Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 702-packet.md (5 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity). This is the thinnest-sourced of the seven, but the identity is positively confirmed
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (identity). This is the thinnest-sourced of the seven, but the identity is positively confirmed
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-633-lst633-pkt-702-packet-md
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[2]Naval Historical Center, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-633 entry (archived copy of official Navy page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived DANFS entry, service and disposition paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official DANFS entry states that LST-633 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from April to June 1945; performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-February 1946; was decommissioned on 15 February 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 29 September 1947; and on 23 June 1948 was sold to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Seattle, Wash., and subsequently scrapped. LST-633 earned one battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1948
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew; SCAJAP-period operators; 1948 scrapping-yard workers
- Limitations
- DANFS gives the Okinawa Gunto participation as 'April to June 1945'; NavSource's campaign table records the assault-and-occupation credit as 1 to 30 June 1945 - the variance is flagged in gaps. The entry does not mention the SCAJAP Q060 assignment (NavSource-only detail). It establishes service and disposition only, not materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-633-lst633-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-633 page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page heading, history bullets, campaign table, awards section, commanding-officers table, and final-disposition line
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's live LST-633 page records the 1944 construction milestones at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL (laid down 3 May 1944, launched 27 July 1944, commissioned 17 August 1944 under LT. Junior W. Cooper, USN); Asiatic-Pacific assignment under LST Flotilla Twenty-One (CAPT. W. H. Brereton), LST Group Sixty-One - for which LST-633 served as flagship (CAPT. R. M. MacKinnon) - and LST Division One Hundred Twenty-One; the Okinawa Gunto assault and occupation campaign credit of 1 to 30 June 1945; Far East occupation service 5 October 1945 to 15 February 1946; decommissioning 15 February 1946 and assignment to COMNAVFE Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP) as Q060; striking from the Naval Register 29 September 1947; transfer to the Maritime Commission (MARAD) 23 June 1948; and final disposition as sold for scrapping 23 June 1948 to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Seattle, WA. Awards listed: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1), World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal with Asia clasp; one battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew and embarked troops; SCAJAP Q060 operating crew; Consolidated Builders scrapping workers (1948)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer archival photo/history compilation verified live (HTTP 200) at research time; its milestone dates track DANFS and the BuShips Ships' Data listing. It supplies the flotilla/flagship, SCAJAP Q060, and MARAD details absent from the DANFS entry. It contains no asbestos, survey, abatement, hazmat, or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-633-lst633-03
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, LST-633 specifications [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, Specifications section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's class specifications identify LST-633 as an LST-542-class tank landing ship with 328-foot overall length, 50-foot beam, 11.6-knot trial speed, complement of 13 officers and 104 enlisted, troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted, two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, single Falk main reduction gears, two propellers delivering 1,700 shaft horsepower, three diesel-drive 100-kW 230-V DC ship-service generators, twin rudders, and 4,300-barrel diesel fuel capacity.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Engineering crew and construction/maintenance workers
- Limitations
- The page presents class/design specifications alongside the hull history; it does not establish that any particular insulation, gasket, cable, covering, or friction material aboard LST-633 contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-633-lst633-04
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (April 15, 1945), LST construction table, p. 179 (ShipScribe mirror of the official publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST construction table, p. 179, 'LST633' row under 'Chicago B. & I. Co., Seneca, Ill.'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Bureau of Ships' Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, 15 April 1945) - a contemporaneous official Navy publication - lists 'LST633' by name in the LST construction table with builder 'Chicago B. & I. Co., Seneca, Ill.', keel laid 3 May 1944, ship launched 27 July 1944, and date of first commission 17 August 1944, matching the DANFS milestones.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Chicago Bridge & Iron construction workers and commissioning crew
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous official listing verified live (HTTP 200, full PDF retrieved and text-extracted); it names this hull and corroborates builder/dates. It contains no asbestos, insulation-material, survey, or abatement content. Note: an older shipscribe URL path (/styles/usnaux/sdb/SDB1945v2.pdf, cited in a sibling batch record) returned 404 on 2026-10-02; this row cites the verified live /pubs/ path.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-633-lst633-05
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (1945), LST design table (diesel machinery grouping); class profile lst-1-class.class.json corroborates machinery grouping; NavSource class specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST design table (class-level machinery data); class profile used for design context only
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference only: the LST-542 class is a diesel-powered design - two GM 12-567A engines, diesel-drive generators, no boilers - so the steam-plant boiler/turbine lagging pathway does not apply; period asbestos-relevant applications for this ship type may include diesel-engine and exhaust-system insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation and cable, deck coverings, accommodation-space insulation, and brake/friction linings on winches and windlass.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- 1944 shipyard trades, engineering crew, deck-machinery operators, and 1948 scrapping workers
- Limitations
- Class/design inference, not a ship-specific material finding. No source states that any listed application was installed aboard LST-633 or that it contained asbestos; nothing here establishes presence, absence, quantity, condition, removal history, individual exposure, or causation aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-633-lst633-06
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[7]Batch-7154 source review and search ledger: archived DANFS, NavSource LST-633 page, BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. II, NARA Special List No. 44, authenticated CourtListener API v4 searches, secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-633-lst633-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public sources searched: the archived DANFS entry, the live NavSource hull page, and the BuShips Ships' Data listing contain no asbestos, survey, abatement, hazmat, or insulation-material disclosure for LST-633; CourtListener opinion searches for '"LST-633" asbestos', '"USS LST-633"', and '"USS LST-633" asbestos' each returned 0 results (authenticated API v4, HTTP 200); a CourtListener docket search for 'LST-633' returned 2 hits, both name collisions inside bankruptcy creditor-matrix documents (Revstone Industries, Inc., Bankr. D. Del. 12-13262; Sorenson Communications Holdings, LLC, Bankr. D. Del. 14-10453) - neither is an asbestos case and neither names this vessel; a secondary web sweep surfaced no qualifying litigation and no ship-specific asbestos claims.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- A negative finding about records located, not proof that asbestos was absent. One CourtListener variant ('"LST 633" asbestos', unhyphenated) could not be completed - the fleet-wide pacing limiter returned a stand-down before a result; logged blocked, not searched. NARA logbook coverage is identified but the underlying logs were not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-633-lst633-07
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[8]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF LST-633 row: '8/17/1944 - 6/30/1945' (layout-extracted text, LST section)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44, by ship number, lists LST-633 with logbook coverage from 17 August 1944 through 30 June 1945, providing an archival lead for the vessel's commissioning and wartime record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and wartime operations
- Limitations
- The index confirms logbook coverage dates, not the contents of the logs. Coverage ends 30 June 1945, so any SCAJAP/decommissioning-era entries would not be in this index. No logbook volume was retrieved and this row makes no asbestos or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-633-lst633-08
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[9]Naval Historical Center, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-633 entry (archived copy of official Navy page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived DANFS entry, opening paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official DANFS entry states that LST-633 was laid down on 3 May 1944 at Seneca, Illinois, by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 27 July 1944; sponsored by Miss Evelyn Martin; and commissioned on 17 August 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Chicago Bridge & Iron construction workers and initial Navy crew
- Limitations
- The live NHHC URL (history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-633.html) returned 404 on 2026-10-02; the cited Wayback copy (capture 2014-07-28) is explicitly archived. This row establishes identity and construction milestones, not asbestos content, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-633-lst633-01