Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]research packet 707-packet.md (1 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-666-lst666-pkt-707-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-666 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, Asiatic-Pacific campaign list, occupation duty, decommissioning, strike, disposal (live NHHC page, fetched via Firecrawl; bare curl returns 404 - the page is UA-gated, re-verified HTTP 200 with browser UA 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-666 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: laid down 16 February 1944 at Ambridge, Pa., by the American Bridge Co.; launched 24 April 1944, sponsored by Mrs. A. I. Hay; commissioned 16 May 1944. Asiatic-Pacific operations: Morotai landings (September 1944); Leyte landings (October and November 1944); Lingayen Gulf landing (January 1945); Zambales-Subic Bay (January 1945); consolidation of the southern Philippines - Palawan Island landings (March 1945) and Visayan Island landings (March and April 1945); Balikpapan operation (June and July 1945). Occupation duty in the Far East until early January 1946; decommissioned 20 June 1946; struck from the Navy list 31 July 1946; sold 26 September 1947 to the Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., of Chester, Pa. Six battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Construction trades (Ambridge, 1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. Records the sale but not the disposition outcome ('sold' only - 'for scrapping' is NavSource's characterization); decommissioning location not stated; unit assignments, command names, and spec data come from other rows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-666-lst666-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-666 (10/16/160666.htm, last updated 11 December 2015) - designation timeline, unit assignments, campaign table, spec block, commanding-officer list, awards, disposal, crew photographs [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160666.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 16 February 1944 at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA; launched 24 April 1944; commissioned USS LST-666 16 May 1944 at Ambridge, LT. John H. Reid, USNR, in command. Wartime assignment: LST Flotilla Eight (CAPT E. Watts, USN), LST Group Twenty-Two (CDR E.H. Pope, USN), LST Division Forty-three; radio call sign NFIZ. Campaign table: Morotai landings 15 September 1944; Leyte landings - Tacloban, 16-30 October and 9-29 November 1944; Lingayen Gulf landings 4-18 January 1945; Zambales-Subic Bay 29-30 January 1945; Palawan Island landings - Puerto Princessa, 1-2 March 1945; Visayan Island landings - Iloilo, Panay Island, 18 March and Pulupandan, Negros Island, 29 March-1 April 1945; Balikpapan operation 26 June-9 July 1945. Navy Occupation service 28 September-12 December 1945 and 20 December 1945-5 January 1946. Decommissioned 20 June 1946; struck from the Naval Register 31 July 1946; final disposition 'sold, 26 September 1947, to Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA. for scrapping.' Six battle stars; ribbon set includes Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive), Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation Medal (2). 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 7 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted. 'A total of 314 officers and men served aboard USS LST-666 during the ship's 25 months of commissioned service.' CO list: LT Reid 16 May 1944-December 1945; LTjg Sanford J. Prince December 1945-March 1946; LTjg John D. Kobrock March 1946-20 June 1946. Crew photographs dated Ambridge 7 May 1944 (pre-commissioning), Morotai D+3 18 September 1944, Leyte D+1 10 November 1944, La Paz Subic Bay, Palawan 1 March 1945, and San Pedro CA 10 February 1946 flying her homeward-bound pennant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's company (311 complement slots; 314 total served over 25 months per NavSource) plus embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - but its milestone dates cross-check cleanly against DANFS and this hull's own digitized action reports (ev-03 through ev-06). 'For scrapping' is NavSource's disposition characterization (DANFS records only 'sold'). Contains no asbestos content. Photo captions dating the La Paz beaching 'D-Day, 4 February 1945' conflict with the ship's own action report, which fixes the La Paz beaching at 29 January 1945 - carried as a correction in ev-11.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-666-lst666-02
