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 [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-593-lst593-pkt-695-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-593 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, Mindanao campaign, occupation duty, decommissioning, disposal 'for operation', one battle star [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-593 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents this hull: 'LST-593 was laid down on 28 June 1944 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 9 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Olaf A. Ragle; and commissioned on 5 September 1944, Lt. Fairfield P. Day, USNR, in command. During World War II, LST-593 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the Mindanao Island landings from April to May 1945. Following the war, she performed occupation duty in the Far East until late October 1945. The ship returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 18 March 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 8 May that same year. On 28 May 1948, she was sold to the Alexander Shipyards, Inc., of New Orleans, La., for operation. LST-593 earned one battle star for World War II service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- MVB&I construction trades (Jun-Sep 1944); crew (1944-46); post-sale handlers at Alexander Shipyards (1948-?)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. The 'for operation' disposal phrasing indicates purchase for use, not documented scrapping - ultimate fate is left undocumented by this source. Page verified live 2026-10-02 (HTTP 200 under browser UA; returns 404 to generic fetch UAs - NHHC bot filtering, not link rot).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-593-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-593 - class, milestones, campaign table, awards, CO roster, specifications, disposal (page verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160593.htm header block, campaign table, awards, CO roster, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource header: 'LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship'. Milestones: laid down 28 June 1944 at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN; launched 9 August 1944; commissioned USS LST-593 5 September 1944, LT. Fairfield P. Day, USNR, in command. Campaign: 'Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines - Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April and 10 to 15 May 1945' (one battle star). Occupation service in the Far East 23 September - 25 October 1945. Decommissioned 18 March 1946; struck from the Naval Register 8 May 1946; sold 28 May 1948 to Alexander Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans, LA; 'Final Disposition, fate unknown'. Awards: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1); WWII Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp); Philippines Presidential Unit Citation; Philippine Liberation Medal (1). CO roster: LT Fairfield Pope Day USNR (5 Sep 1944 - 23 Oct 1945); LT Arthur Harold Vint USNR (23 Oct - Nov 1945); LTjg Paul Robert Busey USNR (Nov 1945 - Feb 1946); LTjg Walter F. Robinson USNR (Feb - 18 Mar 1946). Spec block: 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 mi at 9 kt; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; armament (ultimate design) 2 twin 40mm + 4 single 40mm + 12 single 20mm; propulsion two GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC ship's-service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders; diesel fuel 4,300 bbls. No photographs of this hull on file.
- 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 ~117 plus embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestones here cross-check exactly with DANFS and the NARA primary files. Spec block is the class-standard LST-542 table, not a hull survey. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-593-02
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[4]NARA file unit NAID 77707755, 'USS LST-593 - War History' (World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories; microfilm roll A2107; Fold3 collaboration) - CO-submitted Ship's History, 8 pages, reviewed in full [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77707755, roll A2107 frames 0702-0709 (catalog.archives.gov/medialz/microfilm-publications/WWII_WarDiaries/0001/A_2107/A_2107/images/)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own submitted history (Ship's History transmitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Public Information, 18 February 1946 over the signature of the Commanding Officer, LTjg Paul R. Busey, USNR - serial LST593/A12-1, Serial 8) documents: crew 4546 formed at Amphibious Training Base Camp Bradford, Norfolk, August 1944; entire crew aboard 29 August 1944 at Evansville (combat crew sent to Navy Pier, Chicago, for gunnery exercises while nucleus crew checked stores at the shipyard); commissioned on arrival in the Eighth Naval District at New Orleans 5 September 1944; shakedown at Panama City, FL 12-28 September; 'authorized alterations... completed at the Pendleton Shipyard' (New Orleans); loaded 879.5 tons of ammunition at the Naval Ammunition Depot at 'Theodora,' Alabama (document spelling); departed for the Pacific 10 October 1944 via Coco Solo, CZ; 'all power on the ship failed' six hours out - drifted eight hours, returned to Balboa where Naval Intelligence investigators attributed 'foreign substances of unknown origin' in the fuel to tank sediment; resumed transit 20 October; Espiritu Santo 18 November; Seeadler Harbor, Manus, 1 December (moored to an Australian ammunition ship transferring part of the 20mm cargo 5 December; beached and unloaded the remaining cargo at the ammunition dump 8 December); Hollandia, New Guinea (Army test-load of a 240 mm howitzer - 'the first time such equipment had been loaded on board an LST'); entered San Pedro Bay, Leyte, 26 January 1945; Manila arrived 1 March via Subic (beached and discharged 2 March); at Subic 4-28 March 'alterations, voyage repairs, re-stocking of supplies were hurriedly completed'; beached at Legaspi, Luzon, in the initial assault 1 April (1135); Polloc