Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 719-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (best source
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-745-lst745-pkt-719-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'LST-745' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry text (verified live this session)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry for this hull: laid down 19 March 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp., Neville Island; launched 29 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Paul Simon; commissioned 31 May 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater: Leyte landings (October 1944), Zambales-Subic Bay (January 1945), assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (May and June 1945). Occupation duty in the Far East until mid-February 1946; decommissioned 9 July 1946; struck from the Navy list 28 August 1946; sold 26 September 1947 to the Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, Md., for scrapping. Earned three battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (Dravo, Neville Island, 1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Official summary history of this hull; contains no asbestos, materials, or insulation content. Does not establish presence or absence of asbestos aboard, nor any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-745-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-745 page (archives/10/16/160745.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page header, campaign tables, occupation table, spec block, commanding-officer list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive page for USS LST-745: LST-542 class; laid down 19 March 1944 at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA; launched 29 April 1944; commissioned 31 May 1944, Lt. George F. Champagne USN in command. Assigned post-Southwest-Pacific service to LST Flotilla Fourteen (Capt. E. Seay), LST Group Forty-One (Cdr. E. C. Parsons USNR), LST Division Eighty-One. Campaigns with dates: Leyte landings 20 October 1944; Zambales-Subic Bay 29-30 January 1945; Okinawa Gunto assault/occupation 2 May - 30 June 1945. Navy Occupation Service Medal periods 25 September - 13 October 1945 and 20 December 1945 - 20 February 1946. Decommissioned 9 July 1946; struck from the Naval Register 28 August 1946; sold for scrapping 26 September 1947 to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, MD. Three battle stars. Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; complement 13 officers/104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers/147 enlisted; 2 x GM 12-567A diesels 900 hp, single Falk main reduction gear, twin screws 1,700 shp. CO list: Lt. G. F. Champagne USN (31 May - Sep 1944); Lt. C. B. Evans USNR (Sep 1944 - Dec 1945); Lt.jg. R. M. Grace USNR (Dec 1945 - Jun 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained naval-history archive compiling official records; consistent with DANFS on all shared dates. Spec-block figures are design-group values. No asbestos or material content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-745-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (15 April 1945), LST roster (shipscribe.com scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Vol. II LST roster, Dravo Corp. Neville Island block (printed roster pages ~170-176; PDF p. 198 in retrieved copy)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels Vol. II (April 1945) roster row: 'LST745' built by Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pa.; keel laid 19 March 1944; launched 29 April 1944; first commission printed as 23 May 1944. The roster confirms builder, keel, and launch; the commission date conflicts with DANFS/NavSource (31 May 1944) - see gaps.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Contemporary official roster; OCR-staggered layout verified against page image. Its '23 May 44' first-commission entry conflicts with DANFS/NavSource '31 May 1944' (two sources adopt 31 May; discrepancy unresolved - see gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-745-03
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[5]Naval History and Heritage Command, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (Online Reading Room) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST Flotilla Fourteen / LST Group 41 / LST Division 81 table (printed p. 56 area)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 lists LST-745 in LST Flotilla Fourteen (Commander LST Flotilla Fourteen: Capt. E. A. Seay), LST Group 41 (Comdr. E. C. Parsons USNR), LST Division 81, commanding officer Lt. C. B. Evans (USNR) - a wartime organizational placement of this hull during the Okinawa Gunto operation period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- Ship's company under Lt. C. B. Evans USNR as of 1945-05-01
- Limitations
- Organizational snapshot as of 1 May 1945; does not itself describe operations or material condition. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-745-04
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[6]National Archives Catalog, NAID 139837077 (RG 38, WWII War Diaries series NAID 4697018; image set provided by Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog file-unit description and 7-image viewer set
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA catalog file unit (digitized, 7 images): 'USS LST-745 - Rep of ops In the amphibious assault on Leyte Is, Philippines, 10/20-24/44, including AA acts' - the ship's own action report for the Leyte landings, in the WWII War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories series (Record Group 38, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations); Micro Serial 104831, Roll A1378.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-10-20 to 1944-10-24
- Limitations
- Catalog description verified and images digitized; page contents not individually transcribed/reviewed this session. An action report documents operations, not materials - no asbestos finding expected or asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-745-05
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[7]National Archives Catalog, NAID 520772 / local ID 80-G-420027 (RG 80, General Photographic Files 1943-1968) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog item title, produced-date field, and caption
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION (source defect): NARA still-picture record 80-G-420027 (NAID 520772) is captioned 'Invasion of Inchon, Korea. Four LST's unload men and equipment on beach. Three of the LST's shown are LST-611, LST-745, and LST-715' and dated/produced 15 September 1950 - but LST-745 was decommissioned 9 July 1946, stricken 28 August 1946, and sold to a Baltimore scrapper 26 September 1947. The caption's identification of this hull at Inchon in 1950 is inconsistent with the documented disposition and is treated as a cataloging/hull-number error, not evidence of post-1947 U.S. Navy service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1950 (photo date) vs 1944-1947 (documented hull life)
- Limitations
- The record is real and correctly quoted; its vessel identification conflicts with DANFS/NavSource/SDB disposition data. Possible misread hull number or misapplied caption. This record does not establish that LST-745 existed in USN service in 1950. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-745-06
