Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]research packet 734-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lst-843-lst843-pkt-734-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-843 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, Okinawa campaign, occupation/China service, decommissioning, transfer, strike (live NHHC page, HTTP 200 with browser UA 2026-10-03; UA-gated - bare fetch returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-843 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: 'LST-843 was laid down on 13 October 1944 at Ambridge, Pa., by the American Bridge Co.; launched on 29 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. R. S. Dyson; and commissioned on 23 December 1944, Lt. V. W. Tracy in command. During World War II, LST-843 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from April through June 1945. Following the war, the ship performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until early December 1947. She was decommissioned on 18 December 1947 and transferred to the Philippine government. On 22 January 1948, the tank landing ship was struck from the Navy list. LST-843 earned one battle star for World War II service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Construction trades (Ambridge, 1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-47)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. Commissioning location not stated; the Philippine-era name and disposition are not stated. The DANFS 'April through June 1945' campaign window is consistent with the hull's own war diaries, which place her at Okinawa through 1 May 1945 and again from 24 June 1945.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-843-lst843-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-843 (10/16/160843.htm, last updated 22 May 2015) - designation timeline, unit assignments, spec block, commanding-officer list, awards, transfer/disposal (verified live HTTP 200 with browser UA; minimal-UA fetch is Mod_Security-blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160843.htm header block, campaign table, awards/occupation table, specifications block, CO table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-542-class tank landing ship laid down 13 October 1944 at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA; launched 29 November 1944; commissioned USS LST-843 23 December 1944, LT. Vern W. Tracy, USN, in command. Wartime assignment: LST Flotilla Thirty-One (CAPT. H. S. Covington USN), LST Group Ninety-One (CDR. Jesse Hogan Motes Jr. USN), LST Division One Hundred Eighty-Two. Campaign: assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 18 April to 29 June 1945 - one battle star. Navy Occupation service 9 September to 26 October 1945, 30 July 1946 to 11 February 1947, and 26 March to 2 December 1947; China Service Medal (extended) 26 March to 2 December 1947. Decommissioned 18 December 1947 and transferred to the Philippines, named BPR Bulacan; struck from the Naval Register 22 January 1948; 'Final Disposition, fate unknown.' Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt; 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk reduction gear, 2 shafts 1,700 shp, 3 x 100 kW DC generators; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; radio call sign NIDI. CO list: LT Tracy 23 Dec 1944-Dec 1945; LT Lawrence N. Gilliam USNR Dec 1945-Mar 1946; LT G. W. Mitchell USN Mar 1946-?.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Ship's company (~117) plus embarked troops and Philippine Navy crew after transfer (1948+)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - but its unit assignments (Flotilla 31 / Group 91 / Division 182) and its Okinawa campaign dates cross-check cleanly against the hull's own war diaries and the COM LST FLOT 31 records at NARA (ev-03 through ev-06). Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-843-lst843-02
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[4]NARA NAID 633444958, 'USS LST-843 - War Diary, 5/1-31/45' (serial 28, dated 3 June 1945, signed Lt. V. W. Tracy; RG 38, World War II War Diaries; Roll A1649; 2 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 633444958, images 1-2 (downloaded and read 2026-10-03)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's May 1945 war diary (both pages downloaded and read this session) documents verbatim: 1 May, underway as Task Unit 51.29.25 'composed of 25 LST's, 3 LSM's and one AK, enroute from Okinawa Jima to Ulithi, Caroline Islands. C.T.U. was Commander J.H. MOTES, Commander LST Group 91 aboard LST 854'; 5 May, anchored in berth 622, Ulithi lagoon; 10 May, shifted to berth 26 Northern Anchorage; 12 May, 'Allowed 3 weeks availability for repairs and progressive maintenance. We remained anchored in Berth 26 through 31 May 1945.' - a documented wartime repair/maintenance availability aboard this hull, conducted at anchor in the Ulithi fleet anchorage immediately after the Okinawa assault phase.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-05
