Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 729-packet.md (2 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-806-lst806-pkt-729-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'USS LST-806' entry (HyperWar/ibiblio transcription) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Full DANFS entry (single paragraph + honors line)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record: LST-806 was laid down 25 July 1944 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 7 September 1944 (sponsored by Mrs. Harold S. Miller); commissioned 28 September 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the Palawan Island landings in February and March 1945 and performed minesweeping operations in the Pacific from November 1945 through February 1946. Decommissioned 20 May 1946; struck from the Navy list 19 July 1946; on 20 November 1947 sold to Bosey, Philippines. 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
- Population
- Crew (13 officers / 104 enlisted) and embarked troops during 1944-46 service
- Limitations
- Authoritative for identity, service summary, and disposition, but contains no asbestos or materials information. The canonical NHHC URL (history.navy.mil .../danfs/l/lst-806.html) returned HTTP 404 on 2026-10-03 - known NHHC link rot, so the verified-live HyperWar transcription is cited. Does not identify the buyer beyond 'Bosey, Philippines' and does not state a scrapping location or date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-806-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-806 page (10/16/160806) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block; campaign table; commanding officers table; photo captions; awards header
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive page for USS LST-806: LST-542-class specifications (328 ft oa, 50 ft beam; 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 11.6 kt trial; two GM 12-567A 900-hp diesels through single Falk reduction gears to two shafts, 1,700 shp; three 100 kW diesel generators; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted); campaign table lists the Palawan Island landings 28 February-1 March and 6-7 March 1945 and Minesweeping Operations Pacific 15 November 1945-5 February 1946; commanding officers LT John E. Montgomery USNR (28 Sep 1944-20 Sep 1945), LTjg Albert H. Burns USNR (20 Sep 1945-5 Feb 1946), LTjg George J. Duffy USNR (5 Feb-20 May 1946); final disposition 'sold for scrapping, 20 November 1947 to Bosey, Philippines'; ribbons: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2 stars), World War II Victory Medal, Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, Philippines Liberation Medal (1 star).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops; later handlers/scrappers at disposal (population implied, not documented)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained naval photo/history archive, not a government source - used for specifications, CO roster, campaign dates, and disposition wording ('sold for scrapping' adds scrapping intent to DANFS's bare 'sold'). NavSource's photo captions identify this hull inside the AWM Labuan frames; the AWM catalog record itself names only LST-936 - see ev-uss-lst-806-03. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-806-02
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[4]Australian War Memorial collection records OG2917 and OG2918 (photograph, 11 June 1945) [museum_official]
- Locator
- OG2917 collection record (also https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/OG2918); NavSource captions on the 160806 page carry the LST-806 identification
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Australian War Memorial photographs OG2917 and OG2918 (J.T. Harrison, 11 June 1945, Labuan Island, Borneo) show RAAF airfield-construction-squadron trucks coming ashore from beached LSTs; AWM's own caption for OG2918 names 'LST (Landing Ship, Tank) 936' and OG2917's caption says 'the LST'; NavSource's captions for both frames identify USS LST-806 as also present alongside LST-936 and an unidentified LST - photographic documentation of this hull at Labuan during the post-landing build-up, a deployment the DANFS campaign summary does not list.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-06-11
- Population
- Crew during the Borneo deployment
- Limitations
- The AWM catalog captions name only LST-936 (OG2918) and 'the LST' (OG2917); identification of LST-806 in these frames is NavSource's caption claim - plausible (hull pennant numbers visible in beached-LST photos) but not corroborated by the archive's own text. Labuan presence on 11 June 1945 is a photographic record, not a unit-assignment record; linkage to Operation Oboe VI task organization appears only in secondary sources and is not asserted. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-806-03
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[5]U.S. Naval Institute Photo Archives, item 817260 (LST-806 beached at Palawan, March 1945) [museum_official]
- Locator
- USNI photo-archive item page, caption text
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- U.S. Naval Institute Photo Archives image 817260: 'Landing Ship Tank LST-806 beached in Palawan in the Philippines with a crashed Japanese float plane in the foreground, March 1945' - archive-captioned photographic corroboration of the DANFS Palawan landing period (28 February-1 March and 6-7 March 1945 per NavSource's campaign table).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-03
- Population
- Crew during the Palawan operation
- Limitations
- Single-image archive record; the 'March 1945' date and location are the archive's caption. Corroborates presence at Palawan only; no asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-806-04
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[6]National Park Service, 'Evansville, Indiana' American WWII Heritage City page (Evansville Shipyard section) [nps]
- Locator
- Evansville Shipyard paragraph of the NPS place page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS (American World War II Heritage City page for Evansville, Indiana): the Department of the Navy constructed the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. Shipyard ('Evansville Shipyard') on 40 acres along the Ohio River beginning February 1942; the yard produced 167 LSTs by February 1945 - one ship every four days at 1944 pace - plus 13 ammunition lighters and 17 oceangoing barges, making it 'the largest inland producer of oceangoing ships.' This is the yard that built LST-806 (builder identity per DANFS).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Evansville Shipyard workforce (~17,000-19,500 at peak per secondary sources) - the construction trades that built this hull
- Limitations
