Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]DANFS, LST-699 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, campaign participation, occupation/China service, decommissioning, disposal, battle stars (live NHHC page verified via Firecrawl 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-699 entry (published 2015-08-03), narrative paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-699 was laid down on 9 March 1944 at Jeffersonville, Ind., by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched on 9 May 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Louise C. Calhoun; and commissioned on 5 June 1944.' Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater: Leyte landings November 1944; Lingayen Gulf landing January 1945; Mindanao Island landings April 1945. Post-war: occupation duty in the Far East and service in China until mid-April 1946; returned to the United States, decommissioned 24 June 1946, struck from the Navy list 31 July 1946; sold 5 December 1947 to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa., for scrapping. Three battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Jeffboat construction trades (1944); crew (1944-1946)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Live NHHC page is UA-gated - bare curl returns 404; fetched clean via Firecrawl (HTTP 200, verified 2026-10-02). DANFS gives month-level campaign dates only; NavSource campaign table supplies the precise windows carried in other rows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-699-lst699-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-699 (archive 10/16/160699.htm) - designation timeline, campaign windows, commanding officers, specifications, awards, photographic record (verified live, HTTP 200, page updated 2019-09-27) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 160699.htm header block, campaign tables, specifications block, commanding-officer table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: laid down 9 March 1944 at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN; launched 9 May 1944; commissioned USS LST-699 5 June 1944, LT. Shull Bonsall USNR in command. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Leyte landings 5-8 November 1944; Lingayen Gulf landing 4-18 January 1945; Mindanao Island landings 17-23 April 1945. Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp) and China Service Medal (extended) both for 6 September 1945 - 14 April 1946. Decommissioned 24 June 1946; struck from the Naval Register 31 July 1946; sold for scrapping 5 December 1947 to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA. Three battle stars. Commanding officers: LT. Shull Bonsall USNR (5 Jun 1944 - 4 Sep 1945); LTjg. Lester B. Collins USNR (4 Sep 1945 - 24 Jun 1946). Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328' oa; 2 x General Motors 12-567A 900hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gears, 2 shafts 1,700 shp, 11.6 kts trial; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP. Photography places her at Blue Beach, Morotai (17 May 1945, AWM photos 092416/092420) and beached at New Guinea July 1945 alongside LST-558, LST-467, LST-1026, and LCI(L)-971.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Jeffboat construction trades (1944); ship's company ~117 + embarked troops (1944-1946); Bethlehem Steel shipbreakers (1947-48)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS and are cross-verified here; no conflicts found (unlike sibling batches). Contains no asbestos content. The 1947 scrapping predates modern ACM-handling regulation; no hazmat or material record for the breakup was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-699-lst699-02
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[3]NARA RG 38 (WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories), four digitized ship-titled file units for USS LST-699: NAID 78689494 'Form Rep of AA act in San Pedro Bay, Philippines, 11/12/44' (4 img); NAID 139890122 'Rep of act with enemy aircraft while enroute Lingayen Gulf, Luzon Is, Philippines on 1/12/45' (2 img); NAID 139929932 'Rep of torpedoing of LST 577 while enroute in resupply echelon to Lingayen Gulf on 2/11/45' (3 img); NAID 633407989 'Rep of ops at Parang, Mindanao Is, Philippines on 4/18/45' (1+ img). All pages downloaded and OCR-read this session. [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog file units NAID 78689494 (img 0004-0007), 139890122 (img 0353-0354), 139929932 (img 0578-0580), 633407989 (img 0794); all under series 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (NAID 4697018)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary Navy action reports filed by this hull's commanding officer (LT. Shull Bonsall, USNR), OCR-read verbatim: (1) San Pedro Bay, Leyte, 12 Nov 1944 - standard-form AA report: 14 enemy planes observed, 2 Zeros attacked own ship, 5 taken under fire, 298 rounds 40MM + 524 rounds 20MM expended, one attacker claimed destroyed ('large section tail assembly shot off' per diagram), no hits or casualties aboard; column-mates LST-910, -911, -993, -696, -1018. (2) En route Lingayen Gulf, 12 Jan 1945 - TG 78.9, convoy position 55: two enemy planes closed; LST-699 and other LSTs opened fire (49 rounds 40MM + 60 rounds 20MM); the diving plane crashed into a Liberty ship on her starboard quarter; no damage or casualties aboard. (3) 11 Feb 1945 - Task Unit 78.7.4 resupply echelon Hollandia/Biak to Leyte, position 13 directly astern LST-626: officer of the deck sighted two torpedo wakes ~0907 at 126d17'E/08d05'N; one hit LST-577 on the port quarter, which 'immediately broke in two just forward of the superstructure,' stern sinking in under 15 seconds; evasive turns until 1159; no ordnance used, no battle damage. (4) Parang, Polloc Harbor, Mindanao, 18 Apr 1945 - Echelon V5-A, initial landings on Green Beach: no enemy engagement; poor beaching facilities forced ramp-to-ramp unloading into LCTs and LCMs while moored.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-11-12 to 1945-04-22
