Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 714-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (thin sourcing; final fate uncertain)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (thin sourcing; final fate uncertain)
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-714-lst714-pkt-714-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-714 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, campaign list, occupation/China service, decommissioning, State Department transfer, strike, four battle stars (live NHHC page, fetched via Firecrawl 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-714 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: laid down 12 June 1944 at Jeffersonville, Ind., by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched 15 July 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Katherine C. Rowe; commissioned 11 August 1944, Lt. H. Van Voast, USNR, in command. Asiatic-Pacific operations: Leyte landings (November 1944); Lingayen Gulf landing (January 1945); Zambales-Subic Bay (January 1945); Balikpapan operation (June and July 1945). Postwar: occupation duty in the Far East and service in China until early May 1946; 'decommissioned and transferred to the State Department on 10 May 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 19 June that same year.' Four battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (Jeffersonville, 1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. Does not state where decommissioning/transfer occurred, what State Department entity received the hull, or the hull's ultimate disposition. The DANFS campaign list gives month-level dates only; NavSource supplies the per-campaign date table (ev-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-714-lst714-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-714 (10/16/160714.htm) - designation timeline, campaign-date table, occupation/China-service periods, spec block, commanding-officer list, awards, disposal [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160714.htm header block, campaign table, occupation/China table, specifications block, CO table, awards block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 12 June 1944 at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN; launched 15 July 1944; commissioned USS LST-714 11 August 1944, LT. Herbert Van Voast, USNR, in command. Campaign table: Leyte operation, Leyte landings 19-29 November 1944; Luzon operation, Lingayen Gulf landing 8-18 January 1945; Manila Bay-Bicol operation, Zambales-Subic Bay 29-30 January 1945; Borneo operations, Balikpapan operation 28 June-10 July 1945. Navy Occupation Service 29 September 1945-11 May 1946; China Service Medal (extended) 20 September 1945-11 May 1946. Decommissioned 10 May 1946 and transferred to the State Department; struck from the Naval Register 19 June 1946; 'Final Disposition, fate unknown.' Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full (sea-going, 1,675 t load) / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt trial; 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, 2 propellers 1,700 shp, 3 x diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC generators; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; radio call sign NFSI. Awards: China Service Medal (extended), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp), Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, Philippines Liberation Medal (2). CO table: LT Van Voast USNR (1 Aug 1944-18 Apr 1945); LT Roger F. Williams USNR (18 Apr-Sep 1945); Van Voast (Sep-Nov 1945); Williams (Nov 1945-Mar 1946); LTjg Robert H. Culbertson USNR (Mar-10 May 1946). Photos include the ship beached at Manila circa 1945 alongside LST-937 and LST-614.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company (~117 USN, USNR officers) plus embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates cross-check cleanly against DANFS and the hull's own action reports (ev-03, ev-04). The CO table dates Van Voast's command from 1 August 1944 - ten days before the documented 11 August commissioning (prospective-CO assignment assumed; variant noted in gaps). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-714-lst714-02
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[4]NARA NAID 139816978, 'USS LST-714 - Rep of AA actions in Leyte Gulf, Philippines on 11/27/44' (serial 73-44, CONFIDENTIAL, dated 27 November 1944, signed H. Van Voast; RG 38, World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories; micro serial 103220, Roll A1356; 10 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139816978, images 0620-0629: cover letter and enclosures incl. firing-track sketch (downloaded and read 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own action report (downloaded and read this session, all 10 images) documents an anti-aircraft engagement in Leyte Gulf, 27 November 1944: the ship, temporarily attached to Commander LST Flotilla Sixteen, was discharging a cargo of ammunition to AK-95 moored alongside to port when a red alert sent her to modified general quarters ~1030; she got underway and anchored ~1122 in 14 fathoms about 1,200 yards from a floating dry dock (bearings Mantuaca Point 132T, Rasol Island 115T). ~1159 an enemy plane made a dive/skip-bombing run on the dry dock; the report records the ship firing and the belief that several hits were scored before the plane crashed into the floating dry dock, which burned (the ship moved ~1,000 yards farther off fearing the magazines of the destroyer inside might explode). ~1220 a second enemy plane was engaged by nine guns; definite hits observed - two 20mm and a third possibly 40mm - before the plane dove into the water. Ordnance performance 'excellent'; personnel performance 'very good' despite no previous battle experience.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-11-27
