Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 740-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-886-lst886-pkt-740-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-886 (NHHC live page verified 2026-10-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-886 entry, full text (3 paragraphs)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-886 was laid down on 20 August 1944 at Pittsburgh, Pa., by the Dravo Corp.; launched on 30 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. C. S. Hamilton; and commissioned on 2 November 1944.' Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; 'participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in March 1945 and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April 1945.' Occupation duty in the Far East until mid-November 1945; decommissioned 10 May 1946; struck from the Navy list 19 June 1946; 'On 20 May 1948, the ship was sold to Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, Wash., for scrapping.' Earned two battle stars for World War II.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Dravo construction trades (1944); Coast Guard crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Terse entry - no spec block, no unit assignments, no commanding officers. Live page verified 2026-10-03 (no NHHC link-rot for this entry, unlike some DANFS pages in earlier batches).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-886-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-886 (page last updated 1 November 2024; live navsource.net URL verified 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160886.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline and detail for this hull: 'USS LST-886 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II.' LST-542 class; commissioned 2 November 1944, LT. W. P. Fitzpatrick, USCGR, in command. Unit assignments: LST Flotilla Twenty-Nine (CAPT. H. E. Richter USCG), LST Group Eighty-Seven (CDR. E. Anderson USCG), LST Division One Hundred Seventy-Four. Campaign credit windows: Iwo Jima operation - assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 13 to 14 March 1945; Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 17 to 26 April 1945. Occupation service in the Far East 9 September to 15 November 1945; decommissioned 10 May 1946; struck 19 June 1946; sold for scrapping 20 May 1948 to Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, WA. Commanding officers: LT. Fitzpatrick, William P., USCGR (2 Nov 1944-?); LTjg. Sharpe Jr., Carl B., USNR (March 1946-?); LT. Johnson, William P., USCGR (?-10 May 1946). Specification block: displacement 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt; complement 13 officers/104 enlisted, troop accommodations 16 officers/147 enlisted; 2 LCVP; propulsion two GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100 kW generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders. Radio call sign NJBF.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Dravo construction trades (1944); Coast Guard crew (1944-46); Kaiser Vancouver scrapping trades (1948)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates here agree with DANFS exactly, and its Group 87/Division 174 assignment is corroborated by two primary documents (NHHC fleet-organization table and the NARA group war diary, ev-03/ev-04). Page contains no asbestos content. navsource.org is dead; cited URL is live navsource.net verified 2026-10-03.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-886-02
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[4]NHHC, U.S. Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 (online reading room document) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC US Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, LST GROUP 87 / LST DIVISION 174 table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization tables list LST GROUP 87 under ComLSTGrp 87 Comdr. E. Anderson (USCG), with LST DIVISION 174 comprising LST 830 (Lt. G. Rowe USCG), LST 831 (Lt. R. T. Leary USCG), LST 832 (Lt. W. H. Young USCG), LST 884, LST 886, and LST 887 (Lt. L. O. Chandler USCG). LST-886's commanding-officer column is blank ('..........') in this table; every CO named elsewhere in Division 174 and the group staff is a Coast Guard officer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- LST Group 87 crews (USCG), May 1945
- Limitations
- Organizational roster only - establishes the hull's unit assignment and the group's Coast Guard officer manning, not any material or exposure condition. LST-886's blank CO field is unexplained in this document (NavSource carries LT Fitzpatrick USCGR in command from commissioning); carried as a noted quirk, not a conflict.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-886-03
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[5]NARA NAID 77464497, 'COM LST GR 87 - War Diary, 6/1-30/45', Record Group 38 (CNO Office of Naval Records and Library), World War II War Diaries series; microfilm roll A1736, images 0121-0122, digitized via Fold3 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77464497, images 0121-0122 (composition table and narrative), microfilm A1736
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary war diary (dated 1 July 1945, letterhead 'GROUP 87 / L.S.T. FLOTILLA 29', signed E. A. Anderson) directly examined from the digitized images: the 1 June 1945 'Composition of Group' lists Division 173 (LST 770 GF, 771, 794, 796, 829, 885) and Division 174 (LST 830, 831, 832, 884, LST 886, 887), with LST 886 annotated 'Forward Area'. The diary documents group movements 7-12 June (underway as CTU 30.9.22, Leyte Gulf to Kerama Retto to Hagushi anchorage, Okinawa), unloading at Hagushi 12-22 June, and return to San Pedro Bay, Leyte, arriving 27 June.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-06-01 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- LST Group 87 ship's companies, June 1945
- Limitations
- Group-level war diary: names the hull in the unit roster and documents group movements, but is not a ship-level diary for LST-886 itself - whether the hull steamed every leg listed is not established by this document. No asbestos or material content. Digitized images read directly at catalog.archives.gov (NAID 77464497).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-886-04
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[6]NHHC Photograph NH 93822, 'USS LST-886' (donor John R. Huggard, 1982) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC photo page NH 93822, title/caption fields
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NHHC photographic record for this hull: catalog no. NH 93822, titled 'USS LST-886', captioned 'At Tinian, circa December 1944-September 1945. Photographed by the donor. LST-945 is at left.' Establishes documented physical presence at Tinian during the occupation/forward-operations window consistent with the war diary's 'Forward Area' annotation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-12 to 1945-09 (caption window)
- Population
- Crew at Tinian (Dec 1944-Sep 1945 window)
- Limitations
- Physical-presence documentation only - a location/datel photograph, not a work or material record. No asbestos content. Live page verified 2026-10-03.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-886-05
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[7]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'Cutters, Craft, & U.S. Coast Guard Manned Army & Navy Vessels' asset catalog, LST (Landing Ship, Tank; World War II) group [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG Historian's Office asset index, 'LST (LANDING SHIP, TANK; World War II)' list item LST-886
