Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet 835-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-929-lst929-pkt-835-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-929 (NHHC, verified live 2026-10-03 via rendered fetch) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-929 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: 'LST-929 was laid down on 5 June 1944 at Hingham, Mass., by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc.; launched on 8 July 1944; and commissioned on 2 August 1944.' Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; 'participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945 and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from April through June 1945. On 15 September 1945, she was redesignated LSTH-929. Following the war, the ship performed occupation duty in the Far Bast [Far East] and saw service in China until late May 1946. LSTH-929 was decommissioned on 24 May 1946 and turned over to the Chinese Nationalist Navy. She was struck from the Navy list on 3 July 1946.' Earned two battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades (1944); ship's company, embarked troops, medical staff, and patients (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. Short-form LST entry - no yard, repair, conversion, or damage detail; the LST(H) conversion event and the documented September-October 1945 typhoon damage/drydocking are not mentioned (those come from the ship's own war diaries, ev-05/-06).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-929-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST(H)-929 ex USS LST-929 (10/16/160929.htm) - designation timeline, unit assignments, CO list, occupation/China service periods, specifications, NHHC/USCG photo captions (verified live 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160929.htm header block, campaign table, service-period table, specifications block, CO table, photo captions (NH 104589; 26-G-4466)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: '542 Class Tank Landing Ship: Laid down, 5 June 1944, at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA. Launched, 8 July 1944. Commissioned USS LST-929, 2 August 1944, LT Charles S. Strickler USNR in command.' Units: LST Flotilla Six (CAPT. Laidlaw USN), LST Group Eighteen (CDR. P. Neikum USNR Ret.), LST Division Thirty-Five. Campaigns: Iwo Jima operation 19-28 February 1945; Okinawa operation 1 April-30 June 1945. 'Redesignated Landing Ship Tank (Hospital) LST(H)-929, 15 September 1945.' Navy Occupation Service periods: 9 Sep-17 Oct 1945; 7 Nov-8 Dec 1945; 2 Jan-20 Feb 1946; 1 Mar-24 May 1946. China Service Medal (extended): 1 Mar-24 May 1946. Decommissioned 24 May 1946 and turned over to the Chinese Nationalist Navy; struck from the Naval Register 3 July 1946; two battle stars; 'Final Disposition, fate unknown.' Call sign NVSD. COs: LT Charles S. Strickler USNR (2 Aug 1944 - 6 Apr 1946); LTjg Thomas J. Barfield USNR (6 Apr 1946 - 24 May 1946). Specifications: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; endurance 24,000 mi at 9 kt; 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three diesel-drive 100 kW 230 V DC generators, two propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders; 4,300 bbl diesel; 2 LCVP. Photo captions: NHHC photo NH 104589 (c. 25 Feb 1945) shows LST-929 'with H markings on her hull' unloading at Red Beach, Iwo Jima, alongside LST-884; USCG photo 26-G-4466 shows her anchored off Iwo Jima 19-28 Feb 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades (1944); ship's company, embarked troops, medical staff/patients (1944-46)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer photographic-archive compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates here agree with DANFS and the CO table is consistent with the war diaries' signature blocks. Contains no asbestos content. The 'H markings' caption observation is significant - it places the hospital-function marking on this hull at Iwo Jima in February 1945, seven months before the formal 15 September 1945 LST(H) redesignation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-929-02
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[4]NHHC, 'United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945' (official organizational roster, verified live 2026-10-03 via rendered fetch) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945, LST Group 18 / LST Division 35 table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NHHC-posted Pacific Fleet organization of 1 May 1945 lists 'LST 929' with 'Lt. C. S. Strickler (USNR)' within LST Division 35 under LST Group 18 (ComLSTGrp 18 Comdr. P. Neikum, Jr. USN-Ret), under Commander LST Flotilla Six (Capt. J. S. Laidlaw) - corroborating this hull's unit assignment, CO, and Pacific service during the Okinawa campaign period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-05
- Population
- Ship's company, spring 1945
- Limitations
- Ship-specific roster placement only; no asbestos or material content. Roster reflects organization as of 1 May 1945 and does not document operations.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-929-03