Harbor, Mindanao, landing 'effected three days after the initial assault' (unloaded 20 April; departed 30 April); Macajalar Bay, Mindanao, initial assault landing 10 May; resupply to Macajalar arrived 12 May; lifts to Morotai, Palawan, Zamboanga, Taloma June-July; San Fernando, Lingayen Gulf, August; drydock period at Leyte Gulf late August ('several days in drydock, scraping the bottom and getting repairs to our starboard screw'); Tokyo Bay anchored 29 September; Shiogama, Honshu, 3 October; beached at Senami 15 October (damage to forward void tank A-401V and bow doors); Yokohama anchored 21 October (LT Arthur H. Vint, USNR, of Wausau, WI, relieved LCDR Day in a main-deck ceremony 23 October); orders 24 October to sail for Subic and another load to Japan; arrived Subic 1 November; entered drydock 7 November and left 8 November after temporary repairs - the drydock's verdict was 'at least one month's availability' needed for permanent repairs; liberty at Manila 10-17 November; stateside orders received 20 November; departed Subic 21 November for Pearl Harbor with 11 naval officer passengers, 205 naval enlisted men, and 3 LCMs secured to the main deck; second transfer of command during the voyage (LTjg Paul Robert Busey, USNR, the ship's Executive Officer, relieved LT Vint); Pearl Harbor 9 December; San Diego 22 December; San Pedro; departed San Pedro 22 January 1946 for Balboa 'to pick up onward routing to Charleston, S.C.'; closing entry: crew preparing the ship for decommissioning.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-08 to 1946-02
- Population
- Ship's company (~13 officers/104 enlisted per NavSource spec); embarked Army/NZ passengers per lift (dozens to ~475); repair and drydock personnel at Pendleton Shipyard, Subic Bay, Leyte Gulf
- Limitations
- Primary ship-submitted operational narrative; contains NO asbestos or material content. Documents repair and drydock availabilities (Pendleton Shipyard, New Orleans, Oct 1944; Subic Bay voyage repairs, Mar 1945; Leyte Gulf drydock, Aug 1945; an unnamed drydock availability, Nov 1945) - these are exposure-relevant work events (shipyard/repair personnel working the hull), not exposure records; no work package or material detail was recorded. All 8 frames of the file unit reviewed (catalog reports '8 Images').
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-593-03
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[5]NARA file unit NAID 140051051, 'USS LST-593 - Report of operations in the assault and resupply landings at Legaspi, Luzon Island, Philippines, 4/1-8/45' (WWII War Diaries series; CONFIDENTIAL action report serial LST593/A16-3/010, 10 April 1945) - 3 pages, reviewed in full [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 140051051, 3 images (catalog.archives.gov/medialz/microfilm-publications/WWII_WarDiaries/0007/export_WWII_WarDiaries_1668_201267/images/0229-0231.jpg)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Action Report 'USS LST 593 - BICOL Operation, Luzon, P.I., 26 March 1945 to 10 April 1945' (CONFIDENTIAL serial LST593/A16-3, Serial 010, signed Fairfield P. Day) documents the Legaspi assault and resupply cycle in operational detail: reported to Commander Task Unit 78.4.5 at Subic 26 March and loaded the first increment there 26-27 March (4 vehicles, 26 Army personnel, 152 tons bulk, 5 tons mobile, LCM 705 towed - all of the 158th Regimental Combat Team, Sixth U.S. Army); departed Subic 28 March and loaded the second increment at Lemery 29 March (50 vehicles, 399 Army personnel, 25 tons bulk, 120 tons mobile) for a total assault load of 58 vehicles, 425 Army personnel, 177 tons bulk, 125 tons mobile; departed Lemery 30 March; beached at Legaspi, Luzon, 1 April at 1135 in the initial assault - unloading commenced 1200 and she retracted at 1800 with 15 tons bulk cargo left aboard; Subic/Lemery resupply loop 3-6 April (cumulative 65 vehicles, 120 Army personnel, 200 tons bulk + 120 tons mobile cargo, LCM 453 towed); second beaching at Legaspi 8 April 0855, unloading 0920-1630; retracted 1824 for Mangarin Bay, Mindoro, anchoring 10 April to report to Commander LST Flotilla EIGHT for the next operation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-03-26 to 1945-04-10
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked 158th RCT personnel (120+); LST Flotilla EIGHT operating pool
- Limitations
- Primary combat-operations record; no asbestos or material content. Corroborates the battle-star campaign attribution (Mindanao-Southern Philippines operations) with ship-generated documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-593-04
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[6]ShipbuildingHistory (T. Colton), Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron yard table, Evansville, IN - yard hull no. 118 = LST-593 [other_primary]
- Locator
- missourivalley.htm yard table, hull no. 118 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Yard production table for this hull: Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron yard hull no. 118, type LST, pennant no. 593, FY1943 program; keel laid 6/28/44, launched 8/9/44, delivered 9/5/44; 42 days on the ways, 27 days fitting out, 69 days total. Yard context: a purpose-built wartime 'cornfield' shipyard on the Ohio River that produced 171 LSTs; the plant was destroyed by fire in 1946 and the site is now a parking lot. The table's disposition column for hull 118 reads 'Scrapped 1947'.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- MVB&I Evansville construction trades (peak wartime employment)
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary compilation (builder-yard reference), not an official registry. The 'Scrapped 1947' cell conflicts with DANFS/NavSource (sold 28 May 1948 'for operation', fate unknown) - a hull cannot be scrapped before its documented sale; the 1947 figure is treated as an unresolved source error/conflict, not a finding (see gaps). Build dates corroborate DANFS. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-593-05
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[7]Woolsey v. Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., 119 Ind. App. 391, 88 N.E.2d 54 (Ind. App. 1949) - Industrial Board denial of occupational-disease compensation affirmed (opinion text via secondary legal index; CourtListener opinion-URL lookup deferred - fleet pacing) [court_record]