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Coast Guard Historian's Office official asset catalog lists LST-886 under 'LST (LANDING SHIP, TANK; World War II)' within 'Cutters, Craft, & U.S. Coast Guard Manned Army & Navy Vessels' - official USCG confirmation that this Navy hull was a Coast Guard-manned vessel (consistent with its all-USCGR/USCG officer list and NavSource's Coast Guard flag notation).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (subject era)
- Population
- Coast Guard crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Catalog listing only - the page indexes the vessel in the CG-manned fleet but carries no unit history, logbook, or material detail online. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-886-06
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[8]Library of Congress Veterans History Project, Irving M. Cumbie Collection, AFC/2001/001/102048 [other_primary]
- Locator
- LoC VHP service-summary block, item afc2001001.102048
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Library of Congress Veterans History Project record for a Coast Guard crew member of this hull: Irving M. Cumbie Collection, service dates 1942-1946, branch Coast Guard, 'Service Unit/Ship: USS LST-886 (Landing Ship Tank)', locations of service Algiers LA, Groton CT, New London CT, Ulithi, Saipan, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Pacific Theater; highest rank Lieutenant. The collection holds an oral-history recording and materials. Documents that the crew named in this record stood up the ship at its construction-era stations (Algiers LA / Groton / New London) and deployed to the documented campaign areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Lt. Irving M. Cumbie (USCG) and ship's company generally
- Limitations
- Individual service record only - establishes that a named Coast Guard officer served aboard this hull and corroborates the ship's stations; it is NOT an exposure record and the record makes no asbestos claim for Cumbie or anyone else. Interview audio contents not transcribed for material terms.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-886-07
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[9]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table + roster (shipscribe.com scan, text layer); LST-886 falls in the LST542-931 design group [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table + roster section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips January 1945 design data for the LST groups covering this hull: 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam, ~2,366 t beaching / 3,960-4,080 t trial, 11.6 kt, 2 x General Motors 12-567A diesels ~1,700 shp through Falk reduction gears, accommodations 13 officers / ~106 enlisted. The design table documents a diesel plant - no boilers - for the LST542-931 group to which LST-886 belongs (NavSource's per-hull spec block agrees).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945 (data edition); build era 1942-45
- Population
- Design-basis reference
- Limitations
- Class design data only - establishes the design-group machinery plant (diesel, no steam), not hull-specific fit. Not an asbestos document. Shipscribe mirror of the official BuShips publication; consulted via the class-profile research (2026-09-16) and re-confirmed for this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-886-08
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[10]Consolidated era inference - BuShips SDB v2 machinery data (diesel plant, no boilers) + Navy asbestos-use era documented by GAO HRD-80-2 + LST-program class context (inland 'cornfield' yards incl. Dravo Pittsburgh) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Consolidated from ev-08 design data + ev-10 program documentation + class-profile era context
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered LST-542-class tank landing ship built Aug-Nov 1944 sits squarely inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, machinery packing, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. The diesel plant carries no boilers - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the relevant pathways concentrate in machinery spaces, accommodation insulation, and deck coverings, in a hull with a large enclosed tank deck and berthing volume.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1948 (construction/service/disposal)
- Population
- Dravo construction trades (1944); Coast Guard crew (1944-46); Kaiser Vancouver scrapping trades (1948)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-886. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-886-09
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[11]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), service era (1944-46), and disposal (1948).
- 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 2026-10-03); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-886-10
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[12]NIOSH, 'Industrial hygiene survey report, Dravo Corporation, Engineering Works Division, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania' (Bloom, Dooley, Peguese; Industry Wide Field Studies series; record dated 1985-07-02), CDC Stacks record cdc/233199 [other_primary]
- Locator
- CDC Stacks record cdc/233199 + bundled missing-file notice (DS1 PDF)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- A government industrial-hygiene survey of this hull's builder exists: NIOSH surveyed the Dravo Corporation Engineering Works Division at Neville Island, Pittsburgh - the shipyard complex that built LST-886 - with the record dated 2 July 1985 in the Industry Wide Field Studies series. The CDC Stacks record is an index record only: the digital file is not available (Stacks 'Notice of Missing Digital File' dated 2025-09-24 points to the NIOSHTIC-2 index).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1985 (survey); yard operated 1941-1945 era of interest
- Population
- Dravo Engineering Works Division workers (1985 survey era)
- Limitations
- Index record only - the survey's contents are unknown and no asbestos finding can be asserted from it until the full text (or the NIOSHTIC-2 abstract) is retrieved. A 1985 survey postdates this hull's 1944 construction and 1946 decommissioning by four decades; even if it documents asbestos controls or hazards, it describes 1985 yard conditions, not 1944 build conditions. Yard-level, not hull-specific.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-886-11
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[13]Batch-7429 search ledger (this record): DANFS live page; NavSource live page; NHHC fleet-organization document; NARA NAID 77464497 (digitized, read directly); NHHC photo NH-93822; USCG Historian's Office catalog; LoC Veterans History Project; NIOSH index record; GAO product page; CourtListener (blocked); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-886-01 through sl-uss-lst-886-13
- 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-886 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - authenticated API returned daily-quota-exhausted (server-requested wait ~8.4 h); logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case: results were obituaries of Coast Guard crew (service facts only), law-firm/marketing ship-list material asserting asbestos without primary sourcing (excluded by source policy), an eBay reproduction-print listing, and name-collision material (e.g., a USCG cutter Duane page mentioning asbestos pipe shielding - a different 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 - a 1944-built naval vessel of this type sits inside the documented asbestos-use era, and the litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (throttled, not run). RG 24 deck logs, ship-level war diaries, Dravo build records, and the Kaiser Vancouver breakup file are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-886-12