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[8]HyperWar/ibiblio DANFS transcription (lst745.html) vs live NHHC DANFS page, NavSource 160745.htm, and BuShips SDB 1945 Vol. II roster [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar transcription first paragraph vs NHHC live page first paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION (transcription defect): the HyperWar/ibiblio transcription of this ship's DANFS entry reads 'launched on 20 April 1944,' while the live NHHC DANFS page, the NavSource page, and the BuShips Ships' Data 1945 roster all read 29 April 1944. The 20 April reading is a transcription error in the HyperWar mirror; 29 April 1944 is adopted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Resolves a mirror-site transcription defect against the canonical live NHHC page and two independent sources. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-745-07
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[9]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (15 April 1945), LST design-characteristics table (printed pp. 168-169) - class/design-group data applied to LST-745 as a member of group LST542-931 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Vol. II LST design table pp. 168-169 (PDF pp. 185-186 in retrieved copy)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/design data (LST542-931 group, which includes this hull): BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. II design table - 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam, 2,366 t beaching / 3,960 t trial / 4,080 t limiting-draft displacement, 11.6 kt trial; machinery 2 x G.M. Diesel 12-567A, 1,700 shp, 2 propellers, Falk single main reduction gear, 3 diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V D.C. ship's service generators; accommodations 13 Navy officers/106 Navy enlisted plus 16 Army officers/131 Army enlisted troops. No boilers are listed for the diesel LST groups (steam-plant columns are populated only for the later turbine LST1153-1155). Asbestos-relevant inference for a diesel LST of this group: exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, brake linings.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (Dravo Neville Island); engine-room crew; embarked troops
- Limitations
- Design-group table, not a hull record: establishes the group's machinery and accommodation design, not what was installed aboard this specific hull. The asbestos-application list is era inference built on the documented diesel plant; the table itself names no asbestos. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-745-08
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[10]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373 (DOI resolves to Wiley Online Library)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era documentation: peer-reviewed historical study documents extensive use of asbestos as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II - the era and program under which this 1944-built hull was mass-produced - and documents wartime demand driving unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard wartime hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of WWII shipbuilding asbestos use; does not name this vessel or class and does not establish that asbestos was or remained aboard this hull, nor quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-745-09
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[11]U.S. General Accounting Office, HRD-80-2 (published 1979-10-18, released 1979-10-22) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page and highlights (product page verified live via Firecrawl; direct fetch returns HTTP 403 to scripted clients)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- GAO HRD-80-2 (October 1979) documents Navy-wide use of asbestos insulation in ships and Navy efforts to protect workers at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; records the Navy's 1975 policy (remove/replace only damaged or repair-disturbed insulation) and 1979 modification (selective replacement in high-maintenance areas). Program-level documentation of Navy asbestos practice; predates no part of this hull's service - it postdates her 1947 scrapping and is context for the era's shipboard-asbestos regime only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy window; hull life 1944-1947
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program context)
- Limitations
- Navy-program-level document published 32 years after this hull was sold for scrapping; fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk NSY, not her builder or berthing. Demonstrates era asbestos regime only; establishes nothing about this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-745-10
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[12]Batch-7278 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS, NavSource, BuShips SDB 1945 v2, NHHC PacFlt org 1945-05-01, NARA catalog (2 ship-specific records), GAO product page, Wikipedia (no article), secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-745-01 through sl-uss-lst-745-12
- 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 the LST-745 hull was found in the sources searched. Authoritative hull records (DANFS, NavSource, BuShips roster, NHHC fleet-organization list, NARA action report and photo records) contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement. CourtListener could not be searched this session (fleet-shared daily quota exhausted; see search_ledger sl-uss-lst-745-07) - litigation status is an open gap, not a negative result. A secondary-web sweep surfaced no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this 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 - a 1944-built LST-542-group hull is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation, gaskets, and deck coverings. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-745-11
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[13]Heinz History Center Detre Library (Dravo Corp. Records MSS 288; SNAC/WorldCat record id 50611831); NARA catalog series listings for RG 24 logbooks and RG 38 war diaries [other_primary]
- Locator
- SNAC/WorldCat collection record for MSS 288; NARA catalog series NAID 594258 and NAID 4697018
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): (a) Dravo Corporation Records 1900-1986, MSS 288, Detre Library & Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center (Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania), Pittsburgh - builder records for the Neville Island LST yard may hold hull-specific construction/outfitting documentation; related collections include the Frank E. Harper Papers (MSS 873) and the D.A. Booth Collection on Dravo Corporation (AIS.1972.09, U. Pittsburgh Archives). (b) NARA RG 24 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1983' (series NAID 594258) holds LST-745 deck logs for 1944-46 at College Park; no digitized LST-745 logbook file unit surfaced in catalog search this session. (c) Additional RG 38 war-diary file units for this hull (post-Leyte months) exist in the same microfilm run as the digitized Leyte report.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947 records
- Limitations
- Collection-level identification only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-745-12