Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 745-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-924-lst924-pkt-745-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), LST-924 entry, Naval History and Heritage Command [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Live NHHC DANFS page, full LST-924 entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS records that LST-924 was laid down 8 May 1944 at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc.; launched 17 June 1944; and commissioned 10 July 1944. During World War II she was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the Leyte landing (November 1944), the Lingayen Gulf landings (January 1945), the Visayan Island landings (March and April 1945), and the Tarakan Island operation (April and May 1945). After the war she performed occupation duty in the Far East and China service until mid-May 1946; was decommissioned 13 June 1946; struck from the Navy list 3 July 1946; and on 5 May 1947 was sold to the Royal Navy of Thailand, operating as Angthong (LST-1). LST-924 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
- Bethlehem-Hingham shipyard workers and U.S. Navy crew
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history; contains no asbestos or material content. The DANFS entry ends at the 1947 Thai sale - later Royal Thai Navy service and the 2006 decommissioning come from other rows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-924-lst924-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-924 page [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, history bullets, campaign/occupation tables, commanding-officer table, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's LST-924 page records the same milestones with additional detail: commissioned 10 July 1944 with LT. Leeland Tinsley USN in command (served to January 1946; succeeded by LTjg. C. R. Johnston USNR, January-13 June 1946); campaign table dates - Leyte landings 5-18 November 1944, Lingayen Gulf landings 4-18 January 1945, Visayan Island 18 March and 29 March-1 April 1945, Tarakan Island operation 27 April-5 May 1945; Navy Occupation Service Medal periods 28 September-10 October 1945, 29 October-9 November 1945, and 30 December 1945-18 May 1946; China Service Medal (extended) 30 December 1945-18 May 1946. Photo captions document LST-924 beached with USS LST-1025 at Tarakan Island, Borneo, 1 May 1945 (Australian War Memorial photo OG2476, unloading No. 61 Airfield Construction Wing RAAF equipment) and moored pierside at Shanghai, China, circa 23 January 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew and embarked personnel; RAAF unloading party alongside (photo)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer archival photo/history compilation, not a primary registry - dates generally track DANFS but carry no asbestos information. Photograph captions establish presence (Tarakan, Shanghai), not material conditions aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-924-lst924-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-924 page - postwar disposition bullets and HTMS Angthong photo caption [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, disposition bullets and HTMS Angthong (LST-1) photo caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records the post-Navy chain: acquired by Thailand 5 May 1947 and named HTMS Angthong (LST-1); discarded by the Royal Thai Navy by 1978; restored to service circa 1994-95 as HTMS Angthong (LST-1); renumbered LST-711 after 1998; and 'active in the Royal Thai Navy as of 2006.' A photo caption shows ex-LST-924 underway in Royal Thai Navy service circa 1956 (official RTN photo from Jane's Fighting Ships 1956-57).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1947-2006
- Population
- Royal Thai Navy crew; Thai dockyard and maintenance workers (1947-2006)
- Limitations
- Disposition record only - no asbestos, hazmat, survey, or disposal-method content. The discard-by-1978/restore-circa-1994-95 episode conflicts in detail with the Royal Thai Navy journal's '49 years of service' framing (see gaps); 'after 1998' renumbering is vaguer than secondary sources' 'in 1998.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-924-lst924-03
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[5]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-924 specifications [museum_official]
- Locator
- Live page, 542-Class Tank Landing Ship specification block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource's LST-542-class specification block for this hull records: two General Motors 12-567A 900-hp diesel engines, single Falk main reduction gears, three diesel-drive 100-kW 230-V DC ship-service generators, two propellers at 1,700 shaft horsepower, twin rudders; diesel fuel capacity 4,300 barrels; speed 11.6 knots trial; complement 7 officers and 104 enlisted with troop accommodations for 16 officers and 147 enlisted; 4 LCVP boats; ultimate armament design of 2 twin 40-mm mounts with Mk.51 directors, 4 single 40-mm, and 12 single 20-mm mounts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-2006
- Population
- Engineering crew, shipboard personnel, and maintenance workers
- Limitations
- The specification block describes recorded design/fit only; it does not establish asbestos content in machinery insulation, gaskets, electrical components, coverings, or friction materials. The officer count (7) differs from the class-standard 13 carried on sister-hull NavSource pages and in BuShips-derived class data (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-924-lst924-04
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[6]shipbuildinghistory.com, 'Bethlehem-Hingham, Hingham MA' yard page - hull production table, row 3394 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Live page, production table row '3394 | LST | 924 | 1943 | 8-May-44 | 17-Jun-44 | 10-Jul-44 | 40 | 23 | 63 | To Thailand 1947'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Bethlehem-Hingham yard production table at shipbuildinghistory.com records LST-924 as yard hull number 3394 (FY 1943 program), keel laid 8 May 1944, launched 17 June 1944, delivered 10 July 1944 - 40 days on the ways, 23 days in the water, 63 days total - with disposition noted 'To Thailand 1947.' The same page documents the yard itself: built in 1941 with $35 million of Navy funding for destroyer-escort construction, 16 ways, managed by Bethlehem's Quincy yard, 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 trades (peak employment over 23,000)
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary shipbuilding-history compilation (Tim Colton), not an official registry - used here for the yard hull number and build-pace detail absent from DANFS/NavSource. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-924-lst924-05
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[7]Rumakom, Kittipong, and Ngernbamrung, Apirom, 'เรือหลวงอ่างทอง เรือยกพลขึ้นบกลำใหม่ล่าสุดของกองทัพเรือ' (HTMS Angthong, the Royal Thai Navy's newest large landing ship), วารสารกรมอู่ทหารเรือ (Royal Thai Naval Dockyard Journal) 2013, pp. 32-41 - ARCHIVED COPY (original dockyard.navy.mi.th URL dead) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Archived PDF pp. 32-33, ex-USS LST-924 identification paragraph (Thai text)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A Royal Thai Naval Dockyard Journal article (2013) identifies the second HTMS Angthong, hull number 711, as 'formerly USS LST-924 of the United States,' a large Landing Ship Tank built in 1944 that earned Four Battle Stars in World War II, was handed over to Thailand in 1947, and 'served for 49 years until decommissioned in 2006.' The article (about the replacement Endurance-class HTMS Angthong, hull 791, delivered 2012) notes the five large landing ships of the old Angthong group were all decommissioned, the last being HTMS Prathong on 5 June 2008.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1947-2006; article 2013