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops (Nov 1944 - Apr 1945); embarked RAAF airfield-construction squadrons as cargo (May 1945)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific primary documentation of combat operations - these are operational action reports, not material or maintenance records; they contain no asbestos content and establish exposure only in the generic sense of wartime service aboard. OCR of 1944-45 typescript carbon copies is imperfect on letterheads/serials (group numbers and report dates partially illegible); the load-bearing facts quoted are clearly legible. The NARA catalog title for NAID 139929932 says the echelon was bound for 'Lingayen Gulf' but the report text itself says the convoy was 'proceeding from Hollandia and Biak Island to Leyte Island' - report text carried; catalog-title defect noted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-699-lst699-03
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[4]Australian War Memorial collection photographs 092416 and 092420 - official captions name this hull at Blue Beach, Morotai, 17 and 21 May 1945 (both verified live 2026-10-02; public domain) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AWM collection records https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/092416 and https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/092420 (description fields)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- AWM 092416 caption: 'MOROTAI ISLAND, 1945-05-17. A 7-TON TRAILER OF 5 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, BEING LOADED INTO LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) 699 AT BLUE BEACH FOR MOVEMENT TO SANGA SANGA IN THE TAWITAWI GROUP.' AWM 092420 caption: 'MOROTAI ISLAND, 1945-05-21. PERSONNEL OF NO. 6 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF, DEBUSSING PRIOR TO MOVING ABOARD LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) 699 AT BLUE BEACH. THEY ARE ON ROUTE TO SANGA SANGA IN THE TAWITAWI GROUP.' - independent official-archive documentation of the hull's operational presence between her April Mindanao landings and the July 1945 New Guinea photograph.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-05
- Population
- Crew plus embarked RAAF No. 5 / No. 6 Airfield Construction Squadron personnel (May 1945)
- Limitations
- Physical-presence documentation, not a work or material record; the captions name the hull and establish location/date only. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-699-lst699-04
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[5]Library of Congress, Veterans History Project - Roy D. Anderson Collection, oral-history interview record (collected 2005-09-08; Missouri Southern State University partner) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LOC VHP item afc2001001.39452, 'About this Item' service-history fields
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The VHP catalog record documents a veteran whose World War II Navy service units are 'USS LST-482 (Landing Ship Tank); USS LST-699 (Landing Ship Tank),' Pacific Theater, highest rank Motor Machinist's Mate Third Class, dates of service 1944-1946 - an individual-service record naming this hull and its wartime crew population.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Roy D. Anderson (MM3, 1944-1946); wartime crew
- Limitations
- Service-unit documentation only: establishes that a named individual served aboard during 1944-1946. It is NOT an exposure record - the catalog entry contains no asbestos content and this record makes no exposure claim for the veteran. Interview video not transcribed; metadata carried as cataloged.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-699-lst699-05
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table + roster (shipscribe.com scan; verified live 2026-10-02); plus Atlas class profile lst-1-class (ev-lst-1-class-03 consolidated era inference) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table (propulsion/machinery rows); class profile lst-1-class class_notes and ev-lst-1-class-03
- 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, Falk reduction gears - BuShips SDB-1945 v2 design table) with no boilers, narrowing the steam-lagging pathway that dominates steamship asbestos documentation. Era-standard applications for a diesel LST of this build period were diesel-exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, machinery gaskets and valve packing, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Jeffboat construction trades (1944); crew (1944-1946); Bethlehem Steel shipbreakers (1947-48)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-699. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull, no present-day presence (hull scrapped 1947-48).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-699-lst699-06
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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 existence (construction 1944 through scrapping 1947-48).