- Locator
- 119 Ind. App. 391 (Ind. App. 1949); opinion abstract via secondary legal index (hallapproved.com / exa.ai listing)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Occupational-disease litigation at this hull's builder during its construction window: the widow of Elbert Woolsey, a pipe fitter employed by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. 'in the compartment of ships' from 21 June to 11 November 1944, claimed compensation under the Indiana Workmen's Occupational Diseases Act, alleging his October 1945 death resulted from inhaling 'fumes and gases from galvanized metal being welded.' The Industrial Board found he contracted no occupational disease; the Appellate Court of Indiana affirmed the denial 17 October 1949. LST-593 was on the ways 28 June - 9 August 1944, inside Woolsey's documented employment window; the record does not identify which hull(s) he worked.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944 (exposure window); 1949 (disposition)
- Population
- MVB&I pipe fitters and compartment-of-ships trades (1944)
- Limitations
- STRICT LIMITS: yard-level, NON-asbestos litigation (welding fume allegation, not fiber); a merits-level DENIAL affirmed on appeal - it is not evidence of any hazardous condition aboard this or any hull. Included only to document the litigation landscape at the builder during this hull's construction window. Employment window overlaps the build period but hull assignment is undocumented. Reporter cite cross-checked across two legal indexes (87 vs 88 N.E.2d volume discrepancy between indexes noted; 119 Ind. App. 391 is consistent).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-593-06
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[8]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table + roster (shipscribe.com scan) - consolidated era inference with the lst-1-class class profile [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table; lst-1-class class profile ev-lst-1-class-03
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- LST-593 sits in the BuShips LST542-931 design group (2 x GM 12-567A diesels ~1,700 shp, Falk gears, 11.6 kt - no steam plant). Era/design inference for a mid-1944 diesel LST: asbestos-relevant applications were GM diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation-space insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. Wartime U.S. shipyard construction practice used asbestos-containing insulation products broadly; the Navy did not substitute alternative insulation until the early 1970s (GAO HRD-80-2), so a 1944-built hull sits squarely inside the asbestos-use era.
- 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); repair/drydock personnel at Pendleton Shipyard, Subic Bay, Leyte Gulf; post-sale handlers at Alexander Shipyards (1948-?)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LST-593. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The diesel plant narrows (does not eliminate) the pathway: no boiler/turbine lagging claim is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-593-07
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[9]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 entire construction (1944) and service era (1944-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, consistent with prior batches) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-593-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 (authenticated, via fleet helper cl-auth-search.py): "LST-593" OR "LST 593" in opinion (type=o) and RECAP docket (type=r) indexes, 2026-10-02 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-593-06, -07 (and -08 blocked)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying litigation hit for this hull: authenticated CourtListener API v4 searches on 2026-10-02 returned 0 results for "LST-593" OR "LST 593" in BOTH the opinion index (type=o) and the RECAP docket index (type=r). The hull was never named (hull-number-only vessel), so the hull-number queries cover the complete naming space. Cross-record context: the class-profile sweep found only one document-level LST mention anywhere in RECAP (Gitto v. A.W. Chesterton, S.D.N.Y. 1:07-cv-04771 - an incidental 'USS LST 579' reunion-notice mention, not an exposure record); no asbestos docket naming any specific LST hull has been located in these sweeps.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Zero index results is a clean negative for searchable coverage, not proof that no filing ever existed: pre-PACER-era state-court and industrial-board filings (e.g., the 1949 Woolsey Industrial Board case, located only via secondary index) are outside RECAP coverage. Fleet pacing deferred a planned CourtListener opinion-URL lookup for Woolsey - reporter citation used instead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-593-09
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[11]Batch-7109 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live-verified); NavSource (live-verified); NARA catalog + image fetches (NAID 77707755, NAID 140051051 - full review); NVR (not listed); shipbuildinghistory.com; NavalCoverMuseum; GAO product page; NIOSH HHE sweep; secondary web sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-593-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum/landmark material record, or docketed asbestos case naming USS LST-593 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sold out of Navy service in 1948 and its subsequent fate is undocumented - no later-life survey or disposal-record trail exists. The only 'asbestos' web material touching this record is law-firm marketing content listing the builder yard (Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron) as an 'asbestos jobsite' without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - the ship's 1944 wartime construction places it inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era, making era-consistent materials a reasonable inference but not a ship-proven fact. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-593-10