Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 724-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-779-lst779-pkt-724-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-779 (entry by Christopher B. Havern Sr., dated 12 July 2016, published 10 February 2020) - construction at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh PA; sponsor; New Orleans commissioning; minute-by-minute Iwo Jima and Okinawa operational narrative; the Mount Suribachi flag procurement; the USS Indianapolis encounter; occupation duty; decommissioning, striking, 1947 commercial sale, and 1951 re-offer; commanding-officer table (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-03 via Firecrawl; identical text mirrored at ibiblio HyperWar) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative, LST-779 entry, incl. captioned NHHC/NARA photography
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'laid down on 21 May 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pa. by the Dravo Corp; launched on 1 July 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Andrew Vavrek; and commissioned at New Orleans, La. on 3 August 1944, Lt. (j.g.) Joseph A. Hopkins, USNR, in command.' Asiatic-Pacific service: Iwo Jima assault and occupation 19-28 February 1945 (beached Red Beach 1 and Green Beach 1; took mortar-fragment hull damage 21 February); Okinawa Gunto 17-21 April 1945 (Kinmu Wan, 20th Naval Construction Battalion lift). On 23 February 1945, 2nd Lt. Albert T. Tuttle boarded the beached ship and obtained the larger ensign raised on Mount Suribachi - the flag in the iconic Rosenthal photograph and Genaust film. On 29 July 1945, conducting antiaircraft exercises on Convoy Route Peddie, she was 'likely the last American ship to encounter Indianapolis before her loss.' Occupation duty included the initial Wakayama landings 25 September 1945 and lifts to Sasebo/Nagasaki. Decommissioned 18 May 1946; stricken 19 July 1946; sold 5 December 1947 to Bosey in the Philippines; offered back to the Navy by T.Y. Fong 2 May 1951 and declined 18 May 1951. Two battle stars. COs: Lt.(j.g.) Joseph A. Hopkins USNR (3 Aug 1944-2 Nov 1945), Lt. James W. Schout USNR (2 Nov 1945-15 Feb 1946), Lt.(j.g.) Arthur E. Higgins (15 Feb-18 May 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1951
- Population
- Dravo Pittsburgh construction trades (1944); USN/USNR ship's company (1944-46); embarked troops (2nd 155mm Howitzer Bn USMC, 473rd Amphibian Truck Co., 20th NCB, occupation lifts)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS CO transition dates differ slightly from NavSource's (Nov/Feb boundaries) - see gaps. Per the NHHC historian's own account (USNI, ev-07), this hull had no DANFS entry until 2016-2017 research produced one - published February 2020 - so earlier references omitting the ship are explained. The 'Bosey' buyer is named only as a place/party in the Philippines; identity and subsequent registry not established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-779-lst779-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-779 (10/16/160779.htm, last updated 26 August 2022) - designation, unit assignments, specifications, campaign and occupation tables, award ribbons, commanding-officer list, captioned photography (live page, verified 2026-10-03 via Firecrawl) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160779.htm header block, awards/campaign/occupation tables, specifications block, photo captions, commanding-officer list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource header identifies this hull as an LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship; call sign NGUY. Unit assignment: LST Flotilla Six (CAPT. J. Laidlaw USN), LST Group Eighteen (CDR. P. Neikum Jr. USN-Ret.), LST Division Thirty-Six. Campaign table: Iwo Jima operation, assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19-28 February 1945; Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 17-21 April 1945. Navy Occupation Service periods 20 September-October 1945, 22 October-30 November 1945, 1 January-8 April 1946; China Service Medal (extended) 1 January-8 April 1946. Awards include a retroactive Combat Action Ribbon for Iwo Jima, February 1945. Specifications: displacement 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft o.a.; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; endurance 24,000 mi at 9 kt; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers + 147 enlisted; two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders, three 100-kW diesel-driven ship-service generators; 2 LCVP. CO table: Hopkins (3 Aug 1944-Dec 1945), Schout (Dec 1945-14 Feb 1946), Higgins (14 Feb-18 May 1946). Photo captions document the side launch at Dravo Pittsburgh (BuShips 19-N-67843), the ship at anchor off Iwo Jima 19 February 1945 (428-NPC-15841), unloading at Iwo 26 February (80-G-317961), and her position in the Suribachi beach lineups (S-193-A2; NH 65314).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Dravo Pittsburgh construction trades (1944); USN/USNR ship's company (1944-46); embarked troops