- Population
- Ship's company (~117) at general quarters; AK-95 alongside receiving ammunition
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced operational record; documents combat action, not material conditions - no asbestos or material content. The claimed hits on the attacking planes are the reporting ship's wartime claims, not verified kills. The dry-dock target and the destroyer inside it are described but not named in this report.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-714-lst714-03
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[5]NARA NAID 83572543, 'USS LST-714 - Rep of opers in the assault landings in the San Antonio-Castillejos-San Felipe Area, Southern Zambales Province, Luzon Island, Philippines, 1/25-31/45' (serial 04-45, CONFIDENTIAL, dated 11 April 1945; signed by R. F. Williams by direction for H. Van Voast; RG 38; micro serial 140555, Roll A1860; 5 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 83572543, images 0828-0832 (downloaded and read 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own action report (downloaded and read this session, all 5 images) documents the Zambales-Subic Bay landing: the vessel sailed as one of 45 LSTs of LST Flotilla FOURTEEN (temp.), tactical commander Captain Seay embarked aboard LST-693, within Task Group 78.3 (Rear Admiral Struble, MOUNT McKINLEY) to land and support elements of the Eighth U.S. Army in the San Antonio-Castillejos-San Felipe area and open Subic Bay; the report's force list explicitly includes '714' in the 45-LST roster. Chronology: took position 36 in the LST convoy departing Leyte Gulf 1100 on 25 January 1945; eight unidentified-aircraft general-quarters alerts 26-28 January, no enemy action; arrived off the assault area 0630 29 January, anchored 0807; ordered to beach 1230 30 January - beached on Red Beach heading 092T at flank speed 1302 but grounded amidships 125 yards off, achieved dry beach 2015, discharged Army equipment 2120-0600, retracted 0720 31 January requiring a tug to clear the sand bar (accomplished 0850), anchored 0920 1,000 yards off Red Beach. Embarked at Leyte: 596th Signal Battalion (AW), 2474th Quartermaster Truck Co., Fighter Control Squadron (Hq. Co.) and 507th AAA Gun Battalion - 12 officers and 273 enlisted; cargo a small amount of bulk gasoline, ammunition and rations. No enemy forces encountered; no damage; personnel performance 'excellent.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-01-25 to 1945-01-31
- Population
- Ship's company plus 285 embarked Army troops (12 off/273 EM); 45-LST flotilla population
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced operational record; documents the landing operation and a grounding/retraction event, not material conditions - no asbestos or material content. 'Red Beach' beachhead nomenclature and unit assignments are the report's own.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-714-lst714-04
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan, NAVSHIPS 250-011); NavSource LST-714 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; NavSource 160714.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.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Jeffersonville Boat & Machine construction trades (1944); ship's company/embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package was located for LST-714. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution. SDB 1945 v2 PDF verified live 2026-10-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-714-lst714-05
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[7]GAO, Navy's Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - full report text retrieved via Firecrawl this session (https://www.gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 letter report, transmittal letter and findings chapter (full-text PDF retrieved via Firecrawl 2026-10-02)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented (full text read): 'according to the Navy, although all ships contain some asbestos in such components as clutches and electric cables, most ships delivered in the last several years or now under construction have little or no asbestos as thermal insulation, which was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships'; 'thermal insulation for machinery, equipment and piping systems has been the major application of asbestos'; the Navy's thermal-insulation specification was changed in 1973 to require asbestos-free materials, and ships were still delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978. The 1944 construction and entire service life of this hull precede the substitution era entirely.
