Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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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-875-lst875-pkt-738-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-875 - construction, sponsor, commissioning, Okinawa Gunto service, occupation duty, decommission/stricken/transfer dates, battle star [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-875 entry (single-paragraph L-number entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 18 October 1944 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched 29 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Karl R. Zimmermann; commissioned 22 December 1944, Lt. R. E. Euliss in command. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in May and June 1945; performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-September 1945; decommissioned 22 April 1946; struck from the Navy list 19 July 1946; transferred to the Philippine Navy 2 July 1948 where she served as Misamis Oriental (LT-40). 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 (U.S. Navy coverage)
- Population
- MVB&I Evansville construction trades (Oct-Dec 1944); crew (1944-46); embarked troops; Philippine Navy crew (1948-79)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS gives the CO's rank as 'Lt.' while NavSource's commanding-officer table gives 'ENS. Robert E. Euliss' - rank discrepancy carried in gaps. Live NHHC page verified reachable 2026-10-03.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-875-lst875-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-875 / BRP Misamis Oriental (LT-40) - unit assignments, campaign dates, awards, specifications, photo record, disposal note [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160875.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline and details for this hull: 542-class tank landing ship; commissioned with ENS. Robert E. Euliss USN in command (sole commanding officer listed, 22 December 1944 - 22 April 1946); assigned to 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; Okinawa Gunto operation 'assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 29 May to 30 June 1945'; occupation service in the Far East 9 to 25 September 1945; decommissioned 22 April 1946 at Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I.; struck 19 July 1946; transferred to the Republic of the Philippines 2 July 1948 as BRP Misamis Oriental (LT-40); 'Final Disposition, fate unknown.' Call sign NIWB; ribbons: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 GM 12-567A 900-hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V D.C. ship's service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders; 2 LCVP; ultimate design armament 2 twin and 4 single 40 mm, 12 single 20 mm. Photo record: beached at Sesoko Beach 1 August 1945 alongside LST-795 (Coast Guard Heritage Museum, Di Rosario Collection); beached at Zamboanga, Mindanao, P.I., circa 1946; Philippine-service photographs circa 1953, 1956, and 1968 (hull still wearing side number 875 in 1953).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1979
- Population
- Crew (1944-46); embarked troops at Okinawa; Subic Bay decommissioning party (1946); Philippine Navy crew (1948-79)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation - its dates track DANFS here and are corroborated by the NARA war diary; it is not a primary registry. CO rank (ENS.) conflicts with DANFS (Lt.). Contains no asbestos content. Live navsource.net page verified reachable 2026-10-03.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-875-lst875-02
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[4]NARA catalog, RG 38 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' - four digitized file units for USS LST-875: War Diary 5/1-31/45 (NAID 83529887, Roll A1812), 6/1/45-7/31/45 (NAID 83565473, Roll A1853), 8/1-31/45 (NAID 77523336, Roll A1908), 9/1-30/45 (NAID 77542874, Roll A1928) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog file units NAID 83529887 (May), 83565473 (Jun-Jul), 77523336 (Aug), 77542874 (Sep); May diary p.1 (image 1053.jpg)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific primary records located and digitized: four monthly war-diary file units for this hull covering May through September 1945 - the Okinawa operation and occupation-duty window. Spot check of the May 1945 diary (NAID 83529887, 5 images) confirms 'U.S.S. LST 875', Serial 68, dated 2 June 1945, from the Commanding Officer to CinCPac via Commander LST Group 91 and Commander LST Flotilla 31 - matching the NavSource unit assignments - and documents early-May 1945 training operations off Maui, T.H. (beaching drills, tactical exercises with LST-848, LST-902, LST-847, LST-661, LST-384; anchored Ahihi Bay, Maui, 2 May) before the late-May transit to Okinawa.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-05 through 1945-09
- Population
- Crew (1945)
- Limitations
- War diaries record operations, not materials - no asbestos content is expected or asserted; the units are also an unmined archival lead for yard availabilities, logistics, and any material references. Only the May 1945 unit was spot-checked; the June-July, August, and September units are catalog-verified but not yet read. Pre-May 1945 war diaries (shakedown/CONUS period) were not located in the catalog search.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-875-lst875-03
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[5]CIMSEC, 'A History of the Philippine Navy in the Korean War (1950-1953)' + The Maritime Review (Philippines), 'Our Amphibious Warfare Vessels: From Combat Service Support to Humanitarian Response (Part 1 of 2)' [reputable_press]
- Locator
- CIMSEC article (Service Squadron and 20th BCT paragraphs, decommissioning paragraph); Maritime Review Part 1 (LST operational histories, PEFTOK lift table, evacuation paragraph)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Philippine service documented: RPS Misamis Oriental (T-40) was one of the five ex-U.S. LSTs of the Philippine Navy Service Squadron that ferried Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea (PEFTOK) battalion combat teams to and from Korea over five years; Maritime Review's PEFTOK lift table credits LST-875/RPS Misamis Oriental with the return legs of the 20th BCT and the 2nd BCT, and CIMSEC records the storm-hampered 20th BCT homecoming under LTJG Pablo Pascua PN. On 27 April 1975, under LCDR Rafael Cartaciano PN, she evacuated 1,266 South Vietnamese and Filipino evacuees to the Philippines in the closing days of the Vietnam War. CIMSEC records RPS Albay, Bulacan, and Misamis Oriental as 'mothballed in 1979.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1948-1979