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates track DANFS but the spec block is unattributed and armament figures are the class's 'ultimate armament design,' not an outfit record for this hull. CO transition dates differ slightly from DANFS (see gaps). The 'Final Disposition, sold ... to Bosey, Philippines, fate unknown' wording tracks DANFS but NavSource omits the 1951 T.Y. Fong re-offer. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-779-lst779-02
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[4]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' - wartime administrative-organization tabulation (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC online reading room, Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, LST GROUP 18 / LST DIVISION 36 table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Pacific Fleet organization list for 1 May 1945 places 'LST 779' in LST GROUP 18 under Comdr. P. Neikum, Jr. (USN-Ret.), within LST DIVISION 36 alongside LSTs 70, 78, 84, 122, and 713, with her commanding officer listed as 'Lt. J. A. Hopkins (USNR)' - corroborating NavSource's unit assignment (Flotilla 6 / Group 18 / Division 36) and DANFS's CO attribution with a contemporaneous administrative document.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- LST Group 18 / Division 36 staffs and unit crews (1945)
- Limitations
- Administrative unit listing only - establishes the formation assignment and CO on 1 May 1945, not materials, manning detail, or operations. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-779-lst779-03
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[5]NHHC, 'USS LST-779 Deck Logs, 27 July to 1 August 1945' - Navy-hosted transcription of the ship's actual deck-log remarks sheets (RG 24/470/38/14/01, NARA II) with a scan of the original log ('Copy of Original' PDF); and NHHC, 'Final Contact: USS Indianapolis (CA-35) passes USS LST-779 29 July 1945' - NHHC historical analysis reconstructing the encounter from those same logs (both pages verified live 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC 'LST-779 Deck Log' page (transcription + LST 779 Deck Log-2.pdf) and NHHC 'Final Contact' page, incl. Underwater Archaeology Branch track chart
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-titled primary documentation hosted by NHHC: the July/August 1945 deck log's cover page states 'LOG BOOK OF THE U.S.S. LST #779 ... COMMANDED BY Lieutenant Joseph A. Hopkins, U.S.N.R. Attached To: 36th Division, 18th Group Squadron, 6th Flotilla, U.S. Pacific Fleet' - independently confirming the NavSource unit assignment. Transcribed entries document her 27 July 1945 departure from Port Apra, Guam for Samar (with Ens. Scarpa and 21 men of the 70th NCB embarked to man four pontoon barges) and the 29 July firing-exercise entries: '1312 Held General Quarters to conduct firing excersises,' course changes north to 350 deg T, '1353 Secured from firing exercises,' resuming course 261 deg T. The NHHC 'Final Contact' analysis - by the historian who identified the hull via Seaman 1c Francis G. Murdick's service record and read the logs at NARA II - establishes these maneuvers as the corroboration that LST-779 was the unnamed LST Capt. McVay remembered passing about midday on 29 July 1945, ~12 hours before I-58 torpedoed Indianapolis; the identification contributed to the revised search box behind the 2017 wreck discovery. LST-779's noon position 29 July was 12 deg 22'N, 137 deg 23'E, and on the morning of 30 July she passed ~10 miles north of where the survivors were in the water.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-07-27 to 1945-08-01 (digitized span); identification work 2015-2017
- Population
- USN/USNR ship's company; embarked 70th NCB detachment (July-August 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary-document transcription hosted by the Navy itself; the Indianapolis-identification analysis is NHHC's own historical finding (the log itself does not record the encounter - only the maneuvers that corroborate McVay's account). Deck logs are operational records; no asbestos content. The February 1945 log containing the 23 February flag entry is not among the digitized pages - it is cited by the NHHC historian from RG 24 at NARA II (see ev-07).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-779-lst779-04
