Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 701-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-625-lst625-pkt-701-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-625 (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-02) - construction, sponsor, commissioning, WWII campaigns, occupation duty, MSTS transfer, striking, battle stars [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-625 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-625 was laid down on 30 March 1944 at Seneca, Ill., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 20 June 1944; sponsored by Miss Margaret Jones; and commissioned on 10 July 1944, Lt. George F. B. Capozzi, USNR, in command.' Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the Lingayen Gulf landing in January 1945 and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April 1945. Occupation duty in the Far East until early February 1946. 'The ship was decommissioned on 11 February 1946 and transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service on 31 March 1952 where she served as USNS LST-625 until struck from the Navy list on 19 May 1954.' Earned two battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1954
- Population
- CB&I construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); occupation-duty crew (1945-46); MSTS complement (1952-54)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; contains no asbestos or material-content information. DANFS omits the 1946-52 SCAJAP period that NavSource documents (Q052) - the transfer reads as decommissioned-to-MSTS with the SCAJAP interlude compressed. Live NHHC page verified 2026-10-02 (the standing NHHC link-rot defect of prior batches does NOT affect this entry).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-625-lst625-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USNS T-LST-625 ex USS LST-625 - designation timeline, campaign table, flotilla assignment, occupation windows, CO roster, specifications, Ulsan Korea photography (live page, verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160625.htm header block, campaign table, commanding officers list, specifications block, Ulsan 1953 photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 30 March 1944 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL; launched 20 June 1944; commissioned USS LST-625 10 July 1944, LT. George F. B. Capozzi, USNR, in command. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Luzon operation - Lingayen Gulf landings 9 January 1945; Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation 1 to 14 April 1945, assigned to LST Flotilla Six (flagship, Capt. Laidlaw USN), LST Group Sixteen (LCDR. Brugger, J.T. Jr. USNR), LST Division Thirty-One. Navy Occupation service periods: 16 October to 17 December 1945 and 12 January to 11 February 1946. 'Decommissioned, 11 February 1946 and assigned to Commander Naval Forces Far East (COMNAVFE) Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q052. Transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service, 31 March 1952, placed in service as USNS T-LST-625. Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 19 May 1954. Final Disposition, fate unknown.' Two battle stars. CO roster: LT Capozzi (10 Jul 1944 - 13 Sep 1944), LT Clark Allen Knicely (13 Sep 1944 - 29 Dec 1945), LTjg George Alfred Minges (29 Dec 1945 - 11 Feb 1946). Photographic record: USNS T-LST-625 beached at Ulsan, Korea, fall 1953, Korean laborers unloading empty 55-gallon drums (SSGT Raymond M. Zelina USA photographs). Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full, 328' oa, 50' beam, 11.6 kts trial; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted, troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted; two GM 12-567A 900hp diesels, single Falk reduction gear, two propellers 1,700 shp, three diesel-drive 100kW generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1954
- Population
- CB&I construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); SCAJAP operating crew (1946-52); MSTS complement incl. any local labor (1952-54, incl. Korean laborers photographed 1953)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation tracking NVR/DANFS - milestone dates here agree exactly with the live DANFS entry. It documents the SCAJAP Q052 interlude that DANFS compresses. 'Fate unknown' is the compiler's honest statement where no official disposal record exists; shipbuildinghistory.com reports 'Scrapped 1955' (see ev-04, carried as partial). Contains no asbestos content; the 1954-55 disposal predates modern ACM-handling regulation and no hazmat record was located for any breakup.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-625-lst625-02
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[4]Scot Christenson, 'The Strange Navy That Shipped Millions of Japanese Home,' U.S. Naval Institute (Naval History) - SCAJAP program documentation (live page, verified 2026-10-02) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Naval History article, SCAJAP origin/dissolution passages
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documents the program phase this hull served in as Q052: 'The U.S. Navy established the Shipping Control Authority, Japanese Merchant Marine and the Japanese Repatriation Group, known collectively as SCAJAP, under the Commander, Naval Forces, Far East (COMNAVFE)... To hasten repatriation, SCAJAP gave Japan 85 LSTs and 100 Liberty ships that had been slated for decommissioning. Because the plan called for the ships to be operated by Japanese crews, all the instruments and hatches had to be remarked with Kanji.' SCAJAP dissolved 1 April 1952; 'many Japanese-crewed ships remained in the service of Military Sea Transportation Services.' SCAJAP vessels later transported men and equipment to Korea for the Inchon and Wonsan amphibious operations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1952
