Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet 728-packet.md (2 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-805-lst805-pkt-728-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), Naval History and Heritage Command, 'LST-805' entry [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'LST-805' entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LST-805 was laid down 1944-09-22 at Jeffersonville, Ind., by the Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co.; launched 1944-10-31; commissioned 1944-11-27. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto June 1945; performed Far East occupation duty until February 1946. Decommissioned 1946-05-25; struck from the Navy list 1946-07-19; sold 1947-11-05 to Bosey, Philippines. Earned one battle star for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's company, WWII (13 officers, 104 enlisted per class spec table)
- Limitations
- Terse official entry (one paragraph); does not name flotilla assignments, the decommissioning location, or the post-sale commercial trail; contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-805-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History, Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-805 hull page (timeline, unit assignments, commanding officers, spec table) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hull page 160805.htm; spec table; commanding-officer roster; awards block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records LST-805 as an LST-542-class tank landing ship with the DANFS construction dates plus: commissioned under LT Charles W. Parker USNR; assigned to LST Flotilla Twenty-Five (CAPT H.E. Richter), LST Group Seventy-Four (CDR J.G. Farnsworth), LST Division One Hundred Forty-Seven; Okinawa Gunto operation 21-28 June 1945; Navy Occupation service periods 23 Sep-24 Nov 1945 and 19 Jan-5 Feb 1946; decommissioned 1946-05-25 at Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I.; sold 1947-11-05 to Bosey, Philippines; reported in commercial service as late as 1978 as Chung 111 under the flag of the People's Republic of China; final disposition fate unknown. Spec table: 2x General Motors 12-567A diesels (900 hp each), single Falk main reduction gear, 3x diesel-drive 100kW generators, 1,700 shp, twin screws; call sign NHAT; complement 13 officers/104 enlisted, troop accommodations 16 officers/147 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1978
- Population
- Ship's company WWII; Okinawa Gunto amphibious force (context)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-curated archive compiling official sources and contributor material; the Chung 111 commercial-service line is framed as 'reported' and is not independently sourced; the spec table is the LST-542 class table reproduced on the hull page - ship-specific page, class-level specs; no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-805-02
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[4]Consolidated era inference - NavSource LST-542 spec table (diesel plant) + era amphibious-ship construction practice; BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 design grouping (LST-542 group, GM 12-567A engine block) as read in the class profile [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec table (diesel plant); class-profile design grouping
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for diesel-powered LSTs: no boilers - asbestos-relevant applications are GM diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, valve packing, and winch/crane brake linings. This hull was built at an inland river yard (Jeffboat, Jeffersonville IN) in late 1944 at peak wartime production, when asbestos insulation products were standard Navy shipyard material.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1978
- Population
- Jeffboat construction workforce (1944); ship's company; commercial crews post-1947
- Limitations
- Class/design inference, not a hull record - no source names materials installed aboard LST-805. Establishes no quantities, no individual exposure, and no present-day presence. The BuShips Ships' Data scan cited by the class profile (shipscribe.com SDB1945v2.pdf) returned 404 on 2026-10-03 with no Wayback capture - the engine-block grouping is retained as class-level context only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-805-03
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[5]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page, Highlights section
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy use of asbestos in ships and Navy efforts to protect workers at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for necessary repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - program-level confirmation that asbestos insulation was standard material aboard Navy ships of this era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation post-dating this hull's USN service (decommissioned 1946, sold 1947); fieldwork was at two naval shipyards, not this vessel's builder; says nothing about LST-805 specifically. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to direct automated fetch - content taken from the firecrawl-rendered product page highlights; full 26-page report (gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf) not extracted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-805-04
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[6]shipbuildinghistory.com (Colton), JeffBoat yard build table, Jeffersonville IN [other_primary]
- Locator
- JeffBoat yard table, LST 805 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Jeffboat yard build table lists LST 805 delivered 1944-11-27 (consistent with the commissioning date) and gives a variant commercial trail: 'To Korea 1947 as Lyung Wha?, sold 1947, later Chung 111' - corroborating the sale year and the Chung 111 name while naming a different first foreign buyer (Korea, not Bosey/Philippines).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1978
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not an official source; the Korea/'Lyung Wha?' entry carries the compiler's own uncertainty mark and diverges from the DANFS/NavSource Bosey (Philippines) first-buyer record - divergence unresolved and carried in gaps. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-805-05
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[7]Crew list as of 29 January 1945, transcribed from the journal of crewman Donald Grim Dietrich, hosted on the NavSource LST-805 hull page (39 KB PDF) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource hull page 'Additional Resources' link; PDF verified live (HTTP 200, application/pdf)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A contemporaneous crew list (29 January 1945) naming the ship's company aboard LST-805 survives as a transcription from a crewman's personal journal - an archival lead for identifying the wartime population aboard this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-01-29
- Population
- LST-805 ship's company, January 1945
- Limitations
- Personal-journal transcription hosted by a private archive; not an official muster roll. Documents who was aboard, not materials or exposure conditions; no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-805-06
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[8]Batch-7344 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC; NavSource hull page and linked crew list; Naval Vessel Register; shipbuildinghistory Jeffboat table; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; firecrawl live-web searches ('LST-805 asbestos', 'Jeffboat asbestos', NIOSH HHE); NARA digitized deck-log index; CourtListener API v4 (blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-805-01 through sl-uss-lst-805-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, museum hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LST-805 was found in the public sources searched. Live-web 'LST-805 asbestos' hits resolve to law-firm marketing listicles (including a name collision on USS Chevalier DD-805 and an LST-542 class page wrongly attributing boiler-room steam piping to the diesel LST) - excluded by source policy. The Naval Vessel Register carries no entry, consistent with a hull stricken in 1946 and sold commercially in 1947. CourtListener coverage is incomplete: the authenticated search helper reported the shared daily quota exhausted (~10.4 h reset) on 2026-10-03, so a hull-number litigation sweep remains pending - logged as blocked, not as a negative result.
- 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 - era-consistent materials inference is reasonable but unproven for this hull. CourtListener gap is documented as blocked; a future quota-window pass is required before the litigation sweep can be called complete. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-805-07