Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 709-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity confirmed; one source-data anomaly flagged below)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-682-lst682-pkt-709-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-682 entry (NHHC page published 2015-08-03; live URL returned 404 on 2026-10-02 - text taken from Wayback capture 2025-12-09; labeled archived) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-682 entry (Wayback capture 20251209184935), full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (DANFS, verbatim): 'LST-682 was laid down on 6 December 1944 at Jeffersonville, Ind., by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched on 31 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Ethel M. Ward; and commissioned on 18 March 1944, Ens. R. B. Flynn in command.' Assigned to the European theater for the invasion of Normandy in June 1944, then to the Asiatic-Pacific theater for the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in May and June 1945; postwar occupation duty in the Far East until late February 1946; returned to the United States, decommissioned 30 July 1946, struck from the Navy list 25 September 1946; sold 3 June 1948 to the Walter W. Johnson Co. for scrapping; earned two battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Jeffersonville Boat & Machine construction trades (1943-44); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46); shipbreakers, Walter W. Johnson Co. (1948)
- Limitations
- Service history only; no asbestos or material content. The DANFS text itself prints '6 December 1944' as the laid-down date - internally inconsistent with the same entry's 31 January 1944 launch (correct year is 1943 per NavSource; see correction row ev-08). Commissioning officer and decommission date conflict with NavSource (see gaps). Live NHHC URL 404s; citation is an archived capture, not the live source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-682-lst682-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-682 (page 10/16/160682.htm, last updated 2019-01-11) - designation timeline, specifications, CO table, campaign credits, photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160682.htm header block, campaign/occupation tables, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: LST-542 Class; laid down 6 December 1943 at 'Jefferson Boat and Machine Co.', Jeffersonville, IN; launched 31 January 1944; commissioned USS LST-682 18 March 1944, LT. Elliott R. Hedge, USNR in command. Campaign credits: Invasion of Normandy 6-25 June 1944 (Europe-Africa-Middle East) and Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation, 30 May - 10 June 1945 (Asiatic-Pacific); assigned to LST Flotilla Six (CAPT. E. L. Jungerfeld, USNR), LST Group Seventeen (CAPT. E. Watts, USN), LST Division Thirty-Four. Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp) periods: 28 October - 5 December 1945, 14 December 1945 - 20 January 1946, 10 - 28 February 1946. Decommissioned 2 July 1946; struck from the Naval Register 25 September 1946; two battle stars; sold 3 June 1948 to Walter W. Johnson Co. for scrapping. Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t fl / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kts; complement 9 officers, 120 enlisted; troop accommodations 14 officers, 131 enlisted; 4 LCVP; two General Motors 12-567A 900hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, two propellers 1,700 shp, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC ship's service generators. CO table: LT Elliott R. Hedge USNR (18 Mar 1944 - 30 Oct 1945), LT Myron R. Benson USNR (30 Oct 1945 - Jan 1946), LTjg James G. Forgerson USNR (Jan 1946 - 2 Jul 1946). Photo captions document: LCT(6)-642 carried on her main deck to the Europe-Africa-Middle East theater; on the ramp at Southampton, England, 10 June 1944 loading an M-10 tank destroyer (IWM A 24011, see ev-03); under way with LCT(6)-1153 homeward bound, circa March 1946 (NHHC photo NH 83636); and a Plan of the Day for 27 May 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Jeffersonville construction trades (1943-44); ship's company (1944-46); embarked troops and vehicles' crews; shipbreakers (1948)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track DANFS/NVR but conflict with DANFS on commissioning officer and decommission date (see gaps and ev-08); its 'Jefferson Boat and Machine' builder spelling is a variant of the documented Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co. Page verified live via content extraction 2026-10-02 (returns HTTP 406 to plain curl - bot filtering, not a dead link). Contains no asbestos content. 1948 scrapping predates modern ACM-handling regulation; no material record for the breakup was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-682-lst682-02
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[4]Imperial War Museums, object 205155998, catalogue number A 24011 - 'OFF TO THE INVASION BEACHES. 10 JUNE 1944, SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS.', Admiralty Official Collection, E. E. Allen (Lt), photographer [museum_official]
- Locator
- IWM object 205155998 (catalogue A 24011); NavSource 10/16/160682.htm photo table, second row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- IWM-held Admiralty photograph A 24011 documents an American M-10 tank going on board an LST for shipment to France at Southampton Docks, 10 June 1944 - four days after D-Day, inside this hull's documented Normandy campaign window (6-25 June 1944). NavSource's caption identifies the ship as USS LST-682 on the ramp at Southampton.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- LST-682 crew and Army loading party, Southampton, 10 June 1944
- Limitations
- The IWM catalog description reads 'an LST' - the hull identification as LST-682 rests on the NavSource caption attribution (presumably the hull's painted bow number); IWM itself does not name the hull. A photograph documents presence and activity, not materials or exposure conditions. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-682-lst682-03
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[5]National Archives Catalog: 17 'USS LST-682 - War Diary' file units enumerated covering monthly periods 3/18-31/44 through 10/1-11/30/45 (e.g., NAID 139748905, 78412158, 78516609, 78626216, 139793112; scanned to Fold3 from NARA microfilm Roll A1199, National Archives at College Park) plus muster-roll file unit NAID 126483973 'LST-682, 3/17/44-7/2/46' spanning her entire commissioned life [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog search 'LST-682' (191 hits reported; first 20 results: 17 war-diary file units + muster rolls enumerated); NAID 126483973; Fold3 publication 750
