Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 700-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: UNVERIFIABLE
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-62-lst62-pkt-700-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'LST-62' - Naval Historical Center entry (archived capture; live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-62 full entry (Wayback capture 2010-12-08 of history.navy.mil/danfs/l10/lst-62.htm)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-62 was laid down on 5 August 1942 at Jeffersonville, Ind., by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched on 23 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Michael Zier; and commissioned in the Royal Navy on 3 March 1943. She was returned by the United Kingdom on 10 June 1946, and she was struck from the Navy list on 19 July 1946. On 12 May 1948, she was sold to the Northern Metals Co., Philadelphia, Pa., for scrapping.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- JeffBoat construction workforce (1942); Royal Navy crew (1943-1946)
- Limitations
- Authoritative milestone history; contains no asbestos, insulation, or hazardous-material information. Live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 for LST-62 (low-number LST entries unmigrated - verified 2026-10-02 for LST-1/-60/-61 as well); archived Wayback capture of the official history.navy.mil entry cited. RN commission date here (3 March 1943) conflicts with NavSource/uboat.net (4 March 1943) - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-62-lst62-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, 'HM LST-62' - milestone timeline, RN campaign table, ONI-1945 specification block, and Reggio photo caption [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 10/16/160062: header timeline, Royal Navy campaign table, ONI-1945 specifications block, Reggio photo caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 5 August 1942 at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN; launched 23 November 1942; transferred to the United Kingdom 3 March 1943; commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-62 on 4 March 1943 at New Orleans, LA. WWII campaigns (Europe-Africa-Middle East theater): Occupation of Sicily, 10 July 1943; Invasion of Reggio, September 1943 - a photo caption shows HM LST-62 and HM LST-405 beached 3 September 1943 (Invasion Day) at Reggio, Italy, unloading vehicles (photo credited to Charles W. Pates); Anzio advanced landings, January-March 1944; Invasion of Normandy, June 1944. Converted to carry rolling stock for the Normandy invasion. Paid off at Falmouth, UK, in early 1946; returned to U.S. Navy custody 10 June 1946 at New York; struck from the Naval Register 19 July 1946; sold for scrapping 12 May 1948 to Northern Metals Co., Philadelphia, PA. Specification block (Office of Naval Intelligence, 1945): displacement 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa; beam 50 ft; speed 12 kts maximum; endurance 24,000 miles at 9 kts; complement 7 officers, 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers, 147 enlisted; 1 LCVP; armament 1 x 12-pounder AA multi-barrel mount, 6 x 20mm mounts, 4 Fast Aerial Mine mounts; propulsion two General Motors 12-567 900 hp diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders - a diesel plant with no boilers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- Royal Navy crew (1943-1946); embarked troops/vehicle crews during landing operations
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archival page quoting Navy sources; consistent with DANFS where they overlap. RN commission date (4 March 1943) conflicts with DANFS (3 March 1943) - carried in gaps. Spec data are equipment descriptions only - no asbestos content stated or implied. ONI-1945 complement (7 officers/104 enlisted) differs from the 13-officer figure on other NavSource LST pages - noted in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-62-lst62-02
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[4]ShipbuildingHistory (T. Colton), JeffBoat yard page and 'LST 1 thru LST 400' production table - builder history and per-hull construction record [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/jeffboat.htm (LST 62 table row; yard narrative) and shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/lstpart1.htm (LST 62 production row)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- ShipbuildingHistory's JeffBoat production record lists LST 62 delivered 3 March 1943, disposition 'To Britain as LST 62, scrapped 1948.' The companion LST production table gives her construction span as laid 5 August 1942, launched 23 November 1942, delivered 3 March 1943 (110 days on the ways, 100 days fitting out, 210 days total), 'To Britain, scrapped 1947.' Program context from the same table: 1,155 LSTs contracted from 11 private-sector shipyards and 5 Navy yards, 101 cancelled, for a net total of 1,054 completed. Yard context: Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company (JeffBoat) was organized in 1938 by American Barge Line on the former M.A. Sweeney site; in 1942 the Navy condemned the neighboring Howard Shipyard & Dock Company and leased it to JeffBoat for the war; it was a major LST builder with employment peaking at 13,000.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948
- Population
- JeffBoat construction workforce (yard-level peak ~13,000); Northern Metals shipbreakers (1948)
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation, not a government source; dates track DANFS where they overlap. Internal inconsistency: the LST table says 'scrapped 1947' while the yard page says 'scrapped 1948' - DANFS sale date of 12 May 1948 carried. Yard employment is yard-level, not hull-specific. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-62-lst62-03
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[5]uboat.net Allied Warships, 'HMS LST 62' - Royal Navy pennant record, commanding-officer roster, and convoy-event entries (specialist compilation from TNA-based records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/12321.html - data table, 'Commands listed' roster, 'Notable events' (Convoy MKS 43, 10 Mar 1944)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- uboat.net's warship record for HMS LST 62 (pennant LST 62, LST Mk 2 class) confirms: built by Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co.; laid down 5 August 1942; launched 23 November 1942; commissioned 4 March 1943; end service 10 June 1946 (decommissioned and returned to the USN). Wartime commanding officers listed: T/A/Lt.Cdr. Oswald Edgar Brown, RNR (1 Feb 1943 - Sep 1943); T/A/Lt.Cdr. Samuel Rayer, DSC, OBE, RNR (Sep 1943 - 10 Aug 1944); T/A/Lt.Cdr. Joseph Lionel Laity, RNR (10 Aug 1944 - 11 Mar 1946). A documented event places her in convoy MKS 43 (departed Port Said 10 March 1944) among the joining LSTs during her Mediterranean period.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Royal Navy officers and crew, 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Specialist volunteer compilation drawing on TNA-derived sources - secondary, not an official record; used for the RN command roster and convoy corroboration only, where no US official source covers the commissioned period. CO roster is labeled a work in progress by the site. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-62-lst62-04
