Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 720-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-751-lst751-pkt-720-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-751 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, Leyte/Lingayen campaigns, occupation duty, decommissioning, strike, MARAD transfer (live NHHC page, fetched via Firecrawl; bare curl returns 404 - UA-gated) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-751 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: laid down 16 April 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp., Neville Island; launched 27 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. John W. Oahler; commissioned 26 June 1944, Lt. Robert E. Garris, USNR, in command. Asiatic-Pacific theater: Leyte landings November 1944 and Lingayen Gulf landing January 1945. Occupation duty in the Far East until mid-July 1946; decommissioned 21 August 1946; struck from the Navy list 15 October 1946; transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal 13 November 1947. 'LST-751 earned two battle stars for World War II service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (Dravo, Pittsburgh, 1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. Compressed entry: omits the June 1945 Brunei Bay (Borneo) operation that NavSource's campaign table and the ship's own action report (ev-07) document - the source of the two-vs-three battle-star conflict (see gaps). The November phrasing covers the credited Leyte operation window; her own action report also documents an October assault-phase sortie (ev-03).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-751-lst751-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-751 (10/16/160751.htm) - designation timeline, campaign table (3 campaigns incl. Brunei Bay June 1945), occupation windows, spec block, CO table, awards, 'fate unknown' disposal note, photo captions incl. two US Army Signal Corps/NARA images of the ship beached at Tacloban 22 October 1944 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160751.htm header block, campaign table, occupation table, specifications block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 16 April 1944 at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA; launched 27 May 1944; commissioned USS LST-751 26 June 1944, LTjg. Robert E. Garris, USNR, in command. Campaign table: Leyte landings 5-18 November 1944; Lingayen Gulf landing 4-18 January 1945; Borneo operation - Brunei Bay operation, June 1945. Navy Occupation service 23 September-25 October 1945 and 18 November 1945-25 July 1946. Decommissioned 21 August 1946; struck from the Naval Register 15 October 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 13 November 1947, 'fate unknown.' 'USS LST-751 earned three battle stars for World War II service.' Awards displayed: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3 stars), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation (Asia clasp), Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, Philippines Liberation Medal (2). Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt; 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk reduction gear, 2 shafts 1,700 shp, 3 x 100 kW DC generators; complement 13/104, troops 16/147; radio call sign NGFH. CO table: LTjg Garris 26 Jun 1944-Dec 1944; LTjg Edmund B. Martin Jr., USNR, Dec 1945-21 Aug 1946. Photo captions document her launch at Dravo Neville Island 27 May 1944 (Dravo Corp. photo), beached alongside USS LST-700 at 'White Beach,' Tacloban, Leyte, 22 October 1944 (SWPA Signal Corps photos SIGC-44-20005/-20007, SC 268009, US National Archives), alongside USS LST-696, and in dry dock with USS LST-623 (date/location unknown).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- USNR-heavy ship's company (~117) plus embarked troops per mission (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates cross-check cleanly against DANFS and the digitized action reports. Three conflicts carried to gaps: battle stars 3 (here) vs 2 (DANFS); Garris rank LTjg (here) vs Lt. (DANFS and his own signed reports); CO-table window ends Garris December 1944 although his signature appears on reports through February 1945 and secondary force lists name him at Brunei Bay in June 1945. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-751-lst751-02
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[4]NARA NAID 78650449, 'USS LST-751 - Rep of Landing Ops in the Invasion of Leyte Is, Philippines, 10/16-26/44' (ship's action report serial 07, 29 October 1944; RG 38 WWII War Diaries/Other Operational Records; micro serial 93074; 3 images; digitized) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78650449, images 0857-0859 of roll A_1230 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-03)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own Leyte invasion action report (all 3 pages OCR-read this session) documents the assault-phase sortie verbatim: underway 0530 on 16 October 1944 in convoy under the OTC in USS Callaway, cruising disposition X-1; two floating mines passed 20 yards to port in Surigao