Evidence
16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).
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[1]research packet 738-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-871-lst871-pkt-738-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-871 - construction at Jeffersonville, LSTH redesignation, occupation duty, decommission/stricken, sale to Humble Oil (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'LST-871', single-paragraph entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'laid down on 9 November 1944 at Jeffersonville, Ind., by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machinery Co.; launched on 20 December 1944; and commissioned on 18 January 1945. LST-871 was redesignated LSTH-871 on 15 September 1945. Following World War II, LSTH-871 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early May 1946. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 4 October 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 13 November that same year. On 30 June 1948, the ship was sold to the Humble Oil & Refining Co., Houston, Tex., for operation.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Jeffersonville Boat & Machinery construction trades (Nov 1944-Jan 1945); crew (1945-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS does not mention the ship's Operation Crossroads assignment (documented separately via NHHC's JTF-1 composition page and DNA 6032F - ev-05, ev-06, ev-07). Commissioning date conflicts with NavSource's 15 January 1945 (DANFS date carried; see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-871-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST(H)-871 ex-USS LST-871 - timeline, unit assignments, spec block, commanding officers, photo captions (live page, HTTP 200 verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160871.htm header block, '542 Class Tank Landing Ship' history block, specifications block, commanding-officer table, photo captions 1016087101-103
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down 9 November 1944 at Jeffersonville Boat & Machinery Co.; launched 20 December 1944; commissioned USS LST-871 15 January 1945, LT. Frank W. Summers USNR in command. WWII assignment Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LST Flotilla Thirty-Two (CAPT. D. J. Sweeny), LST Group Ninety-Four (CDR. E. Roughton USN), LST Division One Hundred Eighty-Seven. Redesignated Landing Ship Tank (Hospital) LST(H)-871, 15 September 1945. Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp) periods: 22-30 September 1945; 25 October 1945-28 February 1946; 14 April-4 May 1946. Assigned to JTF 1, TU 1.8.7 (Service Group - Rongerik Evacuation Unit) for Operation Crossroads. Decommissioned 4 October 1946; struck 13 November 1946; sold for commercial operation 30 June 1948 to Humble Oil & Refining Co., Houston TX. Spec block: 1,625 t (lt) / 4,080 t (fl); 328' oa x 50'; 11.6 kts trial; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers + 147 enlisted; propulsion 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, 3 x diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC ship's-service generators, 2 propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders. Commanding officers: LT Frank W. Summers USNR (15 Jan 1945-20 Oct 1945), LT Leroy Fadem USNR (20 Oct 1945-3 Jan 1946), ENS Milton B. Fletcher USNR (3 Jan 1946-Jul 1946), LT James C. Watkins USN (Jul 1946-4 Oct 1946). Photo captions: LST-871 on the builder's ways and launching at Jeffersonville, 20 December 1944; one of ten LSTs at Yonabaru Pier, Okinawa, 23 July 1945 (US Navy photo, 21st USNCB Neg. No. 204); beached at Truk Island, 6 February 1946 (crew member Richard M. Powell S1/c aboard 9 Jan 1945-15 Jun 1946).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Jeffersonville construction trades (1944-45); crew (1945-46); embarked troops in lift (e.g., 10th Marines Sep 1945)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates generally track DANFS but its 15 January 1945 commissioning conflicts with DANFS's 18 January 1945 (DANFS carried; see gaps). NavSource dates the commissioning LT to '15 January 1945' while its own commanding-officer table starts Summers's command the same day - consistent internally. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-871-02
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[4]NARA, USS LST-871 - War Diary, September 1945 (NAID 77542868; RG 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories', series NAID 4697018; Fold3/NARA scan, 4 images, microfilm roll A1928, serial 147421) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/77542868, images 0424-0427 (pp. 1-4); 'CONFIDENTIAL'; REG. NO 9518, REG. SHEET NO 175