- 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 - LST-714 is not named. Fieldwork was conducted at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. Full text retrieved 2026-10-02 via Firecrawl (earlier batch sessions logged gao.gov HTTP 403 to direct fetch).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-714-lst714-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated, fleet-paced helper), opinion and docket indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-714-lst714-08 through -11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located: exact-phrase "LST-714" returned 0 in the opinion index and 1 hit in the docket index - Former BL Stores, Inc., Bankr. D. Del. No. 24-11967 (Big Lots bankruptcy), a tokenized name collision (the string match occurs inside that mega-docket's creditor-list filing text, not as a vessel reference); "USS LST-714" in opinions returned 0; "LST 714" asbestos in opinions returned 0. No asbestos case 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.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-714-lst714-07
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[9]Batch-7244 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NavSource; NARA catalog + two ship-titled action reports read in full; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO HRD-80-2 full text; CourtListener API (opinion + docket); NIOSH survey check; NVR; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-714-lst714-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or qualifying case naming USS LST-714 was found in the public sources searched. The strongest ship-specific documentation is operational (two ship-produced action reports read in full); no primary source read names asbestos aboard this hull.
- 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 squarely inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-714-lst714-08
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[10]NavSource USS Stone County (LST-1141) page - HTMS Lanta identity; corroborated by museumships.us Lanta entry and USS Stone County article (secondary) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/161141.htm (Stone County page, HTMS Lanta (LST-14) (LST-714) caption line); museumships.us/thailand/lanta
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: a Royal Thai Navy museum ship pennanted 'LST-714' (HTMS Lanta) preserved at Sai Thai, Mueang Krabi District, Thailand, circulates online alongside this hull's number - it is a different hull: ex-USS Stone County (LST-1141), decommissioned and transferred under lease to Thailand 12 March 1970 at Apra, Guam, renamed HTMS Lanta (LST-4), her pennant number changed to LST-714 between 1995 and 1997. It is not USS LST-714; this hull's actual post-1946 disposition is not documented in located sources (NavSource: 'fate unknown').
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1970-1997 (renumbering window)
- Limitations
- Corrects a circulating hull-number collision, not a material claim. Thai-service pennant renumbering rests on secondary sourcing (NavSource LST-1141 page, museumships.us, Wikipedia) - plausible and consistent across sources, but not a Thai official registry record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-714-lst714-09
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[11]NARA catalog, "LST-714" - 162 file units (fuzzy relevance; ship-titled units: AA action report NAID 139816978 and Zambales operations report NAID 83572543, both read this session) plus digitized parent-unit war diaries COM LST GR 64 (Aug 1944-Oct 1945 run), COM LST GRs 64 & 65 (Nov 1945), and COM LST FLOT 22 (Jun 1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov "LST-714" result set; COM LST GR 64 NAIDs 78595043, 139755496, 78653990, 78700912, 139807456, 139843234, 140006417, 77486687, 77555161; COM LST GRs 64 & 65 NAID 77585022; COM LST FLOT 22 NAID 77468706
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary archive coverage for this hull is digitized at action-report level: the two ship-titled file units read this session cover the Leyte Gulf AA engagement (27 Nov 1944) and the Zambales landing (25-31 Jan 1945). Regular monthly war-diary file units for the hull were not surfaced (LSTs filed action reports rather than continuous diaries in this series); parent-unit diaries for COM LST GR 64 - the AA report places the ship 'temporarily attached to Commander, LST Flotilla Sixteen' at Leyte - and COM LST FLOT 22 are digitized and are the coverage bridge. WWII deck logs proper for this hull were not located in the digitized deck-log series checked.
- 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: the catalog result is fuzzy-relevance - ship-titled units beyond the two read may exist deeper in the 162-hit set; RG 24 deck logs and any State Department/Foreign Liquidation Commission disposal record for the hull (State Dept transfer 10 May 1946; the FLC handled overseas surplus disposal for transfers of this era - documented on NavSource records of other hulls, e.g. SC-527) are open archival leads, not confirmed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-714-lst714-10