Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 730-packet.md (4 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (specialist-secondary sourcing disclosed)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (specialist-secondary sourcing disclosed)
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-813-lst813-pkt-730-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'LST-813' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Full DANFS entry (two paragraphs + honors line)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record: LST-813 was laid down 20 August 1944 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 30 September 1944 (sponsored by Mrs. Pete Smith); and commissioned 24 October 1944. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from March through May 1945. Performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-April 1946; returned to the United States and was decommissioned 21 June 1946; struck from the Navy list 31 July 1946; on 12 June 1948 sold to the Walter W. Johnson Co. for scrapping. Earned one battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- 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. Page verified live 2026-10-03 via Firecrawl GET; the same URL returns HTTP 404 to plain scripted HEAD requests (DoD bot filtering), an artifact noted so the cite is not mistaken for dead. DANFS itself misspells 'September' as 'Sepember' in the launch line - date is corroborated by NavSource. Does not name the commissioning officer or the scrapping location.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-813-lst813-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-813 page (10/16/160813) [other_primary]
- Locator
- History bullets; specifications block; campaign table; commanding officers table; awards header; photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive page for USS LST-813: 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 230V DC diesel-driven generators; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted); wartime assignment LST Flotilla Twenty-One (CAPT. W. H. Brereton), LST Group Sixty-Three, LST Division One Hundred Twenty-Five; campaign table lists the Okinawa Gunto assault and occupation 26 March-20 May 1945; Navy Occupation Service medal windows 5 September-5 October 1945 and 29 October 1945-3 March 1946; commanding officers LT Ralph E. Jacobson USNR (24 Oct 1944-Dec 1945), LT Donald M. Roberts USNR (Dec 1945-Mar 1946), LTjg Chauncey J. Medberry III USNR (Mar-21 Jun 1946); International Radio Call Sign NHCC; ribbons American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 star), World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp; final disposition 'sold for scrapping, 12 June 1948, to the Walter W. Johnson Co.'; photographs include NHHC photo NH 79564 (underway in San Francisco Bay, circa 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops; shipbreakers at disposal (population implied, not documented)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained naval photo/history archive, not a government source - used for specifications, unit-assignment chain, CO roster, campaign dates, and disposition wording. Page verified live 2026-10-03 on the navsource.net domain (navsource.org is the dead domain). No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-813-lst813-02
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[4]Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- LST Flotilla Twenty-One / LST Group 63 / LST Division 125 table, LST 813 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official NHHC 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' places LST 813 in LST Flotilla TWENTY-ONE (Commander, Capt. W. H. Brereton), LST Group 63 (ComLSTGrp 63, Lt. Cdr. R. E. Fahnestock USNR), LST Division 125, with Lt. R. E. Jacobson (USNR) listed as commanding officer of the hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- LST Group 63 and Division 125 personnel
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous administrative assignment record only - does not document materials, maintenance work, exposure, or asbestos. Verified live 2026-10-03 via Firecrawl GET; plain scripted HEAD returns HTTP 404 (same DoD bot filtering as the DANFS pages). NavSource renders the Group 63 commander as 'Farnestock'; the NHHC record reads 'Fahnestock' - NHHC spelling adopted for this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-813-lst813-03
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[5]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF p. 56, duplicated LST-813 rows (10/24/1944 - 6/30/1945)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44 lists LST-813 with Navy deck-log coverage from 24 October 1944 through 30 June 1945, providing a primary archival lead for the ship's commissioning and wartime record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and wartime operations
- Limitations
- The index confirms logbook coverage dates only. The underlying logs were not retrieved, so no material or exposure finding is made. Coverage for this hull ends 30 June 1945; logs for the July 1945-June 1946 occupation/decommissioning period are not in this index listing (post-war logbook series) and remain an open lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-813-lst813-04
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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-813 (builder identity per DANFS).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Evansville Shipyard workforce - the construction trades that built this hull
- Limitations
- Yard-level context; the NPS page does not name LST-813 (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-813-lst813-05
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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
- Opinion text verified via indexed legal-text copy (app.midpage.ai/document/woolsey-v-missouri-valley-bridge-3425683) and CourtListener reporter-volume listing courtlistener.com/c/ind-app/119/
- 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 containing this hull's entire on-ways construction, 20 August-24 October 1944, at the same yard), 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; opinion text confirmed through secondary legal-text copies.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-813-lst813-06
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[8]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011, 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.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-813-lst813-07
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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; Fleischer et al., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 28 (1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed records PMID 3555021 and PMID 21016030 (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21016030/); full texts not retrieved
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical studies document 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 (Corn & Starr 1987); a contemporaneous U.S. Public Health Service survey specifically examined pipe-covering operations in naval-vessel construction (Fleischer et al. 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; articles 1946 and 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level documentation of WWII shipbuilding generally; neither source names this vessel or any LST, establishes installed products aboard it, quantity, condition, individual exposure, or causation. Bibliographic records verified live via PubMed; full texts not retrieved this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-813-lst813-08
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[10]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979), indexed in GovInfo [gao]
- Locator
- GovInfo publication index entry for HRD-80-2; report text not retrieved
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (HRD-80-2) is an official program-level review indexed in the federal government publication catalog. It is relevant as Navy-wide era context for shipboard asbestos management, not as evidence about LST-813.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy workers and Navy asbestos program
- Limitations
- Program-level index evidence only; it does not identify LST-813, any particular material aboard it, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation. The Navy program it reviews postdates this hull's 1948 disposal by three decades. Full HRD-80-2 text remains an access gap.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-813-lst813-09
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[11]Batch-7353 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC, NavSource, NHHC fleet organization, NARA SL-44, NPS, NVR, MARAD, BuShips SDB v2, PubMed, GovInfo/GAO, CourtListener (blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-813-lst813-01 through sl-uss-lst-813-lst813-14
- 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 1948; the NVR does not cover pre-1987 disposals (the LST813 ship-detail URL redirects to the NVR landing page); no MARAD custody record (sold commercially to a scrapping firm, never a reserve-fleet vessel); no docketed case naming LST-813 was located - and note that ship-specific CourtListener queries ('USS LST-813' asbestos opinion, then 'LST-813' asbestos opinion/docket) were NOT completed this session (fleet daily quota exhausted, ~10.2 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-813-lst813-10
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[12]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel - deck logs) and RG 19 (Bureau of Ships); surplus-property disposal records for the 1948 sale [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-813 (coverage confirmed 24 October 1944-30 June 1945 in Special List No. 44, with the July 1945-June 1946 period in the post-war logbook series) would fix daily operating locations and any in-service events; 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 1948 sale to Walter W. Johnson Co. for scrapping would be documented in surplus-property disposal records rather than MARAD ShipHistory.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948 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-813-lst813-11