Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 714-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-712-lst712-pkt-714-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-712 (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-02) - construction, sponsor, commissioning, WWII operations, occupation duty, disposal, battle stars [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'LST-712' (full entry text)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 22 May 1944 at Jeffersonville, Ind., by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched 7 July 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Elma Mae Goodhue; commissioned 2 August 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the Lingayen Gulf landing (January 1945) and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (April through June 1945). Postwar, performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-December 1945; returned to the United States; decommissioned 20 May 1946; struck from the Navy list 28 August 1946; sold 27 May 1948 to the Basalt Rock Co., Napa, Calif., and subsequently scrapped. LST-712 earned two battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Jeffboat construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS does not identify the commanding officer, flotilla assignment, or detailed campaign dates - those come from NavSource (ev-02). Scrapping location/yard not stated beyond buyer name.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-712-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-712 - class, CO, unit assignments, campaign dates, occupation periods, specifications, CO roster, disposal (live page verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160712.htm header block, campaign table, occupation table, specifications block, commanding officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline and spec block for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship; commissioned USS LST-712, 2 August 1944, LT. Stanley W. Jolivette USNR in command. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Luzon operation - Lingayen Gulf landings 4-18 January 1945; Okinawa Gunto - assault and occupation 11 April-30 June 1945. Assigned LST Flotilla Six (CAPT. Laidlaw), LST Group Seventeen (CAPT. E. Watts USN), LST Division Thirty-four. Navy Occupation Service Medal periods in the Far East: 6-23 September 1945; 1 October-1 December 1945; 10-20 December 1945. Decommissioned 20 May 1946; struck from the Naval Register 28 August 1946; sold for scrapping 27 May 1948 to Basalt Rock Co., Napa, CA. Two battle stars. Spec block: 1,625 t. light / 4,080 t. full / 2,366 t. beaching; 328 ft o.a.; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kts trial; complement 13 officers, 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers, 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; two General Motors 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC ship's service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders. CO roster: LT Stanley W. Jolivette USNR (2 Aug 1944-2 Dec 1945); LT Richard G. Wagner USNR (2 Dec 1945-15 Feb 1946); LTjg Joseph R. Schulkers USNR (15 Feb-20 May 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Jeffboat construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46, LT Jolivette then Wagner then Schulkers); embarked troops incl. Lingayen and Okinawa lifts
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestones here match DANFS verbatim and add unit assignments, campaign dates, occupation periods, specs, and a CO roster sourced to Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves. Contains no asbestos content. Award-ribbon display (American, Asiatic-Pacific with 2 stars, WWII Victory, Navy Occupation with Asia clasp, Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, Philippine Liberation) is iconographic; only the two battle stars are corroborated by DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-712-02
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[4]NHHC photography credited via NavSource captions: 'US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # 89352' (courtesy Robert O. Baumrucker, 1978); plus two LST Home Port Web Site photographs [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160712.htm photo table (images 1016071203, 1016071201, 1016071202, 1016071204)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival photographs establish this hull's physical presence at both credited operations: USS LST-712 in the Invasion Debarkation area during the Lingayen Gulf Operation, January 1945, photographed from USS West Virginia (BB-48) - NHHC photo # 89352; and LST-712 beached at Okinawa, circa 1945. A fourth image shows LST-712's officers (date unknown), contributed by Daniel Levy for his father ENS. Francis Levy, USNR.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Crew and embarked personnel present at Lingayen (Jan 1945) and Okinawa (Apr-Jun 1945)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: photographs establish presence at Lingayen Gulf and Okinawa, not work or material records. NHHC photo # 89352 was not independently retrieved from the NHHC photo catalog this session; attribution is via the NavSource caption. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-712-03
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[5]Era/design inference built on: NavSource spec block (two GM 12-567A diesels, diesel-drive generators, no boilers); class-profile BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 2 LST design table (diesel plant, 328 ft o.a., 11.6 kt); GAO HRD-80-2 program documentation (see ev-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; class-profile ev-lst-1-class-01/03 (BuShips SD-1945 v2 design table)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST-542-group tank landing ship built in mid-1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were diesel engine-room and exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, thermal/acoustic insulation, and deck coverings. As a diesel plant she carried no boilers or steam propulsion lagging - the boiler/turbine pathway documented for steam warships does not apply, concentrating exposure relevance in the engine room, machinery spaces, and accommodation/deck-covering materials.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Jeffboat construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46), concentrated in engine-room/machinery personnel
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-712. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity, no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-712-04
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights section
- 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) and entire service era (1944-46). The review's fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; its 1975-policy and 1979-modification findings postdate this hull's 1946 decommissioning and 1948 scrapping, which preceded all documented Navy asbestos-management programs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979 (report); Navy use-era documented back through WWII construction
- 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 this session - content via the GAO product-page Highlights. Notably, LST-712's whole career and scrapping predated the regulatory era this report describes; no asbestos-management policy ever applied to her in service.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-712-05
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[7]Batch-7242 search ledger (this record): live DANFS page; live NavSource page; NVR check; GAO product page; NIOSH survey index; MARAD vessel-history DB; NARA deck-log lead; CourtListener; secondary web litigation/claim sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-712-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LST-712 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener completed this session (authenticated API v4): opinion search 'LST-712' returned 119 hits - the ranked results reviewed are all name collisions (the 'LST-712' token matching docket/statute fragments in unrelated Texas and other state cases); docket search '"LST-712"' returned exactly 1 hit, a Delaware patent case (Qorvo, Inc. v. Akoustis Technologies, Inc., 1:21-cv-01417) where the token matches an exhibit part reference - a name collision, not the ship. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing listicles and veteran-reunion listings - 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. Deck logs (RG 24, Aug 1944-May 1946), Jeffboat wartime work packages, and the 1948 scrapping-contract record are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-712-06