- Population
- Philippine Navy crew; embarked PEFTOK troops; evacuated civilians (Apr 1975)
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary sources (naval-affairs journal and Philippine maritime-industry press), not official records; Philippine Navy primary records for this era are not publicly digitized. Maritime Review's statement that she was 'the First Philippine Navy vessel to haul war reparations in Japan on 15-January-1948' is internally inconsistent with the 2 July 1948 transfer date (date as printed predates her acquisition - likely 1949+ or a misprint); flagged in gaps, not asserted. Prefix rendered RPS (era-correct) and BRP (modern) across sources. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-875-lst875-04
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[6]Consolidated era inference - BuShips Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945) LST design table (shipscribe.com scan) + LST-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, ev-lst-1-class-03) + era amphibious-ship construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips SDB-1945 v2 LST design table; class file lst-1-class.class.json ev-lst-1-class-03
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this diesel-powered LST: the LST-542-group plant was two GM 12-567A diesels (900 hp each) on two shafts - no boilers, so the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply. Asbestos-relevant applications for a 1944-built LST were diesel-exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and brake linings on winches and windlass.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1979
- Population
- MVB&I Evansville construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46); Philippine Navy crew and maintainers (1948-79)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-875. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-875-lst875-05
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[7]Woolsey v. Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., 119 Ind. App. 391, 87 N.E.2d 54 (Ind. Ct. App., decided Oct. 17, 1949); 1949 Ind. App. LEXIS 196 (opinion text via exa.ai opinion library) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion text, exa.ai opinion library; HallApproved 1949 Ind. App. index (88 N.E.2d 54 variant noted)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Yard-level litigation documentation for this hull's builder during her construction window: Elbert Woolsey was employed by Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company 'as a pipe fitter in the compartment of ships from June 21, 1944 to November 11, 1944' - spanning LST-875's construction period (laid down Oct. 18, launched Nov. 29, 1944) at the Evansville yard. His estate claimed death from an occupational disease (inhalation of fumes and gases from galvanized metal being welded - NOT an asbestos claim) under the Indiana Workmen's Occupational Diseases Act; the Industrial Board found no occupational disease arising out of the employment and the Court of Appeals affirmed (Oct. 17, 1949) - a merits-level negative for that claimant, not exposure evidence.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944 (employment); 1949 (decision)
- Population
- MVB&I Evansville wartime ship-compartment trades (pipe fitters, welders), 1944
- Limitations
- Context only: documents that occupational-disease claims by this yard's wartime ship-compartment workforce were litigated in the official record - it is a non-asbestos claim resolved in the yard's favor, not evidence of asbestos conditions aboard any hull, and the decedent's work is not attributable to this specific hull (the yard built LSTs concurrently). Reporter cite: 119 Ind. App. 391 and the official report's own 'Reported in 87 N. E. 2d 54' note; one aggregator indexes a conflicting 88 N.E.2d 54. Aggregator transcription used (CourtListener quota-blocked this session); the LEXIS cite is supplied for primary lookup.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-875-lst875-06
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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 highlights/description; full report PDF linked (26 pp.)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: extensive asbestos insulation use aboard Navy ships, with the 1975 policy of removing asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - i.e., original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. This hull's Navy career (1944-46) long predates the substitution era; her Philippine service (1948-79) is outside the report's scope.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979 (report); 1940s-1970s (policy era)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. GAO product page retrieved live this session (2026-10-03) via firecrawl - the prior batch's HTTP 403 block did not recur; content used is the product-page description, not the full report text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-875-lst875-07
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[9]Batch-7418 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS; NavSource; NARA catalog (war diaries); NVR; CourtListener (blocked); GAO; CIMSEC/Maritime Review; shipbuildinghistory; shipyards.json yard check; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-875-lst875-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, material schedule, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS LST-875 / RPS Misamis Oriental was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - authenticated API returned 'DAILY QUOTA EXHAUSTED' (shared fleet daily quota; ~8.8 h reset) on the first request; logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. A secondary web sweep surfaced no qualifying case; the recurring 'MDL-875' asbestos-docket hits are a docket-number collision, not references to this hull. No law-firm marketing material specific to this hull was located; none used.
- 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). The war diaries, builder records (MVB&I closed 1945; plant destroyed by fire 1946), and Philippine Navy records are undigitized or inaccessible leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-875-lst875-08