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[6]NARA catalog search 'LST-779': 122 digitized file units (fuzzy) including FIVE ship-titled records - three USS LST-779 war diaries (NAID 101736160 covering 4/6-27/45; NAID 77532704 covering 9/1-30/45; NAID 77592078 covering 10/1-31/45), the ship's Iwo Jima action report (NAID 140060734, 'Report of operations in the invasion of Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, 2/19-28/45'), and her Okinawa Seabees landing report (NAID 633424246, 'Rep of ops in the landing of the equipment & personnel of the 20th US Navy SeaBees on Okinawa Jima, Ryukyus 4/6-27/45') [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov search 'LST-779' (122 results; ship-titled units listed) and 'USS LST-779' (36 results); NAID 140060734 digitized title page (IIIF image 0641)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized ship-titled operational records exist for this hull: the CO's own 8-page Iwo Jima action report (NAID 140060734 - its digitized title page was opened and verified this session: 'U.S.S. LST #779, Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California, 17 March 1945, CONFIDENTIAL ... Subject: Action Report, Invasion of Iwo Jima, 19-28 February 1945 - forwarding of,' signed J. A. Hopkins, serial LST779/A9 Serial 02), three monthly war-diary file units, and the Okinawa Seabees-landing report. These are the primary operational records behind the DANFS narrative (the USNI account confirms the NHHC author used her war diaries to write it). The narrower 'USS LST-779' query returns 36 fuzzy units - the same ship-titled files plus other units' records and the RG 24 muster-roll index range covering this hull (NAID 118967604, 'USS LSM-144 to USS LST-1005').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- USN/USNR ship's company (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Archival leads: catalog metadata and file-unit titles verified; the Iwo Jima report's digitized title page was read (ship and subject confirmed); interior pages of the diaries were not individually read this session. War-diary coverage is incomplete for 1945 (the NHHC author notes months missing from the NARA files). No ship-level digitized deck log or muster roll located - the February 1945 deck log containing the flag-supply entry exists at NARA II (RG 24, Entry 118) but is not digitized; July/August 1945 logs are transcribed on the NHHC page (ev-04). No asbestos content expected in operational records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-779-lst779-05
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[7]Marine Corps University Press, Always Faithful (museum catalog), Chapter 26 'A Flag's Journey - From Mount Suribachi to the National Museum of the Marine Corps,' by Chief Curator Owen Linlithgow Conner (live page, verified 2026-10-03) [museum_official]
- Locator
- MCUP Always Faithful ch. 26, 'A Flag's Journey' section + endnotes 10-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- USMC-published curatorial documentation of the ship's most famous association: 'The flag obtained by Tuttle was provided by U.S. Navy Reserve lieutenant (junior grade) Alan S. Wood, communications officer for the landing ship tank USS LST 779. Wood had rescued the flag from a salvage depot at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, before his ship deployed. An official U.S. Navy Size 7 Ensign, the flag originally measured 106 by 56.5 inches.' Per Wood it was the largest aboard and 'was flown almost exclusively on Sundays as the ship crossed the Pacific.' The flag is catalog artifact 1974.2765.1; 'the two most famous flags flown over Iwo Jima currently reside at the National Museum of the Marine Corps,' the second flag on display in the WWII gallery. The chapter traces the flag's documented chain of custody from Suribachi to the Seventh War Loan Drive, the 1947 Freedom Train, the 1949 film Sands of Iwo Jima, and 1998 conservation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-present
- Population
- Museum visitors/artifact custodians (1945-present)
- Limitations
- Museum-curatorial publication - authoritative for the artifact's provenance and custody; cites Wood's 7 July 1945 letter to BGen Denig and the NMMC flag catalog file. Artifact documentation, not a hull record; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-779-lst779-06
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[8]Christopher B. Havern, 'In the Right Spot, Twice,' Naval History Magazine (U.S. Naval Institute), February 2018 - first-person account by the NHHC historian/DANFS author who researched this hull (live page, verified 2026-10-03) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Naval History, February 2018 issue, 'In the Right Spot, Twice' + footnotes 2-8
