Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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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-713-lst713-pkt-714-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'LST-713' (NHHC live page, verified 2026-10-02) - construction, sponsor, commissioning, campaigns, disposal [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-713 entry (single-page service narrative)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'laid down on 3 June 1944 at Jeffersonville, Ind., by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched on 11 July 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Barbara A. Lawson; and commissioned on 7 August 1944.' WWII Asiatic-Pacific service: 'Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima - February 1945' and 'Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto - April through June 1945.' Postwar: 'occupation duty in the Far East until mid-February 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 20 June 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 31 July that same year. On 21 May 1948, the ship was sold to the Bethlehem Steel Co., of Bethlehem, Pa., and subsequently scrapped. LST-713 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 (Jun-Aug 1944); ship's company (Aug 1944-Jun 1946); embarked troops during assault operations
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; the DANFS entry is a short-format hull entry with no spec block and no material or asbestos content. Does not establish where the Bethlehem breakup occurred, and 'subsequently scrapped' carries no date or yard detail.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-713-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-713 page - organization, CO roster, spec block, awards, photo documentation, disposition (live page verified 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 160713.htm header block, campaign table, spec block, CO roster, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 3 June 1944, Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN; launched 11 July 1944; commissioned USS LST-713, 7 August 1944, LT Robert P. Rudolph, USNR, in command. Assigned Asiatic-Pacific: LST Flotilla Six (CAPT J. Laidlaw USN), LST Group Eighteen (CDR P. Niekum Jr. USN(Ret)), LST Division Thirty-Six. Campaigns: Iwo Jima operation 19-26 February 1945; Okinawa Gunto operation 1 April-28 June 1945. Postwar Navy Occupation and China service periods: 9-25 September (1945), 17 December 1945-1 January 1946, 8-24 February 1946. Decommissioned 20 June 1946; struck from the Naval Register 31 July 1946; sold for scrapping 21 May 1948 to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA. Spec block: displacement 1,625t light / 4,080t full / 2,366t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted, troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 x General Motors 12-567A 900hp diesels, Falk reduction gears, 3 x 100kW 230V DC diesel-drive generators, 1,700 shp, twin screws/rudders. Awards: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Iwo Jima February 1945), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp); 2 battle stars. CO roster: LT Rudolph (7 Aug-31 Oct 1944), LT Charles N. Moore (31 Oct 1944-19 Apr 1945), LT George Hoskins Scott Jr. (19 Apr-27 Nov 1945), LT John M. Kenimer (27 Nov 1945-22 Jan 1946), LTjg Henry J. Fink (22 Jan-20 Jun 1946). NHHC photo numbers NH 105030 (off Iwo Jima Feb 1945, with Shoshone AKA-65 and LCI(G)-739 alongside) and 104321-KN (LCVP off northern Iwo Jima, Feb 1945). Call sign NFSG.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Jeffboat construction trades (1944); ship's company (1944-46); embarked assault troops and wave-guide personnel; 1948 shipbreakers (yard undocumented)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - milestone dates track DANFS exactly for this hull and the spec block mirrors BuShips data, but it is not a primary registry. The page headers her 'LST-491 Class Tank Landing Ship' while NavSource's own LST-714 page and the BuShips design grouping place hull 713 in the LST-542 group/class - labeling inconsistency documented in ev-07. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-713-02