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own war diary, September 1945 (CONFIDENTIAL, submitted by navigator L. Fadem, approved by CO F. W. Summers): 1 September anchored Saipan; 14 September completed loading at Tanapag Harbor 'approximately 550 tons of vehicles and cargo, plus 14 officers and 229 enlisted men of the 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division'; 17 September underway in company with Task Unit 54.3.2 per ComLSTFlot 23 movement order #3-45 'enroute to Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan', this ship acting as section guide (position #51); 20-23 September escort gunfire sank sighted mines en route; 24 September 'Anchored at 0858 in Fukuda-Saki berth #5, Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan'; 25 September refueled USS LSMs 227 and 253 (27,688 gallons diesel); 26 September 'beached at berth "B" south of Custom House landing, Nagasaki Ko', commenced unloading, disembarked 14 officers and 99 enlisted men; 27 September completed unloading, disembarked 130 enlisted men; 28 September underway for the Marianas, reversed course on typhoon warnings, moored Nagasaki inner harbor.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-09
- Population
- Ship's company (~117 complement plus embarked 14 officers + 229 enlisted 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division)
- Limitations
- Primary ship document, but a movement/operations record only - no asbestos or material content. It documents that this hull carried 10th Marines occupation troops into the atomic-bombed port six weeks after the blast; it does not document crew exposure of any kind. Scanned microfilm via Fold3/NARA partnership; transcription read from the catalog images.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-871-03
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[5]NARA digitized USS LST-871 records: War Diary October 1945 (NAID 77571148, roll A1959, serial 150499); additional war-diary months indicated by catalog search (115 'LST-871' hits); ship's own Nagasaki action report per DPLA record; task-group action report scan hosted by NavSource; RG 24 deck logs status unverified [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77571148 (catalog.archives.gov/id/77571148, image 0013 read); DPLA dp.la/item/8356eb5308e4211055d7ca87f88c630c; NavSource 10/03/pdf/03138a.pdf (TransRon12 report cover image read)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds multiple digitized primary records for this hull in RG 38 World War II War Diaries (Fold3/NARA partnership): the October 1945 war diary (NAID 77571148) records the 1 October 1945 departure from Nagasaki inner harbor for the Marianas under ComLSTFlot 23 movement order 4-45, evasive typhoon courses, and a broken fuel line 7 October. The ship's own 'Report of operations in the occupation of Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, 9/24-27/45' (dated 28 September 1945, micro serial 149214 / serial 156) is documented by a DPLA record. NavSource hosts a scan of the force-level action report 'Landing of Occupation Forces, Nagasaki, Japan, September 1945' by Commander Transport Squadron Twelve (ComNagasakiGroup / CTG 54.3). RG 24 deck logs for this hull not verified for digitization status this session.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Ship's company (Oct 1945); researchers: deck logs and remaining war-diary months are open leads
- Limitations
- Archival lead row: two war-diary NAIDs verified live (September via catalog page scrape; October via catalog API JSON), but the NARA catalog endpoint began serving a JS shell after the first query - full enumeration of the 115 reported 'LST-871' hits was not completed; additional months probable but unverified. DPLA item verified live (HTTP 202) but the underlying NARA record page was not individually confirmed. Deck-log digitization status unchecked.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-871-04
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[6]NHHC, 'Composition of Joint Task Force One' (Operation Crossroads), sourced from U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency, Operation Crossroads, 1946 (Washington: DNA, 1984) - TU 1.8.7 listing (live page, verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC composition page, 'Task Group 1.8 (Service Group)', item I and TU 1.8.7 list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's official JTF-1 composition transcription lists USS LST-871 and USS LST-989 under 'TU 1.8.7 (Rongerik Evacuation Unit)', within Task Group 1.8 (Service Group), whose enumerated responsibilities include 'Evacuation of Rongerik Atoll population if necessary.' The Bikini native population had been relocated to Rongerik in March 1946 (per the source document's narrative).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946-06 to 1946-07
- Population
- Crew of 81 aboard during Crossroads (DNA 6032F appendix); ~167 Marshallese at Rongerik
- Limitations
- Documents the task-unit assignment and its standby function only - it does not by itself establish that LST-871 performed an evacuation (the Marshallese actually disembarked from LST-989 on 1 July per the DNA report narrative; see ev-06). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-871-05