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[4]NARA NAID 139765974, 'USS LST-666 - Rep of Ops in the Seizure & Occup of Morotai Is 9/12-23/44' (CO action report serial 02, dated 25 September 1944, signed John H. Reid; RG 38 World War II War Diaries series, Roll A1301, micro serial 98602; 7 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139765974, images 1-7 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own action report (all 7 images OCR-read this session; serial 02, CONFIDENTIAL, signed John H. Reid) documents the Morotai assault run: 'LST 666 was loaded at Maffin Bay, New Guinea on the 12 and 13 of September 1944. Troops consisted of 396 enlisted men and 16 officers of the 565 Sig. AW BN.' She sortied at 1030, 14 September in Echelon M-4 of twelve LSTs (668, 562, 666, 457, 469 'Flag Ship of LST's', 695, 697, 549, 454, 740, 339, 741) under destroyer escort (Ringgold flagship, Schroeder, Sigsbee, and 'Dashield' as spelled in the report; returning escort O'Bannon, Taylor, Nicholas, and DE-Brackett). Enroute an enemy plane dropped a small bomb approximately 400 yards off the port bow - no damage, no firing (high altitude). 'At 0814, 18 September 1944, LST 666 beached at Slip Tare. Unloading began at 0830 and ended at 1130, 18 September 1944. Retracted at 1658 and took position in formation.' Arrived Aitape 1543, 23 September. Enclosed manifest lists 11 radar vans, 7 radar trailers and associated antenna/power equipment for the 565th Sig AW Bn - 398 tons of vehicles plus 106 tons of bulk cargo (rations, drummed POL including 80-octane gas, diesel, lubricating oil). Endorsement chain runs ComLSTGr22 (LST-668 flagship) - ComLSTFlot8 - CTF 77 (Seventh Amphibious Force); the third endorsement places LST-666 in Task Group 77.5.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-09-12 to 1944-09-23
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked 565th Signal AW Battalion (412 troops); LST Group 22 echelon
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record, OCR-read and key passages re-verified by direct image display; 'Slip Tare' is the beach name as printed in the report (unusual rendering, carried verbatim). Documents operations, cargo, and unit context; contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-666-lst666-03
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[5]NARA NAID 139765982, 'USS LST-666 - Rep of Ops in the Reinforcement of Morotai Is 9/24-30/44' (CO action report serial 03, dated 5 October 1944, signed John H. Reid; RG 38, Roll A1301, micro serial 98603; 8 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139765982, images 1-8 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's second Morotai action report (all 8 images OCR-read this session; serial 03, CONFIDENTIAL, signed John H. Reid) documents the reinforcement run: 'LST 666 was loaded at Aitape, New Guinea on the 24 and 25 of September 1944. Troops consisted of 197 enlisted men and 6 officers of the 3 Airfield Construction Squardron-l AAF' [sic]. She departed Aitape 0553, 25 September in Echelon M-13 of twelve LSTs (668, 549, 339, 454, 1018, 697, 741, 457, 469, 695, 666, 740) under destroyer escort (O'Bannon flagship, Nicholas, Hopewell, Howarth; returning escort O'Bannon, Mustin, Nicholas, Stevens). 'At 0717, 30 September 1944, LST 666 beached at Slip 2, Morotia'; retracted 1601; and '1850 30 September underwent air attack' - the enclosed anti-aircraft action form records one high-and-fast dive bomber engaged by all guns (20mm and 40mm, local control), 950 rounds expended (800 of 20mm, 150 of 40mm; 16% of service allowance), tracking-to-first-shot 20 seconds, with no near misses, no planes shot down, and no damage. Enclosed cargo list: 428 drums of 80/100-octane gasoline, cement, 200 stretchers; vehicles including 6 weapon carriers, 11 trailers, 23 trucks, a prime mover for low loader, motorcycles, crawler tractors, wheel tractors, graders, 6-yard scoops and a stone crusher - 274 tons of vehicles plus 151 tons of bulk cargo (423 tons total).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-09-24 to 1944-09-30
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked 3rd Airfield Construction Squadron (203 troops); LST Group 22 echelon
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record, OCR-read and key passages re-verified by direct image display. The narrative's own dates contain clerical slips: unloading 'ended at 1515, 18 September 1944' in a report covering 24-30 September (contextually 30 September - the first run's date carried over), and an 'Anchored at Sanspor [Sansapor], New Guinea 0850 30 September 1944' line that sits out of sequence; beaching at 0717 and the 1850 air attack on 30 September are internally consistent. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-666-lst666-04
