Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
-
[1]research packet 719-packet.md (2 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (sourcing note
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-746-lst746-pkt-719-packet-md
-
[2]DANFS, LST-746 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, five Asiatic-Pacific campaigns, occupation duty, decommissioning, strike, 1948 sale (live NHHC page verified HTTP 200; bare curl is UA-gated - fetched with browser UA 2026-10-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-746 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: laid down 26 March 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp., Neville Island; launched 6 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. J. H. Jacobson; commissioned 3 June 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater: Leyte landings (October and November 1944), Mindoro landings (December 1944), Lingayen Gulf landing (January 1945), Zambales-Subic Bay (January 1945), Mindanao Island landings (April 1945). Occupation duty in the Far East until mid-December 1945; returned to the United States; decommissioned 1 May 1946; struck from the Navy list 3 July 1946; sold 4 March 1948 to Port Houston Iron Works, Inc., of Houston, Tex., 'for non-self-propelled operation.' Four 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 (Neville Island, 1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. Decommissioning location not stated; the buyer's 'non-self-propelled operation' language indicates barge conversion rather than scrapping, and the hull's subsequent fate is not documented here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-746-lst746-01
-
[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-746 (10/16/160746.htm, last updated 10 April 2015) - campaign table, occupation-service periods, spec block, commanding-officer list, awards, Leyte beaching photograph (live page verified HTTP 200) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160746.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, CO table, photo caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 26 March 1944 at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA; launched 6 May 1944; commissioned USS LST-746 3 June 1944, LT. D. S. Chase USNR in command. Campaign table: Leyte landings 18 October-29 November 1944; Mindoro landings 12-18 December 1944; Lingayen Gulf landings 4-17 January 1945; Zambales-Subic Bay 29-30 January 1945; Mindanao Islands landings 11-23 April 1945. Navy Occupation service 24 September-12 October 1945 and 15-23 December 1945. Decommissioned 1 May 1946; struck from the Naval Register 3 July 1946; sold 4 March 1948 to Port Houston Iron Works, Inc., Houston, TX, for non-self-propelled operation. Four battle stars; awards include the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation and Philippine Liberation Medal (2). CO list: LT D. S. Chase USNR (3 Jun 1944-Dec 1945); LT Donald W. Schorr USNR (Dec 1945-1 May 1946). Radio call sign NGET. Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 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, 3 x 100 kW 230V DC generators, 2 propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP. A donated photograph (Paul Webber / Lou Hall collection, 124th Infantry Regiment, 31st Infantry Division) shows LST-990, LST-704, and LST-746 beached at Leyte, date unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's company (~117) plus embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates cross-check cleanly against DANFS and the ship's own NARA action reports. Contains no asbestos content. The Leyte beaching photo is a private-collection donation, not an official photograph.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-746-lst746-02
-
[4]NARA, RG 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' (microfilm roll A1356, Fold3 scans; all pages downloaded and OCR-read this session): six ship-produced file units - NAID 139816996 (Serial 114, AA actions off Mindoro 12/15/44, 11 pp.); NAID 139797425 (Serial 116, AA action off Mindoro 12/15/44, 10 pp., incl. 119th FA Group confirmation endorsement 1/11/45); NAID 139816989 (Serial 97, AA action San Pedro Bay 11/23/44, 6 pp.); NAID 139881930 (Serial 98, AA action San Pedro Bay 11/24/44, 10 pp.); NAID 139866767 (Serial 142, AA action off west coast of Luzon 1/8/45, 6 pp.); NAID 633400640 (Serial 0169, San Antonio Region Zambales assault landing 1/29-30/45, report dated 4 Feb 1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov NAIDs 139816996, 139797425, 139816989, 139881930, 139866767, 633400640 - images read at medialz/microfilm-publications URLs (downloaded 2026-10-03)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary ship-produced records document this hull's combat service verbatim. 23 Nov 1944, anchored San Pedro Bay, Leyte (Operational Plan 16A-44): fired on a low-wing single-engine enemy plane at 1902; no damage, no casualties. 24 Nov 1944, same anchorage: twin-engine enemy bombers sighted 0743, one passed directly overhead ~0800; fired; no damage, no casualties. 15 Dec 1944 (Serial 114): underway 3 miles off White Beach, Mindoro, under Commander LST Flotilla 16 Movement Order 8-44, with LST-472, LST-619, LST-738, LST-703 in company; an estimated dozen enemy fighters attacked ~0858-0905 - a Tony engaged by this vessel dove at LST-738 which became ablaze; LST-472 was crashed by another fighter and set afire; LST-746 backed full to avoid LST-472 and downed a Zeke that strafed her port side, crashing ~100 yards off. Damage to this hull: shrapnel dents in starboard booby hatch and port side forward, parted port mast support cable, bullet holes in stanchion and canvas of conn. Wounded: S1c James Daniel Harlin, USNR (flesh wound, lower left rib, shrapnel, first plane's attack) and S1c Donald Jude Kratz, USNR (shrapnel fragment imbedded in upper left arm, second plane's attack). Firing personnel included ship's company plus two embarked 40 mm crews of the 202nd AAA Battalion, U.S. Army. Ammunition: 20 mm HEI 1106, 20 mm HET 553, 40 mm 165. 15 Dec 1944 afternoon (Serial 116): beached on White Beach unloading among LSTs 1018, 613, 911, 741, 919, 703; a Tony dropped a bomb between LST-919 and LST-703 at ~1542-44; fired; no damage, no casualties. 8 Jan 1945 (Serial 142): LST convoy position 12, Task Group 78.5, Attack Order 2-44, approx. 15 deg 15 min N / 119 deg 10 min E during the Lingayen approach; a Tony over LST-744 dropped a bomb harmlessly between this vessel and LST-912; a second fighter crash-dived a cargo vessel; no attack made on this vessel; no damage, no casualties. 22 Jan-3 Feb 1945 (Serial 0169): loaded 405 officers and men of HQ & HQ Company XI Corps, 508th AAA Group, and 98th Signal Battalion plus 106 Army vehicles and 64 tons bulk cargo at Catmon Hill Beach, Leyte; beached White Beach, San Antonio Region, Zambales, Luzon 1429-2135 on 29 Jan; retracted and anchored near USS Mount McKinley; returned to Leyte 3 Feb; report records 'Two (2) casualties were received at the assault beach-head. This vessel suffered no casualties.' All reports signed by Commanding Officer D. S. Chase.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-11-23 to 1945-02-03
