Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]research packet 743-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-911-lst911-pkt-743-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-911 (NHHC ship-history entry, published 4 Aug 2015) - ARCHIVED COPY: live NHHC URL 404s at research time; text verified via Wayback capture 2024-05-27 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS entry 'LST-911', full text, Wayback capture 2024-05-27
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Full DANFS narrative: laid down 28 Feb 1944 at Hingham, Mass., by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc.; launched 12 Apr 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Christine Muir; commissioned 14 May 1944, Lt. E. H. Clark in command. Shakedown Little Creek; Norfolk availability; New York Pier 80; Panama Canal transit 9 Jul 1944; Seeadler Harbor Manus 23 Aug; Morotai beaching 19 Sep + second run 26 Sep-1 Oct; Leyte Cataison Point 22 Oct and second run 6-12 Nov (guns helped down two of five attacking planes); casualty-evacuation ship from 28 Nov; Mindoro landing 15 Dec carrying RAAF No. 3 Airfield Construction Squadron; kamikaze convoy attack damaging LST-460, LST-749, and Foote (DD-511); Lingayen Gulf 4-17 Jan + 21-27 Jan 1945; Palawan 13 Mar; Mindanao 23 Apr; Balikpapan 28 Jun-5 Jul + 12-17 Jul; ARD-19 drydock 2 Aug; occupation cargo to Japan (Tokyo Bay 29 Sep, Shiogama, Senami); decommissioned Seattle 24 Jun 1946; struck 31 Jul 1946; sold 25 Sep 1947 to Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. for scrapping. 'LST-911 earned four battle stars for World War II service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's company 13 officers/104 enlisted (class spec); embarked troops 16 officers/147 enlisted; evacuated casualties
- Limitations
- Verified DANFS text from an archived copy of the live NHHC page (live page returns 404 - standing NHHC link-rot defect first logged in BATCH-01). Contains no asbestos information whatsoever. Internal chronology defect: 'arriving [Cairns, Australia] on 19 March' is printed after mid-May 1945 events - not asserted here. Battle-star count (four) conflicts with NavSource (five) - DANFS carried, discrepancy logged.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-911-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-911 (page verified live 2026-10-03) - unit assignments, campaign table, awards ribbon, specifications, commanding-officer table, photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource archives/10/16/160911.htm - full page incl. awards block, campaign table, CO table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Page assigns LST-911 to LST Flotilla Eight (Capt. E. Watts), LST Group Twenty-Three (CDR T. C. Linthicum), LST Division Forty-Five; lists five Asiatic-Pacific campaigns (Morotai 15 Sep 1944; Leyte 5-18 Nov 1944; Lingayen Gulf 4-17 Jan 1945; Mindanao 17-23 Apr 1945; Balikpapan 28 Jun-10 Jul 1945); occupation-service periods 28 Sep-25 Oct 1945 and 16 Nov 1945-18 Apr 1946; awards including Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Leyte/Luzon), Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5), Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, Philippines Liberation Medal (2); callsign NVPM; specifications (1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt; 13 officers/104 enlisted; troops 16 officers/147 enlisted; 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, Falk reduction gear, 3 x 100 kW DC generators, twin screws 1,700 shp); commanding-officer table Clark 14 May 44-Mar 45, Saffield Mar 45-Jan 46, Bomfield Jan-1 Mar 46, Van Wagoner 1-16 Mar 46, Gray 16 Mar-24 Jun 46; photo caption 'entering San Francisco Bay, 14 May 1946.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Ship's company 13 officers/104 enlisted
- Limitations
- Contributor-maintained archive (secondary hosting of primary material). States 'five battle stars' - conflicts with DANFS 'four'; DANFS carried, discrepancy logged in correction row and gaps. Photo captions are contributor attributions, not archival catalog records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-911-02
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[4]USS LST-911 Commissioning Pamphlet, May 1944 (four-page scan hosted on NavSource; images 1016091108-1016091111) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page, 'USS LST-911 Commissioning Pamphlet' section, scans 1016091108.jpg-1016091111.jpg
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-produced commissioning pamphlet ('U.S.S. LST 911, May, 1944') records Rear Admiral R. A. Theobald, Commandant First Naval District; Captain W. H. Magruder, Acting Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Quincy; Commander M. C. Vangeli, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Hingham; and the commissioning party: Lt. (jg) Earl H. Clark USN (CO), Lt. Charles E. Pettit USNR (XO), Lt. (jg) William J. Sweeney USNR (Gunnery), Ens. Albert S. Jaffe USNR (Engineering), Ens. Leslie L. Heller Jr. USNR (First Lieutenant), Ens. Leonard R. Myers USNR (Communications), Ens. William LaValle USNR (Stores), Ens. Stanley E. Peterson USNR (Asst Engineering), Ens. Jacques J. Pinkard USNR (Asst First Lieutenant) - plus the full enlisted crew roster by name and rating.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-05
- Population
- Commissioning crew - 9 officers + ~100 enlisted named
- Limitations
- Primary document (ship-produced, May 1944) hosted as contributor scans on NavSource - secondary hosting, primary content. Roster documents who was aboard at commissioning; it is not an exposure record and contains no material information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-911-03