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[7]U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency, Operation Crossroads, 1946 (DNA 6032F, final report, 1 May 1984; Nuclear Test Personnel Review series) - per-ship appendix entry for USS LST-871 (govinfo PDF verified 200; DTIC copy HTTP 403 this session; text extracted via archive.org DTIC_ADA146562 full text) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DNA 6032F ship appendix, 'USS LST-871' block (p. ~356 of scan); JTF-1 organization section TU 1.8.7
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DNA 6032F's per-ship appendix for USS LST-871: 'Crew Size 81; Bikini Arrival: 16 June 1946; Bikini Departure: 25 July 1946; Shot ABLE Location: Rongerik Atoll; Shot BAKER Location: 22 nmi (41 km) E; Decontamination Location: San Francisco; Final Clearance: 22 November 1946.' Movement log: moored off Rongerik Island during Shot ABLE (1 July) 'as part of the Rongerik Evacuation Unit'; anchored berth 58 Bikini Lagoon in the run-up to BAKER; underway departing Bikini Lagoon 1351 on 24 July; observed Shot BAKER 25 July '22 nmi (41 km) east of Bikini Lagoon as unit guide for a 12-ship column.' Appendix narrative states LST-871 'was one of the ships used to evacuate the Marshallese from their islands'; the report's main narrative attributes the 1 July Rongerik disembarkation to LST-989.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946-06-16 to 1946-07-25
- Population
- Crew of 81 (Crossroads period); embarked/evacuee Marshallese population as applicable
- Limitations
- Documents the ship's Crossroads role and movements, not asbestos. The report's own records are internally inconsistent on which unit ship performed the Rongerik disembarkation (appendix claims LST-871 among ships used 'to evacuate the Marshallese'; main narrative names LST-989 on 1 July) - both carried verbatim; the standby-assignment function is the reliably documented fact. 1984 retrospective compilation from 1946 records; extraction via OCR'd text - minor character-level uncertainty, content quoted conservatively.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-871-06
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[8]U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency, Operation Crossroads, 1946 (DNA 6032F) - Table 31 'Reconstructed (calculated) dose for support ship crews' + post-BAKER clearance narrative naming the twelve ships found within radiological limits [other_primary]
- Locator
- DNA 6032F Table 31 (support ship crews); post-operation decontamination narrative (12-ship list); San Francisco dispersal list
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- DNA 6032F Table 31 row for USS LST-871 (footnote marker 'a' - 'did not enter Bikini after BAKER'): 81 personnel; Bikini departure 25 July 1946; Bikini reconstructed dose 0 rem gamma; clearance date 22 November 1946; total reconstructed dose 0 rem gamma. The report's decontamination narrative separately names LST-871 among twelve Crossroads-associated ships 'found to be within radiological limits' that did not require the decontamination applied to nontarget ships spending more than one day in Bikini Lagoon after BAKER. The San Francisco dispersal list (clearance/decontamination centers) includes LST-871.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946 (reconstruction published 1984)
- Population
- 81 crew (Crossroads period)
- Limitations
- Radiological personnel-review data, NOT asbestos data - included because it is ship-specific government documentation of this hull's service environment and crew exposure reconstruction; it says nothing about asbestos materials or exposure aboard. Reconstructed (modeled) dose values, not individual badge readings; does not address any post-1946 commercial-crew exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-871-07
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[9]MARAD Vessel History Database, LST-871 (ShipHistory detail 9542) + scanned Vessel Status Card 4BJ_01.png (live page, verified 2026-10-03) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/9542 'Status Cards' 4BJ_01.png (card face read); ships.navalmarinearchive.com/ships/75675
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Maritime Administration's vessel status card for LST-871 records: 'Suisun Bay' lay-up location; 'Sold to Humble Oil & Refining Co' under Navy Surplus, form of agreement 'SP Act 1936' (as written on the card - the exact statutory reference is unverified); delivered 6-30-48. The MARAD database page summarizes fate as 'Sold - No Further Info' with no milestones or documents beyond the card. A secondary registry compilation (Naval Marine Archive, ships.navalmarinearchive.com/ships/75675) lists the hull's commercial identity as 'HUMBLE ST-9', U.S. Official Number U272855.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946-1948
- Population
- Post-Navy commercial crews (Humble Oil, 1948-forward)
- Limitations
- Primary government disposal record confirming the commercial sale (corroborating DANFS/NavSource); it does not document what Humble Oil did with the hull, any conversion work, hazmat handling, or scrapping. The 'HUMBLE ST-9'/U272855 identity rests on a secondary registry source and is flagged as such - carry with caution. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-871-08
