Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 718-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (thin sourcing
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (thin sourcing
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-741-lst741-pkt-718-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-741 (live NHHC page verified 2026-10-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative (no spec block in this entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-741 was laid down on 5 March 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp., Neville Island; launched on 15 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Paul F. Meehan; and commissioned on 19 May 1944.' Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater, DANFS lists participation in: Morotai landings - September 1944; Mindoro landings - December 1944; Lingayen Gulf landing - January 1945; Mindanao Island landing - April 1945. 'Following the war, LST-741 was decommissioned on 9 August 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 25 September that same year. On 12 May 1948, the ship was sold to the Bethlehem Steel Co., of Bethlehem, Pa., and subsequently scrapped. LST-741 earned three battle stars for World War II service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Dravo construction trades (Mar-May 1944); crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content, and no spec block in this DANFS entry (complement/dimensions come from NavSource and class design data). DANFS's operation list omits the Leyte operation that the ship's own NARA action report documents (see ev-03, ev-09); the 'three battle stars' figure conflicts with NavSource's four (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-741-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-741 (160741) - timeline, organization, campaign table, specifications, commanding officers, photo record (live page verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160741.htm - header timeline, campaign table, specifications block, commanding officers table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: LST-542 class tank landing ship; laid down 5 March 1944 at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA; launched 15 April 1944; commissioned USS LST-741, 19 May 1944, Lt. John M. Greer USNR in command. Assigned to LST Flotilla Eight (Capt. E. Watts USN), LST Group Twenty-Two (Cdr. E.H. Pope USN), LST Division Forty-Four. Campaign table credits five operations across four campaign headings: Western New Guinea operation (Morotai landings, Halmahera Island, 13 September 1944); Leyte operations (Leyte landings, Tacloban, San Pedro Bay, 22-26 October 1944); Luzon operation (Mindoro landings 12-18 December 1944; Lingayen Gulf landing 4-18 January 1945); Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines (Mindanao Island landing, April 1945). Decommissioned 9 August 1946; struck 25 September 1946; 'earned four battle stars for World War II service'; sold 12 May 1948 to Bethlehem Steel Co. and subsequently scrapped. Specifications: 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; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; propulsion two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230V D.C. ship's-service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders. Commanding officers: Lt. John Mitchell Greer USNR (19 May 1944 - December 1945); Ltjg. William Patrick McGrath USNR (December 1945 - March 1946); Ltjg. Loren LeRoy Meyer USNR (March - June 1946); Ltjg. James Dennis McDade USNR (June - 8 August 1946). Photo record includes NHHC photo NH 84868 and four Australian War Memorial-attributed photographs of the ship beached at Morotai (September-October 1944) and alongside USS LST-666 at Halmahera Island, 18 September 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Dravo construction trades (Mar-May 1944); crew (1944-46); embarked troops (~16 officers / 147 enlisted capacity)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - its milestone dates track DANFS/NVR here and every date agrees with DANFS, but the 'four battle stars' figure conflicts with DANFS's three (see ev-09, gaps). Contains no asbestos content. Complement figures are the canonical per-hull reference values, consistent with BuShips class design data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-741-02
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[4]NARA, WWII War Diaries / Action and Operational Reports series - six digitized USS LST-741 action reports (RG 38, Office of Naval Records and Library; all six catalog pages verified live 2026-10-03): NAID 134370288 'Rep of Ops in the Invasion & Occupation of Morotai Is, Halmahera Gr, 9/11-18/44' (Serial 5, 4 images); NAID 139747017 'Rep of Ops in the Invasion & Occupation of Morotai Is, 9/23-30/44' (Serial 6, 3 images); NAID 139828623 'Rep of ops In resupply echelon L-3 to Leyte Is, Philippines, 10/22-26/44, including AA act 10/24-26/44' (Serial 7, 19 images); NAID 139837070 'Rep of ops Including AA act In the amphibious assault on Mindoro Is, Philippines on 12/15/44' (Serial 9, 6 images); NAID 139836360 'Rep of ops In resupply echelon U-7 to Mindoro Is, Philippines on 12/22/44, including AA act On 12/21/44' (Serial 10, 14 images); NAID 139901108 'Rep of ops in the invasion of Lingayen Gulf, Luzon Is, Philippines, 1/7-10/45, including AA acts, on 1/7 & 9/45' (Serial 13, 8 images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/134370288, /id/139747017, /id/139828623, /id/139837070, /id/139836360, /id/139901108 (WWII War Diaries series, NARA College Park; surfaced via DPLA 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' collection)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own wartime action reports survive, digitized, in the National Archives: six reports (serials 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13; 54 page-images total) covering Morotai (two reports: 11-18 and 23-30 September 1944), the Leyte resupply echelon L-3 (22-26 October 1944, including anti-aircraft action 24-26 October), the Mindoro amphibious assault (15 December 1944) and resupply echelon U-7 (22 December 1944, including AA action 21 December), and the Lingayen Gulf invasion (7-10 January 1945, including AA action 7 and 9 January). The serial-7 report documents a Leyte operation that DANFS omits from its operation list - primary-record confirmation that LST-741 operated at Leyte in late October 1944, corroborating NavSource's Leyte campaign credit.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-09 to 1945-01 (report coverage)
- Population
- Crew during the five documented operations (Sep 1944 - Jan 1945)
- Limitations
- Operational/action reports - they document combat operations and ship movements, contain no asbestos or material content, and do not establish exposure. Serial numbering (5-13 with gaps at 8, 11, 12) indicates additional reports exist; no report covering the April 1945 Mindanao landing (per DANFS) was located in the digitized set. Catalog metadata (micro serial numbers, file A9-8) transcribed; report contents were not transcribed page-by-page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-741-03
