Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 702-packet.md (5 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-634-lst634-pkt-702-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-634 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, Iwo Jima campaign, occupation and China service, decommissioning, strike, MARAD disposal transfer (live NHHC page; UA-gated - bare curl returns 404, verified HTTP 200 with browser UA 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-634 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: laid down 13 May 1944 at Seneca, Ill., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 1 August 1944, sponsored by Mrs. R. F. Hendren; commissioned 22 August 1944, Lt. T. Little in command. Asiatic-Pacific theater; assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in February and March 1945. Postwar occupation duty in the Far East and China service until early June 1946. Decommissioned 8 June 1946; struck from the Navy list 19 July 1946; transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal 23 June 1948. One battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Construction trades (Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca IL, 1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. Decommissioning location not stated; the 1948 MARAD transfer is stated as 'for disposal' with no buyer or fate detail.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-634-lst634-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-634 (10/16/160634.htm, last updated 16 February 2024) - designation, unit assignments, campaign table, award block, spec block, commanding-officer table, photos incl. LST Scuttlebutt May 2021 crew/officer images [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160634.htm header block, campaign and medal tables, specifications block, commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 13 May 1944 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL; launched 1 August 1944; commissioned USS LST-634 22 August 1944, LT. T. Little USN in command. Assigned to LST Flotilla Twenty-One (CAPT. W.H. Brereton USN), LST Group Sixty-One (CAPT. R.M. MacKinnon USN), LST Division One Hundred Twenty-Two. Campaign: assault and occupation of Iwo Jima 19 February-16 March 1945. Medal-qualifying service: Navy Occupation (Asia clasp) 15 Oct-2 Dec 1945 and 15 Dec 1945-8 Jun 1946; China Service Medal (extended) 15 Dec 1945-8 Jun 1946. Decommissioned 8 June 1946; struck from the Naval Register 19 July 1946; transferred to MARAD for disposal 23 June 1948; 'Final Disposition, fate unknown.' 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 NFHG. Commanding-officer table lists LT. Little, T., USN, 22 Aug 1944 - 8 Jun 1946 (single CO for the whole commissioned career). Awards include Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 10 Feb-16 Mar 1945). One battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- 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 ship-produced records. Administrative unit assignment (Group 61) differs from the Iwo Jima action report's tactical routing via ComLSTGrp 13/ComLSTGrp 18 under ComLSTFlot 21 - task organization vs administrative assignment, both carried as written. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-634-lst634-02
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[4]NARA NAID 140004363, 'USS LST-634 - Rep of ops in the invasion and capture of Iwo Jim, Bonin Islands, 2/19/45 - 3/16/45' (ship's action report, Serial 016, dated 17 March 1945, signed T. Little; micro serial 122311; RG 38 WWII War Diaries via Fold3; 17 images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 140004363 images 0101-0117 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02); daily narrative Part III pages 0101-0109, AA report 0110-0111, endorsements 0112-0117
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own Iwo Jima action report (all 17 pages OCR-read this session) documents verbatim: departed Saipan 1600 on 15 February 1945 as sixth ship of Tractor Group Able; embarked troops at Saipan 11 February - 259 enlisted/9 officers of 2nd Bn 28th Marines 5th Div (Capt. Naylor), 44 enlisted/2 officers of Co. 'B' 3rd Amphibian Tractor Bn (1st Lt. Carlisle), 2 naval wave-guide officers and 14 enlisted medical corps attachments; cargo of one LCT, 100 pallets rations, 1,000 rounds destroyer ammunition with powder canisters, 250 tons mixed Marine ammunition, 17 LVTs, one radio jeep. At Iwo Jima 19 Feb-16 Mar: LVTs launched 0740 and LCT 1006 on 19 Feb; beach and alongside unloading across Red Two, Black One, Green, Yellow, and Blue beaches; both LCVPs lost in surf ops 20-21 Feb (no injuries); bow-ramp cables parted 22 Feb and renewed; contact with LST-224 at frame 40 while retracting 2 Mar ('slight damage to both vessels'); hull damage alongside AKA-43 in heavy seas 3 Mar ('caving in of starboard side broke several water lines, emergency repairs made'); screws damaged by shallow-water beaching, inspected at anchor off Blue Beach 8 Mar; 'Making repairs to ship' at anchor 10-12 Mar; air raid 23 Feb 1910-1928 - 528 rds 40mm and ~1,120 rds 20mm expended on one enemy plane, 'three heavy explosions in water near ship, possibly bombs,' no damage; embarked 1,200 troops of Co. 'G' 2nd Bn 4th Division on 16 Mar for transfer to a troop transport; Part V 'No Battle damage sustained' (no enemy-inflicted damage; contact/beaching damage separately narrated); Part VII 'No casualties to personnel.' Endorsement chain: ComLSTGrp 18 endorsement (1 June 1945, Phil Niekum Jr.) adopted the report's heavy-timber camels recommendation for all ships under that command; forwarded through ComLSTFlot 21 (6 June 1945), ComPhibsGrp 12, ComPhibsPac, to CominCh U.S. Fleet.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-02-11 to 1945-03-16 (report dated 1945-03-17; endorsements through Aug 1945)
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked 2/28th Marines + Co B 3rd Amphibian Tractor Bn + medical attachments (Feb-Mar 1945); embarked Co G 2nd Bn 4th Div troops 16 Mar 1945
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; OCR extraction verified against displayed pages. Documents operational and ship's-force repair events verbatim; contains no asbestos or material content and does not identify which materials were worked on during the narrated repairs. The 'no battle damage' line means enemy-inflicted damage only - self-inflicted contact/mooring damage is separately narrated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-634-lst634-03
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[5]NARA NAID 126620156, 'LST-634, 8/22/44-5/31/45' (U.S. Navy muster rolls / NAVPERS 605-series reports of changes microfilm, reel 7227, filmed 3-3-47; Ancestry partnership digitization; 158 frames) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 126620156 frames 00000-00157; cover/quarterly-roll pages at 00002, RoC examples at 00100 (Jul 1945), 00120 (Dec), 00135 (Feb 1946 Chimu Wan-Taku line), 00150-00154 (Apr-May 1946 dispersal incl. LST-632/APL-11), next-unit divider 00156