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[10]Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 'Six weeks after Nagasaki' (John Mecklin, 7 August 2016) - firsthand account and photographs by Leroy Fadem, then executive officer/navigator of USS LST-871 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- thebulletin.org multimedia feature, August 7 2016 (Fadem interview + Nagasaki photographs)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Firsthand crew account: Leroy Fadem, then 24, was executive officer and navigator of USS LST-871; on 24 September 1945 the ship sailed into Nagasaki Harbor 'as part of the first US Navy task force to approach that city since an atomic bomb had been dropped on it about six weeks earlier,' carrying 'several hundred US Marines, part of a larger contingent of the 2nd Marine Division' brought to occupy Nagasaki. Fadem recalled crew restricted to the dock area near a damaged police station, 'not that far away from ground zero,' with little remembered discussion of radiation dangers before arrival. Corroborates the ship's war diary (ev-03) on dates, troops carried, and berth.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-09-24 to 1945-10-01
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked 2nd Marine Division troops
- Limitations
- An eyewitness recollection published 71 years after the fact in a reputable journal - used for service detail only; it is not an exposure or medical record and does not quantify any hazard (radiological or asbestos) to the crew. 'Several hundred Marines' vs the diary's 14 officers + 229 enlisted is loose but consistent.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-871-09
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[11]Law Library of Louisiana, 'Louisiana Supreme Court Justices: 1813 to the present' LibGuide - biography of Chief Justice Frank W. Summers (live page, verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- lasc.libguides.com 'Summers' entry; cross-referenced to NavSource CO table and war-diary page 4 signature
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- This hull's first commanding officer is a documented public figure: the Law Library of Louisiana's official biography of Frank W. Summers (1914-1993) records that he 'commanded an amphibious vessel in the Pacific,' was 'discharged with the rank of lieutenant commander November 1945,' and later served as Associate Justice (12 December 1960-31 December 1978) and Chief Justice (1 January 1979-29 February 1980) of the Louisiana Supreme Court. NavSource names LT. Frank W. Summers USNR as LST-871's commissioning CO (15 January-20 October 1945), and his signature approves the ship's September 1945 war diary (ev-03).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945 (service); 1979-1980 (chief justiceship)
- Population
- LT./LT.CDR. Frank W. Summers USNR (first CO)
- Limitations
- The LibGuide biography does not name LST-871; the hull linkage comes from NavSource's commanding-officer table and the war-diary approval signature 'F.W. SUMMERS' - the identification is strong but composite. Vessel-history/biographical fact only; no exposure claim is made for him or any individual. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-871-10
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[12]Era inference built on: NavSource spec block (diesel propulsion, no steam plant); LST-542-class design (BuShips SD-1945 design grouping '542 group'); era amphibious-ship construction practice at inland 'cornfield' yards; GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-use-era documentation (see ev-13). BuShips 'Ships' Data' Vol 2 (Jan 1945) PDF URL cited by the class profile returned 404 this session - not independently re-verified [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; class-level background (lst-1-class.class.json) for design grouping; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- An LST-542-class diesel-powered amphibious ship built November-December 1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a tank landing ship of this type and period were engine-room and diesel-exhaust lagging, thermal insulation, gaskets, valve packing, deck coverings, and accommodation insulation. As a diesel ship she carried no boilers or steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; exposure relevance concentrates in the machinery spaces, exhaust trunking, joiner/accommodation materials, and any LST(H) hospital-space fitout undertaken in 1945.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Jeffersonville construction trades (1944-45); crew (1945-46); any conversion yard trades for the LST(H) fitout (1945)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for LST-871. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The 1945 LST(H) conversion's location and material scope are undocumented in the sources consulted (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-871-11
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[13]U.S. DOL Benefits Review Board, Burton v. OLD JB LLC f/k/a JEFFBOAT LLC f/k/a JEFFBOAT, INCORPORATED, BRB No. 24-0045 (issued 14 August 2025; NOT-PUBLISHED; LHWCA, 33 U.S.C. 901-950) [court_record]
