Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet 730-packet.md (4 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity), with thin sourcing disclosed
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (identity), with thin sourcing disclosed
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-812-lst812-pkt-730-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-812 entry (NHHC). Live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-10-03; content verified via Wayback Machine capture 2025-12-09 - archived copy, not the live source [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-812 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS text for this hull: 'LST-812 was laid down on 14 August 1944 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 27 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. John J. Allan; and commissioned on 19 October 1944. During World War II, LST-812 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945 and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from April through June 1945. Following the war, LST-812 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-December 1945. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 9 May 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 19 June that same year. On 25 May 1948, the ship was sold to the Bethlehem Steel Co., of Bethlehem, Pa., for scrapping. LST-812 earned two battle stars for World War II service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- MVB&I Evansville construction trades (Aug-Oct 1944); commissioned crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Decommissioned 9 May 1946 here conflicts with NavSource's 12 July 1946 (carried in gaps). NHHC live page 404s - standing NHHC link-rot defect noted since BATCH-01; archived capture cited instead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-812-lst812-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-812 (LST-542 class) - milestone timeline, flotilla/group/division assignments, campaign and occupation tables, awards, specifications block, CO roster, photographs (page live-verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160812.htm header block, campaign/occupation tables, specifications block, CO roster
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 14 August 1944 at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN; launched 27 September 1944; commissioned USS LST-812, 19 October 1944, LT. Francis J. Sullivan USNR in command. Asiatic-Pacific assignment: LST Flotilla Twenty-One (CAPT. W. H. Brereton USN(24)), LST Group Sixty-Three (LCDR. R. E. Farnestock USNR), LST Division One Hundred Twenty-Five. Campaigns: Iwo Jima operation, assault and occupation 19-21 February 1945 (Combat Action Ribbon); Okinawa Gunto operation, 1 April-30 June 1945. Occupation service periods: 20 September-3 October 1945, 1-9 November 1945, 10-20 December 1945. Decommissioned 12 July 1946; struck from the Naval Register 'date Unknown'; sold to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa., 25 May 1948, for scrapping. Two battle stars. Spec block: 1,625 t lt / 4,080 t fl / 2,366 t beaching; 328' oa x 50'; 11.6 kt trial; endurance 24,000 mi @ 9 kt @ 3,960 t; complement 13 officers/104 enlisted; troops 16 officers/147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; propulsion two GM 12-567A 900hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230V DC ship's-service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders. COs: LT. Sullivan 19 Oct 1944-25 Nov 1945; LT. Edward G. Grant USNR 25 Nov 1945-12 Jul 1946. Photographs: alongside an unidentified ship possibly at Hamasaki, Okinawa, 1945 (contributed for ENS. Francis Levy USNR, LST-712); underway in San Francisco Bay returning from the Far East.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- MVB&I construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-46); shipbreakers post-1948 sale
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track DANFS but the decommission date conflicts with DANFS (12 July 1946 vs 9 May 1946; carried in gaps) and NavSource could not supply the strike date DANFS gives (19 June 1946). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-812-lst812-02
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[4]ShipbuildingHistory (Tim Colton), 'Landing Ships, Tank (3/4)' build table - Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron, Evansville IN block (page live-verified via Firecrawl 2026-10-03; plain webfetch returned HTTP 500) [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST-800-850 block table, row LST-812
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Build-table row for this hull: LST-812 - Mo. Valley Bridge, Evansville IN, way 131, contract year 1943, laid 14 Aug 1944, launched 27 Sep 1944, delivered/commissioned 19 Oct 1944, 44 days on the ways, 22 days fitting out, 66 days total; fate column reads 'scrapped 1947'. Build dates independently corroborate DANFS and NavSource.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1948
- Population
- MVB&I construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary build-register, not an official record. Its 'scrapped 1947' fate conflicts with the DANFS-documented sale of 25 May 1948 (and is applied uniformly to nearly the whole Evansville block - reads as a fate bucket, not a hull-verified disposal date); DANFS date carried, variant in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-812-lst812-03
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[5]National Park Service, 'Places of WWII History in Evansville, IN' - Evansville Shipyard / Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company section (page live-verified via Firecrawl 2026-10-03) [nps]
- Locator
- NPS article, 'Evansville Shipyard' section (with Wathen, Evansville Courier & Press, 1981 as cited source)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder-yard documentation from NPS: Evansville was 'the world's largest inland producer of ocean-going ships' - the Navy built Evansville Shipyard on 40 acres on the city's west side; Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company began production of the yard's first LST within four months of the plant's February 1942 announcement; by February 1945 the yard had produced 167 LSTs, working around the clock at a rate of one ship every four days in 1944, plus 13 ammunition lighters and 17 oceangoing barges; the last launch was 12 December 1945; a fire destroyed Evansville Shipyard in January 1946. LST-812 (way 131, Oct 1944 delivery) sits inside this documented production surge. NPS also documents sister LST-325 (NRHP-listed 24 June 2009) preserved at Evansville as the USS LST Ship Memorial.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Evansville Shipyard/MVB&I construction trades (1942-45; NPS documents around-the-clock shift production but gives no workforce figure)