- Population
- Japanese SCAJAP crews (1946-52 program-wide); Japanese repatriates transported
- Limitations
- Program-level context, not a hull record: establishes that 85 decommissioned LSTs went to SCAJAP with Japanese crews and that Japanese-crewed hulls persisted in MSTS service - consistent with this hull's Q052 designation and T-LST-625 MSTS period, but the article does not name LST-625. Whether this specific hull retained a Japanese crew in MSTS service is consistent with, not proven by, this source. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-625-lst625-03
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[5]shipbuildinghistory.com (Tim Colton compilation), Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca IL yard page - 'Prairie Shipyard' history and complete CB&I Seneca build list incl. LST-625 row [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Chicago Bridge & Iron Seneca page, yard history and LST build table row 625
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder context and a disposition claim for this hull: 'The Navy requisitioned the Chicago Bridge facility in Seneca IL in 1942 and invested $6mm in its improvement. Known as the Prairie Shipyard... It built 157 of the 1051 [LSTs].' The yard's tabulated build list carries LST-625 with dates matching official sources (laid 3/30/44, launched 6/20/44, delivered 7/10/44; 82 days on ways, 20 to launch, 102 total) and a final disposition of 'Scrapped 1955.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1955
- Population
- CB&I Seneca workforce (1942-45); shipbreakers (1955, if scrapped as reported)
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation, not an official registry - its build dates agree with DANFS/NavSource, but 'Scrapped 1955' is a secondary disposition claim that NavSource reports as 'fate unknown' and no official disposal record was located; carried as partial pending an authoritative disposal document. 'Prairie Shipyard' history is yard-level context. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-625-lst625-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications block (two GM 12-567A diesels, Falk reduction gear, diesel-drive generators - no boilers); BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 2 LST design table as captured in the lst-1-class class profile (2x GM 12-567A, ~1,700 shp, 11.6 kt; diesel plant - NO boilers); Fleischer & Viles 1946 (ev-06); GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160625.htm specifications block; lst-1-class.class.json design summary; ev-06, ev-08
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A tank landing ship built in 1944 at a wartime Navy-contract yard sits inside the documented naval-vessel asbestos era; era-standard applications aboard a diesel-powered LST of this period were thermal insulation and lagging on engine exhausts and machinery spaces, gaskets and valve packing, pipe insulation on auxiliary lines, deck coverings, and accommodation insulation - in a hull that beached under fire with a 117-man ship's company plus up to ~163 embarked troops. As a diesel ship she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway does not apply; the exposure-relevant systems are the diesel machinery spaces, exhaust runs, and general hull insulation/outfitting of the period.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1955
- Population
- CB&I construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-46); SCAJAP crews (1946-52); MSTS complement (1952-54); disposal/shipbreaking workers (1954-55)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, build specification, or work package located for LST-625. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The surviving sister-ship museum track (LST-325, LST-393) produced no public hazmat or survey disclosure to cross-check era materials against.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-625-lst625-05
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[7]Fleischer WE, Viles FJ Jr, et al., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28:9-16 (January 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed PMID 21016030 index record; J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28:9-16
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The era's own government-commissioned industrial-hygiene survey of pipe covering operations in naval-vessel construction (the wartime 'Fleischer study'): surveyed insulation work with asbestos-containing materials in Navy-contract shipbuilding during the period this hull was built - contemporaneous evidence that asbestos pipe covering/insulation products were in use in 1940s naval vessel construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (survey era)
- Population
- Navy-contract shipyard insulators and pipe-coverers (1940s)
- Limitations
- Era-level survey, not a hull record: documents asbestos materials and pipe-covering work in wartime naval-vessel construction generally - LST-625 and the CB&I Seneca yard are not named. CAUTION on its conclusion: the study's exculpatory finding that ship insulation work was 'not a dangerous occupation' is documented as deeply flawed in later literature (ev-07) - cite this study for the presence of the materials and operations, not for hazard absence. Full text is a 1946 journal article behind indexing; content characterized via its documented reception.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-625-lst625-06
