Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 697-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-605-lst605-pkt-697-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-605 - construction at Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca IL; sponsor Mrs. H. F. Stearns; Asiatic-Pacific operations list; occupation duty; decommission/stricken/sale dates; battle stars and Navy Unit Commendation [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry body, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 30 September 1943 at Seneca, Ill., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 29 March 1944; sponsored by Mrs. H. F. Stearns; commissioned 14 April 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the Leyte landing (October 1944), Mindoro landing (December 1944), Lingayen Gulf landing (January 1945), and assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (May-June 1945). Postwar, occupation duty in the Far East until mid-December 1945; returned to the United States, decommissioned 24 May 1946, struck from the Navy list 3 July 1946; sold 15 April 1948 to Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, Wash., for scrapping. Earned three battle stars and one award of the Navy Unit Commendation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- CB&I Seneca construction trades (1943-44); ship's company (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Page verified live via rendered fetch on 2026-10-02; plain curl returns 404 (NHHC bot filtering - same standing defect as BATCH-01), so automated verifiers may see a false negative on this URL.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-605-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-605 (10/16/160605) - milestone timeline, spec block, campaign table, flotilla assignment, commanding-officer roster, photo documentation, award ribbons [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160605.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officer table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull corroborates DANFS and adds detail: LST-542 class; laid down 30 September 1943 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca IL; launched 29 March 1944; commissioned 14 April 1944 (LT Howard B. Nooman USNR). Campaign table dates: Leyte landings 20 October 1944; Mindoro landings 12-18 December 1944; Lingayen Gulf landings 4-18 January 1945; Okinawa Gunto 2 May-29 June 1945. For Okinawa assigned to LST Flotilla Sixteen (CAPT N. W. Sears), LST Group Forty-Six (LCDR J. R. Keeling USNR), LST Division Ninety-Two. Navy Occupation Service Medal periods 6-23 September 1945 and 5-20 December 1945. Decommissioned 24 May 1946; struck from the Naval Register 3 July 1946; custody transferred to the Maritime Commission; sold for scrapping 15 April 1948 to Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver WA. Specification block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt; complement 13 officers/104 enlisted, troops 16 officers/147 enlisted; 2x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk reduction gear, 3x 100 kW 230 V D.C. generators, 2 propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders. Commanding-officer roster: LT Nooman (Apr-Sep 1944), LT Clegg USNR (Sep 1944-Apr 1945), LT Gaddis USN (Apr-Nov 1945), LT Fullmer (Nov 1945-24 May 1946). Photo record includes a 29 March 1944 launch photograph and the NARA-captioned Morotai convoy photograph (see ev-04).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- CB&I Seneca construction trades (1943-44); ship's company (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its dates generally track DANFS/NVR but should be read as corroboration, not independent authority. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-605-02
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[4]MARAD Vessel History Database record, LST-605 (ShipHistory/Detail/9436) incl. VESSEL STATUS CARD scan (48W_01.png) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- MARAD status card scan https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/cards/48W_01.png (header 'Name LST 605'; Navy Surplus row: operator/delivered)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Maritime Administration's status card for LST-605 (scanned primary record, card no. 5221) records the disposal chain: 'Basis to U.S.M.C.' (Maritime Commission custody), 'Navy Surplus' section showing Date Allocated with a handwritten 'SP Act' annotation (read as the Ship Sales Act of 1946 - partially legible), Operator 'Kaiser Company, Inc.', and Date and Time Delivered 4/15/48. The MARAD database record itself lists fate 'Sold - No Further Info', type 'Naval Combatant / LST Tank Landing Ship'. This is the primary disposal document behind the DANFS scrapping-sale line.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1946-1948
- Population
- Maritime Commission custody period (1946-48); Kaiser Co. Vancouver shipbreakers (1948)
- Limitations
- Primary disposal record, not an exposure record - no asbestos, hazmat, or material content. Handwritten 'SP Act' allocation line is partially legible (act year read as 1946 consistent with the Ship Sales Act of 1946 governing Navy surplus disposal); card number 5221. Database narrative fields are empty stubs ('Year Built 9999').