- Population
- Ship's company (1945); any embarked fleet-repair or service-unit personnel during the 12-31 May availability (unstated)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; the diary documents the availability event and dates but does not itemize work content, does not say 'asbestos,' and does not name a servicing unit (Ulithi hosted the fleet repair establishment including USS Ajax (AR-6); any servicing activity aboard this hull is unstated). 'Repairs and progressive maintenance' at anchorage is consistent with routine voyage repairs, not necessarily a yard overhaul.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-843-lst843-03
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[5]NARA: USS LST-843 war diaries for June 1945 (NAID 101736224, serial 31, dated 3 July 1945, Roll A1742, 3 images), July 1945 (NAID 83536324, serial 137934 per catalog; dated 10 August 1945, Roll A1821, 3 images) and August 1945 (NAID 77508260, serial 143335 per catalog; dated 3 September 1945, Roll A1890, 3 images) - RG 38 World War II War Diaries, digitized via Fold3 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAIDs 101736224 (3 imgs), 83536324 (3 imgs), 77508260 (3 imgs) - all images downloaded and read 2026-10-03; August torpedo-attack passage on NAID 77508260 image 2 of 3
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The June-August 1945 war diaries (all 9 pages downloaded and read this session) document the hull's post-Ulithi operations verbatim. June: departed Ulithi 5 June for San Pedro Bay, Leyte (arrived 9 June); 10 June to Manila as TG 76.6 (Lt. Tracy, LST-843, as CTG) with LST-841; 13 June Manila Bay; 14 June beached Manila Harbor loading 7 officers and 185 enlisted of the 963rd Aviation Engineer's Maintenance Battalion; 15-16 June Subic Bay and Lingayen Gulf (TG 76.3); 20 June 'Convoy #1 from San Fernando, Luzon enroute to Okinawa Jima' with eleven LSTs; 24 June Hagushi Anchorage; 25 June 'beached at Namasaki Beach to unload, remaining throughout the night' (one air alert); 27 June beached on pontoon causeway at Purple 2 Beach loading 21 officers and 350 enlisted of the 77th Infantry Division; 29 June for Leyte (T.U. 31.29.27). July: San Pedro Bay 4 July; Danao, Cebu unloading 7-8 July; Subic Bay 11-15 July loading 234 officers and men of the 85th Airdrome Squadron; 16-23 July Subic to Ie Shima (T.U. 72.10.3, towing Air Rescue Boat P-365 partway); 24 July unloading at Red T-4, South Harbor Ie Shima; 27 July 'stuck momentarily on reef in channel,' pulled clear by tug; 28-29 July moored to pontoon causeway at Nakagusuku Wan (Buckner Bay) loading 261 officers and men of the 321st Medical Battalion, 96th Infantry Division. August: 1-3 August underway on typhoon plan X-ray riding out the storm; convoy Oki #9 formed 3 August (25 LSTs, 3 DEs; LST-843 column leader of column 2); 4 August 0028 gunfire sighted and report of submarine attack on screening destroyer escort USS Johnson - two torpedoes, 'one passed under DE amidships,' submarine reported probably sunk by depth charges; 7 August San Pedro Bay; 12 August Mangarin Bay, Mindoro unloading; 13 August Batangas; 15 August 'received news by radio of Japan's unconditional surrender'; 16 August 'pulled LST-786 off Cota Beach where she was stuck after loading'; 29-31 August Manila Bay and San Fabian, Lingayen Gulf.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-06 to 1945-08
- Population
- Ship's company (~117) plus embarked units: 963rd Aviation Engineer's Maintenance Bn (192), 85th Airdrome Squadron (234), 77th Infantry Division elements (371), 321st Medical Battalion 96th Div (261), and 307th Infantry Regiment elements (361) during lifts (Jun-Aug 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced records; OCR-extraction was verified against direct image reads for all quoted phrases. 'Namasaki Beach' is the diary's spelling - likely the Hamasaki beach area near Naha used by other LSTs; no material or repair content beyond the July reef touch (no damage assessment stated).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-843-lst843-04
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[6]NARA: USS LST-843 war diaries for September 1945 (NAID 77532784, serial 146425 per catalog; dated 1 October 1945, signed Lt. V. W. Tracy, Roll A1919, 3 images) and October 1945 (NAID 77592144, serial 152576 per catalog; Roll A1983, 3 images) - RG 38 World War II War Diaries, digitized via Fold3 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAIDs 77532784 (3 imgs) and 77592144 (3 imgs) - all images downloaded and read 2026-10-03; Typhoon Louise passage on NAID 77592144 image 1 of 2 narrative pages
