Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 698-packet.md (9 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-606-lst606-pkt-698-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-606 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, Palau/Leyte/Lingayen/Okinawa campaigns, 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-606 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: laid down 27 November 1943 at Seneca, Ill., by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Co.; launched 3 April 1944, sponsored by Mrs. George Milligan; commissioned 24 April 1944, Lt. William R. Brooks in command. Asiatic-Pacific operations: capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands (September 1944); Leyte landings (October and November 1944); Lingayen Gulf landing (January 1945); assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (April through June 1945). Occupation duty in the Far East until mid-September 1945; decommissioned 13 May 1946; struck from the Navy list 19 June 1946; sold 19 April 1948 to Bethlehem Steel Co., of Bethlehem, Pa., for scrapping. Four battle stars for World War II.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Construction trades (Seneca, 1943-44); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. Decommissioning location not stated ('return to the United States'); commissioning location not stated; no yard or repair content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-606-lst606-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-606 (10/16/160606.htm, last updated 1 January 2015) - designation timeline, unit assignments, spec block, commanding-officer list, awards, disposal [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160606.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, CO table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 27 November 1943 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL; launched 3 April 1944; commissioned USS LST-606 24 April 1944, LT. William R. Brooks, USNR, in command. Campaign table matches and extends DANFS: Western Caroline Islands operation, southern Palau Islands 6 Sep-14 Oct 1944; Leyte landings 16-30 Oct and 12-25 Nov 1944; Lingayen Gulf landings 4-18 Jan 1945; Okinawa Gunto 1 Apr-30 Jun 1945. For Okinawa assigned to LST Flotilla Fourteen (CAPT. E. E. Seay USN), LST Group Forty-Two (CDR. G. E. Artz USN), LST Division Eighty-Four. Navy Occupation service 6-23 September 1945; decommissioned 13 May 1946; struck from the Naval Register 19 June 1946; sold for scrapping 19 April 1948 to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA. 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 reduction gear, 2 shafts 1,700 shp, 3 x 100 kW 230 V DC generators; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; radio call sign NFCI. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4 battle stars), World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp), Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation Medal (2). CO list: LT Brooks USNR 24 Apr 1944-Nov 1945; LT R. D. Anderson USNR Nov 1945-Mar 1946; LTjg W. A. Haynes USNR Mar-13 May 1946. Photos document the ship beached off-loading tanks/trucks and moored with USS LST-649 at an NMCB-7 pontoon dock, Okinawa, circa May 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- USNR-officered 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 NARA action reports, and the Okinawa unit assignment is corroborated by the NHHC fleet-organization listing (ev-03). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-606-lst606-02
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[4]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 - LST Group 42 / LST Division 84 listing (live NHHC page, verified HTTP 200 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- US Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, LST Group 42 / LST Division 84 table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official U.S. Pacific Fleet organization listing of 1 May 1945 places LST-606, Lt. W. R. Brooks (USNR), in LST Division 84 of LST Group 42 (Comdr. G. E. Artz) - independently corroborating the NavSource unit assignment and the ship's own action-report routing via ComLSTFlot FOURTEEN (CTG 55.3.3).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Ship's company (May 1945)
- Limitations
- Confirms the administrative assignment as of 1 May 1945 only; contains no asbestos or material content and no operational narrative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-606-lst606-03
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[5]NARA NAID 77469246, 'USS LST-606 - Rep of opers in the invasions of Peleliu and Angaur Islands, Palau Islands, 9/15-26/44' (LST606/A9-7(bn) serial 104, 1 October 1944; RG 38, World War II War Diaries; micro serial 132692, Roll A1753; 8 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77469246, images 1-8 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02; image crops re-verified)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's Palau Islands action report (downloaded and OCR-read this session; ribbon typescript partially degraded - key passages verified by direct image display) documents: embarkation at Kewalo Basin, Honolulu, T.H., of Company 'A' and portions of Companies 'B', 'H', and 'M' of the 1884th Engineer Aviation Battalion (10 Army officers, 244 enlisted) plus cargo; two 175-foot pontoon causeways carried, with seventeen Seabee enlisted men and one officer aboard to launch and handle them; transit from the Guadalcanal-Purvis area in Angaur Movement Group TWO (32.6), departing the forenoon of 4 September and reaching the combat area the morning of 15 September 1944; Angaur Movement Group LST units operating off Beaches BLACK, BLUE, and RED; a stranded small boat (APA-35's) hoisted in her davits and the boat crew exchanged; orders on 21 September to beach at Beach RED, where she beached alongside LST-663 at 1642 after the stern anchor winch jammed (anchor then laid out by small boat), retracted and re-beached in proper position to move the pontoon causeway, then began unloading; and the statement that no enemy sea or air forces were encountered by this vessel during the operation. Endorsement chain via ComLST Group 42 and LST Flotilla 14 (16 Oct 1944) through Amphibious Group ONE/FIVE, Third Amphibious Force, and Third Fleet (final endorsement June 1945); the Third Endorsement notes the report was not received until 9 February 1945.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-09-04 to 1944-09-26
