Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 701-packet.md (2 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-630-lst630-pkt-701-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-630 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, three WWII operation credits, occupation/China service, decommissioning, MSTS transfer, striking, sale for scrapping (canonical NHHC page live via Firecrawl 2026-10-02; returns 404 to non-browser fetch - UA-gated) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-630 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: 'laid down on 14 April 1944 at Seneca, Ill., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 13 July 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Walter Dunnett; and commissioned on 4 August 1944.' WWII Asiatic-Pacific operations: 'Mindoro landings-December 1944; Lingayen Gulf landing-January 1945; Mindanao Island landings-March through April 1945.' Post-war: occupation duty in the Far East and service in China until mid-February 1946; 'decommissioned on 13 February 1946 and transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service on 31 March 1952 where she served as USNS LST-630 until struck from the Navy list on 15 June 1973. On 19 November 1973, she was sold to B. V. Dimex, Nijmegen, Netherlands, for scrapping.' Two battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Construction trades (Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca, 1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS omits the SCAJAP/Q059 interlude (1946-1952) that NavSource documents - the 'transferred to MSTS 31 March 1952' line elides six years of Japanese repatriation service. No commissioning CO named.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-630-lst630-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USNS T-LST-630 ex USS LST-630 (10/16/160630.htm) - campaign tables, medal/award list, SCAJAP designation, commanding-officer list, spec block, disposal (verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160630.htm header block, campaign/medal tables, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 14 April 1944 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL; launched 13 July 1944; commissioned USS LST-630 4 August 1944, LT George L. McPheeters, USNR, in command; radio call sign NFGT. Campaign table (Asiatic-Pacific): Luzon operation - Mindoro landings 12-18 December 1944, Lingayen Gulf landings 4-19 January 1945; Consolidation of the Southern Philippine Islands - Mindanao Island landings 10-11 March and 17-23 April 1945. Navy Occupation Service medal 28 September 1945-14 February 1946; China Service Medal (extended) 28 September 1945-13 February 1946. Decommissioned 13 February 1946 and assigned to Commander Naval Forces Far East Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q059; transferred to MSTS 31 March 1952 and placed in service as USNS T-LST-630; placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register 15 June 1973; transferred to MARAD 19 November 1973; sold for scrapping 19 November 1973 to B. V. Dimex Co., Nijmegen, Netherlands. Awards include two battle stars (WWII) and one campaign star for Vietnam service as USNS T-LST-630; a contributed photo shows the ship in port at Danang, South Vietnam, July 1968. CO list: LT McPheeters USNR 4 Aug 1944-16 Dec 1945; LTjg Donald J. Kenaley USNR 16 Dec 1945-13 Feb 1946. Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt trial; endurance 24,000 mi at 9 kt; 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, 3 x 100 kW DC generators, 2 propellers 1,700 shp; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; ultimate armament 2 twin + 4 single 40mm, 12 single 20mm.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- USNR ship's company (~117) plus embarked troops (1944-46); SCAJAP operation crews (1946-52); MSTS civil-service mariners (1952-73)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - build and campaign data cross-check cleanly against DANFS and the two ship-titled NARA action reports. The SCAJAP/Q059 assignment and the Vietnam campaign star are NavSource-only attributions not present in DANFS. Photo captions are contributor-sourced. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-630-lst630-02
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[4]NARA NAID 633402979, 'USS LST-630 - Rep of ops in the invasion of Zamboanga, Mindanao Is, Philippines 3/10-11/45' (RG 38, World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories; Roll A1531; 1 image; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 633402979, image 1 of 1 (downloaded and read 2026-10-02); Fold3 file 295922894; frame 116788
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own CONFIDENTIAL action report (single image, read in full this session), LST 630/A16-3 Serial 15, dated 12 March 1945, signed G. L. McPheeters, documents the Zamboanga assault verbatim: 'Departed Mindoro 0800, 8 March, 1945 as part of Task Unit 78.1.11. Designated assault wave ship'; 'Arrive[d] far beach, Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, 0715 10 March. Discharge[d] assault wave vehicles on schedule without mishap'; 'Discharge[d] cargo on beach 10-11 March, without casualty'; 'No enemy fire encountered from naval or air forces. Enemy mortar [fire] sent into beaching area and approaches during entire time ship in area, but nothing closer than near misses'; 'Mission successfully completed. No damage, no casualties, no ammunition expended. Performance of personnel was excellent.' Routing: to Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, via Commander Task Unit 78.1.11, Commander Task Force 78, Commander Seventh Amphibious Force, Commander Seventh Fleet.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-03-08 to 1945-03-11