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[6]NARA NAID 633400665, 'USS LST-666 - Rep of ops in the assault landing at Lapaz, Luzon Is, Philippines 1/29-30/45' (CO action report serial 04, dated 3 February 1945; RG 38, Roll A1527; 2 images; digitized) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 633400665, images 1-2 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's La Paz action report (both images OCR-read this session; serial 04, CONFIDENTIAL, signed John H. Reid; routed via Commander LST Group 22, Commander Task Unit 78.3.4, Commander Task Group 78.3, Commander Task Force 78, Commander Seventh Fleet) documents the Zambales-Subic Bay assault landing: 'Commander LST Group TWENTY-TWO in LST 666 loaded at White Beach, Leyte; sortied on 25 January 1945, with remainder of LST echelon of Task Group 78.3. After an uneventful trip, arrived in the objective area (LaPaz) on "B" day, 29 January 1945. Beached at Red Beach over an offshore bar onto a steep, sandy beach; unloaded with some difficulty through deep, soft sand; retracted and anchored. On 30 January, left the area in company with all unloaded LST's, arriving, after an uneventful trip, at Leyte on 3 February.' The commander of LST Group 22 was embarked aboard this hull for the operation. Filing note on the scan: five endorsements to this report are filmed separately as pages 6-11 of M-Serial 117212.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-01-25 to 1945-02-03
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked troops/cargo for the La Paz assault (unit not itemized in this short report); ComLSTGr22 staff aboard
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record, OCR-read and re-verified by direct image display; fixes the La Paz beaching at 29 January 1945 - the primary date against which NavSource's 'D-Day, 4 February 1945' photo captions conflict (see ev-11). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-666-lst666-05
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[7]NARA NAID 139888370, 'USS LST-666 - Rep of ops In the resupply landing in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon Is, Philippines, 1/14-15/45, including AA acts, while enroute on 1/12/45' (CO action report serial 03 of the G-3 series, dated 17 January 1945, signed John H. Reid; RG 38, Roll A1425, micro serial 108678; 8 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139888370, images 1-8 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02); AA enclosures and cargo/personnel enclosure
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's Lingayen Gulf resupply action report (all 8 images OCR-read this session; serial 03 of the A12 series, CONFIDENTIAL, signed John H. Reid; routed via Commander Group 36 - Echelon G-3 of Task Group 78.9, Convoy Commander of TG 78.9, Commander TG 78.9, Commander Task Force 78, Commander Seventh Fleet) documents: loading at Noemfoor 30-31 December 1944 and joining the convoy off Biak 4 January 1945 bound for 'Yellow Beach, Lingayen Gulf'; Groups 32 and 38 of Echelon G-3 joined the convoy on 9 January. Enclosed 'Cargo and Personnel Embarked' list: Army Air Forces units - 35th Fighter Control Squadron (20 officers, 254 enlisted), 1914th Quartermaster Truck Company (Avn) (1 officer, 16 enlisted), and 80th Airdrome Squadron (0 officers, 6 enlisted) - 297 passengers, 71 vehicles, 113 tons of bulk cargo and 223.5 tons of mobile cargo. Three anti-aircraft action enclosures for 12 January 1945: 1250 - a surprise attack in which a Liberty ship in the convoy was hit by a sneak bomb; 1348 - a single high, fast enemy plane off Manila near Clark Field which 'let out a stream of white smoke' and flew on toward Manila without attacking; 1856 - approximately six enemy planes circling the convoy at evening general quarters, one 'Hap or similar type fighter' making a suicide crash dive into a Liberty ship bearing 165-170 degrees relative and a second diving from 190 degrees and missing. The report records 184 rounds of 40mm and 373 rounds of 20mm ammunition expended. 'Arrived and beached at White Beach #2 (0734 - 14 January)'; unloaded; departed in convoy 1815, 15 January. 'Performance of personnel was satisfactory.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-12-30 to 1945-01-15
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked AAF units (~297 passengers); convoy escorts
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record, OCR-read and key passages (routing slip, ammunition totals, cargo enclosure) re-verified by direct image display. The kamikaze losses described are to Liberty ships in the convoy, NOT to LST-666 - this hull recorded no damage. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-666-lst666-06
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[8]NARA NAID 126621015, 'LST-666, 5/16/44-6/19/46' (RG 24 Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships; microfilm Roll No. 4723; 191 images digitized) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 126621015; spot-checked images 32861_248137-00008 (commission report) and -00010 (Algiers, New Orleans report of changes)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The hull's complete digitized muster-roll run covers her entire commissioned life, 16 May 1944 - 19 June 1946 (191 images). Spot-checks this session confirmed authentic LST-666 content: a 'Report of Changes / Commission Report of U.S.S. L.S.T. 666' dated 16 May 1944 (the commissioning-day roll) and a later report-of-changes page filed at Algiers, New Orleans, La. - primary documentation of the ship's Mississippi-transit fitting-out period after launch at Ambridge, consistent with the standard inland-LST delivery route down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-05-16 to 1946-06-19