- Yard-level context; the NPS page does not name LST-806 (the builder link comes via DANFS) and contains no asbestos or materials information. Sources differ on the yard's peak workforce and total LST output (167 per NPS; a 171 figure circulates in secondary sources) - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-806-05
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[7]Woolsey v. Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., 119 Ind. App. 391, 88 N.E.2d 54; 1949 Ind. App. LEXIS 196 (Ind. Ct. App. Oct. 17, 1949) [court_record]
- Locator
- Reporter citation + LEXIS cite; opinion text verified via indexed legal-text copies
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Woolsey v. Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., 119 Ind. App. 391, 88 N.E.2d 54 (Ind. Ct. App. 17 October 1949): the estate of Elbert Woolsey, a pipe fitter employed 'in the compartment of ships' at the defendant's Evansville yard 21 June-11 November 1944 (a window overlapping this hull's construction on the same ways), sought compensation under the Indiana Workmen's Occupational Diseases Act, alleging death from inhaled fumes and gases of galvanized metal being welded; the Industrial Board's majority found no occupational disease and the Court of Appeals affirmed the denial. A ship-compartment inhaled-fumes occupational-disease case at this hull's builder during this hull's build period - a welding-fumes claim, NOT an asbestos claim.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1949
- Population
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron shipyard workers, 1944 (pipe fitters, welders)
- Limitations
- Yard-level context and explicitly NOT asbestos - the allegation was galvanized-metal welding fumes; the claim was DENIED at the Industrial Board and the denial affirmed on appeal, so it is a merits-level negative for that claimant, not exposure evidence. No hull is named (employment was 'in the compartment of ships' generally). The scanned Ind. App. page carries a parallel-cite note reading '87 N.E.2d 54' while LEXIS-derived listings give '88 N.E.2d 54' - the LEXIS form is adopted. No free full-text authoritative URL located; CourtListener fetch pending after the daily quota reset.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-806-06
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[8]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, April 1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2, LST design/characteristics table
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design asbestos inference for the LST-542 group: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011) documents the class plant as two GM 12-567A diesels - no boilers - so the classic steam/boiler lagging pathway is absent; asbestos-relevant applications for the type concentrate in diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, valve packing and flange gaskets, and winch/windlass brake linings, consistent with WWII amphibious-ship construction practice.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Construction trades at the Evansville yard; ship's engine-room crew; scrappers at disposal
- Limitations
- Design-table data plus era inference - the SDB contains no asbestos or insulation-materials statement and does not name this hull; asbestos aboard this hull is NOT ship-proven, no quantities established, no individual exposure established. The previously cited path /styles/usnaux/sdb/SDB1945v2.pdf returned 404 on 2026-10-03; the file is live at /pubs/SDB1945v2.pdf as of this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-806-07
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[9]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); PMID 3555021 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Article record via DOI and 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 emergency-construction program under which this LST-542-class hull was mass-produced - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in shipbuilding.
- 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 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. Wiley returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; bibliographic record verified via PubMed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-806-08
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[10]Batch-7345 search ledger (this record): DANFS/HyperWar, NavSource, AWM, USNI, NPS, NVR, MARAD ShipHistory, NARA catalog, CourtListener (blocked), BuShips SDB v2 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-806-01 through sl-uss-lst-806-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, or hazmat disclosure exists for a hull sold for scrapping in 1947; the NVR does not cover pre-1987 disposals; no MARAD custody record (sold commercially to a Philippine buyer); no docketed case naming LST-806 was located - and note that ship-specific CourtListener queries ('LST-806' / 'LST 806') were NOT completed this session (fleet daily quota exhausted, ~10.4 h reset; logged as blocked). A prior fleet 'USS LST' asbestos sweep (2026-09-16, class profile) found only an incidental reunion-notice mention of a different hull (LST-579) and no qualifying LST asbestos docket.
- 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 - a hull built and scrapped in 1944-48 predates Navy asbestos-management programs and the litigation era entirely, so ship-specific documentation was never likely to exist. The blocked CourtListener search means litigation coverage is genuinely unchecked for this hull, not checked-and-negative. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-806-09
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[11]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel - deck logs) and RG 19 (Bureau of Ships); NARA catalog programmatic access unavailable this session [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG 24 guide (also https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/019.html - both verified live)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved): NARA WWII deck logs for LST-806 (commissioning through decommissioning, October 1944-May 1946) would fix daily operating locations and any in-service events (RG 24 logbooks; the National Archives Catalog API returned only an application shell to scripted queries this session, so digitization status for this hull's logs is unconfirmed); builder contract/outfitting records for this hull would follow Navy Bureau of Ships contract files (RG 19) and Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron yard records; the 1947 sale to Bosey, Philippines would be documented in Foreign Liquidation Commission / surplus-property disposal records rather than MARAD ShipHistory.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-806-10