- Population
- Ship's company (8-11 March 1945); embarked assault-wave vehicles/troops
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; documents the assault-wave role and enemy-mortar environment verbatim - no asbestos, insulation, or material content. Combat narrative only, not a repair or material record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-630-lst630-03
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[5]NARA NAID 633402955, 'USS LST-630 - Rep of ops enroute from Zamboanga, Mindalao Is to San Pedro Bay, Leyte Is, Philippines 3/11-13/45' (RG 38, same series; Roll A1531; 1 image; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 633402955, image 1 of 1 (downloaded and read 2026-10-02); frame 116782
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own CONFIDENTIAL action report (single image, read in full this session), LST 630/A16-3 Serial 16, dated 13 March 1945, signed G. L. McPheeters, documents the retirement transit verbatim: 'Departed rendezvous area off Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines at 1830, 11 March, 1945 as a part of retirement group 78.1.17'; 'Arrive[d] San Pedro Gulf, Leyte, Philippines, 1800, 13 March, 1945'; 'No enemy action enroute. No damage, no casualties, no ammunition expended.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-03-11 to 1945-03-13
- Population
- Ship's company (11-13 March 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record - no asbestos, insulation, or material content. Combat/movement narrative only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-630-lst630-04
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[6]National Archives, Special List #44, by Ship Numbers - deck-log index [other_primary]
- Locator
- SL-44 PDF table row 'LST-630 ... 8/4/1944 ... 6/30/1945' (verified live 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List #44 lists LST-630 with deck-log coverage from 1944-08-04 (her commissioning date) through 1945-06-30.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-08-04 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's company (Aug 1944 - Jun 1945)
- Limitations
- Index of available deck logs, not the logs themselves; the indexed coverage ends 30 June 1945, so the July 1945-February 1946 period (occupation/China service and decommissioning) is not in the listed range. Logs were not retrieved or read; deck logs do not ordinarily record insulation or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-630-lst630-05
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[7]shipbuildinghistory.com, 'Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca IL' yard page - build table row for LST-630 and yard description (live 2026-10-02; page moved from the /emergencylarge/wwtwo/ path - prior saved copy in repo) [other_primary]
- Locator
- chicagobridge.htm build table, LST-630 row; yard-history paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The yard build table lists this hull: 'LST 630 - U.S. Navy, Landing Ship, Tank - keel 4/14/44, launched 7/13/44, delivered 8/4/44, 90 days on ways + 22 days in water = 112 total days - Scrapped 1974.' The page describes the Seneca facility as a Navy-requisitioned wartime yard (1942, $6M federal improvement investment, 200-acre 'Prairie Shipyard' on the east side of Seneca) that was sold to Union Mechling in 1949.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1949 (yard operation); 1944 (this hull)
- Population
- Chicago Bridge & Iron Seneca construction workforce (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not a primary registry; the build dates cross-check exactly against DANFS/NavSource, and the 'Scrapped 1974' note is consistent with the November 1973 sale for scrapping. Yard-level employment/hazmat data not given. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-630-lst630-06
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[8]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan, verified live 2026-10-02); NavSource LST-630 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 p.168-169 LST design table, LST542-931 row; NavSource 160630.htm specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference for this hull: the LST542-931 design group ran a diesel plant - 2 x G.M. Diesel 12-567A engines, 1,700 shp, 328 ft oa x 50 ft, 2,366/3,960-4,080 t, 11.6 kt, accommodations 13 officers/106 enlisted (BuShips design table, read this session) - 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 valve packing, accommodation thermal insulation, and deck coverings - inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era (GAO HRD-80-2; Corn & Starr 1987).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Population
- Chicago Bridge & Iron construction trades (1944); ship's company/embarked troops (1944-46); SCAJAP and MSTS crews (1946-73); disposal/scrapping workforces (1973-74)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package was located for LST-630. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-630-lst630-07