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC-sourced research history for this hull: (1) the deck-log confirmation of the flag story - on 25 August 2017 the author consulted the ship's log at NARA and 'positively confirmed the origins of the second flag,' the 23 February 1945 entry reading '1100 Supplied flag to Marines to fly from Mt. Suribachi,' signed by communications officer Ens. Alan S. Wood (footnote: LST-779 Deck Log, 23 February 1945, RG 24, Entry 118, NARA II); (2) a documented rival claim - former Coast Guardsman Robert L. Resnick aboard USCG-manned LST-758 asserted he handed the flag to Pfc. Gagnon, a claim the Coast Guard recognized and which prompted a Marine Corps History Division request that the USCG Historian's Office disavow it; the LST-779 deck-log entry is the documentary resolution; (3) LST-779 'had fallen through a historical crack' - DANFS had no entry until this research produced one; (4) NHHC historian Richard Hulver's December 2015 identification of LST-779 as the last ship to encounter Indianapolis contributed to the search box for the 2017 wreck discovery.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945; research synthesis 2015-2018
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked Marines (February 1945); historical-record context
- Limitations
- Authoritative secondary (NHHC historian writing in USNI's magazine) - the flag-entry quote is his firsthand transcription of the undigitized log; independent physical verification of that page was not possible this session (RG 24 logs at NARA II, College Park). The LST-758 counter-claim is included for completeness - the weight of documentary evidence (deck log; Wood-to-Denig letter; NMMC custody) favors LST-779, but the counter-claim exists in the record. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-779-lst779-07
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[9]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), 'DRAVO CORPORATION - SHIPS/BOATS, Pittsburgh PA' - compiled yard production table (live page, verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Dravo Pittsburgh table, LST-779 row + yard intro
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder-yard context from the standard compiled shipbuilding register: 'Dravo's Neville Island shipyard, in Pittsburgh, was started in 1919. It was activated by the Navy for WWII, to build LSTs, with an investment of $12mm. After the war it was a ship scrapping facility for a few years and then returned to building inland river barges and towboats. It closed in 1983.' The production table lists LST-779, U.S. Navy, Landing Ship Tank, delivered 3-Aug-44 - matching DANFS's commissioned date.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Dravo Neville Island construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Respected compiled secondary register, not a primary yard record: its disposition column reads 'Scrapped 1947' for this hull, which CONFLICTS with the documented 5 December 1947 commercial sale to Bosey, Philippines and the documented 2 May 1951 re-offer - a generic-table defect; the build/delivery data is retained, the disposition is not. Yard-level context only; no asbestos or materials content. Dravo has no live corporate-history source (dravo.com is a parked domain) - this compiled table is the only builder-production source located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-779-lst779-08
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[10]Era inference built on: DANFS construction record (Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, 1944); NavSource specifications (LST-542 class, GM 12-567A diesel plant); Fleischer et al. 1946 PHS survey (ev-10); GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-11) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Fleischer et al. 1946 (PMID 21016030); GAO HRD-80-2 product page; DANFS/NavSource construction and spec records
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A tank landing ship built May-August 1944 in a Navy-contract yard sits inside the documented wartime asbestos-construction era: the PHS industrial-hygiene survey of pipe covering in naval-vessel construction found amosite asbestos was 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels,' with asbestos cloth and asbestos cement also used; GAO documented asbestos thermal insulation as the Navy's major shipboard asbestos use through the early 1970s. Era-standard applications aboard a diesel landing ship of this type and period were pipe and machinery insulation/lagging, diesel-exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical cable insulation, winch/windlass brake linings, and interior finish materials in quarters and mess spaces. Diesel plant - no boilers aboard.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1951+
- Population