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked 1884th Engineer Aviation Bn elements (10 officers, 244 enlisted); Seabee causeway detachment (17 enlisted, 1 officer)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; OCR extraction is partial because the carbon-copy ribbon is faded - load-bearing passages (embarked units, Kewalo Basin loading, causeway/Seabee detachment, Guadalcanal-Purvis departure dates) were verified by direct image display, but some narrative lines remain illegible. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-606-lst606-04
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[6]NARA NAID 78710348, 'USS LST-606 - Rep of AA Act East of Mindanao Is, Philippines on 11/21/44' (LST606/A9-7(bn) serial 131, 21 November 1944; RG 38, World War II War Diaries; micro serial 97899, Roll A1291; 3 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78710348, images 1-3 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's anti-aircraft action report (downloaded and OCR-read this session; legible form report) documents a surprise low-level attack at about 03-20N east of Mindanao on 21 November 1944 - during the Leyte operations period - by a single twin-engine medium bomber picked up by named lookouts at under five miles: seventeen 20mm and 40mm guns fired (613 rounds of 20mm, 60 rounds of 40mm expended); the attacker released an H.E. contact bomb at about 600 feet, scoring one near miss; casualties from the near miss: one; hits on ship: none; ship not strafed; the plane was reported shot down 'sure.' Report routed via ComLST Flotilla FOURTEEN and CTF 78.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-11-21
- Population
- Ship's company; named lookouts (two identified by name and rate in the report)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record, legible; the one-casualty figure is the ship's own report and is not further documented here. No asbestos or material content. Position longitude partially illegible in OCR; not asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-606-lst606-05
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[7]NARA NAID 139888343, 'USS LST-606 - Rep of act With enemy aircraft while enroute Lingayen Gulf, Luzon Is, Philippines on 1/12/45' (LST606/A9-7(bn) serial 6, 19 January 1945; RG 38, World War II War Diaries; micro serial 108674, Roll A1425; 3 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139888343, images 1-3 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's Lingayen Gulf action report (downloaded and OCR-read this session; legible) documents: the vessel as a unit of Task Group 78.9, Echelon G-3 (Captain Manres, USN, LST-574 flagship); a convoy attack on the evening of 12 January 1945 near 15-25N 119-07E by four enemy aircraft in separate suicide dives, all of which chose the convoy's Liberty ships as targets (one crashed alongside a Liberty ship directly astern; a second hit a Liberty ship believed in position 63 - the only target at which LST-606 fired; a third overshot the last Liberty ship in column one; the fourth was believed shot down); ammunition expended 491 rounds of 20mm and 117 rounds of 40mm, no jams or stoppages; 'No damage or casualties were sustained by this vessel'; the enemy lost three aircraft by self-destruction. Signed W. R. Brooks, Lieut., USNR.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-01-12
- Population
- Ship's company; convoy vessels incl. embarked Liberty-ship crews attacked
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record, legible; the 491-round figure verified by direct image display (OCR read it ambiguously). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-606-lst606-06
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[8]NARA NAID 633433392, 'USS LST-606 - Rep of ops in the occupation of the Okinawa Gunto, Ryukyu Is, 4/7-16/45' (LST606/A9-7(bn) serial 48, 24 April 1945; RG 38, World War II War Diaries; Roll A1599 partner scan; 5 images; digitized) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 633433392, images 1-5 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's Okinawa action report (downloaded and OCR-read this session; legible) covers operations 7-22 April 1945 as a continuation of a referenced action report serial 7 dated 20 April (not surfaced in catalog results): Hagushi-area anchorages off Okinawa; assignment to CTG 55.3.3 (ComLSTFlot FOURTEEN, Capt. E. A. Seay, in LCI 25) with a brief reassignment to CTG 55.3.8 on 11-15 April; a Tsuken Shima troop/vehicle transport mission; loading on 8 April off Brown Beach THREE of 16 LVTs, 1 DUKW, 20 drums of gasoline, ammunition, and 136 enlisted plus 6 officers of Company B, 780th Amphibian Tank Battalion, while observed enemy mortar bursts fell in the water nearby (anchorage shifted at 2110); Kerama Retto-Aka Shima movement 9-10 April with nine other LSTs; a 12 April attack in which a 'VAL' dove on the ship from dead astern at about 500 feet and 2,500 yards, took direct hits from her stern guns at about 1,500 yards, turned away, and instead struck the top of the after port king post of the XAK Minot Victory and exploded in the water ahead - friendly fire from other ships ricocheting close aboard with no hits or casualties on LST-606; unloading of the 780th Tractor Bn completed 13 April; several night bombing attacks 15-16 April (10-20 bombs estimated, mostly on beaches/Kadena); departure 16 April for Ulithi in company with 23 other LSTs (OTC Capt. Seay, LCI 425(FF)) per CTF 51 dispatch, arriving 22 April. Ammunition expended during the period: 87 rounds of 40mm, 47 rounds of 20mm. 'No battle damage was sustained by this vessel'; 'No casualties were suffered.' Signed W. R. Brooks, Lieut., USNR.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-04-07 to 1945-04-22
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked 780th Amphibian Tank Bn Co B (6 officers, 136 enlisted); crews of nearby vessels incl. Minot Victory
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record, legible; serial number 48 verified by direct image display (OCR alternated between 8 and 18). The referenced serial-7 report covering the 1-7 April assault phase was not located in catalog results - archival lead. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-606-lst606-07
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[9]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan); NavSource LST-606 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; NavSource 160606.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, 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 - matching the shipboard applications GAO later itemized for Navy vessels (thermal insulation for machinery, equipment, and piping as the major use, plus gaskets, packing, deck tile, brakes/clutches, cabling, and galley equipment; ev-09).