- Locator
- BRB 24-0045 slip op. pp. 1-2 (facts), pp. 7-8 (holding - 'we affirm the ALJ's Order Granting Claimant's Motion for Summary Decision')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Government adjudication involving alleged asbestos exposure at this hull's builder's corporate successor: the BRB affirmed an ALJ order granting summary decision awarding death benefits to the widow of Bennie Burton, who 'worked for Employer for thirty-one years, from 1964 until 1995, as a pipefitter and supervisor, during which time he was allegedly exposed to asbestos, welding fumes, and other toxic substances' at Jeffboat, Jeffersonville, Indiana - the yard that built LST-871 as Jeffersonville Boat & Machinery Co. Employer failed to participate in discovery; claimant's unrebutted evidence (deposition plus two medical experts concluding 'Decedent's reported asbestos exposure contributed to his death') invoked the Section 20(a) presumption; the ALJ awarded death benefits at $367.955/week plus funeral expenses; BRB affirmed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1964-2025
- Population
- Jeffboat yard workers, 1964-1995 era (claimant decedent: pipefitter/supervisor)
- Limitations
- Yard-level, later-era record only: the worker's exposure window (1964-1995) post-dates this hull's construction (1944-45) by two decades and establishes nothing about materials aboard LST-871. Litigation stage classified at its lowest honest level: an uncontroverted-evidence summary award - granted on an unopposed record after employer default, not a contested merits finding that asbestos was present at the yard. NOT-PUBLISHED BRB decision. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim for this hull's construction workers.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-871-12
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[14]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)
- 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 (1945-48).
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed in prior batch sessions; product-page description used).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-871-13
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[15]Batch-7414 search ledger (this record): DANFS live page; NavSource live page; NARA war diaries (NAIDs 77542868, 77571148); NHHC JTF-1 composition; DNA 6032F full text (govinfo/archive.org); MARAD vessel history + status card; DOL BRB 24-0045; Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Law Library of Louisiana LibGuide; NVR (no entry); CourtListener (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-871-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LST-871 / LST(H)-871 was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated API returned a daily-quota wait of ~9 hours on the first request; logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no law-firm ship page for this hull (a marketing page for USS Damato DD-871 - a hull-numeral collision - and LHWCA content for other ships were the only asbestos-tagged near-matches). The only ship-adjacent asbestos record located is yard-level and later-era (BRB 24-0045, see ev-12).
- 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 (throttled, not run). NARA war diaries and the ship's action reports are operations records with no asbestos content; undigitized or unenumerated holdings (RG 24 deck logs, disposal/conversion work files, Humble Oil commercial records) are open leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-871-14
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[16]Date/fate cross-check: DANFS commissioning (18 January 1945) vs NavSource (15 January 1945); DANFS/NavSource/MARAD commercial sale vs shipbuildinghistory tabulation 'scrapped 1948' [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS vs NavSource commissioning lines; shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-navy-small/lstpart3 LST table row for LST-871; MARAD card 4BJ_01
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION/CONFLICT LOG: (1) Commissioning date - DANFS states 18 January 1945; NavSource's timeline and commanding-officer table state 15 January 1945; secondary sources divide (Wikipedia follows 18 January; a secondary registry gives 'Date Built: 1945-01-18'). DANFS date carried; NavSource variant logged. (2) Ultimate fate - DANFS, NavSource, and the MARAD status card all document the 30 June 1948 sale to Humble Oil & Refining Co. for operation (with 'HUMBLE ST-9' commercial identity in a secondary registry); a secondary shipbuilding tabulation (shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net) lists 'scrapped 1948,' conflicting with the documented commercial sale - unresolved, carried in gaps.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-1948
- Limitations
- Logs source conflicts, not material claims. The scrapping claim may reflect a post-commercial scrapping date or a tabulation error - unverifiable from the sources reached; DANFS/MARAD-documented sale is the carried fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-871-15