Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet 837-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-941-lst941-pkt-837-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-941 - construction at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Mass.; launch, sponsor, commissioning; Pacific campaigns; occupation duty; decommissioning, striking, and 1947 sale [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-941 entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (DANFS entry, live page verified): 'LST-941 was laid down on 28 July 1944 at Hingham, Mass., by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc.; launched on 30 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Roland Gariepy; and commissioned on 22 September 1944.' Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater; participated in the Palawan Island landings (March 1945) and the Visayan Islands landings (March and April 1945); occupation duty in the Far East until early October 1945; returned to the United States, decommissioned 1 May 1946; struck from the Navy list 3 July 1946; sold 28 March 1947 to Francis R. Stolz 'for operation.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades (1944); crew (1944-46)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS says 'one battle star' while NavSource and Wikipedia credit two - conflict carried unresolved (see gaps). DANFS does not name the Labuan/Brunei Bay operation documented by NavSource.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-941-lst941-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-941 (10/16/160941) - timeline, campaign table, commanding officers, specifications, photo captions, disposal [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160941.htm header, campaign table, CO list, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull (live page verified): 542-class tank landing ship; laid down 28 July 1944, Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham MA; launched 30 August 1944; commissioned USS LST-941 22 September 1944, Lt. Leland M. Edwards USN in command. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns tabulated: Southern Philippines consolidation - Palawan landings 1-3 March 1945, Visayan landings 26-28 March and 2-4 April 1945; Borneo operation - Labuan Island landing, Brunei Bay, 10 June 1945. Occupation service Far East 1-26 October 1945. Decommissioned 1 May 1946; struck from the Naval Register 3 July 1946; final disposition - sold for commercial service 28 March 1947 to Francis R. Stolz, fate unknown. Commanding officers: Lt. Leland Max Edwards USN (22 Sep 1944 - Dec 1945); Lt. Paul W. Phillips USNR (Dec 1945 - 1 May 1946). 'USS LST-941 earned two battle stars for World War II service.' Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa; 50 ft beam; 11.6 kt trial; two 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; 2 LCVP; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted; troops 16 officers / 147 enlisted. Call sign NVTT.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Crew (1944-46); embarked troops (16 officers / 147 enlisted capacity)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates track DANFS and are independently confirmed by the BuShips 1945 roster (ev-03). Two conflicts: (1) 'two battle stars' vs DANFS 'one'; (2) spec block prints the generic class engine GM 12-567A while the BuShips 1945 machinery table assigns this hull's block (LST932-979) the GM 12-278A - see ev-04. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-941-lst941-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), vessel roster and design tables (ShipScribe scan, text layer extracted) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 roster, LST section (row LST941); LST design table block LST932-979
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official BuShips 1945 roster independently confirms this hull's construction record: row 'LST941' under builder 'Bethlehem Steel Co., Hingham, Mass.' lists laid down 28 Jul 44, launched 30 Aug 44, commissioned 22 Sept 44 - identical to DANFS. The design table for the LST932-979 block (which contains this hull) gives 328 ft oa, 50 ft beam, 2,366 t light / 4,080 t displacement, 11.6 kt - matching the NavSource spec block.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944 (roster compiled Jan 1945)
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Official contemporaneous registry; the roster row is terse (builder ditto-block plus three dates) and contains no material or asbestos content. Roster 'Bethlehem Steel Co., Hingham' is the corporate form of 'Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc.' - same yard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-941-lst941-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), machinery table - engine assignment by LST block (ShipScribe scan, text layer extracted) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 machinery table, LST rows (LST1-490 through LST1153)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: The BuShips 1945 machinery table assigns diesel engines by LST hull block - LST1-490, LST491-541, and LST542-931 carried 2 x G.M. 12-567A diesels (1,700 bhp), but the LST932-979 block - which contains this hull - carried 2 x 'G. M. Diesel, 12-278A' (1,700 bhp), as did LST1060-1080. NavSource's page-level spec block and Wikipedia print the generic 12-567A class figure for this hull; the contemporaneous official table places LST-941 in the 12-278A variant block.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Block-level assignment, not a hull-specific engine record - documents the design-block machinery, not what was physically installed in hull 941. The 12-567A figure circulating for this hull traces to generic class spec blocks. No asbestos content; the diesel-only plant in any case means no boiler/steam lagging pathway for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-941-lst941-04
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[6]MARAD Vessel History Database, vessel detail for LST-941 (entry 9566) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov ShipHistory/Detail/9566 (live page verified)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Maritime Administration's Vessel History Database carries a stub entry for LST-941: General Type 'Naval Combatant,' Specific Type 'LST Tank Landing Ship,' MARAD Type 'Military Ship,' Fate 'Sold - No Further Info.' No status cards, milestones, images, documents, or historical narrative are attached - the stub corroborates the 1947 commercial sale and the absence of a documented subsequent fate in the government's merchant-ship record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1947 (disposition of record)