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The September-October 1945 war diaries (all 6 pages downloaded and read this session) document the hull's occupation lifts verbatim. September: 2-3 September beached San Fabian, Lingayen Gulf loading 11 officers and 185 men of Company B, 442nd Heavy Signal Construction Battalion (corroborated by the COM LST GR 91 diary, ev-06); 7 September joined Task Unit 33.2.3 - a 61-LST convoy to Tokyo Bay under CAPT E. A. Seay, Comdr LST Flotilla 14 in LCI(FF)-425; 15 September anchored Berth Fox '4' off Yokohama; 16-17 September moored to LST-929 at landing area 18, Yokohama, unloading; 18 September rode out a typhoon at anchor (dragged anchor three times); 19 September 'Underway for Yokosuka Naval Base to pick up engine spare parts'; 20-24 September return convoy T.U. 32.6.10 to Buckner Bay; 28-30 September typhoon plan X-ray evasion in the East China Sea. October: 7-8 October Ora Wan loading interrupted by typhoon warning; 9 October 'struck the center of the typhoon' at sea - winds to force 13, barometer bottomed, 'many calls from ships in distress' (Typhoon Louise, during which other LSTs and craft were wrecked in Buckner Bay); 10-11 October returned and loaded at Fujichi Wan; 16-23 October second Yokohama lift (moored to LST-802 at Slot 2, landing area 18, Tsurumi Kawa, unloading); 25 October underway for Leyte in T.U. 32.6.28 with 16 other LSTs (CTU Comdr E. A. Anderson USCG, LST Group 87).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-09 to 1945-10
- Population
- Ship's company (~117); embarked 442nd Heavy Signal Construction Bn Co. B (196) and occupation-lift cargo/personnel (Sep-Oct 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced records; no material, repair, or asbestos content. The 19 September Yokosuka call is logged as a spare-parts pickup, not a repair availability. November 1945 onward ship diaries were not surfaced in catalog results; NavSource dates the later occupation/China periods (9 Sep-26 Oct 1945; 30 Jul 1946-11 Feb 1947; 26 Mar-2 Dec 1947).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-843-lst843-05
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[7]NARA: COM LST FLOT 31 - War History (NAID 77706647, Roll A2106, 19 images), COM LST FLOT 31 - War Diary 1/9/45 to 3/10/45 (NAID 139937891, Roll A1480, 10 images), COM LST GR 91 - War Diary 9/1-30/45 (NAID 77580299, Roll A1969, 6 images) - RG 38 World War II War Diaries, digitized via Fold3 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77706647 (flotilla composition page, image 2 of 19); NAID 139937891 shakedown list (images 3-4 of 10); NAID 77580299 entries for 2-7 Sep 1945 (image 2 of 6)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Parent-unit records (downloaded and OCR-read this session; carbon-copy scans partially degraded) name this hull in unit context. LST Flotilla THIRTY-ONE was commissioned 9 January 1945 at Panama City, Florida, Capt. H. S. Covington commanding (flagship USS LST-896); the flotilla comprised Groups 91, 92 and 93, and LST-843 is carried in LST Group NINETY-ONE (Comdr J. H. Motes), LST Division ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO - matching the NavSource assignment block. The flotilla war history lists LST-843 by number among the 25 ships that 'participated in shakedown training program in company with the Flotilla Commander at St. Andrew Bay, Panama City, Florida' in January 1945. The COM LST GR 91 September 1945 diary corroborates the hull's San Fabian beaching: '2 September 1945. Anchored in Lingayen Gulf, 0800 LST 843 beached' and the 7 September departure 'in company with LST's 843, 572 and 7073' to join T.U. 33.2.3 for Tokyo Bay.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-01 to 1945-09
- Population
- Ship's company during shakedown and unit operations (1945)
- Limitations
- Unit-level records; the flotilla diary narrates the flagship LST-896's own track (Panama City-New Orleans-Panama Canal-San Diego-Pearl Harbor, arriving 10 March 1945) and does NOT give this hull's individual transit route - the shakedown placement is the only LST-843-specific content. Carbon-copy scans partially illegible in places; the LST-843 roster line and the San Fabian entries were verified against the images.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-843-lst843-06
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[8]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan); NavSource LST-843 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; NavSource 160843.htm specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference for this hull: the LST-542 design group ran a diesel plant (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, 1,700 shp total, single Falk main reduction gear, twin screws - BuShips design table and this hull's NavSource spec block) with no boilers, so the steam-plant lagging pathway of boiler vessels does not apply. Asbestos-relevant applications aboard a 1944 diesel landing ship of this type were the era-standard set - diesel-exhaust and machinery-space lagging, gaskets and packing, accommodation thermal insulation, deck coverings - and the documented 12-31 May 1945 Ulithi availability 'for repairs and progressive maintenance' (war diary, ev-03) added a repair-period maintenance event aboard this hull inside the Navy's asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1979