- Dravo Pittsburgh construction trades (1944); USN/USNR ship's company (1944-46); post-1947 commercial crews (unknown); any eventual scrapping workforce (unknown)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LST-779. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-779-lst779-09
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[11]Fleischer WE, Viles FJ Jr, Gade RL, Drinker P, 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 1946 Jan;28:9-16 (PMID 21016030) - U.S. Public Health Service industrial-hygiene survey of two Government Navy yards and two Navy contract yards [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed record PMID 21016030 (verified via NCBI E-utilities); article text pp. 9-16 (pipe-covering materials section; X-ray results)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Wartime government survey documenting the asbestos regime inside naval-vessel construction: amosite asbestos was 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels,' valued for low thermal conductivity, light weight, and refractoriness; asbestos cloth and asbestos cement were likewise used. X-ray examination of 1,074 pipe coverers across four yards found three asbestosis cases, each with 20+ years in the trade. Surveyed operations (layout and cutting, band-saw cutting, cement mixing, installing, sewing asbestos cloth, stuffing with amosite) generated the era's principal insulation-trade dust exposure.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (survey era)
- Population
- Navy yard and contract-yard pipe coverers/insulators (wartime)
- Limitations
- Era-level occupational survey, not a hull record: the four yards are anonymized (Navy Yards A-B, Contract Yards C-D), and Dravo/Neville Island and LSTs are not named - pipe covering was principally a steam-plant application, so the asbestos cloth/cement and general-insulation findings carry the weight for a diesel hull. Does not establish materials aboard this hull, individual exposure, or quantity. Citation metadata re-verified 2026-10-03 via NCBI E-utilities (esummary 21016030); the pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov page itself is reCAPTCHA-gated to automated fetch.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-779-lst779-10
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[12]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 all Navy ships contained some asbestos in components such as clutches and electric cables, and that asbestos thermal insulation was the Navy's major asbestos use aboard ships; the Navy did not substitute alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s and adopted removal policies only in 1975/1979 - postdating this hull's entire naval life (built 1944, sold out of service 1947).
- 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, reconfirmed 2026-10-03) - content via product-page description and report abstract.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-779-lst779-11
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[13]Batch-7315 search ledger (this record): live NHHC DANFS; NavSource; NHHC Pacific Fleet organization document; NHHC 'Final Contact' and deck-log transcription pages; NARA catalog (two queries + IIIF title-page verification); NMMC/MCUP curatorial chapter; USNI Naval History; shipbuildinghistory.com Dravo table; NVR; BVA decisions index; GAO product page; PubMed/NCBI E-utilities; MARAD (blocked); CourtListener (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-779-lst779-01 through -21
- 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-779 was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated API reported the shared daily quota exhausted (server-requested wait ~11 h); logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. The BVA decisions index returned no results for 'LST-779'; the Naval Vessel Register carries no entry (hull struck 1946, pre-register); MARAD's vessel-history site returned an error stub to all automated queries; secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case - only law-firm marketing listicles asserting asbestos aboard LSTs generically (excluded by source policy) and a name-collision page for USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779). Unlike sibling hulls scrapped in 1947-48, this hull passed to commercial hands (Bosey, Philippines) and was extant as of May 1951 - a post-Navy record may exist in Philippine commercial registries not searched.
- 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 - and the litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (quota-blocked, not run). Post-1947 commercial-era records (Bosey/T.Y. Fong, Philippine registry), RG 24 deck logs and muster rolls beyond the digitized spans, and any disposal/scrapping records are undigitized or unsearched leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-779-lst779-12