- 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-699-lst699-07
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[8]CourtListener API v4 authenticated searches (cl-auth-search.py): exact-phrase "LST-699" opinions (0 results) and dockets (0 results); "LST 699" asbestos-qualified opinions (0 results) - completed 2026-10-02 after waiting out the fleet pacing gate [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-699-lst699-11a, -11b, -11c
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located: exact-phrase "LST-699" returned 0 hits in the CourtListener opinion index (type=o) and 0 in the RECAP docket index (type=r); the asbestos-qualified query "LST 699" asbestos returned 0 opinions. No name collisions, incidental mentions, or non-asbestos dockets surfaced - a clean negative. Secondary web sweeps likewise surfaced no qualifying case naming this hull; law-firm ship-list listicles were excluded per source policy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Absence of an indexed opinion or docket does not prove no claim was ever filed - most asbestos personal-injury suits settle or resolve without generating published opinions or RECAP-indexed text, and hull-number-only LSTs are under-identified in case text (plaintiffs often describe 'LST service' generically). Does not establish or defeat any individual claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-699-lst699-08
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[9]Batch-7226 search ledger (this record): DANFS live-verified; NavSource; NARA catalog + 4 digitized action reports OCR-read; AWM; LOC VHP; shipscribe SDB; GAO product page; CourtListener (completed after fleet pacing gates); secondary web litigation/asbestos sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-699-lst699-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or docketed case naming USS LST-699 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). What the searches did surface is law-firm ship-list listicle content asserting asbestos aboard LSTs generally without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy (a freeasbestostesting.com 'Indiana asbestos jobsites' list naming Jeffersonville Boat and Machine was noted in the ledger and excluded for the same reason).
- 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 - a 1944-built naval vessel of this era sits inside the documented Navy asbestos-use window. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-699-lst699-09
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[10]NARA catalog: 'Morning Reports for November 1944: Roll 447' (NAID 575733277, 4,600 images digitized); parent-unit WWII war diaries digitized for COM LST GR 24/42/64 and COM LST FLOT 8/15 headquarters [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 575733277 (Morning Reports roll); fuzzy catalog searches 'LST-699' (188 hits) and 'USS LST-699' (50 hits), ship-titled units enumerated
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Open archival leads for this hull: (1) digitized Morning Reports microfilm rolls (1940-1946 series; Roll 447 covers November 1944 with 4,600 frames) may carry LST-699 personnel reporting - ship-level coverage within the roll is unverified; (2) parent-unit war diaries (COM LST GR 24, 42, 64; COM LST FLOT 8, 15; COMTASKGROUP 78.10, 76.4, 76.2) are digitized and document the echelons LST-699 sailed in, covering months with no ship-titled report; (3) deck logs for this hull not located in the digitized catalog.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company 1944-1946 (if roll coverage confirmed)
- Limitations
- Leads only - not read or verified at ship level. Morning-reports rolls are organized by date, not vessel; finding LST-699 requires frame-level review. No asbestos content expected in any of these series.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-699-lst699-10