Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 704-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-652-lst652-pkt-704-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-652 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, LSTH-652 redesignation, occupation duty, decommissioning, LST-652 restoration, MSTS transfer, strike (live NHHC page, fetched via Firecrawl; bare curl returns 404 - UA-gated, same pattern as sibling batches) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-652 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: laid down 24 July 1944 at Seneca, Ill., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 19 October 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Sadie M. Eveleigh; commissioned 1 January 1945, Lt. Richard N. Shaw, USNR, in command. 'On 15 September 1945, she was redesignated LSTH-652. The ship performed occupation duty in the Far East until early March 1946. She was decommissioned on 5 March 1946. On 6 March 1952, the ship was redesignated LST-652 and transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service on 31 March 1952 where she operated as USNS LST-652 until struck from the Navy list on 1 May 1961.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1961
- Population
- Construction trades (Seneca, 1944); ship's company and embarked troops/patients (1945-46); SCAJAP and MSTS crews (1946-61)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. The DANFS entry is unusually thin - no campaign or operation narrative, consistent with the ship's late (1 Jan 1945) commissioning and non-assault employment; the SCAJAP/Q086 period (1946-1952) is not covered by DANFS and is documented only via NavSource; the Indonesian transfer and final fate are not covered by DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-652-lst652-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USNS T-LST-652 ex USS LST(H)-652 ex USS LST-652 (10/16/160652.htm, last updated 28 February 2025) - designation timeline, unit assignments, occupation-service periods, CO list, spec block, Indonesian transfer and disposal [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160652.htm header block, award ribbons, unit assignment, occupation table, CO table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 24 July 1944 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL; launched 19 October 1944; commissioned USS LST-652, 1 January 1945, LT. Richard N. Shaw, USNR, in command. WWII assignment: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LST Flotilla Twenty-Three (CAPT W.W. Weeden Jr. USN), LST Group Sixty-Seven (CDR V.A. King USN), LST Division One Hundred Thirty-Three. Redesignated USS LST(H)-652, 15 September 1945. Navy Occupation service periods: 12-29 Sep 1945, 10-29 Oct 1945, 10-30 Dec 1945, 25 Jan-5 Mar 1946. Decommissioned 5 March 1946 and assigned to COMNAVFE Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q086. Redesignated LST-652, 6 March 1952; transferred to MSTS 31 March 1952 and placed in service as USNS T-LST-652. Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1961. Transferred to Indonesia, renamed KRI Teluk Kau (LST-504); 'Disposed of by Indonesian Navy, 26 January 2011. 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 DC generators; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; radio call sign NFIR. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp) - no battle stars. COs: LT Richard Nesbitt Shaw USNR (1 Jan 1945 - 12 Dec 1945); LTjg Monroe Stewart Fein USNR (12 Dec 1945 - 5 Mar 1946). Photo captions document the hull towed on the Chicago River 3 Nov 1944 and moored at Navy Pier, Chicago, 6 Dec 1944 during the Sixth War Loan 'Pacific Theater' exhibit (18 Nov - 3 Dec 1944), pre-commissioning.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-2012
- Population
- Ship's company (~117 spec figure); embarked troops (1945-46); medical staff/patients as LST(H) (1945-46); SCAJAP crews (1946-52); MSTS civil-marine crews (1952-61); TNI-AL crews (1961-2011)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - all dates cross-check cleanly against DANFS and the digitized NARA records. Internal tension on final disposition: the same page states 'Disposed of by Indonesian Navy, 26 January 2011. Final Disposition, fate unknown' yet hosts an Indonesian Navy photo of KRI Teluk Kau in a 7 December 2011 exercise; secondary sources (Wikipedia, citing Antara News) report decommissioning March 2011 and a SINKEX 20 April 2012 - unresolved. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-652-lst652-02
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[4]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (online reading room) - LST Flotilla Twenty-Three / LST Group 67 / LST Division 133 listing [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC US Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, LST Flotilla Twenty-Three > LST Group 67 > LST Division 133
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official NHHC Pacific Fleet organization list of 1 May 1945 carries LST 652 by name in LST DIVISION 133 (with LST 651, LST 802, LST 819, LST 834, LST 889), under LST GROUP 67 (Comdr. V. A. King) within LST FLOTILLA TWENTY-THREE (Capt. W. W. Weeden, Jr.) - independent official corroboration of the NavSource unit assignment for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Ship's company (May 1945)
- Limitations
- Organization-listing snapshot at one date (1 May 1945); does not document operations, locations, or material condition. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-652-lst652-03
