753, image 1 (downloaded and read 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own war-history letter (downloaded and read this session) documents verbatim: built by Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company, Evansville, Indiana; 'launched in July 1944'; 'placed in partial commission 25 August 1944 and ferried down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans. There it was placed in full commission on 1 September 1944.' Shakedown at St. Andrews Bay, Florida; onward routed to the Pacific via the Panama Canal; 'Reported to Commander, SEVENTH Amphibious Force 18 November 1944 for duty and inclusion in the SEVENTH Amphibious Force.' Participated in 'the liberation and reoccupation of the Philippine Islands and the Okinawa Gunto Operation from 24 December 1944 to 13 September 1945,' with initial landings at 'Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, P.I.; Legaspi, Luzon, P.I.; Polloc Harbor, Mindanao, P.I. and Macajalar Bay, Mindanao, P.I.' plus subsequent resupply trips in the Philippines and Okinawa. 'From 13 September 1945 to 23 November 1945, operated as part of the FIFTH Fleet engaged in the initial occupation of the Japanese home islands.' Released to Administrative Command, Amphibious Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet-Marianas for screening and return to the continental United States for disposition. Distribution: CominCPac, ComLSTFlot22, ComLSTGr65.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-08 to 1945-11
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record. The letter's 'launched in July 1944' conflicts with the 5 August 1944 launch date in DANFS and NavSource - the official histories control; the letter is logged as a discrepancy in gaps. No asbestos or material content. The letter's Fifth Fleet framing and the NavSource medal-eligibility periods describe the same occupation window with different boundaries.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-592-lst592-03
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[5]NARA NAID 139998105, 'USS LST-592 - Rep of ops in the assault & resupply landings at Legaspi, Luzon Is, Philippines 4/1-8/45' (letter LST592/A16-3, Serial 04, CONFIDENTIAL, 10 April 1945, signed W. R. Finger; micro serial 120957; 3 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139998105, images 1-3 (downloaded and read 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own action report for the BICOL Operation, 25 March 1945 to 10 April 1945 (all 3 pages read this session), forwarded via CTU 78.4.5 (Commander LST Group Sixty-Four), CTG 78.4 (Commander LCI Flotilla SEVEN), CTF 78 (Commander SEVENTH Amphibious Force), Commander SEVENTH Fleet. It documents two echelons to Legaspi, Luzon, P.I.: Echelon 1 loaded at Subic Bay (7 vehicles, 81 personnel, 150 tons bulk cargo, 20 tons mobile cargo) and Lemery, Luzon (81 vehicles, 481 personnel, 200 tons bulk, 90 tons mobile), beached at Legaspi 1135 on 1 April 1945, unloaded 1140-1718, retracted 1800; Echelon 2 loaded at Subic (13 vehicles, 69 personnel, 110 tons bulk, 16 tons mobile) and Lemery (27 vehicles, 53 personnel, 110 tons bulk, 160 tons mobile), beached 0841 on 8 April 1945, unloaded by 1410, retracted 1818. 'No ordnance material was used except in test firing.' 'No battle damage was suffered by this vessel.' Four casualties were embarked from the assault beach for the return trip on the first echelon.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-03-25 to 1945-04-10
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked Army unloading party (109 men on echelon 1, 31 on echelon 2); 4 casualties embarked for return
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; typescript legible in full. Documents the operational event, not materials - no asbestos content. The via-chain assignment to ComLSTGr64 for this operation sits alongside the war-history letter's ComLSTGr65 distribution; both are reported as written (task-organization vs. administrative assignment distinction not resolved by these pages).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-592-lst592-04
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan); NavSource LST-592 spec block [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; NavSource 160592.htm specifications block
- 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, Falk 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 - inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era (NIOSH; GAO HRD-80-2, ev-06/ev-07).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron construction trades (1944); ship's company/embarked troops (1944-46); Boston Metals shipbreakers (1947-48)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or construction work package was located for LST-592. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution. SDB 1945 v2 link verified live 2026-10-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-592-lst592-05
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[7]NIOSH/CDC, 100 Years of Respiratory Protection History (ARCHIVED COPY at archive.cdc.gov - the live cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/100YearsRespProtect.html page now serves a moved-notice redirecting to archive.cdc.gov; re-verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archive.cdc.gov mirror, '1920-1950' section, WWII Navy paragraph
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NIOSH documents that 'as the world entered World War II, the US Navy's use of asbestos increased for insulation purposes for pipes in naval vessels,' that a Navy medical officer recognized by 1939 the need for respirators when cutting and wetting amosite and other asbestos-containing insulation, and that even after the 1946 Fleischer et al. study the Navy 'continued to use asbestos' with occupational-hygiene warnings. This is era context for a 1944-built Navy vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- World War II era documented; article undated
- Population
- U.S. Navy shipyard and shipboard workers, era context
- Limitations
- The source is not about LST-592 or the LST-542 class and does not identify materials installed aboard this hull. It supports only era-level context, not a ship-specific asbestos finding, quantity, location, or exposure conclusion. URL is the CDC archive copy - cited as archived per citation hygiene.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-592-lst592-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights block (full report PDF blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, covering the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing asbestos from Navy ships, and compensation programs; the Navy's 1975 policy removed only damaged insulation, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. This documents that the Navy used asbestos insulation aboard ships through the era spanning this hull's construction (1944), wartime service, and 1947 disposal.
- 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; fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk - supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov PDF returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, reconfirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page highlights.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-592-lst592-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated, fleet-paced helper cl-auth-search.py), opinion and docket indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-592-lst592-10 and -11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located: exact-phrase "LST-592" returned 0 in the opinion index and 0 in the docket index (both queries completed authenticated 2026-10-02). No asbestos case naming this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- CourtListener indexes published opinions and RECAP dockets - state-court filings, unreported settlements, MDL-875 pleading-level vessel lists, and non-digitized dockets are outside coverage. A zero qualifying result means no located docketed case/opinion naming this hull, not proof none exists.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-592-lst592-08
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[10]Batch-7108 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS; NavSource; NARA catalog + two ship-produced file units read in full; NARA RG 24 logbook series; NVR; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO product page; NIOSH/CDC archived page; NARA asbestos-research guided topic; CourtListener API (opinion + docket); secondary web sweep; shipyards.json check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-592-lst592-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or qualifying case naming LST-592 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The strongest ship-specific documentation is operational (the ship's own war-history letter and action report) and contains no materials content.
- 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 sits 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-592-lst592-09
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[11]NARA guided topic, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' - maps the hull-specific asbestos research path through RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) correspondence filed by hull code and builder code [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guided-topic page, 'Bureau of Ships General, Confidential, and Secret Correspondence' section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead (not retrieved - requires College Park research-room access; no spend authorized): the NARA asbestos research guide directs hull-specific research to RG 19 Bureau of Ships General, Confidential, and Secret Correspondence 1940-1961, filed by ship designation/hull code - for this hull, 'LST592' - and to builder correspondence under 'QM/Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron' (private contractor designation). These series are not digitized; the ship's construction/outfitting correspondence would be the likeliest primary source for materials statements aboard this hull.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1940-1946 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for hull LST-592 is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-592-lst592-10