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-605-03
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[5]NARA still-picture record NAID 205586182, 'The Long Road to the Halmaheras', local ID 26-G-2925, RG 26 Records of the U.S. Coast Guard (Photographs of Activities, Facilities, and Personalities), file unit 'Pacific (WWII) - Marshall Islands - Kwajalein; Parry; Mindoro; Morotai; Noemfoor' [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/205586182 (item page, RG 26, local ID 26-G-2925); photo caption transcription via NavSource 10/16/160605.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- An NARA-held U.S. Coast Guard photograph documents LST-605 and LST-565 in a convoy of LSTs bound for Morotai in the Halmaheras, October 1944 - physical-presence documentation of this hull in the Southwest Pacific staging flow. NavSource's annotation (sourced to National Archives war diaries and ships muster rolls) corrects the wartime caption: LST-565 and LST-605 were NOT at the Morotai invasion - they were four days out of Pearl Harbor when the 15 September 1944 landings began, and departed Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, 11 October 1944. The same record series points to the archival trail for this hull: NARA war diaries and ships muster rolls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-10
- Population
- LST-605 ship's company in transit (Oct 1944); convoy crews incl. Coast Guard-manned LST
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: a convoy photograph establishes presence, not work or material conditions aboard; no asbestos content. The corrected-caption detail rests on NavSource's transcription of NARA war diaries/muster rolls - the underlying war diary text was not itself retrieved this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-605-04
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[6]National Museum of the Pacific War, 'Oral History Interview with Bernard Kahn, September 22, 2012' (abstract via exa.ai mirror; canonical museum digital archive unreachable - 403 to automated fetch) [museum_official]
- Locator
- exa.ai publication record 447t2zmgwyh (abstract); canonical item in the National Museum of the Pacific War oral-history collection, interview date 2012-09-22
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A named crew member's oral history exists for this hull: per the museum's abstract, Bernard Kahn joined the Navy in December 1942, served as Third Class Signalman aboard USS LST-118, was transferred to USS LST-605, and from October 1944 through July 1945 participated in the Leyte, Luzon, and Okinawa operations before returning to the US and discharge in late 1945. This is an archival lead to firsthand crew experience aboard LST-605 during her combat period.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (service); 2012 (interview)
- Population
- LST-605 ship's company, signal gang (Oct 1944-Jul 1945)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - an oral history is testimony, not an exposure record; whether the interview contains any asbestos-relevant recollection is unknown (abstract only; interview text/audio not retrieved - museum digital archive returned 403/SSL failure to automated fetch; citation_url is the verified mirror page).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-605-05
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[7]Era/design inference built on: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 2 LST design table (per lst-1-class class profile, shipscribe.com scan); NavSource spec block for this hull (GM 12-567A diesel plant); NPS NRHP nomination for USS LST-325 (NRIS 09000434 - sister-type design documentation); class profile lst-1-class era-applications synthesis [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips SDB1945v2 LST design table (class profile ev-lst-1-class-01); NavSource specifications block; NPGallery NRIS 09000434 nomination text (LST design description)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered tank landing ship built 1943-44 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Because the LST-542 design carried no boilers or steam plant, the boiler/turbine-lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard a ship of this type and period were diesel-exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- CB&I Seneca construction trades (1943-44); ship's company (1944-46); Kaiser Vancouver shipbreakers (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, or work package located for LST-605. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-605-06
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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 (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 (1943-44) and service era (1944-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); construction/service era 1943-46
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. The report's in-place-management policy findings (1975/1979) postdate this hull's 1948 scrapping and do not apply. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-605-07
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[9]Batch-7123 search ledger (this record): live DANFS entry; NavSource page; MARAD vessel history + status card scan; NARA NAID 205586182; NMPW oral-history abstract (mirror); NPS/NPGallery NRIS 09000434; GAO product page; CourtListener opinion and docket sweeps; secondary web litigation/asbestos sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-605-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LST-605 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener coverage: docket-index searches ('LST-605', 'LST 605') returned zero results; the unquoted opinion search returned 128 loosely-matched results with no qualifying asbestos case naming this hull on review; exact-phrase opinion queries could not be run - fleet pacing budget spent (logged as partially covered, not a clean negative). Open-web sweeps surfaced no ship-specific law-firm/listicle page for LST-605 - an absence unlike better-documented hulls; secondary hits were DANFS mirrors only.
- 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 litigation record is a partial coverage result: docket index clean, opinion index incompletely searched (pacing-blocked) - the quoted opinion queries remain an open gap to re-run. Deck logs, CB&I construction records, and the 1948 breakup file are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-605-08