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[5]NARA NAID 633445811, 'USS LST-929 - Report of operations in the invasion of Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, 2/19-28/45' (action report serial 016, dated 10 March 1945, signed C. S. Strickler, LT, USNR; RG 38, World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories; Microfilm Roll A1661; 19 images; digitized via Fold3, Fold3 File #296018378) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 633445811, images 1-19; mission statement in Part I; daily narrative 15 Feb-5 Mar; Annex I cargo/troop lists (local OCR: ocr/lst929-iwo-full.txt)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own Iwo Jima action report (downloaded via IIIF and OCR-read in full this session) documents a three-fold mission for this hull at the assault: 'it was to function as the Casualty Evacuation Control Ship for Red Beaches' and 'to transport, operate and land when directed, personnel and equipment of the Mobile Blood Bank' - including 61 cases of whole blood with refrigeration gear ('Blood was stowed in reefer boxes, top side on the main deck'), plus LVT(A)/LVT launch of Marine assault troops of BLT 1/27 (annex lists 14 Marine officers and 319 enlisted embarked 21 Jan-12 Feb 1945). D-day 19 Feb: bow doors opened 0733; 'Lowered both LCVP's into water for use as ambulance boats'; launched 50-ton pontoon barge 'to be retained alongside to port as a working platform for casualty evacuation'; took station 300 yards to seaward of Red Beach control vessel; '0941 - Commenced receiving casualties alongside.' 20 Feb: three additional medical officers received from USS Lenawee; port propeller fouled by pontoon-barge wire cable; towed by ATR-51. 21-22 Feb: salvage diving party from ATR-33 with underwater cutting torch cleared the port propeller. 23 Feb: commenced firing on enemy aircraft (40 MM and 20 MM expended); attempted casualty transfer to USS Hocking. 27 Feb: beached on Black Beach to land Mobile Blood Bank personnel and equipment. Departed 28 Feb in Task Unit 51.16.9; arrived Saipan 5 March 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-02-15 to 1945-03-05
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked Marines (BLT 1/27 attachments); medical personnel; casualties received alongside (Feb-Mar 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record, OCR-extracted; minor OCR artifacts remain but all quoted passages were spot-checked against the scan images. Documents the casualty-evacuation/hospital employment of this hull in combat - operationally an LST(H) in function before the formal redesignation. No asbestos or material content; does not establish exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-929-04
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[6]NARA NAID 77542888, 'USS LST(H)-929 - War Diary, 9/1-30/45' (submitted 2 September 1945; cover and text actually comprise the AUGUST 1945 diary - RG 38 war-diaries series, Microfilm Roll A1928, Serial 147425, Fold3 File #300853426, frames 0445-0464; 20 images; digitized via Fold3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 77542888, images 1-20; cover page 'L.S.T. (H) 929' (image 2); 26 Aug shaft-vibration passage (local OCR: ocr/lsth929-sep45-full.txt)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The August 1945 war diary (downloaded via IIIF and OCR-read in full) is already styled 'UNITED STATES SHIP L.S.T. (H) 929' on its cover page and 'U.S.S. LST (H) 929' on the letterhead - the crew was using the hospital designation in a diary submitted 2 September 1945, thirteen days before the formal 15 September 1945 LST(H) redesignation in DANFS. Content: underway 1 August from Subic Bay to Okinawa in Task Unit 72.10.6 (ComLSTGrp 17 movement order), towing U.S. Army-manned emergency rescue boat P-363 (tow parted and regained in typhoon-proximity seas); Hagushi/Naha Ko operations under repeated 'Flash Red' air-raid alerts with smoke-making and condition watches; discharged 90th Bombardment Squadron personnel (13 officers, 182 enlisted, one civilian technician) at Purple beach causeways 6-7 August; embarked 531st Field Artillery Battalion (7 officers, 112 enlisted); convoy OKI #12 to Leyte 10-15 August (escorts USS Lovelace, USS Edmonds; depth-charge incident 11 Aug); watered 40,808 gallons at Balauaan Bay 17 Aug; served as OTC for LSTs 230/886/479 to Batangas Bay, beaching at Talaga 22 Aug (reconnaissance by Lt(jg) Michael Francis Mathew Tarker); returned to Leyte; CO requested availability for 'a serious vibration ... in the port propeller shaft possibly caused by a bent tail section, or a badly worn and pitted bearing' - availability denied, ordered to prepare for sea; ended month in a 29-LST lift to Lemery, Balayan Bay. Enclosures include the Leyte-Batangas communication plan (serial 035) and the Talaga beaching report (serial 65).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-08
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked troops and Army aviation/artillery personnel (Aug 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record, OCR-extracted with spot-check verification. The catalog title dates this file '9/1-30/45' but the content is the August diary with a 2 September submission letter - a cataloging boundary quirk, noted rather than corrected. No asbestos or material content; documents machinery/engineering concerns (port shaft vibration) but no insulation work.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-929-05
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[7]NARA NAID 140081809, 'USS LST(H)-929 - War Diary, 10/1-31/45' (serial 051, dated 15 November 1945, signed C. S. Strickler; RG 38 war-diaries series, export dir WWII_WarDiaries_2000_216989 frames 0669-0683; 15 images; digitized via Fold3, Fold3 File #302081098) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 140081809, images 1-15; 1 Oct drydock/damage passage (image ~4); 4 Oct corpsmen-transfer passage (local OCR: ocr/lsth929-oct45-full.txt)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The October 1945 war diary (downloaded via IIIF and OCR-read in full) documents a ship-specific yard event: 'Dry docked in dock #4, Yokosuka Navy Yard, Yokosuka, Honshu, Japan' 1-3 October 1945 'to effect repairs from damages sustained during the tropical hurricane which affected ships of the Tokyo Bay area 17 and 18 September' - the bow anchor cable had parted at the twenty-fathom mark and the ship 'broach[ed] starboard side to a sea wall,' rippling deck