- Population
- All hands who served aboard, 1944-46 (crew-record resource)
- Limitations
- Personnel records (names, rates, service numbers, changes) - a crew-verification resource, not a material or operational narrative; spot-checked, not exhaustively read. NavSource's '314 officers and men served aboard' is independently checkable against this roll but that count was not performed. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-666-lst666-07
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[9]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan, verified live HTTP 200); NavSource LST-666 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; NavSource 160666.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, and deck coverings. She was built in a wartime inland steel yard (American Bridge, Ambridge) inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- American Bridge construction trades (1944); ship's company/embarked troops (1944-46); Sun Shipbuilding shipbreakers (1947+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package was located for LST-666. Unlike the sibling record LST-790 (documented 1945 Treasure Island/Hurley Marine Works availability), no stateside repair or conversion availability surfaced in this hull's sources - the asbestos-relevant events are construction at Ambridge, the fitting-out transit documented at Algiers/New Orleans by the muster roll, and the 1947 breakup at Sun Shipbuilding, Chester. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-666-lst666-08
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[10]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 service, occupation duty, and her 1947 sale for 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-666-lst666-09
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[11]shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json, yard_id 'sun-shipbuilding' (Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Chester, PA; evidence_tier 3; asbestos products documented via litigation product-ID: Lilley v. Johns-Manville Corp., 408 Pa. Super. 83, 596 A.2d 203 (1991) - Unibestos, Caltemp, Careytemp, Kaylo, Manville, Portasite, Garlock, Flexitallic) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json yard_id 'sun-shipbuilding' (ev-sun-shipbuilding-01: Lilley v. Johns-Manville Corp.)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- This hull's documented disposal buyer is itself a dataset-documented asbestos yard: DANFS and NavSource record the 26 September 1947 sale of LST-666 to Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa. (NavSource: 'for scrapping'), and the Atlas shipyards dataset documents litigation-proven asbestos-product use at that same Chester yard (products named in Lilley v. Johns-Manville Corp., Pa. Super. 1991). The dismantling of this WWII-built hull at Sun's Chester yard in the late 1940s therefore sits inside a workplace documented for asbestos-product handling.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1947-1948
- Population
- Sun Shipbuilding shipbreakers and yard trades (1947-48 disposal window)
- Limitations
- Two chained facts, each sourced: the disposal event (ship-specific, DANFS/NavSource) and the yard's documented asbestos-product use (yard-level, litigation-verified in the dataset). Neither establishes that this hull contained asbestos, nor the conditions of her breakup - scrapping in 1947-48 predates modern ACM-handling regulation and no hazmat or material record for the breakup was located. The dataset's underlying opinion is cited via the yard record; the Justia URL used there returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch this session (access gap, noted).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-666-lst666-10
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[12]Correction documented against: Wikipedia 'USS LST-666' infobox (oldid 1376304625, secondary) and NavSource 160666.htm photo captions vs the ship's own action report NAID 633400665 [other_primary]
- Locator
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LST-666 infobox; NavSource 160666.htm photo captions 1016066605/1016066606/1016066614 vs NAID 633400665 action report
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION - two circulating secondary-source errors: (a) Wikipedia's infobox carries 'Sold for scrap, 26 September 1946' - a year typo; DANFS and NavSource both record 26 September 1947 (the ship was struck 31 July 1946 and could not have been sold before then). (b) NavSource photo captions date the La Paz, Subic Bay beaching photographs 'D-Day, 4 February 1945' - inconsistent with the ship's own action report (NAID 633400665), which records the La Paz beaching on 'B day,' 29 January 1945, and the ship's arrival back at Leyte on 3 February 1945; the 4-February 'D-Day' caption cannot be reconciled with the ship-produced record and is treated as a captioning error (NavSource's own campaign table carries the correct 29-30 January window).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1947 (events dated)
