Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 702-packet.md (4 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-635-lst635-pkt-702-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-635 entry (archived copy of official Navy page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived DANFS entry, service and disposition paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official DANFS entry states that following World War II, LST-635 performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until early June 1946; that she was decommissioned on 7 June 1946; and that she was transferred to the State Department for disposition on 19 July 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- U.S. Navy personnel
- Limitations
- The DANFS entry is minimal: it gives no World War II theater assignments, no campaign or battle-star statement, no striking date, and no post-transfer disposition. It identifies no materials aboard and establishes service and administrative disposition only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-635-lst635-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-635 page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page heading, history bullets, occupation/China service table, awards section, photo captions, and commanding-officers list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's live LST-635 page records the 1944 construction and commissioning milestones (commissioned 26 August 1944 with LT. John O. Roche, USNR, in command), assignment to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II, post-war Occupation and China service periods (Navy Occupation Service Medal: 22 November to 11 December 1945 and 16 March to 7 July 1946, the page annotating the second period's 7 July 1946 end date as a NAVPERS 15790 error; China Service Medal (extended): 16 March to 7 June 1946), decommissioning 7 June 1946, striking from the Naval Register on a date unknown, transfer 19 July 1946 to the State Department for disposition, and final disposition recorded as fate unknown. The page's awards display lists the China Service Medal (extended), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1), World War II Victory Medal, and Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp), and it reproduces two photographs of the ship beached at Subic Bay, P.I., dated 7 and 9 January 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- U.S. Navy personnel
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival photo/history resource and its page was live-verified at research time. Its commissioning commanding officer (Roche) conflicts with the DANFS entry (Lanphere); the conflict is carried unresolved. The page itself flags its 7 July 1946 occupation-service end date as a NAVPERS 15790 error, since the ship decommissioned 7 June 1946. It does not document asbestos or individual exposure, and 'fate unknown' limits post-1946 certainty.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-635-lst635-03
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, LST-635 specifications [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, Specifications section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's class specifications identify LST-635 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 gear, two propellers delivering 1,700 shaft horsepower, twin rudders, and three diesel-drive 100-kW 230-V DC ship-service generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- 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-635 contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-635-lst635-04
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945), LST design table; class background used for design context only [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST design table, LST542-931 row (2 G.M. Diesel 12-567A, 1,700 shp, no boiler entries); class profile lst-1-class.class.json corroborates machinery grouping (LST-542 group). /pubs/SDB1945v2.pdf verified live HTTP 200.
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference only: the BuShips LST design data places hulls LST-542 through LST-931 in a design group powered by two G.M. Diesel 12-567A engines at 1,700 shaft horsepower with no boilers; period asbestos-relevant applications for this 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
- 1944-1946
- Population
- 1944 shipyard trades, engineering crew, deck machinery operators, and later maintenance workers
- Limitations
- Class/design inference, not a ship-specific material finding. The source does not state asbestos content and does not establish presence, absence, quantity, condition, removal history, individual exposure, or causation aboard LST-635.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-635-lst635-05
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[6]Batch-7156 source review and search ledger: archived DANFS, NavSource LST-635 page, NARA Special List No. 44, and authenticated CourtListener API v4 searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-635-lst635-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public sources searched: the archived DANFS entry and live NavSource page contain no asbestos, survey, abatement, hazmat, or insulation-material disclosure for LST-635; authenticated CourtListener searches for the exact hull "LST-635" and the exact name "USS LST-635" across opinion and docket indexes returned zero qualifying results; and NARA's ship-number index identifies surviving LST-635 logbook coverage but not asbestos content.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is a negative finding about records located, not proof that asbestos was absent. CourtListener coverage is limited to the searched terms (exact hull and exact name, opinion and docket indexes); a zero-result sweep does not establish that no suit was ever filed or that exposure never occurred - it establishes only that no qualifying indexed record names this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-635-lst635-06
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[7]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 50 / LST-635 row (8/26/1944 - 6/30/1945)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44, by ship number, lists LST-635 with logbook coverage from 26 August 1944 through 30 June 1945, spanning commissioning through mid-1945 operations.
- 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. No logbook volume was retrieved and this row makes no asbestos or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-635-lst635-07
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[8]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, LST-635 entry (archived copy of official Navy page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Archived DANFS entry, opening paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official DANFS entry (which renders the hull number 'LST-6S5' in its opening line) states that LST-635 was laid down on 17 May 1944 at Seneca, Ill., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 7 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Isabella Wurst; and commissioned on 26 August 1944, Lt. D. J. Lanphere in command.
- 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 returns 404; the cited Wayback copy of the official page is explicitly archived. DANFS names Lt. D. J. Lanphere as commissioning commanding officer while NavSource records LT. John O. Roche, USNR, in command at commissioning (with Lanphere as a later commanding officer, 1946-01-22 to 1946-02-26); the conflict is carried unresolved. This row establishes identity and construction milestones, not asbestos content, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-635-lst635-01