and hull plating with 'several underwater punctures in ballast tanks,' weakened/bent frames, 'a possible bent tail shaft and damaged starboard propeller.' Commander Service Division 102 (Commodore J. T. Acuff in USS Argonne) 'assigned the USS Argonne to complete hull repairs and the USS Dyonisus for shaft repairs'; undocked 3 Oct, at-anchor availability through 4-7 Oct. The diary also documents the hospital function: the ship had been unloading 'Army troops and cargo of the 43rd Field Hospital and 29th Medical Supply Depot' at Yokohama when the typhoon struck; 'Twenty-one of the hospital corpsman, assigned this ship for duty in connection with hospital evacuation during operations, were transferred to Commander Fleet Activities, Yokosuka' 4 Oct; LCDR James W. Leatherman (MC) USNR detached to USS Delta 1 Oct. Then Tokyo Bay-Leyte convoy TU 32.6.16 (8-20 Oct, typhoon reversal 9-10 Oct); freight pickup at NSD Calicoan; water at Lauaan Bay (43,566 gal); fueling alongside SS Socony Vacuum (124,049 gal) and YO-60 lube oil (3,024 gal) 23 Oct; embarked elements of the 316th, 318th, and 906th Field Artillery Battalions at Rizal 26-27 Oct; departed Leyte 28 Oct in TU 34.9.15 (15 LSTs, escort USS Burrows) for Aomori, Honshu.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-10
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked hospital-evacuation medical detachment (21 corpsmen + medical officers); USS Argonne and USS Dyonisus repair-ship trades alongside; Yokosuka Navy Yard dock crews (Oct 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record, OCR-extracted with spot-check verification ('Dyonisus' as the diary spells it - USS Dionysus, ARB(A)-? / repair ship). Documents a documented hull-repair event (drydock, plating, shaft work by fleet repair ships) inside the asbestos-use era, but the diary does not itemize materials and does not say 'asbestos.' No exposure claim is made or implied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-929-06
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[8]NARA NAID 139983597, 'USS LST-929 - Form Rep of AA act off Iwo Jima, Bonin Is on 2/24/45' (micro serial 118779, roll A1558; 1 image; digitized via Fold3, Fold3 File #295798127) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139983597, single image (local OCR: ocr/aa-0909.txt)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- One-page standard antiaircraft action form (Enclosure A to the Iwo Jima action report; downloaded via IIIF and OCR-read) covering the AA engagement off Iwo Jima in late February 1945: aircraft attacks on own ship 'None' per the form's entries, own-ship 20 MM ammunition expended, ammunition performance rated 'Good,' materiel failures 'None.' Corroborates the AA action recorded in the action-report narrative (23 February entry, enemy aircraft engaged).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945-02
- Population
- Ship's company (Feb 1945)
- Limitations
- Primary ship-produced record; faded carbon-copy ribbon degrades OCR on the form fields - entries read as documented above from the image. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-929-07
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[9]Consolidated era inference - NavSource LST-929 specifications block (verified live: 2 x GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, Falk reduction gear, diesel-drive generators - a diesel plant with no boilers) + era amphibious-ship construction practice (per LST-1/542 class profile, class-f worktree) + this hull's documented yard events (1944 construction at an emergency mass-production yard; Oct 1945 Yokosuka Navy Yard drydock repair) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block (this record ev-02); LST-1-class class profile; war diary NAID 140081809 (ev-06)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- An LST-542-class diesel-powered tank landing ship built mid-1944 sits inside the era when insulating and gasket/packing materials aboard Navy auxiliaries and amphibious ships were commonly manufactured with asbestos fiber. With no steam plant, the boiler/turbine lagging pathway does not apply; era-consistent asbestos-relevant applications aboard a ship of this type and period were diesel engine and exhaust lagging, machinery thermal/acoustic insulation, gaskets and valve packing, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. The documented 1-3 October 1945 Yokosuka Navy Yard drydocking for hull-plating and shaft repairs (war diary, ev-06) is a repair/renewal event aboard this hull inside that era; its material scope is unitemized.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades (1944); ship's company, embarked troops, medical staff/patients (1944-46); Yokosuka Navy Yard and repair-ship trades (Oct 1945); Chinese Nationalist Navy crew (1946-?)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, or work package located for LST-929/LST(H)-929. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; establishes no quantity and no individual exposure. No manufacturer attribution for this hull. The Yokosuka repair documentation covers storm-damage hull work, not insulation work.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-929-08
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[10]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979; product page verified live 2026-10-03 via rendered fetch) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2, Highlights block
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships; its 1975 policy removed/replaced only damaged insulation or insulation that had to be removed for necessary repairs, modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas; fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. This spans the era of this hull's construction (1944), service, yard repair events, and 1946 transfer.