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull record - establishes the construction population and pace at this hull's builder but contains no asbestos, material, or work-practice content. NPS popularizes the type as '300 feet long by 50 feet wide'; the documented spec is 328' oa - figure noted, not propagated. LST-325 is a different hull (Philadelphia-built); her museum status is an evidentiary lead only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-812-lst812-04
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[6]Library of Congress, Veterans History Project, John L. Paul Collection, AFC/2001/001/77497 - service summary, oral history and military papers (page verified via Firecrawl 2026-10-03; loc.gov returned HTTP 403 to plain webfetch) [other_primary]
- Locator
- VHP service summary + materials list, AFC/2001/001/77497
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A named crewman of this hull is documented in the LoC Veterans History Project: John L. Paul, U.S. Navy, Radioman Second Class, dates of service 1944-1946, service units USS LCT-1269, USS LST-812, and USS LST-1047; battles & campaigns Iwo Jima; locations Sampson NY, Solomons Island MD, Iwo Jima. Collection holds a DVD oral-history interview and typewritten military papers (one collected 1946-05-16).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- RM2c John L. Paul; commissioned crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Crew-population documentation only: establishes that a named radioman served aboard during the Iwo Jima-commissioned period. It is NOT an exposure record - this record makes no asbestos claim for Paul or any individual; the oral-history interview content was not reviewed and is an archival lead only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-812-lst812-05
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[7]Composite era inference built on: NavSource LST-812 specifications (GM 12-567A diesels, Falk gear, diesel-driven generators); Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945) LST design table (shipscribe.com scan); LST-1/542-series class-profile consolidated era inference (lst-1-class.class.json, batch class-f) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block; SDB1945v2 LST design table; class-file asbestos_application row ev-lst-1-class-03
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST-542-class ship built Aug-Oct 1944 inside the Navy's documented asbestos era: the GM 12-567A diesel plant means NO boilers - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Era-consistent asbestos-relevant applications for a diesel LST of this period concentrate in: diesel exhaust lagging and manifold/engine gaskets, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, valve packing, and winch/crane brake linings - in the confined, low-headroom hull volume typical of the type.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- MVB&I construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-46); disposal workforces (1946-48)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-812. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. BuShips SDB v2 is machinery/design data - it does not itself state asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-812-lst812-06
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[8]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 the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1944) and service era (1944-46) and its reserve/disposal years (1946-48).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- 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 this session (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, consistent with prior batches) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-812-lst812-07
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[9]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Johnson County (LST-849) / ex-USS LST-849 - Republic of Korea transfer and renaming (page live-verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160849.htm header and disposition lines
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NAME COLLISION CORRECTION: any post-1958 reference to 'LST-812' in South Korean service is a DIFFERENT hull. NavSource documents that USS LST-849 (American Bridge Co., Ambridge PA) was struck and transferred to the Republic of Korea in January 1959, renamed ROKS Wi Pong (LST-812), later redesignated LST-676, and survives as a museum ship at Gunsan, South Korea. The USS LST-812 of this record was sold for scrapping 25 May 1948 - a decade earlier - and never carried a name. Korean-service, Vietnam-era (16 combat missions), or museum-at-Gunsan references to 'LST-812' do NOT describe this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1958-2006 (collision window)
- Limitations
- Corrects a circulating hull-number collision, not a material claim. NavSource spells the Korean name 'Wi Pong' while Wikipedia/secondary literature spell 'Wi Bong' and date the handover 22 December 1958 vs NavSource's January 1959 - orthography/date variants noted, not material to this hull. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-812-lst812-08
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[10]Batch-7352 search ledger (this record): DANFS via Wayback; NavSource 160812 and 160849; NVR; ShipbuildingHistory; NPS Evansville; LoC VHP; BuShips SDB v2 (class file); shipyards.json lookup; CourtListener (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-812-lst812-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or verified litigation naming USS LST-812 was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated helper reported the daily quota exhausted with a ~10.2 h reset; logged as blocked in search_ledger, NOT as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing content (gorilaw.com landing-ships page, simmonsfirm.com ship list) asserting asbestos aboard LSTs generally without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. The class-level CourtListener sweep (lst-1-class profile) returned only an incidental reunion-notice mention of LST-579 (Gitto v. A.W. Chesterton, S.D.N.Y. 1:07-cv-04771) - not an exposure record for any hull.
- 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). Deck logs (RG 24), MVB&I yard work packages, and any Bethlehem Steel scrapping-contract records are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-812-lst812-09