- Population
- Royal Thai Navy crew and dockyard trades (1947-2006)
- Limitations
- Official Royal Thai Navy publication fetched via Wayback capture and labeled archived - the live dockyard.navy.mi.th URL is dead. Confirms the 2006 RTN decommissioning and hull identity; the '49 years' figure is loose arithmetic against a 1947 transfer (59 calendar years) and the discard/restore episode NavSource records (see gaps). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-924-lst924-06
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[8]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List No. 44, by Ship Numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 60 / LST-924 rows (coverage 7/10/1944 - 6/30/1945)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List No. 44, by ship number, lists LST-924 with logbook coverage from 10 July 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Ship's company and wartime operations
- Limitations
- The index confirms logbook coverage dates, not log contents. No logbook volume was retrieved, so this row establishes no asbestos or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-924-lst924-07
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[9]Fleischer WE, Viles FJ Jr, et al., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28 (Jan 1946): 9-16, PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PMID 21016030, verified via NCBI E-utilities (esummary/efetch) - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov browser page is reCAPTCHA-walled this session; citation-only record, no abstract
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The 1946 U.S. Public Health Service survey 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels' (Fleischer & Viles, J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28:9-16, January 1946) documents the wartime naval-vessel pipe-covering occupational context contemporaneous with this hull's 1944 construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Wartime naval-vessel construction workers (pipe-covering trades)
- Limitations
- Era occupational survey; does not name LST-924, Bethlehem-Hingham, or any particular yard or product, and establishes no exposure aboard this hull. No quantity, condition, remaining material, individual exposure, or causation may be inferred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-924-lst924-08
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[10]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2, published 18 October 1979 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page, Highlights (live page retrieved via Firecrawl; direct fetch returns HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 report reviewed the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - specifically the use of asbestos in Navy ships, the cost of removing asbestos from Navy ships, and compensation programs for asbestos-related disabilities - and records the Navy's 1975 policy of removing/replacing only damaged or repair-driven insulation, modified in 1979 to include selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy ship asbestos program
- Limitations
- Program-level report; it does not name LST-924 or establish a particular product, quantity, condition, remaining material, individual exposure, or causation aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-924-lst924-09
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[11]Consolidated era inference built on: NavSource LST-924 specification block (diesel plant, verified live); U.S. PHS 1946 pipe-covering survey (ev-08); GAO HRD-80-2 program documentation (ev-09) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block (ev-04); era government sources (ev-08, ev-09)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for a diesel-powered 1944 LST-542-class hull: with no boilers, asbestos-relevant applications concentrate in GM diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, electrical insulation and cable, deck coverings, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, valve packing, and winch/crane brake linings. The hull's diesel plant (NavSource specification block) eliminates the boiler/steam-lagging pathway but not the engine-room, electrical, covering, and friction pathways.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-2006
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades (1944); U.S. Navy crew (1944-46); Royal Thai Navy crew and dockyard trades (1947-2006)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation schedule, material list, or work package was located for LST-924. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity and no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-924-lst924-10
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[12]Batch-7467 search ledger (this record): DANFS live; NavSource live; shipbuildinghistory.com; Royal Thai Naval Dockyard Journal (archived); NARA Special List 44; NVR; PubMed eutils; GAO; secondary web sweep (firecrawl_search) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-924-lst924-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, material schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or museum/registry material record naming LST-924 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing content asserting asbestos aboard LSTs generally without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- 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 - the hull's 1944 construction sits squarely inside the Navy's documented asbestos era, and 49 years of Thai service included undocumented maintenance periods. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-924-lst924-11
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[13]Authenticated CourtListener helper invocation on 2026-10-03; server response: DAILY QUOTA EXHAUSTED, wait approximately 7.9 hours (28272 s) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger row sl-uss-lst-924-lst924-09; helper stderr/output
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos litigation record was established in this sweep. The required authenticated CourtListener helper was invoked for an exact-name opinion search ('USS LST-924'); the shared CourtListener server reported daily quota exhaustion and a requested wait of approximately 7.9 hours before returning results. The remaining matrix queries (exact-name docket; exact-hull 'LST-924' opinion and docket) were not dispatched, per the helper's stand-down guidance. The litigation result is therefore incomplete, not a no-result finding.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- This is not evidence that no litigation exists. Only one of four planned exact-name/exact-hull queries was dispatched before the quota response; no anonymous, raw, v3, or limiter-bypass request was made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-924-lst924-12