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[4]NARA, RG 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (series NAID 4697018) - USS LST-713 monthly war diaries, digitized: 11/1/44-12/31/44 (NAID 139791114), 1/1/45-2/28/45 (NAID 139907820), 3/1-31/45 (NAID 633403561), 4/1-30/45 (NAID 139998651), 5/1-31/45 (NAID 140040727), 6/1-30/45 (NAID 101736077), 7/1-31/45 (NAID 83565395), 8/1-31/45 (NAID 77523151), 9/1-30/45 (NAID 77560084), 10/1/45-11/30/45 (NAID 140081565); plus 'Report of operations in the landing of occupation forces at Yokohama, Honshu, Japan, 9/15-17/45' (NAID 77559330). Jan-Feb 1945 and April 1945 diaries read in full this session. [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog file units listed in citation_value; images read: NAID 139907820 (6 pp., micro serial 110745, Roll A1449) and NAID 139998651 (4 pp., micro serial 121036, Roll A1589)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship's own wartime war diaries, digitized and verified for two months this session. January-February 1945 diary (NAID 139907820, signed by CO LT C. N. Moore USNR): moored West Loch/Kewalo Basin, Pearl Harbor early January; rehearsals off Maalaea Bay, Maui 8-17 January under AdComPhibsPac OpPlan A25-44; Kahului embarkation of Marines (25th Marines, 4th Division) 18-19 January; underway 22 January for Eniwetok in Tractor Group Baker convoy (TG 51.13); 23 January port engine fuel line burst - 'Sheered out of column. 2230 Engine repaired. Rejoined formation.'; Eniwetok logistics 3-4 February; Saipan staging 10-14 February (embarked 16 amphibious tractors, 5th AmTrac Battalion and 2nd Armored Amphibian Battalion Marines; Tinian rehearsal 13 February); sortied for Iwo Jima 15 February. On D-Day 19 February: 'Unit Flag for Com. LST Unit Four (CTU 53.3.6), Tractor Group Baker (TG 53.3.4) of Tractor Flotilla (TG 53.3) of TF 51' - arrived 5,500 yards off southeastern Iwo Jima at H-hour minus 90 (0730K), launched 15 tractors with assault troops and wave-guide personnel, launched LCT(6) 866; unloaded around the clock under air-raid alerts 20-24 February (gave water to LCI 1056 and LCI(G) 739; lone enemy aircraft 23 February - 'This ship held fire'); cargo 100% unloaded 1155 on 24 February; took on 97 tons of ammunition/water/rations/sandbags alongside APA 43 (Fayette) 25 February, then beached on Yellow Beach, Iwo Jima to complete unloading; retracted and sailed for Saipan 25-26 February. April 1945 diary (NAID 139998651): underway from Leyte to Okinawa in Unit 10 (TU 55.3.5), Tractor Group Dog; served as unit flag for Com. LST Unit Ten (CTU 55.3.5); arrived off Orange Beach 1 at 0650(I) 1 April 1945 (D-Day); launched 16 LVTs and 1 DUKW with assault troops and wave-guide personnel; unloaded naval mortar ammunition to LCI(M)s; nightly air-raid alerts and smoke-making; beached on Purple 2 Beach 6 April, retracted 9 April with remaining cargo transferred to USS LST-795; anchored Okinawa until 11 April, then sailed for Saipan in TG 51.29.13 (guide USS LST-939); entered Saipan Harbor 17 April 'for logistics and repairs'; moored alongside USS Burias (AG-69), Berth N-11 Tanapag Harbor 28-30 April 'for repairs'; 19 April LT C. N. Moore relieved by LT(jg) G. H. Scott Jr. (documented command change matching the NavSource roster). The Yokohama occupation-force landing report (NAID 77559330) documents the ship's 15-17 September 1945 landing of occupation forces at Yokohama, Honshu.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-11-01 through 1945-11-30 (diary coverage); Yokohama landing 1945-09-15 to 1945-09-17
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked Marines/AmTrac troops during Iwo Jima and Okinawa operations; Saipan repair-ship population alongside Burias (Apr 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary operational records - but they are operational diaries, not material or maintenance records: no asbestos, insulation, or material content appears in the pages read. The documented repair period alongside USS Burias (AG-69) at Saipan (17-30 April 1945) and the underway port-engine fuel-line repair (23 January 1945) are the only maintenance-touching entries observed; the diaries do not describe what the repairs entailed. Months not individually read (Nov-Dec 1944, Mar, May-Nov 1945) are cited by catalog title only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-713-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table + roster (shipscribe.com scan; site reorganized - file moved from /styles/usnaux/sdb/ to /pubs/, new URL verified live 2026-10-02) - LST-542 group machinery/design data; consolidated with era diesel-LST construction practice per class profile lst-1-class (ev-lst-1-class-01, -03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips SDB1945v2 LST design table; class profile lst-1-class class_notes and ev-lst-1-class-03
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for a diesel-powered LST-542-group hull built mid-1944: the class carried no boilers, so asbestos-relevant applications aboard a ship of this type and era were GM diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings - the confined-below-decks environment typical of the type. BuShips SDB-1945 v2 documents the LST-542-group plant (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, ~1,700 shp, 328 ft oa) that matches this hull's NavSource spec block.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Jeffboat construction trades (1944); ship's company (1944-46); 1948 shipbreakers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LST-713. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The hull was scrapped in 1948, so postwar conversion/abatement pathways that apply to surviving LSTs do not apply here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-713-04
