Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 725-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-782-lst782-pkt-725-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), LST-782 entry, Naval History and Heritage Command [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-782 entry, full text (single paragraph plus operations list)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-782 was laid down 11 June 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp.; launched 22 July 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth R. Miser; commissioned 22 August 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima (February 1945) and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (April 1945). Performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-November 1945; decommissioned 14 May 1946; struck from the Navy list 5 June 1946; sold 26 September 1947 to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, Md., for scrapping. Earned two battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Limitations
- Authoritative for identity, construction, operations, and disposal. The DANFS entry is brief: it gives no complement figure, no propulsion detail, and no materials or asbestos information - this row supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-782-lst782-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS LST-782 (photo archive, service timeline, class specifications, commanding-officer listing) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource USS LST-782 page: timeline block, Specifications block, Commanding Officers block, awards ribbon caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records LST-782 as an LST-542-class tank landing ship manned by the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; commissioned 22 August 1944 with LT. Henry C. Stack, USCGR, in command (listed as commanding officer 8 August 1944 - 14 May 1946); assigned to LST Flotilla Twenty-Five, LST Group Seventy-Five, LST Division One Hundred Fifty. Campaign dates: Iwo Jima operation 19-25 February 1945; Okinawa Gunto operation 1-15 April 1945; occupation service in the Far East 20 September - 15 November 1945. Decommissioned 14 May 1946; struck 5 June 1946; final disposition sold for scrapping 26 September 1947 to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, MD. Class specifications include propulsion of two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230V D.C. ship's service generators, two propellers (1,700 shp), twin rudders; class complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted. Awards: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Iwo Jima), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-run photo archive, not an official repository; identity and milestone dates corroborate DANFS exactly, but propulsion and complement figures are LST-542 class-level specifications, not hull-verified values. Commanding-officer start date (8 August 1944) precedes the DANFS commission date (22 August 1944) - a common pre-commissioning detail assignment; not an error but noted. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-782-lst782-02
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard, The Coast Guard at War, Vol. VI: The Pacific (official USCG historical monograph), chapter on Iwo Jima - 'LST-782 Lands DUKWs at Iwo Jima' section (HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG-VI-24, section 'LST-782 LANDS DUKWs AT IWO JIMA' (pp. 185-186 in the printed monograph)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Coast Guard wartime history records LST-782 as Coast Guard-manned and flagship of LST Unit Six (TG 53.3.9) under Commander W. G. Millington, USCG, within Tractor Group CHARLIE (53.3.7) of the Tractor Flotilla (53.3) at Iwo Jima. The ship arrived on station off Iwo Jima at 0755 on 19 February 1945; launched 21 DUKWs; launched LCT-1030 on 20 February; by 1800 on the 20th had unloaded 60% of cargo, 95% of rations, and 30% of ammunition; began taking aboard casualties on the 22nd, then beached and completed unloading, feeding all comers (5,500 cups of coffee and hot food in twelve hours); engines kept turning to hold position on the steep beach; rendezvoused with Task Unit 51.16.3 on the 24th and departed for Guam.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-02
- Limitations
- Official USCG historical monograph (transcribed by the HyperWar project); operational narrative only - contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information. Confirms Coast Guard manning and the Iwo Jima role at unit level.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-782-lst782-03
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[5]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - 'Coast Guard-Manned LST' / 'Cutters, Craft, & U.S. Coast Guard Manned Army & Navy Vessels' asset list [other_primary]
- Locator
- Asset list, 'L' / LST (Landing Ship, Tank; World War II) sequence
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The USCG Historian's Office asset list of cutters, craft, and Coast Guard-manned Army and Navy vessels includes LST-782 among the WWII Coast Guard-manned Navy LSTs (listed in sequence with LST-784, LST-785, LST-786, and other CG-manned LSTs).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- List entry only; the Historian's Office maintains a file on most listed vessels but no digitized LST-782 file page was located. Corroborates Coast Guard manning; no asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-782-lst782-04
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[6]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
- Article, AJIM 11(3):359-373; PubMed PMID 3555021
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II - the era and program under which this LST-542-class tank landing ship was mass-produced in 1944 - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard naval and merchant-type 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 (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. The publisher (Wiley) page returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch at research time; bibliographic details verified via NLM PubMed record PMID 3555021 (official eutils API, 2026-10-03), DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-782-lst782-05
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[7]Batch-7319 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS; NavSource; official USCG wartime history (HyperWar); USCG Historian's Office asset list; Naval Vessel Register; NIOSH/CDC HHE index (web); general web ship-name + asbestos queries; CourtListener API v4 (attempted, blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-782-lst782-01 through sl-uss-lst-782-lst782-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or official materials documentation naming LST-782 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The CourtListener litigation sweep was attempted and blocked - the fleet-shared daily API quota was exhausted at research time (server-directed wait ~7.7 h) - so the absence of a docketed case naming this hull is NOT an established negative; it is an uncompleted search, logged as blocked in the ledger.
- 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 the peak of wartime asbestos use is itself consistent with retained era materials. The hull was scrapped in 1947-48, so no present-day survey record is expected to exist. Does not establish that asbestos was or was not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-782-lst782-06