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[6]Corn JK, Starr J. 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding.' Am J Ind Med 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Am J Ind Med 11(3):359-373 (1987), DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that WWII-era U.S. shipyards extensively installed asbestos-containing insulation, lagging, and gaskets in naval construction - the era in which this hull was built (1942). For a diesel-powered LST with no boilers, the era-relevant applications concentrate in diesel exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation and cable, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings; the documented 1944 rolling-stock conversion (UK) and the 1948 shipbreaking at Northern Metals, Philadelphia, are the documented disturbance events.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (study scope); applied 1942-1948
- Population
- WWII-era shipyard workers (JeffBoat, 1942); wartime crew (Royal Navy); shipbreaking workers (1948) - era context
- Limitations
- Era-level scholarship plus class/type inference; the source does not name this hull or class and does not establish that any specific material aboard this ship contained asbestos. No ship-specific product is verified; the diesel plant (no boilers) narrows the exposure-relevant scope relative to steam vessels.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-62-lst62-05
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[7]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 the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when required for repairs, modified in 1979 toward selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place on active Navy hulls for decades.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review (not this hull)
- Limitations
- Program-level Navy documentation that never governed this hull: she was paid off in early 1946, returned to U.S. custody 10 June 1946, and sold for scrapping 12 May 1948 - decades before either policy existed. Context for the era fleet picture only. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403); content via product-page description, consistent with prior batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-62-lst62-06
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[8]Archival leads: UK National Archives ADM 53 (ships' logs) for HM LST-62; NARA RG 19 (BuShips) construction/specification records; Howard Steamboat Museum LST collections (Jeffersonville); Indiana University Lilly Library, Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company mss. (InU-Li-VAD6549); University of Louisville Photographic Archives (Howard Steamboat Museum Collection) [other_primary]
- Locator
- UK TNA ADM 53 series; NARA RG 19/RG 38 series descriptions; archives.iu.edu/catalog/InU-Li-VAD6549; digital.library.louisville.edu Howard Steamboat Museum Collection; howardsteamboatmuseum.org
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary-source tracks for this hull: (1) UK TNA ADM 53 series holds Royal Navy ships' logs - the service record of HM LST-62 (1943-1946) sits there, not in USN deck logs, because she was RN-manned throughout. (2) NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) construction and specification records cover the LST program and JeffBoat contract output; NARA RG 38 WWII war-diaries series contains per-ship LST histories for USN-manned sisters but an RN-manned Lend-Lease hull may not be represented. (3) JeffBoat-site records: the Howard Steamboat Museum (Jeffersonville) maintains collections dedicated to the LSTs built there during WWII; the Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company mss. (84 boxes, Indiana University Lilly Library, InU-Li-VAD6549) cover the predecessor yard through 1967; University of Louisville Photographic Archives holds the Howard Steamboat Museum photograph collection.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1948 (record period)
- Population
- None
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - series-level mapping verified; no box-level retrieval performed and no LST-62-specific item located or reviewed. The Howard company papers largely predate the JeffBoat era (firm sold to the Navy in 1941/1942); JeffBoat-era LST construction files at the Howard Steamboat Museum are the closer lead but unsurveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos record by nature.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-62-lst62-07
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[9]Batch-7139 search ledger (this record): archived DANFS; NavSource 160062; shipbuildinghistory JeffBoat and LST tables; uboat.net 12321; CourtListener API v4 opinion searches; secondary web asbestos/litigation sweep; NARA/TNA/museum leads [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-62-lst62-01 through sl-uss-lst-62-lst62-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LST-62 / HM LST-62 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion searches 'LST-62' (368 hits) and 'HMS LST-62' (40 hits) returned name collisions only - unrelated criminal, civil, and insurance matters matching the token - no qualifying or other litigation naming this hull. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm/mesothelioma marketing content (gorilaw.com, mesothelioma.net, mesotheliomahelp.org, navyshipexposure.com listicles) asserting asbestos aboard without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. Expected, in part: an RN-manned hull scrapped in 1948 predates the asbestos-litigation era and federal hazmat-survey regimes, and Royal Navy crew claims (if any) would sit outside US repositories.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Population
- None
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1942-built LST is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the hull's destruction in 1948 precludes any present-day survey. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener docket-level (type=r) coverage incomplete this session due to fleet-wide pacing throttle - logged in search_ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-62-lst62-08