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[5]U.S. Naval despatch, voyage orders for Task Unit 96 element, dated 10 Apr 1946 - 'LST-911 and other units of TU 96 Voyage Orders from Yokohama to Pearl Harbor, 12 April 1946' (NavSource-hosted scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource PDF 161039b.pdf - despatch text, addressee line 'COM LST GR 107 - LSTs 702 911 968 1023 1039 1054 1063'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Plain-language naval despatch orders the LSTs of LST Group 107 - LSTs 702 (task-group guide), 911, 968, 1023, 1039, 1054, 1063, plus LCT-1230 toploaded aboard LST-968 - to depart Yokohama 12 April 1946 for Pearl Harbor, reporting on arrival to CONADCOMPHIBSPAC, task unit dissolved on arrival at Pearl.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946-04
- Population
- LST-911 crew on the Yokohama-Pearl transit
- Limitations
- Primary despatch (contributed scan hosted on NavSource); names this hull in a dated operational order. Documents the homeward-bound movement only - no material or exposure content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-911-04
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[6]MARAD Vessel History database, LST-911 detail page + vessel status card scan 4BX_01.png (U.S. Maritime Commission custody record) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov Detail/9556, Status Cards tab, card image /cards/4BX_01.png
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD vessel status card for 'LST 911': 'Basis to U.S M.C. 10-13-47 Noon'; operator 'PUGET SOUND BRIDGE & DREDGING CO'; 'TITLE PASSED AT WASHINGTON, D.C. 9-25-47'; form of agreement 'PURCH'; port of delivery 'NORDLAND WASH.'; delivered '10-13-47 Noon PST'. Consistent with and more precise than DANFS 'sold ... for scrapping' 25 Sep 1947: title passed 25 Sep, physical delivery to the scrapper's port 13 Oct 1947.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1947
- Population
- Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging breaking workforce (Nordland, WA, 1947)
- Limitations
- Government custody/disposal record. Documents sale and delivery to the scrapper; no hazmat, survey, or material content. Card handwritten 'SP act 1936' notation not further interpreted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-911-05
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[7]Australian War Memorial photograph OG1898 (John Thomas Harrison), 'Off Mindoro Island, Philippines. 1944-12-15. These Australians of No. 3 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF were among the first to land on Mindoro Island' - public domain [museum_official]
- Locator
- AWM collection record OG1898; NavSource image 1016091112.jpg caption
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- AWM-held official photograph documents the 15 Dec 1944 Mindoro landing event in which No. 3 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF unloaded from the landing ship(s) within five minutes of hitting the beachhead - the same event DANFS narrates for LST-911 (149 men of the squadron embarked at Leyte, unloaded Mindoro 15 Dec). NavSource captions this image as USS LST-911 at Mindoro.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-12-15
- Population
- RAAF No. 3 Airfield Construction Squadron; LST-911 crew
- Limitations
- The AWM catalog record does not itself name LST-911 - it describes 'their LSTs' plural. The hull attribution to this ship is NavSource's caption, consistent with DANFS placing this ship in that landing. Partial verification: event verified at AWM, hull attribution verified at NavSource.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-911-06
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[8]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (Apr 1945), LST design data + official vessel roster (shipscribe.com scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 scan, printed p.185 (PDF p.202), LST roster, LST911 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official BuShips data for the LST design groups: 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam, ~1,625 t light / 3,960-4,080 t trial, 11.6 kt, 2 x GM 12-567A diesels 1,700 shp, accommodations 13 officers/106 enlisted. The roster lists LST-911 in the 'Bethlehem Steel Co., Hingham, Mass.' block with keel '2 Feb 44', launch 12 Apr 44, first commission 14 May 44.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Class design table + contemporaneous roster. The printed keel date '2 Feb 44' conflicts with DANFS/NavSource/ShipbuildingHistory (all 28 Feb 1944) and is internally implausible (precedes LST-907's keel) - logged as a probable print defect; DANFS date carried. Class-level machinery data is not a hull-specific material schedule.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-911-07
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[9]ShipbuildingHistory (T. Colton), 'Landing Ships, Tank - LST Part 3 of 4' build table + 'Bethlehem-Hingham, Hingham MA' yard page (verified live 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- lstpart3.htm, LST-911 row; bethhingham.htm yard header
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Build table row for LST-911: Bethlehem Steel, Hingham MA, yard number 3381, FY 1943, keel 28-Feb-44, launch 12-Apr-44, delivery 14-May-44, 44 days on ways / 32 days in water / 76 total days, 'scrapped 1947'. Yard page: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyards Inc. built 1941 for destroyer-escort construction with $35M Navy funding, 16 ways, managed by Bethlehem Quincy, peak employment over 23,000, closed and liquidated after the war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction workforce (peak ~23,000)
- Limitations
- Respected secondary reference, not a government record - consistent with DANFS and SDB on dates except where SDB's '2 Feb 44' keel misprint diverges; the 44/32/76 day counts corroborate the 28 Feb keel. 'Scrapped 1947' corroborated by the MARAD status card delivery to the scrapper.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-911-08