- Population
- Commercial crew/operators post-1947 (undocumented)
- Limitations
- Registry stub only; the sale recorded is the 1947 Navy sale, not a MARAD transaction card. 'No further info' is the government's own disposition of record - consistent with NavSource 'fate unknown.' No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-941-lst941-05
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[7]Australian War Memorial photograph 109143 (and related Labuan series, e.g. C205088), Labuan Island 10 June 1945; hull attribution via NavSource caption: landing party disembarking from USS LST-941's LCVP #2 [museum_official]
- Locator
- AWM collection 109143 (Labuan, 10 June 1945); NavSource 10/16/160941 photo captions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource-captioned photography documents this hull's boat carrying the landing party of General Douglas MacArthur and Lt. Gen. Sir Leslie Morshead to Labuan Island on 10 June 1945 during the Operation Oboe 6 landing (photo credited to the Australian War Memorial collection, copyright expired); a second captioned photo shows LST-941 at anchor in the harbor amid wrecked Japanese aircraft circa 10 June 1945. The AWM catalog record verified live confirms the photograph, place, and date (MacArthur and Morshead watching 2/43 Infantry Battalion troops) but does not itself name the vessel - the LST-941 linkage rests on the NavSource contributor caption.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Crew; embarked landing-craft crews and troops at Labuan (June 1945)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only: establishes the hull's physical presence and boat service at the Labuan landing on a documented date. The caption-level hull attribution is secondary (NavSource contributor); the AWM object record does not name LST-941. Photographs are presence documentation, not exposure or work records. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-941-lst941-06
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[8]Era inference built on: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 machinery table (diesel plant, no boilers); NavSource specifications (diesel propulsion, diesel-drive service generators); DANFS/BuShips construction date mid-1944 inside the Navy asbestos era (GAO HRD-80-2); era amphibious-ship construction practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 machinery table; NavSource spec block; GAO HRD-80-2 product page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-powered tank landing ship built mid-1944 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos era. For a diesel LST of this design block the asbestos-relevant applications are era-standard: diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal and acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings. As a diesel ship she carried no steam plant - the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1944-1947 (documented service life)
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades (1944); crew and embarked troops (1944-46); undocumented post-1947 commercial operators and eventual breakers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material schedule, work package, or abatement record located for LST-941. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull. The hull left government service in 1947, before modern ACM-handling regulation, and its material fate is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-941-lst941-07
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[9]U.S. Naval Institute, Naval History magazine, 'The Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard in World War II' (Will Buckley, June 2021) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Naval History, Vol. 35 No. 3 (June 2021), Bethlehem-Hingham article
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Yard-level context for this hull's builder: the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard was a wartime emergency yard on the Weymouth Back River, operating December 1941 to 1945, which built 227 ships including destroyer escorts and LSTs, employed more than 23,500 workers at peak (including over 2,700 women by the end of the first year), and set a record of five landing ship tanks in 50 hours. This is the workforce population that built hull 941 in a two-month build window (keel 28 July - commissioning 22 September 1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- Bethlehem-Hingham yard workforce (1941-45, ~23,500 peak)
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull record - documents the builder's wartime population and pace, not materials installed aboard this hull. Article is a retrospective magazine piece (reputable secondary), not a primary record; no asbestos or material content. Hull-level confirmation that LST-941 itself was Hingham-built rests on DANFS and the BuShips roster.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-941-lst941-08
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[10]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 era (1944) and Navy service (1944-46).
- 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; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved - gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch (confirmed 2026-10-03); content via product-page description. The hull left Navy service in 1946, decades before the 1979 program review.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-941-lst941-09
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[11]Batch-7484 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS; NavSource; BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 (ShipScribe); MARAD Vessel History Database; AWM collection; USNI Naval History; GAO product page; NVR check; NARA catalog (JS-rendered); CourtListener (blocked); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lst-941-lst941-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS LST-941 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CAVEAT: CourtListener could not be queried this session - the authenticated helper reported the daily quota exhausted (~7.3 h to reset); logged as blocked in search_ledger, not as a negative result. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case and no ship-level asbestos documentation - the only 'LST 941' hits were forum-signature mentions.
- 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 hull's post-1947 commercial fate is undocumented ('Sold - No Further Info' / 'fate unknown'), so no scrapping-yard or hazmat track exists to search. Deck logs (RG 24, 1944-46) and any builder work packages are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lst-941-lst941-10