Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 729-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-809-lst809-pkt-729-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'LST-809' - live NHHC page (verified live 2026-10-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-809 full entry (live NHHC page; HyperWar transcription mirror at ibiblio.org hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/LST/lst809.html carries a '19487' digit artifact in the sale date)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Laid down 5 August 1944 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 19 September 1944, sponsored by Mrs. H. G. Kipke; commissioned 10 October 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater: assault and occupation of Iwo Jima (February 1945) and assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (April-June 1945). Postwar occupation duty in the Far East until early March 1946. Decommissioned 15 July 1946; struck from the Navy list 18 August 1946; sold 19 May 1948 to the Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pa., for scrapping. Two battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's company (13 officers/104 enlisted spec) plus embarked troops
- Limitations
- Authoritative service history; contains no asbestos, insulation, or hazardous-material information. The DANFS text spells the buyer 'Bethleham Steel Co.' (sic); standard spelling carried. Does not state decommissioning location.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-809-lst809-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-809 - specification block, campaign table, awards, CO roster, chronology, and photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 10/16/160809, Specifications block, campaign table, awards, CO roster, chronology, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Commissioned 10 October 1944, Lt. Martin J. Daly, USNR, in command; assigned Asiatic-Pacific under LST Flotilla Twenty-Five (Capt. H. E. Richter, USN), LST Group Seventy-Four (Cdr. J. G. Farnsworth), LST Division One Hundred Forty-Seven. Campaigns with dates: Iwo Jima operation 20-28 February 1945; Okinawa Gunto operation 1 April-18 June 1945. Occupation service 22 December 1945-6 March 1946. Decommissioned 15 July 1946; struck 18 August 1946; sold to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA, for scrapping. Two battle stars; Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Iwo Jima); Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp. CO roster: Daly to 29 October 1945; Lt. Harold S. Salter, USNR, to March 1946; Lt.(jg) Jack J. Jernigan, USNR, to June 1946; Ens. William M. Elliott, USNR, to 15 July 1946. Specification block: 2 General Motors 12-567A diesels (900 hp each), single Falk main reduction gears, 3 diesel-drive 100 kW 230V D.C. ship's service generators, twin propellers 1,700 shp, 11.6 knots trial - a diesel plant with no boilers. Complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted. Call sign NHBH. Photo captions document training at Pearl Harbor 8 December 1944-22 January 1945 for Operation Detachment; USS LCI(G)-346 secured alongside at Iwo Jima circa 19 February 1945; the ship in the background of NARA photo 80-G-350054 at Untan Ro, Okinawa, circa July-September 1945; and entering San Francisco Bay circa 1946 with LCT(6)-1203 as deck cargo (NHHC photo NH 79562).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's company ~117 per spec block; embarked troops up to ~163
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archival page quoting Navy sources; consistent with DANFS where they overlap and more precise on campaign date bands and the occupation-service period. Spec data are equipment descriptions only - no asbestos content stated or implied. The page's class header reads 'LST-543 Class' - an anomaly: every adjacent Evansville-built sibling page (LST-808, 810, 811, 815, 820) reads 'LST-542 Class', the standard designation; LST-542-class carried here and the anomaly logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-809-lst809-02
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[4]Corn JK, Starr J. 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding.' Am J Ind Med 12(4):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Am J Ind Med 12(4):359-373 (1987), DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700120402
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that WWII-era U.S. shipyards extensively installed asbestos-containing insulation, lagging, and gaskets in naval construction - the era in which this hull was built (1944, at an inland 'cornfield' yard). For a diesel-powered LST with no boilers, the era-relevant applications concentrate in diesel exhaust lagging, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets and packing, deck coverings, accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (study scope); applied 1944-1948
- Population
- WWII-era shipyard workers (Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron, Evansville, 1944); wartime crew (era context)
- Limitations
- Era-level scholarship plus class/type inference; the source does not name this hull or class and does not establish that any specific material aboard this ship contained asbestos. No ship-specific product is verified; the diesel plant (no boilers) narrows the exposure-relevant scope relative to steam vessels.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-809-lst809-03
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[5]Batch-7348 search ledger (this record): live NHHC DANFS page; HyperWar DANFS mirror; NavSource 160809; NVR; CourtListener API + index; LOC Veterans History Project; NARA catalog; shipyards.json cross-check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-809-lst809-01 through sl-uss-lst-809-lst809-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming USS LST-809 / LST-809 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener API was blocked at the shared daily quota (server-requested ~10.3 h wait, treated as daily-quota exhaustion per batch policy, not retried); index-level searches returned name collisions only - docket-document numbers and unrelated pleadings, no case naming this hull (see search_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 - a 1944-built LST is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Docket-level litigation coverage is incomplete due to the documented rate-limit block.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-809-lst809-04
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[6]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel) - Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations; NARA still-picture holdings (e.g., 80-G-350054 showing this hull at Untan Ro, Okinawa, 1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG 24 logbooks guidance https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; NARA still-picture 80-G-350054 (hull visible at Untan Ro, Okinawa, 1945) referenced via NavSource caption
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 deck logs for this hull (October 1944-July 1946) would document machinery spaces, refits, and any material disturbances; the NARA catalog API returned no parseable response this session, so per-hull digitization status is unconfirmed.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-809-lst809-05