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA catalog records confirm that the hull's own operational reports survive: 17 monthly War Diary file units for USS LST-682 were enumerated spanning March 1944 through November 1945 (the Normandy and Okinawa periods are covered), digitized under the 'US, World War II War Diaries, 1941-1945' publication on Fold3, plus a muster-roll file unit covering 17 March 1944 - 2 July 1946 - the complete commissioned life of the ship. These are the primary documentary base for any individual-presence, activity, or location question.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked units, 1944-46 (named in muster rolls and war diaries)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - catalog-level verification this session; the war-diary and muster images were not read (Fold3/Ancestry image viewer is access-gated). Enumeration caveat: the catalog query returns 191 hits for 'LST-682' but the API served only the first 20 results (pagination parameters ignored) - the 17 war-diary units are those in the first results page; additional units (e.g., Dec 1945 - Jul 1946) may exist deeper in the result set or not at all. Establishes that primary records exist and are retrievable, not what they contain; no asbestos content assumed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-682-lst682-04
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications for this hull (2 x GM 12-567A 900hp diesels, Falk reduction gear, 1,700 shp - diesel plant, no boilers); LST-542-class design data (BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 design grouping); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (see ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160682.htm specifications block; BuShips SDB-1945 v2 LST design table (cited via class profile - shipscribe URL moved/404 this session); GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST-542-class tank landing ship built December 1943 - March 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era (GAO: Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction and service life). Era-standard applications aboard an LST of this type and period were engine-room and diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, thermal insulation, deck coverings, and accommodation-space insulation. The diesel plant eliminates the boiler/turbine steam-lagging pathway of steam vessels; the confined machinery spaces and berthing/crew areas of the LST design remain era-relevant.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- Jeffersonville Boat & Machine construction trades (1943-44); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46); shipbreakers, Walter W. Johnson Co. (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, survey, or work package located for LST-682. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity or manufacturer attribution for this hull. Does not establish individual exposure or present-day presence (hull scrapped 1948, before modern ACM-handling regulation).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-682-lst682-05
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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 entire construction (1943-44) and service era (1944-46) and the 1948 scrapping.
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-682-lst682-06
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[8]Batch-7208 search ledger (this record): DANFS via Wayback; NavSource live page; NARA catalog (war diaries + muster rolls); IWM object 205155998; CourtListener opinion search (name-collision noise only; tighter queries fleet-paced); hazegray (unreachable); NVR (no record); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-682-lst682-01 through sl-uss-lst-682-lst682-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LST-682 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener 'LST-682' opinion search returned 114 hits, all token-matches on unrelated docket/file/exhibit strings - no case names this hull; quoted-name ('USS LST-682'), asbestos-qualified, and RECAP docket queries could not be run this session (fleet-wide pacing budget spent) - logged as blocked, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweep surfaced no qualifying case; the only asbestos-framed content found is generic law-firm listicle material on LSTs as a type (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 - the hull was built inside the Navy's documented asbestos era and scrapped in 1948, before any hazmat documentation regime. The tighter litigation queries are a genuine open gap (paced, not run). War diaries/muster rolls exist (ev-04) but their contents were not examined. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-682-lst682-07
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[9]Cross-source comparison: DANFS LST-682 entry (Wayback capture) vs NavSource 10/16/160682.htm (timeline + CO table) vs class build-block data (LST-682-729 Jeffersonville block) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS entry first sentence vs NavSource header block + 'Commanding Officers' table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: the official DANFS entry prints LST-682 as 'laid down on 6 December 1944' - internally inconsistent with the same entry's launch date of 31 January 1944 and commission date of 18 March 1944. The correct year is 1943 (NavSource; consistent with the Jeffersonville build-block sequence - sister LST-683 was laid down 29 November 1943); the '1944' is a typographical error in the official entry that has propagated into secondary mirrors (historycentral.com). Two further source conflicts carried unresolved: commissioning officer - DANFS 'Ens. R. B. Flynn in command' vs NavSource 'LT. Elliott R. Hedge, USNR in command' (Hedge shown as CO 18 Mar 1944 - 30 Oct 1945 in the NavSource CO table); decommissioning - DANFS 30 July 1946 vs NavSource 2 July 1946 (the NavSource CO table ends Forgerson at 2 July 1946, consistent with its own date).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (conflict window)
- Limitations
- Corrects a propagated date typo and documents two unresolved source conflicts - vessel-history facts only, no asbestos content. The commissioning-officer conflict is unresolvable from public sources this session (the ship's commissioning booklet or deck log would settle it); both readings are carried in the record fields and gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-682-lst682-08