Strait 0030, 22 October; arrived Northern Transport Area off Leyte 0757, 22 October; after Red Beach was held up by shore-battery fire, 'Commander LST Flotilla EIGHT ordered all LSTs to beach on CATAISAN POINT and unload all cargo. At 1102, this vessel beached at CATAISAN POINT and at 1420 commenced unloading cargo'; retracted 1830; underway for Hollandia 1603 on 23 October under Commander LST Group TWENTY-THREE, escorted by USS PC-598, USS PC-1129, and USS Carson City (PF-50). At 2335 on 23 October USS LST-695, 600 yards off her port quarter, 'was observed to have been hit aft by a mine, or by a torpedo' - the sinking ship signaled 'we are sinking; have been torpedoed' and LST-170, LST-986, and PC-598 were detached to assist; a further floating mine was sunk by Carson City gunfire 26 October. 'This vessel had no opportunity to fire.' Routed via CTG 78.6, CTF 78, Commander Seventh Fleet; copy to ComLSTGr3, Flot15.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-10-16 to 1944-10-29
- Population
- Ship's company (~117) plus embarked troops/equipment unloaded at Cataisan Point (October 1944)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; OCR extraction of this report is clean and was verified against the displayed page images. Documents the October assault-phase sortie that DANFS compresses into 'Leyte landings November 1944' - both are accurate (the NavSource campaign window 5-18 November is the credit window; her AA reports place her back in Leyte Gulf inside it, ev-04). No asbestos or material content. The report does not name her anchorage island legibly in this scan.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-751-lst751-03
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[5]NARA NAIDs 78689499, 139797436, 139881941 - 'USS LST-751' Special Anti-Aircraft Action Reports for 12 November 1944 (Leyte Gulf), 28 December 1944-1 January 1945 (Mindoro echelon), and 12 January 1945 (off Luzon) (RG 38; micro serials 95904/012, 101655/025, 107937/029; 5+13+3 images; all digitized and OCR-read) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78689499 images 0010-0014 (roll A_1269); NAID 139797436 images 0213-0225 (roll A1336); NAID 139881941 images 0330-0332 (roll A1417)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Nine ship-produced AA action reports (all 21 images OCR-read this session) document the hull's air-defense engagements: (a) Leyte Gulf, 12 November 1944, two actions - at 1415 against five or six fighters and dive-bombers making a dive-bombing attack, fifteen guns firing (7 x 40mm, 8 x 20mm), expending '303 rounds of 40mm ammo., 441 rounds of 20mm ammo.' (verified against the displayed page image); at 1815 against one dive-bombing fighter, ~290 rounds 40mm; no hits on ship, no near-miss casualties, no planes confirmed destroyed; (b) 28 December 1944-1 January 1945, six actions during 'an Echelon movement to MINDORO ISLAND' - positions recorded off southwestern Negros, off Panay Island, on and off White Beach Mindoro, and off Bohol, against single planes including a ZEKE over the beach; expenditures including 647 rds 20mm + 120 rds 40mm and 156 rds 40mm + 171 rds 20mm in two of the actions; (c) off Luzon Island, 12 January 1945, against approximately four OSCARs - the form claims one plane shot down 'sure,' consistent with the narrative report's 'receiving many hits from this vessel' before the plane crashed SS Kyle B. Johnson astern (ev-05). All signed by Commanding Officer R.E. Garris (the Leyte forms explicitly 'Lt., USNR'). Distribution copies to Com7thFlt, Com7thPhibFor, ComLSTFlot15, ComLSTGr3.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-11-12 to 1945-01-22
- Population
- Ship's company under air attack; embarked troops in the Mindoro echelon (November 1944-January 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced records; forms are filled from ship's log and officers' recollection per the report's own instructions. Ammunition figures in several fields are hand-entered and OCR-uncertain in detail (the Leyte figures were image-verified); combat claims are the ship's own reporting, not adjudicated results. The 28 December-1 January package places her inside the Mindoro resupply echelon that suffered heavily - the reports record no hits on this hull. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-751-lst751-04
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[6]NARA NAID 139888385, 'USS LST-751 - Rep of ops In resupply echelon to Lingayen Gulf, Luzon Is, Philippines, 1/12-18/45' (ship's action report serial 027, 21 January 1945; RG 38; micro serial 108680; 3 images; digitized) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139888385, images 0374-0376 of roll A1425 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-03)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Lingayen echelon-G3 action report (all 3 pages OCR-read; signed R.E. Garris) documents: rendezvous with Task Group 78.9 from Leyte Gulf 9 January 1945 for the Lingayen reinforcement lift; kamikaze attacks 12 January - a suicide plane crashed an AK amidships at 1255, and in the evening wave 'a single