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[5]NARA NAID 139992179, 'USS LST-652 - War Diary, 4/1-30/45' (serial 013, dated 1 May 1945; RG 38, World War II War Diaries; micro serial 120196, roll A1578; 3 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139992179, images 0784-0786 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's April 1945 war diary (all 3 pages downloaded and OCR-read this session; legible) documents: moored Pearl Harbor berth T-8 1-4 Apr; underway 4-7 Apr under ComAdComPhibsPac training order with LST Training Group 13.10.13 (OTC in LST-896; Capt. H. S. Covington, ComLSTFlot 35) for Maui-area tactical exercises - simulated landings off Kahoolawe, AA practice (336 + 1414 rds 40mm; 576 + 3657 rds 20mm), night maneuvers; on 6 Apr beaching exercises were cancelled 'after LST 845 had broached and blocked beach,' and the ship's crawler crane broke loose in heavy sea damaging life rafts and deck fittings; moored Navy Yard Pearl Harbor berth B-16/B-17 14-16 Apr loading four 3x12 pontoon barges on the ship's sides; then West Loch berth T-13. On 22 Apr 1945 the diary records: 'commenced loading 160 boxes of assorted medical supplies in accordance with this vessel's designation as a hospital evacuation ship,' with Lieut. K. F. Stefan (MC), USNR reporting as senior medical officer; 23-30 Apr 'three medical corps officers and 31 hospital corpsmen reported aboard for hospital evacuation duty.' The functional hospital-evacuation role thus precedes by ~5 months the formal LST(H)-652 redesignation of 15 Sep 1945 recorded by DANFS.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-04-01 to 1945-04-30
- Population
- Ship's company (~117 spec figure); embarked medical staff (3 medical officers + 31 hospital corpsmen, Apr 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; OCR extraction clean - the load-bearing quotations ('designation as a hospital evacuation ship'; corpsman counts) were re-verified against the page images. The diary narrates April 1945 only; it does not itemize materials and never says 'asbestos' - the fit-out's material scope is undocumented. It states administrative attachment to LST Group 67 / Flotilla 23, matching the NHHC fleet list.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-652-lst652-04
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[6]NARA NAID 126624004, 'LST-652, 11/8/44-3/5/46' (RG 24, Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities; Roll No. 4709; 232 images; digitized via Fold3 partnership) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 126624004; sampled images 4-8 (commissioning report of changes) and 228-231 (decommissioning report, 5 Mar 1946)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull's muster-roll file unit is digitized and covers 8 November 1944 - 5 March 1946, i.e., from pre-commissioning crew assembly (consistent with the documented Nov-Dec 1944 Chicago war-bond exhibit period) through the 5 March 1946 decommissioning. Sampled pages (forwarding sheet; 'REPORT OF CHANGES of U.S.S. LST 652 UPON COMMISSIONING' alphabetical crew lists; the final decommissioning report of changes dated 5 March 1946 listing officers including Monroe Stewart Fein - matching the NavSource CO table) confirm the roll's coverage and integrity.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-11-08 to 1946-03-05
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked passengers, 1944-46
- Limitations
- Digitized but read by sampling, not exhaustively - individual crew strength was not extracted; the NavSource spec-block complement (13/104 + troops 16/147) is carried as the documented figure. Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-652-lst652-05
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[7]NARA NAID 219185669, 'LST-652 - May 1961' (RG 24, Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations; 54-page digitized deck-log scan - a MIXED file unit: contains USS LST-652's own logbook 8-18 May 1961 AND a bundled USS LST-657 logbook 27 May - 7 June 1961) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 219185669, PDF pp. 1-26 (LST-652 book, 8-18 May 1961) and pp. 27-54 (LST-657 book, 27 May - 7 Jun 1961)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The digitized deck-log file (downloaded and read this session) contains USS LST-652's own logbook commencing 0000 Monday 8 May 1961 at Yokosuka, Japan, and ending 1600 Friday 18 May 1961 at Guam, M.I., commanded by LCDR Glenn A. Kirby, USN - a post-strike passage (the ship was struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1961): the 9 May 1961 sheet records her 'moored port side to Berth 8, United States Fleet Activities, Yokosuka Japan ... receiving miscellaneous services from the pier.' The same scan bundles USS LST-657's logbook (LCDR P. A. Lautermilch, USN; commencing 0001 27 May 1961 at Yokosuka, ending 1800 7 June 1961 at Guam) whose title page bears the stamp: 'THIS VESSEL WAS PLACED "IN SERVICE SPECIAL" WHILE ENROUTE FROM YOKOSUKA JAPAN TO GUAM M.I.: HAS SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA.' LST-657's entries record mooring to LST-616 in a three-ship nest at Berth 'S,' Apra Harbor, Guam, with 'LST 652 ... THE INBOARD SHIP IN THE NEST' (verbatim from the 6 June 1961 additional-remarks page), and LST-657 placed out of service at 1800 on 6 June 1961 per a COMNAVMARIANAS message - independently placing LST-652 at Apra Harbor, Guam, in June 1961 in the Indonesia-delivery layover nest.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1961-05-08 to 1961-06-07