- Population
- Ship's company (~117); embarked 202nd AAA Battalion 40mm crews and XI Corps/508th AAA/98th Signal troops (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Operational combat records, not material records: they establish presence, actions, minor battle damage, and two named wounded personnel on 15 Dec 1944 - they do not name asbestos, itemize materials, or record repair work performed. The minor-damage findings imply wartime repair but no work order was located. OCR extraction was verified against the page images for every load-bearing quote; the 'casualties received at the assault beach-head' line refers to the beachhead force, not the ship, per the report's own contrastive wording. Letterhead 'c/o Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif.' is standard wartime mail routing, not evidence of a San Francisco availability.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-746-lst746-03
-
[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan, verified live HTTP 200 2026-10-03); NavSource LST-746 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; NavSource 160746.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 valve packing, accommodation thermal insulation, and deck coverings - and the hull's documented 15 Dec 1944 shrapnel damage (ev-03) implies repair work aboard inside the Navy's asbestos-use era, though no repair record was located.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Dravo construction trades (Neville Island, 1944); ship's company/embarked troops and Army gun crews (1944-46); any wartime repair personnel post-15 Dec 1944 (undocumented); 1948 buyer's yard workers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or repair work package was located for LST-746. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-746-lst746-04
-
[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
- 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 returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, reconfirmed 2026-10-03) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-746-lst746-05
-
[7]NARA catalog: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel) file units 'LST 746' (NAID 124042508, World War II Casualty Reports series naId 651298 - 19 items incl. photographic prints, paper, College Park) and 'USS LST-746' (NAID 472241636, Casualty Information Reports series naId 803937 - 58 items, paper, College Park); RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) Central Correspondence file '901-18696 LST 221-464-571-744-746-1139' (NAID 3461366, paper); COM LST FLOT 16 War Diary 12/1-31/44 (NAID 139863343, digitized - the parent flotilla whose Movement Order 8-44 this hull's 15 Dec report cites); COMTASK-UNIT 78.3.43 assault-landing report, southern Zambales Province (NAID 140027007 - the unit her San Antonio report was routed through); NARA Special List 44 deck-log index (LST-746: 3 June 1944 - 30 June 1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov NAIDs 124042508, 472241636, 3461366, 139863343, 140027007; https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/logbooks/sl-44-ship-number.pdf (LST-746 row)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Indexed NARA holdings establish that further ship-produced records exist but were not reviewed: two BuPers casualty-report file units for this hull (consistent with the two wounded personnel documented in the 15 Dec 1944 action report), a Maritime Commission correspondence file covering this hull among five LSTs, parent-unit war diaries for the formations she reported through, and deck logs spanning 3 June 1944 - 30 June 1945 per Special List 44. No ship-titled war diary was located in the WWII War Diaries series - the six action reports are the only ship-titled file units in that series.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (record coverage)
- Population
- Ship's company incl. casualties of 15 Dec 1944 (Harlin, Kratz); embarked units
- Limitations
- Archival leads only: index-level identification, not review of contents. The two casualty-report file units (NAIDs 124042508 and 472241636) are paper-only at College Park; whether they cover the 15 Dec 1944 wounded, later personnel events, or other subjects is undetermined. No asbestos content is expected or claimed from these titles. Deck logs per SL-44 are indexed, not digitized.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-746-lst746-06
-
[8]Batch-7279 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NavSource; NARA catalog (6 action-report units read in full via downloaded scans + OCR; casualty/MC/parent-unit units indexed); Special List 44; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO product page; CourtListener helper (blocked); NVR; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-746-lst746-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or verified litigation naming USS LST-746 was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated fleet helper reported the daily quota exhausted (~11.8 h to reset); logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no law-firm listicle 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 - construction at a wartime inland yard, five Pacific assault campaigns, and documented 15 Dec 1944 battle damage sit squarely inside the Navy's asbestos-use era. The litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (quota-blocked, not run). Undigitized casualty reports, deck logs, the MC correspondence file, and any repair work orders are open archival leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-746-lst746-07
-
[9]Cook County Veterans Affairs newsletter (Illinois), February 2022 issue - member obituary item (verified live HTTP 200) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ILCOOK/bulletins/30bcafd, obituary item for Alfred Arroyo
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A county-government veterans publication records that Navy hospital corpsman Alfred Arroyo 'served on surgical team #13 aboard the U.S. Naval Ship USS LST 746' (his Navy service ran November 1942 - January 1946). Documents that the hull carried an embarked surgical team at some point during his service - consistent with LST assault-ship medical staffing - and names one identified crew/embarked individual.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (hull's service window)
- Population
- Alfred Arroyo, USN hospital corpsman, surgical team #13 (dates aboard unstated within Nov 1942-Jan 1946)
- Limitations
- Vessel-history texture only; not an exposure record and not a casualty record. The newsletter does not date his time aboard within his 1942-46 service, and 'surgical team #13' is an embarked-unit reference, not evidence of a hospital conversion (LST-746 was never redesignated LST(H)). This record makes no exposure claim for Arroyo or any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-746-lst746-08