engine plane dove out of the clouds... and attempted a suicide dive on the same AK' while other OSCARs dove toward SS Kyle B. Johnson, 350 yards astern; 'the other continued with his suicide dive and was observed to be receiving many hits from this vessel' before crashing into the merchantman's side - LST-751 fell out of formation at 1851 and stood by Kyle B. Johnson until her fire and damage were under control at 1918. Arrived Area George, Lingayen Gulf, 13 January; held four days ('all LINGAYEN beaches were congested') then beached on CRIMSON Beach at 1555 on 17 January: 'There was a heavy surf encountered on this beach and the water was very shallow. It is believed that damage was done to the starboard screw and possibly the shaft as a result of this beaching. If, upon our return to LEYTE, the divers report so indicate this belief, a separate report on damage done will be submitted.' Unloaded Company B, 863rd Engineers, and Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 263rd Medical Battalion, on 18 January; ammunition expended for the echelon: 387 rounds 40mm and 765 rounds 20mm. 'This vessel suffered no damage as a result of enemy action... no personnel casualties.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-01-09 to 1945-01-21
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked Company B 863rd Engineers and 263rd Medical Battalion HQ detachments (January 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; clean OCR verified against displayed images. The beaching-damage belief is the ship's own report - the promised divers'-inspection follow-up was not located, so whether damage was confirmed and where/how it was repaired is undocumented. This is a documented underwater-damage event (propulsion plant, not structure); it is not an asbestos record. Contains no material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-751-lst751-05
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[7]NARA NAID 139929936, 'USS LST-751 - Rep of ops in 2nd resupply echelon to Lingayen Gulf, Luzon Is, Philippines, 2/11-19/45' (ship's action report serial ~034, 21 February 1945; RG 38; micro serial 112291; 3 images; digitized) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139929936, images 0583-0585 of roll A1472 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-03)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The second-resupply action report (all 3 pages OCR-read; signed R.E. Garris) documents: rendezvous with Task Unit 78.7.4 from Leyte Gulf 28 January 1945, 'with Commander LST Group FORTY-THREE aboard this vessel as Officer-in-Tactical Command' of Section Four, which detached to Biak, New Guinea - beached at the LST jetties 3 February to load the 198th Quartermaster Truck Company, then rejoined the convoy 9 February. At 0910 on 11 February 'USS LST 577 was observed to be hit by a torpedo fired from an enemy submarine. The ship was blown in two at frame #28, and the after part sank immediately. The forward half remained afloat.' LST-751 requested salvage permission; a boarding party led by Lieut.(jg) B. Worton, USNR, Ensign R.A. Carlson, USNR, and Scheer, F.W., CBM, USN, boarded the hulk at 1148, surveyed compartments (starboard list ~25 degrees; several compartments flooded, several dry), rigged a towing bridle using the stern anchor cable to the hulk's founder plate, and took the tow at 1230; the tow was lost at 1335 when the port bridle leg parted. On orders, towing ceased and 'USS ISHERWOOD (DD520)' sank the hulk; photographs of the hulk were forwarded as enclosure (A). Arrived Leyte Gulf 13 February, sailed for Lingayen that afternoon, beached on White Beach 19 February at 1500, discharged, anchored berth B-01. No ammunition expended; 'the only known damage suffered by this unit was the lose of the USS LST 577'; no personnel casualties.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-01-28 to 1945-02-21
- Population
- Ship's company incl. the LST-577 hulk boarding party (Lt.(jg) Worton, Ens. Carlson, CBM Scheer); embarked 198th Quartermaster Truck Co. (February 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; clean OCR verified against displayed images. Documents a boarding-and-salvage evolution aboard a battle-damaged sister-hull hulk - personnel exposure context (confined compartment survey) but not an exposure or material record. No asbestos or material content. Enclosure (A) photographs not included in this digitized unit.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-751-lst751-06