- 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 and embarked troops (1944-46); 1948 shipbreakers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package was located for LST-606, and no yard repair/availability event was documented at all. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution. SDB 1945 v2 link verified live 2026-10-02 (HTTP 200).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-606-lst606-08
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[10]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - product page and full report text (26 pp.) retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-10-02; gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to plain curl, documented [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page + full-report PDF text via Firecrawl
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented (from the report text, retrieved this session) that thermal insulation for machinery, equipment, and piping systems 'has been the major application of asbestos' aboard Navy ships; that Navy product specifications for insulation were changed 'as early as 1971' toward low/no asbestos and to asbestos-free by late 1973, with ships already under construction continuing to delivery with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978; and that shipboard asbestos also included piping-system gaskets and packing, deck tiling, brakes and clutches, electric cabling and galley ranges, and electrical resistors - 'nearly impossible to build a Navy ship free of the mineral.' This hull's entire lifecycle (1943 construction, 1944-46 service, 1948 breaking) predates the spec changes and falls inside the Navy's asbestos-use era. Fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; the 1975 policy required replacing asbestos insulation only when damaged or removed for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); ship asbestos era documented through 1970s
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Long Beach and Norfolk were the fieldwork yards - neither is connected to this hull. Full text retrieved via Firecrawl after curl returned HTTP 403 (reconfirmed 2026-10-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-606-lst606-09
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[11]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated, fleet-paced helper), opinion and docket indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-606-lst606-10 through -12
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located: exact-phrase "LST-606" returned 0 in the opinion index and 1 hit in the docket index - National Rifle Association of America, Bankr. N.D. Tex. No. 21-30085, a tokenized name collision (the string match occurs inside that mega-docket's filing text, not as a vessel reference; docket page verified live 2026-10-02); "LST 606" asbestos in opinions returned 0. 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-606-lst606-10
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[12]Batch-7124 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NavSource; NHHC fleet-organization listing; NARA catalog + four action-report file units read in full; casualty-report file unit; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO product page + full report; CourtListener API (opinion + docket); NVR; NIOSH HHE search; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-606-lst606-01 through -18
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or qualifying case naming LST-606 was found in the public sources searched. The strongest ship-specific documentation is operational (four action reports) and documents combat service only - unlike sibling hull LST-790, no yard availability, conversion, or repair event for this hull appears in the located record at all; 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 and continuous service inside the Navy's asbestos-use era keep the class/era inference alive. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-606-lst606-11
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[13]NARA catalog, 'LST-606'/'USS LST-606' result sets + NAID 472241561 'USS LST-606' Casualty Information Report (RG 24, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Casualty Information Reports series 803937; 'Not Yet Available Online' - paper-only); COM LST GR 42 war diaries and operation reports digitized (Aug 1944 - Nov 1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov "LST-606" and "USS LST-606" result sets; NAID 472241561 record page ('Not Yet Available Online'); catalog.archives.gov "COM LST GR 42" result set
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary archive coverage for this hull is digitized but action-report-only: the four ship-titled file units surfaced are the Peleliu/Angaur, Mindanao AA, Lingayen air-action, and Okinawa (7-22 Apr 1945) reports - no monthly war diary and no muster roll file unit titled to this hull was surfaced in catalog results. Coverage therefore lacks the commissioning-to-Angaur period (Apr-Aug 1944), most of the Leyte period, the referenced serial-7 Okinawa assault-phase report (dated 20 Apr 1945), and the post-Okinawa/occupation/return period (May 1945-May 1946); the parent-unit COM LST GR 42 monthly war diaries and operation reports (Aug 1944-Nov 1945, incl. the Angaur, Leyte reinforcement, Lingayen resupply, and Okinawa invasion reports) are digitized and are the unit-level bridge. A BuPers Casualty Information Report file unit exists for 'USS LST-606' (NAID 472241561) but is paper-only at College Park - its existence indicates casualty reporting for the hull; content unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company (1944-46); researchers
- Limitations
- Archival-lead row: the casualty report and the missing serial-7 action report were not read or confirmed; whether ship-titled war diaries or muster rolls exist elsewhere in the analog catalog was not determined; RG 181 yard records are moot - no yard event for this hull was located at all.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-606-lst606-12