- 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. Fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk - not this hull's builder or repair sites. Full-text PDF was not pulled this session; content per the product-page Highlights text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-929-09
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[11]Will Buckley, 'The Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard in World War II,' Naval History (U.S. Naval Institute), Vol. 35 No. 3, June 2021 (verified live 2026-10-03 via rendered fetch; CDN 403s plain curl) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Naval History June 2021 article body
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder context: the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard (Hingham MA, on Weymouth Back River) operated December 1941 - 1945 as a purpose-built emergency yard after Bethlehem Steel's other yards hit capacity; it grew to more than 23,500 workers daily (over 2,700 women), produced 227 ships in 3.5 years including destroyer escorts and LSTs, set a record of a destroyer escort in 23 days and five LSTs in 50 hours, and twice received the Army-Navy 'E' Award. This hull (yard no. 3399 per secondary sourcing - see gaps) was built inside that mass-production workforce.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction workforce (>23,500 daily at peak), 1941-45
- Limitations
- Yard-level historical journalism, not an official record - documents the construction workforce and tempo, not materials or conditions aboard this specific hull. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-929-10
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[12]Archival leads: NARA RG 38 parent-unit records - COM LST GR 18 war diary Feb 1945 (NAID 139928687) and COM LST GR 18 Iwo Jima operations report 2/19-28/45 (NAID 139937012); RG 24 WWII deck logs for this hull (College Park, undigitized); possible RG 24 BuPers casualty-information file (analogous to LST-790's NAID 472241654, not located) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov/id/139928687; /id/139937012; NARA RG 24 deck logs (NHHC deck-log access policy)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Further primary records exist beyond the four ship-titled digitized file units read this session: the digitized parent-unit COM LST GR 18 war diary (Feb 1945) and group Iwo Jima operations report would carry group-level detail on this hull's casualty-evacuation employment; WWII deck logs (RG 24) at College Park are not digitized; a BuPers casualty-information report may exist by analogy to sister hulls but was not located in the catalog. No digitized war diaries were located for the Okinawa campaign months (Apr-Jun 1945) or the China-service period (Nov 1945-May 1946).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - none of these records was retrieved this session. Content unknown - no asbestos claim is made or implied. The catalog search is non-phrase tokenized (192 fuzzy results for 'LST-929'); ship-titled units were identified by result titles.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-929-11
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[13]Batch-7472 search ledger (this record): DANFS (live); NavSource (live); NHHC Pacific Fleet organization (live); NARA catalog + four ship-titled digitized file units (three read in full via IIIF download + tesseract OCR, one 1-page form read); NVR; GAO product page; USNI yard article; secondary web litigation/asbestos sweep; CourtListener (blocked - daily quota) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-929-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or verified litigation naming USS LST-929/LST(H)-929 was found in the public sources searched. CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the API returned a daily-quota response (~27,358 s / ~7.6 h to reset via the fleet helper); logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is generic law-firm listicle content about landing ships (e.g., gorilaw.com) asserting asbestos 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 - and the litigation repository search is a genuine open gap (quota-blocked, not run). This hull has unusually complete operational documentation (casualty-evacuation flagship role at Iwo Jima, Yokosuka drydock repair), but no located record names asbestos aboard. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-929-12