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[9]GAO, Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (B-163375, October 18, 1979) - full text via Wayback Machine capture (live gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch); verified quotes this session [gao]
- Locator
- HRD-80-2 summary letter and Enclosure I (Navy response on asbestos content of ships), via Wayback capture 20260810022152
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos era at program level: 'thermal insulation for machinery, equipment and piping systems has been the major application of asbestos' aboard Navy ships; 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos' (1979); insulation specifications changed as early as 1971 and called for asbestos-free materials by late 1973; NAVSEAINST 5100.2 of 24 October 1975 issued the no-asbestos policy - spanning this hull's 1944 construction, her 1944-73 commissioned/SCAJAP/MSTS service, and her 1973-74 scrapping. Fieldwork was performed at the Long Beach and Norfolk naval shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (documenting practices through the WWII-postwar era)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. GAO's fieldwork yards do not include Chicago Bridge & Iron Seneca; the report does not name LST-630 or LSTs as a type. Does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-630-lst630-08
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[10]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) - DOI resolves to Wiley (publisher page bot-gated; abstract verified via search 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and program under which this LST-542-class hull was built at a requisitioned wartime yard in 1944 - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization, with asbestos diseases manifesting among shipyard workers twenty years later.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or this yard and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-630-lst630-09
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[11]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated, fleet-paced helper), opinion and RECAP docket indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-630-lst630-07 through -11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located: exact-phrase "LST-630" returned 0 hits in the opinion index and 0 hits in the RECAP docket index; "USS LST-630" and "LST 630" + asbestos returned 0 opinion hits (authenticated API v4, 2026-10-02). An unquoted LST-630 opinion search returned 118 results, all reviewed top-ranked hits being non-vessel token noise (criminal, family, and commercial matters matching 'lst'/'630' fragments in OCR text) - classified as name-collision noise, not vessel cases. The hull designation is also the full name - no separate name-collision class exists for a number-only LST. No asbestos case naming this hull was found.
- 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-630-lst630-10
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[12]Batch-7151 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NavSource; NARA catalog + two ship-titled action reports read in full + Special List #44; shipbuildinghistory yard table; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO HRD-80-2 via Wayback; Corn & Starr 1987; CourtListener API (opinion + docket); MARAD Vessel History Database; NVR; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-630-lst630-01 through -17
- 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-630 was found in the public sources searched. The strongest ship-specific documentation is operational (the two March 1945 action reports) and the yard build-table entry - none 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 - 1944 wartime construction sits squarely inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-630-lst630-11
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[13]NARA catalog, "LST-630" - 250 results / "USS LST-630" - 32 results (fuzzy relevance; ship-titled units surfaced: action reports NAIDs 633402979 and 633402955; parent-unit diaries surfaced include COM LST GR 45 war diaries for 11/44 and 1/45, COMDESDIV 44, COM LST GR 64, COM LST GR 44 10-11/45, and others) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov "LST-630" and "USS LST-630" result sets (250 and 32 results respectively)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary archive coverage for this hull is digitized but thin: the only ship-titled RG 38 file units surfaced are the two March 1945 action reports (Zamboanga assault; Zamboanga-San Pedro Bay transit). No ship-titled war diary or action report for the December 1944 Mindoro landings, the January 1945 Lingayen Gulf landings, or the April 1945 Mindanao landings was surfaced; occupation/China service (1945-46), the SCAJAP period (1946-52), and the MSTS era incl. Vietnam service (1952-73) are undocumented at ship level in the digitized set. Parent-unit war diaries (e.g., COM LST GR 45 for Nov 1944 and Jan 1945) and the indexed deck logs (SL-44: 8/4/44-6/30/45) are the coverage bridge.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Ship's company (1944-46); MSTS crews (1952-73); researchers
- Limitations
- Archival-lead row: the parent-unit diaries were not read and LST-630's group assignment within them is unconfirmed; deck logs are indexed but not digitized-by-hull and were not retrieved. MSTS-era records (operations reports, movement cards) were not located in catalog results.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-630-lst630-12