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[8]NARA NAID 77506149, 'USS LST-751 - Report of operations in the assault landings the Brunei Bay Area, Borneo, 6/10-12/45' (ship's action report serial 059, 13 June 1945; RG 38; micro serial 143236; 4 images; digitized) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77506149, images 0422-0425 of roll A_1888 (downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-03)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Brunei Bay action report (all 4 pages OCR-read) documents the hull's third campaign: assigned to the WHITE Assault Unit (Task Unit 78.1.18) 'to transport elements of the 9th Australian Division to participate in the landings on MUARA Island in the BRUNEI BAY Area' - to establish an advance fleet base and protect North Borneo oil and rubber resources. Loaded petrol and engineer construction framework at Blue Beach, Morotai, 15 May 1945; embarked 26 officers and 376 enlisted of the 9th Australian Division plus 2 officers and 39 enlisted of the 727th Amphibious Tractor Battalion 30 May; departed Morotai 4 June. 'Commander LST Group FORTYTHREE, aboard this vessel, took charge of the WHITE Assault Unit' on arrival at Point Pork, Brunei Bay, 0430 on 10 June; anchored off Muara Island 0721; on 'Land The Landing Force' at 0805 'this vessel carried the Third Wave and provided and manned Guide Boats to guide that wave in to WHITE Beach'; discharged bulk cargo to barge, then beached on Red Beach 0419 on 11 June, discharged all vehicles and cargo, re-beached for remaining bulk cargo; sailed for Morotai 1600 on 12 June, OTC aboard USS LST-574. 'This vessel landed 23 Army Troop officers and 415 enlisted men'; 2 officers and 39 enlisted of the 727th ATB returned aboard. 'This vessel suffered no personnel casualties.' Routed via Commander LST Flotilla FIFTEEN (CTU 78.1.18), Commander Amphibious Group SIX (CTG 78.1), Commander Seventh Amphibious Force (CTF 78), Commander Seventh Fleet.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-05-15 to 1945-06-13
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked 9th Australian Division troops (26 off/376 enl) and 727th ATB (2/39) (May-June 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; clean OCR. This report corroborates the third (Brunei Bay) campaign in NavSource's table that DANFS omits - the source of the two-vs-three battle-star discrepancy (see gaps). Confirms Commander LST Group 43 rode this hull as OTC for this operation - explaining the parent-unit COM LST GR 43 diary coverage in catalog results. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-751-lst751-07
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[9]National WWII Museum, 'An Interview with WWII Veteran Steve Ellis' (Season 4 Episode 2, Veteran Voices podcast, April 2020; interviewer Dr. Tyler Bamford, Leventhal Research Fellow) [museum_official]
- Locator
- National WWII Museum Veteran Voices podcast page, Season 4 Episode 2 (page fetched live 2026-10-03)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Museum-held first-person veteran account for this hull: Steve Ellis served in the US Navy 1944-46 aboard LST-751; per the museum's page 'he took part in the campaigns to liberate the Philippines and survived Japanese Kamikaze attacks.' The interview recounts his gunnery training at Camp Bradford (Little Creek, Chesapeake Bay) and joining a ~120-man crew at Pittsburgh 'where they were building the LST-751' - a plankowner's account consistent with the ship's documented kamikaze engagements of 12 January 1945 (ev-04, ev-05).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (interview recorded 2020)
- Population
- Ship's company (1944-46); ~120-man wartime crew per veteran account
- Limitations
- Archival lead / context: a first-person oral history, not an official record - recollections are uncorroborated detail. Confirms crew population and combat experience aboard this hull; contains no asbestos or material content and is not an exposure record. Full audio on YouTube via the museum page; transcript excerpts reviewed this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-751-lst751-08
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[10]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan); NavSource LST-751 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; NavSource 160751.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, 900 hp each, 1,700 shp total, single 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, deck coverings. The hull's own records add two material-disturbance contexts: the documented suspected starboard-screw/shaft damage from the 17 January 1945 heavy-surf Crimson Beach beaching (ev-05; repair scope untraced) and the February 1945 boarding/salvage evolution inside the battle-damaged forward hulk of USS LST-577 (ev-06) - events inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era (GAO HRD-80-2).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Dravo construction trades (1944); ship's company/embarked troops (1944-46); repair personnel wherever the screw/shaft damage was addressed; boarding/salvage party aboard LST-577 hulk (February 1945); post-disposal shipbreakers (untraced)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or repair work package was located for LST-751. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution. The damage and salvage events establish disturbance/repair-relevant contexts, not material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-751-lst751-09
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[11]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 construction (1944), her Pacific campaigns and occupation service, and her 1947 MARAD disposal.