- Population
- MSTS-era USN-command delivery crews (Kirby; Lautermilch), May-Jun 1961
- Limitations
- Mixed-scan caveat: pages after the LST-652 title-page block are USS LST-657's logbook, not LST-652's - NARA filed both under the 'LST-652 - May 1961' file-unit title. LST-652's continued US-command operation into May-June 1961 after the 1 May strike reflects the administrative/physical-transfer sequence for MAP delivery; the precise legal transfer date is not stated in the log (secondary sources give 17 June 1961). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-652-lst652-06
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[8]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan); NavSource LST-652 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; NavSource 160652.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 documented April 1945 fitting into the hospital-evacuation role (war diary, ev-04) added interior rework aboard this hull inside the Navy's asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-2012
- Population
- CB&I Seneca construction trades (1944); ship's company/embarked troops/patients (1945-46); SCAJAP crews (1946-52); MSTS crews (1952-61); TNI-AL crews (1961-2011); any 2012 breakers/target-preparation trades
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or conversion work package was located for LST-652. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution. The April 1945 diary documents the medical-role fit-out event, not its material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-652-lst652-07
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[9]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), WWII/occupation service, the documented 1945 hospital-evacuation fit-out, the SCAJAP period, and the entire 1952-1961 MSTS career; the later Indonesian service (1961-2011) falls outside the US Navy program frame.
- 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-652-lst652-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated, fleet-paced helper), opinion and docket indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-652-lst652-10 through -13
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located: exact-phrase "LST-652" returned 0 in the opinion index and 0 in the docket index; "LSTH-652"/"LST(H)-652" in opinions returned 0; "LST 652" asbestos in opinions returned 0. No asbestos case naming this hull was located.
- 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-652-lst652-09
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[11]Batch-7175 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization list; NavSource; NARA catalog + three file units read (war diary, muster roll sample, deck-log PDF); BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO product page; CourtListener API (opinion + docket); NVR; NIOSH HHE search; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-652-lst652-01 through -18
- 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-652 / LST(H)-652 / Q086 / T-LST-652 / KRI Teluk Kau was found in the public sources searched. The strongest ship-specific documentation is operational (war diary, muster, deck log) and confirms a documented April 1945 hospital-evacuation fit-out period and the 1961 post-strike delivery passage - relevant events - but no primary source read 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 - construction at a wartime inland yard, a documented 1945 medical-fit-out period, and a 1952-1961 MSTS career sit inside the Navy's asbestos-use era; the 50-year Indonesian service has no traceable material documentation in US sources. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-652-lst652-10
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[12]NARA catalog, "LST-652" - ~120 file units (fuzzy relevance) and "USS LST-652" - 36 file units; ship-titled units are exactly three: war diary NAID 139992179, muster roll NAID 126624004, deck log NAID 219185669; parent-unit COM LST GR 67 monthly diaries digitized (Dec 1944 NAID 139815561, Jan 1945 NAID 139907335, Apr 1945 NAID 140006440) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov "LST-652" and "USS LST-652" result sets; NAID 140006440 record page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary archive coverage for this hull is digitized but partial: the only ship-titled war-diary file unit surfaced is April 1945; no ship-titled diaries for Jan-Mar 1945 (transit/shakedown) or May 1945 - Mar 1946 (Okinawa/Japan occupation and SCAJAP entry) were surfaced in catalog results. The COM LST GR 67 April 1945 diary was pulled (NAID 140006440, 2 images) but the scan is photographically too degraded to read - letterhead only. The MSTS-period deck logs surfaced only for the final delivery window (May-Jun 1961); the 1946-1952 SCAJAP/Q086 period has no located ship-titled file unit. Deck logs proper for the WWII period and any RG 181 yard work-package records for the Apr 1945 Navy Yard Pearl Harbor berthing are open archival leads.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1961
- Population
- Ship's company (1944-46, 1952-61); researchers
- Limitations
- Archival-lead row: group-level diaries exist but the pulled April 1945 example is illegible in the scan; other months' ship-titled diaries may exist on undigitized microfilm. The deck-log scan's second half is another hull's book (LST-657) - care needed when citing this NAID.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-652-lst652-11