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[8]Kelly RJ, 'When errors become etched in stone: The U.S. Navy's deeply flawed, never retracted World War II asbestos epidemiology study,' New Solut 36(2):138-150 (Aug 2026), PMID 42307414, DOI 10.1177/10482911261446696 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed PMID 42307414 abstract; New Solut 36(2):138-150
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION on era evidence weight: the 1946 Fleischer study 'errantly concluded that insulation work on ships using asbestos-containing materials was "...not a dangerous occupation." As a consequence of this innocuous conclusion, the U.S. Navy and others neglected to protect insulators and other employees from asbestos dust for the next 25 years, leading to an epidemic of asbestos-related diseases in active and retired workers.' Kelly documents that 'both the industrial hygiene and the medical components of this study were deeply flawed,' that the paper was never retracted, and that asbestos-tort defendants used its exculpatory conclusion for 'state of the art' defenses.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026 (critique); 1946-1970s (effect window described)
- Population
- WWII and postwar shipyard insulators; asbestos litigants affected by state-of-the-art defenses
- Limitations
- Peer-reviewed critique establishing that the era's headline survey systematically understated the hazard - carried so era sources are weighted correctly and no '1946 study found asbestos safe' framing enters the record. Does not itself document materials aboard this or any specific hull; it is a literature-methodology finding, not an exposure record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-625-lst625-07
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[9]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979; released Oct 22, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 highlights (full-text PDF blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy efforts to protect shipyard workers from asbestos at 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 for asbestos-related disabilities.' The Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs; modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas - documenting that asbestos insulation was in place aboard Navy ships well past this hull's era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (review); policies described 1975-79
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; Navy asbestos program
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull (struck 1954, before the reviewed policies). Full report PDF not retrieved this session - gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; content via product-page description (verified live 2026-10-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-625-lst625-08
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[10]The American Legion magazine, 'Reunions' listing, Vol. 138 No. 2 (February 1995) - 'LST-625 Assn. #30087' reunion-group entry (archive.legion.org OCR) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- The American Legion Vol. 138 No. 2 (Feb 1995), reunions directory, LST listings; archive.legion.org/node/1467/ocr
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A named LST-625 veterans' association ('LST-625 Assn. #30087') appears in the American Legion's February 1995 reunions directory - contemporaneous documentation that a surviving WWII crew population of this specific hull remained organized enough to field a reunion group ~50 years post-service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1995 (listing); 1944-46 (service cohort)
- Population
- USS LST-625 WWII-era crew, surviving to 1995
- Limitations
- Population documentation only: a reunion-directory line, not an exposure record. Establishes that an identifiable cohort of this hull's WWII crew existed in 1995; says nothing about asbestos aboard, disease outcomes, or any individual. Page is archive.legion.org OCR text of the print magazine (curl returns 403 to automated fetch; content verified via rendered fetch 2026-10-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-625-lst625-09
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[11]Batch-7145 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live page; NavSource amphibious archive; USNI SCAJAP history; shipbuildinghistory.com CB&I Seneca build list; PubMed (Fleischer 1946, Kelly 2026); GAO product page; American Legion reunion directory; NARA digitized deck-log index; NVR; CourtListener API v4 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-625-lst625-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation material schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS LST-625 / USNS T-LST-625 / Q052 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion search '"LST-625" asbestos' returned zero hits; an unquoted 'LST-625' opinion search returned 102 token-split results (LST inside 'Allston' etc., 625 anywhere) with zero actual ship-name mentions on snippet review. The only 'asbestos aboard' material anywhere on the open web for this hull is law-firm/aggregator listicle content asserting exposure 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 - a 1944 wartime hull is era-consistent with period materials (ev-05). Litigation searching is reported exactly as run; RECAP docket index and the quoted-name opinion query may be incomplete if the session's fleet-pacing window closes before they execute - see search_ledger and gaps for the precise status. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-625-lst625-10