- Population
- American Bridge construction trades (1944); ship's company/embarked troops (1944-47); Ulithi servicing personnel (May 1945); Philippine Navy crew and shipbreakers (1948+)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or repair work package was located for LST-843. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution. SDB 1945 v2 link verified live 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-843-lst843-07
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[9]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 1944 construction, her Pacific service and documented 1945 Ulithi availability, her 1947 transfer, and any Philippine-era overhaul before her unknown disposal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- 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 (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, reconfirmed 2026-10-03) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-843-lst843-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 search via the authenticated fleet helper (cl-auth-search.py), opinion and docket indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-843-lst843-10 and -11 (helper diagnostics captured in cl-lst843-*.err)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation check UNRESOLVED this session: the authenticated helper's first request for '"LST-843"' (opinion index) returned DAILY QUOTA EXHAUSTED with a ~9.3-hour stand-down directive (the 2,800/day quota is shared fleet-wide); a confirmation retry produced the same response. No opinion- or docket-index query for this hull could be completed, so the presence or absence of asbestos litigation naming this hull is unchecked, not negative.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- A blocked source is an access gap, not a negative finding: the quota window did not allow even one completed query. This row records the attempt honestly; a future session should re-run '"LST-843"', '"LST 843" asbestos', and 'Bulacan' on both indexes. CourtListener coverage itself (published opinions + RECAP dockets) excludes state filings and unreported settlements.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-843-lst843-09
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[11]Batch-7386 search ledger (this record): DANFS; NavSource; NARA catalog + six ship-titled war-diary file units and three parent-unit file units read in full; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO product page; CourtListener API (blocked, quota); NVR; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-843-lst843-01 through -16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or qualifying case naming LST-843 / Bulacan was found in the public sources searched. The strongest ship-specific documentation is operational (six monthly war diaries, May-October 1945) and confirms a documented 3-week repair and maintenance availability at Ulithi 12-31 May 1945 - a relevant maintenance event - but no primary source read names asbestos aboard this 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 - construction at a wartime inland yard and a documented fleet-anchorage maintenance availability sit squarely inside the Navy's asbestos-use era. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. The CourtListener litigation check was quota-blocked this session (ev-09), so the litigation prong of this negative finding is incomplete.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-843-lst843-10
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[12]NARA catalog, "LST-843" - 179 file units (fuzzy relevance); ship-titled units: war diaries NAIDs 633444958 (May 1945), 101736224 (Jun), 83536324 (Jul), 77508260 (Aug), 77532784 (Sep), 77592144 (Oct), and mistitled 139815986 (Dec 1944 - actually USS PCE-843); parent units: COM LST FLOT 31 war history NAID 77706647 and diary 139937891, COM LST GR 91 diary NAID 77580299 [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov "LST-843" result set (179 units; ship-titled units enumerated); muster/casualty/deck-log title checks via the catalog proxy API
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary archive coverage for this hull is digitized but bounded: the six ship-titled war-diary file units cover May-October 1945 only. No ship-titled units surfaced for January-April 1945 (fitting-out, shakedown, and the San Diego-Pearl-Okinawa transit period), November-December 1945, or 1946-47 China service; no LST-843 muster-roll file unit, BuPers casualty report, or deck-log unit was surfaced in the 179-result catalog set. The parent-unit COM LST FLOT 31 and COM LST GR 91 records are digitized and bridge unit-level context. The war-diary series itself ran only to mid-1946.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's company (1944-47); researchers