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[5]NHHC Photograph NH 84868 - 'USS LST-741. Landing Australian forces at Morotai in September 1944. Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1976' (live page verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC NH-series photo page, catalog NH 84868
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC holds and publishes an official photograph of this hull beached at Morotai landing Australian forces in September 1944 - official documentation of physical presence at the first operation on her DANFS list, consistent with her serial-5 and serial-6 action reports (ev-03) and the Australian War Memorial-attributed photographs on her NavSource page.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-09
- Population
- Crew and embarked Australian forces, Morotai, September 1944
- Limitations
- Photographic presence documentation only - establishes where the ship was, not materials aboard or exposure. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-741-04
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[6]U.S. Coast Guard, 'The Coast Guard at War' Vol. V: Transports and Escorts, Part II (official history; HyperWar/ibiblio mirror) - USS Coronado (PF-38) narrative naming LST-741 [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar USCG-V1-2.html, 'CONVOY TO LEYTE AND RETURN' section (Coronado PF-38 narrative)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Coast Guard official history of escort Coronado (PF-38) documents this hull at Leyte Gulf in November 1944: Coronado arrived off Catmon Hill, Leyte Gulf, on 19 November 1944 with reinforcement Echelon L-13 (Task Group 76.5), then 'escorted LST-741 to the main body of the convoy consisting of 6 LST's and 4 merchant ships and screened by eight other escorts'; the convoy survived a 21 November air attack (a bomb splash near the leading LST; a 'Lilly' bomber destroyed by LST AA fire) and reached Humboldt Bay on 25 November 1944. Corroborates the Leyte-area presence established by the ship's serial-7 action report (ev-03).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-11
- Population
- Crew, Leyte Gulf - Humboldt Bay convoy, November 1944
- Limitations
- Names the hull inside another vessel's published official history - documents LST-741 in a Leyte Gulf convoy on/about 19-25 November 1944, not the October L-3 resupply run her own report covers; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-741-05
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[7]Era/design inference built on: BuShips Ships' Data Book 1945 Vol. 2 LST-542-group design data (via class profile ev-lst-1-class-01 and ev-lst-1-class-03); NavSource specifications for this hull (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, diesel-drive generators - no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era documentation (ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips SD-1945 v2 design table (class profile); NavSource specifications block; GAO HRD-80-2 product description
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A tank landing ship built March-May 1944 sits squarely inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. The LST-542 design carried a diesel plant - no boilers - so the classic steam-lagging pathway does not apply; era-standard asbestos-relevant applications aboard an LST of this design were diesel and engine-exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal insulation, gaskets and valve packing on machinery and piping, deck coverings, and insulation in accommodation and working spaces. Wartime construction at a 'cornfield' inland yard (Dravo, Neville Island) ran on compressed schedules typical of the LST mass-production program.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Dravo construction trades (Mar-May 1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-46); Bethlehem Steel scrapping workers (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-741. Names era-standard applications for the type, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. Does not establish individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-741-06
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[8]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
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- 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 2026-10-03) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-741-07
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[9]Batch-7274 search ledger (this record): DANFS live page; NavSource; six NARA action-report file units; NHHC NH 84868; USCG official history; CourtListener API v4 (type=o and type=r); NVR; NARA digitized deck logs; GAO; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-741-01 through sl-uss-lst-741-13
- 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-741 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener was searched this session: the opinion index returned 118 raw hits for 'LST-741' and the docket index 3,390 - all tokenization/name-collision noise (docket-number and word-fragment matches such as 'Tolstoy'); no hit names the vessel or any asbestos claim aboard it. A quoted-phrase follow-up query ('USS LST-741') was blocked by fleet pacing and is logged as such. A secondary web sweep for 'LST-741 asbestos' returned only a patent-gazette number collision - no marketing or legal content naming the hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. The unquoted CourtListener sweeps are broad (permissive tokenization), so the quoted-phrase variant would only narrow results - its blockage leaves a residual, low-impact gap. Deck logs, Dravo work packages, and any 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-741-08
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[10]Cross-source check: DANFS operation list (4 operations, omits Leyte, 'three battle stars') vs NavSource campaign table (adds Leyte landings 22-26 Oct 1944, 'four battle stars', Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with 4 stars) vs NARA serial-7 action report NAID 139828623 ('resupply echelon L-3 to Leyte Is, 10/22-26/44, including AA act 10/24-26/44') [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS operation list; NavSource campaign table; NARA NAID 139828623 title line; USCG at War Coronado narrative
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION (completeness): the DANFS operation list for this hull is incomplete - it omits the Leyte operation. The ship's own serial-7 action report, held by NARA, documents her participation in resupply echelon L-3 to Leyte Island, 22-26 October 1944, including anti-aircraft action 24-26 October; NavSource's campaign table carries the matching credit ('Leyte landings, Tacloban, San Pedro Bay, 22 to 26 October 1944'), and the USCG official history of Coronado (PF-38) independently places LST-741 at Leyte Gulf in November 1944. The related battle-star count conflict - three (DANFS) vs four (NavSource) - is unresolved; the omitted Leyte credit plausibly accounts for the discrepancy but no official star-resolution was located.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-10 to 1944-11
- Limitations
- Corrects the completeness of the operation list, not a material claim; the 3-vs-4 battle-star figure itself is carried as an unresolved conflict in gaps - neither source is asserted over the other. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-741-09