- 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-751-lst751-10
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[12]NARA catalog, 'LST-751' (199 file units) and 'USS LST-751' (55 file units) result sets - ship-titled coverage is seven file units (four narrative action reports + three special AA-report units); parent-unit COM LST GR 43 war-diaries run; MARAD vessel-status card lead; deck-log lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov 'LST-751' (199 hits) and 'USS LST-751' (55 hits) result sets; COM LST GR 43 diary file units; vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov (JS-gated)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary archive coverage for this hull is digitized but nonstandard: no ship-titled monthly war diary was surfaced - the ship-produced corpus is seven file units: four narrative action reports (Leyte invasion, two Lingayen resupply reports, Brunei Bay assault) and three special AA-report units holding nine AA forms (Leyte Gulf, Mindoro echelon, off Luzon) - 34 pages, all OCR-read. Unit-level coverage bridges the gap: COM LST GR 43 war diaries run September 1944 through November 1945 (NAIDs incl. 633381363, 139807429, 139855355, 139901854, 139958818, 139995280, 140065009, 101733141, 101766438, 77489158, 140087908) and COM LST FLOT 15 / COMTASKGROUP 78.1 / TU 78.1.43 hold parallel Brunei-Bay reports (NAIDs 101716080, 140071370, 77514623). The action report itself promises an unfollowed document: a 'separate report on damage done' pending divers' findings on the suspected 17 January 1945 screw/shaft damage (ev-05). The MARAD Vessel History Database (vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov) may hold a 1947 vessel-status card resolving her 'fate unknown' disposal - its search is JS-gated and was not retrievable this session.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's company (1944-46); researchers
- Limitations
- Archival-lead row: parent-unit diaries and the damage follow-up report were surfaced but not read in full; WWII deck logs proper for this hull were not located in the digitized program checked; the MARAD status-card lead is unverified. No asbestos content in the catalog metadata or the 34 read pages.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-751-lst751-11
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[13]Batch-7285 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NavSource; NARA catalog + seven ship-titled file units read in full (34 pp OCR); National WWII Museum veteran interview; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO product page; CourtListener API (blocked); NVR; NIOSH HHE search; MARAD Vessel History Database; uboat.net; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-751-lst751-01 through -17
- 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-751 (LST-751) was found in the public sources searched. The word 'asbestos' does not appear in any of the 34 OCR'd pages of her own digitized action reports. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated helper reported the fleet-shared daily quota exhausted (server-requested stand-down ~11.7 h) and per fleet rule no retry was attempted; logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no ship-specific asbestos claim - the only 'LST-751' asbestos-adjacent hits are name collisions (DD-751 USS J. William Ditter; 40 CFR Part 751) and generic law-firm ship-list pages, all excluded by source policy.
- 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 and a documented beaching-damage event sit squarely inside the Navy's asbestos-use era. The litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (throttled, not run). Deck logs, the divers' damage follow-up report, and any disposal/breaker records are undigitized or unretrieved leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-751-lst751-12