- Limitations
- Corrects secondary-source dating errors against primary records, not a material or asbestos claim. Wikipedia content is derivative of NavSource/DANFS and is not cited elsewhere in this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-666-lst666-11
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[13]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated, fleet-paced helper), opinion and docket indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-666-lst666-10 through -13
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located: exact-phrase 'LST-666' returned 0 in the opinion index; 'USS LST-666' returned 0 opinions; '"LST 666" asbestos' returned 0 opinions. The docket index returned 2 hits for 'LST-666', both tokenized/OCR name collisions inside unrelated documents rather than vessel references - Strain v. Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility employee (D. Mass. No. 1:21-cv-11374, pro-se prisoner civil-rights complaint; the string appears as OCR garble in the scanned filing text) and National Veterans Legal Services Program v. United States (D.D.C. No. 1:16-cv-00745, the PACER-fee class action; the match occurs inside a 236-page appropriations-hearing exhibit). Neither is asbestos litigation naming this hull.
- 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. The docket query completed only after multiple pacing-gate waits this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-666-lst666-12
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[14]Batch-7190 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NavSource; NARA catalog + four action-report file units read in full; muster-roll file unit spot-checked; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO product page; CourtListener API (opinion + docket indexes); NIOSH HHE search; NVR; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-666-lst666-01 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-666 was found in the public sources searched. The strongest ship-specific documentation is operational and personnel-based (four digitized action reports read in full; the complete digitized muster-roll run) - none of it names asbestos aboard this hull. The only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm/marketing ship-list content (asbestos-ships.com, gorilaw.com, mesotheliomatreatmentcenters.org, asbestos.com, shepardlawfirm.com) asserting asbestos at class level without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- 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 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era, and her 1947 disposal was to a litigation-documented asbestos yard (ev-10). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-666-lst666-13
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[15]NARA catalog, "LST-666" - 145 file units (fuzzy relevance; ship-titled units: muster rolls NAID 126621015 and action reports NAIDs 139765974, 139765982, 633400665, 139888370); "USS LST-666" - 44 results (same ship-titled set plus fuzzy matches); parent-unit and task-unit records cover the remaining campaigns [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov "LST-666" and "USS LST-666" result sets; named NAIDs in finding_value
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary archive coverage for this hull is digitized and unusually strong at operation level, but uneven across campaigns: ship-titled action reports were read for Morotai (2 reports), La Paz, and the Lingayen resupply run; no ship-titled report surfaced for the Leyte, Palawan, Visayan, or Balikpapan operations - those are covered in the same series by parent-unit records (COM LST GR 22 resupply reports for Leyte, NAIDs 633402442 and 633412864; COMTASK-UNIT 78.2.5 Palawan, NAID 139937275; COMTASK-UNITs 78.2.8 and 78.2.74 for Balikpapan, NAIDs 77469516 and 77507881; COM LST FLOT 14 for the Zambales landings, NAID 139897473). No monthly war-diaries titled for this hull surfaced - LSTs filed action reports per operation rather than monthly diaries. WWII deck logs for this hull were not surfaced in the digitized sets searched; the La Paz report's five endorsements are filed under a separate micro serial (117212) not retrieved.
- 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: unit-level records cited were identified by title in catalog results, not read; whether LST-666 is named inside them is unverified. The Algiers/New Orleans fitting-out period is documented only by the muster-roll report-of-changes page - no builder's-trial or shakedown narrative was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-666-lst666-14