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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 (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 (1944) and service era (1944-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- 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, consistent with prior batch sessions) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-713-05
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[7]Batch-7243 search ledger (this record): live DANFS; live NavSource (incl. sister-hull class-label cross-check); NARA catalog search + digitized war diaries (11 file units located; Jan-Feb and Apr 1945 read in full) + Yokohama occupation report; NVR coverage check; CourtListener API v4; secondary-web litigation sweep; shipyards.json builder lookup; Jeffboat asbestos-doc sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-713-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming USS LST-713 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener authenticated API v4 searches returned 0 hits on three of six queries this session - '"LST-713"' on both the opinion (type=o) and RECAP docket (type=r) indexes, and '"LST 713"' type=o; 'LST 713' type=r and the 'USS LST-713' queries were deferred by the fleet pacing limiter and remain pending - logged in search_ledger, not treated as negative. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing content (gorilaw.com landing-ships page, mesotheliomatreatmentcenters.org 'LST 542' page, asbestos.com/asbestos-ships.com listicles) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. Expected given the hull's short life (scrapped 1948, decades before asbestos litigation volume and before digitized-complaint coverage).
- 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 - era/design inference remains the only asbestos frame. Docket coverage is verified-empty for the hyphenated form and the space-variant opinion index ('LST 713' type=r and 'USS LST-713' queries unrun); RG 24 deck logs (if digitized) and any 1948 scrapping-contract records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-713-06
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[8]NavSource class-label cross-check: LST-713 page header (160713.htm) vs LST-714 page header (160714.htm); BuShips SD-1945 v2 design grouping per class profile; Wikipedia LST-542-class designation [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 160713.htm vs 160714.htm page headers, both fetched live 2026-10-02; class profile lst-1-class member row for LST-713
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: NavSource headers the USS LST-713 page 'LST-491 Class Tank Landing Ship' while its own LST-714 page (next hull, same builder) headers 'LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship'. Hull 713 falls in the BuShips LST-542 design group (SD-1945 v2 grouping LST542-931) and is LST-542-class in the reference literature - the 'LST-491 Class' label on NavSource's LST-713 page is an internal inconsistency, not a variant design attribution.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944 (design attribution)
- Limitations
- Corrects a class-labeling inconsistency, not a material claim; the LST-491/LST-542 distinction is a design-group naming matter and does not affect this hull's documented build or service facts. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-713-07
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[9]NavSource USS Stark County (LST-1134) page - documents the Royal Thai Navy renumbering of that ex-U.S. hull as HTMS Pangan (LST-713) between 1995 and 1997 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 161134.htm (Stark County disposition and Thai service captions), live 2026-10-02
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- IDENTIFIER COLLISION: a second warship carried the designation 'LST-713': the Royal Thai Navy renumbered ex-USS Stark County (LST-1134) as HTMS Pangan (LST-713) between 1995 and 1997; Pangan served into the 2000s and became a museum attraction at Koh Phangan, Thailand, in 2011. Any post-1995 'LST-713' reference - including in records, photography, or litigation text - must be checked for which hull is meant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1995-2011 (Thai service window)
- Limitations
- Identifier caveat only: documents a name/number collision that could produce false 'LST-713' hits; asserts nothing about either hull's materials. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-713-08