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's microfilmed muster-roll file (sampled frames downloaded and OCR-read plus direct image reads this session) is the authoritative crew-population record for the commissioned career: quarterly muster rolls (NAVPERS 605a) and monthly Reports of Changes (NAVPERS 605b) run from the 30 September 1944 quarterly roll through the May 1946 dispersal reports - content extends past the catalog title's '5/31/45' end (a 5-15-46-dated transfer page and the 'month ending 31 May 1946' report are present in the file). Documented details include: commissioning crew received from 'U.S. Nav/Bks, CIT, Pittsburgh Pa.' (U.S. Naval Barracks, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh - the inland staging point for Seneca-built LST crews; the barracks' own NARA file unit is NAID 189896526); the February 1946 report records the ship 'sailing from Chimu Wan (Okinawa) to Taku China'; and May 1946 reports record the pre-decommissioning dispersal - transfers dated 5-15-46 to USS LST-632, to CTG 78.17 staff duty, and 'To APL 11 for FFA by ComServRon (3). AUTH CTG 78.17 dispatch 150007Z dated 5-15-46.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-09 to 1946-05
- Population
- Ship's company, full commissioned career 1944-46 (named individuals on rolls)
- Limitations
- Personnel records only - no asbestos, material, or space-allocation content. ~10 of 158 frames read directly; the unit was not exhaustively read. Catalog title end date (5/31/45) understates content (May 1946 reports present). 'CIT' read as Carnegie Institute of Technology from the OCR'd 'Nav/Bks, CIT, Pittsburgh Pa.' line and the separate NARA unit title 'Barracks, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh' - reasonable but the abbreviation is not expanded on the form itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-634-lst634-04
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan); NavSource LST-634 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; NavSource 160634.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 - and the ship's own action report documents in-theater repair events aboard this hull (at-anchorage ship's-force repairs 10-12 March 1945; screw inspection 8 March; emergency repairs after alongside-mooring damage 2-3 March) inside the Navy's asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Chicago Bridge & Iron construction trades (1944); ship's company/embarked troops (1944-46); ship's force conducting 1945 in-theater repairs; post-1948 disposal handlers (fate unknown)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package was located for LST-634. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution. The narrated repairs are ship's-force work of unitemized material scope - no yard availability is documented for this hull. SDB 1945 v2 link verified live 2026-10-02 (HTTP 200).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-634-lst634-05
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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 that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's construction (1944), her Pacific and China service, the documented March 1945 in-theater repairs, and her 1948 disposal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, reconfirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-634-lst634-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated, fleet-paced helper), opinion and docket indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-634-lst634-07 through -10
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located: exact-phrase "LST-634" returned 0 in the opinion index and 0 in the docket index; "LST 634" asbestos in opinions returned 0; "USS LST-634" in opinions returned 0. No case naming this hull of any kind surfaced.
- 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-634-lst634-07
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[9]Batch-7155 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NavSource; NARA catalog + action-report file unit read in full + muster-roll file unit sampled/read; MARAD ShipHistory live search; CourtListener API (opinion + docket); NIOSH HHE search; NVR; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-634-lst634-01 through -16
- 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-634 was found in the public sources searched. The strongest ship-specific documentation is operational/personnel (action report; muster-roll microfilm) - it documents the hull's Iwo Jima service, in-theater repair events, crew population, China-station movements, and decommissioning dispersal, but no primary source read names asbestos aboard this hull. MARAD ShipHistory holds no record for this hull (control queries return same-class neighbors LST-63/631/637).
- 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 documented in-theater repair events sit squarely inside the Navy's asbestos-use era. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-634-lst634-08
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[10]NARA catalog, "LST-634" - 159 file units (fuzzy relevance); ship-titled units are the two digitized items above (NAID 126620156 muster rolls; NAID 140004363 action report). Related lead: NAID 189896526 'Barracks, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 3/31/44-6/20/46' (the commissioning-crew staging point named in this hull's muster pages) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov "LST-634" and "USS LST-634" result sets; NAID 189896526 record page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary archive coverage for this hull is digitized but asymmetric: the muster-roll file (158 frames, whole commissioned career) and the Iwo Jima action report (17 pp.) are online, but no ship-titled war diary file unit was surfaced for LST-634 (contrast neighboring hulls with monthly war diaries), and WWII deck logs proper were not located in the digitized deck-log results. The CIT Barracks file unit (NAID 189896526) is the facility-level record for the commissioning crew's Pittsburgh staging. No BuPers Casualty Information Report titled for this hull was surfaced (contrast LST-790's NAID 472241654).
- 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: war-diary and deck-log coverage may exist under non-ship-titled or undigitized arrangements not surfaced by title search; RG 24/RG 38 ship files at College Park are the open leads. The muster file was sampled (~10/158 frames), not read in full. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-634-lst634-09