- Limitations
- Archival-lead row: pre-May-1945 and post-October-1945 ship diaries, any RG 24 muster/casualty file units for this hull, and any RG 181-type repair records for the Ulithi availability were not surfaced and remain open leads; catalog 'LST-843' search also contains substantial fuzzy collisions (other LST diaries, county-named LSTs).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-843-lst843-11
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[13]NARA NAID 139815986, catalog title 'USS LST-843 - War Diary, 12/1-31/44' (Roll A1355, 1 image; the scanned document is the war diary of USS PCE-843) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139815986, image 0311.jpg - downloaded, OCR-read and directly viewed 2026-10-03
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Cataloging collision documented: the single image in this file unit is a 1 January 1945 letter signed by the commanding officer of 'U.S.S. PCE 843' (Serial 3), reporting PCE-843's December 1944 movements - Recife, Brazil to Trinidad with PCE-845, PCE-874 and PCE-875; arrival Key West, Florida 11 December; engine trials 13 December; 'thirty (30) days availability at N.O.B, Key West, Florida, for annual overhaul' from 14-15 December. The NARA title assigns the file to 'USS LST-843,' but the document is patrol craft escort PCE-843, a different hull; it is NOT evidence for LST-843.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-12
- Population
- Researchers (catalog integrity)
- Limitations
- A title/content mismatch in the catalog - the file may reflect a wartime microfilming/registration mix-up between two same-numbered hulls. Excluded from this hull's operational record; reported here so the unit is not silently adopted by later passes. Whether a genuine LST-843 December 1944 diary exists elsewhere was not resolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-843-lst843-12
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[14]The Maritime Review (The Maritime League), Mark Condeno, 'Our Amphibious Warfare Vessels: From Combat Service Support to Humanitarian Response (Part 1 of 2),' 5 May 2023 - Philippine Navy LST operational histories [reputable_press]
- Locator
- maritimereview.ph article, 'LST OPERATIONAL HISTORIES' / 'TO THE SHORES OF PUSAN' and 'FROM SHANGHAI TO MECCA' sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-transfer service documented by a Philippine maritime journal: former USS LST-843 entered the Philippine Fleet as RPS Bulacan (T-38), one of the Service Squadron's first five LSTs; the article's PEFTOK transport table lists 'LST 843 (RPS Bulacan T-38)' returning the 10th and 20th Battalion Combat Teams from Korea during the Korean War, and states that 'RPS Bulacan (LT-38) under LCDR Basilio Manigbas PN' conducted the 1949 evacuation of Filipinos from Shanghai during the communist takeover. Philippine-Navy-era operation of this hull is therefore documented to at least the early 1950s; NavSource carries the final US-side disposition as 'fate unknown.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1948-1979
- Population
- Philippine Navy crew and embarked PEFTOK troops/evacuees (1948-1950s)
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary press, not a primary or official Philippine Navy source - dates and unit attributions are single-source here; a Wikipedia-compiled table additionally claims RPS Bulacan commissioned 2 July 1948 and was probably decommissioned 1974-79, which is carried only as an unverified lead, not asserted. No asbestos content; Philippine-era maintenance/refit scope undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-843-lst843-13
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[15]Library of Virginia / FromThePage, World War II Separation Notices: Navy, work 1142096_019_062_001 - separation notice of Earnest Rudolph Combs, S1c (SV-6), listing 'USS LST 843' among service vessels [other_primary]
- Locator
- FromThePage work-1142096-019-062-001, service-vessels-and-stations field (verbatim: 'USS LST 843 USS LST 999 USS LST 666'; separation date 27 June 1946)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Personnel-level corroboration exists outside NARA: a digitized WWII Navy separation notice (crowdsourced transcription of a Library of Virginia record) documents an individual enlisted man, Earnest Rudolph Combs, S1c, whose service-vessels field lists 'USS LST 843' alongside USS LST-999 and USS LST-666 - evidence that named individuals served aboard this hull; the LVA collection is a lead for crew-level service documentation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- Individual veterans (1946 separation era)
- Limitations
- Crowdsourced transcription of a primary document, not a NARA-filed ship record; establishes one sailor's service aboard the hull, nothing about materials. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-843-lst843-14