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[10]Consolidated era inference - BuShips SDB-1945 v2 machinery data (diesel LST-542 design) + era amphibious-ship construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- LST-542 design group technical data; class profile lst-1-class.class.json ev-lst-1-class-03
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this diesel-powered LST: no boilers - asbestos-relevant applications are GM diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. Built 1944 at Bethlehem-Hingham - inside the period when asbestos insulation was standard shipyard practice.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades (1944); ship's company (1944-46); PSB&D breakers (1947)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-level asbestos record exists for this hull (see negative_finding row). Establishes no quantities, no present-day presence, and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-911-09
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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
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless disturbed. Context for the era in which this hull was built and disposed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull-specific; postdates this ship's 1947 disposal. gao.gov returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch at research time - content via product-page description; full-text pull remains an open lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-911-10
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[12]Lockwood v. AC & S, Inc., 109 Wash. 2d 235, 744 P.2d 605 (1987) - via Atlas shipyard record puget-sound-bridge-dredging [court_record]
- Locator
- shipyards.json yard puget-sound-bridge-dredging, ev-puget-bridge-01; Wash. Sup. Ct. opinion
- Finding type
- litigation_product_id
- Finding
- The Atlas shipyard dataset carries litigation-verified asbestos documentation for this hull's scrapper: testimony in Lockwood ties Raymark asbestos products to a large liner conversion at Puget Sound Bridge & Dredge in 1947-1948 - the same yard and period in which LST-911 was delivered at Nordland for breaking.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1947-1948
- Population
- PSB&D insulators/shipyard workers 1947-1948
- Limitations
- Yard-level context only: the opinion documents asbestos-product use at PSB&D on a different job (liner conversion) in 1947-48. It does not name LST-911, does not address shipbreaking, and establishes nothing about material aboard this hull. No hazmat record for this hull's breaking was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-911-11
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[13]NARA RG 24, 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1992' (NAID 594258) + RG 38 WWII War Diaries series (per-hull war-history file documented for sister LST-464, NAID 77707313) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov NAID 594258 (series); NAID 77707313 (sister-hull example)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The relevant archival series exist: RG 24 deck logs cover 1941-1992 and RG 38 holds WWII war diaries/histories with per-hull file units (an LST-464 war-history file is cataloged). Ship-specific file units for LST-911 (deck logs May 1944-Jun 1946; war diary) were not verified - the NARA catalog is JS-rendered and API endpoints did not return records to automated queries this session.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Archival lead, not a located record. Deck logs would document assignments, upkeep, and repair periods; war diaries would document operations. Neither is an asbestos record - verification left open.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-911-12
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[14]Source cross-check: DANFS (archived NHHC) vs NavSource vs BuShips SDB-1945 v2 [other_primary]
- Locator
- ev-uss-lst-911-01, -02, -07 sources
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Three documented source discrepancies carried here: (1) battle stars - DANFS 'four battle stars' vs NavSource 'five battle stars' (its own table lists five campaigns); DANFS carried. (2) Keel date - SDB-1945 v2 roster prints '2 Feb 44' vs 28 Feb 1944 in DANFS, NavSource, and ShipbuildingHistory; the printed value is internally implausible (precedes LST-907's 31 Jan keel, and conflicts with ShipbuildingHistory's 44-days-on-ways count); '2 Feb 44' treated as a probable misprint, 28 Feb carried. (3) DANFS internal defect - 'arriving [Cairns] on 19 March' is printed after mid-May 1945 events; sequence impossible, not asserted.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Cross-source date/award reconciliation; the discrepant values are retained here rather than silently dropped. Resolution favors the authoritative/most-consistent reading in each case.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-911-13
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[15]Batch-7454 search ledger (this record): DANFS (archived), NavSource page + commissioning pamphlet + TU-96 orders PDF, MARAD status card, AWM OG1898, SDB-1945 v2, shipyards.json, secondary web sweep; CourtListener blocked (daily quota); NARA catalog JS-rendered [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-911-01 through sl-uss-lst-911-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, material schedule, museum/agency hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LST-911 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener could not be queried this session - litigation coverage is open, not negative.
- 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 warship's era-consistent materials are plausible but unproven for this hull. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-911-14